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Bummer...!!! Missed it by that much!

heheheheh!!! :-ppppppp

But then again Anna, Rudes gets excited over lipstick, handbags and fishnets........................... especially when he gets to wear them. :-pppp

Nah...I'm not worried about the Farkles, but more interested in the Bulls with the large horns........i didnt know they drove cars. Scotland sounds an interesting place to me......:>)) Tony Oz..:>))

Well - I suppose farkles have fannies like everyone else. Shouldn't think they'd be anything for our Rudee to get het up about though.

Well, I googled Farkles. And came up with something called Fanny Farkles.................should I be worried??? Or is it something for Rudes to get excited about with his upcoming trip to Scotland and all? * giggles wickedly*

And beware of heelund kews (highland cows in Aussie speak) They are quite ferocious and would charge you as quick as look at you. The bulls have enormous horns ..!!!! Most intimidating.

Rebs. No kiddin mate....them Midges suck the blood outa ya....and then carry ya off to feed there little Midges.......I'm taking me Ned Kelly armour with me.......True dinks, Mate. http://www.albawest(.)com/midges.html Tony Oz....:>))

I think these two are having me on. pmsl!!! Yeah Jood, the Mac was a one night thing. Or I could do the Irish thing and be Alice from O'Rebeland. 'Cept all this started in honor of my growing Cheshire lot, so I might stay as am.

Dead right Tony Some of those Scottish midges are as big as farkles... Gosh - anyone going to Scotland is really taking their life into their own hands.

You lost your Mac, Rebs??? Yes, and I'd like to know wot Farkles are too. Anna I dint see no Farkles in Scotland. And Lew Lew and Tony will you both quit arguing over the Richardsons!!! Oooh I missed all the goings on at the barge - what a goings on it seems ...... was Tony there in his fishnets? Anna I'm sure everything will be all right with your daughter about her leaving her gear on the seat - tho you will probably get a frantic phone call !!!! Nite all Jude (sorry, I meant Jood)

Ooh, my lot come from the highlands.

and the Midges.Oooohh...dont forget the Midges, Anna. Tony Oz...:>))

Dear MacRare ribs Farkles: They are native to Scotland - they have 1 short front leg and two longer back legs so that they can climb around the mountain slopes easily. You catch them with a farkling stick - something like a shepherd's crook. Surprised Reb that you haven't heard of them. XX Anna

Bless you MacReb I was only a few years out! But some of the boys did put their ages up so they could go to war so he could have been only 16. The words to that song are very moving. You should post it on the Anzac Day thread Rebs. Redgum, John Williamson, Lee Kernighan - I knew it was someone like that!! XX Anna

O'k..you win.....:>)) but ya still only alf a Richardson...lol Tony Oz..:>))

ps......Anna, what the blazes are farkles???

Lol Anna, the song is 'I was only 19' by Redgum. Mum and Dad and Denny saw the passing out parade at Puckapunyal, (1t was long march from cadets). The Sixth Battalion was the next to tour and it was me who drew the card… We did Canungra and Shoalwater before we left. And Townsville lined the footpath as we marched down to the quay; This clipping from the paper shows us young and strong and clean; And there's me in my slouch hat, with my SLR and greens… God help me, I was only nineteen. From Vung Tau riding Chinooks to the dust at Nui Dat, I'd been in and out of choppers now for months. But we made our tents a home, VB and pin-ups on the lockers, and an Asian orange sunset through the scrub. And can you tell me, doctor, why I still can't get to sleep? And night time's just a jungle dark and a barking M16? And what's this rash that comes and goes, can you tell me what it means? God help me, I was only nineteen. A four week operation, when each step could mean your last one on two legs: it was a war within yourself. But you wouldn't let your mates down 'til they had you dusted off, so you closed your eyes and thought about something else. Then someone yelled out 'Contact'', and the bloke behind me swore. We hooked in there for hours, then a God almighty roar; Frankie kicked a mine the day that mankind kicked the moon: - God help me, he was going home in June. 1 can still see Frankie, drinking tinnies in the Grand Hotel on a thirty-six hour rec. leave in Vung Tau. And I can still hear Frankie lying screaming in the jungle. 'Till the morphine came and killed the bloody row And the Anzac legends didn't mention mud and blood and tears, and stories that my father told me never seemed quite real I caught some pieces in my back that I didn't even feel… God help me, I was only nineteen. And can you tell me, doctor, why I still can't get to sleep? And why the Channel Seven chopper chills me to my feet? And what's this rash that comes and goes, can you tell me what it means? God help me, I was only nineteen. return to Portrait - The Very Best of John Schumann

hello everyone I'm here all by my lonesome. OH still in Melbourne and daughter has gone on a music camp to Western Queensland. (Mitchell, Charleville, Quilpie) They are performing at the Anzac Day Ceremony in Mitchell tomorrow and doing performances and work shops at various Western schools. However - she had to be at school at 600am and I was terrified we'd oversleep so I set the alarm clock, she set the alarm on her mobile phone and just to make sure ....I got a Telstra wake up call! Yes we did wake up in time! Got to school, unloaded the suitcase, 4 X2litre bottles of water which they each had to bring, hand luggage, flute, music and loaded her into lthe bus and waved goodbye. When I got home I found all her sleeping gear on the back seat - air mattress, sleeping bag etc. I am distraught - don't know what she's going to sleep on for the next 3 nights. How stupid are both mother and daughter to forget the sleeping bag!! Went mad and had a beautiful curry Dad's Pie for tea - yum! Settlement on son's house happened today - thank goodness it's all over. I'm bearing the scars from the big clean up - managed to burn my hand when I was cleaning the oven, scratch my arm on a rose bush when I was weeding the garden, ram a splinter under my finger nail when I was picking up rubbish and there is skin off in various places for which I have no explanation! This old duck is pluddy exhausted - will sleep the sleep of the righteous tonight! I am so jealous of you all going to Yarrawonga. Hope you have a fabulous time. I'll be waiting for the piccies on the net. Nice to hear from you Sandra and Cilla and hope you have both fully recovered. Jude2 - your trip must have been great. Popping over to Paris for the day sounds so blase! I loved Edinburgh - the Edinburgh Fesitival and the Military Tattoo were on whilst we were there in 2000 and we enjoyed both. Didn't get to the underground city though - it sounds fascinating. Sorry to hear about your daughter - my eldest son was in a relationship for 5 years and the girl who I loved dearly met someone else. Son was absolutely devestated - I was really worried about him and I felt a real sense of loss also. Funny thing was that later when my son was diagnosed with cancer, she was there for him as a friend and was so supportive. After David's death, she eventually married the other guy (at Dalkeith in Scotland) and I still keep in touch with her. And the really crazy thing is that when I got the book from our family reunion, I discovered that her husband and I are descended from the some great great grandparents!! The David Hack Classic Meet, a showcase for classic cars and planes which Toowoomba North Rotary Club organize each year in memory of my son with proceeds going to the Leukaemia Foundation and Blue Nurses is on this weekend at the Toowoomba Airport so that is where I will be on Sunday. Hi Julie - what course are you doing at college? Psychology sounds interestting - though challenging! If you want any hair product, hair straighteners, etc etc my daughter has a cupboard full of them! As Rebs says, hair product accounts for a goodly proportion of the supermarket bill! Trifley - that barge of yours is beginning to sound like a floating brothel!! I was tempted to climb aboard but I'm so pooped I would have been a real wet blanket. Although I could have benefited from a therapeutic massage! And och aye lassie MacReb (sounds like a new Macdonald's ham burger) - got a little bit of scotch in you? Eh eh nod wink etc etc!! Look out for the farkles if you go back to the auld country - we were going to go farkling when we staying on the moors but we didn't get up early enough. You can only catch them early in the morn when the mist is still heavy on the highlands. Lew - I don't see you as the domesticated little wife making Anzac bikkies - there's always one more prickle to the porcupine! That Vonny has done a runner - hopefully Lara will get her organized with the lotto entry. Hi Laurie - thanks for the giggle - willl watch out for you in the Sydney Anzac Day March on the telly. Please wave to me as you go past. Sounds as if the organisation at Anzac Cove is much improved this year - thank goodness. I've been trying to think of that song - I was only sixteen - about a soldier. I think John Williamson or Lee Kernighan sing it . I wish I could find it as the words are beautiful. I've tried googling but all I can get is Dr Hook's 'She was only 16'!! Not quite the thing. Hi Joodles, Mary, Tony, Shazz, Suzy Q, Wilson, any other Judies around, Devly - where the devil are you - you've gone quiet - and anyone else that my addled brain has missed. I'm off to bed to rest my weary bones Luv Anna

Oooo, Tony, a war of the Richardsons! I win 'cause that was me name at birth! Apparently, the girl side just don't count, ha haa. Lew Lew (or better still, Crewella, heee heeeeeee)