General Chat

Rebs I think Tony may be able to point you in the right direction. I only know the usual ones like Cyndi's list which Im sure you have tried along with googling Passenger lists. But as for comprehensive soory Im not much help. Hope we get some luck with our numbers tonight, but if not there is always next week. Our bright sunny start to the day ended up with rain this afternoon. We hit zero degrees last night so winter is well on its way. Cheers Sue

Rudes or Devley, Would either of you know where I might be able to find some comprehensive passenger lists into Tassie during the 1800's? Not all of my Tassie rellies came over courtesy of the crown, and they bloody well didn't swim from the UK. Don't think I can claim native blood either......although a 1% home loan would be handy. lol!!! Cheers, love Rebs x

Afternoon Friends. Sun is just about set over Mudgee Valley and the sky is changing from pinks thru mauve into a dark blue above the hills. The lights are slowly twinkling on in town and the temperature is starting to drop. Ahh paradise! A fruitless day in Dubbo I'm afraid, although we travelled over with a couple of friends and found a really good chinese restaurant for lunch (we're all still surprised!) Our friend Pam was testdriving a little yellow VW Bug. It even comes with a flower in a vase on the dash - very cute! Rug shopping was not successful, so it's back down to Sydney (oh bother, not another trip to all those shops!!!, lol) Got all me bits crossed for tonight. If we win, I'll pop down to Melbourne to find the rug I want! Lew xxx

Thank you all for your responses. I now have the answers I was looking for - easy when you know how! Happy searching to all. Kind regards Margaret Edinburgh

Oooh, nearly forgot!! Yes to June 10 for the Brissie meet. still working on the exact vict...erm venue though. Someone who will let us sit for hours and natter. Did someone mention (about a hundred pages back) they would like to go to the art gallery etc? I'll be in on that if you want company. Haven't been since last year, and half of it was shut off to public access at the time. And I went with my daughter, who was impatient to get to the shopping mall. Walking around with a grown-up might be a novel idea. lol!!

Hi Folks, Finally getting a chance to add – I’ve been working all week and for 2 nights couldn’t get on the net – 19yo son was hogging it so I’ve had to catch up lots!!!! You lot sure can talk – love it Early start this morning even tho it’s my only day off – for a change – was minus 6 when Dave & I set off to watch the balloons. At least today they could take off – during the week it has been too windy – the gods smiled on me this morning so even tho it was ffrreeezzzing the sun was shining, the sky was blue and there was no wind. Heading down the Parkway we could see Black Mountain Tower peaking through the low fog. By the time we were around the vicinity of the Zoo we were in fog. Couldn’t see if Aritiki my lovely Sun Bear was perched on his pole as he sometimes does early in the morning – if he was he wouldn’t have seen anymore than we could. Watched the balloons taking off, the 2 bumble bees that are joined at the hand but after take-off can separate, the windmill and the Scotsman that went up last. In between are all the regular shaped balloons of various colours and sponsors. There was a black one with a big smiley face and after take-off he floated off over the Treasury buildings and every so often his eyes would show just above the building, like he was playing hide’n’seek. They also had a championship going with some of the other balloons to see who could toss a sandbag down onto the X marked near us. No-one got close but the Liberty House balloon came in about 46 metres and was the closest. They landed not long after, took on more fuel and floated away again. From where we were standing we could see the fog rising over the lake – this is such a beautiful city in autumn. We left after 2 hours, feet were like blocks of ice – standing on frozen grass is not the smartest thing to do – at least I had found my gloves so fingers not too frost bitten. Now it’s on with the chores, so I’ll catch you a bit later – if son doesn’t surface and sit on his puta all night. Gwenda

Hiya Trifley, glad you liked the joke. With my history with rum, I couldn't pass that one by when I saw it, especially since it had an Aunty Sharon in it. I changed the spelling...lol!!! did you get the scouse recipie??? try this site, http://www(.)scouser(.)com/recipe/index.html It's lubberly. My dad used to make it, and taught me. One of the more useful things he ever did. I think he must have got the recipie from his FIL, cause they were all from L'pool and the Wirral. Funny thing is, I never knew it was called scouse until I came onto this site, and asked someone what on earth they were all talking about on a thread. I had dreadful visions of it being a Liverpudlian version of haggis or something. Had a bit of a chuckle when I found out it was something I had been cooking since I was 15. I've got the cooking bug today. When I was looking for the gelatin for the marshmallows I found a tupperware of sponge fingers, so I'm making a trifle to use them up. Yummy!! feel like a big kid, I've got marshmallow from one side of my face to the other from licking the beaters. Off to toast the coconut, cheers babe. xxx

Hi Wattlers, just letting you know we're back safe. Have just read 15 pages so the jetlagged head is spinning at the moment. Too tired to chat now, will get back tomorrow when I can think straight. Fingers crossed for tonight. Jude2

Hi Rebs Had to copy that one..pmsl! I have a few non GR friends who will love it! Didn't you get the storm? It hit here like a cyclone but only lasted about 30 mins. Thank the gods the hail was only small or we would have lost windows on the southern side. Did you say marshmallow? I love marshmallow....yum. You obviously like to cook. I hate to cook...that's why I married Graeme. He was an air chef for QANTAS. We make a good pair....he cooks....I eat ha ha. Have we settled on Saturday 10th June for the Brissie meet? I want to book my hotel. ~~~~~~waves from royal barge love Trifley

Busy making toasted marshmallows, but I remembered I forgot Marys' daily fix so I'm doing a quick dash'n splash while they set. Have a great day folks, love Rebs x :-))))) A teacher gave her class of 11 year olds an assignment: Get their parents to tell them a story with a moral at the end of it. The next day the kids came back and one by one began to tell their stories. Karl said, 'My father's a farmer and we have a lot of egg laying chooks. one time we were taking our eggs to market in a basket on the front seat of the car when we hit a big bump in the road and all the eggs went flying and broke and made a mess.' 'What's the moral of the story?' asked the teacher. 'Don't put all your eggs in one basket!' 'Very good,' said the teacher. Next little Emily raised her hand and said,'Our family are Farmers too, but we raise chooks for the meat market. one day we had a dozen eggs, but when they hatched we only got ten live chicks, and the moral to this Story is, 'Don't count your chickens before they're hatched'.' 'That was a fine story Emily.' Said the teacher Next Mick raised his hand. 'Mick, do you have a story to share?' 'Yeah. My dad told me this story about my Aunty Sharyn. Aunty Sharyn is in the air force and she was a flight engineer on a plane in the Gulf War and her plane got hit. She had to bail out over enemy territory and all she had was 3 bottles Of rum, a machine gun and a machete. She drank all the rum on the way down so it wouldn't break and then she landed right in the middle of 100 enemy troops. She killed seventy of them with the machine gun until she ran out of bullets. Then she killed twenty more with the machete until the blade broke. And then she killed the last ten with her bare hands !!' 'Good heavens,' said the horrified teacher, 'What kind of moral did Your father tell you from that horrible story?' 'Stay the hell away from Aunty Sharyn when she's been on the rum!!!!'................. Bundy anyone???? :-ppp

Laurie.Go for it mate. Hard to write letters that involve our loved ones.( especially Family ) I enjoyed reading what you posted, and it does choke you up a bit, i must admit. God bless. Tony Oz xx

Good morning all another lovely sunny Botany Bay day . . . There is a chill in the air today though, but as long as the sun is on the balcony and I'm out of the breeze I'm still OK mate! The water in the Bay is a very pretty pale blue this morning, with a cloudless sky. We have two yellow and one red giraffe idle this morning, and several small fishing boats out after the catch of the day. Can't see any one in the water, but plenty of folks out on the sand, walking or playing - and a game of volleyball underway just up a bit further. Had a lovely lunch with Joodles, not much eating or drinking - mostly chin wagging, she is such a lovely lady - generous too - she shared more 'family stuff' with me, includeing a copy of a letter my gtgran sent to her gran (they were sisters) - I'll share because it is fitting as Anzac draws near. Written 19/12/1945 My dears sister Eveline, I am almost ashamed to write as it is quite a long time since I received your very nice letter but all the same, I thought about you. Hope you and your family are all well; we are all well. My Kate has not much of a Christmas as she has received the final news of the fate of her boys. Her son-in-law was lost in the Hell Ship going to Japan as a P.O.W. The boy in Malaya was blown to atoms and the flying boy was burned in the plane over Hamburg, Germany. Her son John is getting his release out of the Army and I am glad. There is a boy in W.A. somewhere who was a gunner in the plane and got out but I dont know his name. I will find out and you might be able to hear the facts about it. A 'shoulder' (soldier) returned to Canowindra told my grand-daughter Bessie all about what happened to my Grandson Victor Goodfellow who it is sad but they did their best to save Australia 'God Bless their Memory and all other Aussies who fell. let us hope we and all the world that we live in peace.' I cannot write any more, will close with love and best wishes for your family and also yourself from Jen, Joe and myself. Affect, sister Anne My gtgran was about 85yrs old when she wrote this letter - My poor Grandma Kate (her eldest daughter) as she points out lost her son-in-law Alan (POW), her son Geoff (Germany), and her son Victor (Malaya) in the war - the John she spoke of was my Dad. . . and I'm all emotional . . . back later luv Laurie

Morning all Mmmmmm crumpet.....lol Sounds like some of you are having rain.....send it this way ppppplease, we are looking at having to try to plant the crop dry again and hope for the best. Well took me so long to read everyones news, i am out of time. Work calls......evil money lol. Take care all and good luck for tonight.... ....go numbers......... go numbers, fingers crossed, toes crossed, everything crossed. Bye Wilson

Hello Wattlers What a lovely day it is today. We woke up to a frost, but a beautiful sunny day. Cant wipe the smile off my face. :-)))))))))) Well I am off to a meeting today. Hope everyone is well and having a great time. Catch you this afternoon. Cheers Sue

Morning Wattles. Hazy morning in Melb. Sun trying to get through the clouds, but not being to successful. Margaret. I was born 1949. Have GR emailed you, so if i can help in anyway, let me know, unless someone else has already responded? Rebs.It was probably just as well you didnt watch the game mate, it was preety ugly. Gotta go....me crumpet is burning. Tony Oz.....:>))

PS, Rebs, today is 69!!!!!! Lew Lew :-))))

Morning All. Hey, Rebs, I just bought the Fame DVD and Dirty Dancing and The Big Chill! Love all of them. Sorry you ain't had much sleep. Maybe you'll have to have a nanna nap this arvo. I'm off to Dubbo in a few hours, so I'd better go a get the vaccy out. Beautiful day in Mudgee. Not a cloud in the sky. Lew Lew xxx

Morning all, Still not packed! pppppppp printing out your info Laurie :) Byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Vonny Thanks Lara - I'll just cooeee then lol

Hi everyone Busy moving son - never seen so many boxes! Good luck for tonight everyone! Back to clean son's house today now that all the stuff has been moved out. Catch you all later Anna

Morning folk!! BooHoo...............crying into my morning coffee. Didn't get to see the game. The man went to bed a he's working today, so couldn't risk his ire by yelling at the telly. Stayed up and watch Fame instead. Brought back a few memories!! Hi Margaret, I've only got a NSW birth cert from 1870, so I'm not sure if the layout will be the same, but I guess the contents would be similar. There are a few lovely folk on here who would have seen more up to date certs. I'm sure one of them can help better than myself. Off for another coffee. I'll be drinking gallons of the stuff after only 5 hours sleep. Rebs x