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Hi folk..... back on line after OH did it AGAIN!!! No virus Lara, the whizz kid doesn't know what OH did, but he did something and it's all his fault. Anyway, spent half of last night finding all my bookmarks, saved files etc, but I've lost my address book from incredimail, so I no longer have everyones email addys, only the ones I remember. And by the looks of things all my stored emails are gone as well. And for some reason we can't load microsoft word back on the 'puter, so I can't open any saved files until I do. Catch up with the thread when I have more time. Hope everyone had a great Easter and didn't overindulge. I didn't have a single hot cross bun or egg. Forgot to buy the buns, and no one gave me any eggs or choccies. :(( Cheers folk, Rebs x

Goodmorning wattlers, I'm still around - just had an almost puter free weekend . . . A glorious day here on Botany Bay, just a small, light swirl of white cloud on the horizon to make the sun filtering through it look bewdiful. There is a ship coming round the north head and two tugs on their way out to greet her, I guess she will soon make some work for at least one of the three giraffes that have their head in the sky. The beachcomber tractor is out there doing his daily job, raking up the beach - the council do a great job in keeping the area clean, the tractor is out every day as are the cleaners picking up the mess the grubs leave behind. We had a lovely relaxing Easter long weekend, hope you all had the same. Ray started to fuss at one point and I just asked him, do you want stress free or the alternative - so he got the message and went back to veging out! Lara, did you find Mikes stash of chockies ??? I can't believe we had an almost chock free Easter - 1 small cherry ripe between us. Boxed chocs all still unopened. Haven't even touch the Praline Flakes I brought home from England for Rebs. Gwenda, do you get to have a belated weekend seeing as how you worked ??? Trifley I want a grandchild too - but not holding my breath, I think I will just have to spoil my friends grandchildren for a few more years - our fault - we brought the boys up with travel tickets and packed bags and swags. Though Glen is starting to look settled so one can live with hope! Joodles, hope Jann is on the mend and glad you got those grandma cuddles - where's my pici ??? Tassie Sue, Hope you have had a wonderful time on the mainland, . . . and you go for it - make Nans 90th something special! I have wonderful memories of my Dads 90th, we made it BIG! He actually planned it with us for a long time beforehand, he hired the hall and paid for the food and drinks - but we suprised him with the cake that the lady jumps out of - as I look at the photos now, I just love to revisit the look on his face. He had such a wonderful day with 150 family and friends and he was the king of the castle! Tony I too have had some great progress with the WA site you gave us - found a whole new family branch I didn't know existed. Von your balloon watching sounds wonderful, we went to a big meet out at Condoblin one year - the excitement was contagious! Seen a few over Burley Griffin too - but not the numbers or excitement of a big meet - and you the star too !! Re the asian-antiques, we have a good chuckle when we see them, in antique St in Jakarta we had one fellow say to us 'you no like this one - you come back tomorrow I make you silver one' a phrase we repeat to one another often when we see the asian antique invasion. We found same thing in Camden on the weekend. Anna, your family day sounds terrific, but how lucky are you to get the book too! What you should do too, is ask the person who put it together if you can have it on DVD/CD as well - that way you can reburn it for other family members - and future generations can have their own copy - and you build on to it. Fingers crossed son finds out today he has the house. Ray didn't laugh when I told him I was going to look for a 'Grumpy old men' group for him - Suzy Q glad you found the tourist free zone too! Congrats Mary on the car choice, you wont know yourself. Lew, sounds like you are really enjoying your new home - good on you . . I too would be a little worried about going anywhere slightly dangerous with your Terry - just check see how much he has insured you for girl . . . Well now that I have caught up with what you all had to say over the weekend - we had a lovely quiet relaxing time, drove down south as far as Camden on Saturday, found a lovely out of the way spot for a picnic and just generally drove around where others didn't - then on Sunday we found ourselves a lovely deserted spot on the Woronora river for another picnic. Yesterday we had a car cleaning session but otherwise just veged out - had friends over for dinner last night - just the sort of weekend that the Dr ordered. Von, I hope everyone brings interesting stuff to Yarrawonga - any resources we can share would be greatly appreciated . . any brickwalls - maybe we could put heads together and come up with suggestions! I'm off now - taken me ages to read and write - be back later cheers all! luv Laurie

Morning all, Cloudy here too but not sure if we will get rain. Saw last night that half of NSW is drought declared and another quarter is marginal. Question: are peeps bringing their FH stuff to Yarrawonga with laptops/information discs etc?? I don't have a laptop but I do have lots of questions!!!! :) catch you later Vonny

Morning Wattlers and a superb day it is in the Central Tablelands. Showers are forecast (which is a good thing), then 2 days of rain, but as I look over Mudgee Valley this morning, the view is wonderful. Had friends over for dinner last night and we had fun. They live 2 blocks up from us and we had a ball. They brought their blue heeler puppy, Ubu, with them and she gave our collie Jack a run for his money. She's actually deaf, so they have to train her with sign language! New baby Ruby comes home from hospital today and I have promised mum that we will give her the week to settle in before we all bombard her. Off to work (but not for long, hee heee) Have a great day, Lew Lew xxx

Vonny Sorry - On second thoughts it probably wouldnt help you - as you are looking for words, any words, not the actual meaning. Der!!!!!!! My apologies. Well how about that - morse code being faster than texting on a mobile!!! We havent progressed have we? Maybe we better learn morse code (I did know it once at Gel Guides many years ago) Even knew my whistles too :-(( Not an easter egg in sight here, maybe I should go to the shops and get some half price ones. Wots that you say - no??? - well, I'll just look then, and drool. Wonder where Laurie is?? Jood

Err Joodles, What dictionary on my computer?? cuwl. I have no idea where it is. And if you mean google etc I am sooooo slow typing that it's faster to look in the book!!! plus I can't spell (I have a mild form of dyslexia) But I'll try it if you tell me where it is! Did any of you see the Guiness Book of Records show last night??? They had two older men who took on the challenge to send a message in morse code, receive it and type it out on an old typewriter while another guy text the same message to a mobile phone. Morse code was faster!!!!! Cheers, Vonny

OH you crazy lot.. Seems like we are all suffering from CRAFT,, It must be the easter eggs,,,LOL too much chocky cant be good for the brain...LOL... Well we traded in the 4wd for a Honda Civic.. It is a new model only just out and it is beautiful to drive and fantastic inside.. lots of new styling , even the brake and gear handle are a bit different..If you get a chance to see inside one do as it is so cumfy..It is not a expensive car but it has so much more than other cars for the same price you cannot compare them, It has cruise controle which is a must with the long distances we travel here in OZ...We are getting a white one as there is one due in the country end April early may so we are hopeing that it comes in before my Uncle arrives. It is near impossible to buy one at the moment as they are all sold out..They did have one in stock but it was a black one with tinted windows,,LOL I told John its to much like a herse so that was it.. no thanks..should sell it to a funeral parlour.. Lara Got the lovely picks from JA what a lovely walk.. Canberra has some lovely places and I do love it there...hope to see her when I go down.. Glad to hear that the Rebs is OK and look forward to my next joke..Hope its nothing serious or expensive with the puta..... Did I tell you that the Red and White won this week..????? All you peeps with new baby grandchildren, enjoy and have a cuddle for me... See ya all termurra Love Maryxxx

Helllloooooo Typed something up and lost it - we are pretty good at that arent we! Vonny - what I was trying to say was, why dont you use the dictionary on your computer .... much faster, or is that against the rules. Lara - I didnt get the msg about why Reb wasnt here, <you're ok Anna> and Mary - I didnt get the msg about you trading your car in (till I asked you and you said yes you had) Maybe you told the Canuks? Incidentally did you see JA's lovely pics - they were gorgeous. Another gorgeous day today Im getting confused again - wondering why 60 minutes wasnt on - der!!!!!!!!!!!! Its MONDAY Jood!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm going to be like this all week! What was that about Laurie not having to do another caring - did I miss something????????? Jood

Hello everyone , hope you all have had a wonderful Easter and a safe one please take care still some maniacs on the roads one bloke on the Hume Hwy. they just said on the news was doing 196kms an hr.on a motorbike What the ???? well I know now why you didn't know about Reb because my post didn't get through maybe I did something wrong as I certainly wrote it and posted it but its not on here at all ??? So my apologies Anna you can't read what is not on here can you lol I honestly feel like I'm losing the plot sometimes, Glad to hear your son has a house thats a load of your mind isn't it . Also will apologise for this before hand GGGGoooo the Mighty Magpies wooow ok off to the naughty cnr just was welling up in me and could not contain it any longer and it burst out . We have seen Joodles gorgeous little grandson isn't he a precious little soul , congratulations again Jude Vonny what a lovely time you had can't wait to see the photos. Lew, I thought you had a new kitten too , but I guess it will be a while till you get another one bit soon yet , it must be lovely entertaining in your new home you sound so thrilled with it not that I blame it you as it sounds lovely every body's dream home by all accounts. Mary I must have missed your post re the 4 wheel drive did you trade it in ?and if so what did you get please ? see another one with CRAFT lol Tony thanks for your help mate filled a few gaps for me 'Go Pies UHHH there goes that awful urge again where did that come from well Tony as I was saying did I tell you that I have found out that John Greening (the footballer is related to me hehe pity one of Michaels best mates is Jim O'Dea who was the one who did that awful thing to him and he came to our wedding and I thought my Dad was going to snot him at the reception because of it and then we didn't even know he was a rellie as well lol. Trifley sorry its my fault re REb she rang me and said I don't want people to come looking for me so will you explain what has happened and I thought I had but my post is not on here so goodness knows where it went too I normally check after having added it but was busy and didn't check this time darn and it didnt come on so again sorry REb has no putor at the moment so she can't be on but will be back asap. Anyway girls and boy going to do some ironing yuk but have a basket full can't jump over so guess it's time and its not going to go away on its own hello to susan, sue ,donna, pat laurie and all who I havn't mentioned talk to you all tomorrow Love Lara

Good grief Tony Gloating so blatantly is totally unbecoming - go back to your other thread.............. ;>l Anna

Phew!! Laurie doesn't have to do another caring where's Rebs got to thread then :-)

Goooooood old Collingwood fore............Ooops sorry wrong thread............:>))))) GO PIES....:>))

Thanks Lara for the info re Rebs. I have absolutely no recollection of reading that she doesn't have a computer at the moment - but that's OK. Just another detail I've forgotten in my dotage!! :>(( Anna

Trifley, I'm now using a large, two volume World Dictionary. My other old dictionary is an Oxford from the early 1960's. I figure as long as it's a conventional dictionary it's fair game! (but I usually only have fun with unusual words when it's just us playing) Trouble with the English language is that there are a really limited number of word endings which mean that the same words have to be used often - bit boring. So it's fun using words derived from other sources. I always check that another follow on word is possible though. The Antique store was a little bit disappointing. Still chockers with loads of interesting stuff but the owner has discovered 'Asiana' and all the fair dinkum Aussie stuff is being superceeded. :( Catch you later Vonny

Hi Anna did you not read about Reb she has no putor at the moment so don't send out search party she rang me so I could let you all know be back in a minute when I read the rest of the posts cheers lara

Yeah right, Clucky! I'm 45 in July, never had kids and hubby has 3 (adults) from his first marriage. I saw what he produced the first time round and, trust me, I ain't never gunna swim in that genetic pool. His Mum and I used to get a real kick out of the fact that we weren't really 'McMahons', just married into it. Pets are better. Thinking of getting another cat (siamese), but will probably wait until I RETIRE!!!!! Lew Lew :-)))))))))))))))))

Now now Lew lew - don't get clucky!!!!! Mary - yes I will take plenty of warm clothes inc. gloves (like someone forgot this morning. By the way what colour car are you buying? Anna fingers crossed your son gets the house - its terrible what they charge for rent these days. Ooooh 4.25pm - the sun will be going down very quickly now - on with the cardigan again :-(( Jood