General Chat

Good God Jude, 19 years! Better check out what's in them. Might be something you can flog on Antiques Roadshow, pmsl !! Only gave Hubby a No. 4! Chicken!!! Next time, give him a No. 2 and see how he feels, lol. How long are you in the UK for? Lew xxx

Morning all.. Another fine day,,bugger.. Lara nice to see you back and sorry about the tablet. Hope you eventually got some sleep..Dont worry about the payment for the caravan as they are paying cash...LOL I think they want to play with the van over the Easter break and if they had given me a cheque I told them they would have to wait for the cheque to be cleared by the bank before they could have the van..This way they can have the van today and take it home...Which I want..Off to look at cars as soon as the van goes as we want to get rid of the 4wd as well as we dont need it any more.. lew I am with Lara when it comes to retirement.. I have worked all my life and have never regretted stopping.. We have had a great time since and its nice to be free to do what you want..We have been retired 10 years now and we have had a fantastic time. Go girl go... Better go and do some work.. back later .. Luv. Mary xxx

Morning Wattlers, another lovely day in Melbourne and the forecast for the next week is good too damn it, and little old me will be freezing my butt off in the UK. Ahh the sacrifices we make for our children...lol Put a new string to my bow last night, bought some hair clippers and gave hubby a no4. It was hysterical,my daughter was in stitches and giving some not very helpful instructions and poor hubby was not very confident with my abilities. I thought I did a pretty good job, I can straighten up the back when it grows a bit ....pmsl Lew you must be glad to see the back of the boxes, you have done well. We still have 2 boxes downstairs that have been there for 19yrs now, I'm too frightened to look whats in there...figure if we haven't missed that stuff by now we dont need it. Back to work will pop in again later Jude2

Morning All, another gorgeous day in Mudgee (no blasted rain!!!) and one day closer to retirement! Finished the last of the unpacking last night and have finally got rid of all those boxes for good! Sorry to make you run off to the loo, Lara. I promise there won't be any porno piccies! Just nice shots of the house. Computer Man is coming out tonight to fix my problem, so hopefully I'll be online tonight. Hope everyone has a great day. Chat soon Lew Lew xxx :-)))

hehe good one Jood, I wasnt game to be nosey, glad u asked instead Shaz

Lara - gotta ask ya - why do you call your OH Tiger????? Jood

Good evening folks have come home from being out for dinner and as I took my tablet late to accomodate going out I'm now up to goodness knows when and will be RS tomorrow .I have been busy as we have to do our deck every year and as we didn't get home till November didn't have time before Xmas and the rest of the place was in a pretty bad way as we were away for 6 months and the prodigal one is not much of a housekeeper I can assure you so the spiders and cobbies werre running rampant thru the place and everything was yuk, so has taken all this time with pulling out the ensuite and putting in the pool and on Wednesday Tiger is putting ensuite back together or starting to at least, had a message on the phone while were out too from grandson saying 'Nanny can we come up for Easter just me and Dad cause we want to catch a fish' (he is fishing mad ) but have to tell him I havn't unravelled his fishing rod from his last fishing expedition Mike said 'Here your grandson did this so you can untangle it' LOL you ought to see it I will be at it for a month of sundays Lew Now re you saying' Slept in new bed last night and it was wonderful I promise piccies will follow' Lew please dear we don't want to see photos of new bed with peeps in it inquisitive we may be but not into porn thanks lol pmsl runs off to loo, as Lew made me wmsl. Way to go lew a re retiring I recomend it I did hairdressing for over thirty years and was sick of it but do miss the company and then I was in retail for ten years , and do miss that too but love the not having to get up early bit still do most of the time 7:30am but can stay in bed if I feel like it as before it was get up by the clock every day and always rush and getting to work was the worst bit as I used to travel 76 kms every day for about 12 months from one side of Melb to the other and that was harder than the job . Don't know if I told you this but I have made contact with a lady I've been trying to talk to for over 12 months now and we have so much to discuss as she is a Greening by marriage and we both have all the Greenings in common as my maiden name was Greening and there is a few of them. It's very exciting she gave the fh thing away for a while and she is thrilled to as now has new interest in it again and she actually told me where my cousin is I havnt seen him since his 21st he's in the UK so maybe I'll be able to catch up with him when I go over in 2007 or 2008 God willing. Mary good to hear the man came and fixed up the deposit for the van still be careful won't you re the rest of the money as every day there is some one on the tv getting conned one way or another our friends sold their car so they thought and the bloke came around with a cheque and gave them the cheque and said here is the deposit it was half the price, can my mate and I take it around the block and the car never came back and the cheque was no good even though it was bank cheq. so I'm paranoid now over things like this and you can't be too careful . Laurie there is heaps of things I'd like a look up for but can't get my act together right now so thanks for the offer and will have to leave it for now will send you PM too, We have people missing again including moi but can't seem to find the time to do all I want too and then I have these blasted sleep attacks and they mess up every days plans too , so hello to all not on here at the moment and do hope you are ok and I got a message from Andy everyone and sent answer back straight away and havn't heard back again still he gave me nothing at all about these people he wants to find so hope he gets back to me soon and let's us know who he is looking for. Finally feel a little tired girls and boys oh nearly forgot for those coming to Yarrawonga on the Friday night picked up our tickets for dinner and the show tonight while there , so we have to be there at 6 pm please Friday the 28th of April I also do have two spare tickets if someone wants to come that didn't think they would be able too, but need to know now as other wise will resell them. Must go now back to talk again tomorrow I hope . Nearly forgot to say bye Jude a have a lovely time in the uk just in case I forget before you go , Love Lara

Laurie You have hit the nail on the head.. I wouldnt like to come up agains her on a dark night...LOL Mary

No Mary, I think you are taling about Ann Goring, and it was a refined book shop in London - little blighter nicked some of her books - that was a rellie I share with Joodles. cheers Luv Laurie

hello all very busy bee me have lots of visitors arriving here for easter tennis they dont stay with us but all down at the c/park and we are off out for dinner with them now so will try and get back to you all later and say hello love Lara

Laurie... What about the lady who ran a pub or something.. You told us about her on here..She was a tough old bb..Lady..gave the men what for when she took them to court or something like that.. come on you remember...I cant remember her name..and the old threads are gone so cant look back.. Mary

Hi Tony, your grandson sounds like a hoot. I'm not 'really' retiring, just quitting for at least six months. I'm a bit burnt out and need a change (also I'm only 44 which is too young for the pension, lol). Have a nice night tonight. Lew Lew xxx

Afternoon everyone. Lovely day in Melb. 25c and sun shining, and a little windy. Going out tonight to Grandson's birthday party. He turns 5. I rang him this morning and he told me:... I'm a big 5... pop...lol He calls me Pop. Not Pa or Poppy or grandad.... just Pop. He asked me now that he is 5 can we go fishin...:>)) gawd love I'm. When he talks face to face with me, he folds his arms, so i fold my arms....and we have a real ol fashioned man to man talk....LOL What's new Pop!!...he says....:>)) And i relpy.......not much. How ya been Pop!!...he says. I tell him......O'k, I'm gettin there, but i have a few creaks and groans everynow and then. Then he say's......me too Pop ( arms folded )....psml So a family get together tonight for his birthday, and we will hand out a few easter eggs as well. Wont see them on Easter Sunday because my kids go camping ( 6 families 12 kids ) up on the Murray at Tocumwal ,with there freinds and their kids. So not far from you Lara. Would love to retire, but still a long way off for us. We are sort of semi retired anyway, and Barb works from home with the Salon on the property so its not as if she drives Km's to work, and enjoys having the time and making her living at home. She had a Salon ( rented ) in a shopping centre for 30 years, until the owners died and their kids decided to sell. At first she was upset about losing her clients, but after i built her Salon at home, she has never looked back, and only lost two clients along the way. Because i am a contractor/tradesman and my own boss, i will probably keep going till i drop, and also run my business from home. So, no need for us to retire just yet. At 57 I'm still only youngy......lol Well its that time of the day ( V.B tablet coming up ....:>)) Hope everyone is feeling well, and had a good day. Tony Oz....:>))

Hi Laurie, if you could be nosey or inquisitive for me I would be very grateful. This is my current brick wall for hubby's mum's father and grandfather. They just appear out of nowhere.!! Assisted Immigrants arriving in Sydney 1860 - 1879 BURTON Charles 34 and family. Ship:Jerusalem year1874, reel 2140, 2486 BURTON Charles 11 and family Jerusalem 1874 2140, 2486 Assisted Immigrants arriving in Sydney 1880 - 1896 BURTON Charles 34 and family. Ship Northern Monarch. year1882 reel 2142, 2493 maybe one of these is they! Charles' wife is called Elizabeth and the first child registered in Australia was born in 1882 and that's all the info I have at the moment. Haven't ordered the child's birth cert yet, that's next on the list after Yarrawonga :) ta so much if it's not a trouble. Vonny

Off home now ,see you all tomorrow Jude2

I'm inquisitive when peeps are still on the planet but just nosey when they're dead...lol Jude2

I'm not nosey, just inquisitive! lol, Lew Lew xxx

Hey Laurie, we're all nosey, thats what got us all together in the first place...lol Jude2

I know Lew . . . . dolly did it !!! Laurie

Sorry Laurie, just couldn't help meself. :-))))))))))))))) Lew Lew xxx