General Chat

Hello all Trifley ..... I thought so myself, re the snow, but thats what Channel 10 weatherman said. .. I hardly think it would be enough snow to ski on though, I'm not as cold here as I have been on some nights. .. Dont forget though we are only 8 days away from June anyway. No confirmed results yet, till tomorrow, only suspected result, so I will wait and see. Quiet around the place tonight .. I seem to be talking to myself. .. When you wake up tomorrow morning, do tell me the name of the book that is keeping you to close to bed ! Jood

Evening Wattlers Hi Joodles..........isn't it a little early for snow in Katoomba? I would have thought a bit more into June. If it's a good fall people will be skiing down the main street. I remember when we moved from Winmalee to Mt Vic (18th Nov) we had 3ins of snow the next day. I gotta tell you......I don't miss the cold and damp. Any results from the X-ray? Hi Lemon....(Trifley stands on tippy toes to ~~~~wave). Nice to have you visit with us. I haven't seen Rebs since Saturday night. She was in top form and beat me to a '100' post. By the gods that girl is quick. It must be all the sowing and caligraphy making her fingers nimble. I admire the fact she is so talented. Gotta go...I'm looking forward to snuggling in bed with my book. <<<hugs>>> and ~~~~waves frome on on the Royal Barge. Trifley X X

She hasnt been on here for a few days lemon Jood

Hello Oz and all who dwell there ;-) i am switching off now, but will look later. Is Rebs ok? I keep missing her on MSN, and I haven't seen her about. Love to you all XXXX

Hi all, Raining steadily here in Springwood, Blue Mountains, snowing in Katoomba (half an hour further up), lightning somewhere in Sydney. .. Laurie did you bring the rain back with you? Lew lew .. you getting any? .. wot? woddoya think I mean - RAIN! .. Hope you had a safe flight in Laurie .. you may have seen some of the lightning. Its so sad, friend of mine who is a farmer near Castlemaine in Victoria has had to sell her sheep. .. She is in dire straits, but you have to admire them, they say that is what farming is all about .. good times and bad times. Jood

Ooooh I was a bit worried about you then Trifley, visualising you missing the barge and falling in the water. ... Do take care girl. .. Get Nefer to help you next time. Glad your spreadsheet turned out ok in the end. ... I've never had to use one, so I couldnt help you. Jood

Early evening to all the lovely Wafflers Hi Wilson....I can understand why you get frustrated with print preview and print. I've been trying to get a spread sheet done just the way Graeme wants it..........with no success. Copy/paste....cut/paste....none of it worked for me. So I ended up printing one part then running the pages through and printing again on the same sheet.........that did it! It would probably be easier if I knew what I was doing instead of just trial and error. I vote for Bunnings best of all. I can get lots of stuff for the garden, craft glues, paints, tiles, timber etc and a reasonably decent cup of coffee. Altogether, a pleasent way to spend a couple of hours. Now the miners................I'm very pleased they survived and good on them if they can make some money out of it. But I don't like channel Nine's journalism style so I didn't watch the show. My gosh....look at the time......I've been on this b****y puta for hours. I think I'd better get dinner started. See ya later. ~~~~~Trifley waves over her shoulder as she races off to find the 'Commonsense Cookbook'.

Awwwww poor Blingless Wilson, almost looks like you said Wingless Wilson, .. now we cant have this. Here's one of my offcast bits you can have Wilson, just copy and paste to either side of ya name. .. ·:*¨¨*:· .... That will tritty you up a bit. Was what you were going to print, .... in Word ..... Wilson?? That is soooo sweet of you Jude, it would have been lovely too. I'll lhave to do with packet soup I think, yuk! Jood

Joodles, thanks for the encouragement. I try to walk every day and use the weight machine 3 times a week but dont always find the time. I hate the thought of exercise but always feel better for it. I do cheat tho, the gym equipment is set up infront of our big screen tv, so today I watched Dr Phil and Changing rooms...lol Have made 2 big pots of soup and am now cooking a lamb roast so I'll be in the good books tonight........Wanders out pollishing halo joodles I'd send you some chicken noodle soup if I could

Afternoon Wattlers Not much news to tell, went out to tea to a work collegues house on saturday night. Great fun, lots of laughing and hilarity. Then grandsons first B'day BBQ on Sunday, so have had a lovely weekend. I work a lot of weekends, so nice to have a whole one off. And getting to meet up with all our children in the one place was a big bonus. Gets harder to do as they all move further way from home. Have done a bit of H*******K to day, much as it feels like a waste of a day off. Too dry to continue to plant crop......better practice those rain dance moves again lol. I had some computer stuff to do for work.......but can't make the info fit on when i print it out grrrrrr. I check the print preview and it all looks fine, then when i print it, it leaves off the last column. I have given up for now, before i have a total tantrum, reminds me why i am not an office worker. Might look in later. Take Care....... Blingless Wilson

Are the miners going to yankee land? I didn't know that. I hope they get their medical issues sorted out first. If i were them i think I would like a nice long relaxing holiday away from it all. The Euro song contest winners sounded dreadful to me. Do you remember when they had the World Pop idol and the guy from Finland won. Wonder what Finland has got that everyone wants.

Thanks for that Suzy. .. Well I heard Kochie say after that incident, as you said, that Todd had asked him to be there when they got out, and called out to him .. (I got a shock too, when Kochie got in the ambulance, but he did explain why). I dont know how those guys will fare in Yankeeland. .. They certainly wont like the style of interviewing over there, and we all know how the yanks like to over dramatise things! .. They will be out of their depth. Poor old Jude, doing a workout! (no no! not me guys, I think its travelling Jude) .. ooh, better check. .. Yep, travelling Jude. Up down Up down, come on Jude, sweat a bit!!!!!!!! Jood

Hi Joodles, On Sunrise this morning Kochie said that Eddie called him an ambulance chaser. Didn't hear the full story. Probably because he got in the ambulance when the miners were freed. I understood that the miner had asked that Mel and Kochie be at the gate when they came out. Don't know what Eddies problem is, they got the story in the end. I didn't watch the program last night, whilst I feel for the miners, I don't have much faith in the media telling the story exactly how it is. They do like to dramatise things a bit.

Good Afternoon Wattlers, Happy Birthday to Anna. Joodles hope your feeling better, also Shazz and anyone else feeling lousy today. That cough is awful, I still have it after about 3 weeks I think it is now. SusyQ hope you get your problem neighbours sorted out, it can make life such a misery. Watched the miners last night,talk back radio said it was a lousy interveiw, on the stations part also they made comments about channel 7 ( not the done thing) the fellows deserve every pennie they get. Welcome to Lyn, a bit late I know, you say your South of Sydney, how far South??? It has gone quite cold and windy in the Gong this afternoon, hoping for a drop of rain. Had to take the car for it's 3year service $200 bucks later, I think it's such a rip off for what they do but have no choice as it's part of warranty. Well thats about it for now , hugs to our sickies. Sandra in the Gong

Hello everyone, Hippy Birdy to Anna, sounds like you had a nice weekend at the Eistedfodd. DD14 sings in school choirs too and our Eistedfodd in Albury is in August. She had to find a volunteer activity to do for Duke of Edinborough Scheme (bronze) this year and I suggested she volunteer to help put on the Eistedfodd, so I guess I'll be hanging around it a bit myself from next month. They never have enough help, all the same people do it each time and get all strung out. But it's such a great thing for young people to have somewhere to perform if they are learning an instrument or dancing, singing or whatever. I took DD14 to Yr 11 school play Saturday night, they did Loius Nowra's 'Cosi' it was fantastic I enjoyed every minute, such great characters come out on the stage. I sorted out my fright with Ancestry last week - what a nong, I'd never searched using ranked search, always exact search, so all these different things came up and I got all overexcited...... But got more info still, hopefully plenty more to go. Those ugly monsters from the Eurovision contest had to have a gimmic because they don't have any musical talent according to hubby !! Bet they don't last long. Love the waterblaster idea for loud dogs Vonny, might suggest it to hubby, trouble is annoying dog is over the road, and during the day it barks when anyone walks down past our house, usually when OH is home trying to sleep. It must have been full moon last week because it was barking at night, and being answered by the other noisy dog nearby, owned by local policeman!! Very cold here today, blue sky, no rain, so glad someone got some last week. I reckon it's scary about selling the Snowy Hydro Scheme (I also saw Countrywide) I think essential services like water/electricity/sewage should remain under the control of the government. Ok back to work for me, I have changed staff rosters a little bit so will be an interesting week to see if we can cover all the jobs that need doing or if I've overlooked something and have to make up the shortfall somehow. See you later, Hz in Albury PS. SuzyQ, I'm with you on Spotlight over Bunnings !! lol

Vonny .. how ingenious of your husband to think up that contraption to quieten the dogs .. but even so, how terrible that you have to do something about it because their owners wont! Thanks for hugs, too and healing thoughts from Trifley, much appreciated. Sue, so glad the policeman came out to see you, let's all hope that something will come of it. Shaz, sorry, I thought you meant Faye wanted us to go up their pronto, .. as you say, better to wait till we are both better. I gotta ask you Vonny .. what did Eddie say about Kochie .. I must have missed that ??? ... He (Eddie) will get his come uppance one of these days. Trifley, I am so glad you got some information about your grandad's and others' army career, sometimes you get information you've been looking for as well. .. Even if its just how tall they are, any scars or tattoos. ..(That might be on the full list which you'd probably have to buy) .. I must check that list again, I used it, or a similar one a long time ago, and got my Dad's war record and some of Mum's uncles who were prisoner's of war. .. I am lucky to have the telegram sent to Mum to say that they had been found (after being 'lost in action') Jood

bugger...thought there might have been someone in here chatting and I could get sidetracked and forget to go upstairs to the torture chamber. Ah well, will go and walk my 6km and push some weights around. Jude2

Hi Wattlers, Feeling much better now. Have written to Mayor and Local Councilor. Also to CASA. The local police sgt has just been. He was very nice and has made me feel much better. The trouble seems to be that there are no rules and regs regarding the noise of model airplanes. He is going to read up about it and then see what he cando. We explained, that when they put silencers on these models we don't have a problem with it. Will keep you up to date. This is the first time we have ever had any problems with neighbours. Maybe it's because we are retired and prefer a quiet life. I hope you have a wonderful day Anna, it seems it is all organised. You must be very proud of your daughter. Tony, thanks for the info on Thaxted etc. I am going to google today. I do hope every ones coughs and colds are getting better. My arm has been very sore and swollen from the flu jab, but it will be worth it if I don't get any germs. I heard this morning that Eddie is critising Kochie, thanks to Mel, Kochie didn't play into his hands. It's a good thing that women think a bit more before opening their mouths. That's why women should rule the world. What do you think girls? Bunnings is not my favourite shop, I like Spotlight. Lets take a vote on it. What is everyones favourite shop not associated with jewels or apparel. Or food. Well I am going googling, see you all later Luv SuzyQ

Well done Jude, way to go re neighbours. :) Devily, neighbours next door have 3 dogs that bark incessantly day and night - especially when neighbours are away. We don't feel comfortable complaining because we also have a dog, and it's possible that she joins in when we are away during the day! BUT she is as quiet as a mouse at night. Anyway, first line of defence was a Water Blaster. Everytime they began barking, one of the boys would take the water gun and squirt them. That was excellent for the day but obviously not practical at night. (I have to add that hubby is absolutey manic if he is woken at night) So, he installed a switch beside our bed and attached some contraption to our hose that was strategically aimed at dog height and every time he was woken he pressed the switch and they got wet. Didn't take them too long to learn that they shouldn't bark around our side of the house. (Our bedroom is next to their driveway) Mind you, I don't know what the neighbours on the other side do!!!!!!! Sometimes we can hear them yelling :0 I guess Laurie will be home soon. Such dedication to duty, writing to us from the airport AND toasting Anna's birthday LOL ~~~~~~~~~~ to all, special (((((hug))))) to Jood. Vonny PS Shazz, I will try to come up this time if you have a meet :) Vonny

Hi Jood, No didnt mean this week, am still not over coughing fit yet, so am not venturing out just yet, will let you know Shaz