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Hi Laurie, Did you take them with you? SuzyQ

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Hi from Auckland. . . . guess whats out my window giraffes luv Laurie

Hi again Lara and Lew. That's a very interesting story about Quong Tart, more research for you Lara, how she got the locket. Fame at last maybe LOL How many are hovering for the next 0 are you there Rebs SuzyQ

Hi Lara, I am pleased to hear that the family are doing alright.. When are you going to get away, it is North Queensland that you go to isn't it. Thanks for dropping by Tony. Now everybody, fingers crossed, arms crossed, toes crossed, legs crossed. We need to win this week, can't have Tony working so hard that he can't have a chat with his girls now can we. A nice send off with some extra spending money would be great. Hope that you arrived safely Laurie and it's not too cold. Ray must really be feeling all these different temperature zones. The desert one week and ice fields the next. You will just have to cuddle up close. Been filing and i now have back ache so i am going to put my feet up for a bit Bye SuzyQ

This may be of interest, Lara: About Quong Tart 2003 is the 100th anniversary of Quong Tart’s death. Quong Tart had close ties with the City Council. He was a tenant of the QVB and hosted various official dinners in the Elite Tea Rooms. He sat on the famous Royal Commission into Gambling in 1892, which was chaired by the Mayor and met at the Sydney Town Hall. The City of Sydney is proud to host an exhibition about Quong Tart’s tearooms to mark the centenary. The Quong Tart Centenary Commemorative Committee has coordinated a number of events over the next twelve months to celebrate the life of Quong Tart. Mei Quong Tart was a leading nineteenth century Sydney merchant and importer from China. He had a network of tea rooms in the Sydney Arcade, the Royal Arcade and King Street. His crowning success was the ‘Elite Hall’ in the Queen Victoria Market (QVB). He was also a community leader, well connected with the local political and social elites. The Chinese Emperor made him a Mandarin of the fifth degree in 1887, in acknowledgment of his services to the Overseas Chinese community and to European-Chinese relations in Australia. Despite the virulent anti-Chinese agitation in Australia at the time, Quong Tart was ‘as well known as the Governor himself’ and ‘quite as popular among all classes’ in NSW (Daily Telegraph, 10 October 1897). When he was brutally bashed and robbed at his office in the QVB in August 1902, the crime shocked Sydney. He died at his home in Ashfield in July 1903. Lew Lew xxx

hi SuzyQ yes Josh is here going ok at the moment got a part time job for practically nothing but gets him out of the house at least he cooks our evening meal nearly every night he enjoys cooking and doesn't do anything else to contribute so we let him do that and he s quite good at it except he loves pasta and I can't cope with it 5 times a week hehe he is still thinking he can control his problem can't seem to realise that many have tried to control it before and it hasn't worked either he is going to board with a lady in town while we are away and I don't know about that but he is 29 so have to let him make his decisions sometime. And Jamie well I havn't heard from him for a while but will call him today have been meaning to for days but can't seem to get around to it there is a problem with his dad who is my brother and don't want to get involved so it makes it hard as Jamie is ver y bitter towards him and I have to say sometimes he is right but as I've said to Jamie there is a time in your life when you have to take responsibility for your life and stop blaming your parents, move forward and just get on with it and It's hard not to get cross as he just keeps on and on about it I suppose because of the brain damage he has but he is also such a character and has a wicked sense of humour so if he is having a good day its ok to call him so will try this afternoon as I know he has applied to go back to Queensland and do his rehab as an outpatient . Josh couldn't get to a shop ,so he bought us chinese for dinner on sunday nite for my pressie and I said just having him sober and home is enough for me but the food was lovely too, Cassie has bought me a scrapbooking bag you know like a luggage case with a pull long handle but I won't get it till I get up there and I used the phone once on sunday to thank reb for the lovely card she made me and my daughter in Melb rang so I got 'happy mothers day' in a message on the phone more than I got the last two years so maybe I will get a lovely poem one day here's hoping . Julie yes that was the movie Flight Plan I thought it was good and Mike took me to the movies yesterday while the car was being serviced and we saw Brokeback Mountain and I liked it except it was a bit slow very sad too as the poor little wife really loved him and I felt for her as she didn't know at first yes it was a sad not an uplifting movie by any means , can't wait to see The Da Vinci Code I have a puzzle here girls and boys have you Sydney peeps heard of a company from the 1800s called Quong Tart & Co amongst my Mums Jewellery was a locket type thing withon the back engraved With Best wishes from Quong Tart & Co 9:1:86 and it has two photos in it of Mum when Little so I think it may have belonged to my Nan Grace Smedley , but on the front it has initials engraved and they are N with and S entwined so could be S first initial or the N although the N has one of its down strokes over the top of the S making me think the initials may be N. S and Nana's Mother was Ellen Walsh but her single name was Ellen Stock and she was known all her life as Nellie even on her her wedding cert she was Nellie and I thought maybe she was known by the peeps she worked for by her maiden name of Stock therefore Nellie Stock it also has some little dents in it like a baby had bitten it as my locket has from one of mine chewing on it I would love to know about this CO. who they were and where or what they did please if you know someway I can find out please let me know . By the way forgot this bit 'You're are not my mother 'bought me some beatiful iris's and some cobram cream so there you go pays to be the mother osf his children too . see you all tonight folks Lara

I got one too...a new name that is cheesy dippindunkin...lol see you all tomorrow...bye

Arvo Wattlers. Just dropping by to let yas know I'm still alive and kicking....lol SusyQ. Thanks for the Email mate x Just having a bite to eat ( lunch ) then back out on the roads, i must go. Been very busy...which is a good thing...$$$$$$$....:>)) and contracts coming in that have to be done, so working late into the day, and haven't had time to get on GR. Not long before we head off to the U.K...so for Barb and i its head down and bums up ( work wise ) Also been heavily involved with a few connections to my tree that are related to my Hull's in England......so been doing a lot of research and Geno stuff........dunno why?? Anyone would think this is a Family History site.....LOL If I'm missing for awhile, its cos I'm buggered or doin Geno stuff. Will catch up ron. Av a good un. Tony Oz........:>))

Ah You crazy bunch, lol No Anna, dont think I will be drinking it again either hehe Trifley, hehe thats why Rob calls me his mountain woman, I hail from the mountains, have a dirty mind dont I, but at least you cant call me boring, maybe loopy sometimes though Lew wouldnt you like to be a fly on the wall, better still the fly in his pants, that way you could hear everything that is being said, OK Im going now to wash my mouth out gonna get off here and go snuggle under the blanket and wade through the family tree book and try to figure how distant this new one is, too damn cold here to do anything else. Cheers Shaz

Good afternoon Wattlers, I have just sent an email to Tony, starting to get worried now, hope that he is alright. Glad you enjoyed the F**t Joke Lew. A bit sick but funny. It must be great to have something on the ex wife. Funny, but I got on with his ex better than he did, but she was a problem to us. For years we didn't have any money, it all went on the girls. The more she got the more she wanted. What lovely daughters you have, and talented, writing poetry ( clean at that ). Trifley, where do you go for the papyrus. I have some in my pond that we got from the lily farm at Canungra. My pond now has a slow leak and we can't spare the water to keep topping it up, so we are thinking of filling it in. Are you going to put some fish in your pond. It's a must to keep the mosquito's away. Julie Cat, good luck with your kitten. Ours, now 20 months old has decided that she prefers to go out at night and sleep all day. Before we got her she lived in a unit and had never been outside. We get her in before we go to bed, but she always gets me up about 2.30 to go out. I have removed a fly screen from a window and I leave it open for her to get back in, otherwise she screams under the bedroom window at about 4.30am. Lara, is your son doing alright now, is he home? Also, how is your nephew, I often think of him. We haven't had any rain yet, and not much sign of any. I am going now to do some more filing. Love SuzyQ

Yes, Flakey, you're right on both accounts. The first wife has always looked down at me and been very superior, LOL. Now who's having the last laugh, heeeee, heeeeee. But that's what you expect from an Essex girl, PMSL. Crewella :-))))))))))))

Crewella, you would love to be a fly on the wall, wouldn't you?? Me thinks you dont like first wifey...lol Jude2

Afternoon Warblers Anna....isn't that strange...I had a virus protector on here which started & ended in N and I had no end of trouble. Crashing, freezing, 'illegal' messages....it was driving me crazy. I eventually took the thing off and have had no trouble since. Mark had it on the lap-top and he was having trouble too. I guess we know what brand not to buy in future. Healing thoughts for Chris and your daughter. Colds at this time of year seem to hang around for ages. Hi Sandra in the Gong........Graeme & I did the Sydney bridge climb several years ago. It wasn't too strenuous and well worth the effort. The view from on top is breath-taking. I'm sure you'll enjoy yourself. Shaz... pmsl reading your post. You know the old saying....'A mountain man loves mountin' women'. I did battle with the long carpark this morning. Had to pick Mark up from Bundall at 8:00am and it took me 55mins to get there. The trafic through the road works is soooo slow. I don't know how people put up with it every day. Mark then conned me into stopping off at the local aquarium to buy a light for the tank. The fact we also came home with several new fish is a minor point. We put the new light on the tank and it looks good. We can now see all the new fish we bought haaa haaa. Gotta go.........Graeme is yelling out for directions. We are working on the new papyrus feature today and he wants help with the bath. See ya later. ~~~~~~waves to everyone love Trifley

good day peoples Tony you ok mate ? what did they wear you out all those girls on mothers day bet you had sore ears mate hope you all had a lovely day too ladies whatever you did. Hey Joodles I don't care who keeps an eye on you lot if I'm not around, especially if they think they can control you lot , NO HOPE but I don't think you qualify cause lately you been sorta naughty too LOL you and your new bits. I'm going to find some today I'mbored with having no bits . Hey Sandra you fitness peep wish I had the energy to do all these walks that you do, that's what I hate about narcolepsy the most there is one part of me saying gee I would love to go for a walk An d the other part is saying no dont go I'm too tired it drives me mad I suppose its like people also like moi who say I'm starting my diet tomorrow or from today I won't drink a the intention is good its the body whats not willing to do it Lew you have not got a rellie caledd fany lusty no body would have called their daughter that surely youre joking Laurie we have lots of Keziahs in the Greening family tree and and also Zillah they were one of those families who really confuse you when their first Zillah died they had another one and called her same name most confusing when you don't know of the first ones death and this new one turns up with another birthdate . Joodles Utiniya sounds like a disease is Heaven her second name or surname please ? we should have these written down for the meet up at Mudgee and have competition for those with the weirdest names Anna were you having fun when you said we could all do with a tool boxer sorry box, you're right I have a set of screw drivers and my own measuring tape cause if I waited for Tiger to do I would be waiting for ever Shazz you're a funny b***er, they person who is deleting may be gr they may be getting rid of any message that has naughty stuff OH NO course then there would only be about 200 left pmsl. going to have some lunch been going to for about half an hr and get doing something else instead oh for an organised brain what would I give ...... anything . Rebs way to go girl take after mumsie with your love of music wish we could have had more when peeps were here but couldn't turn music up when someone was watching footie or he would have thrown a hizzie fit and he had done so well , being the host with the most so let him have his footie not that it did the Cats any good , I have my radio blaring right now as they play all the old songs from my era for one hr at lunch time and as Josh is out its beaut as he turns the talk shows on the tele on and I miss out how come these kids all boss us around b*****S see you all after lunch folks Lara

Oh Donna, you neat and tidy freak! lol. We've all been wondering whether we had offended anyone and caused them to delete. But it's just you being obsessive compulsive!! The continuing saga of the unknown daughter. Terry off to Sydney on Saturday to have meeting with former wife. Big implications regarding Wills, Estates, etc., etc., so I'll keep you posted (hheeeee, heeeee, sorry can't help meself) ~~~waves to everybody~~~ Lew Lew x

Ahaaaa.......! Thought you could get away with it Donna (from now on to be known as the phantom nudger's son) - we were right onto you! Boys!! Always in some sort of drama - glad it turned out OK. Shazz - I'll never drink Mountain Dew again! Can't remember if one of you girls sent this to me or not - Alzeimers setting in quickly. So if you've heard it before - too bad. If you haven't - enjoy! Dave and Mabel celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. Says Mabel - 'Dave, Let's recapture the passion of our youth on our 50th wedding anniversary.' So they stripped off and sat at the breakfast table naked. Says Mabel 'Dave - my nipples are still as hot for you as they were when we were on our honeymoon.' Says Dave - 'I'm not surprised Mabel - your leftie is dangling in your cup of tea.' Off to the naughty corner :>) Anna

Hi Lew Yes I noticed that too - it's not as if I'm on here all day staring at the computer - I just happened to be here at the time! Veeeery spooky! (With aplogies to the pheasant plucker) It's not the phantom nudger, it's the phantom nudger's son And he keeps deleting messages One by one by one. Helllooooooooo !! :>) Anna

Hi Wattlers Just received from a friend and couldnt resist adding Shaz In Pharmacology, all drugs have two names, a trade name and generic name. For example, the trade name of Tylenol also has a generic name of Acetaminophen. Aleve is also called Naproxen. Amoxil is also call Amoxicillin and Advil is also called Ibuprofen. The FDA has been looking for a generic name for Viagra. After careful consideration by a team of government experts, it recently announced that it has settled on the generic name of Mycoxafloppin. Also considered were Mycoxafailin, Mydixadrupin, Mydixarizin, Dixafix, and of course, Ibepokin. Pfizer Corp. announced today that Viagra will soon be available in liquid form, and will be marketed by Pepsi Cola as a power beverage suitable for use as a mixer. It will now be possible for a man to literally pour himself a stiff one. Obviously we can no longer call this a soft drink, and it gives new meaning to the names of 'cocktails', 'highballs' and just a good old-fashioned 'stiff drink.' Pepsi will market the new concoction by the name of: 'MOUNT & DO' Thought for the day: There is more money being spent on breast implants and Viagra today than on Alzheimer's research. This means that by 2040, there should be a large elderly population with perky boobs and huge erections and absolutely no recollection of what to do with them.

Morning Wattlers...well whats left of it Had so many things to do today and haven't done any yet...its going to be one of those days. Had a text from no1 daughter first thing this morning ' Hi Mum am in Spain,can you put money in visa for me, thanks, love ya' must be having trouble finding an internet cafe where she can transfer money...dont ya just love'm?? So off to the bank I went. Then get to the office to get a call from an elderly peeps village ...they have a room for my 81 yr old aunt and need me to organize all new paperwork, that blew the next couple of hours.Now its lunchtime and I had big plans of working in the garden in the sun ..... oh well. So did I miss something , is there a way to workout my new name???? I want a new name tooo!!!! Where is Tony? didn't do anything drastic just cause C*****D lost did he....lol OK back to work I go.... waving to all the wattlers Jude2