few days behind guys

The Estate said:

few days behind guys

we’re not chatting anymore – now we just hijack threads. LOL.
its all fog here this morning – looks beautiful and isn’t as cold.

pepe said:

The Estate said:

few days behind guys

we’re not chatting anymore – now we just hijack threads. LOL.
its all fog here this morning – looks beautiful and isn’t as cold.

well I just tipped out 30 mm that had fallen in the thirty hours of constant drizzle that just stopped.
I’m smiling apart from the fact that I still have heaps of walnuts on the ground.

its all fog here this morning – looks beautiful and isn’t as cold.

well I just tipped out 30 mm that had fallen in the thirty hours of constant drizzle that just stopped.
I’m smiling apart from the fact that I still have heaps of walnuts on the ground.
———————
that’s a nice drop – welcome to the world of weeds now.
only 7mm in my dirty raingauge – and that’s from about 7 days.
i still get my shoes wet as i walk around tho’.

Morning :)
Foggy and warmish here this morning. Weird.
I slept in and the poor chooks were trying to jump the fence , they are so routinised.

Speaking of routine.. I was up late because I’d watched a BBC documentary on autism. It was about 4 young people , 3 are autistic and one has asperger syn, called “ Make me Normal” and it just blew me away. I’d seen many many videos and docos on this topic, but nothing except this one came even close to showing the same sort of behavioural problems my son has. These 4 young people are my son all wrapped up in one big body.
It’s heartbreaking to watch, but it’s exactly what we live ,daily.

pepe said:

its all fog here this morning – looks beautiful and isn’t as cold.

Oh eerie and so lovely :)
I’m not in the open , but it’s the same scene here , but over rooftops.

It’s heartbreaking to watch, but it’s exactly what we live ,daily.
———
i didn’t see that one – but four corners on aged care was depressing.
it’s difficult to see a way out of these institutional problems.

more fog shots – its clearing now

pepe said:

It’s heartbreaking to watch, but it’s exactly what we live ,daily.
———
i didn’t see that one – but four corners on aged care was depressing.
it’s difficult to see a way out of these institutional problems.

Yes it is.
This doco is downloadable , so I thought if perghaps anyone may want an inkling into ‘where I’m at’ then watch this.
The thing that got me was these kids were contained. Mines out and about causing all sorts of problems. because he has the right to.
Yesterday the boy rang me to say he was sitting on the steps of Flinders St station, and a smoker brushed past him flicking ash on him..he said to me if he had a knife he would stab that man. He was furious that he had been assulted. I calmed him.
Then a short time later I read on the news that there had been a stabbing at Flinders St…

Thank God not him.

pepe said:

more fog shots – its clearing now

Beautiful :)

cough cough…… sneeze….. sniff…… I am in bed with toshie on wireless.

Happy Potter said:

Speaking of routine.. I was up late because I’d watched a BBC documentary on autism. It was about 4 young people , 3 are autistic and one has asperger syn, called “ Make me Normal” and it just blew me away. I’d seen many many videos and docos on this topic, but nothing except this one came even close to showing the same sort of behavioural problems my son has. These 4 young people are my son all wrapped up in one big body.
It’s heartbreaking to watch, but it’s exactly what we live ,daily.

Rats! I was going to tape that (it was on too late for me to stay up for), but since we’re always fighting a losing battle with our recorded TV, I decided to give it a miss.

By the way… morning all :)

Back to work today – had to come in anyway or else go to the GP and get a medical certificate for a cold, but in any case as I was driving to work today I realised I am much, much better – made it the whole way only having to blow my nose twice! Brilliant.

Planning to start Snail Patrol in the garden tonight, since everything is finally wet enough for the blighters to come out..

We finally put the retic into raised vegie bed 1 this weeked – Mr Bon is very happy about that – he’s been quite impatient about it. It will just sit and so it’s thing for the next 9 weeks or so as there’s no point trying to plant anythign three weeks before we go away, but that’s OK as the mixture of stuff that went into it needs more time to bread down.

Whoops.. excuse my ridiculous typos :)

Get well Lucky..

Hi Collie, thanks. Hope your going well in the west. I think there is rain your way???

12.2mm overnight.. Finally!!

not well Lucky ??

colliewa said:

12.2mm overnight.. Finally!!

Oh nice…….:)

The Estate said:

not well Lucky ??

Thanks Thee… I have a cold…:(

Lucky1 said:

The Estate said:

not well Lucky ??

Thanks Thee… I have a cold…:(

Lucky1 said:

cough cough…… sneeze….. sniff…… I am in bed with toshie on wireless.

Aww Lucky.
((hugs)) hope you get better soon.

bon008 said:

Whoops.. excuse my ridiculous typos :)

It’s the snuffleuffagus season.
You take it easy too.

I’ve been tearing about melb so much I’m bound to get hit by a pig lol.
Not worried.. too many things to do.
First up the breads in and cooking :)
Now I’m off to take back the recalled food dryer as I’m going that way anyway, take fresh eggs to a friend and… can’t remb what was next lol.
BBL x

pepe said:

more fog shots – its clearing now

something surreal and beautiful about fog

Happy Potter said:

I’ve been tearing about melb so much I’m bound to get hit by a pig lol.
Not worried.. too many things to do.
First up the breads in and cooking :)
Now I’m off to take back the recalled food dryer as I’m going that way anyway, take fresh eggs to a friend and… can’t remb what was next lol.
BBL x

Does anybody else get exhausted just reading about what HP is up to each day?? :)

Happy Potter said:

Lucky1 said:

cough cough…… sneeze….. sniff…… I am in bed with toshie on wireless.

Aww Lucky.
((hugs)) hope you get better soon.

((hugs)) form me too. At least you have good company ;)

bon008 said:

Happy Potter said:

I’ve been tearing about melb so much I’m bound to get hit by a pig lol.
Not worried.. too many things to do.
First up the breads in and cooking :)
Now I’m off to take back the recalled food dryer as I’m going that way anyway, take fresh eggs to a friend and… can’t remb what was next lol.
BBL x

Does anybody else get exhausted just reading about what HP is up to each day?? :)

yes, me!

bluegreen said:

bon008 said:

Happy Potter said:

I’ve been tearing about melb so much I’m bound to get hit by a pig lol.
Not worried.. too many things to do.
First up the breads in and cooking :)
Now I’m off to take back the recalled food dryer as I’m going that way anyway, take fresh eggs to a friend and… can’t remb what was next lol.
BBL x

Does anybody else get exhausted just reading about what HP is up to each day?? :)

yes, me!

Yeh, but you have a really good reason to be exhausted at the moment anyway!! :)

Thanks everyone…. I can feel a sleep coming on………………..zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Lucky1 said:

…. I can feel a sleep coming on………………..zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

me too, except that I am at work :(

MrBL saw the orthopedic surgeon this morning and the outcome is that he’s going ahead with the op on his shoulder.
We don’t have a date yet but they said it would be in about three weeks. Two days in hospital and then his right arm has to be completely immobilised for six weeks. This means all the driving is up to me and I’ll have to do everything for the eldest’s 21st myself.
Panic time.

Bubba Louie said:

MrBL saw the orthopedic surgeon this morning and the outcome is that he’s going ahead with the op on his shoulder.
We don’t have a date yet but they said it would be in about three weeks. Two days in hospital and then his right arm has to be completely immobilised for six weeks. This means all the driving is up to me and I’ll have to do everything for the eldest’s 21st myself.
Panic time.

Ouch, that’s bad timing! Presumably your son can help out with his own party though?? :)

arvo all.

Grazing ‘killing millions of trees’

Long lost lizards living in leaf litter

I love it how despite our worst efforts, nature can still surprise us :)

bluegreen said:

Long lost lizards living in leaf litter

I love it how despite our worst efforts, nature can still surprise us :)

What a gorgeous little lizard :)

bluegreen said:

Grazing ‘killing millions of trees’

such thing of fence a area around the trees or make a special area for them like we have and grow them there. some people aren’t happy. if we get rid of all the cattle, goats sheep etc what are we going to eat in meat wise.

veg gardener said:

bluegreen said:

Grazing ‘killing millions of trees’

such thing of fence a area around the trees or make a special area for them like we have and grow them there. some people aren’t happy. if we get rid of all the cattle, goats sheep etc what are we going to eat in meat wise.

that’s right Veg. the problem is that the existing trees are getting older, and there are no young trees being allowed to grow to replace them when they die. So we need to protect areas of land to allow young trees to grow big enough to withstand cattle etc.

bluegreen said:

Grazing ‘killing millions of trees’

Thanks for posting it BG but I find these articles annoying.

In fact that ‘news’ is forty years old. For the last 40 years massive and successful reafforestation has taken place. Rotation of crops and stock became standard practice on most farms 20 years ago. Everywhere I drive in the countryside now, I see windbreaks of established trees. There are exceptions, but really, the farmers and ‘Trees for life” deserve more credit for what they have done.

bluegreen said:

bon008 said:

Happy Potter said:

I’ve been tearing about melb so much I’m bound to get hit by a pig lol.
Not worried.. too many things to do.
First up the breads in and cooking :)
Now I’m off to take back the recalled food dryer as I’m going that way anyway, take fresh eggs to a friend and… can’t remb what was next lol.
BBL x

Does anybody else get exhausted just reading about what HP is up to each day?? :)

yes, me!

And me! :)

Arvo All,
Just caught up after being busy for 2 days.
Lucky I hope you feel better soon
Pepe those fog photos are lovely.
BG well done for getting the packing done successfully
Bubba, I hope you get help for the 21st party!
HP slow down!
I didn’t make notes so I hope I remembered all I wanted to say!

bon008 said:

Happy Potter said:

I’ve been tearing about melb so much I’m bound to get hit by a pig lol.
Not worried.. too many things to do.
First up the breads in and cooking :)
Now I’m off to take back the recalled food dryer as I’m going that way anyway, take fresh eggs to a friend and… can’t remb what was next lol.
BBL x

Does anybody else get exhausted just reading about what HP is up to each day?? :)

LOL! Bonn. I’m just in the door , back much later than I thought I’d be. Had three strong coffee’s whilst out and I’m wild eyed now , look out lol.
The smell of the fresh bread as I walked in the door… lovely.
Tea to get now.

bluegreen said:

pepe said:

more fog shots – its clearing now

something surreal and beautiful about fog

A fog looks so quiet and still , like the earth has stopped , I always feel calm and safe when theres a fog. Weird.

bon008 said:

bluegreen said:

bon008 said:

Does anybody else get exhausted just reading about what HP is up to each day?? :)

yes, me!

Yeh, but you have a really good reason to be exhausted at the moment anyway!! :)

I do ?? thinking thinking… nope can’t think of anything . perhaps I need another coffee lol.

Happy Potter said:

bluegreen said:

pepe said:

more fog shots – its clearing now

something surreal and beautiful about fog

A fog looks so quiet and still , like the earth has stopped , I always feel calm and safe when theres a fog. Weird.

Gees don’t you watch horror movies? There’s monsters in there!!!!!

pepe said:

bluegreen said:

Grazing ‘killing millions of trees’

Thanks for posting it BG but I find these articles annoying.

In fact that ‘news’ is forty years old. For the last 40 years massive and successful reafforestation has taken place. Rotation of crops and stock became standard practice on most farms 20 years ago. Everywhere I drive in the countryside now, I see windbreaks of established trees. There are exceptions, but really, the farmers and ‘Trees for life” deserve more credit for what they have done.

fair enough pepe

Happy Potter said:

bon008 said:

bluegreen said:

yes, me!

Yeh, but you have a really good reason to be exhausted at the moment anyway!! :)

I do ?? thinking thinking… nope can’t think of anything . perhaps I need another coffee lol.

she was talking to me! lol!

Written By Regina Brett, 90 years old, of The Plain Dealer, Cleveland , Ohio

“To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most requested column I’ve ever written.” My odometer rolled over to 90 in August, so here is the column once more: 1. Life isn’t fair, but it’s still good. 2. When in doubt, just take the next small step. 3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. 4. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and family will. Stay in touch. 5. Pay off your credit cards every month. 6. You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree. 7. Cry with someone. It’s more healing than crying alone. 8. It’s OK to get angry with God. He can take it. 9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck. 10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile. 11. Make peace with your past so it won’t screw up the present. 12. It’s OK to let your children see you cry. 13. Don’t compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about. 14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn’t be in it. 15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don’t worry; God never blinks. 16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind. 17. Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful. 18. Whatever doesn’t kill you really does make you stronger. 19. It’s never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else. 20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don’t take no for an answer. 21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. 22. Over prepare, then go with the flow. 23. Be eccentric now. Don’t wait for old age to wear purple. 24. The most important sex organ is the brain. 25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you. 26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words ‘In five years, will this matter?’ 27. Always choose life. 28. Forgive everyone everything. 29. What other people think of you is none of your business. 30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time. 31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change. 32. Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does. 33. Believe in miracles. 34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn’t do. 35. Don’t audit life. Show up and make the most of it now. 36. Growing old beats the alternative — dying young. 37. Your children get only one childhood. 38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved. 39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere. 40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else’s, we’d grab ours back. 41. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need. 42. The best is yet to come. 43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up. 44. Yield. 45. Life isn’t tied with a bow, but it’s still a gift.” Remember that I will always share my spoon with you! Friends are the family that we choose for ourselves.

A woman gets her hair done before she went to Rome.

Her hairdresser was chatty and asked who she was flying with.

“Continental she replied.”

“Oh, you should give them a miss! They are always late and the staff are rude! Where are you staying?”

“The Ramada.”

“Not that dump! It’s got a shocking reputation. The decore is awful and the plumbing is from medieval times! Find somewhere decent! Where are you going in Rome?”

“The Vatican, to see the Pope!”

“Yeah, you and the other million every day. He’ll be a speck in your binoculars!”

On her return from the trip, the traveler returned for another hairdo.

The chatty hairdresser started on her again.

“See what I meant about Continental? Absolute shockers aren’t they?”

The traveler replied..

“Actually no. We got one of those super jumbos. It was overbooked, so the nice lady at the checkin counter bumped us up to first class. It has a sleeper on those planes, and the silver service food was superb. The Ramada had just had a $50million dollar refit, it was overbooked too so they put us in the owners personal suite. It has a spa and exclusive access to the rooftop pool. We had a lovely stay. We went to the Vatican on the second day, and had great tour around the Vatican because the hotel’s owner had connections. One of the Swiss Guards took my arm and led me into a small room with a lovely chair. The Guard said His Holiness liked to meet people who visited, but only one at a time. When the Pope entered, he was helped to the chair. I knelt and kissed his ring and he whispered in my ear.”

“What did the Pope whisper?”

“He asked – Who stuffed your hairdo?”

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

bon008 said:

Yeh, but you have a really good reason to be exhausted at the moment anyway!! :)

I do ?? thinking thinking… nope can’t think of anything . perhaps I need another coffee lol.

she was talking to me! lol!

Well that would explain why I couldn’t find a reason to be exhausted LOL!
And also why I should slow down! hehehe.

bluegreen said:

bon008 said:

Happy Potter said:

I’ve been tearing about melb so much I’m bound to get hit by a pig lol.
Not worried.. too many things to do.
First up the breads in and cooking :)
Now I’m off to take back the recalled food dryer as I’m going that way anyway, take fresh eggs to a friend and… can’t remb what was next lol.
BBL x

Does anybody else get exhausted just reading about what HP is up to each day?? :)

yes, me!

and me!

Evening allllll

Lucky1 said:

Thanks everyone…. I can feel a sleep coming on………………..zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Take it easy Lucky

Hello AnneS :)
how are you ?

Hi Anne :)

Interesting developments in series 3 of Robin Hood.. :)

bon008 said:

Hi Anne :)

Interesting developments in series 3 of Robin Hood.. :)

G’day Bon
Oh yeah….I’ll have to wait until it comes to TV I think. Wonder when we’ll get the next series of Spooks? He should be good in that I would think!

Happy Potter said:

Hello AnneS :)
how are you ?

G’day HP. Back after my busy weekend. (actually arrived home on Sunday but have been kept busy doing admin for Guides and our Progress Assoc last couple of days)

Was lovely seeing my kids and my granddaughter on the weekend even though we were only together to attend a funeral

AnneS said:

bon008 said:

Hi Anne :)

Interesting developments in series 3 of Robin Hood.. :)

G’day Bon
Oh yeah….I’ll have to wait until it comes to TV I think. Wonder when we’ll get the next series of Spooks? He should be good in that I would think!

I just read today that series 7 will start right after series 6 finishes – some time in June, I think.

He has some very nice tattoos in Spooks :D

bon008 said:

Bubba Louie said:

MrBL saw the orthopedic surgeon this morning and the outcome is that he’s going ahead with the op on his shoulder.
We don’t have a date yet but they said it would be in about three weeks. Two days in hospital and then his right arm has to be completely immobilised for six weeks. This means all the driving is up to me and I’ll have to do everything for the eldest’s 21st myself.
Panic time.

Ouch, that’s bad timing! Presumably your son can help out with his own party though?? :)

My 21ster rings Mon night, she is at a hospital. Went there with a sore back from a fall and came out with a plaster cast on a suspected broken wrist…Xrays today show that wrist is fine, and her back prolly has a muscle/ligament spasm…oh joy, party is this Monday coming…

bon008 said:

AnneS said:

bon008 said:

Hi Anne :)

Interesting developments in series 3 of Robin Hood.. :)

G’day Bon
Oh yeah….I’ll have to wait until it comes to TV I think. Wonder when we’ll get the next series of Spooks? He should be good in that I would think!

I just read today that series 7 will start right after series 6 finishes – some time in June, I think.

He has some very nice tattoos in Spooks :D

Not normally a fan of tatts, but on him could be ok. I am already a Spooks fan and it is just about to get better!

Greetings gardeners.
Another night of showers. There is a fog outside as dawn breaks.
It isn’t cold though. Probably 15 deg.
The fog must have woken me up early. Noisy stuff innit!

Dawn won’t be here for at least another 13 minutes.

Dawn is here already

G’day RB and Hopper.
It’s light here, i am not sure when sunrise is these days. There is cloud cover and fog and a misty rain.
The water is getting under the road base under my shed driveway.
Starting to lift it.
Ag drain on the uphill side required.
I have a surface sump but obviously that’s not sufficient.
Like i have nothing to do!

Sunrise at Yamba was 6:34

Hi Longy—what a pest—I have to watch the driveway here as well as if it gets crack in the bitumen—water can get under that and undermine it too—we are in for more rain today and this week.

Hi Longy—what a pest
++++++++++++++++++
Yes well, i’ve been called worse i guess.
Fog has lifted, sun may even peak out here shortly.
Might go make some porridge and a cuppa.

Hopper, do you reckon it’s too late to plant out tubestock now?
I normally plant in Autumn but missed the opportunity for one reason or another.

I reckon it would be ok Longy—as not all that cold where you are —do you get frosts ?—give them a chance to get started b4 the hot weather—but I reckon you wold know better than I would ;)

Well, we get a few very light frosts in a normal year.
I think if it’s a wet Winter, the frosts are lessened in severity but i’m not sure if there is a link there.
I gues i can just go ahead and see what survives.

What are you planting Longy

Grasshopper said:

What are you planting Longy

Natives mainly.
Some Aussie compact lilly pillies. A few Leptospermum, tea trees, a golden Penda, a few tuckeroo maybe.
Possibly throw a pecan nut or two in there.
The new bed is 36m long and 4m wide so i have a bit to plant.

They are all pretty tough—they should be fine I think

Crikey. WHat’s that big yella ball up there?
It’s hurting my eyes!

Yes makes a change to see the sun —haven’t seen it here in awhile either

Grasshopper said:

They are all pretty tough—they should be fine I think

OK. I’ll blame you if they all cark it then.
Jolly good Hopper!

I have a Tucker here it is a ovely tree—

Yes they are everywhere in the wild here.
All the coastal rainforest seems to be protected on the seaward side by tuckeroo.
Some are quite oddly shaped from the wind but once you move inside their protective curtain into the bush, it’s calm and quiet even on a windy day. They obviously have a great resilience to withstand the onslaught.
After the storms of last week, i noticed some of them had sandblasted leaves. I don’t know if it was from the salt laden wind or if it was actually sandblasting or waterblasting that caused it. The winds were in excess of 140km/h.
I once came across one on a creek bank not far from Roma in Qld too. A long way from home. Probably carried there by a bird. I think the spangled drongo eat their fruit and they are a transient bird.
One of my favourite local plants.

Yes they give good shade—although when visitors park under it in the summer they get pooped on

LOL.
So much for the sun.
Looks like it’s gonna rain. Yay.
I should go feed these wenches up the back and throw my perch a bit of a feed before it rains i guess.
BBL Hopper.

Longy said:

Well, we get a few very light frosts in a normal year.
I think if it’s a wet Winter, the frosts are lessened in severity but i’m not sure if there is a link there.
I gues i can just go ahead and see what survives.

I heard via the Bureau that we can expect a warmer than normal winter this year. It’s certainly a wetter than normal Autumn. I’m a bit like you LF. I’m not quite sure what to prune and what to plant ATM. I don’t prune a lot of stuff till I’m sure frosts are over but if there aren’t going to be any frosts then there is heaps that I can do. ( if it stops raining that is)

Apparently the farmers in the Valley want the rain to stop because their crops are going mouldy in the ground. Up go the vegie prices again.
Can anyone remember if we ever had a perfect year or an even close to perfect year, climate wise. Maybe it’s just that we are never satisfied.

>Hopper, do you reckon it’s too late to plant out tubestock now?

If you get a plastic shopping bag and three stakes, make a microclimate for it.. Open the bottom of the bag of course.

Morning. I’m recovering from my bout of flu. My nose, ears and throat aren’t normal yet but fortunately my fingers and eyes are in full working order.

My sudden recovery is partly due to our Premier Mrs Anna Bligh. She has so infuriated me with her latest announcements that I can’t lie around being sick. The plan she has now is to sell off Q’ld Motorways Ltd…Port of Brisbane Ltd…Forrest Plantations…Q’ld Rail’s Coal buisness…Abbot Port Coal Terminal. Q’d Bulk Frieght and Regional Frieght will also be offered. Our petrol subsidy of 8c a litre is also to stop on the 1 July and we all know what will happen when that kicks in. Price rises will be assured. Jobs will be lost etc. etc. We had an election 2 months ago and none of this was even hinted at before that. Figures!

If the Government hadn’t bought up all our valley for the phantom dam, they would have saved millions. The dam that is now shelved for 4 years. Does that mean that the funds needed to build the dam will be available by then? I doubt it. I need to get down of the soap box now. I get so p***ed off.

>Q’ld Motorways Ltd…

Won’t that be hard with the financing for the airport tunnel/road turning into such a fiasco?

pomolo said:

Morning. I’m recovering from my bout of flu. My nose, ears and throat aren’t normal yet but fortunately my fingers and eyes are in full working order.

My sudden recovery is partly due to our Premier Mrs Anna Bligh. She has so infuriated me with her latest announcements that I can’t lie around being sick. The plan she has now is to sell off Q’ld Motorways Ltd…Port of Brisbane Ltd…Forrest Plantations…Q’ld Rail’s Coal buisness…Abbot Port Coal Terminal. Q’d Bulk Frieght and Regional Frieght will also be offered. Our petrol subsidy of 8c a litre is also to stop on the 1 July and we all know what will happen when that kicks in. Price rises will be assured. Jobs will be lost etc. etc. We had an election 2 months ago and none of this was even hinted at before that. Figures!

If the Government hadn’t bought up all our valley for the phantom dam, they would have saved millions. The dam that is now shelved for 4 years. Does that mean that the funds needed to build the dam will be available by then? I doubt it. I need to get down of the soap box now. I get so p***ed off.

Well if they kept ownership in Australia it would not be so bad, but I think the fear in the backs of everybody’s mind, is foreign ownership…I believe that some energy corp in NSW is owned by a Chinese business?

Still and all, these are vehicles for the govt of the day to provide employment when an economic stimulus is needed…I don’t think this announcement is going down too well with the Qld public, and I bet we will rue the day that we are a mono-something state govt (no upper house in Qld Parliament)…

colliewa said:

>Hopper, do you reckon it’s too late to plant out tubestock now?

If you get a plastic shopping bag and three stakes, make a microclimate for it.. Open the bottom of the bag of course.

Yes i’d considered covering them Collie, about 100 + plants will go in this bed so it’s a lot of added effort.
I might run a 2’ high screen along the top of the bed, to help stop the cooling air from flowing across the plants.
I have a roll of silt mesh here somewhere.

Get up ‘em Pom.
Hard to believe Qld Gov is broke at the end of a boom period.
(Totally understandable for NSW tho’.
It’s been run by cretins for years.)

I was shocked as well when I heard that she was about the sell all—like if we sold the house and rented it back
bloody stupid—!!!

Grasshopper said:

I was shocked as well when I heard that she was about the sell all—like if we sold the house and rented it back
bloody stupid—!!!

Atta girl Grasshopper: you rock!!

Actually speaking, MrD is assisting a client with an easement needed by a semi-govt authority: his point for his client is that the govt people he is dealing with now, are reasonable and businesslike: however about 10 – 12 years down the track, there may be reps from the authority who are not reasonable…so they need to nut out some details and ink it in to prevent possible future unfairness to the private individual involved…

Which begs the question, if we sell off these “Authorities” etc, are we guaranteed of a “fair go” further down the track?

Longy said:

Get up ‘em Pom.
Hard to believe Qld Gov is broke at the end of a boom period.
(Totally understandable for NSW tho’.
It’s been run by cretins for years.)

Our Qld govt suffers from not enough changing of the guard…a way of doing things becomes entrenched (look at Qld Health) and then it’s harder for the new govt to change things…our Opposition has been a joke for years… “no wonder they’re in opposition!”…sometimes I think it should be 3 terms and then out! I mean, the bureaucracy will trundle along regardless of who’s holding the reins…

We in NSW are in the —— as well broke as—I thought when we got Labor in both things might be better—as they wouldn’t be able to pass the buck as they did b4

>We in NSW are in the——as well broke as—I thought when we got Labor in both things might be better—as they wouldn’t be able to pass the buck as they did b4

Unfortunately if the federal labor mob had brains they are not inclined to lend them to nsw labor….

8^)

Dinetta said:

I mean, the bureaucracy will trundle along regardless of who’s holding the reins…

and ain’t that the truth!

colliewa said:

>We in NSW are in the——as well broke as—I thought when we got Labor in both things might be better—as they wouldn’t be able to pass the buck as they did b4

Unfortunately if the federal labor mob had brains they are not inclined to lend them to nsw labor….

8^)

entirely different beast…

Good morning Each.
We’ve had a bit of rain here I’m glad to say.
My tasks for the day outside are to plant 4 new raspberries and transplant 2 others. I have to make a frame for them to lean on too.
Also I have little leeks to plant in a temporary position until they get a bit bigger :)
After that, if there’s any energy or day left I guess I should do some houseworky stuff :(

Good Morning or arvo which ever your case may be.

Hope everyone is well today.

I’ve managed a great night sleep after a night of about 2 hours sleep due to a dog with a sore neck.

Muschee said:

Good Morning or arvo which ever your case may be.

Hope everyone is well today.

I’ve managed a great night sleep after a night of about 2 hours sleep due to a dog with a sore neck.

Oh should add…. dog’s all good now

Muschee said:

Muschee said:

Good Morning or arvo which ever your case may be.

Hope everyone is well today.

I’ve managed a great night sleep after a night of about 2 hours sleep due to a dog with a sore neck.

Oh should add…. dog’s all good now

Oh good :) I lost a couple of hours to sleep due to Mr Bon having a Man Cold sigh

Much more annoying when a human keeps you awake than when a dog does.. hehehe :)

Muschee said:

Muschee said:

Good Morning or arvo which ever your case may be.

Hope everyone is well today.

I’ve managed a great night sleep after a night of about 2 hours sleep due to a dog with a sore neck.

Oh should add…. dog’s all good now

good :)

bon008 said:

Oh good :) I lost a couple of hours to sleep due to Mr Bon having a Man Cold sigh

Much more annoying when a human keeps you awake than when a dog does.. hehehe :)

I heard that women get colds and men get the flu…

bluegreen said:

bon008 said:

Oh good :) I lost a couple of hours to sleep due to Mr Bon having a Man Cold sigh

Much more annoying when a human keeps you awake than when a dog does.. hehehe :)

I heard that women get colds and men get the flu…

LOL women get by and men die ROFL

bon008 said:

Muschee said:

Muschee said:

Good Morning or arvo which ever your case may be.

Hope everyone is well today.

I’ve managed a great night sleep after a night of about 2 hours sleep due to a dog with a sore neck.

Oh should add…. dog’s all good now

Oh good :) I lost a couple of hours to sleep due to Mr Bon having a Man Cold sigh

Much more annoying when a human keeps you awake than when a dog does.. hehehe :)

So true Bon…I find myself moving rooms when it get’s too much

Muschee said:

bon008 said:

Muschee said:

Oh should add…. dog’s all good now

Oh good :) I lost a couple of hours to sleep due to Mr Bon having a Man Cold sigh

Much more annoying when a human keeps you awake than when a dog does.. hehehe :)

So true Bon…I find myself moving rooms when it get’s too much

I’ve found some earplugs and a sedating antihistamine works well :)

Muschee said:

bon008 said:

Muschee said:

Oh should add…. dog’s all good now

Oh good :) I lost a couple of hours to sleep due to Mr Bon having a Man Cold sigh

Much more annoying when a human keeps you awake than when a dog does.. hehehe :)

So true Bon…I find myself moving rooms when it get’s too much

I moved to the couch at about 4am last night :( Only regret I didn’t do it sooner, but I was hoping he’d realise that he might not need to sniff constantly if he would just. blow. his. nose. However the couch is a bit small for sleeping on, and we don’t have a spare blanket (I had to share the dog’s blanket), so it’s a hard decision in the middle of the night to leave a comfortable warm bed…

Can’t wait for a house with a spare bedroom :D

I’m obviously not having fun – time is really dragging this afternoon….

Muschee said:

bon008 said:

Muschee said:

Oh should add…. dog’s all good now

Oh good :) I lost a couple of hours to sleep due to Mr Bon having a Man Cold sigh

Much more annoying when a human keeps you awake than when a dog does.. hehehe :)

So true Bon…I find myself moving rooms when it get’s too much

I don’t have a spare room to move to.

Bubba Louie said:

Muschee said:

bon008 said:

Oh good :) I lost a couple of hours to sleep due to Mr Bon having a Man Cold sigh

Much more annoying when a human keeps you awake than when a dog does.. hehehe :)

So true Bon…I find myself moving rooms when it get’s too much

I don’t have a spare room to move to.

And when he has his op I wont even be able to make him roll over. :(

Here’s what I’ve been doing today. The new raspberry bed with 6 plants in it.

orchid40 said:

Here’s what I’ve been doing today. The new raspberry bed with 6 plants in it.

Looks great – you’ve had a productive day :) Makes me itch to go home and get something done – the weather is cool but not too cool here, with showers every now and then. Perfect for gardening!

Evening gardeners.
More rain here today. I managed to dig 25m of drainage trench.
Moving the excavated soil by wheelbarrow was a pain. Had to build a plank track to save getting bogged up the back.
Anyway, maybe now my driveway won’t get undermined.
Heading to the RSL club to watch the footy tonight. Having a forage.
Maybe pickup a decent flu or something.
Should be good.

bluegreen said:

I’m obviously not having fun – time is really dragging this afternoon….

It’s all that excitement from the weekends’ work BlueGreen… you are now suffering from an anti-climax…

The Estate said:

bluegreen said:

bon008 said:

Oh good :) I lost a couple of hours to sleep due to Mr Bon having a Man Cold sigh

Much more annoying when a human keeps you awake than when a dog does.. hehehe :)

I heard that women get colds and men get the flu…

LOL women get by and men die ROFL

Do they what!!

Dinetta said:

bluegreen said:

I’m obviously not having fun – time is really dragging this afternoon….

It’s all that excitement from the weekends’ work BlueGreen… you are now suffering from an anti-climax…

quite possibly, I was very distracted today. Also some changes happening at work but more about that later when the official announcement has been made.

update on Mr BG’s neck – scans show that he has some degeneration/osteoarthritis in his cervical vertebrae, and a bulge to one side. This is apparently quite common and most people will never know they have it. When it becomes an issue is when there are nerves affected, as in Mr BG’s situation. In which case assessment and possible surgery by a neurosurgeon is called for. He has been given some super-dooper heavy duty pain killers and another 10 days off and he is to see what the doc says is the best neurosurgeon in Melbourne.

bluegreen said:

update on Mr BG’s neck – scans show that he has some degeneration/osteoarthritis in his cervical vertebrae, and a bulge to one side. This is apparently quite common and most people will never know they have it. When it becomes an issue is when there are nerves affected, as in Mr BG’s situation. In which case assessment and possible surgery by a neurosurgeon is called for. He has been given some super-dooper heavy duty pain killers and another 10 days off and he is to see what the doc says is the best neurosurgeon in Melbourne.

awww poor Mr BG, give him a hug for me ploise :(

The Estate said:

bluegreen said:

update on Mr BG’s neck – scans show that he has some degeneration/osteoarthritis in his cervical vertebrae, and a bulge to one side. This is apparently quite common and most people will never know they have it. When it becomes an issue is when there are nerves affected, as in Mr BG’s situation. In which case assessment and possible surgery by a neurosurgeon is called for. He has been given some super-dooper heavy duty pain killers and another 10 days off and he is to see what the doc says is the best neurosurgeon in Melbourne.

awww poor Mr BG, give him a hug for me ploise :(

I will, but it might have to be a virtual one as he can’t tolerate much atm.

Dinetta said:

The Estate said:

bluegreen said:

I heard that women get colds and men get the flu…

LOL women get by and men die ROFL

Do they what!!

Mine must be the exception to the rule. He has to be nearly dead before he’ll slow down.

Bubba Louie said:

Dinetta said:

The Estate said:

LOL women get by and men die ROFL

Do they what!!

Mine must be the exception to the rule. He has to be nearly dead before he’ll slow down.

OMH donjt let him outa your sight, he is rare as hens teeth ROFL

bluegreen said:

update on Mr BG’s neck – scans show that he has some degeneration/osteoarthritis in his cervical vertebrae, and a bulge to one side. This is apparently quite common and most people will never know they have it. When it becomes an issue is when there are nerves affected, as in Mr BG’s situation. In which case assessment and possible surgery by a neurosurgeon is called for. He has been given some super-dooper heavy duty pain killers and another 10 days off and he is to see what the doc says is the best neurosurgeon in Melbourne.

:(

The Estate said:

Bubba Louie said:

Dinetta said:

Do they what!!

Mine must be the exception to the rule. He has to be nearly dead before he’ll slow down.

OMH donjt let him outa your sight, he is rare as hens teeth ROFL

The trouble is he expects everyone to be the same.

bluegreen said:

The Estate said:

bluegreen said:

update on Mr BG’s neck – scans show that he has some degeneration/osteoarthritis in his cervical vertebrae, and a bulge to one side. This is apparently quite common and most people will never know they have it. When it becomes an issue is when there are nerves affected, as in Mr BG’s situation. In which case assessment and possible surgery by a neurosurgeon is called for. He has been given some super-dooper heavy duty pain killers and another 10 days off and he is to see what the doc says is the best neurosurgeon in Melbourne.

awww poor Mr BG, give him a hug for me ploise :(

I will, but it might have to be a virtual one as he can’t tolerate much atm.

And a virtual one from me too. Hope he gets it fixed quickly.

Bubba Louie said:

The Estate said:

Bubba Louie said:

Mine must be the exception to the rule. He has to be nearly dead before he’ll slow down.

OMH donjt let him outa your sight, he is rare as hens teeth ROFL

The trouble is he expects everyone to be the same.

Okies , hehehehe, including you I should imagine LOL

orchid40 said:

bluegreen said:

The Estate said:

awww poor Mr BG, give him a hug for me ploise :(

I will, but it might have to be a virtual one as he can’t tolerate much atm.

And a virtual one from me too. Hope he gets it fixed quickly.

he says thank you :)

bluegreen said:

orchid40 said:

bluegreen said:

I will, but it might have to be a virtual one as he can’t tolerate much atm.

And a virtual one from me too. Hope he gets it fixed quickly.

he says thank you :)

:)

orchid40 said:

bluegreen said:

orchid40 said:

And a virtual one from me too. Hope he gets it fixed quickly.

he says thank you :)

:)

Maybe I should not put tongue in cheeks and tell him not to be a pain in the neck then (sneeks outs rooms)

Bubba Louie said:

Dinetta said:

The Estate said:

LOL women get by and men die ROFL

Do they what!!

Mine must be the exception to the rule. He has to be nearly dead before he’ll slow down.

Well mine must be like your’s Bubba….really didn’t expect Mr M to go to work today…he has man flu, and they don’t have much work on, but he still went!!

The Estate said:

orchid40 said:

bluegreen said:

he says thank you :)

:)

Maybe I should not put tongue in cheeks and tell him not to be a pain in the neck then (sneeks outs rooms)

it’s all right – looks like the new pain killers are going to work, but the test will be in the morning as it is worse when he lies down

Muschee said:

Bubba Louie said:

Dinetta said:

Do they what!!

Mine must be the exception to the rule. He has to be nearly dead before he’ll slow down.

Well mine must be like your’s Bubba….really didn’t expect Mr M to go to work today…he has man flu, and they don’t have much work on, but he still went!!

for Mr BG to have more than a day off work is unheard of, and he has had 5 off so far. He must be the only person I know that has more sick leave accrued that long service leave!

Dinetta said:

Actually speaking, MrD is assisting a client with an easement needed by a semi-govt authority: his point for his client is that the govt people he is dealing with now, are reasonable and businesslike: however about 10 – 12 years down the track, there may be reps from the authority who are not reasonable…so they need to nut out some details and ink it in to prevent possible future unfairness to the private individual involved…

Which begs the question, if we sell off these “Authorities” etc, are we guaranteed of a “fair go” further down the track?

I think the word “guarantee” no longer means the same as described in the average dictionary. The best you can do is cover your rear end and hope to hell that no one decides to kick you in it. “Insurance” is another one of those words that doesn’t have the same meaning anymore but I won’t go there. I’ve already been on the soap box today.

bluegreen said:

Muschee said:

Bubba Louie said:

Mine must be the exception to the rule. He has to be nearly dead before he’ll slow down.

Well mine must be like your’s Bubba….really didn’t expect Mr M to go to work today…he has man flu, and they don’t have much work on, but he still went!!

for Mr BG to have more than a day off work is unheard of, and he has had 5 off so far. He must be the only person I know that has more sick leave accrued that long service leave!

Good on him…I do hope he comes good soon.

I am already a Spooks fan and it is just about to get better!
——
spooks is an unpredictable ‘spy’ thriller. i watch ‘silent witness as well. refreshingly new ‘forensic’ heroes.

too much chat – i can’t make it to the end.
i have finished the daughter’s henhouse today and i am beat.

Evening all

Evening Anne :)

Same here. MrS is the stoic one is this household

Yes I’m a Silent Witness fan also. Interesting episode last Fri, albeit gruesome

mornings

word of the day – ‘gainsay’

no cheating – give me your first – off the cuff – definition.

pepe said:

mornings

word of the day – ‘gainsay’

no cheating – give me your first – off the cuff – definition.

reply against

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

mornings

word of the day – ‘gainsay’

no cheating – give me your first – off the cuff – definition.

reply against

that’s how I’ve always used it, anyhow…

Dinetta said:

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

mornings

word of the day – ‘gainsay’

no cheating – give me your first – off the cuff – definition.

reply against

that’s how I’ve always used it, anyhow…

very good. i thought ‘rumour’ or such but it is contradict.
you remain our word smith

Rumour is more closely associated with “hearsay”…aka as gossip…and I was born in a town where “hearsay” was an artform…people would hear something and say an even better version to someone else…

orchid40 said:

Here’s what I’ve been doing today. The new raspberry bed with 6 plants in it.

that looks persuasive – a lot more orderly and convincing than mine.
i read somewhere that you had transplanted some of those. what did you do ? i presume you cut off all the old growth and then dug up the root.

Dinetta said:

Rumour is more closely associated with “hearsay”…aka as gossip…and I was born in a town where “hearsay” was an artform…people would hear something and say an even better version to someone else…

i probably was confusing it with hearsay. i have never used gainsay in a sentence before.
the chinese whisper (?) – where the meaning gets totally changed – is famous – and still regularly occurs – in the media even.

Morning All

AnneS said:

Yes I’m a Silent Witness fan also. Interesting episode last Fri, albeit gruesome

Me too, they can get a bit gory can’t they?

Good morning.
I’ve been too busy to get on my pc. I managed to be talked into ‘re homing’ my non laying chickens, so the four oldest are going tomorrow, then by mid spring the other four will go and I will get 6-8 new POL chicks. I’m not used to being this hard :( but learning I have to be.
I need to cut the height of a lisbon lemon tree in the chooks yard, in the next couple months ,and then see about netting their whole yard to feral birds eating all their grain and introducing bugs and diseases. If the lemon reacts with rapid upward growth then it will have to be replaced with a dwarf lisbon or other citrus.

pepe said:

mornings

word of the day – ‘gainsay’

no cheating – give me your first – off the cuff – definition.

disagree

pepe said:

orchid40 said:

Here’s what I’ve been doing today. The new raspberry bed with 6 plants in it.

that looks persuasive – a lot more orderly and convincing than mine.
i read somewhere that you had transplanted some of those. what did you do ? i presume you cut off all the old growth and then dug up the root.

I haven’t cut any old growth off although I though perhaps I should. The old growth isn’t that old, and is still producing a few flowers. I thought I’d wait a bit. What do you think ?

Dinetta said:

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

mornings

word of the day – ‘gainsay’

no cheating – give me your first – off the cuff – definition.

reply against

that’s how I’ve always used it, anyhow…

I remember it being used that way in Pride and Prejudice – when Lizzy is speaking of Lady Catherine de Bourgh, she says something like “she is not a lady to be gainsayed” (if that’s how you spell it in that tense??)

pepe said:

mornings

word of the day – ‘gainsay’

no cheating – give me your first – off the cuff – definition.

to disagree

GRRRRRRRR I’m annoyed.

I’ve just hunted a neighbour’s cat off our verandah, where he was having a nice snooze in the squatters chair, and I noticed he’s still got his balls. They desexed their female but not the male. These people love their animals but they are SO irresponsible. I’ve already had to pick one of their cats, purebreds too, up d off the road dead. They were heart broken but they still allow them to roam.

I feel like catching it and attaching a note saying if these nuggets don’t get removed I’ll do it myself. How many kittens is this Tom going to produce when there’s so many euthanised as it is. It’s my pet peeve.

I love cats and I only started chasing these home for their own good, but I really don’t want a Tom hanging around spraying and upsetting my two indoor cats.

Bubba Louie said:

GRRRRRRRR I’m annoyed.

I’ve just hunted a neighbour’s cat off our verandah, where he was having a nice snooze in the squatters chair, and I noticed he’s still got his balls. They desexed their female but not the male. These people love their animals but they are SO irresponsible. I’ve already had to pick one of their cats, purebreds too, up d off the road dead. They were heart broken but they still allow them to roam.

I feel like catching it and attaching a note saying if these nuggets don’t get removed I’ll do it myself. How many kittens is this Tom going to produce when there’s so many euthanised as it is. It’s my pet peeve.

I love cats and I only started chasing these home for their own good, but I really don’t want a Tom hanging around spraying and upsetting my two indoor cats.

I so agree! We neutered our male cat as a kitten, but there are a couple of whole males in the street and of course they like to hang around our place and watch chickens!

Bubba Louie said:

GRRRRRRRR I’m annoyed.

I’ve just hunted a neighbour’s cat off our verandah, where he was having a nice snooze in the squatters chair, and I noticed he’s still got his balls. They desexed their female but not the male. These people love their animals but they are SO irresponsible. I’ve already had to pick one of their cats, purebreds too, up d off the road dead. They were heart broken but they still allow them to roam.

I feel like catching it and attaching a note saying if these nuggets don’t get removed I’ll do it myself. How many kittens is this Tom going to produce when there’s so many euthanised as it is. It’s my pet peeve.

I love cats and I only started chasing these home for their own good, but I really don’t want a Tom hanging around spraying and upsetting my two indoor cats.

I’ve never reported anyone in my life but when the new cat laws come in these will be on my hit list.
After I found the last cat dead on the road I had a talk with them about keeping the rest at home and it got me nowhere so I doubt a desexing lecture would work either.

Bubba Louie said:

Bubba Louie said:

GRRRRRRRR I’m annoyed.

I’ve just hunted a neighbour’s cat off our verandah, where he was having a nice snooze in the squatters chair, and I noticed he’s still got his balls. They desexed their female but not the male. These people love their animals but they are SO irresponsible. I’ve already had to pick one of their cats, purebreds too, up d off the road dead. They were heart broken but they still allow them to roam.

I feel like catching it and attaching a note saying if these nuggets don’t get removed I’ll do it myself. How many kittens is this Tom going to produce when there’s so many euthanised as it is. It’s my pet peeve.

I love cats and I only started chasing these home for their own good, but I really don’t want a Tom hanging around spraying and upsetting my two indoor cats.

I’ve never reported anyone in my life but when the new cat laws come in these will be on my hit list.
After I found the last cat dead on the road I had a talk with them about keeping the rest at home and it got me nowhere so I doubt a desexing lecture would work either.

I’m fed up with taking their dog home as well!!!!!!!

Vent over. :)

Bubba Louie said:

Bubba Louie said:

GRRRRRRRR I’m annoyed.

I’ve just hunted a neighbour’s cat off our verandah, where he was having a nice snooze in the squatters chair, and I noticed he’s still got his balls. They desexed their female but not the male. These people love their animals but they are SO irresponsible. I’ve already had to pick one of their cats, purebreds too, up d off the road dead. They were heart broken but they still allow them to roam.

I feel like catching it and attaching a note saying if these nuggets don’t get removed I’ll do it myself. How many kittens is this Tom going to produce when there’s so many euthanised as it is. It’s my pet peeve.

I love cats and I only started chasing these home for their own good, but I really don’t want a Tom hanging around spraying and upsetting my two indoor cats.

I’ve never reported anyone in my life but when the new cat laws come in these will be on my hit list.
After I found the last cat dead on the road I had a talk with them about keeping the rest at home and it got me nowhere so I doubt a desexing lecture would work either.

I know the feeling. There’s someone on our street who lets their dog out to wander for hours on end – and we’re one street off a busy road! The poop is a minor irritation but the thing is, I don’t understand why they’re not concerned with their dogs’ safety. She’s a gorgeous dog, but I will keep bringing her to my house and calling the ranger to pick her up until they realise it’s a stupid thing to do. They don’t even have a tag on her.

Sometimes dobbing is just the best option for the welfare of the animal.

bon008 said:

Bubba Louie said:

Bubba Louie said:

GRRRRRRRR I’m annoyed.

I’ve just hunted a neighbour’s cat off our verandah, where he was having a nice snooze in the squatters chair, and I noticed he’s still got his balls. They desexed their female but not the male. These people love their animals but they are SO irresponsible. I’ve already had to pick one of their cats, purebreds too, up d off the road dead. They were heart broken but they still allow them to roam.

I feel like catching it and attaching a note saying if these nuggets don’t get removed I’ll do it myself. How many kittens is this Tom going to produce when there’s so many euthanised as it is. It’s my pet peeve.

I love cats and I only started chasing these home for their own good, but I really don’t want a Tom hanging around spraying and upsetting my two indoor cats.

I’ve never reported anyone in my life but when the new cat laws come in these will be on my hit list.
After I found the last cat dead on the road I had a talk with them about keeping the rest at home and it got me nowhere so I doubt a desexing lecture would work either.

I know the feeling. There’s someone on our street who lets their dog out to wander for hours on end – and we’re one street off a busy road! The poop is a minor irritation but the thing is, I don’t understand why they’re not concerned with their dogs’ safety. She’s a gorgeous dog, but I will keep bringing her to my house and calling the ranger to pick her up until they realise it’s a stupid thing to do. They don’t even have a tag on her.

Sometimes dobbing is just the best option for the welfare of the animal.

Our road is fairly busy too and in the seven or so years we’ve lived here I’ve had to pick up so many cats and break the news to the owners. One was a really old girl who wasn’t killed outright but had her back broken and I had to wait at their house to be there when the young owner got home while her mother rushed to the vets. The girl literally fell in a heap on the driveway when I told her. I’m tired of being the bearer of bad news.

Bubba Louie said:

Our road is fairly busy too and in the seven or so years we’ve lived here I’ve had to pick up so many cats and break the news to the owners. One was a really old girl who wasn’t killed outright but had her back broken and I had to wait at their house to be there when the young owner got home while her mother rushed to the vets. The girl literally fell in a heap on the driveway when I told her. I’m tired of being the bearer of bad news.

Man, how heartbreaking. I don’t understand why people don’t take responsibility for their cats’ health and safety. I have a really good friend with a cat that roams free, and it’s just something I need to not talk about and not think about in order for it not to come between us.

bon008 said:

Dinetta said:

reply against

I remember it being used that way in Pride and Prejudice – when Lizzy is speaking of Lady Catherine de Bourgh, she says something like “she is not a lady to be gainsayed” (if that’s how you spell it in that tense??)

Back when Pride and Prejudice was being written, things could be spelt differently to how they are now…however Jane Austen has used “gainsayed” with it’s intended usuage.

Dinetta said:

bon008 said:

Dinetta said:

reply against

I remember it being used that way in Pride and Prejudice – when Lizzy is speaking of Lady Catherine de Bourgh, she says something like “she is not a lady to be gainsayed” (if that’s how you spell it in that tense??)

Back when Pride and Prejudice was being written, things could be spelt differently to how they are now…however Jane Austen has used “gainsayed” with it’s intended usuage.

That’s true, I quite enjoy the unusual spellings of some words :)

bon008 said:

Bubba Louie said:

Our road is fairly busy too and in the seven or so years we’ve lived here I’ve had to pick up so many cats and break the news to the owners. One was a really old girl who wasn’t killed outright but had her back broken and I had to wait at their house to be there when the young owner got home while her mother rushed to the vets. The girl literally fell in a heap on the driveway when I told her. I’m tired of being the bearer of bad news.

Man, how heartbreaking. I don’t understand why people don’t take responsibility for their cats’ health and safety. I have a really good friend with a cat that roams free, and it’s just something I need to not talk about and not think about in order for it not to come between us.

Even just locking them in at night makes a huge difference.

Bubba Louie said:

bon008 said:

Bubba Louie said:

Our road is fairly busy too and in the seven or so years we’ve lived here I’ve had to pick up so many cats and break the news to the owners. One was a really old girl who wasn’t killed outright but had her back broken and I had to wait at their house to be there when the young owner got home while her mother rushed to the vets. The girl literally fell in a heap on the driveway when I told her. I’m tired of being the bearer of bad news.

Man, how heartbreaking. I don’t understand why people don’t take responsibility for their cats’ health and safety. I have a really good friend with a cat that roams free, and it’s just something I need to not talk about and not think about in order for it not to come between us.

Even just locking them in at night makes a huge difference.

He used to be fairly diligent about that but not any more. Partly it’s because he’s got a partner now so when he’s at her house, the catdoor has to stay open. For a while it seemed like he was going to build a cat run, but it never happened. Oh well.

I’d like to build a cat run, but they’re costly…

I haven’t cut any old growth off although I though perhaps I should. The old growth isn’t that old, and is still producing a few flowers. I thought I’d wait a bit. What do you think ?
—————-
look good to me.
have you harvested raspberries before?

I’ve wanted a cat run for ages but they cost so much, and MrBL’s too busy to build one.

Dinetta said:

I’d like to build a cat run, but they’re costly…

snap

Bubba Louie said:

Dinetta said:

I’d like to build a cat run, but they’re costly…

snap

If either of you were on this side of the country, I’d donate the old chicken run at the back of my backyard!

orchid40 said:

pepe said:

mornings

word of the day – ‘gainsay’

no cheating – give me your first – off the cuff – definition.

disagree

smart – altho’ why would you use it if its easier to say ‘disagree’ or ‘contradict’.

bon008 said:

Bubba Louie said:

Dinetta said:

I’d like to build a cat run, but they’re costly…

snap

If either of you were on this side of the country, I’d donate the old chicken run at the back of my backyard!

I want tunnels through the garden.

pepe said:

I haven’t cut any old growth off although I though perhaps I should. The old growth isn’t that old, and is still producing a few flowers. I thought I’d wait a bit. What do you think ?
—————-
look good to me.
have you harvested raspberries before?

I had a handful of them earlier in the year, the possums and birds got most of them! they’re not getting any more. There are 3 varieties here, producing early, middle and late season.

pepe said:

orchid40 said:

pepe said:

mornings

word of the day – ‘gainsay’

no cheating – give me your first – off the cuff – definition.

disagree

smart – altho’ why would you use it if its easier to say ‘disagree’ or ‘contradict’.

because sometimes the melody of the word suits its meaning when used in some situations…the next progression is usuage of idiom…

bon008 said:

Bubba Louie said:

Dinetta said:

I’d like to build a cat run, but they’re costly…

snap

If either of you were on this side of the country, I’d donate the old chicken run at the back of my backyard!

As a matter of interest, Collie converted an old cat run into a chicken home!!

:)

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

orchid40 said:

disagree

smart – altho’ why would you use it if its easier to say ‘disagree’ or ‘contradict’.

because sometimes the melody of the word suits its meaning when used in some situations…the next progression is usuage of idiom…

Furthermore, using “gainsay” when she did, Jane Austen provided as complete a portrait of Lady Denny as a painting…

With “would not be gainsayed”, the image of a “stiff-backed martinet” type of female arises, without the “stiff-backed etc” cliche…

Dinetta said:

I’d like to build a cat run, but they’re costly…

Last time I was in City Farmers, there was a girl about 10 yrs and they had a cat run on display.
Well……. I had a giggle to myself, when I heard her ask Mum ‘why would you buy an aivary for your cat’?

Dinetta said:

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

smart – altho’ why would you use it if its easier to say ‘disagree’ or ‘contradict’.

because sometimes the melody of the word suits its meaning when used in some situations…the next progression is usuage of idiom…

Furthermore, using “gainsay” when she did, Jane Austen provided as complete a portrait of Lady Denny as a painting…

With “would not be gainsayed”, the image of a “stiff-backed martinet” type of female arises, without the “stiff-backed etc” cliche…

If you want a funny version of Lady Catherine.. try the book “Pride & Prejudice & Zombies” :D Just finished it the other day. I had to suppress my Austen-critic part of the brain, but it was very good.

Arvo all,
Have been doing washing, washing floors and uninstalling and re-installing software today. Now need to get back to working on a Powerpoint style presentation for a Guide Conference next weekend and prepare for a session I will be running, as well as do my annual report. First a quick visit here!

Bubba Louie said:

Vent over. :)

A well justified vent in my book. I have always had my dogs and cats de-sexed, especially since none of them have been pure-bred. But even if pure-bred unless you plan to breed from them or show them there is no need for them to remain “whole” and add to the homeless pet problem

pepe said:

orchid40 said:

pepe said:

mornings

word of the day – ‘gainsay’

no cheating – give me your first – off the cuff – definition.

disagree

smart – altho’ why would you use it if its easier to say ‘disagree’ or ‘contradict’.

maybe those words didn’t exist back then?

bon008 said:

Bubba Louie said:

Dinetta said:

I’d like to build a cat run, but they’re costly…

snap

If either of you were on this side of the country, I’d donate the old chicken run at the back of my backyard!

fill it with chooks bon.

veg gardener said:

bon008 said:

Bubba Louie said:

snap

If either of you were on this side of the country, I’d donate the old chicken run at the back of my backyard!

fill it with chooks bon.

VG, we reckon that by the time we have space in our lives for chooks/ducks, we will be living in our next house (building a house is the next project after Trip to the UK)

bon008 said:

veg gardener said:

bon008 said:

If either of you were on this side of the country, I’d donate the old chicken run at the back of my backyard!

fill it with chooks bon.

VG, we reckon that by the time we have space in our lives for chooks/ducks, we will be living in our next house (building a house is the next project after Trip to the UK)

yeah, chooks are good gardener.

Greetings gardeners.
Just a quick checkin to see wassappening.
Been busy today. Doin’ stuff/
More stuff to do tomorrow.
Planted some spring onion seedlings and 4 artichokes.
Have aboout 25 Aussie compact lilly pillies and a few dozen other natives to plant tomorrow.
They’re all sitting in the mulch in their spots, so just gotta poke ‘em in.
I’m sure the rain will assist.

Tucker is on.
Masalama

Evening ladies.’
A bit of a whinge going on i see.
Goodonyuz.

Talking about yuk jobs.. I completely cleaned out one worm farm today. Lowest tray got tipped onto the lemon tree drip line in the chooks yard, they soon cleared it of worms and spread it nicely. Middle tray went directly into a vege bed and covered with mulch, and the top tray is sitting on the other worm farm making it 4 stacks high.
They were full of earwigs and I couldn’t keep up. Theres enough worms in the first farm to re-start the 2nd one , but before I can do that I’ll have to try and separate worms from casts, thats going to take ages of sorting and resorting into clean containers to end up with just worms and no earwigs.
The cleaned out farm got scrubbed and left in the sun to dry, and will sit empty for a week to make sure theres no earwig lavae hiding.
Then I can do the same with the first farm… then they should be earwig free and I will make sure the leg water containers are kept full and free of debris.

Happy Potter said:

Talking about yuk jobs.. I completely cleaned out one worm farm today. Lowest tray got tipped onto the lemon tree drip line in the chooks yard, they soon cleared it of worms and spread it nicely. Middle tray went directly into a vege bed and covered with mulch, and the top tray is sitting on the other worm farm making it 4 stacks high.
They were full of earwigs and I couldn’t keep up. Theres enough worms in the first farm to re-start the 2nd one , but before I can do that I’ll have to try and separate worms from casts, thats going to take ages of sorting and resorting into clean containers to end up with just worms and no earwigs.
The cleaned out farm got scrubbed and left in the sun to dry, and will sit empty for a week to make sure theres no earwig lavae hiding.
Then I can do the same with the first farm… then they should be earwig free and I will make sure the leg water containers are kept full and free of debris.

Sounds like a job well done HP

I finally got myself some decent garlic to plant out today. Some nice big purple ones.
Planted some rubbish from the supermarket a while back and it all grew a bit weird, so I’ll replace it now.

Happy Potter said:

Talking about yuk jobs.. I completely cleaned out one worm farm today. Lowest tray got tipped onto the lemon tree drip line in the chooks yard, they soon cleared it of worms and spread it nicely. Middle tray went directly into a vege bed and covered with mulch, and the top tray is sitting on the other worm farm making it 4 stacks high.
They were full of earwigs and I couldn’t keep up. Theres enough worms in the first farm to re-start the 2nd one , but before I can do that I’ll have to try and separate worms from casts, thats going to take ages of sorting and resorting into clean containers to end up with just worms and no earwigs.
The cleaned out farm got scrubbed and left in the sun to dry, and will sit empty for a week to make sure theres no earwig lavae hiding.
Then I can do the same with the first farm… then they should be earwig free and I will make sure the leg water containers are kept full and free of debris.

They can be a job of work when there’s a Spaniard in the works…sorry earwigs running amok…speaks one who’s still on a steep learning curve with her first worm farm…(:

Dinetta said:

Happy Potter said:

Talking about yuk jobs.. I completely cleaned out one worm farm today. Lowest tray got tipped onto the lemon tree drip line in the chooks yard, they soon cleared it of worms and spread it nicely. Middle tray went directly into a vege bed and covered with mulch, and the top tray is sitting on the other worm farm making it 4 stacks high.
They were full of earwigs and I couldn’t keep up. Theres enough worms in the first farm to re-start the 2nd one , but before I can do that I’ll have to try and separate worms from casts, thats going to take ages of sorting and resorting into clean containers to end up with just worms and no earwigs.
The cleaned out farm got scrubbed and left in the sun to dry, and will sit empty for a week to make sure theres no earwig lavae hiding.
Then I can do the same with the first farm… then they should be earwig free and I will make sure the leg water containers are kept full and free of debris.

They can be a job of work when there’s a Spaniard in the works…sorry earwigs running amok…speaks one who’s still on a steep learning curve with her first worm farm…(:

Once you have the tips and tricks learnt and underway though, they are a fab recycling machine and provide great fertilizer for the garden.

Veg Gardener will be up soon, but I think I’d better call it a day or I will be sleeping on the Dawg’s couch…yes she has her own “couch” and she appropriated it by stealth, I can tell you…

Dinetta said:

Veg Gardener will be up soon, but I think I’d better call it a day or I will be sleeping on the Dawg’s couch…yes she has her own “couch” and she appropriated it by stealth, I can tell you…

My dog’s the same. I can’t wait until I get to go and see her after my exams finish! I feel really bad leaving her at my parent’s place, but I can’t have pets here.

A busy night. Hope that’s all out of your systems for now.
A solid fog here again this am.
One night in a row without rain. Yay.
Youngfellas girlfriend got dropped here by a friend last night.
Obviously doesn’t know how to reverse down a driveway because she’s done a U turn over my sodden front lawn.
Might set fire to her car i think.
Now, i s’pose i should go out and talk to my baby peas.

Longy said:

A busy night. Hope that’s all out of your systems for now.
A solid fog here again this am.
One night in a row without rain. Yay.
Youngfellas girlfriend got dropped here by a friend last night.
Obviously doesn’t know how to reverse down a driveway because she’s done a U turn over my sodden front lawn.
Might set fire to her car i think.
Now, i s’pose i should go out and talk to my baby peas.

Reversing down driveways is what rear and side mirrors are for…I remember the words of an uncle to his daughter: “Line ‘er up and keep the bloody wheel straight!”…

Once I’m lined up, I keep a point “fixed” in one mirror or the other (usually a wing mirror) then I remember uncle…worked beautifully when the only way down our driveway when pregnant was 30 metres in reverse…the concrete tracks were just sitting about 6” off the ground – it was very basic – so I needed to stay on for the distance…

Lining up with the wing mirror helps with the reverse angle parking too, I find…

We have got a fog here, too, but MrD said it wasn’t along the sub-arterial farm road that he pedals along of a morning…

It is a very WET fog and all the cats want to sleep in my bedroom…the moisture is dripping down the flyscreens…

There will be no fog in town (too much brick and bitumen)

Happy Potter said:

Talking about yuk jobs.. I completely cleaned out one worm farm today. Lowest tray got tipped onto the lemon tree drip line in the chooks yard, they soon cleared it of worms and spread it nicely. Middle tray went directly into a vege bed and covered with mulch, and the top tray is sitting on the other worm farm making it 4 stacks high.
They were full of earwigs and I couldn’t keep up. Theres enough worms in the first farm to re-start the 2nd one , but before I can do that I’ll have to try and separate worms from casts, thats going to take ages of sorting and resorting into clean containers to end up with just worms and no earwigs.
The cleaned out farm got scrubbed and left in the sun to dry, and will sit empty for a week to make sure theres no earwig lavae hiding.
Then I can do the same with the first farm… then they should be earwig free and I will make sure the leg water containers are kept full and free of debris.

HP I actually worry about you. Seriously.

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

Talking about yuk jobs.. I completely cleaned out one worm farm today. Lowest tray got tipped onto the lemon tree drip line in the chooks yard, they soon cleared it of worms and spread it nicely. Middle tray went directly into a vege bed and covered with mulch, and the top tray is sitting on the other worm farm making it 4 stacks high.
They were full of earwigs and I couldn’t keep up. Theres enough worms in the first farm to re-start the 2nd one , but before I can do that I’ll have to try and separate worms from casts, thats going to take ages of sorting and resorting into clean containers to end up with just worms and no earwigs.
The cleaned out farm got scrubbed and left in the sun to dry, and will sit empty for a week to make sure theres no earwig lavae hiding.
Then I can do the same with the first farm… then they should be earwig free and I will make sure the leg water containers are kept full and free of debris.

HP I actually worry about you. Seriously.

lol dare I ask why..?
Is the worm farm clean out just a tad on the eccentric side ?

Longy said:

A busy night. Hope that’s all out of your systems for now.
A solid fog here again this am.
One night in a row without rain. Yay.
Youngfellas girlfriend got dropped here by a friend last night.
Obviously doesn’t know how to reverse down a driveway because she’s done a U turn over my sodden front lawn.
Might set fire to her car i think.
Now, i s’pose i should go out and talk to my baby peas.

It’s so nice to read some light hearted yak. Even though your are probably seething about your lawn. That used to happen here too and they would take the top off a baby frangipani or back over garden stakes etc.

Morning :)
Sunny but crisp out. Doing a couple cooking orders here today , orange mud slice and a tray of prottiteroles.
I might just think up some other creamy goodies to come up with for when visiting and/ or having visitors.

Dinetta said:

Longy said:

A busy night. Hope that’s all out of your systems for now.
A solid fog here again this am.
One night in a row without rain. Yay.
Youngfellas girlfriend got dropped here by a friend last night.
Obviously doesn’t know how to reverse down a driveway because she’s done a U turn over my sodden front lawn.
Might set fire to her car i think.
Now, i s’pose i should go out and talk to my baby peas.

Reversing down driveways is what rear and side mirrors are for…I remember the words of an uncle to his daughter: “Line ‘er up and keep the bloody wheel straight!”…

Once I’m lined up, I keep a point “fixed” in one mirror or the other (usually a wing mirror) then I remember uncle…worked beautifully when the only way down our driveway when pregnant was 30 metres in reverse…the concrete tracks were just sitting about 6” off the ground – it was very basic – so I needed to stay on for the distance…

Lining up with the wing mirror helps with the reverse angle parking too, I find…

And what if your driveway is in the shape of an “S”

Dinetta said:

We have got a fog here, too, but MrD said it wasn’t along the sub-arterial farm road that he pedals along of a morning…

It is a very WET fog and all the cats want to sleep in my bedroom…the moisture is dripping down the flyscreens…

There will be no fog in town (too much brick and bitumen)

Pea souper here too. No wonder they predicted “fog” last evening. The whole state must be covered. Even into NSW.

pomolo said:

Dinetta said:

We have got a fog here, too, but MrD said it wasn’t along the sub-arterial farm road that he pedals along of a morning…

It is a very WET fog and all the cats want to sleep in my bedroom…the moisture is dripping down the flyscreens…

There will be no fog in town (too much brick and bitumen)

Pea souper here too. No wonder they predicted “fog” last evening. The whole state must be covered. Even into NSW.

Its migrated to your way and left us with a sunny morning for the first time in a week.

Happy Potter said:

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

Talking about yuk jobs.. I completely cleaned out one worm farm today. Lowest tray got tipped onto the lemon tree drip line in the chooks yard, they soon cleared it of worms and spread it nicely. Middle tray went directly into a vege bed and covered with mulch, and the top tray is sitting on the other worm farm making it 4 stacks high.
They were full of earwigs and I couldn’t keep up. Theres enough worms in the first farm to re-start the 2nd one , but before I can do that I’ll have to try and separate worms from casts, thats going to take ages of sorting and resorting into clean containers to end up with just worms and no earwigs.
The cleaned out farm got scrubbed and left in the sun to dry, and will sit empty for a week to make sure theres no earwig lavae hiding.
Then I can do the same with the first farm… then they should be earwig free and I will make sure the leg water containers are kept full and free of debris.

HP I actually worry about you. Seriously.

lol dare I ask why..?
Is the worm farm clean out just a tad on the eccentric side ?

I’m not sure. Maybe it’s the enthusiasm that you have over it. It’ll come to me one day and I’m ready. I still don’t know what it is though.

Happy Potter said:

Morning :)
Sunny but crisp out. Doing a couple cooking orders here today , orange mud slice and a tray of prottiteroles.
I might just think up some other creamy goodies to come up with for when visiting and/ or having visitors.

We are having w/e guests and we could use a light fruit cake please. I’ll pay the postage. LOL.

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

pomolo said:

HP I actually worry about you. Seriously.

lol dare I ask why..?
Is the worm farm clean out just a tad on the eccentric side ?

I’m not sure. Maybe it’s the enthusiasm that you have over it. It’ll come to me one day and I’m ready. I still don’t know what it is though.

I want them working properly , they are invaluable for the garden. If you think home grown produce tasts great, wait till you have produce grown orgnically, and only using worm wee! And they’re finally teaching the billy lids to recycle. Middle daughter brings me her banana and vege peels. She thrusts them at me and says “ for your PETS!!” lol!

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

Morning :)
Sunny but crisp out. Doing a couple cooking orders here today , orange mud slice and a tray of prottiteroles.
I might just think up some other creamy goodies to come up with for when visiting and/ or having visitors.

We are having w/e guests and we could use a light fruit cake please. I’ll pay the postage. LOL.

Cream cheese sultana cake do ?

And its Proffitteroles..
bluddy keyboard again gees I dunno.

Happy Potter said:

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

Morning :)
Sunny but crisp out. Doing a couple cooking orders here today , orange mud slice and a tray of prottiteroles.
I might just think up some other creamy goodies to come up with for when visiting and/ or having visitors.

We are having w/e guests and we could use a light fruit cake please. I’ll pay the postage. LOL.

Cream cheese sultana cake do ?

And its Proffitteroles..
bluddy keyboard again gees I dunno.

Sounds good to me. Anything is a change from Anzac biscuits that I make.

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

pomolo said:

We are having w/e guests and we could use a light fruit cake please. I’ll pay the postage. LOL.

Cream cheese sultana cake do ?

Sounds good to me. Anything is a change from Anzac biscuits that I make.

250g block PHILADELPHIA Light Cream Cheese, softened 3/4 cup caster sugar 3 × 55g eggs 1 1/2 cups self raising flour, sifted 1/4 cup milk 1 cup sultanas 1.MIX Philly* and caster sugar for 3 minutes or until smooth.
2.ADD eggs one at a time, beating well between each addition. Stir in flour, milk and sultanas until well combined.
3.SPOON into a lightly greased ring tin and bake at 180C for 40 minutes or until cooked.

Easy peasy and moist. (from the Kraft site)

Following this mornings fog we are hoping that we will get a fine day. Sunlight would be good. Haven’t had much for weeks now and the plants (veg and flowers) are starting to suffer. Weeds that I pulled as I walked around the yard and threw on the path or wherever are lying there still very much alive. Some have been there for a whole week. A pumpkin vine that had to go 2 weeks ago and was thrown on the compost heap has been flowering daily ever since, even though it’s roots were no where near soil. The pathways have gone slimy and will have to be cleaned before someone breakes their neck. Ant hills in the lawn because it’s been so wet. They look cute against the green background but they are a bugger to mow over.

The Autumn wet has been good for the gardens, for the most part but my poor onions look sad. Pansies are covered in a fungus/mould of some sort. They will have to go. I have so much weeding to do but haven’t been able to slap them with a bit og Glypho because showers haven’t stopped for weeks.

It would also be nice to have a dry dog. She goes down stairs and comes back wet all the way up to her shoulders because she is so small. Shoule have had a Dane or something so only the feet got wet.

I’m going to get off here an see if that fog is lifting and maybe catch some sunlight. Go safe and well cyber friends.

Happy Potter said:

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

Cream cheese sultana cake do ?

Sounds good to me. Anything is a change from Anzac biscuits that I make.

250g block PHILADELPHIA Light Cream Cheese, softened 3/4 cup caster sugar 3 × 55g eggs 1 1/2 cups self raising flour, sifted 1/4 cup milk 1 cup sultanas 1.MIX Philly* and caster sugar for 3 minutes or until smooth.
2.ADD eggs one at a time, beating well between each addition. Stir in flour, milk and sultanas until well combined.
3.SPOON into a lightly greased ring tin and bake at 180C for 40 minutes or until cooked.

Easy peasy and moist. (from the Kraft site)

I thought you were going to make it!!! Alright I’ll have a go but it won’t be till I can get to town to get the cream cheese.

I have saved your recipe.

Jokes aside, I like the sound of it.

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

pomolo said:

We are having w/e guests and we could use a light fruit cake please. I’ll pay the postage. LOL.

Cream cheese sultana cake do ?

And its Proffitteroles..
bluddy keyboard again gees I dunno.

Sounds good to me. Anything is a change from Anzac biscuits that I make.

just cooked a carrot and walnut cake, except with raisins instead of walnuts as I seems I ran out! Drove the builder out of the house in search of sustenance with the aromas! lol!

Good morning all,
I’ll be making that Sultana cake too! I don’t make cakes and desserts much any more due to the fact we are both overweight. Mr O40 has been told he’s nearly diabetic this week, so that’s another good reason. BUT we’re having visitors tomorrow for afternoon tea, so I have to put something on a plate! I was going to make an orange cake but your recipe is much simpler HP!

orchid40 said:

Good morning all,
I’ll be making that Sultana cake too! I don’t make cakes and desserts much any more due to the fact we are both overweight. Mr O40 has been told he’s nearly diabetic this week, so that’s another good reason. BUT we’re having visitors tomorrow for afternoon tea, so I have to put something on a plate! I was going to make an orange cake but your recipe is much simpler HP!

ryvitas with veggie will do Val LOL

The Estate said:

orchid40 said:

Good morning all,
I’ll be making that Sultana cake too! I don’t make cakes and desserts much any more due to the fact we are both overweight. Mr O40 has been told he’s nearly diabetic this week, so that’s another good reason. BUT we’re having visitors tomorrow for afternoon tea, so I have to put something on a plate! I was going to make an orange cake but your recipe is much simpler HP!

ryvitas with veggie will do Val LOL

LOL! They would be really impressed!

Morning all. Sun is trying to stay out, but still a fair amount of cloud

bluegreen said:

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

Cream cheese sultana cake do ?

And its Proffitteroles..
bluddy keyboard again gees I dunno.

Sounds good to me. Anything is a change from Anzac biscuits that I make.

just cooked a carrot and walnut cake, except with raisins instead of walnuts as I seems I ran out! Drove the builder out of the house in search of sustenance with the aromas! lol!

I find cooking cakes when trades people are around interesting BG lol!
Raisins work well too in Carrot cake :)

I decided I’ll make an extra tray of proffitteroles and store, poss’ freeze, and then they are ready to fill when visitors are due.

Morning all, I see you’re a chatty bunch this morning :)

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

pomolo said:

Sounds good to me. Anything is a change from Anzac biscuits that I make.

250g block PHILADELPHIA Light Cream Cheese, softened 3/4 cup caster sugar 3 × 55g eggs 1 1/2 cups self raising flour, sifted 1/4 cup milk 1 cup sultanas 1.MIX Philly* and caster sugar for 3 minutes or until smooth.
2.ADD eggs one at a time, beating well between each addition. Stir in flour, milk and sultanas until well combined.
3.SPOON into a lightly greased ring tin and bake at 180C for 40 minutes or until cooked.

Easy peasy and moist. (from the Kraft site)

I thought you were going to make it!!! Alright I’ll have a go but it won’t be till I can get to town to get the cream cheese.

I have saved your recipe.

Jokes aside, I like the sound of it.

Well I can’t quite make it today Pom, what about tuesday , next year ? lol.
You can freeze the sultana cake too. So go on make a few , off ya bum now and git to work girly!
LOL
(hiding ^under my desk)

pomolo said:

Dinetta said:

Longy said:

A busy night. Hope that’s all out of your systems for now.
A solid fog here again this am.
One night in a row without rain. Yay.
Youngfellas girlfriend got dropped here by a friend last night.
Obviously doesn’t know how to reverse down a driveway because she’s done a U turn over my sodden front lawn.
Might set fire to her car i think.
Now, i s’pose i should go out and talk to my baby peas.

Reversing down driveways is what rear and side mirrors are for…I remember the words of an uncle to his daughter: “Line ‘er up and keep the bloody wheel straight!”…

Once I’m lined up, I keep a point “fixed” in one mirror or the other (usually a wing mirror) then I remember uncle…worked beautifully when the only way down our driveway when pregnant was 30 metres in reverse…the concrete tracks were just sitting about 6” off the ground – it was very basic – so I needed to stay on for the distance…

Lining up with the wing mirror helps with the reverse angle parking too, I find…

And what if your driveway is in the shape of an “S”

The current one has a dog-leg…same principle applies..,. it was worse before some of the muck was graded off…we learned to drive and reverse in the one rut…

pomolo said:

Dinetta said:

Longy said:

A busy night. Hope that’s all out of your systems for now.
A solid fog here again this am.
One night in a row without rain. Yay.
Youngfellas girlfriend got dropped here by a friend last night.
Obviously doesn’t know how to reverse down a driveway because she’s done a U turn over my sodden front lawn.
Might set fire to her car i think.
Now, i s’pose i should go out and talk to my baby peas.

Reversing down driveways is what rear and side mirrors are for…I remember the words of an uncle to his daughter: “Line ‘er up and keep the bloody wheel straight!”…

Once I’m lined up, I keep a point “fixed” in one mirror or the other (usually a wing mirror) then I remember uncle…worked beautifully when the only way down our driveway when pregnant was 30 metres in reverse…the concrete tracks were just sitting about 6” off the ground – it was very basic – so I needed to stay on for the distance…

Lining up with the wing mirror helps with the reverse angle parking too, I find…

And what if your driveway is in the shape of an “S”

Oh, ho ho ho…gee I take life too seriously sometimes…thank goodness for this forum…(and Thee’s, sometimes…)

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

pomolo said:

HP I actually worry about you. Seriously.

lol dare I ask why..?
Is the worm farm clean out just a tad on the eccentric side ?

I’m not sure. Maybe it’s the enthusiasm that you have over it. It’ll come to me one day and I’m ready. I still don’t know what it is though.

It’s just that they are such industrious workers…when they finish their food they start on their bedding…there is a definite cuteness factor about a worm peeping (if it’s the front end) out from the runnel of wet cardboard…more cuteness than a bag of frozen b***y corn kernels, anyhow…

orchid40 said:

Is it friday already?

I’ve been in my PJ’s nearly all week…almost finished that report for MrD… aka Grumpy…

Happy Potter said:

I decided I’ll make an extra tray of proffitteroles and store, poss’ freeze, and then they are ready to fill when visitors are due.

Do they freeze OK, as a matter of interest??

Dinetta said:

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

lol dare I ask why..?
Is the worm farm clean out just a tad on the eccentric side ?

I’m not sure. Maybe it’s the enthusiasm that you have over it. It’ll come to me one day and I’m ready. I still don’t know what it is though.

It’s just that they are such industrious workers…when they finish their food they start on their bedding…there is a definite cuteness factor about a worm peeping (if it’s the front end) out from the runnel of wet cardboard…more cuteness than a bag of frozen b***y corn kernels, anyhow…

giggles

Where I’m up to on my spinach prac report…
“Introduction (15 pts.)
The introduction should start by giving a concise overview of the aim of the experiment. Describe both of the plant and why it is an important food crop. This section should always be written in the past tense.”
Arh.

sounds like you’re here on your own dinetta.
congrats on finishing grumpy’s work.

i’m going to mow this arvo.
i haven’t used the mower on grass in 12 months thanks to the drought. i used it for threading compost once or twice in that time.

Whew! I’ve just given the whole kitchen a good clean at last. It has been bugging me for weeks. If I designed a kitchen it wouldn’t have open shelves or ledges for dust and grease. It would still get grotty but in a vertical way, making cleaning easier!

Dinetta said:

Happy Potter said:

I decided I’ll make an extra tray of proffitteroles and store, poss’ freeze, and then they are ready to fill when visitors are due.

Do they freeze OK, as a matter of interest??

I’m not sure Dinetta, but I’ll try placing them loosley in a sealed tub and see how they go.

Dinetta said:

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

lol dare I ask why..?
Is the worm farm clean out just a tad on the eccentric side ?

I’m not sure. Maybe it’s the enthusiasm that you have over it. It’ll come to me one day and I’m ready. I still don’t know what it is though.

It’s just that they are such industrious workers…when they finish their food they start on their bedding…there is a definite cuteness factor about a worm peeping (if it’s the front end) out from the runnel of wet cardboard…more cuteness than a bag of frozen b***y corn kernels, anyhow…

You know what ends what with worms ???
I’m in awe! lol

Arvo guys.

And what if your driveway is in the shape of an “S”

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
You use the mirror on the inside of the curve. As the direction changes, you change to the other mirror.
Idiot proof.
Almost.

Dinetta said:

Veg Gardener will be up soon, but I think I’d better call it a day or I will be sleeping on the Dawg’s couch…yes she has her own “couch” and she appropriated it by stealth, I can tell you…

i been starting at 5am all this week got a 5 am start on monday wake up at 4am

orchid40 said:

Whew! I’ve just given the whole kitchen a good clean at last. It has been bugging me for weeks. If I designed a kitchen it wouldn’t have open shelves or ledges for dust and grease. It would still get grotty but in a vertical way, making cleaning easier!

You and me both, Orchid! Trouble is my kitchen is so old (and not very well built in the first place) that the doors are falling off…I resorted to a curtain on the kitchen sink cupboard and this is marvellous for keeping the farmer’s dirt out..most of my stuff in these cupboards is in containers…however the pantry is always organised as (1) it looks pretty and (2) it makes a nice “show”…

Next kitchen (hahahaha) I’m having everything behind doors, even the display shelves… (silly things)…

Happy Potter said:

Dinetta said:

pomolo said:

I’m not sure. Maybe it’s the enthusiasm that you have over it. It’ll come to me one day and I’m ready. I still don’t know what it is though.

It’s just that they are such industrious workers…when they finish their food they start on their bedding…there is a definite cuteness factor about a worm peeping (if it’s the front end) out from the runnel of wet cardboard…more cuteness than a bag of frozen b***y corn kernels, anyhow…

You know what ends what with worms ???
I’m in awe! lol

LOL!

That’s my point, Happy: I hope it’s their front end they’re waving at me

:P

Longy said:

And what if your driveway is in the shape of an “S”

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
You use the mirror on the inside of the curve. As the direction changes, you change to the other mirror.
Idiot proof.
Almost.

Yep

Dinetta said:

orchid40 said:

Whew! I’ve just given the whole kitchen a good clean at last. It has been bugging me for weeks. If I designed a kitchen it wouldn’t have open shelves or ledges for dust and grease. It would still get grotty but in a vertical way, making cleaning easier!

(1) it looks pretty and (2) it makes a nice “show”…

Next kitchen (hahahaha) I’m having everything behind doors, even the display shelves… (silly things)…

Did I really say that??? Gawd, this report is numbing my brian…

arvo dinetta and BL sorry for hijacking ur thread BL.

runs around and jumps for joy

This bit of code has been driving me NUTS and I FINALLY got it working!!! woohooo!!!!!

Batty went falt while i was watching mythbusters and having my nap, back on my normal pc for awhile now.

veg gardener said:

Batty went falt while i was watching mythbusters and having my nap, back on my normal pc for awhile now.

Sounds like you could do with a cup of coffee… :)

bon008 said:

veg gardener said:

Batty went falt while i was watching mythbusters and having my nap, back on my normal pc for awhile now.

Sounds like you could do with a cup of coffee… :)

na i am hiking this weekend got to be up at 6am most probly wake up extra eariler thinking i got work.

Dinetta said:

Dinetta said:

orchid40 said:

Whew! I’ve just given the whole kitchen a good clean at last. It has been bugging me for weeks. If I designed a kitchen it wouldn’t have open shelves or ledges for dust and grease. It would still get grotty but in a vertical way, making cleaning easier!

(1) it looks pretty and (2) it makes a nice “show”…

Next kitchen (hahahaha) I’m having everything behind doors, even the display shelves… (silly things)…

Did I really say that??? Gawd, this report is numbing my brian…

It’s the display shelves that bug me too!

I just got back from grocery shopping and it was SO nice to walk into my tidy clean kitchen :)
(Wonder how long that will last ?LOL)

Must have been doing much the same here I moved everything out of the kitchen / family room and washed and polished the foors today—did the cupboards a few weeks ago—all windows tomorrow

orchid40 said:

Dinetta said:

Dinetta said:

(1) it looks pretty and (2) it makes a nice “show”…

Next kitchen (hahahaha) I’m having everything behind doors, even the display shelves… (silly things)…

Did I really say that??? Gawd, this report is numbing my brian…

It’s the display shelves that bug me too!

I just got back from grocery shopping and it was SO nice to walk into my tidy clean kitchen :)
(Wonder how long that will last ?LOL)

I’ve got an antique kitchen dresser that I can’t remember cleaning last. :(

Grasshopper said:

Must have been doing much the same here I moved everything out of the kitchen / family room and washed and polished the foors today—did the cupboards a few weeks ago—all windows tomorrow

Yesterday wash the dusting and polishing.
Tomorrow washing floors and loos.
Window cleaning isn’t going to happen except for the ones I want to look out of!!
HP’s sultana cake is in the oven. Soup bones are simmering.
Must be Spring in the air Grassy!

Just finished collecting castings from one of our worm farms at work :):) Loaded up with two ice cream containers of castings and two bottles of juice – half of this is to be delivered to a colleague who lives near me but is on leave today.

My orange tree (waiting to be repotted) will love the castings :):)

nearly finished Packing only things left to go in is a few snags and my drink bottles. Taking a Camera.

went and stuffed myself with Yum Cha at lunch today, then stopped by at work for an afternoon tea they were putting on for those who would be leaving with the changes. I’m stuffed! had a brainwave and bought extra Yum Cha to b ring home for Mr BG & Ms N’s dinner. No cooking for me tonight :)

On the way home I stopped by Macro Wholefoods. They were having a 20% off everything closing down sale so stocked up on a few items I liked getting there. Am right for many months of eco friendly washing powder now! As well as some staples I also bought on sale a couple of books. Josh’s The Green Gardener and 100% natural organic pest control for home & garden by Tom Roberts. Not heard of the second one but as it was on special and fitted in with my chosen lifestyle I thought it would be worth a look. It has a section identifying many insect pests, some with pictures, and methods of control so thought it would be a handy resource.

was thinking it was a shame that Macro were closing down, but now that stupidmarkets are stocking more organic and enviro stuff I suppose it would be hard for them to compete. I must admit that I didn’t shop with them a lot and that many of their products were a little too left-field for me but they need to be economical viable too. Maybe it’s the GEC to blame!

went to the abc book show seen peter cundalls book in there $25.00 or $35.00 i may get it it was Practical Gardener??

veg gardener said:

went to the abc book show seen peter cundalls book in there $25.00 or $35.00 i may get it it was Practical Gardener??

I’ve got that one, a good book to get.

bluegreen said:

veg gardener said:

went to the abc book show seen peter cundalls book in there $25.00 or $35.00 i may get it it was Practical Gardener??

I’ve got that one, a good book to get.

they had 2 left thinking about getting one.

bluegreen said:

went and stuffed myself with Yum Cha at lunch today, then stopped by at work for an afternoon tea they were putting on for those who would be leaving with the changes. I’m stuffed! had a brainwave and bought extra Yum Cha to b ring home for Mr BG & Ms N’s dinner. No cooking for me tonight :)

On the way home I stopped by Macro Wholefoods. They were having a 20% off everything closing down sale so stocked up on a few items I liked getting there. Am right for many months of eco friendly washing powder now! As well as some staples I also bought on sale a couple of books. Josh’s The Green Gardener and 100% natural organic pest control for home & garden by Tom Roberts. Not heard of the second one but as it was on special and fitted in with my chosen lifestyle I thought it would be worth a look. It has a section identifying many insect pests, some with pictures, and methods of control so thought it would be a handy resource.

Sounds like you had a very successful shopping day today BG!
How soon does your new lifestyle start?

orchid40 said:

Sounds like you had a very successful shopping day today BG!
How soon does your new lifestyle start?

yes, needed a little nap after that! lol!

as to when I am a Lady of Leisure, the finer details are yet to be worked out but they are not letting me go easily. Seems my skills are still required in the conversion process to our new database system. At some stage I will go in 2 days a week purely to work on that, ostensibly until the project is finished. But I would like to lock down the end of July before we go on our trip. I will not want to go back after that I am sure!

But I would like to lock down the end of July before we go on our trip. I will not want to go back after that I am sure!

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No, I’m sure you wouldn’t! Good luck with that anyway, hope it works to your advantage.

Batty went falt while i was watching mythbusters and having my nap
++++++++++++++
Appears to me you’re still having it….

Happy Potter said:

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

250g block PHILADELPHIA Light Cream Cheese, softened 3/4 cup caster sugar 3 × 55g eggs 1 1/2 cups self raising flour, sifted 1/4 cup milk 1 cup sultanas 1.MIX Philly* and caster sugar for 3 minutes or until smooth.
2.ADD eggs one at a time, beating well between each addition. Stir in flour, milk and sultanas until well combined.
3.SPOON into a lightly greased ring tin and bake at 180C for 40 minutes or until cooked.

Easy peasy and moist. (from the Kraft site)

I thought you were going to make it!!! Alright I’ll have a go but it won’t be till I can get to town to get the cream cheese.

I have saved your recipe.

Jokes aside, I like the sound of it.

Well I can’t quite make it today Pom, what about tuesday , next year ? lol.
You can freeze the sultana cake too. So go on make a few , off ya bum now and git to work girly!
LOL
(hiding ^under my desk)

I have put my guests till Tuesday, next year. Don’t forget now. LOL.

orchid40 said:

But I would like to lock down the end of July before we go on our trip. I will not want to go back after that I am sure!

=================

No, I’m sure you wouldn’t! Good luck with that anyway, hope it works to your advantage.

be nice to have the money before we go too, in case we want to spend it, lol!

Looks like I’m here alone again. I’ll take a break then see if anyone is around by then.

I’m lurking…

bon008 said:

I’m lurking…

Me too, on and off.

I’m playing scrabble on facebook.

Bubba Louie said:

bon008 said:

I’m lurking…

Me too, on and off.

I’m playing scrabble on facebook.

ohhhhh that sound’s like fun. Always loved scrabble.

But I had an extra 2 hours at work today and am ready to relax, so catch you All tmoro.
Got a few big things planned for the patch, in neear perfect weather. :)
Night All :)

Muschee said:

Bubba Louie said:

bon008 said:

I’m lurking…

Me too, on and off.

I’m playing scrabble on facebook.

ohhhhh that sound’s like fun. Always loved scrabble.

But I had an extra 2 hours at work today and am ready to relax, so catch you All tmoro.
Got a few big things planned for the patch, in neear perfect weather. :)
Night All :)

I’m lurking too!

This has given Mr Bon and I the giggles..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM_oUJAhKsI

:D

bon008 said:

This has given Mr Bon and I the giggles..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM_oUJAhKsI

:D

Man, that is pretty funny!

Hello all, long time no post. Been a little busy again…might have something to do with the combination of autumn and a liquidamber, LOL! Not even going to try to catch up! I’ve been sweeping up at LEAST a bin full of leaves from my back patio and paved area every day, sometimes two bins full, and raking the lawn about twice a week. One of my new compost bays is almost full already! Time to turn it this weekend I think, as somewhere near the bottom are some grass clippings but the rest is all leaves.

My lovely next door neighbour is leaving to go back to Tassie tomorrow. I’ll miss her, we’ve only known each other 6 months but have become firm friends. She left me her worm farm so I’ve been looking for worm farm threads. Found the one on lime, and I remember that you put the feet in containers with water in to keep the ants out, but I may have some questions further down the track. Actually I will definitely have a question because it’s a bit of an odd set up. She gave me the instruction booklet, and according to that, it’s not a farm with trays or layers, but she has got some trays from somewhere else and put them in there. Will post pics later so it makes sense but I’m just wondering whether to keep doing it as is, or change it to what it says in the instructions.

Bon my apologies for not replying to your email. It’s sort of all happening here at the moment, I’m looking for a new flatmate as my current one is moving out…among other things.

Ciao for now.

Yo gardeners.
2 days in a row without rain.
Crikey!
Sun is blazing out there.
I can hear it making hot water on my roof.

Hi Longy—yes the 2nd day with sun here also—have a country music thingy happening on the water front todayand the weekend—good time to stay at home and get work done and leave the crowds to themselves

Hi Hopper. I’m off to a party tonight. Strewth. Not really my favourite thing but whatever.
A mate’s 47 or something.
Goodonim!

Yes I am afraid I am not a party animal at all

hortfurball said:

Bon my apologies for not replying to your email. It’s sort of all happening here at the moment, I’m looking for a new flatmate as my current one is moving out…among other things.

Ciao for now.

Just glad to hear you’re still alive and well! :)

Morning :)
Sunny and cold brrr.
I’ve sowed about 50 seeds of telephone peas , now it’s time for a big mug of hot tea to wrap my blue hands around.
They can climb on a trellised fence at the back of the spud bed. Not wasting any areas. If I can fit food plants in that can grow together ,I will.

.

Morning… starting to feel better and hopefully this improves even more as I think the elf may be coming down with the cold now…… flip’n crap if that happens.

Lucky1 said:

Morning… starting to feel better and hopefully this improves even more as I think the elf may be coming down with the cold now…… flip’n crap if that happens.

hi Lucky. I hope the Elf doesn’t get sick. Hard to avoid though I suppose. Got his antibiotics handy?

bluegreen said:

Lucky1 said:

Morning… starting to feel better and hopefully this improves even more as I think the elf may be coming down with the cold now…… flip’n crap if that happens.

hi Lucky. I hope the Elf doesn’t get sick. Hard to avoid though I suppose. Got his antibiotics handy?

Yes we have his emergency pack always ready in the house. Really hope he doesn’t catch it….. if he does though…give me a couple of more days to recover as I’ll be the one doing everything…and I’ll need to feel better.

Temp today is going to be 15 degrees…….. even though I am crook…I still love winter and the colder months.:D

I know what you mean. Mr BG has been crook with a bad neck. The past two weeks he has been in excruciating pain and only now he has been on morphine tablets for a few days is he getting relief. This has happened just as our renovations are getting underway so a lot of the organising has fallen on me and we have had to use removalists when we didn’t originally plan to. However it is all coming together.

Lucky1 said:

Temp today is going to be 15 degrees…….. even though I am crook…I still love winter and the colder months.:D

oh yeah. nice and cool here too and can go outside and get physical without working up a sweat :D

bluegreen said:

I know what you mean. Mr BG has been crook with a bad neck. The past two weeks he has been in excruciating pain and only now he has been on morphine tablets for a few days is he getting relief. This has happened just as our renovations are getting underway so a lot of the organising has fallen on me and we have had to use removalists when we didn’t originally plan to. However it is all coming together.

Good to hear this is working for you and so hope Mr. BG’s neck keeps improving.

bluegreen said:

Lucky1 said:

Temp today is going to be 15 degrees…….. even though I am crook…I still love winter and the colder months.:D

oh yeah. nice and cool here too and can go outside and get physical without working up a sweat :D

Oh for sure…….. I often think one should be allowed to work naked in the hotter weather, as I sweat at the though of higher temps.

bluegreen said:

Lucky1 said:

Temp today is going to be 15 degrees…….. even though I am crook…I still love winter and the colder months.:D

oh yeah. nice and cool here too and can go outside and get physical without working up a sweat :D

Same here :) And I overheat so easily, so even if it’s 24 degrees, it’s often too hot for me to be out gardening. Today is lovely and cool.. Got the race on to get the mattress protector washed and dried before bedtime – we have spare sheets and everything but only one mattress protector, so it has to be done in a day.

Just been out sowing everlastings seeds in Vegie Bed 1 – if they come up good I’ll take some photos. Just wanted to chuck something in there to give it something to do while we’re away – when we get back we’ll work out what real vegies to start with.

Having a quick break to have my daily Sustagen hit, then I’m off to clean out a pot with my steam cleaner (hope that works OK – we don’t have any bleach) then I’ll be repotting my China doll, and one of my orange trees. That’s if Mr Bon will come and help.. the orange is a bit big for me.

I love productive days :):)

Lucky1 said:

…….. I often think one should be allowed to work naked in the hotter weather, as I sweat at the though of higher temps.

ummm, no thanks! naked and sweaty does not appeal to me…

lol!

bluegreen said:

Lucky1 said:

…….. I often think one should be allowed to work naked in the hotter weather, as I sweat at the though of higher temps.

ummm, no thanks! naked and sweaty does not appeal to me…

lol!

No restriction……..sounds lurvly….LOL

ROFL.. I just noticed an entire guava crop has disappeared from the tree! Best harvest the little dear has ever managed, too. I don’t think the dog did it – I think it’s down to the increased rat activity in the garden at the moment.

I’m not too bothered as I can’t eat guavas anyway – too much fructose :(

bon008 said:

bluegreen said:

Lucky1 said:

Temp today is going to be 15 degrees…….. even though I am crook…I still love winter and the colder months.:D

oh yeah. nice and cool here too and can go outside and get physical without working up a sweat :D

Same here :) And I overheat so easily, so even if it’s 24 degrees, it’s often too hot for me to be out gardening. Today is lovely and cool.. Got the race on to get the mattress protector washed and dried before bedtime – we have spare sheets and everything but only one mattress protector, so it has to be done in a day.

Just been out sowing everlastings seeds in Vegie Bed 1 – if they come up good I’ll take some photos. Just wanted to chuck something in there to give it something to do while we’re away – when we get back we’ll work out what real vegies to start with.

Having a quick break to have my daily Sustagen hit, then I’m off to clean out a pot with my steam cleaner (hope that works OK – we don’t have any bleach) then I’ll be repotting my China doll, and one of my orange trees. That’s if Mr Bon will come and help.. the orange is a bit big for me.

I love productive days :):)

I must confess, I have never cleaned a pot in my life and rarely lose a plant.

Bubba Louie said:

bon008 said:

bluegreen said:

oh yeah. nice and cool here too and can go outside and get physical without working up a sweat :D

Same here :) And I overheat so easily, so even if it’s 24 degrees, it’s often too hot for me to be out gardening. Today is lovely and cool.. Got the race on to get the mattress protector washed and dried before bedtime – we have spare sheets and everything but only one mattress protector, so it has to be done in a day.

Just been out sowing everlastings seeds in Vegie Bed 1 – if they come up good I’ll take some photos. Just wanted to chuck something in there to give it something to do while we’re away – when we get back we’ll work out what real vegies to start with.

Having a quick break to have my daily Sustagen hit, then I’m off to clean out a pot with my steam cleaner (hope that works OK – we don’t have any bleach) then I’ll be repotting my China doll, and one of my orange trees. That’s if Mr Bon will come and help.. the orange is a bit big for me.

I love productive days :):)

I must confess, I have never cleaned a pot in my life and rarely lose a plant.

If you have healthy conditions ..
If there is no obvious disease then it isn’t necessary to clean it off pots.
If your climate is extremely dry(like most of Australia) then most things that may need cleaning off pots will be dead.
If you plant something different each time then diseases don’t build up.

Sterilisation of equipment doesn’t substitute for knowledge of plants and nature.. gardening doesn’t require rocket scientists in suits.
I have observed nurseries with university trained people making everyone disinfect their shoes etc.. and still get less than 10% strike rate.. Whereas I go in without even washing my hands and get 99.9% strike rate.. every time.

however.. I do advise wearing gloves and particulate masks, if your immune system is in denial.. .

Hello experts :)

Yeh, I’m not too worried about it really – hence only using the little steamer and not any nasty chemicals. Just thought I might as well do it as not, and it is a pot that had an orange tree in it.. and now has a different orange tree in it, so I figured they would both be susceptible to the same problems etc..

bon008 said:

Hello experts :)

Yeh, I’m not too worried about it really – hence only using the little steamer and not any nasty chemicals. Just thought I might as well do it as not, and it is a pot that had an orange tree in it.. and now has a different orange tree in it, so I figured they would both be susceptible to the same problems etc..

Definitely both susceptible to same soil pathogens yes.
However they are probably both also grafted to the best pathogen resistant rootsocks.
Always a good idea to clean pots. Just that it isn’t always necessary, doesn’t mean it isn’t a good practice. It isn’t always necessary to do 40 Kmph in front of a school but it is good practise to remember to do so anyway.

roughbarked said:

bon008 said:

Hello experts :)

Yeh, I’m not too worried about it really – hence only using the little steamer and not any nasty chemicals. Just thought I might as well do it as not, and it is a pot that had an orange tree in it.. and now has a different orange tree in it, so I figured they would both be susceptible to the same problems etc..

Definitely both susceptible to same soil pathogens yes.
However they are probably both also grafted to the best pathogen resistant rootsocks.
Always a good idea to clean pots. Just that it isn’t always necessary, doesn’t mean it isn’t a good practice. It isn’t always necessary to do 40 Kmph in front of a school but it is good practise to remember to do so anyway.

Makes sense :)

Jamie at Home is on.. probably a repeat, but when the song started I suddenly realised how much I’ve missed this show :)

bon008 said:

Jamie at Home is on.. probably a repeat, but when the song started I suddenly realised how much I’ve missed this show :)

I’m watching Magnum…………… never seen the show………local TV channel is the sticks did show it.

Not a bad arvo show…..

Arvo All,
It’s a damp and chilly afternoon here :(
I’ve stopped my mad housework run. It’s nice to know I can forget it for a while!
Lucky you might have the same flu I had – only lasted 2 weeks! Hope so anyway.

Lucky you might have the same flu I had – only lasted 2 weeks! Hope so anyway
—————————————————
Hi O40:)

Hoping as each day goes past… it gets better. Lasted all day so far without laying down…yay…….

roughbarked said:

Bubba Louie said:

I must confess, I have never cleaned a pot in my life and rarely lose a plant.

If you have healthy conditions ..
If there is no obvious disease then it isn’t necessary to clean it off pots.
If your climate is extremely dry(like most of Australia) then most things that may need cleaning off pots will be dead.
If you plant something different each time then diseases don’t build up.

Sterilisation of equipment doesn’t substitute for knowledge of plants and nature.. gardening doesn’t require rocket scientists in suits.
I have observed nurseries with university trained people making everyone disinfect their shoes etc.. and still get less than 10% strike rate.. Whereas I go in without even washing my hands and get 99.9% strike rate.. every time.

My personal theory is that having a green thumb may have something to do with the magnetic field of the person. I don’t use rooting powder, honey or anything and have a great strike rate, but I had a friend who also studied horticulture, who dotted all the i’s and crossed all the t’s and was lucky to get any to thrive. my ex and I did an experiment with about 100 cuttings, potted a third of them up with nothing, a third with rooting powder and a third with honey. Zero difference, so we thought why bother adding anything.

I just poke things in the ground and they grow, but then watches do really strange things on me! I had one that would gain time or lose time unpredictably, so if I didn’t check another clock I could be half an hour late or an hour early depending on how the watch felt on the day. One day I got half way to an appointment, glanced at the clock in the car…had to stop and kill an hour and a half having lunch ‘cos I was so early…I’d forgotten not to trust the watch because I’d taken it in to be repaired, it had been behaving itself for over a week and I thought it was fixed, LOL! Other watches just seem to die really quickly on me. The batteries give up faster than for someone else.

roughbarked said:

Bubba Louie said:

bon008 said:

Same here :) And I overheat so easily, so even if it’s 24 degrees, it’s often too hot for me to be out gardening. Today is lovely and cool.. Got the race on to get the mattress protector washed and dried before bedtime – we have spare sheets and everything but only one mattress protector, so it has to be done in a day.

Just been out sowing everlastings seeds in Vegie Bed 1 – if they come up good I’ll take some photos. Just wanted to chuck something in there to give it something to do while we’re away – when we get back we’ll work out what real vegies to start with.

Having a quick break to have my daily Sustagen hit, then I’m off to clean out a pot with my steam cleaner (hope that works OK – we don’t have any bleach) then I’ll be repotting my China doll, and one of my orange trees. That’s if Mr Bon will come and help.. the orange is a bit big for me.

I love productive days :):)

I must confess, I have never cleaned a pot in my life and rarely lose a plant.

If you have healthy conditions ..
If there is no obvious disease then it isn’t necessary to clean it off pots.
If your climate is extremely dry(like most of Australia) then most things that may need cleaning off pots will be dead.
If you plant something different each time then diseases don’t build up.

Sterilisation of equipment doesn’t substitute for knowledge of plants and nature.. gardening doesn’t require rocket scientists in suits.
I have observed nurseries with university trained people making everyone disinfect their shoes etc.. and still get less than 10% strike rate.. Whereas I go in without even washing my hands and get 99.9% strike rate.. every time.

I only ever sterilise equipment when the nursery staff are around at uni. They make us wash everything in a chlorine bath. I don’t see what difference it makes to strike rates.

frenzal_chik said:

roughbarked said:

Bubba Louie said:

I must confess, I have never cleaned a pot in my life and rarely lose a plant.

If you have healthy conditions ..
If there is no obvious disease then it isn’t necessary to clean it off pots.
If your climate is extremely dry(like most of Australia) then most things that may need cleaning off pots will be dead.
If you plant something different each time then diseases don’t build up.

Sterilisation of equipment doesn’t substitute for knowledge of plants and nature.. gardening doesn’t require rocket scientists in suits.
I have observed nurseries with university trained people making everyone disinfect their shoes etc.. and still get less than 10% strike rate.. Whereas I go in without even washing my hands and get 99.9% strike rate.. every time.

I only ever sterilise equipment when the nursery staff are around at uni. They make us wash everything in a chlorine bath. I don’t see what difference it makes to strike rates.

sterilising may give some difference to strike rates but only in the instance where there is a reason to sterilise.

Strike rates are not related to sterilisation otherwise.

I for example would not travel between two farms or two jobs without washing my knives and seacteurs.
Because a virus can travel on a knife blade and cause problems.
‘
However if all the trees on the farm appeared to be virus free I would have no hesitation to not bother with washing between trees.

hortfurball said:

…but then watches do really strange things on me! I had one that would gain time or lose time unpredictably, so if I didn’t check another clock I could be half an hour late or an hour early depending on how the watch felt on the day. One day I got half way to an appointment, glanced at the clock in the car…had to stop and kill an hour and a half having lunch ‘cos I was so early…I’d forgotten not to trust the watch because I’d taken it in to be repaired, it had been behaving itself for over a week and I thought it was fixed, LOL! Other watches just seem to die really quickly on me. The batteries give up faster than for someone else.

maybe you are an alien, or have been abducted by aliens!

bluegreen said:

hortfurball said:

…but then watches do really strange things on me! I had one that would gain time or lose time unpredictably, so if I didn’t check another clock I could be half an hour late or an hour early depending on how the watch felt on the day. One day I got half way to an appointment, glanced at the clock in the car…had to stop and kill an hour and a half having lunch ‘cos I was so early…I’d forgotten not to trust the watch because I’d taken it in to be repaired, it had been behaving itself for over a week and I thought it was fixed, LOL! Other watches just seem to die really quickly on me. The batteries give up faster than for someone else.

maybe you are an alien, or have been abducted by aliens!

Being a watchmaker, I have had to tell people a thousand times .. a year for that last umpteen.. years

it is not your body that causes your watch to play up unless you are wearing an non-shockproof, non-dustproof, non-water resistant watch and are a rough and tough grubby person who showers and sleeps with their watches on..

roughbarked said:

I for example would not travel between two farms or two jobs without washing my knives and seacteurs.
Because a virus can travel on a knife blade and cause problems.
‘
However if all the trees on the farm appeared to be virus free I would have no hesitation to not bother with washing between trees.

Too true. I don’t sterilise pots at home (unless the plant died of a disease and wasn’t just being potted up into a bigger pot) but I keep a bottle of diluted bleach to clean my tools between jobs when I’m working.

bluegreen said:

hortfurball said:

…but then watches do really strange things on me! I had one that would gain time or lose time unpredictably, so if I didn’t check another clock I could be half an hour late or an hour early depending on how the watch felt on the day. One day I got half way to an appointment, glanced at the clock in the car…had to stop and kill an hour and a half having lunch ‘cos I was so early…I’d forgotten not to trust the watch because I’d taken it in to be repaired, it had been behaving itself for over a week and I thought it was fixed, LOL! Other watches just seem to die really quickly on me. The batteries give up faster than for someone else.

maybe you are an alien, or have been abducted by aliens!

LOL! Not that I remember.

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

hortfurball said:

…but then watches do really strange things on me! I had one that would gain time or lose time unpredictably, so if I didn’t check another clock I could be half an hour late or an hour early depending on how the watch felt on the day. One day I got half way to an appointment, glanced at the clock in the car…had to stop and kill an hour and a half having lunch ‘cos I was so early…I’d forgotten not to trust the watch because I’d taken it in to be repaired, it had been behaving itself for over a week and I thought it was fixed, LOL! Other watches just seem to die really quickly on me. The batteries give up faster than for someone else.

maybe you are an alien, or have been abducted by aliens!

Being a watchmaker, I have had to tell people a thousand times .. a year for that last umpteen.. years

it is not your body that causes your watch to play up unless you are wearing an non-shockproof, non-dustproof, non-water resistant watch and are a rough and tough grubby person who showers and sleeps with their watches on..

crawls back under dirty grubby rock….

LOL! Not really! Never showered with it on, do sleep with it on but am a ‘gentle’ sleeper, and I don’t think I’m very rough and tough. Currently wearing one of my cheapo battery watches.
Have given up on grandma’s hand me down gold windup watch (the one that used to exist in its own space time continuum)

Taking orders for chocolate self saucing pudding with cream….. its called….Lucky’s medicinal medicine…. comfort food.

hortfurball said:

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

maybe you are an alien, or have been abducted by aliens!

Being a watchmaker, I have had to tell people a thousand times .. a year for that last umpteen.. years

it is not your body that causes your watch to play up unless you are wearing an non-shockproof, non-dustproof, non-water resistant watch and are a rough and tough grubby person who showers and sleeps with their watches on..

crawls back under dirty grubby rock….

LOL! Not really! Never showered with it on, do sleep with it on but am a ‘gentle’ sleeper, and I don’t think I’m very rough and tough. Currently wearing one of my cheapo battery watches.
Have given up on grandma’s hand me down gold windup watch (the one that used to exist in its own space time continuum)

Generally speaking grandma’s gold manual wind watch was non-dustproof non-water resistant and non-shockproof.

All of which could easily have caused it have a time warp of its own. Cheap battery watches often don’t outlast their batteries or they do last until you change the battery.. since cheap watches are deliberately made to be replaced every couple of years as a fashion accessory.

Lucky1 said:

Taking orders for chocolate self saucing pudding with cream….. its called….Lucky’s medicinal medicine…. comfort food.

am I too late? huh?

bluegreen said:

Lucky1 said:

Taking orders for chocolate self saucing pudding with cream….. its called….Lucky’s medicinal medicine…. comfort food.

am I too late? huh?

Nope:)

Still struggling to make it……just about to add the egg, SR flour and coco………want cream with yours???

Lucky1 said:

bluegreen said:

Lucky1 said:

Taking orders for chocolate self saucing pudding with cream….. its called….Lucky’s medicinal medicine…. comfort food.

am I too late? huh?

Nope:)

Still struggling to make it……just about to add the egg, SR flour and coco………want cream with yours???

yes please :)

Grandma’s watch would have had this movement.. or maybe this one
A finely finished swiss movement but made before shock absorbers were designed and cased in a snap on back gold case.. no protection from the elements nor any sharp knock… unfortunately. However, in those days a woman only wore a gold watch to auspicious occasions. The rest of the time it sat in a jewellery box.

bluegreen said:

Lucky1 said:

bluegreen said:

am I too late? huh?

Nope:)

Still struggling to make it……just about to add the egg, SR flour and coco………want cream with yours???

yes please :)

Zip Zap its on the way:)

roughbarked said:

hortfurball said:

roughbarked said:

Being a watchmaker, I have had to tell people a thousand times .. a year for that last umpteen.. years

it is not your body that causes your watch to play up unless you are wearing an non-shockproof, non-dustproof, non-water resistant watch and are a rough and tough grubby person who showers and sleeps with their watches on..

crawls back under dirty grubby rock….

LOL! Not really! Never showered with it on, do sleep with it on but am a ‘gentle’ sleeper, and I don’t think I’m very rough and tough. Currently wearing one of my cheapo battery watches.
Have given up on grandma’s hand me down gold windup watch (the one that used to exist in its own space time continuum)

Generally speaking grandma’s gold manual wind watch was non-dustproof non-water resistant and non-shockproof.

All of which could easily have caused it have a time warp of its own. Cheap battery watches often don’t outlast their batteries or they do last until you change the battery.. since cheap watches are deliberately made to be replaced every couple of years as a fashion accessory.

Oh my cheap watches are just fine, it’s just the batteries don’t seem to have a very long shelf life on me. As soon as I put in a new battery, off they go again good as new. I don’t really care about buying expensive things for the sake of a brand name, so long as I like the look of them and they tell the time I’m happy. I actually went about 5 years without wearing a watch and then decided it would be handy for work so had a new battery put in one of the cheapies and it’s running fine. Pretty good for a watch that cost me about $25 in the early ’90s.
Shame about Grandma’s watch though, it was very pretty. I thought after I took it in to be fixed and told them it jumped all over the place time wise, that the repair/clean/whatever they did would last longer than a week or two though, so gave up on it after they couldn’t make it behave itself.

hortfurball said:

roughbarked said:

hortfurball said:

crawls back under dirty grubby rock….

LOL! Not really! Never showered with it on, do sleep with it on but am a ‘gentle’ sleeper, and I don’t think I’m very rough and tough. Currently wearing one of my cheapo battery watches.
Have given up on grandma’s hand me down gold windup watch (the one that used to exist in its own space time continuum)

Generally speaking grandma’s gold manual wind watch was non-dustproof non-water resistant and non-shockproof.

All of which could easily have caused it have a time warp of its own. Cheap battery watches often don’t outlast their batteries or they do last until you change the battery.. since cheap watches are deliberately made to be replaced every couple of years as a fashion accessory.

Oh my cheap watches are just fine, it’s just the batteries don’t seem to have a very long shelf life on me. As soon as I put in a new battery, off they go again good as new. I don’t really care about buying expensive things for the sake of a brand name, so long as I like the look of them and they tell the time I’m happy. I actually went about 5 years without wearing a watch and then decided it would be handy for work so had a new battery put in one of the cheapies and it’s running fine. Pretty good for a watch that cost me about $25 in the early ’90s.
Shame about Grandma’s watch though, it was very pretty. I thought after I took it in to be fixed and told them it jumped all over the place time wise, that the repair/clean/whatever they did would last longer than a week or two though, so gave up on it after they couldn’t make it behave itself.

sounds to me like the repair person you took it to didn’t know how to fix watches properly.

yes.. it is true that many cheap watches go for a long time. it is just that they cannot be repaired because that is a part of the price you pay for a good watch.. It is made to be repaired with a stock of spare parts and technichal information for repairers.

roughbarked said:

hortfurball said:

roughbarked said:

Generally speaking grandma’s gold manual wind watch was non-dustproof non-water resistant and non-shockproof.

All of which could easily have caused it have a time warp of its own. Cheap battery watches often don’t outlast their batteries or they do last until you change the battery.. since cheap watches are deliberately made to be replaced every couple of years as a fashion accessory.

Oh my cheap watches are just fine, it’s just the batteries don’t seem to have a very long shelf life on me. As soon as I put in a new battery, off they go again good as new. I don’t really care about buying expensive things for the sake of a brand name, so long as I like the look of them and they tell the time I’m happy. I actually went about 5 years without wearing a watch and then decided it would be handy for work so had a new battery put in one of the cheapies and it’s running fine. Pretty good for a watch that cost me about $25 in the early ’90s.
Shame about Grandma’s watch though, it was very pretty. I thought after I took it in to be fixed and told them it jumped all over the place time wise, that the repair/clean/whatever they did would last longer than a week or two though, so gave up on it after they couldn’t make it behave itself.

sounds to me like the repair person you took it to didn’t know how to fix watches properly.

yes.. it is true that many cheap watches go for a long time. it is just that they cannot be repaired because that is a part of the price you pay for a good watch.. It is made to be repaired with a stock of spare parts and technichal information for repairers.

Your Grandmother’s watch is repairable. I guarantee I can make it work properly.. it won’t necessarily be an inexpensive repair though.

roughbarked said:

Grandma’s watch would have had this movement.. or maybe this one
A finely finished swiss movement but made before shock absorbers were designed and cased in a snap on back gold case.. no protection from the elements nor any sharp knock… unfortunately. However, in those days a woman only wore a gold watch to auspicious occasions. The rest of the time it sat in a jewellery box.

Sorry are you saying they did or did not have a snap on back gold case? I just found grandma’s watch after our talk and it has a gold back case. Doesn’t seem to be an expensive brand, it says ‘Rotary’. I’ve wound it and it is progressing in minutes as a watch should. Will see if it still tells the right time tomorrow morning!
I was only doing consultations when I was wearing it last (5 years ago), I didn’t wear it when doing dirty dusty gardening work. It’s a bracelet watch, very pretty but looks a little incongruous with my worker’s forearms and manly hands. I don’t have petite little wrists and hands to do the watch justice. Can post a piccie if you like?

roughbarked said:

roughbarked said:

hortfurball said:

Oh my cheap watches are just fine, it’s just the batteries don’t seem to have a very long shelf life on me. As soon as I put in a new battery, off they go again good as new. I don’t really care about buying expensive things for the sake of a brand name, so long as I like the look of them and they tell the time I’m happy. I actually went about 5 years without wearing a watch and then decided it would be handy for work so had a new battery put in one of the cheapies and it’s running fine. Pretty good for a watch that cost me about $25 in the early ’90s.
Shame about Grandma’s watch though, it was very pretty. I thought after I took it in to be fixed and told them it jumped all over the place time wise, that the repair/clean/whatever they did would last longer than a week or two though, so gave up on it after they couldn’t make it behave itself.

sounds to me like the repair person you took it to didn’t know how to fix watches properly.

yes.. it is true that many cheap watches go for a long time. it is just that they cannot be repaired because that is a part of the price you pay for a good watch.. It is made to be repaired with a stock of spare parts and technichal information for repairers.

Your Grandmother’s watch is repairable. I guarantee I can make it work properly.. it won’t necessarily be an inexpensive repair though.

Thanks, lovely of you to offer but by the time it was shipped to you and back would be even more expensive!…and like I said, it looks a little silly on me anyway so I’m not sure it would be worth fixing. All my cheapies are big chunky watches to suit my build. Just found a Pierre Cardin watch too that was given to me by my dad. That probably just needs a new battery as well. Again, it’s a little fine for me (though it has a leather band, not a bracelet type). A nearly 6 foot girl with an athletic build looks a little silly with a delicate little slip of a watch, LOL!

hortfurball said:

roughbarked said:

Grandma’s watch would have had this movement.. or maybe this one
A finely finished swiss movement but made before shock absorbers were designed and cased in a snap on back gold case.. no protection from the elements nor any sharp knock… unfortunately. However, in those days a woman only wore a gold watch to auspicious occasions. The rest of the time it sat in a jewellery box.

Sorry are you saying they did or did not have a snap on back gold case? I just found grandma’s watch after our talk and it has a gold back case. Doesn’t seem to be an expensive brand, it says ‘Rotary’. I’ve wound it and it is progressing in minutes as a watch should. Will see if it still tells the right time tomorrow morning!
I was only doing consultations when I was wearing it last (5 years ago), I didn’t wear it when doing dirty dusty gardening work. It’s a bracelet watch, very pretty but looks a little incongruous with my worker’s forearms and manly hands. I don’t have petite little wrists and hands to do the watch justice. Can post a piccie if you like?

Yes most watch cases in the past had snap on backs. Screw down backs came later. Ladies fashion watches were and still are put into snap on back cases.
Rotary were a quality Swiss watch at a relatively inexpensive price. If the case is solid 9ct or 18ct then it is worth a lot more than an ordinary gold plated Rotary..

hortfurball said:

roughbarked said:

roughbarked said:

sounds to me like the repair person you took it to didn’t know how to fix watches properly.

yes.. it is true that many cheap watches go for a long time. it is just that they cannot be repaired because that is a part of the price you pay for a good watch.. It is made to be repaired with a stock of spare parts and technichal information for repairers.

Your Grandmother’s watch is repairable. I guarantee I can make it work properly.. it won’t necessarily be an inexpensive repair though.

Thanks, lovely of you to offer but by the time it was shipped to you and back would be even more expensive!…and like I said, it looks a little silly on me anyway so I’m not sure it would be worth fixing. All my cheapies are big chunky watches to suit my build. Just found a Pierre Cardin watch too that was given to me by my dad. That probably just needs a new battery as well. Again, it’s a little fine for me (though it has a leather band, not a bracelet type). A nearly 6 foot girl with an athletic build looks a little silly with a delicate little slip of a watch, LOL!

Yes postage these days has become quite expensive. :(

Yes I agree. The grandmother’s watch should be kept as the heirloom as it though a good watch in its day is rather too fragile for daily use anyway and I’d hate to wear a watch that you needed binoculars to see what the time was.

roughbarked said:

hortfurball said:

roughbarked said:

Grandma’s watch would have had this movement.. or maybe this one
A finely finished swiss movement but made before shock absorbers were designed and cased in a snap on back gold case.. no protection from the elements nor any sharp knock… unfortunately. However, in those days a woman only wore a gold watch to auspicious occasions. The rest of the time it sat in a jewellery box.

Sorry are you saying they did or did not have a snap on back gold case? I just found grandma’s watch after our talk and it has a gold back case. Doesn’t seem to be an expensive brand, it says ‘Rotary’. I’ve wound it and it is progressing in minutes as a watch should. Will see if it still tells the right time tomorrow morning!
I was only doing consultations when I was wearing it last (5 years ago), I didn’t wear it when doing dirty dusty gardening work. It’s a bracelet watch, very pretty but looks a little incongruous with my worker’s forearms and manly hands. I don’t have petite little wrists and hands to do the watch justice. Can post a piccie if you like?

Yes most watch cases in the past had snap on backs. Screw down backs came later. Ladies fashion watches were and still are put into snap on back cases.
Rotary were a quality Swiss watch at a relatively inexpensive price. If the case is solid 9ct or 18ct then it is worth a lot more than an ordinary gold plated Rotary..

I just googled Rotary watches while you were typing :) Made a wally of myself, should have googled first as I’d never heard of Rotary. It was probably worth a bit in its day but I’d say grandma wore it when she oughtn’t as it has some blemishes on the face under the glass. (Apparently she was a bit of a gardener too, and having inherited her sapphire ring, I KNOW she wore THAT in the garden! LOL! The stones are almost ground away and two had been replaced!) I’d say the watch is probably pretty old. There isn’t a stamp that I can see to say it’s 9 or 18 carat. Other than Rotary and the symbol on the face, it only says ’21 jewels’ and ‘swiss made’. Oh well, it’s pretty and if it can tell the right time for an hour or two, would be ok for special occasions when a chunky one just won’t do…hmmm, on second thoughts, it’s already five minutes ahead! LOL!

hortfurball said:

roughbarked said:

hortfurball said:

Sorry are you saying they did or did not have a snap on back gold case? I just found grandma’s watch after our talk and it has a gold back case. Doesn’t seem to be an expensive brand, it says ‘Rotary’. I’ve wound it and it is progressing in minutes as a watch should. Will see if it still tells the right time tomorrow morning!
I was only doing consultations when I was wearing it last (5 years ago), I didn’t wear it when doing dirty dusty gardening work. It’s a bracelet watch, very pretty but looks a little incongruous with my worker’s forearms and manly hands. I don’t have petite little wrists and hands to do the watch justice. Can post a piccie if you like?

Yes most watch cases in the past had snap on backs. Screw down backs came later. Ladies fashion watches were and still are put into snap on back cases.
Rotary were a quality Swiss watch at a relatively inexpensive price. If the case is solid 9ct or 18ct then it is worth a lot more than an ordinary gold plated Rotary..

I just googled Rotary watches while you were typing :) Made a wally of myself, should have googled first as I’d never heard of Rotary. It was probably worth a bit in its day but I’d say grandma wore it when she oughtn’t as it has some blemishes on the face under the glass. (Apparently she was a bit of a gardener too, and having inherited her sapphire ring, I KNOW she wore THAT in the garden! LOL! The stones are almost ground away and two had been replaced!) I’d say the watch is probably pretty old. There isn’t a stamp that I can see to say it’s 9 or 18 carat. Other than Rotary and the symbol on the face, it only says ’21 jewels’ and ‘swiss made’. Oh well, it’s pretty and if it can tell the right time for an hour or two, would be ok for special occasions when a chunky one just won’t do…hmmm, on second thoughts, it’s already five minutes ahead! LOL!

Yes it was an above average watch. There are several reasons why it is keeping irregular time. If it is constantly gaining then it is likely that several factors can cause this and similarly if constantly losing.. a different set of factors come into play and If it keeps time differently in different positions or keeps erratic time there are a whole gamut of errors that may need to be attended to.

Mostly these watches were of a quality that were easily repaired but many watch repairers these days have never actually learned how to poise a balance and few evertest the watch in more than one position.. Because most shops only emply battery fitters. If the watch is badly worn or in need of the more expensive parts then it is often cheaper to replace the movement with an equivalent model which does has shockproof jewel settings. I can tell you which movement to make a bid on at ebay say.. and you can have a watchmaker fit it.

roughbarked said:

Yes it was an above average watch. There are several reasons why it is keeping irregular time. If it is constantly gaining then it is likely that several factors can cause this and similarly if constantly losing.. a different set of factors come into play and If it keeps time differently in different positions or keeps erratic time there are a whole gamut of errors that may need to be attended to.

Mostly these watches were of a quality that were easily repaired but many watch repairers these days have never actually learned how to poise a balance and few evertest the watch in more than one position.. Because most shops only emply battery fitters. If the watch is badly worn or in need of the more expensive parts then it is often cheaper to replace the movement with an equivalent model which does has shockproof jewel settings. I can tell you which movement to make a bid on at ebay say.. and you can have a watchmaker fit it.

Oops, said goodnight too soon. :) Thought you’d gone. I take it you are a fellow insomniac?
Thanks for the offer. If I ever decide to replace the movement, I’ll remember you. not right now though, lack of funds and lack of certainty that it would be worth it, as I’m not sure how much use I’d get from the watch even if it was 100%.
Was nice chatting. :)

yes fellow insomniac.. ;)

but I’d better lie down for a bit because the wife is extra demanding at the moment with her right arm encased in plaster from the shoulder to elbow.

roughbarked said:

yes fellow insomniac.. ;)

but I’d better lie down for a bit because the wife is extra demanding at the moment with her right arm encased in plaster from the shoulder to elbow.

oh the poor thing. I commiserate. A break? or an operation?

btw. did anything ever come of those bones you found?

morning
another 12mm in the rain gauge – this winter is shaping up as a ‘normal’ winter.

wife and daughter were caught walking the dogs in the heaviest shower. the drowned rats were warmed by the fire and a few brandies so all is well.

clocks, steaming bathrooms, insomniacs’ early morning discussions and then no early morning chat – what a weird bunch.

btw – my plant’s name tag does read justic*i*a carnea – ‘brazilian plume flower’ – is it pronounced ‘just – teech -a’?

Morning Pepe , and lurkers. yes quiet this morn.
I went to a couple ‘burbs away to pick up a stockpot being given away on freecycle..only to find its brand new 18/12 stainless steel with 2 steamer inserts, one for pasta and other for veges ect. Mirror finish .Very exp pot.
I asked the woman why was she giving it away and she said their family doesn’t cook at all.
Gawd!
Well my gain. It will replace my stockpot that copped a boot (need I say more? lol) and it’s out of whack egg shaped and the lid doesn’t fit snug anymore.

I called into the local nursery on my way back and got a packet of sweet peas ‘ brilliant fragrance’ pale creams, and on the packet it says plant ‘ autumn and spring’
Does that mean now ?
Or just autumn, or just spring ?
Its Yates.. I may just email them to say does one have to be a freakin rocket scientist to read a seed packet? Better info needed.

morning happy potter – that steamer is a great find

sweet peas are normally planted in autumn.
these are my self sown ones and they haven’t grown until the first rains – so imho the seed can be planted now (tho’ late) for spring flowering. as much sun as possible is needed to accelerate their growth

pepe said:

morning happy potter – that steamer is a great find

sweet peas are normally planted in autumn.
these are my self sown ones and they haven’t grown until the first rains – so imho the seed can be planted now (tho’ late) for spring flowering. as much sun as possible is needed to accelerate their growth

Ok thanks Peps. I couldn’t get back in here until now, some server prob. I will plant them pronto :)

Happy Potter said:

Morning Pepe , and lurkers. yes quiet this morn.
I went to a couple ‘burbs away to pick up a stockpot being given away on freecycle..only to find its brand new 18/12 stainless steel with 2 steamer inserts, one for pasta and other for veges ect. Mirror finish .Very exp pot.
I asked the woman why was she giving it away and she said their family doesn’t cook at all.
Gawd!
Well my gain. It will replace my stockpot that copped a boot (need I say more? lol) and it’s out of whack egg shaped and the lid doesn’t fit snug anymore.

I called into the local nursery on my way back and got a packet of sweet peas ‘ brilliant fragrance’ pale creams, and on the packet it says plant ‘ autumn and spring’
Does that mean now ?
Or just autumn, or just spring ?
Its Yates.. I may just email them to say does one have to be a freakin rocket scientist to read a seed packet? Better info needed.

excellent pick up with the stock pot HP! With the sweet peas I would think autumn OR spring. Whether now is too late I don’t know.

Afternoon Bon—Blue and lurkers

Hi Grasshopper :)

Just watching last night’s episode of The Bill, then I’ll be back out in the garden.

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

I called into the local nursery on my way back and got a packet of sweet peas ‘ brilliant fragrance’ pale creams, and on the packet it says plant ‘ autumn and spring’
Does that mean now ?
Or just autumn, or just spring ?
Its Yates.. I may just email them to say does one have to be a freakin rocket scientist to read a seed packet? Better info needed.

excellent pick up with the stock pot HP! With the sweet peas I would think autumn OR spring. Whether now is too late I don’t know.

Yes BG , the pot is a beauty. Just used it to boil up a whole bag of spuds and a doz eggs for a big spud salad. It’s for a friends sons 21st BBQ.

With the sweet peas ,what I want to do is put a trellis either end of the fernery and grow them on there. Area is 2.5 mt high and 2 mt wide.They would be beautiful there, sunny and all, keeping sun off end ferns and the perfume would be lovely. But I have to make the trellis and attach it . I have some rolls of used wire mesh ,so I will recycle them..add a bit of 4×2 attached to the bottom and side and leave a small doorway into the fernery. I have long rectangle pots I can put the sweet peas into.
Thats my next project and because that wont be happening this week, I might wait for spring.
Sigh.
I want to do everything yesterday lol.

Happy Potter said:

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

I called into the local nursery on my way back and got a packet of sweet peas ‘ brilliant fragrance’ pale creams, and on the packet it says plant ‘ autumn and spring’
Does that mean now ?
Or just autumn, or just spring ?
Its Yates.. I may just email them to say does one have to be a freakin rocket scientist to read a seed packet? Better info needed.

excellent pick up with the stock pot HP! With the sweet peas I would think autumn OR spring. Whether now is too late I don’t know.

Yes BG , the pot is a beauty. Just used it to boil up a whole bag of spuds and a doz eggs for a big spud salad. It’s for a friends sons 21st BBQ.

With the sweet peas ,what I want to do is put a trellis either end of the fernery and grow them on there. Area is 2.5 mt high and 2 mt wide.They would be beautiful there, sunny and all, keeping sun off end ferns and the perfume would be lovely. But I have to make the trellis and attach it . I have some rolls of used wire mesh ,so I will recycle them..add a bit of 4×2 attached to the bottom and side and leave a small doorway into the fernery. I have long rectangle pots I can put the sweet peas into.
Thats my next project and because that wont be happening this week, I might wait for spring.
Sigh.
I want to do everything yesterday lol.

Yates give a useful climate /planting guide on the back.. What they don’t say is that peas will have damage to flowers in frost.

However from my experience Sweet peas are not so susceptible to frosts, nor so worried about exactly when youp[lant apart fronm one factor.. no peas will germinate if the soil is dry. So I never planted them before the first autumn/winter rains.. which we have only just got.

I have long rectangle pots I can put the sweet peas into.
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that’s a good option because you can always put plastic over them to accelerate their growth.

Happy Potter said:

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I want to do everything yesterday lol.

is that why you always seem to be doing everything at a run? trying to catch up to yesterday? lol!

Bimbo just rang… misses Millie so much she is thinking of buying a rat for an inside pet……..We were at the shops and the kids let themselves into the house to collect their spare set of house keys. As we looked after their furkids last weekend.

Well Millie, saw them and with a few words of %#* @#%* did you do with my Nanna……LOL….She has never forgiven Bimbo for moving and taking her to Ben’s place.

I so feel for Bimbo over this as the had such a magic relationship.

Well I“ve had a big afternoon outside and my back is not letting me do any more. I have had a big clear out of my shed and several big bins full of old flower pots. There were hundreds, I’d never use them all, and I needed the bins for my spuds. There’s a big heap of stuff to go to the tip now. I bought some shelving for my shed a while ago and Mr O40 has been assembling them for me. We pulled out an old kitchen cupboard unit which was only useful for storing things on top. The bottom was full of stuff I never used. I’m going to have SO much more floor space, it’s wonderful!
After all that I planted 8 bins with seed potatoes. I also planted another raspberry I got from Diggers and planted another blueberry too. Potted a little rose as well.
Put the roast and vegies in the oven and I’m not moving much from now on. Painkillers for dessert! LOL

We are having showers of rain here. I have the heater on to keep me from going down hill and to help the elf.

He has a heart appointment on this coming Friday (stress test and stuff like that) I (and him) have to decide if he’ll be well enough on Friday to cope with it all.

Lucky1 said:

We are having showers of rain here. I have the heater on to keep me from going down hill and to help the elf.

He has a heart appointment on this coming Friday (stress test and stuff like that) I (and him) have to decide if he’ll be well enough on Friday to cope with it all.

Have to decide on Tuesday…….that way they won’t slog us a bill for canceling……:(

Arvo all, i am on stuffed teenager been 2 years since we hiked it and it was all over grown, didn’t take camera as it looked like rain.

veg gardener said:

Arvo all, i am on stuffed teenager been 2 years since we hiked it and it was all over grown, didn’t take camera as it looked like rain.

did you get wet?

pepe said:

veg gardener said:

Arvo all, i am on stuffed teenager been 2 years since we hiked it and it was all over grown, didn’t take camera as it looked like rain.

did you get wet?

it rained last night for a bit was raining for 5mins but i didnt get wet :P when we left camp she stoped. me and my mate led the hike.

veg gardener said:

pepe said:

veg gardener said:

Arvo all, i am on stuffed teenager been 2 years since we hiked it and it was all over grown, didn’t take camera as it looked like rain.

did you get wet?

it rained last night for a bit was raining for 5mins but i didnt get wet :P when we left camp she stoped. me and my mate led the hike.

Did you enjoy yourself Veg?

bluegreen said:

roughbarked said:

yes fellow insomniac.. ;)

but I’d better lie down for a bit because the wife is extra demanding at the moment with her right arm encased in plaster from the shoulder to elbow.

oh the poor thing. I commiserate. A break? or an operation?

I didn’t want to say anything else or the sun would have been rising before RB got to run away but I was wondering the same thing!

pepe said:

morning
another 12mm in the rain gauge – this winter is shaping up as a ‘normal’ winter.

wife and daughter were caught walking the dogs in the heaviest shower. the drowned rats were warmed by the fire and a few brandies so all is well.

clocks, steaming bathrooms, insomniacs’ early morning discussions and then no early morning chat – what a weird bunch.

btw – my plant’s name tag does read justic*i*a carnea – ‘brazilian plume flower’ – is it pronounced ‘just – teech -a’?

I say Just-eesh-a. So do the other plant people I know. doesn’t mean we’re right. ;)
And what?! You didn’t think to read the tag to find out what the plant was! LOL!
Did I leave the ‘i’ out? I’m normally pretty good at checking for typos…

goes off to check….

roughbarked said:

I sleep short sleeps and keep myself awake doing things. ;) not your fault.

Where are you?

No but it is easy to lose track of time when chatting on the net, so I thought I’d run away and give you half a chance to get some shut eye!
I’m a Perthie. :)

Happy Potter said:

Morning Pepe , and lurkers. yes quiet this morn.
I went to a couple ‘burbs away to pick up a stockpot being given away on freecycle..only to find its brand new 18/12 stainless steel with 2 steamer inserts, one for pasta and other for veges ect. Mirror finish .Very exp pot.
I asked the woman why was she giving it away and she said their family doesn’t cook at all.
Gawd!

Good score HP!!

I say Just-eesh-a. So do the other plant people I know. doesn’t mean we’re right. ;)
And what?! You didn’t think to read the tag to find out what the plant was! LOL!
Did I leave the ‘i’ out? I’m normally pretty good at checking for typos…
goes off to check….
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just-eesh-a it is.
i made my own name tag just now after you told me the name – an old friend gave it to me saying he had forgotten the name.

hortfurball said:

bluegreen said:

roughbarked said:

yes fellow insomniac.. ;)

but I’d better lie down for a bit because the wife is extra demanding at the moment with her right arm encased in plaster from the shoulder to elbow.

oh the poor thing. I commiserate. A break? or an operation?

I didn’t want to say anything else or the sun would have been rising before RB got to run away but I was wondering the same thing!

A broken humerus isn’t all that funny..

hopefully we will do this without an operation thanks.. just got through a hip op.. a bit wobbly without the hand that held the cane.