And it’s April!

already.

Where did March go? Were we too busy living, to notice?

Dinetta said:

Where did March go? Were we too busy living, to notice?

Yep.
Blink and you miss it sort of month.

Two inch cauli seedlings went to seed so fast, 4 leaves and then flowers. Wonder why. Chooks have scoffed them.

Happy Potter said:

And it’s April!

already.

indeed it is :)

housework today. Married daughter & Co. are coming tomorrow to pick up their cockateils and show me pictures of their trip to Cambodia :)

And what have you got lined up for April?

Me? I have this permablitz to go to today, but tiredness is taking over and I sent my wheelbarrow and tools off but minus myself. Need to sleep, have a fear of chopping my foot off with a spade.
And get more cauli seedlings.

Tomorrow the vege swap in the park :)

And I had a call from a lady with a wonderful sense of humor from sga. Would I like to be part of a gardening pod group for women who are ‘starting over again’ out of bad r/lationships and have no confidence and want something to do, like gardening, to help themselves to get out there, get off the ‘I am a victim’ couch, healthy activities, get growing. Ect.

I would! But..time is scarce. I already have a full list of ‘to do’s’.

Well she says, you’re the one who put your gardening self out there. Not our fault lol!

Me. No I didn’t, youse contacted me. hehe.

Her. Yeah, but you agreed! LOL

I told her to get the group to contact me and I’ll see what I can do..

hehehe.

bluegreen said:

housework today. Married daughter & Co. are coming tomorrow to pick up their cockateils and show me pictures of their trip to Cambodia :)

Lovely :)

My kids are discussing opening a restaurant and me cooking for it after the delish meal I made for last night’s tea.
Hahaha!

Happy Potter said:

bluegreen said:

housework today. Married daughter & Co. are coming tomorrow to pick up their cockateils and show me pictures of their trip to Cambodia :)

Lovely :)

My kids are discussing opening a restaurant and me cooking for it after the delish meal I made for last night’s tea.
Hahaha!

like you have the time for something like that!

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

bluegreen said:

housework today. Married daughter & Co. are coming tomorrow to pick up their cockateils and show me pictures of their trip to Cambodia :)

Lovely :)

My kids are discussing opening a restaurant and me cooking for it after the delish meal I made for last night’s tea.
Hahaha!

like you have the time for something like that!

No, not a chance.
But next time I cook the dish I will have a couple eager students who want to learn how to make it. It’ll be hands on learning so they can make it completely, with my instruction. And learn how to read a recipe..
Same with 2 daughters (and their co workers!) who badger me to death for supplies of rhubarb muffins. It’s a simple recipe!

Happy Potter said:

But next time I cook the dish I will have a couple eager students who want to learn how to make it. It’ll be hands on learning so they can make it completely, with my instruction. And learn how to read a recipe..
Same with 2 daughters (and their co workers!) who badger me to death for supplies of rhubarb muffins. It’s a simple recipe!

but it always tastes nicer when someone else cooks it! What DID you have for dinner last night, anyway?

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

But next time I cook the dish I will have a couple eager students who want to learn how to make it. It’ll be hands on learning so they can make it completely, with my instruction. And learn how to read a recipe..
Same with 2 daughters (and their co workers!) who badger me to death for supplies of rhubarb muffins. It’s a simple recipe!

but it always tastes nicer when someone else cooks it! What DID you have for dinner last night, anyway?

Slow cooked belly pork with celeriac mash, baked apples, roast onion and green beans.

Happy Potter said:

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

But next time I cook the dish I will have a couple eager students who want to learn how to make it. It’ll be hands on learning so they can make it completely, with my instruction. And learn how to read a recipe..
Same with 2 daughters (and their co workers!) who badger me to death for supplies of rhubarb muffins. It’s a simple recipe!

but it always tastes nicer when someone else cooks it! What DID you have for dinner last night, anyway?

Slow cooked belly pork with celeriac mash, baked apples, roast onion and green beans.

yummmmmmmm….

:)

March got washed away.

pain master said:

March got washed away.

poor bastard
it has to stop sometime – april will be a good, dry month i’m sure.

pepe said:

pain master said:

March got washed away.

poor bastard
it has to stop sometime – april will be a good, dry month i’m sure.

maybe… some parts of Townsville have already recorded over 100mm for April so far…

Just MrBL and I for dinner tonight. The boys and a mate have borrowed the Caddy and gone to the Gold Coast to see Motorhead and Rose Tattoo.

pepe said:

pain master said:

March got washed away.

poor bastard
it has to stop sometime – april will be a good, dry month i’m sure.

Reckon we’re getting the Wet we were supposed to have late January, early February…now…lots of sad and possibly sick cotton farmers around town just now…haven’t seen a cotton module on the move yet, but there was a splat of cotton (like a splat of cow pat) on the road going home yesterday…I had to look at it twice, it’s been so long since I saw one…

I can’t believe the traffic jam just outside my office window…the place is jumping and pumping and tomorrow they’ll all be at the supermarket…

The races have been moved from Mackay to Rockhampton on Tuesday, too wet up north apparently…and Rockhampton races have moved from Yeppoon to Gladstone…as Gladstone has the only accredited sand track in the district…I’m still amazed at the info that the more it rains, the faster that track gets…

Dinetta said:

The races have been moved from Mackay to Rockhampton on Tuesday, too wet up north apparently…and Rockhampton races have moved from Yeppoon to Gladstone…as Gladstone has the only accredited sand track in the district…I’m still amazed at the info that the more it rains, the faster that track gets…

Wet sand packs down.

bubba louie said:

Dinetta said:

The races have been moved from Mackay to Rockhampton on Tuesday, too wet up north apparently…and Rockhampton races have moved from Yeppoon to Gladstone…as Gladstone has the only accredited sand track in the district…I’m still amazed at the info that the more it rains, the faster that track gets…

Wet sand packs down.

Is that what it is? Thanks Bubba…

I did ask about the effect on the horses, it’s not overly hard on their feet or knees, but it’s about a week before they’re right to race again…

Be a bit like the difference between the sand up near the dunes and the sand down near the waves for us, I suppose…

bubba louie said:

Just MrBL and I for dinner tonight. The boys and a mate have borrowed the Caddy and gone to the Gold Coast to see Motorhead and Rose Tattoo.

The Caddy would be the “Cadillac” then?

pain master said:

March got washed away.

have to swim didya?

Glad you ‘surfaced’…

Dinetta said:

bubba louie said:

Dinetta said:

The races have been moved from Mackay to Rockhampton on Tuesday, too wet up north apparently…and Rockhampton races have moved from Yeppoon to Gladstone…as Gladstone has the only accredited sand track in the district…I’m still amazed at the info that the more it rains, the faster that track gets…

Wet sand packs down.

Is that what it is? Thanks Bubba…

I did ask about the effect on the horses, it’s not overly hard on their feet or knees, but it’s about a week before they’re right to race again…

Be a bit like the difference between the sand up near the dunes and the sand down near the waves for us, I suppose…

That’s what i think anyway.

pain master said:

bubba louie said:

Just MrBL and I for dinner tonight. The boys and a mate have borrowed the Caddy and gone to the Gold Coast to see Motorhead and Rose Tattoo.

The Caddy would be the “Cadillac” then?

Blah.

You’ve seen the Caddy.

bubba louie said:

pain master said:

bubba louie said:

Just MrBL and I for dinner tonight. The boys and a mate have borrowed the Caddy and gone to the Gold Coast to see Motorhead and Rose Tattoo.

The Caddy would be the “Cadillac” then?

Blah.

You’ve seen the Caddy.

even been in the Caddy for a tour… :)

Are they back from the Rockfest yet?

‘Tis shopping day today, gunna been crazy at the stoopidmarket. Would prefer to do everything at the local Sunday markets but they dont stock nappies or soy milk. I still cant belive that there is no Sunday trading here, so we get double the amount of people on Saturday.

married daughter and co. should be here soon are we are going to pop down to the local markets.

shellbell said:

‘Tis shopping day today, gunna been crazy at the stoopidmarket. Would prefer to do everything at the local Sunday markets but they dont stock nappies or soy milk. I still cant belive that there is no Sunday trading here, so we get double the amount of people on Saturday.

we’re shopping too this morning. Very grey outside so maybe rain later. But first, home-made crumpets with some honey that I bought that has a chunk of comb in the jar.

bluegreen said:

married daughter and co. should be here soon are we are going to pop down to the local markets.

You people talking about your local markets!! Makes me want to go to ours but I absolutely refuse to get in the car and go anywhere today. I wanna just stay home for a while.

Big plan for today. We bought and ice cream maker yesterday so you can guess what I’ll be doing today. I will try vanilla first up so I can’t make a mess of it then it’s open slather on anything that is ice creamable.

Woohoo, what a great success our first vege and fruit swap was, we had a ball!
I have loads of satsuma plums, more apples, more pumpkins and even some lime verbena syrup!

Much chatting and passing on of gardening tips and some funny stories from begginner gardeners..
I had taken along this huge bucket of basil stalks…there was a young man and his new wife who proudly showed us his little basil seedling in single cardboard egg carton cup. It was about 2 inches high and quite forlorn looking.. well he saw my huge basil leaves and stared.. “Omg, is that basil?”
(me) “yes, it’s starting to go off season now so I brought heaps”.
So he threw his poor little basil plant over his shoulder right over a high fence! LOL! He is a baker and had us drooling over stories of his fruit bread baking. He’s going to bring some loaves to the next swap. Yum!

One lady has a young blood orange tree and hates it’s thorns and she want’s an apple tree there instead. I know my friend has a small fuji apple she doesn’t want because it’s badly placed, so the two are going to swap trees :D

… a whole new meaning for “pouring the salt” is happening here…have given up on the “salt bag” and the salt is now in a screw-top ex-herb bottle…

Happy Potter said:

Woohoo, what a great success our first vege and fruit swap was, we had a ball!
I have loads of satsuma plums, more apples, more pumpkins and even some lime verbena syrup!

So he threw his poor little basil plant over his shoulder right over a high fence! LOL! He is a baker and had us drooling over stories of his fruit bread baking. He’s going to bring some loaves to the next swap. Yum!

One lady has a young blood orange tree and hates it’s thorns and she want’s an apple tree there instead. I know my friend has a small fuji apple she doesn’t want because it’s badly placed, so the two are going to swap trees :D

Poor little basil plant…hope somebody rescued it after the stirling effort it took to get to 2 inches!

I should not read these posts when hungry, but have had my lunchtime slice of toast and am now chowing on my salad, with smoked salmon on the bottom…this batch of smoked salmon is rather salty…

Good work with the swap!

This was a bring and buy or swap meet, wasn’t it?

Yummy haul with the plums and punkins (as a friend’s mother used to call them) …and the rest…what are you going to do with the plums, jam them?

pomolo said:

Big plan for today. We bought and ice cream maker yesterday so you can guess what I’ll be doing today. I will try vanilla first up so I can’t make a mess of it then it’s open slather on anything that is ice creamable.

hope you prepared and put the bowl in the freezer last night?

Dinetta said:

Happy Potter said:

Woohoo, what a great success our first vege and fruit swap was, we had a ball!
I have loads of satsuma plums, more apples, more pumpkins and even some lime verbena syrup!

So he threw his poor little basil plant over his shoulder right over a high fence! LOL! He is a baker and had us drooling over stories of his fruit bread baking. He’s going to bring some loaves to the next swap. Yum!

One lady has a young blood orange tree and hates it’s thorns and she want’s an apple tree there instead. I know my friend has a small fuji apple she doesn’t want because it’s badly placed, so the two are going to swap trees :D

Poor little basil plant…hope somebody rescued it after the stirling effort it took to get to 2 inches!

I should not read these posts when hungry, but have had my lunchtime slice of toast and am now chowing on my salad, with smoked salmon on the bottom…this batch of smoked salmon is rather salty…

Good work with the swap!

This was a bring and buy or swap meet, wasn’t it?

Yummy haul with the plums and punkins (as a friend’s mother used to call them) …and the rest…what are you going to do with the plums, jam them?

Thanks D.
It’s a fruit and vege share/swap, no money changes hands, for when we have an overload and want to swap the excess for things we haven’t got. Like figs for lemons and pickled olives for seeds. My excess eggs went well and I came home with wanted fruits. Ect.

The plums will be made into a marinating sauce for meats. Aka lamb shanks in plum sauce.

Happy Potter said:

Woohoo, what a great success our first vege and fruit swap was, we had a ball!

may there be many more :D

pain master said:

pepe said:

pain master said:

March got washed away.

poor bastard
it has to stop sometime – april will be a good, dry month i’m sure.

maybe… some parts of Townsville have already recorded over 100mm for April so far…

april being one day old !
- blimey things will be wet.

Happy Potter said:

The plums will be made into a marinating sauce for meats. Aka lamb shanks in plum sauce.

Thank goodness I’ve had my lunch already…

pain master said:

bubba louie said:

pain master said:

The Caddy would be the “Cadillac” then?

Blah.

You’ve seen the Caddy.

even been in the Caddy for a tour… :)

Are they back from the Rockfest yet?

They came home last night.

Pom did you ever get that Swamp Hibiscus that you wanted from Fairhill? Bunnings has them for $16.95.

pain master said:

pomolo said:

Big plan for today. We bought and ice cream maker yesterday so you can guess what I’ll be doing today. I will try vanilla first up so I can’t make a mess of it then it’s open slather on anything that is ice creamable.

hope you prepared and put the bowl in the freezer last night?

Please explain!!!

pomolo said:

pain master said:

pomolo said:

Big plan for today. We bought and ice cream maker yesterday so you can guess what I’ll be doing today. I will try vanilla first up so I can’t make a mess of it then it’s open slather on anything that is ice creamable.

hope you prepared and put the bowl in the freezer last night?

Please explain!!!

unless your machine has a freezer unit built in, then it would have come with a thick bowl that you put in the freezer first and then it does the cooling while you are churning your icecream.

bubba louie said:

Pom did you ever get that Swamp Hibiscus that you wanted from Fairhill? Bunnings has them for $16.95.

I have had the swamp Hibiscus for years actually. I never did hear from Fairhills about the one (another Hibiscus) I ordered from them though.

pepe said:

pain master said:

pepe said:

poor bastard
it has to stop sometime – april will be a good, dry month i’m sure.

maybe… some parts of Townsville have already recorded over 100mm for April so far…

april being one day old !
- blimey things will be wet.

most sites have already surpassed the April average, I for one have not. I have received only 2mm in the past 48 hours, despite some suburbs only 10kms away having received over 200mm now…

bluegreen said:

pomolo said:

pain master said:

hope you prepared and put the bowl in the freezer last night?

Please explain!!!

unless your machine has a freezer unit built in, then it would have come with a thick bowl that you put in the freezer first and then it does the cooling while you are churning your icecream.

Mine is a modern, up to date machine, if you don’t mind. LOL. It does the whole thing. All I do is put in the ingredients. It tastes devine too. I’ve already tasted it. Boy we will put some weight on real fast for sure

pomolo said:

pain master said:

pomolo said:

Big plan for today. We bought and ice cream maker yesterday so you can guess what I’ll be doing today. I will try vanilla first up so I can’t make a mess of it then it’s open slather on anything that is ice creamable.

hope you prepared and put the bowl in the freezer last night?

Please explain!!!

my ice cream maker has a bowl component to which you put on top of the machine and that rotates with the plastic churn moving in the other direction. You need to put your chilled liquid into the bowl, as the machine is going and the churn then does it stuff, and after a while “hey presto” ice cream…. However, the bowl needs to be really cold (ie in the freezer o’ernight) in order for it to work efficiently.

bluegreen said:

pomolo said:

pain master said:

hope you prepared and put the bowl in the freezer last night?

Please explain!!!

unless your machine has a freezer unit built in, then it would have come with a thick bowl that you put in the freezer first and then it does the cooling while you are churning your icecream.

what BG said!

pomolo said:

bluegreen said:

pomolo said:

Please explain!!!

unless your machine has a freezer unit built in, then it would have come with a thick bowl that you put in the freezer first and then it does the cooling while you are churning your icecream.

Mine is a modern, up to date machine, if you don’t mind. LOL. It does the whole thing. All I do is put in the ingredients. It tastes devine too. I’ve already tasted it. Boy we will put some weight on real fast for sure

sounds awesome, does it need to be plumbed and hardwired to services?

pain master said:

pomolo said:

bluegreen said:

unless your machine has a freezer unit built in, then it would have come with a thick bowl that you put in the freezer first and then it does the cooling while you are churning your icecream.

Mine is a modern, up to date machine, if you don’t mind. LOL. It does the whole thing. All I do is put in the ingredients. It tastes devine too. I’ve already tasted it. Boy we will put some weight on real fast for sure

sounds awesome, does it need to be plumbed and hardwired to services?

No. Course not.

pomolo said:

pain master said:

pomolo said:

Mine is a modern, up to date machine, if you don’t mind. LOL. It does the whole thing. All I do is put in the ingredients. It tastes devine too. I’ve already tasted it. Boy we will put some weight on real fast for sure

sounds awesome, does it need to be plumbed and hardwired to services?

No. Course not.

can we have a picture please? Mine is just a Breville Crazy Scoops! Purchased at an exorbitant price (like the rest of his white goods) from Sir Brian Bell (R.I.P.) in Port Moresby.

Had to do some crop dusting on the Winter crop (Broc, cauils, cabbage and silverbeet) something has eaten it.

pain master said:

pomolo said:

pain master said:

sounds awesome, does it need to be plumbed and hardwired to services?

No. Course not.

can we have a picture please? Mine is just a Breville Crazy Scoops! Purchased at an exorbitant price (like the rest of his white goods) from Sir Brian Bell (R.I.P.) in Port Moresby.

I’ll try. Will have to do a bit of searching because it’s not any old regular Ice Cream Maker you know.

Veg gardener said:

Had to do some crop dusting on the Winter crop (Broc, cauils, cabbage and silverbeet) something has eaten it.

sounds like Cabbage Moth, seen many around of late?

pain master said:

Veg gardener said:

Had to do some crop dusting on the Winter crop (Broc, cauils, cabbage and silverbeet) something has eaten it.

sounds like Cabbage Moth, seen many around of late?

Think its them they are white hey?

I’m doing some research… I’m off to France soon and thought I would open a bottle of wine from Bordeaux. Had a Froggy Champagne last week and that was nearly up to Australian standards… I’m just trying to aclimatise the pallet.

Veg gardener said:

pain master said:

Veg gardener said:

Had to do some crop dusting on the Winter crop (Broc, cauils, cabbage and silverbeet) something has eaten it.

sounds like Cabbage Moth, seen many around of late?

Think its them they are white hey?

Oh yeah!

pain master said:

Veg gardener said:

pain master said:

sounds like Cabbage Moth, seen many around of late?

Think its them they are white hey?

Oh yeah!

only see one

pomolo said:

pain master said:

pomolo said:

No. Course not.

can we have a picture please? Mine is just a Breville Crazy Scoops! Purchased at an exorbitant price (like the rest of his white goods) from Sir Brian Bell (R.I.P.) in Port Moresby.

I’ll try. Will have to do a bit of searching because it’s not any old regular Ice Cream Maker you know.

Can’t find it. It’s a Homeart product and it’s not under any of their products lists. I know we bought the last one available at our local store. Perhaps they are going out of production.

Anyway it’s huge and heavy. Makes 1.5lt in about 50min.

Veg gardener said:

pain master said:

Veg gardener said:

Think its them they are white hey?

Oh yeah!

only see one

One is enough. Plague I tells you, a Plague!

pomolo said:

pomolo said:

pain master said:

can we have a picture please? Mine is just a Breville Crazy Scoops! Purchased at an exorbitant price (like the rest of his white goods) from Sir Brian Bell (R.I.P.) in Port Moresby.

I’ll try. Will have to do a bit of searching because it’s not any old regular Ice Cream Maker you know.

Can’t find it. It’s a Homeart product and it’s not under any of their products lists. I know we bought the last one available at our local store. Perhaps they are going out of production.

Anyway it’s huge and heavy. Makes 1.5lt in about 50min.

sounds good, and you and MrPom can consume 1.5Lt in half the time???

pain master said:

pomolo said:

pomolo said:

I’ll try. Will have to do a bit of searching because it’s not any old regular Ice Cream Maker you know.

Can’t find it. It’s a Homeart product and it’s not under any of their products lists. I know we bought the last one available at our local store. Perhaps they are going out of production.

Anyway it’s huge and heavy. Makes 1.5lt in about 50min.

sounds good, and you and MrPom can consume 1.5Lt in half the time???

Have to exercise some control. I don’t know how but we have good intentions.

Coffee’s on.

pain master said:

I’m doing some research… I’m off to France soon and thought I would open a bottle of wine from Bordeaux. Had a Froggy Champagne last week and that was nearly up to Australian standards… I’m just trying to aclimatise the pallet.

As in overseas France?

pomolo said:

pain master said:

I’m doing some research… I’m off to France soon and thought I would open a bottle of wine from Bordeaux. Had a Froggy Champagne last week and that was nearly up to Australian standards… I’m just trying to aclimatise the pallet.

As in overseas France?

yup.

pain master said:

pomolo said:

pain master said:

I’m doing some research… I’m off to France soon and thought I would open a bottle of wine from Bordeaux. Had a Froggy Champagne last week and that was nearly up to Australian standards… I’m just trying to aclimatise the pallet.

As in overseas France?

yup.

You’re kidding!!!! Work or a holiday?

pomolo said:

pain master said:

pomolo said:

As in overseas France?

yup.

You’re kidding!!!! Work or a holiday?

work unfortunately… its gonna be tough.

pain master said:

pomolo said:

pain master said:

yup.

You’re kidding!!!! Work or a holiday?

work unfortunately… its gonna be tough.

Bugga. Both of you ?

pomolo said:

pain master said:

pomolo said:

You’re kidding!!!! Work or a holiday?

work unfortunately… its gonna be tough.

Bugga. Both of you ?

yeah right, the Aussie government send spouses on all the overseas work projects! No, Julia Gillard and friends don’t have enough money for me to take GF along.

pomolo said:

pain master said:

pomolo said:

You’re kidding!!!! Work or a holiday?

work unfortunately… its gonna be tough.

Bugga. Both of you ?

although if I had a dollar for evertime someone asked if GF was going too, then I could prolly afford a beer at the Eiffel Tower.

pain master said:

pomolo said:

pain master said:

work unfortunately… its gonna be tough.

Bugga. Both of you ?

yeah right, the Aussie government send spouses on all the overseas work projects! No, Julia Gillard and friends don’t have enough money for me to take GF along.

Julia takes hers along. Anyway with all the money you make you should shout M.

pomolo said:

pain master said:

pomolo said:

Bugga. Both of you ?

yeah right, the Aussie government send spouses on all the overseas work projects! No, Julia Gillard and friends don’t have enough money for me to take GF along.

Julia takes hers along. Anyway with all the money you make you should shout M.

I wish. Always underpaid and overworked Pom… Well for this job in France, I am tagging along as Dog’sbody #4 so little chance for spouses to accompany, and besides, I’ll be far too busy while I am there!

pain master said:

pomolo said:

pain master said:

yeah right, the Aussie government send spouses on all the overseas work projects! No, Julia Gillard and friends don’t have enough money for me to take GF along.

Julia takes hers along. Anyway with all the money you make you should shout M.

I wish. Always underpaid and overworked Pom… Well for this job in France, I am tagging along as Dog’sbody #4 so little chance for spouses to accompany, and besides, I’ll be far too busy while I am there!

Oh well….could be worse I suppose. At least I won’t have to worry too much if it’s just going to be France.

pain master said:

I’m doing some research… I’m off to France soon and thought I would open a bottle of wine from Bordeaux. Had a Froggy Champagne last week and that was nearly up to Australian standards… I’m just trying to aclimatise the pallet.

just trying another glass of that Bordeaux again…

pain master said:

pain master said:

I’m doing some research… I’m off to France soon and thought I would open a bottle of wine from Bordeaux. Had a Froggy Champagne last week and that was nearly up to Australian standards… I’m just trying to aclimatise the pallet.

just trying another glass of that Bordeaux again…

Probably beats my Cab Sav.

pomolo said:

pain master said:

pain master said:

I’m doing some research… I’m off to France soon and thought I would open a bottle of wine from Bordeaux. Had a Froggy Champagne last week and that was nearly up to Australian standards… I’m just trying to aclimatise the pallet.

just trying another glass of that Bordeaux again…

Probably beats my Cab Sav.

wellll dunno… while this is an okay drop, French wines have certainly a different emphasis to ours. This is quite soft, has hint of berries, and a touch of tannins. Some Aussie Cab Sav have their balls out for a bit of solid “hello matey” bite and taste!

pain master said:

pomolo said:

pain master said:

just trying another glass of that Bordeaux again…

Probably beats my Cab Sav.

wellll dunno… while this is an okay drop, French wines have certainly a different emphasis to ours. This is quite soft, has hint of berries, and a touch of tannins. Some Aussie Cab Sav have their balls out for a bit of solid “hello matey” bite and taste!

I’ve never heard a wine tasting description like that one before. Best you don’t try it in France. They might’nt appreciate you like we do.

pomolo said:

pain master said:

pomolo said:

Probably beats my Cab Sav.

wellll dunno… while this is an okay drop, French wines have certainly a different emphasis to ours. This is quite soft, has hint of berries, and a touch of tannins. Some Aussie Cab Sav have their balls out for a bit of solid “hello matey” bite and taste!

I’ve never heard a wine tasting description like that one before. Best you don’t try it in France. They might’nt appreciate you like we do.

well take a slug of yours and let me know if the Cab Sav tastes like it is “hello matey” to all and sundry!

pain master said:

pomolo said:

pain master said:

wellll dunno… while this is an okay drop, French wines have certainly a different emphasis to ours. This is quite soft, has hint of berries, and a touch of tannins. Some Aussie Cab Sav have their balls out for a bit of solid “hello matey” bite and taste!

I’ve never heard a wine tasting description like that one before. Best you don’t try it in France. They might’nt appreciate you like we do.

It is for sure. I agree with you but I bet the French don’t understand what “Hello Matey” wine is like.

well take a slug of yours and let me know if the Cab Sav tastes like it is “hello matey” to all and sundry!

pomolo said:

pain master said:

pomolo said:

I’ve never heard a wine tasting description like that one before. Best you don’t try it in France. They might’nt appreciate you like we do.

It is for sure. I agree with you but I bet the French don’t understand what “Hello Matey” wine is like.

well take a slug of yours and let me know if the Cab Sav tastes like it is “hello matey” to all and sundry!

well it won’t be long after I set foot in their country before they know all about “hello matey” wines!

pomolo said:

bubba louie said:

Pom did you ever get that Swamp Hibiscus that you wanted from Fairhill? Bunnings has them for $16.95.

I have had the swamp Hibiscus for years actually. I never did hear from Fairhills about the one (another Hibiscus) I ordered from them though.

I thought it was the swamp one.

bubba louie said:

pomolo said:

bubba louie said:

Pom did you ever get that Swamp Hibiscus that you wanted from Fairhill? Bunnings has them for $16.95.

I have had the swamp Hibiscus for years actually. I never did hear from Fairhills about the one (another Hibiscus) I ordered from them though.

I thought it was the swamp one.

The one at Bunnings is Hibiscus Coccineus.

bubba louie said:

bubba louie said:

pomolo said:

I have had the swamp Hibiscus for years actually. I never did hear from Fairhills about the one (another Hibiscus) I ordered from them though.

I thought it was the swamp one.

The one at Bunnings is Hibiscus Coccineus.

That’s the one I have had for years. In the dam and in the house gardens. The one I wanted seemed to be a ground cover type. Same sort of leaf with a red flower and all but I haven’t ever seen it again and certainly wasn’t there last weekend. Fairhills was a little dissappointing in fact. Possibly cut backs because of excess rain and flooding but there wasn’t a lot to look at this time. Place seemed a bit bare.

pain master said:

pomolo said:

pain master said:

yup.

You’re kidding!!!! Work or a holiday?

work unfortunately… its gonna be tough.

But someone has to do it. I’m sure you’ll struggle through. LOL

bubba louie said:

pain master said:

pomolo said:

You’re kidding!!!! Work or a holiday?

work unfortunately… its gonna be tough.

But someone has to do it. I’m sure you’ll struggle through. LOL

I’ll tough it out… stand strong and be counted and all that!

Daylight savings ends..

So that’s what woke me, hehe, having to put the clocks back.
back to bed

Nup, sleep eludes me. It’s too quiet at this hour so I’m watching online videos of The Big Bang Theory, lol.

Happy Potter said:

Daylight savings ends..

So that’s what woke me, hehe, having to put the clocks back.
back to bed

Changed them back before I went to bed.

Veg gardener said:

Happy Potter said:

Daylight savings ends..

So that’s what woke me, hehe, having to put the clocks back.
back to bed

Changed them back before I went to bed.

No clocks to change here. Na na na na na!

Sunday, all day. Have to make biscuits but after that some serious weeding needs doing. When Grandson was here last time he wanted to help Grandad in the garden so they used some straw bales to mulch the gardens.

As you can imagine there was straw from pillar to post and some of the most luscious weeds were tenderly mulched and have done very well. Now they have got to go before they seed.

Have a goodie.

pomolo said:

Veg gardener said:

Happy Potter said:

Daylight savings ends..

So that’s what woke me, hehe, having to put the clocks back.
back to bed

Changed them back before I went to bed.

No clocks to change here. Na na na na na!

Back to the Normal time, I don’t Mind daylight savings at all, Sun stays up longer means more time outside working on the weekends.

Seems Like the Firefox update Keeps the chat Pannel Unhighlited on the ones I have read, even when the Computer has been turned off all night :)

Veg gardener said:

Seems Like the Firefox update Keeps the chat Pannel Unhighlited on the ones I have read, even when the Computer has been turned off all night :)

The latest update has happened on my office computer but not this one…not sure why…

Veg gardener said:

Back to the Normal time, I don’t Mind daylight savings at all, Sun stays up longer means more time outside working on the weekends.

Try that in the mid to high 30C heat…

Dinetta said:

Veg gardener said:

Seems Like the Firefox update Keeps the chat Pannel Unhighlited on the ones I have read, even when the Computer has been turned off all night :)

The latest update has happened on my office computer but not this one…not sure why…

It didn’t Happen for mine I had to go the the firefox site and update it myself. Seemed odd to me.

Dinetta said:

Veg gardener said:

Back to the Normal time, I don’t Mind daylight savings at all, Sun stays up longer means more time outside working on the weekends.

Try that in the mid to high 30C heat…

It was good during summer able to feed the birds just before dark when it was starting to cool down.

Veg gardener said:

Dinetta said:

Veg gardener said:

Seems Like the Firefox update Keeps the chat Pannel Unhighlited on the ones I have read, even when the Computer has been turned off all night :)

The latest update has happened on my office computer but not this one…not sure why…

It didn’t Happen for mine I had to go the the firefox site and update it myself. Seemed odd to me.

Might be a setting, but usually if one updates, the others follow…

Dinetta said:

Veg gardener said:

Dinetta said:

The latest update has happened on my office computer but not this one…not sure why…

It didn’t Happen for mine I had to go the the firefox site and update it myself. Seemed odd to me.

Might be a setting, but usually if one updates, the others follow…

Just asked Mum and she said the Other computer didn’t update, shall check the Laptops Later.

Veg gardener said:

Just asked Mum and she said the Other computer didn’t update, shall check the Laptops Later.

R Har! so it’s not just me…

The new one is kind of spookie…hard to tell where some of the dialogue boxes are coming from…some very inventive minds out there…

Dinetta said:

Veg gardener said:

Just asked Mum and she said the Other computer didn’t update, shall check the Laptops Later.

R Har! so it’s not just me…

The new one is kind of spookie…hard to tell where some of the dialogue boxes are coming from…some very inventive minds out there…

Seems to like to open new tabs ups in another window.

pomolo said:

Sunday, all day. Have to make biscuits but after that some serious weeding needs doing. When Grandson was here last time he wanted to help Grandad in the garden so they used some straw bales to mulch the gardens.

As you can imagine there was straw from pillar to post and some of the most luscious weeds were tenderly mulched and have done very well. Now they have got to go before they seed.

Have a goodie.

:D

Dinetta said:

Veg gardener said:

Dinetta said:

The latest update has happened on my office computer but not this one…not sure why…

It didn’t Happen for mine I had to go the the firefox site and update it myself. Seemed odd to me.

Might be a setting, but usually if one updates, the others follow…

it didn’t auto update to 4 for me, but I got a notice that it was available.

bluegreen said:

Dinetta said:

Veg gardener said:

It didn’t Happen for mine I had to go the the firefox site and update it myself. Seemed odd to me.

Might be a setting, but usually if one updates, the others follow…

it didn’t auto update to 4 for me, but I got a notice that it was available.

I didn’t even get a notice on this computer, otherwise I would have just updated…

Dinetta said:

bluegreen said:

Dinetta said:

Might be a setting, but usually if one updates, the others follow…

it didn’t auto update to 4 for me, but I got a notice that it was available.

I didn’t even get a notice on this computer, otherwise I would have just updated…

No Notice or auto update.

Veg gardener said:

Dinetta said:

bluegreen said:

it didn’t auto update to 4 for me, but I got a notice that it was available.

I didn’t even get a notice on this computer, otherwise I would have just updated…

No Notice or auto update.

the notice was on Firefox when I started it up. Strange you didn’t get it too.

bluegreen said:

Veg gardener said:

Dinetta said:

I didn’t even get a notice on this computer, otherwise I would have just updated…

No Notice or auto update.

the notice was on Firefox when I started it up. Strange you didn’t get it too.

It certainly is strange, but I googled firefox updates and it has downloaded and all systems “go”…have changed my theme as the previous one was Betty Boop in a champagne glass saying “happy new year”… current one is Bob Marley as he has such a big smile…

bluegreen said:

Dinetta said:

Veg gardener said:

It didn’t Happen for mine I had to go the the firefox site and update it myself. Seemed odd to me.

Might be a setting, but usually if one updates, the others follow…

it didn’t auto update to 4 for me, but I got a notice that it was available.

same here BG, I got an up date to something like 3.16.246 but I just bumped up to firefox 4, although I use Safari on my laptop :D

Arvo. I’ve been busy making apple pies and more apple pies !

I had heaps of apples here already, an overloaded washing basket full, then a friend called in with a couple bags of granny smiths from his own tree. My kitchen looks like a green grocers shop.
I’m not wasting anything! So I’ve a huge pot of sliced pie apples waiting for me to make the pastry for them. I sent the man to get me a 10 kg bag of flour and he did well. He loves taking decent slice of apple pie to work so I’ll get the pie machine out and make him a stack of individual ones.
The rest will be par baked and frozen. :D

Veg gardener said:

Seems Like the Firefox update Keeps the chat Pannel Unhighlited on the ones I have read, even when the Computer has been turned off all night :)

That is happening to me here too Veg. About a month ago my ‘read’ posts stopped being highlighted and I don’t know how to make it right again. I don’t have firefox either. Can anyone help? Always having to find my place is a big large pain.

Happy Potter said:

Arvo. I’ve been busy making apple pies and more apple pies !

I had heaps of apples here already, an overloaded washing basket full, then a friend called in with a couple bags of granny smiths from his own tree. My kitchen looks like a green grocers shop.
I’m not wasting anything! So I’ve a huge pot of sliced pie apples waiting for me to make the pastry for them. I sent the man to get me a 10 kg bag of flour and he did well. He loves taking decent slice of apple pie to work so I’ll get the pie machine out and make him a stack of individual ones.
The rest will be par baked and frozen. :D

Had a nice, quiet, boring, Sunday ‘eh HP?

pomolo said:

Veg gardener said:

Seems Like the Firefox update Keeps the chat Pannel Unhighlited on the ones I have read, even when the Computer has been turned off all night :)

That is happening to me here too Veg. About a month ago my ‘read’ posts stopped being highlighted and I don’t know how to make it right again. I don’t have firefox either. Can anyone help? Always having to find my place is a big large pain.

There are a couple of things it could be in FireFox:

- There is a “remember history” setting, which needs to be set to Yes, remember history.
- Possibly if you use the private browsing mode, that might need remember what you’ve seen and what you haven’t?

Just guesses though, the problem hasn’t happened to me..

bon008 said:

pomolo said:

Veg gardener said:

Seems Like the Firefox update Keeps the chat Pannel Unhighlited on the ones I have read, even when the Computer has been turned off all night :)

That is happening to me here too Veg. About a month ago my ‘read’ posts stopped being highlighted and I don’t know how to make it right again. I don’t have firefox either. Can anyone help? Always having to find my place is a big large pain.

There are a couple of things it could be in FireFox:

- There is a “remember history” setting, which needs to be set to Yes, remember history.
- Possibly if you use the private browsing mode, that might need remember what you’ve seen and what you haven’t?

Just guesses though, the problem hasn’t happened to me..

Thanks Bon. I will have that investigated.

watched Gandhi today… good way to stay indoors while the rain falls. :)

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

Arvo. I’ve been busy making apple pies and more apple pies !

I had heaps of apples here already, an overloaded washing basket full, then a friend called in with a couple bags of granny smiths from his own tree. My kitchen looks like a green grocers shop.
I’m not wasting anything! So I’ve a huge pot of sliced pie apples waiting for me to make the pastry for them. I sent the man to get me a 10 kg bag of flour and he did well. He loves taking decent slice of apple pie to work so I’ll get the pie machine out and make him a stack of individual ones.
The rest will be par baked and frozen. :D

Had a nice, quiet, boring, Sunday ‘eh HP?

I’m all pomme’d out. Freezer stacked, it’s near full now and the kitchens clean again. I’m having a cup of tea then bed. I’m rapt that I’d gotten the apples for free and made good use of them.

I had visitors with a big ute with a tray and the friends husband took me to pick up some lazerlite sheets from a freecycler. The freecycle fellow also asked if I’d like some fencing wood..yes! it’s 6 ‘ high and the height of our fences so this load will go some way to repairing worn parts.
I want the lazerlite to cover the section of doorway to the chook house, paved part, from rain. I won’t be siding in the mud to collect eggs again and there will be a dry area for them and their food bowl :)

I have a week full of meetings coming up. One a day. Gawd.
From a orygen mental health, combined dhs meeting ( need a crisis management plan for GS. About bloody time!!!)
Next day a state trustee meeting.
Morning tea to cook for orchard meeting with the priests, 7 of them. Old fashioned apple slice will come in very handy.
Then a banders meet up.. they don’t need apple pie.
Friday morning I will be attacking and bagging horse manure with a bunch of people. Lastly Fri evening main st traders market. I’ll be helping at the garden club stall fundraiser. I haven’t had time to pot up anything to sell, but others have.

Veg gardener said:

Seems Like the Firefox update Keeps the chat Pannel Unhighlited on the ones I have read, even when the Computer has been turned off all night :)

Just started using firefox, how do I set favourites?

shellbell said:

Just started using firefox, how do I set favourites?

Ctrl+D

trichome said:

shellbell said:

Just started using firefox, how do I set favourites?

Ctrl+D

I’m talking firefox 4
manage bookmarks by Ctrl+shift+B
or click on
Firefox menu>bookmarks
or
Firefox menu>bookmarks>show all bookmarks
where you can manage/import/export bookmarks

trichome said:

trichome said:

shellbell said:

Just started using firefox, how do I set favourites?

Ctrl+D

I’m talking firefox 4
manage bookmarks by Ctrl+shift+B
or click on
Firefox menu>bookmarks
or
Firefox menu>bookmarks>show all bookmarks
where you can manage/import/export bookmarks

Thanks heaps. Im using firefox 4 as I only just downloaded it last week. I think my prob was I was looking for “favourites” not “bookmarks”.

Gotta go feed the pigs, bye.

ShellBell, have a look through all the menus…in Bookmarks, you can set folders so as you go to find stuff and it’s a good page, you can save it to the specific folder (in bookmarks) rather than have big long general lists…or am I telling you something you already know?

Happy Potter said:

Arvo. I’ve been busy making apple pies and more apple pies !

I had heaps of apples here already, an overloaded washing basket full, then a friend called in with a couple bags of granny smiths from his own tree. My kitchen looks like a green grocers shop.
I’m not wasting anything! So I’ve a huge pot of sliced pie apples waiting for me to make the pastry for them. I sent the man to get me a 10 kg bag of flour and he did well. He loves taking decent slice of apple pie to work so I’ll get the pie machine out and make him a stack of individual ones.
The rest will be par baked and frozen. :D

I’m all pomme’d out. Freezer stacked, it’s near full now and the kitchens clean again. I’m having a cup of tea then bed. I’m rapt that I’d gotten the apples for free and made good use of them.

I had visitors with a big ute with a tray and the friends husband took me to pick up some lazerlite sheets from a freecycler. The freecycle fellow also asked if I’d like some fencing wood..yes! it’s 6 ‘ high and the height of our fences so this load will go some way to repairing worn parts.
I want the lazerlite to cover the section of doorway to the chook house, paved part, from rain. I won’t be siding in the mud to collect eggs again and there will be a dry area for them and their food bowl :)

I really don’t think I could stand up and cook for so long, I know you enjoy it Happy Potter, but my feet and legs would ache for days. About 2 hours at a stretch is my limit in the kitchen, but mostly I can limit my episodes to one and a half hours…

Anyway, kudos to you for your marathon preservation/production efforts…by piemaker, do you mean those electric things that make four pies at once, kind of like the toasted sandwich makers?

…and it is good morning to all…

Dinetta said:

…and it is good morning to all…

And to you :)

Happy Potter said:

Dinetta said:

…and it is good morning to all…

And to you :)

Yep, I have some sheets going through, it is a sunshiny day and there is a southeasterly blowing…so I can wash the sheets after all…with the drizzly rain it was going to be too expensive to dry them in the dryer…hooray for a sunshiny day!

Dinetta said:

Happy Potter said:

Arvo. I’ve been busy making apple pies and more apple pies !

I had heaps of apples here already, an overloaded washing basket full, then a friend called in with a couple bags of granny smiths from his own tree. My kitchen looks like a green grocers shop.
I’m not wasting anything! So I’ve a huge pot of sliced pie apples waiting for me to make the pastry for them. I sent the man to get me a 10 kg bag of flour and he did well. He loves taking decent slice of apple pie to work so I’ll get the pie machine out and make him a stack of individual ones.
The rest will be par baked and frozen. :D

I’m all pomme’d out. Freezer stacked, it’s near full now and the kitchens clean again. I’m having a cup of tea then bed. I’m rapt that I’d gotten the apples for free and made good use of them.

I had visitors with a big ute with a tray and the friends husband took me to pick up some lazerlite sheets from a freecycler. The freecycle fellow also asked if I’d like some fencing wood..yes! it’s 6 ‘ high and the height of our fences so this load will go some way to repairing worn parts.
I want the lazerlite to cover the section of doorway to the chook house, paved part, from rain. I won’t be siding in the mud to collect eggs again and there will be a dry area for them and their food bowl :)

I really don’t think I could stand up and cook for so long, I know you enjoy it Happy Potter, but my feet and legs would ache for days. About 2 hours at a stretch is my limit in the kitchen, but mostly I can limit my episodes to one and a half hours…

Anyway, kudos to you for your marathon preservation/production efforts…by piemaker, do you mean those electric things that make four pies at once, kind of like the toasted sandwich makers?

Thanks D.
I could do more today but taking a break for an important meeting early arvo. I’ve been out to water my veges this morning.
I do take lot’s of breaks when cooking..sit for the times when dough is resting, or baking, ect. Otherwise the man tells me off for letting my cup of tea go cold.
But I can do more now than when I was younger. Increased energy from…weighing less I suppose has a lot to do with it and I move much quicker than I once did, and eating more fresh and raw veges? Dunno.

by piemaker, do you mean those electric things that make four pies at once, kind of like the toasted sandwich makers?
———————————————————-
Yes, a four pie maker. Also have the little party pie maker and I love making mini open pecan pies in it. They’re just the right size for me.
I still have apples left over and before they get a chance to go off I will fit in an apple and walnut cake, sort of like an upside down pineapple cake but with the apple /walnut and caramel topping.

Have done a mornings work already. Grevillea ‘Bon Accord’ has been cut back and the excess mulched. Poor tree got badly knocked around in one of our more severe storms and has never been tidied up since. It’s such a beautiful plant it deserves better than it got. All is forgiven now.

Also tidied up G. lyre bird. It was a griss crossed mess in the centre. Been in the ground many years now so there was a bit to do there as well.

I suppose you are all hard at it. Just ignore me, I’m having a break.

I’m catching up – 200 or so posts back down the LHC. Boss was away at a conference most of last week, I had the day off on Friday, boss is still not back in today, so I’m up to date with my work and skiving off on the internet ;)

pain master said:

my ice cream maker has a bowl component to which you put on top of the machine and that rotates with the plastic churn moving in the other direction. You need to put your chilled liquid into the bowl, as the machine is going and the churn then does it stuff, and after a while “hey presto” ice cream…. However, the bowl needs to be really cold (ie in the freezer o’ernight) in order for it to work efficiently.

I used to have one that worked that way too.

pomolo said:

Oh well….could be worse I suppose. At least I won’t have to worry too much if it’s just going to be France.

Your worrying about PM is a real worry Pomolo … after all, he’s a big boy now, almost growed up. I mean, he’s even got a house of his very own these days!

pain master said:

Some Aussie Cab Sav have their balls out for a bit of solid “hello matey” bite and taste!

Sounds like you should be selling wine to gay blokes ;)

Happy Potter said:

Nup, sleep eludes me. It’s too quiet at this hour so I’m watching online videos of The Big Bang Theory, lol.

Lovelovelovelovelove that show ….

Happy Potter said:

Arvo. I’ve been busy making apple pies and more apple pies !

I had heaps of apples here already, an overloaded washing basket full, then a friend called in with a couple bags of granny smiths from his own tree. My kitchen looks like a green grocers shop.
I’m not wasting anything! So I’ve a huge pot of sliced pie apples waiting for me to make the pastry for them. I sent the man to get me a 10 kg bag of flour and he did well. He loves taking decent slice of apple pie to work so I’ll get the pie machine out and make him a stack of individual ones.
The rest will be par baked and frozen. :D

Just as well you went on that holiday to Tasmania so that the kids could empty out the freezer for you.

The LHC is almost completely mine, mwahahahaha!!!!

Yeehah said:

Happy Potter said:

Nup, sleep eludes me. It’s too quiet at this hour so I’m watching online videos of The Big Bang Theory, lol.

Lovelovelovelovelove that show ….

Watched one or two last night. Ripper quote from Sheldon: “Stale pastry is hollow succour to a man deprived of ostrich” – I’ll leave it to your imaginations to work out how that fitted into the plot. Heeheehee!!

I did some actual, like, gardening-type activities on the weekend.

I mowed. That involved plants.

Prior to that, though, I trimmed the hedging plant along the edge of the deck – escallonia I think but I can’t remember why I think it’s called that. … yep, just did an image search in another window, that’s the one.

Got a couple of armloads of trimmings out of that for the pile behind the shed.

Oddly, I’ve been having intermittent left-knee troubles. I was cleaning the loo on Friday, went to stand up and the left knee did twinge-y hurt-y things and I hobbled for the rest of the day. Small steps were okay, long strides weren’t. Was feeling back to normal on Saturday so I mowed in the afternoon, had forgotten all about the knee in fact, was about 85% through and the knee went all stupid again. Back to normal now – didn’t do anything vigorous yesterday, so hopefully it will just settle itself down.

bon008 said:

Yeehah said:

Happy Potter said:

Nup, sleep eludes me. It’s too quiet at this hour so I’m watching online videos of The Big Bang Theory, lol.

Lovelovelovelovelove that show ….

Watched one or two last night. Ripper quote from Sheldon: “Stale pastry is hollow succour to a man deprived of ostrich” – I’ll leave it to your imaginations to work out how that fitted into the plot. Heeheehee!!

Am trying to think which episode, lol! My sister owns series 1-3 on DVD and they’re back at my place atm. Might need a re-watch to find the quote – have already watched the entire three series’ through twice already! And this is someone who has to wait ten years before re-watching a movie!!

Yeehah said:

bon008 said:

Yeehah said:

Lovelovelovelovelove that show ….

Watched one or two last night. Ripper quote from Sheldon: “Stale pastry is hollow succour to a man deprived of ostrich” – I’ll leave it to your imaginations to work out how that fitted into the plot. Heeheehee!!

Am trying to think which episode, lol! My sister owns series 1-3 on DVD and they’re back at my place atm. Might need a re-watch to find the quote – have already watched the entire three series’ through twice already! And this is someone who has to wait ten years before re-watching a movie!!

It’s from Season 4 – something to look forward to! :)

shellbell said:

Veg gardener said:

Seems Like the Firefox update Keeps the chat Pannel Unhighlited on the ones I have read, even when the Computer has been turned off all night :)

Just started using firefox, how do I set favourites?

Bookmarks and then Add this page to Bookmarks, its located to the left hand side of Tools.

Forum Caught up, Time to check the Emails.

Yeehah said:

pomolo said:

Oh well….could be worse I suppose. At least I won’t have to worry too much if it’s just going to be France.

Your worrying about PM is a real worry Pomolo … after all, he’s a big boy now, almost growed up. I mean, he’s even got a house of his very own these days!

I worry about you too Yeehah. Mainly when I know you’re travelling as well.

Yeehah said:

pain master said:

Some Aussie Cab Sav have their balls out for a bit of solid “hello matey” bite and taste!

Sounds like you should be selling wine to gay blokes ;)

LOL.

bon008 said:

Yeehah said:

bon008 said:

Watched one or two last night. Ripper quote from Sheldon: “Stale pastry is hollow succour to a man deprived of ostrich” – I’ll leave it to your imaginations to work out how that fitted into the plot. Heeheehee!!

Am trying to think which episode, lol! My sister owns series 1-3 on DVD and they’re back at my place atm. Might need a re-watch to find the quote – have already watched the entire three series’ through twice already! And this is someone who has to wait ten years before re-watching a movie!!

It’s from Season 4 – something to look forward to! :)

I cakked myself laughing over that line lol! It’s to do with Sheldon having his world of warcraft account stolen and he was hyperventilating over losing his beloved ostrich ‘war bird’ character, lol.
I’ll watch it again too.

Happy Potter said:

bon008 said:

Yeehah said:

Am trying to think which episode, lol! My sister owns series 1-3 on DVD and they’re back at my place atm. Might need a re-watch to find the quote – have already watched the entire three series’ through twice already! And this is someone who has to wait ten years before re-watching a movie!!

It’s from Season 4 – something to look forward to! :)

I cakked myself laughing over that line lol! It’s to do with Sheldon having his world of warcraft account stolen and he was hyperventilating over losing his beloved ostrich ‘war bird’ character, lol.
I’ll watch it again too.

Hehe, I’m getting the giggles just thinking about it again!

bon008 said:

Yeehah said:

bon008 said:

Watched one or two last night. Ripper quote from Sheldon: “Stale pastry is hollow succour to a man deprived of ostrich” – I’ll leave it to your imaginations to work out how that fitted into the plot. Heeheehee!!

Am trying to think which episode, lol! My sister owns series 1-3 on DVD and they’re back at my place atm. Might need a re-watch to find the quote – have already watched the entire three series’ through twice already! And this is someone who has to wait ten years before re-watching a movie!!

It’s from Season 4 – something to look forward to! :)

Older Son loaded some Season 4 episodes onto my external hard drive along with lots of things that I’m not to ask the source of. So it could well be that I’ve got it anyway ;)

pomolo said:

Yeehah said:

pomolo said:

Oh well….could be worse I suppose. At least I won’t have to worry too much if it’s just going to be France.

Your worrying about PM is a real worry Pomolo … after all, he’s a big boy now, almost growed up. I mean, he’s even got a house of his very own these days!

I worry about you too Yeehah. Mainly when I know you’re travelling as well.

Oh gee, thanks Aunty Pom. But I don’t go anywhere dangerous like PM does!

Did you get the worry gene too? My mum says her mum had it, but she got her dad’s “yeah right” gene. She’s been telling me all my life “it’s not worth worrying about” but I can’t help worrying, it’s inbuilt. Mum kinda understands because she grew up with her own mum being a worrier. But she still doesn’t really understand because it’s not something her own head does to her.

Yeehah said:

pomolo said:

Oh well….could be worse I suppose. At least I won’t have to worry too much if it’s just going to be France.

Your worrying about PM is a real worry Pomolo … after all, he’s a big boy now, almost growed up. I mean, he’s even got a house of his very own these days!

He could choke on his breakfast croissant.

Yeehah said:

I did some actual, like, gardening-type activities on the weekend.

I mowed. That involved plants.

Prior to that, though, I trimmed the hedging plant along the edge of the deck – escallonia I think but I can’t remember why I think it’s called that. … yep, just did an image search in another window, that’s the one.

Got a couple of armloads of trimmings out of that for the pile behind the shed.

Oddly, I’ve been having intermittent left-knee troubles. I was cleaning the loo on Friday, went to stand up and the left knee did twinge-y hurt-y things and I hobbled for the rest of the day. Small steps were okay, long strides weren’t. Was feeling back to normal on Saturday so I mowed in the afternoon, had forgotten all about the knee in fact, was about 85% through and the knee went all stupid again. Back to normal now – didn’t do anything vigorous yesterday, so hopefully it will just settle itself down.

Sounds like my feet ATM. :(

Yeehah said:

pomolo said:

Yeehah said:

Your worrying about PM is a real worry Pomolo … after all, he’s a big boy now, almost growed up. I mean, he’s even got a house of his very own these days!

I worry about you too Yeehah. Mainly when I know you’re travelling as well.

Oh gee, thanks Aunty Pom. But I don’t go anywhere dangerous like PM does!

Did you get the worry gene too? My mum says her mum had it, but she got her dad’s “yeah right” gene. She’s been telling me all my life “it’s not worth worrying about” but I can’t help worrying, it’s inbuilt. Mum kinda understands because she grew up with her own mum being a worrier. But she still doesn’t really understand because it’s not something her own head does to her.

I’m a worrier trying to turn into a “whatever” person. Mr Bon is thoroughly a “whatever” person, but has come to understand my worrying a bit, and certainly at least to sympathise and try to help me change :D

Yeehah said:

pomolo said:

Yeehah said:

Your worrying about PM is a real worry Pomolo … after all, he’s a big boy now, almost growed up. I mean, he’s even got a house of his very own these days!

I worry about you too Yeehah. Mainly when I know you’re travelling as well.

Oh gee, thanks Aunty Pom. But I don’t go anywhere dangerous like PM does!

Did you get the worry gene too? My mum says her mum had it, but she got her dad’s “yeah right” gene. She’s been telling me all my life “it’s not worth worrying about” but I can’t help worrying, it’s inbuilt. Mum kinda understands because she grew up with her own mum being a worrier. But she still doesn’t really understand because it’s not something her own head does to her.

I’m a big time worrier. Very tiring it is too.

bubba louie said:

I’m a big time worrier. Very tiring it is too.

Yep. Very. Do you even worry about that fact that you worry too much and should try to be more of (as Bon put it) a “whatever” person? Then worry that you’re not doing a good job of “whatever“ing?

I worry me….

Yeehah said:

bubba louie said:

I’m a big time worrier. Very tiring it is too.

Yep. Very. Do you even worry about that fact that you worry too much and should try to be more of (as Bon put it) a “whatever” person? Then worry that you’re not doing a good job of “whatever“ing?

I worry me….

Yep.

pomolo said:

Have done a mornings work already. Grevillea ‘Bon Accord’ has been cut back and the excess mulched. Poor tree got badly knocked around in one of our more severe storms and has never been tidied up since. It’s such a beautiful plant it deserves better than it got. All is forgiven now.

Also tidied up G. lyre bird. It was a griss crossed mess in the centre. Been in the ground many years now so there was a bit to do there as well.

I suppose you are all hard at it. Just ignore me, I’m having a break.

are you talking to the plants or us? i feel i have interrupted you giving the grevilleas a bit of a pep talk.
i’m glad all is forgiven LOL.

pepe said:

pomolo said:

Have done a mornings work already. Grevillea ‘Bon Accord’ has been cut back and the excess mulched. Poor tree got badly knocked around in one of our more severe storms and has never been tidied up since. It’s such a beautiful plant it deserves better than it got. All is forgiven now.

Also tidied up G. lyre bird. It was a griss crossed mess in the centre. Been in the ground many years now so there was a bit to do there as well.

I suppose you are all hard at it. Just ignore me, I’m having a break.

are you talking to the plants or us? i feel i have interrupted you giving the grevilleas a bit of a pep talk.
i’m glad all is forgiven LOL.

Now Pepe, if I was talking to the Grevilleas then I would have typed that I was having a break-down and not just “having a break.”

Hi BG. How’s your back?

pomolo said:

Hi BG. How’s your back?

it has come good again :) the new chiro is very good.

pomolo said:

pepe said:

pomolo said:

Have done a mornings work already. Grevillea ‘Bon Accord’ has been cut back and the excess mulched. Poor tree got badly knocked around in one of our more severe storms and has never been tidied up since. It’s such a beautiful plant it deserves better than it got. All is forgiven now.

Also tidied up G. lyre bird. It was a griss crossed mess in the centre. Been in the ground many years now so there was a bit to do there as well.

I suppose you are all hard at it. Just ignore me, I’m having a break.

are you talking to the plants or us? i feel i have interrupted you giving the grevilleas a bit of a pep talk.
i’m glad all is forgiven LOL.

Now Pepe, if I was talking to the Grevilleas then I would have typed that I was having a break-down and not just “having a break.”

right – silly me – scuse me while i comb the echinacea’s hair. they deserve to be spoilt a bit – don’t you think?

pepe said:

pomolo said:

pepe said:

are you talking to the plants or us? i feel i have interrupted you giving the grevilleas a bit of a pep talk.
i’m glad all is forgiven LOL.

Now Pepe, if I was talking to the Grevilleas then I would have typed that I was having a break-down and not just “having a break.”

right – silly me – scuse me while i comb the echinacea’s hair. they deserve to be spoilt a bit – don’t you think?

Echinacea that has hair??? I don’t think I’ve got one of them growing. Any chance of some seeds?

bluegreen said:

pomolo said:

Hi BG. How’s your back?

it has come good again :) the new chiro is very good.

Good to find one that’s good and local.

pepe said:

pomolo said:

pepe said:

are you talking to the plants or us? i feel i have interrupted you giving the grevilleas a bit of a pep talk.
i’m glad all is forgiven LOL.

Now Pepe, if I was talking to the Grevilleas then I would have typed that I was having a break-down and not just “having a break.”

right – silly me – scuse me while i comb the echinacea’s hair. they deserve to be spoilt a bit – don’t you think?

Considering the show they put on, they do, indeed…

pomolo said:

pepe said:

pomolo said:

Now Pepe, if I was talking to the Grevilleas then I would have typed that I was having a break-down and not just “having a break.”

right – silly me – scuse me while i comb the echinacea’s hair. they deserve to be spoilt a bit – don’t you think?

Echinacea that has hair??? I don’t think I’ve got one of them growing. Any chance of some seeds?

it has swept back petals – if i get seed i’ll send you some.
you have to promise to talk to it tho”.

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

pomolo said:

Now Pepe, if I was talking to the Grevilleas then I would have typed that I was having a break-down and not just “having a break.”

right – silly me – scuse me while i comb the echinacea’s hair. they deserve to be spoilt a bit – don’t you think?

Considering the show they put on, they do, indeed…

echinacea is a very special plant.

star anise is an interesting guess – have you ever grown it?

pepe said:

pomolo said:

pepe said:

right – silly me – scuse me while i comb the echinacea’s hair. they deserve to be spoilt a bit – don’t you think?

Echinacea that has hair??? I don’t think I’ve got one of them growing. Any chance of some seeds?

it has swept back petals – if i get seed i’ll send you some.
you have to promise to talk to it tho”.

I’ll even sing! The flowers won’t like it though. LOL.

Beautiful day today, steady ESE blowing all day, I raced through about 8 loads of washing, the sheets and all…dry in no time, including Elle Wuffle’s bedding…the ground is even more soaked than during the floods I think…unbelievable…forgot to instruct Sonny Joe to start mowing the yard…there’s baby snakeys everywhere and we don’t want to cripple them do we? If he mows the yard then we’ll have to eat inside for 2 nights, it’s impossible to keep the mosquitoes down with all the puddles lying around … the dog has been sleeping inside (in her cage ) for nearly a month now, because of the mosquitoes…the good news is they keep the froggies fed…I have 2 “pet” frogs in the house, and will put up a photo of one as soon as I have some time to be patient with PhotoBucket…

pepe said:

star anise is an interesting guess – have you ever grown it?

No, I haven’t but Fashionista daughter did…I just loved that plant…she bought it at a local market but it didn’t survive her trip around the world in 6 weeks flat…

pomolo said:

pepe said:

pomolo said:

Echinacea that has hair??? I don’t think I’ve got one of them growing. Any chance of some seeds?

it has swept back petals – if i get seed i’ll send you some.
you have to promise to talk to it tho”.

I’ll even sing! The flowers won’t like it though. LOL.

skip the singing then – just treat it like one of your grevilleas – a couple of whispers, a few pats of the back – she’ll be sweet

Dinetta said:

Beautiful day today, steady ESE blowing all day, I raced through about 8 loads of washing, the sheets and all…dry in no time, including Elle Wuffle’s bedding…the ground is even more soaked than during the floods I think…unbelievable…forgot to instruct Sonny Joe to start mowing the yard…there’s baby snakeys everywhere and we don’t want to cripple them do we? If he mows the yard then we’ll have to eat inside for 2 nights, it’s impossible to keep the mosquitoes down with all the puddles lying around … the dog has been sleeping inside (in her cage ) for nearly a month now, because of the mosquitoes…the good news is they keep the froggies fed…I have 2 “pet” frogs in the house, and will put up a photo of one as soon as I have some time to be patient with PhotoBucket…

the drying out bit is good – and the frogs – the rest sounds a bit tough – i hope the rain stops soon for yas
- then sweet potatoes – LOL.

the ground here is too hard to dig again. we have been promised rain on saturday.

pepe said:

the drying out bit is good – and the frogs – the rest sounds a bit tough – i hope the rain stops soon for yas
- then sweet potatoes – LOL.

the ground here is too hard to dig again. we have been promised rain on saturday.

Oh I hope you get your rain…it’s getting on for your rainy season, isn’t it? Moving out of DLS would help too, I should think (TIC) ;)

Pm’s up. I’m up. Were are the rest of you? C’mon, the day awaits. I’ve already weed brushed the driveway. Have to go and throw a cake in the oven because a couple of friends are coming round for afternoon tea this arv. D has sprayed the citrus. Yeah! Gave me a shock too.

We have a new green tree snake in the shed. I want him removed. D took a good pic of him yesterday but of course PBucket isn’t cooperating. It’s possibly the first time in my life that I have looked at a snake and thought of it as beautiful. That doesn’t mean to say that I like it but I can see it’s beauty. Now I am worried about it because it has eaten all the green frogs that come and go in the shed and it’s possible that snake has grown too large to be able to get out of the shed the way he got in. The same way that the frogs get in and out too.

I will ask HP to put the photo up later on if she isn’t too busy. ha ha. It’ll never happen.

Off to the centre till lunchtime. Back this way later this afternoon.

We had a snake up the fiddlewood last week, I thought it might be a tree snake…at first I thought it was a piece of clear tubing wrapped around the branch…elimination process: no clear tubing ever on the premises, therefore not clear tubing on branch…then I saw the ends of it and it was a greenish, translucent snake…stunningly beautiful…I stood there raving but Sonny Joe was not happy…“what’ll we do?”…and I said we’ll just leave him there…then yesterday there was a beautiful 18” snake just outside the laundry…I’m not sure if he came from the branches I had lopped but he would not move, so I got Sonny Joe to take a photo with his camera and we will upload it by week’s end…

I agree Pomolo, (at a safe distance) the snakes are beautiful…sadly they do eat the frogs but he / she might go into hibernation when the frogs do and you won’t have to worry about it until the weather warms up, by which time it will be skinny again…and able to get out of the shed…

pomolo said:

Pm’s up. I’m up. Were are the rest of you? C’mon, the day awaits. I’ve already weed brushed the driveway. Have to go and throw a cake in the oven because a couple of friends are coming round for afternoon tea this arv. D has sprayed the citrus. Yeah! Gave me a shock too.

We have a new green tree snake in the shed. I want him removed. D took a good pic of him yesterday but of course PBucket isn’t cooperating. It’s possibly the first time in my life that I have looked at a snake and thought of it as beautiful. That doesn’t mean to say that I like it but I can see it’s beauty. Now I am worried about it because it has eaten all the green frogs that come and go in the shed and it’s possible that snake has grown too large to be able to get out of the shed the way he got in. The same way that the frogs get in and out too.

I will ask HP to put the photo up later on if she isn’t too busy. ha ha. It’ll never happen.

Off to the centre till lunchtime. Back this way later this afternoon.

Send the pic Pom! I’ve had a meeting cancellation (to this day next week) so I’m free today lol.

I’ve ordered some of the paw paw cream and soap that I saw on TT, going to be on again tonight too, and generally chilling out and having brekky and a cuppa.
If that opal a cream can fix up my atopic eczema you’ll hear me yelling about it from here..

Yeah snakes can be pretty, from a distance.

The princess, the arachnophobic and the spider..

I was driving yesterday late arvo, the man and JJ in the car and we were going to the plaza. Then JJ spots a spider in the car. The man starts yelling and telling him to kill it. But JJ loses sight of spidy and they are both jumping about trying to see where it went and I told them off and to sit still, I’m trying to drive! Bluddy ‘ell! and it’s only a little spider!
One of those tiny jumping ones, you touch it and it springs away.
I turned from the main road to go into the plaza car park and both men are still belting seats trying to find the spider. I yelled ‘for Gods sake, stop it, you bloody princesses!’
That’s when I heard the siren and saw a police car behind me. So I pulled over.
The uniformed fellow came up and I opened my car window. He asked me if I knew why he’d pulled me up. I had no idea, maybe a brake light not working?
He said I’d just gone through a red left turn arrow.
What I did not??
He said I certainly had, and went on to ask me my name and have I had any serious traffic fines before.. “No. Never!”
He asked me if I was aware that I had just gone through a red light? “No I was not aware, had I known I would have stopped, of course! But for thse two princesses jumping about trying to get a spider”…
Licence Please madam… So I get my licence out and hand it to the fellow and glared at the son and hubby who were now sitting up straight and very still and quiet and looking straight ahead. They’re both dead meat.
Ok no excuses, if I got a fine for this I’d be copping my right whack. Thank God the traffic was light and no one hurt and no cars were dented.
So I waited for the fellow tell me how much I would be up for. I don’t know how much a red light fine is but I felt sick thinking of how I would pay it.
The fellow looks at my licence, looks at me and say’s “Oh”, that’s all he said, then hands me back my licence, tells me to make sure I don’t do that again, this is a warning only and tells me to have a good day, and he went back to his car. Of course I won’t.
How easy it is to get distracted. The men sat still and quiet the rest of the trip, the spider long forgotten.

The man and JJ can bloody well walk from now on!

Happy Potter said:

The man and JJ can bloody well walk from now on!

ROTFPIMP! Good one HP! Nice cop :) Maybe he recognised you? You’re such the celebrity now :)

I haven’t seen a snake, but I spotted a legless lizard when moving rocks around the other day :D

Morning all. Sorry have been AWL….been busy. Just poking my head in the door for a few minutes to let you know that I haven’t expired or anything.

My chances of catching up on the LHC are remote but who knows??

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

The man and JJ can bloody well walk from now on!

ROTFPIMP! Good one HP! Nice cop :) Maybe he recognised you? You’re such the celebrity now :)

I haven’t seen a snake, but I spotted a legless lizard when moving rocks around the other day :D

I reckon he did BG, but not from any gardening related media.. I recognised him as being one of the team who had tackled GS before, and another time telling me to leave the house and take the dog for a walk around the block so they could deal with the kid. I knew what that meant.

The men are doing the housework.. the mans on the vaccum and JJ is asking him where’s the loo cleaner..

I’m outside in 2 mins to interact with nature and dirt and rocks :D

We’ve got traffic lights now, have had for nearly 12 months, but sometimes I forget they’re there, especially when it’s quiet, and I’ve nearly gone through a couple of red lights because of this…

a turning arrow would be even easier to miss…

I had to laugh, tho’, could almost see the two “princesses” taking the spider seriously…then I had to laugh at your description of the two fellers doing their best to get back in your good books with volunteering around the house…what a compassionate copper! hope he goes far…

Happy Potter said:

The princess, the arachnophobic and the spider..
…..

The men sat still and quiet the rest of the trip, the spider long forgotten.

The man and JJ can bloody well walk from now on!

Go you good thing!!!

bluegreen said:

I haven’t seen a snake, but I spotted a legless lizard when moving rocks around the other day :D

I saw a baby blue tongue lizard when I moved a table to mow last weekend.

I’ve only ever seen grownups before.

Dinetta said:

We had a snake up the fiddlewood last week, I thought it might be a tree snake…at first I thought it was a piece of clear tubing wrapped around the branch…elimination process: no clear tubing ever on the premises, therefore not clear tubing on branch…then I saw the ends of it and it was a greenish, translucent snake…stunningly beautiful…I stood there raving but Sonny Joe was not happy…“what’ll we do?”…and I said we’ll just leave him there…then yesterday there was a beautiful 18” snake just outside the laundry…I’m not sure if he came from the branches I had lopped but he would not move, so I got Sonny Joe to take a photo with his camera and we will upload it by week’s end…

I agree Pomolo, (at a safe distance) the snakes are beautiful…sadly they do eat the frogs but he / she might go into hibernation when the frogs do and you won’t have to worry about it until the weather warms up, by which time it will be skinny again…and able to get out of the shed…

Point of interest……

Aussie reptiles don’t hibernate, they bruminate.

Carry on.

Happy Potter said:

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

The man and JJ can bloody well walk from now on!

ROTFPIMP! Good one HP! Nice cop :) Maybe he recognised you? You’re such the celebrity now :)

I haven’t seen a snake, but I spotted a legless lizard when moving rocks around the other day :D

I reckon he did BG, but not from any gardening related media.. I recognised him as being one of the team who had tackled GS before, and another time telling me to leave the house and take the dog for a walk around the block so they could deal with the kid. I knew what that meant.

The men are doing the housework.. the mans on the vaccum and JJ is asking him where’s the loo cleaner..

I’m outside in 2 mins to interact with nature and dirt and rocks :D

:D

just had our inaugural garden club meeting :)

scored a couple of big bags of apples for a dozen duck eggs :) :)

some bottling and dehydrating to do this week.

bluegreen said:

just had our inaugural garden club meeting :)

scored a couple of big bags of apples for a dozen duck eggs :) :)

some bottling and dehydrating to do this week.

Damn I wish I hadn’t given all mum’s old vacola bottles to Ken the Gardener. Must have been hundreds of dollars worth.

bubba louie said:

Damn I wish I hadn’t given all mum’s old vacola bottles to Ken the Gardener. Must have been hundreds of dollars worth.

Where’s he gone..not that I really want to know…but you don’t see him on any of the fora any more…

Dinetta said:

bubba louie said:

Damn I wish I hadn’t given all mum’s old vacola bottles to Ken the Gardener. Must have been hundreds of dollars worth.

Where’s he gone..not that I really want to know…but you don’t see him on any of the fora any more…

I don’t know. He got a bit weird and we had “words”.

Yeehah said:

bluegreen said:

I haven’t seen a snake, but I spotted a legless lizard when moving rocks around the other day :D

I saw a baby blue tongue lizard when I moved a table to mow last weekend.

I’ve only ever seen grownups before.

We used to see babies quite often when we lived near the coast. Once found a mum that had died while heavily pregnant/giving birth :(

pomolo said:

Pm’s up. I’m up. Were are the rest of you?

Working Hard at work.

bubba louie said:

Dinetta said:

bubba louie said:

Damn I wish I hadn’t given all mum’s old vacola bottles to Ken the Gardener. Must have been hundreds of dollars worth.

Where’s he gone..not that I really want to know…but you don’t see him on any of the fora any more…

I don’t know. He got a bit weird and we had “words”.

I think he had “words” with a lot of people…

What do you mean, a “bit” weird????

We’re not getting so many, if any, grey nomads this year…probably two things (1) fuel costs and (2) they’ve heard about our sandflies and mosquitoes…(only kidding about that last one)…seriously I think the flooding has kept them away…where they normally camp down on the river is still being restored…there were some at the top of the hill last night…good view of the farmlets from there…

Dinetta said:

bubba louie said:

Dinetta said:

Where’s he gone..not that I really want to know…but you don’t see him on any of the fora any more…

I don’t know. He got a bit weird and we had “words”.

I think he had “words” with a lot of people…

But a lot of people hadn’t just given him a boot crammed with a kings ransom in vacola bottles of all shapes and sizes. GRRRRRR

Dinetta said:

We’re not getting so many, if any, grey nomads this year…probably two things (1) fuel costs and (2) they’ve heard about our sandflies and mosquitoes…(only kidding about that last one)…seriously I think the flooding has kept them away…where they normally camp down on the river is still being restored…there were some at the top of the hill last night…good view of the farmlets from there…

I wouldn’t mind giving the nomad lifestyle a go, for a year or so.

bubba louie said:

Dinetta said:

We’re not getting so many, if any, grey nomads this year…probably two things (1) fuel costs and (2) they’ve heard about our sandflies and mosquitoes…(only kidding about that last one)…seriously I think the flooding has kept them away…where they normally camp down on the river is still being restored…there were some at the top of the hill last night…good view of the farmlets from there…

I wouldn’t mind giving the nomad lifestyle a go, for a year or so.

I had an Aunt and Uncle who sold their house and took off. They’d come back and set up the van in their eldest daughters shed, and live in it there, when they wanted a break from traveling.

Dinetta said:

We had a snake up the fiddlewood last week, I thought it might be a tree snake…at first I thought it was a piece of clear tubing wrapped around the branch…elimination process: no clear tubing ever on the premises, therefore not clear tubing on branch…then I saw the ends of it and it was a greenish, translucent snake…stunningly beautiful…I stood there raving but Sonny Joe was not happy…“what’ll we do?”…and I said we’ll just leave him there…then yesterday there was a beautiful 18” snake just outside the laundry…I’m not sure if he came from the branches I had lopped but he would not move, so I got Sonny Joe to take a photo with his camera and we will upload it by week’s end…

I agree Pomolo, (at a safe distance) the snakes are beautiful…sadly they do eat the frogs but he / she might go into hibernation when the frogs do and you won’t have to worry about it until the weather warms up, by which time it will be skinny again…and able to get out of the shed…

I appreciate what you are saying about the snake being skinny again after winter. I do not want it in my shed tomorrow or the next day or next September thank you very much. It gave me the creeps to go in there before I knew for certain that there was a snake in there at all. Sheds are nasty places.

Happy Potter said:

pomolo said:

Pm’s up. I’m up. Were are the rest of you? C’mon, the day awaits. I’ve already weed brushed the driveway. Have to go and throw a cake in the oven because a couple of friends are coming round for afternoon tea this arv. D has sprayed the citrus. Yeah! Gave me a shock too.

We have a new green tree snake in the shed. I want him removed. D took a good pic of him yesterday but of course PBucket isn’t cooperating. It’s possibly the first time in my life that I have looked at a snake and thought of it as beautiful. That doesn’t mean to say that I like it but I can see it’s beauty. Now I am worried about it because it has eaten all the green frogs that come and go in the shed and it’s possible that snake has grown too large to be able to get out of the shed the way he got in. The same way that the frogs get in and out too.

I will ask HP to put the photo up later on if she isn’t too busy. ha ha. It’ll never happen.

Off to the centre till lunchtime. Back this way later this afternoon.

Send the pic Pom! I’ve had a meeting cancellation (to this day next week) so I’m free today lol.

I’ve ordered some of the paw paw cream and soap that I saw on TT, going to be on again tonight too, and generally chilling out and having brekky and a cuppa.
If that opal a cream can fix up my atopic eczema you’ll hear me yelling about it from here..

Yeah snakes can be pretty, from a distance.

On it’s way HP.

bubba louie said:

But a lot of people hadn’t just given him a boot crammed with a kings ransom in vacola bottles of all shapes and sizes. GRRRRRR

You did say he was more personable in real life than on the fora…he did all that work for Culpeper that time, too…

bubba louie said:

Dinetta said:

We’re not getting so many, if any, grey nomads this year…probably two things (1) fuel costs and (2) they’ve heard about our sandflies and mosquitoes…(only kidding about that last one)…seriously I think the flooding has kept them away…where they normally camp down on the river is still being restored…there were some at the top of the hill last night…good view of the farmlets from there…

I wouldn’t mind giving the nomad lifestyle a go, for a year or so.

For a year or so, yep it would be alright…just follow the fruit picking or summat…

Happy Potter said:

The princess, the arachnophobic and the spider..

I was driving yesterday late arvo, the man and JJ in the car and we were going to the plaza. Then JJ spots a spider in the car. The man starts yelling and telling him to kill it. But JJ loses sight of spidy and they are both jumping about trying to see where it went and I told them off and to sit still, I’m trying to drive! Bluddy ‘ell! and it’s only a little spider!
One of those tiny jumping ones, you touch it and it springs away.
I turned from the main road to go into the plaza car park and both men are still belting seats trying to find the spider. I yelled ‘for Gods sake, stop it, you bloody princesses!’
That’s when I heard the siren and saw a police car behind me. So I pulled over.
The uniformed fellow came up and I opened my car window. He asked me if I knew why he’d pulled me up. I had no idea, maybe a brake light not working?
He said I’d just gone through a red left turn arrow.
What I did not??
He said I certainly had, and went on to ask me my name and have I had any serious traffic fines before.. “No. Never!”
He asked me if I was aware that I had just gone through a red light? “No I was not aware, had I known I would have stopped, of course! But for thse two princesses jumping about trying to get a spider”…
Licence Please madam… So I get my licence out and hand it to the fellow and glared at the son and hubby who were now sitting up straight and very still and quiet and looking straight ahead. They’re both dead meat.
Ok no excuses, if I got a fine for this I’d be copping my right whack. Thank God the traffic was light and no one hurt and no cars were dented.
So I waited for the fellow tell me how much I would be up for. I don’t know how much a red light fine is but I felt sick thinking of how I would pay it.
The fellow looks at my licence, looks at me and say’s “Oh”, that’s all he said, then hands me back my licence, tells me to make sure I don’t do that again, this is a warning only and tells me to have a good day, and he went back to his car. Of course I won’t.
How easy it is to get distracted. The men sat still and quiet the rest of the trip, the spider long forgotten.

The man and JJ can bloody well walk from now on!

Not funny is it? But it could have been much worse. Those 2 girls you had in the car should apologise.

bubba louie said:

Dinetta said:

We had a snake up the fiddlewood last week, I thought it might be a tree snake…at first I thought it was a piece of clear tubing wrapped around the branch…elimination process: no clear tubing ever on the premises, therefore not clear tubing on branch…then I saw the ends of it and it was a greenish, translucent snake…stunningly beautiful…I stood there raving but Sonny Joe was not happy…“what’ll we do?”…and I said we’ll just leave him there…then yesterday there was a beautiful 18” snake just outside the laundry…I’m not sure if he came from the branches I had lopped but he would not move, so I got Sonny Joe to take a photo with his camera and we will upload it by week’s end…

I agree Pomolo, (at a safe distance) the snakes are beautiful…sadly they do eat the frogs but he / she might go into hibernation when the frogs do and you won’t have to worry about it until the weather warms up, by which time it will be skinny again…and able to get out of the shed…

Point of interest……

Aussie reptiles don’t hibernate, they bruminate.

Carry on.

It makes little difference to me how they spend their winters so long as it’s not at my place.

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

The princess, the arachnophobic and the spider..

I was driving yesterday late arvo, the man and JJ in the car and we were going to the plaza. Then JJ spots a spider in the car. The man starts yelling and telling him to kill it. But JJ loses sight of spidy and they are both jumping about trying to see where it went and I told them off and to sit still, I’m trying to drive! Bluddy ‘ell! and it’s only a little spider!
One of those tiny jumping ones, you touch it and it springs away.
I turned from the main road to go into the plaza car park and both men are still belting seats trying to find the spider. I yelled ‘for Gods sake, stop it, you bloody princesses!’
That’s when I heard the siren and saw a police car behind me. So I pulled over.
The uniformed fellow came up and I opened my car window. He asked me if I knew why he’d pulled me up. I had no idea, maybe a brake light not working?
He said I’d just gone through a red left turn arrow.
What I did not??
He said I certainly had, and went on to ask me my name and have I had any serious traffic fines before.. “No. Never!”
He asked me if I was aware that I had just gone through a red light? “No I was not aware, had I known I would have stopped, of course! But for thse two princesses jumping about trying to get a spider”…
Licence Please madam… So I get my licence out and hand it to the fellow and glared at the son and hubby who were now sitting up straight and very still and quiet and looking straight ahead. They’re both dead meat.
Ok no excuses, if I got a fine for this I’d be copping my right whack. Thank God the traffic was light and no one hurt and no cars were dented.
So I waited for the fellow tell me how much I would be up for. I don’t know how much a red light fine is but I felt sick thinking of how I would pay it.
The fellow looks at my licence, looks at me and say’s “Oh”, that’s all he said, then hands me back my licence, tells me to make sure I don’t do that again, this is a warning only and tells me to have a good day, and he went back to his car. Of course I won’t.
How easy it is to get distracted. The men sat still and quiet the rest of the trip, the spider long forgotten.

The man and JJ can bloody well walk from now on!

Not funny is it? But it could have been much worse. Those 2 girls you had in the car should apologise.

I feel like I should jump in here and stand up for girls and princesses Grin

Not funny is it? But it could have been much worse. Those 2 girls you had in the car should apologise.
———————————————————
They did, and the house is clean and tidy. If they ever do that again I swear I will get a big spider and throw it at them!

Dinetta said:

We had a snake up the fiddlewood last week, I thought it might be a tree snake…at first I thought it was a piece of clear tubing wrapped around the branch…elimination process: no clear tubing ever on the premises, therefore not clear tubing on branch…then I saw the ends of it and it was a greenish, translucent snake…stunningly beautiful…I stood there raving but Sonny Joe was not happy…“what’ll we do?”…and I said we’ll just leave him there…then yesterday there was a beautiful 18” snake just outside the laundry…I’m not sure if he came from the branches I had lopped but he would not move, so I got Sonny Joe to take a photo with his camera and we will upload it by week’s end…

I agree Pomolo, (at a safe distance) the snakes are beautiful…sadly they do eat the frogs but he / she might go into hibernation when the frogs do and you won’t have to worry about it until the weather warms up, by which time it will be skinny again…and able to get out of the shed…

no snakes here of late, but plenty of frogs. no toads either. Have only seen two snakes here this year.

Happy Potter said:

The princess, the arachnophobic and the spider..

I was driving yesterday late arvo, the man and JJ in the car and we were going to the plaza. Then JJ spots a spider in the car. The man starts yelling and telling him to kill it. But JJ loses sight of spidy and they are both jumping about trying to see where it went and I told them off and to sit still, I’m trying to drive! Bluddy ‘ell! and it’s only a little spider!
One of those tiny jumping ones, you touch it and it springs away.
I turned from the main road to go into the plaza car park and both men are still belting seats trying to find the spider. I yelled ‘for Gods sake, stop it, you bloody princesses!’
That’s when I heard the siren and saw a police car behind me. So I pulled over.
The uniformed fellow came up and I opened my car window. He asked me if I knew why he’d pulled me up. I had no idea, maybe a brake light not working?
He said I’d just gone through a red left turn arrow.
What I did not??
He said I certainly had, and went on to ask me my name and have I had any serious traffic fines before.. “No. Never!”
He asked me if I was aware that I had just gone through a red light? “No I was not aware, had I known I would have stopped, of course! But for thse two princesses jumping about trying to get a spider”…
Licence Please madam… So I get my licence out and hand it to the fellow and glared at the son and hubby who were now sitting up straight and very still and quiet and looking straight ahead. They’re both dead meat.
Ok no excuses, if I got a fine for this I’d be copping my right whack. Thank God the traffic was light and no one hurt and no cars were dented.
So I waited for the fellow tell me how much I would be up for. I don’t know how much a red light fine is but I felt sick thinking of how I would pay it.
The fellow looks at my licence, looks at me and say’s “Oh”, that’s all he said, then hands me back my licence, tells me to make sure I don’t do that again, this is a warning only and tells me to have a good day, and he went back to his car. Of course I won’t.
How easy it is to get distracted. The men sat still and quiet the rest of the trip, the spider long forgotten.

The man and JJ can bloody well walk from now on!

You should have asked the policeman to turn his back while you thumped the crap out of Hubby and JJ!

Yeehah said:

bluegreen said:

I haven’t seen a snake, but I spotted a legless lizard when moving rocks around the other day :D

I saw a baby blue tongue lizard when I moved a table to mow last weekend.

I’ve only ever seen grownups before.

there are Pygmy Blue Tongues you know…

bubba louie said:

Point of interest……

Aussie reptiles don’t hibernate, they bruminate.

Carry on.

you said that last year without clarification… although I think you said “Scribbly told me”

I’ve had a bit of excitement.

There were car doors slamming and raised voices outside and then someone started yelling help and that they were being attacked.
I went out and three older guys had a younger one pushed up against the fence. They weren’t attacking him but they had a good grip on him. They said he’s grabbed a womans handbag and they’d given chase.
Both parties wanted the police so I got to dial 000. Three cars arrived with sirens and flashing lights.

Dinetta said:

bubba louie said:

But a lot of people hadn’t just given him a boot crammed with a kings ransom in vacola bottles of all shapes and sizes. GRRRRRR

You did say he was more personable in real life than on the fora…he did all that work for Culpeper that time, too…

I know and he always had been nice to me before this.
I told him I was disappointed in the way he spoke to me and that was the last I heard.

pain master said:

bubba louie said:

Point of interest……

Aussie reptiles don’t hibernate, they bruminate.

Carry on.

you said that last year without clarification… although I think you said “Scribbly told me”

Indeed.

bubba louie said:

pain master said:

bubba louie said:

Point of interest……

Aussie reptiles don’t hibernate, they bruminate.

Carry on.

you said that last year without clarification… although I think you said “Scribbly told me”

Indeed.

http://www.aussiepythons.com/forum/general-reptile-discussion-42/hibernate-winter-128188/

bubba louie said:

bubba louie said:

pain master said:

you said that last year without clarification… although I think you said “Scribbly told me”

Indeed.

http://www.aussiepythons.com/forum/general-reptile-discussion-42/hibernate-winter-128188/

no, I’m not going to go looking at some link… I need the Bubba Interpretation…

pain master said:

bubba louie said:

bubba louie said:

Indeed.

http://www.aussiepythons.com/forum/general-reptile-discussion-42/hibernate-winter-128188/

no, I’m not going to go looking at some link… I need the Bubba Interpretation…

Hibernating means sleeping right through winter. Our reptiles bruminate which means they slow right down and don’t eat much but they might still come out and catch a few rays in the sun.

bubba louie said:

pain master said:

bubba louie said:

http://www.aussiepythons.com/forum/general-reptile-discussion-42/hibernate-winter-128188/

no, I’m not going to go looking at some link… I need the Bubba Interpretation…

Hibernating means sleeping right through winter. Our reptiles bruminate which means they slow right down and don’t eat much but they might still come out and catch a few rays in the sun.

so they watch cricket?

Weather has become very cool at night. I made the switch to trackie daks last night. It’s all changed in a week. Not looking foreward to those long nights and short days.

The skies are fairly clear this morning. We’ve had squally showers over the last couple of days and supposed to be the same today but doesn’t look likely at the moment. It feels wintery to me.

What’s on the agenda todayI hear you ask? No idea yet. Medical appointment is one thing so I’ll have to work around that. When you retire you make your life around medical appointments it seems. How come nobody ever told me that when I had a chance to do better.

pomolo said:

Weather has become very cool at night. I made the switch to trackie daks last night. It’s all changed in a week. Not looking foreward to those long nights and short days.

The skies are fairly clear this morning. We’ve had squally showers over the last couple of days and supposed to be the same today but doesn’t look likely at the moment. It feels wintery to me.

What’s on the agenda todayI hear you ask? No idea yet. Medical appointment is one thing so I’ll have to work around that. When you retire you make your life around medical appointments it seems. How come nobody ever told me that when I had a chance to do better.

I’m starting to realise this too Pomolo…at work alot of the ladies have to take time off to take their parents for medical appointments.

I’m seeing my Pa today to work out a plan for moving him closer to Perth and Mum’s aged care complex. He’s an hour away from me and two hours away when he wants to see Mum…that’s a big day in the car for him just for an hours visit.When he moves he’ll only be a 7 minute drive from Mum. NOt to mention doctors, shops etc.

Speakin of the weather we are finally starting to get a change they say…should be getting rain in the next day or two.
I’ll believe it when I see it, but I did send Mr M on the roof to check the gutters yesterday.
I really don’t want to have to buy more water for the tank.
So keep your fingers crossed for us please :o)))))))))

Muschee said:

Speakin of the weather we are finally starting to get a change they say…should be getting rain in the next day or two.
I’ll believe it when I see it, but I did send Mr M on the roof to check the gutters yesterday.
I really don’t want to have to buy more water for the tank.
So keep your fingers crossed for us please :o)))))))))

Good morning all…x0×0×0×0…there you go Muschee, my fingers crossed for rain for your tank…horrible stuff, town water…leaves scale on things…

Dinetta said:

Muschee said:

Speakin of the weather we are finally starting to get a change they say…should be getting rain in the next day or two.
I’ll believe it when I see it, but I did send Mr M on the roof to check the gutters yesterday.
I really don’t want to have to buy more water for the tank.
So keep your fingers crossed for us please :o)))))))))

Good morning all…x0×0×0×0…there you go Muschee, my fingers crossed for rain for your tank…horrible stuff, town water…leaves scale on things…

Mornin Dinetta…cheers for that.

Muschee said:

Speakin of the weather we are finally starting to get a change they say…should be getting rain in the next day or two.
I’ll believe it when I see it, but I did send Mr M on the roof to check the gutters yesterday.
I really don’t want to have to buy more water for the tank.
So keep your fingers crossed for us please :o)))))))))

Crossing everything that yous get rain. Did I read the forcast right, that WA is in for rain for 5 days ? Woohoo!

Happy Potter said:

Muschee said:

Speakin of the weather we are finally starting to get a change they say…should be getting rain in the next day or two.
I’ll believe it when I see it, but I did send Mr M on the roof to check the gutters yesterday.
I really don’t want to have to buy more water for the tank.
So keep your fingers crossed for us please :o)))))))))

Crossing everything that yous get rain. Did I read the forcast right, that WA is in for rain for 5 days ? Woohoo!

Woohoo alright….just hope it’s true

pomolo said:

What’s on the agenda todayI hear you ask? No idea yet. Medical appointment is one thing so I’ll have to work around that. When you retire you make your life around medical appointments it seems. How come nobody ever told me that when I had a chance to do better.

someone up here said the other day, “Growing old is not for wimps!” :)

Muschee said:

Dinetta said:

Muschee said:

Speakin of the weather we are finally starting to get a change they say…should be getting rain in the next day or two.
I’ll believe it when I see it, but I did send Mr M on the roof to check the gutters yesterday.
I really don’t want to have to buy more water for the tank.
So keep your fingers crossed for us please :o)))))))))

Good morning all…x0×0×0×0…there you go Muschee, my fingers crossed for rain for your tank…horrible stuff, town water…leaves scale on things…

Mornin Dinetta…cheers for that.

may perth get good soaking rains – good luck muschee.

pepe said:

Muschee said:

Dinetta said:

Good morning all…x0×0×0×0…there you go Muschee, my fingers crossed for rain for your tank…horrible stuff, town water…leaves scale on things…

Mornin Dinetta…cheers for that.

may perth get good soaking rains – good luck muschee.

Thanks Pepe….this summer has been the worst ever. So hot, so dry.

Happy Potter said:

Muschee said:

Speakin of the weather we are finally starting to get a change they say…should be getting rain in the next day or two.
I’ll believe it when I see it, but I did send Mr M on the roof to check the gutters yesterday.
I really don’t want to have to buy more water for the tank.
So keep your fingers crossed for us please :o)))))))))

Nah, that’s the wildly optimistic interpretation! I’m sure we’ll get some, but when the forecast is “Few showers” that pretty much means that the suburbs on the other side of town will get a light sprinkle :D

Crossing everything that yous get rain. Did I read the forcast right, that WA is in for rain for 5 days ? Woohoo!

Happy Potter said:

Muschee said:

Speakin of the weather we are finally starting to get a change they say…should be getting rain in the next day or two.
I’ll believe it when I see it, but I did send Mr M on the roof to check the gutters yesterday.
I really don’t want to have to buy more water for the tank.
So keep your fingers crossed for us please :o)))))))))

Crossing everything that yous get rain. Did I read the forcast right, that WA is in for rain for 5 days ? Woohoo!

Nah, that’s the wildly optimistic interpretation! I’m sure we’ll get some, but when the forecast is “Few showers” that pretty much means that the suburbs on the other side of town will get a light sprinkle :D

Blah, stuffed up the quotes! I often do when I quote HP, for some reason HP posts always have lots of empty lines, and I forget to scroll down.. should hit preview more often!

bon008 said:

Happy Potter said:

Muschee said:

Speakin of the weather we are finally starting to get a change they say…should be getting rain in the next day or two.
I’ll believe it when I see it, but I did send Mr M on the roof to check the gutters yesterday.
I really don’t want to have to buy more water for the tank.
So keep your fingers crossed for us please :o)))))))))

Crossing everything that yous get rain. Did I read the forcast right, that WA is in for rain for 5 days ? Woohoo!

Nah, that’s the wildly optimistic interpretation! I’m sure we’ll get some, but when the forecast is “Few showers” that pretty much means that the suburbs on the other side of town will get a light sprinkle :D

Blah, stuffed up the quotes! I often do when I quote HP, for some reason HP posts always have lots of empty lines, and I forget to scroll down.. should hit preview more often!

Oh, sorry :)
I scroll well down so I don’t stuff up the previous post/s

Hooray for a bright, sunny day, with a steady south-easterly…I have gone and put the floor mats through the washing machine…and would you believe cloud cover has just come over? but I’ll hang them out anyway…I can understand the European tradition of turning over the mats when visitors come, it means dirty side down without having to bring out new mats…as you really need our sunshiny days to dry the things…

…frankly, whispering whinge here I am of the opinion that mud tracks more soil into the house over a brief period of time, than does dust…

more mowing

the daughter came up with the idea of putting the grass clippings over everything as a fertile mulch so now i’m mowing two acres and mulching the orchard area.
it’s a delightful 20C in sozzie today.

Happy Potter said:

bon008 said:

Happy Potter said:

Crossing everything that yous get rain. Did I read the forcast right, that WA is in for rain for 5 days ? Woohoo!

Nah, that’s the wildly optimistic interpretation! I’m sure we’ll get some, but when the forecast is “Few showers” that pretty much means that the suburbs on the other side of town will get a light sprinkle :D

Blah, stuffed up the quotes! I often do when I quote HP, for some reason HP posts always have lots of empty lines, and I forget to scroll down.. should hit preview more often!

Oh, sorry :)
I scroll well down so I don’t stuff up the previous post/s

My fault for being too lazy & not careful enough! :)

pepe said:

more mowing

the daughter came up with the idea of putting the grass clippings over everything as a fertile mulch so now i’m mowing two acres and mulching the orchard area.
it’s a delightful 20C in sozzie today.

It’s an excellent idea…sure keeps the weeds down and will break down when the rains come…recycling the nitrogen…

This is making me want to run outside and start snapping photos wildly:

http://www.projectnoah.org/

and http://www.projectnoah.org/map

“Project Noah is a tool to explore and document wildlife and a platform to harness the power of citizen scientists everywhere.”

Basically you upload photos of animals and plants and they get added to the map. Kind of addictive to scroll around and see what critters are out there!

Back from a meeting. All is good :)
Bugger lunch! I can’t wait to fling the good clothes off and put my yardies on and go back out the front to start on the retaining wall :D

Happy Potter said:

Back from a meeting. All is good :)
Bugger lunch! I can’t wait to fling the good clothes off and put my yardies on and go back out the front to start on the retaining wall :D

I had a bit of a stuffed lunch as well, have been cleaning the kitchen outlet into the septic…about 1 litre of junk but better in the bin to the dump than down the soakage trench…lunch was the last of the smoked salmon, a banana and cheese doorstop, and hopefully some coffee soon…not a good lunch, no?

So I have a salad bowl ready for the next lot of salad, I make enough for about 1 dinner for four adults and one lunch for 2. Preparation is the key to eating properly, I reckon.

bubba louie said:

Dinetta said:

bubba louie said:

I don’t know. He got a bit weird and we had “words”.

I think he had “words” with a lot of people…

But a lot of people hadn’t just given him a boot crammed with a kings ransom in vacola bottles of all shapes and sizes. GRRRRRR

Someone once told me to consider some things in life as “tuition fees” for learning the hard way!

pomolo said:

Weather has become very cool at night. I made the switch to trackie daks last night. It’s all changed in a week. Not looking foreward to those long nights and short days.

The skies are fairly clear this morning. We’ve had squally showers over the last couple of days and supposed to be the same today but doesn’t look likely at the moment. It feels wintery to me.

What’s on the agenda todayI hear you ask? No idea yet. Medical appointment is one thing so I’ll have to work around that. When you retire you make your life around medical appointments it seems. How come nobody ever told me that when I had a chance to do better.

What, something to look forward to in about 20 years is that I’ll be as up to date with the “news” in the quality glossy mags in the doctor’s surgery as I was when the kids were little!?!??

Happy Potter said:

Muschee said:

Speakin of the weather we are finally starting to get a change they say…should be getting rain in the next day or two.
I’ll believe it when I see it, but I did send Mr M on the roof to check the gutters yesterday.
I really don’t want to have to buy more water for the tank.
So keep your fingers crossed for us please :o)))))))))

Saw the tv news last night and when WA and rain were mentioned shortly after “17th day in a row of temps over 30oC” I started hoping for youse’s sakes that they’d be right!

Crossing everything that yous get rain. Did I read the forcast right, that WA is in for rain for 5 days ? Woohoo!

I’d rather have 17 consecutive days over 30˚C than 14 consecutive days over 38˚C..

Get real WA.. we see this most every summer.

roughbarked said:

I’d rather have 17 consecutive days over 30˚C than 14 consecutive days over 38˚C..

Get real WA.. we see this most every summer.

Personally I don’t care much whether it’s 30 degrees or 40 degrees – once it’s hot it’s just hot. What I do care about is how freaking dry it is. Very few summer storms, and those that we did have dropped very little rain.

Yeehah said:

Happy Potter said:

Muschee said:

Speakin of the weather we are finally starting to get a change they say…should be getting rain in the next day or two.
I’ll believe it when I see it, but I did send Mr M on the roof to check the gutters yesterday.
I really don’t want to have to buy more water for the tank.
So keep your fingers crossed for us please :o)))))))))

Crossing everything that yous get rain. Did I read the forcast right, that WA is in for rain for 5 days ? Woohoo!

Saw the tv news last night and when WA and rain were mentioned shortly after “17th day in a row of temps over 30oC” I started hoping for youse’s sakes that they’d be right!

My bad with forgetting the scroll down and/or “preview”.

roughbarked said:

I’d rather have 17 consecutive days over 30˚C than 14 consecutive days over 38˚C..

Get real WA.. we see this most every summer.

We don’t. I consider anything over 25oC a heatwave. Ergh. Has been around 18-22oC here for the last two weeks, stunning weather IMO.

Yeehah said:

roughbarked said:

I’d rather have 17 consecutive days over 30˚C than 14 consecutive days over 38˚C..

Get real WA.. we see this most every summer.

We don’t. I consider anything over 25oC a heatwave. Ergh. Has been around 18-22oC here for the last two weeks, stunning weather IMO.

ONLY PLACE YOU CAN ALWAYS GET 18-22 ˚C IS UNDERGROUND

bluddy caps lock! I’m gonna hack that key off my keyboard.

bon008 said:

roughbarked said:

I’d rather have 17 consecutive days over 30˚C than 14 consecutive days over 38˚C..

Get real WA.. we see this most every summer.

Personally I don’t care much whether it’s 30 degrees or 40 degrees – once it’s hot it’s just hot. What I do care about is how freaking dry it is. Very few summer storms, and those that we did have dropped very little rain.

That’s right Bon, it’s the lack of rain this time round.
My bore is almost dry and I’m hearing it’s the same in alot of places. Oh except for the dude across the road that sells his ground water to neverfail…I see most days two trucks fillin up and it makes my blood boil that he’s makin money from it :o(

roughbarked said:

Yeehah said:

roughbarked said:

I’d rather have 17 consecutive days over 30˚C than 14 consecutive days over 38˚C..

Get real WA.. we see this most every summer.

We don’t. I consider anything over 25oC a heatwave. Ergh. Has been around 18-22oC here for the last two weeks, stunning weather IMO.

ONLY PLACE YOU CAN ALWAYS GET 18-22 ˚C IS UNDERGROUND

bluddy caps lock! I’m gonna hack that key off my keyboard.

So where abouts are you RB?

roughbarked said:

ONLY PLACE YOU CAN ALWAYS GET 18-22 ˚C IS UNDERGROUND

bluddy caps lock! I’m gonna hack that key off my keyboard.

…as in Coober Pedy?

Muschee said:

My bore is almost dry and I’m hearing it’s the same in alot of places. Oh except for the dude across the road that sells his ground water to neverfail…I see most days two trucks fillin up and it makes my blood boil that he’s makin money from it :o(

“Specially selected”, eh? Have you read the back of a bottle of water lately?

Happy Potter said:

Muschee said:

Speakin of the weather we are finally starting to get a change they say…should be getting rain in the next day or two.
I’ll believe it when I see it, but I did send Mr M on the roof to check the gutters yesterday.
I really don’t want to have to buy more water for the tank.
So keep your fingers crossed for us please :o)))))))))

I’m all crossed for all of you over there too Mushee.

Crossing everything that yous get rain. Did I read the forcast right, that WA is in for rain for 5 days ? Woohoo!

bluegreen said:

pomolo said:

What’s on the agenda todayI hear you ask? No idea yet. Medical appointment is one thing so I’ll have to work around that. When you retire you make your life around medical appointments it seems. How come nobody ever told me that when I had a chance to do better.

someone up here said the other day, “Growing old is not for wimps!” :)

Too true!

Dinetta said:

Muschee said:

My bore is almost dry and I’m hearing it’s the same in alot of places. Oh except for the dude across the road that sells his ground water to neverfail…I see most days two trucks fillin up and it makes my blood boil that he’s makin money from it :o(

“Specially selected”, eh? Have you read the back of a bottle of water lately?

No don’t buy it…I’ll check someones at work tomoro

Yeehah said:

pomolo said:

Weather has become very cool at night. I made the switch to trackie daks last night. It’s all changed in a week. Not looking foreward to those long nights and short days.

The skies are fairly clear this morning. We’ve had squally showers over the last couple of days and supposed to be the same today but doesn’t look likely at the moment. It feels wintery to me.

What’s on the agenda todayI hear you ask? No idea yet. Medical appointment is one thing so I’ll have to work around that. When you retire you make your life around medical appointments it seems. How come nobody ever told me that when I had a chance to do better.

What, something to look forward to in about 20 years is that I’ll be as up to date with the “news” in the quality glossy mags in the doctor’s surgery as I was when the kids were little!?!??

No you won’t Yeehah. Glossy mags will bore you to tears. They’ll be full of stuff you no longer care about. Stuff you don’t underatand and people you never heard of.

morning folks.

didn’t shut the freezer door properly last night. Guess what I’m doing today?

Morning BlueGreen…let me think…wiping your freezer with vanilla to make it smell nice?

I opened my inside chest freezer yesterday, looking for a lump of meat to pot roast, and the hoar frost was sliding off the walls…not sure why and the lid is always shut…so I slid it out and my lump of meat came up beautifully in the pressure cooker…finished off a bottle of oyster sauce and a bottle of hoisin sauce (about a tablespoon of each), plus a teaspoon of that Massell vegetable stock powder and it has come up beaut…about 45 mins to an hour in the pressure cooker…

MY grammar was not very good in that post, was it?

Beautiful sunny day with a stiff breeze again, time to peg out the laundry again…and bring it in…and fold it…sigh…at least it’s a beautiful day…

bluegreen said:

morning folks.

didn’t shut the freezer door properly last night. Guess what I’m doing today?

Aww :(

Beautiful day here too, actual sunshine..

Much to do inside, and outside. And a conference call meeting shortly. Glad about that as I don’t have to change out of my gardening clothes or drive anywhere.
And, after my raid of the vege garden, I only have a very small grocery shop to do :D

The man has taken over the looking after the pond and it’s fish. He’s been doing water tests and partial water changes and learning all there is about PH and KH and GH and water conditioners and ammonia and how much fish poop and feed …even tested our tap water and it’s a lot softer than we thought.

Happy Potter said:

The man has taken over the looking after the pond and it’s fish. He’s been doing water tests and partial water changes and learning all there is about PH and KH and GH and water conditioners and ammonia and how much fish poop and feed …even tested our tap water and it’s a lot softer than we thought.

all power to the man! You have a treasure there HP :)

All the single portions of bolognaise sauce are back in one pot again, recooking, along with the rest of mince that was in the freezer. Butter chicken and Beef Rendang are simmering. Big batch of Lamb Rogan Gosh going on when there is room on the stove. What to do with the no longer frozen peas? Pea soup? I am hoping that all the portioned soups are going to be OK, they were still 75% frozen. What do you think? should I recook them?

bluegreen said:

All the single portions of bolognaise sauce are back in one pot again, recooking, along with the rest of mince that was in the freezer. Butter chicken and Beef Rendang are simmering. Big batch of Lamb Rogan Gosh going on when there is room on the stove. What to do with the no longer frozen peas? Pea soup? I am hoping that all the portioned soups are going to be OK, they were still 75% frozen. What do you think? should I recook them?

Was this a vertical freezer? The soups should be fine, just how “warm” did these things get? Pea soup for the defrosted peas, but I think you could keep them in the fridge, unopened, up until Saturday night at least…

Dinetta said:

bluegreen said:

All the single portions of bolognaise sauce are back in one pot again, recooking, along with the rest of mince that was in the freezer. Butter chicken and Beef Rendang are simmering. Big batch of Lamb Rogan Gosh going on when there is room on the stove. What to do with the no longer frozen peas? Pea soup? I am hoping that all the portioned soups are going to be OK, they were still 75% frozen. What do you think? should I recook them?

Was this a vertical freezer? The soups should be fine, just how “warm” did these things get? Pea soup for the defrosted peas, but I think you could keep them in the fridge, unopened, up until Saturday night at least…

yes. everything in the top part of the freezer including the meat completely defrosted, but stuff in the lower half stayed at least partly frozen.

with the peas, I have decided that a pie floater is on the menu tonight as I also have a couple of meat pies to use up. I’ll have one tonight with the peas :)

OK, just to get things straight in my head: for me, a chest freezer is one that has a lid. A vertical freezer has a door (like a fridge).

Dinetta said:

OK, just to get things straight in my head: for me, a chest freezer is one that has a lid. A vertical freezer has a door (like a fridge).

yep. and behind the door mine has drawers with a solid front, so it would have slowed down the cold air loss a bit.

bluegreen said:

Dinetta said:

bluegreen said:

All the single portions of bolognaise sauce are back in one pot again, recooking, along with the rest of mince that was in the freezer. Butter chicken and Beef Rendang are simmering. Big batch of Lamb Rogan Gosh going on when there is room on the stove. What to do with the no longer frozen peas? Pea soup? I am hoping that all the portioned soups are going to be OK, they were still 75% frozen. What do you think? should I recook them?

Was this a vertical freezer? The soups should be fine, just how “warm” did these things get? Pea soup for the defrosted peas, but I think you could keep them in the fridge, unopened, up until Saturday night at least…

yes. everything in the top part of the freezer including the meat completely defrosted, but stuff in the lower half stayed at least partly frozen.

with the peas, I have decided that a pie floater is on the menu tonight as I also have a couple of meat pies to use up. I’ll have one tonight with the peas :)

I would throw anything that was completely defrosted that you cannot eat within a day or 2. I’d never refreeze anything, except bread.
Invite some friends in for tea?

Happy Potter said:

bluegreen said:

Dinetta said:

Was this a vertical freezer? The soups should be fine, just how “warm” did these things get? Pea soup for the defrosted peas, but I think you could keep them in the fridge, unopened, up until Saturday night at least…

yes. everything in the top part of the freezer including the meat completely defrosted, but stuff in the lower half stayed at least partly frozen.

with the peas, I have decided that a pie floater is on the menu tonight as I also have a couple of meat pies to use up. I’ll have one tonight with the peas :)

I would throw anything that was completely defrosted that you cannot eat within a day or 2. I’d never refreeze anything, except bread.
Invite some friends in for tea?

but cooking them into meals and freezing is OK. I would never refreeze thawed meat etc. without cooking first.

Just as well I read BlueGreen’s post…went to the inside chest freezer looking for some corned beef, and uh-oh! things have defrosted…lid has been shut…ummm when I turned off the vacuum on Sunday night, I turned off the freezer as well…

the bags of ice are fine, a piece of liver in the basket had defrosted so that’s for the dawg’s dinner…not sure about the packs of berries, hoisted them above the sink to let the blood run out of the cardboard as they are in sealed packs inside the boxes, and they can refreeze as they are only for cooking…a pack of mince is chilly, but I“ll leave it out and find it a mate, that will be dinner for tonight…the rest of the stuff I just wiped down, and repacked…took a bottle of defrosted milk out, another one is a bit runny but still solid mostly…a pack of lamb belly (?) (I think) has defrosted but it is going in a casserole so I put it back…and before any of you can say “ewww, hygiene!!”, I have done this before…none of the stuff was warm, still decidedly chilly, so no different to being on the top shelf of the fridge…

I think the fact that I had 3 bags of ice, the freezer is hardly used, and the ice was on top of most of the goods, has saved me…but that’s a long time for a fridge to be turned off…obviously the seals are working well!

Good save with the solid basket fronts, BlueGreen. Not a fan of baskets in the upright freezer, have both in my upright and prefer the shelves. Partly because we’ve had to replace a basket or two that I’ve dropped…

I meant to say, the bags of ice were still frozen, no water at all…

Dinetta said:

Just as well I read BlueGreen’s post…went to the inside chest freezer looking for some corned beef, and uh-oh! things have defrosted…lid has been shut…ummm when I turned off the vacuum on Sunday night, I turned off the freezer as well…

the bags of ice are fine, a piece of liver in the basket had defrosted so that’s for the dawg’s dinner…not sure about the packs of berries, hoisted them above the sink to let the blood run out of the cardboard as they are in sealed packs inside the boxes, and they can refreeze as they are only for cooking…a pack of mince is chilly, but I“ll leave it out and find it a mate, that will be dinner for tonight…the rest of the stuff I just wiped down, and repacked…took a bottle of defrosted milk out, another one is a bit runny but still solid mostly…a pack of lamb belly (?) (I think) has defrosted but it is going in a casserole so I put it back…and before any of you can say “ewww, hygiene!!”, I have done this before…none of the stuff was warm, still decidedly chilly, so no different to being on the top shelf of the fridge…

I think the fact that I had 3 bags of ice, the freezer is hardly used, and the ice was on top of most of the goods, has saved me…but that’s a long time for a fridge to be turned off…obviously the seals are working well!

Good save with the solid basket fronts, BlueGreen. Not a fan of baskets in the upright freezer, have both in my upright and prefer the shelves. Partly because we’ve had to replace a basket or two that I’ve dropped…

oh dear! at least chest freezers hold their temp. well if turned off. Once between rental houses we went on a month long holiday. Our stuff was stored with friends including a freezer full of meat. It took a couple of weeks to find a new house so stayed with another friend in the meanwhile. When we came to collect the freezer, it had been accidentally turned off not long after we left it there. Everything was putrid! The freezer took weeks of washing down everyday before the smell was gone enough to be able to use it again. I know some people just throw theirs away and buy a new one but we couldn’t afford to do that. There was hundreds of dollars of meat in there too.

garlic prawns for lunch :)

bluegreen said:

garlic prawns for lunch :)

Somethin that was in the freezer?

Muschee said:

bluegreen said:

garlic prawns for lunch :)

Somethin that was in the freezer?

yes :)

bluegreen said:

oh dear! at least chest freezers hold their temp. well if turned off. Once between rental houses we went on a month long holiday. Our stuff was stored with friends including a freezer full of meat. It took a couple of weeks to find a new house so stayed with another friend in the meanwhile. When we came to collect the freezer, it had been accidentally turned off not long after we left it there. Everything was putrid! The freezer took weeks of washing down everyday before the smell was gone enough to be able to use it again. I know some people just throw theirs away and buy a new one but we couldn’t afford to do that. There was hundreds of dollars of meat in there too.

Oh that was a shame about all that meat! What we do if it’s an important switch, is we sticky-tape it ON…that way the chances of somebody asking “Why is this sticky taped ON?” is very high and the chances of accidental switch-off are correspondingly low…we do this for the electric fence and we had done it for an old refrigerator in the garage (so it wouldn’t get turned off with the lights)…

We find that soda bicarb helps disperse the odours, but you need to do it over a period of time plus leave the cavity exposed during that time…

bluegreen said:

Muschee said:

bluegreen said:

garlic prawns for lunch :)

Somethin that was in the freezer?

yes :)

Never thought of storing the cooked garlic prawns…t’would be a timesaver if I could…

Dinetta said:

bluegreen said:

oh dear! at least chest freezers hold their temp. well if turned off. Once between rental houses we went on a month long holiday. Our stuff was stored with friends including a freezer full of meat. It took a couple of weeks to find a new house so stayed with another friend in the meanwhile. When we came to collect the freezer, it had been accidentally turned off not long after we left it there. Everything was putrid! The freezer took weeks of washing down everyday before the smell was gone enough to be able to use it again. I know some people just throw theirs away and buy a new one but we couldn’t afford to do that. There was hundreds of dollars of meat in there too.

Oh that was a shame about all that meat! What we do if it’s an important switch, is we sticky-tape it ON…that way the chances of somebody asking “Why is this sticky taped ON?” is very high and the chances of accidental switch-off are correspondingly low…we do this for the electric fence and we had done it for an old refrigerator in the garage (so it wouldn’t get turned off with the lights)…

We find that soda bicarb helps disperse the odours, but you need to do it over a period of time plus leave the cavity exposed during that time…

this was a long time ago and believe me, I learnt all the tricks for deodourising a smelly freezer!

Dinetta said:

bluegreen said:

Muschee said:

Somethin that was in the freezer?

yes :)

Never thought of storing the cooked garlic prawns…t’would be a timesaver if I could…

They weren’t frozen as garlic prawns, I made it out of prawns that were in the freezer and had defrosted.

Dinetta said:

Morning BlueGreen…let me think…wiping your freezer with vanilla to make it smell nice?

I opened my inside chest freezer yesterday, looking for a lump of meat to pot roast, and the hoar frost was sliding off the walls…not sure why and the lid is always shut…so I slid it out and my lump of meat came up beautifully in the pressure cooker…finished off a bottle of oyster sauce and a bottle of hoisin sauce (about a tablespoon of each), plus a teaspoon of that Massell vegetable stock powder and it has come up beaut…about 45 mins to an hour in the pressure cooker…

I’ll be right there. Sounds good.

bluegreen said:

morning folks.

didn’t shut the freezer door properly last night. Guess what I’m doing today?

Buggadammit!

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

The man has taken over the looking after the pond and it’s fish. He’s been doing water tests and partial water changes and learning all there is about PH and KH and GH and water conditioners and ammonia and how much fish poop and feed …even tested our tap water and it’s a lot softer than we thought.

all power to the man! You have a treasure there HP :)

All the single portions of bolognaise sauce are back in one pot again, recooking, along with the rest of mince that was in the freezer. Butter chicken and Beef Rendang are simmering. Big batch of Lamb Rogan Gosh going on when there is room on the stove. What to do with the no longer frozen peas? Pea soup? I am hoping that all the portioned soups are going to be OK, they were still 75% frozen. What do you think? should I recook them?

Better late than never I know but I’d say they would be ok without re cooking.

pomolo said:

Dinetta said:

Morning BlueGreen…let me think…wiping your freezer with vanilla to make it smell nice?

I opened my inside chest freezer yesterday, looking for a lump of meat to pot roast, and the hoar frost was sliding off the walls…not sure why and the lid is always shut…so I slid it out and my lump of meat came up beautifully in the pressure cooker…finished off a bottle of oyster sauce and a bottle of hoisin sauce (about a tablespoon of each), plus a teaspoon of that Massell vegetable stock powder and it has come up beaut…about 45 mins to an hour in the pressure cooker…

I’ll be right there. Sounds good.

Actually, it wasn’t hoisin in the second bottle, it was black bean sauce. But it’s yummy…you will have to be quick as I have earmarked it for the boys’ sandwiches and at 100g per lunch, it’s not going to go far…

Had a piece of brisket on, too much cloves (whoops) but OK peppercorns, malt vinegar and brown sugar (the low calorie version) but the gas has run out…both bottles empty…I did the boiling hot water test…can’t think how I’ve been forgetting to check…so the brisket (it’s very thin) is, I hope, cooking in the residual heat of its’ hot water…

Dinetta said:

Just as well I read BlueGreen’s post…went to the inside chest freezer looking for some corned beef, and uh-oh! things have defrosted…lid has been shut…ummm when I turned off the vacuum on Sunday night, I turned off the freezer as well…

the bags of ice are fine, a piece of liver in the basket had defrosted so that’s for the dawg’s dinner…not sure about the packs of berries, hoisted them above the sink to let the blood run out of the cardboard as they are in sealed packs inside the boxes, and they can refreeze as they are only for cooking…a pack of mince is chilly, but I“ll leave it out and find it a mate, that will be dinner for tonight…the rest of the stuff I just wiped down, and repacked…took a bottle of defrosted milk out, another one is a bit runny but still solid mostly…a pack of lamb belly (?) (I think) has defrosted but it is going in a casserole so I put it back…and before any of you can say “ewww, hygiene!!”, I have done this before…none of the stuff was warm, still decidedly chilly, so no different to being on the top shelf of the fridge…

I think the fact that I had 3 bags of ice, the freezer is hardly used, and the ice was on top of most of the goods, has saved me…but that’s a long time for a fridge to be turned off…obviously the seals are working well!

Good save with the solid basket fronts, BlueGreen. Not a fan of baskets in the upright freezer, have both in my upright and prefer the shelves. Partly because we’ve had to replace a basket or two that I’ve dropped…

I’m with you Dinetta on whether to eat or not eat partially thawed stuff. Or whether to re freeze or not. It must come with experience I think. I have never had any trouble re freezing stuff. I’m not stupid though. I don’t take silly risks either.

I do watch my daughter and am in awe of her food practices. There would never be anything re frozen in her house. Never any meat meal kept longer than 24 hours. A supermarket chicken is out after the 2nd day and they only eat the breast meat. Where did I go wrong?????

The Aspley Hypermarket has the big bags (60lt?) of Searles Premium for $9. The price goes back up next Thursday.

They’re Coles/Kmart so maybe they’ll have the same price at their regional stores.

pomolo said:

I do watch my daughter and am in awe of her food practices. There would never be anything re frozen in her house. Never any meat meal kept longer than 24 hours. A supermarket chicken is out after the 2nd day and they only eat the breast meat. Where did I go wrong?????

Haha, if I had to share a house with my brother, the same thing would probably happen. We both try to stick to breast meat.He started it, so I blame him for causing my own prejudice :D Luckily, Mr Bon thinks breast meat is awful and dry so he snaffles up the rest of a chicken :)

Dinetta said:

Morning BlueGreen…let me think…wiping your freezer with vanilla to make it smell nice?

I opened my inside chest freezer yesterday, looking for a lump of meat to pot roast, and the hoar frost was sliding off the walls…not sure why and the lid is always shut…so I slid it out and my lump of meat came up beautifully in the pressure cooker…finished off a bottle of oyster sauce and a bottle of hoisin sauce (about a tablespoon of each), plus a teaspoon of that Massell vegetable stock powder and it has come up beaut…about 45 mins to an hour in the pressure cooker…

I dug out two leg ham bones that I’d frozen and stuck them in the slow cooker. I’ve never cooked pea and ham soup before so I’m making it up as I go.

bluegreen said:

Muschee said:

bluegreen said:

garlic prawns for lunch :)

Somethin that was in the freezer?

yes :)

That’s bunging it on a bit BG. LOL.

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

The man has taken over the looking after the pond and it’s fish. He’s been doing water tests and partial water changes and learning all there is about PH and KH and GH and water conditioners and ammonia and how much fish poop and feed …even tested our tap water and it’s a lot softer than we thought.

all power to the man! You have a treasure there HP :)

All the single portions of bolognaise sauce are back in one pot again, recooking, along with the rest of mince that was in the freezer. Butter chicken and Beef Rendang are simmering. Big batch of Lamb Rogan Gosh going on when there is room on the stove. What to do with the no longer frozen peas? Pea soup? I am hoping that all the portioned soups are going to be OK, they were still 75% frozen. What do you think? should I recook them?

There’s a Nigella recipe getting around somewhere for a quick pea soup.

bubba louie said:

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

The man has taken over the looking after the pond and it’s fish. He’s been doing water tests and partial water changes and learning all there is about PH and KH and GH and water conditioners and ammonia and how much fish poop and feed …even tested our tap water and it’s a lot softer than we thought.

all power to the man! You have a treasure there HP :)

All the single portions of bolognaise sauce are back in one pot again, recooking, along with the rest of mince that was in the freezer. Butter chicken and Beef Rendang are simmering. Big batch of Lamb Rogan Gosh going on when there is room on the stove. What to do with the no longer frozen peas? Pea soup? I am hoping that all the portioned soups are going to be OK, they were still 75% frozen. What do you think? should I recook them?

There’s a Nigella recipe getting around somewhere for a quick pea soup.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/nigella-lawson/pea-and-pesto-soup-recipe/index.html

bluegreen said:

Dinetta said:

bluegreen said:

All the single portions of bolognaise sauce are back in one pot again, recooking, along with the rest of mince that was in the freezer. Butter chicken and Beef Rendang are simmering. Big batch of Lamb Rogan Gosh going on when there is room on the stove. What to do with the no longer frozen peas? Pea soup? I am hoping that all the portioned soups are going to be OK, they were still 75% frozen. What do you think? should I recook them?

Was this a vertical freezer? The soups should be fine, just how “warm” did these things get? Pea soup for the defrosted peas, but I think you could keep them in the fridge, unopened, up until Saturday night at least…

yes. everything in the top part of the freezer including the meat completely defrosted, but stuff in the lower half stayed at least partly frozen.

with the peas, I have decided that a pie floater is on the menu tonight as I also have a couple of meat pies to use up. I’ll have one tonight with the peas :)

I’ve never had a pie floater.:(

Dinetta said:

but the gas has run out…both bottles empty…I did the boiling hot water test…can’t think how I’ve been forgetting to check…so the brisket (it’s very thin) is, I hope, cooking in the residual heat of its’ hot water…

wrap it up in anything you can, hay box style.

how do you test your gas bottles? I have two bottles but only one has gas and I have been using for the last 4 mths. I’m thinking I should get around to filling the other one soon. The only thing running on the gas is the cooker.

pomolo said:

I do watch my daughter and am in awe of her food practices. There would never be anything re frozen in her house. Never any meat meal kept longer than 24 hours. A supermarket chicken is out after the 2nd day and they only eat the breast meat. Where did I go wrong?????

a bit OTT I think. But I suppose it is safe!

bubba louie said:

The Aspley Hypermarket has the big bags (60lt?) of Searles Premium for $9. The price goes back up next Thursday.

They’re Coles/Kmart so maybe they’ll have the same price at their regional stores.

Now you tell us Bubba. We have just come back from town. Good bargain too.

bon008 said:

pomolo said:

I do watch my daughter and am in awe of her food practices. There would never be anything re frozen in her house. Never any meat meal kept longer than 24 hours. A supermarket chicken is out after the 2nd day and they only eat the breast meat. Where did I go wrong?????

Haha, if I had to share a house with my brother, the same thing would probably happen. We both try to stick to breast meat.He started it, so I blame him for causing my own prejudice :D Luckily, Mr Bon thinks breast meat is awful and dry so he snaffles up the rest of a chicken :)

I prefer the dark meat myself. Never buy breast portions. Over priced and over rated IMHO.

bubba louie said:

Dinetta said:

Morning BlueGreen…let me think…wiping your freezer with vanilla to make it smell nice?

I opened my inside chest freezer yesterday, looking for a lump of meat to pot roast, and the hoar frost was sliding off the walls…not sure why and the lid is always shut…so I slid it out and my lump of meat came up beautifully in the pressure cooker…finished off a bottle of oyster sauce and a bottle of hoisin sauce (about a tablespoon of each), plus a teaspoon of that Massell vegetable stock powder and it has come up beaut…about 45 mins to an hour in the pressure cooker…

I dug out two leg ham bones that I’d frozen and stuck them in the slow cooker. I’ve never cooked pea and ham soup before so I’m making it up as I go.

I’ve decided that you need to cook the dried peas/pulses separately and add them later. They never go soft for me and apparently that happens if there is salt in the water.

bubba louie said:

Dinetta said:

Morning BlueGreen…let me think…wiping your freezer with vanilla to make it smell nice?

I opened my inside chest freezer yesterday, looking for a lump of meat to pot roast, and the hoar frost was sliding off the walls…not sure why and the lid is always shut…so I slid it out and my lump of meat came up beautifully in the pressure cooker…finished off a bottle of oyster sauce and a bottle of hoisin sauce (about a tablespoon of each), plus a teaspoon of that Massell vegetable stock powder and it has come up beaut…about 45 mins to an hour in the pressure cooker…

I dug out two leg ham bones that I’d frozen and stuck them in the slow cooker. I’ve never cooked pea and ham soup before so I’m making it up as I go.

I don’t believe you. Surely you have cooked it before.

pomolo said:

bubba louie said:

The Aspley Hypermarket has the big bags (60lt?) of Searles Premium for $9. The price goes back up next Thursday.

They’re Coles/Kmart so maybe they’ll have the same price at their regional stores.

Now you tell us Bubba. We have just come back from town. Good bargain too.

You’ve got a while yet. :)

ring and see if they have it.

bubba louie said:

bluegreen said:

Dinetta said:

Was this a vertical freezer? The soups should be fine, just how “warm” did these things get? Pea soup for the defrosted peas, but I think you could keep them in the fridge, unopened, up until Saturday night at least…

yes. everything in the top part of the freezer including the meat completely defrosted, but stuff in the lower half stayed at least partly frozen.

with the peas, I have decided that a pie floater is on the menu tonight as I also have a couple of meat pies to use up. I’ll have one tonight with the peas :)

I’ve never had a pie floater.:(

I don’t recall ever seeing this side you you BL.

bubba louie said:

bubba louie said:

There’s a Nigella recipe getting around somewhere for a quick pea soup.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/nigella-lawson/pea-and-pesto-soup-recipe/index.html

that looks nice too, and there was some pesto that defrosted. Hmmm. Don’t think it would work for the pie floater though. Decisions, decisions…

bluegreen said:

bon008 said:

pomolo said:

I do watch my daughter and am in awe of her food practices. There would never be anything re frozen in her house. Never any meat meal kept longer than 24 hours. A supermarket chicken is out after the 2nd day and they only eat the breast meat. Where did I go wrong?????

Haha, if I had to share a house with my brother, the same thing would probably happen. We both try to stick to breast meat.He started it, so I blame him for causing my own prejudice :D Luckily, Mr Bon thinks breast meat is awful and dry so he snaffles up the rest of a chicken :)

I prefer the dark meat myself. Never buy breast portions. Over priced and over rated IMHO.

It depends very much on the cook. They CAN’T be over cooked.

bubba louie said:

I’ve never had a pie floater.:(

The way I have done it is probably not authentic, but it is basically a meat pie in a bowl of pea soup and tomato sauce on top. Strange but yum.

bubba louie said:

pomolo said:

bubba louie said:

The Aspley Hypermarket has the big bags (60lt?) of Searles Premium for $9. The price goes back up next Thursday.

They’re Coles/Kmart so maybe they’ll have the same price at their regional stores.

Now you tell us Bubba. We have just come back from town. Good bargain too.

You’ve got a while yet. :)

ring and see if they have it.

I intend to.

bluegreen said:

bubba louie said:

Dinetta said:

Morning BlueGreen…let me think…wiping your freezer with vanilla to make it smell nice?

I opened my inside chest freezer yesterday, looking for a lump of meat to pot roast, and the hoar frost was sliding off the walls…not sure why and the lid is always shut…so I slid it out and my lump of meat came up beautifully in the pressure cooker…finished off a bottle of oyster sauce and a bottle of hoisin sauce (about a tablespoon of each), plus a teaspoon of that Massell vegetable stock powder and it has come up beaut…about 45 mins to an hour in the pressure cooker…

I dug out two leg ham bones that I’d frozen and stuck them in the slow cooker. I’ve never cooked pea and ham soup before so I’m making it up as I go.

I’ve decided that you need to cook the dried peas/pulses separately and add them later. They never go soft for me and apparently that happens if there is salt in the water.

I had thought of that but then they wouldn’t get the flavour from the stock. Decisions, decisions.

pomolo said:

bubba louie said:

Dinetta said:

Morning BlueGreen…let me think…wiping your freezer with vanilla to make it smell nice?

I opened my inside chest freezer yesterday, looking for a lump of meat to pot roast, and the hoar frost was sliding off the walls…not sure why and the lid is always shut…so I slid it out and my lump of meat came up beautifully in the pressure cooker…finished off a bottle of oyster sauce and a bottle of hoisin sauce (about a tablespoon of each), plus a teaspoon of that Massell vegetable stock powder and it has come up beaut…about 45 mins to an hour in the pressure cooker…

I dug out two leg ham bones that I’d frozen and stuck them in the slow cooker. I’ve never cooked pea and ham soup before so I’m making it up as I go.

I don’t believe you. Surely you have cooked it before.

Never.

bubba louie said:

bluegreen said:

bon008 said:

Haha, if I had to share a house with my brother, the same thing would probably happen. We both try to stick to breast meat.He started it, so I blame him for causing my own prejudice :D Luckily, Mr Bon thinks breast meat is awful and dry so he snaffles up the rest of a chicken :)

I prefer the dark meat myself. Never buy breast portions. Over priced and over rated IMHO.

It depends very much on the cook. They CAN’T be over cooked.

as in not allowed, or not possible?

bubba louie said:

bluegreen said:

bubba louie said:

I dug out two leg ham bones that I’d frozen and stuck them in the slow cooker. I’ve never cooked pea and ham soup before so I’m making it up as I go.

I’ve decided that you need to cook the dried peas/pulses separately and add them later. They never go soft for me and apparently that happens if there is salt in the water.

I had thought of that but then they wouldn’t get the flavour from the stock. Decisions, decisions.

ROTFL

I wrote that before I read your pea soup post.

bubba louie said:

bluegreen said:

bubba louie said:

I dug out two leg ham bones that I’d frozen and stuck them in the slow cooker. I’ve never cooked pea and ham soup before so I’m making it up as I go.

I’ve decided that you need to cook the dried peas/pulses separately and add them later. They never go soft for me and apparently that happens if there is salt in the water.

I had thought of that but then they wouldn’t get the flavour from the stock. Decisions, decisions.

You really do best if you soak them o/n. then cook next day.

bluegreen said:

bubba louie said:

I’ve never had a pie floater.:(

The way I have done it is probably not authentic, but it is basically a meat pie in a bowl of pea soup and tomato sauce on top. Strange but yum.

I know what it is but it’s not a QLD thing.

bubba louie said:

bluegreen said:

bubba louie said:

I’ve never had a pie floater.:(

The way I have done it is probably not authentic, but it is basically a meat pie in a bowl of pea soup and tomato sauce on top. Strange but yum.

I know what it is but it’s not a QLD thing.

no, it is a sozzie thing.

pomolo said:

bubba louie said:

bluegreen said:

I’ve decided that you need to cook the dried peas/pulses separately and add them later. They never go soft for me and apparently that happens if there is salt in the water.

I had thought of that but then they wouldn’t get the flavour from the stock. Decisions, decisions.

You really do best if you soak them o/n. then cook next day.

OK. I’m using yellow split peas.

bubba louie said:

pomolo said:

bubba louie said:

I had thought of that but then they wouldn’t get the flavour from the stock. Decisions, decisions.

You really do best if you soak them o/n. then cook next day.

OK. I’m using yellow split peas.

The stock’s so fatty that it’ll need chilling overnight anyway so I can get rid of the fat.

bubba louie said:

pomolo said:

bubba louie said:

I had thought of that but then they wouldn’t get the flavour from the stock. Decisions, decisions.

You really do best if you soak them o/n. then cook next day.

OK. I’m using yellow split peas.

That’s the ones. Pouring off the soak water next day is advisable too. Use new water for the actual soup.

bubba louie said:

bubba louie said:

pomolo said:

You really do best if you soak them o/n. then cook next day.

OK. I’m using yellow split peas.

The stock’s so fatty that it’ll need chilling overnight anyway so I can get rid of the fat.

How come your ham bones were fatty?

bubba louie said:

bubba louie said:

pomolo said:

You really do best if you soak them o/n. then cook next day.

OK. I’m using yellow split peas.

The stock’s so fatty that it’ll need chilling overnight anyway so I can get rid of the fat.

I simmered the bones with an onion, a couple bay leaves and some peppercorns. If I fry up some onion, celery and carrot,add the stock, soaked peas, the meat off the bones, and cook it till the peas are mushy does that sound about right?

pomolo said:

bubba louie said:

pomolo said:

You really do best if you soak them o/n. then cook next day.

OK. I’m using yellow split peas.

That’s the ones. Pouring off the soak water next day is advisable too. Use new water for the actual soup.

I’ve got the ham bone stock.

pomolo said:

bubba louie said:

bubba louie said:

OK. I’m using yellow split peas.

The stock’s so fatty that it’ll need chilling overnight anyway so I can get rid of the fat.

How come your ham bones were fatty?

There was still some meat and skin on them. They were left from the Christmas hams.

bubba louie said:

bubba louie said:

bubba louie said:

OK. I’m using yellow split peas.

The stock’s so fatty that it’ll need chilling overnight anyway so I can get rid of the fat.

I simmered the bones with an onion, a couple bay leaves and some peppercorns. If I fry up some onion, celery and carrot,add the stock, soaked peas, the meat off the bones, and cook it till the peas are mushy does that sound about right?

It will do but I still don’t understand about the fat of the ham. I usually soak the peas o/n. Next day put bones, peas, onion and anything else I want to add and cook till the peas crumble away. Sometimes I have to de meat the bones if I’m using bacon bones.

bubba louie said:

bubba louie said:

bubba louie said:

OK. I’m using yellow split peas.

The stock’s so fatty that it’ll need chilling overnight anyway so I can get rid of the fat.

I simmered the bones with an onion, a couple bay leaves and some peppercorns. If I fry up some onion, celery and carrot,add the stock, soaked peas, the meat off the bones, and cook it till the peas are mushy does that sound about right?

that’s more or less how I do it.

bubba louie said:

pomolo said:

bubba louie said:

OK. I’m using yellow split peas.

That’s the ones. Pouring off the soak water next day is advisable too. Use new water for the actual soup.

I’ve got the ham bone stock.

should be fine. It’s just that I don’t make a stock for mine. No need IMHO.

bubba louie said:

pomolo said:

bubba louie said:

The stock’s so fatty that it’ll need chilling overnight anyway so I can get rid of the fat.

How come your ham bones were fatty?

There was still some meat and skin on them. They were left from the Christmas hams.

Strange ham bones then. I don’t know of any animal that has fat next to the bone.

I was bad today.

I’ve been wanting to get back into Xstitch again but my eyes aren’t as good as they were. My neighbour who quilts has a you beaut magnifying lamp. It reproduces daylight so colours look the same at night. I’ve been envious, and today i saw them on sale at spotlight.

Still cost me $200 though. :(

And that’s just the clip onto a tabletop part, my neighbour has the base on wheels attachment on hers.

bluegreen said:

bubba louie said:

bubba louie said:

The stock’s so fatty that it’ll need chilling overnight anyway so I can get rid of the fat.

I simmered the bones with an onion, a couple bay leaves and some peppercorns. If I fry up some onion, celery and carrot,add the stock, soaked peas, the meat off the bones, and cook it till the peas are mushy does that sound about right?

that’s more or less how I do it.

The flavour girls. It’s all about the flavour. You need them bones in there.

pomolo said:

bubba louie said:

bubba louie said:

The stock’s so fatty that it’ll need chilling overnight anyway so I can get rid of the fat.

I simmered the bones with an onion, a couple bay leaves and some peppercorns. If I fry up some onion, celery and carrot,add the stock, soaked peas, the meat off the bones, and cook it till the peas are mushy does that sound about right?

It will do but I still don’t understand about the fat of the ham. I usually soak the peas o/n. Next day put bones, peas, onion and anything else I want to add and cook till the peas crumble away. Sometimes I have to de meat the bones if I’m using bacon bones.

There’s a lot of fat under the skin on leg hams.

pomolo said:

I’m with you Dinetta on whether to eat or not eat partially thawed stuff. Or whether to re freeze or not. It must come with experience I think. I have never had any trouble re freezing stuff. I’m not stupid though. I don’t take silly risks either.

I do watch my daughter and am in awe of her food practices. There would never be anything re frozen in her house. Never any meat meal kept longer than 24 hours. A supermarket chicken is out after the 2nd day and they only eat the breast meat. Where did I go wrong?????

Yep, my thoughts exactly on the re-freezing Pomolo.

I don’t think we went wrong: they’ve been fed a lot of dis-information…I ask them sometimes, “Really? A use-by date on Milo??? How does that work?” and they simply shrug because they can’t wrap their minds around it…

We eat the whole chicken, I’m not sure about only eating the breast, do they explain why? I’m not a fan of cooked chicken after 2 days either, but I know it’s still good and put it on the sandwiches…Sometimes my daughters ring and ask if it’s OK to re-freeze partially thawed meats, or if something left out will be OK (this depends on the temps)…

I’ve got into the habit of leaving the corned beef in the water overnight, I figure that there’s not much can happen whilst the cooling meat re-absorbs the flavoured water…in the old days, the people on the land used to leave the corned beef in its’ cooking water until all consumed..gee they were tough folk…no refrigeration so I guess that’s what they worked out…

When you see the disinfectant ads on television, and the laundry ads, you realise there are people out there who believe them, because the companies have done their market research…

pomolo said:

bubba louie said:

pomolo said:

That’s the ones. Pouring off the soak water next day is advisable too. Use new water for the actual soup.

I’ve got the ham bone stock.

should be fine. It’s just that I don’t make a stock for mine. No need IMHO.

I did it that way because of the (mysterious LOL) fat.