Weirdest think happen to me today…. I went to a gathering of forumers from another field of interest and another form of fora today and we were all talking about real names vs forum names and one chap said that he caused much confusion many years ago (before I moved to Townsville and joined up this particular forum) when he changed his name from WW, which stood for Wobbly Wombat.

I had to ask him, did he ever frequent the ABC fora and in particular the gardening one and he said yes that he did. I said to him “Hi, I’m also known as Painmaster” to which he laughed with vigour and we reminisced about Miss Mod and the fun and times of a fora long since gone.

So those of you who remember the old forum from 2003 and 2004, Wobbly Wombat says “G’day”.

Before my time, I think.

bubba louie said:

Before my time, I think.

It was back in the HTML days and he did used to have an animated wombat as part of his signature.

I miss those days :( was a lot of fun :)

painmaster said:

bubba louie said:

Before my time, I think.

It was back in the HTML days and he did used to have an animated wombat as part of his signature.

a year or so before my time too, I joined around 6 – 7 years ago :)

painmaster said:

Weirdest think happen to me today…. I went to a gathering of forumers from another field of interest and another form of fora today and we were all talking about real names vs forum names and one chap said that he caused much confusion many years ago (before I moved to Townsville and joined up this particular forum) when he changed his name from WW, which stood for Wobbly Wombat.

I had to ask him, did he ever frequent the ABC fora and in particular the gardening one and he said yes that he did. I said to him “Hi, I’m also known as Painmaster” to which he laughed with vigour and we reminisced about Miss Mod and the fun and times of a fora long since gone.

So those of you who remember the old forum from 2003 and 2004, Wobbly Wombat says “G’day”.

I went and did a check in my old GA diary days and I didn’t have a WW or Wobbly Wombat written in there. Before my time too. In those days I used to write down all the used names, mostly so I could try to keep abreast of their climate region. In those days we talked gardening a lot more than we do on here. Under “W” I have WxZone, WoodWorm and Whatamidoing and their climate areas. How strange am I? Don’t answer that. Plus I still have the diary. That’s even more strange!!!

I vaguely remember a Wombat related name.

bluegreen said:

I vaguely remember a Wombat related name.

maybe he appeared more on the abc sporting forum???

painmaster said:

bubba louie said:

Before my time, I think.

It was back in the HTML days and he did used to have an animated wombat as part of his signature.

I’m so glad to see he’s still in the land of the living…I remember his pink “elephant” that he created for his daughter, very well…

Thee’s Estate said:

I miss those days :( was a lot of fun :)

Yes they were…Miss Mod was all over us…didn’t let a trick go by…and she used to remind us just before the Friday “sesh” was due to roll…

bluegreen said:

I vaguely remember a Wombat related name.

Was it “Wobbly”? I thought it was more like “Wally” or summink…tell him G’day from me next time you see him…I miss that l’il pink/brown wombat and the contortions he put it through…

BlueGreen you were there, pretty sure you joined just before I did…Pomolo may have come by later…Does WW still have llamas? (or was that a local “zoo”?)

Dinetta said:

painmaster said:

bubba louie said:

Before my time, I think.

It was back in the HTML days and he did used to have an animated wombat as part of his signature.

I’m so glad to see he’s still in the land of the living…I remember his pink “elephant” that he created for his daughter, very well…

Oh Good-o, I am so glad that he did exist… i was starting to think I may have confused my fora….

Dinetta said:

bluegreen said:

I vaguely remember a Wombat related name.

Was it “Wobbly”? I thought it was more like “Wally” or summink…tell him G’day from me next time you see him…I miss that l’il pink/brown wombat and the contortions he put it through…

BlueGreen you were there, pretty sure you joined just before I did…Pomolo may have come by later…Does WW still have llamas? (or was that a local “zoo”?)

he lives not far from me but I do know he has geese…

painmaster said:

he lives not far from me but I do know he has geese…

Are we speaking of the Wombat who lived in Albany, WA?

Dinetta said:

painmaster said:

he lives not far from me but I do know he has geese…

Are we speaking of the Wombat who lived in Albany, WA?

name the names, who is missing in action from the old abc forum :)

trichome said:

Dinetta said:

painmaster said:

he lives not far from me but I do know he has geese…

Are we speaking of the Wombat who lived in Albany, WA?

name the names, who is missing in action from the old abc forum :)

There’s a lot, Sarah’s Mum never came over…

“Squashy” never came over, nor did HoldFast (Praise the Lord and Hallelujah!, what a shite stirrer he was, used to create fake IDs and start fights on the ScribblyGum forum as well…), Aquarium came over but he dropped off…That cricketing bloke faded away after he got married (hmmm) Shorty / ShortStop…

Just found it in Libster’s Searchable Forum Index

The one I’m thinking of was Urban_Wombat…

:)

I see Ironbarkbob listed but not ironbarked. Which isn’t so odd, as I didn’t make many posts.

trichome said:

Dinetta said:

painmaster said:

he lives not far from me but I do know he has geese…

Are we speaking of the Wombat who lived in Albany, WA?

name the names, who is missing in action from the old abc forum :)

Aquarium
Holdfast (good riddance)
Plant Dude :(
Rooster
Kel. RIP big :(
Kylascavcrazy
Woodworm
Ironbark Bob
Spanner
There was a guy, I can’t remember his name, who lived near Lake Kurwongba. He got heavily involved in biochar and hangs out on Aussies Living Simply last I heard.

I’m sure there’s lots more

Dinetta said:

“Squashy” never came over, nor did HoldFast (Praise the Lord and Hallelujah!, what a shite stirrer he was, used to create fake IDs and start fights on the ScribblyGum forum as well…), Aquarium came over but he dropped off…That cricketing bloke faded away after he got married (hmmm) Shorty / ShortStop…

Just found it in Libster’s Searchable Forum Index

The one I’m thinking of was Urban_Wombat…

:)

I remember that one.

Nighteyes too.

roughbarked said:

I see Ironbarkbob listed but not ironbarked. Which isn’t so odd, as I didn’t make many posts.

IBB was our resident tomato expert.

Wasn’t there an Orchid too?

bubba louie said:

roughbarked said:

I see Ironbarkbob listed but not ironbarked. Which isn’t so odd, as I didn’t make many posts.

IBB was our resident tomato expert.

Well, I’d like to say I could take his place as I do consider myself clever with tomatoes but in truth I’m more your native plant propagator or your fruit tree know it all.

bubba louie said:

Wasn’t there an Orchid too?

yes, there was an orchid. I have seen both Holdfast and Orchid on this forum

roughbarked said:

bubba louie said:

roughbarked said:

I see Ironbarkbob listed but not ironbarked. Which isn’t so odd, as I didn’t make many posts.

IBB was our resident tomato expert.

Well, I’d like to say I could take his place as I do consider myself clever with tomatoes but in truth I’m more your native plant propagator or your fruit tree know it all.

He grew zillions and sold heirloom seeds. He used to sell on ebay but I don’t go there much these days, at least not to the plant section.

bubba louie said:

roughbarked said:

I see Ironbarkbob listed but not ironbarked. Which isn’t so odd, as I didn’t make many posts.

IBB was our resident tomato expert.

He’s still IBB but he is into tomatoes and chillies. He sells on line.

Squashy
Grasshopper (now on Thees forum)

It was Orchid40. :)

http://www2b.abc.net.au/gardening/

pomolo said:

bubba louie said:

roughbarked said:

I see Ironbarkbob listed but not ironbarked. Which isn’t so odd, as I didn’t make many posts.

IBB was our resident tomato expert.

He’s still IBB but he is into tomatoes and chillies. He sells on line.

I just looked and I don’t think he is doing it anymore.

I could talk about how many orchids I have killed but going on what Rentoul said “it takes a genius to kill an orchid” One may imagine that I’d be boasting.

pomolo said:

pomolo said:

bubba louie said:

IBB was our resident tomato expert.

He’s still IBB but he is into tomatoes and chillies. He sells on line.

I just looked and I don’t think he is doing it anymore.

It was called the Heirloom Tomato Seed Exchange.

roughbarked said:

I could talk about how many orchids I have killed but going on what Rentoul said “it takes a genius to kill an orchid” One may imagine that I’d be boasting.

The best way to not kill them is to get an epiphitic type, tie it to a suitable tree and then forget about it.

The occassional squirt with the hose as you go past is all it takes.

What about this one

http://members.westnet.com.au/garbuck/gaindex.html

I use it often for info I want.

pomolo said:

What about this one

http://members.westnet.com.au/garbuck/gaindex.html

I use it often for info I want.

Ooooooo Pokerboy. How could I have forgotten him?

There was a guy, I can’t remember his name, who lived near Lake Kurwongba. He got heavily involved in biochar and hangs out on Aussies Living Simply last I heard.

Bazman. :)

bubba louie said:

pomolo said:

What about this one

http://members.westnet.com.au/garbuck/gaindex.html

I use it often for info I want.

Ooooooo Pokerboy. How could I have forgotten him?

…and weren’t we circumspect when he first logged on with that name??? LOL!

Geez, Memory Lane…loved that old forum, learnt so much…

bubba louie said:

roughbarked said:

I could talk about how many orchids I have killed but going on what Rentoul said “it takes a genius to kill an orchid” One may imagine that I’d be boasting.

The best way to not kill them is to get an epiphitic type, tie it to a suitable tree and then forget about it.

The occassional squirt with the hose as you go past is all it takes.

I even killed those.

water was being used to educate the local populace about growing native plants, at the time.. orchids all died.

who were the panellists?

Well, Casterton managed 31 about half an hour after I reported 30. Not pleasant. Looked good. Nice bright sunlight. Mr buffy had mowed the grass for me. But I don’t like dripping sweat.

I’ve just sprinkled my baby tomato seedlings, but they have to be tough around here.

trichome said:

who were the panellists?

they were forumers who were considered to have expertise in general gardening or in a specific area.

buffy said:

Well, Casterton managed 31 about half an hour after I reported 30. Not pleasant. Looked good. Nice bright sunlight. Mr buffy had mowed the grass for me. But I don’t like dripping sweat.

I’ve just sprinkled my baby tomato seedlings, but they have to be tough around here.

My romatoes are above my knee and all branches, as yet unpruned.

Dinetta said:

bubba louie said:

pomolo said:

What about this one

http://members.westnet.com.au/garbuck/gaindex.html

I use it often for info I want.

Ooooooo Pokerboy. How could I have forgotten him?

…and weren’t we circumspect when he first logged on with that name??? LOL!

No worse than Pain Master. :o

roughbarked said:

bubba louie said:

roughbarked said:

I could talk about how many orchids I have killed but going on what Rentoul said “it takes a genius to kill an orchid” One may imagine that I’d be boasting.

The best way to not kill them is to get an epiphitic type, tie it to a suitable tree and then forget about it.

The occassional squirt with the hose as you go past is all it takes.

I even killed those.

water was being used to educate the local populace about growing native plants, at the time.. orchids all died.

OK you’re a lost cause then. lol

trichome said:

who were the panellists?

Me, for a while, until I got fed up with Holdfast’s digs.

It was easier being one of the peasants.

bluegreen said:

trichome said:

who were the panellists?

they were forumers who were considered to have expertise in general gardening or in a specific area.

Ohhhh I get it.

I thought you where asking who they were, as in names. Silly me.

bubba louie said:

bluegreen said:

trichome said:

who were the panellists?

they were forumers who were considered to have expertise in general gardening or in a specific area.

Ohhhh I get it.

I thought you where asking who they were, as in names. Silly me.

most of those panelists ended out here.

bubba louie said:

roughbarked said:

bubba louie said:

The best way to not kill them is to get an epiphitic type, tie it to a suitable tree and then forget about it.

The occassional squirt with the hose as you go past is all it takes.

I even killed those.

water was being used to educate the local populace about growing native plants, at the time.. orchids all died.

OK you’re a lost cause then. lol

nope

water supply, is.

Dinetta said:

painmaster said:

he lives not far from me but I do know he has geese…

Are we speaking of the Wombat who lived in Albany, WA?

I reckon.

bubba louie said:

roughbarked said:

bubba louie said:

IBB was our resident tomato expert.

Well, I’d like to say I could take his place as I do consider myself clever with tomatoes but in truth I’m more your native plant propagator or your fruit tree know it all.

He grew zillions and sold heirloom seeds. He used to sell on ebay but I don’t go there much these days, at least not to the plant section.

I reckon I may have scored some chile seeds from him recently

bubba louie said:

bluegreen said:

trichome said:

who were the panellists?

they were forumers who were considered to have expertise in general gardening or in a specific area.

Ohhhh I get it.

I thought you where asking who they were, as in names. Silly me.

well i did actually mean names too :)

trichome said:

bubba louie said:

bluegreen said:

they were forumers who were considered to have expertise in general gardening or in a specific area.

Ohhhh I get it.

I thought you where asking who they were, as in names. Silly me.

well i did actually mean names too :)

I was one :)

bubba louie said:

No worse than Pain Master. :o

somehow his moniker never bothered me, especially as he had 3 nom de plumes, all the same, but in different languages…

PainMaster, are you saying that Urban_Wombat is in TownTown, or at the very least, North Queensland, now?

bubba louie said:

trichome said:

who were the panellists?

Me, for a while, until I got fed up with Holdfast’s digs.

It was easier being one of the peasants.

Pretty sure I did the same…

Dinetta said:

bubba louie said:

No worse than Pain Master. :o

somehow his moniker never bothered me, especially as he had 3 nom de plumes, all the same, but in different languages…

Me either but I remember newbies being a bit suss.

Urban-Wombat’s storybook character that he created for his daughter, was a pink elephant / mastodon type whose name was “Spab”…thank goodness I can try to remember something else now that that’s out of the way… :P

Dinetta said:

PainMaster, are you saying that Urban_Wombat is in TownTown, or at the very least, North Queensland, now?

If Urban_Wombat is the same as Wobbly Wombat… I need to find out.

bubba louie said:

Dinetta said:

bubba louie said:

No worse than Pain Master. :o

somehow his moniker never bothered me, especially as he had 3 nom de plumes, all the same, but in different languages…

Me either but I remember newbies being a bit suss.

it was often asked how I came across that moniker… I mean this moniker.

painmaster said:

Dinetta said:

PainMaster, are you saying that Urban_Wombat is in TownTown, or at the very least, North Queensland, now?

If Urban_Wombat is the same as Wobbly Wombat… I need to find out.

Urban_Wombat is the name I remember

bluegreen said:

painmaster said:

Dinetta said:

PainMaster, are you saying that Urban_Wombat is in TownTown, or at the very least, North Queensland, now?

If Urban_Wombat is the same as Wobbly Wombat… I need to find out.

Urban_Wombat is the name I remember

sorry crew, wobbly and urban are not the same guy…

painmaster said:

sorry crew, wobbly and urban are not the same guy…

Never mind, good you catch up with him from time to time, anyway…

painmaster said:

Dinetta said:

painmaster said:

he lives not far from me but I do know he has geese…

Are we speaking of the Wombat who lived in Albany, WA?

I reckon.

Yes its Urban Wombat….. he used to pop a wombat at the end of his posts. He ‘s not sure why he upset Miss Mod but she banned him and so he didn’t bother to come back.

“Lucky who doesn’t come here much as she’s not gardening these days” :(

Lucky1 said:

painmaster said:

Dinetta said:

Are we speaking of the Wombat who lived in Albany, WA?

I reckon.

Yes its Urban Wombat….. he used to pop a wombat at the end of his posts. He ‘s not sure why he upset Miss Mod but she banned him and so he didn’t bother to come back.

“Lucky who doesn’t come here much as she’s not gardening these days” :(

I know that situation..

MERRY CHRISTMAS from the west!!

Garry.

colliewa said:

Lucky1 said:

painmaster said:

I reckon.

Yes its Urban Wombat….. he used to pop a wombat at the end of his posts. He ‘s not sure why he upset Miss Mod but she banned him and so he didn’t bother to come back.

“Lucky who doesn’t come here much as she’s not gardening these days” :(

I know that situation..

MERRY CHRISTMAS from the west!!

Garry.

He lives!!

So good to see you colliewa. Do tell what you have been up to!

bluegreen said:

colliewa said:

Lucky1 said:

Yes its Urban Wombat….. he used to pop a wombat at the end of his posts. He ‘s not sure why he upset Miss Mod but she banned him and so he didn’t bother to come back.

“Lucky who doesn’t come here much as she’s not gardening these days” :(

I know that situation..

MERRY CHRISTMAS from the west!!

Garry.

He lives!!

So good to see you colliewa. Do tell what you have been up to!

Thanks BG..

I’ve been very busy working, company thinks it is easier to load us up with extra 12hr shifts in our days off than to train and employ more people!

I now rent a room out (son of a friend of mine) but he turns out to be a precocious 42 year old teenager. He doesn’t know yet yet, but I’m soon to give him notice. I’m timing it for my convenience, he’ll be here while I’m on my next Bali trip late Feb. I’ve had 3 trips to Bali in 2 years, very cheap from Perth. My next trip was $270 return for airfares!

I get fillings done there, about $50 a go. Last time the dentist suggested I get 3 missing teeth replaced with implants, so I got them done by a foreign trained surgeon in Denpasar. It was a bit disconcerting, saw him at 12, he took xrays, talked about the procedure, told me they were $A1200 each, and would I like the 4 o’clock appointment? THAT DAY. I gave it a couple of days and went back. My next trip (+6 months) is to get the crowns put on.

I’ve sold my bike (Suzuki Hayabusa), I was getting back from group rides after doing 200-250kmh on country roads for long rides, thinking gee that was silly, then finding myself doing it again next time. And I wasn’t getting out on it often enough anyway. I really need my license for work, and the consequences of meeting a jarra tree at 200+ are pretty final..

I’m currently painting the inside of my lounge room, it’ll be the whole house, room-by-room..

Had an AC put in my bedroom as I do 6am-6pm night shifts (usually only nights), to make sleeping easier. Also had 4 sliding doors replaced by swinging ones, had wokkas with fluros put in the bedrooms and lots of lights puts in outside.

Had carpet put in the lounge, should have waited till after painting, eh?

So I’ve been busy..

What is the gossip? What have I missed?

What is the gossip? What have I missed?
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Hahahaha, much?
Heya Collie, really good to see you pop in :)

colliewa, good to see you again,

trichome said:

colliewa, good to see you again,

ditto…g’day collie

colliewa said:

Lucky1 said:

painmaster said:

I reckon.

Yes its Urban Wombat….. he used to pop a wombat at the end of his posts. He ‘s not sure why he upset Miss Mod but she banned him and so he didn’t bother to come back.

“Lucky who doesn’t come here much as she’s not gardening these days” :(

I know that situation..

MERRY CHRISTMAS from the west!!

Garry.

Wonderful! Merry Christmas Collie! How’s that Hayabusa going?

colliewa said:

bluegreen said:

colliewa said:

I know that situation..

MERRY CHRISTMAS from the west!!

Garry.

He lives!!

So good to see you colliewa. Do tell what you have been up to!

Thanks BG..

I’ve been very busy working, company thinks it is easier to load us up with extra 12hr shifts in our days off than to train and employ more people!

I now rent a room out (son of a friend of mine) but he turns out to be a precocious 42 year old teenager. He doesn’t know yet yet, but I’m soon to give him notice. I’m timing it for my convenience, he’ll be here while I’m on my next Bali trip late Feb. I’ve had 3 trips to Bali in 2 years, very cheap from Perth. My next trip was $270 return for airfares!

I get fillings done there, about $50 a go. Last time the dentist suggested I get 3 missing teeth replaced with implants, so I got them done by a foreign trained surgeon in Denpasar. It was a bit disconcerting, saw him at 12, he took xrays, talked about the procedure, told me they were $A1200 each, and would I like the 4 o’clock appointment? THAT DAY. I gave it a couple of days and went back. My next trip (+6 months) is to get the crowns put on.

I’ve sold my bike (Suzuki Hayabusa), I was getting back from group rides after doing 200-250kmh on country roads for long rides, thinking gee that was silly, then finding myself doing it again next time. And I wasn’t getting out on it often enough anyway. I really need my license for work, and the consequences of meeting a jarra tree at 200+ are pretty final..

I’m currently painting the inside of my lounge room, it’ll be the whole house, room-by-room..

Had an AC put in my bedroom as I do 6am-6pm night shifts (usually only nights), to make sleeping easier. Also had 4 sliding doors replaced by swinging ones, had wokkas with fluros put in the bedrooms and lots of lights puts in outside.

Had carpet put in the lounge, should have waited till after painting, eh?

So I’ve been busy..

What is the gossip? What have I missed?

I should have read this before I mentioned the bike…. I thought your absence may have been female related…. maybe 2012?

Well goodness me, it’s Collie. :)

Sounds like all is well in your world.

painmaster said:

I should have read this before I mentioned the bike…. I thought your absence may have been female related…. maybe 2012?

Me? Nar, dedicated bachelor here!

colliewa said:

painmaster said:

I should have read this before I mentioned the bike…. I thought your absence may have been female related…. maybe 2012?

Me? Nar, dedicated bachelor here!

focus is a good thing.

pomolo said:

What about this one

http://members.westnet.com.au/garbuck/gaindex.html

I use it often for info I want.

good one pomolo
it sure is an impressive list – tessa, sweetpea and drylander i remember well.

welcome back collie!
hortfurball should show up soon – crosses fingers.