1st of july guess how much long till winter ends?

anyone here.

HI VG—1st September is the 1st of Spring

Grasshopper said:

HI VG—1st September is the 1st of Spring

hey Grassy so we got 2 months till its spring :(

Yep the year has gone soooo very fast—not looking forward to summer—that is 1st December—but it can get quite hot b4 then :(

Grasshopper said:

Yep the year has gone soooo very fast—not looking forward to summer—that is 1st December—but it can get quite hot b4 then :(

yes it can get quite hot before december.

Good morning all. Welcome to July.
This morning we woke to howling gales and lashing rain .. like it was staged. I didn’t want to get out of bed.

My car’s sitting in my driveway broken down and I went to get my sunnie’s out of it before it get’s towed away, I looked at the speedometer and it said 2 0 0 0 0 0 exactly ….it died on a high note lol. It’s nearly 14 year’s old ..I think the drive chain’s broken and I doubt I will be getting it fixed.
Back later.

the wind has found a small gap in one of the windows at work – it is whistling. It is going to get really annoying if it keeps up all day.

bluegreen said:

the wind has found a small gap in one of the windows at work – it is whistling. It is going to get really annoying if it keeps up all day.

bet you it would and guess what i am in my nice warm pjs :)

Morning All,
Wow what a wet and windy night ! It was so noisy it was hard to sleep. 14 mm in the guage this morning. I’m out most of the day :( so BBL

hey o40. it isnt raining here :P, how are all your roses going?

veg gardener said:

hey o40. it isnt raining here :P, how are all your roses going?

Hi Veg, we’re still getting rain on and off. My roses are looking very sad and tired, waiting for me to start pruning them later this week.

orchid40 said:

veg gardener said:

hey o40. it isnt raining here :P, how are all your roses going?

Hi Veg, we’re still getting rain on and off. My roses are looking very sad and tired, waiting for me to start pruning them later this week.

yeah, you noticed the new changes Over At Garden Express.?

morning
3-4mm rain overnight here, north of luckyland.

pepe said:

morning
3-4mm rain overnight here, north of luckyland.

wow, you guys need it put thredbo got some more SNOW :) about 17 days i think till ill be going down there.

veg gardener said:

pepe said:

morning
3-4mm rain overnight here, north of luckyland.

wow, you guys need it put thredbo got some more SNOW :) about 17 days i think till ill be going down there.

brrr – don’t mention snow – its cold enough.

pepe said:

veg gardener said:

pepe said:

morning
3-4mm rain overnight here, north of luckyland.

wow, you guys need it put thredbo got some more SNOW :) about 17 days i think till ill be going down there.

brrr – don’t mention snow – its cold enough.

how cold is it there pepe??

how cold is it there pepe??
————-
I wear jumper and beanie if i go outside. and i’ve been sitting on my chair a lot recently which is not good for staying warm. probably about 12-14C – not sure.

pepe said:

how cold is it there pepe??
————-
I wear jumper and beanie if i go outside. and i’ve been sitting on my chair a lot recently which is not good for staying warm. probably about 12-14C – not sure.

ok i wear a jumper to and jeans bit not a beanie i reckon its about 12-14C here as well. Just a bit windy.

>probably about 12–14C

Luxury. At 9am it was 7.0 degrees..

9 is the latest reading.

pepe you think it is cold look at this http://www.weatherzone.com.au/nsw/snowy-mountains/thredbo-village

colliewa said:

>probably about 12–14C

Luxury. At 9am it was 7.0 degrees.. 9 is the latest reading.

g’day collie – are you working?
i noticed our forecast is for colder mornings the next coupla days.

veg gardener said:

pepe you think it is cold look at this http://www.weatherzone.com.au/nsw/snowy-mountains/thredbo-village

heck – sounds like russia – -3 to +4C is numbing temps – be sure to pack your thermal underwear

pepe said:

veg gardener said:

pepe you think it is cold look at this http://www.weatherzone.com.au/nsw/snowy-mountains/thredbo-village

heck – sounds like russia – -3 to +4C is numbing temps – be sure to pack your thermal underwear

i’ll have to get some.

Days off Pepe. Back to work friday.

Good afternoon – Collie and Pepe if you are still around and of course anyone else :) No rain here and not much wind – quite pleasant really.

Hmm – guess I only have myself to talk to – again. Had thought that maybe it was about lunchtime for some…:(

arvo. Freezing here but I’m not complaining , love it :D

And..I’m 77 kg , 4 more kg off :D
8 kg to goal, but I’m not fussed if I get there or not.

Bum dance (/) (\) (/) hehe

Hi HP :)

back guys how small would you make a greenhouse just for rasing seedlings etc?

cackles said:

Hi HP :)

Hi Cackles , sorry had to run off, I flooded the laundry and kitchen lol, least the floor’s got a wash bbl

Happy Potter said:

cackles said:

Hi HP :)

Hi Cackles , sorry had to run off, I flooded the laundry and kitchen lol, least the floor’s got a wash bbl

lol @ HP.

Been there, done that – pretty regularly lately as the suds-saver hose has been truncated somewhat! And my machine an Ariston has a sealed cabinet so unable to readily replace the concertina-type drain hose…
I was catching up a bit at GE – ages since I was there – 2 mo maybe and a lot of posts not read…

cackles said:

Been there, done that – pretty regularly lately as the suds-saver hose has been truncated somewhat! And my machine an Ariston has a sealed cabinet so unable to readily replace the concertina-type drain hose…
I was catching up a bit at GE – ages since I was there – 2 mo maybe and a lot of posts not read…

lol Cackles there is a button up the top which says mark all post read.

But have to go now – at least this time I did manage to make contact with someone – be it ever so briefly…:) BBL

cackles said:

But have to go now – at least this time I did manage to make contact with someone – be it ever so briefly…:) BBL

cya then

I know – but I need to read some that I’m interested in first, Veg before I do that BBL

>And..I’m 77 kg , 4 more kg off :D

Well done!

I’m 149.5.

Nearly twice you! LOL

That’s a loss off 35kg all up.

colliewa said:

>And..I’m 77 kg , 4 more kg off :D

Well done!

I’m 149.5.

Nearly twice you! LOL

That’s a loss off 35kg all up.

well i am 53KG.

veg gardener said:

colliewa said:

>And..I’m 77 kg , 4 more kg off :D

Well done!

I’m 149.5.

Nearly twice you! LOL

That’s a loss off 35kg all up.

well i am 53KG.

yeah, but you haven’t stopped growing! You want your weight to up up some more before you have to worry about taking it off! lol!

bluegreen said:

veg gardener said:

colliewa said:

>And..I’m 77 kg , 4 more kg off :D

Well done!

I’m 149.5.

Nearly twice you! LOL

That’s a loss off 35kg all up.

well i am 53KG.

yeah, but you haven’t stopped growing! You want your weight to up up some more before you have to worry about taking it off! lol!

yeah i know my goal is about 65kg+

yeah, you noticed the new changes Over At Garden Express.?

Yes i have Veg :)

orchid40 said:

yeah, you noticed the new changes Over At Garden Express.?

Yes i have Veg :)

they are pretty good aren’t they. i was talking to ian while he was fixing it and i sent him a pm saying its all going werid now and he goes your not ment to see it till i am down.

veg gardener said:

orchid40 said:

yeah, you noticed the new changes Over At Garden Express.?

Yes i have Veg :)

they are pretty good aren’t they. i was talking to ian while he was fixing it and i sent him a pm saying its all going werid now and he goes your not ment to see it till i am down.

LOL!

orchid40 said:

veg gardener said:

orchid40 said:

yeah, you noticed the new changes Over At Garden Express.?

Yes i have Veg :)

they are pretty good aren’t they. i was talking to ian while he was fixing it and i sent him a pm saying its all going werid now and he goes your not ment to see it till i am down.

LOL!

he will most probly Send me a Pm now or something.

veg gardener said:

pepe you think it is cold look at this http://www.weatherzone.com.au/nsw/snowy-mountains/thredbo-village

Good heavens! Nobody would willingly live in a place like that would they?

Thanks for opening my eyes a little Veg.

cackles said:

Good afternoon – Collie and Pepe if you are still around and of course anyone else :) No rain here and not much wind – quite pleasant really.

Wouldn’t be anywhere else for quids, hey Cackles?

Happy Potter said:

arvo. Freezing here but I’m not complaining , love it :D

And..I’m 77 kg , 4 more kg off :D
8 kg to goal, but I’m not fussed if I get there or not.

Bum dance (/) (\) (/) hehe

What happwns when you reach that goal HP. Does the band stay on or what?

colliewa said:

>And..I’m 77 kg , 4 more kg off :D

Well done!

I’m 149.5.

Nearly twice you! LOL

That’s a loss off 35kg all up.

Your heading in the right direction Collie. Good work!

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

arvo. Freezing here but I’m not complaining , love it :D

And..I’m 77 kg , 4 more kg off :D
8 kg to goal, but I’m not fussed if I get there or not.

Bum dance (/) (\) (/) hehe

What happwns when you reach that goal HP. Does the band stay on or what?

Yes Pomolo the band stays in, forever. If it had to be taken out for whatever reason, one would most likely put the weight back on. I’ll be taking my little alien friend with me to the grave :)
When I have my next appointment with the surgeon, he will take a tiny amount out of the band and that will allow me to maintain my weight. Or I could just add an extra bit of food to my day , 4 small meal’s instead of 3 ect and maintain that way. I have just eaten a small breakfast bowl of fried rice loaded with my home grown produce and it was yummmmmm!

Wouldn’t be anywhere else for quids, hey Cackles?

:D

Evening All,
No gardening to report. Weather still cold and windy with a bit of rain. The pruning may begin tomorrow of my roses.

morining all.

Morning VG

how are you this moring Grassy?

Not oo bad thanks VG—going to be another windy one today

Grasshopper said:

Not oo bad thanks VG—going to be another windy one today

yep, means another day in side, I dislike the wind.

Yes I am not keen on the wind either —although I am quite protected here—I have to go out later—

it gets annoying that wind.

so whats everyones plans today.

veg gardener said:

so whats everyones plans today.

I’m at work today :(

had a bit of rain this morning, but looks like it is clearing up now.

bluegreen said:

veg gardener said:

so whats everyones plans today.

I’m at work today :(

had a bit of rain this morning, but looks like it is clearing up now.

well you have fun at work wont you, i have to start looking for another part time job you reckon a local Nuserie will give me a job?

veg gardener said:

well you have fun at work wont you, i have to start looking for another part time job you reckon a local Nuserie will give me a job?

I’ll try ;)

It doesn’t hurt to ask around VG. Write yourself a letter of introduction that tells them about your interest in gardening and what you are doing at home and why you want to work there. Then if you have any adult friends or teachers who are willing to give you a reference that will help a lot too. Make some copies and then drop them off or post to the places you would like to work. Remember that if you get a job you will have to be able to get yourself there without relying on mum or dad taking you.

bluegreen said:

veg gardener said:

well you have fun at work wont you, i have to start looking for another part time job you reckon a local Nuserie will give me a job?

I’ll try ;)

It doesn’t hurt to ask around VG. Write yourself a letter of introduction that tells them about your interest in gardening and what you are doing at home and why you want to work there. Then if you have any adult friends or teachers who are willing to give you a reference that will help a lot too. Make some copies and then drop them off or post to the places you would like to work. Remember that if you get a job you will have to be able to get yourself there without relying on mum or dad taking you.

i cant i dont have my p’s yet remember.

i cant i dont have my p’s yet remember.

Bike? Bus? Shank’s Pony? Do you have neighbours that go in the direction you’d need to go? I used to get a lift to work with my mum (a whole lifetime ago) because we were both going the same direction at the same time of day.

It can be hard. I lived with my grands for a while in a small country town, and getting anywhere even for an interview was hard going. But if you really want it, you can work out something.

My plans for today. Hmmm. I’m at home; no study (theme song of my life at the moment, after 6 years of hard slog). Not feeling particularly energetic and most of my current gardening is hard yacka. Can’t add the next layer of my no-dig ‘til I get hubby to ferry me (and the trailer) about on the weekend. Might read or sew or watch a movie. Heck, I might even do some housework!

But I am going to check on my veg seedlings; and water the broms we planted out a week ago.

it will only be part time most probly.

Greetings green ones:D

Sipping on a skinny coke on the rocks….need a heart starter this morning.

Had a FABBER DABBER day yesterday……… so glad we saw my dad…..he looks so tired…….

we visited mum’s grave with some new bright silk flowers

spent 4 hours with my dad & Betty….. (she made me a knitted cushion)

2 hours with my brother & SIL

30 mins (not long enough) with drylander (took a rain check for a longer visit in a few months time)

Called in at Port Pirie to see nephew and his partner (he moved in with her from Adelaide 6 months ago)

3 hour drive to my dad and 3 hours in the car to come home…….

In a few months time we are going to Whyalla and see elf’s mum’s grave and renew the flowers for Pa…….. Pa will be so pleased when we tell him this. Will stay at my dad’s over night as well.

Wet as here, Bimbo rang us to say in her words…“it’s pissing down here”…. drive carefully as you get closer to Luckyland.

just had some fun with the mullberry tree someone on the Ge forums said i could Air Layer it so i am trying it. also done some rosemarry cuttings.

I’m about 250 posts down the list. See what happens when I disappear for a coupla days, lol!

Yeehah said:

I’m about 250 posts down the list. See what happens when I disappear for a coupla days, lol!

lol @ yeehah and guess who is up the top :)

veg gardener said:

Yeehah said:

I’m about 250 posts down the list. See what happens when I disappear for a coupla days, lol!

lol @ yeehah and guess who is up the top :)

Somebody who was fangin’ for the school holidays, and is bored on day 4, perhaps?

Yeehah said:

veg gardener said:

Yeehah said:

I’m about 250 posts down the list. See what happens when I disappear for a coupla days, lol!

lol @ yeehah and guess who is up the top :)

Somebody who was fangin’ for the school holidays, and is bored on day 4, perhaps?

thats right i am not bored now i been having some fun. look at VG’s in july thread.

veg gardener said:

Yeehah said:

Somebody who was fangin’ for the school holidays, and is bored on day 4, perhaps?

thats right i am not bored now i been having some fun. look at VG’s in july thread.

Ah, but how long will it last, I wonder?

Yeehah said:

veg gardener said:

Yeehah said:

Somebody who was fangin’ for the school holidays, and is bored on day 4, perhaps?

thats right i am not bored now i been having some fun. look at VG’s in july thread.

Ah, but how long will it last, I wonder?

not sure, ill watch DVDs most probley.

FT rang the Army recruitment people today. They asked him lots of questions, including about how fit he as and how much exercise he does. He’s wiry, reasonably fit, does lots of push-ups, so I can imagine he’s gonna take up running to improve his chances of surviving basic training. 18 years ago I was waiting for his arrival and I was so excited … :)

Yeehah said:

FT rang the Army recruitment people today. They asked him lots of questions, including about how fit he as and how much exercise he does. He’s wiry, reasonably fit, does lots of push-ups, so I can imagine he’s gonna take up running to improve his chances of surviving basic training. 18 years ago I was waiting for his arrival and I was so excited … :)

now are you wait for him to leave my SIsters Boyfriend is in the Army.

veg gardener said:

Yeehah said:

FT rang the Army recruitment people today. They asked him lots of questions, including about how fit he as and how much exercise he does. He’s wiry, reasonably fit, does lots of push-ups, so I can imagine he’s gonna take up running to improve his chances of surviving basic training. 18 years ago I was waiting for his arrival and I was so excited … :)

now are you wait for him to leave my SIsters Boyfriend is in the Army.

He’s got to do his HSC in October/November before anything else!

all you kids are at school. gonna say what are they doing to keep them selfs Ocupied.

pepe said:

veg gardener said:

pepe you think it is cold look at this http://www.weatherzone.com.au/nsw/snowy-mountains/thredbo-village

heck – sounds like russia – -3 to +4C is numbing temps – be sure to pack your thermal underwear

We had a couple of weeks of around -10 to +9 (on good days) last June – didn’t make double figures during the days. This winter has been a beach holiday by comparison.

veg gardener said:

all you kids are at school. gonna say what are they doing to keep them selfs Ocupied.

Yep, all at school. I always found it odd that private schools have more holidays but cost more ?!?

Yeehah said:

veg gardener said:

all you kids are at school. gonna say what are they doing to keep them selfs Ocupied.

Yep, all at school. I always found it odd that private schools have more holidays but cost more ?!?

this week is my pupli free week :) all those pupli free days ur kids have i take them in one week

veg gardener said:

this week is my pupli free week :) all those pupli free days ur kids have i take them in one week

Well, being in public schools my kids only get 3 pupil-free days, one each at the beginning of Terms 1, 2 and 3. That’s when the teachers do their in-service training. So how come you get 5 – bonus prize for the teachers for putting up with you ;) ?

Yeehah said:

veg gardener said:

this week is my pupli free week :) all those pupli free days ur kids have i take them in one week

Well, being in public schools my kids only get 3 pupil-free days, one each at the beginning of Terms 1, 2 and 3. That’s when the teachers do their in-service training. So how come you get 5 – bonus prize for the teachers for putting up with you ;) ?

most probley thats why they wanna get away from us. ill ask my teacher that do you know when the teachers have strikes our teachers dont get them. so thats most probly why as well.

Hey Veg, seeing as you’re bored and you’re missing out on two days’ worth of education, I’ll play teacher for a minute and assign you an easy task. See the sentence below, you wrote it in another post – here’s the task: re-write it so that it’s an example of good writing for, say, a 10 year old in Year 5 to read. I’ll get Littlefella to mark it when he comes home ;)

Hint: you need capitals, full stops, question marks, and check the spelling of a couple of things.

>> i am woundering is it a good idea to take cuttings from my Guava Plum Mandire and Mullberry trees is it a good idea and if so when am i best to do it also i want to take a cutting from my fig tree.

Yeehah said:

Hey Veg, seeing as you’re bored and you’re missing out on two days’ worth of education, I’ll play teacher for a minute and assign you an easy task. See the sentence below, you wrote it in another post – here’s the task: re-write it so that it’s an example of good writing for, say, a 10 year old in Year 5 to read. I’ll get Littlefella to mark it when he comes home ;)

Hint: you need capitals, full stops, question marks, and check the spelling of a couple of things.

>> i am woundering is it a good idea to take cuttings from my Guava Plum Mandire and Mullberry trees is it a good idea and if so when am i best to do it also i want to take a cutting from my fig tree.

ok.

Made it to the top, yay!

Only I haven’t a garden to lure me outside, darnit.

Might have a look at the budget and see when I can afford some materials for building the chook run on the bush block. Nice thought :) Then I could ring around and price some materials. Very, very nice thought :) :)

yeehah i gave it my best shot

I am wondering is it a good idea to take cuttings from my Guava, Plum, Mandarin and Mulberry trees is it a good idea and if so when am I best to do it? Also I want to take a cutting from my Fig tree.

Yeehah said:

Made it to the top, yay!

Only I haven’t a garden to lure me outside, darnit.

Might have a look at the budget and see when I can afford some materials for building the chook run on the bush block. Nice thought :) Then I could ring around and price some materials. Very, very nice thought :) :)

thats a good idea have the gardens out there been started yet?

veg gardener said:

yeehah i gave it my best shot

I am wondering is it a good idea to take cuttings from my Guava, Plum, Mandarin and Mulberry trees is it a good idea and if so when am I best to do it? Also I want to take a cutting from my Fig tree.

Well done. The only change I would suggest is to chop up the first sentence. There’s more than one idea in there. I’d say either:

- I am wondering is it a good idea to take cuttings from my Guava, Plum, Mandarin and Mulberry trees? Is it a good idea and if so when am I best to do it?
OR
- I am wondering is it a good idea to take cuttings from my Guava, Plum, Mandarin and Mulberry trees? Is it a good idea? If so when am I best to do it?

There’s a couple of little bits of punctuation and wording that I’d change if I was saying that myself, but the important thing is to make sure that you can communicate effectively. Try to make it easy for other people to understand you. Remember, we’re not talking to each other in person, so the written word needs to be much clearer than the spoken word. There’s no body language or facial expressions or other things like the way you say things, that help to convey your meaning.

I don’t know for sure, but it might be the case that you would get more people responding to your posts if you took the time to check what you’ve written and check that your meaning is clear and easy to understand.

Wuold u lik it if evryon wrot inna way thet wuz haard to undstd?

LOL!!

arvo all… seeing as my car’s died and I can’t go anywhere lol, I have been cooking , I have made use of a glut of citrus , warm lemon syrup cake, mandarine mousse, orange and almond muffin’s <- yum ! lemon self saucing pud and microwave mandarine jam.

Tea tonight is Russian Lamb Dumpling’s with a vege ring.

As well I have been out sorting where I will grow this year’s tomato’s and adding goodie’s to that area. I also recorded nearly 10 litre’s of worm wee for the month of June , out of 2 worm farm’s.. I have a pic of it I will add later.

The chook’s are being nicer now, all eating together , and a couple of the new one’s have started to lay :D
That’s all my new’s for today :)

Yeehah said:

veg gardener said:

yeehah i gave it my best shot

I am wondering is it a good idea to take cuttings from my Guava, Plum, Mandarin and Mulberry trees is it a good idea and if so when am I best to do it? Also I want to take a cutting from my Fig tree.

Well done. The only change I would suggest is to chop up the first sentence. There’s more than one idea in there. I’d say either:

- I am wondering is it a good idea to take cuttings from my Guava, Plum, Mandarin and Mulberry trees? Is it a good idea and if so when am I best to do it?
OR
- I am wondering is it a good idea to take cuttings from my Guava, Plum, Mandarin and Mulberry trees? Is it a good idea? If so when am I best to do it?

There’s a couple of little bits of punctuation and wording that I’d change if I was saying that myself, but the important thing is to make sure that you can communicate effectively. Try to make it easy for other people to understand you. Remember, we’re not talking to each other in person, so the written word needs to be much clearer than the spoken word. There’s no body language or facial expressions or other things like the way you say things, that help to convey your meaning.

I don’t know for sure, but it might be the case that you would get more people responding to your posts if you took the time to check what you’ve written and check that your meaning is clear and easy to understand.

Wuold u lik it if evryon wrot inna way thet wuz haard to undstd?

LOL!!

yeehah , that last thing your wrote was fairly easy to understand.

veg gardener said:

Yeehah said:

Wuold u lik it if evryon wrot inna way thet wuz haard to undstd?

LOL!!

yeehah , that last thing your wrote was fairly easy to understand.

• G R O A N!!!!!!!!!! *

;)

Yeehah said:

veg gardener said:

Yeehah said:

Wuold u lik it if evryon wrot inna way thet wuz haard to undstd?

LOL!!

yeehah , that last thing your wrote was fairly easy to understand.

• G R O A N!!!!!!!!!! *

;)

Stupied computer problems.

something is wrong with it ahh and its Opera internet.

Arvo All,
Just in sheltering from the rain again. I’m in the middle of pruning roses. Boy does it hurt your hand using secateurs for hours! I’ve got 3 pairs which I alternate to try to help my hand a bit, and 2 of them are in a pot of metho while I’m cutting with the third. I must admit I can see why people love pruning, it all looks so neat afterwards! I’m also taking cuttings of some of the roses, hoping to have some growing to give away eventually.
Well, it’s stopped raining again, so off I go.
BBL

orchid40 said:

Arvo All,
Just in sheltering from the rain again. I’m in the middle of pruning roses. Boy does it hurt your hand using secateurs for hours! I’ve got 3 pairs which I alternate to try to help my hand a bit, and 2 of them are in a pot of metho while I’m cutting with the third. I must admit I can see why people love pruning, it all looks so neat afterwards! I’m also taking cuttings of some of the roses, hoping to have some growing to give away eventually.
Well, it’s stopped raining again, so off I go.
BBL

looks like your having fun o40, see you when you get back on.

Tea tonight is Russian Lamb Dumpling’s with a vege ring.
———————
you’ve done a bit of cooking there HP. good use of citrus as well.
i made gluten steaks last night and had them in strips in a stir fry with black bean sauce, my own pak choy and the first two heads of broccoli for the season.

my chooks are laying 2-3 eggs per day.
the early toms i planted in pots are fruiting in my hothouse. my first ever winter tomatoes – i hope.

arvo all,
endless weeding here. i’ve been weeding stinging nettles without gloves – some old tale says it cures arthritis. compost heaps are growing – and subsiding – and growing again.

veg gardener said:

something is wrong with it ahh and its Opera internet.

Geez! smacks forehead

I dunno about anyone else, but I have n.o. i.d.e.a. what you’re talking about there, VG.

pepe said:

i’ve been weeding stinging nettles without gloves

Where do you find the stinging nettles that have gloves, then????

Whew! I can’t see what I’m doing out there any more – must be because it’s 5.20. Doesn’t time fly when you’re having fun LOL. Plus it’s raining again !
I’m not complaining about the rain, honestly, we need as much as we can get.
Only a few more roses to do now :)

Congrats on your tomatoes, Peps.
HP, all that cooking you’ve done is making my mouth water!

pepe said:

i’ve been weeding stinging nettles without gloves – some old tale says it cures arthritis.

Yeehah engages a friendly but sarcastic bantering tone

Oh, sorry. I get it.

I thought it was more likely to cure sanity. It’d drive me crazy :P

Yeehah said:

pepe said:

i’ve been weeding stinging nettles without gloves

Where do you find the stinging nettles that have gloves, then????

LOL Yeehah !!

orchid40 said:

Yeehah said:

pepe said:

i’ve been weeding stinging nettles without gloves

Where do you find the stinging nettles that have gloves, then????

LOL Yeehah !!

tee-hee-hee

Longy’s not about, so someone had to say it ;)

Yeehah said:

pepe said:

i’ve been weeding stinging nettles without gloves

Where do you find the stinging nettles that have gloves, then????

hahahaha

Yeehah said:

pepe said:

i’ve been weeding stinging nettles without gloves – some old tale says it cures arthritis.

Yeehah engages a friendly but sarcastic bantering tone

Oh, sorry. I get it.

I thought it was more likely to cure sanity. It’d drive me crazy :P

its ok teacher – i thought it was funny.
nettles leave a mild biting sensation on the hands- but i don’t weed the nettles when the stem is old and brown – only the green, young ones.
(feel free to correct grammer – although i’m slow at two fingered typing as it is- and probably won’t include capitals)

Yeehah said:

veg gardener said:

something is wrong with it ahh and its Opera internet.

Geez! smacks forehead

I dunno about anyone else, but I have n.o. i.d.e.a. what you’re talking about there, VG.

what us computer people who like them alot do, format error with Java.

pepe said:

Yeehah said:

pepe said:

i’ve been weeding stinging nettles without gloves – some old tale says it cures arthritis.

Yeehah engages a friendly but sarcastic bantering tone

Oh, sorry. I get it.

I thought it was more likely to cure sanity. It’d drive me crazy :P

its ok teacher – i thought it was funny.
nettles leave a mild biting sensation on the hands- but i don’t weed the nettles when the stem is old and brown – only the green, young ones.
(feel free to correct grammer – although i’m slow at two fingered typing as it is- and probably won’t include capitals)

Do you think that it might be the case that the stinging nettle rash drives you nuts enough to forget about the arthritis while it’s stinging ????

Do you think that it might be the case that the stinging nettle rash drives you nuts enough to forget about the arthritis while it’s stinging ????
——————
hey VG/ Yeehah – can you interpret the meaning of this for me?
i don’t know if it works OC – i have got gloves – and i was possibly insane to begin with.

hey Pepe, no sorry i can’t this is just a guess by me may be that want you to for get about it when your pulling the sting nestles out?

has anyone eaten nettles?
its tempting to try but i’ve got so many winter greens it seems ridiculous to eat more.
are there known health benefits not present in spinach but present in nettles?

pepe said:

has anyone eaten nettles?
its tempting to try but I’ve got so many winter greens it seems ridiculous to eat more.
are there known health benefits not present in spinach but present in nettles?

nope, i haven’t tried them yet.

veg gardener said:

hey Pepe, no sorry i can’t this is just a guess by me may be that want you to for get about it when your pulling the sting nestles out?

err thanks
yes – one pain masking another -
(i was just ribbing all and sundry – OC’s writing is very clear).

pepe said:

veg gardener said:

hey Pepe, no sorry i can’t this is just a guess by me may be that want you to for get about it when your pulling the sting nestles out?

err thanks
yes – one pain masking another -
(i was just ribbing all and sundry – OC’s writing is very clear).

Haha Peps, when I wrote that I thought it looked a bit strange !

that’s ok Pepe, trying to get my ps2 to connect to the Internet trying to find out if i can plug it into my Set top Box and then that into my PC Screen.

Well in spite of the RSI in my hand and arm from pruning – I have to cook tea :(
I will be brave – I won’t complain (^much)

veg gardener said:

that’s ok Pepe, trying to get my ps2 to connect to the Internet trying to find out if i can plug it into my Set top Box and then that into my PC Screen.

go VG!
do you get channel 9 digital ? – we get ‘no signal’ on that channel.

you’ve done a bit of cooking there HP. good use of citrus as well.
i made gluten steaks last night and had them in strips in a stir fry with black bean sauce, my own pak choy and the first two heads of broccoli for the season.

my chooks are laying 2-3 eggs per day.
the early toms i planted in pots are fruiting in my hothouse. my first ever winter tomatoes – i hope.

Thank’s Peps, I’m full ! there’s enough food for a week of snack’s/morning tea now , but the orange almond muffin’s are dissapearing fast into lunchbox’s for worker person’s.
I can’t wait until I have lime’s !
I picked 2 big cauli head’s today.. cauli pattie’s comming up :)

I am intrigued about your winter tomato’s..what are you feeding/ going to feed them ? Will you start off more in spring ?

pepe said:

veg gardener said:

that’s ok Pepe, trying to get my ps2 to connect to the Internet trying to find out if i can plug it into my Set top Box and then that into my PC Screen.

go VG!
do you get channel 9 digital ? – we get ‘no signal’ on that channel.

not sure ill check it most probly wont be the same whats ment to be on that one we get nbn which is nine netwok up here but on the settop bpx it is on Channel 8 abc is on 2 Abc2 is on 21.

orchid40 said:

Well in spite of the RSI in my hand and arm from pruning – I have to cook tea :(
I will be brave – I won’t complain (^much)

Aww Orchid.. you’re not supposed to overdo it you know..can you spread it out over day’s instead ?

I am intrigued about your winter tomato’s..what are you feeding/ going to feed them ? Will you start off more in spring ?
———————-
i will photograph them – they are unexpected and might reach the roof by spring.
i’m feeding them aquarius’ bentonite clay/ coir seed raising mix/ a handful of each pot., phos, (and other minerals) plus high quality potting mix and my own compost. watering with seaweed/ worm juice and pigeon poo in liquid fert.

yes i will start more in pots about now – already have two tom seedlings 5cm high. will also plant all spring seedlings soon.

Yeehah said:

pepe said:

i’ve been weeding stinging nettles without gloves

Where do you find the stinging nettles that have gloves, then????

LOL. Good one Yeehah.

The Pomolos are eating lettuce from the veg garden. Waiting for the strawberries to ripen and there are flowers on the tomatoes.

We would like to plant more in the garden but because we will be going away again in a couple of weeks it’s best to give them a miss for the time being.

Today I took photos of my magnolia in full bloom. If only I knew enough about computers to show you all.

i made mexican for dindin
mignonette lettuces and onion from the garden and diced gluten from last night’s preparation.
tasted good and (unlike fast food) the homegrown makes you feel better next day.

i will be growing specific lettuce varieties next. i’m tired of the ‘mesclun’ because the bok choy and rocket tend to dominate.

Today I took photos of my magnolia in full bloom. If only I knew enough about computers to show you all.
———————————————
obviously you need a teenager.LOL
have you opened a photobucket account?

pomolo said:

The Pomolos are eating lettuce from the veg garden. Waiting for the strawberries to ripen and there are flowers on the tomatoes.

We would like to plant more in the garden but because we will be going away again in a couple of weeks it’s best to give them a miss for the time being.

Today I took photos of my magnolia in full bloom. If only I knew enough about computers to show you all.

Well you better learn quick smart. The GE photo comps have good prizes.

>Where do you find the stinging nettles that have gloves, then????

Finding stinging nettles that have hands is remarkable on its own.

pepe said:

(feel free to correct grammer – although i’m slow at two fingered typing as it is- and probably won’t include capitals)

Oh Pepe, you poor lad, am I that scary, lol?!?!?

Nah, youse old fellas are too set in your ways, I’m only picking on the young fella before he develops too many bad habits ;)

pepe said:

i was possibly insane to begin with.

That’s why we’re all friends here, it’s something else we have in common besides gardening!

>something else we have in common besides gardening!

There’s also the English language, in varying degrees….

pepe said:

has anyone eaten nettles?
its tempting to try but i’ve got so many winter greens it seems ridiculous to eat more.
are there known health benefits not present in spinach but present in nettles?

Mr Y just told me that he’s eaten nettles, boiled up in a saucepan full of water. He says they tasted a bit like silverbeet but with a bit of a hot taste, like chilli. I think I may have boiled some up once but can’t remember the outcome. Probably not a positive result because I didn’t repeat it. Like you, probably had enough greens not to get that desperate.

Nettles are also good for making compost tea. I did that once. Also added some direct deposits of human urine. I will offer the advice that females doing so should make sure the nettles are submerged in the water before hovering over the bucket.

Oh, and you need a lid for the bucket because it develops a certain perfume that one wouldn’t choose to have at the front door. Or to bump over near the front door just before visitors arrive.

Yeehah said:

pepe said:

(feel free to correct grammer – although i’m slow at two fingered typing as it is- and probably won’t include capitals)

Oh Pepe, you poor lad, am I that scary, lol?!?!?

Nah, youse old fellas are too set in your ways, I’m only picking on the young fella before he develops too many bad habits ;)

that’s unfair Yeehah spose in away it’s not.

Yeehah said:

pepe said:

has anyone eaten nettles?
its tempting to try but i’ve got so many winter greens it seems ridiculous to eat more.
are there known health benefits not present in spinach but present in nettles?

Mr Y just told me that he’s eaten nettles, boiled up in a saucepan full of water. He says they tasted a bit like silverbeet but with a bit of a hot taste, like chilli. I think I may have boiled some up once but can’t remember the outcome. Probably not a positive result because I didn’t repeat it. Like you, probably had enough greens not to get that desperate.

Nettles are also good for making compost tea. I did that once. Also added some direct deposits of human urine. I will offer the advice that females doing so should make sure the nettles are submerged in the water before hovering over the bucket.

Oh, and you need a lid for the bucket because it develops a certain perfume that one wouldn’t choose to have at the front door. Or to bump over near the front door just before visitors arrive.

http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=stinging+nettle+%2B+recipe&btnG=Google+Search&meta=

Tis the last Rose of Summer lalalalla. gee you’re lucky you can’t hear me!
Having pruned most of the roses today, this is my bloomin’ lot till Spring.

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u218/Javlon_album/Roses%20June%2008/th_VeryLastGoldMedal3.jpg

orchid40 said:

Tis the last Rose of Summer lalalalla. gee you’re lucky you can’t hear me!
Having pruned most of the roses today, this is my bloomin’ lot till Spring.

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u218/Javlon_album/Roses%20June%2008/th_VeryLastGoldMedal3.jpg

Oh Pepe, you poor lad, am I that scary, lol?!?!?
—————
yes and i bet you type with eight fingers! LOL.
this medium – the forum – has got us all experimenting with language so i am pleased to see your mastery
- wasn’t it you who invented the ‘yeooww’ scream or some such ridiculous, visual display of mental anguish?

Nettles are also good for making compost tea. I did that once. Also added some direct deposits of human urine. I will offer the advice that females doing so should make sure the nettles are submerged in the water before hovering over the bucket.
————————-
chuckle.
the nettles are going on the compost and very active they are – good gear.
because we have so many soursobs, and their corms, its important to get the compost hot and so far i’m succeeding in killing them off with heat. urine does activate compost and ms pepe has tried (although failed) to regularly contribute.

Bubba Louie said:

Yeehah said:

pepe said:

has anyone eaten nettles?
its tempting to try but i’ve got so many winter greens it seems ridiculous to eat more.
are there known health benefits not present in spinach but present in nettles?

Mr Y just told me that he’s eaten nettles, boiled up in a saucepan full of water. He says they tasted a bit like silverbeet but with a bit of a hot taste, like chilli. I think I may have boiled some up once but can’t remember the outcome. Probably not a positive result because I didn’t repeat it. Like you, probably had enough greens not to get that desperate.

Nettles are also good for making compost tea. I did that once. Also added some direct deposits of human urine. I will offer the advice that females doing so should make sure the nettles are submerged in the water before hovering over the bucket.

Oh, and you need a lid for the bucket because it develops a certain perfume that one wouldn’t choose to have at the front door. Or to bump over near the front door just before visitors arrive.

http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=stinging+nettle+%2B+recipe&btnG=Google+Search&meta=

i did look nettle up – it has a few bits of calcium blah blah – maggie beer has a risotto using it – but the taste is optional (mspepe says) and so it goes into the category of ‘seldom used’. i noticed maggie also used pomegranates and chervil on last nights programme. that’s probably more interesting as i have pomegranates growing.

orchid40 said:

Tis the last Rose of Summer lalalalla. gee you’re lucky you can’t hear me!
Having pruned most of the roses today, this is my bloomin’ lot till Spring.

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u218/Javlon_album/Roses%20June%2008/th_VeryLastGoldMedal3.jpg

what – those yellow roses have just been picked?
beautiful and very late.

i been up since 5:30am playing my ps2 when i start playing Need 4 Speed Most wanted i can’t stop.

pepe said:

Today I took photos of my magnolia in full bloom. If only I knew enough about computers to show you all.
———————————————
obviously you need a teenager.LOL
have you opened a photobucket account?

No pepe I haven’t. I don’t think I even know how to do that.

Bubba Louie said:

pomolo said:

The Pomolos are eating lettuce from the veg garden. Waiting for the strawberries to ripen and there are flowers on the tomatoes.

We would like to plant more in the garden but because we will be going away again in a couple of weeks it’s best to give them a miss for the time being.

Today I took photos of my magnolia in full bloom. If only I knew enough about computers to show you all.

Well you better learn quick smart. The GE photo comps have good prizes.

I should I know but it will be for the Ooooing and Ahhhing not the prizes. Though you never know do you?

Morning Pom and all :)

Was just admiring that Zygo of yours Pom, that HP is now growing. Do you know what variety it is? I have 3 or 4 different ones from my garden club but only a couple red = Jingle Bells and an apricoty one = Savannah -that had names on them as well as unidentified cerise and the mainly white with pink centres that can be made to flower a whole range of pink tints by using more or less “aqua K”

cackles said:

Morning Pom and all :)

Was just admiring that Zygo of yours Pom, that HP is now growing. Do you know what variety it is? I have 3 or 4 different ones from my garden club but only a couple red = Jingle Bells and an apricoty one = Savannah -that had names on them as well as unidentified cerise and the mainly white with pink centres that can be made to flower a whole range of pink tints by using more or less “aqua K”

Morning Cackles. I have only recently redone all my Zygos into hanging baskets. Some have flowered and some haven’t so I’m a bit confused which is which ATM. A bad gardener I am. I knew them all in their old positions. LOL

orchid40 said:

orchid40 said:

Tis the last Rose of Summer lalalalla. gee you’re lucky you can’t hear me!
Having pruned most of the roses today, this is my bloomin’ lot till Spring.

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u218/Javlon_album/Roses%20June%2008/th_VeryLastGoldMedal3.jpg

Luv it.

pomolo said:

pepe said:

Today I took photos of my magnolia in full bloom. If only I knew enough about computers to show you all.
———————————————
obviously you need a teenager.LOL
have you opened a photobucket account?

No pepe I haven’t. I don’t think I even know how to do that.

my teenage daughter did it for me – but – just put ‘photobucket’ in the search bar and when it comes up it will say how to join for free.

i have been having some problems with this Forums. everytime i close it down and then come back on all the post i just read arent read any more. Anyone else having this problem as well?

pepe said:

pomolo said:

pepe said:

Today I took photos of my magnolia in full bloom. If only I knew enough about computers to show you all.
———————————————
obviously you need a teenager.LOL
have you opened a photobucket account?

No pepe I haven’t. I don’t think I even know how to do that.

my teenage daughter did it for me – but – just put ‘photobucket’ in the search bar and when it comes up it will say how to join for free.

I’ll think about it ok?

pepe said:

Oh Pepe, you poor lad, am I that scary, lol?!?!?
—————
yes and i bet you type with eight fingers! LOL.
this medium – the forum – has got us all experimenting with language so i am pleased to see your mastery
- wasn’t it you who invented the ‘yeooww’ scream or some such ridiculous, visual display of mental anguish?

When we weren’t allowed to swear on the old GA forum I tested the waters by pushing “bluddy” a lot. Did you mean “aaaarrrrgggghhhhh”? I won’t lay claim to that, there’s no copyright on the process of exaggeration ;) Besides, I remember an abbreviated version from Garfield comics.

Who was it who came up with “buggerdammit”? That was rather handy. We had a real sociolect happening :)

pepe said:

urine does activate compost and ms pepe has tried (although failed) to regularly contribute.

Plumbing.

veg gardener said:

i have been having some problems with this Forums. everytime i close it down and then come back on all the post i just read arent read any more. Anyone else having this problem as well?

Not here, laddie. All working well. Maybe the computer is getting forgetful in its old age?

Yeehah said:

veg gardener said:

i have been having some problems with this Forums. everytime i close it down and then come back on all the post i just read arent read any more. Anyone else having this problem as well?

Not here, laddie. All working well. Maybe the computer is getting forgetful in its old age?

its a brand new PC. ill just wont worry about it.

veg gardener said:

Yeehah said:

veg gardener said:

i have been having some problems with this Forums. everytime i close it down and then come back on all the post i just read arent read any more. Anyone else having this problem as well?

Not here, laddie. All working well. Maybe the computer is getting forgetful in its old age?

its a brand new PC. ill just wont worry about it.

Maybe it’s trying to strike a deal with you – “Hey VG, if you write more clearly so Yeehah doesn’t have to read your posts 3 times to figure out what you’ve said, I’ll remember to change the colours of the posts you’ve read.” ……. ???

:P ;)

ROLFMAO. Ok Yeehah, ill do them nice and easy for you.

Yeehah said:

Who was it who came up with “buggerdammit”? That was rather handy. We had a real sociolect happening :)

that was whatshisname, with Bernard the Gnome. Hey, I remembered the gnome’s name!

Maybe you should just be assigned one task at a time to focus on. When you’ve mastered that, then you get another task. Over time your grammar and spelling should improve, without it being a huge hassle for you.

For example “I’ll” means “I will”, whereas “Ill” means “not well” ;-)

veg gardener said:

ROLFMAO. Ok Yeehah, ill do them nice and easy for you.

It would make life easier for all the other forum members who are probably reading me stirring you up and wishing either I’d get over it, or you’d change your ways so I didn’t feel the need to stir you. Just in case you’re wondering, it’d be harder for me to give up stirring than it would be for you to pick up yer act ;) I’m old and set in my ways, you see. You’re young enough to change. That’s my theory and I’m sticking to it!

SueBk said:

Maybe you should just be assigned one task at a time to focus on. When you’ve mastered that, then you get another task. Over time your grammar and spelling should improve, without it being a huge hassle for you.

For example “I’ll” means “I will”, whereas “Ill” means “not well” ;-)

ok then SueBk, which one should i work on frist?

I joined GA when everyone was getting their knuckles rapped for daring to mention their real names or where they lived. And photos were just a day dream. We weren’t supposed to post links to sites, particularly sites that might identify us. Not quite sure how I managed to get seeds from people LOL. Oh, and some lovely person send us an electric nit comb; thankfully that phase of our lives seems to be in the past.

Yeehah said:

veg gardener said:

ROLFMAO. Ok Yeehah, ill do them nice and easy for you.

It would make life easier for all the other forum members who are probably reading me stirring you up and wishing either I’d get over it, or you’d change your ways so I didn’t feel the need to stir you. Just in case you’re wondering, it’d be harder for me to give up stirring than it would be for you to pick up yer act ;) I’m old and set in my ways, you see. You’re young enough to change. That’s my theory and I’m sticking to it!

ok, Yeehah i got a laugh out of that one but.

veg gardener said:

SueBk said:

Maybe you should just be assigned one task at a time to focus on. When you’ve mastered that, then you get another task. Over time your grammar and spelling should improve, without it being a huge hassle for you.

For example “I’ll” means “I will”, whereas “Ill” means “not well” ;-)

ok then SueBk, which one should i work on frist?

Frist speleng, thenn fulstopps, thenn cappittalls. Pleez.

SueBk said:

I joined GA when everyone was getting their knuckles rapped for daring to mention their real names or where they lived. And photos were just a day dream. We weren’t supposed to post links to sites, particularly sites that might identify us. Not quite sure how I managed to get seeds from people LOL. Oh, and some lovely person send us an electric nit comb; thankfully that phase of our lives seems to be in the past.

That was me – did it work? I forgot all about that, hmph!! Not hard forgetting stuff these days, lol.

Yeehah said:

veg gardener said:

SueBk said:

Maybe you should just be assigned one task at a time to focus on. When you’ve mastered that, then you get another task. Over time your grammar and spelling should improve, without it being a huge hassle for you.

For example “I’ll” means “I will”, whereas “Ill” means “not well” ;-)

ok then SueBk, which one should i work on frist?

Frist speleng, thenn fulstopps, thenn cappittalls. Pleez.

Yeehah, ok you spelted a few things wrong your self and i have been working on all of it.

veg gardener said:

Yeehah said:

veg gardener said:

i have been having some problems with this Forums. everytime i close it down and then come back on all the post i just read arent read any more. Anyone else having this problem as well?

Not here, laddie. All working well. Maybe the computer is getting forgetful in its old age?

its a brand new PC. ill just wont worry about it.

maybe cb88 has been doing stuff with the programming.

Hey VG, just in case you thought you were the only kid I pick on, don’t worry, I share it around – Littlemiss spells as good/bad as a kid almost a year and a half younger than her – she’s not woeful yet, but will be if someone doesn’t put a bomb under her.

My boys are both ace spellers – I reckon it must be genetic ;) Littlefella isn’t quite 11 but spells as well as someone who’s nearly 14!

veg gardener said:

Yeehah said:

Frist speleng, thenn fulstopps, thenn cappittalls. Pleez.

Yeehah, ok you spelted a few things wrong your self and i have been working on all of it.

Spelted? What the … ?

Right then, whipper-snapper, feel free to correct me – but if you’re going to correct me, you’d better get it right!!!

Yeehah said:

veg gardener said:

Yeehah said:

Frist speleng, thenn fulstopps, thenn cappittalls. Pleez.

Yeehah, ok you spelted a few things wrong your self and i have been working on all of it.

Spelted? What the … ?

Right then, whipper-snapper, feel free to correct me – but if you’re going to correct me, you’d better get it right!!!

Spell Checker doesn’t work :(

Yeehah said:

veg gardener said:

Yeehah said:

Frist speleng, thenn fulstopps, thenn cappittalls. Pleez.

Yeehah, ok you spelted a few things wrong your self and i have been working on all of it.

Spelted? What the … ?

Right then, whipper-snapper, feel free to correct me – but if you’re going to correct me, you’d better get it right!!!

Spell Checker doesn’t work :(

Yeehah said:

Hey VG, just in case you thought you were the only kid I pick on, don’t worry, I share it around – Littlemiss spells as good/bad as a kid almost a year and a half younger than her – she’s not woeful yet, but will be if someone doesn’t put a bomb under her.

My boys are both ace spellers – I reckon it must be genetic ;) Littlefella isn’t quite 11 but spells as well as someone who’s nearly 14!

my old school wasn’t that great.

veg gardener said:

my old school wasn’t that great.

Remember when you’re pointing a finger at someone, you’ve got a couple more fingers pointing right back at yourself!

Geez, that saying’s going to get me one day.

veg gardener said:

Spell Checker doesn’t work :(

Dictionary? Natural brainpower, even? Go on, have a go!

(really am going now)

Yeehah said:

veg gardener said:

my old school wasn’t that great.

Remember when you’re pointing a finger at someone, you’ve got a couple more fingers pointing right back at yourself!

Geez, that saying’s going to get me one day.

veg gardener said:

Spell Checker doesn’t work :(

Dictionary? Natural brainpower, even? Go on, have a go!

(really am going now)

you’ll thank her one day Veg :D

Hello, Hello …I see a few names I recognize…., a few I dont -but i can recognize who they were .. might come visit more often … .

sweetpea2008 said:

might come visit more often … .

please do :)

waves to sweetpea

Arvo All,
We’re getting a bit of rain at the moment, so here I am indoors again :)
I’ve finished pruning the roses YAY!! Gee the garden looks tidy. I have pulled out all the stakes that were in the rose beds, and after I’d put them in the shed you could hardly get in the door. SO – major shed tidying happened. About time too, I can’t believe how many gardening gloves I found :)
Going back out now to pot up some cuttings. BBL

sweetpea2008 said:

Hello, Hello …I see a few names I recognize…., a few I dont -but i can recognize who they were .. might come visit more often … .

Hi sweetpea:)

sweetpea you remember who i am?
i wont talk much playing a full screen game talking on msn while a mate sets the new sever up.

Yeehah said:

veg gardener said:

ROLFMAO. Ok Yeehah, ill do them nice and easy for you.

It would make life easier for all the other forum members who are probably reading me stirring you up and wishing either I’d get over it, or you’d change your ways so I didn’t feel the need to stir you. Just in case you’re wondering, it’d be harder for me to give up stirring than it would be for you to pick up yer act ;) I’m old and set in my ways, you see. You’re young enough to change. That’s my theory and I’m sticking to it!

You go old girl! I’m cheering your effort!

Went with Bimbo to the gym last night. I put an hour of 1 to 1 in the gym and today I can feel the back of my legs and shoulder blade area.

Learnt heaps too about how to position my body during gym work. I go again next Monday night as well.

Lucky1 said:

Went with Bimbo to the gym last night. I put an hour of 1 to 1 in the gym and today I can feel the back of my legs and shoulder blade area.

Learnt heaps too about how to position my body during gym work. I go again next Monday night as well.

Way to go Lucky . Good to see you are looking after yourself too :)

I have my ‘gym work’ tomorrow spreading mulch…

Happy Potter said:

Lucky1 said:

Went with Bimbo to the gym last night. I put an hour of 1 to 1 in the gym and today I can feel the back of my legs and shoulder blade area.

Learnt heaps too about how to position my body during gym work. I go again next Monday night as well.

Way to go Lucky . Good to see you are looking after yourself too :)

I have my ‘gym work’ tomorrow spreading mulch…

I have a gym session in the garden too…just need to pull my finger out and start it.

bluegreen said:

Yeehah said:

Who was it who came up with “buggerdammit”? That was rather handy. We had a real sociolect happening :)

that was whatshisname, with Bernard the Gnome. Hey, I remembered the gnome’s name!

Plant Dude. I still miss him and Bernard. :(

sweetpea2008 said:

Hello, Hello …I see a few names I recognize…., a few I dont -but i can recognize who they were .. might come visit more often … .

Hi sweetpea. :)

Hi Sweetpea !!

Happy Potter said:

Yeehah said:

veg gardener said:

ROLFMAO. Ok Yeehah, ill do them nice and easy for you.

It would make life easier for all the other forum members who are probably reading me stirring you up and wishing either I’d get over it, or you’d change your ways so I didn’t feel the need to stir you. Just in case you’re wondering, it’d be harder for me to give up stirring than it would be for you to pick up yer act ;) I’m old and set in my ways, you see. You’re young enough to change. That’s my theory and I’m sticking to it!

You go old girl! I’m cheering your effort!

Don’t cheer too hard, I’m working up the courage to make a polite suggestion about your apostrophes in your plurals ;)

Seeing as you’re not a young fella still at school I haven’t got the nerve to stir you up :)

Had to chuckle this morning when the mail arrived.

I had renewed my yearly subscription for SA Diabetes and the expiry date on my new card was 30-06-2007

Rang them and asked if I could have a new card sent out to me with an expiry date of 30-06-2010.

Should get it tomorrow…….

Yeehah said:

Happy Potter said:

Yeehah said:

veg gardener said:

ROLFMAO. Ok Yeehah, ill do them nice and easy for you.

It would make life easier for all the other forum members who are probably reading me stirring you up and wishing either I’d get over it, or you’d change your ways so I didn’t feel the need to stir you. Just in case you’re wondering, it’d be harder for me to give up stirring than it would be for you to pick up yer act ;) I’m old and set in my ways, you see. You’re young enough to change. That’s my theory and I’m sticking to it!

You go old girl! I’m cheering your effort!

Don’t cheer too hard, I’m working up the courage to make a polite suggestion about your apostrophes in your plurals ;)

Seeing as you’re not a young fella still at school I haven’t got the nerve to stir you up :)

LOL! you may stir/ correct me all you like hehehe.. I’m an old girl too, I can take it lol.

Evening all.

Lucky1 said:

Went with Bimbo to the gym last night. I put an hour of 1 to 1 in the gym and today I can feel the back of my legs and shoulder blade area.

Learnt heaps too about how to position my body during gym work. I go again next Monday night as well.

Very brave of you lucky1.

sweetpea2008 said:

Hello, Hello …I see a few names I recognize…., a few I dont -but i can recognize who they were .. might come visit more often … .

g’day sweetpea and welcome back
speaking of which – my sweetpeas are fairly postrate at the moment – are anyone’s sweetpeas climbing?

Happy Potter said:

Yeehah said:

Don’t cheer too hard, I’m working up the courage to make a polite suggestion about your apostrophes in your plurals ;)

Seeing as you’re not a young fella still at school I haven’t got the nerve to stir you up :)

LOL! you may stir/ correct me all you like hehehe.. I’m an old girl too, I can take it lol.

Righto, you asked for it ;)

I have noticed that whenever you put an s on the end of a word, for whatever reason, you usually whack an ’ in for good measure. A lot of the time, the apostrophe is just plain wrong. My inner, um, proofreader, wants to tell you that if a word is plural don’t put an apostrophe in. Please.

Examples:

Wrong: I have a lot of plant’s in the garden, including rose’s, cabbage’s and lot’s of fruit tree’s.

Correct: I have a lot of plants in the garden, including roses, cabbages and lots of fruit trees.

Explanation: You can have one noun (singular) and two or more nouns (plural). If you can count it it doesn’t need an apostrophe – usually. Type it up, look at it, think “can that word with the apostrophe be replaced with a single (of whatever it is)?” – if yes, drop the apostrophe. So in the above example, when you look at it, your analysis would possibly go: “hmm, ‘I have a lot of plants’ (plural) could be replaced with ‘I have a plant’ (singular) – so don’t need the apostrophe”. Ditto with the others.

Contractions are easiest because you need to use apostrophes, so your “whack in an apostrophe just in case” approach works there. It stuffs up, though, when there are two words that look the same but they’re actually used differently so the apostrophe rule changes. Its as a pronoun and it’s as a contraction of it is are prime examples. Basically the English language is a complicated beast to put on paper, with lots of rules and lots of exceptions.

Possessive apostrophes are another kettle of fish. Kinda. They’re even curvy, like fish, but let’s not get distracted.

Anyway, there are lots of websites that describe the rules so I won’t get too detailed. Here’s a couple that I’ve skimmed over that seem pretty straightforward:

http://www.correctpunctuation.co.uk/punctuation-apostrophe.htm – good summary

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostrophe – lots of detail

http://www.elmwood-design.com.au/wordplay/grammar/apostrophes.html – good examples

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Here endeth the lesson.

Pay me later ;P

pepe said:

sweetpea2008 said:

Hello, Hello …I see a few names I recognize…., a few I dont -but i can recognize who they were .. might come visit more often … .

g’day sweetpea and welcome back
speaking of which – my sweetpeas are fairly postrate at the moment – are anyone’s sweetpeas climbing?

Funny you should mention that pepe. Mine are spreading out too. I haven’t ever seen them do that before. The runners (for want of a better word) aren’t long enough to reach the trellis yet but they are covering a 40cm area.

pomolo said:

pepe said:

sweetpea2008 said:

Hello, Hello …I see a few names I recognize…., a few I dont -but i can recognize who they were .. might come visit more often … .

g’day sweetpea and welcome back
speaking of which – my sweetpeas are fairly postrate at the moment – are anyone’s sweetpeas climbing?

Funny you should mention that pepe. Mine are spreading out too. I haven’t ever seen them do that before. The runners (for want of a better word) aren’t long enough to reach the trellis yet but they are covering a 40cm area.

my sweetpeas are starting to fill out nicely now.

Funny you should mention that pepe. Mine are spreading out too. I haven’t ever seen them do that before. The runners (for want of a better word) aren’t long enough to reach the trellis yet but they are covering a 40cm area.
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thanks for the feedback pomolo – probably nothing to worry us – early days yet.
mine are about the same size (and smaller).

Yeehah said:

Happy Potter said:

Yeehah said:

Don’t cheer too hard, I’m working up the courage to make a polite suggestion about your apostrophes in your plurals ;)

Seeing as you’re not a young fella still at school I haven’t got the nerve to stir you up :)

LOL! you may stir/ correct me all you like hehehe.. I’m an old girl too, I can take it lol.

Righto, you asked for it ;)

I have noticed that whenever you put an s on the end of a word, for whatever reason, you usually whack an ’ in for good measure. A lot of the time, the apostrophe is just plain wrong. My inner, um, proofreader, wants to tell you that if a word is plural don’t put an apostrophe in. Please.

Examples:

Wrong: I have a lot of plant’s in the garden, including rose’s, cabbage’s and lot’s of fruit tree’s.

Correct: I have a lot of plants in the garden, including roses, cabbages and lots of fruit trees.

Explanation: You can have one noun (singular) and two or more nouns (plural). If you can count it it doesn’t need an apostrophe – usually. Type it up, look at it, think “can that word with the apostrophe be replaced with a single (of whatever it is)?” – if yes, drop the apostrophe. So in the above example, when you look at it, your analysis would possibly go: “hmm, ‘I have a lot of plants’ (plural) could be replaced with ‘I have a plant’ (singular) – so don’t need the apostrophe”. Ditto with the others.

Contractions are easiest because you need to use apostrophes, so your “whack in an apostrophe just in case” approach works there. It stuffs up, though, when there are two words that look the same but they’re actually used differently so the apostrophe rule changes. Its as a pronoun and it’s as a contraction of it is are prime examples. Basically the English language is a complicated beast to put on paper, with lots of rules and lots of exceptions.

Possessive apostrophes are another kettle of fish. Kinda. They’re even curvy, like fish, but let’s not get distracted.

Anyway, there are lots of websites that describe the rules so I won’t get too detailed. Here’s a couple that I’ve skimmed over that seem pretty straightforward:

http://www.correctpunctuation.co.uk/punctuation-apostrophe.htm – good summary

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostrophe – lots of detail

http://www.elmwood-design.com.au/wordplay/grammar/apostrophes.html – good examples

———————————————————————————————————————

Here endeth the lesson.

Pay me later ;P

I think I mentioned the other night how silly English was!

pomolo said:

I think I mentioned the other night how silly English was!

Still, for most of us, it’s the only means of communication we have.

Mind you, politics and religion are sillier :P

More on the apostophe – can you tell me then Yeehah, or anyone – the correct, no-doubt-about-it possessive for Cackles – Is it Cackles’ or Cackles’s – had an idea there is something different about rule for words ending in “es” Vs just “s” ?- oh and it may be further complicated by (me) being singular although the word “cackles” could also be plural or a verb!

Is it any wonder that I have hesitated to start a thread called “my” garden or whatever…:)

hey pepe, cackles, yeehah and pomolo and Lerkers.

cackles said:

More on the apostophe – can you tell me then Yeehah, or anyone – the correct, no-doubt-about-it possessive for Cackles – Is it Cackles’ or Cackles’s – had an idea there is something different about rule for words ending in “es” Vs just “s” ?- oh and it may be further complicated by (me) being singular although the word “cackles” could also be plural or a verb!

Is it any wonder that I have hesitated to start a thread called “my” garden or whatever…:)

Interesting question. On Peter Rowsthorne’s (SP) programme called “Can We Help?” a couple of weeks ago this topic came up. Apparently the rules have changed, and what used to be absolutely the only way, was Cackles’. Now however, in some cases Cackles’s might be right. Daft language innit.

cackles said:

More on the apostophe – can you tell me then Yeehah, or anyone – the correct, no-doubt-about-it possessive for Cackles – Is it Cackles’ or Cackles’s – had an idea there is something different about rule for words ending in “es” Vs just “s” ?- oh and it may be further complicated by (me) being singular although the word “cackles” could also be plural or a verb!

Is it any wonder that I have hesitated to start a thread called “my” garden or whatever…:)

If you called the thread “Cackles’ Garden” I’d have no cause for comment ;)

Here’s another slew of examples:

Cackles has a lovely garden. She/he has a lovely garden. singular
It’s Cackles’ garden. possessive, singular

Ms Jones has a lovely garden. singular
It’s Ms Jones’ garden. possessive, singular

Mr and Mrs Jones have a lovely garden. They have a lovely garden. plural
The Joneses have a lovely garden. plural
It’s the Joneses’ garden. possessive, plural

Are u gettin’ da rhythm??

cackles said:

More on the apostophe – can you tell me then Yeehah, or anyone – the correct, no-doubt-about-it possessive for Cackles – Is it Cackles’ or Cackles’s – had an idea there is something different about rule for words ending in “es” Vs just “s” ?- oh and it may be further complicated by (me) being singular although the word “cackles” could also be plural or a verb! Is it any wonder that I have hesitated to start a thread called “my” garden or whatever…:)

the plural of cackles is ‘cacks’ – no apostrophe
like the plural of pepe is peps
its called lets forget ‘’‘’‘s unless we reckon its important.
this bluddy american spellcheck doesn’t seem to like ‘apostrophe’

pomolo said:

Lucky1 said:

Went with Bimbo to the gym last night. I put an hour of 1 to 1 in the gym and today I can feel the back of my legs and shoulder blade area.

Learnt heaps too about how to position my body during gym work. I go again next Monday night as well.

Very brave of you lucky1.

I had a stress headache by the time I got there…soon lost it was I enjoyed myself so much.

Thing we are all in catch up mode.

My turn to have a whinge

“Climbs up onto soap box”

We are currently going through the throws, towards getting an Australian ID Card so we can go to Norfolk Island for a week in late August. You don’t need a full Passport to go there but you must have this confounded ID card. We had to fill out full passport forms that we got from Aust Post, anyway.

OK. No big deal! Had to get passport photos done. Photo copies of drivers licences, Centrelink card, Birth Certificate, copy and original and Marriage Certificate, copy and original in my case because I happened to have changed my name back in 1968 when I got married. Well that was sneaky of me! Anyway then we had to have the photos and the licences verified that we were who we said we were by a Commissioner of Declaration. She also had to fill out a page of the application form.

RightO! All done, so we trundle off to an appointment at the Post Office so they can accept that we have filled everything out and that we had all the necessary copies and originals so the process could begin. Stand in the never ending queue till our turn for service. Ask to see the lady who was expecting us at 11:00. She says………………

“I’m terribly sorry but I can’t accept these forms today. A new form was put in circulation on the 1st July and they will not accept the old forms.”

So there you have it. We came home and started the whole exercise again. Rang to see if the C of D was available to repeat her page on the new forms etc. I checked the form but they hadn’t allowed space for a blood sample and DNA. What a surprise! That will be on the next new passport application form, I’m sure.

We heading for a new appointment at the PO tomorrow. We may or may not have them accepted. I’ll let you know.

getting down off soapbox

I know it’s a proceedure necessary now because of the threat of terrorism. It didn’t make me any less angry though.

pomolo said:

My turn to have a whinge

“Climbs up onto soap box”

We are currently going through the throws, towards getting an Australian ID Card so we can go to Norfolk Island for a week in late August. You don’t need a full Passport to go there but you must have this confounded ID card. We had to fill out full passport forms that we got from Aust Post, anyway.

OK. No big deal! Had to get passport photos done. Photo copies of drivers licences, Centrelink card, Birth Certificate, copy and original and Marriage Certificate, copy and original in my case because I happened to have changed my name back in 1968 when I got married. Well that was sneaky of me! Anyway then we had to have the photos and the licences verified that we were who we said we were by a Commissioner of Declaration. She also had to fill out a page of the application form.

RightO! All done, so we trundle off to an appointment at the Post Office so they can accept that we have filled everything out and that we had all the necessary copies and originals so the process could begin. Stand in the never ending queue till our turn for service. Ask to see the lady who was expecting us at 11:00. She says………………

“I’m terribly sorry but I can’t accept these forms today. A new form was put in circulation on the 1st July and they will not accept the old forms.”

So there you have it. We came home and started the whole exercise again. Rang to see if the C of D was available to repeat her page on the new forms etc. I checked the form but they hadn’t allowed space for a blood sample and DNA. What a surprise! That will be on the next new passport application form, I’m sure.

We heading for a new appointment at the PO tomorrow. We may or may not have them accepted. I’ll let you know.

getting down off soapbox

I know it’s a proceedure necessary now because of the threat of terrorism. It didn’t make me any less angry though.

I’m told coming in to land on Norfolk is a tad scary, can’t remember why. Something to do with the position of the runway maybe.

Bubba Louie said:

pomolo said:

My turn to have a whinge

“Climbs up onto soap box”

We are currently going through the throws, towards getting an Australian ID Card so we can go to Norfolk Island for a week in late August. You don’t need a full Passport to go there but you must have this confounded ID card. We had to fill out full passport forms that we got from Aust Post, anyway.

OK. No big deal! Had to get passport photos done. Photo copies of drivers licences, Centrelink card, Birth Certificate, copy and original and Marriage Certificate, copy and original in my case because I happened to have changed my name back in 1968 when I got married. Well that was sneaky of me! Anyway then we had to have the photos and the licences verified that we were who we said we were by a Commissioner of Declaration. She also had to fill out a page of the application form.

RightO! All done, so we trundle off to an appointment at the Post Office so they can accept that we have filled everything out and that we had all the necessary copies and originals so the process could begin. Stand in the never ending queue till our turn for service. Ask to see the lady who was expecting us at 11:00. She says………………

“I’m terribly sorry but I can’t accept these forms today. A new form was put in circulation on the 1st July and they will not accept the old forms.”

So there you have it. We came home and started the whole exercise again. Rang to see if the C of D was available to repeat her page on the new forms etc. I checked the form but they hadn’t allowed space for a blood sample and DNA. What a surprise! That will be on the next new passport application form, I’m sure.

We heading for a new appointment at the PO tomorrow. We may or may not have them accepted. I’ll let you know.

getting down off soapbox

I know it’s a proceedure necessary now because of the threat of terrorism. It didn’t make me any less angry though.

I’m told coming in to land on Norfolk is a tad scary, can’t remember why. Something to do with the position of the runway maybe.

We have done it before Bubba. It wasn’t scary for me. I think you are talking about the cross wind that you get on an island no matter what direction it’s coming from.

pomolo said:

Bubba Louie said:

pomolo said:

My turn to have a whinge

“Climbs up onto soap box”

We are currently going through the throws, towards getting an Australian ID Card so we can go to Norfolk Island for a week in late August. You don’t need a full Passport to go there but you must have this confounded ID card. We had to fill out full passport forms that we got from Aust Post, anyway.

OK. No big deal! Had to get passport photos done. Photo copies of drivers licences, Centrelink card, Birth Certificate, copy and original and Marriage Certificate, copy and original in my case because I happened to have changed my name back in 1968 when I got married. Well that was sneaky of me! Anyway then we had to have the photos and the licences verified that we were who we said we were by a Commissioner of Declaration. She also had to fill out a page of the application form.

RightO! All done, so we trundle off to an appointment at the Post Office so they can accept that we have filled everything out and that we had all the necessary copies and originals so the process could begin. Stand in the never ending queue till our turn for service. Ask to see the lady who was expecting us at 11:00. She says………………

“I’m terribly sorry but I can’t accept these forms today. A new form was put in circulation on the 1st July and they will not accept the old forms.”

So there you have it. We came home and started the whole exercise again. Rang to see if the C of D was available to repeat her page on the new forms etc. I checked the form but they hadn’t allowed space for a blood sample and DNA. What a surprise! That will be on the next new passport application form, I’m sure.

We heading for a new appointment at the PO tomorrow. We may or may not have them accepted. I’ll let you know.

getting down off soapbox

I know it’s a proceedure necessary now because of the threat of terrorism. It didn’t make me any less angry though.

I’m told coming in to land on Norfolk is a tad scary, can’t remember why. Something to do with the position of the runway maybe.

We have done it before Bubba. It wasn’t scary for me. I think you are talking about the cross wind that you get on an island no matter what direction it’s coming from.

You’re an old hand then. :)

I’d like to go back to NZ sometime. I was watching a travel show last weekend that featured an antarctic cruise. It looked fantastic, they went kayaking with whales.

tThat’s why we are going back again. It’s a lovely interesting place. Lots of history. We won’t have to wear ourselves out doing the tourist thing so we don’t miss anything. I’m really looking forward to it.

Here endeth the lesson.

Pay me later ;P

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Oh My Yeehah !
Reading that was a blast from the past with my old english teacher Taggert berating me in front of a whole higher class for the incorrect structure of a sentence , far out.
Now I remember it all lol!

i spose everyone is playing Catch up?

pomolo said:

“I’m terribly sorry but I can’t accept these forms today. A new form was put in circulation on the 1st July and they will not accept the old forms.”

oh crap! you think at least they would have a couple of weeks leeway for people like you who were in the middle of the process….

bluegreen said:

pomolo said:

“I’m terribly sorry but I can’t accept these forms today. A new form was put in circulation on the 1st July and they will not accept the old forms.”

oh crap! you think at least they would have a couple of weeks leeway for people like you who were in the middle of the process….

BG, I was thinking is my self.

bluegreen said:

pomolo said:

“I’m terribly sorry but I can’t accept these forms today. A new form was put in circulation on the 1st July and they will not accept the old forms.”

oh crap! you think at least they would have a couple of weeks leeway for people like you who were in the middle of the process….

Or warned them about the deadline.

bluegreen said:

pomolo said:

“I’m terribly sorry but I can’t accept these forms today. A new form was put in circulation on the 1st July and they will not accept the old forms.”

oh crap! you think at least they would have a couple of weeks leeway for people like you who were in the middle of the process….

Mr BG just told me a story about a work colleague that might make you feel a bit better. He came to Australia from Russia when it was the USSR and has since become an Australian citizen. He wants to go back to Russia to visit relatives but since the break up of the USSR, he has to get a Russian International Passport. He has to be in Russia to get the passport, and he can’t get into Russia because he hasn’t got the passport. The only way he can get around it is to go to the Russian Embassy, which means travelling interstate, and denounce his Russian citizenship and go in as a non-Russian. So as a Russian he cannot enter Russia, but he can as a foreigner.

bluegreen said:

bluegreen said:

pomolo said:

“I’m terribly sorry but I can’t accept these forms today. A new form was put in circulation on the 1st July and they will not accept the old forms.”

oh crap! you think at least they would have a couple of weeks leeway for people like you who were in the middle of the process….

Mr BG just told me a story about a work colleague that might make you feel a bit better. He came to Australia from Russia when it was the USSR and has since become an Australian citizen. He wants to go back to Russia to visit relatives but since the break up of the USSR, he has to get a Russian International Passport. He has to be in Russia to get the passport, and he can’t get into Russia because he hasn’t got the passport. The only way he can get around it is to go to the Russian Embassy, which means travelling interstate, and denounce his Russian citizenship and go in as a non-Russian. So as a Russian he cannot enter Russia, but he can as a foreigner.

One of our old neighbours was going in work in England for a year. It was being organised by a work contact who was going to get him a work permit once he arrived. A big going away party was had, during which we discovered that he had only bought a one way ticket. We tried to tell him that customs in England would find this suss but he was confident that he’d be OK.

He never made it past Heathrow. They found a letter of introduction from his previous employer to the new company and straight away assumed he was going to work illegally. He tried to explain but the didn’t believe him and he was on the next flight home.
It took some living down and his chances of being allowed in, in the future, are slim.

from time to time people ask about garden design software….i just bought omni-graffle (mac only) and downloaded a gardening stencil, which has enough shapes to draw a aerial design view. as far as diagramming software goes, omni-graffle is second to none. the likes of visio and similar pale in comparison.

aquarium said:

from time to time people ask about garden design software….i just bought omni-graffle (mac only) and downloaded a gardening stencil, which has enough shapes to draw a aerial design view. as far as diagramming software goes, omni-graffle is second to none. the likes of visio and similar pale in comparison.

mac only is a problem here.

morining all.

Hi VG

hey Grassy how are you on this friday?

HAve the Air con on as it is a bit cool this morning

Grasshopper said:

HAve the Air con on as it is a bit cool this morning

yeah. i got to go to kurri kurri this moring get to drive there and back.

Morning, just on my first cuppa for the day. Elf is still in bed sleeping.

Big plans for out in the garden today. Guess I’ll know how the days goes as the hours tick tock away.

Hoping to get my broad beans in today and also make a start on the no-dig area.

We have a fella coming today to look at the TV attana and cable that runs through the roof. Elf can’t get up in the roof now aways, too dusty for him. TV reception is getting worse and the desk top boxes don’t work now. So the TV cable that is nearly 20 years old needs replacing.

So while the fella and elf bond, I’ll be gardening. He’s due here about 11 am.

Still haven’t managed to get out to my poultry supplier for a bale of hay. Road works on Port Wakefield road are horrendous. Bimbo passed 3 car accidents yesterday on the way too work:( 3 of them…….. she arrived really late for work. Such congestion in the area and so I have put the trip off as long as we can. So tomorrow with people not traveling as much to work……. should be a bit easier.

Good morning all :)

Veg has already caught me via PM on BYP…sometimes I feel he lies in waiting – LOL

“I’m told coming in to land on Norfolk is a tad scary, can’t remember why. Something to do with the position of the runway maybe.”

Try Lord Howe Is! I have some photos – somewhere.

When I went to Norfolk Is- more than 10 yrs ago – I had to renew my passport not to go there but to get back into Australia! The old passport was expiring the day before I returned. Maybe the rules have changed since then… have a nice time! I preferred Lord Howe to Norfolk – the honeymooners at every turn notwithstanding. Could have gone out deep sea fishing every day! :)

Hi Cackles—Lord Howe Is —is where I would like to go—might get you to send me some places that are good to stay at—have been to the site but better to get info from someone that has been there—you can get my email addy from Lucky if you like

“If you called the thread “Cackles’ Garden” I’d have no cause for comment ;)”

:) Thanks, Yeehah, that was my inclination but I feel more confident about it now!

Here I am talking to myself – but am almost up to date. Had best get outside and get some watering done – it is quite dry again and I see wilting plants around. It is quite overcast this morning and is actually later than it feels – just a watery sun peeking through now. BBL

i am back not much on tv all pretty boring.

Hi Grassy – a long time ago – I went on a 5day at each Is package and actually got changed from a self-service to a guest house part way through – so I had to give away all the lovely fish that I caught! Lol I had some slides scanned that I’ll rummage around for later…Things could well have changed since I was there – hope the bicycles at least that you can hire have been updated a bit! Probably a travel agent would be best for where to stay – or motoring organisations sometimes have info…

OK thanks Cakles

good morning :) I have some bag’s of ‘smart mulch’ and going to mulch the mini orchard with this. It’s small compacted blocks of lucern hay, pea straw , wheat straw , zeolite , urea and lime. Once wet the stuff expand’s , so I hope it rains !

Brekky first then I’ll get stuck into it :)

moring HP

Happy Potter said:

good morning :) I have some bag’s of ‘smart mulch’ and going to mulch the mini orchard with this. It’s small compacted blocks of lucern hay, pea straw , wheat straw , zeolite , urea and lime. Once wet the stuff expand’s , so I hope it rains !

Brekky first then I’ll get stuck into it :)

“smart mulch” huh???? not that smart if you have to do it yourself.

“smart mulch” in my books…does it while your having brekky;P

Morn’n VG & HP:)

Lucky1 said:

Morn’n VG & HP:)

morn’n L1 how is it down over there in SA?

veg gardener said:

Lucky1 said:

Morn’n VG & HP:)

morn’n L1 how is it down over there in SA?

Cool, rainy days are coming and some of the temps are going to be down to 14 degrees.

Just about ready to think about heading outside.

Lucky1 said:

veg gardener said:

Lucky1 said:

Morn’n VG & HP:)

morn’n L1 how is it down over there in SA?

Cool, rainy days are coming and some of the temps are going to be down to 14 degrees.

Just about ready to think about heading outside.

kool its about 8:30 where you are arent you well 8:29 to be correct.

kool its about 8:30 where you are arent you well 8:29 to be correct.
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was:)

i am Pretty good with this time Conversion thing now arent i.

Morning all. Sorry to gloat (not really) but it is a very pleasant 22 degrees with a clear blue sky up here(Darwin). Sigh…another day in paradise.

pomolo said:

“I’m terribly sorry but I can’t accept these forms today. A new form was put in circulation on the 1st July and they will not accept the old forms.”

RUBBISH! I’m sorry Pomolo but you’ve been had by a beauracrat (sp) who didn’t bother checking. The new forms come into circulation on 1 July BUT the old forms are being accepted until September. I listened very carefully to the announcement about the new forms ‘cause The Man and The Girl are in the process of getting their passports. I would ring the Australian Passport office.

I have found some PO employees to be a right pain about passports. When I had mine done, I drove miles to get my photos done, then to get them signed, then to PO. They said “These photos are no good” <*ggggrrrrrr*> Drove back to the photo place, she said “HUH?” Took new photos for me, and said “Just pop into the PO next door and check before you drive all over town getting the new ones signed.” The PO next door said “Don’t like these new ones; but these ones you’ve already got signed are okay.” HUH?

Happy Potter said:

good morning :) I have some bag’s of ‘smart mulch’ and going to mulch the mini orchard with this. It’s small compacted blocks of lucern hay, pea straw , wheat straw , zeolite , urea and lime. Once wet the stuff expand’s , so I hope it rains !

Brekky first then I’ll get stuck into it :)

sounds interesting. have you used it before? I’d like to know what you think about it and how your plants like it.

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

good morning :) I have some bag’s of ‘smart mulch’ and going to mulch the mini orchard with this. It’s small compacted blocks of lucern hay, pea straw , wheat straw , zeolite , urea and lime. Once wet the stuff expand’s , so I hope it rains !

Brekky first then I’ll get stuck into it :)

sounds interesting. have you used it before? I’d like to know what you think about it and how your plants like it.

Hi Bluegreen , no I haven’t used it before. I spread one bag of it failrly thin, then watered it and watched it expand.It really puffs up ! I’m easily amused lol.
It takes quite a bit of wetting, but then I’m expecting it to save a lot of watering too. Nice smell about it.

I remember why I dropped off the GA forum now! In the time it takes for me to catch up all the posts from the last time I logged on I could have done a week’s worth of readings and probably fitted in a couple of lectures too.

You guys sure can chatter! That’s good, now that I’m not studying ;-)

does get quiet sometimes, but it is a nice place to hang around – fells like home to me :)

bluegreen said:

does get quiet sometimes, but it is a nice place to hang around – fells like home to me :)

Have to agree with you there……..this is a beautiful and lovely cyber sun room to pull up a chair and have a cuppa with a fellow gardener.:D

Speaking of that…. passes round a cake Betty cooked for me & the elf. She’s a lovely step mum.

In for a cuppa and cake and then outside again in my vegie patch….. so beautiful outside and the sun is shinning.

morning all, how much rain we have last night BG ?

The Estate said:

morning all, how much rain we have last night BG ?

only 1mm Thee :(

Poured at my place ??

The Estate said:

Poured at my place ??

lucky you :)
maybe you should get your own rain gauge?

got one, forget to empty it

The Estate said:

got one, forget to empty it

lol! mine is automatic :D

and your a good reader as well

The Estate said:

morning all, how much rain we have last night BG ?

You have rain your way Thee???

We have a lot of wet days coming from what they said last night on the weather/news.

Lucky1 said:

The Estate said:

morning all, how much rain we have last night BG ?

You have rain your way Thee???

We have a lot of wet days coming from what they said last night on the weather/news.

I have not had to water the garden beds for a few weeks now

I have not had to water the garden beds for a few weeks now
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Great. My soil is wet/damp as well. Good for transplanting plants out or sowing seeds.

Have to water all the pots etc… over the w/e, starting to droop !

Morning All (Just)
I have been a good girl this morning and did the housework (groan)
It’s a lovely sunny day here so far but we did get rain in the night. I’m in the middle of making soup ATM so must run back to the kitchen now. I might even make a cake later :)
BBL

Hey O40 I’m doing housework too :) Taking a coffee break ;) Realised if I was going to have coffee today I needed to have it now, otherwise I’d be washing windows or something stooopid at midnight.

I try not to think of it as housework. I pinched a Flylady term – home blessing. I’m blessing my family, myself and my visitors with a fresh, clean house (and clothes, and dishes, and ‘real’ food).

Happy Potter said:

Here endeth the lesson.

Pay me later ;P

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Oh My Yeehah !
Reading that was a blast from the past with my old english teacher Taggert berating me in front of a whole higher class for the incorrect structure of a sentence , far out.
Now I remember it all lol!

Geez, are you wounded? Hope not ;)

Whether you change your relationship with your apostrophes is your business really – I won’t stop reading your posts and I definitely won’t stop talking to you. From reading your posts you sound like a scream and I’d love to meet you – little problem with distance, of course.

But now I’ve got all that off my chest, I won’t fret any more. Fair dink, I was turning grey over your apostrophes :P

Hi again. Well have now postponed car service twice – was supposed to have it there at 11am but oops came inside and found it to be that already…

Still some bags of horse manure to unload – somehow, as per usual- got sidetracked after feeding some of the horsepoo to the worm warms, and one thing led to another …So putting the kettle on after catching up on a few things here.

SueBk said:

Hey O40 I’m doing housework too :) Taking a coffee break ;) Realised if I was going to have coffee today I needed to have it now, otherwise I’d be washing windows or something stooopid at midnight.

I try not to think of it as housework. I pinched a Flylady term – home blessing. I’m blessing my family, myself and my visitors with a fresh, clean house (and clothes, and dishes, and ‘real’ food).

LOL, that’s a good phrase Sue, I’ll adopt it :)

But now I’ve got all that off my chest, I won’t fret any more. Fair dink, I was turning grey over your apostrophes :P

LOL, Yeehah. I must confess I go a bit ape about apostrophes in shop signs or advertisements. You’d think if someone paid to have them made or printed that they’d be correct! My kids say I’m a member of the apostrophe police :)
Butchers and greengrocers seem yo be the worst offenders.

TV antenna man is here still…….Elf is in his element……. someone male to talk too…LOL

bluegreen said:

pomolo said:

“I’m terribly sorry but I can’t accept these forms today. A new form was put in circulation on the 1st July and they will not accept the old forms.”

oh crap! you think at least they would have a couple of weeks leeway for people like you who were in the middle of the process….

Your right but was not to be. It was all the running around and getting original certificates searched and posted All cost large amounts of money because they were rush jobs. Also the fact that we live on a rural property without access to in town services.

Anyway it’s done now and I’m over it but be warned if any of you are intending to try and get a passport.

bluegreen said:

bluegreen said:

pomolo said:

“I’m terribly sorry but I can’t accept these forms today. A new form was put in circulation on the 1st July and they will not accept the old forms.”

oh crap! you think at least they would have a couple of weeks leeway for people like you who were in the middle of the process….

Mr BG just told me a story about a work colleague that might make you feel a bit better. He came to Australia from Russia when it was the USSR and has since become an Australian citizen. He wants to go back to Russia to visit relatives but since the break up of the USSR, he has to get a Russian International Passport. He has to be in Russia to get the passport, and he can’t get into Russia because he hasn’t got the passport. The only way he can get around it is to go to the Russian Embassy, which means travelling interstate, and denounce his Russian citizenship and go in as a non-Russian. So as a Russian he cannot enter Russia, but he can as a foreigner.

Just too crazy!

I really saw red with the ATO the other day and have now had an apology. I was required to ring a certain number but when I did the gist of the recorded message was “we’re are too busy to talk to you, look at our website and the self-help, goodbye” – hangup! I immediately dashed off an email to the Ombudsman who wrote back that I needed to go through ATO Complaints on such and such a number , and was there any reason I had bypassed this. Of course there was – why would the complaint line be more accessible than the one I was directed to ring!?. But the Ombudsman’s reply also included an offer to pass on my concerns, an offer which I, of course, accepted. My main point was that though this particular government department/agency or whatever, had told me to ring them, when I did so they gave me neither a chance to wait on line nor a chance to leave my details for a call back at their convenience – and of course they could have sent the required form out in the first place! Besides being very rude, to just hang up is not acceptable…I really hate being made to jump through hoops – especially when it shouldn’t be necessary!

That experience with the passport photos need reporting – if the powers that be don’t know what is going on and get some consistency to guidelines we will remain at the mercy of petty, or more likely poorly trained, bureaucrats.

cackles said:

“I’m told coming in to land on Norfolk is a tad scary, can’t remember why. Something to do with the position of the runway maybe.”

Try Lord Howe Is! I have some photos – somewhere.

When I went to Norfolk Is- more than 10 yrs ago – I had to renew my passport not to go there but to get back into Australia! The old passport was expiring the day before I returned. Maybe the rules have changed since then… have a nice time! I preferred Lord Howe to Norfolk – the honeymooners at every turn notwithstanding. Could have gone out deep sea fishing every day! :)

Thanks for the wishes Cackles. Might do Lord Howe someday.

We have had showers here today. It’s overcast and cool. Hope there is more rain to come.

Just back from yet another visit to the dentist. The tooth never really came good and he’s given me a referral to a oral surgeon. Because it never got as far as being filled it’s virtually hollow and is likely to break when it’s removed, so a surgical extraction it has to be. :(

Even more money. :( :( :(

bubba louie said:

Just back from yet another visit to the dentist. The tooth never really came good and he’s given me a referral to a oral surgeon. Because it never got as far as being filled it’s virtually hollow and is likely to break when it’s removed, so a surgical extraction it has to be. :(

Even more money. :( :( :(

Oh bugger…..:(:(

bubba louie said:

Just back from yet another visit to the dentist. The tooth never really came good and he’s given me a referral to a oral surgeon. Because it never got as far as being filled it’s virtually hollow and is likely to break when it’s removed, so a surgical extraction it has to be. :(

Even more money. :( :( :(

Oh dear, you poor thing :(

The Estate said:

bubba louie said:

Just back from yet another visit to the dentist. The tooth never really came good and he’s given me a referral to a oral surgeon. Because it never got as far as being filled it’s virtually hollow and is likely to break when it’s removed, so a surgical extraction it has to be. :(

Even more money. :( :( :(

Oh dear, you poor thing :(

I think I’ll go and lie down for a while and ponder my fate. LOL

SueBk said:

pomolo said:

“I’m terribly sorry but I can’t accept these forms today. A new form was put in circulation on the 1st July and they will not accept the old forms.”

RUBBISH! I’m sorry Pomolo but you’ve been had by a beauracrat (sp) who didn’t bother checking. The new forms come into circulation on 1 July BUT the old forms are being accepted until September. I listened very carefully to the announcement about the new forms ‘cause The Man and The Girl are in the process of getting their passports. I would ring the Australian Passport office.

I have found some PO employees to be a right pain about passports. When I had mine done, I drove miles to get my photos done, then to get them signed, then to PO. They said “These photos are no good” <*ggggrrrrrr*> Drove back to the photo place, she said “HUH?” Took new photos for me, and said “Just pop into the PO next door and check before you drive all over town getting the new ones signed.” The PO next door said “Don’t like these new ones; but these ones you’ve already got signed are okay.” HUH?

Buggardammit! Somehow I wish you hadn’t told me that. Your right about the driving back and forth. It’s a pain in the butt.

bubba louie said:

The Estate said:

bubba louie said:

Just back from yet another visit to the dentist. The tooth never really came good and he’s given me a referral to a oral surgeon. Because it never got as far as being filled it’s virtually hollow and is likely to break when it’s removed, so a surgical extraction it has to be. :(

Even more money. :( :( :(

Oh dear, you poor thing :(

I think I’ll go and lie down for a while and ponder my fate. LOL

She laughed….so brave……

Lucky1 said:

bubba louie said:

The Estate said:

bubba louie said:

Just back from yet another visit to the dentist. The tooth never really came good and he’s given me a referral to a oral surgeon. Because it never got as far as being filled it’s virtually hollow and is likely to break when it’s removed, so a surgical extraction it has to be. :(

Even more money. :( :( :(

Oh dear, you poor thing :(

I think I’ll go and lie down for a while and ponder my fate. LOL

She laughed….so brave……

Have a bex and a cuppa love LOL

My passport saga. When I got married way back in ’94 I simply took our wedding certificate from the ceremony into the transport department and the bank and so forth to get my ID all changed over. I didn’t get a new passport.

2007 rolls around and I want a new passport. “Sorry, but you need to prove you’ve changed your name. And you need a registered marriage certificate. The ceremony certificate isn’t good enough.” Hmmm. So I apply for a marriage certificate. “You need to provide 100 points.” Hmmm, all my ID is in my married name, and I’m applying for the certificate to prove that is actually my name. So, I send off copies of my bank cards and licence, all in my married name, to prove who I am, so I can get a piece of paper that proves my married name is mine!

The final irony was the certificate came registered mail. I had to provide ID to pick it up. I hand over my drivers licence, in my married name, to prove I am who I am, so I can pick up a certificate to prove I am who I am.

So flipping silly. I could actually be anyone!

just been out for a few hours and it looks like our cat has had another little stroke. Showing the same symptoms but not as bad as last time. Taking him to the vet later.

Sorry to hear that bluegreen. It’s hard when they can’t talk to us and we can’t explain to them.

arvo, finally back!
I was happily playing with mulch and was rudly interrupted by giant sons case manager arrived to take me to a couple meetings, ones I had no notice of, the cheeky blighter forgot to tell me !
Well now it’s too late to do any more in the garden so I will continue where I left off tomorrow . I did get some more of the ‘smart mulch’ on my way home , it is really great stuff.

I spotted some lovely fresh blue grenadier down at the shops too and got 1.5 kg, so it will be beer battered fish and chips for tea .
Off to make some tartare sauce :D

bluegreen said:

just been out for a few hours and it looks like our cat has had another little stroke. Showing the same symptoms but not as bad as last time. Taking him to the vet later.

Oh I hope he will be ok BG. How old is he ?

My furkid Max will be at the vet later too, another ear infection. This time a preventative/maintenance regime will be nessesary.

Good afternoon Greenies,
I made some beoootiful soup with a whole head of celery, a huge leek, a few spuds and various other chopped vegies. Dried soup beans, chicken stock and bacon bones. I even had seconds! Sometimes the soup I make just doesn’t do it for me, but Mr O40 loves it whatever it’s like.

bubba louie said:

Just back from yet another visit to the dentist. The tooth never really came good and he’s given me a referral to a oral surgeon. Because it never got as far as being filled it’s virtually hollow and is likely to break when it’s removed, so a surgical extraction it has to be. :(

Even more money. :( :( :(

Oh Bubba, what a b******* nuisance that tooth has been to you ! (Hugs)

bluegreen said:

just been out for a few hours and it looks like our cat has had another little stroke. Showing the same symptoms but not as bad as last time. Taking him to the vet later.

Oh BG, I’m so sorry. I hope he’ll be OK.

cackles said:

I really saw red with the ATO the other day and have now had an apology. I was required to ring a certain number but when I did the gist of the recorded message was “we’re are too busy to talk to you, look at our website and the self-help, goodbye” – hangup! I immediately dashed off an email to the Ombudsman who wrote back that I needed to go through ATO Complaints on such and such a number , and was there any reason I had bypassed this. Of course there was – why would the complaint line be more accessible than the one I was directed to ring!?. But the Ombudsman’s reply also included an offer to pass on my concerns, an offer which I, of course, accepted. My main point was that though this particular government department/agency or whatever, had told me to ring them, when I did so they gave me neither a chance to wait on line nor a chance to leave my details for a call back at their convenience – and of course they could have sent the required form out in the first place! Besides being very rude, to just hang up is not acceptable…I really hate being made to jump through hoops – especially when it shouldn’t be necessary!

That experience with the passport photos need reporting – if the powers that be don’t know what is going on and get some consistency to guidelines we will remain at the mercy of petty, or more likely poorly trained, bureaucrats.

I second that.

bubba louie said:

Just back from yet another visit to the dentist. The tooth never really came good and he’s given me a referral to a oral surgeon. Because it never got as far as being filled it’s virtually hollow and is likely to break when it’s removed, so a surgical extraction it has to be. :(

Even more money. :( :( :(

Poor Bubba. I feel for you.

orchid40 said:

bubba louie said:

Just back from yet another visit to the dentist. The tooth never really came good and he’s given me a referral to a oral surgeon. Because it never got as far as being filled it’s virtually hollow and is likely to break when it’s removed, so a surgical extraction it has to be. :(

Even more money. :( :( :(

Oh Bubba, what a b******* nuisance that tooth has been to you ! (Hugs)

Hopefully you won’t have to suffer much longer before the deed is done.

cackles said:

if the powers that be don’t know what is going on and get some consistency to guidelines we will remain at the mercy of petty, or more likely poorly trained, bureaucrats.

not all is gloom and doom. Mr BG had a very helpful person restore about 8 months of back pension owed his now deceased father. Originally the answer was that now he is dead nothing can be done, but then she looked into it more and realised that the proper steps had not been taken at the time therefore it was their error and the estate was entitled to the full refund. Would have been better that the mistake hadn’t happened in the first place, but it is nice to know that they can do the right thing in the end.

SueBk said:

My passport saga. When I got married way back in ’94 I simply took our wedding certificate from the ceremony into the transport department and the bank and so forth to get my ID all changed over. I didn’t get a new passport.

2007 rolls around and I want a new passport. “Sorry, but you need to prove you’ve changed your name. And you need a registered marriage certificate. The ceremony certificate isn’t good enough.” Hmmm. So I apply for a marriage certificate. “You need to provide 100 points.” Hmmm, all my ID is in my married name, and I’m applying for the certificate to prove that is actually my name. So, I send off copies of my bank cards and licence, all in my married name, to prove who I am, so I can get a piece of paper that proves my married name is mine!

The final irony was the certificate came registered mail. I had to provide ID to pick it up. I hand over my drivers licence, in my married name, to prove I am who I am, so I can pick up a certificate to prove I am who I am.

So flipping silly. I could actually be anyone!

My God! It just gets worse.

Happy Potter said:

bluegreen said:

just been out for a few hours and it looks like our cat has had another little stroke. Showing the same symptoms but not as bad as last time. Taking him to the vet later.

Oh I hope he will be ok BG. How old is he ?

My furkid Max will be at the vet later too, another ear infection. This time a preventative/maintenance regime will be nessesary.

Alex is 17, not a young fellow anymore.

bluegreen said:

cackles said:

if the powers that be don’t know what is going on and get some consistency to guidelines we will remain at the mercy of petty, or more likely poorly trained, bureaucrats.

not all is gloom and doom. Mr BG had a very helpful person restore about 8 months of back pension owed his now deceased father. Originally the answer was that now he is dead nothing can be done, but then she looked into it more and realised that the proper steps had not been taken at the time therefore it was their error and the estate was entitled to the full refund. Would have been better that the mistake hadn’t happened in the first place, but it is nice to know that they can do the right thing in the end.

I should mention here that it costs nothing to get one of these ID cards. That was a pleasant surprise.

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

bluegreen said:

just been out for a few hours and it looks like our cat has had another little stroke. Showing the same symptoms but not as bad as last time. Taking him to the vet later.

Oh I hope he will be ok BG. How old is he ?

My furkid Max will be at the vet later too, another ear infection. This time a preventative/maintenance regime will be nessesary.

Alex is 17, not a young fellow anymore.

It shows what good care has been taken of them to reach ripe old age.

Hope Alex and Max are ok.

bluegreen said:

just been out for a few hours and it looks like our cat has had another little stroke. Showing the same symptoms but not as bad as last time. Taking him to the vet later.

Oh bugger:(

I am finally at the top. My attention is needed elsewhere so bye for now. It was lovely to see some new contributiona too.

Lucky1 said:

bluegreen said:

just been out for a few hours and it looks like our cat has had another little stroke. Showing the same symptoms but not as bad as last time. Taking him to the vet later.

Oh bugger:(

I’m thinking that last time he made a full recovery, and this time it doesn’t seem as bad. He is sleeping now which means he is not distressed.

bluegreen said:

Lucky1 said:

bluegreen said:

just been out for a few hours and it looks like our cat has had another little stroke. Showing the same symptoms but not as bad as last time. Taking him to the vet later.

Oh bugger:(

I’m thinking that last time he made a full recovery, and this time it doesn’t seem as bad. He is sleeping now which means he is not distressed.

Fur children can be such a worry at times.

Special cuddles to Alex and a ((HUG)) the the Bluegreen family.

Well the Tv man has finally left and we now are the proud owners of a new TV antenna and new cable.

TVs are crystal clear and SBS is FAB TAB now and a channel called 31, is now on the TV too for viewing.

Found out our “Dick Smith” desk top has crapped itself.

So we are poorer for his visit, but the elf didn’t need to get up in the roof and we have more TV channels:D

Who needs foxtel????

Had to be worth it……in the end:D

bluegreen said:

cackles said:

if the powers that be don’t know what is going on and get some consistency to guidelines we will remain at the mercy of petty, or more likely poorly trained, bureaucrats.

not all is gloom and doom. Mr BG had a very helpful person restore about 8 months of back pension owed his now deceased father. Originally the answer was that now he is dead nothing can be done, but then she looked into it more and realised that the proper steps had not been taken at the time therefore it was their error and the estate was entitled to the full refund. Would have been better that the mistake hadn’t happened in the first place, but it is nice to know that they can do the right thing in the end.

That’s good BG.
I had a similar experience with Centrelink when I was renting and on a pension. They hadn’t been giving me rent rebate for about 2 years and I thought it was built in to my pension.By sheer chance I received a form which I should have been sent in the beginning which woke me up to it. Turned out it was their mistake and I got a very nice back pay. They are not the monsters that they used to be and I was very grateful.

Hardly Normal have rung… elf’s monitor is back and fixed. So off into the city tomorrow to collect it, by car.

Will call into the bottle deposit place with cans/ bottles for a refund. Then on the way home we’ll call into the poultry place and buy my hay and food for the gang.

g’day
nice to see such lively chat.

G’day duckwoman and lurkers.
I took the brown assassin to the vet today for arthritis.
Cheap day out.
Not!

orchid40 said:

My kids say I’m a member of the apostrophe police :)

Me too! Self-nominated member ;)

Longy said:

G’day duckwoman and lurkers.
I took the brown assassin to the vet today for arthritis.
Cheap day out.
Not!

Hi Longy…..our grandkitty is booked into the vet for the last ritual….. into our house. Yep the old nip and tuck in the ladies department. Milly is about to become a whether and not an all together.

Gonna knock off and watch the SBS bad news.
Get myself appropriately despondent.
Gotta go working again this weekend. Reality beckons.
I’m on call as of tomorrow to go to a rig in Qld.
Yay! I was so getting used to going fishing too.
BBL.

See ya Longy

back from the vet. definitely something gone wrong in the brain department. trying the same treatment as last time, a cortisone based anti-inflammatory, and hope he comes good. Poor thing is trying to get somewhere and keeps going in circles instead. I’ve tried taking him to his food and water and his litter tray but it seems that isn’t where he wants to go. Just have to leave him be and rescue him when he gets stuck in a corner.

Thanks for the update BG.

Hope Alex has a good night and finds a comfy warm spot to settle into.

cackles said:

I really saw red with the ATO the other day and have now had an apology.

…I really hate being made to jump through hoops – especially when it shouldn’t be necessary!

That experience with the passport photos need reporting – if the powers that be don’t know what is going on and get some consistency to guidelines we will remain at the mercy of petty, or more likely poorly trained, bureaucrats.

Hmm, while we’re on the trail of bureaucratic bungles, I’ve had a win with Centrelink this week. I did some casual work over summer and, in short, the manager really made a mess of my time sheets so that none of my fortnightly pay slips accurately reflected the shifts that I worked. So what I reported to Centrelink didn’t quite align with my payslips, so when I got a letter from the employer that aligned dates with amounts, Centrelink really managed to mess things up and recorded some earnings twice. Centrelink started out saying that I owed them $600 (I had earned a total of $1100 over 10 weeks) then it got down to $77, but they didn’t say how they calculated the debt. It took several weeks to get a paper copy of what they had recorded me as earning, by which time they’d automatically started taking money out of my benefits to repay the “debt”. I have spent hours and hours ringing people, chasing the employer for the original time sheets, doing copies of documents, writing letters and explanatory notes, sitting in the local Centrelink office explaining to the lovely people here – who can’t do anything because it all goes through a separate office 400km away. In the end, by my calculations, I had (thanks to the employer mucking me about) not reported $12 of my earnings. I estimate that dealing with this “debt” has taken at least 4 hours of their staff time, collectively.

So 2 days ago I was killing time and logged onto my Centrelink “page” and found something to click on that showed me my “debts”, and it said I owed them $0! So now I am waiting for a letter to arrive to say that I don’t owe them anything. I’m really steamed about the fact that this whole process was unnecessary, and it ended up being over $12. Oh, and according to their rules, by not reporting that $12 I should repay them something like 30% of that (say $4), and they’ve taken $15 – if they don’t refund the $11 difference, I’ll be starting the whole process again. I can’t see that if I had a $11 debt they’d let it slide, so damned if I’m gonna let it slide!

When someone said to me recently “is it really worth all the effort just for $70” (well, frankly, as far as I’m concerned, there’s nothing “just” about $70!), yes it is worth it. There are heaps of people who may have had to repay money to Centrelink in error, but they don’t have the ability to do the figures, to ask for the right information from the right people, and the guts to stick with it. So I’ve got my caped crusader costume on and fighting the good fight for the undertrodden ;)

Lucky1 said:

Thanks for the update BG.

Hope Alex has a good night and finds a comfy warm spot to settle into.

he’s had his heat pad on under his basket since the weather has cooled down, so we will make sure he is settled in that before we go to bed.

bubba louie said:

Just back from yet another visit to the dentist. The tooth never really came good and he’s given me a referral to a oral surgeon. Because it never got as far as being filled it’s virtually hollow and is likely to break when it’s removed, so a surgical extraction it has to be. :(

Even more money. :( :( :(

Look in the bright side – it could have been worse.

100 years ago – or if you were living in poverty in Africa or India – it’d‘ve probably killed you.

Glad you’re living in Australia, now!

Gee yeehah…… Centrelink do have a lot of issues with their working outs at times.

Been there and done this in the past.

Not a nice feeling, sitting there and being told “you didn’t have to take the money” we offered for 6 months…… you could have starved……That was back when we first went on the disability pension.

Long story………

bluegreen said:

Lucky1 said:

Thanks for the update BG.

Hope Alex has a good night and finds a comfy warm spot to settle into.

he’s had his heat pad on under his basket since the weather has cooled down, so we will make sure he is settled in that before we go to bed.

Your a good mum:)

Yeehah said:

When someone said to me recently “is it really worth all the effort just for $70” (well, frankly, as far as I’m concerned, there’s nothing “just” about $70!), yes it is worth it. There are heaps of people who may have had to repay money to Centrelink in error, but they don’t have the ability to do the figures, to ask for the right information from the right people, and the guts to stick with it. So I’ve got my caped crusader costume on and fighting the good fight for the undertrodden ;)

it is the principle of the thing. we discovered the problem with my father-in-law’s pension when we started getting ambulance bills that should have gone against his pension card. it turn out the card had been stopped along with his pension. Now when Mr BG challenged them about it, he wasn’t so worried about the money, but didn’t think we should have to pay thousands of dollars of bills that should have been covered by the card. But it is all good now. :)

Lucky1 said:

bubba louie said:

The Estate said:

bubba louie said:

Just back from yet another visit to the dentist. The tooth never really came good and he’s given me a referral to a oral surgeon. Because it never got as far as being filled it’s virtually hollow and is likely to break when it’s removed, so a surgical extraction it has to be. :(

Even more money. :( :( :(

Oh dear, you poor thing :(

I think I’ll go and lie down for a while and ponder my fate. LOL

She laughed….so brave……

Not really but it’s the same surgeon who took out my wisdom teeth about 30 years ago and I liked him.

Bubba Louie said:

Lucky1 said:

bubba louie said:

The Estate said:

bubba louie said:

Just back from yet another visit to the dentist. The tooth never really came good and he’s given me a referral to a oral surgeon. Because it never got as far as being filled it’s virtually hollow and is likely to break when it’s removed, so a surgical extraction it has to be. :(

Even more money. :( :( :(

Oh dear, you poor thing :(

I think I’ll go and lie down for a while and ponder my fate. LOL

She laughed….so brave……

Not really but it’s the same surgeon who took out my wisdom teeth about 30 years ago and I liked him.

I hope it all goes well for you BL.
I reckon when I do eventually go to the dentist, there will be so much work they can just have to knock me right out.

Happy Potter said:

I hope it all goes well for you BL.
I reckon when I do eventually go to the dentist, there will be so much work they can just have to knock me right out.

Mr BG had to have a shattered tooth removed by an Oral Surgeon. But he didn’t use anaesthetic! He used Valium! Mr BG was awake the whole time so that the surgeon could get him to turn his head etc. Apparently it doesn’t kill the pain, but it kills the memory. When I went to pick him up an hour later, Mr BG said, “What are you doing back already, he hasn’t done it yet.” The surgeon said, “Yes I have.”

On the drive home Mr BG faded in and out and kept asking me if it had been done yet. We figured for one hour, he lost about 7 hours of time that day. Total blank!

However he highly recommends it.

SueBk said:

My passport saga. When I got married way back in ’94 I simply took our wedding certificate from the ceremony into the transport department and the bank and so forth to get my ID all changed over. I didn’t get a new passport.

2007 rolls around and I want a new passport. “Sorry, but you need to prove you’ve changed your name. And you need a registered marriage certificate. The ceremony certificate isn’t good enough.” Hmmm. So I apply for a marriage certificate. “You need to provide 100 points.” Hmmm, all my ID is in my married name, and I’m applying for the certificate to prove that is actually my name. So, I send off copies of my bank cards and licence, all in my married name, to prove who I am, so I can get a piece of paper that proves my married name is mine!

The final irony was the certificate came registered mail. I had to provide ID to pick it up. I hand over my drivers licence, in my married name, to prove I am who I am, so I can pick up a certificate to prove I am who I am.

So flipping silly. I could actually be anyone!

It’s all very confusing. Many years ago a friend of ours got divorced and wanted to go back to her maiden name. She went to a solicitor to see what was required and he told her that all she had to do was to make it known to anyone who was involved that she was now known as (insert maiden name).

He told her that she had never really given up that name in a legal sense and that married woman just become known by there married name. This was in QLD.

In the ACT if you want to take your husbands name you have to fill out legal name change papers.

bluegreen said:

just been out for a few hours and it looks like our cat has had another little stroke. Showing the same symptoms but not as bad as last time. Taking him to the vet later.

Good luck. :(

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

I hope it all goes well for you BL.
I reckon when I do eventually go to the dentist, there will be so much work they can just have to knock me right out.

Mr BG had to have a shattered tooth removed by an Oral Surgeon. But he didn’t use anaesthetic! He used Valium! Mr BG was awake the whole time so that the surgeon could get him to turn his head etc. Apparently it doesn’t kill the pain, but it kills the memory. When I went to pick him up an hour later, Mr BG said, “What are you doing back already, he hasn’t done it yet.” The surgeon said, “Yes I have.”

On the drive home Mr BG faded in and out and kept asking me if it had been done yet. We figured for one hour, he lost about 7 hours of time that day. Total blank!

However he highly recommends it.

Ohh memories ! I have had a shattered tooth , only I didn’t go back for it to be removed . Around the socket broke too..10 year’s ago ..and I still haven’t been back. The tiny bit’s of tooth/bone that work their way to the surface in the gap now and then are a minor pain.

Yeehah said:

cackles said:

I really saw red with the ATO the other day and have now had an apology.

…I really hate being made to jump through hoops – especially when it shouldn’t be necessary!

That experience with the passport photos need reporting – if the powers that be don’t know what is going on and get some consistency to guidelines we will remain at the mercy of petty, or more likely poorly trained, bureaucrats.

Hmm, while we’re on the trail of bureaucratic bungles, I’ve had a win with Centrelink this week. I did some casual work over summer and, in short, the manager really made a mess of my time sheets so that none of my fortnightly pay slips accurately reflected the shifts that I worked. So what I reported to Centrelink didn’t quite align with my payslips, so when I got a letter from the employer that aligned dates with amounts, Centrelink really managed to mess things up and recorded some earnings twice. Centrelink started out saying that I owed them $600 (I had earned a total of $1100 over 10 weeks) then it got down to $77, but they didn’t say how they calculated the debt. It took several weeks to get a paper copy of what they had recorded me as earning, by which time they’d automatically started taking money out of my benefits to repay the “debt”. I have spent hours and hours ringing people, chasing the employer for the original time sheets, doing copies of documents, writing letters and explanatory notes, sitting in the local Centrelink office explaining to the lovely people here – who can’t do anything because it all goes through a separate office 400km away. In the end, by my calculations, I had (thanks to the employer mucking me about) not reported $12 of my earnings. I estimate that dealing with this “debt” has taken at least 4 hours of their staff time, collectively.

So 2 days ago I was killing time and logged onto my Centrelink “page” and found something to click on that showed me my “debts”, and it said I owed them $0! So now I am waiting for a letter to arrive to say that I don’t owe them anything. I’m really steamed about the fact that this whole process was unnecessary, and it ended up being over $12. Oh, and according to their rules, by not reporting that $12 I should repay them something like 30% of that (say $4), and they’ve taken $15 – if they don’t refund the $11 difference, I’ll be starting the whole process again. I can’t see that if I had a $11 debt they’d let it slide, so damned if I’m gonna let it slide!

When someone said to me recently “is it really worth all the effort just for $70” (well, frankly, as far as I’m concerned, there’s nothing “just” about $70!), yes it is worth it. There are heaps of people who may have had to repay money to Centrelink in error, but they don’t have the ability to do the figures, to ask for the right information from the right people, and the guts to stick with it. So I’ve got my caped crusader costume on and fighting the good fight for the undertrodden ;)

you go Wonder Woman!

Lucky1 said:

Longy said:

G’day duckwoman and lurkers.
I took the brown assassin to the vet today for arthritis.
Cheap day out.
Not!

Hi Longy…..our grandkitty is booked into the vet for the last ritual….. into our house. Yep the old nip and tuck in the ladies department. Milly is about to become a whether and not an all together.

Miss Kitty is due her regular geriatric check up and her and Timmy are both due their annual shots. That’s all going to make a dent in the bank balance.

Yeehah said:

bubba louie said:

Just back from yet another visit to the dentist. The tooth never really came good and he’s given me a referral to a oral surgeon. Because it never got as far as being filled it’s virtually hollow and is likely to break when it’s removed, so a surgical extraction it has to be. :(

Even more money. :( :( :(

Look in the bright side – it could have been worse.

100 years ago – or if you were living in poverty in Africa or India – it’d‘ve probably killed you.

Glad you’re living in Australia, now!

Definately

think i have worked it out its quite during the day, but then at night as all come on becuase its to dark out side, we had a bid of rain today.

Happy Potter said:

Bubba Louie said:

Lucky1 said:

bubba louie said:

The Estate said:

bubba louie said:

Just back from yet another visit to the dentist. The tooth never really came good and he’s given me a referral to a oral surgeon. Because it never got as far as being filled it’s virtually hollow and is likely to break when it’s removed, so a surgical extraction it has to be. :(

Even more money. :( :( :(

Oh dear, you poor thing :(

I think I’ll go and lie down for a while and ponder my fate. LOL

She laughed….so brave……

Not really but it’s the same surgeon who took out my wisdom teeth about 30 years ago and I liked him.

I hope it all goes well for you BL.
I reckon when I do eventually go to the dentist, there will be so much work they can just have to knock me right out.

I used to be really scared of dentists but things have changed so much these days. There’s really nothing to fear anymore.

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

I hope it all goes well for you BL.
I reckon when I do eventually go to the dentist, there will be so much work they can just have to knock me right out.

Mr BG had to have a shattered tooth removed by an Oral Surgeon. But he didn’t use anaesthetic! He used Valium! Mr BG was awake the whole time so that the surgeon could get him to turn his head etc. Apparently it doesn’t kill the pain, but it kills the memory. When I went to pick him up an hour later, Mr BG said, “What are you doing back already, he hasn’t done it yet.” The surgeon said, “Yes I have.”

On the drive home Mr BG faded in and out and kept asking me if it had been done yet. We figured for one hour, he lost about 7 hours of time that day. Total blank!

However he highly recommends it.

Why not just a local? I had all my wisdom teeth out with a local and one shattered in the process.

I used to be really scared of dentists but things have changed so much these days. There’s really nothing to fear anymore.
—————————————————————————————-
Until you go to pay for the visit:(

Bubba Louie said:

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

I hope it all goes well for you BL.
I reckon when I do eventually go to the dentist, there will be so much work they can just have to knock me right out.

Mr BG had to have a shattered tooth removed by an Oral Surgeon. But he didn’t use anaesthetic! He used Valium! Mr BG was awake the whole time so that the surgeon could get him to turn his head etc. Apparently it doesn’t kill the pain, but it kills the memory. When I went to pick him up an hour later, Mr BG said, “What are you doing back already, he hasn’t done it yet.” The surgeon said, “Yes I have.”

On the drive home Mr BG faded in and out and kept asking me if it had been done yet. We figured for one hour, he lost about 7 hours of time that day. Total blank!

However he highly recommends it.

Why not just a local? I had all my wisdom teeth out with a local and one shattered in the process.

there was something particularly tricky with this one.

Shutting down for the night. Tomorrow is another day. Good night all.

pomolo said:

Shutting down for the night. Tomorrow is another day. Good night all.

cya Pomolo.

pomolo said:

Shutting down for the night. Tomorrow is another day. Good night all.

Night P.

I’ve just broken one arm off my last pair of cheapy specs. It wouldn’t sit straight with only one so I broke the other off and now it balances on my nose.

Maybe I could start a new fashion.

Good morning all :)

We are having some nice gentle rain here – have just moved the end of 3 hoses connected to gutter downpipe diverters.

My car is blocked in again by woodchip – about 3 cu m of nice red gum that completes the last of 3 loads for my order. I wanted it halfway along driveway but it is a bit further up slope as He dropped it out of his truck as I was inside writing the cheque. None is spread yet.

“he’s had his heat pad on under his basket since the weather has cooled down, so we will make sure he is settled in that before we go to bed”
==.

BG – how is your cat this morning? I scrolled back to find out his name but missed it, I’m sorry. I hope he is recovering.

Bubba Louie said:

I’ve just broken one arm off my last pair of cheapy specs. It wouldn’t sit straight with only one so I broke the other off and now it balances on my nose.

Maybe I could start a new fashion.

Oh BL lol, I hope you have other specs !

good morning all.
Nice old frost here with the temp at 1.6, the lawn is white and many thing’s frozen. Except the celery which still looks fine ! I didn’t cover it , but I did cover the new little lime tree. I will let it get a bit bigger first.

moring thee.

Big frosts here this morning, still thawing out !!

cackles said:

“he’s had his heat pad on under his basket since the weather has cooled down, so we will make sure he is settled in that before we go to bed”
==.

BG – how is your cat this morning? I scrolled back to find out his name but missed it, I’m sorry. I hope he is recovering.

Alex seems a little better this morning. He is still wobbly on his feet but is managing to navigate himself around the house a bit instead of going in circles, but sometimes gets himself in a corner or bumps into things.

Bubba Louie said:

I’ve just broken one arm off my last pair of cheapy specs. It wouldn’t sit straight with only one so I broke the other off and now it balances on my nose.

Maybe I could start a new fashion.

isn’t that what they call Pinz Nez?

The Estate said:

and happy tails wags back to you :)

Hi BG, whatya doin ??

Bubba Louie said:

I’ve just broken one arm off my last pair of cheapy specs. It wouldn’t sit straight with only one so I broke the other off and now it balances on my nose.

Maybe I could start a new fashion.

I’d like to see that. LOL. I am getting a mental picture. You don’t want to know.

The Estate said:

Hi BG, whatya doin ??

sitting on the couch with my laptop. Earlier I went to have some blood taken for my annual check-up. Later this afternoon we will be going to #1 daughter’s house for her birthday.

usual Sat crap here, go home, clean house and continue with the pruning

I’m just going to say good morning and then I have to go and do those darn buscuits. Showery here again today so inside jobs are probably best. Just wish it wasn’t biscuits. L8r.

Good morning gardeners,
A beautiful morning here. I’m so glad I made the soup and a cake and did housework yesterday as I’ve just had a call that my son and his GF are coming for lunch, and bringing my Ex too!
I’d better do another tidy up!
BBL

Raining here in west Brissy today. The Man is a bit miffed. He was hoping to get the next stage of his wall done.

To give you an idea of our block. Standard width for an older suburbian block (think The Man said 18 metres). At the back fenceline we had a rock wall put in. About 1.5m on the left down to about 0.5m on the right. That levelled off the very back of the yard.

Step in about 2-3 metres and there’s another rock wall that hubby laid (rock by rock) that is close to 2m high. Level layer between the two walls is now our chook run. They used to have just the corner, but we’ve extended it so we don’t have to let them out – give my veg a chance.

At the top of the 2m wall we’ve got a massive fig. It’s one of the little leaf ones. I did identify it at one stage, but can’t remember now. Beautiful tree. Actually, the main reason I wanted this house. That level is again about 2-3m wide. Our plan is put a deck under the fig; will be lovely in summer.

Hubby is currently working on the last of the retaining walls, which will be about 1m high. Along the top of that we plan to grow grevilleas (sp). The top level is probably 3-4m wide and ends with the driveway and house. Once upon a time it was lawn, but I’m planning on growing ground covers, ‘cause I can’t see the point of having such a small bit of grass.

That end of the house has a double garage under it. The front of the house is about 2foot off the ground (where my herb tubs are). Think The Man calcuated its a 1 in 6 drop. Every six metres you go forward it drops a metre.

_{’lawn’ fig} ________house/driveway —> top of yard ______| _chooks | ______| back fence |

Might do some baking today, certainly not doing anything much outside.

SueBk said:

_{’lawn’ fig} ________house/driveway —> top of yard ______| _chooks | ______|
back fence |

Pooper, it left out all my spaces :-(( You’ll just have to try and ignore all the full stops.

………………………………………._’lawn’
……………………………._fig ________house/driveway —> top of yard
………………………… ______|
……………_chooks |
……………….______|
back fence |

Pooper again. Well, gave me something to do (while listening and mediating between The Man and The Girl who ‘working together’ ROFLMAO on jigsaw puzzle).

Happy Potter said:

Bubba Louie said:

I’ve just broken one arm off my last pair of cheapy specs. It wouldn’t sit straight with only one so I broke the other off and now it balances on my nose.

Maybe I could start a new fashion.

Oh BL lol, I hope you have other specs !

No I haven’t but I only use the chemist cheapies so I can get another pair today no worries.

bluegreen said:

Bubba Louie said:

I’ve just broken one arm off my last pair of cheapy specs. It wouldn’t sit straight with only one so I broke the other off and now it balances on my nose.

Maybe I could start a new fashion.

isn’t that what they call Pinz Nez?

I think you might be right. Damn and here I was thinking I was a trend setter.

pomolo said:

Bubba Louie said:

I’ve just broken one arm off my last pair of cheapy specs. It wouldn’t sit straight with only one so I broke the other off and now it balances on my nose.

Maybe I could start a new fashion.

I’d like to see that. LOL. I am getting a mental picture. You don’t want to know.

:P

Bubba Louie said:

Happy Potter said:

Bubba Louie said:

I’ve just broken one arm off my last pair of cheapy specs. It wouldn’t sit straight with only one so I broke the other off and now it balances on my nose.

Maybe I could start a new fashion.

Oh BL lol, I hope you have other specs !

No I haven’t but I only use the chemist cheapies so I can get another pair today no worries.

I use the cheepies too but can’t do without them so usually have about half a dozen at any one time. 1 for car, 1 for other car, 1 for upstairs, 1 for downstairs, 1 for gardening, 1 or 2 for work, 1 for spare and my real ones for the computer. Oooo I guess that’s a few more than 6. One of the purry helpers is trying to push the keyboard of the desk!

Arvo :)
I have done the housework, beds changed, loos done ,washing hung out ect , got a big pot of Csirke Paprokas (Chicken Paprika) on the stove , will make Galuska dumplings to go with it later , and now I can go and play in the garden yeaa !

I placed half a bag ,10 kg, of the smart mulch in a wheelbarrow and filled it with water..it’s all soaked in. That stuff is very moisture retentive, love it ! It says 20 kg of it makes 250 litres of mulch. The fernery is next for mulching. I have several large empty bags now that I can take to the horsey school and get filled with manure :)

Tearing through the house flinging cooking apron over the couch , wrestling with garden overalls ,heck wheres my other arm gone ! :D
BBL

Tearing through the house flinging cooking apron over the couch , wrestling with garden overalls ,heck wheres my other arm gone ! :D
————————————————————
the other arm’s here HP.
thanks for that report on celery in the frost. good news.
looks like we’ll be getting rain north of adelaide soon.
i’ve just done weeding and a bit of thinning and transplanting of lettuce this morning.
arvo all.

SueBk said:

Pooper again. Well, gave me something to do (while listening and mediating between The Man and The Girl who ‘working together’ ROFLMAO on jigsaw puzzle).

i get the picture – nice cars LOL

SueBk said:

Pooper again. Well, gave me something to do (while listening and mediating between The Man and The Girl who ‘working together’ ROFLMAO on jigsaw puzzle).

Now I get it. Well done.

Biscuits done. A relief for a few days.

The Kookaburras have been playing up. Haven’t seen or heard them much lately but they are having a reunion and a big party today.

On a bit of a sad note, there were a pair of king parrots on top of the fernery about an hour ago. They were looking a bit lost because they have come for the seed on the Acacia fimbriata but we had them cut down and mulched last year because they were all starting to decay. How do you say sorry to wildlife?.

say sorry by planting replacements :)

pomolo said:

On a bit of a sad note, there were a pair of king parrots on top of the fernery about an hour ago. They were looking a bit lost because they have come for the seed on the Acacia fimbriata but we had them cut down and mulched last year because they were all starting to decay. How do you say sorry to wildlife?.

Plant something else for them? Won;t help in the shorterm, but might help out down the track.

The furry hottie is back adn making typing difficult.

Drawing wasnt’ quite to scale; and the second garage should have been filled with junk and guinea pigs – but I thought that might confuse peopel LOL.

I think I need one those ergonomic keyboards so my hands could fit aorund the furry hottie in winter. Makes a mess of my typing; but sure is nice on a cold day like today.

pepe said:

SueBk said:

Pooper again. Well, gave me something to do (while listening and mediating between The Man and The Girl who ‘working together’ ROFLMAO on jigsaw puzzle).

i get the picture – nice cars LOL

i don’t really get it. Think it needs Explaing to me.