WOW we are already up to December where is this year going.
Good morning, yes the year has flown by.
We have completed sorting and cleaning 2 sheds and one big patio and carport..what didn’t get freecycled or recycled went to the tip and that was only one bootload. The patio looks so bare now , yeaa I can pot up some cuttings of big plants now there’s room :D
Pics after.
Today is stage 3.. the house.. windows, tiles and walls cleaning.
Brekky time :)
If I cut back 3 maidenhair ferns..will they re sprout at this time of year ?
They are in the ground in the fernery bed, were lush and thick a week ago, caterpillars have decimated them.
Happy Potter said:
If I cut back 3 maidenhair ferns..will they re sprout at this time of year ?
They are in the ground in the fernery bed, were lush and thick a week ago, caterpillars have decimated them.
sounds like you couldn’t do worse than the caterpillars. Give them a good drink after.
morning HP
all the forumites but we two are sick or missing.
the promised rain hasn’t arrived.
i did fertilise all the veges after watering yesterday – so there’s a fair bit of promise out there – beans, carrots, eggplant, toms, zuchs, cueys and more. picked red cabbage and beans for tonights dinner.
both gas cylinders have run out together – thats not spose to happen – faulty guage ? – i did wonder why the cylinder was taking so long to finish. i’ll be cooking on the bbq tonight.
that should cause rain LOL.
pepe said:
morning HP
all the forumites but we two are sick or missing.
I’m here, but home “sick”. Felt crook with some virus all weekend and had a lousy night last night. All my muscles ache again.
One should always turn off the gas at the main valve when not in use as leaks can occur.
Some regulator manifolds can be set in the middle to use both cylinders if one isn’t careful.
I’d be chedking for leaks and peraps look at the regulator manifold.
g’day roughy and bluey LOL.
i haven’t replaced a cylinder for the best part of a year – but somehow both cylinders operated despite the switcharoo pointing to one. anyrate the delivery man is local and will advise me i guess.
possibly you tried to recover too soon BG. ? anyrate relax and restore that body of yours.
pepe said:
possibly you tried to recover too soon BG. ? anyrate relax and restore that body of yours.
Mr BG was feeling crook too, although my being out of action has taken its toll on him too. I am one frustrated gardener until this cast comes off. With the rain we have had recently I should be out there digging and weeding and planting, but instead all I caan do is watch the weeds grow! By the time it is off it will be all hot and dry again I expect :(
That reminds me.. why am I not out there gardening in this lovely cool weather?
roughbarked said:
That reminds me.. why am I not out there gardening in this lovely cool weather?
go on, rub it in! lol!
I know how you feel. This time two years back I was laid up with 2 broken ribs 3 fractured vertebrae and diagnosed with “what looks like TB”.. took 21 days to get out of isolation waqrd with bars on the windows. final diagnosis was that it wasn’t TB but was MAC which is a hazard to people like me who garden in natural composts without a mask.
bluegreen said:
pepe said:
possibly you tried to recover too soon BG. ? anyrate relax and restore that body of yours.Mr BG was feeling crook too, although my being out of action has taken its toll on him too. I am one frustrated gardener until this cast comes off. With the rain we have had recently I should be out there digging and weeding and planting, but instead all I caan do is watch the weeds grow! By the time it is off it will be all hot and dry again I expect :(
i can sense your frustration. take a chair outside and plan – or pot a few seed.
roughbarked said:
I know how you feel. This time two years back I was laid up with 2 broken ribs 3 fractured vertebrae and diagnosed with “what looks like TB”.. took 21 days to get out of isolation waqrd with bars on the windows. final diagnosis was that it wasn’t TB but was MAC which is a hazard to people like me who garden in natural composts without a mask.
fortunately I am not that badly injured – just a fractured wrist.
roughbarked said:
I know how you feel. This time two years back I was laid up with 2 broken ribs 3 fractured vertebrae and diagnosed with “what looks like TB”.. took 21 days to get out of isolation waqrd with bars on the windows. final diagnosis was that it wasn’t TB but was MAC which is a hazard to people like me who garden in natural composts without a mask.
worrying – you’re the third forumite who has had trouble with the hazards of compost.
…and i work in it without a mask all the time !
Well, my lung specialist seemed to conclude that this was the most likely source of my Mycobacterium Avium Complex.
I don’t have HIV or other immuno depressant problems.
Morning, back from the hospital….. had problems getting blood out of the elf’s arm in a main artery. He’s not allowed to do anything with that arm today.
I’m just about to make another batch of apricot jam.
I have more than one form of damage from simply being in the environment.
My inner ear is lost on one side of my head due to what the doctors coulod not decide.. mumps, flu, some viral infection?
I concluded that it was from being pushed off the boat into Narrabeen Lakes by my bully big brother.
four to five decades ago the Narrabeen Lakes were the sewage depository for all of Northern Sydney’s wastes.
roughbarked said:
I have more than one form of damage from simply being in the environment. My inner ear is lost on one side of my head due to what the doctors coulod not decide.. mumps, flu, some viral infection? I concluded that it was from being pushed off the boat into Narrabeen Lakes by my bully big brother.
four to five decades ago the Narrabeen Lakes were the sewage depository for all of Northern Sydney’s wastes.
all the farmers i know are deaf from decades of working alongside big machinery (without ear muffs).
i know what you mean about big brothers – they cause half the strife in this world – wives cause the other half LOL.
Industrial deafness is common in all noisy workplaces. Musicians also suffer.
However this is damage to physical parts of the ear mainly.
Neurological damage is slightly different.
roughbarked said:
I have more than one form of damage from simply being in the environment.My inner ear is lost on one side of my head due to what the doctors coulod not decide.. mumps, flu, some viral infection?
I concluded that it was from being pushed off the boat into Narrabeen Lakes by my bully big brother.
four to five decades ago the Narrabeen Lakes were the sewage depository for all of Northern Sydney’s wastes.
The dramas of the inner ear. Ahhh, my familar friend. I have a non-life threatening inner ear disorder. And no-one knows very much about it. Everything is prefaced with “It is assumed”. Can’t access the inner ear easily except during an autopsy, and since the disorder doesn’t kill people, they just guess what makes it happen.
Seems most of those guesses are “virus” related. Poor ol’ virus gets blamed for so much crap. One day we’ll probably find out that its actually our diet or building materials or city fumes or something; just like hygenie was such a revelation in its day.
Arvo All, Happy Dec 1 !!
I’ve been in housework mode all morning, got the bit between my teeth and went feral with cleaning. Poor Mr O40 won’t be able to find anything LOL.
We actually had some rain last night :) 2mm
Sitting down for a few minutes and then off to the library.
BG I hope you feel better soon.
i feel like i am gonna die.
veg gardener said:
i feel like i am gonna die.
what’s up veg? you sick?
bluegreen said:
veg gardener said:
i feel like i am gonna die.
what’s up veg? you sick?
nope just rode my push bike for 40 mins
veg gardener said:
bluegreen said:
veg gardener said:
i feel like i am gonna die.
what’s up veg? you sick?
nope just rode my push bike for 40 mins
>nope just rode my push bike for 40 mins
Think of the fellas in the Tour de France ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tour_de_France ) who do 3500km in 23 days in lumps of >200km over some of the steepest hills in Europe!
Harden up young fella!
veg gardener said:
bluegreen said:
veg gardener said:
i feel like i am gonna die.
what’s up veg? you sick?
nope just rode my push bike for 40 mins
lol! I think you’ll survive :D
colliewa said:
>nope just rode my push bike for 40 minsThink of the fellas in the Tour de France ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tour_de_France ) who do 3500km in 23 days in lumps of >200km over some of the steepest hills in Europe!
Harden up young fella!
its sunny here and there is not shade where i ride my bike and i rode up the hill.
well it’s a beautiful evening here – more’s the pity (i’d hoped to induce rain).
we had our barbeque by the pool with all but the tofu home grown.
steamed beans, red cabbage and carrots, fried onions and spudatoes.
i’ve been buying beans from the stupidmarket all year. even tho’ i hand pick them i still throw a lot away when i get them home. the home grown ones were without a blemish – high protein and easy eating.
lovely.
cooking and eating outdoors is easy and relaxed – particularly for the women who know that men will cook and clean up.
even so – the tv is off – the neighbours are trialling their new three wheeled bike – and the birds are popping in to have an insect feast. verr -y relaxed.
pepe said:
cooking and eating outdoors is easy and relaxed – particularly for the women who know that men will cook and clean up.
even so – the tv is off – the neighbours are trialling their new three wheeled bike – and the birds are popping in to have an insect feast. verr -y relaxed.
Sounds lovely Pepe :)
orchid40 said:
pepe said:
cooking and eating outdoors is easy and relaxed – particularly for the women who know that men will cook and clean up.
even so – the tv is off – the neighbours are trialling their new three wheeled bike – and the birds are popping in to have an insect feast. verr -y relaxed.
Sounds lovely Pepe :)
it was – but now the neighbour’s niece has packed up her bike, the sunset has turned the clouds pink, the pool and barbeque are covered and the squawking cockatoos have either nested or passed on to cockatoo valley.
how’s the peninsula looking this fine evening ?
how’s the peninsula looking this fine evening ?
Sorry Pepe, I got distracted from the computer. It was a pleasant cool evening with a tendency to darkness. :)
Think of the fellas in the Tour de France ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tour_de_France ) who do 3500km in 23 days in lumps of >200km over some of the steepest hills in Europe!
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I do believe they use up to 5000 calories in one day…
nope just rode my push bike for 40 mins
and its so hot out there only time today ill get to ride it.
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Catch Pain Master when he is on the Forum next time…he’s our resident expert on getting the most out of your bicycle exercise…
My bike is in dry dock again… waiting for me to get paid so I can pick it up…I used to just jump on and pedal madly, but Mr D had been speaking to a local GP who rides 30 k of a morning because he likes it, and it was explained to MrD about “cadence”, which he passed on to me…so now we ride with purpose (when our bikes are working)…I love it as a form of exercise…my mountain bike tyres have no tread so I can go faster…
Dinetta said:
nope just rode my push bike for 40 minsand its so hot out there only time today ill get to ride it.
+++++++++++++++++++Catch Pain Master when he is on the Forum next time…he’s our resident expert on getting the most out of your bicycle exercise…
My bike is in dry dock again… waiting for me to get paid so I can pick it up…I used to just jump on and pedal madly, but Mr D had been speaking to a local GP who rides 30 k of a morning because he likes it, and it was explained to MrD about “cadence”, which he passed on to me…so now we ride with purpose (when our bikes are working)…I love it as a form of exercise…my mountain bike tyres have no tread so I can go faster…
ok then, ill have a chat to him, i think i need a new Mountain bike.
Morning Grassy.
HI Veg hows things
Grasshopper said:
HI Veg hows things
aright just about to head of to school not many more days now. Final day of school from me is Friday really Thursday arvo, but Friday is when i Officially leave.
veg gardener said:
Grasshopper said:
HI Veg hows things
aright just about to head of to school not many more days now. Final day of school from me is Friday really Thursday arvo, but Friday is when i Officially leave.
Gee I’ll miss it when you don’t give the usual signal “off to school now”…it got to be a point in my day and it wasn’t until you were on work experience that I realized it…
Sonny Joe finished yesterday….his class of boys had the school to themselves…they bought masses of water bombs and literally had a blast, apparently…hope they picke up all the little bits of rubber after!
Hi there gang. Finally I get to have a bit of a look see at the old forum. Been away for a few days again. Will be gone next weekend as well.
In Brisbane at daughters place, I got to see the devastation caused by their storm/tornado of 2 weeks ago. I could not believe what I was seeing. Aside from the number of homes with tarps covering the gaping holes in their roofs there were trees filling the streets, the footpaths and the front yards. I’m talking about fallen trees now very dead and brown. I knew it had been a really bad storm but I never realised the full extent of the damage. Daughter has a hill of virgin scrub at the back of her place and about every second tree in that patch was fallen. For many years I never knew what the actual terrain was like on that hill but now it’s exposed to all. The remaining upright trees have been stripped of leaves for the most part. Visually the whole hill looks bare. Hail is partly to blame for the damage to the foliage.
Garden news: not very much. Lots of flowers at this time of the year. Rosellas are powering ahead. Tomatoes have finished. We are back to trying to keep things wet again.
My diary from now to Chrissy is filling up fast. I don’t know just how often I will be around to catch up on here. I have also upgraded my recent purchase of a 37key electronic keyboard to a 61key job with the most beautiful sound. Now I really have to practice to justify the expence. There is a lot to learn on one of these thingys.
That’s it from me for tonight.
Good morning green friends :)
We are finally finished our MEGA spring clean :D
It’s so clean , house ,sheds paths and yards, that somebody better bloomin well visit!
Sorry for one sidedness, I haven’t had time to catch up for almost a week. I will try to catch up today.
I’ve had a constant stream of freecyclers collecting things, met some lovely people, and one lady was so rapt with her gains that she brought me a bag of her home grown spuds , then I showed her my back yard lol! She took home a fresh picked cabbage :) And I didn’t realise , nor remembered until I saw them, the amout of secondary college text books that I had in drawers under a big coffee table all from my 4 older kids having attended the same school, all gone now , glad they will get used now and save other parents $$$. I couldn’t see the coffee table for game consoles and wires let alone remember it has big drawers under it lol.
Also the pond got a clean out too, it went brown and cloudy almost overnight, obviously something had upset the balance and the bio filter. All clean again , all filters scrubbed and I’m none the wiser for what caused the brown water. But I did find the yabby, he has made a home for himself burrowed under a waterlily plant in the pot.
My 4 rhubarb plants are outgrowing their bed! The 2 ‘sydney crimson’ ones have thick stalks and half a meter across leaves, but certainly don’t live up to their name, the stalks are green as grass, and not as tender as the red stalked ones I have ( can’t remb the name of the red one) so they might be going. I will save the crowns and give them to the garden club people.
Right, food time :)
Happy Potter said:
Good morning green friends :) We are finally finished our MEGA spring clean :D
It’s so clean , house ,sheds paths and yards, that somebody better bloomin well visit!
Also the pond got a clean out too, it went brown and cloudy almost overnight, obviously something had upset the balance and the bio filter. All clean again , all filters scrubbed and I’m none the wiser for what caused the brown water. But I did find the yabby, he has made a home for himself burrowed under a waterlily plant in the pot.people.
Right, food time :)
Well my goodness you have been productive Happy!! Made a lot of other people happy too…and I am so glad the Yabby survived…
Dinetta said:
Happy Potter said:
Good morning green friends :) We are finally finished our MEGA spring clean :D
It’s so clean , house ,sheds paths and yards, that somebody better bloomin well visit!
Also the pond got a clean out too, it went brown and cloudy almost overnight, obviously something had upset the balance and the bio filter. All clean again , all filters scrubbed and I’m none the wiser for what caused the brown water. But I did find the yabby, he has made a home for himself burrowed under a waterlily plant in the pot.people.
Right, food time :)
Well my goodness you have been productive Happy!! Made a lot of other people happy too…and I am so glad the Yabby survived…
Thanks Dinetta, I knew the yabby was in the pond, just didn’t want to stick my hands in there until I knew exactly wher ehe was!
I went to reply earlier but my wireless mouse died and I couldn’t find any AA batteries anywhere, seems I cleaned out too much! lol
I have also upgraded my recent purchase of a 37key electronic keyboard to a 61key job with the most beautiful sound.
lovely!! Surely this will inspire you to practise…hve you ever played “The Robin’s Return”? (not very difficult, just expressive)
The batteries are like intestinal gasses: better out than in…
I have known of houses that have become fire-damaged because they put the toys away and forgot to take the batteries out…
Geez it is quiet in here lately..
Well, a mini update from me. Still been pretty fragile and not having the energy/willpower to garden much lately, but my dad’s coming over on Sunday to help me make some proper progress in the garden. He has a big ute too so we can go pick up some hay bales, manure, and other fun stuff while he’s over.
Next Monday (fingers crossed) the retic men should be arriving to put my greywater/retic in! YAY!!!! Should be done within the week, all going well. When that is done I hope it will be very motivational for me to keep going and do more in the garden, so hopefully I will get it looking presentable, and then I will finally start a Bon’s Place thread on here so you can all check it out :) Oh, and then Horty will be allowed to come visit too grin
Oh, and planning a wedding for early April next year… o.O!!!
Back to work…
I understand the energy issue Bon. My anemia is playing up <sigh>. I was reading today that it takes 2 weeks for iron to be converted into heamoglobin. Should kick in any day now. Actually, except for the fact that its 33°C here I’m feeling better than I have for some time. I noticed last night I was as wiped as usual.
I’m still working on costumes for our annual carols and need to go to Spotlight; but my car isn’t ACed, so I’m … thinking … about it. Certainly not garden weather at the moment. Might have to put a movie in the machine, crank up the AC, and do some sewing. I hate running the AC, but I think today its my best hope for productivity. Otherwise I’ll spend the day blob like, melting into the keyboard.
SueBk said:
I understand the energy issue Bon. My anemia is playing up <sigh>. I was reading today that it takes 2 weeks for iron to be converted into heamoglobin. Should kick in any day now. Actually, except for the fact that its 33°C here I’m feeling better than I have for some time. I noticed last night I was as wiped as usual.I’m still working on costumes for our annual carols and need to go to Spotlight; but my car isn’t ACed, so I’m … thinking … about it. Certainly not garden weather at the moment. Might have to put a movie in the machine, crank up the AC, and do some sewing. I hate running the AC, but I think today its my best hope for productivity. Otherwise I’ll spend the day blob like, melting into the keyboard.
I actually managed to get a few things done after work yesterday, but OH wouldn’t let me into the ktichen to collect Bokashi juice so nothing got watered. I think I am back on track… just need to take things slowly and not overdo it. I wouldn’t even try to do anything when it’s 33 degrees – heat knocks me out straight away.
Oh, carols costumes!! How exciting :) I love Christmas but I’ve never gone carolling.. might put it on the “do when I have kids” list :D
Definitely worth sticking the AC on if it means you can get something productive done :)
We are finally finished our MEGA spring clean
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feels and looks good i bet HP.
you only just made it – almost a summer clean.
all that extra shed space is terrifically useful. my shed has a prefab chook shed inside it at present – a bit like a shrine within a shrine.
The AC is on, but I’m still just sitting here in the gloom achieving very little.
Just remembered the poor ol’ piggles are outside and its hot. Someone forgot to put their ice bottles back in the freezer. We put frozen softdrink bottles of water in their cage when its hot. Mother insists the bottles are thoroughly washed before being put back in the freezer (how very unreasonable of me). Its all too hard, so the bottles are all unfrozen. To give them some relief I’ve put some esky bricks in an ice cream container. Can’t put them straight in the cage, ‘cause they can nibble on the square edges.
It’s now 29.5° inside and approaching 33 outside. Amazing how much difference that four degrees makes!
Waves hi…waves bye……
Not well……. major headache yesterday afternoon/evening…… feeling washed out today……..
Catch you when feeling better.
It’s now 29.5° inside and approaching 33 outside. Amazing how much difference that four degrees makes!
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that heat is debilitating. try sitting in the fridge holding the water bottles LOL.
you’ve reminded me to get some frozen bottles ready for the coming summer.
Lucky1 said:
Waves hi…waves bye……Not well……. major headache yesterday afternoon/evening…… feeling washed out today……..
Catch you when feeling better.
get better soon – we are keeping the forum ticking for you.
Oh I’ve missed some news, Stephen Ryan is going to be the new compare of the GA show.
Lots about him in my ‘ gardeners of wyndham ‘ newsletter. He runs the Dicksonia Rare Plants Nursery at Mt Macedon.
There was a bus tour to his Stephens open garden in MT Macedon, but as this is my first newsletter I didn’t know it was on. Bugga.
Next time :)
Oh Oh and, my watermelon seeds are up :D And the continental cucs are growing long almost before my eyes!
Afternoon all. Another windy day here today. Luckily I got the vegies watered this morning (allbeit a bit late) before the wind started. Winds are currently WNW 28km/h and temp 30.4 according to Weatherzone.
It’s not very pleasant outside so I am inside catching up on computer jobs. Suppose I could always do housework…..not.
Happy Potter said:
Oh I’ve missed some news, Stephen Ryan is going to be the new compare of the GA show. Lots about him in my ‘ gardeners of wyndham ‘ newsletter. He runs the Dicksonia Rare Plants Nursery at Mt Macedon. There was a bus tour to his Stephens open garden in MT Macedon, but as this is my first newsletter I didn’t know it was on. Bugga.
Next time :)Oh Oh and, my watermelon seeds are up :D And the continental cucs are growing long almost before my eyes!
Wonderful news about the watermelon and cucumbers!
Bit lost about the Stephen Ryan chap tho…
Winds are currently WNW 28km/h and temp 30.4 according to Weatherzone
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Oh they are hot winds, arent’ they?
coolish here, only 32C in the kitchen, but b**y hot out in the sun…gardening is all over red rover by 8 a m here…Sonny Joe has been cleaning the valley and fascia (?) gutters ahead of the wet for me…
Lucky1 said:
Waves hi…waves bye……Not well……. major headache yesterday afternoon/evening…… feeling washed out today……..
Catch you when feeling better.
Nice hot cup of tea and 2 panadol (or whatever)…works wonders but you knew that anyway, didn’t you? Can’t beat a good lie down either…
Picked up the mail today, Citibank offering (pre approved) $25000 at 2 or 3% for 6 months.. Wonder what the % would be after that!
How irresponsible. I’ve never banked with them.
Dinetta said:
Winds are currently WNW 28km/h and temp 30.4 according to Weatherzone
===Oh they are hot winds, arent’ they?
coolish here, only 32C in the kitchen, but b**y hot out in the sun…gardening is all over red rover by 8 a m here…Sonny Joe has been cleaning the valley and fascia (?) gutters ahead of the wet for me…
Yes they were hot, but thankfully a southerly came through…no rain though. Just cloud and a rapid drop in temp.
Lucky1 said:
Waves hi…waves bye……Not well……. major headache yesterday afternoon/evening…… feeling washed out today……..
Catch you when feeling better.
Oh that’s no good Lucky1. I gather you are talking migraine. Poor thing I sympathise.. and I know that washed out feeling you speak of…a bit like a hangover eh? Fortunately I stopped have migraine after having my kids after having had attacks every few weeks for about 15 years. Sure don’t miss ‘em
Take it easy.
Gees we’re quiet today…I remember the bad old days when, at this time of the year, we were fervently hoping the forum would not close down for Christmas just this once, then we were wondering what the cut-off date would be, then the time on that date, then we would come over to CB88’s forum because, like the cat who came back, “we couldn’t stay away”…
No need to panic this year, thank goodness…
:)
No need to panic this year, thank goodness…
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tell that to Malcom Turnbull ;)
Hello loved green ones:D
I’m doing much better today….. just about to iron.
Taking it easy still today…no heavy duty cleaning or gardening for me.
Windy, overcast and talk of 5 mm of rain sometime today….ROTFPIMP……. sorry got a bit carried away there. Now where was I????? Oh yeah! 5 mm of rain…..ROTFPIMP….. oh I give up its too funny to think of this prediction.
On to other matters…….
Banjo is sitting tightly on her 5 duck eggs……
Poxy black bird ate one of my ripe cherry tomatoes I missed on the bush….gggrrrr
Off to empty the washing basket of the ironing before the washing machine finishes all the whites it washing…..lerking.
5 mm of rain….ROTFPIMP… that weatherman is such a comic….walks off chuckling……
hello Lucky and everyone else out there. We were supposed to get some rain yesterday – didn’t happen. They said it will come today – hello blue skies! Now they are saying showers tomorrow and the weekend. Yeah, right! I don’t blame them though. They can only work with what they know, which might not seem much but is more than me!
Morining all, i am not at school today, went there yesterday came home at 11am vomited at school twice one when i was about to go into class and then when i was leaving with mum and didnt vomit in the car :P as soon as i got out i vomited and then i votimed up till 7pm yesterday night so mum kepted me home feeling better but just weak.
Hi BG & VG
Yes, no rain here yet…… I’d hate to work in the weather place and then have to tell someone I worked there…..eerk
veg gardener said:
Morining all, i am not at school today, went there yesterday came home at 11am vomited at school twice one when i was about to go into class and then when i was leaving with mum and didnt vomit in the car :P as soon as i got out i vomited and then i votimed up till 7pm yesterday night so mum kepted me home feeling better but just weak.
So do we call Ya “Chuck” for the day or what…..????
I know how you feel VG…get well soon.
veg gardener said:
Morining all, i am not at school today, went there yesterday came home at 11am vomited at school twice one when i was about to go into class and then when i was leaving with mum and didnt vomit in the car :P as soon as i got out i vomited and then i votimed up till 7pm yesterday night so mum kepted me home feeling better but just weak.
oooohhh!!! too much info!
glad you are starting to feel better. I guess that is the end of school for you now? Wasn’t today going to be your last day?
Lucky1 said:
veg gardener said:
Morining all, i am not at school today, went there yesterday came home at 11am vomited at school twice one when i was about to go into class and then when i was leaving with mum and didnt vomit in the car :P as soon as i got out i vomited and then i votimed up till 7pm yesterday night so mum kepted me home feeling better but just weak.
So do we call Ya “Chuck” for the day or what…..????
I know how you feel VG…get well soon.
bluegreen said:
veg gardener said:
Morining all, i am not at school today, went there yesterday came home at 11am vomited at school twice one when i was about to go into class and then when i was leaving with mum and didnt vomit in the car :P as soon as i got out i vomited and then i votimed up till 7pm yesterday night so mum kepted me home feeling better but just weak.
oooohhh!!! too much info!
glad you are starting to feel better. I guess that is the end of school for you now? Wasn’t today going to be your last day?
veg gardener said:
bluegreen said:
veg gardener said:
Morining all, i am not at school today, went there yesterday came home at 11am vomited at school twice one when i was about to go into class and then when i was leaving with mum and didnt vomit in the car :P as soon as i got out i vomited and then i votimed up till 7pm yesterday night so mum kepted me home feeling better but just weak.
oooohhh!!! too much info!
glad you are starting to feel better. I guess that is the end of school for you now? Wasn’t today going to be your last day?
yep Last full day.
morning vg. bg, rb, as, L1
get better soon all of yas who aren’t too well.
stop mocking the weatherwomen – i got two spits just then. ROTFL.
stop mocking the weatherwomen – i got two spits just then. ROTFL.
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Spoggie sh*t mate…sorry…..
We have some very heavy cloud here but no rain yet. Isolated showers predicted, but who knows? Although we did have 20.4mm over 29-30th Nov which was very welcome.
By and large the weather forecasts are generally pretty close for around here.
Arvo all, I been busy catching up on cooking , tomorrow and saturday too, then I shall have a few days break from it. Only to cook our Christmas cake and goodies though :) I have a nice tree shaped cake planned for us.
We’ve been informed that our familys Xmas day will be spent at middle daughters with her and her fiance. Lovely, saves me heaps :) I’m only required to pop over to her place in the morning and bung a turkey in her oven, on the day.
Today I have shopped and shopped and then I went food shopping. Phew. Time to put feet up and have a cuppa. Hubbys getting a pizza for tea, I don’t think he was brave enough to ask whats for tea lol.
No rain here:(
Lucky1 said:
No rain here:(
I’ve got wool blankets on the line… and not had a decent drop since the rain we got that turned the ckooks yard into a swamp months ago.
I hope it buckets down.
Hate to skite, but it rained yesterday and it rained today. That’s ‘cause Andre Rieu is in town and his manager said “It never rains on Andre.” LOL.
Morning all :)
The kitchens abuzz this morning, I’m getting an early start on the days cooking. Youngest girl just swiped a pile of rhubarb muffins to take to work, she shares them about with her boss and workmates and shes half the reason I get so many orders for them, amoungst other things.
Bikkie mixes and other yummy things for kris kringles and peace offerings next.
Bluddy birds have attacked my growing apples, I will have to net the rest today. I was watching out for codling moth. Snails attacked my watermelon seedlings..you have to be on the lookout for so many things that can attack your fruit and veg, flowers and ferns. What with nets ,pellets, sprays and various methods to keep abreast of them, sneaking up on grubs with gloved pinching fingers at the ready , boots on to squish snails , I feel like a battle ready garden soldier all kitted out in my gear and the enemy is coming from all sides.It’s a full time job and the battle fatigue is awful lol.
Family news.
Giant son is quiet of late , thanks to a stronger anti anxiety medication. The PC power switch ( all 3 pc’s go off at 11 each night) is working well and the kid is sleeping at night for the first time in years. He’s actually starting to look and sound half human lol.
Early next year he will start a new ‘independant living’ programe. He will move to a different resi unit, with 2 staff and us to oversee things ( intensively at first of course) , but basically on his own and he’s to budget and cook, make decisions and learn to look after himself. He is all excited and can’t wait, but we’re mortified. I have been making him a recipe folder with lots of simple things he can make. And ( I’m allowed a big head and puffed out chest here lol) the kid hates maccas and kfc and take aways in general, he much prefers our home made pizzas,burgers and sausage rolls with loads of veges in them.
Tomorrow he is taking me to see the Australia movie, his shout, It’s to make up for him shouting at me last weekend.
Got to run ovens beeping :)
Think of me today folks. Need all the good thoughts, positive vibes and prayers I can get.
Had a crap night’s sleep – just to introduce my day in the proper context.
At 7am I am taking The Girl to school. At 7.15 60 ten year olds and a bunch of slow-witted parents climb on to buses for an hour long trip to Movie World. At 5pm we get to climb back on those buses and come home. In the meantime … ahhhh …. yes, in the meantime is the test of my sanity.
I got suckered into ‘cause they’re going ‘backstage’ into the real filming studios. They’re doing some workshopy type things with makeup and acting and stuff. Having spent 5 years full-time in theatre (that was another life time ago) I just couldn’t resist.
The good news is that teachers have smarts :) They’ve assigned four kids to each parent for the day. I think that’s good, maybe … better than 60 at any rate.
Well, got to go check I’ve got everything. Brain optional.
Hubbys getting a pizza for tea, I don’t think he was brave enough to ask whats for tea lol.
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Or well-trained!
Dinetta said:
Hubbys getting a pizza for tea, I don’t think he was brave enough to ask whats for tea lol.
+++++++++++Or well-trained!
Now how did that little white box with the red x get there, instead of the exclamation mark?
Family news
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Sounds good, Happy…guess there will still be ructions but at least you’re getting the support you desperately needed…and this experience (how I hope it works out) can only be good for The Boy as well…
What with nets ,pellets, sprays and various methods to keep abreast of them, sneaking up on grubs with gloved pinching fingers at the ready , boots on to squish snails , I feel like a battle ready garden soldier all kitted out in my gear and the enemy is coming from all sides.It’s a full time job and the battle fatigue is awful lol.
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chuckle – you have quite a turn of phrase there you old soldier HP. luv it.
i think the independence will work for your son. he will be miserable and depressed at times but he will learn how to cope.
Lucky1 said:
No rain here:(
2mm here. by morning the paving was dry.
It’s as hot as hades here. Expect around 36c with more storms again this evening. Last nights presented us with a worthwhile 30mls.
I am making wall hangings for all the grandchildren. Including the one yet to be born. It’s time consuming but they turn out ok. Trains, boats and planes for the boys and fairies, butterflies and lotsa pink for the girls.
New vegie garden is at a standstill. Found out that the steel stakes we need for the cement blocks are $5.70 each! ! ! ! We need 39 of them so we have to try a new tack. At this time of the year $200 is needed elsewhere.
I’m off to stand under the aircon. Enjoy whatever you’re doing.
hello all, no more school for the gardener.
veg gardener said:
hello all, no more school for the gardener.
WOO HOO!!!
bluegreen said:
veg gardener said:
hello all, no more school for the gardener.
WOO HOO!!!
yep.
bluegreen said:
veg gardener said:
hello all, no more school for the gardener.
WOO HOO!!!
I’m feeling old all of a sudden…… once this young lad was a sprout….. now he’s a shrub….. not long and he’ll be a tree……
veg gardener said:
hello all, no more school for the gardener.
Well that’s going to throw my mornings out… I have two school refugees myself…they are going to Grandma’s for a week to “help” with the Christmas cooking…we don’t really need a lot of it hanging around the house (I am on a supervised weight management programme for starters) but as the current Qld Guv’s late father used to say: “we may not pass this way again”…and Christmas cooking with Grandmothers is the stuff of some of the best childhood/teenage memories…
What will I do for a reminder when Veg Gardener no longer says “time I caught the bus to school”????
Actually speaking, Veg, Sonny Jim had a job interview for leccy’s ‘prentice during the week…sole question: “do you have a driver’s licence?”… so help me, what with multi-page resumes and minimist interviews, applying for a job has changed since I was a lass… He also has work experience (arranged by an apprentice employment agency) for the coming week, at home here…
I think the way they do it now, with school-based work experience etc, is far more practical…Sonny Jim did carpentery (the dust gave him phenomenal sinus attacks, but he made some beautiful items), welding and then finally electrician whilst at school…he also did the equivalent of HSC English and Maths (called OP subjects here) plus the Queensland Core Skills Test (kind of like an IQ / aptitude / problemsolving / literacy combined test), in case he decided to do a bridging subject at TAFE, towards gaining a place at Uni…but due to his dyspraxia he is not overly interested in further intensive study…he had to do the QCS with a laptop (a number of the boys were in the same boat) because of the dyspraxia…we had no trouble getting an occupational pathologist’s referral for this…I felt vindicated against all those teachers who had labelled him “lazy” when I read the results of the test…
So what have you planned for the Christmas break, Veg?
Dinetta said:
veg gardener said:
hello all, no more school for the gardener.
Well that’s going to throw my mornings out… I have two school refugees myself…they are going to Grandma’s for a week to “help” with the Christmas cooking…we don’t really need a lot of it hanging around the house (I am on a supervised weight management programme for starters) but as the current Qld Guv’s late father used to say: “we may not pass this way again”…and Christmas cooking with Grandmothers is the stuff of some of the best childhood/teenage memories…
What will I do for a reminder when Veg Gardener no longer says “time I caught the bus to school”????
Actually speaking, Veg, Sonny Jim had a job interview for leccy’s ‘prentice during the week…sole question: “do you have a driver’s licence?”… so help me, what with multi-page resumes and minimist interviews, applying for a job has changed since I was a lass… He also has work experience (arranged by an apprentice employment agency) for the coming week, at home here…
I think the way they do it now, with school-based work experience etc, is far more practical…Sonny Jim did carpentery (the dust gave him phenomenal sinus attacks, but he made some beautiful items), welding and then finally electrician whilst at school…he also did the equivalent of HSC English and Maths (called OP subjects here) plus the Queensland Core Skills Test (kind of like an IQ / aptitude / problemsolving / literacy combined test), in case he decided to do a bridging subject at TAFE, towards gaining a place at Uni…but due to his dyspraxia he is not overly interested in further intensive study…he had to do the QCS with a laptop (a number of the boys were in the same boat) because of the dyspraxia…we had no trouble getting an occupational pathologist’s referral for this…I felt vindicated against all those teachers who had labelled him “lazy” when I read the results of the test…
So what have you planned for the Christmas break, Veg?
have a rest and then earn cash from jan onwards formal tonight better get the rest of my suit on
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Ooooh, a Formal! How eggsiting! Hope you have a wonderful and memorable time!
Sometimes things are *too much * fun…
colliewa said:
Sometimes things are *too much * fun…
Too scary for me……waves to collie:)
Hi Lucky..
That wave was 5-7metres high…
Scary.
Gotta go, nightshift tonight.
colliewa said:
Hi Lucky..That wave was 5-7metres high…
Scary.
Gotta go, nightshift tonight.
Take care.
colliewa said:
Sometimes things are *too much * fun…
fan-b*y_tastic!
colliewa said:
Hi Lucky..That wave was 5-7metres high…
Scary.
Gotta go, nightshift tonight.
Was it in WA, I wonder?
One very weary little bunny here. I’m guessing I will sleep like a rock tonight; unlike last night when I slept like a baby (woke up every 2 hours, cried, and kept the rest of the house awake).
We had a wonderful day. Had a group of four quiet girls, bit nervy about the rides. On one ride the girl sitting next me kept saying “I’m scared, I’m scared”. I thought she was going to have a full blown panic attack on me. NOT my scene at all. The “I’m scared“s continued until about 30 seconds before the end of the ride. By the end, she’s bouncing around in her seat saying “WOAH, that was SOOO much fun, can we go again, can we go again?” <sigh>
Took me nearly all day to convince them to go on a roller coaster I really wanted to try. Then I couldn’t get them off it.
Love rides. Glad to find out that my inner ear issues don’t see to be bothered by the g-forces. I think if I avoid things that resemble vertigo (spinning mainly) I’m probably okay.
Took me nearly all day to convince them to go on a roller coaster I really wanted to try. Then I couldn’t get them off it.
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Kids these days aren’t “allowed” to take risks…don’t start me on the “no marking in red pen” stupidity that the state govt schools are supposed to support…so much self-learning and confidence comes from taking risks as kids…when I was a kid you could take all the risks you wanted and do heaps of stupid things, guided by one principle: “don’t get caught”…this is prolly what saved our lives most of the times…
Dinetta said:
Kids these days aren’t “allowed” to take risks…don’t start me on the “no marking in red pen” stupidity that the state govt schools are supposed to support…so much self-learning and confidence comes from taking risks as kids…when I was a kid you could take all the risks you wanted and do heaps of stupid things, guided by one principle: “don’t get caught”…this is prolly what saved our lives most of the times…
hi Dinetta. Offbeat in the ABC online news – a UK teacher gets suspended for punishing students for lateness by getting them to do push-ups. Thing is, teacher discussed the issue with the kids and they chose the punishment! Really!
bluegreen said:
Dinetta said:
Kids these days aren’t “allowed” to take risks…don’t start me on the “no marking in red pen” stupidity that the state govt schools are supposed to support…so much self-learning and confidence comes from taking risks as kids…when I was a kid you could take all the risks you wanted and do heaps of stupid things, guided by one principle: “don’t get caught”…this is prolly what saved our lives most of the times…
hi Dinetta. Offbeat in the ABC online news – a UK teacher gets suspended for punishing students for lateness by getting them to do push-ups. Thing is, teacher discussed the issue with the kids and they chose the punishment! Really!
Oh Hi to you to, BlueGreen!
Yup, I saw that earlier in the day…have you seen the movie “St Trinian’s”? The headmistress tells the new girls father that it’s a tought world out there and she thinks it’s her job to toughen them up at school…now while we’re thinking about that movie, let’s define “tough”!!!!
I find teachers who go on and on about “can’t do this because…” (kid might fall over and skin a knee then the teach will have to file a report…) are the most boring people…not all teachers, just the ones whose adherence to “the rules” governs so much of what they do that they forget their job is to teach…
I reckon teachers ought to be given a medal – talk about caught between a rock and a hard place, and they don’t even get a decent wage!
bluegreen said:
I reckon teachers ought to be given a medal – talk about caught between a rock and a hard place, and they don’t even get a decent wage!
The really good ones are worth their weight in gold…their influence lasts the rest of the child’s life, sometimes…
Dinetta said:
have a rest and then earn cash from jan onwards formal tonight better get the rest of my suit on
++++++++Ooooh, a Formal! How eggsiting! Hope you have a wonderful and memorable time!
yeah it was good fun.
veg gardener said:
Dinetta said:
have a rest and then earn cash from jan onwards formal tonight better get the rest of my suit on
++++++++Ooooh, a Formal! How eggsiting! Hope you have a wonderful and memorable time!
yeah it was good fun.
you’re back already?
Looking at solar pond pumps here…Elle Mutto chewed up our AC/DC pump when she was tied up after “that” operation…she also took on the kwila outdoors table after which I started buying her dog bones from the butcher…but I digress…back to solar pond pumps…
Dinetta said:
Looking at solar pond pumps here…Elle Mutto chewed up our AC/DC pump when she was tied up after “that” operation…she also took on the kwila outdoors table after which I started buying her dog bones from the butcher…but I digress…back to solar pond pumps…
… and compost tumblers…I think I’ll tell the kiddiwinkles not to bother with one for me for Christmas…they are just too expensive…
Dinetta said:
veg gardener said:
Dinetta said:
have a rest and then earn cash from jan onwards formal tonight better get the rest of my suit on
++++++++Ooooh, a Formal! How eggsiting! Hope you have a wonderful and memorable time!
yeah it was good fun.
you’re back already?
yep 5:30 till 9:30
Morning all.
Morning Veg
Grasshopper said:
Morning Veg
how are we all on this saturday morining.
Hot already not a good day for outside work
Grasshopper said:
Hot already not a good day for outside work
yeah it is abit hot out there.
How did you get on with your new TV Veg
Grasshopper said:
How did you get on with your new TV Veg
pretty good.
Morning awake ones , I’ve got my watering done and relaxing with a cuppa , awaiting people to pick up their cooked goodies. Lovely cool morning, still for a change :)
Happy Potter said:
Morning awake ones , I’ve got my watering done and relaxing with a cuppa , awaiting people to pick up their cooked goodies. Lovely cool morning, still for a change :)
lucky i dont have to worry about this water thing having to water at certin times, could old tank and dam water for gardens.
morning all.
cool, overcast here with a spot of rain.
>Was it in WA, I wonder?
The big wave picture was from the abc news home page, ans was taken in Hawaii. The wave was 5-7metre high.
Waves that big are not uncommon around Margaret River in WA though..
Hi All,
I’m back :)
Had a good time, am exhausted but had a good time. No photos as it was a pokies trip run by the Italian Club, who were looking for numbers to fill the seats on the bus. I can now count up to 90 in Italian due to the many many games of Bingo on the bus!
I haven’t started reading the posts yet – have to have a Nanna nap first. BBL
hot and humid here today.
Just plain b*y hot here…I am in a longsleeved “skin” (for riding in the sunlight with) and it is warm
OK on the bike as you create your own breeze there…
No chance of a storm for a while I think…
Dinetta said:
No chance of a storm for a while I think…
just had a very brief one here… all of 30 secs!
bluegreen said:
Dinetta said:
No chance of a storm for a while I think…
just had a very brief one here… all of 30 secs!
Wow BlueGreen, that storm had your name on it! Has it cooled things off?
Dinetta said:
bluegreen said:
Dinetta said:
No chance of a storm for a while I think…
just had a very brief one here… all of 30 secs!
Wow BlueGreen, that storm had your name on it! Has it cooled things off?
just made things muggier I think.
just made things muggier I think.
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Oh dear, then you will be looking for the 8:30 breeze tonight (or whatever time the evening breeze springs up)
Thunder outside. Looking towards Geheru, it is very dark….
pain master said:
Thunder outside. Looking towards Geheru, it is very dark….
We’ve been having tropical type storms a couple times a week lately. Very strange weather happening in Bris.
I’m working tonight and work is having a free Jimmy Barnes concert for workers and families. Free open bar. Beer wine and spirits. There is about 2000 workers on the books at the moment.
Nobody inside the fence except me and a workmate. Concert is outside the fence. I just have the keep the drunk thousands out there —>.
Beaut.
I’m hoping on rain but it isn’t likely… 8^)
Barnesy… he played Moresby once.
Better go.
>Barnesy… he played Moresby once.
Slim Dusty played in Mendi once too. Locals thought that was speshull.
colliewa said:
Slim Dusty played in Mendi once too. Locals thought that was speshull.
Fantastic! Kamahl is playing Kokopo (Rabaul) tonight, and Marcia Hinds played a private party last week in Moresby.
pain master said:
colliewa said:
Slim Dusty played in Mendi once too. Locals thought that was speshull.
Fantastic! Kamahl is playing Kokopo (Rabaul) tonight, and Marcia Hinds played a private party last week in Moresby.
My eldest sister thinks Kamahl is lovely. She went to a concert when she was very pregnant with her first and he patted her tummy. LOL
colliewa said:
I’m working tonight and work is having a free Jimmy Barnes concert for workers and families. Free open bar. Beer wine and spirits. There is about 2000 workers on the books at the moment.Nobody inside the fence except me and a workmate. Concert is outside the fence. I just have the keep the drunk thousands out there —>.
Beaut.I’m hoping on rain but it isn’t likely… 8^)
Is this the company you work for or are you just working sercurity for someone else?
Bubba Louie said:
colliewa said:
I’m working tonight and work is having a free Jimmy Barnes concert for workers and families. Free open bar. Beer wine and spirits. There is about 2000 workers on the books at the moment.Nobody inside the fence except me and a workmate. Concert is outside the fence. I just have the keep the drunk thousands out there —>.
Beaut.I’m hoping on rain but it isn’t likely… 8^)
Is this the company you work for or are you just working sercurity for someone else?
Is the band inside the fence with you? Better take ear plugs.
Bubba Louie said:
pain master said:
colliewa said:
Slim Dusty played in Mendi once too. Locals thought that was speshull.
Fantastic! Kamahl is playing Kokopo (Rabaul) tonight, and Marcia Hinds played a private party last week in Moresby.
My eldest sister thinks Kamahl is lovely. She went to a concert when she was very pregnant with her first and he patted her tummy. LOL
LOL! blessed is the unborn anointed by Kamahl.
arvo O40 long time no see. so how are you, your family and gardens/plants going?
I had a Nanna nap, watered most of the garden, deadheaded the roses, made a list of things to do next, caught up with the posts. Now I’ll get the washing in and cook tea.
No rest for the wicked. LOL
Hi Veg! Congrats on finishing school and hope you’re feeling better than yesterday. I’ve been well, the garden is doing OK, but I need to get the main vegie bed planted out. I have actually got rhubarb to pull now after i moved it from its original spot and gave it some more TLC. Got a good strawberry farm on the go but will get more fruit next year. Picked 2 big bowls of large sweet cherries today ! Yummo :)
Gotta go now. How’s your garden going ? Will read your reply later.
orchid40 said:
Hi Veg! Congrats on finishing school and hope you’re feeling better than yesterday. I’ve been well, the garden is doing OK, but I need to get the main vegie bed planted out. I have actually got rhubarb to pull now after i moved it from its original spot and gave it some more TLC. Got a good strawberry farm on the go but will get more fruit next year. Picked 2 big bowls of large sweet cherries today ! Yummo :)
Gotta go now. How’s your garden going ? Will read your reply later.
yeah feeling better now, garden is in full swing here only 2 and a half beds emtpy (or not even that), bed 1 i have tomatoes and pumkims , bed 2 is radish and carrots bed 3 is empty seeing if i should plant dwarf beans in there (does anyone know if its to late) bed 4 is lettuce bed 5 sunflowers and corn which is growing Good and bed 6 is empty had the chickens on that for a while noticed a silverbeet coming up there as well also got some zucchini seedlings coming up. a few of the tomatoes are starting to ripen up do are you best to pick them once they start to change colour??
veg, I think you can still plant dwarf beans now, and yes, you can pick your tomatoes once they start getting some colour, then leave them in a bowl to finish ripening – not the fridge.
bluegreen said:
veg, I think you can still plant dwarf beans now, and yes, you can pick your tomatoes once they start getting some colour, then leave them in a bowl to finish ripening – not the fridge.
its gone from the green they start off to to a lite green whitey colour is that alright to pic.
veg gardener said:
bluegreen said:
veg, I think you can still plant dwarf beans now, and yes, you can pick your tomatoes once they start getting some colour, then leave them in a bowl to finish ripening – not the fridge.
its gone from the green they start off to to a lite green whitey colour is that alright to pic.
I like to wait until they get a bit pink
bluegreen said:
veg gardener said:
bluegreen said:
veg, I think you can still plant dwarf beans now, and yes, you can pick your tomatoes once they start getting some colour, then leave them in a bowl to finish ripening – not the fridge.
its gone from the green they start off to to a lite green whitey colour is that alright to pic.
I like to wait until they get a bit pink
>Is the band inside the fence with you? Better take ear plugs.
As I said, I am on the inside of the fence and the concert is outside. I also said the company I work for is putting on a free concert…
pain master said:
Bubba Louie said:
pain master said:
colliewa said:
Slim Dusty played in Mendi once too. Locals thought that was speshull.
Fantastic! Kamahl is playing Kokopo (Rabaul) tonight, and Marcia Hinds played a private party last week in Moresby.
My eldest sister thinks Kamahl is lovely. She went to a concert when she was very pregnant with her first and he patted her tummy. LOL
LOL! blessed is the unborn anointed by Kamahl.
That’s more or less what she tells her son.
colliewa said:
>Is the band inside the fence with you? Better take ear plugs.
As I said, I am on the inside of the fence and the concert is outside. I also said the company I work for is putting on a free concert…
Picky picky picky. :P
Bubba Louie said:
colliewa said:
>Is the band inside the fence with you? Better take ear plugs.
As I said, I am on the inside of the fence and the concert is outside. I also said the company I work for is putting on a free concert…
Picky picky picky. :P
Well what’s on the inside that you have to keep them out of? If it’s the company you work for and it’s for employees it’s a bit rough you having to work.
Evening all.
I have no hope of catching up!
I’ve been cooking cooking and cooking all day and I’m ready to drop.
Anyone got this weeks Take 5 mag? In it is Mini Christmas Puddings and I thought they were so cute, and a good idea to use up a dry fruit cake we wern’t going to eat. Really good recycling idea I thought, turning the inedible into a yummy delight. They’re adorable :)
The well trained hubby is cleaning the kitchen, loaded the dishwasher ,and made me a cuppa lol :D
Morning all.
bluegreen said:
Dinetta said:
No chance of a storm for a while I think…
just had a very brief one here… all of 30 secs!
We had 2 whoppers last night. 44mls of rain. Gutters were overflowing. Tanks were were doing likewise. We are forever grateful. Won’t be here for tonights expected storm though.
Good morning Pomolo…
I’m just about to make my first coffee for the day, go out and re-oil the kwila table (hasn’t been oiled properly since we first bought it)…then tend to the basic necessities like laundry etc…
We had 2 whoppers last night. 44mls of rain. Gutters were overflowing. Tanks were were doing likewise. We are forever grateful. Won’t be here for tonights expected storm though.
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Great news!!
You’ll need a machete to get out the front gate in a fortnight!!
Bubba Louie said:
pain master said:
Thunder outside. Looking towards Geheru, it is very dark….
We’ve been having tropical type storms a couple times a week lately. Very strange weather happening in Bris.
I beg to differ there Bubba. When my kids were at school we had storms every afternoon around 3 o’clock. I only remember them because I had to pick them up and it was always pouring and thundery. Mind you in those days (30years ago) kids wore raincoats. They were never destructive storms though.
Dinetta said:
Good morning Pomolo…I’m just about to make my first coffee for the day, go out and re-oil the kwila table (hasn’t been oiled properly since we first bought it)…then tend to the basic necessities like laundry etc…
Hi there Dinetta. I shouldnn’t even be on here but this is where the air con is operating
I beg to differ there Bubba. When my kids were at school we had storms every afternoon around 3 o’clock. I only remember them because I had to pick them up and it was always pouring and thundery.
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That used to happen to me, too…
Rockhampton has a reputation for afternoon storms at 14:00…It caught me by surprise when I went to live there about 30 years ago now…as I was used to sunset showers or storms after sunset…
We very rarely got the violent ones we’re getting these days…
pomolo said:
Dinetta said:
Good morning Pomolo…I’m just about to make my first coffee for the day, go out and re-oil the kwila table (hasn’t been oiled properly since we first bought it)…then tend to the basic necessities like laundry etc…
Hi there Dinetta. I shouldnn’t even be on here but this is where the air con is operating
its it boiling hot there already pomolo?
hey dinetta.
I shouldnn’t even be on here but this is where the air con is operating
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Sprung!
Lovely and cool here for now, hot in the sun (of course)…just the right time of day for that coffee and the oiling process…
Dinetta said:
We had 2 whoppers last night. 44mls of rain. Gutters were overflowing. Tanks were were doing likewise. We are forever grateful. Won’t be here for tonights expected storm though.
+++++++Great news!!
You’ll need a machete to get out the front gate in a fortnight!!
No. A machete would be a waste of time. Need a chain saw now.
veg gardener said:
hey dinetta.
Hey Veg
How’s the culture shock (no more school after 12 years)…?
No. A machete would be a waste of time. Need a chain saw now.
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Been quite a few years since you’ve considered that option!
Sprung!
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We off to Bris again soon. MrP has some more hospital appointments for the next few days.
veg gardener said:
pomolo said:
Dinetta said:
Good morning Pomolo…I’m just about to make my first coffee for the day, go out and re-oil the kwila table (hasn’t been oiled properly since we first bought it)…then tend to the basic necessities like laundry etc…
Hi there Dinetta. I shouldnn’t even be on here but this is where the air con is operating
its it boiling hot there already pomolo?
No sun Veg but very very muggy.
Dinetta said:
veg gardener said:
hey dinetta.
Hey Veg
How’s the culture shock (no more school after 12 years)…?
pomolo said:
veg gardener said:
pomolo said:
Dinetta said:
Good morning Pomolo…I’m just about to make my first coffee for the day, go out and re-oil the kwila table (hasn’t been oiled properly since we first bought it)…then tend to the basic necessities like laundry etc…
Hi there Dinetta. I shouldnn’t even be on here but this is where the air con is operating
its it boiling hot there already pomolo?
No sun Veg but very very muggy.
its a bit overcast here.
Dinetta said:
I beg to differ there Bubba. When my kids were at school we had storms every afternoon around 3 o’clock. I only remember them because I had to pick them up and it was always pouring and thundery.
++++++++++That used to happen to me, too…
Rockhampton has a reputation for afternoon storms at 14:00…It caught me by surprise when I went to live there about 30 years ago now…as I was used to sunset showers or storms after sunset…
We very rarely got the violent ones we’re getting these days…
Arh yes Rockhampton storms. I remember them well. I was an ‘inmate’ at Neerkol orphanage way back then and the thing I remember the most were the spectacular lightening shows, I loved watching storms , nose pressed to window, and the rain was incredible, the stuff of my current dreams.
hey HP.
veg gardener said:
hey HP.
Hi Veg , no school now means you’re old now you know LOL.
I’m off in 1 minute to an all day xmas party. I wonder what mischief I can get up to.
Happy Potter said:
veg gardener said:
hey HP.
Hi Veg , no school now means you’re old now you know LOL.
I’m off in 1 minute to an all day xmas party. I wonder what mischief I can get up to.
dam it i dont wanna be old, you have fun at the xmas party….Whispers remember you cant eat all the food there.
I was an ‘inmate’ at Neerkol orphanage way back then
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They’ve closed it down now…I think St George’s (in Rockhampton) is closed as well…
I’m off in 1 minute to an all day xmas party. I wonder what mischief I can get up to.
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I’ve got a daughter who thinks like that…
Whispers remember you cant eat all the food there.
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Getting cheeky in his dotage, isn’t he? ;)
veg gardener said:
Happy Potter said:
veg gardener said:
hey HP.
Hi Veg , no school now means you’re old now you know LOL.
I’m off in 1 minute to an all day xmas party. I wonder what mischief I can get up to.
dam it i dont wanna be old, you have fun at the xmas party….Whispers remember you cant eat all the food there.
We’re all banded. We can’t over eat LOL!
Well course we can eat whatever we normally eat , just not as much on the plate, and, except for the new members , we are all slim people now!
Me too, I’m finally at goal :D 36 kg off ( and 30 kg before banded) total 66 kg gone forever never to resurface again :)
Dinetta said:
I was an ‘inmate’ at Neerkol orphanage way back then
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They’ve closed it down now…I think St George’s (in Rockhampton) is closed as well…
Thank goodness. I still want to visit there and kick the gate. It’s something I have to do lol.
Happy Potter said:
veg gardener said:
Happy Potter said:
veg gardener said:
hey HP.
Hi Veg , no school now means you’re old now you know LOL.
I’m off in 1 minute to an all day xmas party. I wonder what mischief I can get up to.
dam it i dont wanna be old, you have fun at the xmas party….Whispers remember you cant eat all the food there.
We’re all banded. We can’t over eat LOL!
Well course we can eat whatever we normally eat , just not as much on the plate, and, except for the new members , we are all slim people now!
Me too, I’m finally at goal :D 36 kg off ( and 30 kg before banded) total 66 kg gone forever never to resurface again :)
ok then.
pomolo said:
Mind you in those days (30years ago) kids wore raincoats.
I remember raincoats…
Happy Potter said:
I’m finally at goal :D 36 kg off ( and 30 kg before banded) total 66 kg gone forever never to resurface again :)
Three cheers for HP! Hip, hip! Hurrah! Hip, hip! Hurrah! Hip, hip! Hurrah!
sounds of applause
caught up – good info on seaweed dinetta. i have 20ltr.double concentrate maxicrop as well (bought in 1981). i would use pigeon poo rather than seaweed to breakdown mulch.
i watered for two and a half hours this morning because the soil is very dry. pumpkins were drooped in the morning and corn leaves starting to curl.
also i’m in succession mode – with new crops of corn, carrots replacing old. soon the spuds and cabbages will be out so i’ll hopefully start needing less water when they’re gone.
bluegreen said:
Happy Potter said:
I’m finally at goal :D 36 kg off ( and 30 kg before banded) total 66 kg gone forever never to resurface again :)
Three cheers for HP! Hip, hip! Hurrah! Hip, hip! Hurrah! Hip, hip! Hurrah!
sounds of applause
Now, how did I miss that one?
Magic words “Finally at Goal”
Three cheers for Happy Potter indeed, she’s a champ!
the other day i was reading a blog that said they make compost on a large scale now i am trying to find it.
moved to chat…
Dinetta said:
Got a nice shady tree for a simple garden set (table and at least one chair)?
the best spot would have been under the old apple tree – except that what with drought and possums, it gets so few leaves these days there is no shade! Actually I am surprise it is still alive at all, and I am not expecting it to last much longer without some serious rain. Many of the branches have died back.
Found it.
bluegreen said:
moved to chat…Dinetta said:
Got a nice shady tree for a simple garden set (table and at least one chair)?
the best spot would have been under the old apple tree – except that what with drought and possums, it gets so few leaves these days there is no shade! Actually I am surprise it is still alive at all, and I am not expecting it to last much longer without some serious rain. Many of the branches have died back.
Oh that is sad, BlueGreen, to lose a tree that’s been a part of your life for so long…
It’s nature’s way, I know, but still…
Is Melbourne seriously in a drought? How does Melbourne define “drought”?
Dinetta said:
Is Melbourne seriously in a drought? How does Melbourne define “drought”?
I don’t know the official stance, but here is a graph of rainfall I have recorded since 2004 and as you can see the annual total keeps going down, with the exception of a spike last December. Dam levels are at 34.1%. I don’t supplementary water my trees so they have to do it on rain alone. What rain we get is not enough to soak into the subsoil which is why the apple tree is suffering I think.
graph with legend this time (I hope)
bluegreen said:
graph with legend this time (I hope)
try again (last time)..
AARRRGGHHH!
Warning! Never try to replace a pic in photobucket with another of the same name – it doesn’t work!
Dinetta said:
Aw thank you ladies, I’m chuffed :) My ‘reward’ at the meet up was to carry equal to my lost weight in the form of a huge bag of dry dog food about 4 metres…and I couldn’t do it! I staggered under the weight of it ..I got up a few steps, I was on a roll, and went headfirst for a fence and several people. I could not stop laughing lol. I had 2 cups of tea, one large glass of water, one sushi roll, and one cupcake. And a celebratory baileys :)
bluegreen said:
Happy Potter said:
I’m finally at goal :D 36 kg off ( and 30 kg before banded) total 66 kg gone forever never to resurface again :)
Three cheers for HP! Hip, hip! Hurrah! Hip, hip! Hurrah! Hip, hip! Hurrah!
sounds of applause
Now, how did I miss that one?
Magic words “Finally at Goal”
Three cheers for Happy Potter indeed, she’s a champ!
>Well what’s on the inside that you have to keep them out of?
Its a big construction site. They are building two buildings side by side that are over 60 metres high. So far. There is a conveyor belt that goes to the top of one. There is well over 100 buildings scattered around the site for admin, worker crib huts (daily attendence is around 1050 and growing), cooling towers, holes in the ground for site works…
Lying around the site there is about a dozen cranes with lifting capacity over 100 tonne, a couple around 400 tonne. There’s about 30 small cranes of capacity of around 20-30tonne littering the place. There are more welding machines, generator units, utes, trucks, sea containers full of stuff, forklifts, computers than I could count! There is air ducting you could hide a Mcmansion in…
So it would be best for all concerned that the drunk headbangers stay OUT. When they morph back into the sober 1050 plus workforce on any given day and are without the girlfriends, wives, boyfriends and 4-500 kids they can come back wearing the steel cap boots etc in place of the thongs and bourbon grins!
>Me too, I’m finally at goal :D 36 kg off ( and 30 kg before banded) total 66 kg gone forever never to resurface again :)
WELL DONE!
8^)
colliewa said:
>Me too, I’m finally at goal :D 36 kg off ( and 30 kg before banded) total 66 kg gone forever never to resurface again :)WELL DONE!
8^)
Thanks Collie :)
I don’t have the knock knees or hollowed out face either, I’m so rapt.
I don’t have to go to tent city to buy clothes, I can buy the little stuff.
I still can’t get over seeing my own reflection, and have to look twice , heck that really is me! lol :D
May you know this feeling one day too..
Ta – I’m getting there…
Down a total of 46kg so far.
8^)
colliewa said:
Ta – I’m getting there…Down a total of 46kg so far.
8^)
Thats fantastic :D
You must be feeling so much better!
Yes, seeing the reflection is nice sometimes..
All my pants are draw string except a pair of jeans. When I wear the jeans I sometimes catch women looking, which is a different feeling…
But I remember looking at this pair of jeans before I started and thought I’d never get into them again. Only reason I didn’t chuck them was they were expensive (RM Williams bought at a Country Road place) and I’m just too tight to chuck out something that exxy. Now they fit perfectly and I don’t hang over the sides or the front of them…
Funny how you look in a mirror and think “that looks pretty good” instead of “what does it matter?”…
Whew! What a day. I’m stuffed. Every year the Salvation Army commissions new officers. Officers spend two years in training college before being appointed to full time work. Usually commissioning is in Sydney, ‘cause that’s where the training college is. This year they held it here in Brisbane. Which was wonderful, because my best friend from high school was being commissioned. You gotta love serendipity like that.
But it was a big day. Firstly, we start with an argument :-( I planned for us to take the train in; hubby was cool with that UNTIL this morning. He decides we drive in because “it’s cheaper”. Huge dramas. He ends up parking in a taxi zone and copping a $60 fine. So much for “it’s cheaper”.
Then a very formal service of ordination and commissioning. Very old style Army; very not like our church LOL. Uniforms everywhere. Then this afternoon a more relaxed service where the new officers are given their first appointments.
It was lovely to catch up with my friend and share her special day; but I’m exhausted and the day isn’t finished. Promised the Girl we’d go to the local carols tonight. It’s a BIG thing – full stage production. Just gotta go check the radar! And maybe catch a 5 minute nap.
On a gardening note – seriously thinking of starting again with my tomatoes :-( They just aren’t setting good fruit. So sad :-( But my latest batch of carrot seedlings are doing well. They’ve just come up and it’s been nicely overcast for a couple of days so they’re getting stronger all the time.
Happy Potter said:
Dinetta said:
Aw thank you ladies, I’m chuffed :) My ‘reward’ at the meet up was to carry equal to my lost weight in the form of a huge bag of dry dog food about 4 metres…and I couldn’t do it! I staggered under the weight of it ..I got up a few steps, I was on a roll, and went headfirst for a fence and several people. I could not stop laughing lol. I had 2 cups of tea, one large glass of water, one sushi roll, and one cupcake. And a celebratory baileys :)
bluegreen said:
Happy Potter said:
I’m finally at goal :D 36 kg off ( and 30 kg before banded) total 66 kg gone forever never to resurface again :)
Three cheers for HP! Hip, hip! Hurrah! Hip, hip! Hurrah! Hip, hip! Hurrah!
sounds of applause
Now, how did I miss that one?
Magic words “Finally at Goal”
Three cheers for Happy Potter indeed, she’s a champ!
Oh that’s great HP!! Sounds like you had fun too :) Well done!
Well today’s been a mixed bunch. I went to the local market to try to get some vegie seedlings because I’m SOOOO behind with mine. I got some basil and some more strawberries but nothing else. Then I cleared the main vegie bed and found lots of little onions which will be perfect for my Beef Bourgignon, and far more carrots than I expected. So it’s all cleared and ready for anything now. I’ve sorted through the vegie seeds and found a lot I can sow this week.
I harvested the rest of the garlic and now have a mountain of it. Will take pics tomorrow. The cherry tree is now bare but it gave us 3 big bowls of luscious fruit. The strawbs are going OK, but only a few fruit at a time still. A couple of the blueberries have turned blue Woohoo!!!
My son and his GF have just left, bearing gifts of carrots, garlic and cherries. That’s a good feeling when you can share your produce :)
Off to watch a good murder mystery on TV now.
Ciao.
Whew. Well I’m knackered.
Tomorrow is the big day – men coming to start on the greywater/retic. So today my dad came over to help us tidy things up a bit.
Took the trailer to City Farmers and picked up some hay bales, sheep manure, and chicken manure. Had to pull a bunch of old boxes out of the outdoor loo to make space for the manure – not making the mistake of leaving it out in the rain again!
Got the side gate fixed up with a closing mechanism. It’s only a star picket and a bit of wire but it works!
Lined the bottom of the raised vegie bed with newspaper, and put the old hay bales from the herb patch in there. I will have to find Lucky’s no dig garden recipe in a few weeks and get that started.
Weeded the herb patch and put the new hay bales in – forgot how nice they look when new :)
Swept up & weeded the paving, rearranged the outdoor setting and BBQ, moved the chilli pots.
Still freaking stacks to do but at least I can sit out there and relax now instead of just being depressed by the state it was in. I will try to post some pics after the retic’s all done.
Thank goodness for dads :D
Dinetta said:
bluegreen said:
Happy Potter said:
I’m finally at goal :D 36 kg off ( and 30 kg before banded) total 66 kg gone forever never to resurface again :)
Three cheers for HP! Hip, hip! Hurrah! Hip, hip! Hurrah! Hip, hip! Hurrah!
sounds of applause
Evening all.
Well done HP. Wish I was as inspired and courageous as you!Now, how did I miss that one?
Magic words “Finally at Goal”
Three cheers for Happy Potter indeed, she’s a champ!
bon008 said:
Whew. Well I’m knackered.Tomorrow is the big day – men coming to start on the greywater/retic. So today my dad came over to help us tidy things up a bit.
Took the trailer to City Farmers and picked up some hay bales, sheep manure, and chicken manure. Had to pull a bunch of old boxes out of the outdoor loo to make space for the manure – not making the mistake of leaving it out in the rain again!
Got the side gate fixed up with a closing mechanism. It’s only a star picket and a bit of wire but it works!
Lined the bottom of the raised vegie bed with newspaper, and put the old hay bales from the herb patch in there. I will have to find Lucky’s no dig garden recipe in a few weeks and get that started.
Weeded the herb patch and put the new hay bales in – forgot how nice they look when new :)
Swept up & weeded the paving, rearranged the outdoor setting and BBQ, moved the chilli pots.
Still freaking stacks to do but at least I can sit out there and relax now instead of just being depressed by the state it was in. I will try to post some pics after the retic’s all done.
Thank goodness for dads :D
sounds like you have had a busy day.
veg gardener said:
sounds like you have had a busy day.
Yep! I just remembered some stuff I left off that list, too :)
bon008 said:
veg gardener said:
sounds like you have had a busy day.
Yep! I just remembered some stuff I left off that list, too :)
Still freaking stacks to do but at least I can sit out there and relax now instead of just being depressed by the state it was in. I will try to post some pics after the retic’s all done. Thank goodness for dads :D
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what a nice sentiment bon. LOL.
i look forward to seeing the mulched herb bed.
morning forumites
warm (28C) here today so all my freshly planted seeds will need watering at midday.
i did some mowing this morning
- and i have two small avocado trees that i will need some advice on. i’ll start a topic when i’ve got time.
Arvo.
I’m stuffed already , been re potting some big plants in too small pots, dragged them back in place and swept the patio.
Time to hang out some washing, have lunch, then cooking for orders all arvo.
The 50 cup cakes that went to a day care centre for a tots 3 rd birthday, were a major hit.
I had to go there and make a list of the ingredients and any preservatives and colours ect but it’s all safe stuff. Any more order increases and I’m going to have to employ someone!
I have to enrol for the next cake decorating course in the new year too, soon.
AnneS said:
Dinetta said:
bluegreen said:
Happy Potter said:
I’m finally at goal :D 36 kg off ( and 30 kg before banded) total 66 kg gone forever never to resurface again :)
Three cheers for HP! Hip, hip! Hurrah! Hip, hip! Hurrah! Hip, hip! Hurrah!
sounds of applause
Evening all.
Well done HP. Wish I was as inspired and courageous as you!Now, how did I miss that one?
Magic words “Finally at Goal”
Three cheers for Happy Potter indeed, she’s a champ!
Aw thanks AnneS, but couragous ? no way, me fraidy cat big time! I hate surgery but I knew if I didn’t go down that road I would have stayed big and suffered badly for it. So I had the lap band whilst I was still overweight enough to qualify for it. Diabetes is gone now and I have energy to burn, and the best feeling is knowing that now I will stay a healthier weight for the rest of my days ,without doing anything! :D
Wooooohooo..
Just got an email from OH – the retic guys reckon they will be all finished by the end of tomorrow! I don’t know if they’ve included enough time to explain the system to us though – LOL!
I’m so excited about this :) No matter how cr@ppy part of my year was.. now I will always remember it as the year I got engaged and the year I got retic grin
bon008 said:
Wooooohooo..Just got an email from OH – the retic guys reckon they will be all finished by the end of tomorrow! I don’t know if they’ve included enough time to explain the system to us though – LOL!
I’m so excited about this :) No matter how cr@ppy part of my year was.. now I will always remember it as the year I got engaged and the year I got retic grin
Some great things happening your way then Bonn :D
Whats retic anyway ? LOL
Happy Potter said:
Some great things happening your way then Bonn :D
Whats retic anyway ? LOL
Yep :):)
for me, retic = having time to do actual gardening in summer, not just rushing around madly trying to keep things alive! :D
bon008 said:
Happy Potter said:
Some great things happening your way then Bonn :D
Whats retic anyway ? LOL
Yep :):)
for me, retic = having time to do actual gardening in summer, not just rushing around madly trying to keep things alive! :D
Read and understood perfectly lol!
Well done.
Waves hi….getting ready here….picking my sewing machine up tomorrow morning.
Picking tomatoes and not buying them at all now:D
Hot here today……Hope your gardens are growing well.
Lucky1 said:
….picking my sewing machine up tomorrow morning.
how are the walls?
Lucky1 said:
Waves hi….getting ready here….picking my sewing machine up tomorrow morning.Picking tomatoes and not buying them at all now:D
Hot here today……Hope your gardens are growing well.
Oh cool Lucky :D
You will have fun with it.
bluegreen said:
Lucky1 said:
….picking my sewing machine up tomorrow morning.
how are the walls?
A few holes here and there…… I actually managed to hit most places a few times…… less cracks in them;P
Happy Potter said:
Lucky1 said:
Waves hi….getting ready here….picking my sewing machine up tomorrow morning.Picking tomatoes and not buying them at all now:D
Hot here today……Hope your gardens are growing well.
Oh cool Lucky :D
You will have fun with it.
Thanks HP…..
hey l1
Because bimbo is borrowing the wardrobe in her room (built in robes, don’t hold all her clothes) for 6 months before they get their own place…. she will be starting to move a week early and it’ll start this weekend….. not sure though how far she’ll get. As in sleeping here or over at Ben’s.
veg gardener said:
hey l1
Hey VG……. hot here today:( How’s those new little ladies of yours going…
Lucky1 said:
veg gardener said:
hey l1
Hey VG……. hot here today:( How’s those new little ladies of yours going…
good if ur talking about the chooks they are good and i got a little New Hampshire rooster so 2 hens 1 roo.
veg gardener said:
Lucky1 said:
veg gardener said:
hey l1
Hey VG……. hot here today:( How’s those new little ladies of yours going…
good if ur talking about the chooks they are good and i got a little New Hampshire rooster so 2 hens 1 roo.
Lucky1 said:
veg gardener said:
Lucky1 said:
veg gardener said:
hey l1
Hey VG……. hot here today:( How’s those new little ladies of yours going…
good if ur talking about the chooks they are good and i got a little New Hampshire rooster so 2 hens 1 roo.
Oops… sorry little roo… is he trying to crow yet???
veg gardener said:
Lucky1 said:
Oops… sorry little roo… is he trying to crow yet???
na not yet, no need to be sorry he sounds like a little girl still.
he he! cute :)
Morning all.
Morning Veg:)
hey L1 how is it going in SA
veg gardener said:
hey L1 how is it going in SA
Bluddy wet mate ,……..bluddy wet:D
Lucky1 said:
veg gardener said:
hey L1 how is it going in SA
Bluddy wet mate ,……..bluddy wet:D
yeah we had some rain yesterday arvo, ground seems to have taken it all in. got a rat problem in the chook pen now.
got a rat problem in the chook pen now.
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I think that can come with having poultry…. is the rat stealing eggs or annoying the chooks???
Good morning all.
I am trying to keep my mind off food long enough to go and have a “fasting” blood test – but still another half hour til the blood collection centre opens – lol
Lucky1 said:
got a rat problem in the chook pen now.
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I think that can come with having poultry…. is the rat stealing eggs or annoying the chooks???
eatting food and eggs
Morning All,
Overcast, cool and still here. Perfect for gardening but I’ve got visitors coming :(
Also have a sore back so maybe it’s just as well.
I was in B yesterday, looking for the Munn’s lawn product with bentonite in it. They had several but couldn’t narrow it down to the one I need. Could someone tell me (again) which one it is, please ?
orchid40 said:
Morning All,
Overcast, cool and still here. Perfect for gardening but I’ve got visitors coming :(
Also have a sore back so maybe it’s just as well.
I was in B yesterday, looking for the Munn’s lawn product with bentonite in it. They had several but couldn’t narrow it down to the one I need. Could someone tell me (again) which one it is, please ?
its Munns ‘WETA-LAWN & GARDEN’
don’t ask me to explain the name or why bentonite is not mentioned any where. it should cost $18 for 10kgs.
orchid40 said:
Morning All,
Overcast, cool and still here. Perfect for gardening but I’ve got visitors coming :(
Also have a sore back so maybe it’s just as well.
I was in B yesterday, looking for the Munn’s lawn product with bentonite in it. They had several but couldn’t narrow it down to the one I need. Could someone tell me (again) which one it is, please ?
Munns “Wetta Lawn and Garden”
bluegreen said:
orchid40 said:
Morning All,
Overcast, cool and still here. Perfect for gardening but I’ve got visitors coming :(
Also have a sore back so maybe it’s just as well.
I was in B yesterday, looking for the Munn’s lawn product with bentonite in it. They had several but couldn’t narrow it down to the one I need. Could someone tell me (again) which one it is, please ?
Munns “Wetta Lawn and Garden”
Thanks again!!
Arvo green ones.
I’ve been at the Lort Smith with Max overnight , he was admitted with a crush injury to his right side, courtesy of an unleased mastif type dog when I took mine for a walk yest’ evening.. this mastiff bodied pit bull headed animal just came around a corner and went straight for Max…it clamed onto my poor dog , and in a scene I will never forget , it took more than 10 minutes by 3 strong blokes , including the other dogs owner , punching kicking and thumping the daylights out of it to get it to let go. It wasn’t letting go for anything though…poor Max was exhausted by this time and just flopped and stayed down. The bigger dog had a vice grip on mine and I was getting so distressed , one bloke was hitting it with all his might with a thick branch. It didn’t even blink or move.
Then I remembered I had my cig lighter on me so I took that out and held it alight under the big dogs tail. He soon let go.
Other people around were abusing the dogs owner and called the police. I carried Max home , he couldn’t walk, and called the L.S pet ambulance. Max had to be sedated and muzzled to be examined ,as he went to snap at others. He has terrible bruising to his muscles and insides but no broken bones, and just a few puncture wounds, he will be fine in time. He’s on pain meds and antibiotics , TLC for a week or so, and check ups following. Awful to see him in pain and wincing trying to get up or down.
I hadn’t slept all night so I slept today , Max beside me, and just woke now.
I could not get over the sheer strength of the other dog, and the effort to get it off mine..when a big weightlifter bloke says ‘ you would sooner push over a house than get that amimal off’ , then it has no place being out.
What if it were a child..
Take a cigarette lighter with you when out walking ok.
Happy Potter said:
I could not get over the sheer strength of the other dog, and the effort to get it off mine..when a big weightlifter bloke says ‘ you would sooner push over a house than get that amimal off’ , then it has no place being out.
What if it were a child..Take a cigarette lighter with you when out walking ok.
Happy Potter said:
I could not get over the sheer strength of the other dog, and the effort to get it off mine..when a big weightlifter bloke says ‘ you would sooner push over a house than get that amimal off’ , then it has no place being out.
What if it were a child..Take a cigarette lighter with you when out walking ok.
Oh HP :(:(
hugs
Thank God he will be OK, but what an awful thing for you to go through.
Take a cigarette lighter with you when out walking ok.
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A novel but totally effective stop to that fight, Happy Potter! I am so glad Max is OK, relatively speaking…I guess it will affect him psychologically…he is lucky to be alive…
I used to take a stockwhip with me…it usually stopped dogs in their tracks, not to mention their owners…you might get reported in Melbourne if you did that, tho’…I used to just crack it, not hit the dogs…
oh poor max and not so happy potter. I know just what you are going through. A pit bull did the same to a dog we once had in our own front yard when we lived in sydney. It was just wandering the streets and latched onto our poor old girl. We had to hose water down its throat to make it let go. I believe that they can actually lock their jaw which is why it is impossible to force their mouth open. Once we had him detached he was all friendly as can be. Bred to love people and kill anything else that moves I believe. I had to make two trips to the vet – firstly to take our dog for treatment and secondly to take in the pit bull to be handed over to the pound (no collar, no ID.) There was no way I was going to let him in the car with our dog, and there was no way I was going to let it roam the streets either. Our dog had to have a drain in her shoulder with 30cm of stitches.
bluegreen said:
oh poor max and not so happy potter. I know just what you are going through. A pit bull did the same to a dog we once had in our own front yard when we lived in sydney. It was just wandering the streets and latched onto our poor old girl. We had to hose water down its throat to make it let go. I believe that they can actually lock their jaw which is why it is impossible to force their mouth open. Once we had him detached he was all friendly as can be. Bred to love people and kill anything else that moves I believe. I had to make two trips to the vet – firstly to take our dog for treatment and secondly to take in the pit bull to be handed over to the pound (no collar, no ID.) There was no way I was going to let him in the car with our dog, and there was no way I was going to let it roam the streets either. Our dog had to have a drain in her shoulder with 30cm of stitches.
Oh thats horrible BG , so upsetting to see your furry loved family member get attacked :(
Max , the equivalent of my furkid soulmate , thinks every other dog is friendly and wants to play. I’ve had the council ranger ring me now and made a time to go see him. The other dog is in the pound atm. I told him i was actually going for my swiss army tool thingy on my keys when I rembembered the lighter. If that hadn’t worked I would have killed it.
Happy Potter said:
I told him i was actually going for my swiss army tool thingy on my keys when I rembembered the lighter. If that hadn’t worked I would have killed it.
I believe the most effective way (barring setting their tail alight!) Is to block their breathing – if you can hold their nostrils and seal any gaps in their mouth then they have to let go to breathe.
People like them as they can be very friendly pets, but they won’t tolerate other dogs so the owner was being very irresponsible allowing it off the leash or even unmuzzled.
How awful HP for you to have to go thru somethin like that. Glad to hear Max will be ok.
Has anything happened with the owner of the other dog? Like, will they get some sort of punishment? A fine…..anything?
Boy watering the garden was a battle tonight…termites were on the wing in their hundreds. Almost spent more time swatting that actually watering!
OMG!!!! How trerrifying HP!
I have heard of a few ways of stopping an attacking dog but haven’t tried any of them.
1. Lift the dog’s back feet off the ground and they can’t keep pushing forward and they let go.
2. Twist the dog’s ear as hard as you can and it will let go to yelp.
3. Grab the dog’s front legs and pull them apart which will tear the dog’s heart.
All these remedies are OK if you aren’t going to get bitten in the process ……
What I did do once, years ago, when a small dog I had was attacked by a ‘pig dog’ was that as I was carrying an old tubular metal ladder I threw the pointy end into the dog’s ribs. It certainly backed off but then the owner abused me for walking past her back fence where her dog pushed out through the gate!!!
Hhhmmmmmppppphhhhh!!!!
But, I’m with you, if I had had to kill/render unconscious this dog to make it let go I would have.
not good HP, hope max gets better soon, hope the dog at the pounds gets put down, we got told by the pound as we had 3 dogs come on to our land a fortnight ago that if they attack our animals we are aloud to shot them.
Hope Max recovers quickly HP. We had a little dog take one of our chickens – dug under the fence to get to them. His partner in crime has been caught in our yard a couple of times. NOT happy Jan. The ‘charming’ neighbours (thankfully three houses away) own it, but deny all responsiblity when it misbehaves. They treat their kids the same, so what can you expect?
Long day today. Got stuck in a meeting with clients arguing semantics :-( Politics! Horrible stuff. Still, work is over for another week.
Might get out in the garden this week. Think my cucies heard I was going to pull them out. Haven’t any eatable fruit for about two or three weeks. This week – covered in flowers, and at least 1/2 dozen fruit. Silly buggers. I’ve got some three week old seedlings, and one week seedlings ready to go. Might have an excess of cucumbers LOL.
Zucs look like they might be nearly pickable too. I like them nice and small. And got some strawberries nearly ripe too. Yummo. Much prefer the strawbs to the zucs LOL.
Muschee said:
How awful HP for you to have to go thru somethin like that. Glad to hear Max will be ok.Has anything happened with the owner of the other dog? Like, will they get some sort of punishment? A fine…..anything?
Hi Muschee , I had a call from a policeman tonight re this and yes the owner will have to appear in court and he’s going to be charged with allowing a dangerous dog loose and ignoring a court order to keep it fenced, and muzzled when out ..the dogs done this before. They are going to apply to the court for it to be destroyed, and get this… It’s only a 14 month old puppy!! They are anxious to keep it out of the community and will not be releasing it. I was asked to send copies of all costs ect. The policeman did say ‘ bloody good one with the lighter’ but without one ,one of the most effective way to get a dog to release it’s victim is to lift up it’s back legs as they need their balance to keep a grip.
I’m managing to get Max’s pain tablets into him hidden in a cube of cheese :)Slippers and nightgown on and I’m ready to sleep like a baby, anyone for a hot milo nightcap?
Happy Potter said:
Slippers and nightgown on and I’m ready to sleep like a baby, anyone for a hot milo nightcap?
Ovaltine please… I’m anti-milo.
pain master said:
Happy Potter said:
Slippers and nightgown on and I’m ready to sleep like a baby, anyone for a hot milo nightcap?Ovaltine please… I’m anti-milo.
Oh that stuff tastes like medicine!
Happy Potter said:
pain master said:
Happy Potter said:
Slippers and nightgown on and I’m ready to sleep like a baby, anyone for a hot milo nightcap?Ovaltine please… I’m anti-milo.
Oh that stuff tastes like medicine!
a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down… the medicine go down…
pain master said:
Happy Potter said:
pain master said:
Happy Potter said:
Slippers and nightgown on and I’m ready to sleep like a baby, anyone for a hot milo nightcap?Ovaltine please… I’m anti-milo.
Oh that stuff tastes like medicine!
a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down… the medicine go down…
Yuk lol.
Dragging my weary bones off to bed. Cyas
Happy Potter said:
pain master said:
Happy Potter said:
pain master said:
Happy Potter said:
Slippers and nightgown on and I’m ready to sleep like a baby, anyone for a hot milo nightcap?Ovaltine please… I’m anti-milo.
Oh that stuff tastes like medicine!
a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down… the medicine go down…
Yuk lol.
Dragging my weary bones off to bed. Cyas
G’night Milo Potter.
Muschee said:
How awful HP for you to have to go thru somethin like that. Glad to hear Max will be ok.Has anything happened with the owner of the other dog? Like, will they get some sort of punishment? A fine…..anything?
In my books, having your dog put down is punishment for most people…a fine would depend on the local area / council laws
AnneS said:
Boy watering the garden was a battle tonight…termites were on the wing in their hundreds. Almost spent more time swatting that actually watering!
Ooooh, don’t you hate that? Thankfully it’s usually only for one night of the year…we call them “flying ants”…I have no idea why as they don’t look ant-like at all…
Morining all, all chooks are happy running in the run together now.
AnneS said:
Happy Potter said:
I could not get over the sheer strength of the other dog, and the effort to get it off mine..when a big weightlifter bloke says ‘ you would sooner push over a house than get that amimal off’ , then it has no place being out.
What if it were a child..Take a cigarette lighter with you when out walking ok.
How terrible for you, HP. That would have been truly scary! I’m not keen on mastiffs or pit bull type dogs. They are just way too agressive and dangerous. As you have said..what if it were a child? I bet your nerves were pretty well shattered after the ordeal. Hope Max recovers soon.
ditto
- quick thinking with the lighter
- it must have been frightening – i hope your dog and its owner recover.
This week – covered in flowers, and at least 1/2 dozen fruit. Silly buggers. I’ve got some three week old seedlings, and one week seedlings ready to go. Might have an excess of cucumbers LOL.
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if you’ve got a juicer – cucumber juice is cool.
Morning all. Nice cool day here. 18 degrees, S wind 22kph. (well at Point Perpendicular about 15 kms away). Cloudy; even a tiny bit of drizzle
Morning All
veg gardener said:
Morining all, all chooks are happy running in the run together now.
that’s good :)
Just made inquiries about doing a Occ Health & Safety course. There is a TAFE in Joondalup (waaaaay up the north end of Perth metro area) who do Cert 3, Cert4 and Diploma level courses.
Cert 4 level course will get you a job as a Occupational Safety & Health Officer and is recognised Aust wide. Spoke to the lecturer fella and he said “sorry but that is an online course only.” BONUS I said, you are 300km north.. You need a Cert4 to do the diploma, but you can start on the Cert4.
So it turns out most people finish this in 3-4 months, you go at your own pace!
Total cost for the Cert4 with text books – everything – is less than a $1000. How good is this?
OH&S people at the place I’m working at start on $100k. Less stress and almost double the money.
There’s gotta be a downside, I just can’t see it yet….
sounds good Collie. OH & S is pretty big these days.
How’s the war wounds BG?
Made up with that tree yet? ;^)
colliewa said:
How’s the war wounds BG?Made up with that tree yet? ;^)
healing up Collie, and I’ve been avoiding that tree ;)
bluegreen said:
colliewa said:
How’s the war wounds BG?Made up with that tree yet? ;^)
healing up Collie, and I’ve been avoiding that tree ;)
strong sense of self-preservation there…
Dinetta said:
bluegreen said:
colliewa said:
How’s the war wounds BG?Made up with that tree yet? ;^)
healing up Collie, and I’ve been avoiding that tree ;)
strong sense of self-preservation there…
it IS hundreds of km away :D
helping dad weed the drive way.
colliewa said:
Just made inquiries about doing a Occ Health & Safety course. There is a TAFE in Joondalup (waaaaay up the north end of Perth metro area) who do Cert 3, Cert4 and Diploma level courses.Cert 4 level course will get you a job as a Occupational Safety & Health Officer and is recognised Aust wide. Spoke to the lecturer fella and he said “sorry but that is an online course only.” BONUS I said, you are 300km north.. You need a Cert4 to do the diploma, but you can start on the Cert4.
So it turns out most people finish this in 3-4 months, you go at your own pace!
Total cost for the Cert4 with text books – everything – is less than a $1000. How good is this?
OH&S people at the place I’m working at start on $100k. Less stress and almost double the money.
There’s gotta be a downside, I just can’t see it yet….
sounds good collieWA, keep chasing that rainbow ;)
colliewa said:
Just made inquiries about doing a Occ Health & Safety course. There is a TAFE in Joondalup (waaaaay up the north end of Perth metro area) who do Cert 3, Cert4 and Diploma level courses.
Cert 4 level course will get you a job as a Occupational Safety & Health Officer and is recognised Aust wide. Spoke to the lecturer fella and he said “sorry but that is an online course only.” BONUS I said, you are 300km north.. You need a Cert4 to do the diploma, but you can start on the Cert4.
So it turns out most people finish this in 3–4 months, you go at your own pace!
Total cost for the Cert4 with text books – everything – is less than a $1000. How good is this?
OH&S people at the place I’m working at start on $100k. Less stress and almost double the money.
There’s gotta be a downside, I just can’t see it yet….
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Colllie the thing is , will a potential employer recognise an online study course ,as opposed to on the job training, or attending TAFE ?
Tafe cert’ is great , but some want the certificate and a specified minimum time working in the industry first.
Would be good to ask around and ring various work places about it , before you fork out any moolah.
There’s gotta be a downside, I just can’t see it yet….
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Investigating a workplace fatality? Preparing a report thereon? A court appearance in relation to?
Some bosses can get toey…you need exceptional people skills here sometimes…
Morning Pomolo , hows things ?
I was busy yesterday with unexpected visitors..one friend called around for a cuppa , then another, then a lady returned cake tins and raved about the cakes , and another lady visited on her way to a drs appt,, next thing the house is jumping with people! ( just as well the house was still clean lol)
Then in the evening I went to the Garden Clubs Xmas break-up at a social club and had a blast :D
I ordered a childs serve of battered flathead and steamed veges .. it came out on a platter. No bloody wonder half of Oz is fat!!
I’m going to one of the ladies houses today to check out her worm farm, she said she put too much lettuce in it and the worms have dissapeared, she thinks they have drowned.. I doubt too much lettuce would do that. Another fellow wants me to have a look at his worm farm too. Another girl wants an on hands person to help her with a difficult Xmas cake recipe.
Remind me next time when it’s the Baileys talking, not to lend myself out to all and sundry, will yas? LOL!
Happy Potter said:
Morning Pomolo , hows things ?I was busy yesterday with unexpected visitors..one friend called around for a cuppa , then another, then a lady returned cake tins and raved about the cakes , and another lady visited on her way to a drs appt,, next thing the house is jumping with people! ( just as well the house was still clean lol)
Then in the evening I went to the Garden Clubs Xmas break-up at a social club and had a blast :D
I ordered a childs serve of battered flathead and steamed veges .. it came out on a platter. No bloody wonder half of Oz is fat!!I’m going to one of the ladies houses today to check out her worm farm, she said she put too much lettuce in it and the worms have dissapeared, she thinks they have drowned.. I doubt too much lettuce would do that. Another fellow wants me to have a look at his worm farm too. Another girl wants an on hands person to help her with a difficult Xmas cake recipe.
Remind me next time when it’s the Baileys talking, not to lend myself out to all and sundry, will yas? LOL!
Morning HP. Things are good thankyou. I’m coming to your place one day so you can feed me one of your fabulous cakes. You always make my mouth water.
Well I’m home again. Missed you all. Very warm again with a possible storm tonight. Off to buy some food for the larder this morning. Oh what fun! A larf a minute.
Catch you all later.
Morning HP. Things are good thankyou. I’m coming to your place one day so you can feed me one of your fabulous cakes. You always make my mouth water.
lol .Pomolo, and you would be most welcome :D
Xmas day at middle daughters and fiance in their lovely new house ..shes cooking the meal, so I offered a pav and a cake and some xmas cup cakes..but no, I’m not allowed to cook more than one. Both familys will all be there. About 30 people.
So I’m making a xmas tree shaped cake :)
But I’ll sneak a Pav past her, you watch LOL!
Morning everyone
Rook said:
Morning everyone
Morning Rook, how grows your garden ?
I’m just about to shoot out the door in 10 mins shoping for cake ingredients , and then off to other things.
Happy Potter said:
Rook said:
Morning everyone
Morning Rook, how grows your garden ?
I’m just about to shoot out the door in 10 mins shoping for cake ingredients , and then off to other things.
Hi HP, garden is looking great at the moment, I have a heap of plants to plant out in the new garden bed on the weekend
Rook said:
Happy Potter said:
Rook said:
Morning everyone
Morning Rook, how grows your garden ?
I’m just about to shoot out the door in 10 mins shoping for cake ingredients , and then off to other things.
Hi HP, garden is looking great at the moment, I have a heap of plants to plant out in the new garden bed on the weekend
Oh cool Rook :)
I love planning and building a new garden bed.
Righto I’m off.
And just to let yous know Max is going fine, follow up check tomorrow.
He’s still sore and hesitates to to get himself up or lie down , but insisting in following me about as usual. I have placed folded blankets and pillows about so he has rest spots at my usual ‘stop points’ , stove, sink area ect.
He’s finding the antibiotic tablet in the cube of cheese though and piffed it out. Well I told him he can’t think he’s going to get any more attention than anyone else does around here ,and he better take it..I opened his jaw and shoved it down his throat and held his mouth shut, he looked at me in total shock lol.
Be good :)
BBL.
Happy Potter said:
Rook said:
Happy Potter said:
Rook said:
Morning everyone
Morning Rook, how grows your garden ?
I’m just about to shoot out the door in 10 mins shoping for cake ingredients , and then off to other things.
Hi HP, garden is looking great at the moment, I have a heap of plants to plant out in the new garden bed on the weekend
Oh cool Rook :)
I love planning and building a new garden bed.
SWMBO came home with 20 new plants on Sunday :-)
Morning All,
It’s a sunny cool day here. I’m off to the chiropractor later, but have to squeeze in a little play in the garden first.
Play nice, BBL
Happy Potter said:
Remind me next time when it’s the Baileys talking, not to lend myself out to all and sundry, will yas? LOL!
:D :D
Happy Potter said:
But I’ll sneak a Pav past her, you watch LOL!
can’t help yourself, can you?
waiting for rain here
lightning to the north this morning but it was so far away i didn’t hear the thunder.
hold fast must be back he is on the GA board.
evening :)
Finally back from all my errands.
One fruit cake mix steeping in brandy (it wasn’t a complicated recipe, the lady just didn’t read the recipe right)… 2 worm farms fixed, one too dry, one too wet.
Small leg of lamb for tea, and my veges to go with it :D
I will have to show youse a pic of the spuds I dug up before, they are roasting at the moment, they look fine on the inside but they looked misshapen and gross just out of the ground.
With all the yummy foods on sale down at the stupidmarkets. I have this smoked turkey breast waving at me……. thing is it’s $45.00 to buy…….(comes like the Chrissy hams)
Now no way can I afford a smoke turkey boob…..but I’d love to know what it tastes like…. has anyone eating it or buys it???
Lucky1 said:
With all the yummy foods on sale down at the stupidmarkets. I have this smoked turkey breast waving at me……. thing is it’s $45.00 to buy…….(comes like the Chrissy hams)Now no way can I afford a smoke turkey boob…..but I’d love to know what it tastes like…. has anyone eating it or buys it???
Gees.. out of my range too. I bet it would be nice though.
Probably cheaper to raise a turkey and build a smoke house to do it yourself lol.
Lucky1 said:
With all the yummy foods on sale down at the stupidmarkets. I have this smoked turkey breast waving at me……. thing is it’s $45.00 to buy…….(comes like the Chrissy hams)Now no way can I afford a smoke turkey boob…..but I’d love to know what it tastes like…. has anyone eating it or buys it???
smoked Turkey Breast is nice, but it does taste a little Hammy… Stick with what you know.
Unless you are a born-again-jew or a SDA.
Happy Potter said:
Lucky1 said:
With all the yummy foods on sale down at the stupidmarkets. I have this smoked turkey breast waving at me……. thing is it’s $45.00 to buy…….(comes like the Chrissy hams)Now no way can I afford a smoke turkey boob…..but I’d love to know what it tastes like…. has anyone eating it or buys it???
Gees.. out of my range too. I bet it would be nice though.
Probably cheaper to raise a turkey and build a smoke house to do it yourself lol.
Hhhmmmm not cheap is you name it though….LOL
pain master said:
Lucky1 said:
With all the yummy foods on sale down at the stupidmarkets. I have this smoked turkey breast waving at me……. thing is it’s $45.00 to buy…….(comes like the Chrissy hams)Now no way can I afford a smoke turkey boob…..but I’d love to know what it tastes like…. has anyone eating it or buys it???
smoked Turkey Breast is nice, but it does taste a little Hammy… Stick with what you know.
Unless you are a born-again-jew or a SDA.
Tomorrow we’re off into the markets……should be nice and cool and maybe wet.
And another cactus flower .. a white variation of the pink flowering cactus I have.
Happy Potter said:
And another cactus flower .. a white variation of the pink flowering cactus I have.
orchid40 said:
Happy Potter said:
And another cactus flower .. a white variation of the pink flowering cactus I have.
Oooh that’s lovely HP !!
That is pretty. :)
Happy Potter said:
And another cactus flower .. a white variation of the pink flowering cactus I have.
There is just something beautiful about white flowers….
Good morning all. I have a morning to myself. Just me and the dog and the air con. Off now to make a decision on how I intend to spend these precious hours.
Cooking………..painting……….gardening….no far too hot already.
Morning all,
I got up and out there early this morning to get a bit done before the rain starts. I’ve put Munn’s Lawn & garden Weta, compost and blood & bone on the main vegie bed. It’s ready for seeds and seedlings now but I’ll do that another day as I’m trying to be kind to my back. The strawberries have been invaded by ants again, so I’ve laid ant sand all around the area. Soaking the pots in buckets of water didn’t seem to work for me last year.
Out to lunch today with the garden group so I’ll pop back here later.
Woooooooohooo!!!
Today we’re doing a pre-Christmas worm castings harvest at work. It’s the first harvest we’ve done since we put in the second farm.
We just went to stir up the castings and chase the worms down to the next layer – they are BEAUTIFUL!!! The best we have ever made.. 100% processed, moist, delicious smell.. and CHOCKERS with eggs :):) So exciting!!!!
We’ll probably harvest from the other farm pretty soon too…
bon008 said:
Woooooooohooo!!!Today we’re doing a pre-Christmas worm castings harvest at work. It’s the first harvest we’ve done since we put in the second farm.
We just went to stir up the castings and chase the worms down to the next layer – they are BEAUTIFUL!!! The best we have ever made.. 100% processed, moist, delicious smell.. and CHOCKERS with eggs :):) So exciting!!!!
We’ll probably harvest from the other farm pretty soon too…
Great stuff Bonn :D
Heyas , I took Max for his 3 day check up and tests revealed he has a lacerated kidney..his pain meds were upped and he has been sleeping like a .. dog…he must stay quieter instead of following me everywhere as I dash about, so hes doped up too. Poor baby. If he’s not any better on the next check, they will have to keep him in and have a closer look at it.
And as he sleeps, the kitchens in full swing here.
2 Xmas fruit cakes in for 3.5 hours..30 odd litres of bolognaise sauce simmering away on the stove, and I used heaps of my veges and herbs in it.. carrots celery capsicums garlic bay leaves and parsley :D ( I freeze this sauce in 1 litre lot’s)
Cuppa first , then back to it
poor Max :(
hope he doesn’t have to stay in hospital. I’m sure he would be happier at home.
bluegreen said:
poor Max :(
hope he doesn’t have to stay in hospital. I’m sure he would be happier at home.
He is only home because when I go away from him he gets severe seperation anxiety. At the animal hospital I only went away from him long enough to get a coffee and he started howling pitifully. Soon as I got back he slept.
He is ok at home when I have to go out , he just sits in the window awating my return.
Happy Potter said:
bluegreen said:
poor Max :(
hope he doesn’t have to stay in hospital. I’m sure he would be happier at home.
He is only home because when I go away from him he gets severe seperation anxiety. At the animal hospital I only went away from him long enough to get a coffee and he started howling pitifully. Soon as I got back he slept.
He is ok at home when I have to go out , he just sits in the window awating my return.
awwwww :)
Just taken a big tray of potato bake out of the oven. Made with a mix of our King Edward, Spunta and Desiree spuds. Smells scrummy. About to get ready to go out to RFS Christmas party….with the potato bake.
Will catch you all later, although probably not tomorrow. Sellling Christmas trees for Girl Guides in the morning, then out to lunch for my birthday/christmas with friends.
think we best to talk here grassy.
You are right I forgot that we were in that other thread—
Grasshopper said:
You are right I forgot that we were in that other thread—
same until i looked at the title. you like the new GA host.
I haven’t seem him as yet—do you
Grasshopper said:
I haven’t seem him as yet—do you
watched some of his segments with john patrick.
In fact Iam not all that mad on that show as they jump from one thing to another—instead of staying on the same thing till they have finished
Grasshopper said:
In fact Iam not all that mad on that show as they jump from one thing to another—instead of staying on the same thing till they have finished
yeah, thats annoying, i like it when they do heaps about watering and veggies and sometimes flowers.
I am never interested in the vegs but like the natives
Grasshopper said:
I am never interested in the vegs but like the natives
yeah, i enjoyed petes patch. and when they have poultry on the show.
I don’t grow vegs—just buy what I need—
Grasshopper said:
I don’t grow vegs—just buy what I need—
yeah, dad said its saved a bit of money be growing most of our veggies.
Morning HP.
veg gardener said:
Morning HP.
Morning Veg :)
I haven’t seen this sort of rain in so long!
I’ve captured as much water as I can in containers drums and bins , the rest is soaking in well :D
Happy Potter said:
veg gardener said:
Morning HP.
Morning Veg :)
I haven’t seen this sort of rain in so long!
I’ve captured as much water as I can in containers drums and bins , the rest is soaking in well :D
so HP, whats are your plans for today?
veg gardener said:
so HP, whats are your plans for today?
A major clean up Veg…
Giant son was not a happy chappy last night…I had to take myself and Max away to a daughters house for several hours.
I returned to a mess.
He knows not what he does.. but still…not good.
Now its bucketing down! Theres a new river out front…
Happy Potter said:
veg gardener said:
so HP, whats are your plans for today?
A major clean up Veg…
Giant son was not a happy chappy last night…I had to take myself and Max away to a daughters house for several hours.
I returned to a mess.
He knows not what he does.. but still…not good.Now its bucketing down! Theres a new river out front…
yeah we have water coming off the road and running down our drive way like a little stream.happens every time it rains here. got to fix the drive way up near the road, put more gravel in the holes. and fix the drain i have been working on that goes from our dam into the paddocks to the creek. and then do another one down the back, (skid steer time for them got to wait till it stops raining and dries out).
I’d love one of those skid steers, or bobcat, I would dig a dam out on the nature strip LOL!
Back laters, must clean up.
Happy Potter said:
I’d love one of those skid steers, or bobcat, I would dig a dam out on the nature strip LOL!Back laters, must clean up.
yeah we got one ours is a gehl skid steer there all them same just different brand names. they the best fun to use.
Cya then HP.
It seems a bit cooler here this morning. Cloudy and breezy. Rain is forecast.
Potato salad to be made today. Numbers have crept up from 63 to 86. It means a few more potatoes than I counted on. I’ll have to mix it in a bucket. A clean bucket I mean.
Back sometime later.
hey pepe this is my local garden talk back its pretty good link is http://www.abc.net.au/newcastle/radio/player.htm?winstream=http://abc.net.au/newcastle/onair/1233stream.asx&ramstream=null and then i listen to another state after this is done.
morning early birds.
cool in adelaide and rain clouds still around – so very little sun.
i will visit my daughters garden this morning and see what i can do to help.
wooden stakes are very expensive in the city so i’m taking her a couple – to tie up beans and tall plants wrecked by the wind.
pepe said:
morning early birds.
cool in adelaide and rain clouds still around – so very little sun.
i will visit my daughters garden this morning and see what i can do to help.
wooden stakes are very expensive in the city so i’m taking her a couple – to tie up beans and tall plants wrecked by the wind.
yeah, wooden stakes at bunnings here are a bit expensive.
they are talking about rhubarb this is what they said best to grow in raised beds, and not to over water them.
veg gardener said:
hey pepe this is my local garden talk back its pretty good link is http://www.abc.net.au/newcastle/radio/player.htm?winstream=http://abc.net.au/newcastle/onair/1233stream.asx&ramstream=null and then i listen to another state after this is done.
i don’t listen to our local abc radio talkback – too much talk of issues other than veges. basically i’m focused on getting fresh food rather than on the niceties of decorative garden.
the direct opposite of grasshoppers interest. still i like insects, birds and frogs which we all seem to agree on.
pepe said:
veg gardener said:
hey pepe this is my local garden talk back its pretty good link is http://www.abc.net.au/newcastle/radio/player.htm?winstream=http://abc.net.au/newcastle/onair/1233stream.asx&ramstream=null and then i listen to another state after this is done.
i don’t listen to our local abc radio talkback – too much talk of issues other than veges. basically i’m focused on getting fresh food rather than on the niceties of decorative garden.
the direct opposite of grasshoppers interest. still i like insects, birds and frogs which we all seem to agree on.
yeah mine talk about veggies and fruit trees alot.
hello L1
pushes back a shark man that was a close call….. Morning green wonders, while the elf chooses a coffee and sets it all up…I’m catching up.
pokes the shark in the eye with the letter opener darn thing won’t leave my leg alone.
Its FABBER TABBER weather here in Luckyland….. garden is soaked, bed sheets (on the line) are soaked…. chooks are soaked, come to think of it so are the ducks bugger off sharkie stubborn fish.
Tell you what its been wonderful listening to the rain, watching it fall and seeing the rain reports on the news. Must remember to watch land line tomorrow and see it all. Geez this shark is so hungry. *Ouch the bugger just attacked me
See photo below…….
HI VG… just about to cook bacon & eggs for breakfast:)
what ya do to your self lucky?
Lucky1 said:
HI VG… just about to cook bacon & eggs for breakfast:)
yummy can i put a order in?
Lucky1 said:
Geez this shark is so hungry. *Ouch the bugger just attacked meSee photo below…….
very cute :)
woops it was tomato sauce thought you hurt yourself again
veg gardener said:
what ya do to your self lucky?
I had a shark disguised as a dolphin bite me…….
bluegreen said:
Lucky1 said:
Geez this shark is so hungry. *Ouch the bugger just attacked meSee photo below…….
very cute :)
veg gardener said:
woops it was tomato sauce thought you hurt yourself again
Naa….. Hollywood prop darl’n:)
Lucky1 said:
veg gardener said:
woops it was tomato sauce thought you hurt yourself againNaa….. Hollywood prop darl’n:)
if i dont that i getting in trouble.
veg gardener said:
Lucky1 said:
veg gardener said:
woops it was tomato sauce thought you hurt yourself againNaa….. Hollywood prop darl’n:)
if i dont that i getting in trouble.
Yeah but I’m a mum and more to the point…I paid for the sauce…..
veg gardener said:
Lucky1 said:
veg gardener said:
woops it was tomato sauce thought you hurt yourself againNaa….. Hollywood prop darl’n:)
if i dont that i getting in trouble.
that’s because you’re the kid, not the adult! see what a bad influence you are Lucky?
bluegreen said:
veg gardener said:
Lucky1 said:
veg gardener said:
woops it was tomato sauce thought you hurt yourself againNaa….. Hollywood prop darl’n:)
if i dont that i getting in trouble.
that’s because you’re the kid, not the adult! see what a bad influence you are Lucky?
Arvo all.
orchid40 said:
Arvo all.
Arvo Orchid.
Love the rain , it’s lifted spirits all over :)
Our clean up’s almost done.
I’m about to head off for a haircut, then taking me myself and I to see ‘Australia’ movie :D
I was also given a big bin bag full of used, but in great condition, faberge jeans.. 20 something pairs size 10s and 12s and my girls and I were having a blast trying them on and argueing over them lol. No need for me to buy any now, and the fit is perfect :D
I may be seen out and about strutting my stuff LOL.
Happy Potter said:
orchid40 said:
Arvo all.
Arvo Orchid.
Love the rain , it’s lifted spirits all over :)
Our clean up’s almost done. I’m about to head off for a haircut, then taking me myself and I to see ‘Australia’ movie :D
I was also given a big bin bag full of used, but in great condition, faberge jeans.. 20 something pairs size 10s and 12s and my girls and I were having a blast trying them on and argueing over them lol. No need for me to buy any now, and the fit is perfect :D
I may be seen out and about strutting my stuff LOL.
Arvo all it feels like sunday i am getting a car.
its stopped raining finally its sunny now.
veg gardener said:
Arvo all it feels like sunday i am getting a car.
a car? of your own? you lucky boy :)
bluegreen said:
veg gardener said:
Arvo all it feels like sunday i am getting a car.
a car? of your own? you lucky boy :)
yep payen for it myself.
veg gardener said:
bluegreen said:
veg gardener said:
Arvo all it feels like sunday i am getting a car.
a car? of your own? you lucky boy :)
yep payen for it myself.
well done! it’s a good feeling buying your first car. Do you have one picked out already?
bluegreen said:
veg gardener said:
bluegreen said:
veg gardener said:
Arvo all it feels like sunday i am getting a car.
a car? of your own? you lucky boy :)
yep payen for it myself.
well done! it’s a good feeling buying your first car. Do you have one picked out already?
na getten it from my uncle for $1500 old toyota 1992 model.
veg gardener said:
na getten it from my uncle for $1500 old toyota 1992 model.
toyotas are good reliable cars.
bluegreen said:
veg gardener said:
na getten it from my uncle for $1500 old toyota 1992 model.
toyotas are good reliable cars.
yeah they are.
how is all your poultry going?
veg gardener said:
how is all your poultry going?
good. got lots of eggs in the frdge.
bluegreen said:
veg gardener said:
how is all your poultry going?
good. got lots of eggs in the frdge.
veg gardener said:
bluegreen said:
veg gardener said:
how is all your poultry going?
good. got lots of eggs in the frdge.
yeah we are only getting one egg a day, next year i go to start paying for all the things for my chooks myself.
I’m getting 2 or 3 bantam eggs, and 1 or 2 duck eggs. I guess next year once you are earning a wage you will be paying for a lot of things yourself.
bluegreen said:
veg gardener said:
bluegreen said:
veg gardener said:
how is all your poultry going?
good. got lots of eggs in the frdge.
yeah we are only getting one egg a day, next year i go to start paying for all the things for my chooks myself.I’m getting 2 or 3 bantam eggs, and 1 or 2 duck eggs. I guess next year once you are earning a wage you will be paying for a lot of things yourself.
one minute its cold then its boiling hot rain has left.
veg gardener said:
one minute its cold then its boiling hot rain has left.
still cold and wet here
bluegreen said:
veg gardener said:
one minute its cold then its boiling hot rain has left.
still cold and wet here
its wet outside still.
so how is everyone afternoon coming along.
GA is on in 35 mins in VIC Act and Nsw and most probly QLD.
veg gardener said:
GA is on in 35 mins in VIC Act and Nsw and most probly QLD.
is it repeats or new stuff?
bluegreen said:
veg gardener said:
GA is on in 35 mins in VIC Act and Nsw and most probly QLD.
is it repeats or new stuff?
its repeats from the show new stuff starts end of January i think.
veg gardener said:
bluegreen said:
veg gardener said:
GA is on in 35 mins in VIC Act and Nsw and most probly QLD.
is it repeats or new stuff?
its repeats from the show new stuff starts end of January i think.
yeah, that’s what I thought.
bluegreen said:
veg gardener said:
bluegreen said:
veg gardener said:
GA is on in 35 mins in VIC Act and Nsw and most probly QLD.
is it repeats or new stuff?
its repeats from the show new stuff starts end of January i think.
yeah, that’s what I thought.
yeah i reckon they should do a summer special or something.
Lucky1 Josh is on Ga tonight.
Hi ho! Haven’t been reading or posting, ‘cause I haven’t been gardening :(( Been hot, been tired, been unenthused :(
Spoke to the tomato man at the markets today. He said definitely the rain causing all my horrible problems. Said his outdoor toms are shocking, but the indoor ones are great. I’ve pulled two plants. Left the cherry toms for the moment. They have fruit that looks okay, so we’ll see what happens.
Have planted three lots of three more plants. Will be ruthless and only keep one seedling of each. Have plugged in stakes and plan to get some a) wide guage mesh to make supports and b) heavy duty plastic to bung on the top. Figure if I can keep the excessive water off I might have more luck. The other advice from the tom man was to wait til early Jan to plant as the worst of the storm season should be past by then.
Lucky, hate to say it but my rhubarb seems to be going great guns, and I’ve basically ignored it since I bunged the The Toy Shop seedlings in. I’m not quite sure why you’re having so many problems. Maybe it just doesn’t like your microclimate or soil or something?
Got basil coming out my ears. Stuff’ll take over the entire veg patch if I’m not careful. Got a bloke at work who loves it, so he’ll probably get a kilo or so on Monday morning! The patch in the veg garden is about 2foot cubed; and then I’ve got more in the herb garden. It certainly doesn’t mind the rain.
Silly cucumber plant is going crazy; all new growth and about a dozen new fruits. Amazing what the threat of pulling out will do. Pity it didn’t work with the toms :(
Will be putting in some more beans. They’re bush beans and not very tall. I’m wondering if I should make some sort of cage to hold them up ‘cause they tend to trail all over the ground; but they don’t have any tendrils to grab supports.
Hmmm, what else can I report? Chrissie decs are up; no present shopping done; I hate shops at Christmas time :( The Girl is on holidays and at the moment we’re both still in the sleep and eat mode. Late next week we might hit the “let’s do something” mode. I love sleeping in, so I love school holidays. Luckily for me, I’ve got a Girl who loves sleep too :))
Hope all are well. I will try to be more enthusiastic. It is hard when you can feel the sweat running down the back of your legs ;)
hey suebk i am different to you i hate sleeping bird wake up with the sun all the time.
Yoohooo green ones .. back from seeing the Australia movie , I LOVED it!!
The critics can stay unsmiling, because I’m smiling for them all :D
The actings not perfect but who cares, I had fun :)
It was also a journey of self discovery..that is I learnt something about myself….I learned that I“ve been too flamin busy to notice Huge Jackman before!!!!!!!! Phoaworrrrrrrrrrr!
I was raving about him to to various attendant daughters and giant son started getting upset and saying “ mums gunna leave dad for Hugh! LOL!
…told him dad is my very own Hugh..
Happy Potter said:
Yoohooo green ones .. back from seeing the Australia movie , I LOVED it!!
The critics can stay unsmiling, because I’m smiling for them all :D
The actings not perfect but who cares, I had fun :) It was also a journey of self discovery..that is I learnt something about myself….I learned that I“ve been too flamin busy to notice Huge Jackman before!!!!!!!! Phoaworrrrrrrrrrr!
I was raving about him to to various attendant daughters and giant son started getting upset and saying “ mums gunna leave dad for Hugh! LOL!
…told him dad is my very own Hugh..
lol!
Happy Potter said:
Yoohooo green ones .. back from seeing the Australia movie , I LOVED it!!
The critics can stay unsmiling, because I’m smiling for them all :D
The actings not perfect but who cares, I had fun :) It was also a journey of self discovery..that is I learnt something about myself….I learned that I“ve been too flamin busy to notice Huge Jackman before!!!!!!!! Phoaworrrrrrrrrrr!
I was raving about him to to various attendant daughters and giant son started getting upset and saying “ mums gunna leave dad for Hugh! LOL!
…told him dad is my very own Hugh..
I must be a bit strange because Hugh doesn’t do it for me at all.
Happy Potter said:
Yoohooo green ones .. back from seeing the Australia movie , I LOVED it!!
The critics can stay unsmiling, because I’m smiling for them all :D
The actings not perfect but who cares, I had fun :) It was also a journey of self discovery..that is I learnt something about myself….I learned that I“ve been too flamin busy to notice Huge Jackman before!!!!!!!! Phoaworrrrrrrrrrr!
I was raving about him to to various attendant daughters and giant son started getting upset and saying “ mums gunna leave dad for Hugh! LOL!
…told him dad is my very own Hugh..
lol… the not very nice to make gaint son upset.
Bubba Louie said:
Happy Potter said:
Yoohooo green ones .. back from seeing the Australia movie , I LOVED it!!
The critics can stay unsmiling, because I’m smiling for them all :D
The actings not perfect but who cares, I had fun :) It was also a journey of self discovery..that is I learnt something about myself….I learned that I“ve been too flamin busy to notice Huge Jackman before!!!!!!!! Phoaworrrrrrrrrrr!
I was raving about him to to various attendant daughters and giant son started getting upset and saying “ mums gunna leave dad for Hugh! LOL!
…told him dad is my very own Hugh..
I must be a bit strange because Hugh doesn’t do it for me at all.
orchid40 said:
Bubba Louie said:
Happy Potter said:
Yoohooo green ones .. back from seeing the Australia movie , I LOVED it!!
The critics can stay unsmiling, because I’m smiling for them all :D
The actings not perfect but who cares, I had fun :) It was also a journey of self discovery..that is I learnt something about myself….I learned that I“ve been too flamin busy to notice Huge Jackman before!!!!!!!! Phoaworrrrrrrrrrr!
I was raving about him to to various attendant daughters and giant son started getting upset and saying “ mums gunna leave dad for Hugh! LOL!
…told him dad is my very own Hugh..
I must be a bit strange because Hugh doesn’t do it for me at all.
I’m strange too then. I think I’d like to see the movie anyway though.
Hey HP…
I’m in the Hugh fan club with you. I went and saw him in Boy From Oz… :D Pity I was sitting next to MiL though!!! AWKWARD!!!
Haven’t seen Australia yet though – on holidays next week so should be able to fit it in… a few times :D
Oh, I just remembered I have a gardening question for you all.. gotta stop thinking about Hugh :D
I’ve got my greywater driplines all installed, but it’s not switched on yet. I was planning to put some lattice down to stop the dog from burying pigs ears etc where the grey water goes. However I spoke to my dad today and he thought it’s no big deal – think’s if the dog is going to bury her food in manure, that will have worse pathogens than a bit of greywater.
What do you guys reckon? I can see my dad’s POV but I’m a little cautious because of how worried Health Depts are about greywater..
I should add, this is a no-tank system, so the water going out the garden has not been sitting around fermenting…
By the way HP.. there is a Hugh movie on tomorrow on Channel 7 :) ‘Someone Like You’
Evening all. I’m going to be a granny soon! My daughter has just left for hosp. Has been in labour since 6:00am. Contractions about 4 minutes apart. How exciting is that? My first grandchild! Running out of time for it to be born today, my birthday, though.
AnneS said:
Evening all. I’m going to be a granny soon! My daughter has just left for hosp. Has been in labour since 6:00am. Contractions about 4 minutes apart. How exciting is that? My first grandchild! Running out of time for it to be born today, my birthday, though.
Oooh, how exciting Anne!!
One of my friends had her first bub yesterday :D
Yes it is really exciting. Wouldn’t it be cool if she got to hosp and baby born soon after. What a fantastic birthday present that would be. But it is highly unlikely to happen that way. Tomorrow morning is more likely. Still it’s great.
Do you know if it will be a boy or a girl? Or will it be a surprise? :)
AnneS said:
Evening all. I’m going to be a granny soon! My daughter has just left for hosp. Has been in labour since 6:00am. Contractions about 4 minutes apart. How exciting is that? My first grandchild! Running out of time for it to be born today, my birthday, though.
woohoo!!!
My eldest was born on his great grandfathers birthday.
AnneS said:
Evening all. I’m going to be a granny soon! My daughter has just left for hosp. Has been in labour since 6:00am. Contractions about 4 minutes apart. How exciting is that? My first grandchild! Running out of time for it to be born today, my birthday, though.
Isn’t 4 min apart leaving it a bit late to be just going?
bon008 said:
Do you know if it will be a boy or a girl? Or will it be a surprise? :)
Bubba Louie said:
AnneS said:
Isn’t 4 min apart leaving it a bit late to be just going?
Mmm probably. I arrived here at about 8:45pm and the contractions have been about 5 minutes apart for most of time since then. But they started to get rather intense and a bit closer together so I suggested that maybe she should going. She was finding it hard to tell when one finished and the next one started.
So hopefully I’ll have some news tomorrow.
AnneS said:
Mmm probably. I arrived here at about 8:45pm and the contractions have been about 5 minutes apart for most of time since then. But they started to get rather intense and a bit closer together so I suggested that maybe she should going. She was finding it hard to tell when one finished and the next one started.So hopefully I’ll have some news tomorrow.
My contractions started in the morning and The Girl was here by 6:30pm. So, she might still squeak it in on your birthday, Anne.
SueBk said:
AnneS said:
Mmm probably. I arrived here at about 8:45pm and the contractions have been about 5 minutes apart for most of time since then. But they started to get rather intense and a bit closer together so I suggested that maybe she should going. She was finding it hard to tell when one finished and the next one started.So hopefully I’ll have some news tomorrow.
My contractions started in the morning and The Girl was here by 6:30pm. So, she might still squeak it in on your birthday, Anne.
Mmm we’ll see. No news yet
I wonder if you could balance a cake topper on top of a croquenbouche…
SueBk said:
AnneS said:
Mmm probably. I arrived here at about 8:45pm and the contractions have been about 5 minutes apart for most of time since then. But they started to get rather intense and a bit closer together so I suggested that maybe she should going. She was finding it hard to tell when one finished and the next one started.So hopefully I’ll have some news tomorrow.
My contractions started in the morning and The Girl was here by 6:30pm. So, she might still squeak it in on your birthday, Anne.
Both of mine were pretty short as well.
bon008 said:
I wonder if you could balance a cake topper on top of a croquenbouche…
I think the only answer to that would be, “why would you want to?” LOL
Morining all.
AnneS said:
Evening all. I’m going to be a granny soon! My daughter has just left for hosp. Has been in labour since 6:00am. Contractions about 4 minutes apart. How exciting is that? My first grandchild! Running out of time for it to be born today, my birthday, though.
wow so exciting. and happy birthday for yesterday, may add that to the calendar.
bon008 said:
By the way HP.. there is a Hugh movie on tomorrow on Channel 7 :) ‘Someone Like You’
Ok thanks Bonn, I will have to watch it then for ‘health’ reasons, you know, time out and stopping to look at the abs I mean smell the roses. I will have to see the Aus movie again too , there may have been parts I missed I think.
hehehehheh
morining hp and pomolo.
veg gardener said:
bluegreen said:
veg gardener said:
Arvo all it feels like sunday i am getting a car.
a car? of your own? you lucky boy :)
yep payen for it myself.
You’re growing up right before our eyes Veg. Good luck with it.
pomolo said:
veg gardener said:
bluegreen said:
veg gardener said:
Arvo all it feels like sunday i am getting a car.
a car? of your own? you lucky boy :)
yep payen for it myself.
You’re growing up right before our eyes Veg. Good luck with it.
yep, should be on this forums for alot longer i think.
Bubba Louie said:
Happy Potter said:
Yoohooo green ones .. back from seeing the Australia movie , I LOVED it!!
The critics can stay unsmiling, because I’m smiling for them all :D
The actings not perfect but who cares, I had fun :) It was also a journey of self discovery..that is I learnt something about myself….I learned that I“ve been too flamin busy to notice Huge Jackman before!!!!!!!! Phoaworrrrrrrrrrr!
I was raving about him to to various attendant daughters and giant son started getting upset and saying “ mums gunna leave dad for Hugh! LOL!
…told him dad is my very own Hugh..
I must be a bit strange because Hugh doesn’t do it for me at all.
He does it for me but then I’m desperate. LOL LOL. No, I really do like him. He’s just so Aussie.
AnneS said:
Evening all. I’m going to be a granny soon! My daughter has just left for hosp. Has been in labour since 6:00am. Contractions about 4 minutes apart. How exciting is that? My first grandchild! Running out of time for it to be born today, my birthday, though.
I suppose it’s all over now and you’re officially a grandmother by now. Congratulations to you and the parents. Grandparenting is a fun thing.
pomolo said:
Bubba Louie said:
Happy Potter said:
Yoohooo green ones .. back from seeing the Australia movie , I LOVED it!!
The critics can stay unsmiling, because I’m smiling for them all :D
The actings not perfect but who cares, I had fun :) It was also a journey of self discovery..that is I learnt something about myself….I learned that I“ve been too flamin busy to notice Huge Jackman before!!!!!!!! Phoaworrrrrrrrrrr!
I was raving about him to to various attendant daughters and giant son started getting upset and saying “ mums gunna leave dad for Hugh! LOL!
…told him dad is my very own Hugh..
I must be a bit strange because Hugh doesn’t do it for me at all.
He does it for me but then I’m desperate. LOL LOL. No, I really do like him. He’s just so Aussie.
Thats the thing I like too Pomolo, that broad Aussie accent. I had thought he lost his accent but he hasn’t :) Wonderful.
Reminds me of when I was in London in Hyde Park, a group of us foreigners talking about where we were from..with a bunch of Californians Canadians Poms and Scots ..all saying hello from their countries and I piped up and said “Well g’day from Australia then”.. sounded like I said Aushtraya ..hahaha I got a shock at my own accent. One Pom fellow said to me “you have got to be from Melbourne!” My interstate friends have different accents too.
veg gardener said:
morining hp and pomolo.
Morning back to you Veg.
will you two get over him at all?
veg gardener said:
will you two get over him at all?
I hope not!
pomolo said:
AnneS said:
Evening all. I’m going to be a granny soon! My daughter has just left for hosp. Has been in labour since 6:00am. Contractions about 4 minutes apart. How exciting is that? My first grandchild! Running out of time for it to be born today, my birthday, though.I suppose it’s all over now and you’re officially a grandmother by now. Congratulations to you and the parents. Grandparenting is a fun thing.
Yes congrats. I love being a Nana :)
pomolo said:
veg gardener said:
will you two get over him at all?
I hope not!
whats so good about him.
pomolo said:
veg gardener said:
will you two get over him at all?
I hope not!
Not in my lifetime :)
We’re sweltering here again today. 30c on the sunnyside of the house at 6.30am. Hot night as well. I keep telling myself that I won’t whinge about the heat but it’s soooooooooooo hot!
veg gardener said:
pomolo said:
veg gardener said:
will you two get over him at all?
I hope not!
whats so good about him.
I thik you have to be a female to understand that Veg.
pomolo said:
We’re sweltering here again today. 30c on the sunnyside of the house at 6.30am. Hot night as well. I keep telling myself that I won’t whinge about the heat but it’s soooooooooooo hot!
i done that yesterday i was complaining about the rain and then the heat.
pomolo said:
veg gardener said:
pomolo said:
veg gardener said:
will you two get over him at all?
I hope not!
whats so good about him.
I thik you have to be a female to understand that Veg.
kk gald i am not a female then.
veg gardener said:
pomolo said:
veg gardener said:
will you two get over him at all?
I hope not!
whats so good about him.
You would have to be a female to understand thet Veg lol.
Isn’t there a girl singer or actress you like because of their looks or abilities ?
Happy Potter said:
veg gardener said:
pomolo said:
veg gardener said:
will you two get over him at all?
I hope not!
whats so good about him.
You would have to be a female to understand thet Veg lol.
Isn’t there a girl singer or actress you like because of their looks or abilities ?
Right! I’m off to get stuck into it, whatevet “it” happens to be. I actually got to read all the posts from yesterday. Feel like I’m home again. Later folks.
veg gardener said:
Happy Potter said:
veg gardener said:
pomolo said:
veg gardener said:
will you two get over him at all?
I hope not!
whats so good about him.
You would have to be a female to understand thet Veg lol.
Isn’t there a girl singer or actress you like because of their looks or abilities ?
not really dont watch movies that much. if i watch movies its the little ones. listen to country music.
Ok. I’ll ask again when you are older then :)
I love kids movies too!
veg gardener said:
AnneS said:
Evening all. I’m going to be a granny soon! My daughter has just left for hosp. Has been in labour since 6:00am. Contractions about 4 minutes apart. How exciting is that? My first grandchild! Running out of time for it to be born today, my birthday, though.wow so exciting. and happy birthday for yesterday, may add that to the calendar.
Happy Potter said:
veg gardener said:
Happy Potter said:
veg gardener said:
pomolo said:
veg gardener said:
will you two get over him at all?
I hope not!
whats so good about him.
You would have to be a female to understand thet Veg lol.
Isn’t there a girl singer or actress you like because of their looks or abilities ?
not really dont watch movies that much. if i watch movies its the little ones. listen to country music.Ok. I’ll ask again when you are older then :)
I love kids movies too!
yep i watch McLeod daughters some of them look alright.
AnneS said:
veg gardener said:
AnneS said:
Evening all. I’m going to be a granny soon! My daughter has just left for hosp. Has been in labour since 6:00am. Contractions about 4 minutes apart. How exciting is that? My first grandchild! Running out of time for it to be born today, my birthday, though.wow so exciting. and happy birthday for yesterday, may add that to the calendar.
Morning all. Well we missed my birthday. They got sent home from hosp at 2:00am. Contractions have slowed since 6:00am. She is now just sitting on the lounge trying to doze and get comfortable.
Oh frustrating isn’t it … things will happen when they do :)
Morning all ….
Phew !!!!! I’m finally on holidays and will hopefully have time to catch up with my forum friends.
I have an enormous amount of gardening to catch up on. As you can imagine the garden is looking jungle-like as the humidity goes up and the rain comes down. Yesterday was very trying … 30 degrees and 83% humidity. At the moment its 28 degrees and 87%. When I’ve finished my cuppa I’m going for a walk remembering I’m an hour and a half behind EST.
Actually I’m off now to change out of sarong and into walking clobber.
hi and bye crinkle.
Morining pepe, sunny day here but a bit windy so its cooling it down.
g’day VG
yep = rain gone here too
there’s so much weeding to do – ms pepe and i are going to be hoe, hoe, hoeing until xmas LOL
pepe said:
g’day VG
yep = rain gone here too
there’s so much weeding to do – ms pepe and i are going to be hoe, hoe, hoeing until xmas LOL
yeah the bed out the front needs a bit of weeding that’s about it for me. may clean mums garden bed up and chuck a few veggies in there.
pomolo said:
veg gardener said:
will you two get over him at all?
I hope not!
pomolo said:
veg gardener said:
will you two get over him at all?
I hope not!
Morining l1 its drying out here YAY!!!
Morning VG, BG, HP and all long lettered names;P
Today is clean the house day…….. not going anywhere, not leaving the house for no reason…..off for a late breakfast.
pepe said:
there’s so much weeding to do – ms pepe and i are going to be hoe, hoe, hoeing until xmas LOL
very droll :)
Lucky1 said:
Morning VG, BG, HP and all long lettered names;P
and good morning from me too :)
hey BG.
hey VG :)
most of the rain seems to have stopped now, although the forecast is for “scattered showers” during the week
bluegreen said:
hey VG :)most of the rain seems to have stopped now, although the forecast is for “scattered showers” during the week
yeah that’s the same here says tuesday or wednesday onwards.
emailed the local (melbourne) guerilla gardening group….to see if i could come along. haven’t had any response yet.
83% humidity
++++++++
I feel crushed already…but it’s better than scanning the skies and wondering if the rains will ever come again…..
Happy Potter said:
bon008 said:
By the way HP.. there is a Hugh movie on tomorrow on Channel 7 :) ‘Someone Like You’Ok thanks Bonn, I will have to watch it then for ‘health’ reasons, you know, time out and stopping to look at the abs I mean smell the roses. I will have to see the Aus movie again too , there may have been parts I missed I think.
hehehehheh
Parts of Hugh? LOL
pomolo said:
veg gardener said:
pomolo said:
veg gardener said:
will you two get over him at all?
I hope not!
whats so good about him.
I thik you have to be a female to understand that Veg.
Not neccesarily. I think I actually prefer Jack Thompson.
Bubba Louie said:
pomolo said:
veg gardener said:
pomolo said:
veg gardener said:
will you two get over him at all?
I hope not!
whats so good about him.
I thik you have to be a female to understand that Veg.
Not neccesarily. I think I actually prefer Jack Thompson.
AnneS said:
veg gardener said:
AnneS said:
Evening all. I’m going to be a granny soon! My daughter has just left for hosp. Has been in labour since 6:00am. Contractions about 4 minutes apart. How exciting is that? My first grandchild! Running out of time for it to be born today, my birthday, though.wow so exciting. and happy birthday for yesterday, may add that to the calendar.
Morning all. Well we missed my birthday. They got sent home from hosp at 2:00am. Contractions have slowed since 6:00am. She is now just sitting on the lounge trying to doze and get comfortable.
Bugga. How frustrating.
Crinkle said:
Morning all ….Phew !!!!! I’m finally on holidays and will hopefully have time to catch up with my forum friends.
I have an enormous amount of gardening to catch up on. As you can imagine the garden is looking jungle-like as the humidity goes up and the rain comes down. Yesterday was very trying … 30 degrees and 83% humidity. At the moment its 28 degrees and 87%. When I’ve finished my cuppa I’m going for a walk remembering I’m an hour and a half behind EST.Actually I’m off now to change out of sarong and into walking clobber.
Your good, I’ve been hiding in the airconned bedroom. I HATE summer.
Happy Potter said:
bon008 said:
By the way HP.. there is a Hugh movie on tomorrow on Channel 7 :) ‘Someone Like You’Ok thanks Bonn, I will have to watch it then for ‘health’ reasons, you know, time out and stopping to look at the abs I mean smell the roses. I will have to see the Aus movie again too , there may have been parts I missed I think.
hehehehheh
And when you’ve had enough of Hugh, I’ll get you hooked on Richard Armitage too… :D
(I confess, by nature I am a complete fan-girl!!)
AnneS said:
pomolo said:
veg gardener said:
will you two get over him at all?
I hope not!
To use my Mum’s old quotation…he can put his slippers under my bed any time…lol….
hehe, I love you guys :) I met my dressmaker for the first time yesterday (err… did I mention I’m getting married next year??) and can you BELIEVE she had never seen the BBC production of Pride and Prejudice???? It would make life a lot easier, I would just tell her to make any kind of dress that Lizzy would wear!!
Can’t wait to see OH all dressed up as Mr Darcy, either :D
(slowly making my way to the top of the posts…)
arvo bon congrats on getting married.
veg gardener said:
arvo bon congrats on getting married.
Thanks VG :) Still a lot of planning and organising to do first, though!
bon008 said:
veg gardener said:
arvo bon congrats on getting married.
Thanks VG :) Still a lot of planning and organising to do first, though!
yeah remember photos.
hey bon i reckon you should get a few chooks.
veg gardener said:
hey bon i reckon you should get a few chooks.
I would love to have chooks VG, but with OH and me both working full time, I don’t think we’d be able to look after them properly :( OH really wants to get ducks, too.. but I think it might have to wait until at least one of us isn’t working full time.
bon008 said:
veg gardener said:
hey bon i reckon you should get a few chooks.
I would love to have chooks VG, but with OH and me both working full time, I don’t think we’d be able to look after them properly :( OH really wants to get ducks, too.. but I think it might have to wait until at least one of us isn’t working full time.
bon you work with sites alot how hard to you reckon it would be so we could put a search thing for this site toghtere?
If I ever feel like I have a bit more free time in the day, and can take responsibility for more pets, I am going to get three rats :) I used to have rats and I really, really miss having them…
bon008 said:
If I ever feel like I have a bit more free time in the day, and can take responsibility for more pets, I am going to get three rats :) I used to have rats and I really, really miss having them…
yeah.
veg gardener said:
bon you work with sites alot how hard to you reckon it would be so we could put a search thing for this site toghtere?
Hmmm, I’m not sure. I think to do it properly you would probably have to have access to the database where all the posts are stored, so maybe something that would have to be done by the guy who runs the forum…
bon008 said:
veg gardener said:
bon you work with sites alot how hard to you reckon it would be so we could put a search thing for this site toghtere?Hmmm, I’m not sure. I think to do it properly you would probably have to have access to the database where all the posts are stored, so maybe something that would have to be done by the guy who runs the forum…
yeah he has been on here much.
Bubba Louie said:
Happy Potter said:
bon008 said:
By the way HP.. there is a Hugh movie on tomorrow on Channel 7 :) ‘Someone Like You’Ok thanks Bonn, I will have to watch it then for ‘health’ reasons, you know, time out and stopping to look at the abs I mean smell the roses. I will have to see the Aus movie again too , there may have been parts I missed I think.
hehehehheh
Parts of Hugh? LOL
lol!
Happy Potter said:
Bubba Louie said:
Happy Potter said:
bon008 said:
By the way HP.. there is a Hugh movie on tomorrow on Channel 7 :) ‘Someone Like You’Ok thanks Bonn, I will have to watch it then for ‘health’ reasons, you know, time out and stopping to look at the abs I mean smell the roses. I will have to see the Aus movie again too , there may have been parts I missed I think.
hehehehheh
Parts of Hugh? LOL
There are some good parts in ‘Someone Like You’….. :):):)
You might want to check out ‘Kate & Leopold’ too, and if you can get hold of a DVD with the extras, there’s a bath scene of particular interest :D
lol!
Whoops, sorry I stuffed the quoting up there :)
I can’t find the spud thread… but I have dug up another 2 small patches of them, 4 plants in all, and got a green shopping bag full of King Edwards and Coliban. Probably about 10 kg or more. Some huge ones again.
I have lots of little ones marble size and a bit bigger, can I plant them on ? or too late ? will they keep for months ?
Would be planted in a different spot of course.
Thinking what else I can plant there next too..north facing house wall.
.
I have 2 more larger beds of spuds still green and in flower , 12 plants in one big bed and 6 plants in the other.
Happy Potter said:
I can’t find the spud thread… but I have dug up another 2 small patches of them, 4 plants in all, and got a green shopping bag full of King Edwards and Coliban. Probably about 10 kg or more. Some huge ones again.I have lots of little ones marble size and a bit bigger, can I plant them on ? or too late ? will they keep for months ?
Would be planted in a different spot of course.
Thinking what else I can plant there next too..north facing house wall.
.
I have 2 more larger beds of spuds still green and in flower , 12 plants in one big bed and 6 plants in the other.
yes HP – plant the bubs
the chats of certified spuds are fine – they’re the ones i’m eating now.
just don’t plant their bubs.
‘first-year-off-of certified’ are ok.
pepe said:
Happy Potter said:
I can’t find the spud thread… but I have dug up another 2 small patches of them, 4 plants in all, and got a green shopping bag full of King Edwards and Coliban. Probably about 10 kg or more. Some huge ones again.I have lots of little ones marble size and a bit bigger, can I plant them on ? or too late ? will they keep for months ?
Would be planted in a different spot of course.
Thinking what else I can plant there next too..north facing house wall.
.
I have 2 more larger beds of spuds still green and in flower , 12 plants in one big bed and 6 plants in the other.yes HP – plant the bubs
the chats of certified spuds are fine – they’re the ones i’m eating now.
just don’t plant their bubs.
‘first-year-off-of certified’ are ok.
Ok cool, thanks Pepe.
Dwarf beans will go where the spuds just came out of, in a week or 2. I’ve enriched the 2 beds with potash, compost BB and old chook straw.
I’ll have to find a spare spot for the little spuds. Or pots.
Bubba Louie said:
AnneS said:
veg gardener said:
AnneS said:
Evening all. I’m going to be a granny soon! My daughter has just left for hosp. Has been in labour since 6:00am. Contractions about 4 minutes apart. How exciting is that? My first grandchild! Running out of time for it to be born today, my birthday, though.wow so exciting. and happy birthday for yesterday, may add that to the calendar.
Morning all. Well we missed my birthday. They got sent home from hosp at 2:00am. Contractions have slowed since 6:00am. She is now just sitting on the lounge trying to doze and get comfortable.Bugga. How frustrating.
We’ll get there eventually!! Poor thing..she is so exhausted. Hours of contractions, but not actually progressing very far. Hopefully after a rest things will kick in again..at least the midwives think a rest will do the trick
Bubba Louie said:
Crinkle said:
Morning all ….Phew !!!!! I’m finally on holidays and will hopefully have time to catch up with my forum friends.
I have an enormous amount of gardening to catch up on. As you can imagine the garden is looking jungle-like as the humidity goes up and the rain comes down. Yesterday was very trying … 30 degrees and 83% humidity. At the moment its 28 degrees and 87%. When I’ve finished my cuppa I’m going for a walk remembering I’m an hour and a half behind EST.Actually I’m off now to change out of sarong and into walking clobber.
Your good, I’ve been hiding in the airconned bedroom. I HATE summer.
bon008 said:
Happy Potter said:
bon008 said:
By the way HP.. there is a Hugh movie on tomorrow on Channel 7 :) ‘Someone Like You’Ok thanks Bonn, I will have to watch it then for ‘health’ reasons, you know, time out and stopping to look at the abs I mean smell the roses. I will have to see the Aus movie again too , there may have been parts I missed I think.
hehehehheh
And when you’ve had enough of Hugh, I’ll get you hooked on Richard Armitage too… :D
(I confess, by nature I am a complete fan-girl!!)
Oh bon we are definitely on the same page. Loved him as a baddie in Robin Hood and as the love interest in the Vicar of Dibley
bon008 said:
AnneS said:
pomolo said:
veg gardener said:
will you two get over him at all?
I hope not!
To use my Mum’s old quotation…he can put his slippers under my bed any time…lol….hehe, I love you guys :) I met my dressmaker for the first time yesterday (err… did I mention I’m getting married next year??) and can you BELIEVE she had never seen the BBC production of Pride and Prejudice???? It would make life a lot easier, I would just tell her to make any kind of dress that Lizzy would wear!!
Can’t wait to see OH all dressed up as Mr Darcy, either :D
(slowly making my way to the top of the posts…)
Oh yes add Colin Firth to the list!
veg gardener said:
arvo bon congrats on getting married.
ditto
Bubba Louie said:
Crinkle said:
Morning all ….Phew !!!!! I’m finally on holidays and will hopefully have time to catch up with my forum friends.
I have an enormous amount of gardening to catch up on. As you can imagine the garden is looking jungle-like as the humidity goes up and the rain comes down. Yesterday was very trying … 30 degrees and 83% humidity. At the moment its 28 degrees and 87%. When I’ve finished my cuppa I’m going for a walk remembering I’m an hour and a half behind EST.Actually I’m off now to change out of sarong and into walking clobber.
Your good, I’ve been hiding in the airconned bedroom. I HATE summer.
It’s good we are all different isn’t it. I hate the cold. Having said that I am hopefully coming to the end of the ‘hot flushes’ which I have ‘enjoyed’ over the last few years. Let me tell you that hot flushes in the tropics are ‘THE PITS’.
veg gardener said:
hey bon i reckon you should get a few chooks.
Second that motion VG. My babies are going great guns….hope we get more hens than roosters for a change! I’ll try to get some more photos soon
Crinkle said:
Bubba Louie said:
Crinkle said:
Morning all ….Phew !!!!! I’m finally on holidays and will hopefully have time to catch up with my forum friends.
I have an enormous amount of gardening to catch up on. As you can imagine the garden is looking jungle-like as the humidity goes up and the rain comes down. Yesterday was very trying … 30 degrees and 83% humidity. At the moment its 28 degrees and 87%. When I’ve finished my cuppa I’m going for a walk remembering I’m an hour and a half behind EST.Actually I’m off now to change out of sarong and into walking clobber.
Your good, I’ve been hiding in the airconned bedroom. I HATE summer.
It’s good we are all different isn’t it. I hate the cold. Having said that I am hopefully coming to the end of the ‘hot flushes’ which I have ‘enjoyed’ over the last few years. Let me tell you that hot flushes in the tropics are ‘THE PITS’.
Oh that would be “THE PITS”. Hot flushes are bad enough as it is without the extra heat. What adds a bit more “heat” is having high blood pressure as well!
Got up to 38 degrees in Perth today – glad we opted for a lazy day. Think I need to venture into the heat of the kitchen for a cuppa though.
AnneS said:
Oh bon we are definitely on the same page. Loved him as a baddie in Robin Hood and as the love interest in the Vicar of Dibley
Anne, if you’re into period dramas, make sure you get hold of “North & South” – a slightly more gritty, less middle class version of the P&P story, with R.A. as the male lead :)
bon008 said:
AnneS said:
Oh bon we are definitely on the same page. Loved him as a baddie in Robin Hood and as the love interest in the Vicar of Dibley
Anne, if you’re into period dramas, make sure you get hold of “North & South” – a slightly more gritty, less middle class version of the P&P story, with R.A. as the male lead :)
Actually had forgotten that. It was actually where I got to appreciate Mr Armitage….sigh…pity I would need to be a cradle snatcher even if he was interested…lol
AnneS said:
bon008 said:
AnneS said:
Oh bon we are definitely on the same page. Loved him as a baddie in Robin Hood and as the love interest in the Vicar of Dibley
Anne, if you’re into period dramas, make sure you get hold of “North & South” – a slightly more gritty, less middle class version of the P&P story, with R.A. as the male lead :)
Actually had forgotten that. It was actually where I got to appreciate Mr Armitage….sigh…pity I would need to be a cradle snatcher even if he was interested…lol
Oh well, a gal can dream! :)
bon008 said:
AnneS said:
Evening all. I’m going to be a granny soon! My daughter has just left for hosp. Has been in labour since 6:00am. Contractions about 4 minutes apart. How exciting is that? My first grandchild! Running out of time for it to be born today, my birthday, though.Oooh, how exciting Anne!!
One of my friends had her first bub yesterday :D
Happy Birthday Anne!!
orchid40 said:
bon008 said:
AnneS said:
Evening all. I’m going to be a granny soon! My daughter has just left for hosp. Has been in labour since 6:00am. Contractions about 4 minutes apart. How exciting is that? My first grandchild! Running out of time for it to be born today, my birthday, though.Oooh, how exciting Anne!!
One of my friends had her first bub yesterday :D
Happy Birthday Anne!!
AnneS said:
Crinkle said:
Bubba Louie said:
Crinkle said:
Morning all ….Phew !!!!! I’m finally on holidays and will hopefully have time to catch up with my forum friends.
I have an enormous amount of gardening to catch up on. As you can imagine the garden is looking jungle-like as the humidity goes up and the rain comes down. Yesterday was very trying … 30 degrees and 83% humidity. At the moment its 28 degrees and 87%. When I’ve finished my cuppa I’m going for a walk remembering I’m an hour and a half behind EST.Actually I’m off now to change out of sarong and into walking clobber.
Your good, I’ve been hiding in the airconned bedroom. I HATE summer.
It’s good we are all different isn’t it. I hate the cold. Having said that I am hopefully coming to the end of the ‘hot flushes’ which I have ‘enjoyed’ over the last few years. Let me tell you that hot flushes in the tropics are ‘THE PITS’.
Oh that would be “THE PITS”. Hot flushes are bad enough as it is without the extra heat. What adds a bit more “heat” is having high blood pressure as well!
Thankfully my blood pressure is fine. I really don’t need a tripple whammy.
AnneS said:
Bubba Louie said:
Crinkle said:
Morning all ….Phew !!!!! I’m finally on holidays and will hopefully have time to catch up with my forum friends.
I have an enormous amount of gardening to catch up on. As you can imagine the garden is looking jungle-like as the humidity goes up and the rain comes down. Yesterday was very trying … 30 degrees and 83% humidity. At the moment its 28 degrees and 87%. When I’ve finished my cuppa I’m going for a walk remembering I’m an hour and a half behind EST.Actually I’m off now to change out of sarong and into walking clobber.
Your good, I’ve been hiding in the airconned bedroom. I HATE summer.
And you live in Brisbane, Bubba …lol
Silly hey? I seem to feel it much more than when I was younger. If my family wasn’t all in Bris we’d be gone to Tassie in a flash.
We’ll be moving to acreage in a few years, so we’ll be looking for somewhere higher up, with hopefully more breezes.
Crinkle said:
Bubba Louie said:
Crinkle said:
Morning all ….Phew !!!!! I’m finally on holidays and will hopefully have time to catch up with my forum friends.
I have an enormous amount of gardening to catch up on. As you can imagine the garden is looking jungle-like as the humidity goes up and the rain comes down. Yesterday was very trying … 30 degrees and 83% humidity. At the moment its 28 degrees and 87%. When I’ve finished my cuppa I’m going for a walk remembering I’m an hour and a half behind EST.Actually I’m off now to change out of sarong and into walking clobber.
Your good, I’ve been hiding in the airconned bedroom. I HATE summer.
It’s good we are all different isn’t it. I hate the cold. Having said that I am hopefully coming to the end of the ‘hot flushes’ which I have ‘enjoyed’ over the last few years. Let me tell you that hot flushes in the tropics are ‘THE PITS’.
I suspect I’m not far off ejoying those delights. :(
bon008 said:
AnneS said:
Oh bon we are definitely on the same page. Loved him as a baddie in Robin Hood and as the love interest in the Vicar of Dibley
Anne, if you’re into period dramas, make sure you get hold of “North & South” – a slightly more gritty, less middle class version of the P&P story, with R.A. as the male lead :)
There was also a “North and South” mini series, set in the American civil war, staring Lucky’s heart throb Patrick Swayze.
Bubba Louie said:
bon008 said:
AnneS said:
Oh bon we are definitely on the same page. Loved him as a baddie in Robin Hood and as the love interest in the Vicar of Dibley
Anne, if you’re into period dramas, make sure you get hold of “North & South” – a slightly more gritty, less middle class version of the P&P story, with R.A. as the male lead :)
There was also a “North and South” mini series, set in the American civil war, staring Lucky’s heart throb Patrick Swayze.
Oh yeah baby…….
I suspect I should have stayed in bed an extra 1/2 hour this morning and caught the late train. Very quiet on the work front today and my boss is MIA. Hard to hassle a missing person for work.
Last night was our carols by candlelight production for the local community. My feet are killing me. Think I spent most of the day on my feet. Decided there’s still not enough ‘bling’ on the costumes, so I’m already planning for next year LOL. Think I might make all our angels ‘choir collars’ out of blingie fabric. Sister Act in glitter LOL.
Well, guess if I can’t find any work to do I might go find myself some coffee. Think I might need it to make 5 o’clock today! Although, being casual, if there’s no work, at least I can choof off early.
Arvo all,
We have a day without rain, so I’ve been grovelling in the vegie bed planting seedlings and sowing seeds. 3 kinds of lettuce, radishes, Lebanese cukes, artichokes, perennial spinach, rainbow chard, carrots, capsicum, I think that’s all. Had to come in and collapse in a chair for a while. Grrrrrrr.
I have Basil and mesclun in punnets which I will grow in a pot near a door.
Good gracious I’ve just counted my strawberry plants. Mr O40 is writing to a rellie and wanted to tell her. I have 48, plus some runners growing too. I’m surprised, I’ve been adding to them over a couple of years and they kind of crept up on me. Next year’s crop should be amazing! (Slugs ants and disease permitting)
orchid40 said:
Good gracious I’ve just counted my strawberry plants. Mr O40 is writing to a rellie and wanted to tell her. I have 48, plus some runners growing too. I’m surprised, I’ve been adding to them over a couple of years and they kind of crept up on me. Next year’s crop should be amazing! (Slugs ants and disease permitting)
they will on top of pav for thee lol
they will on top of pav for thee lol
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Hope so! If they get past the strawberry gannets in this house (includes me :)
lol, oh well thee dont eat much
evening all, been helping mum and dad clean the outside of the house. one of my tomatoes was laying in the dirt i picked it up and it was green.
G’day.
Longy said:
G’day.
morning roughy and longy.
ever grown chickpeas?
ever grown chickpeas?
++++++++++++++++++++
G’day Pepe. Nope, all the peas i’ve grown have been blokes.
I’m looking at energy suppliers at the moment. My contract is up with CE.
Gees, it’s a bit complex. Might just turn off the power…..
Longy said:
ever grown chickpeas?
++++++++++++++++++++
G’day Pepe. Nope, all the peas i’ve grown have been blokes.
I’m looking at energy suppliers at the moment. My contract is up with CE.
Gees, it’s a bit complex. Might just turn off the power…..
mmm . blokepeas – actually chickpeas were ‘cico’ (?) and cicero named himself after them.
not that we are sidetracked at all.
if you figure out the best energy supplier let me know.
if you figure out the best energy supplier let me know.
+++++++++++
Best one is the sun i reckon.
I was down in Adelaide the other day. Didn’t see you there….
ever grown chickpeas?
>
yeah garbanzos mung beans lentils soy beans peanuts .. you name it I am a man with a finger on the pulse.
Longy said:
if you figure out the best energy supplier let me know.
+++++++++++
Best one is the sun i reckon.I was down in Adelaide the other day. Didn’t see you there….
i’m on the fringes of the big smoke.
- hey – you owe me a coldie.
roughbarked said:
ever grown chickpeas?>
yeah garbanzos mung beans lentils soy beans peanuts .. you name it I am a man with a finger on the pulse.
are they winter crops – planted in autumn – or a spring crop?
did you get a decent yield with chickpeas?
you owe me a coldie
+++++++++++++++++
Yeah. It was going warm so i drank it.
Have to be another one around here somewhere.
Lentils are hard to harvest by hand.. Chickpeas require a large area too but are easier than lentils to get a feed from.. Mung beans and Soya beans are easiest to get a crop from in a smaller area.
Longy said:
you owe me a coldie
+++++++++++++++++
Yeah. It was going warm so i drank it.
Have to be another one around here somewhere.
by the way – chickpeas are spose to be good for a bloke’s anatomy – wink, wink.
no wonder the missus is always feeding them to me LOL.
you drank my beer! oh no! – buy me scotch if its gonna get warm before it gets to me.
The black eyed beans are great. There are two types I grow, one low bushy but trailing a bit and one taller climbing snake bean types.
My fave is the soldier bean or the red eyed bean. This makes the best pasta fasulu.
If you can keep them alive (i haven’t succeeded) the perennial bean is a useful plant.
Borlotti beans are a great way to make sure you complement your broad bean stocks all year round.
Yeah. It was going warm so i drank it.
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at this time of day?
haven’t you heard of operation RAID?
at this time of day?
haven’t you heard of operation RAID?
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Um. No.
Victoria police have removed more than 1,700 drink drivers and 51 under the influence of drugs from the state’s roads in the past three weeks as part of Operation RAID.
Oh OK. I’ll try not to smoke or drink anything if i go to Victoria today
It ain’t just Victoria.. ;)
It ain’t just Victoria
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Oh. Ok. I’ll just sit at home in a blue funk and smoke and drink myself into oblivion.
Might even have something stronger around here somewhere.
Good thing it’s almost 08:00. I’d feel bad.
Actually, i have no idea who i’m going to use for my energy company so i might go get some mulch from the dump.
Have a good’n all.
ok – have a good time at the dump.
so despite my early morning on the web i have not learnt much about chickpeas.
well – they don’t yield much – and you can plant them anytime because altho they’re mediterranean they grow in the subtropics. I have learnt their medicinal properties and about a million recipes plus their entire history. such is the obtuse knowledge of the www.
i’ve fed the chooks – so i’m back in bed feeling miserable with my cold.
cyas.
roughbarked said:
Victoria police have removed more than 1,700 drink drivers and 51 under the influence of drugs from the state’s roads in the past three weeks as part of Operation RAID.
Morning.
I can’t believe that many people are stupid enough to think they can get away with drinking/ drug taking whilst driving. I hope they throw the book at them all.
Happy Potter said:
roughbarked said:
Victoria police have removed more than 1,700 drink drivers and 51 under the influence of drugs from the state’s roads in the past three weeks as part of Operation RAID.
Morning.
I can’t believe that many people are stupid enough to think they can get away with drinking/ drug taking whilst driving. I hope they throw the book at them all.
So do I—seeing them on TV is bad enough—
Get better Pepe, after all that rain, the weeds are beckoning.
I was in meetings most of yesterday, and another lot today. All to do with giant son moving resi units and into independant care. It’s the equivalent of the big boy leaving home. We hope it works. It has to.
And some good news..ASD’s now included in the Disability Act 2006, many of the supports and services that knocked GS back because he’s “ not intellectually disabled enough” (because his IQ is 71 and an IQ of 70 is the cut off point) will now become available to him.
:D
My cars in getting fixed, yeaaa!
Back laters , we have to battle our way to the city shortly.
Happy Potter said:
Get better Pepe, after all that rain, the weeds are beckoning.I was in meetings most of yesterday, and another lot today. All to do with giant son moving resi units and into independant care. It’s the equivalent of the big boy leaving home. We hope it works. It has to.
And some good news..ASD’s now included in the Disability Act 2006, many of the supports and services that knocked GS back because he’s “ not intellectually disabled enough” (because his IQ is 71 and an IQ of 70 is the cut off point) will now become available to him. :DMy cars in getting fixed, yeaaa!
Back laters , we have to battle our way to the city shortly.
So when are you making the time to bake 80 Chrissy cakes? I’m sure I read 80 in a previous post.
Good news for the ongoing raising of giant son.
Just another Tuesday today. Christmas is getting too close and we’ve all probably got lots to do before it arrives. We’ll be doing our Xmas present purchasing in Adelaide this year so you Sozzies leave something for us when we get there.
A bit worried for our plants while we are away. Very little rain forecast so their life will be in the lap of the gods
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What I just said has prompted me to ask…………..How do you keep your cuttings and seedlings damp when you intend to be away for a week or so? I don’t have anybody I could ask to water them for me. I wouldn’t anyway because there are far too many, in odd places around the yard. Most of them look like dead sticks to an unbeliever.
Longy said:
Oh OK. I’ll try not to smoke or drink anything if i go to Victoria today
where in Vic?
pepe said:
so i’m back in bed feeling miserable with my cold.cyas.
commiserations. hope you feel better soon.
Happy Potter said:
Get better Pepe, after all that rain, the weeds are beckoning.I was in meetings most of yesterday, and another lot today. All to do with giant son moving resi units and into independant care. It’s the equivalent of the big boy leaving home. We hope it works. It has to.
And some good news..ASD’s now included in the Disability Act 2006, many of the supports and services that knocked GS back because he’s “ not intellectually disabled enough” (because his IQ is 71 and an IQ of 70 is the cut off point) will now become available to him. :DMy cars in getting fixed, yeaaa!
Back laters , we have to battle our way to the city shortly.
sounds like lots of wins there :)
hope the independent living thing works.
pomolo said:
What I just said has prompted me to ask…………..How do you keep your cuttings and seedlings damp when you intend to be away for a week or so? I don’t have anybody I could ask to water them for me. I wouldn’t anyway because there are far too many, in odd places around the yard. Most of them look like dead sticks to an unbeliever.
My seedlings, which are usually in jiffy pellets, I sit on a cloth, which sits on a rack, which sits on a dish of water. The end of the cloth sits in the tray of water, and osmosis keeps every damp. In fact, I’ve got to keep an eye on it, ‘cause I’ve had some jiffy pots go mouldy.
bluegreen said:
Longy said:
Oh OK. I’ll try not to smoke or drink anything if i go to Victoria today
where in Vic?
ah, you weren’t being serious :(
>IQ is 71 and an IQ of 70 is the cut off point) will now become available to him.
I’m suprised hey gave you such a precise result.
I did a test a few years ago and got a range of a few points.
Later talking to my psych who had dragged me back from the brink, when you do a test when you are “not well” the result can be 15 points higher.
Btw, IQ is on a standard distribution curve with 100 at the centre and the standard deviation is 15.
To further explain, from wikipedia:
Chebyshev’s inequality
An observation is rarely more than a few standard deviations away from the mean. Chebyshev’s inequality entails the following bounds for all distributions for which the standard deviation is defined.
At least 50% of the values are within √2 standard deviations from the mean. At least 75% of the values are within 2 standard deviations from the mean. At least 89% of the values are within 3 standard deviations from the mean. At least 94% of the values are within 4 standard deviations from the mean. At least 96% of the values are within 5 standard deviations from the mean. At least 97% of the values are within 6 standard deviations from the mean. At least 98% of the values are within 7 standard deviations from the mean.Morning all!
Well after 52 hours of labour…finally a girl! Born yesterday at 10:20am; 3.875kg; 54cm; 36cm head circumference. She’s gorgeous (of course) and has a mop of slightly curly dark hair.
Wot’s IQ got to do with anything?
all it ever did for me was alienate me from the norm.
As for garbanzos or chick peas.., these are magic little numbers but yes you will have to grow a large area of them to get a useable quantity.
The Southern Italians make a lovely pasta fasulu with of them .. they can also be baked in hot sand as can fava beans.
The Lebanese make Humous with them.
They can be ground into flour to make chapati and also make a good dahl type legume.
However as I said both lentils and chick peas require a lot of plants to make a kilo of seed. Where as a patch 2×3 m will give over 5 Kg of mung beans, many times over. the same with lentils and chick peas .. if care is taken harvesting you can keep harvesting the same patch over and over during the season.. but it is all laborious hand work. You really need to be dedicated to producing your own organic protein to undertake such tasks.
AnneS said:
Morning all!Well after 52 hours of labour…finally a girl! Born yesterday at 10:20am; 3.875kg; 54cm; 36cm head circumference. She’s gorgeous (of course) and has a mop of slightly curly dark hair.
Phew !!!…..
Congratulations all round.
Are you now grandma or nana or ……. ?????
Haven’t really decided..see what evolves…but probably Nana. My mum is Grandma and my Husband’s is Nan. I suggested Granny Annie and my mother was horrified…reminded her of Granny Clampett
AnneS said:
Haven’t really decided..see what evolves…but probably Nana. My mum is Grandma and my Husband’s is Nan. I suggested Granny Annie and my mother was horrified…reminded her of Granny Clampett
It’s not as easy as it used to be; with longer lives and merged families. I had basically had a nana and poppy. My great-grands were long gone; my dad’s mum died when he was a teenager and we only saw his dad once that I remember.
The Girl on the other hand, has a poppy, a granddad, a poppy Keith, and a poppy Beelitz (my poppy); then she has two nanas (couldn’t get either mother to consider anything else), a nan Jen and nana Beelitz (my nana). In person, she calls Nana B just plain simple Nana; which gets a bit confusing the odd time that we visit at the same time as my mum!
I have just come inside after finding enough gaps in the rain drops to actually do a spot of gardening. It’s raining again now.
I emptied 110mm out of the rain guage which is from yesterday morning. Ran the pool ‘to waste’ again and emptied the dog water shell of yet more frogs eggs. I have many tadpoles thriving in various pots around the garden but figure the garden can only support so many frogs. The chorus last night was literally deafening. I had the tv on very high volume and with the frogs and the rain I was really struggling to hear.
With the rain, the humidity is off the scale, but the temp is down a bit and it is actually feeling almost cool. I don’t have any ceiling fans on at the moment just air flow.
In the garden this really is a magical time of year. Apart from the florishing weeds things are springing out of the ground that have been dormant all year. Lillies, gingers, caladiums are all appearing out of nowhere.
AnneS said:
Haven’t really decided..see what evolves…but probably Nana. My mum is Grandma and my Husband’s is Nan. I suggested Granny Annie and my mother was horrified…reminded her of Granny Clampett
LOL.. you might have to drag out the rocking chair.
Crinkle said:
AnneS said:
Haven’t really decided..see what evolves…but probably Nana. My mum is Grandma and my Husband’s is Nan. I suggested Granny Annie and my mother was horrified…reminded her of Granny Clampett
LOL.. you might have to drag out the rocking chair.
AnneS said:
Crinkle said:
AnneS said:
Haven’t really decided..see what evolves…but probably Nana. My mum is Grandma and my Husband’s is Nan. I suggested Granny Annie and my mother was horrified…reminded her of Granny Clampett
LOL.. you might have to drag out the rocking chair.
Can’t do that. Chook has already pinched that…she figured she was fed in it so her baby can be too!
OK how about the hobnailed boots?
Actually AnneS often the kids will make up or misspronounce a name that sticks. I think that is actually more special that the generic nana , grandma etc.
AnneS said:
Morning all!Well after 52 hours of labour…finally a girl! Born yesterday at 10:20am; 3.875kg; 54cm; 36cm head circumference. She’s gorgeous (of course) and has a mop of slightly curly dark hair.
big girl! glad she’s finally arrived. Hope mum and bub are well, if tired, after that.
Crinkle said:
AnneS said:
Crinkle said:
AnneS said:
Haven’t really decided..see what evolves…but probably Nana. My mum is Grandma and my Husband’s is Nan. I suggested Granny Annie and my mother was horrified…reminded her of Granny Clampett
LOL.. you might have to drag out the rocking chair.
Can’t do that. Chook has already pinched that…she figured she was fed in it so her baby can be too!OK how about the hobnailed boots?
Crinkle said:
Actually AnneS often the kids will make up or misspronounce a name that sticks. I think that is actually more special that the generic nana , grandma etc.
I agree. That is why I have said I am happy to let it evolve
bluegreen said:
AnneS said:
Morning all!Well after 52 hours of labour…finally a girl! Born yesterday at 10:20am; 3.875kg; 54cm; 36cm head circumference. She’s gorgeous (of course) and has a mop of slightly curly dark hair.
big girl! glad she’s finally arrived. Hope mum and bub are well, if tired, after that.
So exciting!!!!!!!! Can you see the size of my grin from there???????? You should have seen SIL’s mother and me at the hosp when we got the news. Jumping up and down hugging each other (and of course congratulating ourselves!) Probably looked like a pair of idiots, but we didn’t care.
AnneS said:
So exciting!!!!!!!! Can you see the size of my grin from there???????? You should have seen SIL’s mother and me at the hosp when we got the news. Jumping up and down hugging each other (and of course congratulating ourselves!) Probably looked like a pair of idiots, but we didn’t care.
first grandchild for both of you?
AnneS said:
bluegreen said:
AnneS said:
Morning all!Well after 52 hours of labour…finally a girl! Born yesterday at 10:20am; 3.875kg; 54cm; 36cm head circumference. She’s gorgeous (of course) and has a mop of slightly curly dark hair.
big girl! glad she’s finally arrived. Hope mum and bub are well, if tired, after that.
Yes they are both very tired but SIL has just headed off to hospital to bring them home. Midwife will come to the house for the next few days to check up on them.So exciting!!!!!!!! Can you see the size of my grin from there???????? You should have seen SIL’s mother and me at the hosp when we got the news. Jumping up and down hugging each other (and of course congratulating ourselves!) Probably looked like a pair of idiots, but we didn’t care.
hehehehe congtats Anne, I became a Mummy again this morning too LOL
bluegreen said:
AnneS said:
So exciting!!!!!!!! Can you see the size of my grin from there???????? You should have seen SIL’s mother and me at the hosp when we got the news. Jumping up and down hugging each other (and of course congratulating ourselves!) Probably looked like a pair of idiots, but we didn’t care.first grandchild for both of you?
How ever did you guess? lol :). Also first great-grandchild for my Mum and my hubby’s parents
pomolo said:
Happy Potter said:
Get better Pepe, after all that rain, the weeds are beckoning.I was in meetings most of yesterday, and another lot today. All to do with giant son moving resi units and into independant care. It’s the equivalent of the big boy leaving home. We hope it works. It has to.
And some good news..ASD’s now included in the Disability Act 2006, many of the supports and services that knocked GS back because he’s “ not intellectually disabled enough” (because his IQ is 71 and an IQ of 70 is the cut off point) will now become available to him. :DMy cars in getting fixed, yeaaa!
Back laters , we have to battle our way to the city shortly.So when are you making the time to bake 80 Chrissy cakes? I’m sure I read 80 in a previous post.
Good news for the ongoing raising of giant son.
Hi Pom, the meeting went very well, finished earler than expected and we feel more at ease now with this independant housing and programs for giant son. He will have a minder to go out with , help with shopping and cooking ect as ‘they ‘ know we would do all of that given half the chance , we would inadvertantly be thwarting his independance.
The cup cakes will start in a couple hours, I’ll finish the 2 orders by tomorrow. They will be ready for pick up by thursday. It’s the icing and decorations that take the time…I clear the table and eldest girl and I get out all the bits and pieces, small dishes of different coloured icings and sprinkles ect and we have a lot of fun doing them :)
I always make extras and she gets to take some home.
Speaking of eldest girl..we have just got home and shes here cooking up a storm, slow cooker lamb shanks in a plum sauce, and a cheesecake for us, for our tea…and shes vacuumed and cleaned!
Beautiful hearted considerate wonderful daughter :D ( there will be something extra in her xmas pressies for sure! )
Oh and I just got an order for a huge cheesecake slab …argh! lol.
Glad all is well Anne, boy a long labour !!!
colliewa said:
>IQ is 71 and an IQ of 70 is the cut off point) will now become available to him.I’m suprised hey gave you such a precise result.
I did a test a few years ago and got a range of a few points.
Later talking to my psych who had dragged me back from the brink, when you do a test when you are “not well” the result can be 15 points higher.
Btw, IQ is on a standard distribution curve with 100 at the centre and the standard deviation is 15.
Yes very true Collie, he’s had lots of IQ (and other tests), and it varied greatly, but the overall average is taken from that and is consistantly 71..mildly intellectually disabled. Its that wording though, mildly means not intellectually disabled. I swore out loud when they said that…
AnneS said:
Morning all!Well after 52 hours of labour…finally a girl! Born yesterday at 10:20am; 3.875kg; 54cm; 36cm head circumference. She’s gorgeous (of course) and has a mop of slightly curly dark hair.
Ohh wonderful :D :D
Congratualations to the new parents and family.
Happy Potter said:
Speaking of eldest girl..we have just got home and shes here cooking up a storm, slow cooker lamb shanks in a plum sauce, and a cheesecake for us, for our tea…and shes vacuumed and cleaned!
Beautiful hearted considerate wonderful daughter :D ( there will be something extra in her xmas pressies for sure! )
what a sweetie? Is she for hire? lol!
My only daughter arrives home in a few days.. :)
bluegreen said:
Happy Potter said:
Speaking of eldest girl..we have just got home and shes here cooking up a storm, slow cooker lamb shanks in a plum sauce, and a cheesecake for us, for our tea…and shes vacuumed and cleaned!
Beautiful hearted considerate wonderful daughter :D ( there will be something extra in her xmas pressies for sure! )
what a sweetie? Is she for hire? lol!
Shes mine.. all mine! lol.
She bought spuds to cook, but flung them aside when I told her I have some beaut home grown ones!
2 sets of kitchen louvres and fly screens and sparkle – arkling.
11 sets to go.
roughbarked said:
My only daughter arrives home in a few days.. :)
Oh cool Roughbarked :)
How old ?
I have 3 daughters , lovely girls all grown up, I don’t know what I would do without them.
Crinkle said:
2 sets of kitchen louvres and fly screens and sparkle – arkling.
11 sets to go.
Gees take a break girly and have a cool drink, you’re making me sweat thinking of work LOL.
roughbarked said:
My only daughter arrives home in a few days.. :)
is this a Christmas visit? I bet you will be pleased to see her. There is a special relationship between dads and daughters I reckon :)
AnneS said:
Morning all!Well after 52 hours of labour…finally a girl! Born yesterday at 10:20am; 3.875kg; 54cm; 36cm head circumference. She’s gorgeous (of course) and has a mop of slightly curly dark hair.
Congratulations. Well worth the wait. I bet Mum is relieved it’s all over.
AnneS said:
Haven’t really decided..see what evolves…but probably Nana. My mum is Grandma and my Husband’s is Nan. I suggested Granny Annie and my mother was horrified…reminded her of Granny Clampett
My Mum was Gran and my Grandmother was Ma.
AnneS said:
Crinkle said:
AnneS said:
Crinkle said:
AnneS said:
Haven’t really decided..see what evolves…but probably Nana. My mum is Grandma and my Husband’s is Nan. I suggested Granny Annie and my mother was horrified…reminded her of Granny Clampett
LOL.. you might have to drag out the rocking chair.
Can’t do that. Chook has already pinched that…she figured she was fed in it so her baby can be too!OK how about the hobnailed boots?
ROFL
Or the double barrel shot gun. I seem to remember she was quite fond of it.
Happy Potter said:
roughbarked said:
My only daughter arrives home in a few days.. :)
Oh cool Roughbarked :)
How old ?
I have 3 daughters , lovely girls all grown up, I don’t know what I would do without them.
Two boys here. MrBL and his siblings produced 10 boys. The eldest, his brother’s, and his wife have just broken the spell and had a girl. Much rejoicing. LOL
bubba louie said:
Two boys here. MrBL and his siblings produced 10 boys. The eldest, his brother’s, and his wife have just broken the spell and had a girl. Much rejoicing. LOL
ooh! who’s going to be a spoilt little miss? lol!
bubba louie said:
AnneS said:
Crinkle said:
AnneS said:
Crinkle said:
AnneS said:
Haven’t really decided..see what evolves…but probably Nana. My mum is Grandma and my Husband’s is Nan. I suggested Granny Annie and my mother was horrified…reminded her of Granny Clampett
LOL.. you might have to drag out the rocking chair.
Can’t do that. Chook has already pinched that…she figured she was fed in it so her baby can be too!OK how about the hobnailed boots?
ROFL
Or the double barrel shot gun. I seem to remember she was quite fond of it.
AnneS you might have to learn how to cook grits, jowels and chittlins :-p
bluegreen said:
roughbarked said:
My only daughter arrives home in a few days.. :)
is this a Christmas visit? I bet you will be pleased to see her. There is a special relationship between dads and daughters I reckon :)
My dad is already getting emotional about walking me down the aisle… it’s hard to explain why it’s so moving as I moved out years ago and it’s not like I’ll see him any less… but I get teary just thinking about it too:)
bon008 said:
bluegreen said:
roughbarked said:
My only daughter arrives home in a few days.. :)
is this a Christmas visit? I bet you will be pleased to see her. There is a special relationship between dads and daughters I reckon :)
My dad is already getting emotional about walking me down the aisle… it’s hard to explain why it’s so moving as I moved out years ago and it’s not like I’ll see him any less… but I get teary just thinking about it too:)
when #1 daughter got married she & her fiance were already in their own place, but as Mr BG was delivering her he kept saying, “just say the word, and we can turn around and leave.” Not that we don’t like our son-in-law, but he wanted to keep his little girl!
bluegreen said:
when #1 daughter got married she & her fiance were already in their own place, but as Mr BG was delivering her he kept saying, “just say the word, and we can turn around and leave.” Not that we don’t like our son-in-law, but he wanted to keep his little girl!
Awww :)
bluegreen said:
bon008 said:
bluegreen said:
roughbarked said:
My only daughter arrives home in a few days.. :)
is this a Christmas visit? I bet you will be pleased to see her. There is a special relationship between dads and daughters I reckon :)
My dad is already getting emotional about walking me down the aisle… it’s hard to explain why it’s so moving as I moved out years ago and it’s not like I’ll see him any less… but I get teary just thinking about it too:)
when #1 daughter got married she & her fiance were already in their own place, but as Mr BG was delivering her he kept saying, “just say the word, and we can turn around and leave.” Not that we don’t like our son-in-law, but he wanted to keep his little girl!
Oh I,m not maternal then despite 5 kids LOL .. I can’t wait until the last leaves! But youngest daughter looks pretty settled and content living here. Hmm.. I’ll have to make it harder, up the board and her job list..
As far as boys go though , shes a dork magnet ! Theres a new Mr Possible on the horizon ,so I hope this ones better.
Crinkle said:
AnneS said:
Morning all!Well after 52 hours of labour…finally a girl! Born yesterday at 10:20am; 3.875kg; 54cm; 36cm head circumference. She’s gorgeous (of course) and has a mop of slightly curly dark hair.
Phew !!!…..
Congratulations all round.
Are you now grandma or nana or ……. ?????
Congrats.
back from the local radios outside boardcast in our local town raymond terrace it was for the abc radio, met the host for the drive show it was good.
back from the local radios outside boardcast in our local town raymond terrace it was for the abc radio, met the host for the drive show it was good.
veg gardener said:
back from the local radios outside boardcast in our local town raymond terrace it was for the abc radio, met the host for the drive show it was good.
that sounds like it would have been fun.
bluegreen said:
bubba louie said:
Two boys here. MrBL and his siblings produced 10 boys. The eldest, his brother’s, and his wife have just broken the spell and had a girl. Much rejoicing. LOL
ooh! who’s going to be a spoilt little miss? lol!
Too bad she lives in Canberra. :(
bon008 said:
bluegreen said:
roughbarked said:
My only daughter arrives home in a few days.. :)
is this a Christmas visit? I bet you will be pleased to see her. There is a special relationship between dads and daughters I reckon :)
My dad is already getting emotional about walking me down the aisle… it’s hard to explain why it’s so moving as I moved out years ago and it’s not like I’ll see him any less… but I get teary just thinking about it too:)
Nobody walked me down the aisle. In fact there was no aidle. LOL
nobody gave me away either.
Happy Potter said:
bluegreen said:
bon008 said:
bluegreen said:
roughbarked said:
My only daughter arrives home in a few days.. :)
is this a Christmas visit? I bet you will be pleased to see her. There is a special relationship between dads and daughters I reckon :)
My dad is already getting emotional about walking me down the aisle… it’s hard to explain why it’s so moving as I moved out years ago and it’s not like I’ll see him any less… but I get teary just thinking about it too:)
when #1 daughter got married she & her fiance were already in their own place, but as Mr BG was delivering her he kept saying, “just say the word, and we can turn around and leave.” Not that we don’t like our son-in-law, but he wanted to keep his little girl!
Oh I,m not maternal then despite 5 kids LOL .. I can’t wait until the last leaves! But youngest daughter looks pretty settled and content living here. Hmm.. I’ll have to make it harder, up the board and her job list..
As far as boys go though , shes a dork magnet ! Theres a new Mr Possible on the horizon ,so I hope this ones better.
I’m with you HP.
Bring on freedom and privacy I say. Dinner once a week and a few phone calls will keep me happy.
bubba louie said:
Nobody walked me down the aisle. In fact there was no aidle. LOLnobody gave me away either.
I’ve only been planning the wedding a few weeks.. and already I’m starting to wonder whether the registry office would have been a better idea!!
bon008 said:
bubba louie said:
Nobody walked me down the aisle. In fact there was no aidle. LOLnobody gave me away either.
I’ve only been planning the wedding a few weeks.. and already I’m starting to wonder whether the registry office would have been a better idea!!
We were married in our backyard.
bluegreen said:
veg gardener said:
back from the local radios outside boardcast in our local town raymond terrace it was for the abc radio, met the host for the drive show it was good.
that sounds like it would have been fun.
yep, i always listen to the radio station.
bubba louie said:
Our wedding was a total shamozzle lol.. it was in the lounge room of our rental, I’d grabbed 2 chooks from coles deli , made a choc cake and a potato salad, hubby was working interstate and made it home just in time to throw a shirt and suit on, the photographer made us stand too close to a wall and the shadow of our noses made us look like we had very very long hidious noses and chins , I borrowed a drop waisted cream dress off my mum that did absolutely nothing to enhance my looks , and just at the moment when I went to say I do, our baby daughter threw up and hubby went chasing after her with a towel. It was all over by 8 pm and I put the kids to bed and we did the dishes then collapsed into bed laughing. But it was our day and we loved it :D
bon008 said:
bubba louie said:
Nobody walked me down the aisle. In fact there was no aidle. LOLnobody gave me away either.
I’ve only been planning the wedding a few weeks.. and already I’m starting to wonder whether the registry office would have been a better idea!!
We were married in our backyard.
Hubby always said he would make up for that and re do the whole thing again, but we look back and think theres no way we could top that lol.
Computer is acting up so I can’t get to see if anyone answered my “How to keep young plants alive while your away from home” question. I’m going to start it off again as a new topic tomorrow morning because I should be able to read that one.
AnneS said:
Morning all!Well after 52 hours of labour…finally a girl! Born yesterday at 10:20am; 3.875kg; 54cm; 36cm head circumference. She’s gorgeous (of course) and has a mop of slightly curly dark hair.
Congratulations to the happy parents and the happy grandparents!!!!
Happy Potter said:
Our wedding was a total shamozzle lol.. it was in the lounge room of our rental, I’d grabbed 2 chooks from coles deli , made a choc cake and a potato salad, hubby was working interstate and made it home just in time to throw a shirt and suit on, the photographer made us stand too close to a wall and the shadow of our noses made us look like we had very very long hidious noses and chins , I borrowed a drop waisted cream dress off my mum that did absolutely nothing to enhance my looks , and just at the moment when I went to say I do, our baby daughter threw up and hubby went chasing after her with a towel. It was all over by 8 pm and I put the kids to bed and we did the dishes then collapsed into bed laughing.
But it was our day and we loved it :DHubby always said he would make up for that and re do the whole thing again, but we look back and think theres no way we could top that lol.
hehe.. one thing I’m sure of is there’s no point having a wedding without having a sense of humour!
I’m a little less tetchy about it now – OH is officially and holidays now and it seems to be doing wonders, we had a normal, useful conversation about several wedding things, and he didn’t sigh, roll his eyes, or say “I dunno” once!! woohoo :)
bon008 said:
Happy Potter said:
Our wedding was a total shamozzle lol.. it was in the lounge room of our rental, I’d grabbed 2 chooks from coles deli , made a choc cake and a potato salad, hubby was working interstate and made it home just in time to throw a shirt and suit on, the photographer made us stand too close to a wall and the shadow of our noses made us look like we had very very long hidious noses and chins , I borrowed a drop waisted cream dress off my mum that did absolutely nothing to enhance my looks , and just at the moment when I went to say I do, our baby daughter threw up and hubby went chasing after her with a towel. It was all over by 8 pm and I put the kids to bed and we did the dishes then collapsed into bed laughing.
But it was our day and we loved it :DHubby always said he would make up for that and re do the whole thing again, but we look back and think theres no way we could top that lol.
hehe.. one thing I’m sure of is there’s no point having a wedding without having a sense of humour!
I’m a little less tetchy about it now – OH is officially and holidays now and it seems to be doing wonders, we had a normal, useful conversation about several wedding things, and he didn’t sigh, roll his eyes, or say “I dunno” once!! woohoo :)
lol, some one needs to teach me not to say i dunno alot.
veg gardener said:
lol, some one needs to teach me not to say i dunno alot.
I think that’s just something teenage boys grow out of :) My brother used to say it constantly – he’s not so bad now. A tricky to make it less annoying is to add another question on to the end, like “I don’t know, what do you think?”
:)
bon008 said:
veg gardener said:
lol, some one needs to teach me not to say i dunno alot.
I think that’s just something teenage boys grow out of :) My brother used to say it constantly – he’s not so bad now. A tricky to make it less annoying is to add another question on to the end, like “I don’t know, what do you think?”
:)
yeah, i drove the bobcat on the lawn its rain the passed week and left big tracks dad came out and said why you driven on here said i was taken mulch to the trees left big tracks in the grass and he said would i do this and i said i dunno.
morning
it rained on my watering day.
only 3mm overnight although there was a sort of rolling thunder with it.
anyrate i reckon 3mm of rainis enough to dampen the top soil.
my head cold is still making me weak – despite making myself a herbal, homegrown soup last night.
AnneS said:
Morning all!Well after 52 hours of labour…finally a girl! Born yesterday at 10:20am; 3.875kg; 54cm; 36cm head circumference. She’s gorgeous (of course) and has a mop of slightly curly dark hair.
congrats – hair already ?
SueBk said:
pomolo said:
What I just said has prompted me to ask…………..How do you keep your cuttings and seedlings damp when you intend to be away for a week or so? I don’t have anybody I could ask to water them for me. I wouldn’t anyway because there are far too many, in odd places around the yard. Most of them look like dead sticks to an unbeliever.
My seedlings, which are usually in jiffy pellets, I sit on a cloth, which sits on a rack, which sits on a dish of water. The end of the cloth sits in the tray of water, and osmosis keeps every damp. In fact, I’ve got to keep an eye on it, ‘cause I’ve had some jiffy pots go mouldy.
this is a good idea pomolo – in case you missed it.
and already I’m starting to wonder whether the registry office would have been a better idea!!
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I volunteered to elope, my late father offered to supply the ladder, but MrD and my mother put their feet down and said “NO”…(foodies, party animals, the pair of them…)
Happy Potter said:
Our wedding was a total shamozzle lol.. it was in the lounge room of our rental, I’d grabbed 2 chooks from coles deli , made a choc cake and a potato salad, hubby was working interstate and made it home just in time to throw a shirt and suit on, the photographer made us stand too close to a wall and the shadow of our noses made us look like we had very very long hidious noses and chins , I borrowed a drop waisted cream dress off my mum that did absolutely nothing to enhance my looks , and just at the moment when I went to say I do, our baby daughter threw up and hubby went chasing after her with a towel. It was all over by 8 pm and I put the kids to bed and we did the dishes then collapsed into bed laughing.
But it was our day and we loved it :D
Hubby always said he would make up for that and re do the whole thing again, but we look back and think theres no way we could top that lol.
No way indeed, Happy! Unique in the annals of weddings, I’m sure!
veg gardener said:
bon008 said:
veg gardener said:
lol, some one needs to teach me not to say i dunno alot.
I think that’s just something teenage boys grow out of :) My brother used to say it constantly – he’s not so bad now. A tricky to make it less annoying is to add another question on to the end, like “I don’t know, what do you think?”
:)
yeah, i drove the bobcat on the lawn its rain the passed week and left big tracks dad came out and said why you driven on here said i was taken mulch to the trees left big tracks in the grass and he said would i do this and i said i dunno.
LOLOLOLOL! What a gem…
:0
Yes well, time I stopped yakking to myself…
been coolish of a morning lately, still b**y hot during the day…MrD’s car has a thermometer for the outside temp and it showed 42C yesterday…on the tarmac in town…cooler out here of course, by about 5 – 7 degrees
G’day D.
Longy said:
G’day D.
Hi Longy
I was just about to sign off, nothing personal…how’s it going (you’ve been quiet)…
Morning :)
Sorry to hear you’re still crook Pepe. Get better soon.
The weathers unreal here.. looks like summer’s been cancelled, not that I’m complaining .. love the cool, but we had the heating on this morning , in the middle of Dec!
I’m having a glass of sustagen before bed.. not a leg cramp since I started doing that, for months now, and they were so bad as to seriously interfere with my daily life.. I’m no longer a walking zombie.
Yeah i’ve been flatout D.
Didja get your tropical garden sorted?
I was just about to sign off, nothing personal
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I think i need councelling………
Longy said:
Yeah i’ve been flatout D.
Didja get your tropical garden sorted?
Kind of…MrD objects to anything in the ground in that area, so we have compromised by agreeing to some big and I mean HUGE pots for the palms, etc…so I have been looking around…I saw some fantastic pots, they were about 5 foot in diameter, constructed so that the feeder roots could s-p-r-e-a-d out and there was room in the bottom for drainage…however they were part of the permanent collection of the local Mitre 10 – they were what councils would use in the middle of the street…and not for sale…however the lad said he thought they had been manufactured by a local firm…haven’t followed that one up as Christmas is so near and most local businesses will start shutting down for the Christmas lockdown as of this week…
I have been noting ferns, palms etc as I drive around town and through the other towns on my way to the coast…
First I have to rid the area of the leucaena (and the yucca) …the DPI recommends some additive to diesel, paint on as you cut the tree/sapling down…it all takes time…
Longy said:
I was just about to sign off, nothing personal
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I think i need councelling………
pepe said:
morning
it rained on my watering day.
only 3mm overnight although there was a sort of rolling thunder with it.
anyrate i reckon 3mm of rainis enough to dampen the top soil.my head cold is still making me weak – despite making myself a herbal, homegrown soup last night.
we got 2mm during the night. Best thing for head colds IMHO is lots of fluids and rest.
Vege patch wise..I pulled up all my carrots and have a shopping bag full of them.
They are great considering my first time growing them, theres a few forked ones that were all down one end near tomatoes , but many more good medium size straights :)
The resident carrot crunchers love them.
Dinetta said:
been coolish of a morning lately, still b**y hot during the day…MrD’s car has a thermometer for the outside temp and it showed 42C yesterday…on the tarmac in town…cooler out here of course, by about 5 – 7 degrees
has been staying unusually cool here in Melb. Around 20C give or take a few. Enjoying it while it lasts :)
Dinetta said:
and already I’m starting to wonder whether the registry office would have been a better idea!!
+++++++++I volunteered to elope, my late father offered to supply the ladder, but MrD and my mother put their feet down and said “NO”…(foodies, party animals, the pair of them…)
If I did again, I’d be eloping. We had a super simple wedding, but all that fuss and bother for a single day really isn’t my style. I just wanted the deed done so I could get on with life. 15 years ago the whole sheebang cost us about $500. So it really was very simple.
Well, probably no gardening for me today. Decided I NEED to do some housework. <sigh> Need to find the mail that disappeared into piles of papers while I’ve been busy sewing costumes. Hubby tells me last night he couldn’t possibly pay any bills online, ‘cause he might get it wrong. What a Luddite. I swear he’s regressing. He has to use a puter to produce reports and so forth in his new job, so maybe there’ll be some improvement over the coming months.
In the meantime, though, I need to deal with my “hot spots” and unearth some flat surfaces in the living areas. A day for LOUD music.
HI ho…. no gardening for me for a minimum of 2 weeks. My leg as of this morning after a trip to the doctor. On medication for the next 2 weeks and then I get to go back again…Got to stay off it and elevate it as much as possible.
Lucky1 said:
HI ho…. no gardening for me for a minimum of 2 weeks. My leg as of this morning after a trip to the doctor. On medication for the next 2 weeks and then I get to go back again…Got to stay off it and elevate it as much as possible.
oh Lucky, what HAVE you done? Or is the same problem you have had before?
Remember how I have been saying my leg/ankle has been sore……?? Well our new doctor (dr for 15 years has retired to 1.5 day a week) said I could have a cyst and it’s leaking fluid into the leg and also the tendons around the ankle…..are strained. So treatment for 2 weeks and I’ll take back old ankle/leg ex rays and see what happens then.
My heel and calf is very sore……. I’ll live……
Lucky1 said:
HI ho…. no gardening for me for a minimum of 2 weeks. My leg as of this morning after a trip to the doctor. On medication for the next 2 weeks and then I get to go back again…Got to stay off it and elevate it as much as possible.
That looks serious Lucky. Hope its not. Also hope it stays cool and/or rains round your way for the next 2 weeks!
Lucky1 said:
Remember how I have been saying my leg/ankle has been sore……?? Well our new doctor (dr for 15 years has retired to 1.5 day a week) said I could have a cyst and it’s leaking fluid into the leg and also the tendons around the ankle…..are strained. So treatment for 2 weeks and I’ll take back old ankle/leg ex rays and see what happens then.My heel and calf is very sore……. I’ll live……
(((HUGS))) for Lucky. I guess the Elf will have to look after you for a change ;)
goodness lucky. What happened? I must have missed something.
bluegreen said:
Lucky1 said:
Remember how I have been saying my leg/ankle has been sore……?? Well our new doctor (dr for 15 years has retired to 1.5 day a week) said I could have a cyst and it’s leaking fluid into the leg and also the tendons around the ankle…..are strained. So treatment for 2 weeks and I’ll take back old ankle/leg ex rays and see what happens then.My heel and calf is very sore……. I’ll live……
(((HUGS))) for Lucky. I guess the Elf will have to look after you for a change ;)
A little bit…. I’m the still main carer….LOL He just hung the washing out for me.
bubba louie said:
goodness lucky. What happened? I must have missed something.
I have had a very sore heel and leg for a few weeks or more now Bubba.
Repetitive damage done to the ankle/heel area and maybe a cyst in the calf area…… I have never had good legs…. even as a child… I often cried myself to sleep in pain…..so when it flairs up…. I roll with the punches…….. I can still harvest food….just can’t dig and plant food….so the corn will have to wait.
Talking to my sister I have 8 bags of sheep crap coming to our place Friday morning:D
SueBk said:
Lucky1 said:
HI ho…. no gardening for me for a minimum of 2 weeks. My leg as of this morning after a trip to the doctor. On medication for the next 2 weeks and then I get to go back again…Got to stay off it and elevate it as much as possible.
That looks serious Lucky. Hope its not. Also hope it stays cool and/or rains round your way for the next 2 weeks!
Talking to my sister I have 8 bags of sheep crap coming to our place Friday morning:D
…………
cool early Xmas pressie 
Maybe a bit of this will help your sore leg 
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The Estate said:
Talking to my sister I have 8 bags of sheep crap coming to our place Friday morning:D…………
cool early Xmas pressie
Maybe a bit of this will help your sore leg
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Thank you all for the baby wishes. It looks like I am going to be Nan after all. Baby has been checked out by the midwife today. Going really well so far. She is sound asleep at the moment and Mum has been resting
Am wondering how my garden is going. Sleepy has been working late (till after 9:00pm a few nights) so I hope there has been a bit of rain at home.
AnneS said:
Thank you all for the baby wishes. It looks like I am going to be Nan after all. Baby has been checked out by the midwife today. Going really well so far. She is sound asleep at the moment and Mum has been restingAm wondering how my garden is going. Sleepy has been working late (till after 9:00pm a few nights) so I hope there has been a bit of rain at home.
when do we get to see piccies please ?
Lucky1 said:
HI ho…. no gardening for me for a minimum of 2 weeks. My leg as of this morning after a trip to the doctor. On medication for the next 2 weeks and then I get to go back again…Got to stay off it and elevate it as much as possible.
Wondering where you had been…
Make sure you keep it elevated, it is very hard for legs to heal because of the fact that blood tends to pool in them…
What a shame you have had to put up with this since childhood…mind you as kids we didn’t know any better, did we?
This “new” doc sounds on the money and I sure hope he can effect a complete cure…
…and how are all the sympathy cats enjoying this extra bod to snuggle up to???
Microsoft scrambles to block IE loophole
our IT dept has warned us to avoid visiting sites that require passwords, like internet banking etc.
and how are all the sympathy cats enjoying this extra bod to snuggle up to???
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Waves to Dinetta…. are you kidding…LOL I’m just the mum….I don’t sit still long enough to let a cat get comfy….but the elf…now that’s a different matter all together.
4 sleeps and the Bimbo will have left home…… with our grankitty……..sob…sniff
Lucky1 said:
4 sleeps and the Bimbo will have left home…… with our grankitty……..sob…sniff
I’m gaining 2 more giggle pigs – two more boys to keep mine company. Someone on freecycle has had a population explosion and is struggling to find homes for them all!
Lucky1 said:
Remember how I have been saying my leg/ankle has been sore……?? Well our new doctor (dr for 15 years has retired to 1.5 day a week) said I could have a cyst and it’s leaking fluid into the leg and also the tendons around the ankle…..are strained. So treatment for 2 weeks and I’ll take back old ankle/leg ex rays and see what happens then.My heel and calf is very sore……. I’ll live……
Oh Lucky ! I hope it heals well asap for you. What’s caused that , or is it just one of those things..?
(((hugs)))
bluegreen said:
Microsoft scrambles to block IE loopholeour IT dept has warned us to avoid visiting sites that require passwords, like internet banking etc.
that was on the afternoon news here on a update.
how are you going, Lucky? Are you resting?
bluegreen said:
how are you going, Lucky? Are you resting?
Yes, I cooked tea, while in the bath….soaking the old leg…. the elf did the dishes.
I’ll be good………. the heel is so tender I couldn’t put my foot up on the side of the bath. Mind you after a 20 min soak… my knee didn’t hurt when i stood up…..
I got the sewing book yesterday, that you let me know about on eBay….. thanks for the heads up on it.
Good evening all!
Lucky1 said:
I got the sewing book yesterday, that you let me know about on eBay….. thanks for the heads up on it.
good. I hope you find it useful.
AnneS said:
Thank you all for the baby wishes. It looks like I am going to be Nan after all. Baby has been checked out by the midwife today. Going really well so far. She is sound asleep at the moment and Mum has been restingAm wondering how my garden is going. Sleepy has been working late (till after 9:00pm a few nights) so I hope there has been a bit of rain at home.
Does the newby have a name yet?
MrBL’s new grand niece is Ava.
Good evening all:)
I,m just back from the garden club meet, aka laugh fest lol, what a very funny bunch of people!
I won the raffle of packets of seeds, inc eggplant, borlotti beans ,strawberry seeds chilli chives and many more. I’m going to need a bigger vege garden I think!
And, the Weerama Festival, held over a weekend late in March each year in Werribee, always has a float entered from the Wyndham garden club and this time hava guess who’s in it ..as the newest member I get to dress as a gerbera and hand out fliers…I can hardly wait LOL!
This tues night coming the club members are going to the cinema, to see ‘Australia’ ..I’m going!
(this time I’ll concentrate on the top half of Hugh Jackson haha!!)
Lucky1 said:
4 sleeps and the Bimbo will have left home…… with our grankitty……..sob…sniff
Will grankitty be able to come back for visits?
Happy Potter said:
And, the Weerama Festival, held over a weekend late in March each year in Werribee, always has a float entered from the Wyndham garden club and this time hava guess who’s in it ..as the newest member I get to dress as a gerbera and hand out fliers…I can hardly wait LOL!
well at least you are as skinny as a gerbera stalk now! all you need is a big hat or headdress! lol!
how’s Max going, btw?
Bubba Louie said:
AnneS said:
Thank you all for the baby wishes. It looks like I am going to be Nan after all. Baby has been checked out by the midwife today. Going really well so far. She is sound asleep at the moment and Mum has been restingAm wondering how my garden is going. Sleepy has been working late (till after 9:00pm a few nights) so I hope there has been a bit of rain at home.
Does the newby have a name yet?
MrBL’s new grand niece is Ava.
That’s pretty
bluegreen said:
Happy Potter said:
And, the Weerama Festival, held over a weekend late in March each year in Werribee, always has a float entered from the Wyndham garden club and this time hava guess who’s in it ..as the newest member I get to dress as a gerbera and hand out fliers…I can hardly wait LOL!
well at least you are as skinny as a gerbera stalk now! all you need is a big hat or headdress! lol!
how’s Max going, btw?
Max is going really well thank goodness :D still on tabs for a few days yet, but he’s back at full speed when out walking. I’m going to have to clip his leg and chest fur.. his coat is full of burs and I’ve been checking him for grass seeds. I’ve cut many out tonight , but he’s got every weed and stick in the paddock attached to him. He’s just a big lump of velcro. I have poodle clippers so he will getting shaved tomorrow morning first thing.
Happy Potter said:
bluegreen said:
how’s Max going, btw?
Max is going really well thank goodness :D still on tabs for a few days yet, but he’s back at full speed when out walking. I’m going to have to clip his leg and chest fur.. his coat is full of burs and I’ve been checking him for grass seeds. I’ve cut many out tonight , but he’s got every weed and stick in the paddock attached to him. He’s just a big lump of velcro. I have poodle clippers so he will getting shaved tomorrow morning first thing.
oh I’m glad :)
Morning.
Theres been a lovely drop of rain overnight here , theres patio puddles.. I didn’t hear a thing..I checked the BOM site and it say’s we got 0.4 mm , but my guage says 16 mm! beaut follow up rain.
I’ll get some decent corn ears yet :D
Raining again now too.
Hi HP—so glad you are getting some rain your way—hows things with you
Grasshopper said:
Hi HP—so glad you are getting some rain your way—hows things with you
Great thanks Grassy :)
Pressed for time as usual..overbooked myself lol.
Re the turbo ovens..IMHO me they’re a gimmick.
You can’t go past a bessermer ware casserole with lid as a stove top oven , cook a meal for 6 in one dish and using a small flame only. Worth it’s weight in gold. Very expensive cookwear, but saves fuel and easy to wash.
I spotted a piece of it all wrapped up and under the xmas tree :D
I can’t wait to see what piece it is. It’s big though ..hoping it’s the big roaster with lid..that would fit nicely on my stoves long flame..already got big plans for it lol.
So they roast as well—do they—I wasnot impressed with the Turbo one bit
Happy Potter said:
Morning.
Theres been a lovely drop of rain overnight here , theres patio puddles.. I didn’t hear a thing..I checked the BOM site and it say’s we got 0.4 mm , but my guage says 16 mm! beaut follow up rain.
I’ll get some decent corn ears yet :D
Raining again now too.
you must have got one of those personal rain clouds :)
getting my hep A needle at 8:30 not looking forward to it.
bluegreen said:
Happy Potter said:
Morning.
Theres been a lovely drop of rain overnight here , theres patio puddles.. I didn’t hear a thing..I checked the BOM site and it say’s we got 0.4 mm , but my guage says 16 mm! beaut follow up rain.
I’ll get some decent corn ears yet :D
Raining again now too.you must have got one of those personal rain clouds :)
I was thinking that too BG, must have been a BOM red dot over my house lol.
Still raining but lighter now.
Grasshopper said:
So they roast as well—do they—I wasnot impressed with the Turbo one bit
Grassy whatever you can cook in an oven , you can cook on the stove top with the correct piece of bessermer..using only one tiny flame , cakes even. I can’t wait to get the gormet griddle pan ,with the lid and make fab passionfruit sponge kisses.
Thanks HP—I am off now catch you another time
Grasshopper said:
Thanks HP—I am off now catch you another time
No worries, me too, got cup cakes to do. See ya.
You can’t go past a bessermer ware casserole with lid as a stove top oven
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morning HP and all
- are you saying these bessermer ware casseroles have a lid that is so heavy – it works like an oven ?
pepe said:
You can’t go past a bessermer ware casserole with lid as a stove top oven
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morning HP and all
- are you saying these bessermer ware casseroles have a lid that is so heavy – it works like an oven ?
You betcha Peps.
great cookwear. Frustratingly expensive , but cheaper in the long run.
I got a bessemer frying pan as a wedding gift with the ex..I was 18..I burnt the kitchen down the following year , found the frypan in the ruins, minus it’s handle, cleaned it and I still use it to this day.. fair dinkum.
bessemer – are they enamelled cast iron?
bluegreen said:
bessemer – are they enamelled cast iron?
http://www.bessemercookware.com/
There ya go. I intend to buy the whole set for middle daughters wedding in 2010.
Happy Potter said:
pepe said:
You can’t go past a bessermer ware casserole with lid as a stove top oven
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morning HP and all
- are you saying these bessermer ware casseroles have a lid that is so heavy – it works like an oven ?
You betcha Peps.
great cookwear. Frustratingly expensive , but cheaper in the long run.
I got a bessemer frying pan as a wedding gift with the ex..I was 18..I burnt the kitchen down the following year , found the frypan in the ruins, minus it’s handle, cleaned it and I still use it to this day.. fair dinkum.
$170 for a large 2 ltr one according to my googling. not too bad for something that works. thanks for the name – it is good to have someone do your research for ya.
pepe said:
Happy Potter said:
pepe said:
You can’t go past a bessermer ware casserole with lid as a stove top oven
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morning HP and all
- are you saying these bessermer ware casseroles have a lid that is so heavy – it works like an oven ?
You betcha Peps.
great cookwear. Frustratingly expensive , but cheaper in the long run.
I got a bessemer frying pan as a wedding gift with the ex..I was 18..I burnt the kitchen down the following year , found the frypan in the ruins, minus it’s handle, cleaned it and I still use it to this day.. fair dinkum.
$170 for a large 2 ltr one according to my googling. not too bad for something that works. thanks for the name – it is good to have someone do your research for ya.
Thats just the pot.. the lid is as much again. Without the lid though, it’s just good non stick cookwear.
Happy Potter said:
pepe said:
Happy Potter said:
pepe said:
You can’t go past a bessermer ware casserole with lid as a stove top oven
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morning HP and all
- are you saying these bessermer ware casseroles have a lid that is so heavy – it works like an oven ?
You betcha Peps.
great cookwear. Frustratingly expensive , but cheaper in the long run.
I got a bessemer frying pan as a wedding gift with the ex..I was 18..I burnt the kitchen down the following year , found the frypan in the ruins, minus it’s handle, cleaned it and I still use it to this day.. fair dinkum.
$170 for a large 2 ltr one according to my googling. not too bad for something that works. thanks for the name – it is good to have someone do your research for ya.
Thats just the pot.. the lid is as much again. Without the lid though, it’s just good non stick cookwear.
Nope, I’m wrong.. they have specials on :D
Well after spending the morning crying…… I have calmed down enough.
Last night was Amy’s last night sleeping here…… her bed is pulled apart this morning and ready for shipping tomorrow to Ben & her place. Tomorrow we’ll help her move her gear over. With the 2 cars, it shouldn’t take too long. Then its just the bed, wardrobe (using it until they buy a house) and computer desk and exercise bike.
Millie moves over tomorrow afternoon. I was guessing she’d be going on Sunday when it was all finished…but no…
After 23.5 years of having her under my feet……gee its tough being a mum some days.
Lucky1 said:
Well after spending the morning crying…… I have calmed down enough.Last night was Amy’s last night sleeping here…… her bed is pulled apart this morning and ready for shipping tomorrow to Ben & her place. Tomorrow we’ll help her move her gear over. With the 2 cars, it shouldn’t take too long. Then its just the bed, wardrobe (using it until they buy a house) and computer desk and exercise bike.
Millie moves over tomorrow afternoon. I was guessing she’d be going on Sunday when it was all finished…but no…
After 23.5 years of having her under my feet……gee its tough being a mum some days.
exit mothering mode
(((HUGS))) for Lucky. She won’t be far away :)
After 23.5 years of having her under my feet……gee its tough being a mum some days.
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g’day lucky
she won’t be far away and she’ll probably appreciate you more when she comes to realise what you’ve been doing for her all these years.
sorry to hear about your foot problems. i’m thinning out my non hybrid corn and i will see if i can get a few seedlings growing for you.
bluegreen said:
Lucky1 said:
Well after spending the morning crying…… I have calmed down enough.Last night was Amy’s last night sleeping here…… her bed is pulled apart this morning and ready for shipping tomorrow to Ben & her place. Tomorrow we’ll help her move her gear over. With the 2 cars, it shouldn’t take too long. Then its just the bed, wardrobe (using it until they buy a house) and computer desk and exercise bike.
Millie moves over tomorrow afternoon. I was guessing she’d be going on Sunday when it was all finished…but no…
After 23.5 years of having her under my feet……gee its tough being a mum some days.
Make sure YOU don’t do too much though – you HAVE to rest you leg!exit mothering mode
(((HUGS))) for Lucky. She won’t be far away :)
Likewise Lucky, I hope you’re not doing any moving..
I hope your leg heals quickly for you. Sounds very sore :(
bluegreen said:
Lucky1 said:
Well after spending the morning crying…… I have calmed down enough.Last night was Amy’s last night sleeping here…… her bed is pulled apart this morning and ready for shipping tomorrow to Ben & her place. Tomorrow we’ll help her move her gear over. With the 2 cars, it shouldn’t take too long. Then its just the bed, wardrobe (using it until they buy a house) and computer desk and exercise bike.
Millie moves over tomorrow afternoon. I was guessing she’d be going on Sunday when it was all finished…but no…
After 23.5 years of having her under my feet……gee its tough being a mum some days.
Make sure YOU don’t do too much though – you HAVE to rest you leg!exit mothering mode
(((HUGS))) for Lucky. She won’t be far away :)
Lucky’s just going to Direct, aren’t you Lucky?
Lucky’s just going to Direct, aren’t you Lucky?
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Oh, and provide Grankitty with a safe haven so she feels secure in her new abode, from the word go…
Happy Potter said:
Good evening all:)
I,m just back from the garden club meet, aka laugh fest lol, what a very funny bunch of people!
I won the raffle of packets of seeds, inc eggplant, borlotti beans ,strawberry seeds chilli chives and many more. I’m going to need a bigger vege garden I think! And, the Weerama Festival, held over a weekend late in March each year in Werribee, always has a float entered from the Wyndham garden club and this time hava guess who’s in it ..as the newest member I get to dress as a gerbera and hand out fliers…I can hardly wait LOL!This tues night coming the club members are going to the cinema, to see ‘Australia’ ..I’m going!
(this time I’ll concentrate on the top half of Hugh Jackson haha!!)
Gee your garden club sounds like fun! More so than mine anyway :)
Max is going really well thank goodness :
Glad to hear Max is on the mend HP.
Thanks guys for all the reassuring words…… I’ll be good and look after the garnd kitty and maybe Amy’s clothes……. Just had a lay down and a nanna nap…so early in the morning too.
Thanks Pepe for the offer of corn seedlings.
((((((( LOTS of hugs))))))) for you Lucky!
veg gardener said:
getting my hep A needle at 8:30 not looking forward to it.
Why are you getting that vege? It’s not a regular part of the immunisation schedule AFAIK.
bubba louie said:
veg gardener said:
getting my hep A needle at 8:30 not looking forward to it.
Why are you getting that vege? It’s not a regular part of the immunisation schedule AFAIK.
for work.
veg gardener said:
bubba louie said:
veg gardener said:
getting my hep A needle at 8:30 not looking forward to it.
Why are you getting that vege? It’s not a regular part of the immunisation schedule AFAIK.
for work.
Plumbing?
bubba louie said:
veg gardener said:
bubba louie said:
veg gardener said:
getting my hep A needle at 8:30 not looking forward to it.
Why are you getting that vege? It’s not a regular part of the immunisation schedule AFAIK.
for work.
Plumbing?
yep.
veg gardener said:
bubba louie said:
veg gardener said:
bubba louie said:
veg gardener said:
getting my hep A needle at 8:30 not looking forward to it.
Why are you getting that vege? It’s not a regular part of the immunisation schedule AFAIK.
for work.
Plumbing?
yep.
Good idea then. A plumber friend of ours caught hep A. It can be very dirty work.
bubba louie said:
veg gardener said:
bubba louie said:
veg gardener said:
bubba louie said:
veg gardener said:
getting my hep A needle at 8:30 not looking forward to it.
Why are you getting that vege? It’s not a regular part of the immunisation schedule AFAIK.
for work.
Plumbing?
yep.
Good idea then. A plumber friend of ours caught hep A. It can be very dirty work.
yeah thats why i need the needles.
we knew a plumber who fell into an active septic tank once. he was rushed to hospital and stuck with so many needles for this, that and the other he wished that they had just left him alone to die! lol!
Seriously though I am glad you are taking precautions VG. Something to also watch out for while on the job is badly earthed electric supplies. This fellow was also electricuted a couple of times due to faulty systems. Can be worth switching off the power before doing some jobs. Your boss should be on the ball and will teach you to be safe in your job as things are alot tighter these days safety wise.
gosh I used to just jump in and literally shovel shit.
roughbarked said:
gosh I used to just jump in and literally shovel shit.
Our plumber friend used to call himself a turdologist.
Evening :)
I’ve been knee deep in cake decorating bits and icings , making little paste flowers and angels ect, I need to sit for a restful cuppa.
Re my growing corn, it has many ears on them but they are quite slim.. when do they fatten up ? I planted it out on the 1 st sept.
Pretty < href=“http://www.bom.gov.au/products/national_radar_sat.loop.shtml”>picture!!
Those blues/greens look good…
>our IT dept has warned us to avoid visiting sites that require passwords, like internet banking etc.
They should be isisting you stop using IE!!!
www.mozilla.org
www.opera.com
>I’m gaining 2 more giggle pigs – two more boys to keep mine company. Someone on freecycle has had a population explosion and is struggling to find homes for them all!
BBQ anyone?
;^)
colliewa said:
>our IT dept has warned us to avoid visiting sites that require passwords, like internet banking etc.They should be isisting you stop using IE!!!
www.mozilla.org
www.opera.com
good call colliewa…
colliewa said:
>I’m gaining 2 more giggle pigs – two more boys to keep mine company. Someone on freecycle has had a population explosion and is struggling to find homes for them all!BBQ anyone?
;^)
I’ll bring the marinade.
colliewa said:
>our IT dept has warned us to avoid visiting sites that require passwords, like internet banking etc.They should be isisting you stop using IE!!!
www.mozilla.org
www.opera.com
actually if they could they would. They installed lotus notes for email rather than the microsoft client, but there was some reason they had to go with IE.
microsoft have produced a patch now anyway.
colliewa said:
>I’m gaining 2 more giggle pigs – two more boys to keep mine company. Someone on freecycle has had a population explosion and is struggling to find homes for them all!BBQ anyone?
;^)
picked them up today, I’ll ignore the BBQ comment, although they are supposed to be good eating…
Good morning :)
Got an early appt’ for Max at the vets this morning, he’s looking good :)
I hope he will be off the tabs after today. He’s had his legs shaved of burrs and looks a bit odd.
Then some xmas shopping..hubby and I have a list each , we will run about and get things quickly and out again. At least thats the plan. Least it’s good cool shopping weather.
Actually hubby told our the girls they arn’t getting a xmas pressie this year, instead he’s going to hand them each a bill to pay…
Actually hubby told our the girls they arn’t getting a xmas pressie this year, instead he’s going to hand them each a bill to pay…
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That should go in the joke thread HP. LOL.
Good morning. Just to let you know we are expecting above 36c for today. I bet this will be one time the Bureau gets it right. LOL.
Lots of activity happening round here. I suppose it’s the same in every household ATM. I’ve only got one more pressie to buy. I dread having to go to town for only 1 thing.
We are preserving cherries in liquour at the Centre today. Something else I hadn’t allowed time for. Slices to make for the visiting Harlev Davison bikie group on Sunday. Only going to be about 80 of them now. Huge drop from 150. Fly to Adelaide on Monday. Roll on Monday!!!
Stay on track everyone. It will soon be over.
Lucky1 said:
Well after spending the morning crying…… I have calmed down enough.Last night was Amy’s last night sleeping here…… her bed is pulled apart this morning and ready for shipping tomorrow to Ben & her place. Tomorrow we’ll help her move her gear over. With the 2 cars, it shouldn’t take too long. Then its just the bed, wardrobe (using it until they buy a house) and computer desk and exercise bike.
Millie moves over tomorrow afternoon. I was guessing she’d be going on Sunday when it was all finished…but no…
After 23.5 years of having her under my feet……gee its tough being a mum some days.
You know the old saying Lucky………………..You never lose a daughter, you gain a son. It’s pretty true too.
Happy Potter said:
Good morning :)
Got an early appt’ for Max at the vets this morning, he’s looking good :)
I hope he will be off the tabs after today. He’s had his legs shaved of burrs and looks a bit odd.Then some xmas shopping..hubby and I have a list each , we will run about and get things quickly and out again. At least thats the plan. Least it’s good cool shopping weather.
Actually hubby told our the girls they arn’t getting a xmas pressie this year, instead he’s going to hand them each a bill to pay…
the poodles are getting shaved today as well. i’m glad max has recovered.
oh – i wished you hadn’t mentioned xmas pressies – they tell me the crowds are getting angry in the carparks.
I’m about to visit the doc and see if they’ll take the cast off :)
Morning All,
A breezy day here which is good as I’ve got washing to dry.
Cheer up Lucky – you’ve scored another success in raising a child who is able to be independent of the apron strings! Look for the silver lining :)
HP, hubby’s idea of a Chrissie present for the girls is brilliant – and funny !
I’m off to the doc’s this arvo to see why I’ve lost most of my energy and appetite, I haven’t felt good for weeks :(
We had a heavy shower of rain last night, fairly brief but enough to dampen the seeds again and keep the seedlings going :)
bluegreen said:
Happy Potter said:
Morning.
Theres been a lovely drop of rain overnight here , theres patio puddles.. I didn’t hear a thing..I checked the BOM site and it say’s we got 0.4 mm , but my guage says 16 mm! beaut follow up rain.
I’ll get some decent corn ears yet :D
Raining again now too.you must have got one of those personal rain clouds :)
They are ‘Pooh clouds’ bg ie like the ones that only rain on Winnie the Pooh. ;-)
bluegreen said:
I’m about to visit the doc and see if they’ll take the cast off :)
well the cast is off but I have to still take it easy and wear a bandage for another couple of weeks then have it x-rayed again. The fracture line is still visible apparently, although showing signs of callousing over.
Good to hear you are mending well bg.
L1 sometimes you just HAVE to take time out for you. Short time out now, might mean no long time out later.
pomolo said:
Lucky1 said:
Well after spending the morning crying…… I have calmed down enough.Last night was Amy’s last night sleeping here…… her bed is pulled apart this morning and ready for shipping tomorrow to Ben & her place. Tomorrow we’ll help her move her gear over. With the 2 cars, it shouldn’t take too long. Then its just the bed, wardrobe (using it until they buy a house) and computer desk and exercise bike.
Millie moves over tomorrow afternoon. I was guessing she’d be going on Sunday when it was all finished…but no…
After 23.5 years of having her under my feet……gee its tough being a mum some days.
You know the old saying Lucky………………..You never lose a daughter, you gain a son. It’s pretty true too.
not up here you don’t… once the guy has paid his bride price, she’s gone and becomes his property.
Whizzing in for a few seconds…. waves….. I have a craft room now folks…. I wrote a letter for Bimbo to read at her leisure. To say what I want to say….. it would have come out all wrong and we’d be crying ….. very egg-citing day moving all her gear over…car loads of clothes…OMG
I’m happy, she’s happy, elf’s over the moon and Millie moves out tomorrow,
hey lucky.
Arvo all.
If you go xmas shopping, you have a death wish..it’s murder out there! I’m battered and bruised. A mad mother with pram came charging past us ..hubby tripped up and bumped me trying to get out of her way and yep.. I went flying into a display on a metal rack lol..the outside of my knee is swollen and blue..broke a vein.
He was so apologetic.. I told him a 4 hole pie maker would dull the pain.(I got it lol)
He said it was amazing that I can be caught up in xmas deccys and in pain sprawled on the floor with a metal rack over me and I could still tell him what I wanted in between heartbeats lol.
Then we got our spoils home and discovered the old storage fridge in the shed had carked it. Bugga. Only lost a couple food items. Went straight to the ‘ the GoodGuys’ store, bought another and it was delivered within an hour. Poor card melted. But least it’s a 5 star rated one, heaps better than the old thing. And way bigger. And the pie maker thrown in.
Funny thing happened though , as we left the store and were driving home, a staff bloke rang home to tell us they could deliver it very soon, and my grandson answered the phone.. well the man started singing the jingle from the good guys TV ad, and g/son got annoyed thinking it a crank call and called the bloke a wanker and hung up on him LOL!
Right, cuppa and sore leg raised..rest time. It’s ‘ find your own food’ for tea tonight.
Happy Potter said:
Arvo all.
If you go xmas shopping, you have a death wish..it’s murder out there! I’m battered and bruised. A mad mother with pram came charging past us ..hubby tripped up and bumped me trying to get out of her way and yep.. I went flying into a display on a metal rack lol..the outside of my knee is swollen and blue..broke a vein.
He was so apologetic.. I told him a 4 hole pie maker would dull the pain.(I got it lol)
He said it was amazing that I can be caught up in xmas deccys and in pain sprawled on the floor with a metal rack over me and I could still tell him what I wanted in between heartbeats lol. Then we got our spoils home and discovered the old storage fridge in the shed had carked it. Bugga. Only lost a couple food items. Went straight to the ‘ the GoodGuys’ store, bought another and it was delivered within an hour. Poor card melted. But least it’s a 5 star rated one, heaps better than the old thing. And way bigger. And the pie maker thrown in.Funny thing happened though , as we left the store and were driving home, a staff bloke rang home to tell us they could deliver it very soon, and my grandson answered the phone.. well the man started singing the jingle from the good guys TV ad, and g/son got annoyed thinking it a crank call and called the bloke a wanker and hung up on him LOL!
Right, cuppa and sore leg raised..rest time. It’s ‘ find your own food’ for tea tonight.
lol i am laughing at what the ground son did, bet the guy wasnt happy if we get those calls people are trying to sell us stuff i be really stupied and just waste there time or i talk like them its really funny but, mums boss is sarlank(cant spell it) so me and dad speak like her when we tell mum her boss is on the phone.
Lucky1 said:
Whizzing in for a few seconds…. waves….. I have a craft room now folks…. I wrote a letter for Bimbo to read at her leisure. To say what I want to say….. it would have come out all wrong and we’d be crying ….. very egg-citing day moving all her gear over…car loads of clothes…OMGI’m happy, she’s happy, elf’s over the moon and Millie moves out tomorrow,
Aww Lucky.
Sounds a bit like empty nest syndrome.
I know I wont get that.. too glad to see the back of them lol.
Cool on the craft room :)
Happy Potter said:
Arvo all.
If you go xmas shopping, you have a death wish..it’s murder out there! I’m battered and bruised. A mad mother with pram came charging past us ..hubby tripped up and bumped me trying to get out of her way and yep.. I went flying into a display on a metal rack lol..the outside of my knee is swollen and blue..broke a vein.
gosh us ladies will be a sorry lot this christmas, with bandaged arms and legs! I haven’t even tried to do any Christmas shopping! Everyone can have late presents if necessary.
bluegreen said:
Happy Potter said:
Arvo all.
If you go xmas shopping, you have a death wish..it’s murder out there! I’m battered and bruised. A mad mother with pram came charging past us ..hubby tripped up and bumped me trying to get out of her way and yep.. I went flying into a display on a metal rack lol..the outside of my knee is swollen and blue..broke a vein.
gosh us ladies will be a sorry lot this christmas, with bandaged arms and legs! I haven’t even tried to do any Christmas shopping! Everyone can have late presents if necessary.
The ‘things’ in life are out to get us Blue!
I have a bandaged leg now. What will tomorrow bring I wonder LOL.
Now we have to be a taxi’s for various youngins.. including picking up youngest girl and her car from the city , shes at her works xmas party at a pub and she didn’t intend to drink..
Happy Potter said:
bluegreen said:
Happy Potter said:
Arvo all.
If you go xmas shopping, you have a death wish..it’s murder out there! I’m battered and bruised. A mad mother with pram came charging past us ..hubby tripped up and bumped me trying to get out of her way and yep.. I went flying into a display on a metal rack lol..the outside of my knee is swollen and blue..broke a vein.
gosh us ladies will be a sorry lot this christmas, with bandaged arms and legs! I haven’t even tried to do any Christmas shopping! Everyone can have late presents if necessary.
The ‘things’ in life are out to get us Blue!
I have a bandaged leg now. What will tomorrow bring I wonder LOL.Now we have to be a taxi’s for various youngins.. including picking up youngest girl and her car from the city , shes at her works xmas party at a pub and she didn’t intend to drink..
Crikey…. must be in the water all these damaged limbs.
I have moved all I can into my craft room. Just need to get the last of Bimbo’s computer table out and then I can move my sewing desk in.
Millies didn’t like what our cats eat, se we went to the shops and bought her “Fancy Feast” and she has now eaten her tea. Millie and Lucky are happy snooping in the built in wardrobe….:D
It feels right to have Bimbo happy and living her own life as a woman……not as our daughter at home…know what I mean????
I feel like I have been liberated……. and I have had any pruning shears near me……LOL
It’s the weekend. Get outside.
Hi there Longy hows things—bit cooler here toad—aftera hot week
Yo Hopper. You got VG spelling disease today? Must be early AM.
Yeah it’s a nice morning. I’m 1/2 way thru washing the house. Yay.
Be a good day for some heavy work today and the next few days. Might build something.
Just happen to have another 60 hardwood sleepers handy…..
lol yes must have that Longy—enjoy your building—and all your outside work—
enjoy your building—and all your outside work—
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Was that a statement or a question Hopper? You really have it bad this morning.
Actually, i just finished a bed about 10metres long and 2.4 metres wide. Behind my vegie patch using rubbish sleepers. Now to raise my vegie patches. Will have 4 beds about 1.7m wide and 3.2 metres long. 400mm above ground level. Sourced some mushroom compost and calf manure to fill ‘em with. SHould keep me busy for a bit.
Gotta finish washing this house first tho’.
It was a statement—as I know that you are always doing stuff—and have a great garden—all very neat an tidy—what a man —;)
Just staring to rain here Longy—we have had over 1700ml this year so far—and more on the way
had over 1700ml this year so far
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Yeah you’ve had heaps. Not sure of out totals. Might chase it up.
Just hoping for a mild and wet summer now—
Longy said:
It’s the weekend. Get outside.
I did!
It’s my watering morning, but after a decent drop of rain ,nothing needs watering, just a couple buckets of rainwater I’ve saved on some big pots under the patio :D
Morning L & G
Yeah i reckon we’re way overdue for a cyclone to come down the coast Hopper. So i’m backing some flooding rain, maybe late Summer. We haven’t had a decent flood for a while. I wanna see how all the new developments go.
just a couple buckets of rainwater I’ve saved on some big pots
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Gees. Hopper and i were just discussing how much rain we’ve had.
Everything is really green here ATM. Dams are chockas.
It rains every week i reckon.
Hi there HP—
Yep I reckon the same Longy batten down
Where can i find the total annual rainfall for my area?
Longy said:
just a couple buckets of rainwater I’ve saved on some big pots
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Gees. Hopper and i were just discussing how much rain we’ve had.
Everything is really green here ATM. Dams are chockas.
It rains every week i reckon.
Not here , but then again the amount of rain youse get would wash us southerners off the planet lol.
I got some celery seeds up, and more lettuce..I’ll plant those out soon then it’s a rest day for me. Making lil cake flowers.
I have some tiny cupcake wreath pretty deccys to make, fiddly but I’m glad for the ‘sitting still therapy’ :)
I’m glad for the ‘sitting still therapy’ :)
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That’s what cricket is for HP…
Grasshopper said:
Hi there HP—
Heya Grassy. How are you ? At last the sun is out here after a grey week :)
http://www.weatherzone.com.au/radar.jsp?code=AUS
Try here Longy
Longy said:
I’m glad for the ‘sitting still therapy’ :)
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That’s what cricket is for HP…
Cricket ? hahaha that will be the day when I watch that lol.
Ya either love it or hate it.. I hate cricket. Gimme an empty house to savor the silence any day.
Grasshopper said:
http://www.weatherzone.com.au/radar.jsp?code=AUSTry here Longy
Yeah i’ve been looking thru WZ but it only gives averages, not current year falls.
I think you might need to be a silver member. I’m just a regular freebie member.
I am fine thanks HP—I am glad to see the overcast and cooler here—not liking the hot weather at all—must be old age
I hate cricket.
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So does Hopper.
Oh well. I got myself a telly for the pool room so Mrs didn’t have to listen to it.
SO it’s a very useful sport…..
Cricket ? hahaha that will be the day when I watch that lol.
Ya either love it or hate it.. I hate cricket. Gimme an empty house to savor the silence any day.
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How how I agree with that—and all spot—I would rather watch paint dry
I am only a free member too longy—you scroll down—and it will tell you if you put your area in
I would rather watch paint dry
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That would be a very strange thing to do Hopper.
Anyway, i’m off to wash the front half of the house.
I’d much prefer to chat with you ladies but as you know, houses don’t wash themselves.
BTW, if you ever need to clean the eaves, fascia, guttering etc, use truckwash.
The bugs don’t like the residue and it stays cleaner for much longer.
you scroll down—and it will tell you if you put your area in
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Yeah did that. Which one is it then?
Grasshopper said:
Cricket ? hahaha that will be the day when I watch that lol.
Ya either love it or hate it.. I hate cricket. Gimme an empty house to savor the silence any day.—
How how I agree with that—and all spot—I would rather watch paint dry
That goes for all whats on the idiot box too, save for the odd doco and GA and similar shows, it stays off.
Longy said:
I would rather watch paint dry
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That would be a very strange thing to do Hopper.Anyway, i’m off to wash the front half of the house.
I’d much prefer to chat with you ladies but as you know, houses don’t wash themselves.BTW, if you ever need to clean the eaves, fascia, guttering etc, use truckwash.
The bugs don’t like the residue and it stays cleaner for much longer.
Isn’t that a bit like watching paint dry ? :P
That goes for all whats on the idiot box too, save for the odd doco and GA and similar shows, it stays off.
—Yep same here I record all I want to see and watch it with out the adds too
Aha i must have only had a man’s look.
We’ve had 1448.0mm so far. Not bad.
Isn’t that a bit like watching paint dry ? :P
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No. Much more exciting.
Gone. Masalama.
Morning! Much cooler today. Yesterday was a scorcher at 37c tops.
Overcast and breezy now.
We had a storm of sorts yesterday arvo. It came, it rained very heavily for a minute or two then left. Then we had a wild wind that lasted 30seconds followed by another 1 minute of gushing rain. Then the sun was back out and it was so intense you could almost see the puddles boiling from the heat. Got 4.5 mils.
I just describe it I don’t explain it. LOL.
pomolo said:
Morning! Much cooler today. Yesterday was a scorcher at 37c tops.Overcast and breezy now.
We had a storm of sorts yesterday arvo. It came, it rained very heavily for a minute or two then left. Then we had a wild wind that lasted 30seconds followed by another 1 minute of gushing rain. Then the sun was back out and it was so intense you could almost see the puddles boiling from the heat. Got 4.5 mils.
I just describe it I don’t explain it. LOL.
Ha..sound sort of like the day we’re meant to get. It is nice to get up to an over cast sky. Now I’m trying to remember which state you’re in.
morning all
beautiful day here in olde adelaide – coolish, breezy.
i’ve been ho, hoe, hoeing the walls of the swale – they’re like low dam walls but never get slashed so are very weedy. i will terrace them a bit to take the native pigface. its about time i sorted the swale out.
the rest of the garden is in order. picked my first brandywine tom. will soon be picking corn, cueys, strawbs and zuchs.
gave away a couple of xmas hampers from the garden – spuds, beans and carrots.
good morning folks. just had a call from my doc. he has reviewed the results of my latest x-rays and has decided I still need a half-cast on my wrist :(
bluegreen said:
good morning folks. just had a call from my doc. he has reviewed the results of my latest x-rays and has decided I still need a half-cast on my wrist :(
enforced relaxation then bluegreen. altho its a bit of a bother when trying to cook i suspect.
my cold is lingering in the nose department but otherwise ok.
pepe said:
bluegreen said:
good morning folks. just had a call from my doc. he has reviewed the results of my latest x-rays and has decided I still need a half-cast on my wrist :(
enforced relaxation then bluegreen. altho its a bit of a bother when trying to cook i suspect.
my cold is lingering in the nose department but otherwise ok.
Mr BG has been doing the cooking, but I was really hoping I would be OK for Christmas. As it is I think it will be another two weeks with the half cast.
My new craft room
http://stitchselection.blogspot.com/2008/12/my-craft-room.html
Waves to the green gurus
Hi Lucky hows things—bit cooler here today—
bluegreen said:
good morning folks. just had a call from my doc. he has reviewed the results of my latest x-rays and has decided I still need a half-cast on my wrist :(
Oh bugger, but the good thing… they picked it up ….Elf….had a broken foot years ago and they never picked up 2 broken knuckles until we cracked the crap about the pain and… they finally listened.
pepe said:
bluegreen said:
good morning folks. just had a call from my doc. he has reviewed the results of my latest x-rays and has decided I still need a half-cast on my wrist :(
enforced relaxation then bluegreen. altho its a bit of a bother when trying to cook i suspect.
my cold is lingering in the nose department but otherwise ok.
Yuck time of the year to have a cold Pepe.
Grasshopper said:
Hi Lucky hows things—bit cooler here today—
Hi Grassy ((HUGS)) going great thanks…usual health issues…but what else is new in this area???
Bimbo has moved out and its just the old farts and the furry/feathery ones….:D
You won’t know yourselfs Lucky—can do what you want when you want now—Love to the Elf
Grasshopper said:
You won’t know yourselfs Lucky—can do what you want when you want now—Love to the Elf
yes its weird to think I don’t have to let anyone know, when we leave the house…just lock and go.
Yep thats right and you can eat when you feel like it and also sleep when you want to—no one to worry about—can’t understand any one getting the “Empty Nest” I never did lol
Grasshopper said:
Yep thats right and you can eat when you feel like it and also sleep when you want to—no one to worry about—can’t understand any one getting the “Empty Nest” I never did lol
Oh I dodn’t think we will either….LOL
hello Lucky :)
bluegreen said:
hello Lucky :)
Waves to Bluegreen……. check out my new room….
http://stitchselection.blogspot.com/2008/12/my-craft-room.html
Lucky1 said:
bluegreen said:
hello Lucky :)
Waves to Bluegreen……. check out my new room….
http://stitchselection.blogspot.com/2008/12/my-craft-room.html
yep, I saw it :)
My room has gotten rather cluttered as I haven’t been sewing for a while and the mess has taken over. Once my wrist is better I hope to reclaim it.
bluegreen said:
Lucky1 said:
bluegreen said:
hello Lucky :)
Waves to Bluegreen……. check out my new room….
http://stitchselection.blogspot.com/2008/12/my-craft-room.html
yep, I saw it :)
My room has gotten rather cluttered as I haven’t been sewing for a while and the mess has taken over. Once my wrist is better I hope to reclaim it.
Yes, look after yourself and then clean the room.
Lucky1 said:
My new craft room
http://stitchselection.blogspot.com/2008/12/my-craft-room.html
Waves to the green gurus
sweet
- a room to fill – a kinda shed for ladies.
- you wasted no time tidying it. well done.
Yuck time of the year to have a cold Pepe.
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its all but gone.
food and wine taste good again.
pepe said:
Lucky1 said:
My new craft room
http://stitchselection.blogspot.com/2008/12/my-craft-room.html
Waves to the green gurus
sweet
- a room to fill – a kinda shed for ladies.
- you wasted no time tidying it. well done.
Thanks Pepe:)
Lucky1 said:
pepe said:
Lucky1 said:
My new craft room
http://stitchselection.blogspot.com/2008/12/my-craft-room.html
Waves to the green gurus
sweet
- a room to fill – a kinda shed for ladies.
- you wasted no time tidying it. well done.
Thanks Pepe:)
veg gardener said:
Lucky1 said:
pepe said:
Lucky1 said:
My new craft room
http://stitchselection.blogspot.com/2008/12/my-craft-room.html
Waves to the green gurus
sweet
- a room to fill – a kinda shed for ladies.
- you wasted no time tidying it. well done.
Thanks Pepe:)
just the take the laptop is there and you’ll be all set. :P
Lucky1 said:
veg gardener said:
Lucky1 said:
pepe said:
Lucky1 said:
My new craft room
http://stitchselection.blogspot.com/2008/12/my-craft-room.html
Waves to the green gurus
sweet
- a room to fill – a kinda shed for ladies.
- you wasted no time tidying it. well done.
Thanks Pepe:)
just the take the laptop is there and you’ll be all set. :P
Sshhh… there is a computer link thingy in the room too……Just need a fridge….
and a bathroom…
bluegreen said:
Lucky1 said:
veg gardener said:
Lucky1 said:
pepe said:
Lucky1 said:
My new craft room
http://stitchselection.blogspot.com/2008/12/my-craft-room.html
Waves to the green gurus
sweet
- a room to fill – a kinda shed for ladies.
- you wasted no time tidying it. well done.
Thanks Pepe:)
just the take the laptop is there and you’ll be all set. :P
Sshhh… there is a computer link thingy in the room too……Just need a fridge….and a bathroom…
This is true:)
Millie is still here and so far will be going tomorrow…. we’re in no rush ourselves… Bimbo & Ben have a Christmas dinner to go to tonight…and they don’t want to have her own her own in the house.
Giggle pigs go home to Jo tonight. Paul is picking them up this evening. I was baby sitting them as their was a death in Jo’s partner’s family.
arvo all.
pain master said:
arvo all.
hello there PM
hi bg, a few showers around the place. :)
Waves to the PM:)
Talk about down sizing…. I’m cooking our roast in a smaller dish…… no need for the big dish as there isn’t as many vegies to roast.
pain master said:
hi bg, a few showers around the place. :)
been sunny here today :)
Lucky1 said:
Talk about down sizing…. I’m cooking our roast in a smaller dish…… no need for the big dish as there isn’t as many vegies to roast.
you’ll be able to pick and choose more often in the butcher from now.
bluegreen said:
pain master said:
hi bg, a few showers around the place. :)
been sunny here today :)
pain master said:
Lucky1 said:
Talk about down sizing…. I’m cooking our roast in a smaller dish…… no need for the big dish as there isn’t as many vegies to roast.
you’ll be able to pick and choose more often in the butcher from now.
Oh yes…… so many changes…. a lot we were already doing, but now it all feels different. Like its all new…… good feelings are happening…..nothing sad….I’m really pleased with how well it has gone for everyone.
Oh yeah …our spuds for tonights meal are from the garden.
we’ve still got one to get rid of…
bluegreen said:
we’ve still got one to get rid of…
nice one mum.
bluegreen said:
we’ve still got one to get rid of…
Sounds scary…… don’t leave any evidence… when you get rid of her….;P
I have a punnet of strawberries basking in a sprinkle of icing sugar. Saving them for tonight’s movie… Event Horizon. Huge strawberries……. some I cut into 6 pieces.
Lucky1 said:
I have a punnet of strawberries basking in a sprinkle of icing sugar. Saving them for tonight’s movie… Event Horizon. Huge strawberries……. some I cut into 6 pieces.
oh shush! lol!
nice strawbs available up in the Highlands here, they rarely make it too Moresby though :(
bluegreen said:
Lucky1 said:
I have a punnet of strawberries basking in a sprinkle of icing sugar. Saving them for tonight’s movie… Event Horizon. Huge strawberries……. some I cut into 6 pieces.
oh shush! lol!
Nope…I’m gonna shout it out loud………;P
I have a punnet of strawberry’s basking in a dash of icing sugar….all mine…mwwaahh
pain master said:
nice strawbs available up in the Highlands here, they rarely make it too Moresby though :(
Do they get eaten too quick or not travel well…..with the weather??
Lucky1 said:
pain master said:
nice strawbs available up in the Highlands here, they rarely make it too Moresby though :(
Do they get eaten too quick or not travel well…..with the weather??
bit of both… aircraft cargo has too much betelnut in it for risking bags of strawberries…
pain master said:
Lucky1 said:
pain master said:
nice strawbs available up in the Highlands here, they rarely make it too Moresby though :(
Do they get eaten too quick or not travel well…..with the weather??
bit of both… aircraft cargo has too much betelnut in it for risking bags of strawberries…
Oh what a shame…. the other day I saw figs for sale….. very dear…. one place was $6.99 for 100 grams:(
Muschee said:
pomolo said:
Morning! Much cooler today. Yesterday was a scorcher at 37c tops.Overcast and breezy now.
We had a storm of sorts yesterday arvo. It came, it rained very heavily for a minute or two then left. Then we had a wild wind that lasted 30seconds followed by another 1 minute of gushing rain. Then the sun was back out and it was so intense you could almost see the puddles boiling from the heat. Got 4.5 mils.
I just describe it I don’t explain it. LOL.
Ha..sound sort of like the day we’re meant to get. It is nice to get up to an over cast sky. Now I’m trying to remember which state you’re in.
I’m in Q Mushee.
bluegreen said:
good morning folks. just had a call from my doc. he has reviewed the results of my latest x-rays and has decided I still need a half-cast on my wrist :(
Nice Chrissy present BG.
Lucky1 said:
My new craft roomhttp://stitchselection.blogspot.com/2008/12/my-craft-room.html
Waves to the green gurus
I wish my muck around room was that tidy.
waves to pomolo
I’m waving back BG. Just doing it from the bottom of the list as usual. Plus I’m trying to suck on a paddle pop as well.
paddle pop! haven’t had one of those for ages!
Chocolate! Since we don’t have dessert I opt for a PP sometimes.
awww! now I want one! lol!
Can’t send one to you. They melt you know.
pomolo said:
Lucky1 said:
My new craft roomhttp://stitchselection.blogspot.com/2008/12/my-craft-room.html
Waves to the green gurus
I wish my muck around room was that tidy.
LOL give me time…..
>You never lose a daughter, you gain a son. It’s pretty true too.
Or you gain another daughter. LOL
Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
colliewa said:
>You never lose a daughter, you gain a son. It’s pretty true too.Or you gain another daughter. LOL
Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
No there is nothing wrong with that at all….:)
Lucky1 said:
veg gardener said:
Lucky1 said:
pepe said:
Lucky1 said:
My new craft room
http://stitchselection.blogspot.com/2008/12/my-craft-room.html
Waves to the green gurus
sweet
- a room to fill – a kinda shed for ladies.
- you wasted no time tidying it. well done.
Thanks Pepe:)
just the take the laptop is there and you’ll be all set. :P
Sshhh… there is a computer link thingy in the room too……Just need a fridge….
Hmm. Bunch of sheilas been yackin away again.
Collie and VG just got a word in but gees it musta been hard work.
:) @ Longy
Yo Hopper. How did your yesterday go?
I had a bludge yesterday—I shouldn’t have but what the hell—I did
Grasshopper said:
I had a bludge yesterday—I shouldn’t have but what the hell—I did
Sorry you are feeling crap Longy—biut just veg out and take it easy—
Morning all, some good solid heavy rain last night… Waking up this morning, Moresby is looking decidedly wet.
just veg out and take it easy
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Don’t really have time Hopper. Got a houseful of rellies turning up soon.
Hey PM. Rumours are that i’ll be back there soon.
When does your tour finish?
What a buggar—well try and take it easy—Longy
Hi there PM—bet it is steamy there now
Longy said:
Hey PM. Rumours are that i’ll be back there soon.
When does your tour finish?
Just the other side of Anzac Day it looks like, a successor was named two days ago. Although my Feb – Apr will see me spending more time away from Moresby then here, hope the GF doesn’t mind packing up our stuff???
hope the GF doesn’t mind packing up our stuff???
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I’m sure she’ll love it…….
Will you get an overlap with your replacement or will he get chucked in the deep end?
Grasshopper said:
Hi there PM—bet it is steamy there now
not really, the amount of rain we had has cooled things down, and it is still a little overcast outside. Although if the sun gets out then the humidity will be noticed.
I was in Lae at the beginning of the week, and it felt like the rain the night before was coming straight back up out of the soil the next day. It was like anti-rain!
Had an interesting day yesterday at work..
Had been suffering severe stomach cramps for around 24 hours, so overslept and was late.
During the morning had my head in the bowl 3 times, gees I was ill.
Then around lunchtime we had 10mm of rain in 10 minutes. Belted down. After that the water truck came and asked if he should continue watering the roads! Told him if he put any more water on the roads he’ll be using the water truck to unbog people…
And to get the bile out out of the system I had to track down some peanut on the site whose driving and manners were pretty antisocial.. A full and frank discussion with his supervisor and a verbal toe to to with the driver had him back in his ute and apologising to the affected party..
Actually got some sleep last night though. Must have been too many lollies the day before yesterday.
Anyway have a great day—and I hope that you are on the mend soon Longy bye for now
Longy said:
I’m sure she’ll love it…….
Will you get an overlap with your replacement or will he get chucked in the deep end?
yeah, not quite sure how long, it looks like a three week handover. I will take the new chap to some of the other sites around PNG and introduce him to the main movers and shakers around town.
He once worked in Ballina, and he says he comes from up in the mountains near Glen Innes and such… If you’re around during the handover, I’ll introduce him to ya. Nice guy.
colliewa said:
Had an interesting day yesterday at work..Had been suffering severe stomach cramps for around 24 hours, so overslept and was late.
During the morning had my head in the bowl 3 times, gees I was ill.
Then around lunchtime we had 10mm of rain in 10 minutes. Belted down. After that the water truck came and asked if he should continue watering the roads! Told him if he put any more water on the roads he’ll be using the water truck to unbog people…
And to get the bile out out of the system I had to track down some peanut on the site whose driving and manners were pretty antisocial.. A full and frank discussion with his supervisor and a verbal toe to to with the driver had him back in his ute and apologising to the affected party..
Actually got some sleep last night though. Must have been too many lollies the day before yesterday.
we must have dined out at the same restaurant collie, I was wary of straying too far away from the porcelain yesterday… I’m glad I didn’t have to attend to work duties though.
Hope you’re feeling better soon.
Bye Grassy!
was in Lae at the beginning of the week
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didja happen to run into Tim?
Said he recalled meeting you. Actually got a mention in a newspaper up there recently regarding finding WW2 stuff being sold to tourists.
Mornin Collie.
Yes, lollies will do that…
on the mend soon
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Or on the turps. Or on the lounge. Or both.
If you’re around during the handover, I’ll introduce him to ya. Nice guy.
+++++++++++
OK, cool.
Longy said:
was in Lae at the beginning of the week
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didja happen to run into Tim?
Said he recalled meeting you. Actually got a mention in a newspaper up there recently regarding finding WW2 stuff being sold to tourists.
Tim from up near Harmony Mine?
Tim from up near Harmony Mine?
++++++++++++++++++++++++
He does a tourist guide thing.Also manages camps for Oilmin. Has an ultralight.
Longy said:
Tim from up near Harmony Mine?
++++++++++++++++++++++++
He does a tourist guide thing.Also manages camps for Oilmin. Has an ultralight.
That’s the guy, nice bloke. I went for a bushwalk with him looking at an old B-17 Bomber that was parked in the Kunai grass up near the Blackcat Track.
Spoke to his missus on Friday, they’ve got a lovely house and she had decorated it beautifully with some stunning Orchids.
Next time, you see, say G’day from me.
Next time, you see, say G’day from me.
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No wukkers.
He has a website for his tours. I’ll see if i can find it.
Longy said:
Next time, you see, say G’day from me.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
No wukkers.
He has a website for his tours. I’ll see if i can find it.
Here ‘tis.
http://www.wauadventures.com.pg/
he said he was going to get an ultralite, he’ll end up a statistic flying that thing around there…
pain master said:
he said he was going to get an ultralite, he’ll end up a statistic flying that thing around there…
I’m gonna shoot thru. Go and see what i can do for this lime tree.
Clean up workshop.
Weed a bit.
Hey i finally figured out how to get a good crop off my mango tree.
Grow a choko over it. Heaps of fruit now, just don’t taste like mangos.
Seeyuzlater. Regards to M.
cheers mate, GF says “Merry Xmas”.
hello out there.
spent two and a half hours watering again and the ground is just soaking it up.
i thought they said 32C today? – more like 23C with this cloud cover.
now i have to do a morning’s work before going out to a summer solstice party.
so happy solstice to all
cya
pomolo said:
bluegreen said:
good morning folks. just had a call from my doc. he has reviewed the results of my latest x-rays and has decided I still need a half-cast on my wrist :(
Oh that’s rotten luck BG, you were so looking forward to having your arm free :(
Arvo all,
Well we’re finally getting a Summer day here :)
I’ve had a cooking session, made 2 Xmas cakes and 2 chocolate cakes. One cake I’ve cut in half and give a piece to my daughter and a piece to Mr O40’s daughter.They are marzipanned and ready to ice. The choc cakes are for 2 Black Forest trifles, for the same people.
I had a nice surprise visit from my son yesterday :) If grown up children knew how happy they make their parents just by a phone call or a visit I’m sure they’d do it more often.
I’m off to talk to the strawberries now. BBL
I think it’s about time I got out of bed. MrBL’s going to Bunnings so I think I’ll tag along.
Bubba Louie said:
I think it’s about time I got out of bed. MrBL’s going to Bunnings so I think I’ll tag along.
wow thats a sleep in got home at 0:30 fell a sleep at 1:00 woke up at 6am stupied body alram clock me and dad started the tractor and skidsteer up at 9:00 had lunch while watching landline went again i have slashed 2 and a half paddocks with the tractor dads working with the skidsteer fixing up a drain near the shed.
Monday.
Only a few shopping days to Xmas. Bah Humbug.
Think i’ll cut some grass.
Good morning :)
Only 3 sleeps to go boys and girls, better be good ay!
I got a crowd of visitors coming at lunchtime , so I’m up early and going to have a clean up .. that is floor walls and window sill of icing sugar that puffed up in a massive cloud when I dropped a large open packet of it LOL.
I did a quick clean last night ( cooking my own xmas things now ) but needs a deep clean before the ants start having a snorting party lol.
I have one of those Pooh Bear personal rain clouds again atm! Bring it on :D
The pobblebonk frog population is increasing, theres a bunch of them out there forming a choir.
Hi HP sounds like you are in for more rain—thats when the frogs call
Morning Ladies.
Morning Longy—had some smart A — kid ring at 2am this moring didn’t gt back to sleep till 4am—I would have liked to be able to leap down the phone—how are you have all the crowd arrived ? Got all my work done yesterday—
It’s good to have a whistle by the phone Hopper. If a prank caller calls, let her rip. It hurts their eardrums.
Crowd is not here yet. Youngfella arrives today. The rest start arriving tomorrow. Yay.
YEs might get one—I have only had one other—but when I said quitley “the trace the call “ they soon hung up
Well i guess kids have always done prank calls, it’s the 2am bit that is the problem.
Anyway enjoy your time with friends—and have a great New year—hope 2009 is great for you and yours
Yeah you too Hopper.
Have a cracker. I’m just hopin’ they all turn up here with workboots…..
LOL best of luck with that wish Longy
LOL best of luck with that wish Longy
Grasshopper said:
LOL best of luck with that wish Longy
I know one will turn up with a box of mangoes. That’s value.
Yep that sounds good—enjoy I am going to be off now—so enjoy your time
Popping in to say,
“Have a Great Christmas everyone. Eat lots. Drink lots. Relax lots. May all your pressies be just what you wanted.”
See you in 2009. Off to catch a plane.
Happy Potter said:
Good morning :)
Only 3 sleeps to go boys and girls, better be good ay!I got a crowd of visitors coming at lunchtime , so I’m up early and going to have a clean up .. that is floor walls and window sill of icing sugar that puffed up in a massive cloud when I dropped a large open packet of it LOL.
I did a quick clean last night ( cooking my own xmas things now ) but needs a deep clean before the ants start having a snorting party lol.I have one of those Pooh Bear personal rain clouds again atm! Bring it on :D
The pobblebonk frog population is increasing, theres a bunch of them out there forming a choir.
Morning All,
Hope you’re all well ahead with the Christmas stuff.
I have to ice the cakes today and do a bit of non-Christmas shopping.
It’s a hot one today, finally Summer is here :)
Catch you later.
veg gardener said:
Happy Potter said:
Good morning :)
Only 3 sleeps to go boys and girls, better be good ay!I got a crowd of visitors coming at lunchtime , so I’m up early and going to have a clean up .. that is floor walls and window sill of icing sugar that puffed up in a massive cloud when I dropped a large open packet of it LOL.
I did a quick clean last night ( cooking my own xmas things now ) but needs a deep clean before the ants start having a snorting party lol.I have one of those Pooh Bear personal rain clouds again atm! Bring it on :D
The pobblebonk frog population is increasing, theres a bunch of them out there forming a choir.
poo i don’t even know what i want for xmas or even what i should ask for, better start thinking.
Really? there must be loads of stuff you can use in your garden.
veg gardener said:
poo i don’t even know what i want for xmas or even what i should ask for, better start thinking.
work gear for the new job? overalls, tools…
Am I the only one not able to get onto GE today?
bubba louie said:
Am I the only one not able to get onto GE today?
don’t know – I’ll try now
bubba louie said:
Am I the only one not able to get onto GE today?
Never mind. It’s closed for maintenance.
bluegreen said:
bubba louie said:
Am I the only one not able to get onto GE today?
don’t know – I’ll try now
“The Garden Express Forum is temporarily unavailable due to maintenance.
Sorry for the inconvenience. “
I did a quick clean last night ( cooking my own xmas things now ) but needs a deep clean before the ants start having a snorting party lol.
I have one of those Pooh Bear personal rain clouds again atm! Bring it on :D
The pobblebonk frog population is increasing, theres a bunch of them out there forming a choir.
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ROTFL
morning HP and others.
our solstice party had thunder and lightning in the skies while we ate at an outside table. everyone sat and told stories – daring the rain to come – but it didn’t.
several people at the party are heading off to parts of australia – whilst the others are staying home to do those jobs that somehow only get done over the holidays. the travellers are all excited and the stay-at-homes are relieved to not have to travel.
bluegreen said:
bluegreen said:
bubba louie said:
Am I the only one not able to get onto GE today?
don’t know – I’ll try now
“The Garden Express Forum is temporarily unavailable due to maintenance.
Sorry for the inconvenience. “
sounds like old Gardening Forums during times past….
pain master said:
bluegreen said:
bluegreen said:
bubba louie said:
Am I the only one not able to get onto GE today?
don’t know – I’ll try now
“The Garden Express Forum is temporarily unavailable due to maintenance.
Sorry for the inconvenience. “
sounds like old Gardening Forums during times past….
nah, they are usually pretty quick when it comes to maintenance there.
wasn’t there a container of rubber ducks fell into the ocean many years ago and got stuck under the Arctic ice?
bluegreen said:
pain master said:
bluegreen said:
bluegreen said:
bubba louie said:
Am I the only one not able to get onto GE today?
don’t know – I’ll try now
“The Garden Express Forum is temporarily unavailable due to maintenance.
Sorry for the inconvenience. “
sounds like old Gardening Forums during times past….
nah, they are usually pretty quick when it comes to maintenance there.
was working 5 mins ago ??
>wasn’t there a container of rubber ducks fell into the ocean many years ago and got stuck under the Arctic ice?
Maybe..
But this is more contemporary…
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/09/nasa-deploys-ru.html
The Estate said:
bluegreen said:
pain master said:
bluegreen said:
bluegreen said:
bubba louie said:
Am I the only one not able to get onto GE today?
don’t know – I’ll try now
“The Garden Express Forum is temporarily unavailable due to maintenance.
Sorry for the inconvenience. “
sounds like old Gardening Forums during times past….
nah, they are usually pretty quick when it comes to maintenance there.
was working 5 mins ago ??
probably back up again then :)
hi Thee :)
Hiya BG, muggy, windy crappy old day :(
The Estate said:
Hiya BG, muggy, windy crappy old day :(
sure is :(
you been going to work BG with your wrist, soz meant to ask you the other day, yesterday LOL
The Estate said:
you been going to work BG with your wrist, soz meant to ask you the other day, yesterday LOL
yep, after the first couple of weeks. tiring though :(
bluegreen said:
The Estate said:
you been going to work BG with your wrist, soz meant to ask you the other day, yesterday LOL
yep, after the first couple of weeks. tiring though :(
The Estate said:
bluegreen said:
The Estate said:
you been going to work BG with your wrist, soz meant to ask you the other day, yesterday LOL
yep, after the first couple of weeks. tiring though :(
would be esp. typing on the forums LOLOLOL
:P
We have a nice cool change happening!
Here’s what I’ve done this afternoon.
Hmmm – time for a Nanna Nap :)
orchid40 said:
We have a nice cool change happening!
Here’s what I’ve done this afternoon.
Hmmm – time for a Nanna Nap :)
they look lovely, clever girl :)
Muschee said:
veg gardener said:
Happy Potter said:
Good morning :)
Only 3 sleeps to go boys and girls, better be good ay!I got a crowd of visitors coming at lunchtime , so I’m up early and going to have a clean up .. that is floor walls and window sill of icing sugar that puffed up in a massive cloud when I dropped a large open packet of it LOL.
I did a quick clean last night ( cooking my own xmas things now ) but needs a deep clean before the ants start having a snorting party lol.I have one of those Pooh Bear personal rain clouds again atm! Bring it on :D
The pobblebonk frog population is increasing, theres a bunch of them out there forming a choir.
poo i don’t even know what i want for xmas or even what i should ask for, better start thinking.Really? there must be loads of stuff you can use in your garden.
bluegreen said:
veg gardener said:
poo i don’t even know what i want for xmas or even what i should ask for, better start thinking.work gear for the new job? overalls, tools…
get all that from work/goverment.
pain master said:
bluegreen said:
bluegreen said:
bubba louie said:
Am I the only one not able to get onto GE today?
don’t know – I’ll try now
“The Garden Express Forum is temporarily unavailable due to maintenance.
Sorry for the inconvenience. “
sounds like old Gardening Forums during times past….
hey pm went they said it was going down that day it happened i posted a message and it came up.
may get a cd player for my car.
orchid40 said:
We have a nice cool change happening!
Here’s what I’ve done this afternoon.
Hmmm – time for a Nanna Nap :)
Oh gorgeous :D
yummy
Happy Potter said:
orchid40 said:
We have a nice cool change happening!
Here’s what I’ve done this afternoon.
Hmmm – time for a Nanna Nap :)
Oh gorgeous :D
yummy
Thanks BG and HP :D
Tomorrow is choc trifle making day.
orchid40 said:
We have a nice cool change happening!
Here’s what I’ve done this afternoon.
Hmmm – time for a Nanna Nap :)
Mmmm yummo where is mine, or which is mine LOL
Evening :)
My 3 mortgage lifter tomatoes have not only collapsed under their own weight, they took the fence with them!
I shoulda listened to .. I think it was Roughbarked, who said they have a tendency to do this. Smacks own hand.
They can sprawl now..too big a mess to try and upright them, and theres many green fruit.
I’m too busy anyway.. I’ve made 2 big pavs, one mars bar and toffee cheesecake, and one savory cheesecake with a savory biscuit crust, semi dried tomatoes, smoked chicken ,my leeks and spring onions. I haven’t made a savory one before , but sounds nice.
Grumpy neighbour, resident pest, came over to complain about a funny noise coming from my garden that’s keeping him awake..he thought it may be a faulty pond pump. I told him it’s a frog, and theres nothing I can do about that ,( they don’t keep us awake and we love them about ) well he wasn’t impressed and asked that perhaps I get rid of the pond and the noise will go..the cheek ! I was getting miffed , no way on earth my ponds going anywhere ! I told him that this frog, Eastern Banjo Pobblebonk, whilst not uncommon ,is obviously returning to the area , it’s a native and belongs here , and I told him I hope they breed into the hundreds! He continued his whinge that they are too noisy and he will possibly ring the council over the noise. Over a frog! ..hubby gave him some ear plugs. I hope that shuts him up. Wanker.
Youngest girl brought home a lovely bottle of red, I may be having a little glass of it on the patio. Beautiful evening now that the hot winds have died down. Maybe a big glass.
The Estate said:
orchid40 said:
We have a nice cool change happening!
Here’s what I’ve done this afternoon.
Hmmm – time for a Nanna Nap :)
Mmmm yummo where is mine, or which is mine LOL
Mine is the big one but I’ll be happy to share with you !
Happy Potter said:
Grumpy neighbour, resident pest, came over to complain about a funny noise coming from my garden that’s keeping him awake..he thought it may be a faulty pond pump. I told him it’s a frog, and theres nothing I can do about that ,( they don’t keep us awake and we love them about ) well he wasn’t impressed and asked that perhaps I get rid of the pond and the noise will go..the cheek ! I was getting miffed , no way on earth my ponds going anywhere ! I told him that this frog, Eastern Banjo Pobblebonk, whilst not uncommon ,is obviously returning to the area , it’s a native and belongs here , and I told him I hope they breed into the hundreds! He continued his whinge that they are too noisy and he will possibly ring the council over the noise. Over a frog! ..hubby gave him some ear plugs. I hope that shuts him up. Wanker.
My sister’s neighbour at their previous house actually complained that the birds in her trees were too noisy.
Bubba Louie said:
I think it’s about time I got out of bed. MrBL’s going to Bunnings so I think I’ll tag along.
Mr D “won’t let me out of the car” if I’m in it when he goes to Bunnings…he makes such a huge song and dance about it people start to wonder if he is serious (he is joking…)
;P
hello Bg, not long now 30 days to my birthday YAY it was mums yesterday, 2 nights sleep to xmas i think.
something just came on the radio about sydeny some speakers are gonna be going off in the CBD. testing the emergencies ones or something.
eewww…
orchid40 said:
We have a nice cool change happening!
Here’s what I’ve done this afternoon.
Hmmm – time for a Nanna Nap :)
presentation is superb
unfortunately to give a full critique i will need a taste.
and yes you’ll have earned your nap.
My 3 mortgage lifter tomatoes have not only collapsed under their own weight, they took the fence with them!
————
maybe mortgagr lifter means they increase your mortgage – to repair the fence.
spectacular results anyway.
ms and i went shopping together today – a rare occurrence because we always shop for different things. in the ‘she’s apples’ grocery store the lineup went all the way down three aisles despite all five checkouts working. and the three queues into five checkouts do not go – so considerable queue jumping.
i sent the ms off to do more shopping while i waited in line.
i was amazed that the twenty-something checkout chick was fully calm when i finally arrived. she said she didn’t have to queue so she was relaxed.
pepe said:
ms and i went shopping together today – a rare occurrence because we always shop for different things. in the ‘she’s apples’ grocery store the lineup went all the way down three aisles despite all five checkouts working. and the three queues into five checkouts do not go – so considerable queue jumping.
i sent the ms off to do more shopping while i waited in line.
i was amazed that the twenty-something checkout chick was fully calm when i finally arrived. she said she didn’t have to queue so she was relaxed.
yeah i dislike shopping but just go with them to make them happy and act like i am enjoying myself.
Happy Potter said:
colliewa said:
>IQ is 71 and an IQ of 70 is the cut off point) will now become available to him.I’m suprised hey gave you such a precise result.
I did a test a few years ago and got a range of a few points.
Later talking to my psych who had dragged me back from the brink, when you do a test when you are “not well” the result can be 15 points higher.
Btw, IQ is on a standard distribution curve with 100 at the centre and the standard deviation is 15.
Yes very true Collie, he’s had lots of IQ (and other tests), and it varied greatly, but the overall average is taken from that and is consistantly 71..mildly intellectually disabled. Its that wording though, mildly means not intellectually disabled. I swore out loud when they said that…
HI HP….
I’ve been talking with a friend who knows about ASD etc and she said has Giant Son had an Adaptive Behaviour Assessment/Vineland?
Sometimes the results from this can be used as an alternative to IQ to attract funding/resources.
Crinkle said:
Happy Potter said:
colliewa said:
>IQ is 71 and an IQ of 70 is the cut off point) will now become available to him.I’m suprised hey gave you such a precise result.
I did a test a few years ago and got a range of a few points.
Later talking to my psych who had dragged me back from the brink, when you do a test when you are “not well” the result can be 15 points higher.
Btw, IQ is on a standard distribution curve with 100 at the centre and the standard deviation is 15.
Yes very true Collie, he’s had lots of IQ (and other tests), and it varied greatly, but the overall average is taken from that and is consistantly 71..mildly intellectually disabled. Its that wording though, mildly means not intellectually disabled. I swore out loud when they said that…
HI HP….
I’ve been talking with a friend who knows about ASD etc and she said has Giant Son had an Adaptive Behaviour Assessment/Vineland?
Sometimes the results from this can be used as an alternative to IQ to attract funding/resources.
Hi Crinkle , I don’t think GS’s had that , though the test’s and assesment’s he’s had are numerous, it doesn’t ring a bell. I will ask his Aut teach about it anyway. :)
A phone call from an RMIT person , whom obviously has no ASD people training or knowledge , has upset GS no end.. the fella told him he doesn’t have enough ‘ experience’ to do their course. GS was soooooo looking forwards to do this cert..he’s technologically advanced and this was an engineering science/ tech thing. But one phone call and his worlds coming to an end.
I’m thinking of becoming an axe murderer…
Happy Potter said:
Crinkle said:
Happy Potter said:
colliewa said:
>IQ is 71 and an IQ of 70 is the cut off point) will now become available to him.I’m suprised hey gave you such a precise result.
I did a test a few years ago and got a range of a few points.
Later talking to my psych who had dragged me back from the brink, when you do a test when you are “not well” the result can be 15 points higher.
Btw, IQ is on a standard distribution curve with 100 at the centre and the standard deviation is 15.
Yes very true Collie, he’s had lots of IQ (and other tests), and it varied greatly, but the overall average is taken from that and is consistantly 71..mildly intellectually disabled. Its that wording though, mildly means not intellectually disabled. I swore out loud when they said that…
HI HP….
I’ve been talking with a friend who knows about ASD etc and she said has Giant Son had an Adaptive Behaviour Assessment/Vineland?
Sometimes the results from this can be used as an alternative to IQ to attract funding/resources.
Hi Crinkle , I don’t think GS’s had that , though the test’s and assesment’s he’s had are numerous, it doesn’t ring a bell. I will ask his Aut teach about it anyway. :)
A phone call from an RMIT person , whom obviously has no ASD people training or knowledge , has upset GS no end.. the fella told him he doesn’t have enough ‘ experience’ to do their course. GS was soooooo looking forwards to do this cert..he’s technologically advanced and this was an engineering science/ tech thing. But one phone call and his worlds coming to an end.
I’m thinking of becoming an axe murderer…
best of luck for him, hope he can still do the course sounds like my crappy old school.
pepe said:
orchid40 said:
We have a nice cool change happening!
Here’s what I’ve done this afternoon.
Hmmm – time for a Nanna Nap :)
presentation is superb
unfortunately to give a full critique i will need a taste.
and yes you’ll have earned your nap.
You’ll be very welcome to pop over for a taste, might even make you a cuppa too! It’ll have to be Boxing day-a bit busy for the next 2 or 3 days :)
Anybody dicovered Friends Reunited yet? I’ve been having a hoot sending out lots of emails to people who probably can’t remember who in the world I am. LOL
bubba louie said:
Anybody dicovered Friends Reunited yet? I’ve been having a hoot sending out lots of emails to people who probably can’t remember who in the world I am. LOL
was that the one that started off as “Schoolfriends”?
pain master said:
bubba louie said:
Anybody dicovered Friends Reunited yet? I’ve been having a hoot sending out lots of emails to people who probably can’t remember who in the world I am. LOL
was that the one that started off as “Schoolfriends”?
Maybe???
bubba louie said:
pain master said:
bubba louie said:
Anybody dicovered Friends Reunited yet? I’ve been having a hoot sending out lots of emails to people who probably can’t remember who in the world I am. LOL
was that the one that started off as “Schoolfriends”?
Maybe???
I think it is, checked it out many years ago when I was one of about 30 people registered…. then looked sometime last year and it was more like 30,000 registered…
the years are going faster and the world is getting smaller…
pain master said:
bubba louie said:
pain master said:
bubba louie said:
Anybody dicovered Friends Reunited yet? I’ve been having a hoot sending out lots of emails to people who probably can’t remember who in the world I am. LOL
Three replies so far.
was that the one that started off as “Schoolfriends”?
Maybe???
I think it is, checked it out many years ago when I was one of about 30 people registered…. then looked sometime last year and it was more like 30,000 registered…
the years are going faster and the world is getting smaller…
g’days all
very warm here.
i did the hand watering this morning and starting moving sand around the new bath/ pond. it was tooo hot by 11am.
i’m cooking the lamb roast at present – ms pepe being a vego.
Morning all, not long till we will have a January thread :P
Morning .. hope you all had a nice peaceful time as I did with my family. My daughter raided my garden for flowers for the table.. Here is one of her close-ups from the flower arrangement.
larger http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3285/3135206178_e3745c3626_b.jpg
roughbarked said:
Morning .. hope you all had a nice peaceful time as I did with my family. My daughter raided my garden for flowers for the table.. Here is one of her close-ups from the flower arrangement.larger http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3285/3135206178_e3745c3626_b.jpg
thats a nice photo yep had a great Christmas eve and day. went to dads parents on wednesday and mums yesterday watched Mythbusters on foxtel all yesterday.
HI Veg hows things
Grasshopper said:
HI Veg hows things
pretty good yourself.
Yes good thanks —another Xmas over—:)
Grasshopper said:
Yes good thanks —another Xmas over—:)
yeah we had to get a few things on wednesday raymond terrace was packed. Heard your selling your mulcher.
Yes I do want to seel the mulcher—not been used all that much—and haven’t used it in ages—
going to be a hot week coming up http://www.weatherzone.com.au/nsw/hunter/woodville
Grasshopper said:
Yes I do want to seel the mulcher—not been used all that much—and haven’t used it in ages—
yeah we don’t need one here.
Branches going into goats paddocks they eat the leaves and then we burn whats left. my sunflowers are starting to open up :P
Yes too hot Veg—but I will not do stuff outside in the heat
Yep goats will eat allmost anything
Grasshopper said:
Yes too hot Veg—but I will not do stuff outside in the heat
yeah, ill got outside most of today.
Grasshopper said:
Yep goats will eat allmost anything
yep got to remember to close all gates behind you, going into the house paddock and tree areas.
Well the front is a mess with leaves again here only cleaned them up the other day—
Grasshopper said:
Well the front is a mess with leaves again here only cleaned them up the other day—
yeah
ah and here is spidey getting Chrissy din-dins 
nice one roughbarked, like the spidey and din-dins….
a suggestion, as some of us (well speaking about myself here) are on dial-up, me thinks it would be better, if you stuck these shots into say a thread called “Roughbarked’s Xmas shots” because I would prefer to go straight to that thread rather than wade through the chat thread.
just a thought.
nice shots btw. :)
veg gardener said:
Morning all, not long till we will have a January thread :P
oh veggie, the years already just race by, don’t wish the final few days to disappear also. And besides, you are far too young to be wishing the days away, leave that for the old and infirm. Like the rest of us.
roughbarked, you could prolly ignore me last post, just spotted that you only posted the two images.
cheers,
pm
roughbarked, you could prolly ignore me last post, just spotted that you only posted the two images.
cheers,
pm
>
I’m on dial-up too so I won’t ignore it ;) I’ll try to just refer to image links ..
No need, the size of your shots weren’t an issue. They were fine by my 48kbps. I just saw a whole page of December Chat and thought “Holy Cow, how many shots has been put up” and then after closer inspection, I noticed it was a lot of chat between grassy and veggie.
If I had seen your pics in a separate thread and noted that you had only two posts in there, everything would have been sweet.
Merry Boxing Day!
pain master said:
No need, the size of your shots weren’t an issue. They were fine by my 48kbps. I just saw a whole page of December Chat and thought “Holy Cow, how many shots has been put up” and then after closer inspection, I noticed it was a lot of chat between grassy and veggie.If I had seen your pics in a separate thread and noted that you had only two posts in there, everything would have been sweet.
Merry Boxing Day!
Always lots of chit chat to wade through.. much of it between friends of old..
Merry Boxing Day to you as well.. hope you keep the pain mastered. ;)
Happy Boxing Day to all.
It’s Mr M’s Birthday today, tho we don’t have much planned.
Can’t do much outside the march fly’s try to carry you away.
We’ll just have a nice quiet one…….just the 2 of us.
Last 2 days (as usual) have been pretty full on, so nice to relax
Happy Boxing Day Birthday to Mr M!
pain master said:
Happy Boxing Day Birthday to Mr M!
Cheers PM I’ll pass it on to him……..I think he will be in his shed soon cleaning his bike……the other love of his life :)
Muschee said:
pain master said:
Happy Boxing Day Birthday to Mr M!
Cheers PM I’ll pass it on to him……..I think he will be in his shed soon cleaning his bike……the other love of his life :)
push, or motor bike?
pain master said:
Muschee said:
pain master said:
Happy Boxing Day Birthday to Mr M!
Cheers PM I’ll pass it on to him……..I think he will be in his shed soon cleaning his bike……the other love of his life :)
push, or motor bike?
Motor…….he’s got a small collection. 2 Ducati’s and a Suzuki, Hayabusa. I don’t know anyone as fanatical about them like he is. Keeps him out of my hair :)
Actually he just said he’ll start the fencing on my new vegie patch WOO HOO. I’ll get a couple pics up later on the progress.
Muschee said:
pain master said:
Muschee said:
pain master said:
Happy Boxing Day Birthday to Mr M!
Cheers PM I’ll pass it on to him……..I think he will be in his shed soon cleaning his bike……the other love of his life :)
push, or motor bike?
Motor…….he’s got a small collection. 2 Ducati’s and a Suzuki, Hayabusa. I don’t know anyone as fanatical about them like he is. Keeps him out of my hair :)
Actually he just said he’ll start the fencing on my new vegie patch WOO HOO. I’ll get a couple pics up later on the progress.
Mmmm Ducati… well I hope you let him out for a quick Birthday ride. After he’s built your fence and washed up.
pain master said:
Muschee said:
pain master said:
Muschee said:
pain master said:
Happy Boxing Day Birthday to Mr M!
Cheers PM I’ll pass it on to him……..I think he will be in his shed soon cleaning his bike……the other love of his life :)
push, or motor bike?
Motor…….he’s got a small collection. 2 Ducati’s and a Suzuki, Hayabusa. I don’t know anyone as fanatical about them like he is. Keeps him out of my hair :)
Actually he just said he’ll start the fencing on my new vegie patch WOO HOO. I’ll get a couple pics up later on the progress.
Mmmm Ducati… well I hope you let him out for a quick Birthday ride. After he’s built your fence and washed up.
Yep of course I encourage him with his passion. He has a 900 Mike Hailwood 1980 replica, which he said he’ll take out later for a quick birthday blat.
We call her the ‘old girl’ and I always have a joke when he say’s ‘taking the old girl out’,
I say… ‘where are you taking me’? lol
That’s a classic looking bike, but there’s no room for a pillion? Where are you gonna sit?
pain master said:
That’s a classic looking bike, but there’s no room for a pillion? Where are you gonna sit?
I have been on the back and it’s a rough squishy ride but I love it and he has to take it easy, cause she’s not super fast.
But he will go on his own, I think he likes it better that way…..I’ll stay here have cook him a nice Birthday dinner. Fresh beans……my vines have gone crazy.
roughbarked said:
Morning .. hope you all had a nice peaceful time as I did with my family. My daughter raided my garden for flowers for the table.. Here is one of her close-ups from the flower arrangement.
lovely :)
Morning all :)
Last relatively cool day here, before it gets too yucky and hot to do anything :(
>But he will go on his own, I think he likes it better that way…
Follow him on the Hayabusa, it’s got the grunt to keep up, promise… 8^)
colliewa said:
>But he will go on his own, I think he likes it better that way…Follow him on the Hayabusa, it’s got the grunt to keep up, promise… 8^)
You don’t have to tell me that. I’ve been on the back of that thing doing over 260. Feels like the wheels aren’t even touchin the ground anymore.
Actually I’ve only got my 250 class, but haven’t riden myself for around 15 years.
>Actually I’ve only got my 250 class, but haven’t riden myself for around 15 years.
Then a hayabusa is NOT a sensible choice! LOL
I have had a couple (900 Bol’Dor and a CBR1000) of big bikes but haven’t ridden for 15-18 years.. I’d be very careful the first few times I opened up a current superbike.. They have so much go now. If I win lotto a new Honda Fireblade or CBR1000 is coming home.
And one of those Boss Hoss with the LS2 v8s… LOL
http://www.bosshoss.com/view_bike.asp?x=BHC3LS2
I’d be very careful the first few times I opened up a current superbike..
———
Yep even the 250’s these days scare me compared to what I used to have.
pain master said:
veg gardener said:
Morning all, not long till we will have a January thread :P
oh veggie, the years already just race by, don’t wish the final few days to disappear also. And besides, you are far too young to be wishing the days away, leave that for the old and infirm. Like the rest of us.
well its going so fast for me now as well.
Hey guys collie what radio station did you hear Yeehah on??
>Hey guys collie what radio station did you hear Yeehah on??
It was radio national abc I think Veg.
colliewa said:
>Hey guys collie what radio station did you hear Yeehah on??It was radio national
abcI think Veg.
another ABC Listener its good isnt it.
My local one http://www.abc.net.au/newcastle/
this one http://www.abc.net.au/rn/?
Hello Folks,
Happy Boxing Day :)
I’m back after having spent some happy time with our respective kids and their partners. They fed us royally and it was just great to be with them.
I hope all those who were able to had a similar lovely time.
Evening all.
Evening veg.
how are you PM? how was your Christmas on the different Land.
nice and quiet vg, I haven’t been feeling 100% so it was good not to be bothered by too much festivas.
But I did have a good day though.
pain master said:
nice and quiet vg, I haven’t been feeling 100% so it was good not to be bothered by too much festivas.But I did have a good day though.
yep we had a great day here as well.
>another ABC Listener its good isnt it.
Yep.
colliewa said:
>another ABC Listener its good isnt it.Yep.
yeah dad listens to it as well, mum dad and i love to listen to it. does the Abc National have the gardening talk back on Saturday morining?
Just got back from the Christmas celebrations at my parents’ place… guess who got a food dehydrator :):):)
Can’t wait for the figs to ripen now… woohoo!
Upcoming forecast for Perth:
Sunday Fine. Min 17 Max 32
Monday Fine, hot. Min 19 Max 34
Tuesday Fine, hot. Min 20 Max 35
Wednesday Fine, very hot. Min 21 Max 39
Thursday Fine, very hot. Min 22 Max 39
Friday Fine, very hot. Min 24 Max 39
OUCH…
bon008 said:
Just got back from the Christmas celebrations at my parents’ place… guess who got a food dehydrator :):):)Can’t wait for the figs to ripen now… woohoo!
our fig tree here has heaps on it, but they wont ripen up same with my tomatoes.
bon008 said:
Upcoming forecast for Perth:Sunday Fine. Min 17 Max 32
Monday Fine, hot. Min 19 Max 34
Tuesday Fine, hot. Min 20 Max 35
Wednesday Fine, very hot. Min 21 Max 39
Thursday Fine, very hot. Min 22 Max 39
Friday Fine, very hot. Min 24 Max 39OUCH…
VERY ouch!
Good morning :)
I hope everyone is well.
I’ve had a wonderful few days with family and visiting friends. I’d not had time to get in to chat but I was catching up with posts now and then.
Nice to read youse had fab xmasses with family around :) Christmas day was just lovely in middle girls and her fiances’ house. The lads mum and I went about the rooms and kitchen deciding what they could really do with and have a list, eg they have one 12 piece cutlery set and we had to re wash for meal courses. Their xmas pressies were mainly house things and they absolutely loved them. We got them a food processor and a really good heavy chopping board ,same as mine, as they were using a chequered chopping board made up of blocks, the one’s I hate.
Then us ‘olds’ sat out on their patio area planning a waterwise garden. The young couple are not ‘garden friendly’. (Yet)
They have a yard full of concrete, pebbles and a couple raised beds of dead lavender and thats it.
Friends are finally used to putting a small amount on my plate and not nagging me about being thin. I ate one small piece of pork and gravy, one tiny potato , got quite a bit of green veges in and then for dessert, a cube of plum pud and custard, but I felt like I’d eaten the entire table full of food!
My PC has been reformatted again… grandson was on it and next thing a virus took over it. I didn’t lose any good pics ,email addresses or files. I’d saved them.
I still have a lot to reload on it though.
I’m stuck in the laundry today catching up on heaps of washing. I delayed doing any laundry until the ground started drying out again ,so I could re use the water.
Brekky first, then I better get to it.
bon008 said:
Upcoming forecast for Perth:Sunday Fine. Min 17 Max 32
Monday Fine, hot. Min 19 Max 34
Tuesday Fine, hot. Min 20 Max 35
Wednesday Fine, very hot. Min 21 Max 39
Thursday Fine, very hot. Min 22 Max 39
Friday Fine, very hot. Min 24 Max 39OUCH…
I for one, don’t miss Summers down south…
Sat chance of showers 27 – 32C
Sun chance of showers 27 – 31C
Mon chance of showers 27 – 33C
Tue chance of showers 27 – 33C
Wed chance of showers 27 – 32C
As Moresby is in a rain shadow, chance of showers means maybe a storm in the evening. I like my weather constant. :)
bluegreen said:
bon008 said:
Upcoming forecast for Perth:Sunday Fine. Min 17 Max 32
Monday Fine, hot. Min 19 Max 34
Tuesday Fine, hot. Min 20 Max 35
Wednesday Fine, very hot. Min 21 Max 39
Thursday Fine, very hot. Min 22 Max 39
Friday Fine, very hot. Min 24 Max 39OUCH…
VERY ouch!
VERY VERY OUCH…..at least I will be home most of those days to sit under the aircon.
You really gotta feel sorry for the animals when it’s so hot.
Muschee said:
VERY VERY OUCH…..at least I will be home most of those days to sit under the aircon.
You really gotta feel sorry for the animals when it’s so hot.
Same, I will try to get the gardening finished today, then block out the windows and put the air con on. I think we’ll be spending a lot of time watching movies/tv.
Mr M and I are gonna brave the march flies and put up my fencing for my new vegie patch. We were gonna do it yesterday but had Birthday visitors.
So let’s hope we get most done and then we’ll forget it for a while.
You online BG ??
yep :)
what ysa doing say mid to late arvo 4ish
The Estate said:
what ysa doing say mid to late arvo 4ish
nothing much … ??
CA2 is coming over for a girlies arvo/night and for a sleep over, I’m cooking surries, want to come over for a few hours, I can make a doggie bag for Mr. BG LOL, we having Elvis night :)
Might even try out me new Oz Idol mic. ROFL
The Estate said:
Might even try out me new Oz Idol mic. ROFL
I was about to say it sounds like fun, but….
just been de seeding the tiny chillies I get from pringvale, forgot to wash hands, they are on fire !!!!!!
bluegreen said:
The Estate said:
Might even try out me new Oz Idol mic. ROFL
I was about to say it sounds like fun, but….
just joking!
better than sitting here watching reruns on TV, lol!
bluegreen said:
The Estate said:
Might even try out me new Oz Idol mic. ROFL
I was about to say it sounds like fun, but….
Not sharing my new toy, but that will be later in the evenings, quite welcome to pop over feed yas face and leave before that starts LOL, thought you might like to catch up and say hello LOL, I know your not into Elvis LOL
The Estate said:
just been de seeding the tiny chillies I get from pringvale, forgot to wash hands, they are on fire !!!!!!
oohhh! should wear gloves for that sort of job!
bluegreen said:
bluegreen said:
The Estate said:
Might even try out me new Oz Idol mic. ROFL
I was about to say it sounds like fun, but….
just joking!
better than sitting here watching reruns on TV, lol!
coolies, CA2 getting here between 3 – 4 this arvo
The Estate said:
Not sharing my new toy, but that will be later in the evenings, quite welcome to pop over feed yas face and leave before that starts LOL, thought you might like to catch up and say hello LOL, I know your not into Elvis LOL
It will be nice to catch up, thanks. Can I bring something?
bluegreen said:
The Estate said:
just been de seeding the tiny chillies I get from pringvale, forgot to wash hands, they are on fire !!!!!!
oohhh! should wear gloves for that sort of job!
I know now, ouch better go soak in the cold water again LOL
Aaahhhh.
Just finished the last bit of mulching over the greywater dripline (under the fig tree) – Yay!!!!
Hopefully I can give the council a ring first thing on Monday, if they haven’t shut down over Christmas/New Year’s, and get someone to come out and inspect/approve the system.
Woohoo :)
Sorry to interrupt, TheE and BG, it’s just not often that I get these moments of gardening triumph so I have to make the most of them :):)
The Estate said:
coolies, CA2 getting here between 3 – 4 this arvo
okies :)
bluegreen said:
The Estate said:
Not sharing my new toy, but that will be later in the evenings, quite welcome to pop over feed yas face and leave before that starts LOL, thought you might like to catch up and say hello LOL, I know your not into Elvis LOLIt will be nice to catch up, thanks. Can I bring something?
just what you want to cool the mouth down with LOL, just chicken curry, and pork vindaloo and garden salad on menu
bon008 said:
Aaahhhh.Just finished the last bit of mulching over the greywater dripline (under the fig tree) – Yay!!!!
Hopefully I can give the council a ring first thing on Monday, if they haven’t shut down over Christmas/New Year’s, and get someone to come out and inspect/approve the system.Woohoo :)
Sorry to interrupt, TheE and BG, it’s just not often that I get these moments of gardening triumph so I have to make the most of them :):)
well done Bon, yes they will be open Monday, well ours is ??
bluegreen said:
The Estate said:
coolies, CA2 getting here between 3 – 4 this arvo
okies :)
Can you cook a curry in convetion oven , the glass bowl part or you have to put into another cotainer first ??
The Estate said:
well done Bon, yes they will be open Monday, well ours is ??
Excellent :)
bon008 said:
The Estate said:
well done Bon, yes they will be open Monday, well ours is ??Excellent :)
The best feeling ever to finish of a big job !!
The Estate said:
Can you cook a curry in convetion oven , the glass bowl part or you have to put into another cotainer first ??
what?
The Estate said:
bon008 said:
The Estate said:
well done Bon, yes they will be open Monday, well ours is ??Excellent :)
The best feeling ever to finish of a big job !!
yep, well done bon :)
bluegreen said:
The Estate said:
Can you cook a curry in convetion oven , the glass bowl part or you have to put into another cotainer first ??
what?
convection oven, got one from work outa bin, bran new, one of the boys gave it to me, can cook roast and all sorts of things in it, looks bit like a flying saucer, main part is like a huge casserole dish ??
The Estate said:
bluegreen said:
The Estate said:
Can you cook a curry in convetion oven , the glass bowl part or you have to put into another cotainer first ??
what?
convection oven, got one from work outa bin, bran new, one of the boys gave it to me, can cook roast and all sorts of things in it, looks bit like a flying saucer, main part is like a huge casserole dish ??
has it got the heat source in the lid with a fan? or does it sit on top of the stove?
best I do curry on wok burner on BBQ just in case, where is HP when I need her LOL
bluegreen said:
The Estate said:
bluegreen said:
The Estate said:
Can you cook a curry in convetion oven , the glass bowl part or you have to put into another cotainer first ??
on the lid with a fan, is a plug in job
what?
convection oven, got one from work outa bin, bran new, one of the boys gave it to me, can cook roast and all sorts of things in it, looks bit like a flying saucer, main part is like a huge casserole dish ??
has it got the heat source in the lid with a fan? or does it sit on top of the stove?
The book says for casseroles to put into dish then inside the oven, OH WELL COOK OUTSIDE AND LET THE NEIGHBOURS HAS A GOOD WHIFF lol, cHRIS WOULD KILL ME IF I STUFFED HIS NEW TOY, damm caps
The Estate said:
on the lid with a fan, is a plug in job
I think you would use a casserole dish inside it on a rack so hot air can get all around it.
bluegreen said:
The Estate said:
on the lid with a fan, is a plug in job
I think you would use a casserole dish inside it on a rack so hot air can get all around it.
okies, will have to buy one to fit inside it at a leter date !
The Estate said:
bon008 said:
The Estate said:
well done Bon, yes they will be open Monday, well ours is ??Excellent :)
The best feeling ever to finish of a big job !!
Yep!! And for once I have been slogging my guts out doing something which is actually visible, so when I go out into the garden from now on I can see the difference :) I won’t feel so bad staying inside for a week non-stop while it’s awfully hot, now.
Know what you mean, high 20’s here and having curry for dinner LOL
The Estate said:
Know what you mean, high 20’s here and having curry for dinner LOL
hope you’ll have the aircon on!
bluegreen said:
The Estate said:
Know what you mean, high 20’s here and having curry for dinner LOL
hope you’ll have the aircon on!
if you think you need it will put on, not too bad inside, takes a few days to warn up
Now that is what I call a curry in a hurry LOL
Rhubarb jam has 8 mins left :P
The Estate said:
best I do curry on wok burner on BBQ just in case, where is HP when I need her LOL
LOL..
me is feeding my face with a curry pie, made in the pie magic , Yum!
I don’t know about putting the casserole thingy on the BBQ.. best in the oven.
Ooo just got another pressie , a friend bought me a frangipani in a pot, it’s a good size about 3 ft high and several branches :D
Lovely and healthy looking and has pink flowers.
I hope I can keep it healthy.. (she knows I killed the first one I tried to grow lol)
This one will stay on the patio in the warmth.
veg gardener said:
Rhubarb jam has 8 mins left :P
well done veggie !!
Happy Potter said:
The Estate said:
best I do curry on wok burner on BBQ just in case, where is HP when I need her LOL
LOL..
me is feeding my face with a curry pie, made in the pie magic , Yum!I don’t know about putting the casserole thingy on the BBQ.. best in the oven.
nah cooking curry on the BBQ, other thingo is electric
Happy Potter said:
Ooo just got another pressie , a friend bought me a frangipani in a pot, it’s a good size about 3 ft high and several branches :D
Lovely and healthy looking and has pink flowers.
I hope I can keep it healthy.. (she knows I killed the first one I tried to grow lol)
This one will stay on the patio in the warmth.
best place for it and it will do very well there HP
The Estate said:
Happy Potter said:
The Estate said:
best I do curry on wok burner on BBQ just in case, where is HP when I need her LOL
LOL..
me is feeding my face with a curry pie, made in the pie magic , Yum!I don’t know about putting the casserole thingy on the BBQ.. best in the oven.
nah cooking curry on the BBQ, other thingo is electric
Oh ok, you should be able to cook some nice things out of it then :)
It is the same as this but a different make ect.. same principal though
http://images.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=http://www.healthgoods.com/Shopping/images/Deni_Convection_Oven_lg.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.healthgoods.com/Shopping/Appliances/Deni_Convection_Oven.asp&usg=__s77xubrfFQTX4CAINl0ewNm9Jh4=&h=330&w=352&sz=37&hl=en&start=7&tbnid=Rtfh7uHuVvkRLM:&tbnh=113&tbnw=120&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dconvection%2Bovens%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG
Happy Potter said:
The Estate said:
Happy Potter said:
The Estate said:
best I do curry on wok burner on BBQ just in case, where is HP when I need her LOL
LOL..
me is feeding my face with a curry pie, made in the pie magic , Yum!I don’t know about putting the casserole thingy on the BBQ.. best in the oven.
nah cooking curry on the BBQ, other thingo is electric
Oh ok, you should be able to cook some nice things out of it then :)
just posted a pic, was hoping just to the the curry straight into the glass bowl, like a reg pot/saucepan ?
The Estate said:
veg gardener said:
Rhubarb jam has 8 mins left :P
well done veggie !!
yep i put the jam in the jars and sealed them? and put them in the fridge will hot HP can you tell me if i am correct.
veg gardener said:
The Estate said:
veg gardener said:
Rhubarb jam has 8 mins left :P
well done veggie !!
yep i put the jam in the jars and sealed them? and put them in the fridge will hot HP can you tell me if i am correct.
not sure veggie, think best to let cool slowly outside the fridge, HP will know
veg gardener said:
The Estate said:
veg gardener said:
Rhubarb jam has 8 mins left :P
well done veggie !!
yep i put the jam in the jars and sealed them? and put them in the fridge will hot HP can you tell me if i am correct.
No wait till they cool veg. As they cool, the lids will seal tight.
veg gardener said:
The Estate said:
veg gardener said:
Rhubarb jam has 8 mins left :P
well done veggie !!
yep i put the jam in the jars and sealed them? and put them in the fridge will hot HP can you tell me if i am correct.
I wouldn’t put them in the fridge
Happy Potter said:
veg gardener said:
The Estate said:
veg gardener said:
Rhubarb jam has 8 mins left :P
well done veggie !!
yep i put the jam in the jars and sealed them? and put them in the fridge will hot HP can you tell me if i am correct.
No wait till they cool veg. As they cool, the lids will seal tight.
Grrrrrr bloody fingers still burning, might have to put them on ice !!!!
Back form getting them out of there.
veg gardener said:
Happy Potter said:
veg gardener said:
The Estate said:
veg gardener said:
Rhubarb jam has 8 mins left :P
well done veggie !!
yep i put the jam in the jars and sealed them? and put them in the fridge will hot HP can you tell me if i am correct.
No wait till they cool veg. As they cool, the lids will seal tight.
kk so how to i store them?
If they are in glass jars you can store them in the pantry, but plastic jars won’t seal as well , so after they are cool keep them in the fridge.
veg gardener said:
Back form getting them out of there.
just in a dark cupbours I would think veggie till you open them, I like to keep my jams once opened in the fridge as I dont eat much
The Estate said:
Grrrrrr bloody fingers still burning, might have to put them on ice !!!!
got some yoghurt? try rubbing some on.
bon008 said:
The Estate said:
bon008 said:
The Estate said:
well done Bon, yes they will be open Monday, well ours is ??Excellent :)
The best feeling ever to finish of a big job !!
Yep!! And for once I have been slogging my guts out doing something which is actually visible, so when I go out into the garden from now on I can see the difference :) I won’t feel so bad staying inside for a week non-stop while it’s awfully hot, now.
Yep, is the best feeling of achievement isn’t it……We’ve just come in for a well deserved break from fencing my patch.
It’‘s a bit stinkers out there and the march flies are murder.
One corner post has gotten wobbly from banging in nails, so Mr M has to put in a support for that now. BUT the wire is on :) and we just need to attach it to the star pickets.
Six years of dreaming and I’m almost awake
Happy Potter said:
veg gardener said:
Happy Potter said:
veg gardener said:
The Estate said:
veg gardener said:
Rhubarb jam has 8 mins left :P
well done veggie !!
yep i put the jam in the jars and sealed them? and put them in the fridge will hot HP can you tell me if i am correct.
No wait till they cool veg. As they cool, the lids will seal tight.
kk so how to i store them?If they are in glass jars you can store them in the pantry, but plastic jars won’t seal as well , so after they are cool keep them in the fridge.
bluegreen said:
The Estate said:
Grrrrrr bloody fingers still burning, might have to put them on ice !!!!
got some yoghurt? try rubbing some on.
yeps I do, they actually look like they been scolded with hot water, DAMM
only got 4 jam jars full the strawberry jam you get fro cotties.
I put rectinol on them, has a local anesthetic in it LOL
Muschee said:
Yep, is the best feeling of achievement isn’t it……We’ve just come in for a well deserved break from fencing my patch.
It’‘s a bit stinkers out there and the march flies are murder.
One corner post has gotten wobbly from banging in nails, so Mr M has to put in a support for that now. BUT the wire is on :) and we just need to attach it to the star pickets.Six years of dreaming and I’m almost awake
Well done Muschee :)
evening all may buy a garden/ chook book with some of the money i got for Christmas.
any good Poultry Books. thinking about buying a gardening DVD.
veg gardener said:
evening all may buy a garden/ chook book with some of the money i got for Christmas.
Good thinking VG. I got a book on organic gardening from my fiancee :)
Anyone ever dried figs in a food dehydrator before?
The instruction book says to use “baby figs” – that’s just picking the figs before they are ripe, right? How do you know when to pick them?
And can you still dry big, ripe figs?
And can I coat them in sugar before drying them? :):)
bon008 said:
Anyone ever dried figs in a food dehydrator before?The instruction book says to use “baby figs” – that’s just picking the figs before they are ripe, right? How do you know when to pick them?
And can you still dry big, ripe figs?
And can I coat them in sugar before drying them? :):)
The instruction book says to use “baby figs” – that’s just picking the figs before they are ripe, right?
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I wouldn’t have thought so…..they wouldn’t have much flavour is they’re not ripe.
Muschee said:
IF they’re not ripe.
The instruction book says to use “baby figs” – that’s just picking the figs before they are ripe, right?——-
I wouldn’t have thought so…..they wouldn’t have much flavour is they’re not ripe.
Muschee said:
Muschee said:
IF they’re not ripe.
The instruction book says to use “baby figs” – that’s just picking the figs before they are ripe, right?——-
I wouldn’t have thought so…..they wouldn’t have much flavour is they’re not ripe.
Hmm – I wonder if it’s a particular variety of fig then?
I did try Googling it but all I found was a bunch of commercial products for sale..
bon008 said:
Muschee said:
Muschee said:
IF they’re not ripe.
The instruction book says to use “baby figs” – that’s just picking the figs before they are ripe, right?——-
I wouldn’t have thought so…..they wouldn’t have much flavour is they’re not ripe.Hmm – I wonder if it’s a particular variety of fig then?
I did try Googling it but all I found was a bunch of commercial products for sale..
The sugar will just turn to a sticky toffee , I wouldn’t coat them , figs have a high sugar content as it is.
Happy Potter said:
The sugar will just turn to a sticky toffee , I wouldn’t coat them , figs have a high sugar content as it is.
OK, thanks HP :)
I’m having a pie making frenzied attack lol, beef and mushrooms, beef and red wine, chicken and leek, rhubarb and custard…and whatever else I can think of, after I stop for a break.
Oh I can’t wait to get ripe tomatoes now, for making little tomato and basil quiche’s.
Egg and bacon ones for quick sunday brekkies)
Asparagus quiche’s ..I lerve the pie maker.
Mind you, my kids who have left home have taken a load each.
Ever the (slave) mum.
Happy Potter said:
Oh I can’t wait to get ripe tomatoes now, for making little tomato and basil quiche’s.
Egg and bacon ones for quick sunday brekkies)
Asparagus quiche’s ..I lerve the pie maker.Mind you, my kids who have left home have taken a load each.
Ever the (slave) mum.
HP stop making me Wanting more food i am waiting till later to eat my ice cream and stewed rhubarb.
veg gardener said:
Happy Potter said:
Oh I can’t wait to get ripe tomatoes now, for making little tomato and basil quiche’s.
Egg and bacon ones for quick sunday brekkies)
Asparagus quiche’s ..I lerve the pie maker.Mind you, my kids who have left home have taken a load each.
Ever the (slave) mum.
HP stop making me Wanting more food i am waiting till later to eat my ice cream and stewed rhubarb.
Well Veg, theres something you can do to help yourself and others, learn to cook, then you can eat all the yummy foods you make , and share it :D
Happy Potter said:
veg gardener said:
Happy Potter said:
Oh I can’t wait to get ripe tomatoes now, for making little tomato and basil quiche’s.
Egg and bacon ones for quick sunday brekkies)
Asparagus quiche’s ..I lerve the pie maker.Mind you, my kids who have left home have taken a load each.
Ever the (slave) mum.
HP stop making me Wanting more food i am waiting till later to eat my ice cream and stewed rhubarb.
Well Veg, theres something you can do to help yourself and others, learn to cook, then you can eat all the yummy foods you make , and share it :D
i have been cooking,cooked some more stewed rhubarb yesterday and made some rhubarb Jam.
Morning :)
I’ve dug up another 4 plant spud bed and got about 7 kg , washed and sorted, I will use the small ones for tonights tea steamed and a little herb butter on. The big ones will keep for roasting, the mediums will get cut and par cooked for wedges for the freezer.
I’m already stuffed and the days barely started.
Off to have a shower now , then down the street for a few things and get giant son some new duds from Mr. Big. Then coffee at a friends… It’s the only way I know to get myself from running about like a hairy goat, go to someone elses house for a break :)
I’ve dug up another 4 plant spud bed and got about 7 kg , washed and sorted, I will use the small ones for tonights tea steamed and a little herb butter on. The big ones will keep for roasting, the mediums will get cut and par cooked for wedges for the freezer.
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you doing well on the old spuds HP.
delicious – i can taste them from here.
i hope you all had a great xmas break.
i know we all relaxed successfully here.
in fact i relaxed so much that i fell asleep during a meditation session – now to motivate my self again
- yawn – maybe later.
hi pepe. your garden is looking productive :)
hi bluegreen.
the garden is very rewarding at present.
the downside is – it needs water like a car needs fuel.
i dream of the good old days when you sat on the verandah and watched the sprinklers spraying everything.
hand watering is a test of patience.
Morning All
orchid40 said:
Morning All
morning orchid40
Happy Potter said:
Morning :)
I’ve dug up another 4 plant spud bed and got about 7 kg , washed and sorted, I will use the small ones for tonights tea steamed and a little herb butter on. The big ones will keep for roasting, the mediums will get cut and par cooked for wedges for the freezer.
I’m already stuffed and the days barely started.
Off to have a shower now , then down the street for a few things and get giant son some new duds from Mr. Big. Then coffee at a friends… It’s the only way I know to get myself from running about like a hairy goat, go to someone elses house for a break :)
Wow HP, what a terrific crop of spuds!!
Morning BG :)
what are you up to today?
Very little, BG. Not feeling the best still, so light duties for me. I really must plant my last tomato though, it has waited so long…..
What are you up to?
orchid40 said:
Very little, BG. Not feeling the best still, so light duties for me. I really must plant my last tomato though, it has waited so long…..
What are you up to?
same. can’t do much with my hand still all wrapped up :(
bluegreen said:
orchid40 said:
Very little, BG. Not feeling the best still, so light duties for me. I really must plant my last tomato though, it has waited so long…..
What are you up to?
same. can’t do much with my hand still all wrapped up :(
Bummer. It must seem like ages since you were able to use it.
My neck and general spine condition is what stos me from working or sleeping.
roughbarked said:
My neck and general spine condition is what stos me from working or sleeping.
That sounds nasty Roughbarked. Losing sleep is miserable.
orchid40 said:
roughbarked said:
My neck and general spine condition is what stos me from working or sleeping.
That sounds nasty Roughbarked. Losing sleep is miserable.
One just has to learn to live with the connsequences of one’s actions.. if one is still alive to do so. :)
roughbarked said:
orchid40 said:
roughbarked said:
My neck and general spine condition is what stos me from working or sleeping.
That sounds nasty Roughbarked. Losing sleep is miserable.
One just has to learn to live with the connsequences of one’s actions.. if one is still alive to do so. :)
I guess so, not many choices probably :(
orchid40 said:
roughbarked said:
orchid40 said:
roughbarked said:
My neck and general spine condition is what stos me from working or sleeping.
That sounds nasty Roughbarked. Losing sleep is miserable.
One just has to learn to live with the connsequences of one’s actions.. if one is still alive to do so. :)
I guess so, not many choices probably :(
Only really a few.. Physio(expensive) Chiro(expensive) Osteo(expensive) Isometric exercises.. = free.
bluegreen said:
orchid40 said:
Morning All
morning orchid40
Yep Morning to you all, hope this lovely Sunday turns out to be a good one for you all.
I’ve woken with a killer sore throat and have decided to take it easy today.
So will tap away on the keyboard inbetween a nap or three.
roughbarked said:
orchid40 said:
roughbarked said:
orchid40 said:
roughbarked said:
My neck and general spine condition is what stos me from working or sleeping.
That sounds nasty Roughbarked. Losing sleep is miserable.
One just has to learn to live with the connsequences of one’s actions.. if one is still alive to do so. :)
I guess so, not many choices probably :(
Only really a few.. Physio(expensive) Chiro(expensive) Osteo(expensive) Isometric exercises.. = free.
Well I know what I’d be doing then! If the excercises help that’s the obvious one. I have a very good chiro that I go to every couple of months for maintenance now. It’s not so expensive for me as I’m a pensioner.
Muschee said:
bluegreen said:
orchid40 said:
Morning All
morning orchid40
Yep Morning to you all, hope this lovely Sunday turns out to be a good one for you all.
I’ve woken with a killer sore throat and have decided to take it easy today.
So will tap away on the keyboard inbetween a nap or three.
Bugger. You don’t need that. Take it easy Muschee, get better soon.
Morning all. Great crop of spuds HP! My son pulled up some more of ours on Christmas Day, but we didn’t weigh them, but I would guess we are getting a similar return to yours.
I’ve been getting stuff ready to build a small no-dig garden for my purple king beans but have just come in for a quick cuppa. I started the beans in a pot up against a trellis, but in hindsight the pot was too small, so as the plants aren’t too big yet I have decided to replant them but the trellis is in the middle of the lawn, hence the need for the no-dig garden. Here’s hoping the beans survive the transplant.
I have been picking a few rattlesnake and blue lake beans this morning to share with my landlord who’s down here for the Christmas break (he has 3 houses on the property….ours and one other on 5 acre subdivisions). Figure we should share of the produce with him seeing as he supplies a lot of the silage that we use for mulch and composting, as well as giving us free reign the cow manure….he also slashes the paddock for us. The bean crop isn’t fantastic, but every little bit is better than have to buy from the supermarket.
Time to get back to it I suppose. BBL
orchid40 said:
Muschee said:
bluegreen said:
orchid40 said:
Morning All
morning orchid40
Yep Morning to you all, hope this lovely Sunday turns out to be a good one for you all.
I’ve woken with a killer sore throat and have decided to take it easy today.
So will tap away on the keyboard inbetween a nap or three.
Bugger. You don’t need that. Take it easy Muschee, get better soon.
Cheers….I’m still wondering if I’ve caught something or it’s my sinus’s playing up.
orchid40 said:
Well I know what I’d be doing then! If the excercises help that’s the obvious one. I have a very good chiro that I go to every couple of months for maintenance now. It’s not so expensive for me as I’m a pensioner.
I’m a slacker when it comes to exercise, but I also have regular “tweaks” at a chiropractor. I can claim some back on my Health Fund which helps with the cost.
Morning all :)
Got the food dehydrator off and running in the kitchen for the first time ever – we have a huge surplus of oranges at the moment so I’ve thinly sliced two of them and we’ll see how they turn out dried. Thank goodness we got one of those ‘As seen on TV’ food slicers from OH’s mum for Christmas, otherwise we wouldn’t really be able to use the food drier from my folks!
Slow day here – I’ve been around the house blocking off as many windows as possible (we’re not well equipped as window coverings go!) in preparation for the hot days ahead. OH seems to be having one of those weird male cricket sulks – I thought the test was going quite well, but what do I know – so I’ve got to find some things to keep me busy in a different room…
SQUEEEE!!!
Perth Zoo has new baby meerkats:
http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/gallery/0,21592,5036647-5013959-1,00.html
Must put a trip to the zoo on the list for when the weather is cooler…
bon008 said:
SQUEEEE!!!Perth Zoo has new baby meerkats:
http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/gallery/0,21592,5036647-5013959-1,00.html
Must put a trip to the zoo on the list for when the weather is cooler…
Awwwwwww …………….. they’re cute!
bon008 said:
Morning all :)Got the food dehydrator off and running in the kitchen for the first time ever – we have a huge surplus of oranges at the moment so I’ve thinly sliced two of them and we’ll see how they turn out dried. Thank goodness we got one of those ‘As seen on TV’ food slicers from OH’s mum for Christmas, otherwise we wouldn’t really be able to use the food drier from my folks!
Slow day here – I’ve been around the house blocking off as many windows as possible (we’re not well equipped as window coverings go!) in preparation for the hot days ahead. OH seems to be having one of those weird male cricket sulks – I thought the test was going quite well, but what do I know – so I’ve got to find some things to keep me busy in a different room…
Mmmmm, a food dehydrator sounds interesting Bon. Glad your family tip the scales evenly in the gift department! LOL
orchid40 said:
Mmmmm, a food dehydrator sounds interesting Bon. Glad your family tip the scales evenly in the gift department! LOL
I’m looking forward to drying the figs once they’re ripe – we still haven’t finished last year’s fig jam so needed to try something new!
We did really well this Christmas, got some really useful things :)
bon008 said:
orchid40 said:
Mmmmm, a food dehydrator sounds interesting Bon. Glad your family tip the scales evenly in the gift department! LOLI’m looking forward to drying the figs once they’re ripe – we still haven’t finished last year’s fig jam so needed to try something new!
We did really well this Christmas, got some really useful things :)
Yep and dried figs go great in cakes and slices..be sure to keep us updated on how they go.
bon008 said:
SQUEEEE!!!Perth Zoo has new baby meerkats:
http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/gallery/0,21592,5036647-5013959-1,00.html
Must put a trip to the zoo on the list for when the weather is cooler…
sweet :)
Glad to know I’m not the only one who has to put up with the cricket sulks. At least my OH watches it muted, so I don’t have to put up with the inane commentary…computer is in the lounge room with the TV. Suppose I could use the laptop in another room though….
AnneS said:
Glad to know I’m not the only one who has to put up with the cricket sulks. At least my OH watches it muted, so I don’t have to put up with the inane commentary…computer is in the lounge room with the TV. Suppose I could use the laptop in another room though….
I’m yet to find out if there’s a better way of dealing with it, other than avoidance. Let me know if you work out any techniques :)
Anyway, this morning it has offended him so much that he’s turned it off for now :D
Let me know if you work out any techniques :)
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I find laughing alot….. doesn’t work lol
Muschee said:
Let me know if you work out any techniques :)——-
I find laughing alot….. doesn’t work lol
lol
Muschee said:
Let me know if you work out any techniques :)——-
I find laughing alot….. doesn’t work lol
LOL :) Yes, and anything at all like “You do realise it’s only a game, don’t you?” does NOT go down well… :D
bon008 said:
Muschee said:
Let me know if you work out any techniques :)——-
I find laughing alot….. doesn’t work lol
LOL :) Yes, and anything at all like “You do realise it’s only a game, don’t you?” does NOT go down well… :D
Ain’t that the truth! Actually my kids are worse than OH….especially my son… but I have to put up with it from my son cause he keeps buying lots of lovely plants from diggers club for me and helps in the garden when he’s home.
AnneS said:
bon008 said:
Muschee said:
Let me know if you work out any techniques :)——-
I find laughing alot….. doesn’t work lol
LOL :) Yes, and anything at all like “You do realise it’s only a game, don’t you?” does NOT go down well… :D
Ain’t that the truth! Actually my kids are worse than OH….especially my son… but I have to put up with it from my son cause he keeps buying lots of lovely plants from diggers club for me and helps in the garden when he’s home.
Yeah you wouldn’t want to ruin that. Sounds like a good son :)
Muschee said:
Yeah you wouldn’t want to ruin that. Sounds like a good son :)
Yes he is….
AnneS said:
Ain’t that the truth! Actually my kids are worse than OH….especially my son… but I have to put up with it from my son cause he keeps buying lots of lovely plants from diggers club for me and helps in the garden when he’s home.
Oh, that definitely outweighs a bit of sulking :):)
bon008 said:
AnneS said:
Ain’t that the truth! Actually my kids are worse than OH….especially my son… but I have to put up with it from my son cause he keeps buying lots of lovely plants from diggers club for me and helps in the garden when he’s home.
Oh, that definitely outweighs a bit of sulking :):)
AnneS said:
bon008 said:
AnneS said:
Ain’t that the truth! Actually my kids are worse than OH….especially my son… but I have to put up with it from my son cause he keeps buying lots of lovely plants from diggers club for me and helps in the garden when he’s home.
Oh, that definitely outweighs a bit of sulking :):)
Yes last year he bought us a heap of fruit trees…white sapote, custard apple, anzac peach, strawberry guava, fejoia, jaboticaba, carob, pink lady apple, nashi pear and another pear I can’t remember which variety). There are probably ones I’ve forgotten as well…..
A very good son indeed
bluegreen said:
bon008 said:
SQUEEEE!!!Perth Zoo has new baby meerkats:
http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/gallery/0,21592,5036647-5013959-1,00.html
Must put a trip to the zoo on the list for when the weather is cooler…
sweet :)
I love the Perth Zoo. Been to Melbourne and Adelaide in the last 18 months, and Perth beats them both hands down.
hello folks, just had a Nanna nap :)
Here’s some roses for you………
SueBk said:
I love the Perth Zoo. Been to Melbourne and Adelaide in the last 18 months, and Perth beats them both hands down.
I haven’t been to many other zoos, but I wouldn’t argue with that :)
I’ve been really lucky in that I’ve met some of the zoo staff through my job, and I’ve been able to go behind the scenes to see the orang utans, sun bears, and giraffes – it was so darn awesome. And much easier than going out into the blinking jungle to see orang utans… :D
arvo all.
orchid40 said:
hello folks, just had a Nanna nap :)
Here’s some roses for you………
thanks :)
orchid40 said:
hello folks, just had a Nanna nap :)
Here’s some roses for you………
nice :)
orchid40 said:
hello folks, just had a Nanna nap :)
Here’s some roses for you………
Very pretty……speakin of roses… who knows of a nice climbing rose?
Muschee said:
orchid40 said:
hello folks, just had a Nanna nap :)
Here’s some roses for you………
Very pretty……speakin of roses… who knows of a nice climbing rose?
what colour?
pain master said:
Muschee said:
orchid40 said:
hello folks, just had a Nanna nap :)
Here’s some roses for you………
Very pretty……speakin of roses… who knows of a nice climbing rose?
what colour?
Not really up with what colours they come in, so I’m open to suggestions.
It will grow over my garden arch leading into the Vegie garden
pain master said:
Muschee said:
orchid40 said:
hello folks, just had a Nanna nap :)
Here’s some roses for you………
Very pretty……speakin of roses… who knows of a nice climbing rose?
what colour?
I only know Cecile Brunner and that’s a soft pink.
Muschee said:
pain master said:
Muschee said:
orchid40 said:
hello folks, just had a Nanna nap :)
Here’s some roses for you………
Very pretty……speakin of roses… who knows of a nice climbing rose?
what colour?
Not really up with what colours they come in, so I’m open to suggestions.
It will grow over my garden arch leading into the Vegie garden
The inlaws have got a nice white climber, could be Rosa moschata or maybe R. bracteata which doesn’t have too many thorns and a lovely simple white 5-6 petal flower.
Muschee said:
pain master said:
Muschee said:
orchid40 said:
hello folks, just had a Nanna nap :)
Here’s some roses for you………
Very pretty……speakin of roses… who knows of a nice climbing rose?
what colour?
I only know Cecile Brunner and that’s a soft pink.
Have a look here Muschee
http://www.magicgardenroses.com.au/
Happy Potter said:
Morning :)
I’ve dug up another 4 plant spud bed and got about 7 kg , washed and sorted, I will use the small ones for tonights tea steamed and a little herb butter on. The big ones will keep for roasting, the mediums will get cut and par cooked for wedges for the freezer.
I’m already stuffed and the days barely started.
Off to have a shower now , then down the street for a few things and get giant son some new duds from Mr. Big. Then coffee at a friends… It’s the only way I know to get myself from running about like a hairy goat, go to someone elses house for a break :)
Just paid the first deposit on my wedding dress :) bon has a quick girlie moment
bon008 said:
Just paid the first deposit on my wedding dress :) bon has a quick girlie moment
what does it look like bon
bon008 said:
Just paid the first deposit on my wedding dress :) bon has a quick girlie moment
Now if I was Sherlock Holmes, I’d guess that someone is getting married… but because I ain’t, I will just say “a deposit, how much are ya gonna spend on a dress you wear once?”
pm has a blokey moment
veg gardener said:
bon008 said:
Just paid the first deposit on my wedding dress :) bon has a quick girlie momentwhat does it look like bon
the deposit, the dress or the quick girlie moment?
pain master said:
veg gardener said:
bon008 said:
Just paid the first deposit on my wedding dress :) bon has a quick girlie momentwhat does it look like bon
the deposit, the dress or the quick girlie moment?
pain master said:
bon008 said:
Just paid the first deposit on my wedding dress :) bon has a quick girlie momentNow if I was Sherlock Holmes, I’d guess that someone is getting married… but because I ain’t, I will just say “a deposit, how much are ya gonna spend on a dress you wear once?”
pm has a blokey moment
orchid40 said:
hello folks, just had a Nanna nap :)
Here’s some roses for you………
Oh beautiful ..a pretty vase of flowers :D
bon008 said:
Just paid the first deposit on my wedding dress :) bon has a quick girlie moment
woo hoo!
pain master said:
bon008 said:
Just paid the first deposit on my wedding dress :) bon has a quick girlie momentNow if I was Sherlock Holmes, I’d guess that someone is getting married… but because I ain’t, I will just say “a deposit, how much are ya gonna spend on a dress you wear once?”
pm has a blokey moment
hehe :) I plan to wear it lots and lots of times – it’s not going to be an every day dress, but it won’t scream “wedding dress” either.
I can’t show you a picture VG because I’m having it custom made, but it’s in the style they used to wear in Jane Austen’s day – Regency style.
Sorry if I’m very slow at the moment – OH is downloading stuff and my connection to the forum keeps dropping out…
bon008 said:
pain master said:
bon008 said:
Just paid the first deposit on my wedding dress :) bon has a quick girlie momentNow if I was Sherlock Holmes, I’d guess that someone is getting married… but because I ain’t, I will just say “a deposit, how much are ya gonna spend on a dress you wear once?”
pm has a blokey moment
hehe :) I plan to wear it lots and lots of times – it’s not going to be an every day dress, but it won’t scream “wedding dress” either.
I can’t show you a picture VG because I’m having it custom made, but it’s in the style they used to wear in Jane Austen’s day – Regency style.
Sorry if I’m very slow at the moment – OH is downloading stuff and my connection to the forum keeps dropping out…
its ok mine keeps dropping out as well.
bon008 said:
Sorry if I’m very slow at the moment – OH is downloading stuff and my connection to the forum keeps dropping out…
well tell him to stop because I am dropping out too! lol!
hey BG, how are you going, if i drop out again i am sorry starting to annoy me a lot more now.
veg gardener said:you make me laugh PM.
no worries vg, good to hear you’re getting a laugh on this Sunday arvo.
veg gardener said:
hey BG, how are you going, if i drop out again i am sorry starting to annoy me a lot more now.
I’m OK. Been watching the Dr Who Christmas Special and the making of – Mr BG downloaded it.
pain master said:
veg gardener said:you make me laugh PM.
no worries vg, good to hear you’re getting a laugh on this Sunday arvo.
yer
bluegreen said:
veg gardener said:
hey BG, how are you going, if i drop out again i am sorry starting to annoy me a lot more now.
I’m OK. Been watching the Dr Who Christmas Special and the making of – Mr BG downloaded it.
yeah where did he get it from we love Dr who here well me and mum. its way to hot here been working on my car.
bon008 said:
hehe :) I plan to wear it lots and lots of times – it’s not going to be an every day dress, but it won’t scream “wedding dress” either.
I can’t show you a picture VG because I’m having it custom made, but it’s in the style they used to wear in Jane Austen’s day – Regency style.
So a Pride and Prejudice style dress that you may wear just going down the shops for a pint of milk? Rrrright…
Beware custom wedding dresses, make sure you keep the fitness up ;)
pain master said:
So a Pride and Prejudice style dress that you may wear just going down the shops for a pint of milk? Rrrright…Beware custom wedding dresses, make sure you keep the fitness up ;)
I don’t need to worry about fitness until I recover from my digestive complaint – and I doubt that’ll happen before the wedding.
pain master said:
So a Pride and Prejudice style dress that you may wear just going down the shops for a pint of milk? Rrrright…
Incidentally, I was more than happy to wear one of my own dresses for the wedding, but OH vetoed it as being too casual. Men, hey :D
bon did you tell your OH to stop the downloading as the forums has stoped dropping out Touch wood.
bon008 said:
pain master said:
So a Pride and Prejudice style dress that you may wear just going down the shops for a pint of milk? Rrrright…Beware custom wedding dresses, make sure you keep the fitness up ;)
I don’t need to worry about fitness until I recover from my digestive complaint – and I doubt that’ll happen before the wedding.
I got a digestive complaint at the moment, think I may have eaten a dodgy prawn recently…
veg gardener said:
bluegreen said:
I’m OK. Been watching the Dr Who Christmas Special and the making of – Mr BG downloaded it.
yeah where did he get it from we love Dr who here well me and mum. its way to hot here been working on my car.
he says you can get it from http://www.mininova.org/ or http://isohunt.com/
bluegreen said:
veg gardener said:
bluegreen said:
I’m OK. Been watching the Dr Who Christmas Special and the making of – Mr BG downloaded it.
yeah where did he get it from we love Dr who here well me and mum. its way to hot here been working on my car.
he says you can get it from http://www.mininova.org/ or http://isohunt.com/
kk so he got it as a torrent then.
Muschee said:
orchid40 said:
hello folks, just had a Nanna nap :)
Here’s some roses for you………
Very pretty……speakin of roses… who knows of a nice climbing rose?
Renae.
Pretty pink, thornless and tough as.
bluegreen said:
bon008 said:
Just paid the first deposit on my wedding dress :) bon has a quick girlie momentwoo hoo!
I think we need a picture, Bon :)
orchid40 said:
bluegreen said:
bon008 said:
Just paid the first deposit on my wedding dress :) bon has a quick girlie momentwoo hoo!
I think we need a picture, Bon :)
I’ll be sure to post one when it’s finished :) It’s not even started yet!
Bubba Louie said:
Muschee said:
orchid40 said:
hello folks, just had a Nanna nap :)
Here’s some roses for you………
Very pretty……speakin of roses… who knows of a nice climbing rose?
Renae.
Pretty pink, thornless and tough as.
Not a rose, but what about training a Wonga Wonga vine up that arch. Would go well with the bush surrounds I reckon.
Bubba Louie said:
Muschee said:
orchid40 said:
hello folks, just had a Nanna nap :)
Here’s some roses for you………
Very pretty……speakin of roses… who knows of a nice climbing rose?
Renae.
Pretty pink, thornless and tough as.
Cheers….sounds perfect
Muschee said:
Bubba Louie said:
Muschee said:
orchid40 said:
hello folks, just had a Nanna nap :)
Here’s some roses for you………
Very pretty……speakin of roses… who knows of a nice climbing rose?
Renae.
Pretty pink, thornless and tough as.Cheers….sounds perfect
Here’s a piccy.
http://www.au.gardenweb.com/forums/load/gallery/msg101958337229.html
And NO it’s not mine, but I do have one.
bon008 said:
orchid40 said:
bluegreen said:
bon008 said:
Just paid the first deposit on my wedding dress :) bon has a quick girlie momentwoo hoo!
I think we need a picture, Bon :)
I’ll be sure to post one when it’s finished :) It’s not even started yet!
So have you set a date then Bon?
We’ve got a wedding to go to in April and I’m excited about it already…and booked accom close by for the night…just easier to stay out for the night then argue about who will drive
AnneS said:
Bubba Louie said:
Muschee said:
orchid40 said:
hello folks, just had a Nanna nap :)
Here’s some roses for you………
Very pretty……speakin of roses… who knows of a nice climbing rose?
Renae.
Pretty pink, thornless and tough as.Not a rose, but what about training a Wonga Wonga vine up that arch. Would go well with the bush surrounds I reckon.
hmmmmmmm Wonga Wonga…what’s that then?? never heard of it.
I had thoughts about growing beans or peas, staying with the Veg theme. But I like the idea of a country cottage type entrance and it will bring the bees round.
I also thought about a choko vine. What ever I put there will have to be grown in pots, and roses will work.
Bubba Louie said:
Muschee said:
Bubba Louie said:
Muschee said:
orchid40 said:
hello folks, just had a Nanna nap :)
Here’s some roses for you………
Very pretty……speakin of roses… who knows of a nice climbing rose?
Renae.
Pretty pink, thornless and tough as.Cheers….sounds perfect
Here’s a piccy.
http://www.au.gardenweb.com/forums/load/gallery/msg101958337229.html
And NO it’s not mine, but I do have one.
Oh yeah…that’s the sort of look I’m after……..I think my garden arch will let the rose down :(
Mine’s not so nice. But I think it will still work.
Muschee said:
So have you set a date then Bon?We’ve got a wedding to go to in April and I’m excited about it already…and booked accom close by for the night…just easier to stay out for the night then argue about who will drive
Yep – April 4th :)
I know the feeling – my wedding will be one of the few I’ve been to where I’m not a designated driver :)
bon008 said:
Muschee said:
So have you set a date then Bon?We’ve got a wedding to go to in April and I’m excited about it already…and booked accom close by for the night…just easier to stay out for the night then argue about who will drive
Yep – April 4th :)
I know the feeling – my wedding will be one of the few I’ve been to where I’m not a designated driver :)
What a coincidence April 4th is the same date as the one I’m going to!!
I’m doin a wedding album for them…..that’s the line of work I’m in. Wedding albums for professional photographers.
back now got water in my left ear now. :(
Muschee said:
What a coincidence April 4th is the same date as the one I’m going to!!
I’m doin a wedding album for them…..that’s the line of work I’m in. Wedding albums for professional photographers.
sure it’s not the same one? lol!
veg gardener said:
back now got water in my left ear now. :(
ooh, I hate that :(
Muschee said:
What a coincidence April 4th is the same date as the one I’m going to!!
I’m doin a wedding album for them…..that’s the line of work I’m in. Wedding albums for professional photographers.
It’s a busy month for weddings :)
Say, do you know any good photographers? I’m having trouble choosing… what I’m after is someone who’s good at dealing with people who don’t like being photographed, and who won’t make us hold a fake smile for what feels like forever…
bluegreen said:
veg gardener said:
back now got water in my left ear now. :(
ooh, I hate that :(
yep cant hear at all.
bluegreen said:
Muschee said:
What a coincidence April 4th is the same date as the one I’m going to!!
I’m doin a wedding album for them…..that’s the line of work I’m in. Wedding albums for professional photographers.
sure it’s not the same one? lol!
Mine’s not that organised yet!!! :)
veg gardener said:
bluegreen said:
veg gardener said:
back now got water in my left ear now. :(
ooh, I hate that :(
yep cant hear at all.
What works for me is to lie down with the “wet” ear down, pressed against a pillow to keep it warm…
bluegreen said:
Muschee said:
What a coincidence April 4th is the same date as the one I’m going to!!
I’m doin a wedding album for them…..that’s the line of work I’m in. Wedding albums for professional photographers.
sure it’s not the same one? lol!
That was my first thought too…it would be funny hey
bon008 said:
veg gardener said:
bluegreen said:
veg gardener said:
back now got water in my left ear now. :(
ooh, I hate that :(
yep cant hear at all.
What works for me is to lie down with the “wet” ear down, pressed against a pillow to keep it warm…
kk try that tonight.
bon008 said:
Muschee said:
What a coincidence April 4th is the same date as the one I’m going to!!
I’m doin a wedding album for them…..that’s the line of work I’m in. Wedding albums for professional photographers.
It’s a busy month for weddings :)
Say, do you know any good photographers? I’m having trouble choosing… what I’m after is someone who’s good at dealing with people who don’t like being photographed, and who won’t make us hold a fake smile for what feels like forever…
I went to a wedding in Feb this year and the lady photographer was brilliant. Some shots I’d seen were a shock to me cause I didn’t even know I was photographed. She has since done my boss’s daughters wedding.
Anyways I got no idea about costs etc but her name is Lisa Wilde…Wilde Studios she goes by.
Muschee said:
I went to a wedding in Feb this year and the lady photographer was brilliant. Some shots I’d seen were a shock to me cause I didn’t even know I was photographed. She has since done my boss’s daughters wedding.Anyways I got no idea about costs etc but her name is Lisa Wilde…Wilde Studios she goes by.
Awesome, thanks! I’ll look her up :)
so bon how is your garden going?
veg gardener said:
so bon how is your garden going?
Sorry I missed you VG…
It’s going well! I added the last two pots onto the retic circuit yesterday, and hopefully I’ll be able to add the dripline for the herb patch tonight. Only a little bit of weeding and sand moving to do before we can finish the path and the rest of the mulching…
bon008 said:
veg gardener said:
so bon how is your garden going?
Sorry I missed you VG…
It’s going well! I added the last two pots onto the retic circuit yesterday, and hopefully I’ll be able to add the dripline for the herb patch tonight. Only a little bit of weeding and sand moving to do before we can finish the path and the rest of the mulching…
I’ve just had the horrible job of telling a neighbour that their pet cat was dead. In the 8 years we’ve been here this is the 3th cat killed outside our house. One survived.
WHY ME??????
I just wish people would at least keep them in after dark. The poor woman now has to tell her young daughter.
Bubba Louie said:
I’ve just had the horrible job of telling a neighbour that their pet cat was dead. In the 8 years we’ve been here this is the 3th cat killed outside our house. One survived.WHY ME??????
I just wish people would at least keep them in after dark. The poor woman now has to tell her young daughter.
Oh no :( What happened to the cat?
I don’t know why more people don’t have cat runs, if not for the sake of local wildlife, then to know that their kitty is safe…
Muschee said:
AnneS said:
Bubba Louie said:
Muschee said:
orchid40 said:
hello folks, just had a Nanna nap :)
Here’s some roses for you………
Very pretty……speakin of roses… who knows of a nice climbing rose?
Renae.
Pretty pink, thornless and tough as.Not a rose, but what about training a Wonga Wonga vine up that arch. Would go well with the bush surrounds I reckon.
hmmmmmmm Wonga Wonga…what’s that then?? never heard of it.
I had thoughts about growing beans or peas, staying with the Veg theme. But I like the idea of a country cottage type entrance and it will bring the bees round.
I also thought about a choko vine. What ever I put there will have to be grown in pots, and roses will work.
http://www.sgaonline.org.au/plant_pandoreapandorana.html
bon008 said:
Bubba Louie said:
I’ve just had the horrible job of telling a neighbour that their pet cat was dead. In the 8 years we’ve been here this is the 3th cat killed outside our house. One survived.WHY ME??????
I just wish people would at least keep them in after dark. The poor woman now has to tell her young daughter.
They were all hit by cars. Luckily this one seems to have been killed instantly.
Oh no :( What happened to the cat?
I don’t know why more people don’t have cat runs, if not for the sake of local wildlife, then to know that their kitty is safe…
good morning peoples :)
AnneS said:
Muschee said:
AnneS said:
Bubba Louie said:
Muschee said:
orchid40 said:
hello folks, just had a Nanna nap :)
Here’s some roses for you………
Very pretty……speakin of roses… who knows of a nice climbing rose?
Renae.
Pretty pink, thornless and tough as.Not a rose, but what about training a Wonga Wonga vine up that arch. Would go well with the bush surrounds I reckon.
hmmmmmmm Wonga Wonga…what’s that then?? never heard of it.
I had thoughts about growing beans or peas, staying with the Veg theme. But I like the idea of a country cottage type entrance and it will bring the bees round.
I also thought about a choko vine. What ever I put there will have to be grown in pots, and roses will work.
Wonga Wonga vine (Pandorea pandorana)http://www.sgaonline.org.au/plant_pandoreapandorana.html
Oh yes I know the one, I have a variegated one in a hanging basket.
Thanks for the suggestion.
bluegreen said:
good morning peoples :)
Yes good mornin…hope you’re feeling better than I do :( fancy getting sick on holidays
stupid stupid me
Oh well, like Bon said, we will have some stinking hot days ahead, so won’t be getting much gardening done anyways.
Muschee said:
bluegreen said:
good morning peoples :)
Yes good mornin…hope you’re feeling better than I do :( fancy getting sick on holidays
stupid stupid meOh well, like Bon said, we will have some stinking hot days ahead, so won’t be getting much gardening done anyways.
I’m back at work :(
but then I can’t do much gardening-wise until my wrist has healed.
Morning… I’m smelling like my garlic and the sauce is on….. 4 kilo toms to be made into sauce:D
Muschee said:
bluegreen said:
good morning peoples :)
Yes good mornin…hope you’re feeling better than I do :( fancy getting sick on holidays
stupid stupid meOh well, like Bon said, we will have some stinking hot days ahead, so won’t be getting much gardening done anyways.
Thanks for reminding me – I woke up a bit ill at 4am, didn’t get back tp sleep until 6ish I think. I was a bit grumpy at sleeping in until 9am after that, but I guess it doesn’t matter when I’m having a lazy day anyway! :)
The cricket is now going SO badly that OH has become philosophic/amused :)
bon008 said:
Muschee said:
bluegreen said:
good morning peoples :)
Yes good mornin…hope you’re feeling better than I do :( fancy getting sick on holidays
stupid stupid meOh well, like Bon said, we will have some stinking hot days ahead, so won’t be getting much gardening done anyways.
Thanks for reminding me – I woke up a bit ill at 4am, didn’t get back tp sleep until 6ish I think. I was a bit grumpy at sleeping in until 9am after that, but I guess it doesn’t matter when I’m having a lazy day anyway! :)
The cricket is now going SO badly that OH has become philosophic/amused :)
Yep I’ve just got a few beans to pick, oh and my first tomato :) Then I’m gonna lay down again. My heads pounding. That sun is so hot ALREADY.
Grand-kitty rocks up in the next 90 mins:D
Can’t wait.
Lucky1 said:
Grand-kitty rocks up in the next 90 mins:DCan’t wait.
I’m sure she will be pleased to visit too :D
bluegreen said:
Lucky1 said:
Grand-kitty rocks up in the next 90 mins:DCan’t wait.
I’m sure she will be pleased to visit too :D
Oh I bet she will be stoked to see everyone.
Here until Sunday or Monday…..
got 2× 2l seasol spray one packs for $12.00 for both of them.
veg gardener said:
got 2× 2l seasol spray one packs for $12.00 for both of them.
AnneS said:
veg gardener said:
got 2× 2l seasol spray one packs for $12.00 for both of them.
Well done. A couple of years ago we bought 4 × 5 litre ordinary seasol for $25 +postage for the lot on ebay. Haven’t seen it since though
yeah it was in bunnings.
veg gardener said:
got 2× 2l seasol spray one packs for $12.00 for both of them.
they are normally about $12 each here – well done.
pepe said:
veg gardener said:
got 2× 2l seasol spray one packs for $12.00 for both of them.
they are normally about $12 each here – well done.
yeah i seen something in the spray on pack $60.00 for 5ls.
looks like this pack.
Hey VG how do you get the photo to show up in the thread rather than having to link off site?
AnneS said:
Hey VG how do you get the photo to show up in the thread rather than having to link off site?
i right click on it and then go properties and then copy the url and put a ! and the start and end.
Cool.Thanks
your sweet potato.
veg gardener said:
didnt work wrong one.
Evening all :)
Hubby and I been out and about visiting friends again , taking bags of veges to share, we’re stuffed with food and now relaxing after a couple garden jobs. Managed to lift the fallen tomato bushes and create another small vege bed :D
No kids.. we will have an easy night tonight, lay in bed and eat chips if we want.
I bought a couple pretty tops to wear and I still find myself heading for the larger sizes..then leave with size 12’s :) The 60% off sign caught my eye.
I’ve got red tomatoes :D
The cherry toms ‘sweetbites’ are really yum! I’ll be growing them each year. Only problem is, the bush is over 2 mt tall!
Piccies after.
Yaaaaaaaaaay… man from the council just rang back – he is coming to inspect the greywater system tomorrow morning :)
bon008 said:
Yaaaaaaaaaay… man from the council just rang back – he is coming to inspect the greywater system tomorrow morning :)
good service – should get the all clear by what you’ve said.
good luck.
bon008 said:
Yaaaaaaaaaay… man from the council just rang back – he is coming to inspect the greywater system tomorrow morning :)
What did you bribe him with??
That doesn’t sound like council at all, it’s too quick :)
my hand is feeling a bit better now before anyone asked what happened, i was helping dad replace the timing belt on the landcrusier and was unbolting the powerstering luqigus thing that holds the oil and smashed my thumb while trying to undo it as they done it up heaps tight. its alright now.
Muschee said:
bon008 said:
Yaaaaaaaaaay… man from the council just rang back – he is coming to inspect the greywater system tomorrow morning :)What did you bribe him with??
That doesn’t sound like council at all, it’s too quick :)
I think it’s just all been so quick since they don’t get a lot of greywater enquiries – there’s no queue :)
Morining all.
morning Veg. How’s the hand feeling this morning?
bluegreen said:
morning Veg. How’s the hand feeling this morning?
alright abit swore
veg gardener said:
bluegreen said:
morning Veg. How’s the hand feeling this morning?
alright abit swore
yeah, mine too :)
bluegreen said:
veg gardener said:
bluegreen said:
morning Veg. How’s the hand feeling this morning?
alright abit swore
yeah, mine too :)
got some cream to put on it for some reason right near the swore its white.
veg gardener said:
got some cream to put on it for some reason right near the swore its white.
is it swollen? or did you get some of the fluid on it?
veg gardener said:
bluegreen said:
veg gardener said:
bluegreen said:
morning Veg. How’s the hand feeling this morning?
alright abit swore
yeah, mine too :)
got some cream to put on it for some reason right near the swore its white.
Morning yous , I hope all things sore heal well.
I’m just spending the day pottering about with some small jobs to do.
good morning HP. Did you get some of the rain?
bluegreen said:
veg gardener said:
got some cream to put on it for some reason right near the swore its white.
is it swollen? or did you get some of the fluid on it?
not sure.
bluegreen said:
good morning HP. Did you get some of the rain?
Yes BG, just 1 mm though.
I’ve blocked off hubbys little guttering holes as rainwater poured onto the dwarf beans bed and uprooted some.
Whatever would I do without blu-tac ? lol
veg gardener said:
bluegreen said:
veg gardener said:
got some cream to put on it for some reason right near the swore its white.
is it swollen? or did you get some of the fluid on it?
not sure.
I’m sure it will be fine :)
Happy Potter said:
bluegreen said:
good morning HP. Did you get some of the rain?
Yes BG, just 1 mm though.
same here
Morning All,
4mm last night WOOHOO!! Won’t have to water today :)
I’m feeling a little better, went to the Doc’s yesterday and my BP was very low. This was a surprise as it’s been fine lately. Anyhow I can bend down without nearly passing out now.
Planning a menu for Fri as all Mr O40’s family are descending upon us. BBQ of course but I’m looking for unusual salads too. I’ve made the meringue for a layered tropical Pavlova, need a second dessert dish too. Oh well I’ve got a mountain of cook books.
Later.
Morning all :)
I’m just sitting around in front of the cricket until the council man arrives – won’t bother doing anything until after that..
bon008 said:
Morning all :)I’m just sitting around in front of the cricket until the council man arrives – won’t bother doing anything until after that..
yeah, i got a driving lesson a lunch time.
Hope it goes well Veg :)
When do you plan on taking your test?
bon008 said:
Hope it goes well Veg :)When do you plan on taking your test?
end of jan and in a manual as that was my car is.
Always good to learn in a manual :)
bon008 said:
Always good to learn in a manual :)
yeah havent had it long but.
BBQ of course but I’m looking for unusual salads too
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There’s a yumm beetroot and yellow roma tomatoes one in WeightWatchers®…freely available to all…my favourite (soak the chopped red onion in the balsamic vinegar whilst making the rest of the salad) …great colour …
There was a very good prawn one in The Courier Mail, with layers of prawn, red onion and mangos…on a per person basis…
Dinetta said:
BBQ of course but I’m looking for unusual salads too
==============There’s a yumm beetroot and yellow roma tomatoes one in WeightWatchers®…freely available to all…my favourite (soak the chopped red onion in the balsamic vinegar whilst making the rest of the salad) …great colour …
There was a very good prawn one in The Courier Mail, with layers of prawn, red onion and mangos…on a per person basis…
You can’t go past a good Thai Beef salad… :D
or the Thai chicken salad, with coriander.
aquarium said:
or the Thai chicken salad, with coriander.
Yummmmmmmmmmm :) We have a nice recipe for a Thai egg salad too, good for vegetarians although obviously not vegans!
Council man has been and gone :)
He was really nice – technically I’m not supposed to switch the system on until I get an official “permit to use”, but he said just to go ahead anyway :) Didn’t tell him that I already had used it… :D
There is a slight problem with the place where they installed the pump – all comes down to the definition of “tank”. The rule says no tanks within 1.2 metres of the house, but what they actually mean is nothing installed underground within 1.2m of the house. So the spot where they installed the pump etc is technically against the rules =/ I don’t think they will make a big deal out of it though – they obviously need to broaden the wording of their rule!
bon008 said:
Council man has been and gone :)He was really nice – technically I’m not supposed to switch the system on until I get an official “permit to use”, but he said just to go ahead anyway :) Didn’t tell him that I already had used it… :D
There is a slight problem with the place where they installed the pump – all comes down to the definition of “tank”. The rule says no tanks within 1.2 metres of the house, but what they actually mean is nothing installed underground within 1.2m of the house. So the spot where they installed the pump etc is technically against the rules =/ I don’t think they will make a big deal out of it though – they obviously need to broaden the wording of their rule!
Well that does sound positive anyways….who did you get to install the pump? Was it a company and they should’ve knowm better?
Bon do you know any good rose nurseries around here?
Muschee said:
Bon do you know any good rose nurseries around here?
Scratch that……..I just yellow paged it and just my luck there’s a rose farm around the corner from me…….. woo hoo don’t even have to come down the hill.
Yeh, a place called Earth & Water. I could say good stuff and not so good stuff about them, but generally they OK.
I think the problem was the system they put in was fairly new, and they only consulted the man who designed/sells the system was AFTER they installed it – when he told them they should have done it different! So I guess they will only make those mistakes once..
Muschee said:
Bon do you know any good rose nurseries around here?
Nope, not a fan of roses :) Hortfurball might know, but she’s not around much these days…
Muschee said:
Muschee said:
Bon do you know any good rose nurseries around here?
Scratch that……..I just yellow paged it and just my luck there’s a rose farm around the corner from me…….. woo hoo don’t even have to come down the hill.
Oh cool :)
bon008 said:
Yeh, a place called Earth & Water. I could say good stuff and not so good stuff about them, but generally they OK.I think the problem was the system they put in was fairly new, and they only consulted the man who designed/sells the system was AFTER they installed it – when he told them they should have done it different! So I guess they will only make those mistakes once..
Yeah and as long as it hasn’t cost you any more than it should’ve.
bon008 said:
Muschee said:
Bon do you know any good rose nurseries around here?
Nope, not a fan of roses :) Hortfurball might know, but she’s not around much these days…
Yep I’ve noticed that….hope she is going well.
Muschee said:
Yeah and as long as it hasn’t cost you any more than it should’ve.
Only in stress :D
The Pepe’s are coming this arvo…….looking forward to them coming. Got a bottle of sauce for them. Pepe offered to plant out some seedlings he’s bringing for me…….
hello lucky, thats good thats the pepes are coming over, them seasol containers are great.
veg gardener said:
hello lucky, thats good thats the pepes are coming over, them seasol containers are great.
Hi VG.
Glad your happy with those containers. Great for spraying goodies on with a hose. Yes, the Pepe’s will be greeted warmly.
Lucky1 said:
veg gardener said:
hello lucky, thats good thats the pepes are coming over, them seasol containers are great.
Hi VG.
Glad your happy with those containers. Great for spraying goodies on with a hose. Yes, the Pepe’s will be greeted warmly.
and i make some of my own luqiud fert so i can put it into them.
so you better adjust your clocks!
bluegreen said:
2008 to be a second longerso you better adjust your clocks!
we cant really adjust them, we have alot of seconds in 2008.
veg gardener said:
bluegreen said:
2008 to be a second longerso you better adjust your clocks!
we cant really adjust them, we have alot of seconds in 2008.
I know :)
I found it pretty amazing that the rotation of the earth is not constant!
bluegreen said:
veg gardener said:
bluegreen said:
2008 to be a second longerso you better adjust your clocks!
we cant really adjust them, we have alot of seconds in 2008.
I know :)
I found it pretty amazing that the rotation of the earth is not constant!
veg gardener said:
going Kayaking tomorrow morining.
nice one! Hope your hand is OK for it.
I used to do a lot of canoeing with my parents when I was younger. A long time ago now.
bluegreen said:
veg gardener said:
going Kayaking tomorrow morining.nice one! Hope your hand is OK for it.
I used to do a lot of canoeing with my parents when I was younger. A long time ago now.
yeah we have 2 kayaks one for me and dad its alright now but hasnt healed ill just put a band aid on it but i don’t fall out normally.
Evening all.
evening veg
hi Veg, PM
hey pm and BG.
bg, how goes it?
hey Veggie, how you planning on seeing in the new year? Friends or Family or both?
pain master said:
bg, how goes it?
not bad thanks PM.
pain master said:
hey Veggie, how you planning on seeing in the new year? Friends or Family or both?
staying at home. setting at the computer or go out where my parents go to ie there friends place.
Hi PM, VG, BG :)
Just did our last trip to feed a friend’s cat – yay! At least until next time he goes away :D
bon008 said:
Hi PM, VG, BG :)Just did our last trip to feed a friend’s cat – yay! At least until next time he goes away :D
good onya for helping out, hope the cat is your friend now!
pain master said:
bon008 said:
Hi PM, VG, BG :)Just did our last trip to feed a friend’s cat – yay! At least until next time he goes away :D
good onya for helping out, hope the cat is your friend now!
The kitty gets on really well with our dog, so we don’t mind going too much :)
Lucky1 said:
The Pepe’s are coming this arvo…….looking forward to them coming. Got a bottle of sauce for them. Pepe offered to plant out some seedlings he’s bringing for me…….
we walked away with more than we brought as always.
tomato sauce and apricot jam were the gifts this time.
i always feel privileged to get home made preserves – they are unique and obviously the outcome of lots of work.
thanks lucky and elf – i hope those twelve corn settle in alright.
yep – its getting close to the change of year.
we’re staying off the road and just relaxing.
a few things to do when the NY is over – tour down under is on with lance armstrong – and a bush walk through a park i haven’t seen before – plus a great buddhist sage (lama) is coming to adelaide so we will listen to his wisdom.
currently i’m obsessed with the garden surrounding the new bath/pond – so that work is progressing well.
Evening all :) I just want to say as the year comes to a close ,thanks everyone for a beaut year, helping, sharing garden pics and stories, friendly get togethers, the new friends I have made and met, and generally being there with kind words and helpful advise. If it wasn’t for you, I wouldn’t have attempted a single vegetable, but as I look back at the bountiful harvests I’ve had all year , I’m amazed at how I have been changed having tasted my own produce and have the confidence to ‘ have a grow’ :D I want to grow more, taste the ‘real’ thing , and keep gardening forever!
Have a safe and happy New Years and lots of great things for the next year.
chinks glass for another wonderful year ahead
cheers
Morning one and all. We’re back from the big smoke of Adelaide. Nice to be home but could have done with a bit less heat.
Hope you all had a lovely Christmas. We did.
Plants have suffered from a lack of water because there was only 11mls in the guage which isn’t enough to reach some of the out of the way plants. The wisteria and the abutilons have grown to cover the verandah path. Lilliums are finished.
Off to get the precious baby girl from the kennels soon but will try to read some of the topics till then.
welcome back Pomolo :)
morining all.
bluegreen said:
welcome back Pomolo :)
what bg said.
Good to see you made it home from Adelaide… They say that Adelaide and South Australia is home to murderers and stuff, and that you might wind up in a bank vault. Sounds scary, did you have a safe trip?
Good to see you made it home from Adelaide… They say that Adelaide and South Australia is home to murderers and stuff, and that you might wind up in a bank vault.
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oi !
actually its the home of culture and coopers – altho’ we do sometimes confuse the two.
joke from yesterday for PM
what is the most confusing day of the year in Elizabeth?
answer: father’s day. LOL.
Arvo all…getting ready to celebrate tonight ?
We’re not going anywhere, giant son is here for this night only and not in a good mood.
I’ve been out in the garden all day( escaped) , planted out lettuces, leeks , spring onions , button squash and a small pumpkin, they are all mulched and watered in, and I divided the ‘mother’ red rhubarb and planted the piece in place of the (green) sydney crimson rhubarb. Mulched other beds, capsicums, fruits and beans. Dynam’ lifter-rd the lot.
I’m stuffed. I’ll be asleep by 12 I reckon. I hope.
Have a good night all :)
I’m devastated…. went to the Dr. this morning and my leg will be a long term fix problem.
No heavy gardening……no digging and such…….
The soft tissue damage is so bad…last night, I had the elf make us sandwiches for tea. I couldn’t cope with the pain, so I was flat on my back with the leg raised.
First time this leg has caused so much hassle. Usually its the left leg.
I just had to get the elf to harvest some spuds for our tea tonight.
On the bright side….we survived another year. I still have my soul mate…… that is all that matters to me. Oh and my garden;P
Lucky1 said:
I’m devastated…. went to the Dr. this morning and my leg will be a long term fix problem.No heavy gardening……no digging and such…….
The soft tissue damage is so bad…last night, I had the elf make us sandwiches for tea. I couldn’t cope with the pain, so I was flat on my back with the leg raised.
First time this leg has caused so much hassle. Usually its the left leg.
I just had to get the elf to harvest some spuds for our tea tonight.
On the bright side….we survived another year. I still have my soul mate…… that is all that matters to me. Oh and my garden;P
Oh sorry to hear that Lucky :(
Whats going to happen with your leg? how long out of action ?
Bugga , I wish I lived closer to you.
Oh sorry to hear that Lucky :(
Whats going to happen with your leg? how long out of action ?
Bugga , I wish I lived closer to you.
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Thanks HP:)
My leg will take as long as it takes. Doctor took some blood today just to check out what was happening….. I have to go back for the results in a few days.
Thanks for wishing you were closer.
Guess the elf will learn to grow vegies….LOL
He can do the hard yakka on his good days and I’ll plant without bending my knee and in short bursts over a few days.
Happy Potter said:
Arvo all…getting ready to celebrate tonight ?
We have a party to go to but are in two minds whether to go. It means sleepin in the car.
It was so hard sleeping in the heat last night with a fan on……….I can’t begin to imagine what it’ll be like trying to sleep in a closed up car.
So we’ll see where we end up. I’d be happy just to see the New Year in together..just the 2 of us.
Lucky1 said:
I’m devastated…. went to the Dr. this morning and my leg will be a long term fix problem.No heavy gardening……no digging and such…….
The soft tissue damage is so bad…last night, I had the elf make us sandwiches for tea. I couldn’t cope with the pain, so I was flat on my back with the leg raised.
First time this leg has caused so much hassle. Usually its the left leg.
I just had to get the elf to harvest some spuds for our tea tonight.
On the bright side….we survived another year. I still have my soul mate…… that is all that matters to me. Oh and my garden;P
That’s no good Lucky…….so good to see you can still look on the bright side.
I do hope your pain subsides soon.
Lucky1 said:
I’m devastated…. went to the Dr. this morning and my leg will be a long term fix problem.No heavy gardening……no digging and such…….
The soft tissue damage is so bad…last night, I had the elf make us sandwiches for tea. I couldn’t cope with the pain, so I was flat on my back with the leg raised.
First time this leg has caused so much hassle. Usually its the left leg.
I just had to get the elf to harvest some spuds for our tea tonight.
On the bright side….we survived another year. I still have my soul mate…… that is all that matters to me. Oh and my garden;P
oh Lucky :(
((((HUGS))))
Lucky1 said:
I’m devastated…. went to the Dr. this morning and my leg will be a long term fix problem.No heavy gardening……no digging and such…….
The soft tissue damage is so bad…last night, I had the elf make us sandwiches for tea. I couldn’t cope with the pain, so I was flat on my back with the leg raised.
First time this leg has caused so much hassle. Usually its the left leg.
I just had to get the elf to harvest some spuds for our tea tonight.
On the bright side….we survived another year. I still have my soul mate…… that is all that matters to me. Oh and my garden;P
Get well soon Lucky, but not too soon, you shouldn’t rush any recovery. Take it easy and take care.
lucky i hope your leg gets better soon.
(((((((((HUGS))))))))))))))))))) if i was close i would come and work in your garden for you.
veg gardener said:
lucky i hope your leg gets better soon.
(((((((((HUGS))))))))))))))))))) if i was close i would come and work in your garden for you.
that is a kind gesture Veg, and I am sure Lucky would appreciate your work around the yard… just don’t hug her leg too tight, it might drop off.
pain master said:
veg gardener said:
lucky i hope your leg gets better soon.
(((((((((HUGS))))))))))))))))))) if i was close i would come and work in your garden for you.
that is a kind gesture Veg, and I am sure Lucky would appreciate your work around the yard… just don’t hug her leg too tight, it might drop off.
veg gardener said:
pain master said:
veg gardener said:
lucky i hope your leg gets better soon.
(((((((((HUGS))))))))))))))))))) if i was close i would come and work in your garden for you.
that is a kind gesture Veg, and I am sure Lucky would appreciate your work around the yard… just don’t hug her leg too tight, it might drop off.
lol pm you make me laugh yeah i wont hug her too tight :P with all the chooks there and the good food (get that at home as well), it would be a good second home.
Good call, Lucky’s mini farm is a great place to visit and would indeed make an ideal second home… I wonder if Mr Lucky wouldn’t mind if I called him Dad?
LOL!!! ROFLMAO!!!
pain master said:
veg gardener said:
pain master said:
veg gardener said:
lucky i hope your leg gets better soon.
(((((((((HUGS))))))))))))))))))) if i was close i would come and work in your garden for you.
that is a kind gesture Veg, and I am sure Lucky would appreciate your work around the yard… just don’t hug her leg too tight, it might drop off.
lol pm you make me laugh yeah i wont hug her too tight :P with all the chooks there and the good food (get that at home as well), it would be a good second home.
Good call, Lucky’s mini farm is a great place to visit and would indeed make an ideal second home… I wonder if Mr Lucky wouldn’t mind if I called him Dad?
LOL!!! ROFLMAO!!!
lol i wounder if the elf would.
veg gardener said:
pain master said:
veg gardener said:
pain master said:
veg gardener said:
lucky i hope your leg gets better soon.
(((((((((HUGS))))))))))))))))))) if i was close i would come and work in your garden for you.
that is a kind gesture Veg, and I am sure Lucky would appreciate your work around the yard… just don’t hug her leg too tight, it might drop off.
lol pm you make me laugh yeah i wont hug her too tight :P with all the chooks there and the good food (get that at home as well), it would be a good second home.
Good call, Lucky’s mini farm is a great place to visit and would indeed make an ideal second home… I wonder if Mr Lucky wouldn’t mind if I called him Dad?
LOL!!! ROFLMAO!!!
lol i wounder if the elf would.
Knowing the Elf like I do, he’d be alright with whatever I called him, as long as I didn’t call him late for dinner….
I’m devastated…. went to the Dr. this morning and my leg will be a long term fix problem.
No heavy gardening……no digging and such…….
Oh Lucky, that is such disappointing news for you, your garden is such a big part of your life. (((((Lots of Hugs))))))
Thanks VG:) & yes time will heal it better slowly than rushing it PM.
Thanks for all the hugs…..
pain master said:
veg gardener said:
pain master said:
veg gardener said:
lucky i hope your leg gets better soon.
(((((((((HUGS))))))))))))))))))) if i was close i would come and work in your garden for you.
that is a kind gesture Veg, and I am sure Lucky would appreciate your work around the yard… just don’t hug her leg too tight, it might drop off.
lol pm you make me laugh yeah i wont hug her too tight :P with all the chooks there and the good food (get that at home as well), it would be a good second home.
Good call, Lucky’s mini farm is a great place to visit and would indeed make an ideal second home… I wonder if Mr Lucky wouldn’t mind if I called him Dad?
LOL!!! ROFLMAO!!!
:D
Anyone around here up for a chat?
Lucky1 said:
Thanks VG:) & yes time will heal it better slowly than rushing it PM.Thanks for all the hugs…..
Hugs from me too Lucky1. Can’t they put that leg in a sling? LOL.
