Hey guys – are you still in March ?? LOL

orchid40 said:

Hey guys – are you still in March ?? LOL

is it realy april allready, havent even looked at the calander spose i didnt get the eggs this arvo, better change my calander over.

orchid40 said:

Hey guys – are you still in March ?? LOL

yeah, wishful thinking…

orchid40 said:

Hey guys – are you still in March ?? LOL

Yep they were.

I just had a bit of a spruce up at the hairdressers, getting ready for Saturday’s wedding.
Bit relieved actually, had to go to different hairdresser and I was nervous they’d get it all wrong and it would cost a fortune…but they did great…I will sleep well tonite.
OH returns tomorrow after a month away. Yes I’m sort of looking forward to it….not the extra cooking & cleaning tho….

Does anyone else on here dabble in meditation?

I’m trying to get into it but I’m finding that I’m just too sleepy.. as soon as I shut my eyes my brain wants to go to sleep, instead of focusing. Just wondered if anyone had any ideas or tips :)

bon008 said:

Does anyone else on here dabble in meditation?

I’m trying to get into it but I’m finding that I’m just too sleepy.. as soon as I shut my eyes my brain wants to go to sleep, instead of focusing. Just wondered if anyone had any ideas or tips :)

I have a friend who is into it….while listening to Monks doing the ooommmmm thing…I’ll ask via email tomorrow and if he has any advice I can email you Bon…..pretty sure I still have your addy somewhere

Muschee said:

bon008 said:

Does anyone else on here dabble in meditation?

I’m trying to get into it but I’m finding that I’m just too sleepy.. as soon as I shut my eyes my brain wants to go to sleep, instead of focusing. Just wondered if anyone had any ideas or tips :)

I have a friend who is into it….while listening to Monks doing the ooommmmm thing…I’ll ask via email tomorrow and if he has any advice I can email you Bon…..pretty sure I still have your addy somewhere

Cool, thanks Muschee :)

I think I’m going to sign up for some classes later in April.. see if the instructor can give me some advice too. His CDs say to meditate sitting so you stay alert.. but I am a master at falling asleep sitting :D

bon008 said:

Muschee said:

bon008 said:

Does anyone else on here dabble in meditation?

I’m trying to get into it but I’m finding that I’m just too sleepy.. as soon as I shut my eyes my brain wants to go to sleep, instead of focusing. Just wondered if anyone had any ideas or tips :)

I have a friend who is into it….while listening to Monks doing the ooommmmm thing…I’ll ask via email tomorrow and if he has any advice I can email you Bon…..pretty sure I still have your addy somewhere

Cool, thanks Muschee :)

I think I’m going to sign up for some classes later in April.. see if the instructor can give me some advice too. His CDs say to meditate sitting so you stay alert.. but I am a master at falling asleep sitting :D

Some would say that’s a lucky thing, to be able to sleep that easily. I think classes would be an excellent idea.

I’m off for the night…so catch ya later

bon008 said:

Muschee said:

bon008 said:

Does anyone else on here dabble in meditation?

I’m trying to get into it but I’m finding that I’m just too sleepy.. as soon as I shut my eyes my brain wants to go to sleep, instead of focusing. Just wondered if anyone had any ideas or tips :)

I have a friend who is into it….while listening to Monks doing the ooommmmm thing…I’ll ask via email tomorrow and if he has any advice I can email you Bon…..pretty sure I still have your addy somewhere

Cool, thanks Muschee :)

I think I’m going to sign up for some classes later in April.. see if the instructor can give me some advice too. His CDs say to meditate sitting so you stay alert.. but I am a master at falling asleep sitting :D

I would often sleep for ages on the back of the bike, with my head between MrBL’s shoulder blades. If he every felt me start to slip (very rarely) he’d just slap my knee.

Bubba Louie said:

I would often sleep for ages on the back of the bike, with my head between MrBL’s shoulder blades. If he every felt me start to slip (very rarely) he’d just slap my knee.

We’re lucky you’re still alive!

G’day. It’s been raining a bit up this way.

Pepe just updating you before i go to work for the day with dad, the rivers where ment to reach the max height at midnight but they didn’t, still ment to rain till sunday good chance they will peak at it soon. Our drive way is going to need alot more gravel and find away to keep it there.

Dinetta said:

Bubba Louie said:

I would often sleep for ages on the back of the bike, with my head between MrBL’s shoulder blades. If he every felt me start to slip (very rarely) he’d just slap my knee.

We’re lucky you’re still alive!

morning folks.

Mr BG’s dad never owned a car and always went everywhere by motorbike in his younger days. Apparently once when taking Mr BG’s mum on the back of the bike he couldn’t feel her there any more. He tried waving his hand behind him but nothing! He stopped to look only to find her fast asleep and leaning flat on her back waving in the breeze!

Hi Veg looks like the bloke was right —AGAIN—when he predicted the rain on the east coast—sma e as he did last year

the balance is between body and mind.
if your body is feeling tired – focus on that. if the mind is dropping off- focus on the mind.

pepe said:

the balance is between body and mind.
if your body is feeling tired – focus on that. if the mind is dropping off- focus on the mind.

refers to the bon meditation question.
goodbye – i haven’t got time to say hello.

Longy said:

G’day. It’s been raining a bit up this way.

Good morning…

Just a bit, hey?

bluegreen said:

Dinetta said:

Bubba Louie said:

I would often sleep for ages on the back of the bike, with my head between MrBL’s shoulder blades. If he every felt me start to slip (very rarely) he’d just slap my knee.

We’re lucky you’re still alive!

morning folks.

Mr BG’s dad never owned a car and always went everywhere by motorbike in his younger days. Apparently once when taking Mr BG’s mum on the back of the bike he couldn’t feel her there any more. He tried waving his hand behind him but nothing! He stopped to look only to find her fast asleep and leaning flat on her back waving in the breeze!

LOLOLOL!!!

Amazing!

Qld floodwaters a ‘helping hand for SA graziers’

veg gardener said:

Pepe just updating you before i go to work for the day with dad, the rivers where ment to reach the max height at midnight but they didn’t, still ment to rain till sunday good chance they will peak at it soon. Our drive way is going to need alot more gravel and find away to keep it there.

all weather driveways are difficult – they need big drainage pipes etc.
sounds like longy is wearing rubber boots as well – his probably reach to the knee (from shore fishing gear).

Mr BG’s dad never owned a car and always went everywhere by motorbike in his younger days. Apparently once when taking Mr BG’s mum on the back of the bike he couldn’t feel her there any more. He tried waving his hand behind him but nothing! He stopped to look only to find her fast asleep and leaning flat on her back waving in the breeze!
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she was either very tired or a very sound sleeper ! she was part of the ‘flapper’ generation i spose. LOL

afty.

warm here again. some suggestion of wet stuff for the next three days – so i had better thin out my seedlings tomorrow.

Wated toshare a story, de-stress and have a wee winge! So thought i’d do it here, I’ll call it the case of the cursed incubator,
To set the scene, we use an old bellsouth 100 incubator to hatch eggs in, it worked fine and we were happy. But with old things it went “Poof!”. and we ordered a new thermostat. It will be here on friday, we were told by bellsouth, 3 days later.But in the post we had about 40 eggs coming, not cheep ones iether. So we shot off to a friend who has a new bellsouth, she doesn’t use. We had borrowed it once a long time befor ( and sadly forgot it was a cursed incubator, it runs fine but never hatched eggs), when we remembered we thought oh, well its only for a few days, and our ‘bator will be up and running again.
Its now day 20, the chook eggs ( there are duck, turkey and chook eggs in it) should have started hatching. Not a peep. We have disposed of half the eggs already ( you can tell when an egg goes bad in a ‘bator, not pleasant), Bellsouth ae full of sorries, their first aussie manufacturer let them down, they tenderd out and hired another ( at the same time as we were wanting a new thermo’ they were updating the design to include an internal fuse to stop future thermo’s going “Poof!”)sadly they let them down, and they picked the no’2 company in the tender process, who have, you guessed it, let them down. Long sad stories of companis making promises they cant keep, and trying to up manufacturing prices AFTER the contracts have been signed. So now Bellsouth have 200 1/2 completed thermo’s that they are getting an electrician to finish so they can keep what few repete customers they have left, and start selling incubators again, ad have told me that they will be sourcing a chinese company to make their parts in the future.
My story has no real ending, i am dissapointed in Bellsouth, but understanding, as they have tried to buy australian, and really pissed at australian manufacturers who are cutting their own throats with incompetance and greedy cash grab practices.
I am confused and irritated at an icubator that works fine, temp and humidity good, but is cursed and won’t hatch eggs. I am now down over $100 in pedigree eggs. I am distressed that the people I promised birds to will have to wait another month or so, providing i get my thermostat sometime soon. I am irritated that i will have to wait in some cases ( turkey’s) tll next breeding season to get more eggs. My broody chook came off her eggs 2 days early so i lost my backup Langshan eggs too.
sigh Oh i am also very pregnant and emotional!! sigh
I think i will send back the cursed incubator, with instructions to get t to a priest A.S.A.P, Holy water rinse and repete! Befor she uses it, which she is planning to do.
Wish me luck with bellsouth, i have a ‘bator kit here, but my local carpenter wants to charge me $450 for a medium sised box to put it in, not gold leaf decorated, just 9mm construction ply plain box with hinged lid. I was going to varnish it, get the electrics fitted to it and all that jazz, I’m just too preggers to do the job myself. *Quick, 4 leaf clover needed STAT’! *Touch some wood dammit, touch som wood!!!
Well i feel a bit better. Thanks!

Turkeymum said:

Well i feel a bit better. Thanks!

glad you got that off your chest Turkeymum. How disappointing losing all those eggs! I have been tempted to get an incubator at times, but for my tiny backyard flock it is not worth the cost, and some of my hens go broody at the drop of a hat anyway. And then I hear stories like this and I think, GO THE BROODY HEN! lol!

pepe said:

pepe said:

the balance is between body and mind.
if your body is feeling tired – focus on that. if the mind is dropping off- focus on the mind.

refers to the bon meditation question.
goodbye – i haven’t got time to say hello.

Thanks pepe – I will give that a go.I think it’s usually my brain more than my body, so I’ll see what happens.

bon008 said:

Muschee said:

bon008 said:

Does anyone else on here dabble in meditation?

I’m trying to get into it but I’m finding that I’m just too sleepy.. as soon as I shut my eyes my brain wants to go to sleep, instead of focusing. Just wondered if anyone had any ideas or tips :)

I have a friend who is into it….while listening to Monks doing the ooommmmm thing…I’ll ask via email tomorrow and if he has any advice I can email you Bon…..pretty sure I still have your addy somewhere

Cool, thanks Muschee :)

I think I’m going to sign up for some classes later in April.. see if the instructor can give me some advice too. His CDs say to meditate sitting so you stay alert.. but I am a master at falling asleep sitting :D

Email on it’s way Bon…hope it helps

I priced hoses today….shudder…cheapest good quality 18mm is $65…

So I decided to take apart the double-length hose that I have and use that for the time being.

Also, I somehow seem to be missing all the connectors bar 2, guess I bought them all at the same time initially! so I bought 2 new brass tap nuts (18mm) and 4 new brass connectors (18mm) and hopefully there will be no more problems of the hose jumping off the tap when the pressure builds up…

Dinetta said:

I priced hoses today….shudder…cheapest good quality 18mm is $65…

So I decided to take apart the double-length hose that I have and use that for the time being.

Also, I somehow seem to be missing all the connectors bar 2, guess I bought them all at the same time initially! so I bought 2 new brass tap nuts (18mm) and 4 new brass connectors (18mm) and hopefully there will be no more problems of the hose jumping off the tap when the pressure builds up…

What I meant to say with the missing connectors, is they were plastic and have broken from age…

That’s two connectors and tap nuts on…one to go…I think the smaller tap nut (1” diameter where the thread is, 12mm where the outlet is) will be quite OK for the rain water…no worries about too much pressure there LOL (Onga pressure pump)…

I note that the brass connectors have plastic removable teeth…a bit like an upper denture only…so I guess when these perish one can replace them…damn! If I’d been aware of this I would have bought something else with no plastic bits…

Hey guys my mouse is playing up had to find my way around the pc using the tab button will have to find the spare mouse the mouse i normally use is bluetooth and i think it has died, may get just a cord mouse, like the spare one. so i may not be on for a few days with this broken mouse Could be on the Radio tonight :)

pepe said:

veg gardener said:

Pepe just updating you before i go to work for the day with dad, the rivers where ment to reach the max height at midnight but they didn’t, still ment to rain till sunday good chance they will peak at it soon. Our drive way is going to need alot more gravel and find away to keep it there.

all weather driveways are difficult – they need big drainage pipes etc.
sounds like longy is wearing rubber boots as well – his probably reach to the knee (from shore fishing gear).

Took some Pictures today the river has nearly peaked down at wallalong the road is under which is near the bridge.

G’day. Rain stopped a bit.

evening Longy…

Found the spare one.

Found the spare one.

bon008 said:

pepe said:

pepe said:

the balance is between body and mind.
if your body is feeling tired – focus on that. if the mind is dropping off- focus on the mind.

refers to the bon meditation question.
goodbye – i haven’t got time to say hello.

Thanks pepe – I will give that a go.I think it’s usually my brain more than my body, so I’ll see what happens.

lesson 2 – just observe
if you feel tension in your shoulders just observe it
if your mind wonders to the wedding – note it and bring your mind back to your breathing.
the 10 minutes you spend meditating is spose to be focussed on your breathing – all other thought and pains are just observed.

veg gardener said:

Found the spare one.

spare mouse?

i’ve got a few spare mice here – little furry fellows.
we got a light sprinkle of rain overnight in adelaide and the temps have cooled down a lot.
its so dark in the mornings that builders rock up to the site only to sit and wait for dawn.

pepe said:

veg gardener said:

Found the spare one.

spare mouse?

i’ve got a few spare mice here – little furry fellows.
we got a light sprinkle of rain overnight in adelaide and the temps have cooled down a lot.
its so dark in the mornings that builders rock up to the site only to sit and wait for dawn.

You know, I swear our mice have marked out a trail from the local park back to our place. They come back as quick as we can catch them now. And yesterday one had a good stab at gnawing out of the trap!

bon008 said:

pepe said:

veg gardener said:

Found the spare one.

spare mouse?

i’ve got a few spare mice here – little furry fellows.
we got a light sprinkle of rain overnight in adelaide and the temps have cooled down a lot.
its so dark in the mornings that builders rock up to the site only to sit and wait for dawn.

You know, I swear our mice have marked out a trail from the local park back to our place. They come back as quick as we can catch them now. And yesterday one had a good stab at gnawing out of the trap!

Goodness…….we are rid of the family living inside with us………poopin everywhere YAY

You might need to take more drastic measures Bon

Muschee said:

bon008 said:

pepe said:

spare mouse?

i’ve got a few spare mice here – little furry fellows.
we got a light sprinkle of rain overnight in adelaide and the temps have cooled down a lot.
its so dark in the mornings that builders rock up to the site only to sit and wait for dawn.

You know, I swear our mice have marked out a trail from the local park back to our place. They come back as quick as we can catch them now. And yesterday one had a good stab at gnawing out of the trap!

Goodness…….we are rid of the family living inside with us………poopin everywhere YAY

You might need to take more drastic measures Bon

I can’t bring myself to kill them :( But it’s a bit of a problem now – before if we pulled our socks up and kept everything clean and tidy, they would leave. This time aroudn they are actually chewing into the plastic bin where the dog biscuits live, cheeky buggers. We considered borrowing a cat from the cat haven while we are on honeymoon.. it could live off mice the whole time we are away grin

Nearly packed here…worms fed, watered, new soaked cardboard on top…compost heap topped up and a molasses/water mix thrown over (to activate it)…zillion and one jobs before going away……5 days at Agnes Water (1st family holiday in 5 years) and then there’s Easter but as the races are here we’ll be coming home for them…away 7 days all up…pony’s trough filled…cats have plenty of biscuits and can drink out of the trough…

Dinetta said:

Nearly packed here…worms fed, watered, new soaked cardboard on top…compost heap topped up and a molasses/water mix thrown over (to activate it)…zillion and one jobs before going away……5 days at Agnes Water (1st family holiday in 5 years) and then there’s Easter but as the races are here we’ll be coming home for them…away 7 days all up…pony’s trough filled…cats have plenty of biscuits and can drink out of the trough…

i had to look it up – but agnes waters looks a good place to chill out.
have a good time dinetta .

so quiet here.

i’ll offer a prize to the first one who can start a forum flicker of life.

pepe said:

so quiet here.

i’ll offer a prize to the first one who can start a forum flicker of life.

Does running around in the corner (virtually) yelling “OMG I’m getting married tomorrow!!!!” count? :D

pepe said:

i had to look it up – but agnes waters looks a good place to chill out.
have a good time dinetta .

It’s Agnes Water (no “s” on the end of water) Pepe…I know, it confused me too and I had to look up the postcode book, as we now do an increasing volume of work there…not much but more than one job a year, say…

Thanks for the good wishes…we are camping…I have nothing to do with the arrangements…Woof is being incarcerated (the kennels are out near Etna Creek, Rockhampton’s local jail) for the duration…sadly…I think I am going as chief cook and bottlewasher…prolly won’t want to come home LOL!

pepe said:

so quiet here.

i’ll offer a prize to the first one who can start a forum flicker of life.

Yes, I’ve been wondering why it’s so quiet…guess we’re all on the forum sometimes and at others there’s not much to say…

bon008 said:

pepe said:

so quiet here.

i’ll offer a prize to the first one who can start a forum flicker of life.

Does running around in the corner (virtually) yelling “OMG I’m getting married tomorrow!!!!” count? :D

Are you really getting married tomorrow? I thought it wasn’t until June/July?

All the best for your big day

:)

bon008 said:

pepe said:

so quiet here.

i’ll offer a prize to the first one who can start a forum flicker of life.

Does running around in the corner (virtually) yelling “OMG I’m getting married tomorrow!!!!” count? :D

yeah you win.
good luck – if that’s appropriate – stay calm and smile a lot.

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

so quiet here.

i’ll offer a prize to the first one who can start a forum flicker of life.

Yes, I’ve been wondering why it’s so quiet…guess we’re all on the forum sometimes and at others there’s not much to say…

we’re a gregarious lot – tend to fill pages in no time – then there’s quiet times.

Dinetta said:

bon008 said:

pepe said:

so quiet here.

i’ll offer a prize to the first one who can start a forum flicker of life.

Does running around in the corner (virtually) yelling “OMG I’m getting married tomorrow!!!!” count? :D

Are you really getting married tomorrow? I thought it wasn’t until June/July?

All the best for your big day

:)

Yep.. tomorrow. Come Sunday I’ll be a very relaxed person!!! :) Thanks :)

pepe said:

bon008 said:

pepe said:

so quiet here.

i’ll offer a prize to the first one who can start a forum flicker of life.

Does running around in the corner (virtually) yelling “OMG I’m getting married tomorrow!!!!” count? :D

yeah you win.
good luck – if that’s appropriate – stay calm and smile a lot.

Very appropriate, with the state of my health :) Thanks, I am trying my best to be calm :) Off to mum’s now for a relaxing cuppa!

pepe said:

so quiet here.

i’ll offer a prize to the first one who can start a forum flicker of life.

You will be sorrrrry you asked ! LOL
Back tonight….got a houseful , peoples wall to wall…

Happy Potter said:

pepe said:

so quiet here.

i’ll offer a prize to the first one who can start a forum flicker of life.

You will be sorrrrry you asked ! LOL
Back tonight….got a houseful , peoples wall to wall…

you social butterfly LOL – seeya tonite.

bon008 said:

pepe said:

veg gardener said:

Found the spare one.

spare mouse?

i’ve got a few spare mice here – little furry fellows.
we got a light sprinkle of rain overnight in adelaide and the temps have cooled down a lot.
its so dark in the mornings that builders rock up to the site only to sit and wait for dawn.

You know, I swear our mice have marked out a trail from the local park back to our place. They come back as quick as we can catch them now. And yesterday one had a good stab at gnawing out of the trap!

put a dab of paint on their heads before releasing them, to see if there are any returning.

Dinetta said:

pepe said:

so quiet here.

i’ll offer a prize to the first one who can start a forum flicker of life.

Yes, I’ve been wondering why it’s so quiet…guess we’re all on the forum sometimes and at others there’s not much to say…

I’ve been working off site today so no computer access. Home now :)

I’ve been working off site today so no computer access. Home now :
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good – that should liven things up.

i’ve been meaning to ask how was your trip to adelaide ? you didn’t get arrested as a bikie did you? what do you think of the bikie laws we’ve got here ?

pepe said:

i’ve been meaning to ask how was your trip to adelaide ? you didn’t get arrested as a bikie did you? what do you think of the bikie laws we’ve got here ?

it was a good trip, and there was much discussion on the laws, and no one got arrested.

I could say a lot on the laws but the short of it is that it is an encroachment on civil liberties where someone could be declared a criminal by association and be denied rights and liberty without explanation or recourse to any defense. Although nicknamed “bikie laws” they do not mention bike clubs specifically and can and do cover any sort of club or association that the powers-that-be may decide to declare criminal. So even your local gardening club could be banned and the members locked up if it were arbitrarily suspected that they might be engaged in criminal activities, or associated with someone who is, or has in the past.

bluegreen said:

pepe said:

i’ve been meaning to ask how was your trip to adelaide ? you didn’t get arrested as a bikie did you? what do you think of the bikie laws we’ve got here ?

it was a good trip, and there was much discussion on the laws, and no one got arrested.

I could say a lot on the laws but the short of it is that it is an encroachment on civil liberties where someone could be declared a criminal by association and be denied rights and liberty without explanation or recourse to any defense. Although nicknamed “bikie laws” they do not mention bike clubs specifically and can and do cover any sort of club or association that the powers-that-be may decide to declare criminal. So even your local gardening club could be banned and the members locked up if it were arbitrarily suspected that they might be engaged in criminal activities, or associated with someone who is, or has in the past.

well said – the police have sufficient power anyhow.

what do you think should be done about these CEOs who retire with million dollar bonuses ? personally i think they – like all small business people – should suffer a loss when the company makes a loss.

what do you think should be done about these CEOs who retire with million dollar bonuses ? personally i think they – like all small business people – should suffer a loss when the company makes a loss.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Now don’t get me started…as a small businessperson who almost went bankcrupt because of “the recession we had to have” and at the time an account holder with the richest bank in the country I think CEO’s

a) Should serve out their contracts. If they pull the pin before there contract is up they should have to forfeilt their bonuses.

b) The million dollar bonuses, on top of already humungous salaries are obscene. Sure they have a lot of stress…but so to so most small business owners who are trying to make a quid and working horrendous hours

c) anf yes, definitely YES, they should suffer a loss when the company makes a loss.

I’ll step down off the soapbox now… NEXT!

AnneS said:

what do you think should be done about these CEOs who retire with million dollar bonuses ? personally i think they – like all small business people – should suffer a loss when the company makes a loss.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Now don’t get me started…as a small businessperson who almost went bankcrupt because of “the recession we had to have” and at the time an account holder with the richest bank in the country I think CEO’s

a) Should serve out their contracts. If they pull the pin before there contract is up they should have to forfeilt their bonuses.

b) The million dollar bonuses, on top of already humungous salaries are obscene. Sure they have a lot of stress…but so to so most small business owners who are trying to make a quid and working horrendous hours

c) anf yes, definitely YES, they should suffer a loss when the company makes a loss.

I’ll step down off the soapbox now… NEXT!

Ooops! Got so worked up forgot to check the spelling…got my ‘there’ and ‘to’ mixed up, not to mention the extra bit in forfeit :)

Now don’t get me started…as a small businessperson who almost went bankcrupt because of “the recession we had to have” and at the time an account holder with the richest bank in the country I think CEO‘s
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chuckle – i’m glad you didn’t get started.
the reason the pollies don’t act is – they have been drawing executive salaries themselves and like to think they run the country like a well oiled corporation.
its a bit of a problem when corporations are independent entities – and no-one is personally accountable for the actions of these notoriously unscrupulous bodies.

pepe said:

well said – the police have sufficient power anyhow.

what do you think should be done about these CEOs who retire with million dollar bonuses ? personally i think they – like all small business people – should suffer a loss when the company makes a loss.

exactly – there are already laws in place that cover criminal activities. They should be concentrating on enforcing those.

The idea of CEOs getting big payouts when workers are being laid off is an insult, and I heard on the radio that there are some (I’m not sure who) saying that workers wages should be frozen, yet are still insisting that they themselves get a rise before the end of the year. I say, what the…?

pepe said:

veg gardener said:

Found the spare one.

spare mouse?

i’ve got a few spare mice here – little furry fellows.
we got a light sprinkle of rain overnight in adelaide and the temps have cooled down a lot.
its so dark in the mornings that builders rock up to the site only to sit and wait for dawn.

na not that type we have planty of them here.

pepe said:

Happy Potter said:

pepe said:

so quiet here.

i’ll offer a prize to the first one who can start a forum flicker of life.

You will be sorrrrry you asked ! LOL
Back tonight….got a houseful , peoples wall to wall…

you social butterfly LOL – seeya tonite.

Oh I wish it was socializing , but no, it was DHS , case manager , support staff and Police all here. Giant Son is fine, but he was missing the last 3 days…just having such a good time over Karringal way with 2 other boys and a couple of trail bikes , he forgot to come back! He didn’t have his medications…Big search was on,and despite all our looking, he came home 1 am this morning, although very hyper, but there was a teenage girl with him. He didn’t know who she was , she simply followed him and they got to talking and became instant ‘friends’. Got them both fed and to bed (girl on the couch) and they slept most of the morning. Problem was, the girl didn’t know where she was from, her age, birthdate, nothing, she just couldn’t remember. She said she was a zombie. Okayyy! Very odd, we figured she was intellectually disabled,so had all sorts of people here all day trying to find where she came from. Finally they found out who she was at 5 pm and are now returning her to her home. Phew.
She got very comfortable here too, ate heaps of foods..went about like she’d lived here all her life…

I can get back to some sort of normal now. I’ve missed days.

pepe said:

Now don’t get me started…as a small businessperson who almost went bankcrupt because of “the recession we had to have” and at the time an account holder with the richest bank in the country I think CEO‘s
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chuckle – i’m glad you didn’t get started.
the reason the pollies don’t act is – they have been drawing executive salaries themselves and like to think they run the country like a well oiled corporation.
its a bit of a problem when corporations are independent entities – and no-one is personally accountable for the actions of these notoriously unscrupulous bodies.

What would you do if you were Prime Minister Pepe ?

pepe said:

its so dark in the mornings that builders rock up to the site only to sit and wait for dawn.

Reminds me of the Woolworths Hot Cross Buns ad!

What would you do if you were Prime Minister Pepe ?
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fletcher jones and a bloke called zammit in brazil both gave 51% of the company shares to the workers. this is quite a workable arrangement – firstly because the boss really doesn’t need countless millions to be comfortable – and secondly because the workers then make the decisions, which is a huge relief to the boss..

as for the PM – he is a public servant and he doesn’t have to finance his own office, security etc – so i should think his actual renumeration, superannuation etc should be tied to the same controls as nurses, teachers and police. there is no shortage of people who would like the top job – so, in a sense, there is an oversupply of suitable aspiring applicants – which isn’t the case for nurses etc.

Longy said:

G’day. It’s been raining a bit up this way.

A bit? LOL! Master of understatement!
Any flooding your way Longy?

Turkeymum said:

Wated to share a story, de-stress and have a wee winge!

You poor thing, what an inconvenient chain of events. Weird about the cursed incubator…

AnneS said:

what do you think should be done about these CEOs who retire with million dollar bonuses ? personally i think they – like all small business people – should suffer a loss when the company makes a loss.
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Now don’t get me started…as a small businessperson who almost went bankcrupt because of “the recession we had to have” and at the time an account holder with the richest bank in the country I think CEO’s

a) Should serve out their contracts. If they pull the pin before there contract is up they should have to forfeilt their bonuses.

b) The million dollar bonuses, on top of already humungous salaries are obscene. Sure they have a lot of stress…but so to so most small business owners who are trying to make a quid and working horrendous hours

c) anf yes, definitely YES, they should suffer a loss when the company makes a loss.

I’ll step down off the soapbox now… NEXT!

Totally agree with all of your points Anne.

Happy Potter said:

pepe said:

Happy Potter said:

You will be sorrrrry you asked ! LOL
Back tonight….got a houseful , peoples wall to wall…

you social butterfly LOL – seeya tonite.

Oh I wish it was socializing , but no, it was DHS , case manager , support staff and Police all here. Giant Son is fine, but he was missing the last 3 days…just having such a good time over Karringal way with 2 other boys and a couple of trail bikes , he forgot to come back! He didn’t have his medications…Big search was on,and despite all our looking, he came home 1 am this morning, although very hyper, but there was a teenage girl with him. He didn’t know who she was , she simply followed him and they got to talking and became instant ‘friends’. Got them both fed and to bed (girl on the couch) and they slept most of the morning. Problem was, the girl didn’t know where she was from, her age, birthdate, nothing, she just couldn’t remember. She said she was a zombie. Okayyy! Very odd, we figured she was intellectually disabled,so had all sorts of people here all day trying to find where she came from. Finally they found out who she was at 5 pm and are now returning her to her home. Phew.
She got very comfortable here too, ate heaps of foods..went about like she’d lived here all her life…

I can get back to some sort of normal now. I’ve missed days.

What a bizarre couple of days you’ve had!

Here it is, quarter to six and as dark as…

sings

going on a holiday…even tho’ it’s a short one…I’m not scared!

Dinetta said:

Here it is, quarter to six and as dark as…

sings

going on a holiday…even tho’ it’s a short one…I’m not scared!

lol Morning Dinetta. Have a good one :)
I’ve been awake since 4.30…went to bed too early silly me.

Morning All,
Haven’t contributed much here lately, but I’ve been lurking.
We’ve had a bit of rain in the last few days, but not as much as some!
I’ve just picked a bowl of figs and I think I’ll make some jam later.
The pears I put on here a few weeks ago are ripening one by one. We eat half a pear a day each!
My red onion seedlings are growing well in their little glasshouse :)
I got lots of little strawberry plants from the runners, should have loads next year.
BB later.

orchid40 said:

The pears I put on here a few weeks ago are ripening one by one. We eat half a pear a day each!

sounds about perfect! no glut :)

bluegreen said:

orchid40 said:

The pears I put on here a few weeks ago are ripening one by one. We eat half a pear a day each!

sounds about perfect! no glut :)

So far so good. I may not have to bottle any. Stewed pears & custard is a nice dessert too, if they all suddenly decide to ripen together!

Mmmm I made fig, lemon and ginger jam :) Only 3 jars of it but there are more figs coming.

orchid40 said:

Mmmm I made fig, lemon and ginger jam :) Only 3 jars of it but there are more figs coming.

Oh yum Orchid!

Arvo.. I’ve been outside all day tidying, sorting and cleaning empty pot’s , tipped dead plant’s out ( from the heatwave) , did a bit more mosaicing on the shed, but now it’s time to come in and cook tea, Milanese Risotto and continental snags.

Don’t forget daylight saving ends today !

Happy Potter said:

Don’t forget daylight saving ends today !

thanks for the reminder :)

I attempted some hot cross buns today – they are flat! Oops!

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

Don’t forget daylight saving ends today !

thanks for the reminder :)

I attempted some hot cross buns today – they are flat! Oops!

Oooh, flat cross buns… but butter will make em taste orait!

this is scary, just finalising the inventory and insurance garbage for the removalists who show up on Monday… Our stuff is heading south…

pain master said:

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

Don’t forget daylight saving ends today !

thanks for the reminder :)

I attempted some hot cross buns today – they are flat! Oops!

Oooh, flat cross buns… but butter will make em taste orait!

actually, they are flat uncrossed buns – I couldn’t be bothered with the crosses!

And they taste a bit funny. Need a different recipe I think…

pain master said:

this is scary, just finalising the inventory and insurance garbage for the removalists who show up on Monday… Our stuff is heading south…

ooohhhhh… when do you follow? and to what part of Aus?

bluegreen said:

pain master said:

bluegreen said:

thanks for the reminder :)

I attempted some hot cross buns today – they are flat! Oops!

Oooh, flat cross buns… but butter will make em taste orait!

actually, they are flat uncrossed buns – I couldn’t be bothered with the crosses!

And they taste a bit funny. Need a different recipe I think…

as they say on the Iron Chef, “flat buns it is…”

bluegreen said:

ooohhhhh… when do you follow? and to what part of Aus?

Its great having a photocopier/scanner/printer at home… I just need a stapler.

I’ve had to write a list of the artifacts that I wish to return down South, and I need one copy for the Museum here, one copy for AQIS, one for the removalists, so I’m happy to write one list and photocopy…

To answer your question BG, I ain’t 100% sure at the moment. But we will get everything back to Townsville to at least marry stuff up with what is in storage… Jeez I hope the recent big wet in Townsville hasn’t turned our storage stuff to sludge???

“Don’t forget daylight saving ends today !”

erm nup I’m wrong .. make that Sunday for changing the clocks back! LOL

Happy Potter said:

“Don’t forget daylight saving ends today !”

erm nup I’m wrong .. make that Sunday for changing the clocks back! LOL

Sunday 3am, which actually means whatever time you go to bed tonight. :)

Happy Potter said:

“Don’t forget daylight saving ends today !”

erm nup I’m wrong .. make that Sunday for changing the clocks back! LOL

well 3am Sunday morning, or effectively before we go to bed tonight :)

hortfurball said:

Happy Potter said:

“Don’t forget daylight saving ends today !”

erm nup I’m wrong .. make that Sunday for changing the clocks back! LOL

Sunday 3am, which actually means whatever time you go to bed tonight. :)

wot she said :)

this is scary, just finalising the inventory and insurance garbage for the removalists who show up on Monday… Our stuff is heading south…>

Well you’ve had a great experience living in NG but I for one will be glad your returning to Aus. I’m sure Brownsville will be glad your back too.

Travel safely.

Thanks Pom, what’s all this clock stuff and daylight savings gibberish those mexicans are on about???

the clock is counting down here until the return of the painmaster….

oh and pom, the chillie jam is being served at the mo’

quiet in ‘ere t’night, everyone must be at Bon’s weddin’…

nearly dinner time…

hello gardeners

Looking for advice on making a formal hedge

heavy clay soil in north east Victoria. Hot, dry summers cold winters.

I like something quite dense, dark green, soild cover from the ground to about 1.5m high.

ceanothus (sp?) seems like it might be what I’m after. We had a “snow flurry” variety in adelaide in similar conditions that did well. It seemed like it might hedge well

any recomendations

Well the traditional is English Box.

We can try other alternatives that are better suted to your Australian environment.

bluegreen said:

hortfurball said:

Happy Potter said:

“Don’t forget daylight saving ends today !”

erm nup I’m wrong .. make that Sunday for changing the clocks back! LOL

Sunday 3am, which actually means whatever time you go to bed tonight. :)

wot she said :)

Hehe, yeah, snap! Almost the same wording too, LOL!

procrastination inc said:

hello gardeners

Looking for advice on making a formal hedge

heavy clay soil in north east Victoria. Hot, dry summers cold winters.

I like something quite dense, dark green, soild cover from the ground to about 1.5m high.

ceanothus (sp?) seems like it might be what I’m after. We had a “snow flurry” variety in adelaide in similar conditions that did well. It seemed like it might hedge well

any recomendations

Sorry, brain’s asleep. Just checking in before bed (it’s 1.20am) so will put thinking cap on tomorrow if I remember.

Morining all.

procrastination inc said:

hello gardeners Looking for advice on making a formal hedge heavy clay soil in north east Victoria. Hot, dry summers cold winters. I like something quite dense, dark green, soild cover from the ground to about 1.5m high. ceanothus (sp?) seems like it might be what I’m after. We had a “snow flurry” variety in adelaide in similar conditions that did well. It seemed like it might hedge well any recomendations

morning procastination inc

i have two hedges growing in northern adelaide.

- the fast growing viburnum – which flowers but is tough.
- the slower wistringia fruticosa (coastal rosemary) which is close, dense and very hardy.

i prefer the fast growing one because the fruticosa is only a metre high after three years and waiting sux.

Morining pepe.

g’day veg.
we are getting a bit of light but soaking rain here.
its unpredicted and quite a pleasure to wake up to.

pepe said:

g’day veg.
we are getting a bit of light but soaking rain here.
its unpredicted and quite a pleasure to wake up to.

Rain has stopped still wet in the paddocks but, i like the time now no daylight savings.

this might help procastination inc. re australian hedges

http://www.abc.net.au/gardening/stories/s1699838.htm

yep – things are back to normal timewise now and i much prefer it.
now – you promised mr to be part of the winter tomato experiment – how’s it going?

pepe said:

yep – things are back to normal timewise now and i much prefer it.
now – you promised mr to be part of the winter tomato experiment – how’s it going?

my seeds havent came up yet what about yours, dont think they will come up for a while could try some on hotwater heater as well.

Arvo, waiting for the sausage rolls to finish cooking. Been taking photos of the gang today. Hens are almost naked with their molting.

I see Pete is on 60 mins tonight, to do with growing vegies in the backyards.

We had 2 mm of rain last night too….YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

I’m surprised it’s still edible. It’s yonks since I made that batch. Speaking of chillies, we have a bumper crop waiting to be ‘done’ with again now. I’m too busy working on the rosellas ATM.

hello Lucky & pom.

Trying another batch of HCBuns but the dough is not rising. I’m thinking maybe my yeast is too old :(

bluegreen said:

hello Lucky & pom.

Trying another batch of HCBuns but the dough is not rising. I’m thinking maybe my yeast is too old :(

HI back to you and Pomolo & lerkers.

Oh pain about that BG…. Got an idea how old the yeast may be???

The yeast cetainly could be the problem BG. It goes out of date pretty fast I know.

Hello to you too Lucky1. It’s been ‘ears and ‘ears since I’ve spoken to you on here.

pomolo said:

Hello to you too Lucky1. It’s been ‘ears and ‘ears since I’ve spoken to you on here.

And the same here.

Not a lot of gardening news happening here at the moment. Decided to take that break from gardening… seem to enjoy the sewing room more of late.

No one in there telling me when to water and not to water and that in months to come we may not be allowed to water.

Lucky1 said:

bluegreen said:

hello Lucky & pom.

Trying another batch of HCBuns but the dough is not rising. I’m thinking maybe my yeast is too old :(

Oh pain about that BG…. Got an idea how old the yeast may be???

no idea. maybe I should get some fresh stuff.

bluegreen said:

Lucky1 said:

bluegreen said:

hello Lucky & pom.

Trying another batch of HCBuns but the dough is not rising. I’m thinking maybe my yeast is too old :(

Oh pain about that BG…. Got an idea how old the yeast may be???

no idea. maybe I should get some fresh stuff.

I buy the 10 kilo bags and the yeast comes in the bag. Just rotate as I go.

Lucky1 said:

bluegreen said:

Lucky1 said:

Oh pain about that BG…. Got an idea how old the yeast may be???

no idea. maybe I should get some fresh stuff.

I buy the 10 kilo bags and the yeast comes in the bag. Just rotate as I go.

when you make HCBuns, do you use a premix, or from scratch?

bluegreen said:

Lucky1 said:

bluegreen said:

no idea. maybe I should get some fresh stuff.

I buy the 10 kilo bags and the yeast comes in the bag. Just rotate as I go.

when you make HCBuns, do you use a premix, or from scratch?

From scratch, egg, bread flour fruits spices…..

Lucky1 said:

bluegreen said:

Lucky1 said:

I buy the 10 kilo bags and the yeast comes in the bag. Just rotate as I go.

when you make HCBuns, do you use a premix, or from scratch?

From scratch, egg, bread flour fruits spices…..

It’s starting to rise now. I put it in the oven which was still warm from the frittata I made for lunch. maybe it will work yet.

bluegreen said:

Lucky1 said:

bluegreen said:

when you make HCBuns, do you use a premix, or from scratch?

From scratch, egg, bread flour fruits spices…..

It’s starting to rise now. I put it in the oven which was still warm from the frittata I made for lunch. maybe it will work yet.

Weather can play a part as well with the rising too.

afternoon all, have you finished DLS yet?

pain master said:

afternoon all, have you finished DLS yet?

have here

bluegreen said:

pain master said:

afternoon all, have you finished DLS yet?

have here

good-o, the clock in the corner is showing a decent time for a change…

I see Pete is on 60 mins tonight, to do with growing vegies in the backyards.
We had 2 mm of rain last night too….YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
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the unpredicted rain was caused by ms pepe cleaning the windows of the house.
we only just registered rain on the gauge but it was nice.
…and just a warning to the bom – ms pepe is thinking of cleaning her car soon LOL.

got some good gardening work coming on this week.

veg gardener said:

got some good gardening work coming on this week.

which ? what ? how ? when ?

pepe said:

veg gardener said:

got some good gardening work coming on this week.

which ? what ? how ? when ?

we are rebuilding our Rhubarb Garden, we lost our plants when we had all that hot weather.

veg gardener said:

pepe said:

veg gardener said:

got some good gardening work coming on this week.

which ? what ? how ? when ?

we are rebuilding our Rhubarb Garden, we lost our plants when we had all that hot weather.

have you got a whole garden devoted to rhubarb?

pepe said:

veg gardener said:

pepe said:

which ? what ? how ? when ?

we are rebuilding our Rhubarb Garden, we lost our plants when we had all that hot weather.

have you got a whole garden devoted to rhubarb?

yep we do.

pepe said:

I see Pete is on 60 mins tonight, to do with growing vegies in the backyards.
We had 2 mm of rain last night too….YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
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the unpredicted rain was caused by ms pepe cleaning the windows of the house.
we only just registered rain on the gauge but it was nice.
…and just a warning to the bom – ms pepe is thinking of cleaning her car soon LOL.

Lol @ Pepe. Another one is to get the camera out. Sure to bring on a shower.

We had heavy, damaging rains predicted for this arvo. Hasn’t happened yet! We don’t need the rain ATM but wrong predictions make me mad because there are jobs I would have done if it wasn’t for the so called rain coming.

veg gardener said:

pepe said:

veg gardener said:

got some good gardening work coming on this week.

which ? what ? how ? when ?

we are rebuilding our Rhubarb Garden, we lost our plants when we had all that hot weather.

Arvo.
Your rhubarb is over here LOL! I’m freecycling some of it to keep it in check!

hello HP. Did you manage to have a quiet-ish weekend?

bluegreen said:

hello HP. Did you manage to have a quiet-ish weekend?

Oh that I did BG :)
All dramas were taken care of by the resi unit staff.. and there were dramas!
Got grandson here atm cacking himself laughing himself hoarse at prank sites on the internet, thought he might pee himself laughing lol.

Pete Cundall is on 60 minutes tonight.

Happy Potter said:

veg gardener said:

pepe said:

which ? what ? how ? when ?

we are rebuilding our Rhubarb Garden, we lost our plants when we had all that hot weather.

Arvo.
Your rhubarb is over here LOL! I’m freecycling some of it to keep it in check!

we already have some orangised the old lady up the road and the friends me and dad kayak with.

Longy said:

Pete Cundall is on 60 minutes tonight.

yep just watched it, may start a topic just for it.

pomolo said:

We had heavy, damaging rains predicted for this arvo. Hasn’t happened yet! We don’t need the rain ATM but wrong predictions make me mad because there are jobs I would have done if it wasn’t for the so called rain coming.

So you plan your gardening duties by someone on the radio or teev?

pain master said:

pomolo said:

We had heavy, damaging rains predicted for this arvo. Hasn’t happened yet! We don’t need the rain ATM but wrong predictions make me mad because there are jobs I would have done if it wasn’t for the so called rain coming.

So you plan your gardening duties by someone on the radio or teev?

Pardon me! I get my weather forecasting straight from the BoM. Although sometimes I wonder why.

pain master said:

pomolo said:

We had heavy, damaging rains predicted for this arvo. Hasn’t happened yet! We don’t need the rain ATM but wrong predictions make me mad because there are jobs I would have done if it wasn’t for the so called rain coming.

So you plan your gardening duties by someone on the radio or teev?

By the way……………My teev viewing tonight was partly about the island volcano just off New Guinea. It was very likely the same one you visited a while back. The vulcanologist/volcanologist said that that particular volcano has become much more active in the last 6 months. Thank goodness you coming home. Mind you, he also said that if there was a big eruption that it would wipe out Australia as well.

pomolo said:

Pardon me! I get my weather forecasting straight from the BoM. Although sometimes I wonder why.

nuff said.

pomolo said:

By the way……………My teev viewing tonight was partly about the island volcano just off New Guinea. It was very likely the same one you visited a while back. The vulcanologist/volcanologist said that that particular volcano has become much more active in the last 6 months. Thank goodness you coming home. Mind you, he also said that if there was a big eruption that it would wipe out Australia as well.

Going there tomorrow…

pepe said:

procrastination inc said:

hello gardeners Looking for advice on making a formal hedge heavy clay soil in north east Victoria. Hot, dry summers cold winters. I like something quite dense, dark green, soild cover from the ground to about 1.5m high. ceanothus (sp?) seems like it might be what I’m after. We had a “snow flurry” variety in adelaide in similar conditions that did well. It seemed like it might hedge well any recomendations

morning procastination inc

i have two hedges growing in northern adelaide.

- the fast growing viburnum – which flowers but is tough.
- the slower wistringia fruticosa (coastal rosemary) which is close, dense and very hardy.

i prefer the fast growing one because the fruticosa is only a metre high after three years and waiting sux.

I’m a big Viburnum fan, but didn’t know how it would go on heavy clay. I know it does well in depleted sandy soils and just average soils. Viburnum tinus is one of my all time favourite tough-as-old-boots-but-looks-lush-and-gorgeous plants.

Morining all, already been up for 1 hour.

Mornin’ all, how’s your weekend been?
Good news, although we lost all the eggs in the ‘bator, the OEG hen, a first time mum just hatched 7 wee chicks, soooo cute.
We had 2 1/2 mls rain, so i didn’t have to water the garden, and there is peeping coming from Rose the white silkies hut. So although folks waiting for layers will have to wait, i’m having a decent crop of bantams and sikies. And my spare big zuchinni is being really well appreciated by our 1 month old chickies.
I have Squash!! Yay.

pain master said:

pomolo said:

By the way……………My teev viewing tonight was partly about the island volcano just off New Guinea. It was very likely the same one you visited a while back. The vulcanologist/volcanologist said that that particular volcano has become much more active in the last 6 months. Thank goodness you coming home. Mind you, he also said that if there was a big eruption that it would wipe out Australia as well.

Going there tomorrow…

Oh what fun for you! We’ll all come and cast flowers on the waters if you don’t return.

cleaning house starts today. We have family coming to stay for Easter so I have to look as though I am a good housekeeper. I’m not really but I do make an effort if I have early notice of intending visitors. I stopped being a Mrs Sheen about 3 years ago. It dawned on me that I only needed to be clean enough to stay healthy and I’m still here.

pain master said:

pomolo said:

Pardon me! I get my weather forecasting straight from the BoM. Although sometimes I wonder why.

nuff said.

The rain predicted for last night didn’t happen either. Storm supposed to happen later today. I bet!

Has Grassy been around lately?

I’m at an internet cafe in Nelson Bay, no continuous access unortunately..

Grassy if you see this later on – I’ll come back tomorrow morning if you want to catch up or coffee..

colliewa said:

Has Grassy been around lately?

I’m at an internet cafe in Nelson Bay, no continuous access unortunately..

Grassy if you see this later on – I’ll come back tomorrow morning if you want to catch up or coffee..

hey collie if your still here how is it going mate you seen any of the local towns around nelson bay?

Staying in Salamander, have been down to Budgewoi, up to Taree, over in Newcastle and Raymond Terrace, that’s about it..

colliewa said:

Staying in Salamander, have been down to Budgewoi, up to Taree, over in Newcastle and Raymond Terrace, that’s about it..

thats good then, you have been to the town near me Raymond terrace, i am out near seaham, near hinton, Morthpeth.

Heading to tassie on Wed, but have to get of thhis now for today, be back tomorrow..

>seaham

No, can’t say I have….

Be back tomorrow…

colliewa said:

Heading to tassie on Wed, but have to get of thhis now for today, be back tomorrow..

ok then have a good rest of the trip, hope you liked the area we have had heaps of rain.

colliewa said:

>seaham

No, can’t say I have….

Be back tomorrow…

its not big for much.

Finally the old white EA is going from the backyard. We don’t have the facilities to remove the gearbox and such and to store it. Took me all this time to convince the elf……

Also we aren’t getting any nibbles on selling parts. So its been collected for a poultry $50 ….rang 3 different places and its the going rate. They’ll come and remove it, this morning around midday.

Been a pain in my side for just over 3 years. Now the side gate can go back up and I have a smidge tidier backyard.

Lucky1 said:

Finally the old white EA is going from the backyard. We don’t have the facilities to remove the gearbox and such and to store it. Took me all this time to convince the elf……

Also we aren’t getting any nibbles on selling parts. So its been collected for a poultry $50 ….rang 3 different places and its the going rate. They’ll come and remove it, this morning around midday.

Been a pain in my side for just over 3 years. Now the side gate can go back up and I have a smidge tidier backyard.

more fruit trees going there as well?

more fruit trees going there as well?
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No its right next to the side of the house and in front of the shed, Mind you the bins can go back there:D

i’ve got bull ants in my carrot patch – i wonder what they’re up to ?
first time i’ve seen a rampaging group of about a hundred tearing through the undergrowth – they’re up to summin – maybe it means rain.

Hey I’m still here, one empty house and my plane was a no show….. must return to the airport at 3am.

Strewth.

pain master said:

Hey I’m still here, one empty house and my plane was a no show….. must return to the airport at 3am.

Strewth.

Have I missed something??? Are you coming home for good???

Lucky1 said:

pain master said:

Hey I’m still here, one empty house and my plane was a no show….. must return to the airport at 3am.

Strewth.

Have I missed something??? Are you coming home for good???

Evenin All….yep I must admit, been off a few days, do doubt I’ll catch up.

But I was gonna ask PM, what ya up to?

Lucky1 said:

pain master said:

Hey I’m still here, one empty house and my plane was a no show….. must return to the airport at 3am.

Strewth.

Have I missed something??? Are you coming home for good???

Nearly, I have 13 more internal flights in PNG before I step on the Aussie bound Balus… But the house is empty,all our gear in on a slow trip to Australia and customs await…

We have a settling out kit which provides the bare necessities and we will soon head towards a self-contained unit at a Hotel somewhere only to count the days down to the end…

39 days

Muschee said:

But I was gonna ask PM, what ya up to?

I ain’t really 100% sure meself, feel like I am being reamed from pillar to post… but I am currently meant to me in another part of PNG and the plane didn’t show. Me thinks the Volcano is blowing ash all over the runway again… if you wake up tomorrow and they say that a plane has landed heavily into a Lava Field, let’s hope it is not in the Pacific!!!!

Whooo oooh, good ole Airniugini!

but the cool thing is… instead of hanging out somewhere else, I am having some dinner with the GF and despite the empty house, we still have a home…

pain master said:

but the cool thing is… instead of hanging out somewhere else, I am having some dinner with the GF and despite the empty house, we still have a home…

Well this is always a good thing :)

Good to hear you’re looking on the bright side

pain master said:

but the cool thing is… instead of hanging out somewhere else, I am having some dinner with the GF and despite the empty house, we still have a home…

Onya PM! I hope it’s smooth sailing re the volcano..
and good evening :)

Evening green ones :) Yeah I been busy again running about the countryside like a madwoman with appointments and what-not.
First appointment was for a cosmetic surgery clinic, especially for people who have lost a lot of weight and may need excess skin removed.. well my arm flags have gotta go, but the rest of me is ok. I was offered other things but I don’t think I need more than the arm thing. The procedure will happen in a few months.
Then into the city to pick up a blu-ray player , it came with the big tv at no extra cost.
Then off to see giant son for a couple hours. He’s bought a trail bike..I told him i’m not going to watch him riding it and if he hurts himself on it , don’t tell me, I don’t wanna know. Lastly, running about my town picking up mosaicing tiles from various freecyclers. The shed project is in progress and will look terrific when finished.
I’m stuffed , it’s time to relax with feet up. I have a free day tomorrow for garden things:)

Happy Potter said:

Evening green ones :) Yeah I been busy again running about the countryside like a madwoman with appointments and what-not.
First appointment was for a cosmetic surgery clinic, especially for people who have lost a lot of weight and may need excess skin removed.. well my arm flags have gotta go, but the rest of me is ok. I was offered other things but I don’t think I need more than the arm thing. The procedure will happen in a few months.
Then into the city to pick up a blu-ray player , it came with the big tv at no extra cost.
Then off to see giant son for a couple hours. He’s bought a trail bike..I told him i’m not going to watch him riding it and if he hurts himself on it , don’t tell me, I don’t wanna know. Lastly, running about my town picking up mosaicing tiles from various freecyclers. The shed project is in progress and will look terrific when finished.
I’m stuffed , it’s time to relax with feet up. I have a free day tomorrow for garden things:)

can you donate your excess skin for science research? Or for someone who currently doesn’t have enough?

can you donate your excess skin for science research? Or for someone who currently doesn’t have enough?

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Do you know what, they do that. Keep some for research into skin conditions and skin cancer treatments, save cells for skin grafts ect. It’s interesting. Dunno about my skin though. Lot’s more have worse skin hang than me.
I know too, when I have an operation on a diseased bone (in my wrist) they will keep it for study into pre cancerous bone cyst’s.

Happy Potter said:

can you donate your excess skin for science research? Or for someone who currently doesn’t have enough?

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Do you know what, they do that. Keep some for research into skin conditions and skin cancer treatments, save cells for skin grafts ect. It’s interesting. Dunno about my skin though. Lot’s more have worse skin hang than me.
I know too, when I have an operation on a diseased bone (in my wrist) they will keep it for study into pre cancerous bone cyst’s.

Cool. Science needs more skin like yours…

Nearly, I have 13 more internal flights in PNG before I step on the Aussie bound Balus… But the house is empty,all our gear in on a slow trip to Australia and customs await…

We have a settling out kit which provides the bare necessities and we will soon head towards a self-contained unit at a Hotel somewhere only to count the days down to the end…

39 days
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Holy crap!!!!!

pain master said:

Muschee said:

But I was gonna ask PM, what ya up to?

I ain’t really 100% sure meself, feel like I am being reamed from pillar to post… but I am currently meant to me in another part of PNG and the plane didn’t show. Me thinks the Volcano is blowing ash all over the runway again… if you wake up tomorrow and they say that a plane has landed heavily into a Lava Field, let’s hope it is not in the Pacific!!!!

Whooo oooh, good ole Airniugini!

Maybe we will all get to throw flowers over the the runway covered with volcanic ash.

pomolo said:

pain master said:

pomolo said:

Pardon me! I get my weather forecasting straight from the BoM. Although sometimes I wonder why.

nuff said.

The rain predicted for last night didn’t happen either. Storm supposed to happen later today. I bet!

No show for the storm. But we all knew that didn’t we.

hi pom :)

pomolo said:

pepe said:

I see Pete is on 60 mins tonight, to do with growing vegies in the backyards.
We had 2 mm of rain last night too….YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
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the unpredicted rain was caused by ms pepe cleaning the windows of the house.
we only just registered rain on the gauge but it was nice.
…and just a warning to the bom – ms pepe is thinking of cleaning her car soon LOL.

Lol @ Pepe. Another one is to get the camera out. Sure to bring on a shower.

He was on a roll, that’s for sure! I love the ‘dust and cobwebs’ theory! LOL!

pomolo said:

pain master said:

pomolo said:

We had heavy, damaging rains predicted for this arvo. Hasn’t happened yet! We don’t need the rain ATM but wrong predictions make me mad because there are jobs I would have done if it wasn’t for the so called rain coming.

So you plan your gardening duties by someone on the radio or teev?

By the way……………My teev viewing tonight was partly about the island volcano just off New Guinea. It was very likely the same one you visited a while back. The vulcanologist/volcanologist said that that particular volcano has become much more active in the last 6 months. Thank goodness you coming home. Mind you, he also said that if there was a big eruption that it would wipe out Australia as well.

Rats, I meant to watch that and forgot! I’d forget my head if it wasn’t screwed on. Did they say the extent of the possible damage in Aus Pom? Are we talking losing the top off QLD, or are we talking no more Oz? Tidal Wave, Ash or Lava? Will we be the new Pompeii? Sorry about the twenty questions, I really wanted to watch that!

Tafe today, and then i got to help run sagala tonight :/.

pain master said:

but the cool thing is… instead of hanging out somewhere else, I am having some dinner with the GF and despite the empty house, we still have a home…

all things trimmed to the bone – should be an interesting 30 days.
plane flights and hotels – you and the GF will take a while to settle methinks.

>First appointment was for a cosmetic surgery clinic, especially for people who have lost a lot of weight and may need excess skin removed..

I’m ortunateto not have any loose skin..

Oh, just past another milestone – 60kg lost. Woohoo…

So, no one has seen Grassy?

Oh well, have to catch up with her next time I’m over here.

Off to Tassie tomorrow.

colliewa said:

>First appointment was for a cosmetic surgery clinic, especially for people who have lost a lot of weight and may need excess skin removed..

I’m ortunateto not have any loose skin..

Oh, just past another milestone – 60kg lost. Woohoo…

Oh Collie!

HUGE congratulations!

Have I told you you’re a champion?

This is excellent!

Have they got you on resistance exercises yet?

colliewa said:

So, no one has seen Grassy?

Oh well, have to catch up with her next time I’m over here.

Off to Tassie tomorrow.

I think GrassHopper uses the Uncle Chris’s hyperforum…you’re most likely to find her there…

>I think GrassHopper uses the Uncle Chris’s hyperforum…you’re most likely to find her there…

Oh, don’t use that one.. Oh well.

Thanks Dinetta.

>Have they got you on resistance exercises yet?

I’ve been flying solo on this. Will see about joing the gym when I get back…

Well I’m off, until next time…

colliewa said:

>First appointment was for a cosmetic surgery clinic, especially for people who have lost a lot of weight and may need excess skin removed..

I’m ortunateto not have any loose skin..

Oh, just past another milestone – 60kg lost. Woohoo…

OMG Collie thats fantastic:)
You show em boy!
Can you feel the port yet ? I can feel mine quite clearly. I was showing it to a friend who has a
temporary colostomy bag and she went EWWWW. Go figure. Doesn’t worry
me at all.
I put my finger on it and think I am like the bionic woman. I am powerful,
I am in control, I can save the world, one meal at a time grins

colliewa said:

Oh, just past another milestone – 60kg lost. Woohoo…

Woohoo indeed!! Way to go Collie!!

colliewa said:

So, no one has seen Grassy?

Oh well, have to catch up with her next time I’m over here.

Off to Tassie tomorrow.

Oh… you lucky lucky man.

colliewa said:

>First appointment was for a cosmetic surgery clinic, especially for people who have lost a lot of weight and may need excess skin removed..

I’m ortunateto not have any loose skin..

Oh, just past another milestone – 60kg lost. Woohoo…

Oh well done Collie!

hello Longy :)

bon008 said:

hortfurball said:

bluegreen said:

dog hair underwear was the rage at one stage – supposed to be very soft…

I wouldn’t imagine dog hair undies to be that soft, and somehow putting dog fur near your nether regions just seems so wrong…

Hey HFB, I have a friend who spins wool, she might give it a go :)

Just moving this to another thread…

Thanks Bon, that’d be great. I think I still need to collect more yet though. I only started a few months ago and wouldn’t say I have enough to do anything with yet. I reckon an Indi fur scarf (and possibly matching beanie) might be the go. Shame I don’t knit though, ROFL!

bluegreen said:

hello Longy :)

Hey BG. Lurkers. Other.

Longy said:

bluegreen said:

hello Longy :)

Hey BG. Lurkers. Other.

how’s things?

how’s things?

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Some things is good things.
Some things is bad things.
Some things wear thongs.
Some thongs wear well.
Some thongs wear out.
Things n thongs are generally good.
Except for those that aint.

How’s your thongs n things?

Longy said:

how’s things?

++++++++++++++
Some things is good things.
Some things is bad things.
Some things wear thongs.
Some thongs wear well.
Some thongs wear out.
Things n thongs are generally good.
Except for those that aint.

How’s your thongs n things?

lol! getting too cold for thongs down here ;)

getting too cold for thongs down here ;)
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About a hundred years ago, (give or take) i was working in Casterton, in Vic, near the SA border. It was mid july i reckon. Minus 5. Fog. Frost. Cold as a witches tit.
I was havin dinner in the bottom pub, where i was booked in for the duration of the job.
Big open fire. Home cooked tucker. Bewdy.
A sheila came up and said “ were you here last Winter”?
“Yep. That was me. How did you know i had been here before?”
You’re the only bloke i ever saw wear thongs in Victoria in July”.

Yeah goodonya.

Longy said:

getting too cold for thongs down here ;)
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About a hundred years ago, (give or take) i was working in Casterton, in Vic, near the SA border. It was mid july i reckon. Minus 5. Fog. Frost. Cold as a witches tit.
I was havin dinner in the bottom pub, where i was booked in for the duration of the job.
Big open fire. Home cooked tucker. Bewdy.
A sheila came up and said “ were you here last Winter”?
“Yep. That was me. How did you know i had been here before?”
You’re the only bloke i ever saw wear thongs in Victoria in July”.

Yeah goodonya.

lol! that’d be right :)

I was walkin thru Bunnings the other week.
They put these pallets in the middle of the aisle. Got shyte on ‘em you can buy. Yay!.
I was lookin for a chiminea. Only found chinese cheapo junk. As expected.
My little toe on the left foot caught the edge of the pallet while walking down the aisle. Made it point out at about 60 degrees
to where it should be. Gees it hurt. Bloody thongs.
I thought about complaining. Collapsing. Czalling for the manager. Law suit. Etc. Nah, stuff it. UnAustralian.
Grabbed the toe and pulled it back to where it should be. Gees. That hurt a bit. Like havin your footy knocked off.
Went home.
A week later, it’s still screamin. Half my foot is blue. So i thought. “What would a doctor do?”
He’d tape it to the next toe. Gimme a painkiller and send me home.
So i taped it to the next toe. Had a few tubes.
It only hurts a little bit now and i can get my boots on no wukkers.
Bloody thongs.

I dislocated my little toe when I was a kid, and my dad popped it back and then taped it to the net toe. Geez it hurt. I didn’t want him to touch it but he convinced me it would be easier to do it straight away before it swelled up, than go to the doctor. It worked.

It worked
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Good on Dad.
Time for bed
Later Beej.

goodnight Longy

Morining all.

morning vg

how are you on the wednesday long sydeny Royal starts tomorrow, royal only has chooks from then till Easter Monday.

I’m good. Been busy at home but all this rain has stopped me from turning part of my back paddock into a jungle. Bugger.
Gonna drag the van out today and get ready for a bit of camping on the Mann River.
Should be good.

Released 30 silver perch into my little dam a few days ago. Haven’t seen ‘em since but i can hear them growing into
1kg smoked perch.

Longy said:

I’m good. Been busy at home but all this rain has stopped me from turning part of my back paddock into a jungle. Bugger.
Gonna drag the van out today and get ready for a bit of camping on the Mann River.
Should be good.

should be good, yeah bit wet out there i have to agree get bogged if i go slash or anything with the tractor or bobcat.

Longy said:

Released 30 silver perch into my little dam a few days ago. Haven’t seen ‘em since but i can hear them growing into
1kg smoked perch.

pretty good then my pop done this me and my cousion was aloud to catch them when we went there togthere something for us to do.

What did you use to catch them?

Longy said:

What did you use to catch them?

when we went up there they got pretty big after a few months. we use to put them back in the dam, got some Yabbies out of it as well with my uncles yabbie trap.

OK. What did you use to catch them? Bait, lures etc?

Longy said:

OK. What did you use to catch them? Bait, lures etc?

yeah fishing rods Worms.

Worms eh. Cool. Be a while before i get to catch any.

Gotta go abuse the chooks.
Kick the dawg.
Wake up the neighbours. (Might tune the chainsaw).
Then drag the van out.

aveagood’n.

Longy said:

Worms eh. Cool. Be a while before i get to catch any.

Gotta go abuse the chooks.
Kick the dawg.
Wake up the neighbours. (Might tune the chainsaw).
Then drag the van out.

aveagood’n.

i will its not a weekend so you can make all the Sound u want to.

morning

a bit chilly these mornings in adelaide.

it was watering morning here so i soaked the carrots and the bull ants. i don’t think i did them any harm tho’ – why would they be there if they didn’t like water? – since the rest of the place is dry and the carrot patch is kept damp.

i might have to get rid of the bull ants since they bite first and ask questions later – and picking carrots is becoming a pain.

hey pepe bit cold here as well.

colliewa said:

>Have they got you on resistance exercises yet?
I’ve been flying solo on this. Will see about joing the gym when I get back…

geez – so light you’re flying now.
be careful of becoming too fit and trim the ladies will mob ya.
goodonya – well done.

veg gardener said:

hey pepe bit cold here as well.

hey veg – the cold will send the snakes underground. – does it effect bees?

pepe said:

veg gardener said:

hey pepe bit cold here as well.

hey veg – the cold will send the snakes underground. – does it effect bees?

not really sure the rain does but cant go out in the rain, just depends on how much flowers are out there Normally in winter there is less flowers around???

not really sure the rain does but cant go out in the rain, just depends on how much flowers are out there Normally in winter there is less flowers around???
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there probably are less flowers in winter.
don’t bee keepers normally plant something like rosemary, natives or lavender to customise their honey and keep the bees producing ?

pepe said:

not really sure the rain does but cant go out in the rain, just depends on how much flowers are out there Normally in winter there is less flowers around???
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there probably are less flowers in winter.
don’t bee keepers normally plant something like rosemary, natives or lavender to customise their honey and keep the bees producing ?

you can buy this special stuff which you feed to them. some of our natives are in flowers now.

veg gardener said:

Morining all.

G’day all. Have been lurking a bit the last few days, but been a bit busy so couldn’t chat

pepe said:

colliewa said:

>Have they got you on resistance exercises yet?
I’ve been flying solo on this. Will see about joing the gym when I get back…

geez – so light you’re flying now.
be careful of becoming too fit and trim the ladies will mob ya.
goodonya – well done.

Yeah congrats collie. How did you stay so motivated to lose all that weight. Did you lose it all by dieting or banding? Wish I could be inspired to lose some more weight, might help both my back and my blood pressure.

Longy said:

Released 30 silver perch into my little dam a few days ago. Haven’t seen ‘em since but i can hear them growing into
1kg smoked perch.

you’ve got good ears ;)

We bit the bullet today and put 4 new tyres on our car……. we won’t go there on costing and the fact were we had to drive too after ringing the about it all yesterday wasn’t doing the Good Year special of buy 3 get 1 free.

Wound up paying over $400 for 4 tyres instead.

There was a bunning shop nearby and we went there for a coffee and look see. First time I have been in one of those toyshop I think this year.

I’m sitting here crying and depressed and I can’t help it. I miss my garden so much……. I miss the food harvesting and the freshness of the food on my plate.

So I am going to begin again and *&^% the water restrictions, if Pat is crook and I need to use the hose on off hose day…. I bloody well am.

hey lucky would it be an idea to get a water tank?

veg gardener said:

hey lucky would it be an idea to get a water tank?

I have 1 VG but if its not rain and there is no water in it………

Lucky1 said:

veg gardener said:

hey lucky would it be an idea to get a water tank?

I have 1 VG but if its not rain and there is no water in it………

ok then popping u an email now.

man i don’t even know why i bother with forums can’t even say my own Point of view on things everyone has to just try and correct me or say i dont need you to tell me BLAH BLAH BLAH

veg gardener said:

man i don’t even know why i bother with forums can’t even say my own Point of view on things everyone has to just try and correct me or say i dont need you to tell me BLAH BLAH BLAH

I’d try not to let it get to you Veg. That’s one of the things about talking online – sometimes when you read something it comes across very differently to how the other person meant it to sound.

Lucky1 said:

I’m sitting here crying and depressed and I can’t help it. I miss my garden so much……. I miss the food harvesting and the freshness of the food on my plate.

So I am going to begin again and *&^% the water restrictions, if Pat is crook and I need to use the hose on off hose day…. I bloody well am.

I am so with you there Lucky. It’s been a while since i have been able to grow any veges. the beds need a good working over and I have no idea when I will be up to doing it.

On a good note though I have discovered a company that delivers a mixed box of organic fruit & veg selected that morning from the markets on a weekly, or as you order, basis. I have had one delivery and I am impressed with the quality of the goods. Although there is no guarantee what you will get in your box, they do send out an email each week letting you know what you are likely to get. And you can say if you don’t want something, or if there is something you particularly would like. They offer a small, medium or large box depending on the size of your household, or a veg only or fruit only option. They also have a small selection of other goods but not much yet. So at least I can eat some good organic veg as I have been not eating enough due to the regular stuff being so poor standard after having grown my own.

bon008 said:

veg gardener said:

man i don’t even know why i bother with forums can’t even say my own Point of view on things everyone has to just try and correct me or say i dont need you to tell me BLAH BLAH BLAH

I’d try not to let it get to you Veg. That’s one of the things about talking online – sometimes when you read something it comes across very differently to how the other person meant it to sound.

they where talking about roos hitting cars i said just tap your breaks and not try and go around them and there like u get badder damage if you hit it when your doing 30kms per hour then doing 100kms.

veg gardener said:

man i don’t even know why i bother with forums can’t even say my own Point of view on things everyone has to just try and correct me or say i dont need you to tell me BLAH BLAH BLAH

Who’s picking on my little buddy??? Wanna have a working bee out at my place VG? Will take away stress, crying and if your quick you can hug a quacker.

Having a pickup emu parade at my place…… each piece in the bin makes me feel better. Having the whole day out the back in my vegie garden…..nobody better stop me.

I am so with you there Lucky. It’s been a while since i have been able to grow any veges. the beds need a good working over and I have no idea when I will be up to doing it.
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I’m just going to take 1 day at a time……. back out the back with my cold drink.

Lucky1 said:

veg gardener said:

man i don’t even know why i bother with forums can’t even say my own Point of view on things everyone has to just try and correct me or say i dont need you to tell me BLAH BLAH BLAH

Who’s picking on my little buddy??? Wanna have a working bee out at my place VG? Will take away stress, crying and if your quick you can hug a quacker.

Having a pickup emu parade at my place…… each piece in the bin makes me feel better. Having the whole day out the back in my vegie garden…..nobody better stop me.

its not fun playing emu na its alright now lucky not upset just wish people would let me say my point of veiw another person agrees with me about it. a working bee does that mean my bees come to your place and work for you lucky, you get my email before, just something for you.

bluegreen said:

Lucky1 said:

I’m sitting here crying and depressed and I can’t help it. I miss my garden so much……. I miss the food harvesting and the freshness of the food on my plate.

So I am going to begin again and *&^% the water restrictions, if Pat is crook and I need to use the hose on off hose day…. I bloody well am.

I am so with you there Lucky. It’s been a while since i have been able to grow any veges. the beds need a good working over and I have no idea when I will be up to doing it.

On a good note though I have discovered a company that delivers a mixed box of organic fruit & veg selected that morning from the markets on a weekly, or as you order, basis. I have had one delivery and I am impressed with the quality of the goods. Although there is no guarantee what you will get in your box, they do send out an email each week letting you know what you are likely to get. And you can say if you don’t want something, or if there is something you particularly would like. They offer a small, medium or large box depending on the size of your household, or a veg only or fruit only option. They also have a small selection of other goods but not much yet. So at least I can eat some good organic veg as I have been not eating enough due to the regular stuff being so poor standard after having grown my own.

We were using a system like this and enjoying it greatly – then a couple of weeks ago they emailed to tell us that they couldn’t deliver to us anymore, since there was no one else anywhere near us getting deliveries :(

One of the first jobs when we get back to Perth is to look into the other companies out there and sign up with someone else.

Having the whole day out the back in my vegie garden…..nobody better stop me.
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Tomorow that is…. I have to go to my step mum’s sister’s place at 3 pm today.

veg gardener said:

bon008 said:

veg gardener said:

man i don’t even know why i bother with forums can’t even say my own Point of view on things everyone has to just try and correct me or say i dont need you to tell me BLAH BLAH BLAH

I’d try not to let it get to you Veg. That’s one of the things about talking online – sometimes when you read something it comes across very differently to how the other person meant it to sound.

they where talking about roos hitting cars i said just tap your breaks and not try and go around them and there like u get badder damage if you hit it when your doing 30kms per hour then doing 100kms.

Really? That would seem to defy the laws of physics =/

you get my email before, just something for you.
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Yeah I ‘ll answer it later

Gone

Lucky1 said:

Having the whole day out the back in my vegie garden…..nobody better stop me.
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Tomorow that is…. I have to go to my step mum’s sister’s place at 3 pm today.

tomorrow is Thursday YAY the sydeny royal starts. and then on sunday its Easter you know what that means CHooky eggs.

bon008 said:

veg gardener said:

bon008 said:

I’d try not to let it get to you Veg. That’s one of the things about talking online – sometimes when you read something it comes across very differently to how the other person meant it to sound.

they where talking about roos hitting cars i said just tap your breaks and not try and go around them and there like u get badder damage if you hit it when your doing 30kms per hour then doing 100kms.

Really? That would seem to defy the laws of physics =/

yeah i was saying if u hit it at less speed u wont have as much damage.

evening very tired, empty house, been flying on and off for a few days… leave house soon…

evening very tired, empty house, been flying on and off for a few days… leave house soon…
+++++++++++++++++++++
Sounds like my world.

Longy said:

Released 30 silver perch into my little dam a few days ago. Haven’t seen ‘em since but i can hear them growing into
1kg smoked perch.

Better watch the cormorants. They make short work of them if they’re fingerlings. My Bro stocked his dam a few years back and cried quietly while the cormorants had a party.

Longy said:

I was walkin thru Bunnings the other week.
They put these pallets in the middle of the aisle. Got shyte on ‘em you can buy. Yay!.
I was lookin for a chiminea. Only found chinese cheapo junk. As expected.
My little toe on the left foot caught the edge of the pallet while walking down the aisle. Made it point out at about 60 degrees
to where it should be. Gees it hurt. Bloody thongs.
I thought about complaining. Collapsing. Czalling for the manager. Law suit. Etc. Nah, stuff it. UnAustralian.
Grabbed the toe and pulled it back to where it should be. Gees. That hurt a bit. Like havin your footy knocked off.
Went home.
A week later, it’s still screamin. Half my foot is blue. So i thought. “What would a doctor do?”
He’d tape it to the next toe. Gimme a painkiller and send me home.
So i taped it to the next toe. Had a few tubes.
It only hurts a little bit now and i can get my boots on no wukkers.
Bloody thongs.

You stubbed your toe! Poor baby. Don’t suppose you happened to see that poor bloke on teev tonight. They were putting him through a simulated birthing labour to test male/female pain threshold. I get the feeling he would have much rather have stubbed his toe. LOL.

We get the odd cormorant but there are so many little native fish in the dam, i reckon it’d be bad luck to lose a few to birds.
I reckon 1000:1 it’d be a perch. Anyway, whatever. Live n learn.

Yeah reckon. Stubbed my toe.
I aint complaining but i understand you need to take a swipe.
Don’t you have a shirt to iron?

Longy said:

Yeah reckon. Stubbed my toe.
I aint complaining but i understand you need to take a swipe.
Don’t you have a shirt to iron?

LOL!

Evening, only just surfacing for the day. been laid up in bed with an eye ulcer, again, bluddy rotten recurring thing, and any light causes unberable pain so I stayed in my darkened room. It only lasts a day or so. A waste of a whole day!

My saffron bulbs are up :D And new growth on the scalped orange tree is good too. Well I hope future frosts don’t get it…

Longy said:

Yeah reckon. Stubbed my toe.
I aint complaining but i understand you need to take a swipe.
Don’t you have a shirt to iron?

A lot more than one but this is much more fun.

hi folks

Went to do the grocery shopping this morning. Apparently everyone in town thought they should do theirs as well. It was chaotic. We’ve got a housefull for the 4 days so I had to get supplies. If it was just going to be the 2 of us we could have lived on vegemite on toast for the 4 days if necessary.

I made an Easter Tree for my grandson so the bunny has a place to leave the eggs he brings. Looks really cute. It’s just a fallen branch that was lying around and I put a real birds nest in the fork of the branches. I had a choice of one of three white crested pigeons nests. They’ve been breeding here for a few years now. I’ve hung coloured eggs (They are like Xmas tree decos) all over it. No travelling Easter Bunny will be able to resist a stop over at our place.

Hey BG.

no one still awake?

here’s a teaser.. from scribbly gum..

can anyone identify this herb? post id: 414042 http://i44.tinypic.com/osbm9i.jpg

roughbarked said:

here’s a teaser.. from scribbly gum.. can anyone identify this herb? post id: 414042
http://i44.tinypic.com/osbm9i.jpg

it may be the fresh growth of artemesia or a thick leafed tarragon.
the best way to id would be to buy tarragon and artemesia from a shop and compare smells by crushing the leaves.

My saffron bulbs are up :D
And new growth on the scalped orange tree is good too. Well I hope future frosts don’t get it…
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good, good.

Is it a curry plant?
Immortelle (Helichrysum italicum)

Morning. I reckon it looks like a Chamomile

Could be any of the above but it definitely isn’t dill as was suggested by several in scribbly.

pomolo said:

Went to do the grocery shopping this morning. Apparently everyone in town thought they should do theirs as well. It was chaotic. We’ve got a housefull for the 4 days so I had to get supplies. If it was just going to be the 2 of us we could have lived on vegemite on toast for the 4 days if necessary.

I made an Easter Tree for my grandson so the bunny has a place to leave the eggs he brings. Looks really cute. It’s just a fallen branch that was lying around and I put a real birds nest in the fork of the branches. I had a choice of one of three white crested pigeons nests. They’ve been breeding here for a few years now. I’ve hung coloured eggs (They are like Xmas tree decos) all over it. No travelling Easter Bunny will be able to resist a stop over at our place.

That sounds so cute…….I remember when my Mum used to do this too. I loved Easter more than Xmas, when I was little.
Ma & Pa always used to fight at Xmas…so no happy memories there

BBL

Can you feel the port yet ? I can feel mine quite clearly. I was showing it to a friend who has a
temporary colostomy bag and she went EWWWW. Go figure. Doesn’t worry
me at all.
I put my finger on it and think I am like the bionic woman. I am powerful,

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

It’s like the Turbo button on the old computers… 8^)

Waves to coolie……. found your SMS this morning…… Glad your having a FAB TAB of a holiday:)

Lucky1 said:

Waves to coolie……. found your SMS this morning…… Glad your having a FAB TAB of a holiday:)

Collie….. sorry about that mate:P

morning
i watered my indigenous natives this morning. i have lost quite a few understorey plants but wattle, lotus, grasses, running postman and bottlebrush are all surviving. 16 trees are all above my head now with only one stunned one and the chopped one lower.

the fruit trees in the circular drive got 9 litres each – its hard to believe that the fig, quince and mulberry were all near death. i hope i saved them.

i found this thread again.

i went to the barossa growers market this morning – this is the one maggie beer frequents and she has made it very popular – people everywhere.
the exotic german breads, duck meat, yabbies and homemade chocolates are free to sample and all sells by the end of day.
we bought chutney and curry paste and a few veges.
too many people – but markets generally are interesting – kids taking home pet yabbies and lots of interesting faces and clothes.

Good you found this thread again Pepe I was quite lost lol.
Arvo all :)
Just housework happenings here, beds re made , floors done, tidied my tiling table and ‘found’ sheets of tiles I’d lost under the jumble. Recycling water going to the native garden..it’s the driest.
Hubbys gone to arvo shift so it’s just myself for tea..heck I don’t need food so I’ll just keep going :)
Garden wise, harvested more green beans , gave worm wee to veges and saffron bulbs. Squished heaps of white cabbage butterfly grubs, I will have to get whatever organic spray I can onto them before I lose the lot.

Happy Potter said:

Good you found this thread again Pepe I was quite lost lol.
Arvo all :)
Just housework happenings here, beds re made , floors done, tidied my tiling table and ‘found’ sheets of tiles I’d lost under the jumble. Recycling water going to the native garden..it’s the driest.
Hubbys gone to arvo shift so it’s just myself for tea..heck I don’t need food so I’ll just keep going :)
Garden wise, harvested more green beans , gave worm wee to veges and saffron bulbs. Squished heaps of white cabbage butterfly grubs, I will have to get whatever organic spray I can onto them before I lose the lot.

Hi HP..was it you that planted the saffron bulbs in a pot?

Garden wise, harvested more green beans , gave worm wee to veges and saffron bulbs. Squished heaps of white cabbage butterfly grubs, I will have to get whatever organic spray I can onto them before I lose the lot.
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Dipel
it comes in a box with sachets inside. very good stuff – i did my brassicas yesterday.

Hi HP..was it you that planted the saffron bulbs in a pot?
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Hi Muschee yes that was me. They have come up ok. So far so good. They are an experiment to see if I can grow them here and harvest the saffreon threads.

pepe said:

Garden wise, harvested more green beans , gave worm wee to veges and saffron bulbs. Squished heaps of white cabbage butterfly grubs, I will have to get whatever organic spray I can onto them before I lose the lot.
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Dipel
it comes in a box with sachets inside. very good stuff – i did my brassicas yesterday.

Ok cool. ta. I will get some tomorrow at B shop.

Happy Potter said:

Hi HP..was it you that planted the saffron bulbs in a pot?
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Hi Muschee yes that was me. They have come up ok. So far so good. They are an experiment to see if I can grow them here and harvest the saffreon threads.

Oh cool, why I asked was, when you potted them up, how far apart did you place them?
I have 24 bulbs that I want to also put in a pot and just wonder how far apart I should place them?

Muschee said:

Happy Potter said:

Hi HP..was it you that planted the saffron bulbs in a pot?
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Hi Muschee yes that was me. They have come up ok. So far so good. They are an experiment to see if I can grow them here and harvest the saffreon threads.

Oh cool, why I asked was, when you potted them up, how far apart did you place them?
I have 24 bulbs that I want to also put in a pot and just wonder how far apart I should place them?

Sorry the chats server was down and I only just got back in here. I planted my 6 bulbs into 2 small pots, 3 in each and about 4 cm between the bulbs.

Happy Potter said:

Muschee said:

Happy Potter said:

Hi HP..was it you that planted the saffron bulbs in a pot?
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Hi Muschee yes that was me. They have come up ok. So far so good. They are an experiment to see if I can grow them here and harvest the saffreon threads.

Oh cool, why I asked was, when you potted them up, how far apart did you place them?
I have 24 bulbs that I want to also put in a pot and just wonder how far apart I should place them?

Sorry the chats server was down and I only just got back in here. I planted my 6 bulbs into 2 small pots, 3 in each and about 4 cm between the bulbs.

Ok thanks for that

>be careful of becoming too fit and trim the ladies will mob ya.

I’ve never been in danger of that happening! LOL

But I’m not getting looks of disgust any more, so that’s good. Sometimes I kid myself thinking I caught a glimse of a woman having a perve, but NARRRRR. Couldn’t be true.

Yeah congrats collie. How did you stay so motivated to lose all that weight. Did you lose it all by dieting or banding? Wish I could be inspired to lose some more weight, might help both my back and my blood pressure.

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I guess I’ve just CHANGED. I can’t pig out or I will be sick. I don’t feel hungry at all.

Lost most of it since the banding, a lot of the loss before the banding was starvation to get down so I could get the operation.

I haven’t exercised at all, but I’m a lot more mobile now (try carrying two bags of concrete for a few hours then see how your life improves when you put them down….

My diabetes (type 2) went away, my BP was last measured at 117/75 (was 140-145/90) and my back pain has mostly gone..

I haven’t exercised at all, but I’m a lot more mobile now (try carrying two bags of concrete for a few hours then see how your life improves when you put them down…. My diabetes (type 2) went away, my BP was last measured at 117/75 (was 140–145/90) and my back pain has mostly gone..
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you must feel like you are flying along touching the ground lightly.
how about an update on the tassie adventure ?
piccies are good – tassie is the one place i’ve never been.

you must feel like you are flying along touching the ground lightly.
how about an update on the tassie adventure ?
piccies are good – tassie is the one place i’ve never been.

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Yes, lots of ways the bod feels better..

Went to Deloraine to visit a friend yesterday, very nice drive past the lakes and over the hills.. Oh the hills!

No pictures, left the camera in the car in Perth.. Oh well.. But trust me, it is very pretty if a little dry.

Yes, lots of ways the bod feels better.. Went to Deloraine to visit a friend yesterday, very nice drive past the lakes and over the hills.. Oh the hills! No pictures, left the camera in the car in Perth.. Oh well.. But trust me, it is very pretty if a little dry.
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i believe you and leaving the camera home is smart. too many tourist look thru’ the camera lens.
its good to know you are well and enjoying the ‘little’ state LOL.

hey collie when u see this next if you are going to catch up, you going to see the gardens in hobart eg Petes patch or should i now be calling it Tino’s patch.

Hadn’t thought of that Veg, will see if can get down there.

colliewa said:

Hadn’t thought of that Veg, will see if can get down there.

yeah, if you had your camera you could have taken pictures if i ever go to tas ill try and get to the gardens :P.

pepe said:

do you get frost ? i don’t think anywhere south of sydney can plant french beans until september.
still i look forward to seeing you tame that couch patch and planting out some edibles.
the couch should die back over winter so a quick removal of the worst roots and then fertiliser is probably the way to go. you will have to redig in spring when the couch reemerges.

Haha! Unhijacked! (I moved it all to this thread!)
Since we last spoke about it I whippersnipped the bejeebus out of it, watered it to bring it back then poisoned the stuff. It looks very different now. I see a potential vegie garden. I’m going to get out there next weekend and fork out as much as I can and then go for a drive around the nearby racehorse suburb where they leave bags of horse poo out for dedicated gardeners to take away for free. You have to go early in the morning or they’re all gone by the time you get there.

My compost area is also starting to look good. Grass is all gone. Roundup and tarp did the job there and using the tarp meant I only had to poison once instead of the usual 3-4 times so although I didn’t want to use poison at all, at least I didn’t have to use too much. I just have to build the bays now. Need some materials to do it with so will be keeping my eyes peeled for council collection treasures.

No frosts here. Further up the hill they do but not here on the flat. (Well it really should be called ‘the undulating’, not ‘the flat’ LOL!)

Evening, I’m in late. Just resting and still picking tile adhesive off my hands and cuppa then bed for me. I did some more mosaicing and I have kept the thread for it in favourites so when it’s finished I’ll pop it in :) Given the distractions I get though, it still may be weeks off until it’s finished.
I’m already planning the next peice .. I’m afraid it will never end lol.

And a Good Morning to ewes all…still trying to rain here but just making the grass grow which is better than a kick in the pants I suppose…

Wormies were in the lid yesterday, still have to check for today…

Not sure if I should wake MrD as he has a job “out west” today…forgot to ask how soon he wanted to start…

And a Good Morning to ewes all…still trying to rain here but just making the grass grow which is better than a kick in the pants I suppose…

Wormies were in the lid yesterday, still have to check for today…

Not sure if I should wake MrD as he has a job “out west” today…forgot to ask how soon he wanted to start…

mutters bxxxdy cats sorry about the double-post

Dinetta said:

mutters bxxxdy cats sorry about the double-post

lol! got a secretary helping, have you?

bluegreen said:

Dinetta said:

mutters bxxxdy cats sorry about the double-post

lol! got a secretary helping, have you?

They take it in turns, BlueGreen…competition is fierce, I tell you…thankfully the mother cat can’t (or won’t) jump except for food…

Morning All
A bright sunshiny day here, 21 and no wind. very nice.
3 more sleeps and I’m off to New Zealand! Have been busy organising what to take v what not to take. Not easy!
The garden is weeded and I’ll water it all on Weds if we’ve had no rain.
There will be plenty to do out there when I get back!LOL

hello. Have a nice time in NZ orchid. How long are you going for?

We have just picked up #1 daughter & SIL from the airport, back from 2 weeks in Japan. They were tired but happy.

3 more sleeps and I’m off to New Zealand! Have been busy organising what to take v what not to take. Not easy!
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i haven’t been there either.
take the camera and remind us what a green landscape looks like.

Here I am again. All the darlings have gone. I felt really sorry for daughter darling because she had a 2 hour drive back to Bris with 2yo darling and a 3mth old darling, securely tied in their respective car accomodation. How on earth do young Mothers cope with the situation as it stands now, having no access to their off spring during a long drive? 2yo’s not too bad because you can distract his attention to what’s happening around him but baby wants to be comforted when she cries and even if you had an adult passenger there is little they could do to help because the childhas to stay in that capsule thingy.

I understand all about safety but Mum turning her head, replacing dummy in mouth of baby, putting head back in the upright position for baby etc, etc, is all very dangerous. Today it has been pouring with rain(2inches since 11am) and that alone made for a precarious trip plus the road was choc a block with returning Easter tourists. Trip took 3 3/4 hrs instead of 2hrs. I held my breath for the whole time and waited by the phone. Apparently some Mothers just stay at home till the kids are old enough to cope with the situation. Can’t say I blame them. A baby crying non stop in the back could really set the nerves on edge.

Anyway they are back at their home and all is well.

So much for my rant. We had a good Easter and I hope you all did too. We have been getting some very nice rain around here. So grateful. It is somewhat close to a normal wet season (dare I say) and I would love to predict that southern states might be in for a wet winter and back to your long forgotten wet season. We can hope.

I am going to try and catch up on some of the chatting that’s been happening over the last few days. I shall return!

I’m back on May 6, BG.
Oh Japan would be a great place to visit! I’d like to see the cherry blossom, but I don’t think I ever will.

Pepe, I will definitely be taking the camera!!!

orchid40 said:

I’m back on May 6, BG.
Oh Japan would be a great place to visit! I’d like to see the cherry blossom, but I don’t think I ever will.

they were there for the cherry blossoms, hope to see some pictures.

WB Pom.

How on earth do young Mothers cope with the situation as it stands now, having no access to their off spring during a long drive? 2yo’s not too bad because you can distract his attention to what’s happening around him but baby wants to be comforted when she cries and even if you had an adult passenger there is little they could do to help because the childhas to stay in that capsule thingy.

I seem to recall my friends’ younguns used to sleep a lot on long journeys, but that was a long drive. Glad they all arrived home safely, and you can breathe again!

pepe said:

morning
i watered my indigenous natives this morning. i have lost quite a few understorey plants but wattle, lotus, grasses, running postman and bottlebrush are all surviving. 16 trees are all above my head now with only one stunned one and the chopped one lower.

the fruit trees in the circular drive got 9 litres each – its hard to believe that the fig, quince and mulberry were all near death. i hope i saved them.

I’m late with a reply but I hope you can save everything too Pepe. It’s so sad to read that some are desperately in need of rain and we are having buckets of it ATM. Now up tp 3inches since 11am today.

Happy Potter said:

Good you found this thread again Pepe I was quite lost lol.
Arvo all :)
Just housework happenings here, beds re made , floors done, tidied my tiling table and ‘found’ sheets of tiles I’d lost under the jumble. Recycling water going to the native garden..it’s the driest.
Hubbys gone to arvo shift so it’s just myself for tea..heck I don’t need food so I’ll just keep going :)
Garden wise, harvested more green beans , gave worm wee to veges and saffron bulbs. Squished heaps of white cabbage butterfly grubs, I will have to get whatever organic spray I can onto them before I lose the lot.

Dipel HP. You’ve reminded me I have to do the cape gooseberries and the Abutelons. (sp) That is if the rain stops.

pepe said:

Garden wise, harvested more green beans , gave worm wee to veges and saffron bulbs. Squished heaps of white cabbage butterfly grubs, I will have to get whatever organic spray I can onto them before I lose the lot.
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Dipel
it comes in a box with sachets inside. very good stuff – i did my brassicas yesterday.

Too late again.

I did it. I read everything. Including Collie’s visit. Hi Collie. Next trip it’s Q’ld’s turn.

Today Was a good day, just me and dad went to the show today as mum wasnt feeling to good.

did you see some nice chooks, Veg?

bluegreen said:

did you see some nice chooks, Veg?

yep spent 3 hrs in the Poultry shed, Bg how u guess i was going to see all the chooks?
had a look at the other Animals as well, most i see every day:P

When I was a kid and lived in Sydney we used to go to the Easter Show. The showbags were free then :)

bluegreen said:

When I was a kid and lived in Sydney we used to go to the Easter Show. The showbags were free then :)

didnt even get a show bag i dont care if i didn’t get one havent been to the show in 6 years till this year :P

veg gardener said:

bluegreen said:

When I was a kid and lived in Sydney we used to go to the Easter Show. The showbags were free then :)

didnt even get a show bag i dont care if i didn’t get one havent been to the show in 6 years till this year :P

show bags aren’t what they used to be these days.

bluegreen said:

veg gardener said:

bluegreen said:

When I was a kid and lived in Sydney we used to go to the Easter Show. The showbags were free then :)

didnt even get a show bag i dont care if i didn’t get one havent been to the show in 6 years till this year :P

show bags aren’t what they used to be these days.

they are full of Crap.

orchid40 said:

Morning All
A bright sunshiny day here, 21 and no wind. very nice.
3 more sleeps and I’m off to New Zealand! Have been busy organising what to take v what not to take. Not easy!
The garden is weeded and I’ll water it all on Weds if we’ve had no rain.
There will be plenty to do out there when I get back!LOL

Your choice of wording just made me launch into a rendition of “I Can See Clearly Now”, LOL!

…it’s gonna be a bright, bright, sunshiny day…
…look all around nothing but blue skies…

ok I’ll stop now

it’s gonna be a bright, bright, sunshiny day…
…look all around nothing but blue skies…

ok I’ll stop now

Oh please don’t stop, Horty, I was enjoying it!!

Good morning all…

Up! Up! Up! Up! Up!

I don’t care if it’s dark outside…up’n‘atom! There must be something you can do…re-arrange your potting bench or something…re-catalogue your seed collection????

BBL

:)

veg gardener said:

they (showbags) are full of Crap.

I’m with you there, Veg…but it was one of the few times my children ever showed any commercial sense as they worked value per $ for a bag before spending any of (my) money…

Morning all. Rain is easing off up here. Flooding all round the area. All the rivers and creeks are up but expected to peak this afternoon. We have had 105mls in our back yard in 24hrs. Incredible rain and it’s going to stand us well for winter dryness.

Mould and fungi is abundant and the smell from some of the toadstools will turn your stomach. The colours are spectacular but the aroma is foul.

Off to the centre today to do my bit. Probably won’t be many tourists passing by because the rain and flooding will keep them at home I guess.

Make the most of your Tuesday.

Good morning. My PC broke :( and I couldn’t get on another until now.
I think the power supply has gone to pc heaven and it will be a week or so before I can put it in the fixit shop.
I’m trying to install my primary email account onto another pc , without success. Bugga.
But I have plenty of other things to do in the meantime. Like boring housework.
And tell you a little story… Yesterday morning I set off for Bunnings in Hoppers Crossing for mosaic tile adhesive, and as weird things seem to happen to me , the strangest of all happened lol. I was driving along the princess hwy and the traffic had stopped .. Oh great, an accident I thought, lots of flashing lights about 1 klm up the road, so the next opportunity I got I did a U turn and went back into town and along a parallel road. I wanted that tile adhesive!
Then next thing a police car was coming up fast behind me so I pulled to the side to let it pass , and it stopped next to me!, another police car stopped behind me!!. ME?? I’m sure i’m not on the 10 most wanted list.
I thought..wrong identity, car /licence check ect.
Turns out it was a breath testing station I had “run from” .. strewth!! There was no .05 van back on the other road so I assumed it was an accident site. Well I got drug and alcohol tested and of course I was clear, so I was informally warned ,let go and finally I got my tile glue! lol.

pomolo said:

Morning all. Rain is easing off up here. Flooding all round the area. All the rivers and creeks are up but expected to peak this afternoon. We have had 105mls in our back yard in 24hrs. Incredible rain and it’s going to stand us well for winter dryness.

Mould and fungi is abundant and the smell from some of the toadstools will turn your stomach. The colours are spectacular but the aroma is foul.

Off to the centre today to do my bit. Probably won’t be many tourists passing by because the rain and flooding will keep them at home I guess.

Make the most of your Tuesday.

I hope the rain eases for you Pom. Send it over. Dry and drier here.
Did you take any pics of the fungi?

Morning All,
Another great Autumn day here :)

Turns out it was a breath testing station I had “run from” .. strewth!!

HP, they’ll be watching you from now on!! You’ll be on their “most Wanted” list!!
LOL

Happy Potter said:

Turns out it was a breath testing station I had “run from” .. strewth!! There was no .05 van back on the other road so I assumed it was an accident site. Well I got drug and alcohol tested and of course I was clear, so I was informally warned ,let go and finally I got my tile glue! lol.

oh you wicked person, you!!! lol!

orchid40 said:

Morning All,
Another great Autumn day here :)

Turns out it was a breath testing station I had “run from” .. strewth!!

HP, they’ll be watching you from now on!! You’ll be on their “most Wanted” list!!
LOL

nooo! I’m just a nana. In search of tile glue lol.

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

Turns out it was a breath testing station I had “run from” .. strewth!! There was no .05 van back on the other road so I assumed it was an accident site. Well I got drug and alcohol tested and of course I was clear, so I was informally warned ,let go and finally I got my tile glue! lol.

oh you wicked person, you!!! lol!

Yeah I must be wicked. The pond pumps stopped working altogether . I do have other pumps but can’t find the it’s and bits of joinery pieces. Turned out 2 sheds. No go. Someones chucked my bits out.
And I want my email!
Well whilst I’m awaiting Rudds pressie to fix things and right the wrongs ,I shall wander about aimlessly trying not to get into trouble! LOL

Happy Potter said:

pomolo said:

Morning all. Rain is easing off up here. Flooding all round the area. All the rivers and creeks are up but expected to peak this afternoon. We have had 105mls in our back yard in 24hrs. Incredible rain and it’s going to stand us well for winter dryness.

Mould and fungi is abundant and the smell from some of the toadstools will turn your stomach. The colours are spectacular but the aroma is foul.

Off to the centre today to do my bit. Probably won’t be many tourists passing by because the rain and flooding will keep them at home I guess.

Make the most of your Tuesday.

I hope the rain eases for you Pom. Send it over. Dry and drier here.
Did you take any pics of the fungi?

Rain has eased HP and I have photos of fungi. I am going to ask computer instructer at the centre to give me lessons on how to post a pic to the forum. SIL is not a teacher although he is an IT expert. I’ve given up on him showing me “how.”.

Happy Potter said:

Good morning. My PC broke :( and I couldn’t get on another until now.
I think the power supply has gone to pc heaven and it will be a week or so before I can put it in the fixit shop.
I’m trying to install my primary email account onto another pc , without success. Bugga.
But I have plenty of other things to do in the meantime. Like boring housework.
And tell you a little story… Yesterday morning I set off for Bunnings in Hoppers Crossing for mosaic tile adhesive, and as weird things seem to happen to me , the strangest of all happened lol. I was driving along the princess hwy and the traffic had stopped .. Oh great, an accident I thought, lots of flashing lights about 1 klm up the road, so the next opportunity I got I did a U turn and went back into town and along a parallel road. I wanted that tile adhesive!
Then next thing a police car was coming up fast behind me so I pulled to the side to let it pass , and it stopped next to me!, another police car stopped behind me!!. ME?? I’m sure i’m not on the 10 most wanted list.
I thought..wrong identity, car /licence check ect.
Turns out it was a breath testing station I had “run from” .. strewth!! There was no .05 van back on the other road so I assumed it was an accident site. Well I got drug and alcohol tested and of course I was clear, so I was informally warned ,let go and finally I got my tile glue! lol.

Remind me to check your breath if ever I go driving with you. lol.

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

pomolo said:

I hope the rain eases for you Pom. Send it over. Dry and drier here.
Did you take any pics of the fungi?

Rain has eased HP and I have photos of fungi. I am going to ask computer instructer at the centre to give me lessons on how to post a pic to the forum. SIL is not a teacher although he is an IT expert. I’ve given up on him showing me “how.”.

Can you load your pics onto the computer Pom ?
If you can and have them in a folder on the pc .. I can tell you how to get them on here ..

Turns out it was a breath testing station I had “run from” .. strewth!! There was no .05 van back on the other road so I assumed it was an accident site. Well I got drug and alcohol tested and of course I was clear, so I was informally warned ,let go and finally I got my tile glue! lol.
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great story HP
ya didn’t forget the Dipel with all that excitement did ya?

pepe said:

Turns out it was a breath testing station I had “run from” .. strewth!! There was no .05 van back on the other road so I assumed it was an accident site. Well I got drug and alcohol tested and of course I was clear, so I was informally warned ,let go and finally I got my tile glue! lol.
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great story HP
ya didn’t forget the Dipel with all that excitement did ya?

No I didn’t forget it Pepe :) It works well too!

No I didn’t forget it Pepe :)
It works well too!
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A pack of dipel lasts for several years too.
i must do some shopping now – i hope all the rbt stations have folded up and gone home. not that i’m shickered at all – just the time wasting you understand.
we had the deputy pm (julia guillard – sp?) here in gawler last week and they diverted traffic for her.

Morning all. Just been catching up on all that’s been happening here while I’ve been away. I tell you what HP there is never a dull moment in your life is there?? :)

I’ve spent the morning washing clothes after being away for the weekend to Mum’s.

OH and my brother managed to get some more done on my Mum’s bathroom renovation during the 2 days that we were there. Mum’s house is Edwardian (we think) so as you can imagine it is a huge job to renovate and when being done on a really small budget makes it very limited as to what can be done. The walls have never been rendered so we decided that the easiest and cheapest way to tackle the project was to use Villaboard on all of the walls rather than only doing the area where we have to tile. Because it is a split level home/2 storey some challenges were created with the floor as well. The reno has be done in fits and starts for a number of years now. We are replacing the current modular shower unit which has a 30cm odd step which is now a little to difficult for my 81 year Mum to get in and out of. Also the new shower will be at the other end of the bathroom and so new plumbing has to be installed (that was done a couple of years ago). Mum’s current laundry is downstairs and she has to negotiate 12 very rickety wooden stairs. The plan is to use the plumbing from the old shower recess to bring her washing machine upstairs. Much safer. Eventually the stairs will be replaced.

Old useless cupboards have now been removed and a new toilet installed. Overall a reasonably productive couple of days, although the fellas were a bit disappointed that they didn’t get onto the tiling….but that will have to be on another weekend.

We came home expecting to be able to play in the garden yesterday, but unfortunately it rained on an off all day. It didn’t really matter cause it gave us the impetus to re-arrange our lounge room, which we have been putting off, but it needed to be done. We are getting a new lounge suite in the next couple of weeks (it’s on order) and it won’t fit the current arrangement. Trouble is that to fit it in we have had to re-locate the phone and the computer modem wiring as well as the TV aerial for the new locations. So OH spent a bit of time under the house yesterday fixing all that up. We also had to move the wall unit…full of glassware, the good dinner set etc etc…..trouble is all the glassware was dusty so while it is out I’ve been washing it all (in stages though…you can’t rush these things)

Arvo all.

Hi PM hows things where are you these days

pretty busy Grassy… slightly hectic could be a useful phrase.

I am looking forward to June

Are you still in PNG PM

yes I am. 31 days to go.

Take care —will you be back in Townsville after that ?

That is the plan… who knows where I will be in 6 months? Still in doubt.

stay tuned

Will do ;)

From: AnneS
Morning all. Just been catching up on all that’s been happening here while I’ve been away. I tell you what HP there is never a dull moment in your life is there?? :)

I’ve spent the morning washing clothes after being away for the weekend to Mum’s.

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You’re not wrong AnneS! I wanted a quiet boring life and guess what, I didn’t get it lol.

You have been busy ! The renovation sounds good.

pepe said:

No I didn’t forget it Pepe :)
It works well too!
——-
A pack of dipel lasts for several years too.
i must do some shopping now – i hope all the rbt stations have folded up and gone home. not that i’m shickered at all – just the time wasting you understand.
we had the deputy pm (julia guillard – sp?) here in gawler last week and they diverted traffic for her.

I did the dipel spray but I don’t know if the cauli’s are worth keeping , the centers are chewed. Might be chookie fodder now. I netted the bed from birds, and moths get them! I’ll be putting insect netting next time. Mutters there’s always something! lol

Andddd.. I’m back on my own PC :D
Hubby got a power supply box thingo on his way from work.. all fixed YAYY :D
Right, who can I annoy..

Heyas , tonight on ABC ‘ Around The World In 80 Gardens’ show on 8.30 pm.
Sounds interesting.

Happy Potter said:

Heyas , tonight on ABC ‘ Around The World In 80 Gardens’ show on 8.30 pm.
Sounds interesting.

Evenin All, Yep saw this advertisd too….must remember….must remember….must remember

Happy Potter said:

Heyas , tonight on ABC ‘ Around The World In 80 Gardens’ show on 8.30 pm.
Sounds interesting.

thanks for the reminder HP – should be a feast of beautiful photography.

i’m not planting caulis either – too hard to keep white – broc, brussel sprouts and cabbages are in.

Happy Potter said:

pomolo said:

Happy Potter said:

pomolo said:

I hope the rain eases for you Pom. Send it over. Dry and drier here.
Did you take any pics of the fungi?

Rain has eased HP and I have photos of fungi. I am going to ask computer instructer at the centre to give me lessons on how to post a pic to the forum. SIL is not a teacher although he is an IT expert. I’ve given up on him showing me “how.”.

Can you load your pics onto the computer Pom ?
If you can and have them in a folder on the pc .. I can tell you how to get them on here ..

Thanks for the offer HP but I need hands on instructions because I am puter illiterate for mostly everything except this forum.

Happy Potter said:

Heyas , tonight on ABC ‘ Around The World In 80 Gardens’ show on 8.30 pm.
Sounds interesting.

well I watched it and found it very interesting. I hope the rest of the series is as good.

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

Heyas , tonight on ABC ‘ Around The World In 80 Gardens’ show on 8.30 pm.
Sounds interesting.

well I watched it and found it very interesting. I hope the rest of the series is as good.

yep – i loved it – ah gardening on an island where the roots just grow down into water – perfect.
a nice way of traveling – see the world thru’ its gardens – australia’s the next episode with dame edith murdoch according to the promo.
cyas.

pepe said:

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

Heyas , tonight on ABC ‘ Around The World In 80 Gardens’ show on 8.30 pm.
Sounds interesting.

well I watched it and found it very interesting. I hope the rest of the series is as good.

yep – i loved it – ah gardening on an island where the roots just grow down into water – perfect.
a nice way of traveling – see the world thru’ its gardens – australia’s the next episode with dame edith murdoch according to the promo.
cyas.

Yes very interesting, loved the marigolds! and the vege gardens in Cuba.
I know I have seen this episode before , but I doubt I’ve seen any others in the series. I’ll look foward to watching it now.

Happy Potter said:

pepe said:

bluegreen said:

well I watched it and found it very interesting. I hope the rest of the series is as good.

yep – i loved it – ah gardening on an island where the roots just grow down into water – perfect.
a nice way of traveling – see the world thru’ its gardens – australia’s the next episode with dame edith murdoch according to the promo.
cyas.

Yes very interesting, loved the marigolds! and the vege gardens in Cuba.
I know I have seen this episode before , but I doubt I’ve seen any others in the series. I’ll look foward to watching it now.

How about those cacti in Mexico? Unbelievable! Will be interesting to see how they do the Aussie one next week.

Here it is, 6:45am and the Goodnight thread is the last one up still?

We have lots of cloud cover but I think it will clear today…

Dinetta said:

Here it is, 6:45am and the Goodnight thread is the last one up still?

We have lots of cloud cover but I think it will clear today…

Morning Dinetta :)
Gees I look awful in the mornings lol.
We have a ‘hollywood’ style storm here, it woke me with rain lashing the windows and lightening , beautiful :)
Water containers in place.
Kettles on.

Hello Happy Potter

Good news about the storm…hope it contains lots of precipitation….

Morining all, been playing with the chooks this Morining.

Dinetta said:

Here it is, 6:45am and the Goodnight thread is the last one up still?

We have lots of cloud cover but I think it will clear today…

G’day. Sunny here but forecast to be windy…joy oh joy! Looking forward to having the whole house rattle…NOT!

morning. windy here, with a bit of rain.

Well we have a fine one here. The washing on the line might actually dry today. Storm predicted tonight and the flood waters are receding.

All is right with the world.

bluegreen said:

morning. windy here, with a bit of rain.

Hi Bluegreen, still very windy here. I think it’s a perfect cold blustery day for cooking. I have a lamington cake, lemon cake and hummingbird cakes to make :)

hi Pom, HP.

Yes it would be a good day for baking, or sleeping. I have had a virus for the past week and all I want to do is sleep!! But unfortunately work must be done, even though there is not much happening here either!

The Gardens show last night was awesome! The Cacti were fantastic… so with global warming all of Australia should be able to grow a similar cacti garden??? and the wet bits can grow a floating island garden full of Marigolds.

And to keep your caulis white, just snap the outer leaves at the half way point and fold over to protect said caulis from yellowing.

bluegreen said:

morning. windy here, with a bit of rain.

but wait! there’s more…

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/04/15/2543322.htm

Happy Potter said:

pepe said:

bluegreen said:

well I watched it and found it very interesting. I hope the rest of the series is as good.

yep – i loved it – ah gardening on an island where the roots just grow down into water – perfect.
a nice way of traveling – see the world thru’ its gardens – australia’s the next episode with dame edith murdoch according to the promo.
cyas.

Yes very interesting, loved the marigolds! and the vege gardens in Cuba.
I know I have seen this episode before , but I doubt I’ve seen any others in the series. I’ll look foward to watching it now.

I really enjoyed it – the presenter is good too. Great photography and very interesting. Unfortunately I shall miss the next 3, I’ll be on my trip. (Tomorrow!!) Hopefully Mr O40 will tape them for me but he’ll probably forget.

Arvo All,
It’s raining buckets full here ATM. Started the day with a big storm, thunder, wind and 5mm rain at 5am.
I’m hoping I’ll get a dry minute for me to go and feed the worms!

orchid40 said:

I’ll be on my trip. (Tomorrow!!)

excited? I would be! Have a great time and don’t forget the camera!!

bluegreen said:

morning. windy here, with a bit of rain.

Just some wind here…… rain didn’t happen…. again……………

bluegreen said:

orchid40 said:

I’ll be on my trip. (Tomorrow!!)

excited? I would be! Have a great time and don’t forget the camera!!

Thanks BG. I’m excited to the point of feeling sick :(
The camera is packed!

RightO, I’m mounting my soap box because I need to let off some steam. I attended our Community Centre meeting this arvo with a desperate call for volunteers to help keep the centre manned and open. The centre serves as a tourist info centre. A lending library. An internet cafe. Souvineer sales and offers classes in woodwork, leadlight, art, guitar etc.

Because a dam is proposed near our town, many of the residents have had to sell their properties to the Government and moved out of the area. These houses are now rented so there is a huge influx of new residents in the community. Almost nil of these people are community minded. As of now there is no Primary School P&C because none of the new residents are interested in attending meetings and helping the school their children attend. I have never heard of a school with no P&C.

We (the centre) have tried to stimulate new interest to attract some of the newbys to join with us but ‘no go.’ Our present means of funding is going to run out in June this year and we are at our wits’ end as to how encourage people to contribute. No one is asked for money or donations it’s just peoples time that’s needed. It’s like hitting your head against a brick wall. I’m sure some of you know the feeling.

Sorry if you don’t understand what I am on about but I needed to get it off my chest. Big fat raspberry to the proposed dam. Our town and it’s country community is gone.

that’s a real shame pomolo. Maybe you should petition the govt to subsidise the centre eg provide a wage for some staff.

MOTHERS

Real Mothers don’t eat quiche; they don’t have time to make it.

Real Mothers know that their kitchen utensils are probably in the sandbox.

Real Mothers often have sticky floors, filthy ovens and happy kids.

Real Mothers know that dried play dough doesn’t come out of carpets.

Real Mothers don’t want to know what the vacuum just sucked up.

Real Mothers sometimes ask ‘Why me?’ and get their answer when a little voice says, ‘Because I love you best..’

Real Mothers know that a child’s growth is not measured by height or years or grade… It is marked by the progression of Mommy to Mom to Mother…

The Images of Mother

4 YEARS OF AGE – My Mummy can do anything!

8 YEARS OF AGE – My Mum knows a lot! A whole lot!

12 YEARS OF AGE – My Mother doesn’t really know quite everything.

14 YEARS OF AGE – Naturally, Mother doesn’t know that, either.

16 YEARS OF AGE – Mother? She’s hopelessly old-fashioned..

18 YEARS OF AGE – That old woman? She’s way out of date!

25 YEARS OF AGE – Well, she might know a little bit about it!

35 YEARS OF AGE – Before we decide, let’s get Mum’s opinion.

45 YEARS OF AGE – Wonder what Mum would have thought about it?

65 YEARS OF AGE – Wish I could talk it over with Mum

The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair.

The beauty of a woman must be seen from in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides.

The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mole, but true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It is the caring that she lovingly gives, the passion that she shows, and the beauty of a woman with passing years only grows!

bluegreen said:

that’s a real shame pomolo. Maybe you should petition the govt to subsidise the centre eg provide a wage for some staff.

They were helping BG until the dam was shelved for 4 years. Now we just hang by our fingernails till they decide if and when something is going to happen.

bluegreen said:

MOTHERS

Real Mothers don’t eat quiche; they don’t have time to make it.

Real Mothers know that their kitchen utensils are probably in the sandbox.

Real Mothers often have sticky floors, filthy ovens and happy kids.

Real Mothers know that dried play dough doesn’t come out of carpets.

Real Mothers don’t want to know what the vacuum just sucked up.

Real Mothers sometimes ask ‘Why me?’ and get their answer when a little voice says, ‘Because I love you best..’

Real Mothers know that a child’s growth is not measured by height or years or grade… It is marked by the progression of Mommy to Mom to Mother…

The Images of Mother

4 YEARS OF AGE – My Mummy can do anything!

8 YEARS OF AGE – My Mum knows a lot! A whole lot!

12 YEARS OF AGE – My Mother doesn’t really know quite everything.

14 YEARS OF AGE – Naturally, Mother doesn’t know that, either.

16 YEARS OF AGE – Mother? She’s hopelessly old-fashioned..

18 YEARS OF AGE – That old woman? She’s way out of date!

25 YEARS OF AGE – Well, she might know a little bit about it!

35 YEARS OF AGE – Before we decide, let’s get Mum’s opinion.

45 YEARS OF AGE – Wonder what Mum would have thought about it?

65 YEARS OF AGE – Wish I could talk it over with Mum

The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair.

The beauty of a woman must be seen from in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides.

The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mole, but true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It is the caring that she lovingly gives, the passion that she shows, and the beauty of a woman with passing years only grows!

That bought a real tear to my eye BG…I went to visit my Mum on Easter Sunday. She’s been in hospital a few days already. She has had some major health problems in the last few months and can’t seem to distinguish reality from her dreams or what she see’s on tele. I think dementia has set in. I was so upset when I left because the woman I know as my Mum was there in front of me… but it wasn’t the person anymore that I knew. It was almost like being with a stranger.

pomolo said:

RightO, I’m mounting my soap box because I need to let off some steam. I attended our Community Centre meeting this arvo with a desperate call for volunteers to help keep the centre manned and open. The centre serves as a tourist info centre. A lending library. An internet cafe. Souvineer sales and offers classes in woodwork, leadlight, art, guitar etc.

Because a dam is proposed near our town, many of the residents have had to sell their properties to the Government and moved out of the area. These houses are now rented so there is a huge influx of new residents in the community. Almost nil of these people are community minded. As of now there is no Primary School P&C because none of the new residents are interested in attending meetings and helping the school their children attend. I have never heard of a school with no P&C.

We (the centre) have tried to stimulate new interest to attract some of the newbys to join with us but ‘no go.’ Our present means of funding is going to run out in June this year and we are at our wits’ end as to how encourage people to contribute. No one is asked for money or donations it’s just peoples time that’s needed. It’s like hitting your head against a brick wall. I’m sure some of you know the feeling.

Sorry if you don’t understand what I am on about but I needed to get it off my chest. Big fat raspberry to the proposed dam. Our town and it’s country community is gone.

So sad when you’ve lived in an area for many years to see it fall to pieces like this.
I can only hope somethin good comes out of it…..or that there is a bright side to it all.

Muschee said:

That bought a real tear to my eye BG…I went to visit my Mum on Easter Sunday. She’s been in hospital a few days already. She has had some major health problems in the last few months and can’t seem to distinguish reality from her dreams or what she see’s on tele. I think dementia has set in. I was so upset when I left because the woman I know as my Mum was there in front of me… but it wasn’t the person anymore that I knew. It was almost like being with a stranger.

I’m sorry to hear about your mum, Muschee. It must be hard to see her like that. Glad you enjoyed the quote.

Hi all, just popped in briefly to tell you all that joke, now off to cook dinner. Will play ‘catch up’ later.
Ciao.

pomolo said:

RightO, I’m mounting my soap box because I need to let off some steam. I attended our Community Centre meeting this arvo with a desperate call for volunteers to help keep the centre manned and open. The centre serves as a tourist info centre. A lending library. An internet cafe. Souvineer sales and offers classes in woodwork, leadlight, art, guitar etc.

Because a dam is proposed near our town, many of the residents have had to sell their properties to the Government and moved out of the area. These houses are now rented so there is a huge influx of new residents in the community. Almost nil of these people are community minded. As of now there is no Primary School P&C because none of the new residents are interested in attending meetings and helping the school their children attend. I have never heard of a school with no P&C.

We (the centre) have tried to stimulate new interest to attract some of the newbys to join with us but ‘no go.’ Our present means of funding is going to run out in June this year and we are at our wits’ end as to how encourage people to contribute. No one is asked for money or donations it’s just peoples time that’s needed. It’s like hitting your head against a brick wall. I’m sure some of you know the feeling.

Sorry if you don’t understand what I am on about but I needed to get it off my chest. Big fat raspberry to the proposed dam. Our town and it’s country community is gone.

Oh Pom…I sympathise wholeheartedly…I have just arrived home from my monthly VIEW club meeting and a few of us were discussing how it is hard to get help sometime…..but in the small community where I attend VIEW (15 minutes from drive from here) there are apparently 73 community groups (ie numerous sporting, Girl Guides, surf club; lions, rotary, progress assoc, VIEW, RFS, Probus, etc etc) and the town has only 3000 odd people. But then again many of the people are members of more than one organisation….so no wonder we have trouble getting helpers for our Girl Guides group.

bluegreen said:

MOTHERS

Real Mothers don’t eat quiche; they don’t have time to make it.

Real Mothers know that their kitchen utensils are probably in the sandbox.

Real Mothers often have sticky floors, filthy ovens and happy kids.

Real Mothers know that dried play dough doesn’t come out of carpets.

Real Mothers don’t want to know what the vacuum just sucked up.

Real Mothers sometimes ask ‘Why me?’ and get their answer when a little voice says, ‘Because I love you best..’

Real Mothers know that a child’s growth is not measured by height or years or grade… It is marked by the progression of Mommy to Mom to Mother…

The Images of Mother

4 YEARS OF AGE – My Mummy can do anything!

8 YEARS OF AGE – My Mum knows a lot! A whole lot!

12 YEARS OF AGE – My Mother doesn’t really know quite everything.

14 YEARS OF AGE – Naturally, Mother doesn’t know that, either.

16 YEARS OF AGE – Mother? She’s hopelessly old-fashioned..

18 YEARS OF AGE – That old woman? She’s way out of date!

25 YEARS OF AGE – Well, she might know a little bit about it!

35 YEARS OF AGE – Before we decide, let’s get Mum’s opinion.

45 YEARS OF AGE – Wonder what Mum would have thought about it?

65 YEARS OF AGE – Wish I could talk it over with Mum

The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair.

The beauty of a woman must be seen from in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides.

The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mole, but true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It is the caring that she lovingly gives, the passion that she shows, and the beauty of a woman with passing years only grows!

That is lovely BG…Thanks for posting that

hortfurball said:

Hi all, just popped in briefly to tell you all that joke, now off to cook dinner. Will play ‘catch up’ later.
Ciao.

Rats – I was hoping to catch you to see if you are going to Garden Week this weekend. It snuck up on me this year!!

http://www.gardenweek.com.au/

AnneS said:

bluegreen said:

MOTHERS

Real Mothers don’t eat quiche; they don’t have time to make it.

Real Mothers know that their kitchen utensils are probably in the sandbox.

Real Mothers often have sticky floors, filthy ovens and happy kids.

Real Mothers know that dried play dough doesn’t come out of carpets.

Real Mothers don’t want to know what the vacuum just sucked up.

Real Mothers sometimes ask ‘Why me?’ and get their answer when a little voice says, ‘Because I love you best..’

Real Mothers know that a child’s growth is not measured by height or years or grade… It is marked by the progression of Mommy to Mom to Mother…

The Images of Mother

4 YEARS OF AGE – My Mummy can do anything!

8 YEARS OF AGE – My Mum knows a lot! A whole lot!

12 YEARS OF AGE – My Mother doesn’t really know quite everything.

14 YEARS OF AGE – Naturally, Mother doesn’t know that, either.

16 YEARS OF AGE – Mother? She’s hopelessly old-fashioned..

18 YEARS OF AGE – That old woman? She’s way out of date!

25 YEARS OF AGE – Well, she might know a little bit about it!

35 YEARS OF AGE – Before we decide, let’s get Mum’s opinion.

45 YEARS OF AGE – Wonder what Mum would have thought about it?

65 YEARS OF AGE – Wish I could talk it over with Mum

The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair.

The beauty of a woman must be seen from in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides.

The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mole, but true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It is the caring that she lovingly gives, the passion that she shows, and the beauty of a woman with passing years only grows!

That is lovely BG…Thanks for posting that

I like the start of it.. but the age scale thing is way off of how I see my mum :)

bon008 said:

hortfurball said:

Hi all, just popped in briefly to tell you all that joke, now off to cook dinner. Will play ‘catch up’ later.
Ciao.

Rats – I was hoping to catch you to see if you are going to Garden Week this weekend. It snuck up on me this year!!

http://www.gardenweek.com.au/

Oh, no I won’t sorry. Prebooked this weekend.

Speaking of booked - Muschee, I booked in for Josh so meet you there a little before? It starts at 2.30 and says refreshments 20 mins beforehand so I was thinking if we get there around 2? That suit you? Give us time for a quick chatter while we see what they mean by refreshments, LOL!

bon008 said:

I like the start of it.. but the age scale thing is way off of how I see my mum :)

Well mine was out of my life from age 4 so I really have no clue what a mother even is. No wonder I’m a bit of a tomboy!

AnneS said:

pomolo said:

RightO, I’m mounting my soap box because I need to let off some steam. I attended our Community Centre meeting this arvo with a desperate call for volunteers to help keep the centre manned and open. The centre serves as a tourist info centre. A lending library. An internet cafe. Souvineer sales and offers classes in woodwork, leadlight, art, guitar etc.

Because a dam is proposed near our town, many of the residents have had to sell their properties to the Government and moved out of the area. These houses are now rented so there is a huge influx of new residents in the community. Almost nil of these people are community minded. As of now there is no Primary School P&C because none of the new residents are interested in attending meetings and helping the school their children attend. I have never heard of a school with no P&C.

We (the centre) have tried to stimulate new interest to attract some of the newbys to join with us but ‘no go.’ Our present means of funding is going to run out in June this year and we are at our wits’ end as to how encourage people to contribute. No one is asked for money or donations it’s just peoples time that’s needed. It’s like hitting your head against a brick wall. I’m sure some of you know the feeling.

Sorry if you don’t understand what I am on about but I needed to get it off my chest. Big fat raspberry to the proposed dam. Our town and it’s country community is gone.

Oh Pom…I sympathise wholeheartedly…I have just arrived home from my monthly VIEW club meeting and a few of us were discussing how it is hard to get help sometime…..but in the small community where I attend VIEW (15 minutes from drive from here) there are apparently 73 community groups (ie numerous sporting, Girl Guides, surf club; lions, rotary, progress assoc, VIEW, RFS, Probus, etc etc) and the town has only 3000 odd people. But then again many of the people are members of more than one organisation….so no wonder we have trouble getting helpers for our Girl Guides group.

Ours is a very small community (700p) or it was before people started leaving because their houses were sucked up. The remaining ones are mostly elderly and it’s probably harder on them than it is on me.

AnneS said:

bluegreen said:

MOTHERS

Real Mothers don’t eat quiche; they don’t have time to make it.

Real Mothers know that their kitchen utensils are probably in the sandbox.

Real Mothers often have sticky floors, filthy ovens and happy kids.

Real Mothers know that dried play dough doesn’t come out of carpets.

Real Mothers don’t want to know what the vacuum just sucked up.

Real Mothers sometimes ask ‘Why me?’ and get their answer when a little voice says, ‘Because I love you best..’

Real Mothers know that a child’s growth is not measured by height or years or grade… It is marked by the progression of Mommy to Mom to Mother…

The Images of Mother

4 YEARS OF AGE – My Mummy can do anything!

8 YEARS OF AGE – My Mum knows a lot! A whole lot!

12 YEARS OF AGE – My Mother doesn’t really know quite everything.

14 YEARS OF AGE – Naturally, Mother doesn’t know that, either.

16 YEARS OF AGE – Mother? She’s hopelessly old-fashioned..

18 YEARS OF AGE – That old woman? She’s way out of date!

25 YEARS OF AGE – Well, she might know a little bit about it!

35 YEARS OF AGE – Before we decide, let’s get Mum’s opinion.

45 YEARS OF AGE – Wonder what Mum would have thought about it?

65 YEARS OF AGE – Wish I could talk it over with Mum

The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair.

The beauty of a woman must be seen from in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides.

The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mole, but true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It is the caring that she lovingly gives, the passion that she shows, and the beauty of a woman with passing years only grows!

That is lovely BG…Thanks for posting that

I have forwarded it on to a relatively new Mum. She has a lot to learn but will relate to your post BG.

pain master said:

The Gardens show last night was awesome! The Cacti were fantastic… so with global warming all of Australia should be able to grow a similar cacti garden??? and the wet bits can grow a floating island garden full of Marigolds.

And to keep your caulis white, just snap the outer leaves at the half way point and fold over to protect said caulis from yellowing.

its amazing that a dry continent like australia isn’t covered in indigenous cacti really.

i have covered caulis that way but its not fool proof and they really need to grow super fast as well. they are big plants and you need massively rich soil to be successful.