General Chat

Hi Suzy Q Thanks for letting me know about the razor,, He needs one anyway and his birthday is next week so he can have it for that..lol He has been meaning to get one for ages but never got round to it..Will check with the hospital if he can take it in.. Try calling out to the chooks CHICKEN CHOP SUEY and they might pull their socks up...LOL or some HRT might help them,, Well better feed the monster so back later Love Mary xxx

As an Ex Farmers wife, don't muck about just show 'em the axe. Sir Tonz ,you are one of a special breed. My dad too. We were 20 months ,41/2, 7& 9.and the police dept didn't know what to do with him. He wasn't elegible for a house caus he didn't have a wife and for obvious reasons couldn't go into the single mens quarters either and as Dad refused to put us in a home they sent him to Port Hedland thinking that would bring him to his senses. It didn't I'm pleased to say. He actually was the first father to be granted custody of the children over the mother in W.A. He made beeewtiful bread and no machines in them days.I can still remember hearing the thump thump as he did the last raising about 4am so the bread would be ready for breakfast.A very comforting sound. Welcome home oh Ice queen.What a story you'll have to tell. Its pretty hot here but the breeze is just coming in so probably wont make our top temp. Himself not well again today The good days are slowly being taken over by the bad ones.Even admitted he was bored, an admission indeed.Can't find anything to interest him.

Afternoon wattlers, Sounds like you had fun last night Mary and Tony and cat of course. Hope those that were away over the weekend had a great time and that the ice queen had a wonderful time(sure she did). have been painting ect ect over the weekend and is very tired now. Merle hope your not melting in that heat over there. Well the mixed doubles are on soon so might go and veg in the chair for a while so see you later one and all. cheers luv Sandra in the Gong

Arvo peeps. Nice sunny day in Melbin. A bit chilly this morning, but has turned out a nice day. I'm a meat eater, and must eat meat at least 5 days out of a 7 day week. Pork, Lamb, Beef, Steak, Mince or whatever. My favourite is crumbed cutlets, but can be damn expensive little blighters, and better off buying a T-Bone by the time you buy 6 Cutlets. Merle. Was thinking about what you said. ex Farmers wife. At 12 years old i worked and lived on a farm in Wonthaggi, as a legacy kid.( The Smiths farm ) They were the nicest people i had ever met. I was a city kid, and they taught me a lot about farming and general upkeep of running a farm. It was a real experiance to see where milk, cream and eggs came from, and not just off the Grocers shelf..( hence my love for the bush and Country area's ) When i was a wee lad in Richmond ( Melbin ) about 10 years old, ( 50s )we used to go to the Burnley slaughter yards to earn a bit of pocket money by herding the pigs and sheep in to be slaughtered. I used to watch the slaughter men do there job. Mostly Italians and Greeks back then in Melbin. Before skining and cutting up the Sheep or Pigs they used to dip there arms up to the elbows in a barrel of animal blood first, before touching the animal. I was always facinated by the way they cut through the meat with precision, and used to stay and watch ( peeking my head around the shed doors ) One day i got the gumption to wander inside the slaughter shed, while they were working. They saw me watching, and smiled at me.I turned my back on them for a minute to look at something, ( cant remember what ) i turned back around to face them and the next thing i felt was the whole insides of a gutted sheep flying across the shed and hitting me fair smack in the face, knocking me over off my feet. Warm sheep guts, intestines, and blood streaming down me from head to toe. As i picked myself up off the shed floor, the Italians/Greeks/Ozzies were laughing their heads off at me. I ran out side the shed door smelling terrible, and had to walk about 2 mile home with hundred of blowies following me.......lol It was the last time i ventured into the actual slaughter area, and from then on just herded the animals into the slaughter pens. I learnt something that day.............never turn ya back on ya enemy, even if he's smiling at you.........lol Tony Oz..:>))

quick hi all, been watching cricket, lounging etc. just had a quick look with poss.'s puter. hope everyone is well. catch ya love Yvette

Ah Tony thats gorgeous. Havent laughed so much for ages.That used to happen on the farm too. Everyone knew I wouldnt touch the offal till next day. Couldnt handle it warm so if I was ever silly enough to go near the shed at killing time I was the one those things happened to. When we moved to Albany Derek got a job at the meatworks as a boner and he always regaled us with similar stories when he got home. Dear old Pop Sandells wouldn't allopw the women near the yards at tailing time but I always seemed to cop at least one tail or other parts in the face.Himself was the culprit of course

lol..Merle. I cant believe i can remember that far back, but somethings stick in ya mind...( and ya face )....lol I think the most amazing part of it all is that Barbs dad was a slaughterman at Burnley in the 50s. Probably the mad bugger who throught the sheep guts at me. When he was alive, we did talk about it, but he told me he used to throw stuff at all the kids if they got bit nosy..A great bloke he was too. ( God bless him ) Tony Oz..:>))

With the stories from Merle and Tony I think I will turn Vegie..lol I always prefer vergetables to meat but havent stopped eating the stuff.. I just love baked veges and vege in any form..I would prefer a vege stir fry to anything else.. Had my favourite bottle of vino tonight.. sparkling shiraz.. just lovely.. Hope everyone is enjoying the evening.. Love Mary xxx

Welcome home to the Ice printheth! We missed ya! Big ~~~~~wave and a happy hugz to Derek (Merle's himself). Thinking of ya my friend. Hugz Trifley X

Merle If Himself is getting bored put him on here and we will keep him amused..give you a break, Hope he is feeling better soon.. Princess Lew Lew,, Are you home yet..??? Princeth Lolly Are you home yet.......????? Shazzz Are you home yet.????? Love Mary xxxx

I'm home :) AND guess what????????????????? I got pickles ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ One of Alice, one of Charles Millar Mulholland and other assorted rellies AND one of them is still alive - in her ninetys - so I'm going to write a letter. My Aunty reckons she will know the history of the Welch family - from out Blacktown way apparently. *does a dance around the computer* Thank you soooooo much Tony and Mary - I've copied the info but nowhere near knowing enough to choose yet. But great Queen - Tony said that Welsh was another spelling, so I won't give up hope of being related to Royalty yet :) I'm buttered and about to expire after the drive - not as young as I used to be pppppp - so I'll see you all tomorrow. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ to all Vonny

Vonny So glad you had such a good weekend.. you deserve a rest.. Love Mary xxx

I'm home Mary :( - well Bendigo. Had a great time in Tower Hill, freezing down there, and the wind howled around the house (quite normal I'm told). Went down into the volcano, but just for a drive around. Saw a strange critter in the distance - wasn't a dog, wasn't a dingo, maybe a fox, but wrong colour and huuuuuge. It was too far away to work out what it was, but must have been crossed with another animal. Saw some koalas, one was frantically grabbing for leaves on an almost empty tree. I held up a branch with fresh eucalyptus leaves but he couldn't reach it, so I put it in the fork of the tree for later. Went to the Warnambool markets in the morning, bought the usual fig jam, yum! Great time. Did the shops in Port Fairy yesterday. Kids go back to school on Tuesday, and I'll be heading home via Lockhart, gotta meet a rellie on Dad's side for the first time, she has a farm. Mary – copy and paste that poem (it’s on page 7) – you can’t cut & paste on Genes, but you CAN copy and paste Vonny when you look at GR trees, you click on the male or female parent, and it jumps up to the next generation. Gwenda, I agree, if I think of a piggy when I’m eating pork, - well I just don’t think of it!!! They are two different things as far as I am concerned – one is a piggy and one is pork that I eat, and never the twaint shall meat (oops) meet!!! Oh boy, am I tired - maybe its the few glasses of Wolf Blasse dry white wine - nice drop! Your aussie day sounded just great Tony. Wish I had family altogether like that. You are very lucky. Tony we passed the TH cemetery - but didn't stop (I had no choice, honest) - I must say it was an impressive tidy looking cemetery tho, with alll headstones intact. ps. the rellies didn't wave back! See yáll tomorra Love Jood (Fanny hope poss gets that poota working soon, let me know when, and ask me for any pics or addresses you need)

I might as well turn you all off. We had a young visitor at the farm once who insisted on Watching himself kill the sheep. He lasted 10seconds after the first cut and didnt eat lamb again for nearly 15 years,lol Also our niece wanted to watch himself set the rabbit traps so off we went. That was the last time she ate rabbit unless we could kid her that it was chicken!! She lived with us for two years and never rumbled to the truth lol, enjoy your supper says she sniggering as she wanders off the thread night all Love and hugz to anyone who wants one. Me

Welcome back Jood,, Glad you had a good time... That funny animal you saw is sighted by many people all around Vic, but nobody gets close enough to take a pick..John saw one in Tarnagulla and thought it was a Thylacine but they are supposed to br extinct here on the mainland..As soon as he mentioned it to some of the locals around Dunolly they all said they had seen a strange animal and didn't know what it was. One day they will find out... Laurie sent me the poem so I managed to send it off to uncle for Australia Day..Cant let him forget his Aussie Roots..Have a rest and see ya tomorrow.. Merle No more of you gruesome tales please or you will turn me into a vege....lol ,,, You and Tony are a good pair...pmsl...I love rabbit by the way... Just watched the finals of the tennis,, A good match and the best man won,, lew Lew Are you home yet... Well am off to bed so see ya in the morning.. Love Mary xxxxxx

Good evening Wafflers . . . have tried to read and catch up with what you have all been doing all weekend . . . but the eyes are too tired. We had just the best weekend at Shaz & Robs . . . laughed so much I fair near popped the stitching on this old wheat bag !!! Thank goodness I didn't have to pay the going rate for such good entertainment or the bank manager would be on my case !! Will send you all pickles when I get them sorted . . . I think TLR & Lyn should open a restraunt . . . the food on the weekend was unbelieveable! (Our Lyn is a wiz bag wizard in the food department - and she sure taught me how to keep TLR in line . . . uses the axe no less !!! PMSL) Had a few sms's from the Ice Printheth as she was waiting for flights today . . . she tells me our Wattie is famous now . . . can't wait to hear what he has been up to .. . . . the mind boggles !!! I will call it a night for now and catch up in the morning . . . Nigh nite - sleep well - sweet dreams luv Laurie

Morning all, Was interested in what you had to say about this strange animal Mary. Wished we could have zoomed in on it with binoculars. I did take a pic, but it was too far away. I did see it pounce on something. Have a great day all. Glad you are up and running again Jude DIY and Trifley. Oh - and congratulations to the Wattlers on making 20000. Love Jood

Morning All. Laurie Thanks for the pickles,, They are lovely and plain to see you all had a fab time.. Welcome home HRH Printhes Lew Lew,, whatcha buy,,???? Have to take the OH to the specialist this morning at North Shore Hospital,,Oh how I hate the trip over there,, the traffic is so bad and the parking is just as bad,, No wander I love the country so much,,,Sydney has one problem,,to many people.. See ya later.. Love Mary xxx

Morning Wattlers Laurie sounds like you had the best weekend you could wish for, look forward to the pics. Lew are you all thawed out yet? Enough to send pics and to us and tell us of your adventure :-) Jood funny thing when you mentioned about the animal you saw I thought of a Tassie Tiger, then I wasnt sure if they are still about on the mainland, then when Mary mentioned it I though well you never know. I had an experience many years ago when I was young. We was travelling in Dad's car going for a drive and we had taken a wrong turn, it was way out in the bush on the side of the Western Tiers, we had wooden bridges with ferns growing up in the middle of them, so the road was not used very often. Up the track a way we saw this animal wander across the road, it was big like a dog, possibly a bit taller than a labrador but not as bulky, it didnt walk like a dog, it more slinked across the road, more like a cat if that makes sense. We believe it could be, and most likely was a Tassie Tiger. A lot of people are also sceptical here about if the Tiger is still alive, but a lot also believe it is still about. Merle nice it was nice chatting through messages last night, it would be good when we get around to having our own meet wont it :-)))))) Oooh I just heard on the news on the radio that part of Sydney airport went into lookdown late yesterday, because one of the passengers had something suspicious in their hand luggage Lew??????????????? Cheers Sue

Good morning Wattlers, A lovely day here on Botany Bay. The sun is out - but there is a bit of cloud cover, and a lovely sea breeze to keep the temp down. There are only two giraffe necks stretched to the heavens, a ship is just arriving in the heads, there are several small boats out in the channel looking for the catch of the day (bad luck . . . we ate it on Sunday night!) Lots of peeps out walking on the beach and a few little folks swimming and playing on the sand. Sue the closure at terminal 2 last night was some guy ran through and didn't go through the security checks so they emptied the terminal and the planes that were ready to take off . . . still didn't find him the looney !!! happened about 4 hours after our Lew was due to arrive so she should have been long gone. We had police cars screaming past in great convoys . . . TLR was out there with the binoculars trying to figure out what was going on . . . teehee nosey parker that he is . . . (BTW, you should have got the pics . . . I sent them late last night) Sounds like you had a good weekend too Jood . . . a lovely family weekend. Hope all is well when John goes to specialist this morning Mary, and everything goes ahead with op as planned. Wow Vonny, thats great to get some more info . . . and pickles !!! Think I will lay off joining in the tales of slaughter time . . . told some on the weekend, but still dinny turn them off the lamb chops!! teeheee Big waves to Yvette . . . not the same without your little messages . . . hope the puter gets fixed real soon. I am working again tomorrow out at the NSW Records Office . . . will be researching in the arvo if anyone wants anything looked up. Just got to take the sheets down and hang them on the line so be back later when I have some more of the dreaded out of the way. Hope your all having a lovely Monday . . . luv Laurie