General Chat

Hi All Just thought I would tell you about our drama yesterday we were sitting out on the back verandah talking when our cat started to run down the yard & when i turned around to see what he was chasing I saw a very large snake going in the back door,luckily he went under the washing machine & the cat backed off,Jim pulled on his rubber boots & took off after him or her he moved the machine & it came back out & into the wall cavity(we have had plumbing problems & had to take some of the wall panel off) We had to wait at least 2hrs for him to reappear again but on his way down he discovered a small hole at the back of the toilet wall which he started to go into.Finally Jim got him with a shovel at the back of his neck,It was a king brown 5ft 1 1/2ins long. & very angry even before he was hit with the shovel. Needless to say I kept a lot of distance between it & me.I was in charge of the animals making sure that they we nowhere near it. We have decided that we want to buy an island with no snakes or cane toads. Jim needed a few beers after & we both had dreams about the little b*****s last night.That's 2 venemous ones since we have been here & I don't want to see a 3rd. We are definately getting a doggy door put in now as the door will not be left open for anyone.I just hate to think what would have happened if I hadn't seen the cat who I might add is getting rather spoilt now he can have as mant cat treats as he wants. Will talk to you all tomorrow as I need sleep. Love Cilla

OK, yours arrived Shazz so now i am downloading a file to ty and open it cause it was excel, but I have found a free download site that might work. Good idea Yvette :) Hopefully back on before bed once the download works. Vonny

Ah Cilla, glad its you and not me, sorry, but I dont like snakes either, AGH, I would have died if anything came inside my house like that Tassie, whoops, well theyre nearly the same colour arent they, you can see I dont follow that aerial ping pong he he Vonny, has it come through yet, yep I see it has Goodnight again all, Im off have to be up at 3.30 to get OH off to work, see you tomorrow, nite nite Shaz

Ooo, Cilla, we've had our troubles with snakes. My old cat Chester was very good at baling them up! The browns are more bad tempered than the blacks, but it's the blacks that kill the browns! A friend of ours took a photo last year of a black snake eating a brown one! Either way, I've never liked them in the garden, lol. Lew Lew xxx

Lucky lucky me, I won the $200 door prize tonight at the club and lucky Ron he won a meat tray in the raffles, my 200 buckeroos will go into the Lorraine driving lesson fund a bottemless pit that one, but all for a good cause. Night, God bless, talk tomorrow, luv Jillxx

Ah Tony, singing and dancing in the rain !!! Brings back memories of my daughters ballet days. Her eisteddfod group did a tap dance to singing in the rain (with twirling umbrellas) - and not a bad job done either - won quite a few firsts and other placings over a year or so. Trifley, the only brand on my bike is Mellenium Cycles which is a shop here on Bribie. Don't know where he gets them from. The poor bike has been having a holiday lately as I have been lazy. Was going to ride it to hydrotherapy today, but with the wind getting stronger, was just a little harder to ride into the wind - and the asthma wasn't helping much. Will have to get back into my exercise next week in a BIG way. Yea, I like that too Jood Cilla, I would have packed and moved out by now. Snakes are my nightmare. Good puddy tat !!! lol ~~~~~~~~~~ to all Pam

going to bed nite all yawwwn love Yvette x

Eureka! Downloaded the viewer and opened the program Shazz. Looks good. Now I'm going to BED Nighty nite all ~~~~~~~~~Vonny

Hi Wattlers. There is a lady on the General board looking for a 'Bill Denbo' who lived in Alice Springs. Anyone here who lived in the Alice and heard of a Denbo family...:>)) Well...... i thought i would ask. Tony Oz..:>))

Cor blimey you lot - it has taken me ages to read todays Waffle . . . Cilla, had one of those things do the same thing in my house, saw it come in the laundry under the washing machine - yelled at Glen to come help me and lost sight of the darn thing. so I went to walk thru our bedroom to have a look from other side of laundry (two way entry into our loo) and here was the thing in my room. Glen and I are standing on my bed me with phone ringing Ray in Jakarta going off at him for not being home to deal with it and Glen has the shovel . . . snake ended up in little pieces, Ray got the sore ear, I still keep the eyes peeled when I think of it. OOOhhh just had a thought - I am going to be home on my own for a few days next week . . . . . better make sure the shovel is inside !!! Yvette, you mentioned the Reading Room at the Archives a few days ago - I am a frequent visitor. I am on the volunteer list for transcribing out at Kingswood. I have actually had three visits out there in the past week - always something new to find out about. I spend a lot of time looking through their collection of book - anything I am interested in having a good read of I order in at the local library. A lot of peeps who have done their FH have lodged copies of their research in the book collection, its very interesting to read what others have done - then I pester the girls (and John) that work there for info on how to find out the stuff that others have in their research. I snuck out there again today for three hours because I found out about a second way to access info on immigration (Vonny have more Burton news for you . . . Lara your Smedleys gave me some more info today toooo !!!) TLR asked me tonight if I had changed my mind yet as to what I thought the ultimate job was . . . I have always said the best job on the planet would have to be Getaway or the likes! He wanted to know if I now thought a job at the Archives was better seeing as how I spend so much time out there. NNNAAAHHHH Still a travel reporter !!!! (Ray actually wants to go out one Sat when we get home to have a look and compare what we have here to what we saw in Kew - think he is expecting too much !!!) I want to try and get some of my notes typed up before I hit the hay so best get oorrffa er' . . . Night all sleep tight luv Laurie

Nighty nite, sleep tight Don't let the bed bugs bite Pam

Aarrggghhh...lot internet connection for almost an hour. Off to bed now, sleep well everyone. TX

Wakey wakey For centuries, Hindu women have worn a red spot on their foreheads. We in the west have always naively thought that it had something to do with their religion. This has recently been revealed by the Indian Embassy in Ottawa. When one of these women gets married, she brings with her, a dowry. On her wedding night, the husband scratches off the red spot to see if he has won a convenience store, a gas station, a doughnut shop or a motel in Canada. If he gets a 'SORRY, NO WINNER', he is destined to a lifetime of driving taxi. Jood

Morning all.. Been up since 5am to get our visitors off to the airport.. Got them breakfast and the lovely son took them over to catch their plane..which goes at 9am..Enjoyed their visit but was sorry they were here for such a short time and not enough time to do much other than local things..We should be organised more the next time as this time we had to use the patio table for meals and we only had 2 nice chairs to sit in as the lounge hasent arrives yet. so we had to use the patio chairs for that also..still we enjoyed ourselves.. Have decided to try and have a swim in the pool today.. Will wait and see if I get there as we have a lot happening with peeps comming and going..Visitors for morning tea and the handy man is comming to put my drier up on the wall for me..So nice to have a handy man around the place..LOL Will go back to bed I think as it is still only 6.30am so see ya later.. Love Mary xxx

Tony I think Gwenda lived in the ACT at some stage - could be wrong. Or wassit Heather? There is a TA Denbow still living there, spelling sllightly different. Laurie would Kingswood have newspapers of the day from West Australia (in 1959) or would one have to traipse into the library in town? Jood

G'Morning Wattlers, Well it drizzled all night here and I've been to fitness, mad girls there wearing yellow and daffy's at 6am ! I dreamed about the car accident over again last night, isn't it weird how you see these kinds of things happen in slow motion. I don't expect I'll hear any more about it. Vonny I can see the floor of my spare room now, all washing folded and about twenty seven shopping bags disposed of, you know the kind, too substantial to put in the rubbish but what else to do with? - big bag to go in the Lifeline bin too - will go now and put it in the car. OK, kettles boiled, got to wake up sleepyhead, I've got time to do a cooked breakfast if she wants today - have a great day everyone. ~~~~ Hz

Morning all Hi Laurie I will be here on my own for a day or 2 next week to & will not be going out the back unless I really have to. We have to expect snakes here at the moment as the farmers are cutting the sugar cane all around us but I am not taking any chances also next door to us have old cars & rubbish in their backyard which they are now going to clean up so we don't know how many are hiding in all that I will make sure Jim is home when they start moving everything. Anyway another beautiful day here in Mackay. Better go & put the washing out before snakes wake up Catch you all later Luv Cilla

'Oh what a beautiful morning . . . Oh what a beautiful day . . .!!! Last night in the middle of a big thunderstorm out at Dubbo, a brand new grand niece was born to mui . . . Thanks to my lovely niece Colleen (the one who lives at Mudgee) Sarah Louise Hawtin made her way into the world wieghing in at 7lb 12oz, the naughty girl made her mummy have and emergency c section . . . but mummy forgives her! Apparently she came out with her mummys cute little nose, which is indeed a blessing knowing what is in the genes. Mummy and bubby are both doing fine even if mumsy is a little dopey today. need coofffeeee luv Laurie

Ooo Laurie, what fantastic news and what a great name! Give Colleen a big, gentle, hug from me. Did Dion have fun driving like a lunatic in the new car. Hey, and at the baby shower, I predicted a girl 7lb 14oz!!!!! Welcome Sarah Louise. Lew Lew xxx :-))))))))))))))))))

Laurie, congratulations to Colleen from me. .. Lovely name too Jood