General Chat

Morning everyone :-) Yvette seeing as nobody's interested in 00's anymore they won't mind me taking them then will they hehehe ;-) btw what are napthalene flakes??? Laurie pmsl at Glen and the United Nations (forgot to add it to my first post yesterday but it did make me lol) Jood what a wonderful surprise re your son :-) Tony hoped you enjoyed your colouring in time with your granddaughter :-) Have to go I'm supposed to be checking out the christmas lists the kids have made. Catxx

Dear Santa, i have been good, just ask my mum... i loved those letters and they always got replies. Napthalene flakes are moth ball flakes, sprinkle them round to keep cats and dogs off your garden. Don't know if it works. Old wives remedy. i can say that seeing i'm not an old wife, just the ol' tart. love Yvette x

You're a scream Fanny ! Old fart (or was it tart) indeed - yerra yungster! Well Tony - I'll have you know I've got a Ford (flawed my foot!) and its the best car I've ever had - had a mini van, mini, Suzuki Swift, Ford something (only reason I didnt like it was it was a 4door, and too big to park) - then a Daihatsu and some other car. The Ford is very strong and I feel very safe in it. You probably had the greased hair and the pointed shoes to go with ya Holden Mate??? .. pmsl .. Can just see you!!! .. Chattin up all the girls as well! I'm a good color-a in also, never go out the lines! Welcome home Vonny - missed you over the weekend, especially when the Lotto was drawn. Jood

Thanks Yvette ;-) and lol at the 'ol tart' bit :-))) Hi Jood :-) Hmmm nearly dinner time must go and get dressed and feed the kids lol See ya later :-)

Hi All, Well what a weekend. Good Bathurst today tinged with sadness, so pleased Craig Lowndes won, I really like him (dunno what car he drives lol), the Brock memorial was touching. Now I hear that Mark Porter died – we had heard on Friday night that he was on life support, so not expecting much, but when he got through yesterday I was feeling hopeful again (OH watches the kiwi drivers quite closely). Gold Star to Tassie Dev who must be EXHAUSTED after driving all day! Gold star to Grandpa Tony for colouring between the lines ! Gold star to Mum Jood for visit from grown-up son who loves his mum, his kids and his job. Gold star to Lara finally AT HOME – I know unpacking and cleaning isn’t all that much fun, but still it must be nice to be home…. And if anyone cares, Bobby Flint for Idol, he’s a musical phenomenon. Plus, I got some Lost Cousins posted so that was good, but by 1881 I don’t think there were any viable families of mine left alive in UK – the ones who emigrated sure proliferated, and the ones left behind petered out into aged spinsterhood!!! LOL. Now what I need is Lost Cousins 1851 !! I’m tired tonight, and I’m missing my girl. One of her friends rang me last night, she’d had a short chat on msn ( OK I know, I should learn how to do msn) and said DD15 had a really nice family with one girl only, and that she was loving attending the school in Shohei. This weekend they are in Hiroshima and Kyoto. I am hanging out for lunchtime Wednesday when the bus gets back to the school. Even the cat is wandering around the house plaintively…. ‘night all, Hz

bed beckons, nite all, love Yvette x

Signing out for the evening Welcome home Vonny - hope the weekend was great - we missed you on the word threads too. Jood - OH had a Holden Kingswood and he never stopped raving about it. Then he started buying Fords because he didn't think the holdens were up to scratch any more. He says our latest - a Ford Fairmont - is the best car he's ever had - even better than the blessed Kingswood. So that's praise indeed! Congratulations Tony for your prowess at colouring in between the lines. You have passed Grade 1! Shame about your poor taste in cars! Queenie - aren't you lucky to have an understanding woman to check out Ikea with. Men are just hopeless at shopping. Heather - I agree about Bobby - he's so different and so musically savvy and he's too good for Idol. I just hope it gives him the exposure he needs to get into the industry. I think it's ridiculous the way they expect the likes of Bobby and Damien and Lisa to do rock and disco which are not suited to their voices or style. However, Bobby is clever enough to do his own thing with the various genres and get away with it. I felt so sorry for Damien and LIsa tonight. At 16 it's pretty hard to take that sort of criticism. I hope she has a strong self esteem. Glad to hear your daughter is having a good time. I wonder if Miss Mary has found any gold yet? She's probably keeping it quiet if she has as there are already so many claims on it! I'm off to finish my book. Sweet dreams everyone XX Anna

Awwwwww Heather, I'd show ya how to use MSN if ya wanna know. I used to think your abbreviation was Hx till I realised it was H for Heather with a kiss .. hahaha Mary will be donning her gold digging clothes, wish we could spy on her in case she pockets some nuggets we don't know about - oooops oh hi Mary .. pmsl Very sad about Mark Porter. .. My son told me about it at lunchtime today - but I don't think it was announced till much later on account of the race (I've been out tonight). Me off to bed too - I'm tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiired *yawn* Nite all Jood

Ello...:>)) No body aboot...:>(((( Jest me.. Brenda Lee... and V.B..... sittin er'e waitin for the tribe to arrive home. All alone am I ever since your goodbye All alone with just a beat of my heart People all around but I don't hear a sound Just the lonely beating of my heart No use in holding other hands For I'd be holding only emptiness No use in kissing other lips For I'd be thinking just of your caress All alone am I ever since your goodbye All alone with just a beat of my heart People all around but I don't hear a sound Just the lonely beating of my heart No other voice can say the words My heart must hear to ever sing again The words you used to whisper low No other love can ever bring again. All alone am I ever since your goodbye All alone with just a beat of my heart People all around but I don't hear a sound Just the lonely beating of my heart

Yes Tony, I'm still aboot . . . and talk about PMSL . . . I am actually sitting here going through my Dad's CD collection . . . and haveing the biggest laugh getting the lyrics to some of the songs that were his all time favourites . . . . Gracie Field Lyrics - The Biggest Aspidistra In the World Lyrics For years we had an aspidistra in a flower pot On the whatnot, near the 'atstand in the 'all It didn't seem to grow 'til one day our brother Joe Had a notion that he'd make it strong and tall So he's crossed it with an acorn from an oak tree And he's planted it against the garden wall It shot up like a rocket, 'til it's nearly reached the sky It's the biggest aspidistra in the world We couldn't see the top of it, it got so bloomin' high It's the biggest aspidistra in the world When father's had a snoot full at his pub, 'The Bunch of Grapes' He doesn't go all fighting mad and getting into scrapes No, you'll find him in his bear-skin playing Tarzan of the apes Off the biggest aspidistra in the world We have to get it watered by the local fire brigade So they put the water rates up half a crown The roots stuff up the drains, grow along the country lanes And they came up half a mile outside the town Once we hired an auditorium for a hot house But a jealous rival went and burnt it down The tom cats and their sweethearts love to spend their evenings out Up the biggest aspidistra in the world They all begin meowing when the buds begin to sprout From the biggest aspidistra in the world The dogs all come around for miles, a lovely sight to see They sniff around for hours and hours and wag their tails with glee So I've had to put a notice up to say it's not a tree It's the biggest aspidistra in the world teeeeheeee And they called our music BAD !!! luv Laurie (who only has a small Baileys - not out of the Lara bottle)

He'y........thats a classic....hee hee Just singing along with it. What a good one Laurie. Tony Oz..:>)))

Those old Gracie Fields numbers are unbelieveable . . . remember the tunes from both the folks singing them - but never really knew the words . . . Should have called it quits ages ago . . . but this is so much of a laugh!! luv Laurie

Here's one for that sheila who lives in Yarrawonga....hee hee Now digger was a soldier and he sailed across the sea, with the first Anzac brigade And Digger was soldier as brave as one could be and a grand old name he's made From the landing at Gallipoli till the war clouds left the skies He wandered around the Con-ti-nent a tourist in disquise. Then after years of battling when three parts full of lead the M.O said we'll send you home T'was then ol digger said. I'm going back again to Yarrawonga In Yarrawonga I'll linger longer I'm goin' back again to Yarrawonga where the skies are always blue And when i stand again in Yarrawonga Il'e soon be stronger than ol Mahonga You can have all your Ten-nes-see and Car-a-line France an Belgium thrown in,take the whole lot for mine I'm going back again to Yarrawonga and the land of the Kangaroo....I'm going Roo Me dad played it on the Banjo. The song was written in 1919 the same year he was born. Tony Oz..:>))) New i had the lyrics somewhere

Oh Me Oh My, whatever have you lot been up to, I go away for 3 days and come back to mayhem on this thread so I wont even contemplate trying to reply to any, Im confused enough without you lot adding to it hee hee Just had an email from an old girlfriend who lives in WA, she had to go all the way to Singapore and meet up with an English couple who told her about GR, so I have invited her to come join out nutty waffling group, so expect a new name in the next couple of days, welcome aboard Pam Well certainly an eventful day at Bathurst this year, poor old pace car must have wondered what hit it, working overtime, not a very nice weekend at all really, starting on Thursday with the plane accident Jood, nice surprise from your son, gosh didnt even know he existed, never heard you speak of him only your girls I see the wattlers have started their own idol contest on here, just wondering who is going to put their hand up to be a judge, certainly hope whoever is landed with the task certainly is tone deaf LOL, mind you Im not casting any dispersations about anybodys singing voices LOL Hi Vonny how was the camping expedition Gwenda still having trouble trying to send emails to you, dont know whey, they seem to be coming through at this end OK Shaz

morning all, frresh this morning. ready for a big day out? yvette x

Forgot you were away Shaz, and would have rung you up to see how you were today. .. Nice to see you back anyway. What happened to Roz, Lew, is she still in touch with you? and Shaz, what about that other girl from Winmalee??? ..Maybe we are too much for them ! .. pmsl Funny looking day outside, it sort of looks warm, but the clouds in between the blue sky are a suspiciously grey in parts. .. Not a breath of air around, but it's cold inside the house. Honey Rum sends her love to all. .. It will be another 12 months before she manages to get her - in October. Not a 'big' day out for me Fanny, just a committee meeting and then my last chook feeding job. Have a great day all Jood

Funny you should ask about Mel jood, was just checking out the tips boards in case she has been on there, was also thinking as to why Louisa from Hawksbury hasnt been back on either, we must be too old for them chickens to associate with hee hee Shaz

ol' farty tarties. lol. my cousin is coming about october too. i met her via GR. just in the process of closing this down for the day. have a good one. love Yvette

Morning Wattlers Well not much to report at moment, Its a nice day outside, but a dark cloud hanging about me. Dont stress if Im not chatting for a few days as Im not in a great mood and dont want to bring thread down, but I will be reading, Anyone know how I can knock some sense into a 17 y/o son without getting in trouble with police???? ~~~~~~ to everyone~~~~~~~ Hope you are all well and have a great time. Sue xoxo

Hi everyone :-) There's a nice lady called Liz who may post on here soon asking for your help. Hope everyone's ok ;-) Catxx