General Chat

Wow, Anna, that was very touching. How many memories are lost to us. I remember my great Aunty Alice telling us a story once about when the family arrived home late one night from church and when her father (my gg grandfather) stepped off the wagon to open the front gate, a possum ran up the leg of his trousers. The children where rolling around the back of the wagon in hysterics watching him strip, lol. My desk calendar reads: 'At every step the child should be allowed to meet the real experiences of life; the thorns should never be plucked from his roses'. How true. We had a whole 1.4mm of rain early this morning, so hopefully we might be in for more (keep your fingers crossed). This drought is now worse than the 2002/3 and the worse in 100 years. No wonder the farmers are depressed. ~~~waves to all the Wonderful Wattlers~~~ Lew Lew xxx

Anna that is lovely . . . Your desk calendar is making mine look pretty trivial . . . all those biscepts . . . Best go check mine out again see if its worth keeping LOL luv Laurie

Forgot to let you all know last night . . . sorry Our Great Queen Trifley, was gobsmacked when she received a great big bunch of golden wattler balloons yesterday . . . she said they had been on steroids before they got to her . . . .PMSL (thanks Flakey) luv Laurie

Morning Wattlers..although by the time I post this it will probably be afternoon...lol thanks for the pills Lew...love chocolate Vonny, I still dont have any boat pics(unless you sent them to the work addy late yesterday) Had some big dark clouds around this morning but they are going elsewhere ....bugger I thought I'd be clever this morning and tried to divert the washing machine water into a hose that I had laid around the garden, but some idiot forgot to put a clamp on and the water ended up on the laundry floor...pmsl Have a great day everyone Flakey

Good morning all Anna you made me cry how true it is we don't know much about our parents lives, then just when we want to know it all it's too late they are gone. God Bless them . Ive been through the singing candle saga too ours stopped and we put it in the drawer of the van and we pulled up somewhere for lunch and I opened the door of the van and the candle was in the drawer singing away to itself I near died laughing as Mike coudln't hear it and kept telling me I was going nuts (He is so deaf) I finally realised what it was and where and left it in the bin in the park we were sitting outside of wonder how long it kept playing for? Last night quite late I found a site in Tassie and got some good info of it I think you gave it to me Tony ages ago but with a better knowledge of where and what to look for and how to work the site I found a few more peeps who could be related to the dreaded Day/O'Days of my life. Also after what Mary has already told me its no wonder they moved from Eddington to Gippsland and changed their name you wouldn't want Mary Ward's father Henry being able to drop in for dinner. Pam sending hugs have a nice time with Mel before she has to go back (((()))) for all the family. Trifley (((())))) too hope you are ok and just chilling today Mary sorry to hear about your friend in Dunolly I will do a weekend trip up there before Christmas if I can and Ring John Tully before I go too Tassie do hope the mouth is ok and just think wow how much weight will come of while you are waiting to be able to eat properly again soft fish and minced chicken and vege soup would be good eh thats what Cassie has me on now to get the weight off but I forget I am supposed to eat six small meals a day and make soup of all the veges, that burn more calories to digest than they have in them. And rice cakes tuna etc omg how skinny will I be NOT lol Bev don't remember if I said welcome to you but here it is again nice to see somebody from WA here again Has anyone heard from Sylvia please ? Havn't heard from Cilla yet but she said she will let me know when she knows whatever the problem is. SuzyQ hope you are feeling better Donna is the shoulder any better ? Vonny did I say the boat looks amazing a real credit to you and John and can't wait to the big launch party hehe Hi Pat how's things up there ? Laurie did you and Jood get to the library yet please forgot to ask last weekend ? Good one Flakey re the Balloons . Mary looks like I wait till Monday now as letter didn't come today oh BUTTER I have transcriptions due too and I am sure the postie thinks I am mad as I hear him coming along on his motorbike and race out to the letterbox and he looks at me as if to say what could possibly be this important ? Poor silly man has no idea does he LOL Anyway my dear Wattlers off to do some of the dreaded H/Wsee you all later on love Lara

Flakey, I know I shouldn't laugh but ....................... lol - sorry .. :( .. that's the sort of thing I would do, too! Lara, if it's the archives you are talking about, yes, we did get there some weeks ago, Laurie I think was doing some work for you - or someone, and I just wanted to look up something for my daughters grandmother's real mother - I was only there a little while, as I have no rellies in NSW, and this was a book from the WA Library, at the archives. Hope everyone is well. Off to do some h********k .. b**g*r!!! Mary have you divided up the gold nugget yet? .. Pity help you if you find a very very big one - we wattlers would be after you with our claims .. well, we are all one family aren't we??? .. pmsl Have a good one Love Jood

Afternoon Wattlers. Lara, stopped chasing that poor postie. You'll frighten him, particularly with that new figure of yours. Tony (and Mary) thanks for the Lotto. Those numbers look pretty good to me! Jood, thanks for the Wattle list. Goodness only knows where I filed the last one, lol The Dunolly pickles are great, Mary. You mentioned Eddington, is that the one in Victoria? Pleased you liked your chocolate pills, Flakey. I'm doing a new range. Chocolate for our sweet tooths and chips for our savoury friends. Place your orders now! Finished compiling to sale contracts for a couple of houses we're selling in Mudgee. Any takers??? Special Wattle discount available. Special hugs for Trifles, Cilla, Donna, Tassie and um, goodness, who else isn't feeling their brightest? Well, hugs to all. Off to do some more FH. Lew Lew xxx

PS: Thank you of gracious Queen Trifles for allowing me to have the benefit of Nefer's cousin, Claude. Such a shame he's a eunich, lol. Oh well, I'm sure I can teach him a trick or two, pmsl

Arvo Peeps.......:>))) Lotto has been sent. Overcast day in Melb. with rain threatning, but we do need it and heaps of it. Feel sorry for our country farmers who rely on it for there crops and cattle. Heard on the news the other night they reckon one in four farmers commit suicide because of the drought. ( very sad ).......but feel its going to be a long hot dry summer coming up. We never water our garden by hose, and i set up a tank years ago where our washing machine empties into it and we water the garden this way to conserve. Anna. Loved the words, and how very true they are. Mary. Thanks for the Pickles mate. Minding our grandaughter again this weekend while her mum works, so looking forward to more coloring in. Iv'e been practicing ....:>))) so i dont go out the lines.....lol Hope everyones having a great day, and best wishes to all not feeling well. Toasted Ham and cheese sanga's for lunch. Av a good un. Gotta a few look-ups to do in the record office, then back to the grindstone. Tony Oz...:>)))

Lew - you didn't really did you??????????????? (I looked that word up) .. I didn't know you were allowed to touch them. Are you really selling chockies and savourites, coz I like both, I'm easy. And right now even Tony's ham and cheese sangers would appeal. Jood

Good arvo all, OK Trifley when and where was Claude offered out for hire and why wasn't I informed please ok never ,mind you teach him the tricks Lew and I will have him after you hehe Ok thanks Jood but I think Laurie said she was going to the library to look something up for herself and would see if my Joseph had anything to do with Sydney Water I just thought about it cause I was finding a few Joseph's in Tasmania last night convicts too and wondered if they were mine too Oh I sent Tiger dear to get me some ink while in town and Butter I ordered the wrong one I got colour when I wanted black********** whole lot of naughty words, so can't print anything as guess where he is and the car hate not having a car I think I will get one of those bikes with a motor then I can pedal into town and then if get B*****ed from that and the winds blowing as it does out here against trying to get back I can power up the motor put the foot to the metal and whizz back here in a flash Have finished all the packing ordered the car storage ,a motel room for one night and the time share for the week and then Cassie's place for Friday and saturday nights and then home again on the 5th of November I forgot to tell you all I got a jury duty letter before we went to q/land and I expect another one now as they wanted to know when I would be back, gosh glad Henry Wards not still around as might I have been on one of his Juries now the question is to find his death and find where he was born and was he also a convict before he came to Australia or was he one of our home grown ones BTW I got the last of Weekly Times magazines which is for the Western district but alas no mention of the Greenings of Warrnambool or the Wards of Warrnambool ( no Mary same name not connected though I hope)and next week we get the CD so if any one wants me to get and extra one just let me know please I see Tony has offered too Have to go again done nothing at all hardly and need to get busy here sunny outside but very gusty wind so dont think I will be in the pool today was in for little minute yesterday I have some garden I want to dig and the van still needs the floor washed done the rest vacced and dust and cleared out all the junk that we took away and trying to find where in the house it came from in the first blasted place so it can go back there , bye for now Love Lara

Lara. Dont be surprised if he was a convict.....lol I still reckon the Samuel Day in Tassie is yours....hee hee Surname: G/name:...Arrival:....Ship:......Trial place:...Year:....Sentence: Day,.....Samuel....1788.....Alexander.....Gloucester......1785.....14 Just in case you tell me they were from Ireland..lol Day, William 1803 Rolla.........Dublin City 1800...... 7 Day, Patrick 1832 Captain Cook.....Queens Co. 1831..... 7 Day, Mary Ann 1827 Brothers(2)......Dublin 1825....... 7 There were 18 DAY convicts to Oz......Are you really a crook???..I mean i did see you pinch extra Lemon Ma-rang Pie at Jude's.DIY.....psml Tony Oz.....:>)))

The story of Bazza & Claude is on its way . . . ROFLMAO luv Laurie

Arvo peeps... Why do I feel pooped today...I think it is all catching up with me.. Pickle of the nugget is out so you can see it is not quite big enough to divide into wattle portions, so you will all have to wait until I get the big one..lol How long is the queue waiting for the custody of Claude..is he Neffers brother..or where did you pick him up...didnt know he had a cousin.. lara If you cant get to Dunolly give him a ring and ask him to do a search for you and send him a large stamped addressed envelope and the donation they want. Save you a trip.Also you can send away for the details of the police watchhouse lists to the address on the front page for a small donation..you can get all his little missdemeners which may give some info on other members of the family you are searching.. Tony Toasted ham and cheese sangers for lunch sounds lovely.. makes me hungry.. Lew .. Yes Eddington is next to Dunolly and where Lara.s family lived. Vonny Thanks for the pickle of the boat.. it looks fantastic.. Now it looks to good to put in the water.. Jude DIY I didnt get the pickles of the big meet in melbun..could someone send me some please..just want to make sure they was all sober... Off to do some FH so back later.. Love Mary xxxx

Oh dear - you naughty royals. You remind me of a puppy - loves chasing cars but if he caught one, he wouldn't know what to do with it. He, he, he, he....... :>))

Don't bet, Anna, pmsl. I know exactly what I'm going to do with Claude, heeeeee

Bazza's plans are falling into place also . . . but I am worried about the girls now if the Earl has his way L xo

EAR YE ..EAR YE...( look out ee's orf again ) It is witherth greatest pleasurest that i ( Earl Grey T of Oz ) do herebye taketh two buxtom wenches ( orf the Queen ) into my fold, to av n' to old until this day forthewith.....and to doeth what no maneth av done beforeth...or dieth trying.( swallows botle of Viagra )...amen. Toneth....:>)))

Earl! Just remember chivalry is not dead. Now treat those two young maiden with the respect they deserve. I, of course, shall be fully occupied acquainting myself with the compliant Claude. HRH Lew Lew

Well, I don't think it is fair. Just cause the 'Princess Bitch Faces' want a Nefer, they steal from the great Queen of the Nile, who isn't at her best to defend the honour of the poor eunochs. They should hire their own. And what about the rest of us. I would take great care of Claude and Bazza and not work them too hard. I am sure the other serfs would too. I think you should have a competition to see who is most worthy to have a Nefer cousin. Tony, being our only male would be able to take on both Salome and Aiima, that right Tony? Bye from sulking SuzyQ walks away stamping her foor, I want a cousin, I want a cousin...............................