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Hello Jeff, just watch out for that Jood and that Gwenda. They're jealous of my manservant, Claude, and may have designs on you, lol

Lew pppppppppppppppppppppppp ............ speak for yourself .. pmsl Jood

Put tongue back in your head, you crazy gal. You'll frighten poor Jeff away with your face like that, lol

Morning all.. Blue sky outside so lets hope for more sun and warm today.. Hi Jeff. Welcome to the Wattlers.. Are you an Aussie and where do you hale from..A nicer mob would be hard to find and you have to be a little mad to understand us..We do do family history but reading this thread you wouldnt think so..We try and help each other and anyone else who needs it.. Has anyone got a lock for the Cat door,, just for when the numbers are comming up.lol or perhaps we could put the food outside for her just then and she will be to busy scoffing her face to notice..he.he. Really love you Cat, You brighten my day.Is it cold in the Old Country yet, and is the overcoat out of the clossett..... we are so lucky here in Sydney as we dont wear such things. Just a jacket is mostly necessary. Pam Thinking of you and remembered you and your family at church yesterday. Big HUGS..... Gwenda What are you trying to do with our Tony ... Barb has a hard enough time with him now but after this I bet he prints off the picture and hangs it by his bed..that is if he has finished building it yet...pmsl... Waggy Dont worry about the poodle.. He is going to a new home soon isnt he..Have you ever been to Aussie. Worth a trip just to let you see what you are missing...You are going to have to adjust your body clock so that you can join in with this mad lot... Have a nice sleep..Where about in the Old Dart are you by the way... Well that dreaded h....k need me so back later Love Mary xxx

Hey Lew at least Jeff is real not a figment of anyone's imagination...pppppppp

Good morning all you crazy peeps Naughty naughty cat spoiling Yvette's Australia I've got some left over cloudy ammonia from cleaning windows will spill some around, cats hate it spill spill ... there that should keep that pesky cat away LOL. Tony hehehe so you thought it was funny too. Jood sorry about the barbie but sound like you had a good time anyway, glad to hear you got up in time to catch the train. Love and Hugs to Pam , Ben and Mel thinking of you all every day Pam. Trifley HRH we need you here your Royal Highness to keep these two ? princess's under control too, without your serene presence they are liable to get up to all sorts of naughtyness although I am guessing that's why you sent Bazza and Claude to them to keep them occupied and to keep an eye on them .So one hopes one is not feeling too yukky and will grace us with thine company soon Gwenda didn't get any more photos Boo Hoo. Welcome Jeff (gosh some of you sheilas sound like desperados)its ok Jeff we keep them medicated . Please tell us where you are from .? Hello John you are game two visits glutton for punishment oh that's right you said you were a little mad you'll soon be a lot mad as we all are but that's fine.you will not find a nicer lot of people anywhere 'salt of the earth' this lot Hi Sandra hope your weather is not as blowy, we have had all sorts of strange weather here in Yarra its dark cloudy and cold one minute and then the sun is out and it warms up nicely the next day and that is today sunny and just nice temp at the moment and no wind, Hello ~~~~~~~~~~ ing to all the other lovely wattlers too see you all later PS Mary postie hasnt been yet and marbract havnt sent transcriptions yet so waiting for you letter and theirs too OOOOHHHH look out postie love Lara

Good morning Wattlers . . . See your all in fine form this morning . . . the pills not worn off yet ???? The sun is out here on Botany Bay, but it is still a wee bit chilly . . if you can find a spot in the sun without the cool breeze your laughing, but not too many of those places to be found. There is not a single giraffe with its head up this morning, all busy little things, loading or unloading the ships at Port Botany. A couple of little specks out near the heads, which are little runabouts seeking the catch of the day. Speaking of catch of the day . . . Bazza only managed two littlies that had to be thrown back, but he sure caused a bit of interest on the beach. He is doing the h***k now, cleaning the bathroom . . . think he likes the smell of Bleach! GR still has the message up for me to 'renew now' . . . I will be one angry ant if they cut me off at the quick . . . I dotted the i's and crossed the t's Gwenda . . . shame on you . . trying to scare poor Jeff away !!! Get back in your cage !!!!! I wouldn't have used the word regular in regard to our mate . . . but he is certainly predictable (at being unpredictable) Have visions of Lara chasing the poor postie down the street . . . Well I have heaps of ideas now for food for the Wednesday 'Morning Tea in the Pink' TLR is having at work so best get ready to go buy the supplys . . . promised Bazza he could push the trolley! Have a lovely day all . . . Thinking of you both Pam & Oh Great Queen, . . . To you both . . . just do it your way and get back when you can (((hugs))) luv Laurie (Princess of the Nile) pppppppp . . . . btw just remember . . . I had the title bestowed upon me by the Queen herself !!!! So THERE !!!!

Gwenda good one you snuck in there hehe

Good morning Wattlers, sun is out not a cloud in the sky, and I,ve almost finished the H******k for the day.......yea need to find a good book. Spent a long time this morning with a cousin ,who is an only child, her mum(81) has Parkinsons and elhziemers(sp) and my uncle isnt copeing very well but wont let her go into a nursing home. I can understand his view but he will be ill himself if he doesnt get some sleep and allow someone to help him. We can get some respite for 2 weeks and I think once she is settled she will be ok as she doesnt know where she is 95% of the time. Its hard for my cousin, doesnt know if she should go over her Dads head and just make the arrangements or not....anyone had any experience with this?? ~~~to Ducky if she looks in, and also HM Queenie who I hope is ok today cause I think the prinsethes are overworking the cousins and they should be recalled. Have a restful day everyone Flakey

Hi Flakey, FIL has alzheimers - well they refer to it as dementia but he has been classified as a grade 1 sufferer (I think thats the term), MIL has 2 women who take him out for outings twice a week. One takes him on Tuesday for a couple of hours and the other one has a few others besides on Friday. Now MIL is looking into care - not sure if long term or just respite. She can get him into one place for 5 days and asked if she could visit. Was told 'no'. Her sister told her it was so she could have a rest and while MIL really does need help obviously is like your uncle and not ready to have a total break even for a short time. FIL doesn't recognise his son (not my OH) when he visits, can't go into the bathroom because people are looking at him from the mirror, sees his reflection in the windows and thinks people are watching him and has started swearing - think the worst he has said is 'bl***y' but this is a couple who never swear so for MIL it is very upsetting. It's very hard to know what to advise but your cousin really needs to try to get her father to understand that he needs some assistance. As you say he'll only make himself ill and be of no use to either of them. Many a carer of an alzheimer patient has died before the sufferer. Hope there is a solution for your cousin. Gwenda xx

Flakey . . . watch out for my pm to you L xo

Thanks Gwenda, we already have carers for 2 half days but its the nights that are a problem now. My uncle doesnt sleep in case she wakes and tries to go to the toilet on her own, twice in the past 10days she has fallen in the bathroon because of the parkinsons and he has woken up and found her there. He is getting frail himself and shouldn't be lifting her. I said to my cousin that she should treat her Mum the way she would want her kids to treat her in the same situation but its really hard when you have no siblings to back you up. Think I'll ring my Mum now and make sure she is behaving herself....lol Flakey

Arvo Wattlers....:>)) Thats O'k......you dont have to stand when i enter the thread........please be seated.... 'Hull Earl of Essex/Sussex'....;>)))) Nuther nice day in Melbum, with the sun shinning on a cloudless day. Got a nice letter from our roads constabulary to-day asking me if i would like to give them $134 for travelling at 54 k in a 50 k Zone......I just cant beleive i was going that fast. Thats reeeeeeely fast.............. and even the boy 'RUNNING' along side my car or 'THE OLD LADY PUSHING HER ZIMMER FRAME' didnt see a camera either, hope they dont book them too.....Sorry, just needed to get that orf me chest....:>((( Hi Jeff. Welcome mate. Lara. Sent you an Email abooot your WALSH. Its a bit hard to explain via Email mate, without knowing all the facts. A lot of Geno work i do myself can be based on pure instinct, and gut feelings, as well as research, and the knowledge one picks up over the last 30 years. If your searching the surname WALSH best to look at variables also, mate WALSHE,WELCH,WELSH (E ) specially if there Irish. Must be time for a Ham & Cheese toasted sanga. Have a great day everyone. Tony Oz..:>)))) The Duke of Hurl...lol

OOOHHHH Flakey . . . shame shame you little stirrer !! I will have you know that the Queen herself likes what we pricless princess's have done with the cousins . . . Ah gotta got . . . Bazza is hanging off the rail washing the glass panels we have on the balcony - that boy just hates dirty glass - can't stop him - he sees grot he has to clean!! luv Laurie (Princess of the Nile)

Hope your going to decline the invitation to the Policeman's ball Tony . . . I have been invited to pay to go to that ball twice, but long winded letters explaining my inability to attend resulted in the invitation being withdrawn. LOL L ;-)))))))

Afternoon Wattlers How is everyone? Well I hope. I heard on the radio this morning that Melbourne experienced a small tremor of about 2.? Went to town this morning and bought a pink ribbon band for pink ribbon day today it was only $3.00 and I thew in $5.00 gee it felt good, not much but every little bit helps, if everyone threw in an extra dollar or 2 it would go a long way. Son just called in and needs a lift to town so I will be back after. Cheers Sue

Oh Goodness me a real live (well almost) genealogy posting . . . shock horror . . . I'm going to ruin our reputation! Anyone who think they may have rellies who could have been employed by the NSW Government Railways in 1902 - this site give a list of all employees as at 31/12/1902 . . listed in different brances you just have to go thru each branch and scroll thru the names . . . Interesting too . . . tells you how much the earned ! just replace the * with a .(dot) http://home*iprimus*com*au/bexleyboy/1902/index*html ...................................... Lots more info to be found from The home page for the NSW Railway Resource Centre at http://home*iprimus*com*au/bexleyboy/arhs/unofficial*htm) ...................................... good luck - I found some of mine luv Laurie

Strange.........On the left hand side of the Page ( where you have Messages....My account details......Sign out......stuff Under that is......My Family tree....and Shared Trees. Is it just me...... or when you 'Click' on Shared Trees it used to show all the Shared peeps you share your tree with. But if i 'click' on it now....it shows me my/Your 'Contact's' in 'Messages'.......... which there are Hundreds of peeps i have contacted over the years on this site. Where are the Peeps gone that share a common tree with me, and the ones who opened there Tree to me and Visa -Versa. Anyone else have this. Tony Oz.....:>(((

Mines the same as yours Tony!! Guess I'll have to go through my contacts to find the shared trees but my contacts aren't as long as yours must be!! Following Linda Shaw's advice to Donna on My family Tree, I did notice a shared tree thing there, top right, but I didn't look at it. Thanks so much Laurie, John has some rellies who worked on the railways so I have bookmarked the page. catch you later tonight. Vonny

yes (to the shared tree bit) had written a lovely thing to add today but it disappeared. so... hi all. i do not speed. xmas was particularly grim the year of my last contribution. 2/4 of us who are capable of driving, have a licence. one cannot use the rta until all outstanding contributions are made. one is still waiting for the final outcome (they took the piccy card off him immediately). They didn't inherit irresponsible behaviour off me, its something they inherited of me mum(oops said it instead of thinking it) hi merle, john and jeff (have we met before? have you beckinghams in your tree). today has been preetty nice and relaxed, a 'bit ' of study to do, but... love you all later yvette x