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hey Jude Jezebel, Jane Seymour, Jane Marple, for Roy - Radar (M.A.S.H), Renfield (dra'cs man servant), Robin Hood, comes to mind. I know a head full of trivia! lol ~~~~ hi everyone must dash - back soon xx jude

aaaaaaaand Jack the Ripper, Jude ........if ya wanna change gender? :>)))

out of the blue... starting with r - a rapper with plenty of bling or i know it doesn't start with r, but eldest son went to one recently as a knight. purchase kids knight pop over cloak thingy - had a front on it , included helmet, bought a sword, sheild and axe combo as well. wore his own belt and declined my tights. looked fine and he said didn't feel stupid. although kmart does have some mighty fine viking helmets - not that i've ever been tempted to buy one. i had turned the computer off, but someone turned it back on again. spent the morning alternate washing, gardening and fh ing. love yvette x

Hi Wattlers, Still here, roof still on, no trees down, very very windy, sun shining, and cold. Started in shorts and t shirt, now into track pants and just about to put on jumper. We had a short storm yesterday, then one a bit longer with hail and no power from about 2pm to 6.30pm. Think this cold front is blowing up from darn sarf. Mary, Sophie is much better now thanks, the sore is healing up nicely. Trifley, glad you are feeling a bit better. Lets hope its all up hill from now. Ducky, where are you, hope all is well. Anna, sorry to hear about your back, you have my complete sympathy. I put mine out again at the weekend. Just starting to feel a bit more normal. Luckily the sciatica didn't kick. ( says SuzyQ, touching her head for good luck). Jillaroo, is it this week or next when Ron goes for his op. I have it as the 24th. My Lucy hates the thunder and lightning also. Sophie sits and watches it. Yvette, hope you get a really really good job, that pays really really well. Vonny did you really set the chimney on fire? Laurie, where are you. Hope you got home safely. Yes, the picture of Lew with a bus full of school kids is mind boggling. She would either have them all singing 70's songs, or as some one else suggested, all sitting calm, full of pink and purple lollies. pmsl. Be afraid kids, be very afraid. If i don't post don't worry I am still lurking, it's just that I am trying to rest my hands because of the CTS. (((((((((((((((((((((to everyone))))))))))))))))))))) Luv SuzyQ

Seeing as Christmas is approaching fast - had a google of christmas carols found this one www(.)the-north-pole(.)com/index/carols(.)htm - has carols listed alphabetically with sound so you can sing along - but one that interested me was the Wassail song - I've never heard it before - does any one know if its English or of its origin - of course thats if you have nothing else to do! lol. Good luck with the fancy dress Flakey when is it? what about one of the most famous couples Romeo and Juliet. For Roy - Rhett Butler from Gone with the wind, bridget JONES ? Are you confused yet? lol Well I have an appt with the hot flat thing that makes clothes unwrinkled - catch u ron xx jude

Hi all Rotten dirty stinking bucket of pitch - wrote a huge reply and lost it. It's blowing a gale here - good day to be inside. Have also had to catch up on medical stuff - blood tests for blood sugar, cholesterol etc - just know I will be in trouble with the good doctor next week. ALso went back to the physio and it's official - I'm not allowed to do any jobs which require me to bend forward! Hubby is on notice. Apparently one of the discs in my lower back is stuffed - no space left between the vertebrae - so it's causing 'neural compression'. So - more physio, exercises etc to help the core muscles support the spine. Had a good look at the grave finder for Brisbane last night and found some rellies - can get death certificates but unfortunatley before 1949 there wasn't much info on them in QLd. Flakey - J for Jillaroo - boots, jeans, western shirt and acubra. R for Rough Rider - use your imagination!!! :>)) Spurs and a whip come to mind ........... Can't sit at the puter for too long - have to get up and do pelvic thrusts. :>(( Cheers Anna

SusyQ - yes I actually did set the chimney on fire! used to do it regularly out bush - but have only done it twice in Canberra!! hee hee Jude DIY - I know the chorus of that wassail song. To Wassail (Middle English waes hael) is to be merry - with drink usually - during the festive season :0 But there was also a custom to go around singing or just knocking on doors with your wassail bowl, and the householder was bound to give you something. If they did it was good luck for them, if they didn't you wish them bad luck!! Anna - pelvic thrusts? I'm not going there! :)

Googled: The Wassail Song is among the best known of the traditional wassail songs, and was well-known throughout England by the middle 19th century. It's roots, however, certainly go back even further. Rev. Ian Bradley makes the excellent point that the tradition of wassailers going door to door, singing and drinking to the health of those whom they visit, goes back to pre-Christian fertility rites where the villagers went through orchards at mid-winter singing and shouting loudly to drive out evil spirits, and pouring cider on the roots of trees to encourage fertility. The Wassailing Of Trees It was only later that these traditions became associated with 'luck visits' made around the neighborhood, together with general merry-making (and, as Rev. Bradley pointed out, 'fortified by copious quantities of alcohol'). Soon, these traditions would merge with the waits who traveled the streets of the cities (and who were paid to sing and play during the holidays). And voila! we have a tradition: wassailing.

Hi Vonny, Did you have to have the hunky firemen come out. Don't tell Jood, she will be trying it too. LOL When I was young and I guess anyone else born in the UK, we always went carol singing around the neighbourhood. Cheeky little b*****rs we were, after one song this came next, ' Christmas is coming, And the geese are getting fat, Please put a penny in the old mans hat, If you haven't got a penny, A ha'penny will do, If you haven't got a ha'penny, Well God bless you' At some house's we were asked inside and given mince pies or some other christmas fair. We always remembered these house's and went back the next night. I hope this is a tradition that is still carried out in England, but maybe it isn't politically correct, and maybe not even safe anymore. Anna, please take care and do as you are told. SuzyQ

Oooo thanks for that Vonny - I've learnt something new for the day. I quite like the tune as well as the history. Back to the i*****g. jude

dash it all SusyQ - I didn't think of that! Just shut the air down and waited for it to die out!!! (John actually triple insulated the chimney when it was put in - maybe he remembered something! ) lol

Hi Suzy (lurking but not posting! you keeping an eye on us in the Queenie's absence?) lol Oooo Anna - hurties - nothing like a crook back. Look after yourself we want you fit for mudgee. Have a great night you mad lot I'm off home - still can't get to the computer at home. Jon has an exhibition at Uni in 2 weeks - so I live in hope I might be able to get on the computer after that. I have a lap top on my christmas wish list - but haven't got a hope - it'll be a frosty friday in Feb before that happens,might have to wait for lotto ! byeee xx jude

Hah, obviously I left too early last night.Himself needed a bit of TLC. I'm palliative caring for him andI think thiswill be his last xmas. Mind you we said that 41/2years ago. The experts forgot to add the power of the human spirit in the equation. That's just s nice way of saying he's too pigheaded to die. Might miss something.Says he'd rather stay around and annoy hell out of me!!I love HIM too.It eill be our 50th wedding anniversary in march so he can jolly well wait for that now. Hi Jules I'm from Albany W.A.. Been thinking Fanny, what about fanny the canny bottle opener. Sound Aussie enough for you? Whats happened to that Angel cat. Hope she got my message

Hi all & welcome to Merle too Who gave that website for the north pole - I've just been playing with the balls - carols is one thing but you didn't tell me there were games too - wooohooo My weekend has started and I am not going to think about work until Sunday - has to have been the worst week ever - if it could go wrong it did. Now I'm just gonna chill Got my death certs from England yesterday and today for 3xgrt grandparents so I'm a happy little vegemite on the FH front. Anna - sorry to hear about your back - hope you can get some relief Hope no-one has been blown away with the strong winds - lol ~~~~~~~~to everyone - hope you've all got plenty of layers on to keep out the cold - and this is November - hehehe Might go play with the balls again before I get some tea Catchya Gwenda

Boy, hasn't our Merle caught on real quick, lol. Sorry the OH isn't feeling so good, though. Now, I wonder who I'll be this Christmas, heeeeeee. Loz, we ain't heard from you! Don't tell me the roof has disappeared before it was installed!!!! Off to wrap some McMad pressies for Christmas - back later. HRH Dr Lew Lew xxx

SuzyQ – you cheeky thang you - I’ve already been given a firie pic from Lara L Merle if you have lived in Albany that long, then you must have known Doug Harvey and his wife Ruby, who had a dealership there right in town. .. (I think that is what it was, I remember Ruby called in to Mums place one day, she was on her way back with a brand new car for a customer. .. Sorry to hear about your oh. Suzy – hope your wrists will get better and Anna – keep up with the pelvic thrusts lol Wots with the balls Gwenda – c’mon … share !!!!!! Lew – who were you last xmas????? Jood

Jood - go to http://www(.)the-north-pole(.)com/ and you'll find heaps of Chrissie things from carols to games - great way to waste some time - lol Wasn't that firie just hunky - well maybe in 20 years - pmsl

O'k seeing its Xmas...I'le let ya play my game....lol 'Smack the Penquin' http://games.eastrolog(.)com/smack-the-penguin.php left 'click' on the Penquin to start...then batter up....hee hee Tony Oz...:>))) *I was a nasty kid*

luv that one too Tony - good for hand eye co-ordination

Lol, Jood, I didn't start on the Wattlers Thread until January. It just feels like I bin around forever