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~~~~~~~~~ to little ducky I almost took too long typing the 5 letter word - brain almost asleep. Night nite Jood and Trifely going to hit the hay myself soon. Blessings all (special ~~~~~~ to my favourite cat) Vonny

Night Vonny~~~~~~~ Ducky

Good morning, Good morning Hope we are all fit and well today - how's the throat Lew? It's going to be cold and windy here today and I'm spending the day in the Library - got my folder, notebooks and memory sticks all ready - going to be a long day but fruitful. Mary - you've got to take the 12th August off to socialise especially now grumblebum is letting you move in earlier - so long as you have unpacked the essentials the rest will wait for a day. Jood - yes you must have done a lot of walking. Daughter made me walk from Central Station to 55 George Street - took over an hour with a side trip up Martin Place looking for something we never found. Found out later we could have got train from Central to Circular Quay - my feet would have thanked me - oh well all good exercise - lol Laurie - you missed the last Grumpy Old Women last night but wait - you can buy the book at all ABC shops - ppppp Hope the baggage handlers don't get a hernia when they lift your shopping case - do you have a sticker saying 'heavy'. Lara - hope to hear from you soon - we miss ya Have a great day everyone - hope it's a bit warmer where y'all are. Catch up this arvo Gwenda

Morning Gwenda and everyone, I slept in this morning, why am I not surprised (after all that walking yesterday). .. I wondered why the room was warm and discovered I'd left the heater on all night. .. omg .. my electricity bill will be up and up :( .. I will punish myself and use a rug to keep warm for a few nights !!! Nothing planned today, except boooooring washing and h*********k Have a great day everyone, Lew I hope you are better now. Jood

Morning Jood This is the first morning this week I've been up and dressed early - then just realised its Wednesday and guess wot - I don't work Wednesdays anymore - yaaaayyyyyy No - I didn't get up and get ready for work - just haven't known what day of the week it is all week. Don't overdo the HW Jood

Morning all Well, I wonder what Watty is up to this morning - dipping his toes in the surf at Surfers Paradise maybe? I hope all this star status doesn't go to his head. Hugs to you Trifley. Sorry there weren't any bits on the card. Can't have you getting over excited. Lew Lew - how are you this morning? I've said it before and I'll say it again - Southern Comfort will do the job every time! Take care. Unfortunately when you're retired, you can't even take a sickie! Hope John is on the improve Vonny. As I said - Southern Comfort! Jood - you walked your legs off yesterday didn't you. Good excuse to have a quiet day today. Heather - we also have our eisteddfod here starting this week. Darling daughter is in eight sections - flute by herself, and band and orchestra with school - so it is going to be a busy fortnight Best of luck to your DD. Mary - so glad grumblebum has come to the party. How's the packing going? Hubby is waiting for me to go for a walk so I'd better get off here or I'll be in the poo! Catch you all later. Love Anna

Good Morning Wattlers Well I have just got back from my walk, it is a bit nippy out there this morning, I might have some exciting news next week but Im not saying anything till then. David is home from work with the dreaded bug that is going around so it looks like he may be home til Friday or Monday, crossing fingers that I dont get it, we are all getting ready for my Nans 90th Birthday surprise get together next weekend, so we are hoping all the bugs have gone by then. Pam, my Arnolds as far as I can make out are possibly from around Camberwell Area, as Im not familiar with places in England yet, I am not sure if that is near Kent. All I have to go on at the moment is a marriage notice that was placed in the paper of my G-G-Grandparents wedding, in the notice it said that Edward Alexander Arnold was the second son of Thomas Arnold from Camberwell, England, no mention of who the Mother, so I havent worked out why yet. Edward migrated to Tas sometime before he married as the marriage took place in Launceston Tas. Mary you better make it to the Casino on the 12th or we will come looking for you lol. If I can come all the way from Tassie you can have a day off unpacking Gwenda and Vonny I do hope you can also work out a way to be at the meet in Sydney, as I have only met 2 wattlers so far I would love to meeet as many as possible. Laurie you mentioned earlier if there was anything I would like to see while in sydney, well I was thinking if it is a nice day either Saturday or Sunday morning as in no fog or such, a trip up Centrepoint Tower to get a good view of the city might be ok. What do you think? Trifley hope you are looking after Watty bear and not being too much of a bad influence on him lol. 24 Sleeps, Cheers Sue

Good Morning Waffling/Wattlers, Very overcast and a bit danp in the Gong, have now got the house straight after having 2 Grandsons stay but it was enjoyable. Hope all the sick people are feeling better now. Mary great news you can move soon, do try and make the 12th. Laurie love your tales from o/s almost like being there, you will feel the change when you get back. Am getting some good feedback from hot matches so as they say everything comes to those who wait. Jood no wonder you slept in with all that walking, still good exercise lol. Well not much to happening today apart from the gym and bits and peices so will pop back later. see you later Sandra in the Gong

Morning Wattlers and I'm feeling bright and chirpy today. Terry is wondering why his cold has held on for so long and I'm only lasted a day. I self medicated, that's why. The shiraz did the trick! Mary, I'm soo pleased that you will be moving early. It just gives you the chance to get your stuff out of the way and clean up, instead of trying to move in and out around each other. Anna, I'm sure Katherine will do well in the eisteddfod. She is obviously very talented. O Trifley One, I'm pleased to hear your boys are looking after you and treating you in the manner to which you are accustomed. Jood, you gad about. You're always off in little trips. Sounds like fun. Laurie, from what I can gather, all you have done is eat and shop and party! And there's nothing wrong with that!!! Waving to all my wattler friends ~~~~ Lew Lew xxx

Ooo, Tassie, Sandra and Kris, you snuck in while I was typing. Kris, welcome to the Wattle thread. There's no agro here, just a bunch of lunatics who require to be lock up in an institution somewhere far from the maddening crowds, lol. Lew Lew xxx

Ooops, looks like Kris has deleted. Was it something is said lol?

Lew, we ARE the maddening crowd!! Morning all - had a sleep in today too, as John didn't go to work till late. He shouldn't have gone at all but needs to get things organised for tomorrow! Men!!! (hee hee) Gwenda, how long do you think it will take to reset your internal clock?? ~~~~~~~to Sandra. Glad you're getting feed back. So far every person I have contacted lately has ignored me. Beginning to get a complex. Even the person with the four name matches ignored me and that is very frustrating. Especially when you are dealing with a surname that had less than 20 occurences when I started and many of them were mine!! And now only has 37 on the entire board, AND I know they are all related but they don't! I may have to put the entire tree on here for a while and hope they respond to 'hot matches' but I don't really want to do that at the moment. (it's hubby's tree not mine and I'm doing mine now :) Ah, choices choices. I even had someone once contact me - not on here - and they were so excited to find hubby as a rellie. I gave them some background and asked them to search their end for connecting links, prepared their tree as far as I could and then phoned them and they said that a friend had told them that finding ancestors cost a lot of money and no thank you!!!!! Wouldn't believe that I was doing it for the joy of connecting families and I haven't heard from them since!! (moan over) Got to do the washing. back later :) Vonny

Evening / mornig alll;;;; Well you should have had son back on plane back to Melb;;; today, but listen to this he was suposse to fly 8-45 tonight and at 5-05 what did I find;;;;;;;;;;;;;; Yes his bloody passport;;;;;;;;;;;; How the hell can you expect to fly from one side world to another without that ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; MEN;;;;;;;;;;;;; Babs

Hi Babs I agree - pluddy men! So what happened - did you get the passport to him or what? If he's going to Melbourne, he'll find it a tad colder than England is at the moment! Cheers Anna

Afternoon wattlers Lew Lew - happy belated birthday wishes glad you were spoilt rotten and had a wonderful day. well I've caught up with all the singing, drinking and riotous behaviour over the last 18 pages and have pmsl most of the time, had to wipe the eyes to be able to read. Trifley those martoonies are lethal! - think I'll pass in future made one for Ken to try ( he doesn't get hangovers) - I had a sip and don't think the throat has recovered - paint stripper comes to mind - lol, he thought it was pretty good. Mary hope you will be able to make 12th for casino - grumpybum came through - yeh!!! Update on w/machine - Ken fixed it - but now 1 1/2 weeks later has a different prob. wont spin the clothes - I can see a new washing machine - i think he is not too keen on pulling the old one apart again. The last time he was so traumatised it took 4 VB's to calm him down. lol Heard from oldest son last night - texted me to let us know that he would be moving back home on the 14th of August - just as well we have 2 days in Sydney to prepare us - pmsl. Love how he waited until he was in UK to break the news - I'm just surprised he didn't ask us to move him while he was away - he said he thought about it but it was asking a bit much of us - kind isn't he? Anyway ~~~~~~~ hi to everyone - I have to dash to the bank and meeting my sis for lunch , catch u later jarra

Afternoon Wattlers, nothing much happening here today, same old same old. Glad you're feeling better Lew,loved the friendship joke. Hope you all have a great day,back later Flakey

Hiya All.....hope you are all well.....Just flying past.... Janet xxx

~~~~~~~~~~to butters :) *just quietly, I hope you have the alternative still tucked away somewhere Rebs :0 I'm a good Girl Guide, I am :) * Vonny

Eh - wot you talking about Vonny - to Rebs? .. Has she been here??? .. Havent seen her for a while. Poor Jude, feeling the cold here, punishing herself for leaving the electric heater on all night. ... Maybe, just maybe, I'll let her have the aircon on for a little little while tonight .. pmsl Jood

Housefull of boys here today....My three plus three extra.....what fun...house is a mess already...LOL