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Hi Tony, glad to hear your mum is holding her own, don't make the newer models in quite the same mould anymore. Must have been their upbringing that makes our mums so tough. Thanks for the b'day wishes. Its very quiet on here last few days everyone in the naughty corner or just glued to the games? Jude 3

Hello everyone Tony so glad to her things with mum are on the mend and she is holding her own. Jude 3 definatly not glued to the games mate, bore me to tears only like swimming finals gymnasium mens and ladies but not much else, Happy Saint Patrick's Day to all seems we all have a bit of irish in us, some more than others eh LewLew lol dirty b***er he is tell OH, laurie me girl can you hear me when will you be back pleaseand when will you be up in Queensland as we are trying to arrange or Rebs is anyway when to have the meetup up there and we know you are going up so when please ? I'm with Rebs on the original thread Jude3 just leave as is we all know this really just a continuation of the old one and we are really up to 3,000 posts by now lol. Shazz did you get my message re Faye shes welcome mate the more the merrier tell her admission to the barbie is one bottle of baileys for the hostess with the mostest though only joshing . Patricia good to see you glad all is well up in your neck of the woods havnt seen a white legged pommie with thongs on up there have you ? Rebs if one goes out tonight looking for leprauchans go easy don't want you to have a bad hangover like last week lol Heather in Albury you are the only person who I heard say they loved the duck most people have said they just thought it was stupid unless you knew the story, it was a mystery, and I love the cartoon in the paper today that is the Queen saying 'Well lets hope the games are drug free' and Prince Phillip saying 'Unlike the choreographer of the opening what in the hell was he on?' thats how it struck me couldnt make haed or tail of it and goodness know what people from other countries thought ?? Devily will send you pm lovie re the garlic etc Wilson don't forget the family history expo ok will ring you next week . Have to go as had vistitors arrive at 10am and ran around chucking stuff away out of sight as one does now have to go and find where Ive put everthing hhehehand sort it out and put away where should have been in the first place bye now Love Lara

Evening Wattlers Jude 3 HAPPY (BELATED) BIRTHDAY TO YOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU HAPPYYY BIRTHDAY DEAR JUDE HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, XXX how did I sound, very dulcet I hope Gosh I love this GR site, I have met the most enjoyable people and distant rellies on here and even though I dont always reply to things I do keep abreast (oohh maybe I shouldnt use that word someone might get offended) of what is going on Tony glad to hear your mum is doing fine Lew Lew dont go spending too much of that little irishmans hardworking money (naughty little man) Lara yes did get your message re Faye but havent heard from her since the other night and he he will make sure we have couple bottles Baileys on hand Hello Laurie hope you've found lots of nice little pressies on your travels Hi to all others and have a great St Pats Day whats left of it Shaz

Hi Lara, Havnt seen Michael, I did give them my phone no. in case they wanted to call in some time for a chat, or I could meet them in Maryborough or Hervey Bay but nothing as yet, the rellies where they are visiting are about 1hr from here. I will let you know if I hear anything. Hi Jude Yv3. Happy Birthday. Patricia.

Hi peeps nobody on line yet, must be all watching games, go our ozzies swimmers, dont watch anything else but love to catch the swimming, not much news from my end but I thought I would put a joke I received from my friend, hope it gives all a giggle A South African rugby fan, an Australian rugby fan and a New Zealand fan are all in Saudi Arabia, sharing a smuggled crate of booze when, all of a sudden, Saudi police rush in and arrest them. The mere possession of alcohol is a severe offence in Saudi Arabia, so for the terrible crime of actually being caught consuming the booze, they are all sentenced to death! However, after many months and with the help of very good lawyers, they are able to successfully appeal their sentences down to life imprisonment. By a stroke of luck, it was a Saudi national holiday the day their trial finished, and the extremely benevolent Sheikh decided they could be released after receiving just 20 lashes each of the whip. As they were preparing for their punishment, the Sheikh announced: 'It's my first wife's birthday today, and she has asked me to allow each of you one wish before your whipping.' The South African fan was first in line, he thought for a while and then said: 'Please tie a pillow to my back.' This was done, but the pillow only lasted 10 lashes before the whip went through. When the punishment was done he had to be carried away bleeding and crying with pain. The New Zealander was next up. After watching the South African in horror he said smugly: 'Please fix two pillows to my back.' But even two pillows could only take 15 lashes before the whip went through again and the New Zealander was soon led away whimpering loudly (as they do). The Australian was the last one up, but before he could say anything, the Sheikh turned to him and said: 'You are from a most beautiful part of the world and your culture is one of the finest in the world. For this, you may have two wishes!'. 'Thank you, your Most Royal and Merciful highness', The Australian replied. 'In recognition of your kindness, my first wish is that you give me not 20, but 100 lashes.' 'Not only are you an honourable, handsome and powerful man, you are also very brave'. The Sheikh said with an admiring look on his face. 'If 100 lashes is what you desire, then so be it. And your second wish, what is it to be?' the Sheikh asked. 'Tie the Kiwi to my back.' Cheers Shaz

Hi everyone :-) Shazz PMSL Tony glad to hear your mum's getting better :-) *waves to everyone cos I have to go after reading all your posts I don't have time to say much lol Happy St Patricks day Juliexx

Shaz....:>))...:>))...:>))....:>))........you made me drop me glass of Guinness....LOLOL Our Ozzie girls in the pool are tops mate. Go Ozzie's. Tony Oz :>))

Evening everyone I hope you have all enjoyed St Patricks Day. I am watching the games but not the Commonwealth ones. On TDT they have Friday Night Games and tonight Craig Lowndes is on one of the teams. Any way seeing we are telling jokes I thought I would tell one too. There were 3 workers on top of a 20 storey building site at lunch thime. There was an Australian, an Englishman and an Irishman. The Australian said if his wife gave him ham sandwiches for lunch tomorrow, he was going to jump off the building. The Englishman said if his wife gave him Roast Beef sandwiches for lunch tomorrow, he would jump off the building. The Irishman said if his wife gave him Jam sandwiches for lunch tomorrow, he would jump off the building. The next day, the Australian had Ham sandwiches, so he jumped off. The Englishman had Roast Beef sandwiches, so he jumped off. And the Irishman had Jam sandwiches, so he jumped also. The wives were called to the building site and were told what had happened. The wife of the Australian said, 'I dont understand. If I had known that he was sick of Ham sandwiches, I would have found something else to put in them.' The wife of the Englishman said, 'I dont understand. If I had known that he was sick of Roast Beef sandwiches, I would have found something else to put in them.' The wife of the Irishman said, 'I dont understand. He makes his own lunches.' Cheers Sue

Hi Tony and Cat, Gawd this running back and forth from tele to comp is exhausting me, It was good wasnt it, thought it would give you a bit of a laugh Oh Tony hope you didnt spill guiness on the carpet mate or youll certainly be in the bad books Hi Julie, have a great day at college, what are you studying? Your guys are certainly doing well in the pool tonight Just another little one, TONY put your glass down this time before reading A boss walked into the office one morning not knowing that his zipper was down, and his fly wide open. His secretary walked up to him and said, 'Boss this morning when you left your house, did you close your garage door?' This was not a phrase that her boss understood, so he went into his offlice looking a bit puzzled. When he was about done with his paper work, he suddenly noticed that his zipper was not zipped up. He zipped up and remembering what his secretary had told him, finally understood. He then intentionally went out to ask for a cup of coffee from his secretary. When he reached her desk he said 'When you saw the garage door open, did you see my jaguar parked in there?' The secretary smiled for a moment and said 'No boss I didn't. All I saw was a Mini with 2 flat tyres'. he he Shaz

lol..Tassie and Shaz. Thanks for the laugh. Here's one of my favourites. AT THE OVAL OFFICE: George: Condi! Nice to see you. What's happening? Condi: Sir, I have the report here about the new leader of China. George: Great. Lay it on me. Condi: Hu is the new leader of China. George: That's what I want to know. Condi: That's what I'm telling you. George: That's what I'm asking you. Who is the new leader of China? Condi: Yes. George: I mean the fellow's name. Condi: Hu. George: The new leader of China. Condi: Hu. George: The Chinaman! Condi: Hu is leading China. George: Now what are you asking me for? Condi: I'm telling you, Hu is leading China. George: Well, I'm asking you. Who is leading China? Condi: That's the man's name. George: That's whose name? Condi: Yes. George: Will you or will you not tell me the name of the new leader of China? Condi: Yes, sir. George: Yassir? Yassir Arafat is in China? I thought he was in the Middle East. Condi: That's correct. George: Then who is in China? Condi: Yes, sir. George: Yassir is in China? Condi: No, sir. George: Then who is? Condi: Yes, sir. George: Yassir? Condi: No, sir. George: Look, Condi. I need to know the name of the new leader of China. Get me the Secretary General of the U.N. on the phone. Condi: Kofi? George: No, thanks. Condi: You want Kofi? George: No. Condi: You don't want Kofi. George: No. But now that you mention it, I could use a glass of milk. And then get me the U.N. Condi: Yes, sir. George: Not Yassir! The guy at the U.N. Condi: Kofi? George: Milk! Will you please make the call? Condi: And call who? George: Who is the guy at the U.N? Condi: Hu is the guy in China. George: Will you stay out of China?! Condi: Yes, sir. George: And stay out of the Middle East! Just get me the guy at the U.N. Condi: Kofi. George: All right! With cream and two sugars. Now get on the phone. (Condi picks up the phone.) Condi: Rice, here. George: Rice? Good idea. And a couple of egg rolls, too. Maybe we should send some to the guy in China. And the Middle East. Can you get Chinese food in the Middle East?

Hi Wattlers Hi Tony.....Who's on first? Whats on second. Third base...............don't know ! Glad to see you are bright and cheerful. Give your mum plenty of hugs from me. Nearly came home with a new pet today. Went to the pet shop for fish tank supplies and saw the cutest little abyssinian kittens. Hubby says we can't have one because we already have a cat and a dog. Mean thing he is :((((( Wait 'till he wants another power tool :P) Waves and hugs to all the gang (our numbers are growing day by day!) Pharaoh Trifley Queen of the Nile

Tassie, Shazz and Tony PMSL Trifley tell your husband that you have to have a kitten, on the orders of an angel lol Shazz I'm doing an access to further education course which at the moment includes social history, culture and society, psychology and sociology. Nice to hear we're doing well at something lol *waves to every one* :-) Juliexx

Hi all, still away - Shaz - Im not coming home today, but tomorrow (Sunday) so will try and give you a ring along the way. Jude (aka Lady)

Morning Wattlers You lot were in fine form last night - loved the jokes PMSL You seem a lot cheerier - Tony - your Mum is still improving I hope Trifley get the abbysinnian - you wont be sorry.We have had Cleo (our abby) for 11years and she has got the best personality,(but a very strong personality) abbys do talk (not as vocal as siamese though) but does do sign language with her tail.She does do as she is told ( well most of the time and when she feels like it or its to her advantage) lol. They do usually pick one person as their personal property ,they are low maintenance as far as coat etc, but are high maintenance emotionally you can not ignore an abby or they make their presence felt, more so than the 9 or so other cats we have had over the years. She is a member of the family. As you can tell we love her to bits. Well enough raving about my cat. Have to work til 12.30 , then off to a patchwork class this arvo and then off to the cottage for the weekend to lay more floors. Catch you all next wednesday, Have a great weekend. Go Aussies oi oi oi! Judy 3 YV

Morning Wattlers. Nice and sunny at the moment in Melb. Thanks everyone for your thoughts regarding my Mum. She is doing quite well thanks. I'm not a person who dwells on things, and also a beleiver of things happen for a reason. My Mum is near her 90s, and has lived a great life. Once she chased a Seventh-day Adventist from her front door with a broom.....hee hee. A real character, who has lived on her own since 1960 She is my role model, and a very self motivated woman. She grows her own vegies, does her own shopping,cleans and scrubs her house,and gets about on her own accord, Train ,Bus ,Tram,Taxi... She still spits on a hankie and wont hesitate to wipe your face.....lol.....It's not unusual for her to turn up in a taxi at any of my siblings homes and say ...O'k....whats for tea.! If you dont visit her......she will visit you, and always brings a bottle. There is not a negative bone in her body........and has never said a bad word about anyone. Her favourite saying is......'Wake up to yourself'.....MPA..( Mental positive attitude )..lol Had some good news from my eldest girl Teena. She has just received her T.A.B servers licence, and BINGO Licence, so a very happy girl. She works in a pub. Some sad news for Barb......she just received a bill for her car service., $1,800...so she is spittin chips...( might go make her a cuppa ) and wave the smoke away...thats coming outa her ears....lol Have a great weekend everyone. Tony Oz.....:>))

OMG just got an email from REB she has removed herself from GR no longer a member , no details why but she has removed all her threads except naughty cnr and said for those who want to use it they are welcome to do so also if you want to email her I can give you her email addy . that's all she said so can't help you with any further explanation . omg what has hapened to cause this do hooe you are ok Reb as I know you can still read this please ring me don't want to ring you as don't know the situation if its a problem at home or just with GR we all love ya girl, get in touch please I'll even take your photo of surnames for you love Lara

Hi Lara. Thanks for letting us know regarding Rebs. Can only assume its something personal ( at Home ? )....cant see Rebs removing herself from GR because of any other reason, as she is to strong Character minded to let anyone get her down ( if thats the case )..... and calls a spade a spade, ......plus she is a true blue ozzie sheila...:>)) I know Rebs was a bit pissed off with her 'Tree' on the site, and was having a few probs. Hope she returns soon. If your reading this Rebs....take care mate. Tony Oz ..:>))..xx

Afternoon Wattlers I purposefully didn't say 'good' afternoon because if Rebs has left, it is a dreadful afternoon. I know she has been really crapped off with the site since losing all the info on her tree - and of course the pc brigade has been p*ing her off big time. Rebs - I can imagine that you'd vote with your feet if you're really ticked off, but OMG we're gonna miss you girl. You were such a shining light and brought us all so much pleasure and so many laughs. Lots of hugs from me and take care our dear Rebs. Tony - glad your Mum is doing well. What a character she must be and obviously still ruling the roost in her late eighties. Good on her. My God - what did Barb have done to her car? What a slug!! The mechanic would be scooping me up off the floor if he gave me a bill like that!! Glad to hear Teena's good news - a positive career move. Don't feel much like chatting - too upset about Rebs. Might come back later. Anna

Hi all, Starting to get things sorted out a bit at this end, so I am feeling a bit more sociable. First, Tony, I do hope you mum gets well, she sounds like a wonderful woman, like my mum was. Sorry about Barb's car Bill. I am watching the triathalon whilst typing this, it's getting very exciting. I saw the girls this morning, gee are they fit. And girls, just imagine they can probably eat anything they want. They get those wonderful figures with excercise. All together now stretch, to the right, now to the left and lift that bum off your seat. LOL Rebs where are you? When I get your email addy I will write to you. I hope that you are still going to come to the Qld meet. I just darn't go into a pet shop, it's fatal. We got our cat about a year ago, she is lovely, we got her from the animal shelter. She's just a moggy, and the dog has been very good with her. They just ignore each other for the most part, but the dog lays across the doorway of the bedroom at night and won't let the cat in. That may change in winter when it gets cold. Another Gold. That was very exciting, poor peter he tried so hard, but bronze is no mean feat. Well done boys. Hope every one is okay, have a great week end Love SuzyQ

Arvo Wattlers Rebs.........WHAT are we going to do without you???? :(((( I haven't known you on GR for very long but you made me very welcome and part of the gang. I thank you for that. My hopes too, that you will still attend the Brissie meet. Please email me if you want someone to bitch to. I'm gunna miss you. Tony...... can your mum adopt me? She sounds like the mum everyone should have. Hope she is on the improve. Big hugs to her. Also congrats to your daughter. You must be proud :o) Meany hubby is at work this arvo. I'll tell him, when he gets home, that an angel said I should have a kitten. I'm sure he will be impressed. Or at least he will be when I tell him he's not alowed to go to Bunnings any more ha ha ha. Big wave and hug to all our friendly lot. Rebs......if you're reading this......one for you too. 'Bye Sad Trifley :(