General Chat

Yvette - the Sydney Casino is easily accessible by train and light rail to the front door. Would you be able to set up Springwood on accuweather for me and post me the address? Probably wouldnt recognize a small town :-( Jood

Joodles...who's ME?

Trifley - ME, Joodles, Jood, Jude, Judy, Judith Anne, Hey you Who else do you think I am lol I meant to set up accuweather for Springwood for me lol Jood

Just checked the weather in Chiang Mai: 22 to 32 with scattered thunderstorms. :) Got to rethink the transport again. I carefully worked out the comparative costs for 8 days but I will actually be away for 9 days. That will change my insurance too. Duh!! Vonny

Just as well you found out now and not later Vonny - when will you be going? We will miss you .. are you able to keep in touch while you are away? Jood <who is not sitting here writing messages all day - she has 3 computers going and doing family history>

Sorry....when you had it in capitals I thought it was some FH thingy but it's just little ole you I gather the details together and email you....ta Sky is very dark ...looks like we are in for more rain TX

just cut the eldest son's hair, limited funds can't afford haircut and tickets to the melbourne cricket test all in one weekend - gotta get your priorities right. ok would love to come to casino, train travel is fine as i love public transport. just need to know details. am a poor uni student as well as worker and mother. sob boo hoo, date i know , time cost etc. dress? will look at this accu weather. have come to a bit of a brickwall on the direction i'm taking with family history at the moment. my cousin in croydon has sent away for a marriage cert. but it comes back blank. she's trying again and sending the page to them. i'm just going to wait until i hear from her again. love Yvette

Leaving at 8am Sunday 2nd July and get back 9am Monday 10th July. That's the problem, because we leave so early we actually go into the next 24 hour period before we touch down. Vonny (who has no excuse and is just sitting at her computer!)

Yvette, yes definitely get dressed for the meet. Will be a bit cold otherwise :0 Vonny Sorry :)

have set up springwood weather. http://wwwa.accuweather.com/index-world-forecast.asp?partner=accuweather&myadc=0&zipcode=OCN|AU|NSW|SPRINGWOOD| if it doesn't work let me know. will you require payment before the event. are we brunching, lunching dinner -ing or eating appropriate amounts to maintain yak power? do you guys consume alcohol with food? hows that, i'm excited already

Hi Wattlers, I am too tired to read back too far, so thought i would just say hello. Sounds like you are on your way Lara, hope the van is all you wanted it to be. have fun, i will give you a call when we get underway, you never know, we might be in the same place at the same time eventually!! Don't want rub it in everyone, I only have 8 shifts to work before my long service starts, roll on roll on. I can't wait, 12 whole weeks to my self. Looking forward to being able to put in some serious time on the tree. Speaking of FH, does anyone else get sick of sending information to people who don't come good with promised return information. I keep telling myself that next time i will wait until i get their stuff before i send off mine, but always get too impatient. It has happened to me once again, this time on a line of tree that i have put a lot of work into, and it sounded like they had some stuff i didn't grrrrr. Hope everyone is well and doggies too, it is amazing that drugs and chemicals that have been banned in the US often are still used here for several years. Call me cynical, but i think it just might have something to do with money lol. Ok i am off to do a bit of tree, OH is away for the night so i have some guilt free computer time yea!!!!! Take Care All Wilson

Hi Yvette Let me warn you, these guys eat a little food with their alcohol. Get ready with the berocca Pam

silly thing won't let me enter the entire link. i even put it in bits, if you go to this site. pick oceana/australia then on the left enter springwood, nsw, australia where it says zurich switzerland for eg. should come up. as with the family history. i'm quite liberal with letting people access my tree on gr. i don't have heaps only 250 ish, its fine. too hard to find everything you are looking for. what does annoy me is when you write to someone you know can help you out and they totally ignore you. major gripe - theres one who has claimed quite falsely part of the tree. alerted her to it and haven't heard boo since.

whats for dinner anyway? whos cooking what?

yvette, you have to do it like this *com and we all know to substitute. And we don't all drink alcohol :) Just feel free to be yourself.

good o, i'm not a drinker, i'm not good at it coz i've never practised it enough, good at eating though http://wwwa* accuweather*com/index-world-forecast* asp?partner=accuweather &myadc=0&zipcode=OCN|AU|NSW|SPRINGWOOD|

Yvette, I am quite happy to share what i have on genes ( have only got limited information on here), but when you have a hot match or some other contact who you get a few emails from and have confirmed that you have a definate conection, and you both agree to share with each other what you have and you part with the info and never hear from them again, it makes me a bit cross. I have been working on my tree for years and have spent a fair bit proving information and getting certificates. Maybe i am just a bit disillusioned, and disheartened at the moment. But am not ready to give up on people yet, i have had some fantastic people contact me through genes and we have been able to help each other heaps. Sorry to sound like a mean spirited old hag hehe. btw i love to eat and drink, don't care what order i do it in lol, just have'nt been able to get to the last couple of meets. Can't wait to meet a few more wattlers. Take care Wilson

please slow down you lot tonight I've caught up to page 9 still got heaps to catch up on so slow down ok going out for dinner talk to you all tomorrow have sent message to Donna and to Sandra alsohappy anniversary to those celebrating devily and jude lots of love to all Lara

Ohhhh Wilson and Yvette, thanks for reminding me why I joined!!! pmsl. Just went and checked tree matches and BINGO. Someone has added 5 new names with one of my surnames :) Now I hope they answer cause I have all the info that they will need - including the 15 different spelling variations!!!! hee hee I only keep a very limited tree on here as it causes me too much confusion otherwise. Vonny

Yvette - will get back to the weather in a minute. ***********Casino dining room site*************** http://www*starcity*com*au/dir013/internetpublishing*nsf/Content/GardenBuffetRestaurant Lunch time starts at 11.30 - should not have trouble with a big crowd of 20. We dress normally - no fancy clothes, just slacks, blazers, cardigans, skirts - no excessive bling. .. We all met at central railway station last time, and then took the light train to the casino. We might have had about 2 drinks each - mostly gutzing ourselves with food. Afterwards we wandered out, a couple of us became members - I think it was only about $5, they gave us some chips to play the poker machines, so we had to get rid of that. Left about 4. I asked the guy was there somewhere we could all sit afterwards, and he said there are plenty of bars around. .. None of us drank much, but that is entirely up to you. .. We were there on a week day, and some of us had a way to travel. Same with the Brighton le Sands do, long way to travel for some, and we just dressed in everyday clothes. Ate, talked and had about 2-3 drinks. You will see that the lunch costs $19.90 for members and $26.90 for non members (might be cheaper to sign up before we go in!!!!!) Thats enough for now Jood