When coming out of a grocery store with my two preschool children, both who
are now mid 30's, I commented that I wondered just where we had left the
car. An older woman overheard me and commented I'd made her day and that
she'd rush home and tell her husband a young thing like me did the very same
Liz wrote:
Went to a local DIY store on Friday, and they had wind-up radio/torch packs
by the till labelled "Ideal Christmas present". I emailed them straight away
asking if they were left over for last year, which doesn't say much for
their popularity, or early for next year, in which case "Don
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> Dear Liz, Ruth, and all other Ozzie Spiders 'down south'
>
> It Does get that hot in Brisbane!! But Not in Darwin!! so
> what am I doing
> here???
The Tame Aussie said that the first place he wants to ta
I know of one person who parked their car and then couldn't find it the reason
- they'd recently washed it - the car nearly had a heart attack.
Peter
PS I'm not going to say who, but they made the mistake of telling me.
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The bobbins your URL pointed to are "Tapestry bobbins"
They load them up with "wool" and weave them in and out the warp (or weft)
(I have no idea which is which) and make their picture or pattern.
Sometimes they are weighted with lead in that pointed bulge.
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My husband sent me this website:
http://www.michigannative.com/michiganaccent.html
Yeah, that's how we really talk here!
Lynn Carpenter in SW Michigan, USA
alwen at i2k dot com
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Hi tatters,
Just thought I'd let you know I've uploaded some
new pictures on my web site at:
http://www.gagechek.com/slb/news
Each new edition of the newsletter I post colour
pictures to the web site and I know a lot of folks
that don't subscribe still like the eye candy :)
If you DO want t
Gidday Ruth and all,
>>I have no known medical condition affecting my memory...but I regularly
park my
>>car and then have trouble finding it again!! About 35 years ago I came
out of
>>the supermarket and looked at the spot where I usually parked my car. It
OMG I thought I was the only one who
When I was going to high school in the mid to late 70's I remember that
we could call some who was either not popular or not with it or
whatever, a dag.
Then when I went to college in the early to mid 80's, I had a whole two
hour lecture on Farnarkling - which can mean a variety of things, but
one
Hi All, We got a new vehicle about a year ago - a pick-up truck. There are
lots of them around here so that only helped a little in
finding it in a parking lot. However, DH put a pipe rack on top and now I
can spot it from the door of the grocery store!
Jane in Vermont, USA where the ice came o
On 25 Feb 2004, at 07:31, nicky.h-townsend wrote:
Reading Ruth's account of parking her new car reminded me of when my
car had
to go to the garage for repair. I'd got an important meeting to attend
in
Norwich, but no means of getting there (forget public transport it's a
joke
where I live!), so
On Feb 25, 2004, at 3:53, Darlene Mulholland wrote:
The other method we use to locate
the van is to use the remote starter and the running lights as well as
the
motor come on to give a bit of a clue if you are close enough to have
the
gadget work.
My car manual says that if you use the remote k
At 09:29 AM 2/25/2004, you wrote:
Then just a few weeks ago here in Richards Bay I couldn't find my car when I
came out of the supermarket
I have trouble telling modern cars apart. When I had to get a new car, I
ended up with one that had no special distinguishing marks. It took me a
year to
Well,being English, I've always fancied painting the top of the car with a very
large Union Jack - thought *that* should make my car stand out amongst all the
Aussies!
Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia)
"Tamara P. Duvall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
But I love the idea of tying something to the ant
Hooray - mine has finally arrived too - same day delivery as my city tax
bill!! I know which one I preferred, but I opened the tax bill first and
saved the magazine for after supper. Mine was mailed from France.
Malvary - in Ottawa who has realised that she might be able to go to
Convention in S
On Feb 25, 2004, at 23:14, Ruth Budge wrote:
Well,being English, I've always fancied painting the top of the car
with a very
large Union Jack - thought *that* should make my car stand out amongst
all the
Aussies!
Only if they're tall enough to see it At 5'2" and shrinking, I
can't *reach*
On Feb 25, 2004, at 22:54, Alice Howell wrote:
stopped in and replaced my bottle of whiskey. The first bottle had
lasted 10 years. I think this second bottle has been here about 10
years now, and is still half full. It should be getting very well
aged. It was 20 year whiskey to start with.)
Ah! Yes, Tamara - but here lots of our local carparks are multi-storey, and
when I can't find my car on one level, I walk down the steps to the next floor.
Stop on the landing half-way down and survey the multitude of cars to see if I
recognise any of them. Now *that's* where a Union Jack would c
Well done, Noelene!! Hope you send us the poem you are bound to write for
the occasion?
Helene, La Frogozzie from Melbourne
>Just been advised that I've taken off top prize for tatting
at the Canberra Show, and I'm over the moon! It's the
first time I've entered.
Noelene in Cooma
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I agree with your tame aussie, the sunset in Darwin is one of the most
beautiful things in the world. I don't agree with watching it from an
air-conditioned place!! Go there at the beginning of June, after the rainy
season and before the "big dry", and got for a cruise in a sailing boat
(can't reme
> >It ain't aging; it's evaporating Alcohol doesn't age once it's in
> >a glass container, but it can still disappear :)
Sorry, Tamara, I don't agree with you on that one! I've had bottles of
spirits that we haven't drunk quickly, and some of them distinctly
mellowed over the years. Same th
At 09:38 PM 2/25/2004, you wrote:
On Feb 25, 2004, at 22:54, Alice Howell wrote:
stopped in and replaced my bottle of whiskey. The first bottle had
lasted 10 years. I think this second bottle has been here about 10 years
now, and is still half full. It should be getting very well aged
It ain'
Everyone seems to assume that my new kitchen should have an extractor hood.
They aren't cheap, especially the sort intended for use above hobs on an
island, which is what I'd need. I don't have a hood now, and get
on fine without one. So I'd like some opinions from hood owners. Why did
you get a
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