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There are so many threads it's hard to keep up with everyone without jumping from thread to thread and sometimes you just want to chat about nothing without it being themed which gives it a limited scope.  

For those of us who haven’t got the time to search every thread looking for some conversation I thought it would be a good idea if we had somewhere to talk about anything and everything. Idle chatter with some gossip thrown in but without being "themed", like you would do if you did go out to a cafe.

So to start I'd like to say that I'm still looking for work but I'm getting really annoyed because most businesses just don't reply even if it is an advertised job.  If I just sent letters to everyone and anyone then I would imagine they don't feel obliged to acknowledge you but when they advertise a vacancy then it should only be proper to answer every enquiry.

The weather up here has been good the last couple of weeks with good rain and cooler temperature.  That’s it for tonight I’m off to bed now so goodnight and seeya soon.

Here all alone Pinky?  I'll have a black coffee with milk on the side.  I guess old habits die hard.  You could imagine if there were 100 or more regular active members all trying to post at once that you would need separate threads for every conceivable subject.

I'm afraid I can’t help with any hint on how to get a job.  I’ve had the one job for 25 years so my job hunting skills are rusty at best.  The weather has been good here also nice spring days which we haven’t had for many years.

I saw on TV the other night some ad for cheese which used a very young girl dressed up as an adult, this was similar to an ad for NRMA some time ago and I think that all these ads do is get paedophiles excited.  Talk about idiots who are supposed to monitoring these things.

I could not agree more with your last paragraph HotStuff. I see gorgeous little kids on TV getting their nappy changed or whatever, in their birthday suits and think 'I wonder how much the warped of mind paedophiles are liking this?' I go to the beach and see parents allowing their children to go naked, showering in public and playing in the sand and think... I know there is some pervert with a camera just lurking about. In this day and age we adults have to be aware of these low lifes in society and take measures not to encourage them or invite them to harm our children. I know it is an awful way to think but we have to do it for our kids health and wellbeing, even if they are not our own kids.

Quoted from SuziH

In this day and age we adults have to be aware of these low lifes in society and take measures not to encourage them or invite them to harm our children. I know it is an awful way to think but we have to do it for our kids health and wellbeing, even if they are not our own kids.

So what are we supposed to do?  Not take the kids to the beach or the swimming pools? Dress our kids from head to toe if we do go to these places?  Teach our kids to be afraid of everyone and everything?

Sorry folks but I couldn't disagree more vehemently...we're turning into a society ruled by fear - mostly fear of things that are highly unlikely to ever happen.  The facts are that most children who are molested are molested by someone they know...and the vast majority of those are by a family member or family friend.  So taking your kids to the beach is highly unlikely to introduce them to a paedophile.  And not taking your kids to the beach means they will definitely miss out on a part of childhood that they deserve to have.

Yes this is my hobby horse.  I am sick to death of the culture of fear that we are living in - heavily influenced by politicians and the media.  Fear is debilitating - to individuals and to societies.  

I agree with what you say B² and my concern is not with children being children but with dressing them up to look like young adults in public.  And I must admit that if I saw a photo of that girl in the cheese ad without knowing the circumstances I would naturally think she was a hotchick.  And that frightened me.

Advertisers are not stupid people and they know exactly what they are doing.  If I was the Child Protection Agency I would be looking very close at the people who run this ad company.

Anyone been to Dreamworld, Seaworld or Movieworld on the Gold Coast.  I'm lookin for a day out and don't know which one to go to.

Dreamworld is okay but Movieworld, which I went to about five years ago, was overly boring for me and is definitely for the pre-pubescent teen. I'm going to Seaworld for the first time this Christmas holiday.  By all accounts, Seaworld is the best destination.

But don't forget to take some sandwiches and bottled water because prises are criminal at these places.

I personally can't miss Dreamworld and Seaworld when I pop down the Coast (2 hours from my place). You have the rides but also the pleasure of seeing wildlife and Dolphin performances. Movie World is basically all rides and themes and no animals and very little entertainment.

Quoted from BSquared

So what are we supposed to do?  Not take the kids to the beach or the swimming pools? Dress our kids from head to toe if we do go to these places?  Teach our kids to be afraid of everyone and everything?


Yes this is my hobby horse.  I am sick to death of the culture of fear that we are living in - heavily influenced by politicians and the media.  Fear is debilitating - to individuals and to societies.  

Whaoh there BSquared. I think you over reacted there. I did not once say we should be afraid but we should be aware and not do anything to encourage these bottom feeders. I would never let my kids or grandkids go nude in public because I do not want one of these creeps to get their jollies off at any child's expense. This is also a bit of a hobbyhorse for me too and because these predators are brazen and more prolific these days I think that to a degree our actions, activities etc have to change to meet the danger. This is not fear, it is commonsense.
BTW wasn't this the Cafe where we just chat and make passing comment on things not go into a diatribe about what's right or wrong with today's society?

:)

Nothing like a little passion, but friends do argue and argue on some sensitive issues, it's the nature of the beast.

I picked up some old Women’s Weekly from a used shop the other day from 1954 at $5 each.  I thought it would be good to give to my daughter as a portal into the world when I was born.  I especially like to look at the old ads.  I might scan some and post them at a later date.  The price on the cover is 9d (nine pence) each.

Check those waistlines girls.  

But it took 10 minutes to get the bra off! :-/

Ah, yes, brings back many happy memories of groping in the dark behind the girlfriends back, trying to undo those damned annoying little hooks........ :B

I still have not worked out bra clasps.......

doing them up is the hardest...

I think debate among friends is a very good thing, arguments are not. I hate argueing and fighting but a mature adult debate is good for the soul, IMHO. My ex-husband learnt early on in our 19 plus year marriage that I would not and will not argue. He was so frustrated with that fact he yelled at me 'Why wont you argue with me?' to which I replied... 'why argue when you know you are right'. That stumped him and we never did argue or fight.

Bras and their hooks, clasps whatever... I used to have 2 most beautiful bras that had clasps at the front and I loved them. They gave a great line with no visible creases in a tight top, plus they were sooooo comfy.

I put the dra on backwards first to do it up then turn it around.

I love those old ads.  Keep them coming cactus.

I used to go to the Library in school and get out the old National Geographics just to look at the ads, especially the ones for the cars.

When I was a kid, National Geographic was porn because I couldn't get my hands on real porn.  It made me feel uncomfortable to look at though.  I thought it was pretty strange that women went topless in any society.

Now that I look back on it, I wonder how much differantly they would have looked had they worn a bra (think)


Hey is this the association thread? (huh2)

Hah!  I used to look at the nudies and the cars.

I'm just glad I'm not a woman, with all that extra clothing and "other" stuff you have to go through I'm not surprised the ancients, and even some today, thought women were cursed by the Gods.

I didn't know that about the cursed beliefs.  It got me laughing though because when I was young and scared about leaving home to go make a way for myself I wished that I had been a woman so I could leech off of some poor guy and not have to work.  Some poor guy like myself at the time.

Quoted from MeanDean

When I was a kid, National Geographic was porn because I couldn't get my hands on real porn.  It made me feel uncomfortable to look at though.  I thought it was pretty strange that women went topless in any society.

Now that I look back on it, I wonder how much differantly they would have looked had they worn a bra (think)

Actually, in some of those societies, the droopier the boobs the better. Thats what they considered to be beutiful, just like the societies that think ppl are beautiful if they have a long neck, or an elongated forehead. The women would purposly go and stretch out their boosum.

I think women of all shapes and sizes look beautiful when pregnant.  I have found that even the most ordinary girl will look very attractive, in the face, when pregnant – it’s just something about their face that tells you that this person is special.

I've never been pregnant yet but I imagine I would feel anything but attractive while walking feet astride and carrying a wheat sack in front of me.

I guess it's here that I'm glad I a man.

Quoted from InkyPinky

I've never been pregnant yet but I imagine I would feel anything but attractive while walking feet astride and carrying a wheat sack in front of me.

These days I think fertile women are built a bit differently than say 25-30 years ago. I see attractive women out there proud of their bumps which usually only look like they are carrying a basketball out the front. Look at Princess Mary and how elegant she was through her pregnancy and it had little to do with her status in life. She is obviously a good healthy specimen of a young woman. If a woman breast feeds she has more of a chance at getting saggy bosoms later on in life but if you don't have a lot to begin with, all the better for you later. I recently saw a young woman who was dressed very bohemian with the layered skirt, low sandals, loose top which was beautiful with a caftan feel. I approached her after admiring what she had on and told her how great she looked. She was appreciative of the compliment which was given in all honesty.

I can't stand to see pregnant women wearing crop tops or t-shirts with their enormous, stretch marked, navel popping out, belly hanging out. Yes, I get it, you're pregnant, OK, now put it away! I'm not saying that pregnant bellies are unnatractive, just that we as a society are getting very sloppy in the way we present ourselves. I say the same about fat men and women who let the flab hang out over their jeans. We should take more pride in our appearances!

I think it's all a matter of choice and perception.  I can't stand to see people with comb-overs.  I feel so embarrassed for these people that it makes me feel uncomfortable to see them.  It must be a genetic disorder that deludes these people into thinking it doesn’t look ridiculous.  

The guy who does the “Godfrey’s” ad is surely one of these delusional people and surely Donald Trump.  All that money and he thinks he needs to pretend he isn’t going bald.

hi everyone

:)

Quoted from amazinggeri

hi everyone

:)

Gidday!

Looks like Holly is having a bad hair day also.  Where's Fran?

Quoted from Simpson

...we as a society are getting very sloppy in the way we present ourselves...

Agreed, and those skinny rib cages and grotesquely protruding hip and other bones have got to go; I don't want to see your skeletal bits, so cover them please!  ewwwwwwww

Quoted from Paula

Agreed, and those skinny rib cages and grotesquely protruding hip and other bones have got to go; I don't want to see your skeletal bits, so cover them please!  ewwwwwwww

I have my 'skeletal bits' well covered . . being a 'well upholstered' woman who buys clothes that have at least a meter of fabric in each garment. . . *more private that way*.  ;)  :D

Post a photo Gizmo and givvus a look  :P

Quoted from Lawnbowler

I have lost 6 lbs in the last 10 days..........

Is it a good thing or a bad thing?  If it's a good thing then that is indeed pretty damn good and come to think of it, if it's bad then it's by the same token pretty discouraging or worrying.

I'm with Dean on this Lawnbowler. Knowing you were very very ill in hospital, I am wondering is it due to ill health or is it a happy coincidence?
It is so humid here I am running rivers of sweat at 8am. Or as Jackie from That 70's Show would say (when she was the Cheese maiden) I am glistening!!


oooh oooh oooh, look at me, I just noticed I am a maximum member (sounds a tad naughty to me).  :) ;)

Quoted from HotStuff

Post a photo Gizmo and givvus a look  :P

Yeah, lets have it gizmo!

I had to download your photo then open it in windows fax viewer to get the full view.  Geeze it’s big.



Unfortunately I get headaches from eating chocolate.  But like any drunk I'll still have some despite knowing the side effects.

Here is the cake made smaller. . . *it these size extra lge pics keep being added. . the board will slow down dramatically* :( :(

LINK

Quoted from Gizmo

it these size extra lge pics keep being added. . the board will slow down dramatically

Especially when all you’ve got is dial-up.

I tried to PM Frankie but all attempts failed.  :(

I have seen this happen on other boards. . and it ruins them.

Please Frankie. . come back and fix this. :'(

Quoted from Lawnbowler

Ah, yes, brings back many happy memories of groping in the dark behind the girlfriends back, trying to undo those damned annoying little hooks........ :B

Those 'annoying little hooks' still exist!. . I am glad those dreadful 'whalebone corsets'. . are a thing of the past though . . it is so embarrassing to have an ambulance driver tell you that it was your (ridiculous) corset that caused you to faint in the street . . .  :B :B

I caught the end of that Abba special last night, and was horrified at Rhonda Burchmore. She looked terrible, sickly skinny! And remember, the camera adds 10 pounds, so she would look worse in real life. And I don't remember her looking like that in that coffee commercial.

Quoted from Simpson

I caught the end of that Abba special last night, and was horrified at Rhonda Burchmore. She looked terrible, sickly skinny! And remember, the camera adds 10 pounds, so she would look worse in real life. And I don't remember her looking like that in that coffee commercial.

well she is nearly 60 now!

Quoted Text

....I tried to PM Frankie but all attempts failed...  

Pardon me, guys! Sorry about all the fuss. As the modify function does not allow me to disable the photo I have posted, I have deleted the message to free the thread from clogging up.


;D

Quoted from BB

well she is nearly 60 now!

Er, she was born in 1960, so, no she's not!

Quoted from Frankie

Pardon me, guys! Sorry about all the fuss. As the modify function does not allow me to disable the photo I have posted, I have deleted the message to free the thread from clogging up.


;D

Good on you . .thanks !. . :)

Quoted from HotStuff

Post a photo Gizmo and givvus a look  :P

A picture of Gizmo . . :B . . . . . . . .Peek_In_Here

Quoted from cactus

Gidday!

Looks like Holly is having a bad hair day also.  Where's Fran?

the nanny is pre-empted for now  :(

I'm sorry but you'll have to explain "pre-empted" to me! ...in regards to the Nanny that is.

Quoted from Simpson

Er, she was born in 1960, so, no she's not!

Really? I was sure I had seen a reference to her turning 55 last year, my mistake!

Just have to say... I am officially confused.

***Suzi runs around the house pulling out handfuls of hair, babbling incoherantly***

Quoted from SuziH

Just have to say... I am officially confused.

***Suzi runs around the house pulling out handfuls of hair, babbling incoherantly***

You mean like this??. . . :P

Exactly Gizmo, you know me too well!
I still don't understand where some of the above posts are coming from (thought wise) can anyone explain. Anyway, I am beginning to feel more like my old self again after turning 50 I kind of fell apart and was at the Dr's almost every damned day. This week.... Dr. free and this morning I was even motivated to do stuff I haven't done for a month. Who'd think that hormones could wreak such havoc. :-/

I agree!!. . . mine wreak havoc too . . why do you think I am here??. . *can't go out in public like this. . let alone drive the car*. . :B  :P  :P

So I just stay home and do chores, drink coffee and take a short trip to the shops for food.  

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Quoted from Gizmo

I agree!!. . . mine wreak havoc too . . why do you think I am here??. . *can't go out in public like this. . let alone drive the car*. . :B  :P  :P

So I just stay home and do chores, drink coffee and take a short trip to the shops for food.  

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I hate not feeling like myself or like I used to. These days it's

:(   My emotions all over the place  :'(  ??)  ;D :'((clap)(computer)  :'(

But I am feeling better day by day. BTW Gizmo I love your little gif images, they add so much to your posts which are already terrific!

They are not gifs!!. . they are true life video of me!!. .  ??)  :P  :P  ;)

Quoted from Simpson

Er, she was born in 1960, so, no she's not!

I missed Rhonda's performance.  Does she still wear a high cut dress to show-off her legs?

i changed my name to nannyfan7 like it 8)

and my avatar is now living with fran one

and i got 100 posts :)

Quoted from cactus

I missed Rhonda's performance.  Does she still wear a high cut dress to show-off her legs?

She wasn't dancing when I saw her on TV, just talking. But lets face it, no dress can stop those legs of hers from being shown, they go on for miles!

Woohoo! I just became a BIG MEMBER!

I am so happy for you Simpson, once you are a BIG member there is no stopping you!

Quoted from amazinggeri

i changed my name to nannyfan7 like it 8)

If you were a little younger we could call you nanniefannie

i can't wait to be a big member i'm going to post alot today  >:(

I didn't notice your first post but.  Congrats on the 100.

thansk meandean  ;)

lol you guys are obsessed with the tags!
I'm stuck with "Bandwith Hog" on another forum...I'm scared what might be next! :o :P

It's going to be a quiet night for me tonight as A touch of Frost will re-emerge at 9.00 p.m.  Seeya!

I'm watching less television now and reading more books.  I don't know why but I'm getting bored a lot easier than I used to.

Can I just be lazy without adding anything new and say I agree with both of you ...except for my British crime drama of course!

Quoted from cactus

Can I just be lazy without adding anything new and say I agree with both of you ...except for my British crime drama of course!

Yes Cactus. . you rest up a bit. . :D

Quoted from Paula

doing them up is the hardest...

(On Bra Clasps)

Oh no - I have never thought about doing them UP!

lol

I'm sure the bra clip was designed by a father.

hello everyone

i saw corpse bride today  :)

oh the ending is so sad :'(

Don't you just hate it when someone tells you the ending :D  
I really wanted to see that movie  :-/  

Quoted from cactus

Don't you just hate it when someone tells you the ending :D  
I really wanted to see that movie  :-/  

I havnt seen the movie, I was just surmising the ending by the title..........

Wouldn't be the first time someone has married a dead person.

Quoted from cactus

Wouldn't be the first time someone has married a dead person.

Disturbing lol.  *tells self that it's only ever for financial gain and that no one is actually that messed up*

If they leave it any later to bring back the Nanny, they'll have to call it the Grannie - false teeth in a jar beside the bed and all!

I'm just biding my time. . waiting for the repeat season of .My Favourite Martian". . ;D

Yeah, I do miss Tim, Uncle Martin and Mrs Brown ...I used to fantasise about her when I was bubbling with hormones as a teenie.

Where do you sit when you visit the home of nudists?  I hope they cleaned the chairs before I visit - no telling what little signs of previous occupancy are left behind.

Quoted from cactus

Yeah, I do miss Tim, Uncle Martin and Mrs Brown ...I used to fantasise about her when I was bubbling with hormones as a teenie.

You mean to say . .your hormones aren't bubbling any more??. .  ??) :P  :P

Like many of us . . . they just kinda on a very low simmer now !. .

hey congratulations on the 1,000 post mile/kilometrestone, cactus!

Then that makes me cactusmaxis, or the forum tragic ...more like a millstone ??)

Quoted from cactus

Then that makes me cactusmaxis, or the forum tragic ...more like a millstone ??)

LMAO @ the first two but nah @ the latter!

My son turns 21 next tuesday. My 28 yr old daughter is getting him something he will NEVER forget. On the 19th December 2005 he will be diving with the Sharks at Underwater World..... AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! :o I will be taking pics with the digital camera. Between fainting.

http://www.underwaterworld.com.au/

click on
animal interactive programs- shark dive

Quoted from SuziH

My son turns 21 next tuesday. My 28 yr old daughter is getting him something he will NEVER forget. On the 19th December 2005 he will be diving with the Sharks at Underwater World..... AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! :o I will be taking pics with the digital camera. Between fainting.

http://www.underwaterworld.com.au/

click on
animal interactive programs- shark dive

I did not see anywhere on that site where customers and friends are offered rubber underwear. .  ??) . .I want that as a safety item at the very least!. . swim with sharks. . better him than me.   :P  :D

My youngest, Mike, is 21 today!!!!
Next monday he dives with the sharks. Today My daughter and I are taking him to Noosa for a lovely lunch overlooking Noosa Beach.  :)

Had a great lunch the other day. The Reef at Noosa has been renovated and is FANTASTIC. Best seafood. So fresh.
Does anyone on here watch the ABC show, 'Surfing the Menu'? Last night (14th Dec) my daughter was on the show airbrushing the guys! Anyone see it? I taped it.
:)     <<< very proud Mummy.

"Airbrusing the guys"? I didn't see it, so I'm curious as to what you mean by 'airbrusing the guys'. Is she in make-up or something? Or is she an artist - I guess they are really  the same thing!

My daughter IS an artist and she AIRBRUSHES people at the largest open air markets in the southern hemisphere... the Eumundi Markets up here on the sunshine coast.
She does free hand or stencils and adds her own artistic touch with colours and designs. The guys off Surfing the Menu got her to airbrush temporary tattoos on them One of them had his in a very private area so when she did it the film crew had to hold up curtains so the public couldn't see. The 'tattoos' last 2-3 weeks. She makes a good living doing that, airbrush tanning people and a few other things. It is her own business. Surfing the Menu...  http://abc.net.au/surfingmenu/noosa.htm
is the episode my daughter featured in.

Just out of interest what is everyones favourite take away?

That would be a difficult one for me. I usually get take away 2-3 times a week and almost everyday during school holidays. I usually get something different every time (eg Red Rooster, Maccas, KFC). My favourite would probably be Hungry Jacks or KFC, but when I feel like something healthy i'll get Subway.

don't do take away very often but when i do it's gotta be wok-in-a-box

I love BBQ chicken (sometimes with chips).

Quoted from adrainreloaded

Just out of interest what is everyones favourite take away?

At the moment in construction industry circles this phrase is really getting up my nose - the answer is "key Learnings" this means we screwed it up big time, but all that money down the tube was worth it because for our "Take Aways"  we got some excellent "Key Learnings"

aarrggghhhh!

Quoted from BSquared

don't do take away very often but when i do it's gotta be wok-in-a-box

Do you find that depending on which Wok you go to, it tastes different? For instance, I only ever get special fried rice at Wok from Hindley st because it tastes better than the rice at Glenelg. No idea why, but it really does taste different from store to store.

A few of our original members have disappeared, notably Cactus. I know he went away for Christmas Holidays but school has returned here in QLD and he should of returned (by my calculations) by now. His absence has meant I am now the Biggest Poster. Wow, I never thought I would be called that!

My birthday's in 9 days... can't wait for it :D

Quoted from normangerman

My birthday's in 9 days... can't wait for it :D

oh how I remember the days when I looked forward to birthdays....instead of now where I run screaming from the sight of them (or simply pretend the day isn't happening)  :'(

It's not that I mind my age...it's just that my list of things to do before I die is getting longer and my time is getting shorter.

Enjoy the big day normangerman...17 isn't it?

Champagne is in order today . . (or yesterday actually) . . we have a new Moderator around here. !!

Go SuziH. . .  :D

Thank you, thank you, thank you! Aww shucks this is too much **shuffles feet and looks embarrassed :B**
It's an honour that I promise I will not abuse.  :)
**hic-hic** oops, too much champers, sorry! 8)

In case I forget... happy birthday normangerman, how old are you going to be?

happy birthday normangerman!

:)

and happy australia day to all!

Although I am far from old, I made a desicion that I would begin to celebrate Annual Gift and Cake Day instead of having birthdays. It means you still get cake and presents, but you don't age!

Quoted from Simpson

Although I am far from old, I made a desicion that I would begin to celebrate Annual Gift and Cake Day instead of having birthdays. It means you still get cake and presents, but you don't age!

Works for me!. . (I'm still 21). . :P  :D

Congrats Simpson!(clap)(dance)

I can't wait to see what happens to the board width when this new member starts posting. . :P  :D  :P  :D

http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/eblah/v-memberpanel/a-view/u-wouldyourbestfrienddieforyou/

You are joking.... I don't think so.... if they do I think a little chat will be in order.
From Devman of course  ??)

Quoted from SuziH

You are joking.... I don't think so.... if they do I think a little chat will be in order.
From Devman of course  ??)

I am surprised the Board supports such a long name. . usually there is a 10-12 letter limit.  . .for obvious reasons.
That is not the only member to do that. . I have seen at least another 3.  ;D

Just look at complicatedsimplicy... not sure if that's correct.

Ooh, Ive almost got 400 posts :D

congrats Simpson ;)

Hey Suzie, since when did you become a moderator?! Is this a reward for posting over 1000 posts? Congratulations! Do you have any responsibilites and powers ordinary posters do not?

oh cool suzi's a moderator  :) good work Suzi!!!!!!!

Thanks guys.... :B
No Simpson, nothing to do with the number of posts, lol.
Gizmo has over 1000 posts now also you may notice and CONGRATS are in order!

ooooh,oooh,ooooh Gizmo has her groove (Avatar) back! I missed you oh furry one!

congrats Suzi.......................on my best behavior from now on..............lol

Just glanced down to the bottom of the main board page and saw there are 666  Topics... eeeeekkkk! :o

Is it just me or did January fly by in the blink of an eye? I was at the library the other day and saw a book I will have to get about time going faster the older we get.  ??)

Just another revert back to babyhood that happens the older you get. Time flies when you're a baby, I mean, who can remember being 1 or 2, or even 3? Then you go bald, end up with no teeth, have to wear diapers again, eat mushy food, loose your balance and fall down a lot, fall asleep in the middle of social gatherings...

let's get this thread back on the road...

It was so damned hot and sticky icky here today that everyone was complaining about it. Last week and on the weekend was cyclonic but cooler now... mozzies and clammy, yucky. So... how is everyone?

i'm fine thanks but i'm freezing in this house  :'( also my best friend has returned from her ''holiday'' so that's cool  :P it's great to have her back school was boring without her! :( >:( :'(

Where did your friend go for her holidays Unwritten? Do you live with your folks? Why is  it cold in the house? Stop crying coz the keyboard is getting wet!

This will show you how my brain can go off on tangents!
I've been wondering.... where is Unwritten I have not seen them for at least a week.
I watched Dancing with the Stars favourite bits last night and went to bed with Tom Williams dancing in my head (not sugar plum fairies).
I will be damned glad (overjoyed actually) when The Commonwealth Games are OVER and I can watch my favourite shows once more.
A sleep in for me is 8am. My budgies are chirping and happy. It's been raining very heavily on and off for 24 hours now. Cyclone Wati is bringing high wind gusts and rain.

My big fat fashion fibs
April 8, 2006
Ten beauty myths crumble as the truth about stilettos, suits and style is revealed, writes Jacqueline Lunn.

WHEN I WAS working on a monthly women's fashion magazine years ago, the international supermodel on the cover needed some touching up. Looking over her shoulder towards the camera, she had her wrinkles smoothed and her already stick-like arms thinned. "Backfat" above her shoestring-strap dress was wiped out with a click, her decolletage evened out and her neck stretched.

There was so much digital alteration required that the computer didn't have enough memory to store it and the cover had to be scrapped.

I quickly learnt the fashion world doesn't just trade in harmless fantasy - it is propped up and reinforced by half-truths, lies and more smoke and mirrors than backstage at an Alexander McQueen show.

In this strange land full of pretty frocks, prettier girls and men who shape their eyebrows, use fake tan and swallow diet pills before having the ultimate say on what women wear, deception keeps the promise alive. The promise that somehow fashion can change us.

Today we expose fashion's top 10 lies, in case you want to go cold turkey. Then we are going out, getting a coffee and flicking through another magazine.

"Take risks and be individual with your style - it will set you apart from the pack."

This is a trick. Being given carte blanche to mix spots and stripes, contrasting textures and contrasting styles (ballet tutus worn with tuxedo jackets) is just plain torture. Rules provide comfort and at least give you the hope of being able to follow.

Ever trawled a second-hand shop looking for that perfect vintage piece to make your outfit truly your own? After sorting through stains and smells and shapes that weren't designed for a modern figure, you need to be a shopping expert to unearth that cute piece just like the one you saw Natalie Portman wearing on the red carpet. Blame Carrie Bradshaw in Sex and the City for making a mix of vintage and clashing styles and prints look so good. Remember that Sarah Jessica Parker had a full-time stylist who picked every outfit for the show. The rest of us should be very careful.

"Stilettos define your calf muscles, add some height and make your legs look longer."

"It's 2006 - there are no rules."

"Every woman needs one good dark suit in their wardrobe."

"Dress Code: Black Tie."

"Just update your wardrobe with this season's hot accessories."

"I get all my great pieces from eBay now."

"A size 12 is a size 12 is a size 12."

"Shop to invest - buy designer pieces and you will never regret it."

"They look great on you."

For details on the remaining Nine that I headlined go to:

http://www.smh.com.au/news/fashion/my-big-fat-fashion-fibs/2006/04/06/1143916647365.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap2

They are pretty funny and very true!

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I've been wondering.... where is Unwritten I have not seen them for at least a week.

i'm here alive & well and i'm a he and my name is luke yeah ok yeah.  :)

and my friend wasn't on a holiday she said it was a holiday but she really stayed home also she went missing a few weeks ago but she was found  :)but i haven't seen her since then hopefully she comes to school tomorrow.

To all the Mother's out there in Cyberspace and more corporeal realms,
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to you ALL!  :K)

yes happy mothers day!  :K)

Hi here is some pics from camp on barrier reef

cool pics dara...was the camp fun??

Hehe yeah, it was soo windy though, snorkelling was freezing! But I came back and big brother house was so different I'm like :O

<bump>

Suzi has her new DVD recorder for the TV. I am rapt. The quality is wonderful and no more annoying VHS Tapes. YAY!!!
I got a Pioneer 80g HD in a brushed silver. I love it. I have recorded to the HD several shows and they are clear and easy to find and fantastic to FFWD through the adverts. I paid Cost for the Pioneer and $79. for Full 5 yr warranty $600. all up. We searched 10 big retailers and JB HI-FI had the best deal on the coast. It was the second last one in the store and DVD recorders are now being made with 160gb HD's and higher. I am happy with what I have got.  :D

Nice buy Suzi! My parents are also looking into buying one with a 120 GB Hard Drive.

I got my braces off today yay!

Yay Dara!!!
Now where's that new pic of you with a great big smile? My daughter and I have fantastic smile because we both had braces when we were in our early teens. In 'my day' they were called 'bands' because a metal band went around the entire tooth, and anyway, braces were those things that held up your trousers! heheh. Oh my Dara, you wont know yourself, then in a couple of weeks you'll forget you ever had them on!

Thanks Norman, I am very happy with it. The 80gb models are all being superceded by 160's now. I could have bought a 160gb model pioneer from one place on wednesday (because they didn't want me to leave the shop and  buy somewhere else) for $700. but I didn't have THAT much money. In fact I spent at least $50-$100 more than I budgeted for and had to forego other less important things.

Hehe, it feels sooo weird!
I have a retainer on the back now though, pretty annoying but at least you can't see it :D
Lol, I'll take a photo soon, the cameras full :P

How old is your daughter Suzi? and from what years did you both have braces?

hey peeps :)

nice pic normangerman ;)

Well I finally started my assignment for english which I'vebeen putting off since before camp, though printing two songs isn't excactly making a good start but oh well :P
You see we have to analyse 2 poems and 1 song or 2 songs and 1 poem so I picked some random poem and two very intellectual songs, I still call australia home and home among the gum trees :P
haha.
Don't get me wrong I don't usually bludge english... but I think analysing poems saying what it means to be australian and all australian crap is stupid when you're not even australian :X
So I got my poems off a kids website, smartness huh ;)
Cooking up a roast
Vegemite on toast
Just you and me
And a cup of tea  
The use of rhyming in this poem demonstrates the companionship amongst australian's which has been around forever though the ideals have changed drastically over the years. this will be discussed. think, just you and me, and a cup of tea. this is very common these days. in the old days it was not. but they did other stuff. australian spirit etc.
I am so tempted to hand that in. must find a tape recorder, did i mention it turns into a radio show? the 3rd one in two years, i HAte them!
haha im putting off starting by typing a really long post. should stop.
brilliant work i did don't yous think? hahahah!
EDIT- brilliant brainwave, do my show on big brother, with examples on claire's backstabbing, hahaha! :P

Those words reminded me of a song I used to love, still do

Me and You and a Dog named Boo..........by Lobo


I remember to this day
The bright red Georgia clay
And how it stuck to the tires
After the summer rain
Will power made that old car go
A woman's mind told me that so
Oh how I wish
We were back on the road again

Me and you and a dog named boo
Travelin' and livin' off the land
Me and you and a dog named boo
How I love being a free man

I can still recall
The wheat fields of St. Paul
And the morning we got caught
Robbing from an old hen
Old McDonald he made us work
But then he paid us for what it was worth
Another tank of gas
And back on the road again

Me and you and a dog named boo
Travelin' and livin' off the land
Me and you and a dog named boo
How I love being a free man

I'll never forget the day
We motored stately into big L.A.
The lights of the city put settlin'
Down in my brain
Though it's only been a month or so
That old car's buggin' us to go
We've gotta get away and get back on
The road again

Me and you and a dog named boo
Travelin' and livin' off the land
Me and you and a dog named boo
How I love being a free man

Me and you and a dog named boo
Travelin' and livin' off the land
Me and you and a dog named boo
How I love being a free man

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How old is your daughter Suzi? and from what years did you both have braces?

My daughter is now 29 and my son is 21 and a half.
Kat and I had braces from ages 13 through to 15 or so. The 'bands' they used in 'my day' actually have done a lot of harm to my teeth. The band was so tight it actually put such stress on the tooth that mine now have vertical cracks and are starting to deteriorate. I have lost one and have been told a couple more will need pulling within a couple of years. Not happy about that.
Kat's were put on when the bands were improved and didn't go around the circumference of the tooth. I remember wearing the plate Dara, and had the lisp with it. Braces, I remember were not the most comfortable things to kiss with.

I don't have a plate it's like a thin wire glued to the back of my front teeth. ;)

OO guess who's done 298 words of her assignment. Hahaha :P
It's a start ;)
On staurday I have to do work training :X For 3 hours..

Good news for all South Australian students (like me): Holidays have started today!

What a bummer that it had to be ruined by homework like major projects and whatnot... but then again I have 1 full term left and the final exams. I'm really excited.

Wow almost done with school!
what will you do after yr 12?
at least you've done yr 11, which is supposed to be the hardest yr.

No way, Year 12 is much harder than Year 11. The marking is much more strict.

But year 11 has waaay more work!
YEAH!!!!
1000 posts for me!

Year 11 doesn't have more work; it's harder and far more is expected of students.

Well I don't know, I'll be in yr 11 next year.. But everyone says yr 11 is way harder, like in yr 12 you don't learn much new you just sort of revise and learn a bit more....

Just waned to inform everyone that my new domain name is http://www.galoresoftware.net. I'm currently fixing up my website again, so you might want to come back soon to see the full version.

Hey norman, it says that your feedback is down but I tested it out anyway and it gave me the entire message as the URL.  I don't know how php works but if you find a big a** filename that worries you then that would be why.

index.php?email=&message=Blah+Blah+Blah and onward for about 20 minutes of typing.

it's actually index.php?email=&message=If+you...blah.blah.blah if you need to delete a file and it's causing problems, just use If*  
Like I said, I don't know how php might work to store that but it was one funky web address.

i'll look at it

Quoted from MeanDean

Hey norman, it says that your feedback is down but I tested it out anyway and it gave me the entire message as the URL.  I don't know how php works but if you find a big a** filename that worries you then that would be why.

index.php?email=&message=Blah+Blah+Blah and onward for about 20 minutes of typing.

it's actually index.php?email=&message=If+you...blah.blah.blah if you need to delete a file and it's causing problems, just use If*  
Like I said, I don't know how php might work to store that but it was one funky web address.

Thanks Dean. I've worked out all the problems on the Feedback page. Thank you for pointing that out for me.
EDIT: The text you see after the questionmark is not part of the file name, but rather part of the script that sends the message to me.

If you sent any suggestions beforehand, I suggest you re-send them because I have just re-activated my account.

Well, I can finally use ADSL2 after 9 years of Dial-Up, and I must say that I really love the speed and that I can use both the phone and the net at the same time.

cool ive had adsl for years it's good aye :P

Yes, the braces are off... and now I have a plate :(

3 months for everyday wearing, and thenat night for another year. Plus I have a wire on the back on my bottom teeth that I have to keep for another 5 to 10 yars :(

Oh dear :( . My teeth are nice and straight though :)

Yay congrats norman!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How come you have a plate and a wire?
I have the wire on top and bottom but no plate.
hmm.

Well it's been a busy week!
Had science and engineering challenge state finals, came 2nd :D
Also had Trade expo today for young achievement australia, it's this start your own company thing. I heard us on the radio! Don't think we ddid very well in the environmental section, hopefully better in marketting though (my section :P )

What have yous been up to?

WTG girl,

I've just completed my 3 year exams ( Forensics )  still on a 4.0 GPA  ;)  but only managed a 93 on last exam :(

Quoted from dara

Also had Trade expo today for young achievement australia, it's this start your own company thing. I heard us on the radio! Don't think we ddid very well in the environmental section, hopefully better in marketting though (my section :P )

Really? I did that aswell when I was in school..!! It was pretty awesome... the trade thing was the best part of it.  :D My section was finance  :P

I twisted my wrist while playing soccer for school this morning.

I hope it gets better soon :)

Nice work Dara. Congrats (thumbsup)

Quoted from music313

Really? I did that aswell when I was in school..!! It was pretty awesome... the trade thing was the best part of it.  :D My section was finance  :P

Did you :O Omg! Did you win any awards? How was your trade expo? Did u have to do a skit thingy?
finance is the boring sectin :P marketing is pretty fun :D


aww that sucks norman! gws!


:O forensics is so hard!

Hahaha...the skit!! Its all coming back to me now! Ours was terrible I think...we done it last minute..(whattheheck) How was yours?

Loved the trade expo...best part. Our business was pretty average overall...I cant remember if we won any awards. Yeah Finance was really boring. There was the Finance Director and Finance Assistant...and I was the Finance Director :) Got so nervous when I had to do the speech about our income and expenses etc.

We all ended up with a Cert 2 in small business management :)

But yeah...a highlight of year 10.

My highlight in Year 10 was Work Experience :P

Quoted from music313

Hahaha...the skit!! Its all coming back to me now! Ours was terrible I think...we done it last minute..(whattheheck) How was yours?

Loved the trade expo...best part. Our business was pretty average overall...I cant remember if we won any awards. Yeah Finance was really boring. There was the Finance Director and Finance Assistant...and I was the Finance Director :) Got so nervous when I had to do the speech about our income and expenses etc.

We all ended up with a Cert 2 in small business management :)

But yeah...a highlight of year 10.

Lol we aren't doing it for a class, we do it during sport lol. Our skit was pretty good. we have marketing manager and assistant, im assistant :P I didnt want to be a manager.
what did u sell?
its funny your name has to have YA in it lol. we didnt win any awards, these really gay placemats won like 7 awards and no one knew why lol.
i havnt done a speech yet :P -we have a website for marketting our thing.
yeah its pretty fun :P



lol cool norman, we do W.E next year.

Well, yesterday I went to the Uni open day. It was awsome. I can't believe I'm going there next year... so exciting!

Anyone got any Uni experiences they want to talk about?

Quoted from dara

Lol we aren't doing it for a class, we do it during sport lol. Our skit was pretty good. we have marketing manager and assistant, im assistant :P I didnt want to be a manager.
what did u sell?

Umm..we sold these plates. They were alright looking...but it was a lot of work. We should of chose something easier to make, and something less expensive. What did you make?

Dara, arent you in year 11?? I thought only year 10's do it?  

Quoted from normangerman

Well, yesterday I went to the Uni open day. It was awsome. I can't believe I'm going there next year... so exciting!

Anyone got any Uni experiences they want to talk about?

Uni is so, so, so much better than school... :) I think you'll like it. Make sure you go to all lectures and tutes...and dont get lazy like me :P, otherwise you'll fall behind bigtime.

Which uni are you going to, if you dont mind me asking :)  How many are there in Adelaide??

There are 4 or 5 in Adelaide (of which 3 are the major ones), and I'm going to Flinders Uni. It's great, I'll see if I can get up there and take some pictures and upload them here. It's really wonderful there, really spacious, 24/7 computer centre, massive library, 5000 or so students... can't wait :D

Oh wow sounds cool norman.

Lol plates :P we are selling phone and ipod socks :O costs 30c each to make :P

No I am in year 10??
But year 11's can also do it.

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from normangerman

Anyone got any Uni experiences they want to talk about?

Party Hard, Party often and remember the toga parties have ppl on the door to ensure you aint cheatin -   after that i don't remember too much

Yes, Flinders Uni is really beautiful. Just beware of the bad tempered geese around the lake!

Quoted from Simpson

Yes, Flinders Uni is really beautiful. Just beware of the bad tempered geese around the lake!

If normangerman does not come good with the pic promise . . . I will . . . Flinders Uni has to have some of the prettiest views from a Uni in the world.
(the pine trees this week were a hayfever nightmare though).  ::)
The main forecourt has views over all Adelaide and to the beaches. . .from high on a hill . . just beautiful.    :D

wow cool! I wanted to go to oxford, something well known. Such a snob rofl. :P
Probs go to UQ or something :S
I have NO IDEA WHATSOEVER what to study though. Aww the glue on my retainer is a bit off so the wire is loose :(

Hehe, Dara, you still have ages before you have to decide something. I have 5 weeks.

Lol poor norman.
But no I have till tuesday, final senior subject selection... decides what I can and can't do in uni..

I THINK I will do...

maths b
english
bct
ipt
ancient history
physics

i had to not do acadamy anymore cuz they put it on same line as ipt

Avoid History and Physics... the worst subjects ever, and I chose them :(

Good that I know what preferences I'm putting down for Uni... now all I have to do is put them through the website.

Flinders is pretty but Adelaide Uni has more character (then again I am biased LOL).  WHichever one you choose, study but have fun too.

Quoted from Paula

Flinders is pretty but Adelaide Uni has more character (then again I am biased LOL).  WHichever one you choose, study but have fun too.

Plus its a stones throw from Rundle Mall, with its food courts, stores and Cinemas - great places to spend your lectures in!

Quoted from normangerman

Avoid History and Physics... the worst subjects ever, and I chose them :(

Good that I know what preferences I'm putting down for Uni... now all I have to do is put them through the website.

why? what's bad about them? ah help!

They are hard and boring... trust me.

Harder than other subjects eg economics, biology, ipt??????
Quick I pick like tomorrow! :S
Are they boring cuz you write lots or memorise lots?

What are the best subjects?

You have to choose Dara. It's your own future, so discuss those choice carefully with your parents and teachers. I can't tell you what you should choose, just choose what interests you, you might be able to switch subjects later on anyway.

Norman that did not help! You sound like a teacher. I was asking you for a students point of view!
I chose:
maths B
english
BCT
IPT
ancient
and
phsyics
:O

what are you doing in uni?

Probably the IT/Commerce Double Degree

Cool! I think I want to  do it/ law or it/ phsycology or phycology/ law.
Maybe...

Can I just say that Billy Baxters make THE BEST muffins?! I am eating a Mars Bar muffin right now and damm its good!! I highly recommend those who are not on strict diets to go out and buy one!

Ohh lol I'm so hungry you make me hungrier lol!!

Geez there has been abit of negativity going around this forum lately. Members banished, warnings issued to certain members.. In all the years I've been apart of Eblah I don't think I can ever recall a thread having to be locked before :-(
Anywayz, wheresMD? I haven't seen him for a while.

What thread got locked??
Meandean is missing :'C
I know people keep fighting. It's channel rivalry and religion causing it all hahaha.

I find some members just have no respect, they think because its anonomous (spelling!) they can get away with saying anything. One member in particular I'm finding to be very nasty and harsh in their postings.

Quoted from Simpson

I find some members just have no respect, they think because its anonomous (spelling!) they can get away with saying anything. One member in particular I'm finding to be very nasty and harsh in their postings.

I think you are referring to alleycat. Maybe you should address your problem directly to alley through pm. Save more fighting :S But maybe I'm wrong, I'm no mod! :p

There is always one particular member or other rubbing us the wrong way at one time or another! Grin and bear it. Mean Dean has been missing for at least a month maybe more. He only has personal messaging which is useless if he doesn't come on. I miss him and his sometimes controversial posts. He went missing when Aussies Online was at his worst just before he was banned. Come Back Mean Dean... please! :D

Come back!!!!

I will add this - if someone has something to say to me then say it too me - the forum is not a place for comment as posted above

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very nasty and harsh in their postings.

Snide remarks about a particular person in another posting area is not addressing an issue it is hiding from facing and dealing with a matter.

I have clearly added to my account details for contact - I do not hide from my comments and thoughts and i have no intention to start now. I base my replies souly on the weight of evidence available at that time and relevant experience- If i find that I am wrong or mistaken ( based on the weight of evidence provided) then I am willing to admit that i was wrong ( as I have done so prior).

If I am expressing my thoughts as what I think or believe then i will say that.

Totally agree! If there is an issue where a member has a problem with another member then please, calmly message them through PM or email.
Getting snippy on the open forum accomplishes nothing. I know how it makes me feel when members openly have a go at me either directly or indirectly on the open forums. Not nice. We are grown ups for heaven's sake and can surely speak to each other without alluding to things on the open forum. If someone has posted something inflammatory and completely out of line then report their post to Admin through the appropriate button, that's what they are there for. I often check things with Admin. So please if you have an issue with a member over their posts or attitude on the forums then tell them, in private. If any member gets an abusive or nasty PM from another member then please forward it onto Admin or one of us Mods to take care of. Don't let things get to the point where you either put a member on ignore or you wanting to leave the forums. Nip it in the bud. Cheers Suzi

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We are grown ups for heaven's sake

And if we aren't does that mean we can do whatever? Hahaha jokes :P

hi,

i'm unwritten but now my name is nannyfan7 again :D

Ooh, and a sexy avatar too :P

lol, thanks normangerman

I was convinced nannyfan7 was a girl.  :B :B ??)

Quoted from Simpson

...anonomous (spelling!)...

anonymous  :)

Paula, triple post :P

That's what I thought too :(

Quoted from normangerman

Paula, triple post :P

That's what I thought too :(

ROFL, I back spaced and it posted three times.

Doesn't it annoy you when it does that? Happens to me frequently and some people must think I am barmy ??) :D
I try to correct it before other people see it :B

haha! i'm a girl trapped inside a guys body :P

Aww paula I had to restrain myself from correcting that spelling! :P

:O are you a guy nannyfan/unwritten??!! I always thought you were a girl as well!

yes i am a guy :D

omg!!

what's the big deal??

Ooh, NF and Dara sitting in a tree... :P

Just kidding :D

hahahahahaha normangerman :D

eh lol?
just surprised :P
norman and nanny sitting in a tree :P

hahhahhaa

Dara thought I was a girl too  its kinda expected from her now :P

Maybe Dara's a guy... :S

probably, there were some clues there normangerman :P

Hi, I'm new and just thought I'd introduce myself! I'm a 31 year old bloke and live in the town of Harlow in England, a half hour train journey away from central London. I notice that most of you seem to be Aussies, my missus is too. I got married over there and have visited there twice, great country! Look forward to chatting to you! :)

Welcome Pete! Enjoy the ride :)

Welcome Peter Parka. Your avatar... is a funnelweb spider, is it not? By the way, the red back spider reminds me of the time I was bitten, in a delicate area, when I was 15 by a red back and a most unpleasant experience it was too! Bet your retired greyhound is gorgeous.
Enjoy your time on our friendly forums. Cheers SuziH

Quoted from normangerman

Maybe Dara's a guy... :S

Maybe Dara is one of those 'internet angel's or whatever they're called, who is really a 45 yr old policeman trying to snare an internet predator!

Its funny how we think ppl are who they're not. I also thought Alleycat was a gal, probably because Paula is a gal who also has a cat for an avator. I thought Nannyfan was a girl too.

Meanwhile, wheres Lawnbowler at?

Lol!!
I always get genders confused! I thought aussies - online was a girl also!
Yeah alleycat well I thought you were a girl cuz my sister is called alice, so she's ally, so I just think ally cat not alleycat :P
Aww as if I'm a guy!!

Ps welcome peter!

welcome peter!!! glad you love australia

Hi Peter, welcome to the forum.  what state were you in when you were married over here..??.
Hey ,I had better rephrase that...where were you in Australia when you got married..??.

I was thinking up a wise crack reply when you corrected yourself Lawnbowler.  :D
State of.... Bliss, Drunken-ness, excitement, oh how I could go on and on... but won't. Bed time, G'night all. :)

Cheers for the welcome, all! I was married at Murphys Creek which is just outside Toowoomba in Queensland. I had a great time when I was over. I climbed Sydney harbour bridge, went to the Opera house (to see a human freak show!) and swam with dolphins! Happy days! :)

Hey Peter, How was the bridge walk? I was thinking about doing it before but I wasn't sure wether to go in the morning or at night.

OO I want to do that too!

I loved doing the Bridge walk it was a truely amazing experience and would highly recommend  that if you have the time.  

I did the bridge climb in the day but I've heard it's a lot better at night. Apparently a little while before I did it they were doing the first climb of the day, got to the top and someone during the night had somehow managed to dump a shopping trolley full of empties at the top! Still wonder to this day how they managed it and unnoticed too! :D

Welcome from me too Peter!

Well, it's Trial Exams tomorrow, Wednesday and Thursday for me. 4 in total. Wish me luck :)

I was also wondering if the TV networks look at forums like this one and get feedback that way. What do you think?

Totally, I rekon we have a couple of network spies in here, monitoring what we say. I could have sworn we came up with the 'choose your own movie' idea, where you SMS your choice out of 3 movies to be shown!

Oh, and good luck on trial exams! Just remember, they're only TRIALS! Don't forget to take in your supply of brain food! Mine was lollies and a bottle of water...

Quoted from normangerman

Well, it's Trial Exams tomorrow, Wednesday and Thursday for me. 4 in total. Wish me luck :)

I was also wondering if the TV networks look at forums like this one and get feedback that way. What do you think?

Whattt? Why do you have trials now when QLD year 12's have already done their proper QCS exams?!?! Or is this the block exam trial?
We don't get a trial :S

GL!!

OO who are the network spies?? :O

They don't post, but rather just read. They remain anonymous.

Wonder who it is ;)

Not me ::) I just like Ten because... I do. :)

It's like saying you're Steve Irwin's manager... think about it.

My real exams are in early November, really excited about them.

yeah tv networks read tv aus and e broadcast all the time, especially tv aus

Quoted from Unwritten

yeah tv networks read tv aus and e broadcast all the time, especially tv aus

I don't like TV Aus, their forum is plain ugly compared to this one here. Cheers to DevMan and the team.

yeah this forum is 10x times better then tv aus :)

horrible day today.
*sighs*

what happened, Dara? :(

Long story!
Dw, just horrible teacher and other stuff

i had a horrible teacher once..back in year 7.
she made one of my friends cried by calling her a witch. my fwend didn't haf a small delicate nose (since then she had it done) and was often teased for that. even tho we were a bit loud and uncontrollable (not me, i was a goody 2 shoes :P), there was no need for name calling esp. from a teacher. so our whole class marched to the principle's office to complain, and as a result she was fired (or she was pressured into quitting).

Quoted from dara

horrible day today.
*sighs*

Billy Baxters Mars Bar Mud Muffin will make everything better!

Well, the Physics trial exam sucked, so many confusing and odd questions that didn't make sense. There were explanations missing, values missing... oh well, it's not going to my TER anyway, and it was only a trial.

When do you sit ur actual exams?
i think it's like late october for students here in Melb. don't remember, think i started on 21st? neway,..
GOOD LUCK FOR YOUR EXAMS~!!
what subjects are you doing?
what do you hope to do after?

Quoted from Simpson

Billy Baxters Mars Bar Mud Muffin will make everything better!

mmmmmmm.....they sound nice :) where do you get them :P

Oh yeah...and Good Luck with the rest of your exams Norman! :D

OO tell all the answers I have to do the physics exam in 2 years! lol

Todat it was IT (Computing) and Maths.

IT was easy, and that's exacly why I'm using it for my TER. I'm estimating a 16 or 17 for the final score. I have already done German (19) and Maths Methods (17) last year, and Religion is done and dusted, and I got a 16. English Communications is going well, a 17 or 18 (downgraded to a 15 or 16) expected. So I sould be on a TER of 90.

Maths was not that good, I didn't study properly I guess. I was focusing on IT anyway when studying last night.

Communications? That's non OP hey?
I'm doing normal english.
Is 90 good norman? I have no idea what you mean by all those scores!
What's maths methods? Is that a subject?

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Communications? That's non OP hey?
I'm doing normal english.
Is 90 good norman? I have no idea what you mean by all those scores!
What's maths methods? Is that a subject?

90 is average. And yes, Maths Methods is an easier version of Maths Studies.

are you in ur final year of highschool? i just assumed. but i just realised :P that i was only in year 11 when i was 17.

It is my last year. All my trial exams are done, so expect me to an all-day eBlaher tomorrow ;)

Well done Norman, great marks! :)

Yeah that's good!

We don't get scores I don't think :S all I know is we get an op from 1-25. DO u get op? If not lucky! I wanted to do ICT sooooo bad but I couldn't cuz it's non op!

Hey norman what are you doing in uni again?

IT/Commerce Double Degree.

Thanks Paula! It's been a busy year... can't wait to finish it.

yeah good work normangerman :)

i got 700 posts :D

go me :)

4000 posts... what a milestone!

yay go me and normangerman :)

*sigh*  I have been sick for 4 weeks with a sinus infection and am on my 7th lot of antibiotics.  I'm told if they (plus the expensive nasal spray) don't work I might have a blockage.  That means surgery. And to make things worse I am rundown.  Poor me! I hate being sick LOL

Aww, poor Paula! Get better soon, and give those English Comms students a good chance to finish Year 12 well.

:( :( Hope you get better Paula...

yeah hope you get better soon Paula, i've been sick this week also!!! :(

Get well soon Paula :)

Thanks!  I am feeling a lot brighter this afternoon and have sat here for ages posting LOL

I just realised that elie06 is missing...havent seen him on here for ages :(

That's good you are better!

Omg true where is elie! ahh! and meandean isnt back either!

i thought elie was a girl!! Maybe he's on holiday or something

yeah i thought elie was a girl as well but i think everyones a girl haha :P

Am I a girl Dara?

yes you are normangerman ;) ;) ;) LOL

You're dead, luke  >:(

only on eblah girlie ;) :P

Hahah of course u are norman :P

I feel so honoured ::)

hehehe :P
I did my first swim of the season yesterday! pretty warm now!

Well, I joined MySpace today (not to meet friends, but to muck around) and found it pretty c**p IMO.

It is crap!
my cousin loves it and it seems heaps of semi famous people have it but i find even bebo is better!

Windows Live Spaces is better :P

Attention chocoholics! Has anyone seen this new Cadbury product called Snaps? Its like eating chocolate Pringles! They're shaped like a small potato chip and have bits of rice crips in them to give them a 'cruncy' texture! Very delicious!!

If you download coronation street of the torrents you would have seen them in ads a long time ago! They look yum!

I'd never heard of them, or seen them until yesterday when I stumbled across them by accident. They're not on the Cadbury website in Australia, but they are on the UK one. BTW did you know Cadbury from the UK tastes completly different to ours in Australia? Its so much nicer, and so creamy! Its more like a fancy chocolate like Lindt. If you know anyone going to the UK, get them to bring you back some Cadbury chocolate and see for yourself!

Ok I will!
I remember it was nice when we went on the canal trip in '00!

For being approx 175cm it says I should weigh 68kg. That would make me way underweight, I only weigh like 51-52. Bad :X But 68 :O

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MeanD's stats. Says he was active today! But no post! Where is he?? :O

Hmm, Dara is as tall as me :(

I'm Normal apparently.

Lol really? are you 68?

i think i am maybe 176 anyway :P

I'm 175cm.

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MeanD's stats. Says he was active today! But no post! Where is he?? :O

Maybe he just doesnt wanna talk to us no more.. :(

Lol maybe :S

I'll be off eBlah for a while from today for a few weeks. See you people sometime soon hopefully.

How come you are off??
Aww :(
Now who will fight us in tug of war :X
a few weeks :X long time why so long?

Quoted from dara

How come you are off??
Aww :(
Now who will fight us in tug of war :X
a few weeks :X long time why so long?

Exams I imagine, Dara and  let's get going in the tug of war and win before he gets back ROFL! ;)

Lol yeah when he comes back we will have won hehehehehe!

Quoted from dara

Now who will fight us in tug of war :X

I would, but I prefer to go down.

Aw really? Lol! :P
You could always pretend you're a girl :P

I'm going away from friday - monday so won't be posting for awhile :)
go girls in tug of war!

OK, I'm back with a quick update.

It's the holidays! But what holidays... study, work and catching up on remaining homework... great... :(

I will be back after my final exams, which should remove most (if not all) destractions. I really want my high TER, so I will have to do the best I can.

See you people on the 15th of November. I might drop in once in a while, but I won't post.

Bye!

Quoted from dara

I'm going away from friday - monday so won't be posting for awhile...

Have a good time!

Happy studying Norman!

Thanks paula
I am back now :)
it was fun :D

Went to the top of Flinders Uni today and took some pictures of the view... can't wait :D

are the sulphur crested cockatoos still there?

(shrug)

I just got a new ringtone for my phone - Dr Who theme hehe!

Oh and a new wallpaper - of the Enterprise  ::)

I am such a geek.  :P

lol :P

I won't be on much tonight as I am currently reformatting my computer. I bought a new Motherboard and CPU (AMD 3500+ :P ) so I'm on my parents' old heap of junk.

And I will eventually get to you with that TGYH clip, Sillygostly. :)

It isn't fair for people to delete messages whenever they feel like it, just because they disagree.

Agree -  The purpose of a Forum is to express ones thoughts, ideas, and opinion to blatantly control a forum to force comment or direction of comments is an abuse of power.

Granted slanderous comment and those that are defamatory is unacceptable but this shouldn't be controlled as to delete the post but editing of those remarks that would be under this heading would be acceptable.

This is a Public Forum it is for the public - without members there is no forum , no room for discussion. Users will never see eye to eye we all think differently and just because they don't see your point of view doesn't mean they are wrong.

Personal attacks should not be allowed , that is a given  but if those attacks go unmonitered then the attackee has a right to defend themselves.

It is NOT acceptable to remove one post and allow another that is not showing an equal unbias balance.  

Seems some people are hell bent on tossing thier weight around  to show "whos boss".

Unwarranted editing has taken place by some individuals. We have noted this behaviour and made a heads-up message to those concerned.

This issue is closed. Move on.

Ok.
*thinks of topic*
Anyway I am going to dye my hair brown. Dark.. but not too dark.. cuz I don't want to be called emo :P

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Ok.
*thinks of topic*
Anyway I am going to dye my hair brown. Dark.. but not too dark.. cuz I don't want to be called emo :P

I always imagined you as a "blonde", Dara... ;) ;)

Lol I am blonde nowww... not for long :P

I am totally gonna have a nervous break down or something!! anyone know anything much about homo floresiensis?

Anyone? A summary of natural selection?? ahhh

Homo what?! (whattheheck)...

Have you tried Wikipedia?? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_floresiensis

thanks.. well we have an essay exam tomoz, i left it till today to prepare my notes, is taking me an hr to know what i will write in EACh paragraph. its all about homo floresiensis, we have stimulas, all these news articles, and we have to write so much stuff

What a great idea music! Dara... you know how to search online. Now I am curious, I am using music's link!

Oh, and Dara don't just go a bland brown/brunette have a tinge of red in there as well. Use a Chestnut or Auburn, always looks good.  :D

Lol it is chestnut actually, havnt done it yet tho :P
yes i know how to search just checking if anyone is an expert or anything :P
i am an expert by now :S
i think i will say it is a new species, more evidence.. and that it evolved from homo erectus...

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I am totally gonna have a nervous break down or something!! anyone know anything much about homo floresiensis?

Is'nt that just a fancy name for the Hobbitts in Lord of the Rings.....?? :D

Take a look at the "Bog" bodies too Dara  it also goes into the hobbits

This is one report on that story............

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/28/1098667909426.html?oneclick=true

What a great idea music! Dara... you know how to search online. Now I am curious, I am using music's link!

Oh, and Dara don't just go a bland brown/brunette have a tinge of red in there as well. Use a Chestnut or Auburn, always looks good.  :D

Anthropologists' recent discovery of a new branch in the origins of humankind is rewriting our understanding of evolution.

Homo floresiensis, a small-brained, proto-human that apparently lived on the islands of Indonesia as recently as several hundred years ago, walked upright, used basic tools and, according to local legend, had the ability to simulate human speech by “parroting” words without actual comprehension.

Most anthropologists believe that homo floresiensis became extinct and only a skeletal record of their existence remains. A minority of anthropologists, however, particularly those in the field of political anthropology, are convinced that homo floresiensis did not go extinct.

“In fact,” says Dr. Friedrich Nudelmann who is the chair of the political anthropology department at the Spukenheim Universität of Wahlgestohlen-Pferdapfel, “the evidence is overwhelming that this distant relative of homo sapiens sapiens has flourished and continues to thrive right under our noses.”

Dr. Nudelmann notes that while it may be difficult to obtain definitive DNA proof for his contention, the anecdotal and empirical evidence prove that homo floresiensis walk among us today.

“Look at this diagram,” says Dr. Nudelmann as he points to the large map that hangs on his office wall. “In the United States, in particular, you can see large swaths of the country, the so-called “red states”, where it is obvious to even the untrained eye that the majority of the voting population are small-brained creatures who are incapable of even the most rudimentary ability to think.” Dr. Nudelmann then tapped his pointer gently on the metropolis of Washington D.C. “I suspect,” he said clicking his tongue, “that Mr. Bush, your current President, has a strong homo floresiensis pedigree that accounts for his peculiarly small brain and his tendency to repeat words without comprehension, much like a parrot. His father was like that, too, you know,” whispered Dr. Nudelmann with an insightful nod.

Dr. Nudelmann's theory has sparked a debate among political anthropologists around the globe where many have long asserted that humankind is certainly not a single life form, but comprised of many sub-species of homo sapiens sapiens.

Two such sub-species, according to classical political anthropology theory, are homo deceptis deceptis and homo kleptograndis. Whereas one of the true evolutionary advantages of homo sapiens sapienswas its ability to lie, deceive, trap and trick other animals such that it might thrive at their expense, homo deceptis deceptis evolved the ability to deceive itself and others of its own specie. This peculiarly advantageous characteristic has allowed homo deceptis deceptisto thrive as politicians, televangelists and news/entertainment talking heads, especially during the early years of the Twenty-first Century when the lack of any sense of ethics, shame and honesty has been highly prized. Likewise, another specie, homokleptograndis, has colonized large swaths of Wall Street. This near relative of the human race is often found as directors and officers of the world's largest multinational corporations. Most examples of homo kleptograndis have unusually long fingers that they use for filching money, and they typically also have a peculiar form of tunnel vision that prevents them from seeing anything other than their short-term goals. They are sometimes found to coexist with homo capitalisticus, an intelligent, but otherwise also distinct race of sub-humans.

Homo capitalisticus and homo deceptis deceptis, although they have a similar morphology in common with ordinary human beings, share a strong genealogical connection with another living human dinosaur, americalithicus imperialisticus. Americalithicus imperialisticus actually has a large metallic exo-skeleton that people sometimes mistake for an SUV. Whereas regular human beings are omnivores that eat meat and vegetables, americalithicus imperialisticus are cannibals. They tend to consume everyone and everything that gets in their way, including their own children and the children of others. Americalithicus imperialisticus also tend to consume large quantities of crude oil and high explosives. Americalithicus imperialisticus seems to prey mostly on java man and sheeple americalithicus.

Java man is a race that spends most of its time blissfully sipping milk-diluted, overpriced coffee, drinking low calorie beer and going shopping. This poor creature is utterly oblivious to the predations of americalithicus imperialisticus. In addition to java man, sheeple americalithicus, in particular, forms a large part of the carnivorous diet of americalithicus imperialisticus. Although the sheeple seem to believe that they are the world's top dogs”, they are utterly incapable of recognizing that, in reality, they are mere “dog food” in the food chain of the predator species that leads and feeds on them.

Whereas homo sapiens sapiens first congregated in caves, and later developed agriculture and urban living, sheeple amercalithicus have always lived in large clusters of amorphous suburbs where they allow themselves to be herded and dominated by republicanus neanderthalis. Republicanus neanderthalis, and its related specie, homo imbicilus religicus, are currently the dominant humanoid specie. However, there is a strong likelihood that, based on their current behavior, republicanus neanderthalis and homo imbicilus religicus soon will be raptured into extinction caused by global warming and a rapidly escalating world war for increasingly scarce fossil fuels and other natural resources.

Assuming that humankind endures -- an unlikely, merely theoretical possibility that political anthropologists academically debate -- it is probable that Thinking Man, homo sapiens sapiens, will finally emerge from the shadow of its lesser, non-rational relatives, and assume its role at the top of what remains of the world's biosystems

thanks that is really good info, but opposite to what our stimulas is saying :S

thanks guysssss
i have to discuss ectinction, prove its a new species, compartive anatomy , evolving etc

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What a great idea music! Dara... you know how to search online. Now I am curious, I am using music's link!

hehe...I got curious too and started reading most of it...:)

lol!!!
We did the exam, its over yay!!!!!!!! 5 pages by me :D my friend did 8 :S oh well, my other friend did 3 so pfft

omg i had such good newws!

wat's the good news??

oh lol i won a comp :D

What comp Dara??? Do tell us more! Please!  :)

The X Men one I presume.

Didnt that just start yesterday??

It wasn't the xmen one that just started lol.

It was this other one, I won a book. And then a nickelodien kids choice awards goodie bag with a cd, rugrats dvd (Lol!! :P) wallet, watch etc .. soooo funny!

5000 posts and still spewing more c**p than you can point a stick at... smug LOL

Lol, after leaving ever so breifly :P

i don't know what to do..

im not sure if i should change courses..

should i continue with chemical engineering/microbiology or switch to biochemistry/phsiology?

i'm more interested in biochem/phsiology, but i think it'll be easier for me to find a job if i do engineering.

As with all Degrees it depends what you want to achive out of it in the end if your interest is in Medicine then you have to choose courses that not only follow the requirement towards the end result.

If you are only doing a Degree for the sake of doing one then at the end of the period are you going to have what you need for your choosen career?

There is always the other option of following your interest and take electives in another field. It is common for many people to start a degree and after 2 years find another field within it.

Chem Eng is not really in the field of Medicine but more of design, sure it can offer the opportunity of creativity but if your looking at microbiology then what benefit is it going to offer? Two vastly different courses here .

If you think you will be miserable doing what you are doing now then change. If you still enjoy it maybe not.

So anyways I'm sitiing here with hair colour in and it looks bright red argh it better not be! :P
Should be chestnut :D
We'll see soon lol
boredddddddddd

Went to a party last night.

Had a few Jonnie Walkers.

Got tipsy.

Had a great time.

Had 3 1/2 hours sleep before going to work.

:D (I think I'm still somewhat merry)

Rofl so it seems :P

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So anyways I'm sitiing here with hair colour in and it looks bright red argh it better not be! :P
Should be chestnut :D
We'll see soon lol
boredddddddddd

How did it turn out, Dara?

Good :D It didn't turn black or red w00t! It is like a browny reddy colour, sooo diffeerent.. its dark.. wow :O

sounds great! :)

Did it cover your greys?

Ha. Ha. Ha. Funny :X

reddy-brown is the safest colour to dye your hair, it looks good on most people.
i want to dye my hair purple, not the whole head but maybe a little spot somewhere..

thanks for your advice bout my course.. i think i'll go with what i'm interested in and study biochem/phsiology.. even tho dad may be a little disappointed :(  
for some reason he's fixated on me becoming an engineer, he says i can do whatever i want, but you can tell by his voice and expressions that he's not happy... :(
btw, i didn't know engineers drink that much :P.

okay, what i want to talk about...
is having a shower before you sleep weird?
my friends were so surprised that i shower before i sleep and not in the morning. i'd feel so dirty if i don't shower before i go to bed.
however, i have showered in the morning when i skipped it the night before. these were times when i had study until 1 in the morning and didn't want a shower that would disturb my sleep, but on those nights i sleep on the carpet :)

No I sometimes shower at night and sometimes in the morning.. it doesnt matter

In the morning... every morning actually for me.

yea every morning usually for me

Normally morning AND evening....................

Just mornings for me... :)

Music, what time do you seriously go to bed each night? I've seen you online at 2 and 3am!

Rofl I know!!

Waa Awards night tonight.. will take foreevr!

Good luck! Hope you get lots of awards :)

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Music, what time do you seriously go to bed each night? I've seen you online at 2 and 3am!

hahaha... I have very bad sleeping patterns. Sometimes I go to bed at 4 and get up at around 10 :B And plus I've got most classes at uni in the afternoon/night, unless I've class in the morning then I go to bed earlier. Sometimes I cant sleep at all, so I just lay there and get bored so I come on eblah :)

But yeh... thats my life story... ;) :P

Nice!

What do people think of the new Station Tagging on each program topic? I can reverse it if people aren't happy with them.

It's sort of annoying actually but I dont really care :D

Quoted from normangerman

Nice!

What do people think of the new Station Tagging on each program topic? I can reverse it if people aren't happy with them.

Good idea; it'll take months to tag all of them though.  :P

Lol!

In the paper it had sample QCS questions from previous ones so I did them (there were 13) and I got 11 right. Not too bad for a yr 12 exam :D Only 2 I got wrong were this map of QLD with all these arrows going everywhere, stuff on that.

well done, Dara!

Lol thanks :D

hey dara, i realise some of you guys are playing minesweeper flags, can i add you on my msn so i can play too? ^_____^
i hafn't played in ages, my fwends think they're too cool to play it -_-" ooo also like solitaire showdown^^

Lol yeah add me!
I love playing those games, solitaire is fun and minesweeper and trivia and this other 1.. hmm
lol yeah well ad me do u have my email?

I would like some advise. I have been 'involved' with a nice man whom I call my 'friend with benefits' for almost 5 years, on and off. Mostly off. He is a workaholic and has been working for 7 days a week over the past 2 months and I have not seen him for 12 weeks now. He has only replied to one SMS (I have only sent two) and has sent me one SMS this week with 'Hello Susie' written on it. I replied to it but nothing from him since. (we are both single).
I have noticed a man working where I buy my meat and am attracted to him. He is between 45-50 by my estimation (I am 51 now) and has a lovely smile, grey hair and moustache. I like when he serves me. Today I had to speak with the manager regarding a mistake with their eftpos and was in his office. Before I left I asked him if the guy I am attracted to (I found his name out yesterday) is married. Josh looked puzzled and then said... 'Oh no, he's been single for sometime now, divorced, has kids'. I told him I was interested in
the man and left. Now... what should I do? I have thought that handing him anote with my first name and mobile number on it to him saying 'If you would like to meet for coffee sometime, please give me a call'. Do you think I have the right Idea on how to approach this? What would you do in the same situation? Some ideas please! :B :o ??) :-/

Interesting,  I cannot speak for the age group cause im just a baby, but if you are interested in this fella then i would rather than just dropping a note  is to actually talk to him and tell him that you would like to have coffee or something a note seems impersonal to me.

On the other hand you cannot seem to be forcefull either its a fine balance but even if you find he isnt interested you have deleveloped an introduction and you never know where that can lead to later on and you never know you have expanded your circle of friends and then you meet more ppl and  well the worlds your oyster

If it were me:

I'd ask the guy for a coffee, face to face, next time I saw him.  If he said yes, I'd have a convenient time and place ready.  If he said "no" then that's cool and his loss, but it's then that I'd leave him my mobile, with something like, "Well that's your loss, but if you change your mind..." and a smile as I left.  


I'd forget the 'friend with benefits'. :)

I have always been fairly forward when it comes to something like this. It's a little hard to ask him to coffee face to face because he is always behind the counter at the Butcher Shop with at least 4 work colleagues (male and female) around him. I have to stand on tippy-toe to see over the display cabinets properly! There is a gap of about 2 feet at the corner of the display where I could lure him there to talk. I go either to or past the Butcher shop almost every day and he is working there every time which means.... does he work most days also? I will ask him to his face if I get the chance (I want to do this this week, after payday wednesday!) and give him my name and number at the same time I ask him to coffee. I have butterflies just thinking about it. I am very disappointed with my FWB. It's is out of this world when we are together but I am not a priority, he is a workaholic and after almost 5 years I know I can expect nothing different. I want friendship, companionship, physicality and great playdates. I do not however want a husband or even possibly to co-habitate with someone. Too easy.

Since i know a little about ya family Suzi then speak to him as butchers do ;)  

" dlo rehctub i tanw appuc with u "

its a dyin language but at 50+ hell understand

What on earth :O
Lol

how was the physics exam, Norman?

It was OK, 11/20 probably.

It doesn't really matter, I already have 4 of my marks anyway (English Comms - 16/17, Religion - 16, German - 19, Maths Methods - 17), so all I need is for IT mark to go up to a 17 from the current 16 to get a TER 92-ish.

Maths on Thursday, IT on Monday and Modern History the Monday after.

I don't get it but it looks good nice job :D

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Ihat would you do in the same situation? Some ideas please! :B :o ??) :-/

Just go in the shop and catch his eye and say can you spare me a minute please.     Then when you are out of earshot of the others just ask him out for a coffee...........Things will then flow naturally...........
Forget   FWB.

I'm sick so I am home today.
Sore throat, sore head, cold etc. Gaii, I always get sick on the fun days no fair! :X

BTW anyone been to tangalooma?

Awww, por Dara. I'm at home too :P

Lol cool :D:D
This thread is 1 yr old!

Get on MSN :P I want to beat you again in Minesweeper Flags :P

Quoted from SuziH

I have always been fairly forward when it comes to something like this. It's a little hard to ask him to coffee face to face because he is always behind the counter at the Butcher Shop with at least 4 work colleagues (male and female) around him.

Love in the butcher shop is possible! My cousin met his wife at the butcher shop - he was the butcher, she was the steady customer. They went out, got engaged, then married, and now have 2 kids! So I say go for it! Ask him out!

I GOT 1,000 POSTS :D

YAY

Which one of these is better? I'm figuring out which one to use as an icon for my browser.

:o

i am shock and appalled because no one said way to go nannyfan7 for getting over 1,000 posts :(

Go nannyfan. Well done :) yay woot woo yay BOOM! Fireworks...


Now answer MY question :P

yay! that's better :)

i say the first one, small and shiny! :)

Well done nannyfan!!!! :P

Hmm I think the 1st one but I dislike the shadow at the bottom

I like the first one too :)

Thanks for the feedback everyone. Appreciate it. :)

Yeh I agree with Dara...the first one minus the shadow...

I actually like the shadow at the bottom, it makes it look more 3D

Yeah but the shadow doesnt seem right.. it seems too.. um.. too unrealistic, too un-shadow-like. I can't explain but it doesn't fit as it is.

If he changed the shadow at the bottom he would also have to change the light at the top

Hmm, I might actually move the shadow up a bit, just to make it stand out less.

Yeah
Maybe I just dislike it because I need everything to be symmetrical :P

The weather here is/was revolting today; hot, humid, thunder, lightning.  Bleah!

My computer has turned off twice today... stupid lightning. Lots of hits near my house!

I had to turn off mine once too.  Early this morning the loudest clap of thunder ever woke me.  The cat ran. The birds hid.  The lightning lit up the room as if it were daytime.

Stupid people here it is hot but no storm!!

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The weather here is/was revolting today; hot, humid, thunder, lightning.  Bleah!

I LOVE that kind of weather! I had the doors open so I could smell the rain - I've really missed that smell and sound! And I love lightening and thunder. I have 6 meters of floor to ceiling window, so I get a great view!

How's this:

lovely norman, just perfect :)

Yip much better!

Just gotta say......Norman and I have a very similar hair cut/do/style. I can have it spiky and funky or flatter. I get up and my hair looks great! Bed hair, I love it. Very short, no frills and easy care. :)

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Just gotta say......Norman and I have a very similar hair cut/do/style.

Wow, must be really amazing then :P

I got more hair round my chin than you got on yer head, Norman... ;)

Hmm, I'd like to expand on the hair issue but I won't go there :P

Quoted from SuziH

Just gotta say......Norman and I have a very similar hair cut/do/style.

Lol! :P:D

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We had market day today, we made like $100 so $20 each yeah. We got our marks back for that huge evolutiion exam we did in bio (yr 11 people, hard :P) a while ago .. I got a C+, so did my friend and my other friend got B- . We only had 1 A and 1 A- in the class. like 4 people failed and heaps got C's. My teacher marks really hard. But yeah I passed so woo :P

Congratulations Dara! (clap)

I sat my last nursing exam today so I'm over the moon that its all over :)

wow!!! monstermunch congratulations!!!

Thanks Nannyfan, love your new avatar ;)

thankyou!!!! :D

I won't be on much for a while because I've been reaquainted with an old friend of mine: Computer Games. I'm addicted to Theme Park World right now.

Also I'll be joining the local gym soon to get back into shape.

See you all around everyone!

Awww. Norman, we shall miss you.  :)

I'll still be on, just not as often.

Quoted from monstermunch

Congratulations Dara! (clap)

I sat my last nursing exam today so I'm over the moon that its all over :)

So you're now a qualified RN? Are you looking forward to working for real, or do you find it a bit daunting?

Quoted from Simpson

So you're now a qualified RN? Are you looking forward to working for real, or do you find it a bit daunting?

Both  ;)
I'm planning to study Midwifery next year as that is what I'm passionate about, but it will be good to have some experience in nursing so I plan to work while I study...again

bye norman :D

finally i can rule eblah! :P

Well done monstermuch :D

I like the sims 2 it is cool and some other games..

Well, you better make those worthwhile posts, NF! (angry)

what?

playing games is worthwhile posts :P

No they arent

well only to nanny lovers :P

Windows Vista Areo/Glass rocks my world :D

Hey Norman its looks good. What are u running vista on? and do u know if ur able to run windows media player v10 on it?

Running Vista on an AMD 64 Athlon 3500+ with 512 MB RAM (will get another gig next week), 256 PCI-e Graphics Card. All I can't use is my TV tuner, which I'll probably replace soon anyway.

Vista comes bundled with Windows Media Player 11 and is not backwards compatible.

Thanx. My cousins got an evaluation version from his best friend who recently got layed off from microsoft support. Before they got rid of a whole bunch of ppl they were given copies of a Vista demo (don't ask me why) but I wanna wait until the whole product comes out. I couldn't be bothered setting up a test os and then have to go through it all over again a few months after.

It's out January 30. I'm getting Home Premium :)

Quoted from Complicatedsimplicity

Thanx. My cousins got an evaluation version from his best friend who recently got layed off from microsoft support. Before they got rid of a whole bunch of ppl they were given copies of a Vista demo (don't ask me why) but I wanna wait until the whole product comes out. I couldn't be bothered setting up a test os and then have to go through it all over again a few months after.

When I was in Ecuador just recently my sister in law's fiance was working for a company that was subcontracted to do Microsoft support.  He's a Java programmer primarily but I don't know if that's what they were working in.  Anyhow, I have a strong suspicion that your cousin's friend had his job sent to a 3rd world country where 4 dollars an hour is a top paying job.  Small world if that's the case.

While I'm on a thought ramble on Ecuador and Software, you can get a Windows OS there for Five dollars.
And DVD's are $1.50, I came back with a few DVD's.  When you see the police at these shops, which are all over, they are just there to buy DVD's, or music or whatever.  Paying full price for the real product isn't possible for most people there.

Yes! I'm uncapped again :D

Quoted from MeanDean

When I was in Ecuador just recently my sister in law's fiance

Ok wait. I'm comfused :S Sister inlaws fiance. So Isn't a sister in law someone married to your brother... So wouldn't you say "my brother" instead of my sister in law's fiance??
Unless it is a sibling of your sister/brother in law :S
LOL

Couldnt it mean his wife's sister??  :-/

Yes it's my wifes' sister's fiance's employer's contractor's contractor that is Microsoft... to be specific  :P

Thought so.

Oh duh
Sorry :P

My dad says he will buy me my own laptop ( I need a computer in my room!) if I write out a study plan thingy saying when I will study etc and then prove I am doing my HW etc next year and let him look at it.
I don't want either of my parents to go anywhere near my work they have no idea what school is like thesedays.
I guess I will though cuz I can't afford my own laptop :P

I have to buy a new laptop now because the p, equal and dash keys don't work anymore. The only reason I can type a p at the moment is because I found one in a word document and copied it, so whenever I want to write a p i have to go 'ctrl v'.  Otherwise you robably won't understand what I'm tying. You should always kee liquids well away from your comuter!

Yeah we had a laptop broken and the K, Space, c and r broke :S:S

Aww I got sunburnt :(

I'll be upset when something dies on my laptop.  I like it so much that I rarely turn on the desktop computer anymore.  The desktop machine outclasses this one in many ways too.

OO on another site I am a mod.. it's not rly a forum it's just this thing but I have all the mod tools and they are so cool :P

1 last exam tomorrow! W00t :P

Graduation is on the 7th or 9th of December... this is gonna be so cool.

Cool!
Our school already had graduation :P:P

??) This means that you people will be loose in public again?  :P

Yep. Whatch out Dean!

Schoolies is on now isnt it?

Yeah... I'm going to a party on Sunday night :)

Oh s**t, I'll miss out on Idol... I guess I'll have to tape it :)

EXAMS ARE OVA!!! :P

lol, I know the feeling, congratulations normangerman :D

woo! :P

Haha, look at that emoticon... it looks hypo!

Does everyone like the new avatar? :P

I like it alot.  Posted about it in the Useless Statement thread.

Normangerman... I like it more than some other's you have had but not as much as some others you have had (Oh gosh, I sound like Dean!).

Quoted from SuziH

Normangerman... I like it more than some other's you have had but not as much as some others you have had (Oh gosh, I sound like Dean!).

You are on the downward slide, Suzi, next step is you will THINK like him, after that you will slowly LOOK like him.....OMG  OMG  OMG..... :'( :'( :'( ;)

Quoted from Lawnbowler

...after that you will slowly LOOK like him...

She already has similar hair.  :P

(She was talking about Dean) ;)

Well, I'm pissed off. My computer has completely stopped working and now it's down at the nearest IT warehouse. So for at least a week I'll have to use the parent's computer, which is slow-as and has Windows (Dead) Messenger.

I HATE COMPUTERS!

I am using windows messenger right now because I got a new computer for my room
YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY! :D:D
and i havnt bothered downloading WLM yet lol

I'm so jealous... :(

Oh well. Tonight it's party time yet again :) I've got the JWs, I've got the sleeping bags and I've got the Shapes :P I'm gonna have F-U-N!

Lol! Coolies :P

Quoted from normangerman

... I've got the JWs...

Jehovah's Witnesses?  ??)

Well I am going to turn off my computer now because I dont want it on at night lol
So goodbye :D
it is so cool having my own, it can actually be organised!
I have already made zillions of folders and subfolders ready to sort every single file and picture hehe
man im such a freak rofl
meh
BYE :D:D::D:D:D

JWs = Johnnie Walkers (I had 4) :P

Congrats on the new comp, Dara. Hope it works out fine for ya!

BTW No Hangover :D

Quoted from normangerman

JWs = Johnnie Walkers...

That's Scotch, yes?  4?  Bottles?

Lol thx norman

I'm bored entertain me.
Lol

Quoted from Paula

That's Scotch, yes?  4?  Bottles?

Whiskey, actually. Mixed with Coke. In cans. And I got drunk btw :P

Quoted from normangerman

Whiskey, actually. Mixed with Coke. In cans. And I got drunk btw :P

I've never been drunk.  Don't see the point in running the risk of stupidity or wasting a lot of money on a hangover and worse.  ??)

I didn't have a hangover, and I wouldn't get drunk very often anyway. I've seen the effects of not being responsible, so I am trying to be.

meanwhile norman - arn't u 17! :o !!! lol

Lol! :P

I love the new snowflakes falling on the main page :D :D :D
Thank you for making me smile. :K)

Yeah they are so cool hey!!
So festive :)

Quoted from dara

Yeah they are so cool hey!!
So festive :)

If you stood in the real thing, Dara,  you wouldnt just be cool........you would be c-c-c-cold...............

SCHOOLS OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2 WHOLE MONTHS OF FREEDOM WOOHOO!
ENDED YR 10 AT 11AM TODAY, EVERYONE WAS SCREAMING HAHAHAHAHA
seniors now :O hmm
lol!
8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)

Enjoy it while you can Dara, I'm sure it will fly by ;)

Enjoy Year 11 :)

Our year 10s finished on Friday too.  We always finish the year with the weeklong ABW program.  The last Friday of term is purely for presenting the certificates to the winners and having an end of year assembly for them.  One of our teachers made a DVD of things that had happened during the year and played it at the assembly.  Each student was presented with a copy.  A lovely way to end the year.

YES! My computer is fixed and I'm back on the fast lane to sweet success... erm... yeah :D

Take care, people!

Quoted from Paula

Our year 10s finished on Friday too.  We always finish the year with the weeklong ABW program.  The last Friday of term is purely for presenting the certificates to the winners and having an end of year assembly for them.  One of our teachers made a DVD of things that had happened during the year and played it at the assembly.  Each student was presented with a copy.  A lovely way to end the year.

What's ABW program? Sounds cool. We had class on mon- thurs. Friday we ended on 11 after the naming of the new houses cermony. No more greenmount :'C No more being blue :'C
I better not be in d**k johnsons house!!
Then we did a trivia thingy. Lucky we had a slideshow but we didnt get copies.

On the note of yr 11. . scary. i did 2 yr 11 classes this semester and got c's. with 6 OP subjects at once so no bludge subjects it will be so hard!! :S

ABW = Australian Business Week

What do you do?

Quoted Text

ABW Enterprise Education involves an intensive one week experiential learning program. During this week students (typically Year 10 or Year 11 students) undertake a series of activities which replace their normal weekly curriculum...

Students are formed into teams of ten, each of which becomes a simulated "company" for the duration of the program. Within the team, students allocate amongst themselves the key roles within the company. These roles are set out according to which simulation program the school is using.

http://www.abw.org.au/secondary/what_is_involved.html

Ohh sounds cool.
We do something like that in one of our yr 10 electives dollars and sense but I didnt do it.

I need some advice and information if anyone can help.

My step-son left for England last week.  His cousin sponsored him.  He was to work as a barman in the hotel that his cousin manages.  He had all his paperwork and had checked to see he met the 'criteria' before leaving.  Mid-week he arrived in Dublin for a few days R&R before heading for England.  Customs, however, seem to have other ideas.  He has reported that they were "giving me a hard time" and 2 hours ago we got a text msg saying he was heading back because of it.  Now what I don 't get is if he has all the paperwork and the sponsor set up how can he not be allowed in?

How awful Paula, did they think he was trying to stay in Dublin?? Did your son contact the Australian Consulate they may be able to advise him. Hope it all gets sorted out.

Well my step-son isn't telling us too much MM, so I am beginning to suspect that he hasn't done things correctly vis-a-vis the paperwork.  I don't think he has contacted the consulate as yet.

Boy, have I got a treat for YOU Paula!

http://www.myspace.com/damienleith
That's right, your boy's own MySpace page!

Quoted from Paula

Well my step-son isn't telling us too much MM, so I am beginning to suspect that he hasn't done things correctly vis-a-vis the paperwork.  I don't think he has contacted the consulate as yet.

Well I hope everything works out ok in the end, it would be such a shame to have to turn back after such a long flight.

Oh dear. I just went out and now I've got a sunburn in the face... I hope my parents don't get too worked up about it. I've put sunlotion on it already.

Ouch, keep it moisturised, does it feel tight?

A bit... but I think I will be fine if I keep it moisturised.

I've had sunburn poisoning before (I think thats what its called), that was a load of fun! It was my forehead, it swelled up and I had trouble seeing. If you frown really hard and look up, thats what it was like! It went down after a few days. Thats what I get for not wearing a hat!

On another note, I felt like riding the Belair Line to Blackwood today after going to the city... I must say that is the best train ride I have had in a long time... the scenery is amazing! If you live in Adelaide, do yourself a favor and travel from the city to blackwood or Belair. You won't regret it.

I had the best day!
I saw the BB house!
OMG!
So many cool things to say!
Everything is small. And everything is in different places than you think.
I took heaps of pics, will postlater. I stole some of the wall :P The layout is heaps weird!
The most exciting thing!
OMG!
Then their were fireworks for the media launch of white water world thing.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dara, I wonder how much you will get for your piece of wall on ebay ;)

omg sunburn ... that sounds like nothing norm. I've had 3rd degree burns over more than half my body once - that hurt!

but its what u get for coastin it in queensland in middle of summer - all day AND forgetting to pack the sunscreen - and telling urself 'she'll be right' ... stupid stupid - i had SOOOOOOO many huge blisters I think it took me two and half weeks for my skin to stop stinging or feeling itchy - it was pretty bad! my local gp had to see me a couple of times to patch some of my skin and keep and eye on it all.

Lol poor lurvieit :P
Yeah well I have irish skin I dont tan i freckle and so I burn really easy so I know what sunburn is like!

I wore no sunscreen today and I barely burnt!!!!!!

The walls are styrofoam!!

And who removed inkypinkys picture from the 1st page of bla bla cafe?!?!??! :O

Quoted from dara

And who removed inkypinkys picture from the 1st page of bla bla cafe?!?!??! :O

I did. The picture was removed from the server so I had to replace it.

Aw why was it removed from the server?

Ok here are some pics I took of the BB house, I have more but people might get annoyed if I post too many :P
Don't mind the bad one of me btw :P

Oh my God that is so cool! I want to go to the GC now!

Lol you should!!
So fun!

Had graduation tonight and I just came back... got an award for Excellence in IT Sudies... ahhh... now for Uni :P

Congratulations, what are going to study at Uni, need I ask ;)

I think I've posted it before... but I'm hoping to get into a Double Degree in IT and commerce next year. Can't wait to find out my TER in 2 weeks time.

Nice job on  the award! :)

I think  I might do a double degree as well. IT and something.. maybe law or well I am not sure yet. Something ;)
Unless I want to work in media. Hmm.

Yeh work in the media Dara...you can be the next Gretel Killeen when she retires :P

Joy!  A tornado hit London yesterday.  I hope all the weather blows out before I get there next month.

Lol not that sort of working in the media! behind the scenes stuff!!

Good evening to xxx News, I'm Dara xxxxxx. In today's Big Brother news...

:P

Behind the scenes I say !!

I've just added extra RAM to bring the total to 1GB. It is MUCH faster now. Very happy :)

Did you have a slow down from XP to Vista when it had less RAM?

Quoted from dara

Behind the scenes I say !!

Agreed. I'd love work behind the scenes for a TV station, or be an executive producer for a TV show. I can give Neighbours a much needed facelift lolll and I'll turn to you guys for suggestions haha. :D

Quoted from dara

Behind the scenes I say !!

I don't know Dara...with Naomi leaving TT, there's a vacancy...??!!...lol

Quoted from MeanDean

Did you have a slow down from XP to Vista when it had less RAM?

Yeah... very slow actually. I had 512MB only though. I won't get Vista for a while.

And I am also not getting a Zune, but a Creative Vision:M. That should be coming late January :)

Woah!  I hope it's worth it for the RAM it uses.  It's sounding as expensive to run as the Macs  :P
Jokes aside, it honestly is.

Quoted from coctosan

I don't know Dara...with Naomi leaving TT, there's a vacancy...??!!...lol

Hahaha No way!

Quoted from Sillygostly

Agreed. I'd love work behind the scenes for a TV station, or be an executive producer for a TV show. I can give Neighbours a much needed facelift lolll and I'll turn to you guys for suggestions haha. :D

I would love that! or something in casting or something. whether it be reality tv or just shows, or not even with a show but with the actual tv station something like that is what i'd want to do. but i dont know what you are meant to study to reach those jobs.

Quoted from MeanDean

Woah!  I hope it's worth it for the RAM it uses.  It's sounding as expensive to run as the Macs  :P
Jokes aside, it honestly is.

Hey dont diss the Mac, once you've gone Mac you never go back  ;) :P

I've gone Mac and have gone back :P

Ew macs :P

Don't like Macs. They're too confusing. :P The file system of Macs just perplexes me.

I'm not used to using a non MS-DOS. And besides, what are us video gamers gonna do with a Mac?

Play Quake 3? :P

They might very well get ported now that it's using the intel chip, and the more the scales are tipped the way of the Mac the more work will be put into porting things.

I don't dislike the Mac monstermunch, I just know very little about it.  I'm guessing that the filesystem is more similar to Linux than Windows though... a system where things go where they ought to and are neatly ordered instead of all clumped together in huge masses under either \Windows or \Program Files.

I don't really play games but apparently there's quite a bit that works well with wine in Linux and some 3rd party emulators.  I would think that the capability in the Mas is surely there because of this.

My  dad used to work for intel.

lol

Wow, this place has slowed down the last week! I guess everyone's too busy with Christmas stuff.

I've been at work a lot :P

I've been on but no one has been posting so I don't either :P

I just float around watching ya all.................lol

I just float around to see what Lawnbowler is going to do.  Dara too, but don't tell her.

:P
it's boring when no one posts :S
whatchaz up to??????
xmas pretty soon
i wrapped presents today

I went to my Brother's house and spent the night. Played Counterstrike, Red Alert 2 and Generals. It was great!

Quoted from normangerman

I went to my Brower's house and spent the night. Played Counterstrike, Red Alert 2 and Generals. It was great!

Who or what is a brower...???

Thanks for asking LB.  I wondered the same myself but didn't like to ask in case everyone else knew what it was and I looked a complete idiot.

:P :P

Quoted from Lawnbowler

Who or what is a brower...???

Fixed :P

Aw no fair the rest of us get stuck looking silly and u get to change urs :P

This christmas I got:

> New Wallet from Parents
> $100 from Parents
> 2 new T-Shirts from Brother and Sister in Law

I loved it. Nice and small, nothing too big, plus I'm getting that trip to Europe :)

My Mum put $50. into my account about 6 weeks ago for my christmas which I spent on Lingerie. My hairdresser/neighbour/friend gave me 2 cakes of hand made goats milk based soap, a Coles/Myer gift card worth $30., a triangle shaped box of 6 hand made chocolates. I will get the remainder of my presents off my daughter when I go to her place for christmas lunch.
I gave all my family and friends a soft 'toy' from my gift collection including my hairdresser/neighbour/friend. My 6yr old friend and neighbour chose several presents for herself on Saturday out of the hair accessories, stationery and soft toys from my gift shop stock. She got a tad carried away! ::)

Cool!
I got heaps of clothes n some chocolates n lotsa random stuff like a bag and magazine and umm i forgot :P
+ my dreamworld yr pass i already got :D
and a table tennis table!

well, now that Christmas is over ... I'm so stoked to tell you guys I'm turning 21 very very very soon - New Years Day actually! lol ..  Well, this New Years Eve I'm having a huge 1980's 21st (since I was born 1986) - I just can't wait! :P

bahahaha ....

LOL!!! Gotta love the 80s hairstyles...they were so BIG!

have a great night for your 21 new years birthday lurveit

thanks coctosan! xx

Quoted from lurveit

well, now that Christmas is over ... I'm so stoked to tell you guys I'm turning 21 very very very soon - New Years Day actually! lol ..  Well, this New Years Eve I'm having a huge 1980's 21st (since I was born 1986) - I just can't wait! :P

bahahaha ....

How can someone have so much hair... especially your Dad :o

lol norm... thats not my family! ahahaha

:B Oops...

Have a great party Lurveit, you should watch the Wedding Singer to get some inspiration. I love that movie and can't believe the stuff we used to wear :B ;)

Had a lovely lunch at my daughter's for Christmas. We had eaten enough that we didn't have dessert. I actually drank 2 Corona Beers. She drank Bailey's milk and ice, I came home at 3pm and had a nap :D
My daughter gave me.... a 100ml bottle of 'Stella' McCartney perfume... agate crystal bookends.... a groovy satin shoulder bag with a beaded fringe.... revlon lipgloss and nailpolish! I felt thoroughly spoiled :D

Quoted from monstermunch

Have a great party Lurveit, you should watch the Wedding Singer to get some inspiration. I love that movie and can't believe the stuff we used to wear :B ;)

Haha love that movie too! and yeah, I'll try and get you guys some photos of my outfit ... its so cool! black and white polka dot ra ra skirt.. teamed with black leggings and fishnets.. looks so good have some bead necklaces lookin all madonna style plus some 80's badge pins. lol... i love it!

heres some of the songs i'm playing on the night ... i'm so xcited bout it all!!!  :D

80's MegaMix - (Duran, Corey Hart, The Time, Prince, Inxs, Quiet Riot, Animotion, Madonna)(1)
B-52s - Love shack
Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al
Dave Dobbyn - Slice Of Heaven
Corey Hart - I Wear My Sunglasses At Night
Billy Joel - We Didnt Start the Fire
Kool & The Gang – Celebration
Madonna - Get Into The Groove
Devo - Whip It
Pat Benitar- Love Is a Battlefield
Michael Jackson - Beat It
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen
Kim Carnes - Betty Davis Eyes
The Cure - Tainted Love
Cameo - Word Up
Salt N' Pepper - Push It
Black Box - Ride On Time
Cher - If I Could Turn Back Time
Duran Duran - The Reflex
Depeche Mode - I Just Cant Get Enough
Madonna – Holiday
Whitney Houston - I Want To Dance With Somebody
Fine Young Cannibals - Good Thing
Michael Damian - Rock On
Patrick Hernandez - Born To Be Alive
Guns and Roses - Sweet Child Of Mine
Prince - Little Red Corvette
Nena - 99 Luft Balloons
Alice Cooper – Poison
Bananarama - Cruel Summer
Cindy Lauper - Time after Time
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams Are Made Of These
Fine Young Cannibals - She Drives Me Crazy
Michael Jackson & Rockwell - Somebodys Watching Me
Tears for Fears – Shout
J. Geils Band – Centerfold
The Clash - Rock the Casbah
The Knack - My Sherona
Skyhooks - Horror Movie
Top Gun - Danger Zone
Young MC - Bust A Move
George Harrison - I've Got My Mind Set On You
The Models - Out Of Mind, Out Of Sight
Madonna - Material Girl
Martika - I Feel the Earth Move Under My Feet
Miami Sound Machine ft. Gloria Estefan – Conga
Starship - We Built This City
Swingers - Counting The Beat
Beastie Boys - Fight For Your Right To Party
Corona - Rhythm Of The Night
Lional Richie - All Night Long (House Remix)
Michael Jackson 80's remix
Wang Chung - Everybody Have Fun Tonight
... plus others. lol

Quoted from lurveit

Haha love that movie too! and yeah, I'll try and get you guys some photos of my outfit ... its so cool! black and white polka dot ra ra skirt.. teamed with black leggings and fishnets.. looks so good have some bead necklaces lookin all madonna style plus some 80's badge pins. lol... i love it!

Hey don't forget to wear millions of bangles, preferably those thin black plastic ones ;)

Remember Lurveit, you are only 21 once so make the most of it and have a blast!  :D Everyone else controled my 21st 'party' and it was just sad. Plus I was married and expecting my daughter at the time ??) I have had the very best birthday party only recently and that was my 50th in October 2005. My daughter threw it and it was fantastic, I even had a fire dancer.  8)

woah cool

i wont be on much cousins r here
:)
so ye

That looks an awesome party, lurveit.  Great songs too.   :P  Have a wonderful time.

Happy Birthday, Lurveit!

I wasn't paying attention and didn't know, but Happy Birthday.

aww u guys!! lol  :)  :)  ;)

oo HAPPY BIRTHDAY~!! hope you have a good one^^.

um, i want to sell something over the net. is there a site other than ebay where i can do it? i want to set a fixed price, not auction it off.

I have seen that some things on ebay are listed as "buy it now", which means you don't bid.  Could you not set your seller's account up to do that?

Yeah that's correct as I understand it Paula.  I have an ebay account and I read heaps and heaps about it at the time that I set it up and that's how I remember it.  Also better, I think you can do some sort of thing where you set up for an auction with a closing date but if the asking price (which you don't have to publish) isn't met then it goes as an item for sale at a fixed price.

If you go the ebay route though, it will require a lot of reading to make sure you get it right and that my facts are correct too.  You'lle need a paypal account... or maybe just release credit card details.  Anyway, I don't like to release credit card details on the internet and setting up paypal required them asking for more details about my bank account than I was comfortable with... I was confused about it actually so decided to do the cautious thing and just not do it.

Also if you use ebay make sure it's .com.au unless you wan't to deal with international shipping.  You might actually have to use the Australian site now anyway.

I don't know the names of other sites but they are out there and are used as well.  Hopefully someone else will know of some.

I buy and sell things on ebay ALL the time - its really easy and instead of paypal and that (yes, i hate my c/c details on the net too) use ur bank account - its much safer and easier if you've set up some kind of netbanking with ur bank. :)

omg!!!  :o  :o  >:(  :(  :'(


I just heard we'll be having thunderstorms here in Brisbane for New Years Eve ...  :'(  :'(  :'(   ... da paaaaaaaaaaaaaaarty!!  :(

I have it all planned to be done in the backyard - its all uncovered!  :( and its going to rain!!  ::)  ::)  :(

PRAY FOR ME PPL!!  :P  :(

Bought my new case for my computer yesterday... the GPU is nice and cool now, same with the CPU :)

Quoted from lurveit

I just heard we'll be having thunderstorms here in Brisbane for New Years Eve ...  :'(  :'(  :'(   ... da paaaaaaaaaaaaaaarty!!  :(

k.... now they're saying it'll be fine with showers setting in tuesday instead :?

I don't think my lil ticker can take this kinda worry! lol

Quoted from lurveit

omg!!!  :o  :o  >:(  :(  :'(


I just heard we'll be having thunderstorms here in Brisbane for New Years Eve ...  :'(  :'(  :'(   ... da paaaaaaaaaaaaaaarty!!  :(

I have it all planned to be done in the backyard - its all uncovered!  :( and its going to rain!!  ::)  ::)  :(

PRAY FOR ME PPL!!  :P  :(

I know it has been rraining all week here and we have people visiting!! But today was so hot, i doubt it will rain for new years
happy bday btw :) (for b4)

Be positive Lurveit. You'll have a great party honey. It wont rain in your back yard!

It isn't raining!! Wooo!
:P :P
Not that I'm doing anything :X
Hahaha
Man I woke up at 4 this morning because they left for sydney then (cousins n co)

oo we went to dreamworld and we were up the giant drop then the tower of terror came up and the whole thing started shaking and full on wobbling, so scary! then we just dropped!

Yes I finally got sound on my computer!!
And OMG I just had the scariest thing happen! I was by the pool and we have some big potplants by the fence, and there was something orange, it looked like a funny banskia thing, I touched it and it moved! There were 2 disgusting cane toads under the soil and I touched one :S yuckkkkkkk
they are so scary with their mucas yuck, i hope the cats stay away from them :O
what are you all doing for new years?

well! I had a great party last night - it didn't rain and I got so many presents I just did not expect! I bought in the New Year singing my lungs out into a microphone with my two best girlfriends by my side - it was soooo great!! My family all had an awesome time and the partys still going today (in a smaller version) ... drinks and music's cranking :P.... we're cutting my cheesecake shop caramel cake soon - YUM!! :D haha

Anywayz,

HAPPY NEW YEARS!!!

everyone!

xx lurveit

Yes... HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!

I love all you members of this board, you are all legends in your own right :)

Really? All of us?

Suddenly I feel underprivileged. :(

Lol
Hehe
Happy new year guys :)
The fireworks were really cool :D
OMG im an ultimate member woo new member titles!

Happy New Year from the Phantom. Had my own fireworks in the skull cave with Diana. Hero and Devil and the bandar Pygmies also enjoyed it, and because we were in the Deep Woods, there were no neighbours to complain about the noise! Plenty of jungle juice that night!

Hope you all have a good one.

Ghost who walks, man who cannot die.

It's good to see you Phantom.

So you know how it is, an argument was had, feelings were hurt, someone else's ego will have to recover, surely it's just a matter of time before mine is smashed in a differant argument with perhaps another person, someone is left angry and for the most part it isn't me... and then I clicked onto this site instead...lol what a dork I am!  

You people thought that it was more likely to have happened in real life when you started reading that didn't you?  Nothing that eventful... morons  :P

Lol righttt. :P

Greetings from London.  Hope you all had a good new year.  I had several.   :P

Quoted from Paula

Greetings from London.  . .    :P  

WHAT!!  ??) . . they have not put you in The Tower yet ??   :P  :P  :P

(they are not usually impressed to get their 'convicts' returning as tourists ). .  :P :D  :D  :D  . . make sure you get good milage from The Ashes win!!  ;)

Quoted from Paula

Greetings from London.  Hope you all had a good new year.  I had several.   :P

Didn't know you were going Paula.  Have a good time.  The jet-lag was pretty hard when I went.  More so when getting back though.  The plane ride is cruel, I hope your joints find themselves in their right place.

I'd say not to spend too much money but everythings incredibly expensive once it evens out to what we pay... $39.95 for a McDonalds value meal.

Try not to make fun of their accents in public like I did... you'lle find out that you're in the minority.  

I was just looking at a map and I couldn't find it but there's an insanely busy train station connected to a Mall and my wife and I fell asleep in the MacDonalds there and were woken up by a security gaurd.  We had been up for like 30 hours when we landed and then had to wait all day for her brother to fly in from some business he couldn't get out of at work so by the end of the day I was only counting to less than 20 before I was jerking my head back up because I'd nodded off.  We were so tired we didn't care though, just found a spot and put our heads on the table.  The short nap was a huge help.  I wish I could figure out which station it is because you could very well travel to it and I could pretty much describe almost exactly which table it was at (you'de be sure down to 2 or 3 tables) that we looked like a couple of heroin junkies but didn't care.  Probably not high on your site seeing list though.

There's a lot to do there.  Lots to see anyway.  I saw Children of Men when I was there.  Hadn't even been advertised here.  It was much better seen not knowing what it was... that's not what I meant though.

Quoted from MeanDean

Try not to make fun of their accents in public like I did... you'lle find out that you're in the minority.  
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I like their accents MD :P

OO Paula you are so lucky england is soooo cooL!
I remember we went on the underground to green park lol and we lived on a canal boat for a while, that was really fun :P
english coke is nicer than australian coke....

It amazes me that people find differances in Coke in differant countries but I hear it enough to think that it must be the case... sort of like bread, it can depend upon the local water used.

Edit: In Quito, the altitude is very high, the tallest active volcano is there, I did notice that the coke there has more fizz in it.  That makes sense.  It comes out as smaller bubles when it fizzes though and it goes down a little differant as a result.

Lol yeah they do taste different!

oo theres a hornet inside!
i locked myself in my room :P
o man scary!!

Yeah I hate anything that flies with a stinger too! I am very paranoid of the european wasp!

yes i remember in france i think  it was, they had the biggest hornets ever! though the time in america, we stayed at this place, had the choice of a really cool wooden house or a more modern one, we went into the wooden, looked up, wasps ALL OVER THE ROOF. the lady was like its normal they are hybinating. i almost fainted. we stayed in the modern one. and the next day one flew past, they were not hibernating!!

anyway ye in the kitchen.. it was a hornet :( a reddish one

Quoted from dara

...
english coke is nicer than australian coke....

Yes it is!  It comes in glass bottles too.  I've had a ball, will write more later; am about to leave hotel for airport.  Man I missed home.   :'(

Hey Paula! When are you back?

That is one long boring plane ride...

And they cancelled my flight and rescheduled it to 10 pm.  I cannot check in until 6 pm; it's 3 pm here now.  All I wanna do is get home, waaaaa....  :'( :'(

Quoted from 10_rules

Hey Paula! When are you back?

07.15 saturday our time!  :)

Quoted from Paula

Yes it is!  It comes in glass bottles too.

Yes!! When we went to the pubs, we would sit out back because they had gardens with playgrounds for the kids ( I was 9) and I'd have coke in a glass bottle and chips :D soo  nice

You need a bottomless pit of money to go to England.  On my last trip we had planned for 6 weeks over there, we came back in 4 as the money ran out.

Is it really expensive there? I don't remember. :S We only went for like 2 weeks. We went twice, once when I was like 9, once when I was like 10, or maybe it was 8 & 9. I have forgotten :S Lol. But yeah, one time we went we stayed in one of these:
in New forest. That was fun I went horse riding and there were wild ponies and they actually let you ride properly :D
The other time we did like england in a canal boat, then france, then switzerland (that was so pretty!!)
And those are the only times I have been to europe, but I am so going back.
Paula did you have any hoola hoops chips?? :P

Where did you go to in Switzerland, Dara..??.   Being half Swiss myself I have been there a lot, my mother came from Lucerne, a really beautiful place.

Hm I dont actually know what it was called lol, I'll go and ask my mum in a sec.... I know it was very near to france because we sort of went back and forth, like we went to mount blanc and stuff.. I think it might have been geneva :S

I've been to Austria :P My great aunt lives there, plus I was born in Germany and am going back for a holiday in 5 months :)

Quoted from 10_rules

I've been to Austria :P My great aunt lives there, plus I was born in Germany and am going back for a holiday in 5 months :)

Where abouts in Germany did you come from, I lived in Heidelberg for three years it was really beautiful there :)

omg... the most 'overseas' i've ever been is to straddie! lol

Hehe! I have been to north stradbroke and south stradbroke, and north was like way shabbier sort of, but the lookout was cool, watching whales in a storm haha, and less mossies there. But south we stayed in a resort (with school both times btw) and it was really nice.
I really want to go to italy some day, and ireland!! and canada.

yay i finally have a shift , 2 -cl on friday. cuz they didnt give me any for agess haha

Who saw me on Ten News Adeaide on Friday? I was jumping around behind Jodie during the weather report from the Schutzenfest. It was very funny!

OMG.... you actually jumped around behind a news person on TV? That is so annoying and immature. I wouldn't of noticed what you looked like (had I seen the news report) but would of thought... 'That stupid idiot jumping around in the background is annoying'!

Ahahaha shame :P
nup didnt c u :P

It was just the weather report in Adelaide only. And I wasn't jumping, just joining in the other people behind me in shouting and waving and whatnot.

LOL she turned around, laughed and said "Oh, thanks Guys" in a sarcastic tone" She wasn't angry about it.

but inside she wanted to hurl her microphone @ u    :p

Quoted from lurveit

but inside she wanted to hurl her microphone @ u    :p

Probably. But she was drinking a beer just before she presented the weather :P

Uni placements for SA come in tonight at 6pm... so scared...

Quoted from 10_rules

Uni placements for SA come in tonight at 6pm... so scared...

Good luck, what program are you applying for?  :)

IT/Commerce Double Degree I hope *Fingers Crossed*

Good luck, less than three hours to wait ;)

Damn, the website is clogged up, now I gotta go into the city and pick the early paper up.

Did you buy the satac uni guide book or did you apply online, if you have the guide they usually put the number in there and you can find out via phone?

eeeeeeeekkk..soooooooooooo hoooooooooottttttt
so so so so so so so so so so so hooooooooooootttttttttt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hot hot hot hot hot hot hot hot hot hot hot..............hot.

Haha i know!

i know it's the wrong thread, but .. love you avatar^^

I got into Commerce! :D (application with DD is separate)

Quoted from 10_rules

I got into Commerce! :D (application with DD is separate)

Congratulations! :D

Yay...congrats :)

Well done, Norman

congrats :D

Good for you, Norman.... :D
Dara...  juugoolart lives in Melbourne and it is 10 plus degrees hotter down there than where we are PLUS there has been a blackout state wide down there for a day or so and they are suffering really badly. :(
I too love the Panda in Dara's avatar.

Woah serious :O I thought 32 for us was bad!!

when did 10_rules become norman? :-/

when his other account got banned lol

They listened lol!

Now let's ban 10_rules! :D

Since nobody objected to Norman's banning, the almighty adminBOT must've recognized my requests as consensus. Muahahaha. :P

Quoted from 10_rules

I got into Commerce! :D (application with DD is separate)

That's Great!

...what does it mean though?  I honestly don't understand.

Quoted from MeanDean

That's Great!

...what does it mean though?  I honestly don't understand.

It means that one day we will see his real face . . sitting next to Bill Gates or 'Trump' and his 'hair' in our newspapers because he will be on his way to becoming a tycoon.  :D  ;D  :P

Or on 'Wanted - Dead or Alive' posters at the local cop shop. . (evil)

I'll be offline for a few days from now. I will be on a roadtrip to Loxton until Saturday, so enjoy the time while you have it! :P

aha ok bye

Only Saturday? :(

Quoted from 10_rules

I'll be offline for a few days from now. I will be on a roadtrip to Loxton until Saturday, so enjoy the time while you have it! :P

Ahhh , (rainbow)(rainbow)(rainbow)  Loxton  (rainbow)(rainbow)(rainbow)..... I remember it well

his other account got banned? ahahaa how? why?

He had an ongoing argument with another user, also banned, that spread accross the forum slowly over a period of time.  There's a post in one of the Administration forums at the bottom of board... those 3 threads down there, it's called banned members or something.

Here's the link actually.  I was being lazy because I'm really hungry and about to get up to make dinner.

http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/eblah/m-1168380271/s-all/

"Banned" is a rather strong word considering the circumstances. :P

Yeah it was just a suspension of a sort.


On a differant matter and I'm sorry that it will be obscure to many people who it doesn't apply to... I got to thinking about it, and it occured to me that in a workplace situation, it is much more easily for a system administator to log what pages you are hitting on the internet, than it is for someone to be online at a forum and actually look for someone's activity.  If there is a computer between your computer and the internet, the simplest thing would be to ask the person maintaining this computer to log your web traffic.

Huh
Why would you want someone to log your web traffic?
Sorry I'm slightly confused here:S

hi sory i no totally new topic but any grey's anatomy fans here ?? message me !!:)

Quoted from pickme.choseme.loveme

hi sory i no totally new topic but any grey's anatomy fans here ?? message me !!:)

Hi there . .and welcome    :D. . . here is the Greys Anatomy thread.  ;)

http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/eblah/m-1128945525/s-150/

Oh what a fun afternoon we've had!  The galah escaped and has been flying around most of the day.  Fortunately, due to clipped (but not well enough) wings she doesn't fly too well and was tired so we were able to catch her.  All three of us are both soaked to the skin though.

why is it SO hard to find australian native plants for my kindy kids to colour in!!!??!! i've look everywhere - if anybody on eblah can help i'm trying to find a picture of an australian flower for the kids to paint - wattle, bottle brush etc.. plz help!!!! :(

Sorry, but I'm back :P

Have you tried art shops...??

Quoted from lurveit

why is it SO hard to find australian native plants for my kindy kids to colour in!!!??!! i've look everywhere - if anybody on eblah can help i'm trying to find a picture of an australian flower for the kids to paint - wattle, bottle brush etc.. plz help!!!! :(

Have you tried your nearest Botanical Garden ?

Many have bookshops which include a children's section and may have colouring-in books

Quoted from lurveit

why is it SO hard to find australian native plants for my kindy kids to colour in!!!??!! i've look everywhere - if anybody on eblah can help i'm trying to find a picture of an australian flower for the kids to paint - wattle, bottle brush etc.. plz help!!!! :(

hey heres a site that has different things about australia like animals, plants, flags etc that kids can colour in. Hope it helps...

http://www.australiaday.com.au/havingfun/activitysheets.aspx#category5

Quoted from music313

hey heres a site that has different things about australia like animals, plants, flags etc that kids can colour in. Hope it helps...

http://www.australiaday.com.au/havingfun/activitysheets.aspx#category5

Looks a great site.........well done
I will keep it for when my grandkids come round...they will love making the masks.

Quoted from 10_rules

Sorry, but I'm back :P

NNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOO! :'(

Quoted from Sillygostly

NNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOO! :'(

Read it and weep, sucker!  :P

Quoted from music313

hey heres a site that has different things about australia like animals, plants, flags etc that kids can colour in. Hope it helps...

http://www.australiaday.com.au/havingfun/activitysheets.aspx#category5

OH MY GOD MUSIC - U ROCK!!!!! I spent most of today trying to get this aussie day theme 2getha (not ONCE got told to check out that site by any of the seach engines!) so thank you thank you thank you - and of course its all for aussie day on friday so I needed it done this wknd - thank you sooooooooooooooooooooo much!! lol  ;) :)

Lol!
Omg my internet was down all yesterday I couldnt come on. it was terrible. haha

haha withdraws dara? lol.. I know, whenever I come on the net its one of the first stops... EBLAH! lol .. just to see wot everybodys talking about @ the mo. When it cant get onto the site its like... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! :'(

No worries lurveit :D Hope the kids enjoy it ;)

I became a grand-aunt again on Saturday.  :)  My niece gave birth to a baby girl, 6 lbs 15 ozs, at Berri Private hospital.  I better start knitting!

Quoted from music313

hey heres a site that has different things about australia like animals, plants, flags etc that kids can colour in. Hope it helps...

http://www.australiaday.com.au/havingfun/activitysheets.aspx#category5

I love this site, thank you for posting it. I have a little friend, Abby who is 6 and just loves colouring in and drawing. She will be rapt. I am so happy.  :D


I noticed that edw0010 replied to the 'Internet and Speed dating' poll thread and just went to have a look.
http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/eblah/m-1127813551/s-15/

Reading the posts there made me sad. Two members thought it was fun to be mean and insulting and nasty to me and going back over their posts I am so glad they are no longer a part of our friendly forums. ::) :D

Quoted from Paula

I became a grand-aunt again on Saturday.  :)  My niece gave birth to a baby girl, 6 lbs 15 ozs, at Berri Private hospital.  I better start knitting!

Congratulations Paula! Have they decided on a name yet? My sister is due in May and although she lives a million miles away from me I can't wait :)

Melody Joy :)

Ooh, let us know the progress on your niece/nephew, MM.  We could start a poll on what sex the baby will be!  :D

Has anyone seen Nine's new look? It's actually not bad, except for the Return to Program graphics in Adelaide.

Quoted from Paula

Melody Joy :)

:D

What a lovely name!

My sister thinks she's having a boy, I hope so as I have three girls (luckily I wanted three girls ;) ) and she already has one girl so it would be nice to shop for a boy for a change, there are such cute boy clothes around these days.

Yes, it is a lovely name.  My niece is a music teacher and her own middle name is Joy, so it fits perfectly. :)

Some of the toddler type boys' clothes are awesome; you can just see the little chaps modelling them on catwalks.  :D

Hey Paula love the photo, hope you had a geat holiday there, I love London and the UK in general, I stayed with family in Bournmouth (south) and we drove to Scotland , great .

I had a blast, Chris!  London rocks, even if expensive and crowded.  I have relatives in Hayling Island and Abergavenny (Wales), most of whom I'd not seen since 1965 or before.  Needless to say they didn't recognise me.  :P

Quoted from Paula

I had a blast, Chris!  London rocks, even if expensive and crowded.  I have relatives in Hayling Island and Abergavenny (Wales), most of whom I'd not seen since 1965 or before.  Needless to say they didn't recognise me.  :P

Thats because you have hung on to your 1965 looks and they havent

Try 1930s look :P

Or was that convict times... I can't remember...  :-/

lost your memory norman ? , old age set in, or just too much TEN , mind numbing

I can't remember... she posted something about her and James Cook having a sexual relationship... but she posted that a while ago.

Quoted from 10_rules

Try 1930s look :P

Or was that convict times... I can't remember...  :-/

History is clearly not his forte.   ::)

Comedy is not YOUR forte... ::)

Quoted from 10_rules

I can't remember... she posted something about her and James Cook having a sexual relationship... but she posted that a while ago.

Hey, cool it Norman, you might think this is funny but I am sure Paula does'nt.  I think an apology might be in order.

I'm sorry :)

So you damned well should be. Remember Norman, you are on 'probation' and need to be on your BEST behaviour. If you had posted that about me I would have your head, probie.

Come on, it was a random comment :P

haha :P

I dont think that you need to say sorry Norman, I think that you may find that Paula actually has a good sence of humour and has taken it as was ment , well by me anyway,

Quoted from chris

I dont think that you need to say sorry Norman, I think that you may find that Paula actually has a good sence of humour and has taken it as was ment...

Yes, I do have a good sense of humour, but on this occasion I was unamused. Your apology, however, is accepted Norman.

Some jokes rely on peer-likeness for their humour.  Age differences can have a huge bearing on how a joke is taken . . what I might laugh at coming from a friend of my generation can sound totally different from a teenager.  :B

My Gran would have said something from her generation like, 'impertinent upstart' . . (I would never use that oldie).  :P  :D  :D  :D

i don't think generation has anything to do with it.  it was simply *&^%$# rude!

I think it does.. because the way people speak to each other is different in all age groups, like I didn't think that was that rude, it seemed like just a joke.

Quoted from dara

I think it does.. because the way people speak to each other is different in all age groups, like I didn't think that was that rude, it seemed like just a joke.

No , I don't feel it is generational , but people do have different  "comfort" levels or subjects they prefer not to discuss or joke about

I only know Paula and Norman through eBlah and I did not feel what Norman said was offensive -- to me it was said in a joking manner ( and I am an "over 50" much and all as I HATE to admit it  (whattheheck) )

However , because I don't know Paula , I don't know which topics might offend her or the level beyond which a joke becomes offensive

We all have things which "push our buttons"  LOL (whattheheck) (doh!) (unhappy)

So it is not generational , but differences in people , whatever their age

After all , that is why we like different TV programmes - we all have different tastes !!

Quoted from Dalton

I did not feel what Norman said was offensive

Oh phooey. Since Norman's been stripped of his title as mod, he's become eBlah's answer to Elton John.

Errr... I mean Madonna. ;)

Quoted from Dalton

We all have things which "push our buttons"  LOL (whattheheck) (doh!) (unhappy)

Belly Button ?

The last thing I will say on the inappropriate post regarding Paula and Captain Cook is that to me it implied that Paula was around when James Cook was and therefore much aged, ancient even. Plus the sex thing was uncalled for. Please think before you 'speak' or in this case, type and post. Cactus said things to me that were very close to home and hit a raw nerve, all the time, and I was miserable and considered leaving these forums because of that one person. I am so glad he left and I didn't. It comes with age, maturity and experience that we run a scenario through our minds that goes like this... 'if I say this to this person how will they like it?' and 'Would I like it if someone did/said this to me?' There is a very apt expression... 'you can't put an 'old' head on 'young' shoulders'. :)


Hear hear Rob! ;)

we seem to be getting a little hot under the wings SuziH, I think its all getting out of hand  it was "just a joke Joyce" perhaps taken out of context but just a Joke.

worse than that has been said before hasn't it :S

Quoted from chris

... it was "just a joke Joyce" perhaps taken out of context but just a Joke.

It's only a funny if all parties are amused.

In my opinion, it was uncalled for and lewd; it matters not whether worse has been said before.  As a teacher in a very tough, disadvantaged school, I hear and see many things which make me horribly sad;  sad to think that the young people I teach come from backgrounds that nurture such behaviour.  Norman's comment made me feel just like that.  :(

Norman has, however, apologised and I have accepted that, so perhaps we can finish the debate and agree to disagree.  :)

I enrolled in my Uni subjects today :)

Sure you did. ::)

What'd you get into? Bachelor of *Hic*torical Studies? Bawahaahahahaa. *Zooooom!* Drunks. :P

9pm................its still 33 degrees here in Mandurah

Quoted from Sillygostly

Sure you did. ::)

What'd you get into? Bachelor of *Hic*torical Studies? Bawahaahahahaa. *Zooooom!* Drunks. :P

>:( Bachelor in Commerce/IT

Quoted from Lawnbowler

9pm................its still 33 degrees here in Mandurah

Zomg!

8)  :o :-/(sun)(tounge)(doh!) :D ;) ;D

Quoted from MeanDean

Zomg!

I second that comment!  It was about 28C here in Adelaide at the same time, but rather humid.  I loathe humidity.

Lordy, I have some "challenging" students in my English class.  Good thing I'm their year level coordinator.  (evil)

Humidity.... we cornered the market on humidity here in Qld. Yesterday I was shopping in a big fruit and veg shop that is beautifully airconditioned. I took one step outside and my glasses fogged up to the point where I could not see and my clothes were immediately damp from the moisture in the air! ??)
Someone told me once that when it's like that it is exactly like Port Vila in the South Pacific. So humid you can see it in the air in front of you. The weather last night said the humidity was 80% plus. I have seen it at 99%.  ::) :o

Quoted from SuziH

Humidity.... we cornered the market on humidity here in Qld. Yesterday I was shopping in a big fruit and veg shop that is beautifully airconditioned. I took one step outside and my glasses fogged up to the point where I could not see and my clothes were immediately damp from the moisture in the air! ??)
Someone told me once that when it's like that it is exactly like Port Vila in the South Pacific. So humid you can see it in the air in front of you. The weather last night said the humidity was 80% plus. I have seen it at 99%.  ::) :o

:o I can't stand humidity it's worse than being too hot.

I agree. Once I stepped outside and my face was BURNING from all the heat. I could just BARELY keep my eyes open.

Quoted from 10_rules

>:( Bachelor in Commerce/IT

More like drunken bachelor in Commerce/IT. :D

Bawahahahahaaha. *Zing!*

:P

Adelaide has experienced some days of high humidity recently . .yuckky ! . . we are used to hot and dry . .40C+ but low moisture. At least it is bearable then . .(and good beer drinking weather.)  :D

Quoted from Sillygostly

More like drunken bachelor in Commerce/IT. :D

Bawahahahahaaha. *Zing!*

:P

Hmm, you went far last year yourself didn't you... ::)

My no, it's been 3 1/2 years since I've traveled abroad. :)

I don't mind the heat even the humidity, yes its hot but I like it better than the cold, anything over 26 is good. I've been to Darwin in the wet and dry I do like both, you can wear more casual clothing and swim all day every day, noice

Quoted from SuziH

Humidity.... we cornered the market on humidity here in Qld. Yesterday I was shopping in a big fruit and veg shop that is beautifully airconditioned. I took one step outside and my glasses fogged up to the point where I could not see and my clothes were immediately damp from the moisture in the air! ??)
Someone told me once that when it's like that it is exactly like Port Vila in the South Pacific. So humid you can see it in the air in front of you. The weather last night said the humidity was 80% plus. I have seen it at 99%.  ::) :o

Yes! QLD has such bad humidity! Omg! It's boiling! Ahh!

Quoted from lawnbowler

9pm................its still 33 degrees here in Mandurah

Quoted from MeanDean

Zomg!

:P

MD, you forgot ROFL :P

It's quite warm today, not humid, just warm...

You are lucky in the fact you have a pool, Dara! I'd be throwing HUGE blocks of ice in the pool and staying in it all day with a big sombraro on my head 8)

Haha yeah I went swimming before, but the pool is like warm lol!!
i was practising diving ;)

anyway MD, I can spell it now, I think.. mandurah?
I hope.
I'd better check that incase i embarass myself hehe

I like to swim when the water is'nt to cold , its still cooler than the surronding heat, at Sydneys beaches the water has been very cold , but has since warmed up to 22 , still a bit cool for me

22 my pool is like 28 or something :S

41 here now in Mandurah......................

Quoted from Lawnbowler

41 here now in Mandurah......................

and you have more of the same tomorrow, according to the weather forecast.  :(

8pm and its still 38c.......................
Whats a bit of a worry is I am bowling tomorrow and sunday..............team events I cant get out of......

Don't they have a 'hot weather policy'??  . . just bowl slowly (with a coldie in your other hand) . .see. . I have a solution or all problems! . .  :D

They do in England, I think its 37 degrees...........................but over here we play on regardless...............
But the coldie bit goes without saying..........lol

The humidity isn't as bad now because there has been a breeze and it has blown some of the humidity away. The Gold Coast copped a beating and heaps of rain a couple of days ago. Not here though. I prefer the water to be pretty chilly and refreshing. You can't get refreshed in a pool that feels like a warm bath. I stand under the cold water at the end of my evening shower for several minutes to cool my body temp. down so I can sleep better.

man I feel sick and I have to go to work soon. grrr

also school starts again on tuesday :S

I'm so glad I'm not at school anymore... ;)

Quoted from music313

I'm so glad I'm not at school anymore... ;)

Here! . Here!  :D

School rules!

Quoted from dara

man I feel sick and I have to go to work soon. grrr

also school starts again on tuesday :S

Swap yer Dara.........I will be 16 again and go to my last year at school, you be 64 and retired......... ;)

Quoted from Paula

School rules!

You have to say that . . .  but you have our 'Deepest Sympathies' for having to return to work next week . .  :D  :P  :P  ;D  *marches to sound of funeral dirge*

I've been back since January 23!

Quoted from Paula

I've been back since January 23!

Yeh . .that was the 'fun' part. . next week the students return . .all the best!  :P

Quoted from Paula

I've been back since January 23!

So has my daughter, she runs the computer section of Esperance SHS

Quoted from Lawnbowler

So has my daughter, she runs the computer section of Esperance SHS

So when she tells you she has a 'virus' you can't offer her an aspirin!  :P

Ha ha...............that reminds me, I havnt done a virus scan fot about a month now...

I actually look forward to the students returning.  :)  The day I don't, is the day I stop teaching.

I must say I had a difficult time at school. Anxiety and nerves made me freeze up in tests and at exam time. I excelled in one subject and that was English especially writing and comprehension :D go figure. I enjoyed school to a degree but when given the opportunity to leave without finishing yr 10 or repeating that year due to illness, I chose to leave and found a job straight away. :)

My mum left school after Year 11 and got a job as well at Westpac.

Quoted from Lawnbowler

Swap yer Dara.........I will be 16 again and go to my last year at school, you be 64 and retired......... ;)

actually im not 16 yet lol, and i have 2 yrs left :(
but anyway no thx :P

Hah I just realised something really embarrasing :P
I've been spelling seinfeld , seinfield this whole time. and no one noticed. Hah! Lol . but still, shame.
oh well, lurveit and frankie did as well :P (i searched lol)

Quoted from dara

Hah I just realised something really embarrasing :P
I've been spelling seinfeld , seinfield this whole time. and no one noticed. Hah! Lol . but still, shame.
oh well, lurveit and frankie did as well :P (i searched lol)

errrr .... yes , people DID notice , including a Moderator :

TV Poll - Created by Dara

Seinfeld or Friends?  (currently 610 views)
Dara Posted: October 23rd, 2006, 5:12pm  

which do you prefer?

MOD EDIT: Seinfield???... it's Seinfeld

oh well fine then i never re read the 1st post :P

Quoted from Qwerty

MOD EDIT: Seinfield???... it's Seinfeld

;)

lol

I'm depressed.
About english.
It used to be my best subject.
And I had a good class.
Now I have the teacher who does not give any A's and.
Stupid idiot rugby guys who have the brainsize of a pea, and the bimbo snobby girls in my class :'C
no friends......

:( aww so sorry to hear that hopefully you change classers

Chin up Dara, I'm sure you'll make new friends  :)

Quoted from monstermunch

Chin up Dara, I'm sure you'll make new friends  :)

I hope so . . but not like the guy I overheard this morning . .   :(

His wife had a baby during the school holidays and he was in a servo this morning talking to asst staff and customers.
When asked about the progess of the new babe he grossed everyone out with a detail of the baby we really did not want to hear . . I hope she does better in life than the rough start she got today. .  ::)

What grossed you out so much?

Quoted from monstermunch

What grossed you out so much?

I have only heard of this on very rare occasins.

Ouch! So how does she... you know...

Quoted from 10_rules

Ouch! So how does she... you know...

Some sort of tube and a bag I think.  A colleague of mine's baby had/has the same problem.  She's had operations to rectify it.

That's not gross it's sad.

Quoted from monstermunch

That's not gross it's sad.

Perhaps you have missed my point . . it is not the babies condition that was 'gross' . . it was the surprise way Dad blurted it out for everyone to hear that had people crossing their eyes.
Suffice to say "the baby has had some difficulties" would have given the enquirers an answer without total strangers knowing such intimate details.  

Right! . . on to a new subject . . .  I nominate my local coffee shop as the best in the south of Adelaide . . Jetty Rd store used to be called Monroes.

Give us yours. (seeing as how this is the cafe thread.  :D )

hah that killed the convo :P
*jks*

I love the coffee/mochas that Zaraffas makes at my local Plaza but they are expensive. I used to go to one under the Peninsula building opposite the beach at Mooloolaba but they changed hands and got crappy. :)


By the way, yes the Dad gave WAY too much information IMHO. It is a very sad thing for them all to go through. Our medical know how is now so advanced that this darling little girl should lead a regular life eventually. Dara... did you know that when in the womb babies swallow the fluid that in there with them and that includes what they excrete? Just a passing thought. ??)

Enjoy your cuppa!

I got myself Windows Vista (Home Premium) yesterday and it truly is awesome. I love it :)

Quoted from 10_rules

I got myself Windows Vista (Home Premium) yesterday and it truly is awesome. I love it :)

What makes it better ?

Is it just the "look" ( such as getting a kind of thumbnail on stored documents ) or are there definate benefits compared to XP ?

Would appreciate any info  :)

Me too. I honestly don't see the fuss and find it completely insane that people are rushing out to stores to buy it. I really can't see any benefits of Vista worth forking over $200 for (or even $750 if you want the "Ultimate" edition).

Doesn't it use up more of your system's resources, thus making your computer run slower?

I paid only $158 for the upgrade, and just getting Media Centre is worth the cost. It works fine btw :)

Does it make your games run slower? Because if I recall correctly, your computer's relatively slow, yes?

Quoted from Sillygostly

Does it make your games run slower? Because if I recall correctly, your computer's relatively slow, yes?

Nein. Games run fine, if not better than on XP.

This site will tell you if your PC can handle Vista. I tried it just for the heck of it. Mine is ok for the standard vertion but I need more memory for the Ultimate......
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=42B5AC83-C24F-4863-A389-3FFC194924F8&displaylang=en

Quoted from SuziH

... By the way, yes the Dad gave WAY too much information IMHO...

I disagree, because I know him, as do the staff/regulars at the servo (which is situated directly acrosss from the school at which we both teach.) :)

Quoted from Lawnbowler

This site will tell you if your PC can handle Vista...

I'd have to upgrade to XP for it to work.  Pfft!

How old is your comp, Paula?

She's still using Windows 3.1. :P

Quoted from 10_rules

How old is your comp, Paula?

I upgraded 2 years ago.

Quoted from Sillygostly

She's still using Windows 3.1. :P

Almost.  :P

I use Windows 2000.

I use XP

I use Windows XP Professional :D
Not changing either!

Quoted from Paula

I upgraded 2 years ago.

If you upgraded it a bit more (More RAM, new graphics card) you might be able to run it. But I would reccommend waiting and getting a new PC later on... that way it will run very well and all the bugs will be fixed.

ew, I'd rather talk coffee than Microsoft  ;) :P

Apparently it improves your sex life, as the tag of it is "The WOW starts NOW" :P

Quoted from 10_rules

If you upgraded it a bit more (More RAM, new graphics card) you might be able to run it. But I would reccommend waiting and getting a new PC later on... that way it will run very well and all the bugs will be fixed.

i just got used to this one.  don't put ideas in her head.

here's a useful instructional video on how to load vista

http://www.break.com/index/how_to_properly_load_vista.html

"ew, I'd rather talk coffee than Microsoft"  

"Apparently it improves your sex life, as the tag of it is "The WOW starts NOW" "

what the coffee or the upgrade ? depends what your upgrading  I Guess  ;)

whats wrong with a  Commodore 64 ?

aw I went to white water world today,  it was really good but, I put on suncreen randomly , and now the back of my legs and like splotches on the front are red, and my legs never ever burn, and my arms and my left hand lol, and my face are burnt :(
Soo painful!

Quoted from chris

. . . . whats wrong with a  Commodore 64 ?

Nothing! . . they make great fishing sinkers.  .  :P

I'm in the process of making some more, but how's my new sig looking?

looking good ;)

Quoted from dara

aw I went to white water world today,  it was really good but, I put on suncreen randomly , and now the back of my legs and like splotches on the front are red, and my legs never ever burn, and my arms and my left hand lol, and my face are burnt :(
Soo painful!

I can sympathise with you Dara. It's been years but the last time I got burnt I was in the shade! It was mainly on my shoulders and upper back. I was so sick. I had to sit up to sleep, could only wear a large towel, could not go outside and got shingles from it all. I probably should have gone to the hospital or at least the Dr. Your sunburn will most likely peel so you wont notice where you burnt and where you didn't, in a months time. ??) Just chalk it up to experience and do a better job next time. I dodge the sun like the plague now, although I do try to get around 5-10 minutes daily for my health's sake (Vitamin D and keeping bones strong).  8)

Quoted from SuziH

. . . I dodge the sun like the plague now, although I do try to get around 5-10 minutes daily for my health's sake (Vitamin D and keeping bones strong).  8)

Agree fully! . . 'White is Right'   ;)  when it comes to sun exposure for me.

OO shingles that would be so painful, my friend got that last year!!

I usually avoid getting burnt but I was being lazy :X

Quoted from 10_rules

I'm in the process of making some more, but how's my new sig looking?

To Much TEN I Say....
wots wrong with a H & A logo ?  

What if I don't watch or like the show?

Dara had a bit too much of "Sun All Day" :P

yes I have often thought that about Dara,  too much sun.

Quoted from 10_rules

What if I don't watch or like the show?

how could you not like H & A ?

I know that we have done this before.

Quoted from chris

yes I have often thought that about Dara,  too much sun.

what's that meant to mean :S

Quoted from chris

how could you not like H & A ?

It's a soap opera with some of the most cliched plots on TV. And their ridiculously high ratings are drawing attention away from higher quality shows in the same timeslot such as Futurama.

Summer bay, the home of amnesia victims, tired "cliffhangers" and a death toll comparable to Wisteria Lane (and a resurrection toll comparable to The Bold & the Beautiful). ::)

^ I agree!

I agree too^^^

Shingles is related to Chicken pox, cold sores and the like, and they all are from the Herpes family. You can actually catch chicken pox from someone who has shingles. You have the virus in your system forever and get shingles, cold sore breakouts for the rest of your life when run down or stressed. I don't get cold sores or herpes in any other form thank goodness :D There is some great medication the Dr. can prescribe which I have on standby but for those not on the Health Benefits Scheme... it costs around $200.00 per box. For real. It is great stuff though. So... did you go to school today Dara? Or just soak in a cold bath all day? ??)

Lol I stayed home and watched the survivor finale, finally!!

The survivor finale?? But that was ages ago! Why'd it take you so long to watch it?

Cuz I was like 20 episodes behind so It took me ages to get thru them all lol

Quoted from dara

Cuz I was like 20 episodes behind so It took me ages to get thru them all lol

that's pretty sad that you sat there and watvhed through all of them dara...lol

I'd have been asleep 15 minutes into the first one LOL

No I didnt watch them all today lol, I've been watching them for ages, I'd just never gotten round to watching the final!

Is the current sig better?

Yes, much and the pic is much clearer!  :D

That's because this time it's not off YouTube :P

yeah the biggest loser one is cooler

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6P0LQXfdSk    - I made it :) ... Its half decent and worth viewing if ur keen. xx lurveit

Good one , lurveit !

Moody , atmospheric , yet at times humerous ( hills hoist ) and homely in a childhood memories way ( lady sitting on verandah waving )

Plenty of Aussie icons but without the "seen it all before" feel

PS
Link in text didn't work for me unless I copied & pasted , but signature one did  :)

haha cheers dalton!! xx

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6P0LQXfdSk

oo how cool, the celtic symbols like the clover, the triqutra and charmed are all related :P
don't mind me btw, I started reading about wicca and then went from there to celtic stuff and then charmed incorporates so much of it all. then I see wiccan religion some people think is evil, and I was almost tempted, but the whole religion thing put me off :P

It is good to be 'informed' and knowledgable on different subjects. I too have studied Wicca, Druidism (celtic) and Paganism. I learned a lot. They are as ancient almost as humankind. Were practiced way way before Christianity came into being. Christianity is a very 'new' religion whereas you will find almost every other 'religion', except cults like Scientology, are ancient beyond time. If someone who is ignorant of the origins and beliefs of the ancient religions starts denigrating say 'wicca', then I can inform them of facts and history and pass on my knowledge. The American Indians, before being invaded by 'white man', had a most wonderful way of honouring the Earth and all the Animals. If the World had followed their lead maybe the Earth would not be in the state it's in now. They were called 'Savages' by those who didn't know better, but who really were the savages?

How's your sunburn Dara... peeling yet?

It is so interesting!! I wish we did that in ancient history, not Rome and stuff!!

And it's better now :) Just peeling on my nose and arms lol

Quoted from dara

And it's better now :) Just peeling on my nose and arms lol

Post a piccy so we can see...... :D

ROFL

Why? So you can post them on your secret sunburn fetish website? ;)

At school, we had the people our new houses are named after come in. And we did 2 houses 1st, then the 2nd two. And I was with the 2nd two, this aborinal dancer man and the harrop family, loretta harrop and her sister and dad (my house). But those 2 houses had to wait outside for like 30 mins because d**k johnson and the other guy talked for so long!!
Very funny :P

Quoted from Sillygostly

... So you can post them on your secret sunburn fetish website? ;)

Yeah Dara, you know what it's like with these weirdos that want pics.  ;) ;)

No offence meant, LB. Just kidding around. :)

Tsk, Psk, Paula. Say Sorry now :P

Ppft, I think there's another sunburn fetishist among us. ;)

Quoted from Sillygostly

Ppft, I think there's another sunburn fetishist among us. ;)

I've always suspected that about Norman, yanno.  :P ;) :P ;)

Oh, Please... ::)

Dara peeling off her sunburnt skin?

What a twisted fantasy lol. :P

ewwww  :D

it only peeled a little bit :S :(

Are they picking on you Punkin'? Tell them you have stopped peeling now and you're all better!

No! No! DON'T STOP! :o

Out of context, that would have sounded ssssooo wrong lol. :P

Quoted from Sillygostly

No! No! DON'T STOP! :o

Out of context, that would have sounded ssssooo wrong lol. :P

you perverted spectre, you  :P :P

43 words down.. 753 to go.

Stupid. Spoilt. Lazy. Those words have become the norm when describing modern day teenagers, nicknamed “generation Y”.  The media these days would have you believe that all teenagers are a bunch of spoilt brats without a decent bone in their body and the brain of a goldfish.


such a great feature article isn't it :S
I hate these, we do 1 like every yr. they suck!! :(
I'm doing the "teens fight back against unfair reputation" stimulas one.

actually no scrap that i dont like it anymore :S

ahh I'll do the intro last :P

*dies*

Actually no. But. OMG! Me and my friend, we walked home today from swimming ( we do that for sport), and we walked like 9 km, got home at like 4:30 , we left at like 2:20 lol. We had like 3 food stops though :P
Soo tiring. But so fun. We decided no one should be allowed to use cars for less than 10km unless it's an emergency haha.
We decided to get fit :D

hahaha I so remember doing that on 'MAP' wednesday... I member walking from Kessels road once .. oh my lorrrd.. that was enough for me!

I used to be pretty good at cross country running when I was at school, always ending up in the top 3 when competing in inter schools meets................i joined a running club after school and took part in a marathon at age 17.  This was a huge event of over 500 starters and I remember I came 8th in around 2hrs 42 mins.............pretty slow by todays times but it nearly killed me..........it took me days to get over it......this was my first and last marathon, I gave up long distance after that.....................

I am moving in with my adult daughter tomorrow for a few weeks until a suitable rental comes up on the sunshine coast. I will be reconnected at the beginning to the middle of next week. I couldn't live without my internet.  :'( I am tired beyond belief from packing today.  ??) All I can say is, thank goodness for my daughter!  ;) I have so much stuff on my bed I can't even find it, but to sleep tonight, I have to!  :-/ Until I 'see' you again in 5 to 7 days... be good and look after one another. Cheers SuziH :)
Psst... don't talk about me while I am gone coz I will find out! ;)

We shall miss you SuziH, good luck with the move  :)

GL suzi.

Me = depressed. Hard drive. gone. whole. A+++++ assignment . gone.
dead.

Good luck househunting SuziH! Seems like you've really liked your old place. Hope you can find a suitable alternative. :)

F*** F*** F*** F***!

It was so good before!
I'm re writing it, I wouldn't give it over a D+ now :'C

dara - ur in year 11 this year hey?

yea

EDIT- sorry im all annoyed, im just upset cuz i had to write it all again, and it took me ages on tuesday. and all my files are gone. :(

well, if you do get that D+ just stand tall with ... 'pfft, nothing counts this year anyway!' ;)

seriously - nothing does - so dont panic - year 11 is just that trial year to get you use to the whole 'hard work' and deadlines concept. xx

Dont you back up all your work Dara ? but I know how upset you must be

Quoted from dara

yea

EDIT- sorry im all annoyed, im just upset cuz i had to write it all again, and it took me ages on tuesday. and all my files are gone. :(

Happened to me too.

I accidentally left my USB in the computer, and some Year 12s took it (this was the end of Year 11). They denied taking it, and when I got it back from someone else, I found my 1000 word History essay and some other files were deleted. I did not back before that day, but I did after that every single day.

BTW, I did manage to finish that essay in about 2 days from then, and I got a resonable mark for it, a 16 I think. Good thing was the teacher was understanding and really helpful with that.

Bring on Uni I say :)

Lol yeah I know nothing counts, but still :P And maths does count for me next semester :x

ANd I back up some of my work but not my english

My hard drive screwed up on me around 3 times over the past 2.5 years. Grrr...

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR (feb 18th)!!!

sun nin fai lok^^

year of the piggie, GO CRAZY!! ^_______________^

Happy CNY to you as well!
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lurveit i went to your old school last weekend :P ours is better bahahaha ;P

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anyways go me cut my foot n got blood everywhere. heh. see im not known for doing things carefully. i leave the room trip over my binder for goodness sake and now i have a big hole in my foot lmao :P

Quoted from dara

lurveit i went to your old school last weekend :P ours is better bahahaha ;P

Pfft... I DONT think so Dara - my highschool was the private school of public schools -  or it was years ago  ;)

Geez!  How's this for a copycat!  

http://27blah.eamped.com/


You're with friends!  there as well.

what the is that paula?!?

when was it created ... :o

... its so... ugly!

Quoted from Paula

Geez!  How's this for a copycat!  

http://27blah.eamped.com/


You're with friends!  there as well.

paula nannyfan showed me that ages ago and said u r a member!!
and it says paula- bb winner or something

Quoted from lurveit

Pfft... I DONT think so Dara - my highschool was the private school of public schools -  or it was years ago  ;)

Hehe
It is so small though!! And all the building are blue! And the 3 story ones look scary! But seriouisly its tiny :P ands its cool cuz the tennis courts r crappier than ours and thats saying something :P*



* not saying this is a mean way .. just jokin :P

lol.. its true tennis court was always crap and yeah I remember being in year 8 having panic attacks walking up the flight of stairs between the second and third story .. they were open stairs back then - I dont know if they've now built some cages around them but yeah they were open stairs and wooden and you'd just picture youself getting pushed by somebody and going over .. or slipping on wet days :S lol

caged now I think, they look like a prison block :P
our K block is pretty shitty as well though, i have english in it :X

I remember one of the boys at school actually picked me up and as a joke was pretending to throw me over and a maths teacher just bolted over to us.. it was crazy but yeah they still wern't caged when I was graduating.. i'm sure of it.   :-/

holy crap how scary lol!!

its good you had stands on the oval though
and  a proper locker area


(i had to watch my sisters athletics thats why i was there, so i went looking around hehe :P)

Quoted from lurveit

what the is that paula?!?

when was it created ... :o

... its so... ugly!

It used to be a lot different, then it kinda fizzled out.  I guess this is the new look.  Nannyfan showed me it some time back.  We're both members.  I don't think I'll bother anymore.  I tried to give admin. some pointers too!  Pfft!

Yeah what copies :( But their fights are entertaining LOL

Quoted from Unwritten

Yeah what copies :( But their fights are entertaining LOL

LOL

It looks like their admin. "listened".  :X

Their threads are all so much like ours!! :o  N' is it just me or does everyone on that thing either have something to do with their bb comp or currently banned ? lol

oh well, at least ours looks like it was made this decade :p

Haha I went on it when nannyfan told me and it was so crappy :P

Omg, we're being stalked lol.

Wouldn't be surprised if they have an mod named Paul, and a member named Intelligostly. :P

"Theee Thoooompsooonssss!"

"That's crazy, nobody's watching us right now..."

*awkward silence*

Yay I've finished my feature article!

I thought this was very true...


When things in your lives seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar and the 2 cups of coffee.

A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him.

When the class began, he wordlessly picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He then asked the students if the jar was full.

They agreed that it was.

The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar.

He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls. He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.

The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar.

Of course, the sand filled up everything else. He asked once more if the jar was full.

The students responded with an unanimous "yes."

The professor then produced two cups of coffee from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar effectively filling the empty space between the sand.

The students laughed.

"Now," said the professor as the laughter subsided,

"I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life.

The golf balls are the important things--your family, your children, your health, your friends and your favorite passions--    and if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full.

The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house and your car.

The sand is everything else--the small stuff. "If you put the sand into the jar first," he continued, "there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for life.

If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff you will never have room for the things that are important to you.

"Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take time to get medical checkups. Take your spouse out to dinner. Play another 18. There will always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal.

Take care of the golf balls first--the things that really matter.  Set your priorities.  

The rest is just sand."

One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the coffee represented.

The professor smiled. "I'm glad you asked.

It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem,

there's always room for a couple of cups of coffee with a friend."

That is excellent and so true!

Heh cool

Hey Norman , LOVE the new avatar with the Flexity tram  :D

"Viva La Tram Extension" , indeed -- it's been a lonnnnnnnnnnng time comming !

Can't wait for you to be in Rate The Avatar , so (star)(star)(star) 12 / 10  (star)(star)(star)

( Yeah , yeah , I know everyone else is going ..   ::) ..  ) :)

Though I do have fond memories of my first trip to Glenelg on the old H Class -- the woodwork and etched glass of the interior , the thump of the motors and speeding along the private right of way from South Terrace

Suddenly gaining height and going up and over the Goodwood Flyover like a mini rollercoaster !!

Arriving in Glenelg at Moseley Square with cafe patrons fenced off right next to the line ..... ah , what a trip

The new trams secure one of Adelaide's transport gems and give the regular riders modern , fully accessible transportaion   (thumbsup)

your trams look like busses.
wish we had trams.

I don't. A girl I went to school with owned a motorcycle and lived in Melbourne when we reached our late teens, early 20's, and her front wheel caught in the tram line and caused her to collide with either a tram or a car and she was killed. I hate crossing the cane tram lines which are actually not in use anymore here on the sunny coast. On the Bli Bli Bridge the tram lines have been removed thank goodness as driving over the bridge was a hazard especially if you got a tyre caught or slipping on the tram line. Someone was killed in just that situation a few years ago here.

Work on the Tram Extension starts in just over 1 month :D

yeah, driving a car is scary enough in the city let alone worrying about some tram comin at you! :s

that's true :S

Quoted from lurveit

yeah, driving a car is scary enough in the city let alone worrying about some tram comin at you! :s

Actually , many tram systems throughout the world are segregated from other traffic running in median strips or with raised surfaces between the tracks and motor traffic

AND trams are cleaner for the environment , transport more people per metre of road-space used , etc , etc  :)

PLUS , don't forget , the trams were there first , before cars  ;)

And trams run WITH the traffic flow, they're not coming towards you. Treat it like another car.

another car .. sure!  :P  ;)


guys, i'm stuck in a bit of situation at the moment - I have to move out very soon and i'm trying to find a place of my own that will allow me to bring my dog and NOWHERE allows you to bring your dog!!  >:(  :'(  :(

I've looked at two of the well known real estate websites for houses - realestate.com.au and domain.com.au but found nothing. I tried googling for some others but they're not even kept up-to-date!  ::)

Anyway, if any of you could help me find a website for houses in brisbane that would be brilliant.  :)


...I just can not believe nobody allows you to bring your poor old' pooch with you - they need homes too!!  

Renting or buying?
A full house or a unit?
:)

renting and anything that takes my doggy - it would need to have SOME kind of yard for him so a house or a town house would be best.

aww dara - trust you to be the first to reply to want to help ;) cheers hun xx

Lol its ok :)
Any particular area you have in mind?
Maybe the various real estates have sites, like remax and stuff?
In cooparoo and carina there are lots of places for rent.
Hmm

It was our aunt's funeral today.  The funeral celebrant had just started to speak, when we heard a loud, persistent knocking.  After a moment's stunned silence we all began to chuckle.  To our left, through the glass doors that led to the parlour's carpark, we could see a woman.  She was knocking to be let in.  A voice from beside me said, "Better call Clarkson's."  I swear I heard Aunt's guffaws from above. LOL

PS Clarkson's are a local glazier here in SA.

Quoted from lurveit

renting and anything that takes my doggy - it would need to have SOME kind of yard for him so a house or a town house would be best.

aww dara - trust you to be the first to reply to want to help ;) cheers hun xx

Same situation as you! Go to http://www.realestate.com.au click on rentals, click on SE Qld and Bob's your Uncle.... :D I only have budgies though.

yes, that and domain are two of the best that I have found so far. Lol. However, I've only found ONE house that is willing to even consider a dog.


How is your house hunting going suzi??

It's probably just my opinion, but I wouldn't have dogs let into my rental property. The smell and waste they may leave behind inside the house is too much of a risk. It devalues your house extremely.

Not ALL dogs do their deeds inside the house, Norman, mine go to one place down the back of the yard..............i got a posthole digger, I just bore a hole 6 inches diameter by 6 ft deep.........it all goes down there, when full, I fill it in and bore another.

Its a bit hard to train the dogs to actually squat over the hole tho.............................

Quoted from lurveit

yes, that and domain are two of the best that I have found so far. Lol. However, I've only found ONE house that is willing to even consider a dog.


How is your house hunting going suzi??

Some rental places will allow an 'outside' pet and if the dog is classified in the small/toy sizing they may even let you have one inside. Norman... who the hell has dogs that do their business inside a house/home? If I knew anyone who did I'd tell them to stop being so lazy and train their dogs/cats. Cat's have litter boxes as well as the great outdoors. The new crystal kitty litter is a wonderful invention! I had a bunny once that was trained to go to the toilet in a litter box! Some people just shouldn't have pets. I think also Landlord's and Real Estates think about the dogs digging up the gardens/yard, wrecking plants and fences, scratching at doors to be let out/in the house and the like. Some dogs, especially puppies and juveniles can be very destructive.
Thanks for asking lurveit, I have stopped looking 'frantically' for a week or two because my daughter is going interstate for 2 weeks starting thursday week. I am minding the house/pets while she is gone. She can have peace of mind with me here keeping them company and the cats and rats love their 'Gan-ma' (spelled correctly with no 'r'). If ever I get grandchildren who can speak/talk I want to be called Gan-ma!  :D
The house she rents is magnificent and beautiful to live in. It has just been put on the market for $450k ??) It is up on Buderim Mountain (Sunny Coast).
Good luck with your searching lurveit.

450k that's a lot. My cousins house in sydney is smaller than ours but it cost almost 1 million, because sydney is so pricey. Our house only cost like 385k or something but these days it would be worth like 450 or maybe more I am not sure. ;)

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Not ALL dogs do their deeds inside the house, Norman, mine go to one place down the back of the yard..............i got a posthole digger, I just bore a hole 6 inches diameter by 6 ft deep.........it all goes down there, when full, I fill it in and bore another.

Its a bit hard to train the dogs to actually squat over the hole tho.............................

I know LB... but not all dogs do that, and I as a homeowner would not be that willing to take that risk.

Well, it shows you are never too old to learn...........I always thought the Gold Coast was an area..................found out today that it is a city..........

Quoted from Lawnbowler

Not ALL dogs do their deeds inside the house, Norman, mine go to one place down the back of the yard..............i got a posthole digger, I just bore a hole 6 inches diameter by 6 ft deep.........it all goes down there, when full, I fill it in and bore another.

Its a bit hard to train the dogs to actually squat over the hole tho.............................

well done LB,  see I dont blame the dog for pooing on my lawn I blame the owners, also this is why "they" were thinking about bringing in dung beatles to aust to help with this problem

Quoted from 10 rules

know LB... but not all dogs do that, and I as a homeowner would not be that willing to take that risk.

and as a home owner I have to agree with 10_rules, you cant take the risk not all renters are as good with their dogs and you are, so you have to make one rule for all  

HAPPY MARDI GRAS (rainbow) (rainbow) (rainbow)  (rainbow)

Quoted from Lawnbowler

Well, it shows you are never too old to learn...........I always thought the Gold Coast was an area..................found out today that it is a city..........

Really :-/ I actually didn't know that. Then why do they have places like 'Broadbeach', 'Labrador', Surfer's Paradise etc? What are they, suburbs within the city?

I live on the Sunshine Coast where we have several areas under different councils. Noosa has it's own mayor and council, Maroochy has it's own mayor and council and Caloundra has it's own mayor and council. Maybe we on the Sunshine Coast are classified as a city also.  Then again the Gold Coast has but one Council and mayor (ex Olympian Ron Clarke) ??)
I am confused... not unusual for me! :D

pfft.. gold goast doesnt get the right to be a city!! Brisbane rules this state thank you very much... UNLESS - we're the capital city and.. Gold coast is another city within our state ... so, does that make queensland the FIRST state to have more than one city to its name! :o   .. sounds good!! FIRST STATE OF AUSTRALIA to own TWO cities.. o yeh, o yeh,  lol..

Anyway, I'm going house hunting today - :( ... I hate it already - don't they say moving is the worst thing you can do in life ... or something like that?!

... because I'm quickly learning it to be so!

oh! and my dog is a clean and tidy dog thanks Norm.. he poops outside in his known 'area' ... train your dogs you lazy people. IF he comes inside (because of bad weather or whatever the case) he's put into the laundry which has a child gate up to keep him in there so he doesn't scratch the polished floors or anything.. but yes, he's a clean dog that doesnt kill birds or dig up backyards and I can understand a landlords point of view to not want to have dogs in there rental property BUT as a dog owner IF I let a property out - I would without a doubt allow my home to also be a home for somebodys poor pooch!

Quoted from chris

HAPPY MARDI GRAS (rainbow) (rainbow) (rainbow)  (rainbow)

Some people are by far worse than any dog could be.  I had some people rent a house from me with glowing references, with 2 weeks the place was a tip.  It took me 4 months to get then out, then another $2000 to clean it up to sell.  I would never be a landlord again.......

yeah we rented our Nz house out. then the tenants changed but we were in usa, and they trashed it. they wrecked the carpets and stole the stuff we had locked in a cubboard and the swings we left outside.

dara.. ur avatar reminds me of the queensland sun showers we're always having here :)

Quoted from lurveit

pfft.. gold goast doesnt get the right to be a city!! Brisbane rules this state thank you very much... UNLESS - we're the capital city and.. Gold coast is another city within our state ... so, does that make queensland the FIRST state to have more than one city to its name! :o   .. sounds good!! FIRST STATE OF AUSTRALIA to own TWO cities.. o yeh, o yeh,  lol..

Anyway, I'm going house hunting today - :( ... I hate it already - don't they say moving is the worst thing you can do in life ... or something like that?!

... because I'm quickly learning it to be so!

Every State has more than one city, but not more than ONE Capital City. I have lived in Orange NSW (a City) and Tamworth NSW (also a city) I have lived on the Central Coast NSW which is all connected like up here on the Sunny Coast. In Queensland we have now learnt that the Gold Coast is a City, Rockhampton, Cairns, Toowoomba are all cities but Brisbane is the Capital City of Queensland. I thought that for a 'town' to gain city status it had to have a population of over, say.... 30 000  or 35 000.

As far as moving goes... it is up there with a death in the family and divorce on a scale of stressful situations, I have heard. Having just moved temporarily in with my daughter and having to move again in the not too distant future, I can testify to the level of stress it creates. That is why I hire removalists and hire a cleaning crew/company to do a 'Bond' clean on the premises I have vacated. I have had 2 divorces, one the same year as my Father died (3 years ago). In Queensland alone I have moved 5 times in 13 years. The last place I lived I had spent 6 years exactly in and I was very sad to leave my beautiful rental home. Wait until you are older lurveit and have accumulated so much furniture and crap that it is a 'mission' to move. This last move I kept a third of my belongings, sold a third and gave 'Lifeline' the rest that was useful, and made two trips to the tip in my car.
Go to the address below to see what are the biggest stress related events of our lives...
http://www.virtualpsychcentre.com/diseases.asp?did=476

Year 12 in there? Year 11? No? Pfft! :P

I just noticed TSS made it to 1,000 posts.  Woo hoo!  Congratulations!

(clap)(shakennotstirred)(mmmbeer)(clap)

You're not far from 5000, Paula :P (About time, I had 5000 for ages :P)

Quoted from 10_rules

You're not far from 5000, Paula :P (About time, I had 5000 for ages :P)

Yeah but I don't/didn't have as much free time as you do/did. :P

Quoted from SuziH

Every State has more than one city

haha .. i had no clue  :P I thought each australian state had one city ... that we we're only big enough to have one city and it just happened to also double as the states capital city... fancy that. I made it all the way to year 12 and onwards and never even knew that!!

Maybe these little cities need more ways to be known... or maybe I should've paid a lot more attention in geography  :B  ;)


Oh, and the moving thing.. oh-my-god ... I just cant find a place that is a decent price and decent to live in!! its like everywhere asks you for 15% more than they know its worth every week and when you DO find a good place its gone within seconds!!

And although I'm only 21 because of life hitting me early I have a whole house to move suzi... not years of valuable collections but yes, 3x beds, washing machine, fridge, lounge sofas, dinning, computer and other office furniture plus all the other extra crap!  ::) my god..

and its all so expensive!! first you need to pay bond $1,200+ THEN first two weeks rent so say $600+ THEN removalists $150+ plus extras such as disconnect/reconnect fees... fuel for moving all ur other crap. i'm sure i'm forgetting 1,000 other fees for this and that ??) .. lord help us suzi!!

Woah how'd you get all that stuff by 21!
There are lots of places in like carina heights and carina for rent :P

OMG lurveit, it's a damned mission hey! You have a great start at your age with your furniture. My ex neighbour is 20 and has like a sofa, bed, fridge, TV, Soundsystem and a bit of crockery. The cost of renting is almost out of reach. Regarding moving costs... removalists $530. (locally to storage) $160. per month storage fee in advance, professional cleaners $450. guaranteed bond clean, redirect mail (cheaper to rent a private box for 13 months@$86).

Future costs: reconnect phone and ADSL over $200. for a pensioner, get furniture out of storage and delivered locally $530-600, one month Bond and two weeks rent in advance $1200. minimum. It is Mind boggling! I have $3k saved for future costs. My CAR is only worth about $500. ??)

Ongoing costs: storage costs of $160 pm in advance ::)

so expensive :S

hey does anybody know the numbers u have to put in front of ur mobile number to txt msg from America to Australia .. is it just the +61 replacing the 0 ??

... or are there other numbers as well to be placed in front?

When I was in the UK, all I added was the +61.  I think it's the same from the USA.

thanks paula.

hope it works! :)

I am pretty sure she's right lurveit... are you going OS?

Internationl Dialling Codes . .  ;)

Oz_Is_61_then_add_State_Code_before phone number

^^^She should know^^^ working in the industry!

^ correct the +61 is aussie but with the state code eg 03 Melb(vic)  , you just do the 3 EG: +613# and this should work, remember you need to activate international roaming before you go, and its very expensive, if some one call you from aus, they pay their normal cost and YOU pay for the call to reach you OS, $$$ hope this helps.  

Quoted Text

...and its very expensive...

My January bill was $200+ (normal bill $40), but it was worth it to have easy contact with my family.   The feeling of safety and connectedness to Au was worth every cent.

Is "connectedness" a word...............????????????

connectedness

noun
1.  the state of being connected; "the connection between church and state is inescapable" [syn: connection] [ant: disconnectedness]  
2.  a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it); "there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare" [syn: connection] [ant: unconnectedness]  

WordNet® 2.1, © 2005 Princeton University

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/connectedness

Quoted from Paula

connectedness

noun
1.  the state of being connected; "the connection between church and state is inescapable" [syn: connection] [ant: disconnectedness]  
2.  a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it); "there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare" [syn: connection] [ant: unconnectedness]  

WordNet® 2.1, © 2005 Princeton University

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/connectedness

Hee hee.........just KNEW that would get a reply...... :D ;)

I officially - HATE real estate agents!!!!


Its like they're only nice to the ppl wanting to buy a house.. us renting are treated DIRT!

In the past few weeks I have met A LOT of real estate agents and I have one thing to say - they dont want to help you - they dont even want to get out of their chairs or give you eye contact... 'hello, person away from that computer would like to try and get a property to live in .. over here - that IS what you do isn't it?!?!?! ahhhh'

I dont know if its because I look too young to have a penny to my name or what but they are down right rude - the way they talk to you.. jeez! the way they treat you - 'papers over there with rental properties on it'... um, thanks??

I'm sorry guys - suzi are you having this same problem with the agencies around you or is it just us on southside that are having to deal with these people??

Quoted from Lawnbowler

Hee hee.........just KNEW that would get a reply...... :D ;)

:P :P :P :P :P

Boo!  ;D 8) ??) :X ::) :D :P ;)

That was just so I could get my 5,000th post up before bed!

Congrats! w00t w00t!

*makes mental vow to someday outpost Paula :P*

Woo Hoo! Paula :) Great work

Congrats Paula. I don't even look at how many I have anymore :o

Lurveit... I remember when I was a year or two older than you looking in Newcastle and surround for a rental place. I was treated like you. I had a little girl then and I was rejected because places didn't 'want' children. This is 27-28 years ago mind you when discrimiation was rife. In the end I applied without my daughter being present (at pre-school/daycare) and got a beautiful waterfront cottage on Lake Macquarie at Nords Wharf. I think it is your age that they see and not the 'person'. Because of my lower income now ($310.00 pw) I had to lower my sights on rentals. :(
Yesterday I found a 2 bedroom unit, No.2 in a row of 4. It has pale blue walls throughout ::) and has 2 good sized bedrooms, it is old and needs a lick of paint and some work. The owner is getting the lounge room recarpeted and the kitchen and laundry tiled. The laundry is quite literaly a cupboard. The neighbours are women, like myself and the guy in number 4 is gay with a mini fox terrier. The curtains are shot to hell but I can fix that because I sew and have heaps of material. To keep the ambience of the place I was accepted in a heartbeat :) The tenant/lady has gone back to live with her abusive ex-husband ??) and will officially be out on the 16th. The carpeting and tiling will be done then and I can move in after that ;) That's the latest from me. Just hang in there Lurveit, come across like you know exactly what you are doing and that you will take no s**t. Your money is as good as the next person's and you should be given the chance to start a rental history. You have to start somewhere.  :D I sell myself very well, am not shy at saying I will be the best tenant they've ever had. I am on a pension and that didn't make any of the Real Estates balk because I have never had a black mark against my name in the 18 years I have been renting. Good Luck. ;)

Quoted from Paula

Boo!  ;D 8) ??) :X ::) :D :P ;)

That was just so I could get my 5,000th post up before bed!

post   bed   ????

what are you trying to tell us ?   ;)

Congrats on the new unit, Suzi, it sounds good.  Have you met your neighbours yet  ?

Quoted from lurveit

I officially - HATE real estate agents!!!!


Its like they're only nice to the ppl wanting to buy a house.. us renting are treated DIRT!

In the past few weeks I have met A LOT of real estate agents and I have one thing to say - they dont want to help you - they dont even want to get out of their chairs or give you eye contact... 'hello, person away from that computer would like to try and get a property to live in .. over here - that IS what you do isn't it?!?!?! ahhhh'

I dont know if its because I look too young to have a penny to my name or what but they are down right rude - the way they talk to you.. jeez! the way they treat you - 'papers over there with rental properties on it'... um, thanks??

I'm sorry guys - suzi are you having this same problem with the agencies around you or is it just us on southside that are having to deal with these people??

That's really bad! Probably because they think you are too young or something. Stupid people! Oh well.. do you really want to have a proper conversation with people like that, at least if they brush you off you can ignore them :P

Quoted from Lawnbowler

Congrats on the new unit, Suzi, it sounds good.  Have you met your neighbours yet  ?

I met the mini foxy and only caught a glimpse of his owner and that was all. I was there with the Real Estate who just happens to be the owner. I get the keys on Friday the 16th and can start moving in then but no rush because I am minding my daughter's house, cats and rats until she returns on the 23rd. I have to organise for my furniture to be delivered probably around the 21st and the phone connected and the electricity activated and my adsl hooked up for the day I actually move in, probably the 23rd because that's a Friday. I may hire a small delivery/courier van and put all the boxes and stuff that I have at my daughter's place because it takes so much out of my car coming up Buderim Mountain where she lives, up hill and down dale, plus the petrol just disappears. Buderim is beautiful BUT I am going to live back down in Maroochydore because it is flat and I like the area so much. Have lived in Maroochydore for 13 years. I can even get rid of my car in a couple of months because public transport is less than 100 meters away and a taxi would only cost $7 to get me home with my groceries. Maybe less if I get my 'friend with benefits' to bring me home  :D I am beginning to get excited about this 'new' phase in my life :)

Quoted from SuziH

  :D I am beginning to get excited about this 'new' phase in my life :)

Go for it Suzi, . . It is good to see you get a place in the area you wanted.. ;)

:P ;D :( >:(UR weird but i like you sexy :K) 8)

Quoted from InkyPinky

Blah Blah Cafe

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There are so many threads it's hard to keep up with everyone without jumping from thread to thread and sometimes you just want to chat about nothing without it being themed which gives it a limited scope.  

For those of us who haven’t got the time to search every thread looking for some conversation I thought it would be a good idea if we had somewhere to talk about anything and everything. Idle chatter with some gossip thrown in but without being "themed", like you would do if you did go out to a cafe.

So to start I'd like to say that I'm still looking for work but I'm getting really annoyed because most businesses just don't reply even if it is an advertised job.  If I just sent letters to everyone and anyone then I would imagine they don't feel obliged to acknowledge you but when they advertise a vacancy then it should only be proper to answer every enquiry.

The weather up here has been good the last couple of weeks with good rain and cooler temperature.  That’s it for tonight I’m off to bed now so goodnight and seeya soon.

Quoted from Unwritten

Woo Hoo! Paula :) Great work

R u a lesbian?

Quoted from Bryon

R u a lesbian?

??) No i'm a male.

see i thought u were a girl as well!!

Dara... there you go again getting people's gender confused ??)

I think Dara needs gender assignment surgery. :P

No I know he is a guy now but at first I thought he was a girl~ because of the username!

I don't think it would be healthy for a girl to be THAT obsessed with Fran Drescher. :P

Dara isn't male or female... she's an Alien :P

Quoted from Sillygostly

I think Dara needs gender assignment surgery. :P

I think the term is 'gender re-assignment' but yes, she may well do!

I KNOW NANNYFAN IS A GUY!

Quoted from SuziH

I think the term is 'gender re-assignment' but yes, she may well do!

That wasn't a typo, SuziH. ;)

I meant that Dara may need surgery to distinguish between the sexes. :P

Ahhh, Suzi is a bit slow on the uptake... sorry sillygostly. Love the current avatar BTW ;)

Sillyghostly......... what is silly the ghost? Is it something you made up or..?

All you need to know is that Silly is a guy :P

Hehe, Silly the Ghost is a quirky, over-the-top character I made up in around circa 1998. He's pretty much my signature character and anybody who knows me will know about Silly in one way or another. :P

I have a Silly the Ghost costume up in my room which my mum made for me in 1999 for a school talent show, and I made it to the finals, but I had chickenpox and couldn't compete. Dang. The play was simply about Silly belittling and humiliating his friend Pop. All wasn't over yet, because a sequel followed in 2000, and it introduced a new character Professor Blink, who invented a device which allows one person to imitate another person's actions, and obviously Silly had a lot of fun with that. The bad news was I made it to the finals YET AGAIN (almost beaten by the umpteenth performance of "Oops! I Did It Again!" ??) however I went to Turkey and I never actually was able to perform at the finals. Darn. :P

Silly also has a line of picture/comic books titled Puties, which is about Silly and his friends going on a world trip with their Putie companions, but encounter evil forces along the way. I retired the series a few years ago after around 18 books but I never got around to making any more. Shame because it ended in a cliffhanger too. Silly and his mates were surrounded by a horde of horrendous dark Puties, who have already killed Silly's brother Chilli, one-time bad guy Rotty, and their respective Putie companions. Silly was also kidnapped, and seduced by a naked lemon-like Putie, and in the meantime, Silly's wife Minnie gave birth to (for reasons unknown) a demonic Putie. It was suggested that she's zoophilic. :P

Err... and for my birthday once upon a time (circa 1999), my mum had these awesome Silly/Minnie stamps made for my b'day. :D

Ahh... memories. :P

While Silly was still human all the way back in the 10th century, his name was John Smith, and after stabbing his father to death and committing suicide afterwards, young John came back to life as a ghost and he changed his name to Silly "the ghost" Gostly because he thought his birth name was boring. :P

Errrr... I'll stop now. :B

hehe, that sounds really fun to read. did you actually have them published and put on the shelves to sell? you were about 10 when you started the story? that's v.impressive^^. all i remember doing when i was 10, was playing marbles and watching sailor moon.

Wow very thought out :P Cool....

By all means do not be embarrassed Sillygostly. I love the story and now want more! I used to make up stories to tell the big shetland collie dog we had when I was young. I would sit on the grass with her head on my lap and tell her the most wonderful fairy and other stories. I never really wrote them down except one about a cuscus (a possum like mammal found in New Guinea, surrounding islands of northeastern Australia and Indonesia).
I must have read about it with fascination to have written a story about it! ??)
click on the following links to read about this funny little mammal.
http://animal.discovery.com/guides/mammals/habitat/tropforest/spotcuscus.html
http://www.answers.com/topic/common-spotted-cuscus

When I was around 10 I played 'Swallows and Amazons' with my friends on the weekend. It was a show on TV.
Here is a short description found on
http://www.nauticalia.com/uk-info/the_magic_of_arthur_ransome_-_swallows_%26_amazons_forever/94240.html?engine=adwords!7544&keyword=%28swallows+amazons%29&match_type={ifcontent:content}


Arthur Ransome&#8217;s twelve books about adventures in small wooden boats are utterly captivating: you can almost feel the breeze on your cheeks, smell the "pemmican" (corned beef) sizzling in the pan over the fire, see the sun setting over the still water. Sailing at night, roaming through the woods, camping where and when one wishes. Fictional places, but recognisably based on the Lake District and the Norfolk Broads. If you read these books when you were younger, you&#8217;ll love doing so again; if you didn&#8217;t, you must. And they are a great gift for children.These are completely unadulterated reproductions of the 1930&#8217;s hardback originals, authentic in every respect from the line drawings to the dust jackets and gold-embossed spines. Absolute classics. Reviewed in CLASSIC BOAT magazine. "...it was Nauticalia who came up with the idea of presenting them as a boxed set. With the crossed Swallows and Amazon flags in gold on the ends, it makes a handsome showpiece".

We even had the flags!

The TV series began in 1963.
Swallows and Amazons (1974) was a movie I gather.

On holiday with their mother in the Lake District in 1929 four children are allowed to sail over to the nearby island in their boat Swallow and set up camp for a few days. They soon realise this has been the territory of two other girls who sail the Amazon, and the scene is set for serious rivalry. Written by Jeremy Perkins {jwp@aber.ac.uk}

For more go to:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0200383/
http://imdb.com/title/tt0072233/

You would remember them Lawnbowler as well as Paula since it was filmed in the UK, especially.

I have a laptop, supplied by the school.  I feel like such a nerd!  :P

This means Rob and I can log on at the same time.  Scary.  ??)

yep!

Quoted from juugoolart

hehe, that sounds really fun to read. did you actually have them published and put on the shelves to sell? you were about 10 when you started the story? that's v.impressive^^. all i remember doing when i was 10, was playing marbles and watching sailor moon.

No, no, all my books were done purely in my spare time, and the dialogue was nothing to poke a stick at. Some of the stuff I've written was actually pretty bad lol. I wanted to write a novelization on of Silly's life (and death :P), but I never got around to it. However an animated series on adult swim about Silly's wacky adventures would be awesome. :D Gee, I'm getting a little ahead of myself there LOL. I feel like my horde of oddball characters are simply too bizarre to appeal to any kind of audience but time will tell. :)

But in the meantime, Puties will appear as a "show within a show" in my upcoming Sims 2 series called "Our Nana". :P I don't know when (or if) it'll be released as it's too early to tell, but I'm hoping I can have the first batch of episodes done by late 2007 - early 2008. :)

:B:P

Quoted from Paula

I have a laptop, supplied by the school.  I feel like such a nerd!  :P

This means Rob and I can log on at the same time.  Scary.  ??)

AHHHHHHhhhhhh! ***runs around pulling hair out*** damn and it was just growing back too!