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It's true what you say, but still impressed Brenda! :)
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Marianne wrote: "@ Laura At first I thought you had misspelled "caramel" chocolate (twice!!), but then I read on where you brought it back from Dubai, LOL"We picked up some when we flew back from Europe last year. Couldn't believe my eyes when I saw them in duty free. Bought a block for me and one for our chocoholic daughter. Wasn't the best chocolate I've ever tasted but certainly was an experience :)
Sally906 wrote: "Marianne wrote: "@ Laura At first I thought you had misspelled "caramel" chocolate (twice!!), but then I read on where you brought it back from Dubai, LOL"We picked up some when we flew back from..."
Hahaha! Cool :) I saw like 3 or 4 flavours I think..I picked up an Orange and plain.
It's cool if you've got problems with having reg milk chocolate...My Mum can't have cows milk SO I'm always on the look for something different but she now loves 90% dark. We tried 100% and that was terrible..blegh. Lindt thankfully bought over the 90% from Europe this year like a month or so after I got back..Otherwise I was gunna have to post some blocks back to her next year! lol
Brenda wrote: "Dale wrote: "Carolyn wrote: "I had a disturbed night but nothing to do with the thunderstorm. I was just drifting off to sleep around midnight when I felt something brush past my hair. Thinking it..."Does that say something about us and our sense of humour Brenda?
Leonie wrote: "Carolyn wrote: "I had a disturbed night but nothing to do with the thunderstorm. I was just drifting off to sleep around midnight when I felt something brush past my hair. Thinking it was a moth, ..."I have found occasionally it runs around in circles for ages and doesn't do anything, Leonie. Other times it cones up instantly.
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Phrynne wrote: "An Aussie book just won the Man Booker Prize for 2014 - Richard Flanagan's The Narrow Road to the Deep North"That's excellent news Phrynne. It wasn't tipped as the favourite was it?
A wild and stormy morning today for those struggling the elements to get to work today. Good day for a sickie or working at home if you can!
Carolyn wrote: "A wild and stormy morning today for those struggling the elements to get to work today. Good day for a sickie or working at home if you can!"We even had a storm here in Darwin overnight - our first for the year!!!
Not that I heard it, I went to see the doctor late yesterday afternoon about a cyst on my back that has been there for years - but it felt a bit sore. he had it whipped out then and there as he said it was infected and could lead to nasty side-effects. I now have a 3 inch hole in my back (stitched up hole) and I was given a strong pain killer to help me sleep last night. Which I did!!! Bit oochy still this morning but ***sigh*** not enough to justify a day off work so here I am :) Panadol helps!! It will be a day at the desk I think instead of running around :)
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That's excellent news Phrynne. It wasn't..."
No I don't believe it was the favourite. I kind of feel I should read it now:)
Grr - these new updates!!! I finally downloaded the latest iOS update for my iPad - and I hate it!!! Now my different tabs aren't immediately visible in Safari (granted, it's not a huge effort to make them appear, but I didn't have to do anything special before!) and now often when I open a new GR tab it has the GR app icon up the top, inviting me to open it! No thank you, or I'd already be IN the app and not Safari!!!OK, rant over, on with the day! Hope no one living in Sydney had too much damage to deal with this morning :-)
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Possibly Dale! Possibly;)
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Shocking images on the TV this morning Carolyn! Stay safe all you Sydney-siders...
Thank goodness we were in the Blue Mountains LAST week and not this week!!! Snow in Blackheath were we were this time last week! Brrr!
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We even had a storm here in Darwin ove..."
Oh Sally take care:) I agree with Phrynne, you should have had the day off! Doctor would have written you a certificate... at least it's gone now; no worries with it in the future:)
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Not downloading this one on the iPad Kathryn! The little red #1 tells me I should, but NO!!
Brenda wrote: "Kathryn wrote: "Grr - these new updates!!! I finally downloaded the latest iOS update for my iPad - and I hate it!!! Now my different tabs aren't immediately visible in Safari (granted, it's not a ..."Definitely don't bother - not worth it! But maybe it will just take some time to get used to... I wonder what happens if you don't download a particular update and then another update comes along? Are you eventually forced to do an update? And it's so annoying that until you download an update you don't know what you're in for - and once you do know, you can't go back!!
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I've heard so many bad reports from people, you included, that's why I'm not bothering. It's annoying that you can't UNINSTALL it!!!
Hi All!It's Good Morning early birds here in Saigon! ((Well, 6.30am) early enough when on hols. I've had some communication problems and haven't been able to post until now but will be home in a couple of days and play catch up!
:( haven't done much reading I'm afraid...just tooooo busy having fun and shopping! So have some catching up to do!
I started on The Guardian Angels by Rohit Gore and liking it a lot so far.
Have a great day all :D
Sally906 wrote: "Carolyn wrote: "A wild and stormy morning today for those struggling the elements to get to work today. Good day for a sickie or working at home if you can!"We even had a storm here in Darwin ove..."
Hope your back is feeling better soon Sally.
Brenda wrote: "Kathryn wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Kathryn wrote: "Grr - these new updates!!! I finally downloaded the latest iOS update for my iPad - and I hate it!!! Now my different tabs aren't immediately visible ..."Same here. Just ignored it.
Dale wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Kathryn wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Kathryn wrote: "Grr - these new updates!!! I finally downloaded the latest iOS update for my iPad - and I hate it!!! Now my different tabs aren't immed..."I'd ignored it for a while because it was quite a large update, but it was getting toward the end of my month for internet usage, and I figured it was a good time to do it... But I should have kept ignoring it!!
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It's Good Morning early birds here in Saigon! ((Well, 6.30am) early enough when on hols. I've had some communication problems and haven't been able to post until now but will be home in a c..."
Sounds like you've been having a ball Julie! Good to hear....you can always read when you come home;) Safe travels!
☼♄Jülie wrote: "Hi All!It's Good Morning early birds here in Saigon! ((Well, 6.30am) early enough when on hols. I've had some communication problems and haven't been able to post until now but will be home in a c..."
GOOD MORNING VIETNAM!!
Sounds like you're having a great holiday Julie :)
Missing some bad weather here - thunder and lightning, heavy rain and snow in the Blue Mountains! In October! This time last year they were having those tragic bushfires!
Bette BookAddict wrote: "Forgot to say we met a friend of my sister while having a coffee at nursery who asked was I married. I told her "No, I'm between husbands at he moment." My sister nearly choked on her coffee. But the 'widow' can be so off-putting to some people and is often a conversation-stopper:)"Ha ha... I can just imagine the look on your sister's friend's face.
Alan delights in introducing me as his lover, which earns him some strange looks. :)
Laura wrote: "@Bette - I read your post as I was going to bed for the night! Lol You were up super early this morning. Does EB mean Early Birds or Every Body or both?"Laura, in this context it means Early Birds. Bette is usually the earliest EB. :)
Marianne wrote: "just back from my reunion weekend: 5 of us at Coogee, lots of chat, catching up, realised we first met 41 years ago! Not a lot of reading done, of course, but some lovely dinners and brunches, phot..."Sounds like it was a fantastic reunion, Marianne. I bet there were lots of laughs, too.
Marianne wrote: "Laura, it started off as Early Birds, Bette, Vicki, me, anyone else up that early. I guess if you hadn't gone to bed yet, you'd be a Late Bird? But you are also most welcome to join us in the early morning hours!"Oops... I really should read all the posts before commenting. This EB has been rather AWOL of late.
Brenda wrote: "We need to live in Tasmania in our summer months..."Good idea. I'm coming with you... :)
Carolyn wrote: "I had a disturbed night but nothing to do with the thunderstorm. I was just drifting off to sleep around midnight when I felt something brush past my hair. Thinking it was a moth, I sat up and tur..."Oh, Carolyn, that is hilarious, though I imagine at the time, you weren't laughing. :)
Carolyn wrote: "I had a disturbed night but nothing to do with the thunderstorm. I was just drifting off to sleep around midnight when I felt something brush past my hair. Thinking it was a moth, I sat up and tur..."Seems like I've been missing a bit of the fun around here! I'm not laughing Carolyn....really I'm not....teehe ;#
Carolyn wrote: "☼♄Jülie wrote: "Hi All!It's Good Morning early birds here in Saigon! ((Well, 6.30am) early enough when on hols. I've had some communication problems and haven't been able to post until now but wil..."
Haha..and Ditto that Carolyn!! They have been great mornings here, love it!
Carolyn wrote: "I had a disturbed night but nothing to do with the thunderstorm. I was just drifting off to sleep around midnight when I felt something brush past my hair. Thinking it was a moth, I sat up and tur..."I kept seeing everyone's replies to this as I must have missed your original
Post. So I kept reading about 'something' touching your face. I didn't guess 'mouse'!!
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Good idea. I'm coming with you... :)"
You're welcome!! Though this changeable weather is crazy! I wanted to go back to the Blue Mountains on Monday - I had our air con on - now it's snowing there!!!
That's exactly what it's like Brenda! I pulled out a gorgeous multicoloured jumper knitted by the Red Cross ladies for Indy today, gets to wear it one more time before it's too small for him. I couldn't warm up today! My tribe were waiting for the weather to clear so they could go and watch NSW play cricket. They love it ;)
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Well that was a gluey messy afternoon but fun!
Vicki wrote: "Carolyn wrote: "I had a disturbed night but nothing to do with the thunderstorm. I was just drifting off to sleep around midnight when I felt something brush past my hair. Thinking it was a moth, ..."My son Max and I did have a good laugh afterwards. It was the business like way the cats just sat and watched us chase the mouse around the room for a while with the broom and then one just jumped in and did the deed. Cracked us up!
Glad it gave you all a good laugh!
I still shudder to think what would have happened if it had run under the bedclothes instead of across the pillows. Ugh!!
Bette BookAddict wrote: "Forgot to say we met a friend of my sister while having a coffee at nursery who asked was I married. I told her "No, I'm between husbands at he moment." My sister nearly choked..."Alan delights in introducing me as his lover, which earns him some strange looks. :) "
We once went to pick up a colleague of my husband's from overseas (who we'd met before on his own) to take he and his wife for a drive and he introduced the woman with him as his 'first wife'. I was a bit stumped for a response ("Oh how nice that you still travel together" or "Couldn't your second wife get away?") until he said I've only had one wife!
@ Carolyn How did his "first" wife feel about that?not sure I'd be too impressed if my husband introduced me like that!
Marianne wrote: "@ Carolyn How did his "first" wife feel about that?not sure I'd be too impressed if my husband introduced me like that!"
She seemed to be used to it! He is a bit of a joker and they have been married over 20y. She is a lovely, long suffering wife but it made me uncomfortable for a few seconds as I didn't know him that well.
Oh that does sound like an awkward moment there! :/The thing that is bugging me lately I people are too busy paying attention to their phones instead of having a convo with the person they are with. I feel it's so rude! Especially when said person is so involved with the phone that whatever they are talking about isn't heard...*jumps off soap box*
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The thing that is bugging me lately I people are too busy paying attention to their phones instead of having a convo with the pers..."
Haha!! Vivid pictures here Alex! LOL
Somewhere in China they made a path for people who are too busy on their phones to not disrupt the others...I kinda wonder if the news was fake though..lol
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Laura wrote: "Oh that does sound like an awkward moment there! :/The thing that is bugging me lately I people are too busy paying attention to their phones instead of having a convo with the person they are wi..."
I can relate to that Laura, as much as my phone obviously is very very handy, I went to a playgroup a few months ago having done it many times before years ago (I have a 13, 11, 10, and 2yo) and more than one of the women were constantly on their phones. I was appalled and embarrassed. The leader of the group was trying to suggest not to but it had zero effect. Times have changed and I don't care how much I sound like my parents. It's true.
That's a shame especially when playgroup is an ideal place to meet other people with children of the same age..And if you interrupt people playing on their phones it feels like you're in the wrong when really I think the person constantly fiddling on their phone is especially in a group setting.There are now holiday places making up packages for people to 'switch off' from tech...It's sad that companies are cashing in on such a problem. Don't get me wrong like you I think they are very handy to but they have a place and time.
I've grumbled at people about it before and I'm guessing it won't be the last time either.
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You'll do it one day Suzanne...I didn't when the kids were young either! Definitely no time then:)
Thankfully we haven't had a storm tonight...