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It's so strange that some suburbs get heaps of rain, and others get hardly any. We got practically nothing from today's storm, but there was a little rain later on. Still a very small amount, though.
Wow Leonie - those are big hailstones!
Marianne wrote: "When I go to visit my elderly Mum and bring her lunch (twice a week), if my local sister is there, we three have a few games of rummikub.I am a novice so it has taken AGES for me to actually win a..."
You should have taught him all the rules except for one basic one. That would have given you an advantage:D
Brenda wrote: "Walter wrote: "It's the weirdest start to summer that I can remember."I don't remember constant thunderstorms like we've had for the last week to ten days..."
Or lightning that goes on for hours and hours like it has recently.
B the BookAddict wrote: "Marianne wrote: "When I go to visit my elderly Mum and bring her lunch (twice a week), if my local sister is there, we three have a few games of rummikub.I am a novice so it has taken AGES for me
You should have taught him all the rules except for one basic one. That would have given you an advantage:D ..."
Momentarily, until I evoked that rule, then the game would be up, so to speak...
I think what irritates me is that he is taking it so seriously. It's meant to be fun and he's taking too long deliberating moves....I end up complaining every time he takes too long.
lol:D That's men for you. James was the same, it always became a contest!
Marianne wrote: "B the BookAddict wrote: "Marianne wrote: "When I go to visit my elderly Mum and bring her lunch (twice a week), if my local sister is there, we three have a few games of rummikub.I am a novice so ..."
That was the reason I gave up playing chess with my husband. I didn't mind getting beaten but I could have read a book in the time it took him to make a move.
Marianne wrote: "When I go to visit my elderly Mum and bring her lunch (twice a week), if my local sister is there, we three have a few games of rummikub.I am a novice so it has taken AGES for me to actually win a..."
Are you talking about the Word Rummikub or the maths version. I am hooked on the Word Rummikub it is awesome. I teacher Literacy to teenagers who have very low literacy levels - but they love this game.
@Faye - Is Word Rummikub good for children of the age 8 and up? I'm just wondering if it's a good starting age since you work with kids with low lit levels.
Urrgggh no idea what I've been doing the last two weeks but it hasn't been reading :/Got bugger all work too (three whole hours last week). Fun fun. And car rego renewal always knows when I'm at my weakest to spring $800 on me :P
Laura wrote: "@Faye - Is Word Rummikub good for children of the age 8 and up? I'm just wondering if it's a good starting age since you work with kids with low lit levels."Hi Laura, yes that would be a great game for them, it is easy to play and the kids really get into it. You will most likely love it too!
Liam wrote: "Urrgggh no idea what I've been doing the last two weeks but it hasn't been reading :/Got bugger all work too (three whole hours last week). Fun fun. And car rego renewal always knows when I'm at ..."
That's no good Liam, hopefully you'll get a few more shifts over Christmas.
Sharon wrote: "Liam wrote: "Urrgggh no idea what I've been doing the last two weeks but it hasn't been reading :/Got bugger all work too (three whole hours last week). Fun fun. And car rego renewal always knows..."
I can sympathise and car rego, don't get me started on that I have two due this week and what do we get for paying all that money?!
Hubby and I did Chrismas shopping today which wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. Lucky we don't have a lot to buy for. I did buy a friend a plant but I liked it so much much I put it in my own garden. Oops I will have to buy another one now before Christmas :)
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Haha! Sharon that sounds like something my gardener hubby would do! Good you got your shopping done though:)
Yes I'm glad it's over with, Brenda. I hate shopping at the best of times and especially for other people. Now I had better write some Christmas cards although I would rather be reading ;)
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LOL! I know what you mean:)
Came back from my walk today, garage door wouldn't open when I pressed the button, pressed the button, pressed the button. Then I remembered: power off from 8.30 till 4pm. @#$*%@Now, I had keys so I could get in but how do I get the car out of the garage? Gotta go see mum, and I had a very important book discussion date with a friend. Had to ring hubby at work. Pull this cord, do that, etc all in a dark garage (no lights. of course! the power's off)
Thankfully all back on when I got home, but had to restart my laptop.
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Now, I had keys so..."
Oh dear Marianne! A comedy of errors:( Glad you got it all sorted though...
Sharon wrote: "Hubby and I did Chrismas shopping today which wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. Lucky we don't have a lot to buy for. I did buy a friend a plant but I liked it so much much I put it in..."Every time you look at that plant you will think of your friend.
I bought my sister a necklace one year and I liked it so much I decided to keep it and every time I wear it someone will comment how nice it is.
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That's funny Veronica:) There must be lots of people with similar stories...
Shows how much we rely on our power, Marianne. We had that happen once too.
Yes, I was just saying to my husband, if we ever move anywhere else, we will definitely be having a gas stove (he agreed): I was able to make myself a cuppa despite the blackout. Even if I couldn't check the weather on the computer or the library site to see if they had a book: the laptop worked fine (for a while) but the modem didn't!
Good morning EBs:)Yesterday a bird flying over my yard dropped a T-bone steak bone which hit me in the head. As well as painful, it was an insult! I'm a vegetarian, lol:)
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Yesterday a bird flying over my yard dropped a T-bone steak bone which hit me in the head. As well as painful, it was an insult! I'm a vegetarian, lol:)"
You just made me laugh and splutter Just Right all over my keyboard!!!
B the BookAddict wrote: "Good morning EBs:)Yesterday a bird flying over my yard dropped a T-bone steak bone which hit me in the head. As well as painful, it was an insult! I'm a vegetarian, lol:)"
So funny. What are the chances of that happening. Steak bones falling from the sky. Lol!
Just call me 'Chicken Little', lol. That kind of weird/comical stuff happens to me all the time. My husband used to say I needed insurance against myself:)
That is so bizarre Bette! What sort of bird eats a T-bone? You'll be watching the sky anxiously now whenever a bird appears.
B the BookAddict wrote: "Good morning EBs:)Yesterday a bird flying over my yard dropped a T-bone steak bone which hit me in the head. As well as painful, it was an insult! I'm a vegetarian, lol:)"
Oh dear, Bette, that is a bit funny - although probably not at the time! Hope you weren't too injured!
B the BookAddict wrote: "Good morning EBs:)Yesterday a bird flying over my yard dropped a T-bone steak bone which hit me in the head. As well as painful, it was an insult! I'm a vegetarian, lol:)"
I'm sorry - I have to laugh - I am sure it packed a wallop though being dropped from a height so would have been sore.
At least the bird was deprived of its snack as punishment :)
I'm really cranky this morning - our youngest daughter and family live in Deception Bay north of Brissy.Lunchtime yesterday they are in Sydney - 3 am this morning I get a text (when I woke up) saying they were home!!!
Despite my asking them if they could PLEASE stop along the way they drove up the coast road at night!!!
Now I don't know if the road has improved in the last 20 years since we drove down it - but it used to be a nightmare of a road. And driving 12 hours without break is just daft!
She says she will ring me at lunch - but I can't trust myself to be civil so I will ignore the call and ring her when I am in a better state of mind.
The only thing I am hoping for is that my grandson slept soundly in the car and woke up bright-eyed and bushy-tailed this morning so she can't sleep in.
Nasty vindictive mum aren't I :)
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Be thankful they got there safely and that at least your little grandson would be happy:)
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Yesterday a bird flying over my yard dropped a T-bone steak bone which hit me in the head. As well as painful, it was an insult! I'm a vegetarian, lol:)"
Oh sorry Bette, you just had me cracking up here too!!! Must have been an eagle or one of those meat eating birds!! They had you in their sights;)
B the BookAddict wrote: "Good morning EBs:)Yesterday a bird flying over my yard dropped a T-bone steak bone which hit me in the head. As well as painful, it was an insult! I'm a vegetarian, lol:)"
Might be a good omen Bette...a message from "above", something/someone beginning with the letter T?
B the BookAddict wrote: "Good morning EBs:)Yesterday a bird flying over my yard dropped a T-bone steak bone which hit me in the head. As well as painful, it was an insult! I'm a vegetarian, lol:)"
Lol..Oh dear! Thankyou for the laugh though...Not a nice day here >:(
B the BookAddict wrote: "Good morning EBs:)Yesterday a bird flying over my yard dropped a T-bone steak bone which hit me in the head. As well as painful, it was an insult! I'm a vegetarian, lol:)"
That's so funny, Bette!
A few years ago, our son and my husband were playing golf. My husband hit the only straight shot he'd played all day, and a magpie swooped down and picked up his ball and flew away!
Don't know what it is with birds...
Lol!! I bet he was mad at that maggie!!I watched a crow today play around with this medium size blue ball..It was like it thought it was playing soccer..lol
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I bet he burned his tongue;)
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LOL!
B the BookAddict wrote: "Good morning EBs:)Yesterday a bird flying over my yard dropped a T-bone steak bone which hit me in the head. As well as painful, it was an insult! I'm a vegetarian, lol:)"
Maybe Tosca was the intended target... :)
Laura wrote: "I watched a crow today play around with this medium size blue ball..It was like it thought it was playing soccer..lol "Magic!
Vicki wrote: "B the BookAddict wrote: "Good morning EBs:)Yesterday a bird flying over my yard dropped a T-bone steak bone which hit me in the head. As well as painful, it was an insult! I'm a vegetarian, lol:)..."
too funny, Vicki:) Wished it was:/
Just spend a lovely time down the Huon with my Dad at an cider bar/resto...We had a paddle of ciders each and some scrummy lunch. Certainly basic food but done well and served quickly. Lovely way to spend a warm lunch time :D
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It was :) Might go back before the end of the year as they've just introduced a Pear Cider and it was one of the best (not over sweet).I'm much better but I have a lingering cough as most people do when getting over this infection :|
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You could say that, Laura! It was truly spectacular. It caused huge amounts of damage here in town, and some of the hail stones had long tails on them. Just bizarre. I don't think I've ever seen the sky quite that shade of deep green.
From the back of our house, you could see two storms merge and swirl, and then it went very dark and the hail began.