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Morning Bette!A fine morning here on the Illawarra Coast.
I just ordered the 2nd volume of Outlander on eBay and I wondered if you ever got the first one? And if you're getting this one?
Do you mean the dvd? if so, I already have it, watched it, enjoyed it. I have the entire Outlander book series, bought in excellent condition at our 2nd hand bookshopfor $7 each. Stop rubbing in the Illawarra thing to me, will you, lol? I really miss living there. I wanna go baaaack!Born in 60s, I remember cloth nappies. My little sister had them on, she sucked in her tummy everytime I was pinning them, lol. I think they're better for the environment but hot in summer for the babies. And how many kids got bandy legs from all that cloth between them? lol:)
Early on, Mum had a cloths washer with the wringer on top, now that's dating us. My eldest sister's sleeve got caught in it and she still has a stretchy looking scar where her arm was up against the wringer.
@Sally I would go mad in heat like that. How do you stand it?
Sorry, yes, I meant the DVD season 1 volume 2.Born in the 50s, and I put cloth nappies on my sister born in '61. And she never lets me forget I managed to pin her skin one time when I was home alone with her while the family was at church. I was all of seven years old, what was my mother thinking of, letting me do that? Leaving a baby with a seven year-old?
Had one of those washers too, but the wringer was a hand-crank model.
B the BookAddict wrote: "@Sally I would go mad in heat like that. How do you stand it?"Air conditioning!!!! There is no relief for months - at least when the heatwaves hit the southern states - they go for days - maybe a week - and the temperature drops off at night (they are forcasting for Perth on Saturday to be 37 during the day and down to 22 at night - our night time temps are in the very high 20s - 29 last night.
When we retire in the next couple of years we will move down south - we will not be able to afford the power costs having air conditioning on 24/7
RitaSkeeter wrote: "Phrynne wrote: "RitaSkeeter wrote: "I used cloth nappies for both my two! :)
But what are the little black dots??"
They are called thrips I think. And they are affected by the weather. They like w..."
I'm not a mum or anything...but I would also recommend the cloth nappies as well!!! Being someone that has random allergies I think would b beta for any of my babies!!
Haha sorry for my random input on that convo *bulging eyes* I'm strange like that
RitaSkeeter wrote: "Sally906 wrote: "B the BookAddict wrote: "@Sally I would go mad in heat like that. How do you stand it?"
Air conditioning!!!! There is no relief for months - at least when the heatwaves hit the so..."
I dont like the heat!! i dont think ill eva get used to it!!
But what are the little black dots??"
They are called thrips I think. And they are affected by the weather. They like w..."
I'm not a mum or anything...but I would also recommend the cloth nappies as well!!! Being someone that has random allergies I think would b beta for any of my babies!!
Haha sorry for my random input on that convo *bulging eyes* I'm strange like that
RitaSkeeter wrote: "Sally906 wrote: "B the BookAddict wrote: "@Sally I would go mad in heat like that. How do you stand it?"
Air conditioning!!!! There is no relief for months - at least when the heatwaves hit the so..."
I dont like the heat!! i dont think ill eva get used to it!!
Always a struggle - can't wait to leave - but have to be a little more patient - couple of years to go
RitaSkeeter wrote: "Kristen wrote: "RitaSkeeter wrote: "Phrynne wrote: "RitaSkeeter wrote: "I used cloth nappies for both my two! :)
But what are the little black dots??"
They are called thrips I think. And they are ..."
Haha well thanks!!!
But what are the little black dots??"
They are called thrips I think. And they are ..."
Haha well thanks!!!
btw how has everyone been??? sorry ive been AWOL lately...been crazy busy!!
Sally906 wrote: "Always a struggle - can't wait to leave - but have to be a little more patient - couple of years to go"I don't know how you stand it Sally. But then I hate the heat. Maybe you should move down our way when you get the choice to move. Our nights are mostly good.
Kristen wrote: "btw how has everyone been??? sorry ive been AWOL lately...been crazy busy!!"Good to hear from you Kristen. Okay here especially now it is not raining and able to get out and walk . How are you keeping?
Dale wrote: "Kristen wrote: "btw how has everyone been??? sorry ive been AWOL lately...been crazy busy!!"
Good to hear from you Kristen. Okay here especially now it is not raining and able to get out and walk ..."
Thanks :D no need to call the search patrol hehe...yeah its been raining off here for weeks now...now its stinking hot!! true Aussie weather haha
im pretty okay as well :D
Good to hear from you Kristen. Okay here especially now it is not raining and able to get out and walk ..."
Thanks :D no need to call the search patrol hehe...yeah its been raining off here for weeks now...now its stinking hot!! true Aussie weather haha
im pretty okay as well :D
Uh-oh - I think I've found something that will be very dangerous to my TBR list. Has anyone else clicked on any of the genres at the right-hand side of a book page? Just under "Readers also enjoyed..." and the ad is a "Genres" list - where people have shelved whatever book you're looking at. The book I had up was an Australian book, and it had been shelved as Cultural > Australia and when I clicked on Australia a page came up (https://www.goodreads.com/genres/aust...) relating to books shelved as Australia with new releases, most read this week, listopia lists, most popular books...And it looks like any "genre" is the same - I was also looking at The Tea Chest, so I clicked on "Tea" in the "Food and Drink" category and there's all these lovely looking books somehow related to tea!!
I think it must depend on how people have shelved books, though, so there's probably going to be some mistakes - I looked at "British Literature" when I was looking at a British book and saw The Lake House there, which I wouldn't have thought you could call British since it's written by Kate Morton who was born in Australia and still seems to live here, according to her GR profile...
But oh dear, I could go crazy with this function!
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Kathryn wrote: "Uh-oh - I think I've found something that will be very dangerous to my TBR list. Has anyone else clicked on any of the genres at the right-hand side of a book page? Just under "Readers also enjoyed..."I know it's there Kathryn, always tempting me just at the edge of my vision but I do my best to ignore it! If I looked (I did once) my tbr would explode and I can't read any faster! Maybe one day when I'm bored I'll risk sneaking a peak again :)
It's that time of year again when the Jacarandas and Illawarra Flame Trees are looking just magnificent:
this one from our back porch
these from Mum's back verandah
and this just up the road
nature sure is good with colours, isn't she!
Marianne wrote: "It's that time of year again when the Jacarandas and Illawarra Flame Trees are looking just magnificent:this one from our back porch
these from Mum's back verandah
and this just up ..."
Beautiful pics Marianne, mother nature sure does work some magic!
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Love the red one too Marianne. It's brilliant!My hubby flew back to Sydney from Melbourne yesterday. They circled over Sydney before landing and he said the purple from the jacarandas was just amazing!
RitaSkeeter wrote: "Kathryn wrote: "Uh-oh - I think I've found something that will be very dangerous to my TBR list. Has anyone else clicked on any of the genres at the right-hand side of a book page? Just under "Read..."Glad I'm not the only one who never realised this was there!
Marianne wrote: "It's that time of year again when the Jacarandas and Illawarra Flame Trees are looking just magnificent:this one from our back porch
these from Mum's back verandah
and this just up ..."
Great photos, Marianne. I'm loving the jacarandas around Brisbane as well.
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RitaSkeeter wrote: "Kristen wrote: "RitaSkeeter wrote: "Phrynne wrote: "RitaSkeeter wrote: "I used cloth nappies for both my two! :)But what are the little black dots??"
They are called thrips I think. And they are ...
@sally - sounds like my idea of hell. Having said that, have always wanted to go to the Territory and see Kakadu. One day! "
Nah, Rita. Kakadu can come to us, I reckon, lol:)
Marianne wrote: "It's that time of year again when the Jacarandas and Illawarra Flame Trees are looking just magnificent:this one from our back porch
these from Mum's back verandah
and this just up ..."
Marianne, I said stop! lol:) We have the jacarandas but I can't buy one down the coast here:( But we sure don't get those unbelievable Flame Trees. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8KgP...
You wouldn't be a true 80s Australian if you didn't know this song.
Very clever Jimmy Barnes, we were only discussing same yesterday on a drive where both trees were visible everywhere...are the Flame trees keeping his song alive or is his song keeping the Flame trees alive? It has become a Spring anthem :)
Sadly a lot of the Flame trees referred to in his song were removed when the new highway was built through Kiama and onwards along the highway south.
Marianne wrote: "It's that time of year again when the Jacarandas and Illawarra Flame Trees are looking just magnificent:this one from our back porch
Lovely photos. In Nowra there are a couple of Jacarandas and Illawarra flame trees together. The colours look stunning side by side.
The jacarandas here are in full bloom - they look so lovely! The intense violets of the jacarandas, and the vivid reds of the poincianas, contrasting against black storm clouds, are some of my enduring memories from our many years in the Pilbara.
Leonie wrote: "The jacarandas here are in full bloom - they look so lovely! The intense violets of the jacarandas, and the vivid reds of the poincianas, contrasting against black storm clouds, are some of my en..."
Yes, they are such vivid and contrasting colours! Who would have thought that the two together could make such a breath taking statement? Especially when set against the background you describe Leonie, it makes them stand out like fluorescent beacons.
Only mother nature could pull that off!!
RitaSkeeter wrote: "@sally - sounds like my idea of hell. Having said that, have always wanted to go to the Territory and see Kakadu. One day! ..."
Come up in June/July and you can't go wrong - warm days and cool nights - no humidity. God's own country :)
Marianne wrote: "It's that time of year again when the Jacarandas and Illawarra Flame Trees are looking just magnificent:this one from our back porch
these from Mum's back verandah
and this just up ..."
All gorgeous!
Ohhh...Upgraded to Windows 10 on the actual PC...So far so good :DHad a really awesome thing happened at work today...It just made me grin widely and know/feel I'm doing right by this kid. There is a level of trust there already which just screams awesomeness..haha
Ohhhh and that Illawarra Flame Trees is so sweet..I want one..ehehe
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I have been wondering about the Windows 10 - I haven't done it yet...I'll be interested to hear how you go over the next little while..
I've been using 10 for quite some time on the laptop....I was one of those people who didn't mind 8..lol....So, this really isn't all that different minus a few things that 8 tried and people hated. Still, I never found those to be much of an issue either..I just adapted to it.Still if you never upgrade to 8 then you'll not notice much of a change except everything these days are aps and there is an ap store...IE is now called Edge..lmao!!
I have to use Edge for my education stuff but otherwise yes Chrome all the way for me too :D
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I'd go with what Michael mentions just to be on the safe side of things....I didn't lose anything when I did the upgrade and everything on the desktop was the same too (all the icons i'd placed were there even)..But if you wanna be doubly careful I'd do the backup as per norm.
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Michael wrote: "I am still using Windows 7. May be tempted to go to 10 since we finally have the proper start button back. :D"I'm another Windows 7 devotee:)
Michael wrote: "I am still using Windows 7. May be tempted to go to 10 since we finally have the proper start button back. :D"I'm another Windows 7 devotee:) What's your D drive? I'm sure I know it but just can't remember atm.
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@Phrynne My sister swapped over too and also lost her mail history.I had so much trouble deleting Windows 8 from my laptop and putting on Windows 7, I'm gonna stay where I am.
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Phrynne wrote: "I changed to Windows 10 on my lap top. It's okay so far, just a few different ways of doing things. However my brother lost his entire email history when he changed over so bad things do happen !"Yeah, these things do occur...It's why people need to do backups of everything when making a switch no matter if things work for someone else.
For me I don't store much on the actual C drive (Where my Windows is installed) so don't have as much of a chance of losing things...But I have in the past lost emails (even when I backed up..not sure what happened there), lost all my favorties that I use for websites. It's a real pest.
Sometimes internet providers actually store the emails on their server side as well..So, while you may of deleted things from your inbox it can still be online..That used to be something netspace did..Was a curse and a blessing..lol
Phrynne wrote: "I changed to Windows 10 on my lap top. It's okay so far, just a few different ways of doing things. However my brother lost his entire email history when he changed over so bad things do happen !"I'm a Mac user but know how you feel. My mac OS is years out of date (OS10.7.5 when the rest of the world is several versions ahead). I keep my work desktop and my own laptop on the same versions but every time I upgrade I have to upgrade a lot of my software too and there are always other problems with connecting to the server and the printer that usually require calling in the IT guy. I know the time has come to upgrade again but I'm going to put it off to the new year!
Molly wrote: "Laura wrote: "I've been using 10 for quite some time on the laptop....I was one of those people who didn't mind 8..lol....So, this really isn't all that different minus a few things that 8 tried an..."Lol...mine keeps sending those messages too Molly, at first they worried me and I would ask DH if he thought I should take the plunge as he already had. His went fairly smoothly but he did have issues with Outlook Mail and had to call a tech guy online who worked from behind and got it sorted fairly quick. He's happy with it now and says there is not a lot of difference.
Meanwhile I am not intimidated by those messages anymore and still ignoring them.
I am led to believe though, that if you don't do the download within a certain timeframe it will no longer be free and you will have to pay for it when you do it later. Not sure about that.
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But what are the little black dots??"
I used them for my three too (I had three kids under three)!!!