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[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

I have seen that too. The publishers (Trad and Indie) 5 starring books.

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Terri wrote: "hmm. Wouldn't think they would do that. Seems like something the small Indie publisher would do."

Surprised the heck out of me, but it's nice too.

[Lisa]

Terri wrote: "Lisa wrote: "

That's not good news Terri, considering we are about to get hotter. Sydney is already in the late 30's and it's only ju..."

Much talk about the drought spreading south. As mentioned..."

Terri we have seen the same thing with cattle prices down here. It is a little better now that we have had some rain, but everyone has already sold so much stock. After the fires in NSW on the weekend it would appear we are in for a long summer.

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Lisa wrote: "Terri wrote: "Lisa wrote: "

That's not good news Terri, considering we are about to get hotter. Sydney is already in the late 30's and it's only ju..."

Much talk about the drought spreading south..."

The warmth and rain in Victoria are worrying. Am seeing a very bad bush fire season for us on the horizon.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

We've had some bush fires up here too. Not big ones yet. Rural Fire seems to be getting the under control over a couple days.

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Terri wrote: "We've had some bush fires up here too. Not big ones yet. Rural Fire seems to be getting the under control over a couple days."

Been watching the NSW ones with some horror. A few have been near where my family live.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Bush fires are awful. For humans and most especially, animals. :(

[Lisa]

Well here's hoping it doesn't amount to much, as far as fires go. Nobody wants to see that again. Fingers crossed for good rain in the north girls, and a temperate summer.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

*crosses fingers*

[happy]

I don't know if Terri has seen this, but being in the cattle business and all

http://www.weather.com/news/winter-st...

Up to 100K head of cattle died

For those history buffs amoung us

Great Blizzard of 1886 revisited?

[Lisa]

Wow Happy! I had to double check for the date, thinking it may have been an older story. That's really sad. I feel badly for those affected!

[happy]

They are still calculating the economic impact. I heard about it on NPR a few days ago and the digression the anti-bodice ripper thread reminded of it.

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Testing...testing... I'm having problems with my comments saving...

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Okay. That saved. But one on a book didn't!

[Andy]

me too, now i got THREE with 2 to delete :) a blip as they call it

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

It's blipping annoying! :p

[Andy]

Fav music :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuC4F_...

maybe not ok for a book club :) but i love this lot to tune out too

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

happy wrote: "I don't know if Terri has seen this, but being in the cattle business and all

http://www.weather.com/news/winter-st...

Up to 100K head of cattle..."

OMG. This is awful. I am nearly in tears. What an awful kick in the guts for the farmers and a sh#tty way to die for so many cattle.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Margaret wrote: "Okay. That saved. But one on a book didn't!"


I had this blip too. I replied to Andy on my Bleeding Land review and it acted as though it wasn't saving and i clicked 'post' a couple times. When i refreshed the page it had posted the message a couple times.

I think it is working okay now though.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Andy wrote: "Fav music :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuC4F_...

maybe not ok for a book club :) but i love this lot to tune out too"


very talented guys. They have a great folk sound. At first i wasn't sure what the singing was going to be like. The acoustic intro sounded like Oasis! But then he started singing and it had that cool Bob Dylan folkie sound. I like it.

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Terri wrote: "Margaret wrote: "Okay. That saved. But one on a book didn't!"


I had this blip too. I replied to Andy on my Bleeding Land review and it acted as though it wasn't saving and i clicked 'post' a co..."

I was replying to Andy too! It must've been Andy's fault. LOL

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

hahaha! ANDY! You are to blame for it all!

[Lisa]

Margaret wrote: "Terri wrote: "We've had some bush fires up here too. Not big ones yet. Rural Fire seems to be getting the under control over a couple days."

Been watching the NSW ones with some horror. A few hav..."

Looks like we may have spoken too soon. Terrible events in NSW today. In Victoria we have had gale force winds, horizontal hail and rain. What a country this can be! My heart goes out to those who have lost everything. Will be keeping a close eye on the tv tonight, all of our family and friends live in three of the major affected areas. It's going to be a very long summer.

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Lisa wrote: "Margaret wrote: "Terri wrote: "We've had some bush fires up here too. Not big ones yet. Rural Fire seems to be getting the under control over a couple days."

Been watching the NSW ones with some h..."

I have family in the path of the Wyong fire. All have been evacuated by police. Homes in the little township of Catherine Hill Bay have been destroyed. Now the fire is threatening another area where I have family.

[Jane]

Goodness, I hope and pray everyone will be safe, Margaret.

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Jane wrote: "Goodness, I hope and pray everyone will be safe, Margaret."

Thanks Jane.

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Jane wrote: "Goodness, I hope and pray everyone will be safe, Margaret."

Me too, Margaret. My thoughts are with you & yours.

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Thanks Derek

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

170 firefighters and support aircraft on scene. Fire still raging out of control. :(

Relief crews from Victoria going up today.

[Lisa]

I spoke to mine this morning and last night and all were safe and well, thankfully. I wish you all the best Margaret.

Bless the firefighters and Elivis!

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Lisa wrote: "I spoke to mine this morning and last night and all were safe and well, thankfully. I wish you all the best Margaret.

Bless the firefighters and Elivis!"

Thanks Lisa. Have had contact with some family members. Everyone is accounted for. Those in the fire path were evacuated safely.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

My thoughts with everyone affected. And glad to hear you guys think everyone you know is safe.

I saw this morning one person lost his life defending his home against the bushfire.
I just wish people would evacuate and not try and defend their homes. :(

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Terri wrote: "My thoughts with everyone affected. And glad to hear you guys think everyone you know is safe.

I saw this morning one person lost his life defending his home against the bushfire.
I just wish peo..."
I don't think they had any choice at Catherine Hill Bay. There is only one road in/out. It is not really defendable. And as my relatives there are all quite elderly, I don't think the police gave them any choice.

[Lisa]

Oh I haven't seen that. That's tragic! Another hot weekend, let's hope for no wind.

As a note for all non Australians, sorry should have mentioned before. But Elvis is what they call the big fire fighting helicopter we rent from the states every summer.

[Michal]

Hi guys, this is completely unrelated (I hope that the fire situation is going to be solved asap with as little damage as possible), but have you heard of this channel?

http://www.youtube.com/user/lindybeig...

He has great, interesting, and relevant insights. For example that it is quite silly do describe metallic sound when a sword is unsheathed (really frequent thing in HF books; video available here: http://youtu.be/yzbfuI0PMdA ). Also, I love his sense of humor :).

[Paula]

If anyone here is in the UK, Monday night on the Yesterday channel looks like a good programme and series.

http://artdaily.com/news/65610/Mediev...

[Mark]

I saw it, buts on cable and satellite channel so I cant watch it.

[C.P.]

Such sad news about the fires. Best wishes to those affected, directly or indirectly.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

My brand new laptop has half died. I am so angry about it. You spend that much for a brand new laptop, you don't want to have to come up with another fistful of dollars to send the damn thing back to base and then have no computer for a few months while they sort it out.

So if I am quieter than usual it is because I now only have my Tablet to use and it annoys me when it comes to doing a lot of typing. :-) (it's the keyboard on the screen..so annoying. I wish I had a manual keyboard for it).

[Darcy]

That's sucks!
I hope it's something minor *looks at own new laptop and gives a warning look that it better behave*

[[deleted user]]

Woooo...Hoooo...Red Sox advance! Sorry...I'm a sucker for sports.

[Linda]

Good for the Red Sox. Jets beat the Pats in OT on a very strange flag against Pats. Steelers and Ravens: Try saying 'Rothlensberger' (sp) real fast ten times in a row.

[Linda]

Zoe's TWO RIVERS looks to be a hit. Congratulations!

[Linda]

Terri, so sorry about the lap top. I honestly do know you feel.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Running a Factory Reset on laptop right now to see if it is the software. If it doesn t work properly after reset then it will be the hard drive and will have to go back.
Checking warranty, it sounds like they send a courier around to pick it up at no cost to me. :-) That makes me feel better.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Good news!!! It worked. Doing the factory reset made everything work again.

This better not happen again in a few months. I hate having to set up my computer all over again.

Donwloading all my programs all over again. Having to ring up my anti virus provider and get my license number again, changing settigns, deleting things I don't want. Argh.
Oh well, compared to the other option of having to send the laptop back to Acer and wait to get it back, redoing all my programs and settings is okay...as long as it doesn't need it again.

[Bryn]

Terrific news on the lappy. Too much of a pain.

[Lisa]

Good news Terri!

[Paula]

Dont forget thos in the UK, on Yesterday channel, 9pm

http://artdaily.com/news/65610/Mediev...

[happy]

That looks like an very interesting series.