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on 30-05-2012 12:53 AM
There is another thread going about students being criminally charged for wagging school. Geez, if that law was in when I was about 9 or 10 they would have locked me up in the slammer and thrown away the key. I used to wag school in the tadpole season. Got the tadpoles from the local creek and sold them on weekends .. 3 for a penny (including a jar with holes in the lid). I can't remember how I handled a note from my mother to the school tho'.
Where have all the tadpoles gone?
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on 30-05-2012 06:17 AM
Good morning gerries.
Hi Darki and Freshwater.
Had to provide a birth certificate.
Dragged an old suitcase from a cupboard.
Havent looked in it for many years.
Mentioned to my daughter -i had found my old "Baby Book.
She cant wait to look at it and some of the
other items in the suitcase....................Richo.
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on 30-05-2012 06:59 AM
Morning everyone,
mum that thing we taked about has now been put off until OCTOBER, cant seem to shake this cold, chest infection, never mind life goes on and a wonderful life it is.
Now grandmoon, i know your name from somewhere, if i have it all wrong never mind me i mix things up and forget things as well so i shold all myself mishmash lol hello to you
I do hope everyone is doing well, keeping safe and happy, blessings to you all.
Dea
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on 30-05-2012 09:31 AM
morning all.....
weekly shopping day. Must check if Julia has put in the carbon tax sweetener to our a/c yet...if so, we'll be going to lunch!
Anyone remember autograph books? I thought I posted that yesterday,, but apparently not.
Having trouble with my cleaning person again. The replacement for the one who went to the mines, left last week to spend more time with her 2 year old.
A new one was supposed to come on Monday and didnt turn up. The agency had double booked her.
So ANOTHER new one came yesterday, managed to bugga up two vacuum cleaners and after about 20 mins said she had to go home cos she was REALLY nauseous and she'd get them to send someone else??? have yet to hear from agency.
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on 30-05-2012 10:12 AM
Yes Gilly...I remember the autograph books. I still have my mother's and I treasure it.
If you got your cleaner through an agency, they are responsible for any damage an employee causes. They have insurance to cover this sort of thing.
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on 30-05-2012 05:50 PM
'morning all.
At least Plane and other non-native deciduous trees only shed once a year. Australian natives (which I adore) shed all year round. Raking is a small price to pay for the beauty of trees when wall to wall concrete is not an option.
Darki, when I was a littlie, there used to be a Destroyer spanning the gap in the netting across Sydney Harbour and the Manly ferry could just squeeze through. The kids used to line the side of lower deck and the Destroyer crew used to throw us lollies.
Can anyone remember the School Dentist? A team used to regularly visit all government schools and give free dental treatment to the students.
AND freshwater... this was how the three japanese submarines managed to get into Sydney Harbour - by creeping through the nets under the Manly ferry 😮
Where there's a will there's way it seems 😞

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on 30-05-2012 05:55 PM
There is another thread going about students being criminally charged for wagging school. Geez, if that law was in when I was about 9 or 10 they would have locked me up in the slammer and thrown away the key. I used to wag school in the tadpole season. Got the tadpoles from the local creek and sold them on weekends .. 3 for a penny (including a jar with holes in the lid). I can't remember how I handled a note from my mother to the school tho'.
Where have all the tadpoles gone?
Hahahaa where I lived in Wollstonecraft there was, across the railway lines on the North Shore line between Wollstonecrat and Waverton some very huge gas tanks.. holders? Anyway once one had crossed the lines in between trains, I would go tadpoling with my jars and spend my time leaning over the old tar pits that were filled in water and frogs and tadpoles.
The fun was if you walked across the tar pits you sank and it took some skill to walk at a rate that didn't allow you to sink too far.. Oh those were the days.
Used to sit by the railway lines on the white boxes that held the electrical wires and watch the train drivers pale as they saw us. We had it down to a fine art and knew we were on the edge of being drawn in to the draught, but not quite.
It was over that time I discovered the little hideaways in the rail tunnels where works and small girls could step out of the way of trains as they raced through the tunnels...
Did I tell my mother? NO WAY :^O

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on 30-05-2012 05:57 PM
Morning everyone,
mum that thing we taked about has now been put off until OCTOBER, cant seem to shake this cold, chest infection, never mind life goes on and a wonderful life it is.
Now grandmoon, i know your name from somewhere, if i have it all wrong never mind me i mix things up and forget things as well so i shold all myself mishmash lol hello to you
I do hope everyone is doing well, keeping safe and happy, blessings to you all.
Dea
Aawwwwhhhh 😞 did we not both feel this could happen ?
Okay then hurry on October 🙂 xxxx

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on 30-05-2012 06:00 PM
morning all.....
weekly shopping day. Must check if Julia has put in the carbon tax sweetener to our a/c yet...if so, we'll be going to lunch!
Anyone remember autograph books? I thought I posted that yesterday,, but apparently not.
Having trouble with my cleaning person again. The replacement for the one who went to the mines, left last week to spend more time with her 2 year old.
A new one was supposed to come on Monday and didnt turn up. The agency had double booked her.
So ANOTHER new one came yesterday, managed to bugga up two vacuum cleaners and after about 20 mins said she had to go home cos she was REALLY nauseous and she'd get them to send someone else??? have yet to hear from agency.
Yes I have my grandfather's autograph book with Donald Bradman's signature in it along with the team at that time. My own, not half as interesting tho
Oh I don't envy you having to find a cleaning person again... my experiences with them sounds just like the trouble you are having at present... they are either sick or they faint or their kids are ill or or or.....
Hope you find one soon xx

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on 30-05-2012 06:02 PM
Ni ni Richo xx
