Huia, I hope you have the spare bed made up and some extra blankets. If this howling gale up and down our east coast continues, there may be some Aussies blown over your way. And please stoke the fire too. It is freezing. Not only thick snow and plenty of it down Rowen’s way, there is a large area west of Sydney where snow fell today.
Thanks for the warning Loth. I wish you people on our largest offshore island would keep your weather to yourselves though - we tend to get the remnants, not to mention the strange wildlife that is blown over this way. Mainly insects and birds.
The temperature this morning was below freezing point when I woke up and I had acquired a fluffy bedmate.
Thanks for the warning Loth. I wish you people on our largest offshore island would keep your weather to yourselves though - we tend to get the remnants, not to mention the strange wildlife that is blown over this way. Mainly insects and birds.
The temperature this morning was below freezing point when I woke up and I had acquired a fluffy bedmate.
You remind me that when we lived in. Motueka, an orchardist had a brother with orchards in Tasmania who would phone him if he was having particularly bad weather, and the Motueka man would expect the storm to reach him three days later.
Thanks Barnabas. That was interesting. I am a couple of blocks west of Bunnings, opposite the start of the great north journey up the coast. I do remember the cinema in Ashfield, my grandparents moved to the area in the1940s and my grandmother remained here for another thirty or so years. Actually, just did my sums. They were still in Lithgow in 1950s , my sister was there for parade for Marjorie Jackson the sprinter who became governor of SA.
Actually I paid more attention to the last photo. Indeed, the exit almost from the service station. That whole area is in line for development and that empty street will have no parking to allow for a double turn from Parramatta Road, I look up the side road to the elbow a bit up the hill.
I grew up only a few suburbs across and went to Canterbury Boys' High, so know the area well. I used to get off the bus at the Peek Frean's corner and walk down Parramatta Rd to the Sydney Society of Model Engineers before it moved to Luddenham. Now I live about ten minutes' drive from the northernmost remnant of that convict-built road.
A precocious girl, your sister. From what you have said in the past, she's quite a bit younger than you. The Lithgow Flash last competed in the'54 Commonwealth Games. How old would your sister have been then?
It would have been very precocious for her to go to Lithgow after the' 54 Commonwealth Games then. Perhaps you're confusing the Flash with the Golden Girl? I have a vague recollection of your recounting her parade after the '56 Olympics.
Loth, Marjorie Jackson must have made quite an impression on my mother, one of the least sporty people I've ever known because when we had to hurry she would say, "We will have to do a Marjorie Jackson to catch that bus" - I never knew who she was referring to.
It's funny how phrases like that from childhood pop up in my mind.
No confusion whatsoever, GD. We were at my grandparents at Lithgow for the parade through town streets. To many, even now, she is a Lithgow possession and many there have no knowledge of her being governor of SA.
Dad taught Betty Cuthbert and I can remember he rang through a congratulatory telegram to her after first gold medal. A telegram! Unheard of in the family.
Lothlorien- seeing you expressed so much doubt to start with, I spoke to your brother. He tells me that your maternal grandparents (and your mother with them) moved from Lithgow to Croydon at the beginning of WW II [edited to remove personal information - Piglet, AS host ] he has a clear memory of an ambulance team carrying your grandfather down the hallway on a stretcher to take him to hospital where he died. He does not remember any trip to Lithgow for a celebration after the '54 Commonwealth Games, when your younger sister would have been only 5 at best, and not participating in a parade for Marjorie Jackson He does remember one at the then new Ermington shopping centre for Betty Cuthbert in 1956. Ms Cuthbert was driven in a Vauxhall convertible. So all that seems to clear things up.
Gee D, thank youfor the lesson in my family history. My mother and I and my sister were in Lithgow at the time . We were not there for any particular celebration, but for a visit. My grandmother had friends there after living there for a long time and was still involved with Chapter, the Order of the Eastern Star. Where you got any idea that my sister was participating in the parade is weird. She was a spectator in the crowd, all of them there for the parade.
Given that your brother has your grandfather dying in 1952, he and your grandmother could not have been living in Lithgow in 1954 - and your post at 3.21 refers to grandparents. I read participation from your comment yesterday that she was there for the parade, with no mention of you or your mother being there.
@Gee D, I've removed personal information from your post regarding Lothlorien's family: I think you've been here long enough to know that we take a dim view of posting anything on the Ship that might disclose the identities of Shipmates or Crew.
The Ship generally, and All Saints in particular, are not the places for personal spats.
If you have any problems with this, please take them up in the Styx.
Hi - just dropping in here from Blighty to find you talking about family history. On a related subject, i'm wondering whether anyone here can recommend a family tracing service in Oz, please? country knowledge can be helpful. I'm hoping to track down the family of a friend of my aunt, both ladies now being dead. They met in missionary training college and seem to have been life-long friends.
Thanks Climacus - clever, and no lasting vandalism of the sign, for which the perpetrators could be prosecuted.
I got up at 7am - and it was light. I really love that after the depths of winter. Daylight Saving starts on September 30 and while I have difficulty adjusting at the beginning and end, I like the bit in between..
Qoheleth, sorry I can't help, being in the wrong country, but it sounds like an interesting story.
Qoheleth, try the Society of Australian Genealogists https://www.sag.org.au/ They have provided expert advice to the Australian version of Who Do You Think You Are.
Piglet, If I offended, I apologise. S you've already deleted it, I'm not sure what it was that I wrote which breached the guidelines. I thought I only used what Lothlorien had previously included. Are you able by description able to describe what I should not have written please?
Whatever the outcome, until the next election. My suspicion is that were Duttn to be successful, the Green vote in my electorate will increase substantially - not enough to force resort to preferences, but enough to give a scare to the Liberals.
I would not look at any paper, but the ABC's site is reasonable by today's standards. Not as good as even 15 years ago, but look at the opposition. You're right about Dutton's eligibility being in question. The House voted yesterday with a majority of but 1 not to refer the question to the High Court.
That is an indicator of how small the government's majority is in the House when the principal opposition and all non-government members vote against the government.
Piglet, If I offended, I apologise. S you've already deleted it, I'm not sure what it was that I wrote which breached the guidelines. I thought I only used what Lothlorien had previously included. Are you able by description able to describe what I should not have written please?
As explained in my previous Host post, I removed personal information - names, addresses and dates - relating to some of Lothlorien's relatives, which may have been enough to reveal her RL identity. If Lothlorien had chosen to reveal such information, that would be her right, but it isn't for anyone else to do so.
Also, as stated in my previous post, if you have any further questions, please take them up in the Styx, and not on this thread.
My day-to-day organisational life revolves around my backpack. My wallet lives there, as do my Gold Card, and house keys. Earlier this year I found that the lining had started to peel, so I took it into the shop where I bought it and they replaced it with a lovely yellow pack. A few weeks later one of the straps came adrift (a design fault as others have done this but I've managed to fix them). When I took it to the shop so they could send it to be fixed I took my old, but within the last 5 years one too as I had to use that ( the lining was utterly shredded and it was no longer waterproof). The retail assistant said to bring the 5 year one back to see if it could be fixed as well - it couldn't so they replaced that as well. So I now have a new yellow pack and a new dark turquoise pack, and they both have more robust linings.
Just back from another brunch in McDs for open house here. I am planning to write a novel with material gathered. Waiting at McDs or Waiting for Godot,(updated) although it won’t be in French as when I read it first.
Characters will include the tiny boy in soccer clothes and boots who shut his eyes and crossed himself before starting his hashbrown. The large ma sitting opposite me who in ten minutes ate a thickshake, a coffee,two hashbrowns, three big macs and two large serves of chips. Linking characters will be the stream of people who hurry through door and go straight to bathrooms. Some buy something after, most don’t.
A very sunny and warm (relatively) day on The Border today. Had a lazy breakfast at a café and did a bit of a tidy up around the house. Then walked by the river. Weather pending, to the Hidden Cinema tomorrow. You pay your money online and you get an email telling you where the cinema set up is. A colleague from work suggested I go with them. I note an old convent is open for a sticky-beak this weekend at one of the Victorian border towns; may go there.
Sounds a bit secretive and clandestine Climacus, are you sure it's not a plot to kidnap you and post a large ransom to all your friends and relations?
Should we all start saving?
Loth, I have met American tourists who insist on eating at McD's "Because the toilets are always clean there". I haven't been to McD's for years. I used to go with a depressed friend who had a very noisy little girl because the child loved the playground and we had a chance to talk. The 'child' now has her own children.
I have been more times lately than ever in my life. I have a small coffee at home and go down around 10:30. Toasted ham, cheese and tomato sandwich becomes brunch and I have a free coffee thanks to seniors card Dinner then is earlier than it usually is .
Today’s sandwich was good. Tomato thickly sliced, two pieces of cheese and three pieces of ham.
That toasted sandwich sounds good, it's not anything I've ever seen in McDonald's here and I spent a lot of time in them a few years back when I took students there for lunch or breakfast.
I think it is fairly new. As I said, the place is not somewhere I normally frequent. However, it is handy and easy to get to. Friends from downstairs sometimes join me. Otherwise I read an Ebook. Nothing deep as interruptions are frequent. Currently detective stories by Ann Cleeves help the time to go. Just finishing the Shetland series
I loved that Shetland series, and need to check if the new one is out yet. Last time I looked it was available as a pre-order. I've also been reading my way through her Vera Stanhope series.
I have been more times lately than ever in my life. I have a small coffee at home and go down around 10:30. Toasted ham, cheese and tomato sandwich becomes brunch and I have a free coffee thanks to seniors card Dinner then is earlier than it usually is .
Today’s sandwich was good. Tomato thickly sliced, two pieces of cheese and three pieces of ham.
MacDonalds here at one time would give seniors a free tea/coffee, a boon if you were weary after a bit of shopping. Then they changed it – you had to buy something too. I haven't checked on them lately – I've gone off all the fast foods but I do have a yen for one of their apple pies.
On the other hand, I always go down to a nearby cafe after church for a toasted sandwich (ham cheese and pineapple) and a pot of tea. I can go in and just put my money on the counter and it will come (but if I do that it's with a grin on both sides!) Always a toastie because with an Essential Tremor I like to have something I can eat in my hands. They are Cambodian and one young woman likes to stop and talk if they're not busy, because I remind her of her grandmother. They bring my tea(and no milk) and pour the first cup for me.
Ha ha Huia. I think the kidnappers would be offering money to be rid of me after 5 mins. We'll see how the day goes...I have a small headache so a movie is not what I'm after; if it goes I'll sign up.
I think we had the first McCafé here in Australia...I think it had its 25th birthday recently. The coffee is quite acceptable I've found, and available at odd hours, so it comes in handy. A toastie may get me in there too. Yum!
We are in the midst of a thunderstorm which appears have come down from the northwest through our parched valley. Not enough to break the drought, but will settle the dust a little.
In church this morning, a swallow joined us, which seemed most apposite given that Psalm 84 was read -
The sparrow has found her a home,
and the swallow a nest where she may lay her young:
even your altar, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God.
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The temperature this morning was below freezing point when I woke up and I had acquired a fluffy bedmate.
Scroll down, as its the last photo for your suburb.
And I looked up my second place of residence and await them getting to the Fs for my birthplace Fairfield.
GG
Actually I paid more attention to the last photo. Indeed, the exit almost from the service station. That whole area is in line for development and that empty street will have no parking to allow for a double turn from Parramatta Road, I look up the side road to the elbow a bit up the hill.
It's funny how phrases like that from childhood pop up in my mind.
Dad taught Betty Cuthbert and I can remember he rang through a congratulatory telegram to her after first gold medal. A telegram! Unheard of in the family.
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@Gee D, I've removed personal information from your post regarding Lothlorien's family: I think you've been here long enough to know that we take a dim view of posting anything on the Ship that might disclose the identities of Shipmates or Crew.
The Ship generally, and All Saints in particular, are not the places for personal spats.
If you have any problems with this, please take them up in the Styx.
Thank you.
Piglet, AS host
Hi - just dropping in here from Blighty to find you talking about family history. On a related subject, i'm wondering whether anyone here can recommend a family tracing service in Oz, please? country knowledge can be helpful. I'm hoping to track down the family of a friend of my aunt, both ladies now being dead. They met in missionary training college and seem to have been life-long friends.
I got up at 7am - and it was light. I really love that after the depths of winter. Daylight Saving starts on September 30 and while I have difficulty adjusting at the beginning and end, I like the bit in between..
Qoheleth, sorry I can't help, being in the wrong country, but it sounds like an interesting story.
Father Rod Bower's church sign today simply says "God help us".
NZ politics is fairly slow moving in comparison.
Which Australian newspaper gives the fullest political coverage?
I'll check with ABC - thanks.
Fixed that for you.
That is an indicator of how small the government's majority is in the House when the principal opposition and all non-government members vote against the government.
Also, as stated in my previous post, if you have any further questions, please take them up in the Styx, and not on this thread.
Thank you.
Piglet, AS host
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Characters will include the tiny boy in soccer clothes and boots who shut his eyes and crossed himself before starting his hashbrown. The large ma sitting opposite me who in ten minutes ate a thickshake, a coffee,two hashbrowns, three big macs and two large serves of chips. Linking characters will be the stream of people who hurry through door and go straight to bathrooms. Some buy something after, most don’t.
Hurrah for great service, Huia!
A very sunny and warm (relatively) day on The Border today. Had a lazy breakfast at a café and did a bit of a tidy up around the house. Then walked by the river. Weather pending, to the Hidden Cinema tomorrow. You pay your money online and you get an email telling you where the cinema set up is. A colleague from work suggested I go with them. I note an old convent is open for a sticky-beak this weekend at one of the Victorian border towns; may go there.
Should we all start saving?
Loth, I have met American tourists who insist on eating at McD's "Because the toilets are always clean there". I haven't been to McD's for years. I used to go with a depressed friend who had a very noisy little girl because the child loved the playground and we had a chance to talk. The 'child' now has her own children.
I think the novel would be fascinating.
Today’s sandwich was good. Tomato thickly sliced, two pieces of cheese and three pieces of ham.
MacDonalds here at one time would give seniors a free tea/coffee, a boon if you were weary after a bit of shopping. Then they changed it – you had to buy something too. I haven't checked on them lately – I've gone off all the fast foods but I do have a yen for one of their apple pies.
On the other hand, I always go down to a nearby cafe after church for a toasted sandwich (ham cheese and pineapple) and a pot of tea. I can go in and just put my money on the counter and it will come (but if I do that it's with a grin on both sides!) Always a toastie because with an Essential Tremor I like to have something I can eat in my hands. They are Cambodian and one young woman likes to stop and talk if they're not busy, because I remind her of her grandmother. They bring my tea(and no milk) and pour the first cup for me.
I think we had the first McCafé here in Australia...I think it had its 25th birthday recently. The coffee is quite acceptable I've found, and available at odd hours, so it comes in handy. A toastie may get me in there too. Yum!
In church this morning, a swallow joined us, which seemed most apposite given that Psalm 84 was read -
The sparrow has found her a home,
and the swallow a nest where she may lay her young:
even your altar, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God.