Underoos and Friends Jan 2011

[Ringing Cedars]

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I call it human nature in motion.....

[JackieClaire]

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You're OK,Missy B,none taken, we're all supposed to be in bed so I've just tiptoed in quietly.

[Miss Behaving]

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hope you have sweet dreams JC!

[Mish]

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Reggie, as I read your post I almost feel like I was there with you. I've never had the opportunity to learn to sail but it's one of the things I'd have liked to get into. My father was a real craftsman with wood and told me about a boat he had built with a friend before I was born (he was 42 when I was born). I think that story infused a kind of love for beautiful wooden boats into my heart. I always love the bits in NCIS when the boss is working on his boat...always makes me think of what it must have been like for my dad.
Rags, I felt myself skimming as I read your post also. I'll carry that and the dipping oars feeling with me all day. Bliss, and thank you both so much.
Missy, you're a treasure. Always so thoughtful and caring. What a sweetie.
Ficks, family secrets, eh? My dad was married before my Mum to an American woman by the name of Margaret. My father couldn't afford to keep her in the style in which she aspired to become accustomed so she went back to America and married someone rich...without divorcing my dad. He, good man that he was, had to actually pay to keep her out of trouble for being a bigamist.
My greatgrandmother was left to babysit my mother when she was two years old. When my grandparents returned from wherever they'd been all they found was my mother sitting in the middle of the floor. She'd cleared out with everything else they owned.
Wonder why they left my mother?
Mr G, busy and as happy as always. Love your style. I'm emulating it in my own life and agree that it has to be the best way of living.
Bridge, hope the boy is feeling better. Sometimes sick just defies the laws of physics, doesn't it? You don't remember giving him that much to eat and drink yourself. Maybe he has a secret supply that involves something 'nasty' that disagreed with him. Or, maybe, it's just a lergy, which is probably the more likely.
Pan, I don't argue...so you couldn't draw me into a dispute if you wanted to. Perhaps you find that nauseatingly boring, as some might, but I am always happy to discuss, debate or disagree without being disagreeable to anything if it's of enough interest to capture my attention.
Greetings to all and anyone dropping by. Has anyone heard from Aspy lately?

[tawnyfrog]

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Wow! I just lost a HUGE post. Although I often read about this occurrence, it's the first time it's happened to me. I'll try again.

Mish - I'm loving all these stories of the Family Secret. Looks like we've all got something to contribute. Haven't seen Aspy for a while, hope he is ok and just busy with his lovely tribe and new house.

MrG - I don't remember that Lygon St pub unless it had another name back then but I do know Dinny A'Hearn and Adrian Rawlings who is immortalised by a life-sized statue somewhere in Brunswick Street.

I'm hiding from the heat in the Froghouse, all blinds are down and just found this potential little gem in the TV guide from The Australian:


On SBS one, 8:30pm tonight - Spitfire Women

Since it was an era in which women were barely deemed capable enough to to leave the house to go anywhere more daring than the shops, women at work during World War II is an endlessly fascinating topic. That they were recruited to rivet things in ship yards is well known, but this British documentary focusses on a lesser-known occupation: fighter pilots. The Air Transport Auxillary was a 1000-member strong organisation whose job it was to deliver aircraft to RAF pilots on the frontlines, which was not a task without risks. A combination of interviews with the few surviving pilots and re-enactments of their stories, it's a great yarn, tracing how these women came to be so enamoured with flying, while also highlighting the sexism they faced when they pursued their dreams. Based on photos, they looked damned glamorous as they did it.



I'm ridiculously in love with Tiger Moths so I'm certain to be watching the Spitfires also.

[Rags]

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[QUOTE=Mish;1050747]. I always love the bits in NCIS when the boss is working on his boat...always makes me think of what it must have been like for my dad. /QUOTE]


I'm wondering how he's going to get it out of the basement.

[Miss Behaving]

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mmmmm ...... I may move to the lucky country .........

[Mish]

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[quote]Rags;1050768 wrote:

. I always love the bits in NCIS when the boss is working on his boat...always makes me think of what it must have been like for my dad. /QUOTE]


I'm wondering how he's going to get it out of the basement.

A similar thought has entered my own mind on occassion...but it never seems to be much closer to finishing so I guess it's wait and see. He does a lot of sanding...perhaps it's going to end up being sanded away completely and carried out in a shoebox.

[Rags]

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Hi Tawn, I'll be watching that tonight. I didn't know about them either till I read the write up in the tv guide.


Hey Mish, you'll have to cut your hair soon, else it'll get in your lovely blue eyes

[Ringing Cedars]

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tawnyfrog;1050765 wrote: Wow! I just lost a HUGE post. Although I often read about this occurrence, it's the first time it's happened to me. I'll try again.

Mish - I'm loving all these stories of the Family Secret. Looks like we've all got something to contribute. Haven't seen Aspy for a while, hope he is ok and just busy with his lovely tribe and new house.

MrG - I don't remember that Lygon St pub unless it had another name back then but I do know Dinny A'Hearn and Adrian Rawlings who is immortalised by a life-sized statue somewhere in Brunswick Street.

I'm hiding from the heat in the Froghouse, all blinds are down and just found this potential little gem in the TV guide from The Australian:


On SBS one, 8:30pm tonight - Spitfire Women

Since it was an era in which women were barely deemed capable enough to to leave the house to go anywhere more daring than the shops, women at work during World War II is an endlessly fascinating topic. That they were recruited to rivet things in ship yards is well known, but this British documentary focusses on a lesser-known occupation: fighter pilots. The Air Transport Auxillary was a 1000-member strong organisation whose job it was to deliver aircraft to RAF pilots on the frontlines, which was not a task without risks. A combination of interviews with the few surviving pilots and re-enactments of their stories, it's a great yarn, tracing how these women came to be so enamoured with flying, while also highlighting the sexism they faced when they pursued their dreams. Based on photos, they looked damned glamorous as they did it.



I'm ridiculously in love with Tiger Moths so I'm certain to be watching the Spitfires also.

And so it goes....

[Mish]

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Rags;1050773 wrote: Hi Tawn, I'll be watching that tonight. I didn't know about them either till I read the write up in the tv guide.


Hey Mish, you'll have to cut your hair soon, else it'll get in your lovely blue eyes

Rags, I'm crushed you haven't noticed...they're brown. And my hair is shorter and blonder now. All ready for a sail on the wide blue ocean though. Actually, I'd burn to a crisp. I have to do my garden in the early mornings and evenings and into the night to avoid the sun. But I can sail in my imagination any time I like, eh? Unless you're taking a moonlight cruise.
Pic for my avatar is my grandaughter.

[byebyebridgetjones]

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Rags;1050650 wrote:

Bridge, Tawn and Miss, sorry for swearing last night.

You do remember who you're speaking to ? :H

[byebyebridgetjones]

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[quote]Rags;1050768 wrote:

/QUOTE]


I'm wondering how he's going to get it out of the basement.

:H:H:H

[Rags]

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[quote]Mish;1050771 wrote:

A similar thought has entered my own mind on occassion...but it never seems to be much closer to finishing so I guess it's wait and see. He does a lot of sanding...perhaps it's going to end up being sanded away completely and carried out in a shoebox.

:H :H :H

[Miss Behaving]

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[QUOTE=tawnyfrog;1050765

I'm hiding from the heat in the Froghouse, all blinds are down and just found this potential little gem in the TV guide from The Australian:


On SBS one, 8:30pm tonight - [b]Spitfire Women[/b]

Since it was an era in which women were barely deemed capable enough to to leave the house to go anywhere more daring than the shops, women at work during World War II is an endlessly fascinating topic. That they were recruited to rivet things in ship yards is well known, but this British documentary focusses on a lesser-known occupation: fighter pilots. The Air Transport Auxillary was a 1000-member strong organisation whose job it was to deliver aircraft to RAF pilots on the frontlines, which was not a task without risks. A combination of interviews with the few surviving pilots and re-enactments of their stories, it's a great yarn, tracing how these women came to be so enamoured with flying, while also highlighting the sexism they faced when they pursued their dreams. Based on photos, they looked damned glamorous as they did it.



I'm ridiculously in love with Tiger Moths so I'm certain to be watching the Spitfires also.
This is when I wish that we could be a 7th state. Our TV is crap, but it would be nice to see something like this ......