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quote:
Originally posted by rexory:
quote:
Originally posted by Zappa:
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Originally posted by James the Confident:
A great day yesterday. We were guests of the current Lord Melbourne in Melbourne Hall.

I've never understood this "Lord" business ... either for bishops or mayors. [Confused]
"The rich man in his castle,
The poor man at his gate,
He made them, high or lowly,
And ordered their estate." [Big Grin]

I prefer this version!

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What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?

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You would!

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Lawns ... lawns ... lawns ...

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Incidentally, while Britain finds a new AB of C, I'm thinking of starting another predicting the ocker purple again ... only two (numerically) tiny dioceses are vacant, but they may begin an interesting shuffle of the deck. Willochra may get someone - I can think of two likely candidates, but who on earth, hell or anywhere else would want The Murray? I suspect it will be subsumed into Adelaide again.

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quote:
Originally posted by Zappa:
Incidentally, while Britain finds a new AB of C, I'm thinking of starting another predicting the ocker purple again ... only two (numerically) tiny dioceses are vacant, but they may begin an interesting shuffle of the deck. Willochra may get someone - I can think of two likely candidates, but who on earth, hell or anywhere else would want The Murray? I suspect it will be subsumed into Adelaide again.

Zappa for The Murray! You could commute! [Big Grin] At least it's a job!

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Indeed, the previous + The Murray was a commuter, so the diocese should be used to that. An unstated duty for + Willochra used be regularly to do confirmations at CCSL, but I'm not sure if that continues. Perhaps there are not many candidates these days.

As to the lawns - could you train a small croc to chew the grass?

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Now that's a thought, GeeD ... I'll see if I can catch one ... I'm told this is the way to lure them.

Any thought of a purple shirt fills me with terror. Thankfully there are no such thoughts. After all, I can wear gaiters now (or soon) [Biased] All the fun and none of the scrutiny.

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Just caught a snippet of news about an earthquake in
Australia???!! or did I mishear (hearing aides off).
[Votive] Off to search the net.

Huia

[ 24. March 2012, 08:10: Message edited by: Huia ]

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yeah, 6.1 - south of Alice, and no damage

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Not true, I understand that a couple of roos were pretty pissed off by the mess!

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yeah, 6.1 - south of Alice, and no damage

It was so shallow too. Good to hear about the lack of damage, but it would have been enough to give people a fright.

Not sure I'd want to meet a pissed off roo OzOwen.

Baby aftershock as I started this post - maybe in sympathy.

Rugby returned to Christchuch today - personally I'm not a fan, but this is a huge milestone for some people and I'm glad for them. Of course thae fact that the temperature reached 28c didn't dent their enthusiasm.

Huia

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Watching the Queensland election coverage - what a bloodbath! A lot of Labor ex-members looking for a job on Monday - and their staff.
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quote:
Originally posted by Huia:
the fact that the temperature reached 28c didn't dent their enthusiasm.


a cool day then? [Biased]

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quote:
Originally posted by Huia:
quote:
Originally posted by Zappa:
yeah, 6.1 - south of Alice, and no damage

It was so shallow too. Good to hear about the lack of damage, but it would have been enough to give people a fright.

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Our church heard from our partner church in the area today that it caused a significant amount of fear, distress and panic among the people of the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara lands in far north-west SA. They are talking about people abandoning their townships and homelands to flee for the bush.

This one was about 6.1 on the Richter scale, and there was one of about 4.3 in the same area last week. Those numbers may seem close together, but the way the Richter scale of magnitude works means that the amplitude of the movement was 63 times larger the second time around.

There are thankfully still no reports of injuries or damage, apart from a large crack in the earth that seems to have swallowed up most of the Labor voters in Queensland.

[ 24. March 2012, 12:56: Message edited by: the giant cheeseburger ]

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GC the fatal earthquake in Christchurch was 6.34, and it terrified me, so my heart goes out to those people, especially if they have continuing aftershocks.

The felt difference between the two quakes is huge. There are families here who make a games of "guess the magnitude" - I'm not very good at it, but anything over a 4 is quite nasty and over a 5 is scary, particularly if it's shallow.

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apart from a large crack in the earth that seems to have swallowed up most of the Labor voters in Queensland.

they were doomed, doomed i tell you.

Yes - I didn't mean to give the terra nullius impression in my assessment of damage ... a 3 km deep 6.1 is one helluva shake, and a glance at the buildings around Ernabella suggests they aren't built to earthquake-code standards (lots of brick). It would have been nasty.

76/6 is quite a big majority for the conservatives in Qld. I'm thinking Labor will be in the wilderness for about thirty years unless the Slimy Mayor Used Car Salesman really stuffs things up.

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Huia said;
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Rugby returned to Christchuch today - personally I'm not a fan, but this is a huge milestone for some people and I'm glad for them. Of course the fact that the temperature reached 28c didn't dent their enthusiasm.
Didn't they build the stadium in a hundred days? Can you imagine a new cathedral (supposing that was what they decided to do) being built in that sort of time frame?

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Whatever happened to the cardboard cathedral idea? I would have loved to have seen that!

Anyway, back to the drawing board for me. Busy designing stuff for the shindig at the Big House on Satdy. Fun!

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76/6 is quite a big majority for the conservatives in Qld.
That's the understatement of the year.

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I'm thinking Labor will be in the wilderness for about thirty years unless the Slimy Mayor Used Car Salesman really stuffs things up.
Now now, be nice or people will accuse you of being a sore loser [Razz]
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quote:
Originally posted by the giant cheeseburger:
...apart from a large crack in the earth that seems to have swallowed up most of the Labor voters in Queensland.

[Killing me]

The early service at St Alfred's this morning started with ten people sitting on the right-hand side of the aisle and none on the left. I commented that we were a microcosm of the Queensland election Four more people arrived, two to the right and two to the left - appropriate proportions!

[ 25. March 2012, 08:39: Message edited by: rexory ]

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Greetings from the land of boredom. Day 5 of this miserable virus, in bed all day. Ergh... Missed most of the weekend, including church and the parish AVM yesterday.

At least Cryptogirl made it back to school today.

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quote:
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be nice or people will accuse you of being a sore loser [Razz]

Fortunately I'm far enough away not to have had a horse in the race. But the Territory will head the same way in a few months' time.

Actualll, apart from the brief interlude of hope brought by Kevin Rudd, I have reached the point of praying a pox on both their houses. There's a choice between Very Right™ and Quite Right™ .

I wonder if there's a parish going in Vladivostok, Yakutsk or St Petersburg? Though they may be climactically a little less congenial for me.

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Day 5 of this miserable virus, in bed all day. Ergh... Missed most of the weekend, including church and the parish AVM yesterday.
Am beginning to surface after three days of something. Obviously not as bad as yours or your daughters, Cryptic. St Doc's AVM was last Sunday.

Youngest son came down yesterday and set iPad for my wifi. I knew what had to be done but couldn't concentrate at all and could not get into router pages. My network is very secure, set up by #1 son who says anything can be hacked but he makes others look more attractive.

Son also cooked me BBQ for lunch so tonight I had it easy. Leftovers.

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quote:
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I wonder if there's a parish going in Vladivostok, Yakutsk or St Petersburg? Though they may be climactically a little less congenial for me.

I'm doing a wedding next year for a woman who lives in Vladivostok. I'll ask her, shall I?

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Hmmm .... I might have to regrow my beard ...

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Sympathy noises from me, Cryptic and Loth. B4 and her girlfriend are also down with viruses, but are happily keeping to themselves.

I have to have a mammogram and bone density test today (only been putting them off for four years). I am beginning to wonder why on earth I scheduled them back to back in the same afternoon.
I am expecting to be sore later in the day. Hopefully not too sore to do some flag making. Making old fashioned shaped ones which won't look out of place near a 150 year old building is a bit of a challenge!

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Thanks, BL. Am feeling better today after a decent sleep. Just as well too. Lunch with Sydney (and further afield) Shipmates and Mr and Mrs Tree Bee at Darling Harbour.

[ 26. March 2012, 21:18: Message edited by: Lothlorien ]

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only two (numerically) tiny dioceses are vacant, but they may begin an interesting shuffle of the deck.
While Willochra was filled in recent days, +Brian Newcastle has announced his retirement on December 15 next. That will surely trigger some interesting moves.
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Six of us down at Cockle Bay for lunch today. Very pleasant. Mrs Tree Bee took a photo which may appear later. Today is their last full day in Sydney. Fly out tomorrow.

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quote:
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only two (numerically) tiny dioceses are vacant, but they may begin an interesting shuffle of the deck.
While Willochra was filled in recent days, +Brian Newcastle has announced his retirement on December 15 next. That will surely trigger some interesting moves.
Ah, that sounds interesting. Is assistant + Peter a likely candidate?

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Willochra was filled in recent days,

Bugger - and I had my mitre ready. More seriously i awai announcements with interest - I have one friend who declined nomination ... I wonder who has emerged. It's actually quite a nice diocese, and has had good bishops since at least Bruce Rosier went there in 1970!

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John Stead, the assistant bishop of Bathurst, is to be the new bishop of Willochra.

The Diocese of Newcastle has not elected a bishop from within in over a century, Bishop Stretch being the only assistant translated to diocesan in 1906. It will be an interesting process.

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Aha! Thanks for the heads-up. I've never met John, but I've heard people speak well of him.

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Of course the kiwi purple has had a rattle along over the weekend, too ...

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Aha! Thanks for the heads-up. I've never met John, but I've heard people speak well of him.

Meh

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Much as I love you Anglicans... Maybe you need a separate thread for all this?
It's just that some of us aren't Anglicans and don't know what you are on about and wel, er, and so on.

[ 27. March 2012, 12:01: Message edited by: Rowen ]

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But you're part way there now [Biased]

(Oh, and Jug, I was being diplomatic, since last time I said what I really thought of a bishop I was cautioned severely by shippies).

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Of course the kiwi purple has had a rattle along over the weekend, too ...

??? Sometimes I think I'm living on a desert island.

Loth, it was really good to hear your son is recovering. Pain is so debilitating and taking the meds needed to deal with it always seems like the lesser of two evils.

[Yipee] The mizuma seeds I planted are sprouting! Being a totally non-scientific type it always seems like a tiny miracle when seeds sprout or the mix I've carefully ladled into wee patty pans comes out as mini muffins - today's variety being fig and honey. I've been meaning to make them for ages, but everytime I've bought the figs I've eaten them before they made it into the mixture [Hot and Hormonal]

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Thanks Huia.

I've been keeping in touch mainly with SMS and email. The occasional phone call. He's been depressed and was sleeping whenever the pain allowed.

Last night he rang me and the difference in his voice said volumes. I hadn't heard him as animated and satisfied for 15 months. I had tears in my eyes and had trouble speaking to him.

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That's wonderful Loth. [Votive]

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[Yipee] Great news, Loth [Yipee]

Anyone planning to come to the play had better plan not to come on Wednesday - it'll sell out tomorrow, me thinks. Plenty of tickets left for Sat 31st and Tuesday 3rd.

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Sorry, on the 31st I will be otherwise occupied...

V.glad it's going well, Mr.C.

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rexory
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quote:
Originally posted by Banner Lady:
otherwise occupied...


The article seems to be saying "one in the eye for Sydney"! Interesting point about how the focus will all be on the female bishop. Sad but true. I long for the day when a bishop will be a bishop, without mention of gender - as we are pretty well able now with priests. One day, people will wonder what all the fuss was about.
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quote:
The article seems to be saying "one in the eye for Sydney"!
Well, that's a bit of a foregone conclusion to anyone who has any knowledge of the situation.

Fr G from St Docs and his wife were in Perth for the first momentous occasion. He talks about it from time to time. I told him I wept as I watched. His reply was that he did too as he was there.

I thought the article was quite reasonably written , no real rabble rousing and it said what we all know is true about another diocese. It also gave me another viewpoint on +S from what I had seen operating at St. P's on North Shore when I'd been there several times when he was rector there..

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Banner Lady
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Yep, tells it how it is. We are not sure what to expect in the way of media attention - just hoping they don't turn up 5 minutes before and want to set up their cameras in front of the high altar.

Yes. Such things happen, so I've been told. And then they cannot fathom why they get turned away at the door! [Roll Eyes]

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Cryptic
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Hello all,

Back at work today, more in body than in spirit. Mrs Cryptic has inherited the germs and now she's off work. Our family is pathetic... [Roll Eyes]

Lothlorien - glad to hear that your son is on the mend. That must be a great relief for you.

BL - thanks for the link about Sunday. Looks like it will be a wonderful service. We enjoyed a visit to St Saviours a few years ago on our way to Canberra (sadly on a weekday rather than a Sunday). My grandmother grew up in Goulburn and was confirmed there in 1900. There were some lovely welcomers there on the day and who gave Cryptogirl a small knitted bear that still has pride of place in the teddy cupboard and is known as "Goulburn Bear".

Rexory - don't know whether Sydney really considers this "one in the eye". I think that the majority of Sydney anglicans would have no idea that this was happening, but it will probably strengthen the diocesan resolve to keep pushing their influence outside Sydney. I'm 100% in agreement with you - it will be a great day for the church when gender is no longer an issue, don't think I'll live to see it in my time though.

Glad to hear that the lunch on Tuesday was a success!

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Banner Lady
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Cryptic, those bears are still being handmade, and are given out mostly at baptisms (usually to keep Infant #1 occupied while Infant #2/#3 etc are being "done"). It amazes me that no two bears are ever the same, so I'm glad your Goulburn Bear found a good home.

B4 is 'mostly' back at work after the virus thing. Sorry to hear Mrs.Cryptic now has it - so far TP & I have managed to avoid it - although TP took a nasty tumble on his walk today and came home with bleeding hip, knee, elbow and finger. Apparently a blade of grass attacked him. (Stepped on a grass runner with one foot and tripped over it with the other.) Given that a gumnut attacked me and caused me pain for three months not so long ago, I did NOT laugh.

Damn it's dangerous out there in the urban jungle!

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Zappa
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quote:
Originally posted by Cryptic:
I think that the majority of Sydney anglicans would have no idea that this was happening, but it will probably strengthen the diocesan resolve to keep pushing their influence outside Sydney.

Pretty much, on both counts.
Interestingly we received in our head Office the other day a prayer diary from Deaconess House in Sydney, praying for the people of the Northern Territory. Not one non-Sydney person is named, only the CMS exports. Not even the bishop - who was formerly a rector in the Diocese of Sydney - gets prayed for.

Personally I look forward to the day this Diocese elects Kuruman as bishop ...

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rexory
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quote:
Originally posted by Banner Lady:
although TP took a nasty tumble on his walk today

BL, one of the defining things about getting older (I turned 60 last Saturday) is that one no longer "falls over"; one "has a fall". [Frown]

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...or, in my case, has a fall and ends up in plaster for 8 weeks!

But then I don't think I'm any more clumsy now than I have been all my life.

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