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Mr Curly
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Family packed off for a day of ministry with children at St Winfields*. I have some shopping to do, and am reorganising the shed and the garage. Oh, and have 500 words of cricket comedy to bash out at some stage.
Persian meal with Mrs C's work team tonight.
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* OUr minster no longer has his filthy habit.
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Huia
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Something happen to my post - I suspect the top of the page poster ![[Paranoid]](graemlins/paranoid.gif)
Martin, you have an email. Let me know if you don't get it.
Huia
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Mr Curly
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Originally posted by Huia:
Something happen to my post - I suspect the top of the page poster
On what grounds, precisely??
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Huia
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Grounds? You think I need grounds for throwing around a wild accusation? ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif)
Vulpior thanks, it wasn't quite what I was expecting, but it was wonderful. I also discovered two more versions and a version of Dreaming Marymy current favourite hymn that made me wince, but was better than nothing.
I could get seriously addicted to uTube, but I need to find the laptop connecting cord (lost in the bedroom) first so I can use the library to listen on mine and have unlimited time, rather than using their and be restricted to an hour at a time, and no more than 2 per day.
Huia
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Welease Woderwick
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Originally posted by Huia:
Grounds? You think I need grounds for throwing around a wild accusation?
Well said Huia! Only wimps need adequate grounds for an accusation.
Mind you, you could do what I do and just blame PeteC - works for me.
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magnum mysterium
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Originally posted by jugular:
I thought that youse on the ship would enjoy this story most of all. Last Sunday was the first Pirate Church Christmas Special 'Away Into Danger'. As is our custom, we went out for dinner afterwards in Chinatown, at about 10pm, accompanied by some friends who had come to see the show. We ordered enough food to feed a small army, and made lots of raucous noise, including singing (in the most mocking way possible) 'Shine Jesus Shine', 'Shout to the Lord' and 'The Power of Your Love'. I mean seriously mocking, I was doing little asides about the audacity of commanding Jesus to shine as if he wasn't already, and the lesbian couple were singing 'I sing for joy at the work of your hands' to each other like a love song.
Actually, we were being a bit due and inconsiderate towards the other diners. But it was a pretty noisy place, so it wasn't too bad.
The kicker came when it was time to pay. Another diner, evidently hearing our joyous singing and raucous laughter, had paid for our meal (for eight people) including multiple bottles of Tsingtao beer! He asked the server to tell us 'Merry Christmas from a fellow Christian'.
And that, dear Shipmates, is the power of Jesus at work in the world today.
GOLD! ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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DangerousDeacon
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The Wet Season appears to have arrived, just in time for Christmas. Our Carol service was held on a somewhat warm and humid evening, until there was a tropical downpour (to coincide with a reading on angels and blessings). Fortunately, the rain cleared away before the service finished, and it was about five degrees cooler.
But it would be nice to have Christmas without a cyclone. The Christmas cyclone in 1974 gave rise to some serious remodelling afterwards.
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Lothlorien
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I gave away a lot of baby clothes and expensive nappies (pre-disposables then ) to thee cyclone relief appeal after cyclone Tracy.
Ten months later I needed them all again.
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DangerousDeacon
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Hi L. Would you like me to send them back now?
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Alban
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Haven't posted here much before, but just wanted somewhere to vent a little after holding a dying cat, just run over on our driveway, having dashed in under the back wheel of a car fleeing from a playful, visiting dog. My kids saw it, too. And after 14 years, I'm going to miss Mia.
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Lothlorien
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Originally posted by DangerousDeacon:
Hi L. Would you like me to send them back now?
Not even any more grandchildren around.
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Lothlorien
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Haven't posted here much before, but just wanted somewhere to vent a little after holding a dying cat, just run over on our driveway, having dashed in under the back wheel of a car fleeing from a playful, visiting dog. My kids saw it, too. And after 14 years, I'm going to miss Mia.
That's hard, Alban.
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Huia
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Oh Alban.
I'm off into the country this arvo collecting pinecones for a friend. Such a pleasant change from this morning's supermarket and Post Shop visit.
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Sorry about your cat, Alban. ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
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rexory
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Sorry, Alban, that's awful. Every time we have to take a cat to be euthanased it's bad; but this is, I'm sure, worse.
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Huia
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Some of the money from the sale of the family home has just been depositted into my bank account. I'm thinking of it as Mum and Dad's last Christmas present ![[Tear]](graemlins/tear.gif)
Huia
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Lothlorien
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Hugs, Huia.
I remember going with my sister to solicitor to pick up cheques from Mum's estate. It could have been better handled there and I wasn't happy. Then to bank to deposit the cheque and home to an empty house where I felt quite bereft.
This is only a couple of years ago and direct deposit requests were refused.
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Huia
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Thanks Loth it's weird, but i didn't realise how much I was grieving, until it hit me all over again. Grief is weird.
Huia
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Gee D
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Lothlorien, I think the solicitor was proper in not making a payment from his trust account via a direct debit.
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Uncle Pete
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Happy Christmas, Ozzies, Kiwis, and other assorted Pacific islands.
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Lothlorien
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Lothlorien, I think the solicitor was proper in not making a payment from his trust account via a direct debit.
Perhaps so, but the whole thing was not handled well. Possibly because of the circumstances. The solicitor had taken over the handling of the estate after the original solicitor died suddenly. However, almost all the work had been completed.
I have no problem with her actual handling of the estate details, but personally she lacked what would be called a pleasant bedside manner in a doctor. My sister, the executor of mum's will, had had dealings with her and been satisfied. We were kept waiting well beyond appointment time and then the receptionist seemed to suddenly remember and gave us an envelope with three cheques. We even had to ask for another couple of envelopes so individual cheques could be put in them. And that was that. No real reason for an appointment time even with the way it was handled. A bit of empathy would have gone a long way.
As I found with Centrelink down the track, we should each have had a statement of settlement as I received at both divorce and sale and purchase of houses. I assumed the executor had one. No. No one had it. Centrelink contacted her about that .
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Gee D
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Happy Christmas to us all (now 1.08 am)
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Banner Lady
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It is just after 1am.
Christmas Eve dinner for 15 is done and so are my feet.
Happy family time was had, followed by a Nanna nap for me.
Then midnight mass at the Church with a Pond where MM and assorted musos made much delicious noise.
After being out of town for 3 years, and not having terribly fond memories of the Church with the Pond, it was challenging to go back there - but I'm glad I did. It was a service that was beautiful and bracing and possibly exactly what I needed to do.
Not that I expect I'll be in many other services where three trumpeters are playing - but all is well, the angels are singing and Christ is Born - Alleluja!
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Rowen
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Ohio... Children's Service at my sister's church.... Lovely atmosphere, content, music...
I am super happy on long service leave! It is great being with my extended family.
Blessings to you folk back home, this Christmas
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Alban
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Good Christmas day,
Breakfast, Church and relaxing with the family, (my dad, my kids and the ex Mrs Alban and her husband). Helps you understand somewhat the value of the chaos and expense which leads up to it. Wishing the richest blessings to all shipmates.
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Barnabas Aus
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Coming to the end of a gentle Christmas Day, the first without our last surviving parent. Midnight Mass, then grandchildren here through the day. Traditional dinner here tonight, lubricated by sparkling shiraz. Merry Christmas to those who are also coming to the end of the day, and to those just beginning.
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Piglet
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Rather belated I know (I was up to my ears in pre-Christmas frazzle yesterday), but merry Christmas from the far side of the planet.
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psst... Huia! empty your PM box, please!
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Huia
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Done.
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DangerousDeacon
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Why is every Christmas in my parishes like a bad re-enactment of the Vicar of Dibley (where Geraldine has three Christmas lunches) - though in my last parish it was three lunches in one day, here it is more like five lunches in three days. Why am I so weak in the face of the temptation of champagne, cashew nuts, good wine and fruit pudding? Why are my wonderful parishioners so generous?
These are the great mysteries of Christmas ...
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Gee D
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We are all weak in the face of such temptation, DD. Following the frailties of Christmas and then Boxing Day, Madame and I are now on a water and weak tea diet until Tuesday evening - when we're bankrupting ourselves to see La Bohème followed by supper at the Opera House.
And Mr Curly - how do you and the boys feel after today's result - it bodes well for the last match.
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Mr Curly
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And Mr Curly - how do you and the boys feel after today's result - it bodes well for the last match.
Somewhat amazed, but excited! I'm going with Biggest to a corporate box on Day 1 (although uncatered, it will be rather comfortable) and then taking my dad and Middle and one of his makes on Monday, to maybe see the end game. Biggest has Green Shield (U16 grade club comp) on Sunday (Penrith), Tuesday (Tunks) and Thursday (Coogee) that week, so I'll be all cricketed out.
Went to SCG for a big Bash last night for my first experience ever in the Members. It was a late night, and the home team got done over big time,
Rellies have arrived so house guests for next 2 weeks.
mr curly.
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Huia
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Finally it's stopped raining ![[Yipee]](graemlins/spin.gif) . I was beginning to think that I should take up boat building.
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Arabella Purity Winterbottom
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Finally it's stopped raining . I was beginning to think that I should take up boat building.
It even bucketed down in Hawkes Bay, although the temperature stayed up, so we were hot AND sticky. Gorgeous drive back to Welly today though.
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Warm in Welly; nice weather for Tony's weekly trip to the lab to have his bloods done.
Five-year-old granddaughter turned up on Skype for a story, so at last we read The Elephant's Child. One of my favourites for a read-aloud session. I hadn't noticed before that the Elephant's Child went by Graham's Town, named for a distant relative of our family (but it's not on the banks of the great grey-green greasy Limpopo River, all set about with fever trees).
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Lothlorien
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Very pleasant here in Sydney with mild breeze. Good for revellers. I may see new year in, may not. I am often in bed before midnight on NYE. I can see a lot of fireworks from my balcony and can see more from roof garden. Not many go up there usually, It's up two flights of stairs and hip ached a lot last night. Perhaps the balcony will suffice.
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Huia
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I am so glad the year is over. Here's hoping 2014 is an improvement.
Happy New Year everyone.
Huia
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