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Welease Woderwick
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Huh!
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I am a great Marmite lover and in UK you can now get Marmite XO [Extra Old] which is even better! Marmite is an entire food group on its own - I have even converted Himself and Herself and even a Heathen North American [Canadian] to liking it.
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Huia
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NZ marmite apparently tastes different to that made in GB.
I'm more of a Vegemite eater myself (it's a similar product made in Australia). Well done on converting our Canadian friend. My brother - also a Vegemite eater lives in the US and when he was flatting it was never 'borrowed' by his flatmates however desperate they were.
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Leaving Perf today and returning to the family. It's been good to be out of town in lead up to Easter so not feeling the impact of not doing the Passion as much as might have done.
Then a 4 day family get away to the country.
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James the Confident
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I will be in Canberra for the day on Easter Sunday (hint, hint). ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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Banner Lady
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Given that I am seriously crap at organizing anything and will probably be interstate on Sunday - I'll leave this one to the more musical shippies of Canberra. At least the weather's wonderful here!
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Huia, we saw a chap called Gough on Campbell Live talking about his plans for the centre of Christchurch. I remember something about passageways (?), max height 6 storeys, a view of the Avon from first-floor restaurants/bars etc.
I wondered about open spaces with trees in the city centre. One of the things I love about my Wellington is the tree-shaded streets where there were cars and trams in my youth.
What's your take on this Gough?
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Gedday folks, thought I'd drop in to wish all and sundry a Blessed Easter.
But while I'm doing that- what's with the marmite discussion? The stuff is three sorts of vile and should only be served to enemies, arch enemies and politicians.
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Originally posted by ozowen:
Gedday folks, thought I'd drop in to wish all and sundry a Blessed Easter.
But while I'm doing that- what's with the marmite discussion? The stuff is three sorts of vile and should only be served to enemies, arch enemies and politicians.
Thanks Ozo, great to see you!
Off for the weekend to our regular little shack in the country. No interwebs there, so see you on Tuesday!
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My Good Friday service went well.
There were 15... A crowd for me.
We simply had readers going thru the gospel, with pauses and one music between readings.
At the end, we blew out the candle, sang some of "were you there" and left.
Anyway, at the beginning, after I explained all this, in the silence, the Anglican Church bell rang out, surprising us all. I worried it would disturb us all, but it was great actually, as it rang 33 times, and we sat there, and listened.
A moving way to start Good Friday church.
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Huia
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GG I didn't see him on Campbell Live - but I've heard him once before. He's a developer and the time I heard him he was ranting about some owning only a small piece of land and trying to call the shots, whereas those who had more were being hld to ransome... I wasn't terribly impressed. but I wasn't really listening. There will be trees though as the area along the Avon (of which he owns a chunk) from the Antigua St Boatsheds through to the Town Hall is to become a park, which may even extend in a city to sea pathway.
Next Saturday we have yet another consultation in our area aboutchanges being made by the Council. I admit to being a little cynical about being listened to, but will go and say my bit (emphasising the need for cycleways as two cyclists have been killed in the past couple of days).
Huia Too many commas in wrong places ![[Hot and Hormonal]](icon_redface.gif)
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Originally posted by James the Confident:
I will be in Canberra for the day on Easter Sunday (hint, hint).
I would be willing to greet you at All Trains, but I will be in Sydney. The other religion.
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Originally posted by ozowen:
Gedday folks, thought I'd drop in to wish all and sundry a Blessed Easter.
But while I'm doing that- what's with the marmite discussion? The stuff is three sorts of vile and should only be served to enemies, arch enemies and politicians.
Hi Ozo. Nice to see you again. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
I've moved back to my local parish and am involved as liturgical deacon there now. It's wonderful to be back. ![[Yipee]](graemlins/spin.gif)
Good Friday service was packed.
Perhaps the Apocalypse is nigh?
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Originally posted by ozowen:
Gedday folks, thought I'd drop in to wish all and sundry a Blessed Easter.
But while I'm doing that- what's with the marmite discussion? The stuff is three sorts of vile and should only be served to enemies, arch enemies and politicians.
I heartily agree about Marmite, Vegemite on the other hand is nectar of the gods. I am one of those sad people who take it overseas with me as I miss my Vegemite toast if I don't have it for a few days.
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Did anyone else in Sydney catch the skywriter today with his "cross equals love" message? High above us as we came out from the 9.30 liturgy.
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Huia
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OMG GG - I've just seen the plans Gough has for rhe piece of riverbank by the Bridge of Remembrance. He says he has taken some ideas from Melbourne, which may be so - I've never been there, but the sketch in the paper looked out of place and ugly IMNSHO.
However, to be fair, I am not very good with change and in many ways am still mourning what has been lost. If I visited a place for the first time that was like Gough's plan I would be more open to the design.
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30 at church today, in the middle of nowhere, Victoria. Quite a crowd for us.
Good service.
Quite cold.
Happy atmosphere.
Lovely morning tea.
A day of celebration.
Enjoy Easter, folk!
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"Twas the fullest I've ever seen St Doc's this morning. Many visitors, a nice celebration with all the trimmings. Hope everyone had a joyous Easter day.
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I was in Sydney for footy, so had my first visit to the Railway Square Mission. Absolutely splendid, but I'm not sure something like that could be my weekly diet!
Happy Easter to all.
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With 28 at our first service and 54 at the second, the ACoOL set a new record for attendance - a great spirit of worship and of being resurrection people!
Christ is risen! Alleluia!
He is risen indeed! Alleluia!
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My Triduum was a bit different to the last two years (spent entirely at the big house). This year I had an Anglican/Salvationist/Charismatic Catholic experience across Easter. I thoroughly enjoyed it simply because it encompassed so much.
Hallelujiah. He is risen!
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James the Confident
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Toulouse Lautrec was really, really good. Sigh.
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Banner Lady
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Yes, yes it was.
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Galloping Granny
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Having read on various threads about Easter activities, sacred and otherwise, in other countries I looked around the city and marvelled that in this increasingly secular of nations, on Good Friday everything stops. Sure, many people had gone off for the weekend holiday (Friday and Monday are both public holidays) but there was almost no traffic in the streets, hardly a soul on foot, all shops were shut – corner dairies and petrol stations are permitted to open as are cafes and restaurants; many garden shops open and pay the fines. But it was a city of the dead.
Do we have this all on our own?
I'm reminded of a 14-year-old's story, when I asked them many years ago to write to a pen-friend from Mars who was coming to visit for Christmas: "On Christmas Day some people get drunk and some people go to church". Sadly, there's something in that observation. And at Easter? I was staggered one Good Friday, also long ago to hear the neighbours' kids having an Easter Egg hunt on Good Friday. And their Dad came from a family of church going Methodists.
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I wonder if that is cultural Christianity. I worked every day and was on call for the entirety of Easter. I do not feel this dishonoured Christ.
I am very low church, when I get there and the trappings of Christianity don't worry me much. I respect that for many, Lent is significant and the celebrations around Easter are sacred and point people to Christ, but for a lot of us, they are not as relevent to our faith.
At the end of the day, I think God probably likes all of us. Except liturgical dancers.
I do not mean to diminish your experience of faith in any way, but merely point out the different expressions.
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Originally posted by Patdys:
I wonder if that is cultural Christianity. I worked every day and was on call for the entirety of Easter. I do not feel this dishonoured Christ.
I am very low church, when I get there and the trappings of Christianity don't worry me much. I respect that for many, Lent is significant and the celebrations around Easter are sacred and point people to Christ, but for a lot of us, they are not as relevent to our faith.
At the end of the day, I think God probably likes all of us. Except liturgical dancers.
I do not mean to diminish your experience of faith in any way, but merely point out the different expressions.
Don't get me wrong – it doesn't worry me whether or not Good Friday is a working day (I normally attend a church service but didn't this year); I'm simply amazed that our secular society 'closes down' for a church commemoration, and I'm a bit curious about how other places observe the day, if at all.
Likewise, an Easter egg hunt on Good Friday doesn't offend me, but I marvel at my neighbour's ignorance given his family background.
Incidentally, in my youth there were 4 days when newspapers were not published: Christmas Day, New Year's Day, Good Friday and Anzac Day. I think two have gone, New Year's Day and Anzac Day. Anzac Day used to be totally 'closed down' but now the shops open after midday. What happens in Oz???
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Well, I was amazed and gratified that so much was shut here in the Nation's capital on both Good Friday and Easter Sunday - as for newspapers - what are they? ![[Disappointed]](graemlins/disappointed.gif)
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Zappa wrote on March 15
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Oooh ... just down the road ... we could have a meet
Our NT trip is now uncertain as our son is shortlisted for a 3 month deployment to Butterworth in Malaysia. Birthday celebrations may be on hold. Will know more in the next week or so.
In the meantime, pray for the Diocese of Newcastle as we move to an election synod in nine days' time.
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Originally posted by Barnabas Aus:
In the meantime, pray for the Diocese of Newcastle as we move to an election synod in nine days' time.
![[Votive]](graemlins/votive.gif) for my old Diocese, Barnabas. BTW - who are the expected front-runners?
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Huia
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The holidays over Easter are weird. Good Friday everything closes, Saturday mad sales everywhere, Sunday everything closes again, except the library )because it's not (they say) a public holiday. Monday the shops open but the library closes (because it is a public holiday). Tuesday caught out some parents because schools were closed. Usually the Tue after Easter is in the school hoidays anyway, but this year they start a couple of weeks later.
I love Easter Day at the Library. I stop in on the way home from church and it's almost empty because people don't expect it to be open. Then I go home and plant daffodils
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G'day all
I've just put up a meet thread titled Sydney Meet at Pirate Church in Paddington - Monday 15 Apr.
Would be great to see as many of you as can make it, and it is the perfect event to bring your friends to - it be comedy, it be religion, and it be pirates!
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EmLi, the list of candidates for Newcastle can be found here.
I can't comment on frontrunners, as with five candidates, it will take some time for trends to emerge.
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It has been a while since I've posted, I've had been madly busy with work and all the usual stuff of late, although I do have a quick log-on and read if I have a mo. So much happening to shipmates and prayers for all. The sudden death of my father in law a few weeks ago has thrown the lives of the Cryptic family into a spin. It has been a difficult few weeks trying to make arrangements, console the family (and try to deal with the "interesting" personalities in the family) and just get on with things. It's a tough time for my MIL.
Easter was in the middle of all this, but the joy of Easter is unstoppable. Our Sunday school kids had a great day of celebration, talking about the resurrection and hunting Easter eggs as usual. I'm also very pleased that we were able to have a service for our children on Good Friday, as far as I can find out it is the first time this has been done at our ch
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Cryptic and family & inlaws
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Cryptic.
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Originally posted by Barnabas Aus:
EmLi, the list of candidates for Newcastle can be found here.
I can't comment on frontrunners, as with five candidates, it will take some time for trends to emerge.
Wouldn't it be awesome if +Kay got it? How fabulous to have a female diocesan!
We had a beautiful celebration on SAturday for the consecration of +Alison Taylor for our southern region.
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Originally posted by Barnabas Aus:
EmLi, the list of candidates for Newcastle can be found here.
They may not be in a hurry to get another assistant bishop from Perth
We had a beautiful celebration on SAturday for the consecration of +Alison Taylor for our southern region.
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Originally posted by Zappa:
Waiting on news from Newcastle ...
One of my FB friends posted at 10am that she was returning to the conclave, I mean Synod. Nothing further yet.
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Newcastle has failed to elect. +Stephen had a majority but was unable to achieve two-thirds, so it's back again in about 90 days.
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I see LATA posting on another thread, but I'll bet that few get the irony in her post. Hope that all is going much better for her lately.
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Well hello, Shippies.
Hoping you are all well. Sorry to hear of your loss, Cryptic.
Things going well for us (Thanks GeeD for asking). Kids OK (cross fingers that our year of horror is over after two car write offs, two strokes, two broken jaws and two ambulance rides!).
Going on holiday to the USA soon and looking forward to it very much. I've been to paradise, but I've never been to NY.
Hope the shows are going well, Jugs. Comedy is a tough gig.
ETA: three ambulance rides. I forgot one.
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...and make sure you have lots of medical insurance in The Land of the Free!
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I see LATA posting on another thread, but I'll bet that few get the irony in her post.
One point to you. ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
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Dearest Cousins:
I was in Montreal on the weekend for the New Democratic Party of Canada's Federal Policy Convention. Dear me, what a fine Party (and party!).
Of note to you Down Under, Bill Shorten MP wandered in and we put him on stage as a Guest Speaker. I guess he took a wrong turn at Melbourne Airport and wound up in Montreal.
He was the best Speaker of the Conference. He got the House jumping and fired up, and this is a Party that is already fired up. He was the best speaker of the weekend, by far, and everyone enjoyed him immensely. Many commented that we like Australian speakers more than Americans because you share our political culture and speak the same political language. Americans just aren't on the same wavelength.
One good turn deserves another so we put some stamps on his forehead and sent him back by air-mail. Would someone please pick him up at the airport?
Ever thine,
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