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Barnabas Aus
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We came home via the Blue Mountains on Friday - got through the bushfire zone about 15 minutes before the highway was completely closed, and arrived at my son's house in Penrith about 5.30pm, where it was 44degC. Thankfully much cooler today.
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Lothlorien
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Friends back of Yass have their fire lit. Cold, windy and wet. Potato bake in oven.
That fire was very close to a friend's place, just around the corner.
[ 16. November 2014, 04:49: Message edited by: Lothlorien ]
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DangerousDeacon
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Originally posted by Zappa:
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Originally posted by Clarence:
37 degree heat
A distant memory and I'll miss it for ever. I'm off to Dunedin tomorrow. I'll doubt it'll be 37 there :-(
Maybe 37 degrees Fahrenheit. ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
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Gee D
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Perhaps, but only in mid-summer. In the North Island of course, a temperature that high can sometimes be reached in early December, certainly by Christmas. But it never gets hot enough to justify the fanning effect of banners on bendy poles.
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Galloping Granny
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Temps of 19 – 20 C at Matarangi this week, but with showers or (today) rain with no sun. But on a fine day the grandkids jump around on the edge of the sea and get pretty well wet all over, without complaining.
Zappa, I hope you have sunshine in Dunedin. That city in Spring on a fine day is hard to beat – I was there last month for the Sea of Faith conference.
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Way too wet and cold for our church picnic in the Gardens yesterday....
Nice potluck in tne hall, with heating and all, though!
A wintery weekend.
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Mr Curly
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Just back from visiting Mother-in-law in hospital - end stages of lymphona, looking like she won't make it to Christmas. It seems peace and calm have descended, which is a relief compared to recent months of chemo etc. Kidlets will go and see her this afternoon and will be getting the news.
Busy and uncertain rest of the year.
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Piglet
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Sorry to hear that, Mr. C. - prayers ascending. ![[Votive]](graemlins/votive.gif)
It was a beautifully sunny, but cold (hovering around 0°C) day here today.
Perfect November weather. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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Lothlorien
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Should anyone feel they might like to make reindeer tournedos with red wine and juniper berry butter for their Christmas lunch, please PM me and I will send recipe.
I bought a Finnish electric smoker last week and tried it out yesterday with salmon fillets which sons cooked. They did not take very long at all and were beautiful.
Smoker details in signature.
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DangerousDeacon
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Consecration of our new Bishop in ten days time - in the morning at 9.00 am on Saturday 29 November in order to minimise the chance of rain, as generally the storms tend to be in the afternoon.
Last three mornings? Tropical downpours, and resultant very high humidity.
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Gee D
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Very sad, Mr Curly. You are doing the right thing by involving your children. When Madame's father was dying, Dlet and his cousins were made aware very early and organised themselves into regular visits. Dlet could not drive but was always paired with someone who could. Bill greatly appreciated the visits; his mind by then was mostly on holiday but he still knew them all and was able to talk with reasonable coherence with them all.
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Mr Curly
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Yes, Gee D, it will be important for them. When I lost my first grandparent, we had just moved interstate 9 months earlier, and we had been very close to all grandparents. She had a stroke and dad managed to get back to see her but it was very remote for us.
They have been so blessed to even meet their grandmother. She was diagnosed 3 years before Biggest was born, so making 19 years of life, almost all in good health, has been fantastic.
The "kidney crisis" seems to have passed. This is a relief as Mrs Curly's brother and his wife (who has motor neuron disease) are currently cruising around NZ. For so many reasons we were dreading having to interrupt their trip.
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Gee D
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They have indeed been blessed - as she has in return.
You know, looking at this again, I have known Madame's mother for over 50 years now. And of her through others even longer. Not as well at first as when Madame and I finally got together after a dozen years of hiccups, but the length of time is amazing. And of course, Madame with my father in return for much the same period.
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Banner Lady
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We have had TP's mother with us for the last 10 days. It always amazes me that after nearly 60 years she still does not understand her eldest son at all, and wants him to be someone else entirely. Perhaps his curse is that he looks so much like her late husband. Anyway, I am looking forward to not being in mediation mode after tomorrow! Whew.
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I'm coming to NZ in four weeks time...so exciting.
We're spending Christmas with our daughter, husband and little boy.
It's two years since I last visited and almost three for my husband.
Just not looking forward to the journey. I used to love flying but the thought of those long flights is a bit overwhelming.
Still it will be wonderful once I'm there-
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Huia
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![[Yipee]](graemlins/spin.gif) Yay Mrs Beaky. Haere Mai (Welcome).
Good to have a chance to catch up with family too - children grow up so quickly - although it doesn't feel like it when you're a child.
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Galloping Granny
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Originally posted by Huia:
Yay Mrs Beaky. Haere Mai (Welcome).
Good to have a chance to catch up with family too - children grow up so quickly - although it doesn't feel like it when you're a child.
Huia
The Grandad is trying to conceal his real sadness as the time comes for our lovely daughter and the adored kids to return to Canada. He's had so much health trauma/operations that he feels he may never see them again. I'll be just as sorry to say goodbye but I'm sure I'll make that long arduous flight to Canada next year. And of course they hope to come here again the year after.
I asked Miss Six what Grans and Grandads were for and she, with her arms locked around my neck said 'To love'.
Huia, are the reorganised bus timetables going to be to your advantage or disadvantage?
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Huia
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GG "seeing you for the last time" haunted my mother too and I always felt that my father held on a few hours extra until I got there.
I've been through most of the information regarding the changes and they seem OK, apart from having to get to Church half an hour earlier on Sunday. Originally the plan was to cut out one of the routes that goes from the port to a local mall, but port workers lobbied successfully against that, which is good because my closest branch of the library is in that mall. Apart from that the 4 key routes have been assigned colours. I swear I had no influence in the decision to label the route I use most often as the "Purple Line" ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif) Buses are to be painted accordingly. This will make it easier to decide whether to run for a bus or amble up to the stop because passengers will be able to tell at a glance whether it is the one they want.
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Originally posted by Lothlorien:
Should anyone feel they might like to make reindeer tournedos with red wine and juniper berry butter for their Christmas lunch, please PM me and I will send recipe.
I bought a Finnish electric smoker last week and tried it out yesterday with salmon fillets which sons cooked. They did not take very long at all and were beautiful.
Smoker details in signature.
You can get juniper berries? I have been given a recipe for gin and tonic tart that calls for them.
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Lothlorien
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You can get juniper berries? I have been given a recipe for gin and tonic tart that calls for them
I shall ask my brother as I am sure he has bought them in the past. I was just quoting that I had a recipe using them from the smoker I bought.
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In the UK I am sure I bought a jar just from a supermarket spice section. Maybe you could substitute actual gin in the G&T tart?
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Lothlorien
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Vulpior,
I just did a bit of a search. It turned up this recipe.
If you look down recipe you will see a link to Ian selling juniper berries. 28 grams will cost you $5.20 and postage.
I used to buy herbs and seedlings from his mother at Somerset Cottage at Round Corner, Dural. I knew Ian and his wife and family but that was many years ago. My sister has a much closer association with them and knows them well and their property on Central coast here. He is a very pleasant person and runs the store in Darling St Rozelle and online.
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Piglet
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... I always felt that my father held on a few hours extra until I got there ...
D's father most certainly did that. He'd been in hospital for about 18 months, having not properly recovered from what we thought was fairly routine surgery. We arrived on holiday to find that he'd taken a turn for the worse, and D. and his mum went to the hospital that morning. His dad sort of opened his eyes and D. thought he smiled, then closed them again. He died in the early hours of the next morning, and we were absolutely sure that he'd "waited" for D. to see him. It also meant that we were over there anyway, so didn't have to make an extra trip for the funeral.
Considerate to the very last.
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Sometimes I wonder if I am doing any good with my chaplain visits. But today an attractive young woman came up to me in the supermarket, shook my hand and thanked me for speaking to her at the hospital. I try to have the attitude that it is faithfulness to the task, and not outcomes, that are important, but these sort of things do raise the spirits.
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Gee D
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There should be no problem buying juniper berries. Madame used buy ours in a plastic bag on the spice rack at the greengrocer, but supermarkets and delis also sell them Vulpior if there are any problems for you, try the cookery supplies shop in Jardine St Kingston (ACT branch of a small chain) but look first in the supermarket around the corner - probably much cheaper there.
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DangerousDeacon
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A Solomon Islands priest is due to arrive here for a visit on Sunday evening - one of my former students. However, a slight problem - he has had a row with his wife, who has hidden his passport. God has a strange sense of humour.
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I seem to recall several cases of Solomon Islands students at USP in Fiji whose paperwork was held up by SI bureaucratic processes (or sent to the the wrong island!) but were permitted to fly from Solomons and enter Fiji on the say so of "responsible" people at each end, subject to it being sorted out in the next few weeks. But Australian Immigration officials would be a tougher barrier than islanders, especially these days.
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A question for those theologically educated in Australia. It seems that theological/ministry qualifications are awarded by different groups eg Australian Theological College and the University of Divinity-are there others? I don't really understand these bodies-are they coalitions of tertiary institutions/theological colleges who combine to set curricula and exams etc? So if you attend Moore College in Sydney you get a degree from Aust Theological College or is it from Moore with some kind of endorsement from ATC?
Do the coalitions represent loose theological positions eg ATC is conservative? UofD less conservative/more catholic and Catholic?
Anyone?
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I'll kick off and answer by at least saying that the examining bodies do not represent churchmanship positions ... some theological colleges are in bed with secular universities who have no theological bias at all. I'm not sure who examines Moore but in all other ways they are out on a limb. But the examining body is not always the teaching body ... which may represent some bias
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Evangeline
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Thanks Zappa, I was just wondering how the whole thing worked as it seems odd-I'm used to secular unis where you enrol, do your course and get a degree from that institution. I don't understand who all these umbrella organisations are or what their purpose is
I have heard of Australian Theological College, which is the group with which Moore is affiliated. I thought that Sydney Missionary and Bible College is not unlike Moore and they are also ACT, which made me wonder if the different groups were theologically aligned.
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The Silent Acolyte
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I'm not sure if this is the right place, but
Oh my goodness, what a gracious place I've found Perth to be!
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That's really lovely to hear TSA, I can't think of a better place to share that observation even if I live on the other side of the continent.
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Anywhere and everywhere is the right place to tell of Perth's greatness!!
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Piglet
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A completely unbiased view from Rexory. ![[Devil]](graemlins/devil.gif)
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Originally posted by Piglet:
A completely unbiased view from Rexory.
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Lothlorien
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Here's a photo of Miss M and her big sister taken at Wollongong in early evening last Saturday after a very hot day.
I love the joy and exuberance which my son captured on his mobile.
She has not been to the beach in eleven months. Although the central line in her chest which had been there for ten months was removed, she had to wait till incision was completely healed.
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Great to see them both so obviously enjoying themselves, Loth - long may it continue!
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I wish I could take that joy and spread it around the news headlines. Bless them, their family and, especially, their Grandmother.
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Huia
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Loth, seeing that photo was a good way to start the day
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Lothlorien
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I wish I could take that joy and spread it around the news headlines. Bless them, their family and, especially, their Grandmother.
Thank you, Uncle Pete. I get tears in my eyes just looking at that photo.
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Without knowing the back story, I'd say it was two normal, healthy kids having fun at the beach. May the good health continue!
GG
(Ours have gone in a few days from fun in the waves in NZ to fun in the snow in BC)
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While nothing like as serious as Miss M's case, my own brief appearance at hospital last weekend did at least look dramatic. Mrs T took me into casualty looking like Dracula, with blood dripping from my mouth onto my while beard and thence to my clothes. This was a consequence of oral surgery earlier that week, from which the incision had re-opened. That was patched up after usual wait, but I'm not feeling quite right even yet.
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Gee D
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Not your everyday wedding. Not just drunk, but poisoned by alcohol.
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Evangeline
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I do hope you had a good time GeeD!
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Gee D
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I know how to provide a good party.
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