Good Morning Early Birds!

[waterboatman]

Monday. It's 7° C outside, but the sky is clear, so with a bit of luck the sun will show itself. Going to tackle the back hedge if it does.

That's me sorted for the day.

Still no sign of tiggy and family. :o{

Have a happy day everyone.

[Grandma_Yiddo]

Good morning Boatie and how are you today. Temp dropping a little here. Only 29when I sat out watching the sun come up. Hope there's good news about Tiggy soon.

[waterboatman]

Morning GY xxx I remember those temperatures. Tend to forget what winter is. It's a bit of a shock to the system when you come back from the Far East in January to six foot snow drifts!

I miss tiggy, he's such a brave little lad.

How's GY today?

[1ozzy]

Morning Boaty & Grandma
Hope you are both well.
Lovely spring day here about 24c at the moment, still wearing long duds, shoes and a jumper but summer is on its way. Haven't had a frost for a couple of days now.

[waterboatman]

Morning oz. :o} It won't be too long until we have frost here.

I'm fine thanks. You OK?

Weather report on the idiot box says it's going to warm up a bit. Goodo!

[Grandma_Yiddo]

Morning to you too 1ozzy. About to go and wake GY in a minute,hope he can work from home today. Internet keeps dropping out and the landline is knackered again. Have to pop out to Abela and get the papers,back later.

[waterboatman]

Take care GY xxxxx

[1ozzy]

All's good here thanks. Just started 2 weeks hols. Going to visit my daughter next week, lives about 6 hours drive from here, haven't seen her for a few months. Rather glad our winter is ending. Hope Tiggy is still being a good bread winner :-).
Grandma_Y. Best of luck with your connection.

[waterboatman]

Always good to see family mate. 6 hours? That's next door in Aussie terms isn't it? ;o}

Tiggy is a hard working wee lad, I'm sure wherever he has taken them he will do his best for them. I really hope he comes back.

[1ozzy]

Yeah...pretty much. 200km round trip to a shopping mall for us. Last year a 700km round trip for one game of footy for one of my sons wasn't unusual, 200km trip for a "home game".
But we love living in the middle of nowhere.
No bad influences for the kids, (or me :-)

[waterboatman]

I agree with that oz. I was in Aus in 1966, an army exercise with the RAR. That was in the middle of nowhere. We had Abo's as guides. I got to like them.

[beejay1124]

hi wbm n all - great spell of weather -so it is

[waterboatman]

Morning beej. Yup it's grand here too/ About yous?

[waterboatman]

For / read .

[janbee]

Morning all xx
Boaty, really sad news about Tiggy isn't it?

[beejay1124]

deadon mate- dead on
emailing u now

[1ozzy]

"Abo's" Hee hee,,,we aren't allowed to call 'em that, it's either Koori or "indigenous owners" these days ;-\
'66?, well you have a few years on me "old mate".
Where were you stationed?
These days the city/town dwelling Indigenous don't tend to behave but those in the countryside are great, have quite a few mates that used to own this country.

[albaqwerty]

Goodly morning peeps xx

hope all is well with each, back in a bitty :-)

[waterboatman]

Morning jan xxx Yes. I can't help worrying about them.

I'll look in a sec beej. :o}

oz we were based in Malaysia but were on exercise in the Northern Territory, in the middle of nowhere.

[waterboatman]

Morning labs xxx fiddling with lunch boxes already! ;o}

oz try as I might I can't remember the exact place. It was near the southern edge of the territory.

[waterboatman]

Got and replied beej.