posted on March 24, 2001 05:58:00 AM
What don't you have?? Do you mean Daylight saving? All the other states in Australia have it except Queensland and I think the Northern Territory. We don't need it up here, we have light from 5am till 7 - 7:30 PM in the summer months, so why do we need to extend those hours.
posted on March 24, 2001 06:00:26 AM
Yep, Daylight Savings. We don't need it here either, we get enough daylight as it is! In the summer it's light from 5:30am to about 8pm.
posted on March 24, 2001 06:05:39 AM
Well I have to clean my kitchen and then get some sleep. So I will have to leave you. It was very good to talk to you, see you next time.
I hope Bob hasn't got himself lost out there in the wilderness somewhere. God I hope he hasn't been pinned down by his dancing washing machine. LOL haha
posted on March 24, 2001 06:07:46 AM
Goodnight Netta, see you later! I may not be in tonight as we may be on that road trip Bob, are you trapped by your washing machine??! LOL
posted on March 25, 2001 02:23:56 AMnettak,
gee the old fella must not have enough stanima anymore.
LOL!!! Plenty of stamina, just no electricity. Some clown knocked our power pole over last night!
Cut me off in my prime , so to speak.
Bob, Downunder but never down.
posted on March 25, 2001 02:24:10 AM
Hi it is good to see you.
I was down your way today. Did you see me? I was the full figured lady in the beige Toyota Landcruiser 4WD, you may have seen us cruising down the Gold Coast Hwy. LOL
Where have you been, out having a really good time we all hope.
posted on March 25, 2001 02:27:42 AM
It's funny that you were down my way as I was up your way today as well!!! I was dropping a friend off at Brisbane airport this arvo.
posted on March 25, 2001 02:49:07 AM
That's two Saturday nights on the trot that we've lost power.
Last week it was with the storms, this week a clown in a truck forgot to stay on the black top.
Something nice about candlelight!
Bob, Downunder but never down.
posted on March 25, 2001 02:51:27 AM
How come everyone decides to ring me up when I come here?
The phone has hardly stopped ringing.
Bob, Downunder but never down.
posted on March 25, 2001 03:01:51 AM
Sheesh! Just had another one. A telemarketer. I hate them!
Nearly 9.00 p.m. and they're still at it!
Bob, Downunder but never down.
posted on March 25, 2001 03:11:51 AM
A doctor came home very, very late one night after an emergency callout, only to find that his toilet was overflowing.
He immediately phoned his local plumber and insisted that he come straight out and fix it.
The plumber complained that it was 2 o'clock in the morning and he couldn't possibly come until the next day.
The doctor, who wasn't in the most pleasant frame of mind, curtly reminded the plumber that over the years he had often made late night emergency visits to attend the plumbers family in times of emergencey and had always come straightaway, no matter what the time of night.
The plumber apologised and said he would be out within ten minutes.
When he got to the doctors house he went straight to the offending toilet, poked it with a long stick and dropped two large Alka-Seltzers into the bowl and proceeded to leave.
As he left he called to the Doctor "If there's no change in the morning, give me another call!"
Bob, Downunder but never down.
posted on March 25, 2001 03:38:37 AM
I was watching a documentary a few weeks ago about doctors working in public hospitals. The work loads and the hours these people work are horrendous.
My first thoughts were along the lines of don't get sick Bob.
Your chances of being seen by someone alert and on the ball are very remote.
There must be something that can be done to change this ludicrous state of affairs. What chance have you got of being properley treated when the doctor who sees you has been on their feet for thirty or even forty hours?
Bob, Downunder but never down.
posted on March 25, 2001 03:45:37 AMThe Ultimate Female Fantasy
A woman was sitting at a bar enjoying an after work cocktail with her girlfriends, when an exceptionally tall, handsome extremely sexy young man entered. He was so striking that the woman could not take her eyes off him.
The young man noticed her overly attentive stare and walked directly toward her.
Before she could offer her apologies for being so rude for staring, the young man said to her, "I'll do anything, absolutely anthing, that you want me to do, no matter how kinky, for $100.00, on just one condition".
Flabbergasted, the woman asked what the condition was. The young man replied, "You have to tell me what it is you want me to do in just 3 words".
The woman considered his proposition for a moment, withdrew her purse and slowly took out five $20.00 bills and which she pressed into the young man's palm along with her address. She looked deeply into his eyes and slowly and meaningfully said, " CLEAN MY HOUSE".
posted on March 25, 2001 03:56:14 AM
Although we have free hospitals up here, I never go to a public hospital unless I absolutely have to. It would have to be a real emergency for me to even consider going to a public hospital. I did take my husband to the public when he cut the top of his thumb off a couple of years ago, but that is what I consider an emergency, and I will admit that they were fantastic and he was seen straight away. He had surgery that night and we did not have to wait for anything, but I have also had some really bad experiences with my daughter in the public hospital. She was ill and I took her to our nearest hospital because it was the middle of the night. Big mistake, she nearly died because the staff were too busy watching a video. Our specialist went through them like a dose of salts for that little mistake.
I would rather pay and go private. We do have private health cover, so I can afford to go private, but even if I did not have the cover, I would just pay to go private.
I hate the overcrowding in the public, and if you are sick you do not want to have to wait 4 or 5 hours to see a doctor. That is how long some people have to wait and really it is just too long.
posted on March 25, 2001 04:16:27 AMnettak. Perhaps you can shed light on a situation that has us mere males mystified.
If we go out anywhere the average male can be dressed and ready in next to no time.
Despite plenty of advanced notice you ladies can take hours. How come?
Also How is it that most women, my missus included, has a wardrobe full of "nothing to wear"?
Bob, Downunder but never down.
posted on March 25, 2001 04:27:38 AM
Well it is like this Bob, we females like to know that we are clean and presentable when we leave the house. It is no lickity spit bath for us, we like to smell nice, not tacky, and this could take a few minutes extra to achieve.
Now as for the wardrobe full of nothing. Well if you were to say let's go to the Melbourne Cup Race Meeting, I would have to say I had nothing suitable to wear, cause I don't normally go to that sort of do. I would need the right type of hat first up, then the shoes to match. After the hat and the shoes we have the handbag and then yes we have the dress or suit. Now the colour has to be just so, and it has to be something that is not from K-Mart, we are talking CLASS with a capital "C".
Do you understand all of this Bob, are you following the story so far?
The length of the dress or skirt is of great importance as well. If you are tall, like me and carry just a tad of extra weight, you may want to have your hemline just a bit longer, or you may want to were trousers, this all depends on the weather of course, and you have to realise that we can change our mind on our outfit at the last minute so we have to have a standby outfit as well.
Oh I may as well admit it, we will use any excuse to go shopping. LOL Just the same as you men will use any excuse to have a beer or buy a new truck or chain saw or some sort of new tool or toy. LOL
posted on March 25, 2001 04:39:00 AMROTFLMAO
I thought you might have told me that the only women with a wardrobe full of nothing to wear were nudists!
Bob, Downunder but never down.
posted on March 25, 2001 04:44:42 AM
I'm going to log off now. I've got an early start in the morning.
Sorry to leave a girl by herself.
G'night nettak.
Bob, Downunder but never down.
Hippy wannabe 
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It really did cut you off in your prime. Hahaha 
