Dear Friends,
Together with some friends we have decided to start a weight loss program by going for bike rides every weekend, I reckon this is a great way to get fit so tell me what you think guys.
We pedal for about 10 km each weekend (it's not much but it's a start...)

If you are interested you are welcome to join us. We always have a place for a new friend and refreshments for all.
Attached you will find a picture of our group.
Have a nice day.
 

Joke

A doctor was giving a man the results of his physical. "Well, your test results are in. I've got good news and bad news." "Gimme the good news first, doc." "It looks like they're going to name a disease after you!"

Lorikeet watercolour

I've been experimenting with water colours this is my first attempt at it. I usually use oils to paint

Yellow tomatos
Patty

They take turns on watch as they each take turns eating

Boss being a guts as usual

Rain on orange
Patty

Wet Camillia
Patty

Looking thru the Iron Curtain

Call me crazy I just wanted to see what others saw from the otherside of the camera looking in from the outside thru the Iron Curtain. I mean thru the cotton curtain lol

THREE THINGS

What Three Things attracted you to your present partner? If you feel up to it, list the Three Good Things, and list the Three Bad Things.....have fun.

Wind Storm

This is an email from our dear mate Teddy, in Oregon.....

Here I am safe and sound. Boy it did blow but I managed to hang on. We are still experiencing hail, rain, high wind, and then the sun peeks through. CRAZY!!! I found the lid of my garbage can down the street so retrieved it and secured it by the cord. You know living in this country that your garbage can and lid must be tied down. Well my lid broke the cord in the wind so I re-tied it and then turned around to come back through the gate and found a bunge cord on the ground. It had broken loose from the tarp over our fishing boat. It is 14' long and heavy with the motor on the back. Covered with the tarp and secured by bunge cords. I re-did the bunge cord and found where the wind had ripped a corner through so I guess the wind was up there.
Our bridge in town makes a mournful sound when we get a sustained wind of 50mph and believe me it was singing last night. At 4:20am this morning I thought my roof was going to sail north. The gust woke me with a start. Everything is OK and the bridge was just howling. I finally got back to sleep but I'm so glad the worst is over. It is cold out now and I ran into some hail and snow believe it or not coming home from the post office. I don't think I'll walk the dogs today.

Well this is longer than I intended but it gives you an idea of life here on the Coast in a winter storm. No more trees down so that is a good thing.

Teddy

*screams!!!!!!!
Patty

Moral

A photographer is sitting at a restuarant looking at his photos when the chef comes over and says "What excellent photos! you must have a great camera".

The pissed off photographer looks at his food and says "excellent meal, you must have some great pots and pans".

posted on behalf of Patty

WHAT GOES AROUND, COMES AROUND

His name was Fleming, and he was a poor Scottish farmer.
One day, while trying to make a living for his family, he heard a cry for help coming from a nearby bog. He dropped his tools and ran to the bog. There, mired to his waist in black muck, was a terrified boy, screaming and struggling to free himself. Farmer Fleming saved the lad from what could have been a slow and terrifying death.
The next day, a fancy carriage pulled up to the Scotsman's sparse surroundings. An elegantly dressed nobleman stepped out and introduced himself as the father of the boy Farmer Fleming had saved.
"I want to repay you," said the nobleman. "You saved my son's life.""No, I can't accept payment for what I did," the Scottish farmer replied, waving off the offer.
At that moment, the farmer's own son came to the door of the family hovel. "Is that your son?" the nobleman asked.
"Yes," the farmer replied proudly.
"I'll make you a deal. Let me provide him with the level of education my own son will enjoy. If the lad is anything like his father, he'll no doubt grow to be a man we both will be proud of."
And that he did.
Farmer Fleming's son attended the very best schools and in time, he graduated from St. Mary's Hospital Medical School in London, and went on to become known throughout the world as the noted Sir Alexander Fleming, the discoverer of Penicillin.
Years afterward, the same nobleman's son who was saved from the bog was stricken with pneumonia. What saved his life this time?
Penicillin.
The name of the nobleman? Lord Randolph Churchill.
His son's name? Sir Winston Churchill.

This blokes the Big Boss he or she scares off the minor birds from stealing the scraps of bread.

Binoculars....next week I will try and find a harder one 

Three kinds of People

There are three kinds of people in the World.
Those who can count, and those who can't count.

Brokeback Mountain 

Weekend what is it???...have as many guesses as you like and the answer will come monday... 

Joke, or is it?

THE LEARNING CENTRE FOR ADULTS
REGISTRATION MUST BE COMPLETED BY Monday, January 30, 2006

NOTE: DUE TO THE COMPLEXITY AND DIFFICULTY LEVEL
OF THEIR CONTENTS, CLASS SIZES WILL BE LIMITED TO 8 PARTICIPANTS MAXIMUM.


Class 1
How To Fill Up The Ice Cube Trays --- Step by Step, with Slide Presentation
Meets 4 weeks, Monday and Wednesday for 2 hours beginning at 7:00 PM.

Class 2
The Toilet Paper Roll --- Does It Change Itself?
Round Table Discussion.
Meets 2 weeks, Saturday 12:00 for 2 hours.

Class 3
Is It Possible To Urinate Using The Technique Of Lifting The Seat and
Avoiding The Floor, Walls and Nearby Bathtub? --- Group Practice.
Meets 4 weeks, Saturday 10:00 PM for 2 hours.


Class 4
Fundamental Differences Between The Laundry Hamper and The Floor ---
Pictures and Explanatory Graphics.
Meets Saturdays at 2:00 PM for 3 weeks.

Class 5
After Dinner Dishes --- Can They Levitate and Fly Into The Kitchen Sink?
Examples on Video.
Meets 4 weeks, Tuesday and Thursday for 2 hours beginning
at 7:00 PM

Class 6
Loss Of Identity --- Losing The Remote To Your Significant Other.
Help Line Support and Support Groups.
Meets 4 Weeks, Friday and Sunday 7:00 PM

Class 7
Learning How To Find Things --- Starting With Looking In The Right Places
And Not Turning The House Upside Down While Screaming.
Open Forum .
Monday at 8:00 PM, 2 hours.

Class 8
Health Watch --- Bringing Her Flowers Is Not Harmful To Your Health.
Graphics and Audio Tapes.
Three nights; Monday, Wednesday, Friday at 7:00 PM for 2 hours.

Class 9
Real Men Ask For Directions When Lost --- Real Life Testimonials.
Tuesdays at 6:00 PM Location to be determined.

Class 10
Is It Genetically Impossible To Sit Quietly While She Parallel Parks?
Driving Simulations.
4 weeks, Saturday's noon, 2 hours.

Class 11
Learning to Live --- Basic Differences Between Mother and Wife.
Online Classes and role-playing .
Tuesdays at 7:00 PM, location to be determined

Class 12
How to be the Ideal Shopping Companion
Relaxation Exercises, Meditation and Breathing Techniques.
Meets 4 weeks, Tuesday and Thursday for 2 hours beginning at 7:00 PM.

Class 13
How to Fight Cerebral Atrophy --- Remembering Birthdays, Anniversaries and Other Important Dates and Calling When You're Going To Be Late.
Cerebral Shock Therapy Sessions and Full Lobotomies Offered.
Three nights; Monday, Wednesday, Friday at 7:00 PM for 2 hours.


Class 14
The Stove/Oven --- What It Is and How It Is Used.
Live Demonstration.
Tuesdays at 6:00 PM, location to be determined.

People say the wierdest things.

"There are only two reasons to sit in the back row of an airplane: Either you have diarrhea, or you're anxious to meet people who do." Henry Kissinger (former US Secretary of State)

"Things you'll never hear a woman say: 'My, what an attractive scrotum!' Patricia Arquette

"And God said: "Let there be Satan, so people don't blame everything on me. And let there be lawyers, so people don't blame everything on Satan." George Burns

"Luge strategy? Lie flat and try not to die." Carmen Boyle (Olympic gold medalist in luge, 1966)

"Women might be able to fake orgasms. But men can fake whole relationships." Sharon Stone

"My girlfriend always laughs during sex-no matter what she's reading." Steve Jobs (Founder: Apple Computers)

"My cousin just died. He was only 19. He got stung by a bee-the natural enemy of a tightrope walker." Dan Rather (News anchorman)

"I saw a woman wearing a sweatshirt with 'Guess' on it. I said, 'Thyroid problem?" Arnold Schwarzenegger

"Hockey is a sport for white men. Basketball is a sport for black men. Golf is a sport for white men dressed like black pimps." Tiger Woods

"I read somewhere that 77 per cent of all the mentally ill live in poverty. Actually, I'm more intrigued by the 23 per cent who are apparently doing quite well for themselves." Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead)

"I discovered I scream the same way whether I'm about to be devoured by a Great White or if a piece of seaweed touches my foot." Axel Rose (Guns'n'Roses)

"Capital punishment turns the state into a murderer. But imprisonment turns the state into a gay dungeon-master." Rev. Jesse Jackson

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." Jack Nicholson

"Clinton lied. A man might forget where he parks or where he lives, but he never forgets oral sex, no matter how bad it is." Barbara Bush (Former US First Lady)

"Ah, yes, divorce, from the Latin word meaning to rip out a man's genitals through his wallet." Robin Williams

"Women complain about premenstrual syndrome, but I think of it as the only time of the month that I can be myself." Roseanne

"In the last couple of weeks I have seen the ads for the Wonder Bra. Is that really a problem in this country? Men not paying enough attention to women's breasts?" Hugh Grant

"There's a new medical crisis. Doctors are reporting that many men are having allergic reactions to latex condoms. They say they cause severe swelling. So what's the problem?" Dustin Hoffman

"Instead of getting married again, I'm going to find a woman I don't like and just give her a house." Rod Stewart., aging cover band singer

French reading settee, so comfortable to browse in....
Patty

...The Ghost who hops...
Patty

Patty

*cough, indeed!
Patty

Aisle after aisle of glorious books
Patty

Home of a million books
Patty

Patty

DANGER! Broken window. Don't touch it, and neither of us will get hurt.
Patty

Danger...Will Robertson! 

Patty

This arm sure tastes good, *munch, bite, claw
Patty

Who said it's a dogs life? Purrrrrr
Patty

Dreaming of mice
Patty

Not happy little Vegimites!!

Vegemite maker to cut jobs
By Nicki Bourlioufas
31jan06

THE maker of the famous Australian icon Vegemite, Kraft Foods, is set to cut jobs in Australia after confirming overnight it would slash 8000 jobs worldwide and close a factory in Broadmeadows, Victoria.

Kraft said it expected to close up to 20 production facilities and eliminate about 8000 jobs, or about 8 per cent of its workforce, at all levels of the organisation.

The company said it would close production facilities in Broadmeadows and in Hoover, Alabama, in the US.

A spokesman for Kraft Foods in Australia could not be immediately contacted to comment on expected job cuts.

The company-wide cuts will come on top of those already announced in 2004.

Patty

Church Sign 

A fitting sunset to farewell an old mate...safe journey, Bill.
Patty

Old, old friends
Patty

My dearest, oldest friend Sue
Patty

Always time to catch up wth old friends
Patty

Boys will be boys........local kids playing in yesterdays heavy rain 

Patty

Grasshoppers conference
Patty

Oh Johnno matey, enjoy your Australia Day rain.
Patty

Medical heroes scoop Australia Day honours
Graham Lloyd
26jan06

A CONFIDENT Australia, at the peak of its economic power and international standing, has rewarded medical triumph and the public dedication of two Queensland nurses to celebrate its national day.

Three of the top four Australia Day honours have been awarded to Queenslanders.

University of Queensland research scientist Professor Ian Frazer was named Australian of the Year for his development of a vaccine to prevent cervical cancer.

Bundaberg nurse Toni Hoffman was named Australia's Local Hero for her work exposing Queensland's public hospitals shambles, in particular the scandal of surgeon Jayant Patel who has been linked to the deaths of 13 patients at Bundaberg Base Hospital.

North Queensland-based nurse Sally Goold joined the honour roll as Senior Australian of the Year.

Trisha Broadbridge, the widow of Melbourne footballer Troy, who died in the Boxing Day tsunami in Thailand, was named Young Australian of the Year for her work helping young people affected by the tragedy.

Celebrities Nicole Kidman and the King of Australian television, Graham Kennedy, who died last year, were recognised with Australian Day honours.

Prime Minister John Howard used a speech to the National Press Club to highlight Australia's economic and political success. He said Australia Day should be used to renew faith in "the Australian achievement".

In a provocative speech Mr Howard all but declared victory in the long-running debate over Australia's cultural and international identity.

"We do not have to smother or apologise for our place in the Western political tradition in order to build our relationships in Asia or in any other part of the world."

Mr Howard also called for "root and branch" renewal of the teaching of Australian history in schools.

Commenting on the awards, Mr Howard said they showed how the nation was moving forward in pioneering medical research.

"It is a reminder of how much this country has achieved, how it has punched above its weight," he said.

Professor Frazer pioneered a vaccine for the human papilloma virus which causes cervical cancer. His vaccine has the ability to wipe out the cancer in a generation.

Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer amongst women, with 500,000 new cases diagnosed worldwide each year.

"It's a world-first for Australia, a vaccine that can prevent a cancer, and my great aim is to make sure that is used as widely as possible, particularly in the developing world, where cervical cancer kills a quarter of a million women every year," Professor Frazer said.
Patty

Here comes the rain....beautiful 

The colours of white #5
Patty

The colours of white #3
Patty

The colours of white #4
Patty