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Date Posted: 11:03:03 11/12/03 Wed
Author: Dudo
Author Host/IP: mxpp-p-144-138-188-236.prem.tmns.net.au / 144.138.188.236
Subject: Back from my w/end

Well, after a BUSY w/end, I got back home mon.nite.
I went to "the pageant" and had A BALL!!For the uninitiated, it's a Christmas pageant , through the city of Adelaide- around 54 floats, bands, heaps of clowns and entertainers.
The floats, some of them 50 yrs. old at least, cover everything from Father Christmas to Australiana, to Monsters, Inc.!This year there were even 3 camels (real) for the Wise men to ride.Lovely... 350,000 people can't be wrong!!
Went to see a cousin and her family,she's the ebay seller- her once large house now doesn't seem big enough to hold all her eBay stock!!
Went to visit my Dad on Sun.- he and his wife are moving to Queensland, pending sale of their house- 2 sales broken down so far!!It's a real "grass roots" home- chemical free- all organic garden with 30 types of fruit, and all sorts of veg/ herbs- he even has a trout pond!(used to be a swiiming pool)Now it;s a thriving aquatic community, with a Monet type bridge/waterlily view....all stuff he's done himself over the past 10 yrs.( he's 73)...if anyone knows someone who would LOVE this type of environment...URGENT sale needed.The house is 1km. from the beach, with schools, shops and public t/port 5 min. walk away.
I did get to walk along the beach, and pick up some lovely black pebbles- nice to hear the waves, and smell the ozone!
I also stopped of at a school fete there, and picked up 4 pot plants for $2.00(the last of the big spenders!!)
For the first time in umpteen yrs I travelled on a train.. I love train travel, but get extreme nausea on buses!(the trips to and from Adelaide are distinctly unpleasant experiences)
Had a bit of a decline in our animal numbers- my old mouse, one of my older coolie dogs( he had a cancerous nose), and yesterday I had to "euthanize" our old galah- after 43 yrs, his poor old legs wouldn't hold him up, and he was losing weight.He was a real character, and would alert us to an approaching car before the dogs!Oh, well..you've got to have'em to lose 'em....
bye now... don't know about this photo thing-I may damage the screen!!!

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[> Re: Back from my w/end -- Margaret, 23:26:31 11/12/03 Wed (webcacheB03a.cache.pol.co.uk/195.92.168.165)

I sounds as if you had a really good weekend, and don't worry about breaking my computer with a picture, I have already done that vbg.


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[> Re: Back from my w/end -- Susan, 12:18:04 11/13/03 Thu (CPE-144-137-212-248.sa.bigpond.net.au/144.137.212.248)

Sounds like you had a terrific weekend. I do love going to the pageant but haven't been for many years.


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