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Funkychicken

30-10-2006, 21:22

Ah so this is where you fellow OCSC's are these days. i was wondering about the old thread. Firstly welcome to all the newer OCSC's!
My cantankery right now extends only to a complete lack of sleep. One sick (think vomit/diarrhea/chest infection all rolled into one) baby and a newly 6yo who also began the ritual bolts to the toilet for both ends business, have caused me to have sleep in bouts of approximately 2-3 hrs for just on a week now. I got all fuddled today and turned up at the Dr's 1/2 an hour after my scheduled appointment (I still think they had it wrong:rolleyes: ) This has led to cancelling said DD's birthday party until next week and I had finally readied myself for another party-now I have to do it all over again!
So what am I doing here now? I have no idea. I just can't summon the energy to get up and go to bed.
Oh, and my spelling is atrocious tonight! :shame: :laughing:

pegasus

30-10-2006, 22:15

Okay - I've stepped in here to see how my popularity is going. After reviewing the last thread to consider why it hadn't been on the radar of late, I came to the conclusion that I was the thread killer!!!

It is now official - I must have nothing worthy to say - now there's evidence of my cantankery! Or maybe it isn't that I don't have anything worthy to say, I just don't have anything that people think is worthy to respond to.:p

PS Who brought emoticons into this thread...(SM - You're fully to blame:shame: )

reAllytee

30-10-2006, 23:03

Ok so im sitting here feeling all sorry myself in my deaf state .... No wonder the older you get the more cranky you become !!!! Being unable to hear makes for cranky cranky mums !!!!
Although it does have its upside :devil6:
DP has to get up to Boof because i cant hear him :laughing:

pegasus

31-10-2006, 00:14

I've totally not been reading the right threads obviously - I have no idea what you're talking about Ally (and you usually make so much sense).

*Pauses for a moment to decide which paddock she's supposed to be migrating to*

red crayon

31-10-2006, 10:40

such lovely levels of cantanteray!!!

i'm sorry so many of the sea cows are sick. i'm suffering from many nights of bad sleep. dunno why this is happening but i'm reaching that half-dead make-no-sense stage.

hey, pegasus - good to see you. your thread-killing expertise is nowhere near mine. i'm a black belt in thread-killing. sorry about the emoticon rant - i had to find somewhere to complain about the high rates of finger wagging going on around here.

reAllytee

31-10-2006, 16:47

Well a trip to the doctors & i now can hear again not sure whether thats a good or bad thing ! I had to have my ears syringed rather interesting i must say !

So i no have my hearing back, im not pregnant but have been started back on Zoloft meh would be so much easier to blame all this on pregnancy !
Suppose the cantankery levels will even out now !

MammaMia

31-10-2006, 17:16

They say confession is good for the soul...and my soul could use some goodness so brace yourselves, Oh Revered OCSCs....

this afternoon, I was going through the old CDs and found one belonging to my DH from his single days when he tried to woo unsuspecting lasses into his den...

and I played it...in fact, it is still playing...

it was...

Celine Dion....

singing the theme song from "The Titanic" and other haunting/soppy lurve songs.

I feel so unclean...and yet, strangely at peace with the world at large.

Please forgive me OCSCs. Let us pray that this fall from grace is but a fleeting aberration.

*hangs head in shame whilst humming "my heart does go onnnnnnn"*

red crayon

31-10-2006, 17:49

Mammiamia - i'm speechless :eek: go out and rent 'the breakfast club' right this minute and watch it five times. go in peace, my child.

Ally, the ear syringing doesn't sound good.

Bron

31-10-2006, 19:19

Mamma mia, there is only one cure for Celine Dion being stuck in your head. ABBA on repeat for hours. Only Benny, Bjorn, Agnetha and Frida are strong enough to shift that detritus from your head.

My cantanquery is all about work, but it just about always is. On a non-cantankerous note, I have a rather cute little bump. It's all cute and bumpy. Whenever the work-based cantanquery starts to build up, I just look at my belly.

MammaMia

31-10-2006, 19:27

Mamma mia, there is only one cure for Celine Dion being stuck in your head. ABBA on repeat for hours. Only Benny, Bjorn, Agnetha and Frida are strong enough to shift that detritus from your head.

Aaah, Moderator-Bron...your wisdom soars with the eagles...the truth will set me free to embrace the spirit of ABBA...

and so this one is for you (and the bump - good to hear the bump is progressing well - presently, considering the benefits of a bump myself)

Thank you for the music
the songs I�m singing
thanks for all the joy
they�re bringing
who can live without it
I ask in all honesty
what would life be
without a song or a dance what are we
so I say thank you for the music
for giving it to me

misskittyfantastico

31-10-2006, 19:28

Ahh Bron! I wish looking at my bumpy belly gave me the same joy.

draught

31-10-2006, 20:21

and so this one is for you (and the bump - good to hear the bump is progressing well - presently, considering the benefits of a bump myself)

MammaMia????? Something you want to share??? Was it not you who SWORE black and blue every day of your last pregnancy that you would not do it again? If you have changed your mind I am very happy!! Your two little people are so gorgeous that the world can only benefit from more of them!!!!

Well - I survived the shopping trip. I was kept in check by the fact that my chauffeur was a YWS herself so I couldn't snigger and point out all the fashion victims wandering around because she is of their generation! (It was my children's nanny - lovely but a YWS). So the youth of Brisbane were safe.

Now - back to MammaMia - Celine????? Shame on Papa Guiseppe for owning it, and you for listening to it!!! Get a bit of Meatloaf cranked up on the stereo and that will cleanse your soul even more than ABBA!!:devil6: (Hmmm...perhaps I am revealing too much about my secret life here with that little pointer?!?)

Bron

31-10-2006, 20:24

Oh MammaMia, bliss!!!

I'm nothing special
in fact I'm a bit of a bore
If I tell a joke
you've probably heard it before.
But I have a talent
a wonderful thing.
Everyone listens
when I start to sing.
I'm so grateful and proud
all I want is to sing it out loud......

See, ABBA cures all cantanquery.

And the benefits of a bump, well - there are many! People stand for you on public transport, offer to help you carry things, move to give you the best seat and people you barely know smile at you and make lovely comments.

melfunction

31-10-2006, 20:38

and so this one is for you (and the bump - good to hear the bump is progressing well - presently, considering the benefits of a bump myself)

Go for another bump MM....I am :D

red crayon

31-10-2006, 20:44

can i make a confession...shhhh...i am considering another bump myself.....

draught

31-10-2006, 20:47

Yay!!!! I love people having more bumps!!
My best friend had her second baby this morning and I have been watching a video about DD2's birth and am getting quite excited about the impending arrival of #3......and thinking that maybe more wouldn't be so bad......(don't let Dh hear that - he will DIE!!)

melfunction

31-10-2006, 20:47

YAY Jacqui!!! More the merrier :D

red crayon

31-10-2006, 20:49

is there a term for the offspring of sea cows?

xkwzit

31-10-2006, 20:56

Would that be a sea calf?

I however, will go against the grain and state here and now, no more bumps for this old sea cow. I have all the sea calves that I can handle ATM :D.

*galumphs off to visit with the rest of the herd*

MammaMia

31-10-2006, 21:09

Do you think we will be optimising our cantanqueray if we increase our bumps?

And I am shaking my head to think that my one little confession about Celine has led us to bare our baby-bearing souls.

Draught - yes, Meatloaf would cleanse all. Papa Guiseppe seems to have used Celine as a tool to weaken the will of wanton women who found themselves in his bedroom, lost and alone. I have resisted the urge to point out that this may be the reason he never came across quality women interested in a long term relationship. Fortunately, he has never played Celine for me in the bedroom. Poor little love! He brings out the Hunters & Collectors for me in his personal favourite "Throw your arms around me". Ironic that the song about a one night stand is the lurve song for his wife.

As for thoughts of 4 children, I promise not to repeat that in the presence of your Better Half for fear that he may head straight to the beer fridge.

Funkychicken

31-10-2006, 21:12

Well, well, well! More bumps in the making? Or are there more bumps already in existence that haven't been announced yet? :detective:
An offspring could be referred to as either a calf or a foal-dependent on wwhat type of sea-cow ( Sorry, too many years breeding 4 legged creatures, giving me a strange fascination with different species offspring and their technical names).

X-be very careful-we (Dh and I) were done with bumps and the results of bumps and then, without any warning, a bump began to grow-much to the astonishment of all involved! In fact, still astonished. But-were it not for that little creation, I would not be here sharing the lurve with you ladies!

Bron

31-10-2006, 21:34

Well well, there's quite a lot of bump pondering going on here this evening.

Do sea cows make a particular noise when on heat I wonder??? Does it sound anything like the click-clacking of a computer keyboard?? Ponder on that one cows everywhere.

Go for bumps everyone, they are lovely.

Chickadee

31-10-2006, 21:56

A bit late, but on behalf of all Canadians, I apologise for Celine Dion. We hate her too.

Sea cows on heat Bron? That's an image I could have done without! No bumps here, in current or future. I agree they are lovely but for me the unfortunate side effect of having more calfs to raise for 18 (or more!) years outweighs 8 months of glow and beautiful tummies.

draught

31-10-2006, 22:01

Martha - thank you for the apology. She is a shocker.

My bump is more ginormous basketball than bump these days and the glow is more water retention than anything else so I feel more like a sea cow than ever and will now waddle off to slumber in the sea grass with my bottle of antacid, my pile of pillows and my lovely snoring - on reflection I am just in training for when I turn into a grumpy old woman!!

Bron

31-10-2006, 22:16

Martha, I gratefully accept your apology for Celine Dion. In the spirit of international cooperation, I would like to reciprocate by apologising for Holly Valance.

Chickadee

31-10-2006, 22:20

Martha, I gratefully accept your apology for Celine Dion. In the spirit of international cooperation, I would like to reciprocate by apologising for Holly Valance.
Ok. Apology accepted. :thumbsup: (who is she?)

Bron

31-10-2006, 22:23

Ok. Apology accepted. :thumbsup: (who is she?)

A skinny little pop tart who started her "career" on neighbours. She has no talent. She had a few "hits" and has been in some TV commercials. It's just embarrassing really.

Chickadee

31-10-2006, 22:31

OOoooh. THAT Holly Valance. Don't mind me. I have an incredibly short term memory when it comes to music/movie/star stuff.

I have officially entered cantanquery mode for the night. I have had my 2 allotted mini Crunchie bars (gotta love stocking up for Halloween) and the 2 remaining bags of them are calling to me from the kitchen. It's much too late to start a chocolate and sugar binge though :(

reAllytee

31-10-2006, 22:37

I knew coming in here would liven my spirits but sheesh all this talk of bumps & im not sure whether i should be happy or sad.
I must say though i could quite happily live all the joys through anyone esle insisting on having these bumps but i must say i will pass on the water retention & m/s because frankly my last experience still makes me think its not worth it but then Harry smiles & well my heart melts. Anyways our ideas of having another bump have been put on hold ( grumbles some more about the stupidity of high & mighty corporations ) i would say its at least another year off for us now !

Please let us only talk of ABBA i really really dont need to have the idea of Holly Valance being thrown around in the same category !!!!!

Jacqui - It sounds awful but its only warm water squirted into your ears to flush the wax out shame mine took 8 attempts & what came out only requires the following emoticon to be used :barf:
I felt terribly dirty after it !

au01

31-10-2006, 22:39

a blocked nose, slightly dodgy hearing and great snoring ability at night....

This is me on a good day:laughing:

Hope you feel better draught.

pegasus

01-11-2006, 01:17

Well - this thread is rather addictive, however, with the time difference and my handicap of having two calves to care for during the day, by the time I get on here, the rest of you have gone out to pasture.

Note to all OCSC - please do not print lyrics to ABBA songs. Upon doing this you succeed in getting the tunes stuck between my ears and no amount of syringing (no offence intended Ally) will remove them. *Grumbles about the songs to self again* However very good at raising levels of cantankery.

If we are going to apologise for Holly - then I think we should apologise for all Oz soapie stars who think they can sing and release songs. Include Bec Cartwright, Melissa Jason etc. etc. The jury is still out on Natalie Bassingthwaite - however, I really don't think they have an original idea - My Sharona and Everybody Wants to Rule the World samples...(where's that shame emoticon?) Dannii is let off as she had her YTT background before she did that shameful stint in H&A - definitely credibility there, and not just riding the shirttails of her more famous sister.

MrsMiggins

01-11-2006, 08:17

I'm a bit late to join in the cantankery! But don't worry, my email inbox is overflowing with COSC sentiments!! I've been keeping up with it all.

I am sorry to have to admit that my DH (normally very good in his musical tastes) insists on filling our house with the vile "noise" of two oedious cd's each Christmas - Celine Dion & Mariah Carey!!!! He (for some strange reason I'll never understand!!) has a Christmas cd for each of these so called divas. No matter how much I complain he still insists in putting them on. I actually thought they were lost in our move last year, but sadly no. :( As that time of year fast approaches yet again, I am forced to console myself with the fact that he bought them well before we knew each other and he has made no similarly ridiculous musical purchases since.

And bron, I was inspired by your post about deflecting your work-related cantankery by looking at your burgeoning belly. I may have to try that one today.... I'm sure the situation will present itself!!

Bumps all round I say!!! (X & Martha, you are excused! :))

*toddles off to spread cantankery around the office as punishment for making me come into Brisbane this morning*

nickosmoo

01-11-2006, 09:26

Sorry I couldn't face reading the 1600 plus posts on the other thread and was wondering what qualifications/criteria do I need to possess to be a ocsc?

I'm on the good side of 35 (hah) and have a severe dislike for Celine Dion, kids who wear their trousers too low so and senior (and by senior I mean 70+) drivers in shopping centre carparks - is this enough to qualify?

draught

01-11-2006, 09:45

Yep - you qualify!
Welcome to all cantankerous old sea cows. Jump on in, the water is fine, the sea grass is swaying gently and you can flap your tail in disgust at the goings on of the younger generation and be heard with empathy!

Funkychicken

01-11-2006, 09:46

Pixie

01-11-2006, 10:11

Why do young guys wear their pants which are in fact shorts but long, look like flood pants, you know if there was a flood their pants would stay dry, why do they wear them almost beneath their butt with their undies showing....is this meant to be cool? Because all I want to say is..."Excuse me your pants are falling off"

reAllytee

01-11-2006, 10:40

No whats concerns me more Nat is when they are so low that the pants sit under their bums so their bums our out & proud to then gets stuck behind them going up a ramp like what happened to me the other week !!!
I stood behind this guy & seriously was disgusted with the idea & actually said " if i wanted to see you in your undies i'd ask but the whole world doesnt need to see your @rse !!!!! ". I mean honestly what are they thinking ?!?!?!?!?!?

Pixie

01-11-2006, 11:28

They're thinking
Man I am like so cool, all other men want to be like me and all the chicks want me so bad....I am guessing lol

razzle

01-11-2006, 13:15

Mrs Potts

01-11-2006, 13:17

*shaking head at the thought of those ridiculous boys*
If that ain't enough to raise the level of cantanquery, then nothing is! Same thing with those fools who wear their caps perched precariously on top of their head.

My cantanquery is quite high today. I officially have a head cold. I'm snotty, sinusey, and headachey. And just plain cantankerous!

Looks like you all had a fun time in the sea grass last night... will have to check in later in the evening to see what's going on.

Oh! and no new bump for me! I have 2 calves already, and one quite fresh one. That will do me for a while!

Pixie

01-11-2006, 14:01

Well I have noice undies too but sheshh the last thing I would want to expose Sydney to is a shot of my gigantic seacow bottom :)

Funkychicken

01-11-2006, 14:24

My skin is crawling!!! I just spent 40 mins at the Family Assistance office and it was horrible. I haven't been into one of those places for so, so long and it was awful. I had to take stuff in that I didn't trust to post and it was hot, the lines were long and filled with yukky men growling about the wait and two actually discussing (almost at the workers) how next time they would get *blind drunk* before coming in and then they would be seen to quick! The swearing in the lines is just choice-thank goodness I didn't have my big two. Anway, I felt like I needed to crawl out of my skin, I was so uncomfortable and Hamish is still sick so he had his little baa lamb/I feel sick cry going.
The worst part? I still didn't have all the documents I was supposed to have:banghead: . No wonder I have never followed up on stuff with them!

Oh, the only upside-no views of undie clad boy's bottom's!

Pixie

01-11-2006, 14:37

Ohh poor you Sal, I went into one of those places once It was frightning I left and did everything by mail!!

Pants around the bottom seem way better!!

Hugs for Hamish from his virtual GF Eliza :D

reAllytee

01-11-2006, 14:53

Please please dont remind me about good old Centrelink :mad:
We spent two days running around & filling out 8 different forms for them last week for them to say " sorry we cant help you " WTF ?!?!?!?!?! :banghead:
Couldnt they have said this before i put my child through waiting in those lines with the swearing & the abuse going on !!!!!! Harry was not a happy chappy after it all i can tell you now & neither was i !!!!!

Lila

01-11-2006, 17:31

hi again!!!
poor you sal hanging around at such a place :hugs:
i am totally with you at the bum and pants things though.. YUK!:barf:
i mean HELLO who wants to see that!! and usually they are skinny dags....no REAL men (not like it would be Johnny YUMMMMM )

anyway i really get so cranky, but then whne i remember what i wore......THEN..... ok i didn�t show my bum...but probably all the rest :D

have a great day and keep on :ecomcity:

MammaMia

01-11-2006, 17:47

Can I just say "It's a man's world"?

In fact, with or without your blessing, I am going to push on:

It's a man's world.

My man is presently at a "Business Men's Function" which if you turn to page 14 on the "Blokes Bullsh*t Bible" you will find the following definition:

Business Men's Function ~ a gathering of like minded men (blokes) to consume copious amounts of beer and spirits (no wine permitted) whilst telling tall tales of their conquests of the sexual, business or sporting varieties.

And what of the wife? Left at home to care for the children, do the housekeeping and lay in bed waiting for the post-p*ss up marital relations.

Ok, so tonight I'm cynical - but I'm tired. I've worked all day and my home duties were waiting for me in the rush to collect the kids and get dinner, bath, stories, bed done before attending to some more housekeeping. And DH? At a Businessmen's Function. Hmm, who I wonder is getting the easier end of this little deal?

Enough cantanqueray.

Funkychicken

01-11-2006, 20:55

And what of the wife? Left at home to care for the children, do the housekeeping and lay in bed waiting for the post-p*ss up marital relations.

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Now this is the part that you need to pay special attention to. When this OCSC's DH returns to the place of marital relations following a night of this sort, he is rudely snorted at with the *you have got to be kidding snort!*. Usually...................
There was this one night...I had been socialising a little myself but had not partaken in any intoxicating beverages, just feeling happy and joyful, and for some unknown reason I said WTH, I can get past the slurred words for a night...
Well the story is kind of self-explanatory from that point-every day I look at my gorgeous little 10 month old and think to myself, but it was only one night.......:D

draught

02-11-2006, 08:05

Ah Sal - a timely reminder if ever there was one!!

I have been "raising" this with DH lately. (The man's world, not the marital relations :rolleyes: ). He doesn't say "honey I would like to play golf on Satruday, do you have anything planned or do I need to arrange someone to look after the kids?".......he says "I'm teeing off at 7.12, what are you doing?". The automatic assumption that I will be home, the kids will be cared for, there will be food in the fridge, etc..........

But revenge is soon to be mine - my mother is coming to stay for 6 weeks or so :D He doesn't stand a chance!:devil6:

melfunction

02-11-2006, 08:12

But revenge is soon to be mine - my mother is coming to stay for 6 weeks or so :D He doesn't stand a chance!:devil6:

There is always the other side to that too, draught. Apparently my MIL is moving over here :eek: I guess I'm moving out.

razzle

02-11-2006, 08:24

I'm particularly cantankerous this morning... I was at the office all day yesterday working. We got home at 7.30ish - way past Eloise's bedtime, so she was cranky and being a pain. We put her to bed, and then he went and sat on the couch while I made dinner, ate dinner, whipped up a batch of cupcakes (for a birthday at the office today), iced them (Baileys flavour icing - yum), bring him a slice of (previously made) chocolate cake, and a glass of milk, and iron him a shirt, empty the dishwasher, load the dishwasher, take the dry stuff off the line, and and and... I finally got to bed at about midnight.

Then when Eloise wakes me at 6 this morning, DP has the hide to ask why I'm cantakerous this morning. Well darling, had you unwelded your butt from the couch last night and helped me do stuff I wouldn't be so bloody tired now would I?

And now I have to make him an appointment for a haircut. :rolleyes:

Chickadee

02-11-2006, 08:31

Ny 19 year old nephew wears Calvin Klein underwear at around $50 a pop. I think this is why he wears his jeans around his underbum - to show them off - "Look at my undies! I paid an exhorbitant and obscene amount of money for them!"
Based on that reasoning we should all be walking around in just our stupidly overpriced bras.

Rach, I would be sympathetic to you this morning except I got stuck in jealousy at this sentence: We got home at 7.30ish - way past Eloise's bedtime. Time to cut your DP off of the home made cakes and goodies I think!

razzle

02-11-2006, 10:17

Time to cut your DP off of the home made cakes and goodies I think!
To be fair, the cupcakes were for a colleague at the office. And I only made a dozen... with thick Bailey's flavoured frosting... with little green swirls... they were very pretty! But I do agree with you... currently in the pantry we have a lunchbox full of Rocky Road, 1 slice of chocolate cake left, and three cupcakes. And I wonder why I have a big @rse.

drewid

02-11-2006, 10:34

Oh, its been a while since I've had enough cantankery to make a post...but today...

We had a guy come on Tuesday to replace the upstairs carpet (insurance job..lots of water..not good). It was only supposed to take a day. But he ended up having to do more work than anticipated, so was going to come back on Wednesday for a few hours and finish it off. He DIDN'T SHOW UP. So after several irate phone calls yesterday, he was supposed to be here TODAY "FIRST THING". WHat do you know..its 10.30 and still no sign.

This is seriously P-ing me off. Upstairs is a huge mess, all the lounge room furniture has been spread around the house into other rooms, making them ALL unlive-able. I have exposed staple boards all over the floor, so I have to carry Andrew everywhere. I can't swing a cat in the kitchen because the dining table and misc **** is in there. We've had to resort to take-away dinners the last 2 nights cos I can't cook in that crowded mess...and no doubt we'll have to do that tonight as well.

Arrgghh! I'm going mental. I just want my house back dammit! I'm so sick of unreliable tradesmen. Makes me want to live in a tent. :(

melfunction

02-11-2006, 10:44

No good Noo...sure is a man's world. Don't turn up when they don't feel like it, sit on their @rses while the missus is baking in the kitchen and doing untold other things, that the 'man' won't even notice......

currently in the pantry we have a lunchbox full of Rocky Road, 1 slice of chocolate cake left, and three cupcakes. And I wonder why I have a big @rse.

Sounds alot like mine at the moment, raz.

I had massive plans to lose 20kgs before xmas. Even signed up for the Tony Ferguson diet through work - next day, I get a BFP, so I guess I'll be putting on 20kgs before xmas :rolleyes:

Mrs Potts

02-11-2006, 10:47

Poor Noo! Hope the no-good tradesman turns up. What a serious PITA.

Razzle - with your gripe about your Dh, I'm thinking that my Dh should join our OCSC thread to vent his cantanquery about me "not unwelding my butt" from the couch.... Our household is the polar opposite of most households I'm afraid. Of course, were he to come here it would have to become OCSB(ull)'s... so maybe not.

Not much cantanquery here today I'm pleased to say. Or should I be cantankerous because there isn't anything to be cantankerous about?? Aside from the still clogged sinuses, of course.

Mrs Potts

02-11-2006, 10:49

Just had a giggle Noo... while I was replying about your no-good tradesman I was thinking to myself "I bet she's in Brisbane".

Just checked, and sure enough you are! We lived in Brissy for 2 years and that was one of the main reasons we left. Couldn't get a tradesman to turn up for love or money. We decided they wake up in the morning and decide to go fishing instead....

Now *there* was some cantanquery!

drewid

02-11-2006, 11:16

Oh I should vent more often...the dude turned up 10 minutes ago. THANK GOD!

But now it seems there is a problem with the carpet join...great. So he is going to lay it anyway so we can "live" again...but it it still looks dodgy, the manufacturer might have to come out and see and then rip it up and do it again. GREAT! :no:

Oh well. All going well, I might be able to make a real dinner tonight and eat it at the table instead of on the floor. :fingerscrossed:

razzle

02-11-2006, 11:30

Oh Noo, you do realise that the real cantanquery is going to start after the dude has finished... because then you'll have to put everything back, and it's like one of those hard 3D wooden puzzles where none of the bits fit back where they were.

drewid

02-11-2006, 12:01

Call me crazy, but I actually *gasp* ENJOY moving furniture around! I move my lounge room furniture around every few months, I'm never satisfied with the way it is! I'm just itching to get to it...I have no patience for waiting...

I think the worst part is probably when I can't find certain things...with everything scattered all over the house, I'm sure we will have lost the remotes to the tv, dvd, vcr, stereo etc etc...not to mention the portable phones! Argh! Ok, I'm going to stop thinking about that now...happy thoughts, happy thoughts...

MammaMia

12-11-2006, 12:40

Given that the Bad Mothers' Club is no more, I intend posting my Bad Mother confession here...

I have invoked the name of Santa Claus 6 weeks prior to Christmas in order to convince 4yo DS to not be difficult this morning when I was trying to get him ready to go out.

What can I say in my defence?

It is Sunday and I was braving Chermside Shopping Centre with DH ('nuff said taking a man into that domain), DD (who has decided she wants her freeeeeedom, not her stroller) and DS who is trying to convince me that treats are meant for every day consumption. I just wanted a little peace before I got to the shops, and so I called upon Santa to scare him into compliance. You never know when Santa is watching.... a bit like a jolly version of Big Brother....not as an OCSC I have ever watched Big Brother...

No doubt I will reap the consequences of my early Santa-intervention when the threat of Santa seeing naughty behaviour loses its impact in the coming weeks.

Guess I'll have to get Santa to phone him to check on his behaviour...just like I did several times last year. Loads of therapy coming up for this kid in years to come!

sopolicha

12-11-2006, 13:33

Sorry MM, in true COSC form I have no sympathy for you. You should know by now that attempting shopping centres with DH, DD, DS all together or in any combination of the same is going to end in disaster.

I flat out refuse to go shopping with DH, firstly because I know the price of items and I also know that I can not get the item elsewhere cheaper, I do not need to be reminded continually. I also know that the item I am wanting to purchase will be used or worn as the case maybe. Bless him and his moth eaten wallet, he has passed his 'love' of shopping down to DS, bring on Kindy next year, 2 days of Oli free shopping will become available.

Now that I have started, I have some matters to get of my chest.

1. Old/middle aged women at the Farmers Markets. You know the ones with the $200 fancy market trolley with wheels, which is destined never to carry much more produce from the markets than a punnet of strawberries and half a dozen eggs. The same ones with the large framed designer glasses and Ralph Lauren Polo shirt with the collar turned up. The same ones who think it is completely acceptable to stop in the middle of the markets and harp on about some pretentious rubbish that no one really cares about, whilst blocking the flow of traffic. They really annoy me and to the lady who stopped in front of me, who I hit with my pram in that really sensitive spot on the back the foot/ankle area I am not overly sorry that I ran into you, in fact I was surprised how good it felt.

2. My kids are friendly little souls and basically harmless. We often have a bit of a family walk somewhere over the weekend. The kids sit in the pram/s and say hello to people as they walk past in the opposite direction. Would it kill these people to say hello to a 3 year old boy? It really annoys me, he says hello and when he doesn't get a reply he makes a sad little sound. How hard is it to say hello?

I had no idea that my levels of cantanquery had reached such a fever pitch. Think I had better go and fold some nappies and take a deep breath or two.

MammaMia

12-11-2006, 16:55

Oh, Sop - I did the Rocklea markets yesterday...again, with DH, DS & DD. And I had a little trolley - although a $40 version and not as flash as the ones you describe. And DS did manage to get it hooked on someone else's with his own unique style of steering - "Look, Mum, there's lollies"...followed by veering without warning in the direction of the confectionary without thought for mother, or other customers.

And I was wearing a polo shirt - although as it was a cheap one the collar kept falling down. And I realised there that something (silverfish alert coming) had eaten holes in the bottom of my shirt. Of course, if it had been a Ralph shirt all of this - limp collar and holes - would have been forgiven. As it was a big girl's blouse of the $20 variety, none of this was forgiveable.

And I was wearing a pair of Gucci sunglasses - courtesy some time ago of my sister's gesture that was designed to help bring me into the world of style...the one that I can never truly enter because I lack style. I almost lost the sunglasses several times during the market foray - a lapse that led to the loss of the first pair of high priced sunglasses my sister gifted to me last Christmas.:eek:

Maybe you need to move to a friendlier side of town .... my DS has people who pass our house on the way to and from work. He calls them his friends but really he doesn't know them and neither do we...they are just people he chooses to stalk. They do, to their credit, call hello & ask him about his day. If you ever feel the desire to move north, I can promise to point out the said stalkees for Oli's entertainment.

And yes, I am feeling entitled to a little mail at present. Will keep you posted!

On a separate note - please tell me that someone remembers eating spam whilst camping as a child of the 70s/80s? *spamburger spamburger*

sopolicha

12-11-2006, 17:12

Yes, I have much more to say on most of your topics.

Spam - of course, I can remember such delights as spam fritters, and spam with scrambled egg. I also remember enjoying it. It was a treat to even to be allowed to open the can with the special opener.

My children meanwhile are having chicken drumsticks, with roasted corn cobs and mango salsa. Would not have been heard of in my time. Spoilt buggers, why do I bother so?

MammaMia

12-11-2006, 18:28

Spam - of course, I can remember such delights as spam fritters, and spam with scrambled egg. I also remember enjoying it. It was a treat to even to be allowed to open the can with the special opener.

Oh, Sop, it is good to know that even when I believe the world is crumbling around me, I can count on you to remember the childhood that followed for those of us born in 1972.

Spam - I enjoyed it too. And there was the funny little key which DH and I were reminiscing about just recently.

I was listening to some YWSs at Starbucks today as I stood beside them waiting for my skinny chai tea. From their chatter, I doubt they know what spam is either.

They were discussing the faux pas of their youth...when they wore white to a wedding, when they wore black to a wedding. I resisted the urge to point out the obvious faux pas of one of their number - spaghetti straps on a dress with a wider bra strap underneath - because frankly given the size of the bosoms contained in the bra, I was just grateful that she was wearing one. Would hate to have seen those puppies out there & free. I just wanted to tell her to take good care of them: gravity will leave its calling card soon enough. I just drew myself up taller, pulled my tail end in, pushed my shoulders out and looked down upon my weary puppies with a sympathetic eye.

Funkychicken

12-11-2006, 18:40

I just wanted to pop in and say thank-you for a dose of OCSC's venting. I came in here last night and was very disappointed that I had nothing to contribute-I still don't but you both have given me a share of yours.
In fact I am on such a high right now. I have spent the last four days on and off with a whole group (that's right, a WHOLE group) of like-minded women who actually share very similar views. We laughed, we cried, we shared secret stuff and we we felt GOOD about ourselves.
So I shall wait a week or two and I am sure to have something cantankerous to share with you. :wave:

MammaMia

12-11-2006, 18:56

In fact I am on such a high right now. I have spent the last four days on and off with a whole group (that's right, a WHOLE group) of like-minded women who actually share very similar views. We laughed, we cried, we shared secret stuff and we we felt GOOD about ourselves.

Well, look what you have done now: brought me a little inner glow after basking in your cyber glow. So good to hear that you had such a refreshing time. Last weekend, well, it was really a night and two days, DH & I ran away with another couple. We took responsibility for no-one but ourselves. We laughed til we cried and we shared stories of our lives. It was bliss!

Of course, the important question must still be answered, Funky Chick: do you remember spam?

And on a divergent point, I'm going to host a Girls Night In for Cancer fundraising. Anyone been to one? Hints to share for a great girls night in?

sopolicha

12-11-2006, 19:00

[quote=MammaMia;805400]

I was listening to some YWSs at Starbucks today as I stood beside them waiting for my skinny chai tea. [quote]

Skinny Chai What???

You aren't turning on me are you? A brief confession, I was waiting in the cherry line yesterday at the same problematic markets and the tea stall was next door. I thought for a brief moment, 'Oh some chai, that might be nice'. Then my next thought was 'don't be so stupid, there is nothing wrong with Earl Grey'.

Whilst on the topic of YWS's what is with the continual surly look and the sunglasses the size of a small cars windscreen? Why are the sunglasses so large and the top straps so small? Surely it is not an additional SunSafe method endorsed by the Cancer Council?

Funkychicken

12-11-2006, 19:02

Spam-disgusting, purple, fatty substance that came in a can with a little key thingy to fold back the tin. Am I right?

Oh, and on the cancer fundraising? Brooke (actual username)from SA recently hosted one of these. Maybe PM her or post about it and see if anyone helps. I know Brooke is very good at these things. Good luck!

MammaMia

12-11-2006, 19:07

Skinny Chai What???

You aren't turning on me are you?

Sop, as a non-coffee drinker, I discovered chai tea several years ago. I also lurve green tea - brewed, not bags. And today, DH & I bought a "Gorgeous Geisha" green tea and yes, it is gorgeous (correctly spelt, of course).

Whilst I still love an English breakfast, a chai tea makes this OCSC feel quite spunky. Go on, cross over.

We could have been waltzing through the markets together.

Are you up for a Cancer fundraiser with me? I'm thinking in the New Year and I'm thinking "Pretty in Pink."

Now, sunglass dimensions...had noticed them. In fact, couldn't help but notice them on one YWS at Chermside today who wore them inside the shops. Personally, I blame Paris Hilton. Enough said.

Funkychicken

12-11-2006, 19:21

Personally, I blame Paris Hilton. Enough said.
Nooo, nooooo, noooo....I blame Nicole Ritchie-she of the gigantous sunglasses!

MammaMia

12-11-2006, 19:23

Nooo, nooooo, noooo....I blame Nicole Ritchie-she of the gigantous sunglasses!

True, true. She is soooooo underweight that I couldn't even picture her. Just glasses.

xkwzit

12-11-2006, 20:02

They all look like cartoon characters...huge lollipop heads on stick thin bods with enormous insect-eye sunglasses. All the same - the Olsens, Nicole Ritchie - it's a parade of paper dolls, a stiff breeze would see us rid of them for good :D.

*flicks at seaweed huffily*

sopolicha

12-11-2006, 20:10

Mmmmm none of the sunglasses are good, I still maintain they are big enough for a small car. The thing is, I am going to have to seriously consider them for the first day of school, for my first born child in less than 12 weeks away.

Okay MM, I do love a cup of tea and recent events have made me switch to decaf coffee which means I may as well drink dishwater. I don't think we have any fancy Starbucks on this side of the river. I would well enjoy a child free chai at your monolith shopping centre.

I questioned DH about his Spam consumption. He replied 'I ate it once and it was awful'. I said 'What, you never ate Spam? He said my father was a butcher.....if it was on a cow we ate it. I would prefer Spam over tripe any day. I am not even going into the whole offal thing.

I am a veteran of Cancer fundraisers. I am usually available and a very reliable guest.

My cantanquery has some what been relieved, by watching Russell Crowe on 60 minutes. He is a laugh and pretty to watch.

1st-timer@34

12-11-2006, 20:12

Ooh can I join. My nose bought me in this direction. Did anyone mention Spam?:thumbsup:

MammaMia

12-11-2006, 20:15

Ooh can I join. My nose bought me in this direction. Did anyone mention Spam?:thumbsup:

Come on, First Timer....share your spam story with us. I take it you are 34 yo... you must have a spam story.

I would well enjoy a child free chai at your monolith shopping centre.

Done deal!

1st-timer@34

12-11-2006, 20:20

Well I have to admit that I eat it now, I have Spam and pickle sandwiches, yummm, I never look at the ingredients on the tin, too scared to. And yes I am 34 :crying:

sopolicha

12-11-2006, 20:23

Re: Spam

I have the best of both worlds. I am young enough to remember Spam in all it's glory and my husband is old enough to have the Monty Python LP vinyl album with the Spam skit recorded on it.

Come on First Timer.......did you have to fight with siblings for the 'key' that opened that magical tin, with the jelly like layer on top?

1st-timer@34

12-11-2006, 20:27

Ooh yeah. I used to be hopeless with that key, but once I got it open, wow, the jelly was mine. yummmmmmmmmm :smiliedance:

MammaMia

12-11-2006, 20:28

Well I have to admit that I eat it now, I have Spam and pickle sandwiches, yummm, I never look at the ingredients on the tin, too scared to. And yes I am 34 :crying:

Two things: there is no shame in eating spam, provided it is done in private. *cackles wildly*

There is no shame in being 34. Comes to us all eventually. And ask Sop: 1972 was a year for the birth of wonderfully charasmatic, witty & wise women! Or at least, it was an even number.

Funkychicken

12-11-2006, 20:29

Although I have openly admitted to knowing the details of a spam tin, I have never actually eaten it! When I was 15 (so, so long ago) I worked part time at our local supy, along with a group of friends. We always made fun of the spam purchasers. Comments like, EEEwwwww...HE BOUGHT SPAM!!! How disgusting!!

1st-timer@34

12-11-2006, 20:33

There may be no shame in eating spam, but I was too scared to eat it while I was pregnant.

C'mon it's not that disgusting, I once went into a supermarket and bought a giant tin of baked beans, gosh I got some funny looks and why didn't anyone want to stand in line with me? :rolleyes:

misskittyfantastico

12-11-2006, 20:33

When I was a wee lass (unlike you wonderful wise ladies, I am yet to venture into my third decade) we often had the gourmet dinner of spam and baked beans....mmmm yummy.

sopolicha

12-11-2006, 20:35

As the young'uns would say '72 ROCKS.

It was a good year, amongst other things, the Australian soldiers in Vietnam all came home......don't know why I remember that.

What about Turkey Spam? Has anyone tried it, or game to admit trying it? I had outgrown Spam by then. How much turkey would it contain? Come on @34 do you have TS with a bit of Cranberry on a sandwich.

On a different note, I am a bit put out because I fell asleep last week whilst watching 50 years of the ABC. I got up to Harry Butler in the Wild and that is all I can remember. For once I hope our Aunty repeats a show.

sopolicha

12-11-2006, 20:38

I was 15 (so, so long ago) I worked part time at our local supy, along with a group of friends. We always made fun of the spam purchasers. Comments like, EEEwwwww...HE BOUGHT SPAM!!! How disgusting!!

Reminds me of my first employment at a certain bank in an area that was full of retired folk. I would still swear that after you became accustomed to the smell of moth balls, the next smell to accost your senses was some sort of fishy cat food.

1st-timer@34

12-11-2006, 20:40

misskittyfantastico

12-11-2006, 20:40

I taped it Sop.....I'm in bed by 9pm.

1st-timer@34

12-11-2006, 20:45

My bubs just had a screaming fit, could it be the voice of the very talented Toni Pearon.

Funkychicken

12-11-2006, 20:50

Oooh Abbamania is on telly.

Yes '72 does rock. And no I haven't tried the turkey spam, well that's an idea. :thumbsup:

But how I hate cranberry sauce. :barf:

And misskitty did your mum fry the Spam? :)
Cranberry sauce-hated????? Oh no, no no. When I had my most recent venture into pregnancy, I couldn't get enough of it. i made repest trips to the supy for foccacia's, turkey (the real deal!), vintage cheese and cranberry sauce. MMmmmm....:yelclap:

Funkychicken

12-11-2006, 20:53

I taped it Sop.....I'm in bed by 9pm.
Hmmm..I'm guessing the time difference between WA and VIC is why you are still here when my clock says 9.40PM?:rolleyes:

misskittyfantastico

12-11-2006, 20:54

yup!

1st-timer@34

12-11-2006, 20:57

Is it cruel to introduce another generation to Abba, my 4 month old is sitting with me while watching and singing? And he's laughing at me.

sopolicha

12-11-2006, 21:10

Yes Miss K, I should have taped it, the reality of the situation is this. I go to bed nearly every night around 8.30 - 9.00pm. Every night I go with the same intention 'I am going to watch that show in bed, to the end, I am not tired. What really happens is I wake up somewhere around the midnight mark to either, the highlights of the current Parliament sittings, some black and white movie (which, at another time I may well have enjoyed) or Rage. Parliament and Rage make me wake up cranky, along with the fact that DH has come to bed later and 1. Not turned the TV off and or 2. Not plugged himself into his snore machine.

As for the Abba situation, I can only relate my own experiences. My mum thought it was great how I would dance along to her favourites, Neil Sadaka, Hermans Hermits, Buddy Holly etc. When I hit those glorious teenage years I couldn't bear the sound of any of them and often let her know it. The moral of the story is........ that it is too late for poor old sop. Must get to bed and fall asleep mid through watching an interesting show on SBS.

Reidymac

12-11-2006, 23:39

Oh, Sop, it is good to know that even when I believe the world is crumbling around me, I can count on you to remember the childhood that followed for those of us born in 1972.

I was listening to some YWSs at Starbucks today as I stood beside them waiting for my skinny chai tea. From their chatter, I doubt they know what spam is either.

Why those YWS probably think that spam is that unsolicited email that chokes up their in box rather than a versatile culinary delight........misguided young fools.

I must admit that while I am also child of 1972, I sit with funky on this one, spam and its dubious content is not remembered fondly in this household. I always understood that SPAM was a simple acronym for Something Posing As Meat or alternatively Spare Parts Already Minced. For this child in the 70�s SPAM was occasionally offered, much maligned and never swallowed. Now Space Food Sticks I remember fondly��mmmmmm space food sticks anyone remember those?

reAllytee

13-11-2006, 00:14

Why those YWS probably think that spam is that unsolicited email that chokes up their in box rather than a versatile culinary delight........misguided young fools.

I must admit that while I am also child of 1972, I sit with funky on this one, spam and its dubious content is not remembered fondly in this household. I always understood that SPAM was a simple acronym for Something Posing As Meat or alternatively Spare Parts Already Minced. For this child in the 70�s SPAM was occasionally offered, much maligned and never swallowed. Now Space Food Sticks I remember fondly��mmmmmm space food sticks anyone remember those?

Yes i have to say SPAM makes me gag i remember it being served up for dinner many times in our house. Oh how i hated my mother for it.

Space food sticks on the other hand were a sought after treat & us girls fought tooth & nail over them !

MammaMia

13-11-2006, 07:10

Is it cruel to introduce another generation to Abba, my 4 month old is sitting with me while watching and singing? And he's laughing at me.

It is never to early to start introducing your children to ABBA. And your little person is not laughing at you...he is laughing with delight that you would share such talent with him.

It is the cycle of life. Whatever point you are at ABBA is right there for you.

And as for SPAM, I thought it stood for spiced ham .... wait til I see my mother today. She & I are going to have words!

Can't believe all these children of 1972 who are coming out of the woodwork.

*walks off singing "here we go again"*

Mrs Potts

13-11-2006, 12:36

Not a child of 1972 here, rather a child of 1971. And I hate to say that there was no SPAM in our house growing up - we had that other equally delectable treat Camp Pie!

A definite Abba fan though. However I couldn't quite bring myself to watch channel 9 drag b-grade "celebrities" out to brutalise the songs of a generation (or 2 or 3).

As for Space Food Sticks, we could only dream... you do know you can still buy them don't you? Although they've probably destroyed the recipe over the years, as they do with so many of our favourite treats. Now that's a whole new level of cantanquery right there!

Reidymac

13-11-2006, 14:01

As for Space Food Sticks, we could only dream... you do know you can still buy them don't you? Although they've probably destroyed the recipe over the years, as they do with so many of our favourite treats. Now that's a whole new level of cantanquery right there!

I have been know to still enjoy the odd Space Food Stick. My brother comes to visit from the old country once or twice a year and together we regress to our childhood, gorging on Space Food Sticks, Quicks banana milk, Chicko Rolls etc. It isn't quite the same.........not sure if it's the recipe or the palate that has changed. Thank goodness he only visits once or twice a year

Bron

13-11-2006, 14:05

I love ABBA - my habit of breaking into ABBA songs is well known, but I just couldn't bring myself to watch the special last night. Whoever thought it was a good idea to have it hosted by a little poppet who wasn't even born when ABBA hit the big time? Not cool, just kind of sad really.

Instead, I shall put on my ABBA Gold CD and enjoy the tunes without the YWS commentary.

Spam!!! We rarely ate it when I was a kid, but we did have ham steaks quite often - which were quite similar to spam, often with a grilled pineapple ring on top, for that exotic gourmet touch!

Happily, I haven't seen a ham steak since about 1987. Clearly it rotated off the menu and never returned.

1st-timer@34

13-11-2006, 14:17

I used to love corned beef in the can until the rise of mad cow disease that is! :eek:

sopolicha

13-11-2006, 14:20

I used to love corned beef in the can until the rise of mad cow disease that is! :eek:

This thread is going downhill fast :p .

How about the good ole' Braised Steak and Onions in the red Kraft tin?

Mrs Potts

13-11-2006, 14:25

oooh we used to have ham steaks too. Also with pineapple rings on top, but we put cheese on too then under the grill so it melted... yum!

as for those other "meals in a can" urgh! the only one I could venture to was the savoury mince one, which was actually quite yum inside toasted jaffles. Of course, it just wouldn't work with the modern day cafe press toasters....

Bron

13-11-2006, 14:25

Happily, I haven't seen a ham steak since about 1987. Clearly it rotated off the menu and never returned.

And it has just occurred to me that there are some YWS around who were not even born yet when I ate my last ham steak.

That freaks me out a little bit.

*Looks at belly for instant cure for cantanquery*

Nickster

13-11-2006, 14:26

Don't joke about it Sop - DH still eats them on occasion - I think he likes to feel like he's still in the army or something....:eek: :barf:

MrsMiggins

13-11-2006, 14:40

Aaaargghhh!!! Space food sticks!!! My DH (a 1967 vintage) LOVES them!! He buys them every time he does groceries :rolleyes: and he has even been known to placate DD in the trolley with one (much to my annoyance!!)

Was going to enter into the SPAM debate earlier, but :barf: ....... and that's all I'll say about that!

(And as kids we used to instantly cry out "HAM STEAKS & PINEAPPLE!!!!" whenever my mum was silly enough to ask what we wanted for dinner! :laughing:)

1st-timer@34

13-11-2006, 14:59

I must have been living under a rock, I've never heard of these space food sticks.

reAllytee

13-11-2006, 16:02

I have to say Bron i'm very much over the ABBA specials at they tend to make them into some cr@ppy affair which leads to cantankery !
I too prefer my ABBA Gold cd it leads to much more fun & also the fact my besties parents do an ABBA show which is just awesome !!!! I have to say its been a few years since i went to one & im considering going to the NYE party they are doing at a local RSL to get my fix !!!!!

Now thats showing my age .... An RSL on NYE !!!
Least the drinks are cheap hahahaha !

So who is going to be the game one who starts the " Back in my day we could buy a huge bag of lollies for $1 that would last a week but now $1 if your lucky buys you one lolly !!!! " hahahah. Remember "Fags" they were sooo cool hahahahah.

1st-timer@34

13-11-2006, 16:10

My day must be back a bit further cause my bag of lollies used to cost 20c, I loved it when they had 1c lollies. :)

Ah those were the days.

reAllytee

13-11-2006, 16:32

Oh no i used to get the bag of 20cent lollies hahahah just used the $1 as an easier method im lazy !

Chickadee

13-11-2006, 16:35

I must have been living under a rock, I've never heard of these space food sticks.
Me neither. But I grew up in a different hemisphere, what's your excuse? :laughing:

I feel I should be cranky today but just can't work up the energy. How sad is that? I'm even mildly pleased that it's raining.

1st-timer@34

13-11-2006, 16:48

Me neither. But I grew up in a different hemisphere, what's your excuse? :laughing

I don't have an excuse. I'm just not crazy, that's all. ;)

sopolicha

13-11-2006, 17:23

My day must be back a bit further cause my bag of lollies used to cost 20c, I loved it when they had 1c lollies. :)

Ah those were the days.

How about two pink musk sticks for five cents? Not to mention the packet of Samboy chips that caused an outrage when they went from 20c a packet to 25c a packet. Glory Days indeed....................

MammaMia

13-11-2006, 17:27

And do you remember those little half-size cans of Golden Circle sarsparilla?

Come on, you must!

I too remember cheap lollies...mmmm, lollies.

I remember passing through US customs and declaring my Aussie lollies. Bloke had no idea what I was talking about and for the life of me, I couldn't find a word he understood.....eventually, we both agreed it was candy and then I was waved through, lollies, vegemite, dried fruit & all.

1st-timer@34

13-11-2006, 17:39

And do you remember those little half-size cans of Golden Circle sarsparilla?

Come on, you must!

Uh no sorry.

One good thing that happened on the chip front recently, they bought back Toobs :smiliedance:

I remember at school my lunch used to be a pink vanilla slice and a packet of toobs.

It feels good to rip yer gums up again. :)

sopolicha

13-11-2006, 18:31

You have lost me on the toobs. How good was your mum packing pink vanilla slice and chips. I had to be content with a liverwurst and gherkin sandwich on black bread (my father is Austrian). The embarrassment was crippling, how I longed for white bread.

I do remember the little cans of soft drink, don't think I was ever really partial to Sars.

Funkychicken

13-11-2006, 18:38

Uh no sorry.

One good thing that happened on the chip front recently, they bought back Toobs :smiliedance:

I remember at school my lunch used to be a pink vanilla slice and a packet of toobs.

It feels good to rip yer gums up again. :)
Ah, toobs! They went along with French Fries (dry packet arrangement) and a sausage roll in a bread roll. I also recall our school bringing in *snot blocks* for a short time. There was limited number's of these so it was a case of taking turns to leave class early on SN days and holding places in line for besties. Although of course they weren't called besties-in fact I think I haev been hanging with too many YWS here for me to have picked up that one!
The very small cans of fizz-I recall it was all varities and they had the two holed thing going on. One big hole to drink from and one small one for air release. And of course TAB had this type of hole arrangement too-my mum lived on the stuff.

reAllytee

13-11-2006, 18:44

I miss the Fanta Creaming Soda :crying:
TAB was good too !
But when i saw Toobs had returned i was soooo excited !!!!

FC - DP gets the French Fries chippies regularily he loves them & its a fight between myself & Boof who gets the dregs lol :rolleyes:

1st-timer@34

13-11-2006, 18:50

You have lost me on the toobs. How good was your mum packing pink vanilla slice and chips.

Umm bad girl admitting that she didn't eat what mum packed. We had an excellent canteen.

And yes I loved french fries too.

xkwzit

13-11-2006, 20:45

OK my turn to weigh in

- Spam, have heard of it, rarely eaten it. It helps that mine were not a family of campers

- Space food sticks, have heard of them, NEVER eaten them (but DH is trying to buy them for DDs - who insist they will not eat them :p)

- Toobs - not heard of either, am I right in guessing they are a cheese flavoured snack?

- French fries - Love Them - always have, always will

- ABBA also love them, also could not bring myself to watch the special. I thought that incessant commentary would make me want to :barf: (like all Ch9 specials and 20 to one rubbish show)

Now for a true test: does anyone remember Bucks Fizz? :D

Cheers

Funkychicken

13-11-2006, 20:52

Now for a true test: does anyone remember Bucks Fizz? :D

Cheers
***MAKIIN' YOUR MIND UP!!!***
That's all of the chorus I can rememeber, although I now have this incessant tune going around in my head.

Reidymac

13-11-2006, 21:01

Comon Funky, sing it with me ..............

you gotta speed it up
and then you gotta slow it down
if you believe that a love can hit the top
you gotta play around
and soon you will find that there comes a time for making ur mind up
you gotta turn it up
and then you gotta cool it down
you gotta be sure that its something everybodys gonna talk about
before you decide the times right for making ur mind up
*something, something something mumbled*
and soon you will find that there comes a time for making ur mind up, making your mind up

*Ugg. Is this really how I wanted to introduce myself to the OCSC's? space food and renditions of Bucks Fizz numbers.....how embarresment .:o :rolleyes: *

xkwzit

13-11-2006, 21:10

Welcome to the herd Reidy :yes: :yes:

Funkychicken

13-11-2006, 21:13

:smiliedance: Go Reidy!:smiliedance:
You deserve coloured writing and big letters for that. Well done and welcome to the OCSC's thread.:wave:
I still don't know what the space thingys are though. I don't think we had them here in Vic.

Reidymac

13-11-2006, 21:30

Thank you ladies:D .

I may or may not have known all the dance moves too. But in my defence I was a YWS at the time and not fully aware of what I was doing.

As I am now much older and wiser I no longer remember those dance steps, honest. And even If I did I wouldn't attempt them now for fear of aggravating the arthritis in my hip:D .

MrsMiggins

13-11-2006, 22:45

Oh thanks a lot X!!! That's just what I bl**dy needed this late at night!!! A silly old Bucks Fizz tune in my head!!! :laughing: Oh, that's gonna be there for days now!!!

Speaking of dance moves, who can do the Bus Stop still??

I cannot believe how many of you have no idea what Space Food Sticks are!!! They are an Aussie-wide phenomenon, I assure you!

As for Toobs - oh YUM!!!!! They were my favourites!!! I am so going out to look for them now!!

So all this 80's chip talk has got me to reminiscing (walking through the park...... sorry, 80's tunes. Blame X.......) do you all remember putting your chip pakets in the oven to make shrinky-dink key-rings??!!

sopolicha

14-11-2006, 06:58

I remember the shrinky dinks made from melted chip packets. I was never allowed to make them, I think my mum thought they were not a good enough excuse to put the oven on.

What about the Bucks Fizz film clips on Countdown? The one with the shiny clothes, rollerskating and Walkmans. Now I think about it, that could have been Cliff Richard with Wired for Sound.

AM FM freeway, so ecstatic now, there's music abound, cause I'm wired for sound..........

Either way it is not good.

MammaMia

14-11-2006, 07:53

I remember shrinky dinks...but not from chip packets, but from the cereal packets. Thank goodness cereal companies decided to weigh in too with their contribution to sibling rivalry over who shoved their grubby little fist deepest into the packet first.

My Mum was a very conscientious and budget poor food provider, so chips were a special treat at family BBQs. Along with the platter of cocktail onions, cheese cubes, cabana (or was that kabana - been up for way too long already - spelling part of my brain is not functioning) and french onion dip with jatz. My mum still laughs about it: the hostess platter from the 70s.

And Sop, I too was sent to school with liverwurst sandwiches...but on fresh white bread, courtesy of my Dutch father & my darling Aussie mother. I must say I still love liverwurst soaked for days in vinegar, and my DH loves it even more than me.

X - I do recall Bucks Fizz...which makes me think of Whizz Fizz, a treat that you can still indulge in.

And space food bars, as a child I was oblivious to them. I didn't even know they existed until a few years ago when another '72 vintage model shared her enthusiasm for the said space odessy in your mouth. I have still not tried one.

Now, I should adjudicate between DS and DD before one of them tries to shrinky dink the other.

MrsMiggins

14-11-2006, 09:42

Yep, it was "Wired For Sound", that one! Although it reminds me of my favourite 80's movie - Xanadu (I wanted to be ONJ!) - which I recently bought on DVD and was delighted to find my DD mesmorised by it!!

We actually used to do The Health Hustle in primary school to "Wired For Sound", as well as "The Milkshake" and other various dodgy 80's hits! Did anyone else have The Health Hustle? I was in Canberra then, so it may have been a Canberra thing, I'm not sure, but it was aimed at getting kids active. 10 minutes each morning of (un)co-ordinated dancing to terrible 80's tunes. That sufficed in those days. Terrible when we were eating Toobs, Wizz-Fizz, Cream buns and half-cans of Sars!! Oh well, I suppose it wasn't as necessary when we were riding our banana-seat endowed bikes around all afternoon.

Here's something guaranteed to make you feel old....
80's TV Trivia (http://www.inthe80s.com/tvtriv.shtml) It's obviously American, but there are still some great A-ha!! moments in there!!

Funkychicken

14-11-2006, 10:26

Ohhh, I remember Bucks Fizz on Countdown and at some point in their song (they did only have one didn't they?) the girls whipped off their long skirts to reveal shorter versions of them.
Never got into The Bus Stop-I had a mum that was a big Nutbusher so we (my brother's and I) learnt to do that from an early age. In fact I still can!:D

pixietrix

14-11-2006, 15:40

Hey Bucks Fizz- "makin' my mind up!" Right?
I still LOVE caramel space food bars though they are really hard to get.
My mum's hostess platter was also jatz, cocktail onions, cube cheese and kabana. At some stage during the night prawn coctails would also be served, made from defrosted prawns on a bed of shredded lettuce with a squirt of seafood sauce- mmm classy.:barf:
I could bus stop, maddison as well as do all the actions to "you can't stop the music".
Ahhhh reminiscing- now I just want to go home and switch on an episode of Simon Townsend's Wonder World. Young things today just don't know what they are missing.

Ruby Slippers

14-11-2006, 15:44

Bucks Fizz - Making Your Mind Up

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwHMVhPiSUk

Ruby Slippers

14-11-2006, 15:50

Cliff Richard Wired for sound
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDyB2GldS7A

sopolicha

14-11-2006, 15:57

now I just want to go home and switch on an episode of Simon Townsend's Wonder World. Young things today just don't know what they are missing.

How could we forget Simon Townsend and Woodrow? How about Wombat, The Curiosity Show? The two old chaps still turn up on the ABC from time to time.

It also reminds me of that show with Agro in it and Boris the Black Knight and Constable Dave Moore.............maybe we shouldn't talk about that. They must be out of jail by now. I would love Mel and Kochie put those two on their Where are They Now? show.

The funny thing is about the liverwurst sandwiches, my big DD will ask for a liverwurst and gherkin sandwich for her pre-school lunch. I always ask her 'Are you really sure'? Teasing about food must come on later.

Ruby Slippers

14-11-2006, 15:58

Bucks Fizz - Land of Make Believe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzcEI5s9jzE

MrsMiggins

14-11-2006, 16:00

Oh!! Wombat!! I loved Wombat!! I used to watch it when Gillian & Gayle Blakeney were on it (pre-Neighbours & Penthouse stints!!)

What about Ridgey-Didge with Shawn Sheep? Ever watch that one?!

MammaMia

14-11-2006, 16:04

It also reminds me of that show with Agro in it and Boris the Black Knight and Constable Dave Moore.............maybe we shouldn't talk about that. They must be out of jail by now. I would love Mel and Kochie put those two on their Where are They Now? show.

I starred....or at least appeared in my Royal Ranger uniform on Agro's show in Primary School. Loved Boris the Black Knight.

Can tell you what Const Dave Moore is doing....videoing weddings and family events. Seriously. A friend (also a colleague) has struck him at a number of events and takes great pleasure in spreading the word about who he is so that other families keep their little darlings well away from the "Const".

Now, if we are going down the path of television, was anyone else glued to the screen of "Seven Little Australians"?

Ruby Slippers

14-11-2006, 16:04

How could we forget Simon Townsend and Woodrow? How about Wombat, The Curiosity Show? The two old chaps still turn up on the ABC from time to time.

It also reminds me of that show with Agro in it and Boris the Black Knight and Constable Dave Moore.............maybe we shouldn't talk about that. They must be out of jail by now. I would love Mel and Kochie put those two on their Where are They Now? show.

The funny thing is about the liverwurst sandwiches, my big DD will ask for a liverwurst and gherkin sandwich for her pre-school lunch. I always ask her 'Are you really sure'? Teasing about food must come on later.

Was it Simon Townsend who had that laugh that made me :barf: ?

MrsMiggins

14-11-2006, 16:05

Was it Simon Townsend who had that laugh that made me :barf: ?
Yep, that'd be him for sure!!! :laughing:

Ruby Slippers

14-11-2006, 16:07

Yep, that'd be him for sure!!! :laughing:

Welcome to my wonder world :laughing:

MrsMiggins

14-11-2006, 16:08

Ahh MM! The only connection I have to bad 80's Aussie TV (was there any other kind?!!) was knowing "Brains" from The Henderson Kids very briefly in the 90's. You could never actually ask him about the show, he didn't like talking about being on it!! :laughing:

It was probably a very good thing that you could barely recognise him from his "Brains" days!

Mrs Potts

15-11-2006, 10:25

Mrs Miggins - school in Canberra huh? Me too! Though I'm still here.... Care to share where you went? I lived in Kaleen at the time.

All this talk of bad 80s music made me pull out this old bookmark
http://www.milinkito.com/los80.php
some fabulous clips here!

And Xanadu - also one of my faves. What about Rocky Horror Show and adding the Time Warp to Bustop and Nutbush.... <sigh>

pixietrix

15-11-2006, 10:40

Hi to current and ex Canberra gals! I'm here on the southside!
Lets do the timewarp again :laughing:
So was Simon Townsend the only male who used to say "down Woody down" on a kids show without child protective services investigating?
I can really show my age and say I remember when half the Wiggles were the Cockroaches. I had such a crush on Paul Field (who went on to be the early Capt Feathersword and now Wiggles manager).

Mojogal

15-11-2006, 10:43

ok I am feeling curious today.... who will tell me what OCSC means...??? hmmmmm ? :D

Funkychicken

15-11-2006, 11:13

OLD CANTANKEROUS SEA COWS!!!!!

:D :p :D

pixietrix

15-11-2006, 11:14

OCSC = old cantankerous sea cow! :)

You know- like this:
http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n134/herdek/pic07391.jpg

or this:
http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n134/herdek/pic20159.jpg

(hope the links work:fingerscrossed: )

pixietrix

15-11-2006, 11:22

or these:
http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n134/herdek/pic28297.jpg
http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n134/herdek/pic17958.jpg
http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n134/herdek/pic28070.jpg
http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n134/herdek/pic17773.jpg
(insert evil cackle and derisive comments about whats wrong with sweet young things today:) )

reAllytee

15-11-2006, 11:24

Oh pixietrix !!!
Thank you that gave me a needed laugh !!!!

Mojogal

15-11-2006, 11:33

:laughing: Old cantankerous sea cow!! Hahahaha! Tis funny, I was calling my mum a cantankerous old cow last week myself! And that's the first thing that came to mind when I saw the anacronym... had no idea I'd be even close!! Hahahaha, you ladies crack me up :laughing:

Funkychicken

15-11-2006, 13:12

1st-timer@34

15-11-2006, 13:52

ok I am feeling curious today.... who will tell me what OCSC means...??? hmmmmm ? :D

This is why I didn't see this thread sooner, cause I thought that it was some kind of fan club for the OC you know that 90210 knock off tv show.

Mojogal

15-11-2006, 15:35

:laughing: 1st-timer@34!! Me too LOL

sopolicha

15-11-2006, 15:45

I admire you new girls and your cantanquery. 'No point me looking at the rubbish, sounds like something those young girls would be reading, I don't have time for that ****.' Could have been something I have said myself.

pegasus

15-11-2006, 18:00

Aahh Pixietrix

You may not have been around long, but you have well and truly inducted yourself into the pastures where the weeds are green and flowing. Now - just need to figure out why it's always greener where the others are, then when I get there, it's better where I came from....

(Maybe I'm where Sop is?)

Mrs Potts

15-11-2006, 19:26

Hi to current and ex Canberra gals! I'm here on the southside!

I can really show my age and say I remember when half the Wiggles were the Cockroaches. I had such a crush on Paul Field (who went on to be the early Capt Feathersword and now Wiggles manager).

Hi Pixietrix! *waving from the northside*

I was a Cockies groupie! Used to be on first name terms with Anthony (aka the blue wiggle) as a YWS.
OMG John Field was the hottest thing on 2 legs! LOL

Bron

15-11-2006, 19:33

This is why I didn't see this thread sooner, cause I thought that it was some kind of fan club for the OC you know that 90210 knock off tv show.

You thought WHAT??? Gosh! I'm glad we have disabused you of that particular illusion..... what a horrifying thought.

I can proudly say I have never seen an episode of the OC. I did watch 90210 when I was 16 though, but that's another story.

misskittyfantastico

15-11-2006, 19:40

Hmm oc....we don't get that here in the bush. 90210, well, yeah, I was a fan.

MammaMia

15-11-2006, 19:46

I think we all can confess to watching 90210...but I'd rather talk about watching Johnny Depp & Peter (what was his name - son of the big bloke?) on 21 Jump Street. Old Johnny used to send this little heart a flutter.

This evening my 4yo DS broke it to me that he had been "dumped" by a girl. Curious, I queried his understanding of dumped only to find out that before me stood a young man whose heart had been ripped in two by a selfish woman who had left him for another man. He tells me that it is ok because he has new friends ("5 + 5 + 6" apparently) and he is still smiling at the old girlfriend and saying hello when she passes. SHe isn't smilling at him - just showing her teeth. Fortunately, there's no property to be divided so at least the split can proceed smoothly. I told him that he had women troubles and it was therefore time for he & his Dad to have a chat about women troubles because his Dad had a long history of women troubles before I took him off the shelf.....

geez, they start young! And I must confess: I wondered about what girl would dump my boy?! He's gorgeous, he's bright, he's funny, he's a gentleman....sheez, what a MIL I will be!

Bron

15-11-2006, 19:47

Which just goes to prove that the OC is an inferior show misskitty. If it ain't shown in the Rock, I'm not watching.....

AH yes, MammaMia - 21 Jump Street. Such fond memories. How handsome was the young Mr Depp - particularly when you were 14??

I can't believe someone broke up with your little boy. Shameless hussy. I think a talk to his Dad is certainly in order.

misskittyfantastico

15-11-2006, 19:48

Peter Delouise MM....ah 21 Jump Street *sigh*.

And Bron, a good slogan to live by!

MammaMia

15-11-2006, 19:50

Peter Delouise MM....ah 21 Jump Street *sigh*.

And Bron, a good slogan to live by!

Bless you, Miss K - it had just come back to me! Son of Dom!

I didn't mind Peter either....always had a thing for big blokes...married one. If only I'd been able to find one with hair! But the twinkle in his eyes outweighs the bald head..... phew, is it getting hot in here?

misskittyfantastico

15-11-2006, 19:55

Nothing shabby about baldies MM. Yul Brynner is a fine example.

My DH, while having hair NOW, I believe will soon join the ranks of the SBM (sexy bald male)

As for the dumping MM? nasty, nasty peice of work.

1st-timer@34

15-11-2006, 20:16

Oooh Johnny Depp, Hubba Hubba :p

MammaMia

15-11-2006, 20:27

Meanwhile, on ebay, there is a feeding frenzy over some Fisher Price musical tea sets. People are paying about $15 more than they are going for on other online toy stores.

Is everyone out there crazy? No wonder Boo Radley didn't want to come out. I'm thinking we should just all hang out in here until the loons are tucked in for the night.... don't venture out to ebay, girls! There's something in the water over there.

misskittyfantastico

15-11-2006, 20:34

ummm....I've never actually been to ebay :o

1st-timer@34

15-11-2006, 20:39

How can you go from Johnny Depp to musical tea sets? It doesn't make sense. :confused:

1st-timer@34

15-11-2006, 20:40

OOh yay I just noticed that I have officially become a senior member. :smiliedance:

Bron

15-11-2006, 20:43

Congratulations on your senior member status 1st timer. A proud moment indeed.

I don't ebay either. DH did once, and we ended up with two glorious persian rugs, but neither of us have been back since.

How does a musical tea set work, exactly? Does it sing when you pick up a cup?

MammaMia

15-11-2006, 20:44

How can you go from Johnny Depp to musical tea sets? It doesn't make sense. :confused:

Such are the meanderings of my mind and this thread - random senseless thoughts flung far & wide.

I suspect Johnny would enjoy a good tea party.

Miss K - shame on you, my dear! Tis an experience not to be missed.

MammaMia

15-11-2006, 20:46

How does a musical tea set work, exactly? Does it sing when you pick up a cup?

It sings "I'm a little teapot" when you pour. DD would lurve it!

misskittyfantastico

15-11-2006, 20:46

Do you think he'd be into chai lattes MM?

sopolicha

15-11-2006, 20:51

I think we all can confess to watching 90210...but I'd rather talk about watching Johnny Depp & Peter (what was his name - son of the big bloke?) on 21 Jump Street. Old Johnny used to send this little heart a flutter.

Speak for yourself about 90210. Never watched it, don't like that chap with the square jaw, Luke Hairy or some other such nonsense he called himself. I will admit to watching Melrose Place religiously. I can't watch Desperate Housewives, because I still see the red head as the Crazy Doctor Kimberley and I wait for her to pull her hair mask off.

As for the MIL thing MM, I hear you loud and clear. No shameless hussy is ever going to be good enough for my Oli.

We have one of those musical tea sets. Might have to put it on ebay. The baby walks around with the lid in her hand triggering off all the sounds, and then the other two break into a lovely rendition of I'm a little teapot..........

MammaMia

15-11-2006, 20:53

Hmm, Miss K - let me consider that for a moment.

Given Mr Depp's predisposition to spicing things up, then yes, I think a chai would be perfect.

Of course, it would be my job to pour his tea as I have invited him and I am the hostess...pearls & all (but alas no pearly whites anymore since I had that terrible problem with the steak).

I would be happy to invite you provided you conducted yourself with decorum and modesty. There'd be no flashing of those younger bosoms around, my dear. Just because you are an OCSC-in-waiting is no excuse to be a floozy. On the other hand, it is difficult to miss these old bosoms - they may drop in the tea if I don't wear my extra good cross your heart bra.

Now, where did I leave my 21 Jump Street poster for Johnny to sign?

misskittyfantastico

15-11-2006, 20:57

I will be there MM.

I would flash my girls but ever since DH started humming "Do your ears hang low" when I am undressing, I think I'll just keep them tucked away.

MammaMia

15-11-2006, 21:00

I will be there MM.

I would flash my girls but ever since DH started humming "Do your ears hang low" when I am undressing, I think I'll just keep them tucked away.

I can't shake that song either, Miss K.

I wore a top that flashed a hint of bosom today. My mother passed comment - she said that just a hint of hidden delights was a worthwhile cause as all too soon they would be lost forever.

I told her that I was trying to get lucky with the boss...he's big, he's bald, he has a twinkle in his eyes and he keeps inviting me to sit on his lap whilst he gives me a staff orientation..... reminds me a lot of DH....:D

1st-timer@34

15-11-2006, 21:02

In my world Johnny would be pouring me the tea and the scones with jam and cream and then the cream would fall on me and he would lick it .......oops sorry just getting a bit carried away. :D

MammaMia

15-11-2006, 21:06

In my world Johnny would be pouring me the tea and the scones with jam and cream and then the cream would fall on me and he would lick it .......oops sorry just getting a bit carried away. :D

Now, now, First-timer, take it from this old timer, just don't go getting yourself all excited over these big Hollywood types. They'll flit off with some YWS quick as look at you. No, you stick with those sensible ones with good shoes...like Don Burke or that lovely Darryl Sommers.

1st-timer@34

15-11-2006, 21:10

MammaMia, Don Burke, Darryl Somers, are you drunk?:eek:

MammaMia

15-11-2006, 21:12

MammaMia, Don Burke, Darryl Somers, are you drunk?:eek:

Only a little tipple of the church wine, dear.

1st-timer@34

15-11-2006, 21:15

It's a wonder you didn't mention Bert Newton, You do know he's bald don't you?

MammaMia

15-11-2006, 21:22

It's a wonder you didn't mention Bert Newton, You do know he's bald don't you?

Sorry, 1st-timer...Bert may be bald but he's not cute.

I'll stick to my "boss" at work....did I mention I work with DH?

Reidymac

15-11-2006, 21:29

All this talk of tea is making me quite twitchy. My own DD has a Fisher Price teapot which has recently come to the attention of DS. Between the two of them I have developed quite the addiction to the golden drop. My 3 foot tall suppliers have me consuming 40 � 50 imaginary cups a day. Granted they are tiny (and imaginary) but I fear if I don�t call a stop to it soon I will become a slave to the evil drink.

Oooooooo�Darryl Sommers� now there is a nice young man, so handsome and so charming. While Don Burk does share Darryl�s keen sense for a smart woollen jumper that is clearly where the likenesses end. And that saucy Bert Newton ��..well 1st-timer@34 I never!!:eek:

1st-timer@34

15-11-2006, 21:32

And that saucy Bert Newton ��..well 1st-timer@34 I never!!:eek:

Well neither have I, It was only mentioned because MammaMia has a bald fetish! :thumbsup:

Bron

15-11-2006, 21:36

Well neither have I, It was only mentioned because MammaMia has a bald fetish! :thumbsup:

She's clearly never met my fairly faithless father. Sometimes bald ain't always beautiful.

Although Peter Garrett..... mmmm......

1st-timer@34

15-11-2006, 21:43

Peter Garrett, omg it's going from bad to worse. I think i'll go back to the discussion on Johnny Depp, at least he has a full head of hair. :wizard:

Bron

15-11-2006, 21:45

No no. Peter Garrett - a very compelling kind of sexy. The thinking woman's bald sex symbol....

1st-timer@34

15-11-2006, 21:49

I'm not very keen on bald men, even my bubs was born with a full head of hair. Thinking womans sex symbol? I think i'll go for Dr Phil.:yelclap:

MammaMia

15-11-2006, 21:51

No no. Peter Garrett - a very compelling kind of sexy. The thinking woman's bald sex symbol....

I sense an impending bleeding heart, Bron! Where is Mamaduke and those bl**dy cats?:D

Alas, I too have a faithless father, Bron - but he comes with a complete head of hair.

Seems that hair is not the determining factor.

Will stick with my bald DH who today informed his very good but relatively new business partner that I was "a very strong woman"...apparently, DH thinks that is a good thing but the new friend might not quite know how to deal with me on a business basis.

I was quite chuffed that DH would say that about me quite proudly and think it was a good thing that I intend raising DD to be a strong woman.

Bron

15-11-2006, 21:55

I have to say that although I admire Peter Garrett, I will stick with my DH too.

He recently made me feel all romantic and weepy. The conversation went something like this:

Me: At choir tonight one girl said that my baby bump is really cute. Isn't that a funny description?
Him: Well it is the most beautiful baby bump I have seen in my whole life.
Me: (totally unaware that he is being all romantic) Oh, is it? I thought it just looked normal.
Him: Well I think it is. It's my bump.

*sigh* from my DH, this is very romantic stuff. Made me all teary and emotional. Bless him.

Peter Garrett will just have to wait.

1st-timer@34

15-11-2006, 22:04

This is one conversation that I can't get involved in. Single mummy here :wave: with no hope of any you know what in the foreseeable future. :gloomy:

Chickadee

15-11-2006, 22:08

Bron... that is lovely :) So much for my planned cantanquery rant!

Bron

15-11-2006, 22:10

No, please Martha, don't let me get in the way of a decent dose of cantanquery. I mean, that's what we're here for, right.

Cantanker away....

pegasus

15-11-2006, 22:23

Now Bron - if your DH can sing (and even if he can't) - I'd be sticking with him above the aforementioned Peter Garrett.

I'm quite happy to bring my Oils albums out to the front of the collection, but any mention of his latest political meanderings should remain out of this thread until I have Mamaduke back up (if she indeed backs me up here...). Happy to discuss any Oil songs, Aboriginal support etc, but those ties to Mr Latham and the labor party..

Tsk, tsk, MM - what were you thinking when you discussed my show of the 80's and missed dear Mr Booker - Richard Grieco...hmmmm

I'll just let you all ponder on that...

Ruby Slippers

15-11-2006, 22:45

misskittyfantastico

16-11-2006, 11:27

No no. Peter Garrett - a very compelling kind of sexy. The thinking woman's bald sex symbol....

As always Bron, you are right on the money. I have an embarrassing love of Mr Garrett. The first time I saw the Oils live, I nearly wet my pants.

MrsMiggins

16-11-2006, 12:08

You ladies are just far too cantankerous for me & my cantankerous old dial-up connection & 6 year old PC to keep up with!! I have had work & computer & power outage issues for two days and now I come back to a bazillion posts in my absence!!

Now who was it was asking about where I grew up in Canberra? Was that you Mrs Potts? I was actually not far from Kaleen myself! Spence to be exact. I went to good old Spence Primary (long before the days of Mount Rogers Community School pre-closure) then *mumbles quietly* Charnwood High School - bear in mind I am old, so it was a little while before it became absolute feral-ville!! before heading off to Copeland College for years 11 & 12. Yeah, I'm a Northside gal from way back! In fact I think my parents even bought their house in Spence in 1974. Back then the street wasn't even finished, it was partly sealed up to about 20m beyond their place, then was just a dirt road to the end! And our street was about as far north as you could go before hitting cow paddocks and then Hall! A very far cry from how it is today!!!

I did revert to the Southside though in the two years prior to my departure into NSW, then QLD. I lived in Phillip for a while. I was working at Tuggeranong, so it was a much easier commute from Phillip than from Spence (and also from Emu Ridge, where I also did a small stint after moving out of home. It was near good ol' Belconnen Mall, pre-Westfield super-mall days!)

As for Johnny Depp, well I have to admit to not being a huge fan of his much these days. I simply can't get 21 Jump Street & Edward Scissor Hands out of my head whenever I look at him! Although I admit to having a minor crush on him watching 21 Jump Street! Not so sure about the Peter Garrett thing, although there are far worse options out there in the Aus music/political scene!

OK, I have to go do some work. That's enough to make anyone cantankerous!!!

misskittyfantastico

16-11-2006, 12:10

*ahem* Phwoar!

I live in my own little Redneck Wonderland ..... Broadband? I think not.

As you were ladies.

MrsMiggins

16-11-2006, 12:15

:laughing: Well MKF, at least you have an excuse for not being up with the times!!

We have broadband access here, but we are far too technologically backward to have it actually installed!! (To be fair, after our hard drive crashed in April taking everything with it :crying:, we were told that our new basic hard drive could not support broadband. *sigh!* I guess we'll have to wait a little longer until we can actually afford a new computer!)

sopolicha

16-11-2006, 13:01

I am so glad I toddled off to bed early last night with my knee rug, hot water bottle and thermos of tea. These discussions about beautiful baldies would have been way to much for my heart to take.

I don't particularly have a preference for baldie looking chaps, but I was trying to think of other baldies. The best I can do is Captain Stubbing of The Love Boat, Captain Piccard of the newer Star Trek - I see a trend emerging.

My BIL is nearly as bald as a badger, whilst his brother has quite an impressive head of hair. The MIL and FIL used to blame the fact that the BIL had to wear a hat a work, figure that one out.

To continue my ramblings........growing up our television consisted mostly of the ABC. I was watching the Rockford Files with James Garner the other day and now I realise why that was one of the shows that my mum watched that wasn't on ABC. He was a good looking man even in brown flares and a lovely matching brown tight shirt.

MammaMia

16-11-2006, 14:25

The best I can do is Captain Stubbing of The Love Boat, Captain Piccard of the newer Star Trek - I see a trend emerging.

Aaah, a man in a white uniform.... with white shoes. Really can't add to that social commentary, Sop.

I didn't have a thing for bald men either...just got desperate!

Now, that you've mentioned Captains my brain has drifted to men of rank...

I'm thinking of my all time favourite Captain...Captain Pierce....ah, Hawkeye. Now MASH belongs right up there with ABBA. I could watch it over & over & over again.... if only I could depend upon DH to pick up the not so subtle hints I keep dropping about how I would really, really love MASH.

But I can't escape rank without thinking Colonel Hogan and Sgt Schultz.

But then again, I know nuthing.

sopolicha

16-11-2006, 16:09

Yep, there is a certain something about white shoes. Dunno what it is but it is there. Should probably only be worn by brides. When I read Captain Pierce, I immediately thought of Pierce Brosnan as James Bond mmmm dreamy. He could wear and leave his white shoes under my bed anytime, and he had his own rank of 007.

Sgt. Schultz always made me think of a big fat German knackwurst or a knob of strasbourg. I could never get over the fact that Colonel Hogan (Bob Crane?) died in some strange sex thing with a jug cord. Pity he didn't leave it a few years later when cordless kettles arrived on the scene.

I was feeling a bit blue, but the thought of PB has cheered me right up. I can now continue on with my day.

MammaMia

16-11-2006, 18:24

I never minded Pierce Brosnan but truly, I think my all time favourite would have to be....actually, I don't think I have an all time favourite.

I did quite look Sean Connery's looks in "Marnie". And I will confess that there have been times that I thought old Harrison Ford looked quite good....

My fictitious lurve would have to be Gilbert from Anne of Green Gables.

Oooh, and the Professor in Little Women.

Of course, there was my enduring affection for Andrew McFarlane in Patrol Boat - note, Sop, the presence of white shoes again. That romance ended with a fizzle when I realised that he was more interested in his men on board than me.

So, cheer up - at least you were never rejected for another man!

reAllytee

16-11-2006, 18:30

So, cheer up - at least you were never rejected for another man!

Oh this gave me a good laugh hahahahahaha !

misskittyfantastico

16-11-2006, 18:41

sopolicha

16-11-2006, 19:10

Of course, there was my enduring affection for Andrew McFarlane in Patrol Boat - note, Sop, the presence of white shoes again. That romance ended with a fizzle when I realised that he was more interested in his men on board than me.

So, cheer up - at least you were never rejected for another man!

Oh no, I feel your pain on that one. I was still keen on him in that Flying Doctors show. I catch him now and again on Play School and I still think what a waste. The only consolation is that he looks like he needs a good feed, his partner mustn't be looking after him properly.

Speaking of pain, I was just sitting on the lounge with my spouse and offspring. Oli, jumped on me and I said 'Oh careful that's my boobs.' His father fired off the quick retort 'Give him a break he doesn't know that your boobs now sit in your lap'. Think I will have to take my new stylist's advice and get myself a proper bra ;) .

Mrs Potts

16-11-2006, 19:12

Mrs Miggins - another northside girl. Nice to see!

Baldies? Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart) is my pick too. Also modern day Sean Connery (don't think he was half as sexy in his Bond days). Do you see a pattern however? Something to do with those incredibly sexy accents perhaps?? Oooh and Captain Pierce. Bit of a MASH fan here too.

Nickster

16-11-2006, 19:41

Can I add another name to this disturbing trend of unrequited affection towards Men In White (MIW).....

Mr. Roarke. Fantasy Island.

Who wouldn't want a man who could grant your every fantasy?

Except for Tattoo...."De Plane! De Plane!"

MammaMia

16-11-2006, 20:40

Speaking of pain, I was just sitting on the lounge with my spouse and offspring. Oli, jumped on me and I said 'Oh careful that's my boobs.' His father fired off the quick retort 'Give him a break he doesn't know that your boobs now sit in your lap'. Think I will have to take my new stylist's advice and get myself a proper bra ;) .

Have just wet myself laughing and DH is insisting on knowing what has caused such mirth!

Really no response to that one.

Funkychicken

16-11-2006, 20:42

Ahhh lovely Gilbert. Call me strange but my favourite part was when he was deathly ill with scarlet fever *sigh*.

My ficticious love/lust (which my lovely Gran shares) is Jamie Fraser....och wee sassenach lassie.......

Ooooo, ooo, oooooo you must share him with me though! The big over-sized red haired scotsman has been an object of my desire for so, so long. He is everything a man SHOULD be. Courageous, strong, good-looking, brave but still all squishy inside. And from what our Dr Claire tells us he aint too shabby in the bedroom dept either!!;)

Ahem..now onto what I came in here to say. Firstly, FOUR pages ladies! I can't believe how busy it has been in here. Bald men, gay men, famous men. Speaking of which I have just finished a couple of hours with Capt Jack Sparrow-I must say this character is very easy to warm to but not quite so much as when he first came to shore. I think his fame may have taken him to a place that isn't as visitable as before. Another vote for the thinking womans bald man Peter Garrett. But Dr Phil-blah! Sorry, but I can't even begin to imagine him in this role....
Ah...sigh* If only Jamie Fraser could leave his pages and come to visit us, Miss K. Tell me, how often did/have you dreamt about going through the stones and making the decision as to whether or not you would stay? :D

misskittyfantastico

16-11-2006, 21:00

If I wasn't married to my own brave, lovely man, I'd be there in a heartbeat! - in all mt daydreams of being carried off to a rugged scotsmans bed, I am conveniently single!

Funkychicken

16-11-2006, 21:16

If I wasn't married to my own brave, lovely man, I'd be there in a heartbeat! - in all mt daydreams of being carried off to a rugged scotsmans bed, I am conveniently single!
:laughing: Oh definately yes. And I have no children. It's just me and the scotsman! :D

misskittyfantastico

16-11-2006, 21:24

Oh aye lassie!;)

MammaMia

17-11-2006, 08:03

What is it about Scotsmen that makes them so attractive? Is it how they can wear a skirt and still be so damned masculine? And that accent...phew, it definitely is getting hot in here.

I too briefly dallied with Jamie...but moved on after a while when I got too sick of the highs & lows of the series. Male characters written by women are always a treat!

So, now we have done bald men, men in uniform, gay men, fictitious men and Scotsmen...not too shabby for women confined to cyberworld.

Moving away from the male of the species, I am proud to announce that my vege patch has sprouted. For a woman with a notorious black thumb and a DS intent on his own vege patch, this is an enormous relief. Frankly, I don't care whether anything is edible or if the corn manages to tickle each other's fancy...there is green and I have grown it (with some help from the sun & rain) from seeds.

I've just realised that this thread has become remarkably uncantankerous.

Shall depart hence to change DD's nappy in the hope that the smell emanating therefrom will renew my cantanqueray.

Apologies to all - will try to do better in future.

Bron

17-11-2006, 08:19

I cannot contribute cantanquery either. We had our 18 week scan yesterday, and to be honest, any signs of cantanquery vanished straight away. It was a lovely experience.

The not bald, not fictional, not uniform-wearing (does a dental clinic coat count as a uniform?) not scottish and not gay man that I married got all emotional and reflective on the cycle of life and the whole "this is the game and we're playing it" thing.

So, no cantanquery here at all. Until we got caught in the mother of all traffic jams coming home. Then the cantanquery set it.

MammaMia

17-11-2006, 08:34

Those DHs who go stealing our cantanqueray, Bron. What are we to do with them?

Mine becomes a marshmallow every time he sees our little people...I asked him the other night about buying DD this particular toy for Christmas (trying to be budget conscious) and he says to me "I can't say no to anything for that little girl." I looked at his big tough exterior - and thought you are such a softie when it comes to your family.

Congratulations on experiencing the delights of your first encounters with your little person. It truly is amazing! Seeing those little arms & legs moving around, and life growing....don't get me started or I'll be a big blubbering, runny nose mess.

MrsMiggins

17-11-2006, 09:33

OK, haven't caught up on all of the posts yet (gosh you OCSC's can natter away as good as the YWS's!!), but just caught MKF's Jamie Fraser infatuation & HAD to comment! I know where you're coming from! I'd have stepped through those stones risking my own life too! Although I'm not at all into long hair on guys, I'd be giving him a go with the scissors!!

(PS, Where do you think I got the name Claire from?! ;))

Funkychicken

17-11-2006, 09:40

MrsMiggins

17-11-2006, 09:50

hee! hee! I was also considering Brianna, but unfortunately the ferals have done that one to death. :(

pegasus

18-11-2006, 00:14

Ooh - Mrs Miggins - controversial statement.

My only criteria on names was that I couldn't use any names that continually popped up in the kids I saw for therapy. Most notably names beginning with J curiously...

reAllytee

18-11-2006, 08:54

See now your talking my language !!!
Scotsmen *drool*
But then being Scottish i am rather biased !

Mrs M - Im hearing you about Brianna i wanted that name too but quickly turned off it once i was 4mths pg.
But then i have now noticed Boof's name has become rather popular now which is frustrating. I'm going for Thatcher or Oliver for a boy & Addison, Arwyn or Charlotte for a girl next time but both Oliver & Charlotte are so popular now i think they shall be dropped sadly.

Aaah all this talk of babies names makes one clucky which is not exactly what i need in my predicament !

sopolicha

18-11-2006, 10:12

but both Oliver & Charlotte are so popular now i think they shall be dropped sadly.

I KNEW IT!!!! I always thought I was a trend setter.

Oh, this Scottish thing is an eye opener. I never realised it held such appeal. My Mum's 'gentlemen' friend is Scottish. After living in Australia for the last 40 odd years he still has an accent thick as treacle, and very hard to understand, most of the time I just end up nodding and smiling. He definitely has the Scottish trait as being tight as a fish's bum.

misskittyfantastico

18-11-2006, 10:44

Did anyone watch "Stepfather of the Bride" on aunty last sunday?

I cracked up at the restaurant scene when the scottish lady couldn't understand a word Gary Macdonald was saying.

MrsMiggins

18-11-2006, 15:32

:D I missed that one MKF! Sounds funny though! I had a Great Uncle Hugh who came out to visit us from Scotland (my mum's family are Scots) and I thought, having grown up around the accent, that I'd be OK to understand him... boy was I wrong!! He had the thickest accent I've ever heard!! My grandfather was pretty tricky sometimes, his accent was thick too, but it was nothing to Great Uncle Hugh! (Actually, Hugh is another name I like, but DH doesn't ~sigh!~)

I'm a big fan of Billy Connolly - he's my favourite Scot!! :D

1st-timer@34

18-11-2006, 19:35

Well I've just read through 3 pages, still talking about bald men and men in white coats, sounds like someone out of a mental hospital.

I'm a bit peeved today, last night I decided to watch Harry Potter for the first time and because it started at 7.30pm I thought I would be able to watch it all. About half way through I started to get sleepy but still thought I could watch it all. I was wrong. I fell asleep with about 20 minutes to go.:thumbsdown: I guess I'll have to borrow the DVD before part 2 next week.

Bron

18-11-2006, 19:51

I bring cantanquery back to this thread, where it has been lacking of late.

Today is a saturday, right? I work Monday to Friday in a Very Busy and Important Job. I work hard, gets lots done and deserve my weekends off. But today I had to work. And not only did I have to work, but I had to drive to Northam to do it. (Northam is 1.5 hours east of Perth). So, I give up my Saturday to drive for three hours and present training for two hours. But that's not the worst bit. I mean the training course went well, the drive is fairly pleasant, it was a sunny day, the car was air conditioned, could have been much worse.

But, when I'm about half an hour from Northam, I drive into plagues of locusts. It was amazing. Little insecty beasts flying into my windscreen and swarming all around the car. It was like something out of a Hitchcock film (except that was birds, but you know what I mean). And of course on the way home the locusts were still there, so double the fun.

Arrive back in happily locust free suburb of Perth and get out of the car. Creepy dead bugs are caught in the radiator and the car is a big mess. Urgh. Made me cantankerous to say the least.

draught

18-11-2006, 20:07

Thank heavens for a return to cantankery Bron - all this talk of men with no hair and thick accents was getting too much for this old sea cow.

Locusts - yuck. Then you have the issue that if you don't wash them off and the car sits in the sun their squished guts turn into some sort of superglue that defies all efforts to wash it off - a good reason for cantankery indeed!

I am quite cantankerous too. My normally delightful 2 year old has decided that the week before mummy is due to have another baby is a good time to start exhibiting challenging behaviours - whinging, screaming, refusing to eat, tipping water onto her dinner plate, hitting people, jumping on high pieces of furniture and drawing on clothes.......and that was just in the last couple of hours of this afternoon. She has exhausted both her grandmother and mother and her father has taken refuge at a local pub.......and I am dreading leaving her at home next week to have the baby and then bringing the baby home. I am most cantankerous at the thought of having to deal with tantrums and bad behaviour for the next few months - couldn't she have done this a few months ago when I had the energy to deal with it? Obviously she is a cunning minx who recongises weakness and strikes at the most opportune moment....I fear for my sanity during her teenage years!!

misskittyfantastico

18-11-2006, 20:23

Locusts you say Bronny! I'll give you cantankery - no rain but manage to grow crop, only bit off rain when we are trying to harvest said crop, now, locusts eating anything green in site - crops are not too bad because most have "turned" gardens however are being systematically destroyed.......grumble...

Bron

18-11-2006, 20:28

They are nasty aren't they? And I only drove through some, I'm delighted I live nowhere near said plagues.

Poor cantankerous kitty, poor kitty's garden.

misskittyfantastico

18-11-2006, 20:35

yup..I'm a growly kitty today.

MammaMia

18-11-2006, 20:59

I know nothing about locusts but may a plague of kitties eat them up! I don't know how you manage to stay sane, Miss K balancing nature at its best and worst.

Given that I have nothing to contribute on the locust front thought I would raise another query: angry drivers.

Tonight, DH & I went for dessert (Freestyle - need I say more to Brisbane residents?), and we were driving in the sensible manner befitting our age and standing in the community. But we observed mad (ie lunatic) drivers with more anger than rubber to burn. Now, this seems to be a phenomena on the rise. Why? Do they not see their behaviour makes them a risk to their own safety and mine on the roads? Do they really get to their destination any faster? Do they have such poor verbal skills that they are forced to rely on one or two finger salutes? And why do we deserve such responses when we are behaving in a considerate, law abiding manner?

Please, can someone explain why people are so angry on the roads?

Funkychicken

18-11-2006, 22:30

Ah MM, the very subject I was coming to with much cantankery-drivers!
I am proud to say that I actually got to be a COSC in public today-and to a bunch of YWS's.
The story goes:
We live at the end of a long dirt road that we only share with one other family (and they have only been using this access to their property for a year) so we live in a peaceful end of the world. Except for the hoons! Over the past 11 years I have accepted that YWS's need to express themselves through their driving which often involves circle work and a few burn-outs. No harm, I have always said. But of late I have been finding them harder to deal with. They no longer just 'do a handbrakey" here and there, they have started churning up the grass on the side of the road and at all hours of the night-they even do this on weeknights now! Some even went so far as to run down our rubbish bins last week so of course the highly intelligent rubbish bin truck driver left them all there because it isn't part of his job to actually get out of the truck :eek: . So another driver had to come out the next day etc... BUT, to today's effort.
As I took off with DS#1 in tow, we were confronted with said YWS's doing doughy's and the like all over the road. These particular circles have been appearing frequently and in greater numbers recently. I decided that having DS in the car was enough reason to ignore them and not make a scene and went by. Then on the way home, what do I come across? Said young driver's standing next to their car, which was on it's roof!:eek:
My first question to them as I rolled down my window, "Do you need some help, a phone or can I call someone?"
" No, we are fine now."
"Well this was bound to happen sooner or later, wasn't it?"
"It's not my car, it's my mates."
"Well what do you expect-you come down here all the time and churn up our road-we have to call the grader out to fix it again and then you come back and cover the road in circles again! You aren't the same guys who ran our bins down last week are you?"
"No, no we don't do that sort of stuff."
"Now you can see what happens when you go this far."
"This is the first time we've been out here."
"Sure, buddy. I know you probably don't want to hear this right now, but wake up and look at what has happened. Now are you sure you're OK with phones etc..?"
"Yeah."
"Alright, I'll leave you to it."
And I drove off feeling old, cantankerous and just like a sea-cow! How liberating! :D

MrsMiggins

18-11-2006, 22:34

Aaarghhh for the locusts! I hope you at least sent your man out to clean the car for you after having to work & travel all day! (He should have offered!!)

And poor T!! I can sympathise with you on the difficult toddler thing. Claire was a rare angel today, but it seems lately she has taken a deliberate vendetta out to make me regret ever thinking a small age gap was a good thing!! You never know, perhaps having mummy go away for a bit & then all the excitement of a new little person in the house will take her focus off the usual toddler behaviour?? You can only hope! Good thing your mum is there right now!

I have plenty to be cantankerous about this evening, but I won't bore you all with the details! Suffice to say I am enjoying my respite on my little bubhub cyber-island!

MrsMiggins

18-11-2006, 22:36

FC - I have only this to say to you:

:yelclap::yelclap::yelclap::yelclap:

Chickadee

18-11-2006, 22:50

Ah deary deary me. I go out for an evening and seem to have missed the locusts. Not to be confused with the Locost car which lived in our carport till recently and was not actually low cost.

More applause to you Sal! Can you come straighten out the hoons on our road? Or just come for a visit and we can go on a 2am car tipping adventure. :devil6:

Tonight was the Melbourne dinner meet, and I'm pleased to report that we reached an all time high attendance rate by moderators: 4. Actually, 1 was quite tipsy so I'm thinking she should count as more than 1. Stay tuned for gossip tomorrow.

reAllytee

18-11-2006, 23:04

Sal where were you between the hours of 8 & 11pm tonite ?!?!?!? I needed someone to help me yell at our local morons as i like to call them.
We had the usual speeding cars etc because of course it's Sat nite so they need to show off we live in a cul-de-sac which makes as an easy target.
But the thing that annoyed me the most was the fact that i had kids playing footy that whole time. Shame the hooligans in the cars didn't run them over when they were around. This all sounds harmless right ? Meh ! It's a bit hard to get a toddler who is cranky as it is & had spent his whole bath time whinging & crying because he is so tired back off to sleep when woken after only being out for 15mins. So for 3 bloomin hours i had to rock & cuddle while the little louds mouths yelled, screamed, kicked their ball around the street & into fences.
Can someone please tell me who allows their 10yr olds to be playing football in the middle of a dark road at 11pm at nite ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
Trying not to be judgemental on this one but seriously....

draught

19-11-2006, 07:10

Tonight was the Melbourne dinner meet, and I'm pleased to report that we reached an all time high attendance rate by moderators: 4. Actually, 1 was quite tipsy so I'm thinking she should count as more than 1. Stay tuned for gossip tomorrow.

Oh oh - we looooove gossip - especially about tipsy moderators!! Bring it on, share it around please:yes:

And FC - can I second the round of applause??!

Allyoo - you are allowed to be very cantankerous. I was most delighted the other day when our dog escaped out the front door, ran down the road to the YWS party house, did a big poo on their lawn and then returned home calmly. For a dog that we claim isn't trained I thought he did very well!!