Sudoku Puzzles

...and for our friends down nder
Skippy, Skippy, Skippy the bush kangaroo....
sorry that's as far as I can go

There's actually something quite interesting on TV tonight, Greg!

You are obviously watching a different channel to me Fiona. I'm off to bed. 'With 'that' tune ringing in my ears)

"3" Mo - Venice

...and enrolling in punctuation use classes

haven't got any French channels at the moment. Cables all there but haven't seen the artisan for a couple of weeks. Don't blame him, yesterday and today the upstairs wooden floors have been sanded. Wood dust rules. Tomorrow or Friday will be Xylophane days.....the camper calls, methinks

Fiona, I assume that TV show is a documentary outlining the historical decline of kettles in France!

Kitchen posers tomorrow - shame that only the plan de travail has been delivered so far. How the delivery company can say with a straight face - oh dear we made a mistake and forgot to put the cupboards on the lorry, fails me.

Right this minute it's about the Pinault collection in Venice - haven't seen a kettle there yet.

Greg, there can be no decline in kettles as the French in general have yet to grasp the concept of the need for boiling water, especially when making tea. It is no surprise that it has never been a popular beverage. I have been served with 'tea' made with luke warm water, or a cup of tepid water More...

yuuukkk - been there, done that, refused to drink it!

Well, that explains their passion for wine Mo.

How about Bonanza and, dare I suggest it, F Troop? Remember that we got them in Australia a lot later than the US. Still do!

I think the phrase - If it tastes ghastly it is good for you - hails fom France. They have this tradition of making 'tisanes' They take any kind (that's how it seems to me) of leaf or plant part. Steep it in water that has NOT reached boiling point then sip the resulting concoction. I shiver to my More...

I liked watching the BBC shows on public broadcasting "Back in the day," like Secret Agent Man (called Danger Man in UK) and its follow-up with Patrick McGoohan, the all-time cult classic series "The Prisoner." I had nightmares that big blob was gonna come get me!
And of course, Monty Python and Benny Hill!

Ian, from Boston, USA, if you are still about, today's Birthday List proves our point from Tuesday (I think)! Did I use enough, appropriate commas?

No one has mentioned Bilko

OK, guys:

"Mary Ann, or Ginger?"

If you don't have your own personal answer, you are under 30.

Well for me it is
Goodnight John Boy, goodnight Jim Bob, goodnight Can Greg, goodnight Fiona.........

You left out Mrs. Howell, Jim.

50 Jim, 50!

Of course I left out Mrs. Howell. She was already married.

Okay, Anne and Fiona, I am always curious as to the time difference. It is 7:17am here in Oz on Thursday morning. Where are you guys up to?

Sorry, Jim! Do you have your own interplanetary time, or is there a Jupiter in the US?

22h21 here - nearly time for bed, Mariane.

6:34am here in Queensland. We don't "do" daylight saving because it fades the curtains and bothers the cows.

Jupiter is on Florida's east coast, about 90 miles north of Miami. Eastern Daylight Time here!
The lighthouse in Jupiter (shown) will celebrate the 150th anniversary of its first lighting on January 10, 2010.

Well Jim, they were all married in real life, but I liked Mary Anne.

I think you probably did, Mariane.

I know it's a serious mistake to confuse "weather" with "climate," but what's with global warming and the earliest snow day that children in Idaho have ever experienced?

Oh Fiona, tiny clanger...and what about Noggin the Nog...

Morning. Off out in a minute. Want to give No 2 daughter a birthday hug. It is also brother-in-law's birthday - he's 50 today!! Has kept it quiet, but we can add and know which of his birthdays daughter was born on!!!

Happy birthday to them both CP x

Are we really listening to people from the UK criticize French cuisine?

Well, it's not unprecedented. During WWII, the SS sent dispatches back to Berlin, criticizing the Romanians for their unnecessary brutaliy and the unsanitary conditions in their death camps.

If you're going to provoke that kind of reaction from the SS, you must be doing something special...

Oh, a busy time on the site today - went into Chicago today - beautiful day - and saw the play -"Jersey Boys" the story of Franki Valli and the 4 seasons -- my son went with me on the train - was able to do all the newspaper puzzles on the way -- my smashed thumb is not as purple but now More...

If you don't treat yourself as a Princess - no one else will.......

Good morning all
to Mon, Martha, Sarah & Vines250 - may you all have a wonderful, enjoyable day!
TV - we had an Aussie version of Romper Room and I was always pleased I had given my More...

Vicki - obviously you and I are on opposite sides of the fence re DS - and I'm not the least but worried about the cows or the curtains - I just don't see the need in Qld!

You're right Cyn - we are on opposite sides of the fence. I love DS. I love it when we are on holidays down south - so much time to see things. I loved it when we had it here in Qld. We did lots of things as a family because we had time after work to get out for walks/bbq teas etc. It never More...

I just love it - DS - more time in the garden and for organising things like the washing (ho hum). You just seem to be more cheerful and positive and achieve so much more.