Sudokuaholics Anonymous 8

Someone tell me to get to work!

Get to work! (not)

Not here, taking the kids to the movies. Not really what I should be doing with no hot water and another paper to be written, but hey! Who cares about being responsible....

Poor birdie. A pigeon just flew full pelt into the back room door. It hit hard! I yelled at the dogs, who of course immediately rushed right to it, but it didn't matter. There was a lot of blood. It looks like the poor thing crushed it's skull. It took almost a minute to die. Now I'm shaking and feel ill.

Good Afternoon SA8, hope you are all well and happy.
Zusy had a parrot do that a few weeks ago but it ran into my side wall, never made it either. Hope you have stopped shaking, go to the movies it will take your mind off it.

Ahh, Suzy, sorry about the birdie. He must have been flying full speed to do that. Hope you get a new hot water heater sooner than later.

Cyn, get your work done, then you can play. didn't your mom teach you that? How very interesting that you know someone who was in the movie!

Rolanda, good luck with secret pockets today. Now I have such visions of a bucket of hot water in the shower hehehe.

On the local news tonight I learned there were 2 fatalities from the storms over weekend. Two different mobile homes had a tree through the home, killing one at each location, and injuring one other. also, about 10,000 chickens were killed when a tornado flattened several chicken coops on poultry farms. They said there were surviving chickens, but they would have to be killed because of fear they had been contaminated. With what? Did not understand that one. One video showed fluffy baby chicks climbing around the rubble of the flattened coops, such tiny babies!

Hello All...What fun reading...glad Suzy finished her paper, Heidi has had a go with her in-laws w/o problems and a great dinner, Keith and Lynne have continued to be treated Royally by Bean and Gail....Good onya...Now if only you'd both come this way so that you could be pampered......how nice it would be....that's about as far as crafts has let me go....hmmmm...lurking in this site is not too bad, an occasional comment and one isn't missed too much with all that goes on here....all is well in my world...hope it is great in your part of this Great World too....Peace.

MizT - Having had associations with the chicken industry in oz, I can understand that some surviving chickens may die later of shock or from smothering but what contamination? Maybe Heidi might be able to explain.

As you can see, still not gnikrow - hubby just got home so we are going out for coffee.
I know - bad girl!

Suzy - sorry about the pigeon. Not much you could have done. Enjoy the movies.

Oh Suzy...howsad...I can just imagine how you must feel...
Hey Cyn,....Sorry if I've missed you, but have a great outing with hubby...

Mamacita, you are missed when you are absent and we always rejoice when you return. Do try to drop in more often. You always brighten up a day for us all.

Going out for coffee, that is almost a Gail!

thanks for the information about chickens, Cyn. I hate when news stories just do not tell the whole story, leave these nagging questions.

Bed time for me, it is cool again tonight we have heat on. Unusual for this late in April.

Miz T ...You are so sweet to say so....I am always happy to add to the mix, but find that things are getting in the way of the time I used to spend on the puter...I always look forward to seeing what's going on here and will peek even if I don't have any thing to say...I enjoy this group and will hope to be a part of it for a long time to come....I care,,,,,

I do not understand about the contamination, either. What contamination? If they don't have cuts and broken wings, and are given good food and fresh water, the chickens should be all right.

Suzy..... to make you feel better, the pigeon would have died instantly. It did not suffer. ALL birds, after they die, flop around for a while. Their central nervous systems give the impressions that they're still alive. My grandmother told me a funny (to us) story along that line. When she was a young bride, she was butchering some chickens one afternoon. The neighbors, on the other side of a tall, thick hedge, were having a lawn party. When she chopped off the head of one chicken, it took off running..... across the yard, through the hedge, and into the middle of the party!!!!!

Afternoon all!
Heidi, it took a minute to die. It was trying to squawk and was definitely alive. I could tell the exact instant it died.

The earliest we can get someone out to QUOTE on the water system in Thursday. For you topsiders, it is Tuesday here.... We have had some wonderful friends offer us a shower anytime, so will survive, but....

Mamacita, hi and hope whatever is keeping you too busy to post as often as we'd like (hehe) is at least good stuff!

MizT, I hope your coffee is wongerful, and so glad you are safe. It must have been a bit of a shock to hear about the people killed in trailers. I didn't actually go to the movie with the girls and their friends - I had coffee with the friends' mother!

Cyn, you're going out for coffee too! It's just a coffee kind of day I guess...

Coffee was great thanks - nice to see Mama popping in while I wasn't here but sorry I missed her.

OK - so where is everyone - flinging already?
Well I'll finish a page and leave it for someone else to go over. TTFN.

This is the second try at posting, our router is playing up and we lose the wireless network. I haven't had a chance to read anything yet but hope everyone is well. I've got lots to do before packing to go away this weekend but hope to pop in at times.
I've just remembered that the car we are taking needs taxing so I will have to go and do that now.

Cyn thanks for the Barbie at 50 email I needed a laugh.

Well missed you all again.
Will try and work backwards hehe!
Cyn, hope you sent Barbie at 50 to me?
Brenda, your car needs taxing????? I am so out of this ffuts!
Zusy, sorry about the bird but that is life, glad you did a 'Gail' well almost! Yep shower with a friend hehe!
Speaking of Dag where is she?
Heidi, when common sense prevails we will all be a lot happier, this bloody politically correct stuff is way over the top.
Mama, know that life gets in the way, read a rather interesting article the other day and I am trying to apply it to my situation:
http://lifedev.net/2006/08/never-check-your-email-first-or-last/
Last but not least since I am not going back to the other pages
Cyn, GET TO WORK!!!!!!!!snigger!

Broni, our car tax is a bit like your registration I think. On all cars we have to pay a road tax, this is a set fee and we have to prove we have insurance on the car and have a current MOT test certificate which proves that the car is road worthy (on all cars over 3 years old). Fortunately I can apply on line for this and they will send the disc we have to display through the post.

Broni, that article is so true. I try now not to check email on a morning before I sort the kitchen out from the previous night and the breakfast of people who go out to work earlier than I get up. I have my email routed to my phone too. When I first got it I had my phone download emails as soon as they arrived on my server. My battery went flat quite quickly so now I only have emails downloaded hourly.

Brenda, we have registration which allows the car on the road with number plates (only need a road worthy certificate when selling or re registering), it also gives us 3rd party & public liability insurance even if we do not have damage insurance ( they can then sue us if we are in the wrong) does that make any sense?
We do not need a MOT certificate each year.

Not having to do an MOT would be great for the nerves. Even though our cars are maintained I still worry that they will not pass the MOT and cost a fortune to fix. Our best car is off the road at present as it needs some work on it before it will pass an MOT but as we only need the one car at present we are putting it off.
What does it cost to do registration and how often do you have to do it?

Registration is only done yearly, but for a fee you can do it 6 monthly. The cost yearly depending on the car can range from approx $500 to $700 AU (dont quote me on this)the older the car the cheaper. The only check they have is with our police if they pull you up for a roadworthy test (or someone reporting a smokey car)

That isn't too bad. It has just cost me £185 for road tax, to get the MOT would be around £50 (if no problems needed to be fixed) and then at least another £200(for me and hubby) for insurance (again this depends on car, and drivers, someone younger would cost a lot more to insure) and that is fully comprehensive insurance. Also the road tax varies on what type of car your drive too can range between £120 -£400.

Well I will have to go and get some provisions from Aldi, I have run out of somethings which I like to have plenty in the cupboards.

Too much chatter here!!!!
[All I have to do is post a message and everyone goes away. That's what happens on easy anyway.]

Good morning all! Rainy day here but it is suppose to get beautiful by the weekend, up to the 70's! It will be nice weather for a baptism and 1st communion.

Rayray! I hope you are enjoying your day! Nobody would leave if they knew you were here!

Suzy, sorry about the pigeon. It's always hard to see anything suffer. Hope you could enjoy the move. What movie did you see?

Broni, I'm going to have to try that with my email. It's so true! Of course, the same can be said for here!

Brenda, we have to inspect our cars every year, which is about $20. That is a big money maker for the police because people often forget and they often have road blocks to check for the new sticker. We have to reregister(pay a tax) on the car every two years and this is based on the weight of the car, anywhere from $75 to $150. Funny story about that. Our old van was really cheap. We thought it was because it was considered a recreational vehicle. When we sold it and got another similar van, it was expensive to register. When we asked, we were told it was based on weight. When we checked the old van's records, it turns out they dropped TWO of the zeros on the weight. That is why is was so cheap and we never realized it. hehe
Insurance requirements are governed by each State. I think in New Hampshire they don't require car insurance. At the driver safety class(your insurance rates are reduced if you take it) they tell you to stay away from cars with New Hampshire plates because you'll get stuck with the whole bill.

Lots of ffuts to do. I'm still working on a photo album for my niece(with the new baby) that I've been working on since 2006 from her wedding. It takes days just to do one page and I have thousands of pictures to go through to find the perfect ones. Maybe it will be done by the time the baby graduates and he can have it as a momento of his parents wedding. hehe

Car tags ( tax) here are once a year, No inspections for road worthy. The rate changes with age of the car, the older the car, the cheaper the tax. Ours are older cars, so minimal tax.

Insurance rates depend on where you park your car at night, by zip code. Honest. If there is high car theft and accident rates in your zip, you pay more. Does not matter if you drive once a week to the grocery, or a long daily commute, if you park in a locked garage or leave your car with keys in it, just where you park it at night.

Excuse me, forgot my manners.

Good Mean Sudokuland! come have a coffee with me, I just started the pot.



A cool start for our day, but a nice warm sunny day forecast.

Hi Stella and MizT hope you are having a good day. Weather here is lovely at the moment its about 64F and the sun is shining.

We have a problem like that, some postcodes increase the cost of insurance too. Though no insurance here would pay out if you left the car unlocked or with keys in them.