Hi all,

Just thought I'd introduce myself, my name is Jo and I live in Western
Australia.
At the moment I have about 15 Dendrobium Kingianums, 2 Dendrobiums, 4
Cymbidium, 1 Epidendrum and 1 Paphiopedilum. I've only been growing
Orchids for about a year or so and am totally addicted! I look forward
to the discussions in here :)

Cheers for now,
Jo :)

Welcome Jo!
Joanna

"Raevyn" <raevynsart [at] yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
news:1134896365.293628.87840 [at] o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
> Hi all,
>
> Just thought I'd introduce myself, my name is Jo and I live in Western
> Australia.
> At the moment I have about 15 Dendrobium Kingianums, 2 Dendrobiums, 4
> Cymbidium, 1 Epidendrum and 1 Paphiopedilum. I've only been growing
> Orchids for about a year or so and am totally addicted! I look forward
> to the discussions in here :)
>
> Cheers for now,
> Jo :)
>

Welcome Jo,
You have come to the right place as we have some Aussies in our group &
may
be in your back yard.

--
Cheers Wendy

Remove PETERPAN for email reply

Raevyn <raevynsart [at] yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Just thought I'd introduce myself, my name is Jo and I live in Western
> Australia.
> At the moment I have about 15 Dendrobium Kingianums, 2 Dendrobiums, 4
> Cymbidium, 1 Epidendrum and 1 Paphiopedilum. I've only been growing
> Orchids for about a year or so and am totally addicted! I look forward
> to the discussions in here :)
>
> Cheers for now,
> Jo :)

Hi Jo

Welcome to the group.

Where abouts are you in WA - BIG state! I suggest you join a WA orchid
society if you haven't already. Tony Watkinson <emntee [at] iinet.net.au> is
President of the Species Orchid Society of WA and if you are into species
orchids I am sure he would love to have you as a member and if not he could
direct you to a more general club.

Cheers

John


--
John Varigos
Melbourne, Australia
__________________________________________
To email me remove "usenet." from my email address.



"Raevyn" <raevynsart [at] yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
news:1134896365.293628.87840 [at] o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
> Hi all,
>
> Just thought I'd introduce myself, my name is Jo and I live in Western
> Australia.
> At the moment I have about 15 Dendrobium Kingianums, 2 Dendrobiums, 4
> Cymbidium, 1 Epidendrum and 1 Paphiopedilum. I've only been growing
> Orchids for about a year or so and am totally addicted! I look forward
> to the discussions in here :)
>
> Cheers for now,
> Jo :)
>

Welcome, Jo! We do have some interesting conversations around here........

Diana

Welcome. I'd love to see some pictures of your kingianums. We don't post
pics here but we use alt.binaries.pictures.orchids for that. Hope to see
some of your pictures there.
Gary

"Raevyn" <raevynsart [at] yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
news:1134896365.293628.87840 [at] o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
> Hi all,
>
> Just thought I'd introduce myself, my name is Jo and I live in Western
> Australia.
> At the moment I have about 15 Dendrobium Kingianums, 2 Dendrobiums, 4
> Cymbidium, 1 Epidendrum and 1 Paphiopedilum. I've only been growing
> Orchids for about a year or so and am totally addicted! I look forward
> to the discussions in here :)
>
> Cheers for now,
> Jo :)
>

Welcome, Jo, from yet another Aussie. Glad to note your interest in Dendrobes.
(The longer standing contributors here are resigned to ny tunnel vision.)

John mentioned Tony Watkinson to you. If you have downloaded the thread "Who we
are revisited" you will see John's response there, as well as those of several
others of the group. Hope you enjoy our company.

On 18 Dec 2005 00:59:25 -0800, "Raevyn" <raevynsart [at] yahoo.com.au> wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>Just thought I'd introduce myself, my name is Jo and I live in Western
>Australia.
>At the moment I have about 15 Dendrobium Kingianums, 2 Dendrobiums, 4
>Cymbidium, 1 Epidendrum and 1 Paphiopedilum. I've only been growing
>Orchids for about a year or so and am totally addicted! I look forward
>to the discussions in here :)
>
>Cheers for now,
>Jo :)
Dave Gillingham
------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------
To email me remove the .private from my email address.

Hi Jo

I am, also in WA and connected to a number of Orchid Societies. If you
let me know what suburb or town you are living in, I can direct you to
a Society in your area where you can get loads of info re orchids.

Don't be a stranger.

Tony

Raevyn wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Just thought I'd introduce myself, my name is Jo and I live in Western
> Australia.
> At the moment I have about 15 Dendrobium Kingianums, 2 Dendrobiums, 4
> Cymbidium, 1 Epidendrum and 1 Paphiopedilum. I've only been growing
> Orchids for about a year or so and am totally addicted! I look forward
> to the discussions in here :)
>
> Cheers for now,
> Jo :)

Thanks to you all for the friendly greetings, it's nice to meet such a
welcoming bunch :)
Joanna, Thanks for the welcome :)
Wendy, Thanks :) Love the Peter pan reference btw ^ ^
John, I'm in the South of Western Australia, in Albany. The weather
here tends to be a bit cooler than it gets in Perth, which suits me
very well :)
Diana, looking forward to the conversations :)
Gary, I'd be more than happy to post any pics I can find of my Kingies,
most of which are hybrids. I've only been growing them a year so I
don't have many pics yet, but I will post what I do have :)
Dave, Thanks for the hello, great to meet a fellow Den enthusiast! I'm
afraid I'm rather tunnel-visioned when it comes to Kingies, the first
orchid I ever got was a Kingie and they remain my firm favorites :)
Tony, nice to meet you, I live in Albany WA and I do know of the Orchid
Society down here, however I keep forgetting when exactly they have
their meetings :/
Thank You for being able to refer me on, although I do enjoy growing
these beauties by myself some advice and tips would go a long way to
help as I still consider myself a novice and don't know that much in
the way of technical details of Orchid Care. :)
Cheers all,
Jo

I dont suppose tht you happen to grow the local pitcher plant as well???

Kye.

"Raevyn" <raevynsart [at] yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
news:1134991546.742309.68490 [at] g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Thanks to you all for the friendly greetings, it's nice to meet such a
> welcoming bunch :)
> Joanna, Thanks for the welcome :)
> Wendy, Thanks :) Love the Peter pan reference btw ^ ^
> John, I'm in the South of Western Australia, in Albany. The weather
> here tends to be a bit cooler than it gets in Perth, which suits me
> very well :)
> Diana, looking forward to the conversations :)
> Gary, I'd be more than happy to post any pics I can find of my Kingies,
> most of which are hybrids. I've only been growing them a year so I
> don't have many pics yet, but I will post what I do have :)
> Dave, Thanks for the hello, great to meet a fellow Den enthusiast! I'm
> afraid I'm rather tunnel-visioned when it comes to Kingies, the first
> orchid I ever got was a Kingie and they remain my firm favorites :)
> Tony, nice to meet you, I live in Albany WA and I do know of the Orchid
> Society down here, however I keep forgetting when exactly they have
> their meetings :/
> Thank You for being able to refer me on, although I do enjoy growing
> these beauties by myself some advice and tips would go a long way to
> help as I still consider myself a novice and don't know that much in
> the way of technical details of Orchid Care. :)
> Cheers all,
> Jo
>

Hi Kye,
Unfortunately not but I am interested in Carnivorous Plants :)
Cheers Jo

Welcome aboard, Jo!

--

Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com
Plants, Supplies, Artwork, Books and Lots of Free Info!


"Raevyn" <raevynsart [at] yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
news:1134896365.293628.87840 [at] o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
> Hi all,
>
> Just thought I'd introduce myself, my name is Jo and I live in Western
> Australia.
> At the moment I have about 15 Dendrobium Kingianums, 2 Dendrobiums, 4
> Cymbidium, 1 Epidendrum and 1 Paphiopedilum. I've only been growing
> Orchids for about a year or so and am totally addicted! I look forward
> to the discussions in here :)
>
> Cheers for now,
> Jo :)
>

Tis a pity, cos if you grew the Albany Pitcher Plant I would be begging some
of of you. I have been trying to get my hands on a few plants of it for
years.

Please keep me in mind if you ever see any locally available from salvage
etc I would be very interested in trading for some.

Kye.

"Raevyn" <raevynsart [at] yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
news:1135083715.104406.32370 [at] g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Hi Kye,
> Unfortunately not but I am interested in Carnivorous Plants :)
> Cheers Jo
>

Hi Ray, Thank You for the welcome!

Kye, if I do see any Albany Pitcher Plants availible I'd be more than
happy to let you know and see what could be arranged :)

Season's Greetings to everyone, I hope you have a safe and happy day :)

Cheers
Jo
(P.S. I feel a bit silly, I wanted to post some pics to the
alt.binaries.pictures.orchids but don't know how? Any tips welcome,
Thanks :) )

In article <1135513112.369692.48610 [at] g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
raevynsart [at] yahoo.com.au says...
~Hi Ray, Thank You for the welcome!
~
~Kye, if I do see any Albany Pitcher Plants availible I'd be more than
~happy to let you know and see what could be arranged :)
~
~Season's Greetings to everyone, I hope you have a safe and happy day :)
~
~Cheers
~Jo
~(P.S. I feel a bit silly, I wanted to post some pics to the
~alt.binaries.pictures.orchids but don't know how? Any tips welcome,
~Thanks :) )
~
~
Hi, Raevyn!

First, find alt.binaries.pictures.orchids on your news server (If you are
posting through Google groups, this won't work since Google does not carry
binary groups.) and go there. Then write a message and use the paper clip
button to attach a file from you hard disk.
Feel free to ask again if you don't succeed.
--
--
Reka

This is LIFE! It's not a rehearsal. Don't miss it!
http://www.rolbox.it/hukari/index.html

Raevyn wrote:
> ..........
> ..............
> Cheers
> Jo
> (P.S. I feel a bit silly, I wanted to post some pics to the
> alt.binaries.pictures.orchids but don't know how? Any tips welcome,
> Thanks :) )


Hi, Jo. I'll add my welcome to you.
Looking at the headers from your message, it appears to me that Reka's
fear about you using Google to use the newsgroups is true. You can do
nothing with pictures from there. Pictures or not, there are MUCH
better ways to read and write to nesgroups than going through Google.
In the mean time, the way to show pictures here is to post them to a web
site first then tell us where to look.
For example... and I've never tried posting a picture from image station
here but it should work... here is a picture of my Paph venustum var.
pardinum that came into bloom for the first time this week:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid198/pf539b7da7b9c71 5f828b32e19f792191/f0dceb2d.jpg


Steve

Hi Steve,
So in other words just post a link to the pic/s? I wasn't sure whether
I was allowed to do that here which is why I haven't tried. Thanks for
the info. :)
Cheers
Jo
p.s that's a very nice paph you have there! :)

Hi Kye,

I have some good news for you, I didn't think I'd be able to find any
but I've just found and brought two Albany Pitcher Plants!
Email me privately and I'm sure we can sort something out :)

Cheers,
Jo :)

Replied to privately...

Kye.

"Raevyn" <raevynsart [at] yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
news:1136639315.426611.42940 [at] g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Hi Kye,
>
> I have some good news for you, I didn't think I'd be able to find any
> but I've just found and brought two Albany Pitcher Plants!
> Email me privately and I'm sure we can sort something out :)
>
> Cheers,
> Jo :)
>

Kye wrote:
> Tis a pity, cos if you grew the Albany Pitcher Plant I would be begging some
> of of you. I have been trying to get my hands on a few plants of it for
> years.
>
> Please keep me in mind if you ever see any locally available from salvage
> etc I would be very interested in trading for some.
>
> Kye.

Kye,
Paradisia in Victoria produce TC'ed plants by the bucket load. Their
Ceph's are quite common in Melbourne nurseries. You should be able to
get your local nursery/garden centre to special order you some in very
easily.
Andrew

THanks for that Andrew, however Jo has already managed to locate me a few.
The really weird part of this is that this message was sooooo long ago that
I had even forgotten about the original post... Astounding how long
retention is for information on the newsgroups these days...

Kye.

"Andrew" <chiloglottis [at] yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1136786199.784423.263930 [at] g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Kye wrote:
>> Tis a pity, cos if you grew the Albany Pitcher Plant I would be begging
>> some
>> of of you. I have been trying to get my hands on a few plants of it for
>> years.
>>
>> Please keep me in mind if you ever see any locally available from salvage
>> etc I would be very interested in trading for some.
>>
>> Kye.
>
> Kye,
> Paradisia in Victoria produce TC'ed plants by the bucket load. Their
> Ceph's are quite common in Melbourne nurseries. You should be able to
> get your local nursery/garden centre to special order you some in very
> easily.
> Andrew
>

"Why when I was a young whipper-snapper we had to walk 50 miles through the
orchidless barrens to get to a computer and then you were lucky if they had
even heard of what usenet was..."

Sorry I felt that it needed that...

Kye.

"Kye" <descardo [at] hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:43c24a47$0$10672$afc38c87 [at] news.optusnet.com.au...
> THanks for that Andrew, however Jo has already managed to locate me a few.
> The really weird part of this is that this message was sooooo long ago
> that I had even forgotten about the original post... Astounding how long
> retention is for information on the newsgroups these days...
>
> Kye.
>
> "Andrew" <chiloglottis [at] yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1136786199.784423.263930 [at] g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>> Kye wrote:
>>> Tis a pity, cos if you grew the Albany Pitcher Plant I would be begging
>>> some
>>> of of you. I have been trying to get my hands on a few plants of it for
>>> years.
>>>
>>> Please keep me in mind if you ever see any locally available from
>>> salvage
>>> etc I would be very interested in trading for some.
>>>
>>> Kye.
>>
>> Kye,
>> Paradisia in Victoria produce TC'ed plants by the bucket load. Their
>> Ceph's are quite common in Melbourne nurseries. You should be able to
>> get your local nursery/garden centre to special order you some in very
>> easily.
>> Andrew
>>
>
>

In article <43c271db$0$25697$afc38c87 [at] news.optusnet.com.au>,
descardo [at] hotmail.com says...
~"Why when I was a young whipper-snapper we had to walk 50 miles through the
~orchidless barrens to get to a computer and then you were lucky if they had
~even heard of what usenet was..."
~
~Sorry I felt that it needed that...
Tisk, tisk, Kye! I am sure you stole Dave's lines!
--
Reka

This is LIFE! It's not a rehearsal. Don't miss it!
http://www.rolbox.it/hukari/index.html

Well actuallty its all a part of being Aussie. First they grab us all when
we are but tiny tykes and they drag us off for Secret Aussies Business where
they teach us how to be good at "taking the piss" and "being a good sport"

So if we sound alike it just means that we had good teachers ;-)

Kye.

"Reka" <rhukari [at] rolmail.net> wrote in message
news:MPG.1e2c92d385c3edbb98973f [at] news.rolmail.net...
> In article <43c271db$0$25697$afc38c87 [at] news.optusnet.com.au>,
> descardo [at] hotmail.com says...
> ~"Why when I was a young whipper-snapper we had to walk 50 miles through
> the
> ~orchidless barrens to get to a computer and then you were lucky if they
> had
> ~even heard of what usenet was..."
> ~
> ~Sorry I felt that it needed that...
> Tisk, tisk, Kye! I am sure you stole Dave's lines!
> --
> Reka
>
> This is LIFE! It's not a rehearsal. Don't miss it!
> http://www.rolbox.it/hukari/index.html

In article <43c279e7$0$18202$afc38c87 [at] news.optusnet.com.au>,
descardo [at] hotmail.com says...
~Well actuallty its all a part of being Aussie. First they grab us all when
~we are but tiny tykes and they drag us off for Secret Aussies Business where
~they teach us how to be good at "taking the piss" and "being a good sport"
~
~So if we sound alike it just means that we had good teachers ;-)
~
~Kye.
~
~"Reka" <rhukari [at] rolmail.net> wrote in message
~news:MPG.1e2c92d385c3edbb98973f [at] news.rolmail.net...
~> In article <43c271db$0$25697$afc38c87 [at] news.optusnet.com.au>,
~> descardo [at] hotmail.com says...
~> ~"Why when I was a young whipper-snapper we had to walk 50 miles through
~> the
~> ~orchidless barrens to get to a computer and then you were lucky if they
~> had
~> ~even heard of what usenet was..."
~> ~
~> ~Sorry I felt that it needed that...
~> Tisk, tisk, Kye! I am sure you stole Dave's lines!
~> --
~> Reka
~>
~> This is LIFE! It's not a rehearsal. Don't miss it!
~> http://www.rolbox.it/hukari/index.html
~
~
~

Uh, I meant the age group was more appropriate...
--
Reka

This is LIFE! It's not a rehearsal. Don't miss it!
http://www.rolbox.it/hukari/index.html

ummm... Im not yet thirty.... Yo trying to tell me something????

hehe

Kye.

"Reka" <rhukari [at] rolmail.net> wrote in message
news:MPG.1e2cacd2ddc23c32989740 [at] news.rolmail.net...
> In article <43c279e7$0$18202$afc38c87 [at] news.optusnet.com.au>,
> descardo [at] hotmail.com says...
> ~Well actuallty its all a part of being Aussie. First they grab us all
> when
> ~we are but tiny tykes and they drag us off for Secret Aussies Business
> where
> ~they teach us how to be good at "taking the piss" and "being a good
> sport"
> ~
> ~So if we sound alike it just means that we had good teachers ;-)
> ~
> ~Kye.
> ~
> ~"Reka" <rhukari [at] rolmail.net> wrote in message
> ~news:MPG.1e2c92d385c3edbb98973f [at] news.rolmail.net...
> ~> In article <43c271db$0$25697$afc38c87 [at] news.optusnet.com.au>,
> ~> descardo [at] hotmail.com says...
> ~> ~"Why when I was a young whipper-snapper we had to walk 50 miles
> through
> ~> the
> ~> ~orchidless barrens to get to a computer and then you were lucky if
> they
> ~> had
> ~> ~even heard of what usenet was..."
> ~> ~
> ~> ~Sorry I felt that it needed that...
> ~> Tisk, tisk, Kye! I am sure you stole Dave's lines!
> ~> --
> ~> Reka
> ~>
> ~> This is LIFE! It's not a rehearsal. Don't miss it!
> ~> http://www.rolbox.it/hukari/index.html
> ~
> ~
> ~
>
> Uh, I meant the age group was more appropriate...
> --
> Reka
>
> This is LIFE! It's not a rehearsal. Don't miss it!
> http://www.rolbox.it/hukari/index.html

I seem to have been asleep for much of this thread - probably because I'm way
past Kye's "nearly thirty". But everyone else is doing such a good job I think
I'll just sit back & enjoy it, despite what seems to be Reka's attempt to drag
me in.

On Tue, 20 Dec 2005 14:22:33 GMT, "Kye" <descardo [at] hotmail.com> wrote:

>Tis a pity, cos if you grew the Albany Pitcher Plant I would be begging some
>of of you. I have been trying to get my hands on a few plants of it for
>years.
>
>Please keep me in mind if you ever see any locally available from salvage
>etc I would be very interested in trading for some.
>
>Kye.
>
>"Raevyn" <raevynsart [at] yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
>news:1135083715.104406.32370 [at] g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>> Hi Kye,
>> Unfortunately not but I am interested in Carnivorous Plants :)
>> Cheers Jo
>>
>
Dave Gillingham
------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------
To email me remove the .private from my email address.

Its ok Dave, us QLD'ers will do our usual job and defend the reputation of
Aussies everywhere...

Kye.

"Dave Gillingham" <dewg [at] private.optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
news:6ru6s15gjemvtutt4skmpeu2f3qp5b6a41 [at] 4ax.com...
>I seem to have been asleep for much of this thread - probably because I'm
>way
> past Kye's "nearly thirty". But everyone else is doing such a good job I
> think
> I'll just sit back & enjoy it, despite what seems to be Reka's attempt to
> drag
> me in.
>
> On Tue, 20 Dec 2005 14:22:33 GMT, "Kye" <descardo [at] hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Tis a pity, cos if you grew the Albany Pitcher Plant I would be begging
>>some
>>of of you. I have been trying to get my hands on a few plants of it for
>>years.
>>
>>Please keep me in mind if you ever see any locally available from salvage
>>etc I would be very interested in trading for some.
>>
>>Kye.
>>
>>"Raevyn" <raevynsart [at] yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
>>news:1135083715.104406.32370 [at] g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>>> Hi Kye,
>>> Unfortunately not but I am interested in Carnivorous Plants :)
>>> Cheers Jo
>>>
>>
> Dave Gillingham
> ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------
> To email me remove the .private from my email address.

In article <6ru6s15gjemvtutt4skmpeu2f3qp5b6a41 [at] 4ax.com>,
dewg [at] private.optusnet.com.au says...
~I seem to have been asleep for much of this thread - probably because I'm way
~past Kye's "nearly thirty". But everyone else is doing such a good job I think
~I'll just sit back & enjoy it, despite what seems to be Reka's attempt to drag
~me in.

Hmmph! I'm not dragging anyone. It's just that the usually the older
generation "brags" about the walking through the knee-deep snow (or
apparently in your corner of the world, the dry, hot barrens) all the way
to school...
--
Reka ;-)

This is LIFE! It's not a rehearsal. Don't miss it!
http://www.rolbox.it/hukari/index.html

Well Reka, I get your drift! *G*

--
Cheers Wendy

Remove PETERPAN for email reply

Reka <rhukari [at] rolmail.net> wrote:
> In article <6ru6s15gjemvtutt4skmpeu2f3qp5b6a41 [at] 4ax.com>,
> dewg [at] private.optusnet.com.au says...
> ~I seem to have been asleep for much of this thread - probably
> because I'm way ~past Kye's "nearly thirty". But everyone else is
> doing such a good job I think ~I'll just sit back & enjoy it, despite
> what seems to be Reka's attempt to drag ~me in.
>
> Hmmph! I'm not dragging anyone. It's just that the usually the older
> generation "brags" about the walking through the knee-deep snow (or
> apparently in your corner of the world, the dry, hot barrens) all the
> way
> to school...

In article <6IRwf.11126$sA3.10106 [at] fed1read02>, wendy7PETERPAN [at] cox.net
says...
~Well Reka, I get your drift! *G*
~
~
Snowdrift?
--
--
Reka

This is LIFE! It's not a rehearsal. Don't miss it!
http://www.rolbox.it/hukari/index.html

Reka wrote:

> In article <6IRwf.11126$sA3.10106 [at] fed1read02>, wendy7PETERPAN [at] cox.net
> says...
> ~Well Reka, I get your drift! *G*
> ~
> ~
> Snowdrift?

Wendy doesn't DO snowdrifts!

On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 21:27:36 +0100, Reka <rhukari [at] rolmail.net> wrote:

>In article <6IRwf.11126$sA3.10106 [at] fed1read02>, wendy7PETERPAN [at] cox.net
>says...
>~Well Reka, I get your drift! *G*
>~
>~
>Snowdrift?
>--

When I was a Sr. in High School - 12th year of school for our
international friends on another schedule... They closed the school
finally due to snow. First time in 17 years. Of course they waited
until 1pm (after lunch breaks) and after the buses in town quit at
noon. We will not go into how deep or long the walk home. But it is
the only time I ever walked down the center of the street. <G>

On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 21:27:36 +0100, Reka <rhukari [at] rolmail.net> wrote:

>In article <6IRwf.11126$sA3.10106 [at] fed1read02>, wendy7PETERPAN [at] cox.net
>says...
>~Well Reka, I get your drift! *G*
>~
>~
>Snowdrift?
>--
'Sno drift like a snow drift, I guess.
Dave Gillingham
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On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 14:00:28 +0100, Reka <rhukari [at] rolmail.net> wrote:

>In article <6ru6s15gjemvtutt4skmpeu2f3qp5b6a41 [at] 4ax.com>,
>dewg [at] private.optusnet.com.au says...
>~I seem to have been asleep for much of this thread - probably because I'm way
>~past Kye's "nearly thirty". But everyone else is doing such a good job I think
>~I'll just sit back & enjoy it, despite what seems to be Reka's attempt to drag
>~me in.
>
>Hmmph! I'm not dragging anyone. It's just that the usually the older
>generation "brags" about the walking through the knee-deep snow (or
>apparently in your corner of the world, the dry, hot barrens) all the way
>to school...

My primary school was only half a mile up the road (black bitumen). So I walked
to school, home for lunch, back to school, & home in the afternoon. Townsville
was hot enough that we all went to school barefoot. Have you ever tried walking
barefoot on bitumen at noon in a tropical summer? We all developed soles like
old leather. Even when we went to high school (& wore shoes & socks and a *tie*
- oh the culture shock!) the shoes came off as soon as we got home. At 17 I
spent a couple of weeks in hospital, and my feet peeled! About 1/8 inch of
horny callous peeled off both soles. I've been a tenderfoot ever since.
Dave Gillingham
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Hi Dave

I remember similar early summer days in Melbourne as kids. We didn't go to
school barefoot (a bit more cultured in Melbourne) but once we got home from
school we immediately took off our shoes and ran barefoot on the black
bitumen road (impregnated with gravel!) to harden our feet ready for the
summer holidays when we didn't wear shoes.

Like you, I too am now a tenderfoot and can't walk barefoot on pebbles any
more!

Cheers

John
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"Dave Gillingham" <dewg [at] private.optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
news:a5o9s1t5npum6fk559mnn20u1p09d21hbf [at] 4ax.com...
> On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 14:00:28 +0100, Reka <rhukari [at] rolmail.net> wrote:
>
>>In article <6ru6s15gjemvtutt4skmpeu2f3qp5b6a41 [at] 4ax.com>,
>>dewg [at] private.optusnet.com.au says...
>>~I seem to have been asleep for much of this thread - probably because I'm
>>way
>>~past Kye's "nearly thirty". But everyone else is doing such a good job I
>>think
>>~I'll just sit back & enjoy it, despite what seems to be Reka's attempt to
>>drag
>>~me in.
>>
>>Hmmph! I'm not dragging anyone. It's just that the usually the older
>>generation "brags" about the walking through the knee-deep snow (or
>>apparently in your corner of the world, the dry, hot barrens) all the way
>>to school...
>
> My primary school was only half a mile up the road (black bitumen). So I
> walked
> to school, home for lunch, back to school, & home in the afternoon.
> Townsville
> was hot enough that we all went to school barefoot. Have you ever tried
> walking
> barefoot on bitumen at noon in a tropical summer? We all developed soles
> like
> old leather. Even when we went to high school (& wore shoes & socks and a
> *tie*
> - oh the culture shock!) the shoes came off as soon as we got home. At 17
> I
> spent a couple of weeks in hospital, and my feet peeled! About 1/8 inch
> of
> horny callous peeled off both soles. I've been a tenderfoot ever since.
> Dave Gillingham
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> To email me remove the .private from my email address.

You are so right Steve. Just give me good old heat.

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Steve <tlswilso [at] aol.com> wrote:
> Reka wrote:
>
>> In article <6IRwf.11126$sA3.10106 [at] fed1read02>, wendy7PETERPAN [at] cox.net
>> says...
>> ~Well Reka, I get your drift! *G*
>> ~
>> ~
>> Snowdrift?
>
> Wendy doesn't DO snowdrifts!