How Long Can You Make My Thread Get?

I must have missed a bit Dutchy. I can't find the post that said Butterfly and I were going to play hand-maiden. Ha ha ha.

Ah, Sturgis, I'm sure you would enjoy visiting. My cave, as I envision it, is dry and warm and has all the portable mod cons available - after all, "roughing it" is one thing, but one should always observe the niceties of civilisation!

Maybe I was under the influence of my own brewed potion which made me write that prophetic sentence lezzles, nonetheless you dashed the hopes of this old codger. :wink:

You are, of course, forgiven.

I can almost picture Butterfly and myself at the camp table, enjoying a long, cool, thirst quencher while solving giant cryptics, and other important matters of state. An engrossing cricket match will, of course, be playing on the portable 6' television screen.

I've decided my cave will be on the Hawkesbury River - some fresh oysters and prawns would go well with the smoked salmon, avocado and caviar nibbles we are enjoying, don't you think?

Thanks for giving me the location of your cave. I can see myself already paddling a kayak up the Hawkesbury River looking for the smoke signals.

Will shortly be visiting Port Lincoln and will fill the esky with freshly cooked King Prawns and Oysters to enjoy around the campfire.

Laptop will be handy to keep track of what's happening on a2k don't you think?

Sounds like paradise already

Paradise is just the word for it, Bf - after all, with a bunch of angels like us in residence, what else could it be??

What other surprises have you waiting for us Lezzles?

Can't wait to hear more!


(Hope you are well, lezzles)

Come on lezzles, lift your game, we want to hear from you

Sorry guys, didn't realise you were as keen as that!!

Funny thing happened the other day. I was watching TV, when the phone rang. I answered the call, turning the sound down low. An ad came on for the new range of H..... generators. (It seems they are almost silent.) I ACTUALLY INTERRUPTED my caller, saying "Hang on, I want to hear this ad. It's exactly what I want for the cave!"

Well, there was the problem of keeping the drinks cold and the cricket to be watched, wasn't there???

You think of everything don't you Lezzles. Pleased to hear you are so well organised, do you want me to bring a stack of Lovatts magazines or won't there be any time for those sort of passtimes?

But of course! One does not live by bread alone, crosswords are also necessary.

Noticed no-one has added anything to our list Lezzles, can you think of anything else to bring?

G'day Dutchy,
Glad to see the thread back in business!

Aren't we lucky we've no lions, or tigers or bears to worry about?
(Except, of course, koalas!)
(Then again, what if the Tassie tiger isn't really extinct?)
(And does the Lions Club have door-knock appeals?)

Hi lezzles, I'm not worried about the Koala's, just don't stand under their trees unless you're holding an umbrella.

What I am worried about are the snakes around your cave, do you carry any precautions for them?

Red Cross have door-knock appeals, but surely they are welcome, are they not?

Red Cross are fine!

As for the snakes, I'll just raise one eyebrow and give them a dirty look and they'll disappear - or else I'll get hold of a mongoose or two.

Did you read Christine's editorial in the BIG? Starting up a forum? Somehow I think I like A2K better.

Lezzles my dear friend I haven't seen much of you the last few days, I haven't scared you off, have I

Just read Christine's comments regarding starting up a discussion forum, agree with you, rather stick around a2k, plenty of variety here.

How are your crosswords going, can you find enough interesting ones to stimulate and keep the grey matter ticking over? Have had a little success with a couple of cheques rolling in.

Funny how things go, I have been sending my entries in for longer than I care to remember and have never won a major prize. My neighbour enters her first ever crossword puzzle from Woman Day, and bingo, the following week a cheque for $1000.00 in the letterbox.

Catch you on the threads hopefully soon.

Dutchy, hi! Am in the midst of a severe reaction to an injection I received last week and don't really feel well enough to "think" at the moment, so I am not getting too involved with the forum. As always I check out the requests for help, but don't post if I see they have been taken care of.

Similarly, I am finding the crosswords heavy-going, my head aches and my arm hurts too much to spend more than a few minutes holding the pen.

Like you I have been sending entries in for years. I check the draft copies I keep of each entry with the results when they come out, so I am happy with my answers but I have very little luck when it comes to having my name pulled out of the hat!

I have won a raincoat which rolls up and fits into a little pouch and a set of bathroom scales (which my son took one look at and said they were just what he needed and I really wouldn't mind if he took them, would I?)

And I tend to be human enough to feel just a little touch of resentment when I read the letters page and come across "Dear Christine. What a lovely surprise when I found a cheque from you in my mailbox. I have only sent in two entries and have received a cheque for each one...."

I sometimes threaten myself with the thought of adding up how much I have spent on the puzzle magazines and seeing just how expensive that raincoat was, but so far have controlled the urge. Once I get a sniff of a new issue, I cannot wait to get stuck into it.

As for scaring me off - no, mate, it would take a lot more than that! I really wish there was an emoticon that indicated "that crack was very tongue in cheek". My humour does tend to be dry, ironic - even sardonic. Face to face it usually works, but I guess when I write something like "now, lads, a bit of self discipline, please" instead of being read as "whoops, pull 'em up, the party's getting rough" it's coming across as "I wholly disapprove of anyone having any fun".

C'est le vie!

Lez... I do hope you're feeling better... sorry to hear you're under the weather.

Hi Mame! Good to hear from you.
I'm okay I guess. Had a flu shot and an anti-pneumonia shot, but as I had pneumonia a few years back, my immune system went berserk and it will take a little time for things to settle down. Went to get out of bed yesterday and oops! legs didn't work and I ended up on the floor. So mainly now I've just got aches, pains and a fit of the miseries. However, I am still breathing so what am I whingeing about??

Thanks for your thoughts.