tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post540813054435644924..comments2024-03-28T17:46:36.997-07:00Comments on Kitchen Connection: SOME LIKE IT HOT....Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post-91555100908741580382017-01-24T11:45:03.006-08:002017-01-24T11:45:03.006-08:00I'm glad they picked up after themselves. Peo...I'm glad they picked up after themselves. People can be careless about litter at times.<br />Sounds like it was another wonderful experience for you, Lee.<br />Have a great one.Sandra Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814573408898140885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post-67880125659500514442017-01-23T14:07:23.736-08:002017-01-23T14:07:23.736-08:00Listen here, young man! Yes...poor me. I wish I wa...Listen here, young man! Yes...poor me. I wish I was richer, Mr. Ad-Man then I would be able to afford a fan or air-conditioning...or a radiator for winter! Thanks for your sympathy. It's much appreciated! I hope you remembered to switch on the heater. If so...be careful!....don't burn your feet! :)<br /><br />It was interesting spending that time in Normanton. When offered the chance to go there I jumped at the offer knowing I'd probably never have such an opportunity again.<br /><br />Thanks for coming by. Stay warm. :)<br />Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post-4268790945406946112017-01-23T09:49:48.375-08:002017-01-23T09:49:48.375-08:00Really interesting insight into small town Austral...Really interesting insight into small town Australia!<br /><br />Poor you suffering the heat.<br />As I write I sit with my feet on the radiator trying to get the blood circulating again!!!!Adullamitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15537659871829290071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post-14731870980776002882017-01-23T03:39:14.087-08:002017-01-23T03:39:14.087-08:00I'm not sure what you mean, Lux. :)I'm not sure what you mean, Lux. :)Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post-17771320595986857242017-01-22T22:10:04.039-08:002017-01-22T22:10:04.039-08:00I like it a little gloomy. :DI like it a little gloomy. :DLux G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00557863683608790087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post-32321192805141720492017-01-19T00:35:54.766-08:002017-01-19T00:35:54.766-08:00Hey there, Krishna...welcome to my blog.
Thanks ...Hey there, Krishna...welcome to my blog. <br /><br />Thanks for popping in...don't be a stranger. :)<br />Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post-21669043775688031122017-01-18T18:24:23.259-08:002017-01-18T18:24:23.259-08:00beautiful memory.. love to read the story..
Pleas...beautiful memory.. love to read the story..<br /><br />Please visit: http://from-a-girls-mind.blogspot.comkrishnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14415543228464576537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post-70948972635975677332017-01-18T16:47:15.690-08:002017-01-18T16:47:15.690-08:00No..."arsehole" is the word, Yorkie! :)
...No..."arsehole" is the word, Yorkie! :)<br /><br />This may help you in your quandary and fear of being reprimanded further, Yorkie....<br /><br />http://www.reliefmanagers.com/<br /><br />I agree with you re the "chillier air". Winter can't arrive soon enough for me. Our winters are never very cold, though. Our winters are very pleasant...to my way of thinking and comfort, anyway. You can always "rug up" to get warm, but it's damn difficult trying to get cool!<br /><br />I hate this sticky, muggy heat! It may surprise you, but it makes me crankier than usual! ;)<br /><br />Thanks for coming by. :)Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post-61017258739681612922017-01-18T15:56:45.886-08:002017-01-18T15:56:45.886-08:00I wonder what the word is to describe the then man...I wonder what the word is to describe the then manager of The Albion Hotel. "Discriminatory" perhaps?<br /><br />"Relief" and "relieving" are words that invite mischief but having been ticked off by you earlier this week, I shall not go there. The whiplash would be too painful.<br /><br />After living in sweltering Bangkok in 2011 and 2013, I very much enjoyed returning to northern England's chillier air. At least in chilly air you can function and think properly and going for a walk in the middle of the day is not a dumb thing to do.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post-92130872015687423912017-01-17T23:12:31.236-08:002017-01-17T23:12:31.236-08:00Hi Margaret...I found that the ones who cared most...Hi Margaret...I found that the ones who cared most of all were the blacks. I invited one young fellow who was having a drink in the Black Bar before heading out to the Bachelors & Spinsters' Ball to come into the public bar for a drink. He looked terrific; and I told him so. He was dressed up to the nines in a lovely suit,cumerbund and bow tie - the works, but he wouldn't he chose to stay where he was, and I respected his choice.<br /><br />Every summer I swear I'm going to move to Tassie! :)<br /><br />Thanks for coming by. :)Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post-80968952231486768532017-01-17T23:09:00.951-08:002017-01-17T23:09:00.951-08:00Typical politician, break what works.Typical politician, break what works.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post-37711414729932813312017-01-17T19:28:02.486-08:002017-01-17T19:28:02.486-08:00Haven't been to Normanton probably won't g...Haven't been to Normanton probably won't get there now.<br />We went somewhere a few years back and there was a white bar, a black bar - weird it was to us. We were told to come around to the white bar! As if we cared.<br />Been watching the tennis occasionally and thank goodness it's not as hot down here as it has been up your way.<br />Having my husbands Auntie to stay for a week at home here she has been ill with the heat in Brisbane and she now is 80.Margaret Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14074619859060647600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post-18042976420413261722017-01-17T18:04:38.641-08:002017-01-17T18:04:38.641-08:00PS....When I was at the Central Hotel it was paint...PS....When I was at the Central Hotel it was painted maroon, not the colour as shown in the photo above.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post-78480229299482333162017-01-17T18:03:43.132-08:002017-01-17T18:03:43.132-08:00Hey Pauline! Wow! Sorry to hear about your broke...Hey Pauline! Wow! Sorry to hear about your broken arm! That's no good! I hope it's all mended and back into working order again very soon. I bet you will be, too!!<br /><br />I'll be very interested to learn about your Normanton adventure. You and I seem to share a lot of experiences in similar areas. <br /><br />I look forward to hearing about your trip. 1964 - I was still living and working in Gympie then. I moved to Brisbane in late July, 1965.<br /><br />I don't know anyone else who has been out that way. How great! I look forward to seeing your photo, too. I hope you can find it. I never got to the council offices, but I imagine they probably did still have the bat wing doors....nothing much changes in Normanton! <br /><br />Take good care...and thanks for coming by. "See" you soon! :) Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post-36709395792758028392017-01-17T17:57:50.434-08:002017-01-17T17:57:50.434-08:00Hi Sandra....the cops wouldn't have closed the...Hi Sandra....the cops wouldn't have closed the pub down, but they certainly would've told the group not to drink there beneath the mango trees again...for them to move on. I didn't want discarded empty beer bottles, beer cans and wine casks etc., etc., laying around in the dirt beneath the trees. So those particular locals saw reason and kept "their" area tidy and free of litter. <br /><br />Thanks for coming by. :)Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post-75146127161711832502017-01-17T17:40:16.421-08:002017-01-17T17:40:16.421-08:00That was such a pleasure reading about your time i...That was such a pleasure reading about your time in Normanton. I have a broken arm but when it is mended and I am once again a two handed typist I must tell you about my adventure in Normanton in 1964, when I was a bright eyed innocent of 19. Meanwhile I will try to find the one and only photo I have of that trip, it might help me remember which hotel featured in my story. Did the council offices still have bat wing doors when you were there? I like your poem and drawings. You have many talents, girl.Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15276284964859313257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post-88424890328015116282017-01-17T17:37:27.682-08:002017-01-17T17:37:27.682-08:00That's seriously dry heat.
Would the cops have...That's seriously dry heat.<br />Would the cops have shut you down if the lounge wasn't neat and clean?Sandra Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814573408898140885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post-63127457176811244352017-01-17T14:08:10.798-08:002017-01-17T14:08:10.798-08:00It's a whole different world out there. The f...It's a whole different world out there. The folk I met and had dealings with were genuine, good-humoured, decent folk, whites and blacks alike. It was a good experience. I had a fun time.<br /><br />Thanks for coming by. :)Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post-90047071870345964652017-01-17T14:04:03.636-08:002017-01-17T14:04:03.636-08:00Okay, Ms Mumbles...heat is on its way up to you. ...Okay, Ms Mumbles...heat is on its way up to you. If you hear knocking on your door...that will be it!<br /><br />Thanks for popping in. :)Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post-90513716850633986182017-01-17T11:31:08.088-08:002017-01-17T11:31:08.088-08:00Nice snapshot of life in the outback and black and...Nice snapshot of life in the outback and black and white relations. I remember being at Adelaide River in NT early in the morning and a group of aboriginal youth were hanging around in a group, which I found a bit unsettling. But it was explained to us they were waiting for transport to take them to work. Apparently it was taxpayer subsidised scheme and I thought well, it is giving them some structure to their lives. They have to be up early and functioning. Then not too much later, Howard abolished the scheme.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post-69227857589354850132017-01-17T05:48:56.508-08:002017-01-17T05:48:56.508-08:00Hey, we have an Albion Hotel here and I'm here...Hey, we have an Albion Hotel here and I'm here to tell you, it ain't hot here right now lol. Trade you for a couple o days.only slightly confusedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08165115156889904978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post-43714462809617848522017-01-17T00:19:50.805-08:002017-01-17T00:19:50.805-08:00Hey there, EC. I think I heard somewhere that it&#...Hey there, EC. I think I heard somewhere that it's going to be 39C in Adelaide today....so no doubt River will be feeling the heat, too, down her way. Enough is enough, already!<br /><br />I'm glad you like my poem and drawings. Poem and sketches were done a few years ago. I bought a new set of pencils and pads last year...and both still remain untouched!!<br /><br /><br />Thanks for coming by and for your comment. :)Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post-27767129128741983192017-01-17T00:19:00.012-08:002017-01-17T00:19:00.012-08:00Hi, River. Each are as bad as the other in my boo...Hi, River. Each are as bad as the other in my book these days.<br /><br />As I commented above to EC...I heard that you were going to cop it down your way today.<br /><br />Yes, the old Purple Pub is a good old style with the hotel rooms on the top level. The Central Hotel had a few motel rooms to the side of it...over from that tree in the front. The Central also had the local TAB attached.<br /><br />Thanks for coming by...stay cool. :)Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post-29320175527433951432017-01-16T22:58:17.405-08:002017-01-16T22:58:17.405-08:00I like the look of the Purple Hotel, it has a shad...I like the look of the Purple Hotel, it has a shady upper story veranda and I've always liked those.<br />Dry heat-humid heat? I prefer a dry heat, because I can't stand being sticky with sweat, but a humid heat is better if a person wants to plant a tropical rain forest style garden. So both have good points.<br />We get humidity here in Adelaide, usually around February/March. We've had dry heat so far since before Christmas, about 39C today I think. Unfortunately I had to be out and about in it.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post-86164020110402313302017-01-16T19:40:51.685-08:002017-01-16T19:40:51.685-08:00It is hot in Canberra too. And we have had more h...It is hot in Canberra too. And we have had more humidity than usual as well.<br />Love your poem and your drawing. And particularly love that the head stockman seemed to have everybodies respect - and certainly contradicted the too commonly held myths about our first people.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.com