tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post8945580133415055260..comments2024-03-28T14:07:26.060-07:00Comments on Kitchen Connection: GIVE THEM AN INCH AND THEY’LL TAKE A MILE! Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post-90053706579273779192017-04-05T19:15:11.594-07:002017-04-05T19:15:11.594-07:00Thanks, Lynn. All is well with me, but not for th...Thanks, Lynn. All is well with me, but not for thousands of others...it was a wide, wild, destructive system.<br /><br />Thanks for coming by. ;)Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post-79355739426429375352017-04-05T09:25:04.555-07:002017-04-05T09:25:04.555-07:00So glad you are OK, Lee!So glad you are OK, Lee!Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13984802196897920610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post-79679664638464449242017-04-04T01:25:34.475-07:002017-04-04T01:25:34.475-07:00Forget the math, and stick to chocolate, Lux! Th...Forget the math, and stick to chocolate, Lux! Thanks for coming by. :)Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post-44525261888038208892017-04-04T01:15:16.044-07:002017-04-04T01:15:16.044-07:00Anything about math gives me a headache. Stuff lik...Anything about math gives me a headache. Stuff like metric system gives me a sort of mental block. Haha. <br /><br />Oh, but delicious food.Lux G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00557863683608790087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post-76638466886533793802017-04-03T16:50:48.636-07:002017-04-03T16:50:48.636-07:00Below is a QUOTE - Doug's response to my Decem...Below is a QUOTE - Doug's response to my December, 2015 post describing Cyclone Joy's visit to Newry Island.....<br /><br />"Hi Lee me and my family was talking about cyclones' as my daughter was studying them at School i then told her about my time in a cyclone even thou I have told her this story many times before .yes you were right lee I have bin telling this story from that year in 1990 with you .i came over from the backpacks .to have Christmas dinner .i found your blog to day as I google the cyclone found alot out I did not remember .so I though I see if their was anything about Newry island and found your blog some of the things I remember very well some I don't any more . I wonder if a photos done and if you have any . The 3 days I spent on that island I will never forget. My name is Doug my mate Andy and his aussie girlfriend and her baby named sky was there two."........END QUOTE<br /><br /><br />Wow! My goodness, Doug! I'm in shock! This is incredible....I've just gone back to my December, 2015 post re Christmas on Newry Island and the visit by Cyclone Joy, and found your comment! <br /><br />To put my reaction into a common expression - "I'm speechless!" This is amazing.<br /><br />That certainly was a Christmas to remember, wasn't it? Only yesterday I was telling someone here where I live how I was cutting up towels to make nappies for the couple of babies/toddlers who were there with their parents...obviously, baby Sky was one of them. :) <br /><br />I always say to people when I'm relating my stories, whether here on my blog, or in person, that I don't embellish; I don't lie and make up anything about the stories...they're all true, no exaggerations...and here you are...proving what I say is the truth. Wow! Wow! Wow!<br /><br />Thanks for coming by....you've made my day! :)Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post-27479121197277579932017-04-03T08:54:45.798-07:002017-04-03T08:54:45.798-07:00Hi Lee don't no if you get notification on you...Hi Lee don't no if you get notification on your other blogs but I have commented on your Newry island blog dougAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05871031000300416444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post-76153251634367397092017-04-02T22:05:00.832-07:002017-04-02T22:05:00.832-07:00Hey there, RK....Nice to see you. Thanks...yep! ...Hey there, RK....Nice to see you. Thanks...yep! All is well with me and my two furry mates. Thanks for coming by. :)Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post-31096556758541849322017-04-02T19:26:41.719-07:002017-04-02T19:26:41.719-07:00Good Lord, Lee! I'm glad you are intact.Good Lord, Lee! I'm glad you are intact. Riot Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02725825736285347870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post-25107848786497146862017-04-02T18:11:39.556-07:002017-04-02T18:11:39.556-07:00Hey there Delores...I think the old imperial syste...Hey there Delores...I think the old imperial system makes more sense....inches, feet, acres etc. They're fine by me. I understand and can visualise them more easily.<br /><br />Celsius I'm okay with...and I'm really okay to with grams and kilos etc., but my brain is still wired to imperial. And I can see no wrong in that. As long as I get it right in the end, either which way...that's is what matters, I guess! lol<br /><br />Thanks for coming by. :)Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post-89703495623870220482017-04-02T08:39:38.555-07:002017-04-02T08:39:38.555-07:00Our country also switched over to metric....I howe...Our country also switched over to metric....I however did not switch. Something lacking in my brain perhaps. I still go by inches and feet/pounds and ounces, miles, all the good old fashioned stuff. Fortunately they still make thermometers that show both Fahrenheit and Celsius otherwise I'd never know if I needed a parka or a swim suit. When people start gabbling about measurements in metric I find myself asking them what that is in 'real people' talk.only slightly confusedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08165115156889904978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post-10317860521946636772017-04-01T22:46:02.041-07:002017-04-01T22:46:02.041-07:00Hi there Margaret..."Dreadful" is one go...Hi there Margaret..."Dreadful" is one good word to describe what has occurred throughout the past week. It's going to take some time for everything to return to some semblance of normal for those poor folk who have been affected...far and wide.<br /><br />Imperial makes more sense to me...or a cup of this and half a cup of that! lol<br /><br />Thanks for coming by, Margaret...you'd not recognise some of the places up north at present...places you are familiar with. It's sad to see, but everywhere and most people will bounce back, which, in itself, is heartening. :)Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post-85176148044481828672017-04-01T22:42:16.786-07:002017-04-01T22:42:16.786-07:00http://www.stonehavenmanor.com.au/map.htm
Per...http://www.stonehavenmanor.com.au/map.htm <br /><br />Perhaps if you type in "Tamborine Mountain" when searching on Google, River...you will find it....however the site shown here should give you a good indication of where we are.<br /><br />I guess I've utilised a bit of poetic license in my post re the measurements etc....I am allowed to use a bit of exaggeration...only because I allow myself to do so! :)<br /><br />Thanks for coming by. :)Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post-40560383248492336952017-04-01T22:05:27.824-07:002017-04-01T22:05:27.824-07:00One just doesn't know what to say about the EX...One just doesn't know what to say about the EX Debbie, dreadful is just one word. We have no control over her or had no control at all. We are a land of flooding plains for sure.<br />Interesting to read your statistics as we down here don't get to know unless we search each area on the WWW. <br />Imperial for me, and it's amusing how the young ones say babies weight in the old etc. Margaret Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14074619859060647600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post-29811778617446596932017-04-01T21:24:19.576-07:002017-04-01T21:24:19.576-07:00I was still in high school when the metric system ...I was still in high school when the metric system was introduced, so I learned the money and the measurements for a couple of years and I'm able now to assimilate most of them. As a guide, 12 inches, a foot, is supposed to be 30 cm, so that's what I work on, although my ruler tells me 12 inches is actually 30 1/2 cm. I know the equivalents to a pint and a pound for cooking, someone 6 feet tall is about 180cm, so with division and approximation, I do pretty well. 180C is the old 350F on the oven. It's the miles and kilometres that have me stumped, probably because I don't drive. If anyone asks me how far is the city, I tell them it's twenty minutes by bus.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post-54245252472539023412017-04-01T21:12:52.292-07:002017-04-01T21:12:52.292-07:00It's devastating the event and then the afterm...It's devastating the event and then the aftermath of Debbie, she certainly held her tantrum quite a while. I've looked on my map of Australia for Mount Tamborine, but it isn't there. I suppose it's too small, the map is an old one too, I've had it for years.<br />My newspaper this morning had a couple of pages about the flooding.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post-376372317816881192017-04-01T20:48:33.821-07:002017-04-01T20:48:33.821-07:00Hi EC....With the many "food bowl" areas...Hi EC....With the many "food bowl" areas being hit badly we will all be affected one way or the other with food prices, etc., but I'd rather pay a few dollars more at the supermarket or greengrocers than have lost my home, contents etc. Those of us not directly affected by the cyclone or by flood waters invading our homes are the lucky ones, I reckon. Mother Nature is the boss, not us.<br /><br />I still think height in feet and inches, too....old habits and learnings are hard to break!<br /><br />Thanks for coming by, EC,. :)Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post-65107622118434403742017-04-01T20:37:50.362-07:002017-04-01T20:37:50.362-07:00I can cope (just) with most of the metric system. ...I can cope (just) with most of the metric system. Except height. Telling me how tall someone is in centimetres means nothing.<br />And yes, Debbie was and is and vicious beast. Your assessment of billions of dollars in damage is certainly right. She hasn't finished yet either.<br />My heart goes out to everyone who is affected. And even miles away we will feel share some of the pain in grocery prices. Which will hurt some, but can't be helped.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post-10743345254113457012017-04-01T20:05:04.650-07:002017-04-01T20:05:04.650-07:00You're not only confused, but now you've c...You're not only confused, but now you've confused me even more than I already was, Andrew!!<br /><br />Thanks for coming by....I'll stick to what I know....less confusion that way! :)Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27914104.post-83361866054778434142017-04-01T19:59:18.920-07:002017-04-01T19:59:18.920-07:00Much to my disappointment we have gone backwards w...Much to my disappointment we have gone backwards with metric. Imported tyre pressure checking machines from the US read in lbs per square inch, when people had actually started to learn hectopascals. We are reverting from kilojoules to calories. Even young people who have never used pounds and ounces are expressing baby weights in pounds, not kilos. Clothing and shoe sizes have returned to imperial. We need a Metrication Authority to clean this nonsense up.<br /><br />As for me when asked what the length of a piece of timber is, I reply, about a foot longer than a metre. Length is about the only one I still think of in imperial, at times. I don't really know pounds or ounces anymore, or stones, that is, I cannot visualise them (visualise is the wrong word, but you know what I mean). The metricated alternative to getting hit on the head by a piece of fourbetwo is unthinkable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com