This discussion is for the thousands of friends who lived through the ups and downs of James and Justin's World First Trans-Tasman Kayak Expedition

Hmmm...Have we moved house???? Are we now "Friends of Crossing the Ditch"? ....And please, what does "Sticky" denote? Oh, and what does the "whisper" bit mean????? Hello everyone......
XXCathieb

It looks as if we have been transported by Startrek ... to another planet
Aunty Sal, Cathieb, Havabeermates are here - but where are all our other friends ??/ and the Rats, of course hopefully we are not all a twitter.

I'm clinging onto the hope that we have all come through a black hole to the other place

Barby

MORNING ??TWITTERITES??WhISPERS??NO ITS FORUMITES
Patrick , why do you want us to whisper, we are family and only whisper when [something like this happens]
"ave a look at Jane is she getting the baby hump? " 'cor hasnt june got fat'"
PATRICK, please keep this life line open, it gives this old chap enjoyment ,keeps the brain ticking, now iI can remember what I have put away in a safe place , BUT the other part of the brain has not caught up yet ,I cant remember where that safe place is
Cutterbuddy , At if you dont post in today I will email them
are we allowed to SMILE??

here goes
smile

Little KENNY returns from school and says he got an F in arithmetic.
"Why?" asks the father?
"The teacher asked 'How much is 2x3,'" I said "6", replies KENNY.
"But that's right!" says his dad.
"Yeah, but then she asked me "How much is 3x2?'"
"What's the f..... difference?" asks the father.
"That's what I said!"

bern

Hello I am here!!! Now I see what you are talking about, Whisper.....would it mean if I wanted to tell Bern something and I put his name in there, than only he would get that message??? No probably not...?

Glad you are all well, had company come in Friday and have been busy, going to some friends house for homemade ice cream and goodies, so will run... I am going to check out the twitter thing later... will let you know what its all about...
pat

Forget about the twits and whispers, you can just come on here as normal. Some (sticky) friends of Crossing the Ditch just hang around forever.

A whisper on the internet can be shouted around the world in a flash.

Barry

Yep, right, I've got it now...this is "home"....Still don't know what "sticky" and "whisper" means, though.
I feel as if I'm getting more inter-net savvy just by hanging around the Forum. Good, isn't it!!!!!!
XXXXcathieb

are these adventurers coming out of the woodwork. it must be the weather!

Thanks, Patrick! Now I understand. I'm feeling better about our new home, now. Just waiting for the rest of the family to join us.

MORNING FORUMITES or should i say STICKYITES???
Pat I have not found any whispers on the computer, and i cannot find any button to click on to get it ,I will have ago with your user name when I finish this
the whole family are starting to sit at the family table ,"Hope you all had great hols, and never spoilt your new Grandchildren ,
our new Grand daughter is a ray of sunshine .2yr old going on 7 , has MUM and Dad under her thumb,
Strang how a 2 yr old can controll a 50 yrold better than his Mum and Dad could ,, >>does this mean he had us under his thumb???


One day Mrs. Jones went to have a talk with the minister at the
local church. "Reverend," she said, "I have a problem, my
husband keeps falling asleep during your sermons. It's very
embarrassing. What should I do?"

"I have an idea," said the minister. "Take this hatpin with you.
I will be able to tell when Mr. Jones is sleeping, and I will
motion to you at specific times. When I motion, you give him a
good poke in the leg."

In church the following Sunday, Mr. Jones dozed off. Noticing
this, the preacher put his plan to work. "And who made the
ultimate sacrifice for you?" he said, nodding to Mrs. Jones.

"Jesus!", Jones cried as his wife jabbed him the leg with the
hatpin.

"Yes, you are right, Mr. Jones," said the minister. Soon, Mr.
Jones nodded off again. Again, the minister noticed. "Who is
your redeemer?" he asked the congregation, motioning towards
Mrs. Jones.

"God!" Mr. Jones cried out as he was stuck again with the hatpin.

"Right again," said the minister, smiling. Before long, Mr.
Jones again winked off. However, this time the minister did not
notice. As he picked up the tempo of his sermon, he made a few
motions that Mrs. Jones mistook as signals to bayonet her
husband with the hatpin again.

The minister asked, "And what did Eve say to Adam after she bore
him his 99th son?"

Mrs. Jones poked her husband, who yelled, "You stick that
goddamned thing in me one more time and I'll break it in half
and shove it up your ass!"

"Amen," replied the congregation.

bern

Pam, I think you are right on that. Bern sent me a message and it is right below yours and right above mine ( hopefully) and it was hilighted in a lite pink box. I am sure no one can see it but me...
pat

Pat

How was the ice cream and mosquitoes?

Bern

You will have to be at Forster 1st November to see Shaun Quincey head out to row to New Zealand. Read about his plans at:
http://www.tasmantrespasser.com

In 1977, Shaun’s father, Colin Quincey, crossed the Tasman solo, rowing 2200km from Australia to New Zealand. Colin remains the only person to cross the Tasman solo and survive.

Sydney Morning Herald last Saturday quoted Ernest Hemmingway.
“The only real sports are mountain climbing, bullfighting and automobile racing - all the rest are just games.”

What do you all believe to be real sports?

Barry

Barry
I reckon real sports are those you have fun at, not those where professionals get huge prizes - I think it's the money that keeps them there ... they are really only doing their job and not necessarily the thrill and enjoyment of the challenge. Often you see tennis players, golfers, formula ones etc who are such bad losers, it makes you think they are only in it for the money.
I feel a 'real sport' is someone who would do a sporting activity just for the love of it.
barby

Hi All,
So we have moved house, so to speak. Wow. I have been following the trials and tribulations of James and Hugh I just haven't made any comments. Thank goodness they are both safe.

Yeah the book is out. I'm going to buy 2 copies, one for me and one for Maria (for those who remember meeting her at Ryans Bar)

AT great to be friends on Facebook, anyone else on Facebook?

Great to hear from you Patrick. It's like having the old forumite family back.

Lv to you all Beky

Hi All,
Just found on the net

BOOK AND DVD LAUNCH - SYDNEY BOAT SHOW - 30TH JULY TO 3RD AUGUST 2009

James and Justin are launching their book and DVD at the Sydney Boat Show check out

http://www.sydneyboatshow.com.au/activities/crossing-ditch/index.html

Cheers
Beky

Good morning and good night......
Barry, the ice cream was so good ( anything homemade is good) and the mosquitoes were not bad !!!! In other words, there was a lot of ice cream and few mosquitoes! ( I used mosquito spray and the citronella candles were burning around the yard and I was never bothered by them little devils). Had company come in Friday afternoon unexpectedly.... My husbands brother and his wife came down from Oklahoma and spent the weekend with us, so was busy . I am not one for surprises like that, but every thing turned out ok.

Barby and Aunty Sal, I could not have said it any better than you did about sportsmanship. It's all about who can make the most money...using the drugs to cheat....they claim to be roll models, but all they want is the attention, "look at me" attitude.... Yea Sal, the good old days were good...

Have a great day to you all. Bern, Berry glad you had a great day in Forester, hope the lunch was good! Hope you will be there in Nov. for Shaun Quincey s departure. That will be quit an adventure to follow, I wish him well.

Gotta get going, Barry I am thinking about what are real sports,,,,will write later..
pat

Beky

I have found the actual launch of the book a little confusing.

I too had seen the report that the book would be launched at the Sydney Boat Show in March.
http://www.sydneyboatshow.com.au/activities/crossing-ditch/index.html

However, in the crossing the ditch website, sometime ago they gave the launch date as June 25. (tomorrow). I put that on my calendar. It also was said that the publishers had great plans for the launch. and to watch this space. I am still watching.

This week following my purchase of the book I received the following message:

"Thank you for your purchase of the Crossing the Ditch Book. Your exclusive signed copy of Crossing the Ditch should arrive in the week beginning 29 June. Unfortunately we can't send it to you prior to its release in Australia on June 25."

I am still trying to find out what happens tomorrow.

Maybe the DVD will be launched at the Boat Show.

Barry

Whoa Barry...quick on the uptake, you beat me to it.

What he said I guess but more details to come!

Cheers all

JJ!

So the book will be sent out next week but it is not launched to the end of next month.
Is that unusual? I'm not up on book launches.

Pam

Bern
When you order a book through the CTD website, you get an exclusive, signed copy, with the Rats paw marks on it.

Pam

Today is a dry launch for the book. Without breaking a bottle of champers.

Barry

Bern,

I must be getting old because I can identify with your 'smile' about getting old.
Yippee it's Friday. The Boss is always happy on Fridays.
He only screams at me half the time!!!

Pam

MORNING FORUMITES
Pat ,I can relate to your help work, a few years back I was with ST VINNEYS and 4 days after the dole payments in they would come , and you had to be hard to be nice,
about age. I recall when I was about 30 sitting with DAD [RIP] having a chat when he said "Son ,old age is a curse, " not sinking into my brain I replied " she will be right Dad",45 years later I now know what he was talking about.
and we can still SMILE.

A bear is chasing a rabbit through a forest. They find a bottle and decide to rub it. A genie pops out. He says "I will grant each of you three wishes."The bear says "I wish all the bears in the forest were females." *poof* It's done.The rabbit says "I wish for a motorcycle." *poof* It's done.The bear says "I wish all the bears in this country were females." *poof* It's done. The rabbit says "I wish for a lifetime supply of carrots back at my house." *poof* It's done.The bear is thinking to himself "why is the rabbit wasting his wishes on stupid small things? oh well." "And for my third wish, I wish that all the bears in the world were female." *poof* It's done.The rabbit says "For MY last wish, I want the bear to be gay." And he rides off on his motorcycle.

and

Two rabbits were being chased by a pack of wolves. The wolves chased the rabbits into a thicket. After a few minutes, one rabbit turned to the other and said, "Well, do you want to make a run for it or stay here a few days and outnumber them?"

bern

MORNING FORUMITES
You are right PAT, This is walkabout country, and that is what the FORUMITES do , but they come back home when I CCCOOOOEEEEEEE down the computer vally
It is cool behind the ears this morn,20 past 6am and still dark be getting close to the shortest day ?
but it does not matter if its hot or cold we can still manage a

smile

Two zebras are talking and one asks the other, "Am I black with white
stripes or white with black stripes?" The other replies, "Well I don't
know. You should pray to God about that and ask him." So that night he did
and God replied, "You are what you are." The next day he said to the other
zebra, "I still don't understand what I am because God just said, You are
what you are." The second zebra responds, "You must be white with black
stripes or else God would have said, Yo is what yo is."


bern

MORNING FORUMITES
Thanks Cathieb for hearing the call,
It is amazing how we look at ourself, take M Jackson ,there was nothing wrong with his looks as a growing child ,in fact he was a good looking kid, What went wrong in his mind to do what he did to his body?? now every one is out to get what they can { M J RIP}
also why is it that when a football team get beat ,that the chap from Taree goes quite ??what do you reckon Mr Chipp?

smile

A jogger running down a country road is startled as a horse yells at him "Hey-come over hear buddy". The jogger is stunned but runs over to the fence where the horse is standing and asks"Were you talking to me"? The horse replies"Sure was, man I''ve got a problem. I won the Kentucky Derby a few years ago and this farmer bought me and now all I do is pull a plow and I''m sick of it. Why don''t you run up to the house and offer him $5,000 to buy me. I''ll make you some money cause I can still run." The jogger thought to himself,"boy a talking horse" Dollar signs started appearing in his head. So he runs to the house and the old farmer is sitting on the porch. The jogger tells the farmer"Hey man I''ll give you $5,000 for that old broken down nag you''ve got in the field". The farmer replies"Son you can''t believe anything that horse says-He''s never even been to Kentucky.

bern

Oh Pam, send me some cool.... we did get some rain here this morning but yesterday, Saturday, was hot hot hot. I am sure it will get hot here again once the sun shines and the clouds are gone. It is 10:40 pm here and passed my bed time. So take care..until later ... stay warm and I will try and stay cool....
pat

Every one here is getting ready to celebrate the 4th of July on Saturday, the USA's birthday. I think I will attend the parade and street fair, but the fireworks display I don't go to because there are just to many people and not enough space..... I think we will do a BBQ with some friends, maybe, don't know yet.....