Sudokuaholics Anonymous 3

MORNING SUDOKULAND,



Time for a cuppa, whatever your pleasure.

Another warm fall day ahead for us. LYNDA, nope, no trees changing color yet, still green.

the party at Rolandas was going strong , need to check back again this morning. June, and Julie, you need to make an appearance, at least! Rola will be back Friday, aussie time!

I have dropped by the Party at Rolanda's place for a quick visit. Have had my family up from Melbourne since Thursday with the grandsons who are 5 1/2 and two next week.Both VERY active and I had first muscle spasms in my back ewarly in the week which ended up as a pinched sciatic nerve and i could hardly even walk! Even so it was great to see the boys.We had not seen them for 4 months.

Good morning all! Still busy getting ready for in-laws. June, I hope your back gets better!

Mama, glad to see you stop by, I hope all is well with you and Sully!

Ian, I hope you stop by and give us the answers. Great quiz!

MizT, I haven't caught up with you in a while, hope all is going well!

I'll try to catch everyone later!

Morning everyone. Since I've been putting it off for a long time, have decided to spend the day sorting thru paperwork. Will pop in later. Hope you all have a good day/night.

Hello everyone.
I think the answer to no1 in Ian's quiz is boxing,
Hope he comes back and gives the answers sometime soon.

A piece of advice. If you're ever in an auto accident, expect everyone of questionable character to phone you.
I have recieved so far today alone, 6 calls from doctors and 2 calls from attorneys. Ambulance chasers in my opinion.
Now I'm debating on whether or not to answer it when it rings.

Good afternoon all! An absolutely gorgeous day today! I'm taking a break from cleaning to go watch S#2 play soccer.

Becky, was the accident reported in the paper? How did they get your name? We didn't get any calls when D#1 was in the accident last month. Hope you don't get any more annoying phone calls!

Becky, I am really sorry to hear that the ambulance chasers are after you. I suppose the difference in your and Stella's experiences lies in the states and their laws about that sort of thing. I don't think that happens here, either. You never said anything, so I'm assuming you weren't too sore the next day. Have you gotten to estimates and adjusters yet? I always think that's the fun part. Good luck.

Hi, Ruby! When you say the estimates and adjusters is the fun part, was that FUN in quotation marks, or do you really enjoy it?

Becky, hope all is OK! Sorry to hear you're getting such calls. Do you have caller ID?

Hi to MizTricia, June, Stella, Becky, Brenda and Ruby!

Ian, where are you? We need to check those answers.

June, I can commiserate with you and your sciatic nerve. I have a degenerated disc, so I have felt your pain. It's amazing how everything you want to move is connected to your back. After mine subsided, I did gentle stretching and abdominal strengthening exercises and it helped. In the meantime, go back to Rola's, find the jug I left on the picnic table, and take a swig. Then take two or three more. You will feel no pain.

Thanks Ruby, I think I might try that.

Boxing it is. [But I have seen ringside commentators score the match while it was going on. But of course, a KO makes any scoring irrelevant.] Another 'dw' word is 'dwindle.' I guess 'dweeb' hasn't made it into any official dictionary yet.

The great Supreme Court debate, I think, is a tempest in a teapot (to coin a phrase). Some graduate student/summer intern in the Park Service is given the job of updating the brochure or the website. It's not as though the Secretary of the Interior, at the orders of the President, sat down and said, "Aha! This is how I can drive God/god out of the country." The kid has an axe to grind, as all students do, and decides to make the brochure fit current trends. It's no big deal, other than the fact that it's part of a greater trend. And if people want to revert to some prior ethic, watch out....that includes the status of blacks, women, employees, soldiers (they don't call them 'privates' for nothing).

The most important job of Conservatives is to resist change. That way, only worthwhile ideas make it though. Think about smoking, drunk driving, discrimination, putting the moves on your secretary...Every one took a generation and a half to become a routinely-accepted societal attitude.

Thanks for the advice Becky but I already have that policy in place. I do not answer the home phone during the day. It is only ever telemarketers or bad news.
The home phone goes to auto-message after a certain number of rings so if it is important, I figure they will leave a message. My friends and family know this, so I also have a system, if its urgent, ring back straight away and I might answer it or else ring/msg my mobile. Then I can also choose whether I answer that as well!

We have an answering machine, but was waiting for the appraiser to call.

Anyway, I decided to have some fun with them.
Me: "Hello."
Caller: "Becky, we are from ___ and would like to set up an appointment with you."
Me: "Hello?"
Caller: (They'd repeat in a louder voice.)
Me: "Huh?"
Caller: (Even louder.)
Me: "Speak up, I can't hear you."
Caller: (Louder still.)
Me: "Well, if you can't tell me what you want, please don't call back."
Click.

BAD BAD BECCA, but that is just what they deserve. I cannot believe doctors are calling soliciting business. I imagine thier practice is seeing and 'evaluating" injuries, huumm, as long as you have an injury and insurance is paying, I imagine they have a treatemtn for you too, ya think??

RUBY, I did not see a post from JUNE about siatic nerve, did you make that up? Am I that forgetful? ( don't answer that). BUT interestingly, I see a link for information, top right of page, for siatic pain relief, someone is monitoring our posts

NEVER MIND. I found the lost post, it was not lost, I was.

Hi mizT I doubt you are still around but I can live in hope. I bet everyone is at Rolanda's place having a party

Hi Brenda, I have some time to sit and relax so looking at the posts and see you are here (Still?)

I have only just arrived. For some reason I cannot get to sleep, so thought I would come down and have a look on here instead of disturbing Richard's sleep

How is your back today. I remember the pain my first husband had with a trapped sciatic nerve, he was off work 6 weeks and could hardly move most of that time

Been to the Dr this morning and have now taken the medication and have done very little today. Not having the grandsons here will help. It was just G
"grandma come and see etc so I kept walking about instead of resting it. Will see how I go.

I often get up and do the Sudoku if I cannot sleep, rather than disturb Ken. Except I then go back and put my cold feet on him so I will get warm again.

I'm sitting with my feet in my quillow so they are lovely and warm

I bought a small "Blow Heater" for the computer room for when I get up on a cold night. I sleep Ok if we go to bed late (after 11pm) but I always seem to wake if I go earlier but if I fool on the computer or read for awhile I can generally get back to sleep after a while

Suggest a hot chocolate and then back to bed for you Brenda so that you are back to sleep before 2AM. I can always sleep in but you have a family to get up for.

Hot chocolate is no good for me, I cannot stand the stuff I love chocolate but not as a drink or pudding. I'm fortunate in the fact that my family look after themselves in the morning (unless Richard needs to go to the station to go into London) I could have a lie in too. Oh and I have missed 2A?M? by 45 minutes it is 2:45 now

We rarely get to bed before midnight and normally I can fall straight to sleep. Occasionally I get this not being able to sleep and have to get up, I will go back to bed soon and hopefully will sleep ok

I forgot to hit the daylight savings button on my world time card that I keep by the computer!
It is good to keep track of the times other people are posting.

I think it is time I did a few jobs around the place. Will probably check back some time later. Hope you get back to sleep soon Brenda.
Like you I enjoy chocalate but do not like chocolate cakes etc. Only sometimes like a good quality hot chocolate at night as seldom drink tea or coffee.

How is spring shaping up in NSW? We have hit autumn and the weather has turned cold and damp. I have had to relent and put the heating on to warm the house up on an evening.

Well I will bid you goodnight/afternoon and hope oto chat again soon

Has nobody been around all day? Must be partying still! Heading off to bed to get a couple of hours sleep. Good night/morning!

Hi All,

Just passing through.

just upgraded my ADSL from 512K to 1.5M, woohoo much faster, way cool.

Good morning!

Good morning Ruby. Hope you have a lovely day.

Everyone. What a beautiful day, today. No rain in sight. I need to do stuff outside but first have to get the girl doing school.

Everyone, again. I feel like the only person left on earth. Where did everybody go?

Hi, Brenda, Stella, vdV, Ruby, June & Rena! I hope everyone is having a good day/evening/night!

Rena, I hope you had a good school session, then got to enjoy the sunny day!