Mary from Bibra Lake WA

Dear MARY.
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Wish You,
Merry Christmas,
and,
Happy New Year.
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Mary, Knock! Knock! Anybody home? Have you any room for a little bubbly? Well, then. I will leave this case of Veuve Clicquot Brut. I hope this messsage finds you and your family in the best of health and spirits. You are always a delight on the site. Celebrate the season.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Mary, I wish you and your family a Merry Christmas
and a Happy New Year

hopefully we can catch up in Albany

Mary,
Wishing you and your family a wonderful Christmas and all the best in the New Year!

Merry Crimble (sounds like crumble - that's why I like it) Mary.
Have a great Christmas with your family - I'm hanging out for the xmas pud with brandy butter -best part of the meal...
All the very best for 2008.
Love
Billy
x

Here's wishing you a wonderful Christmas filled with peace, joy and a multitude of blessings. May your blessings overflow and be multiplied as you journey into the New Year.

Merry and .

Mary thank you for you birthday wishes last week. We had a wonderful time.

Mary, thank you for your birthday wishes! Have a wonderful New Year's Eve and a happy, healthy 2008!

Stopped by to wish you good cheer
Brought a little bubblie here
May your toast be great
For two thousand eight
May you have a very

Hope your Christmas was blest.
No resolutions to obsess
It is not too late
For to celebrate
Our Lord Saviour’s Righteousness

Mary and family!
May 2008 fulfil your dreams!

Just popping in to thank you for the birthday greeting on my page and to wish you a

Hi Mary! Sorry it took me a while to find my notes on auspicious foods for the New Year Day. But here goes:
Ebi
Ebi-no-saka-mushi (sake steamed shrimp) Shrimp = longevity
Gobo
Kinpira Gobo(braised burdock strips)
Jubako
A common type of jubako is now a three-tiered set though it is originally or basically a five-tiered set. The following is the description of the modern type of jubako. 
-Tiers of Jubako-　(a typical and common model)
1.    The top tier of the jubako called ichi-no-ju (一の重)  
contains appetizer or side dishes called kuchi-tori(口取り).
2.    The second one called ni-no-ju (二の重)
contains vinegared dishes called su-no-mono (酢の物). 
3.    The bottom one called san-no-ju (三の重)
contains dishes boiled and seasoned called nimono (煮物). 
Kamaboku
Kamaboko (蒲鉾): Broiled fish paste colored red and white. It represents rising sun.
Kazunoko
Kazunoko(herring roe) fish roe = fetility = happiness in the family Kazunoko (数の子): Salted herring roe. It symbolizes the prosperity of descendants
Kobu
Kobu-maki (昆布巻き): Rolled kelp with herring. It is connected with “yorokobu” which means be pleased. It represents happiness. happy occasions  A Japanese word “yoroKOBU” means “to become happy due to a good news.”
Kuri
Kachiguri (勝栗): Dried chestnuts. It is connected with the word “katsu” which means to win or victory. It represents success
Kurikinton (sweet mashed sweet potato with chestnuts) 
gold color = fortune, wealth
Kurikinton (栗金団): Mashed sweet potatoes with chestnuts. It is colored yellow with kuchinashi(梔子) or gardenia, and the color looks like gold. Gold is considered as an auspicious color.
Mame
Kuro-mame(sweet black beans) mame (beans) = hard working and health
Kuromame (黒豆): Boiled sweet black soybeans. It represents a prayer for bodily health. In addition, “mame”, which the word “kuromame” contains, means “hardworking”. 
Namazu
Namasu(daikon and carrot pickles) the color white (from daikon radish) and red or pink (from carrot) for happy occasions
Nimono
Nimono(simmered dish) with gobo (burdock root), satoimo (taro), carrot, shiitake mushroom
Nishime
Like Nimono
Renkon
Lotus roots to be able to see future
Tamago
Date-maki(rolled sweet omelet) scroll-like-shape = academic success
Datemaki (伊達巻): Sweet omelet made from eggs and paste of fish. It symbolizes knowledge.
Tai
Tai-no-shio-yaki(grill sea bream) Tai or sea bream = happy/joyous (occasions)  A Japanese word “medeTAI” means “happy, joyous, propitious (sign), auspicious (day), etc.”
Tazukuri
Tazukuri(teriyaki small dried sardines) small sardine = used as a fertilizer in a field = good harvest Tazukuri (田作り): Small sardines simmered in a mixture of sugar, mirin (a kind of flavoring), and soy sauce till becoming dry and sticky. It symbolizes a rich harvest.

Hi, Mary! Yes most of them but in really little portions! Some I can't stand and nothing is going to make me eat them! Konyaku is one of them. I remember when I was a child my mother would include them in dinners. I'd sneak them into a napkin and when I went outside, I yelled, "Worms, worms!" and my pet chickens (2 roosters and 2 hens) would gobble them up!!

Hi Mary,
Thank you so much for your birthday wishes to me on the 16th. My apologies for being so late in replying. I had a lovely day, made even better by the greetings from my new friends on this site. Thank you so much!

Mary enjoyed the cut you found of Dark Island. Of course, you know I'm a Corries fan. I probably should have put up "Flower of Scotland".

Long time no see Mary.. hope you and yours are well

Same thoughts as Rolanda, is all well with you Mary? I haven't seen you lately.

Thank you Mary for dropping by and wish me happy b-day...it was super because of all of you my sudoku friends...

Hi Mary, for the birthday wishes. Hope you're having a fun St Valentine's Day. I liked the Dark Island. Sorry there are 2 white fish! You can only tell if they're both over a coloured fish at the same time!

Mary, good of you to visit my page. not exactually fabulous, but I am doing tolerably well hehehe.

Poor Boy Sandwiches seem to have originated in New Oleans, and usually started with a french bread baguette as the bread. then fried seafood, lettuce, tomato,pickles, onion, mayonase were all piled high.

So, it is a sort of sub sandwich with all the trimmings, and usually has a LOT of whatever meat. this little shop offers all thier fish and seafood grilled or fried, so we have grilled. The roll is about 9 inches long and about 3 inches wide and had a huge serving of grilled grouper. I have to be really hungry to eat one!

Mary said . . . .Thanx MizT, but what then is the difference between a poor boy and a sub? . . .

Mary, seems to be the difference is where it is made :>)

Mary I don't think people really care who the quotes are attributed to, politicians have usually been fair game. I have to admit I didn't inquire, just took it at face value. Having looked him up now that you mentioned him, I don't think he is likey to have uttered those words. Interestin man.

Mary for your birthday greetings. Please share with me some of my birthday cake (with a candle there are plenty to go round)

Thanks for the welcome and your kind words, Mary. It's always fun to be a part of the cool sorority! XO

Thank you, Mary for the birthday wishes! What fun to celebrate with everyone in Sudokuland!

Hey Mary, thanks for the msg...
the set books for the uint are Disgrace by JM Coetzee - reading it as we speak, Careless by Deborah Robertson (she was my tutor from the creative writing units i did a few yrs back) and Shorts by Caryl Churchill. Films to watch are Crash, Babel,Munich, Syriana, united 93, The Wind that Shakes the Barley, TheRoad to Guantanamo and The Truce. I've seen some of them, but all in all quite an interesting line-up of course material and i've got bec as my study buddy as she thought she'd get an easy ride doing the same unit as her mum - yeah right!!
Take care. x

Hello Mary - a long overdue visit to your page and to say thank you for your lovely comment about my sunrise photo.
I hope all is well with your and your family. Say "hello" to your Mum for me, please.

Hi Mary, we have a lot of maple trees in Canada and many farms have a house where they boil the sap to make it into syrup or maple sugar, they call it Cabane à Sucre or Sugar Shack, it is like a restaurant where you can go and eat a meal made with maple syrup products...There is pancakes, sausages, bacon, taffy, and of course, a lot of it is cooked in maple syrup. This is what I call a sugar shack but the term has been used for other meanings...like a love house etc...

This is for you to go and visit...hope it works.
http://www.bonjourquebec.com/qc-en/erablieres0.html

tell me where you are from...I do not know what WA means?

Mary, I have been overwhelmed by the kindness shown to me for my birthday. It really does make your day to find well wishers from all over the world have visited with such greetings.
From the bottom of my heart, I thank you.

Hi there Mary...
for dropping by on my birthday.
This was my first 'Sudoku' birthday and I've enjoyed all the visits immensely.
Just googled Bibra lake..few years now since I went down the Kwinana Freeway...do you live very close to it? Bet it has all changed immensely in the last couple of decades.
Bye for now.

Hey Mary, party isn't till the 23rd May - should be good!!!

Going to Must Wine Bar which sells martinis (of course!) and has lamb dishes (which Bond is meant to eat a lot of!)

Oh Mary, thank you thank you for your b'day wish! I am enjoying the 2 day celebration!!! With good friends like you, I am having a great day!

Dear Mary,
Thank you for your kind message. The support from the wonderful people on this site has been amazing. I am overwhelmed.
Kate

Thank you Mary for making my birthday a special one.
Many sudoku friends from around the world coming to visit me and wishing me a Happy Birthday have overwhelmed me.
Peter and the boys took me out to dinner to a Chinese Restaurant in Willeton, and on the Sunday, we had a delicious Roast Dinner at MIL’s.

WW Mary! What a trailer on your you-tube...I will surely keep an eye out for that movie...looks enjoyable to say the least! I'm glad for the film, but am really happy to have had you take time to share my birthday. Your greetings helped to make a good day better...and I'm very appreciative that you did.

for the birthday greetings! Having a sudoku birthday has to be the most special celebrations! I was overwhelmed!

Hi Mary,
Thank you for the message you sent me on my birthday. Have a nice day.
Marjan

Tulio and Mary, if you are still around, try putting the video on pause for a few seconds. You are playing it faster than you are downloading it. If you wait and watch the indicator across the bottom of picture, when it gets ahead then play the video.
Some people have uploaded to Youtube at different speeds. It just takes a little patience and it will be finne.