THE Progress Association meeting will be held this Thursday, September 18, in the Memorial Hall at 7pm. The main items for discussion will be the garbage collection options, 'swap meet and craft' fair on November 9 and the latest word on possible use of St Lawrence.
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Edna Baker had four friends staying with her over the weekend having an enjoyable dinner at the Binalong Hotel on Friday night followed up with an afternoon gathering with locals at her place on Saturday.
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Dylan Killick had a few friends out from Harden during the weekend for his 14th birthday. A barbecue with a large bonfire were the order of the days.
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Tips from Glenda's cottage garden: Soak beetroot seeds in water before sowing; sow carrots with sand in the furrows; put cooking oil in a shallow container to trap earwigs.
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Aussie expressions you don't hear so much these days: "He's a dill," A bloke whose intentions are good, but is distinctly lacking intelligence.
"Ah, ya drongo," a loser named after a horse that always ran second.
"What a lair," an over-dressed under-mannered lout. A "mug lair" follows on.
"Niggly," irritable, bad tempered. "Oodles," plenty. "Boodle," money. "Shirty," cranky. "Black Maria," the police paddy waggon. "Bob's yer uncle," things are okay. "Bung on a blue," to start a fight or stack on a turn. "Done like a dinner," beaten comprehensively.
"Do your block, do your 'nana', do the lolly," losing your temper.
"Doover," a handy word covering everything from a left handed spanner to a thing to take a stone out of a horse's hoof.
"Lunatic soup," the grog. "Whacko the diddle-o," an expression of joy.
"Wouldn't have missed it for quids," when something happens that brings tears of laughter to the eyes.
John Killick