Dialect Survey (kinda interesting)

1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks?
Creek

2. What the thing you push around the grocery store/supermarket?
Trolley

3. A metal container to carry a meal in?
Lunchbox, however here they're usually plastic.
Eskies also carry meals quite well. :)

4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in?
Frypan. Although a skillet would be nice.

5. The piece of furniture that seats three people?
Lounge

6. The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof?
Gutters and downpipes

7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening?
Patio. There's also verandahs and pergolas that are similar. (and pergola is pronounced "purr-goal-a"

8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages?
Soft drink/softies

9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup?
Pancakes. Hotcakes are a little thicker.

10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself?
Roll

11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach?
Speedos or boardies (board shorts)

12. Shoes worn for sports?
Sneakers

13. Putting a room in order?
Tidying

14. A flying insect that glows in the dark?
Firefly. We don't get them here. :(

15. The little insect arthropod that curls up into a ball?
Slater or pillbug

16. The children's playground equipment where one kid sits on one side and goes up while the other sits on the other side and goes down?
See-saw

17. How do you eat your pizza?
With my hands, starting from the pointy end.

18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
Garage sale

19. What's the evening meal?
Dinner

20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are?
Cellar (often for wine) or basement

Dialect Survey (kinda interesting)

1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks?
Creek

2. What the thing you push around the grocery store/supermarket?
Trolley

3. A metal container to carry a meal in?
Lunchbox, however here they're usually plastic.
Eskies also carry meals quite well. :)

4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in?
Frypan. Although a skillet would be nice.

5. The piece of furniture that seats three people?
Lounge

6. The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof?
Gutters and downpipes

7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening?
Patio. There's also verandahs and pergolas that are similar. (and pergola is pronounced "purr-goal-a"

8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages?
Soft drink/softies

9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup?
Pancakes. Hotcakes are a little thicker.

10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself?
Roll

11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach?
Speedos or boardies (board shorts)

12. Shoes worn for sports?
Sneakers

13. Putting a room in order?
Tidying

14. A flying insect that glows in the dark?
Firefly. We don't get them here. :(

15. The little insect arthropod that curls up into a ball?
Slater or pillbug

16. The children's playground equipment where one kid sits on one side and goes up while the other sits on the other side and goes down?
See-saw

17. How do you eat your pizza?
With my hands, starting from the pointy end.

18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
Garage sale

19. What's the evening meal?
Dinner

20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are?
Cellar (often for wine) or basement

Weird dreams

Weird dreams again last night.

We were somewhere not near home but for some reason I had my two cats with me. You know 'em, Cooking Fat and Phantom (weird things is, Cooking was normal and healthy and not really old and certainly not dead, which he actually has been for 9 years). Something happened to Cooking Fat, I can't remember what, maybe something with his teeth? But Phantom had gone somewhere and she had dust in her eye. Now she was sitting on the chest just inside the Greenmount house. So I leaned down to wipe it out and after I did another bit of debris appeared in the bottom of her eye. So I removed that. Then ANOTHER bit of junk appeared, so I removed that. Then the most bizarre thing. A piece of PAPER (like a strip from a magazine) appeared so I gently removed it (it was about 1.5cm wide and 15cm long). ANOTHER piece appeared so I gently pulled THAT out and noticed her eyelid was becoming prolapsed (no surprise here). So I took her and Cooking Fat to the vet nearby. They were great. The vet said they'd have to do an op on Phantom and I was like "How much will that cost?" and the nurse said "However much you can pay." After it all I decided I'd determine to spare them at least $20.

So Cooking Fat was just being kept in one of the vet cages. He was fine. Phantom went in for her op while I waited. A bit later the doctor took me into the operating room (I'd figured he'd figured that I was used to this stuff and wouldn't be squeamish, which I wasn't).

Here's where it gets a little disturbing. In my dream I wasn't disturbed. I thought it was a little weird but trusted the vet to do his job properly (which he did). Here was a skinned cat on the table with it's head opened up. He explained that she'd obviously been chewing the magazines or something and big wad was stuck in some cavity of her head and that's why it was coming out of her eyes. He'd removed the debris. I just nodded in understanding and went back out. When the vet was done and Phantom came out she looked just like normal. So she was put in recovery for a while. Matt and I waited so we could take both cats home.

Now because we were elsewhere, we had a lot of stuff with us. So we were sitting in a large room - seemed almost like a conference room (right beside the vet staff room). A few other friends are sitting around waiting too. Then all of a sudden all these kids barge into the place and start wrecking stuff. They're mostly dressed in clubbing and street gear and are a bit younger than us. I'm worried about the cats but they are okay in a back room. Not long after police arrive and catch the kids with a bit of assistance from us. But seeing as a "crime has been commited" we have to wait and they have to go through ALL our stuff. I get quite upset, sneak into the vet staff room and ask how long it will be until the cats are ready to be taken home, then get rudely pulled outside by a cop. He starts going through my stuff. As I remove them I clearly show him things like nail files and scissors. Eventually he gives me the all clear and I just have to put everything away again! Oh yeah, and I'm also wondering how the cats will take the trip home and neither likes car trips. God knows how and why they came with us in the first place.


God dreams can be so damn weird! This one was really vivid too.

Weird dreams

Weird dreams again last night.

We were somewhere not near home but for some reason I had my two cats with me. You know 'em, Cooking Fat and Phantom (weird things is, Cooking was normal and healthy and not really old and certainly not dead, which he actually has been for 9 years). Something happened to Cooking Fat, I can't remember what, maybe something with his teeth? But Phantom had gone somewhere and she had dust in her eye. Now she was sitting on the chest just inside the Greenmount house. So I leaned down to wipe it out and after I did another bit of debris appeared in the bottom of her eye. So I removed that. Then ANOTHER bit of junk appeared, so I removed that. Then the most bizarre thing. A piece of PAPER (like a strip from a magazine) appeared so I gently removed it (it was about 1.5cm wide and 15cm long). ANOTHER piece appeared so I gently pulled THAT out and noticed her eyelid was becoming prolapsed (no surprise here). So I took her and Cooking Fat to the vet nearby. They were great. The vet said they'd have to do an op on Phantom and I was like "How much will that cost?" and the nurse said "However much you can pay." After it all I decided I'd determine to spare them at least $20.

So Cooking Fat was just being kept in one of the vet cages. He was fine. Phantom went in for her op while I waited. A bit later the doctor took me into the operating room (I'd figured he'd figured that I was used to this stuff and wouldn't be squeamish, which I wasn't).

Here's where it gets a little disturbing. In my dream I wasn't disturbed. I thought it was a little weird but trusted the vet to do his job properly (which he did). Here was a skinned cat on the table with it's head opened up. He explained that she'd obviously been chewing the magazines or something and big wad was stuck in some cavity of her head and that's why it was coming out of her eyes. He'd removed the debris. I just nodded in understanding and went back out. When the vet was done and Phantom came out she looked just like normal. So she was put in recovery for a while. Matt and I waited so we could take both cats home.

Now because we were elsewhere, we had a lot of stuff with us. So we were sitting in a large room - seemed almost like a conference room (right beside the vet staff room). A few other friends are sitting around waiting too. Then all of a sudden all these kids barge into the place and start wrecking stuff. They're mostly dressed in clubbing and street gear and are a bit younger than us. I'm worried about the cats but they are okay in a back room. Not long after police arrive and catch the kids with a bit of assistance from us. But seeing as a "crime has been commited" we have to wait and they have to go through ALL our stuff. I get quite upset, sneak into the vet staff room and ask how long it will be until the cats are ready to be taken home, then get rudely pulled outside by a cop. He starts going through my stuff. As I remove them I clearly show him things like nail files and scissors. Eventually he gives me the all clear and I just have to put everything away again! Oh yeah, and I'm also wondering how the cats will take the trip home and neither likes car trips. God knows how and why they came with us in the first place.


God dreams can be so damn weird! This one was really vivid too.

Public service announcement

Don't forget my housewarming is tomorrow.

Buzz me any way you know how if you need my address or directions.

Public service announcement

Don't forget my housewarming is tomorrow.

Buzz me any way you know how if you need my address or directions.

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Mmm, stomach full of Sweet Lips fish, chips and light and tasty squid rings.

Fan on my back.

And Red Eye Platinum.

Then we shall head into karaoke and I shall sing hammy songs.

*happy B.J.*

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Mmm, stomach full of Sweet Lips fish, chips and light and tasty squid rings.

Fan on my back.

And Red Eye Platinum.

Then we shall head into karaoke and I shall sing hammy songs.

*happy B.J.*