Where are we all now??
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Topic: Where are we all now??
Posted By: Caroloz
Subject: Where are we all now??
Date Posted: 25-May-2007 at 04:36
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Hi All I have been searching for old school friends all week and found out about this website from another old "Grover". It made my day! I often wonder where everyone is and what they are up to? I was a Grover between 77 and 80 (roughly) - though I did go back once when I was 19 in 81, engaged to be married! A fella asked me to dance for the slow set - and knowing what bravery it took for a fella to ask a girl to dance, I got up with him ( I had three brothers who were shattered by refusals too many times so made it a rule never to say "no")...but your man was horrified to discover I was engaged and walked off without a word and left me standing! So much for being "nice" - It was only a dance after all! Anyway, I am now 24 years married with two grown up kids, 22 and 23, living in Perth, Western Australia. I lecture at a college and have a private practice as a musculoskeletal therapist. What is anyone else doing? Carol |
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Posted By: freebird
Date Posted: 25-May-2007 at 05:19
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Welcome Caroloz There was a topic similar to this one posted by Floydman a few months back. 'Faraways check in here' I have brought it up again so you can read all about us faraways and the other Faraways that live in the very north of county Dublin enjoy the site |
Posted By: Esthalon
Date Posted: 25-May-2007 at 09:54
Welcome Carol, You're in good campany in OZ.....there'll be reunions there soon  ------------- Smoke me a kipper I'll be back for Breakfast! |
Posted By: Stoner
Date Posted: 25-May-2007 at 11:12
Welcome Carol, glad you found the site and hope you enjoy it.  ------------- Impotence; nature's way of saying no hard feelings! 
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Posted By: eejit91
Date Posted: 25-May-2007 at 13:56
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ok lads what's in Perth that I need to know about!... half the grove seem to be over there. ------------- "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better." |
Posted By: Caroloz
Date Posted: 25-May-2007 at 16:05
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This is GREAT! Who else is in Perth from the Grove? I found this site 24 hours ago and already found 3! Love it! Teresa - Perth is one of the worlds best kept secrets. The only thing it doesn't have is the Grove!...but looks like it has the makings of a Grove reunion! |
Posted By: eejit91
Date Posted: 25-May-2007 at 17:32
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Yes there is Irish Mammy, Freebird and Donal and now yourself. Rolo is heading your way to see some friends from Ireland who moved over there! You all need to meet up and have a little Grove reunion. I would love to visit Aussie - my niece lives in Melbourne. ------------- "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better." |
Posted By: Black Russian
Date Posted: 25-May-2007 at 18:13
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Bloody Oz full of Ex Criminals ------------- "Legal downloads is killing Piracy" http://www.flickr.com/groups/th |
Posted By: Caroloz
Date Posted: 25-May-2007 at 18:55
| Mammy mentioned having a get together when Rolo comes over. I'd be in that! I'm sure Donal would be if he is not away at work. When is Rolo coming over? |
Posted By: eejit91
Date Posted: 25-May-2007 at 18:57
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Not sure but I think July! He can correct me. ------------- "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better." |
Posted By: Kate
Date Posted: 25-May-2007 at 23:38
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I'll be staying in a two man tent out Donal's back garden ------------- more than a feeling!!! 
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around Easter Sunday 2009 which i'm reliably informed falls on 12th April that year... (thanks Blondie!) so if you could hang on till then guys that'd be great .......... 
Posted By: freebird
Date Posted: 26-May-2007 at 01:43
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mmm....dont know about Donals back garden Kate, too many snakes and other creepies in that part of the city
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Posted By: Stoner
Date Posted: 26-May-2007 at 02:05
The kids tell me that the cubby house/chook pen is quite comfortable  and spacious  ------------- Impotence; nature's way of saying no hard feelings!
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Posted By: Caroloz
Date Posted: 26-May-2007 at 04:54
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Hi Kate Dont mind Freebird hahahaha. I live around the corner from Donal and I have never seen a snake in the area, plenty of creepy's though, but they are everywhere over here. After a year of therapy I was fine with it Are you coming over? |
.Posted By: Kate
Date Posted: 27-May-2007 at 10:26
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So long as there are no reb-backs or Huntsmen's i'm grand. Sure am Caroloz, have been before and loved the place..... would live there permanently but for the small matter of my hubby....(hi MrL) Anyway, will be there for the Grove reunion out Donal's back in me tent Easter 09'..... u coming? sorry Donal..... just how many kids do you have??
------------- more than a feeling!!!
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Posted By: Caroloz
Date Posted: 27-May-2007 at 10:46
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Hi Kate If Donal is having a "do" I'll definitely be there and have no problem gate crashing Looking forward to meeting you when you come over! |
. Since it was Donal who told me about the website I am sure I'd be invited anyway!Posted By: Kate
Date Posted: 27-May-2007 at 22:00
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Will see you then....
------------- more than a feeling!!!
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Posted By: verh
Date Posted: 29-May-2007 at 21:46
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Kate, Is it true Donal has 12 kids - where will you fit ??? V ------------- Verona |
Posted By: Kate
Date Posted: 29-May-2007 at 22:59
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If he does i'm staying with Caroloz.... wonder does his wife know??
------------- more than a feeling!!!
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Posted By: Stoner
Date Posted: 30-May-2007 at 02:15
Only got the 3 kids but also got 5 chooks, a parrot and a cat so don't know if they count?? The noise and mess that the 3 of them make there might as well be 12 of them here.  ------------- Impotence; nature's way of saying no hard feelings!
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Posted By: Caroloz
Date Posted: 30-May-2007 at 05:43
| Kate I have plenty of room and NO kids left at home so you would be more than welcome! I have heaps of spare bedrooms...but I dont cook for guests!! so you'd have to fend for yourself :) |
Posted By: Kate
Date Posted: 30-May-2007 at 10:10
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Christ Donal, sounds like a mini Woodstock going on there, not a Grove reunion.... Caroloz, you might be sorry you said that..... tell you what, i'll leave my hubby and two children with Donal and i'll stay in yours.... sounds like they'd fit in just fine....! SORTED!!! ------------- more than a feeling!!!
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Posted By: Caroloz
Date Posted: 30-May-2007 at 10:37
| Hahaha Kate, you're on! |
Posted By: grainne_witch
Date Posted: 02-June-2007 at 20:08
| Hi there, just found out about the website from Carol. I was aGrover from 78 til about 81. Lived in Sydney for 14 years, thought I was homesick and came back in 98! Living in 'cosmopolitan Carlagh' now but still a city girl at heart! Having great fun exploring the site and reminiscing about the grove days! |
Posted By: Polly
Date Posted: 02-June-2007 at 20:31
Hi welcome to the site Grainne! Be warned, it is addictive 
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Posted By: Vinyl Junkie
Date Posted: 02-June-2007 at 21:33
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Hey Grainne - welcome aboard. As Polly says, it is addictive. ------------- TPFKAB (The Poster Formerly Known As Brunswick). |
(just love that smiley) Posted By: monarch
Date Posted: 02-June-2007 at 21:53
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Hi Grainne,
Good to see another 22th May person on the site along with Myself and KBannon. ------------- There is a crack in everything ...... that's how the light gets in |
Posted By: Bluebell
Date Posted: 03-June-2007 at 00:09
Hey Grainne.........welcome to the site, keep posting would love to hear your stories 
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Posted By: Rolo
Date Posted: 03-June-2007 at 01:41
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Second the welcome from all the other nutters Grainne. Just be warned, say goodbye to real life for a while .
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Posted By: Caroloz
Date Posted: 03-June-2007 at 04:26
| Ah Grainne you made it :) Welcome to waking up to 40 messages each day! |
Posted By: grainne_witch
Date Posted: 03-June-2007 at 09:29
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Thanks for all the welcomes!! Anybody have any influence on the weather? In a moment of madness I invited 17 people to lunch tomorrow and it's not looking good right now!
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Posted By: freebird
Date Posted: 03-June-2007 at 13:02
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Welcome Grainne, Don't think we have anybody else here from 'Cosmopolitan Carlagh' Hope you enjoy the site but it is addictive. Fingers crossed you have good weather for your lunch. |
Posted By: verh
Date Posted: 03-June-2007 at 13:18
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Welcome Grainne, Hope you realy enjoy. V ------------- Verona |
Posted By: Black Russian
Date Posted: 03-June-2007 at 13:24
Ahh another Victim sorry another Grove member Welcome to the site... Where is all our invite to lunch ???? Going to Bbq today in friends. My firends wife said we might cancell it and as I stated we can have it anyway cause only one person needs to be out in the rain doing the cooking and she agreed. HA HAP ------------- "Legal downloads is killing Piracy" http://www.flickr.com/groups/th |
grainne_witch wrote:Posted By: grainne_witch
Date Posted: 03-June-2007 at 14:33
| I've just put together 'easy to assemble' table and chairs with the help of an 11 year old. He wanted to know why I was cursing! My problem with a rainy bar b q is that I will be the one in the rain! I think I'll bring it indoors....... |
Posted By: finno
Date Posted: 03-June-2007 at 14:53
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Grainne welcome aboard.
------------- A man must have a code |
Posted By: Caroloz
Date Posted: 03-June-2007 at 15:30
| Grainne...did you include a description of weather in your social life??? remember...be specific! |
Posted By: Bluebell
Date Posted: 03-June-2007 at 16:42
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Cheer up Grainne and don't worry, the weather is looking good for tomorrow so get the sun tan cream out
------------- You are what you wanna be....age doesn't matter |
Posted By: verh
Date Posted: 03-June-2007 at 19:09
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Grainne, If the weather boys/girls are right - tomorrow is due to be A1 - so go ahead & plan away - good friends will not know sunshine from rain. V ------------- Verona |
Posted By: grainne_witch
Date Posted: 03-June-2007 at 19:40
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Thanks for that. I'm hoping they are right this time.
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Posted By: RoundaboutToo!
Date Posted: 03-June-2007 at 19:53
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hey Welcome Grainne, enjoy the lunch - looks like the weather'll be ok (except here on the East coast  )CP. |
Posted By: grainne_witch
Date Posted: 04-June-2007 at 10:22
Ok the meat is marinading, the only cake I can bake is in the oven and it is feckin freezin outside. Ran out of oil on Friday evening and this house is over 100 years old i.e. cold! So I'm going outside to do my witch's sunshine dance - give the neighbours something else to talk about! 
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Posted By: Caroloz
Date Posted: 04-June-2007 at 18:28
| Well Grainne did you get sunshine? if you did you are going to have special requests all summer long for the witches sunshine dance!! |
Posted By: Vinyl Junkie
Date Posted: 04-June-2007 at 19:17
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Is that the dance that witches do without any clothes?? On a totally unrelated matter, whereabouts in Carlow are you?? ------------- TPFKAB (The Poster Formerly Known As Brunswick). |
Posted By: grainne_witch
Date Posted: 05-June-2007 at 08:15
| Sorry Brunswick I'd have to kill you if I told you - witches' spells are protected by a secret covenant! But the sun did shine in the end (nearly the very end!) I lit a fire outside and fed them enough food and alcohol so as not to notice the fine Irish drizzle! |
Posted By: verh
Date Posted: 05-June-2007 at 14:17
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Weather here great again - must be G's strip dance - keep dancing Grainne/ V ------------- Verona |
Posted By: chi chi
Date Posted: 10-June-2007 at 23:22
| Jaysus- that nude-y dance really doing the job Grainne...past few days have been fab..Keep dancing til u drop..Agree with VERh !!!! |
Posted By: grainne_witch
Date Posted: 10-June-2007 at 23:59
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Isn't the weather fantastic? I'll have to stop soon - I'm burnt to a crisp!!!!
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Posted By: Caroloz
Date Posted: 11-June-2007 at 04:09
| I was talking to "home" last night Grainne and they said the sun was splitting the trees. Never knew you had it in you. Have you mastered rain dancing yet? the farmers here would pay you a fortune! (just do it at night though!) |
Posted By: irish_mammy
Date Posted: 11-June-2007 at 05:23
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Grainne, Make sure you do that dance again when Mary and I get home in Sept!!!!!!! ------------- Lesley 25th June - 25th July. Get organising my nights out. Child can stay in the car. Grove 1980-1984 |
Posted By: Stoner
Date Posted: 11-June-2007 at 06:58
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Can't believe how cold it is here at the moment, glad I'm heading up north for a few weeks to thaw out. How did I ever survive winter in Dublin???? ------------- Impotence; nature's way of saying no hard feelings!
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Posted By: grainne_witch
Date Posted: 11-June-2007 at 08:32
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Hi Irish Mammy - I'll give it a go in Sept! You have a good chance cos schools go back then. Guaranteed good weather here when the exams begin and school goes back!! It was up to 29degrees in places here yesterday. I heard NSW are suffering through floods right now.
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Posted By: grainne_witch
Date Posted: 11-June-2007 at 08:33
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Donal - you've gone soft!!! How long have you been in Perth? |
Posted By: Stoner
Date Posted: 11-June-2007 at 08:41
It's been 10 years now and I absolutely hate the cold (perth style) and love the spring and summers here. I think I climatised the moment I stepped off the plane in '97. Been back to Ireland twice since and both times were at Christmas, great for the first couple of days and then I'm a misery guts because of the cold. Although I do miss the open fire, sitting on the highstool with a nice pint of porter  ------------- Impotence; nature's way of saying no hard feelings!
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Posted By: irish_mammy
Date Posted: 11-June-2007 at 09:14
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Donal, ya big sissy. Get a hot water bottle. (it's called a hot toddy) ------------- Lesley 25th June - 25th July. Get organising my nights out. Child can stay in the car. Grove 1980-1984 |
Posted By: grainne_witch
Date Posted: 11-June-2007 at 09:59
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Donal you'll have to try coming back in the Summer. It took me about 3 years of being back in Ireland to venture going for a swim. I actually thought my bones had cracked the first couple of times I tried. Then one day I slipped and fell in. At first I thought my heart would stop but then as the numbness set in it was really nice!! The secret is to get out before hypothermia gets you!!
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Posted By: Caroloz
Date Posted: 11-June-2007 at 10:03
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Hi Grainne Yes apparently Sydney and the NSW coast is taking a battering at the moment. Thank GOD I live on the other side!. Lovely here today...25C..a grand winters day ;) I'll be back in Ireland January...*shudder*..at least if it snows that will be a novelty! |
Posted By: whippersnapper
Date Posted: 11-June-2007 at 11:24
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Can I just say that I think Dublin is WAY too warm at the minute. I have no idea how anyone could survive in Oz or anywhere like that. Once it gets beyond about 15 degrees, I start to melt. Spent a week in Ayia Napa a few years ago with the lads - I just remember the misery of the heat. I like the cold, the wind and even a light rain above the heat. And yes, I know I'm odd, but what can I do.... ------------- I'm searching for that cash I should have saved for the crash |
Posted By: Caroloz
Date Posted: 11-June-2007 at 11:37
| Hi Whippersnapper...I think when you live in a hot country you get used to it after a while. I know our first year in Australia I was out there in the sun worshipping gear when it was 22C..Today it was 25C and I am in boots, jeans and an aran jumper! In my first year in Australia I moved to the desert and summer got up to 56C..yes it was hot..and yes you COULD fry an egg on the ground (we tried it out!)....now I am very comfortable in 40C as long as its not humid. I can cope with cold cos I just put on more clothes...but rain and howling wind...that is what drives me to drink |
Posted By: verh
Date Posted: 11-June-2007 at 11:51
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Another heavenly day - and more to come DV. Only problem is everone feels it is too nice to be working (myself included am out of here in half an hour!) Keep dancing Grainne - it is more than doing the trick. Anyone from North Co. Dublin - get the speedos, bikinis & barbies out (dont forget the long cool drinks also) V ------------- Verona |
Posted By: Aries
Date Posted: 11-June-2007 at 13:30
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Verona
Gary here from Swords. Whats this ----a bikini party ??
My speedos are a little tight. I got them 30 years ago but I think they cover the wiggly bits better now than they did then.
Right I'll get the beer, Whats your poison ?? ------------- THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE BUT IT'LL PISS YOU OFF FIRST |
Posted By: verh
Date Posted: 11-June-2007 at 16:07
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Bet you look just as good - no better in them than you did 30 years ago Gary. Enjoy the sun, my poisin is : (& am not joking coke, 7up) where have you been ??? V ------------- Verona |
Posted By: grainne_witch
Date Posted: 11-June-2007 at 20:53
| Hey Carol it was far from 25 you were reared!!!!!!! You've definitely gone soft in your old age. That's an Indian summer here!!!! |
Posted By: Caroloz
Date Posted: 12-June-2007 at 04:10
| I know Grainne!! and I do think 25 in Ireland feels a lot hotter than 25 here (humidity?) but yeah..I have gone very soft! Remember my introduction to Australia after 3 mths in Sydney was the FURNACE that is the desert - 6 years in that will soften ya! |