Comments for Redsultana http://redsultana.com Redsultana is the personal blog of Cellobella. Welcome! Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:11:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Ah those university days by Isabella http://redsultana.com/2012/01/18/ah-those-university-days/comment-page-1/#comment-8426 Isabella Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:11:30 +0000 http://redsultana.com/?p=4112#comment-8426 I can recall my father going teary eyed upon entering the campus he has not seen for twenty years (we lived overseas the whole time). I guess that going to places like that just brings a lot of nostalgia to everyone. I can recall my father going teary eyed upon entering the campus he has not seen for twenty years (we lived overseas the whole time).

I guess that going to places like that just brings a lot of nostalgia to everyone.
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]]> Comment on Pictionary pwnage by Belongum http://redsultana.com/2012/01/14/pictionary-pwnage/comment-page-1/#comment-8418 Belongum Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:59:28 +0000 http://redsultana.com/?p=4104#comment-8418 Exellent - glad you enjoyed it! Not sure if the Gunplot website is being updated these days - but it's really interesting site, for a good look into RAN life! Hope you have fun with it! :-) Exellent – glad you enjoyed it! Not sure if the Gunplot website is being updated these days – but it’s really interesting site, for a good look into RAN life! Hope you have fun with it! :-)

]]> Comment on The lesson from lasagne by Joan http://redsultana.com/2012/01/12/the-lesson-from-lasagne/comment-page-1/#comment-8417 Joan Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:13:44 +0000 http://redsultana.com/?p=4097#comment-8417 I'd ask. Some guests might be reluctant to say 'Oh yes, we'd love to come but, by the way, we can't eat this, this or this.' If I ask and, if I have a menu planned, I'd mention what's on it to be sure. Then I'd feel pretty confident I'm preparing something they can eat and, hopefully, enjoy. I’d ask.
Some guests might be reluctant to say ‘Oh yes, we’d love to come but, by the way, we can’t eat this, this or this.’
If I ask and, if I have a menu planned, I’d mention what’s on it to be sure. Then I’d feel pretty confident I’m preparing something they can eat and, hopefully, enjoy.

]]> Comment on Pictionary pwnage by Cellobella http://redsultana.com/2012/01/14/pictionary-pwnage/comment-page-1/#comment-8416 Cellobella Sun, 22 Jan 2012 04:29:40 +0000 http://redsultana.com/?p=4104#comment-8416 That's a GREAT link. Love it. And while I'm feeling pretty handy at the moment... I think I might indulge in buying a Ludo board to see if I can get the troops ucking here. :) That’s a GREAT link. Love it. And while I’m feeling pretty handy at the moment… I think I might indulge in buying a Ludo board to see if I can get the troops ucking here. :)

]]> Comment on Pictionary pwnage by Belongum http://redsultana.com/2012/01/14/pictionary-pwnage/comment-page-1/#comment-8414 Belongum Fri, 20 Jan 2012 22:40:33 +0000 http://redsultana.com/?p=4104#comment-8414 Haha - brilliant! Same same CB - Pictionary was one of our favorite games (and will be again I bet)! We also loved Balderdash and progressed onto Cranium - which sorta combines Pictionary, Trivial Pursuit, Scategories and them some - all into one! Lots of fun and we highly recommend it! Can't wait to teach our kids the fun in board games. Spent a morning playing Trouble recently and then I taught them how to play a a game called Uckers - a Navy version of Ludo basically - but much more cut-throat. You team up with your opposite number across the board and you attack and defend each other until you all get home! You can find out more about it here: http://www.gunplot.net/uckers/uckers2.html Uckers was all the more fun in that it was always played with the highest amount of 'showman-ship' as possible! You heckled and crowed your way around the board - all the while laughing and carrying on! the most animated board game I've ever played - but it'd have to be played in it's true state to see why. I softened the version we played - but still encouraged the same sense of fun in it - the noise and carry-on! The boy's responded really well actually - for a 4 and 6 year old - Ha! Haha – brilliant! Same same CB – Pictionary was one of our favorite games (and will be again I bet)! We also loved Balderdash and progressed onto Cranium – which sorta combines Pictionary, Trivial Pursuit, Scategories and them some – all into one! Lots of fun and we highly recommend it!

Can’t wait to teach our kids the fun in board games. Spent a morning playing Trouble recently and then I taught them how to play a a game called Uckers – a Navy version of Ludo basically – but much more cut-throat. You team up with your opposite number across the board and you attack and defend each other until you all get home! You can find out more about it here:
http://www.gunplot.net/uckers/uckers2.html

Uckers was all the more fun in that it was always played with the highest amount of ‘showman-ship’ as possible! You heckled and crowed your way around the board – all the while laughing and carrying on! the most animated board game I’ve ever played – but it’d have to be played in it’s true state to see why. I softened the version we played – but still encouraged the same sense of fun in it – the noise and carry-on! The boy’s responded really well actually – for a 4 and 6 year old – Ha!

]]> Comment on Ah those university days by Belongum http://redsultana.com/2012/01/18/ah-those-university-days/comment-page-1/#comment-8412 Belongum Fri, 20 Jan 2012 03:14:34 +0000 http://redsultana.com/?p=4112#comment-8412 G'day CB... Wow! So it's that time in your oldest's life eh?! How exciting! Fancy having such a long association with the place. I can't imagine that myself - that must be pretty cool! :-) I wish him well... first year uni is such an exciting time too (I actually had a crack at it myself when I was older) - so much to fit in, thank gawd we have that energy when we're young and we need it eh?! Wish I'd had thought that might have been an option for me at that age - but it simply wasn't. Wonder how things might have been if there had of been slightly different circumstances back then? No going back though and - I've been pretty lucky - so I've got bugger all to complain about! Hope to catch you at the Writers Festival... take care ;-) G’day CB…

Wow! So it’s that time in your oldest’s life eh?! How exciting! Fancy having such a long association with the place. I can’t imagine that myself – that must be pretty cool! :-) I wish him well… first year uni is such an exciting time too (I actually had a crack at it myself when I was older) – so much to fit in, thank gawd we have that energy when we’re young and we need it eh?!

Wish I’d had thought that might have been an option for me at that age – but it simply wasn’t. Wonder how things might have been if there had of been slightly different circumstances back then? No going back though and – I’ve been pretty lucky – so I’ve got bugger all to complain about!

Hope to catch you at the Writers Festival… take care ;-)

]]> Comment on Pictionary pwnage by Cellobella http://redsultana.com/2012/01/14/pictionary-pwnage/comment-page-1/#comment-8399 Cellobella Sun, 15 Jan 2012 01:05:40 +0000 http://redsultana.com/?p=4104#comment-8399 Groover is brilliant at Balderdash. Didn't know there was an updated version. Will have to look into it. Mind you I still say you can't beat a good game of cards... :) Groover is brilliant at Balderdash. Didn’t know there was an updated version. Will have to look into it. Mind you I still say you can’t beat a good game of cards… :)

]]> Comment on Pictionary pwnage by Trish http://redsultana.com/2012/01/14/pictionary-pwnage/comment-page-1/#comment-8398 Trish Sat, 14 Jan 2012 21:49:35 +0000 http://redsultana.com/?p=4104#comment-8398 I got the third one, but not the last. Very clever :-) We also love Pictionary, but we get crazy-competitive. Have you tried Balderdash? That's our other favourite. I love the newer incarnation with the categories, like Date and Acronymns. Hilarious. I got the third one, but not the last. Very clever :-)

We also love Pictionary, but we get crazy-competitive. Have you tried Balderdash? That’s our other favourite. I love the newer incarnation with the categories, like Date and Acronymns. Hilarious.

]]> Comment on My new outdoor office by river http://redsultana.com/2012/01/13/my-new-outdoor-office/comment-page-1/#comment-8397 river Sat, 14 Jan 2012 04:54:41 +0000 http://redsultana.com/?p=4100#comment-8397 First and most important, only seven to ten year old girls are allowed to be fans of Justin Beiber. Anyone older has more sense. Second, I love your outdoor office! But I can't make out the titles of your books there. Any thing interesting in those pages? Crime? Murder mysteries? First and most important, only seven to ten year old girls are allowed to be fans of Justin Beiber.
Anyone older has more sense.
Second, I love your outdoor office!
But I can’t make out the titles of your books there.
Any thing interesting in those pages?
Crime? Murder mysteries?

]]> Comment on The lesson from lasagne by Cellobella http://redsultana.com/2012/01/12/the-lesson-from-lasagne/comment-page-1/#comment-8394 Cellobella Fri, 13 Jan 2012 02:36:15 +0000 http://redsultana.com/?p=4097#comment-8394 It's not like they complained or anything. In fact they were all most gracious about it. It was just me feeling guilty that they didn't get a decent meal. :) It’s not like they complained or anything. In fact they were all most gracious about it. It was just me feeling guilty that they didn’t get a decent meal. :)

]]> Comment on The lesson from lasagne by Rodney Olsen http://redsultana.com/2012/01/12/the-lesson-from-lasagne/comment-page-1/#comment-8393 Rodney Olsen Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:35:16 +0000 http://redsultana.com/?p=4097#comment-8393 If it's a major issue such as lactose intolerance, vegetarianism, nut allergy or similar, you'd think that a guest would offer that information as soon as they get an invitation. I tend to ask casually if there's anything my guests don't eat but I'm not going to hand out a food survey and ask people to sign a disclaimer when I invite them for a meal. If it’s a major issue such as lactose intolerance, vegetarianism, nut allergy or similar, you’d think that a guest would offer that information as soon as they get an invitation.

I tend to ask casually if there’s anything my guests don’t eat but I’m not going to hand out a food survey and ask people to sign a disclaimer when I invite them for a meal.

]]> Comment on The lesson from lasagne by river http://redsultana.com/2012/01/12/the-lesson-from-lasagne/comment-page-1/#comment-8389 river Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:03:03 +0000 http://redsultana.com/?p=4097#comment-8389 Several possibilities come to mind. 1) issue the invitation and ask if there are any food issues, (they may be grateful that you've thought to ask) 2) issue the invitation and let the person mention food issues, (they may not remember to, in which case you cook what you like) 3) issue invitations with a menu attached so people can decline 4) make it a bring a plate affair 5) make it a BYO food affair 6) issue an invitation to eat at a restaurant 7) forget dinner parties altogether (this would be my choice, but probably not yours) Several possibilities come to mind.
1) issue the invitation and ask if there are any food issues, (they may be grateful that you’ve thought to ask)
2) issue the invitation and let the person mention food issues, (they may not remember to, in which case you cook what you like)
3) issue invitations with a menu attached so people can decline
4) make it a bring a plate affair
5) make it a BYO food affair
6) issue an invitation to eat at a restaurant
7) forget dinner parties altogether (this would be my choice, but probably not yours)

]]> Comment on Summer jobs by river http://redsultana.com/2011/12/21/summer-jobs/comment-page-1/#comment-8375 river Thu, 22 Dec 2011 10:35:27 +0000 http://redsultana.com/?p=4091#comment-8375 Well done kids! My grandchildren both have summer and holiday jobs, weekends too, for several years now. The oldest is also ready for uni next year, but I think she may be taking a year off and working in England first. Well done kids!

My grandchildren both have summer and holiday jobs, weekends too, for several years now. The oldest is also ready for uni next year, but I think she may be taking a year off and working in England first.

]]> Comment on How to dial an old-style telephone by Cellobella http://redsultana.com/2011/11/10/how-to-dial-an-old-style-telephone/comment-page-1/#comment-8345 Cellobella Sun, 13 Nov 2011 02:21:03 +0000 http://redsultana.com/?p=4087#comment-8345 We tried that. The recorded voice just says it didn't hear anything. :( We tried that. The recorded voice just says it didn’t hear anything.
:(

]]> Comment on How to dial an old-style telephone by river http://redsultana.com/2011/11/10/how-to-dial-an-old-style-telephone/comment-page-1/#comment-8342 river Fri, 11 Nov 2011 04:47:37 +0000 http://redsultana.com/?p=4087#comment-8342 Now I'm curious. To "press 1" would you just dial 1? Now I’m curious. To “press 1″ would you just dial 1?

]]> Comment on How to dial an old-style telephone by river http://redsultana.com/2011/11/10/how-to-dial-an-old-style-telephone/comment-page-1/#comment-8341 river Fri, 11 Nov 2011 04:45:54 +0000 http://redsultana.com/?p=4087#comment-8341 Now I'm curious. If you did dial someone and had to "press 1", would you just dial 1? Have you tried it to find out? Now I’m curious. If you did dial someone and had to “press 1″, would you just dial 1?
Have you tried it to find out?

]]> Comment on A jack of all trades, master of none by river http://redsultana.com/2011/11/02/a-jack-of-all-trades-master-of-none/comment-page-1/#comment-8332 river Wed, 02 Nov 2011 10:41:57 +0000 http://redsultana.com/?p=4078#comment-8332 Wow! So many things! Like your friend, I admire you for jumping in. I'm not really the trying kind, I'm the stick my nose in a book and pretend the world isn't out there kind. But I did try out for marching girls once, the trainer said I was good enough and sent me home with a list of stuff I had to buy. That was the end of that. Dad wasn't paying for anything. Then I tried the school hockey team, made it on to the field, than ran off and hid in the toilets. Years later, I tried Jazz Ballet and there it was, I'd found my thing. Then hubby whisked me off to Queensland.......sigh Wow! So many things! Like your friend, I admire you for jumping in.
I’m not really the trying kind, I’m the stick my nose in a book and pretend the world isn’t out there kind.
But I did try out for marching girls once, the trainer said I was good enough and sent me home with a list of stuff I had to buy. That was the end of that. Dad wasn’t paying for anything. Then I tried the school hockey team, made it on to the field, than ran off and hid in the toilets.
Years later, I tried Jazz Ballet and there it was, I’d found my thing. Then hubby whisked me off to Queensland…….sigh

]]> Comment on Ukulele bella – why this girl bought herself a uke by Cellobella http://redsultana.com/2011/10/30/ukulele-bella-why-this-girl-bought-herself-a-uke/comment-page-1/#comment-8330 Cellobella Mon, 31 Oct 2011 03:39:57 +0000 http://redsultana.com/?p=4067#comment-8330 Jen - that is a seriously good songbook. Am going to try and tunelessly play I see Red by Split Enz tonight. Jen – that is a seriously good songbook. Am going to try and tunelessly play I see Red by Split Enz tonight.

]]> Comment on Ukulele bella – why this girl bought herself a uke by Trish http://redsultana.com/2011/10/30/ukulele-bella-why-this-girl-bought-herself-a-uke/comment-page-1/#comment-8329 Trish Mon, 31 Oct 2011 01:05:17 +0000 http://redsultana.com/?p=4067#comment-8329 The best thing about that photo is the expression on your face. You look like you're having a great time, tunelessly or otherwise ;-) The best thing about that photo is the expression on your face. You look like you’re having a great time, tunelessly or otherwise ;-)

]]> Comment on Ukulele bella – why this girl bought herself a uke by Jen http://redsultana.com/2011/10/30/ukulele-bella-why-this-girl-bought-herself-a-uke/comment-page-1/#comment-8328 Jen Sun, 30 Oct 2011 21:28:13 +0000 http://redsultana.com/?p=4067#comment-8328 Yee hah, you go girl. I'm a ukulele player and recently got given a cigar box uke for my birthday. Hope this makes it through the comment spam thingy but here's a website, http://ukulelehunt.com/ and another one with a heap of chords http://auas.wordpress.com/songs/. Cheers! Yee hah, you go girl. I’m a ukulele player and recently got given a cigar box uke for my birthday. Hope this makes it through the comment spam thingy but here’s a website, http://ukulelehunt.com/ and another one with a heap of chords http://auas.wordpress.com/songs/. Cheers!
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