What on earth can that cord be?
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325755)
Rockingham, Australia
May 14, 2018 8:15pm CST
We’re sitting in a caravan park in Esperance, Western Australia, and will soon be heading north to Norseman then east to Fraser Range when we plan to spend tonight. Vin had organised some music on a gadget which plugged into the cigarette lighter. I need to thank several myLotters for starting us thinking along those lines.
So partway through yesterday’s journey we decided it was time to listen to some music and, although we’d had the cord we needed in the front seat, it seemed to have disappeared and we couldn’t find it – at least not while we were driving. When we stopped for petrol, I was looking on the floor in case we’d missed it and I found the cord sitting on the driver’s seat. Vince had been sitting on it. No wonder we couldn’t find it!
Another example of how easy it is to misplace things and how frustrating it can be. The photo is of a lovely man-made billabong we found when we took a drive through the Ravensthorpe Range. Sorry I’m not reading and commenting but I have very limited time at the moment.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
15 May 18
They are always sitting on it.
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16533)
• China
15 May 18
It is great that you keep starting posts while travelling around to keep us posted.
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@xFiacre (12595)
• Ireland
15 May 18
@judyev I must remember to check under me first next time something goes missing. A common reply here (and no doubt there too) to the question “where is such and such?” is “Well it’s not up my a&se”. And I do love the word billabong. I’ll be saying it all day.
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@JudyEv (325755)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 May 18
Many have commented on 'billabong'. I keep getting caught out on what is Aussie and what isn't.
@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
18 May 18
I am glad you found the cord alright. I looked up the word billabong, since I have heard it but had no idea what it meant. I was looking at that pond thinking "Where's the billabong?" Ohhh that billabong!
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@JudyEv (325755)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 May 18
Billabong is also a brand of clothing now. I didn't think to explain 'billabong'. The iconic Australian song Waltzing Matilda mentions a billabong too. The swagman jumps into it when the troopers accuse him of sheep-stealing.
@DeborahDiane (40054)
• Laguna Woods, California
17 May 18
@JudyEv - So THAT is what a billabong is. I have heard the word used, but had no idea what one it. Yes, it is very lovely. By the way, you may want to check out my latest post. It is about the book our former My Lot friend, Elizabeth Wallace, wrote and has now published!
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@DeborahDiane (40054)
• Laguna Woods, California
23 May 18
@JudyEv - Yes, it is very easy to fall behind on MyLot. If I am busy for a couple of days, the number of notifications can be overwhelming!
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@JudyEv (325755)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 May 18
@DeborahDiane Mine come on emails so I never lost them. I think I have another 30 odd emails to go. Each email has more than one notification of course.
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i see what you did there. . . 
bravo, (clap clap clap)
@JudyEv (325755)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 May 18
We've had more than enough adventures already but we're now in Melbourne and will catch up with our son this evening.
@snowy22315 (169940)
• United States
15 May 18
Glad you are having a good trip. It is very easy to misplace items when on a trip and have them show up in some strange place.
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
16 May 18
Great photo that one. Cling on to that cord or you can say to your husband 'move your bloomin................. remember My Fair Lady? (lol)
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@epiffanie (11326)
• Australia
22 May 18
Do billabongs always have water or they dry out ?
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@epiffanie (11326)
• Australia
25 May 18
@JudyEv so that means billabongs only get water form the rain?
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@JudyEv (325755)
• Rockingham, Australia
25 May 18
@epiffanie Actually they are the pools that remain when a waterway dries out over summer. I forgot that earlier.
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@wolfgirl569 (95136)
• Marion, Ohio
15 May 18
Glad that you found it finally. That is a lovely picture. I could live there happily.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
15 May 18
You call a small lake a billabong? Is that an aboriginal name?
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@JudyEv (325755)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 May 18
Thanks. We're in Melbourne now and will be here for a bit over a week. And we'll have internet! 
@silvermist (19702)
• India
25 May 18
@JudyEv Was not much on here.So have missed many of your discussions.Catching up.
@moffittjc (118435)
• Gainesville, Florida
20 May 18
Just the other day I was in a panic because I could not find my phone, and then when I jumped out of the truck to look under the seat, I realized I'd been sitting on my phone the whole time!
I never knew a billabong was an actual thing, although I should've expected it. To many people here in the United States, Billabong is a popular surfboard company.
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@moffittjc (118435)
• Gainesville, Florida
26 May 18
@JudyEv If my phone would have rang or vibrated while I was sitting on it, let's just hope it wouldn't have given me a tingly feeling. That would be kind of weird and perverted! lol
@dgobucks226 (34356)
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24 May 18
That's funny! My Dad always sits on the TV remote and it winds up underneath the chair cushion.
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@dgobucks226 (34356)
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25 May 18
@JudyEv Yes, sometimes a logical place seems not so logical, lol.
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