Judy Evans

@JudyEv (370419)

Rockingham, Australia

Joined myLot 11 years ago

Hi there. My husband, Vince, and I live in a gated lifestyle village in Western Australia. One adult son lives in Melbourne, Victoria and the other in Ireland.

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Estimating power bills

Judy Evans @JudyEv (370419) • Rockingham, Australia 11h

MyLotter Lena (@lovebuglena) wrote about her gas bill being an estimate. Such estimates rarely favour the householder. When we lived in Donnybrook, we used to read our own power meter for a while then a company took over. On one...

western australia

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Too hot for this little bud

Judy Evans @JudyEv (370419) • Rockingham, Australia 17h

I wrote about my new hibiscus plant that had flowered for me. The flowers only lasted a couple of days and I think that might have been because of the scorching hot days we had soon after the buds opened. I was pleased to see a...

western australia

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The first fruit from my new tomato plant

Judy Evans @JudyEv (370419) • Rockingham, Australia 30 Jan

Some weeks ago, I planted a second tomato plant. This one was called a ‘tomato tomatoberry’, a new hybrid variety. This morning I picked the first three tomatoes off the bush. They are small, like cherry tomatoes but they taste...

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To truly become Australian, you need an operation - it's a joke

Judy Evans @JudyEv (370419) • Rockingham, Australia 29 Jan

We were in the chemist’s the other day. The pharmacist on duty is Indian and the assistant is from the Philippines. It was the day after Australia Day so we were chatting about that. It's a traditional day for naturalisation...

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naturalisation ceremony

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Auto-correct from Bangkok

Judy Evans @JudyEv (370419) • Rockingham, Australia 29 Jan

Vince has just rung from Bangkok. For some reason, I couldn’t answer him but we texted. He must have autocorrect turned on. I wrote about autocorrect recently. He took an old backpack and an old case. Both are pretty battered....

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My one experience with telehealth

Judy Evans @JudyEv (370419) • Rockingham, Australia 28 Jan

I commented on Amber (@AmbiePam) post about using telehealth. I’ve only had one experience with telehealth. We were living about 15 minutes from town at the time and had been out to a Chinese meal. Occasionally there is...

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allergic reactions

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Does your happiness depend on others

Judy Evans @JudyEv (370419) • Rockingham, Australia 28 Jan

Carrying on from my staying home on my own for a fortnight while Vince is off taking photos in Thailand, I read a book once about being happy. The only part I really remember is that you shouldn’t rely on someone else to make you...

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I'm looking forward to my 'alone' 'time

Judy Evans @JudyEv (370419) • Rockingham, Australia 28 Jan

In my last post I mentioned that Vince has gone to Thailand for a fortnight. I was surprised that members thought I might be lonely being on my own for that time. It’s very kind of you all to be concerned but I really enjoy time...

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I'll be home alone for a fortnight

Judy Evans @JudyEv (370419) • Rockingham, Australia 27 Jan

I’ve been away for three nights spending time with friends and generally relaxing. We came home yesterday and today Vince flies out to Thailand for a fortnight. He is meeting some photography friends there and they are visiting a...

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Trombones stop you flying?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (370419) • Rockingham, Australia 23 Jan

I’m sure most of the members here have had issues with the autocorrect function from time to time. Vince is going to Thailand next week for a fortnight. There was going to be five in the party but he’s received word that one...

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Can you believe this?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (370419) • Rockingham, Australia 23 Jan

I heard the most bizarre story today but we were assured it was true. We went to the funeral of a lass I went to school with. She was always the life of any party, always had a joke and loved life. A truly lovely lady. Her son...

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debt collectors

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A bushel and a peck

Judy Evans @JudyEv (370419) • Rockingham, Australia 22 Jan

Each day four of us play the game, Wordle, and share our results. This is the New York Times version. Whoever gets the game out in the least number of moves gets ‘smirking rights’ for the day. We’ve now started doing Connections...

imperial measurements

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AI can get carried away

Judy Evans @JudyEv (370419) • Rockingham, Australia 21 Jan

I’ve put up a few comments lately sticking up for AI but I might have to pull my head in a bit. We use ChatGPT quite a bit and have found it very useful. It can save us reading through reams of text. I know you need to check out...

artificial intelligence

making stuff up

false advertising

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Hot, hot, hot today

Judy Evans @JudyEv (370419) • Rockingham, Australia 21 Jan

Vince’s brother, his daughter, Vin and I visited another brother and his wife today. It was a two-hour drive and we were invited for lunch. Our SIL is a great cook and we had kebabs with salads and garlic bread before finishing up...

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A childhood memory - tidy eggs

Judy Evans @JudyEv (370419) • Rockingham, Australia 19 Jan

January 26 is a holiday in Australia as it’s Australia Day. There was some controversy about the name for a few years but that seems to have died down. We’ll be spending three nights away with friends at their seaside house so...

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Our Christmas turkey decades ago

Judy Evans @JudyEv (370419) • Rockingham, Australia 19 Jan

I was going through some old photos and found this one of my mother with her Christmas turkey. She raised a number of turkeys each year and would sell some each Christmas but always kept one to cook for the family. We also had a...

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There's one in every band

Judy Evans @JudyEv (370419) • Rockingham, Australia 19 Jan

I wrote about a crash in our house and how Vince slept through it. He is now quite deaf once he takes his hearing aids out so he was unaware of the shelf collapsing until I woke him up. Something in the comments made me remember...

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Who doesn't like a pretty flower?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (370419) • Rockingham, Australia 19 Jan

Some time ago, we bought two hibiscus plants to place in the front garden. I’ve seen a couple of buds on it recently and today two very pretty blooms have opened out. They’re not the biggest I’ve ever seen but I’ll take them....

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Accident or wreck?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (370419) • Rockingham, Australia 18 Jan

America and Australia share a language but we also have quite a few differences in the way we use words and expressions. One I’ve noticed is the word ‘wreck’. I’ve read remarks like ‘we were in a wreck’ or ‘following a wreck…’ ....

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A big bang in the middle of the night

Judy Evans @JudyEv (370419) • Rockingham, Australia 16 Jan

A few nights ago, we went to bed about 10/30pm and about an hour later, I was just managing to get to sleep when there was an almighty crash somewhere in the house. I shot out of bed with my heart pounding. Some years ago,...

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weldmesh panels

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