tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post214416564776401020..comments2023-10-25T05:02:32.574-05:00Comments on SNIPPETS FROM SPACESHIP ORION: The Glob(logging)al VillageWithinWithouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05545398587099834271noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post-58433544369761176042007-12-22T10:49:00.000-06:002007-12-22T10:49:00.000-06:00Pam:Those were great pix, thanks so much, and it l...Pam:<BR/><BR/>Those were great pix, thanks so much, and it looks like a spectacular property.<BR/><BR/>Canada is much bigger than Australia, of course, so we have wide open expanses too.<BR/><BR/>But Australia has some mystique, some wonder to it, it's so different from us...<BR/><BR/>Thanks!WithinWithouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05545398587099834271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post-57402123827419814792007-12-22T02:51:00.000-06:002007-12-22T02:51:00.000-06:00Flight Captain of Spaceship Orion:I have you somet...Flight Captain of Spaceship Orion:<BR/><BR/>I have you something!<BR/><BR/>I am blown away by cyberspace and conversing/meeting people thousands of miles away...we probably have been some of the last of Australians to get internet service (we are on dial up), it's pretty steady; but I have some aerial photos fore you.<BR/><BR/>We cannot access google zoom thingo.. I loved the pictures of all the places/cities you showed btw, fantastic.<BR/><BR/>Thankyou.<BR/><BR/>But, I can email you through a 200m balloon photo of our farm area...quite detailed and also a picture our friend from Melbourne emailed us in file form of google zoom-thing she had saved down....if that makes sense.<BR/><BR/>I think I saw an email contact on your blog I will go and email these pics through...I do understand your fascination for our country....sheer expanse and space (and it is very very beautiful-has everything)<BR/><BR/>Hang on..<BR/><BR/>PamSiennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15387267690900119245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post-22042664188481241232007-12-21T17:37:00.000-06:002007-12-21T17:37:00.000-06:00Angel:High priest and priestess? Wouldn't we have ...Angel:<BR/><BR/>High priest and priestess? Wouldn't we have to, then, you know...sacrifice people and stuff?WithinWithouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05545398587099834271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post-89876809669753792202007-12-20T23:06:00.000-06:002007-12-20T23:06:00.000-06:00teehee... with you and me as the high priest and p...teehee... with you and me as the high priest and priestess, eh?<BR/><BR/>damien can be the bouncer and h.e. can write he manifesto... or whatever they call that thing!AngelConradiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09423318903817661244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post-60595263060120229502007-12-19T11:58:00.000-06:002007-12-19T11:58:00.000-06:00Madahooha?I love your dots too :-)I agree, these d...Madahooha?<BR/><BR/>I love your dots too :-)<BR/><BR/>I agree, these dots tend to get obscured by all the other dots, so then the blogworld becomes one big dot.<BR/><BR/>There's something very spiritually revealing about that. Time to start a new religion.WithinWithouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05545398587099834271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post-31263084528813813812007-12-19T11:32:00.000-06:002007-12-19T11:32:00.000-06:00mada-HOO-ha!!?!mwaaaaaaaaaahahahahahaaaaaaaaaai SO...mada-HOO-ha!!?!<BR/><BR/><B><I>mwaaaaaaaaaahahahahahaaaaaaaaaa</I></B><BR/><BR/>i SO love my dots too dude!!! though lately i'm having a harder time seeing them... i almost can't wait for them to start all over again!<BR/><BR/>awesome post w.w.<BR/><BR/>i still can't get over how much i love the people whose lives are shared with me in the bloggersphere!AngelConradiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09423318903817661244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post-53154957298945949142007-12-19T11:21:00.000-06:002007-12-19T11:21:00.000-06:00MJ:Oh, all right then. But you'll have to come to ...MJ:<BR/><BR/>Oh, all right then. But you'll have to come to Winnipeg to claim it. I doubt a wussy Westcoaster would have the werewithal to do that.WithinWithouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05545398587099834271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post-34706828213770008762007-12-19T10:47:00.000-06:002007-12-19T10:47:00.000-06:00It's ME who should get the prize!52.It's ME who should get the prize!<BR/><BR/>52.The Mistresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07109289531733623207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post-44130019383133307232007-12-19T10:39:00.000-06:002007-12-19T10:39:00.000-06:00MJ:So it is! Do I get a prize?MJ:<BR/><BR/>So it is! Do I get a prize?WithinWithouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05545398587099834271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post-58902197453692051222007-12-19T10:19:00.000-06:002007-12-19T10:19:00.000-06:00Comment number 50!Comment number 50!The Mistresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07109289531733623207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post-23803734927281597012007-12-19T09:03:00.000-06:002007-12-19T09:03:00.000-06:00Stace:You're so much COOLER!!?? Try -35C, Ozzie Gi...Stace:<BR/><BR/>You're so much COOLER!!?? Try -35C, Ozzie Girl! Now THAT'S cool!<BR/><BR/>I think there's a mystique about Australia and Australians, the geographical isolation too, that we find intriguing.<BR/><BR/>What I know is when people here are discussing trips or travel and someone says they're going to Oz, ears perk up and eyes light up and it's "Wow!"<BR/><BR/>I think we'll be part of the Excited States long before you will; you guys will somehow join Europe.<BR/><BR/>Dinahmow:<BR/><BR/>As Sagan would say, there's "BILLIONS AND BILLIONS" of stars out there...<BR/><BR/>And we're among those stars.<BR/><BR/>You're buyin', right?WithinWithouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05545398587099834271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post-3687972335233146842007-12-18T23:19:00.000-06:002007-12-18T23:19:00.000-06:00BAck again for another swipe!Not so long ago, Cana...BAck again for another swipe!<BR/>Not so long ago, Canadians and New Zealanders were paired and Australians were matched with Americans. <BR/>That's probably over-simplifying things, but it's a close definition!<BR/>All these regional distinctions (like the dialects of some English counties)are being whittled away, even lost, with the shrinking of the world.<BR/>So, Bloggers, let's keep the better traditions alive, while embracing the ideals of people like Ghandi, Carl Sagan and some geriatric hippies!<BR/>I'd be good for an ice-cold beer should one of you hit town!dinahmowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00052642938090553088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post-59594201580867389262007-12-18T23:04:00.000-06:002007-12-18T23:04:00.000-06:00I guess Australians take being Australian rather f...I guess Australians take being Australian rather for granted - but so many Americans and Canadians seem to like us! Especially you Canucks. And when I try to understand Northern Hemisphere culture (tv, food, humour, etc), I can kind of see why. We're so much cooler. I guess our geographical isolation also makes us a bit of a novelty still, we're hard to get to so everything about us is still relatively new. Just wait until we're the 53rd state or whatever number they're up to now, and then when they invent teleportation we won't be so cool...Stacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13293741467822618216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post-81197352779603179262007-12-18T22:02:00.000-06:002007-12-18T22:02:00.000-06:00Lee:Gotcha.Lee:<BR/><BR/>Gotcha.WithinWithouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05545398587099834271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post-2457504408527132272007-12-18T21:45:00.000-06:002007-12-18T21:45:00.000-06:00I just meant where you asked about if I got that s...I just meant where you asked about if I got that stuff from my head and because we were typing at the same time it ended up where I answered it before you asked it.It just amused me is all :).leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13562641539954768235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post-25428691969712449132007-12-18T21:39:00.001-06:002007-12-18T21:39:00.001-06:00Lee:Mismatched? How?Lee:<BR/><BR/>Mismatched? How?WithinWithouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05545398587099834271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post-62611757729892910422007-12-18T21:39:00.000-06:002007-12-18T21:39:00.000-06:00Lee:Oh, but of course that's the reason you're so ...Lee:<BR/><BR/>Oh, but of course that's the reason you're so coool...<BR/><BR/>I'd run the Google Earth program. It should give you a prompt later asking if you want to save it.<BR/><BR/>If it doesn't, then just go back again and click on save it.WithinWithouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05545398587099834271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post-54789866869242586432007-12-18T21:38:00.000-06:002007-12-18T21:38:00.000-06:00This mis-matched conversation is funny :).This mis-matched conversation is funny :).leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13562641539954768235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post-9314955220748961632007-12-18T21:36:00.000-06:002007-12-18T21:36:00.000-06:00ww-if I want to check out google earth do I run it...ww-if I want to check out google earth do I run it or save it? That's how bad with computers I am :).leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13562641539954768235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post-79937532710117017952007-12-18T21:35:00.000-06:002007-12-18T21:35:00.000-06:00Of course we're cool-surrounded by all that ocean ...Of course we're cool-surrounded by all that ocean ;).leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13562641539954768235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post-31464687759710723072007-12-18T21:34:00.000-06:002007-12-18T21:34:00.000-06:00Lee:Thanks, girl, on poms! It's so hard to google ...Lee:<BR/><BR/>Thanks, girl, on poms! It's so hard to google things, so I just get you to do it for me...<BR/><BR/>Or is all that from your brain? Fascinating...<BR/><BR/>The most amazing thing to me is you're so remote and so far away in time and space...<BR/><BR/>Isn't it about February there already? How was your Christmas and Valentine's Day?WithinWithouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05545398587099834271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post-77651356512876367612007-12-18T21:33:00.000-06:002007-12-18T21:33:00.000-06:00Just realised that I should say that the second ha...Just realised that I should say that the second half of that comment was from wikipedia again.Also meant to write offence :).leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13562641539954768235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post-79191637808938763122007-12-18T21:31:00.001-06:002007-12-18T21:31:00.001-06:00Dinahmow (& Lee, Stace, Keshi...)WOW! I've just sp...Dinahmow (& Lee, Stace, Keshi...)<BR/><BR/>WOW! I've just spent about five minutes on Google Earth looking more closely at Australia...<BR/><BR/>D, the Great Barrier Reef has always been magical to me, as I'm sure it has to many others on the planet...<BR/><BR/>I found Mackay, it looks like an incredible place to live...up on the northeast coast like that.<BR/><BR/>Lee, I think I found the area, roughly, where you live...I've already checked out Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney a bit...<BR/><BR/>Do you Aussies understand the rest of the world's (or least Canadians') fascination with you?<BR/><BR/>You're seen as the cool place with the cool people and the cool accents and the cool animals that can't be found anywhere else...<BR/><BR/>There's the history with cons, the remoteness but beauty, Crocodile Dundee and all that...<BR/><BR/>I think it's my No. 1 dream place to visit before I die. And I will.<BR/><BR/>:-)WithinWithouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05545398587099834271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post-14485633417159459792007-12-18T21:31:00.000-06:002007-12-18T21:31:00.000-06:00A pom is an english person -also known as a Whingi...A pom is an english person -also known as a Whinging Pom or Pommy Bastard. And no offense intended to any Poms who might read this :).<BR/><BR/>The term pommy or pommie is commonly used by speakers of Australian English, New Zealand English, South African English and Afrikaans. It is often shortened to pom. The origin of this term is not confirmed and there are several persistent false etymologies, most being backronymsleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13562641539954768235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180198.post-54367776842431803942007-12-18T20:55:00.000-06:002007-12-18T20:55:00.000-06:00Well, Stace and Lee have given you all a wonderful...Well, Stace and Lee have given you all a wonderful potted geography lesson. <BR/>I'll add my bit: I live halfway between Brisbane (capital of Qld.) and Cairns.The city's Mackay, sometimes called "Little Malta" due to the large contingent of Maltese settlers.Famous for coal, cattle and sugar.I guess we could add "coral" as this is Barrier Reef territory.<BR/>It's also cyclone territory and we have pretty stringent building codes.<BR/>OK! Enough for today. Everyone outside to play in the sunshine/snow, according to where you Red Dot is!dinahmowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00052642938090553088noreply@blogger.com