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NICE: playing with Caleb, and having him decide that opening a toy car's doors would make the car into an aeroplane.
NICE: feeding chooks with Caleb, reading books with Caleb, and pretty much anything else I did with Caleb this morning.
NOT NICE: cleaning up the many dishes left by Caleb, after he went home.
NICE: seeing boyfriend.
NOT NICE: having boyfriend go home to study.
NICE: eating sticky-date pudding, and patting two purring cats.
NOT NICE: picking up far too many chairs at my church, carrying them to another room for a few hours, then carrying them all back again.
NICE: coming home to two still-purring cats.
Overall? A good day.
NICE: feeding chooks with Caleb, reading books with Caleb, and pretty much anything else I did with Caleb this morning.
NOT NICE: cleaning up the many dishes left by Caleb, after he went home.
NICE: seeing boyfriend.
NOT NICE: having boyfriend go home to study.
NICE: eating sticky-date pudding, and patting two purring cats.
NOT NICE: picking up far too many chairs at my church, carrying them to another room for a few hours, then carrying them all back again.
NICE: coming home to two still-purring cats.
Overall? A good day.
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Gabrielle
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But what exactly is a chook?
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Strictly an Aussie term, but I thought most other people were aware of it - even if they didn't use it.
A "chook" is a term we use for a chicken. So - my mum has two chooks in the backyard, clucking around and laying the occasional egg.
Note - this only applies to the live animal. I've heard an American jokily talk about Aussies putting "chook on the barbie", but what that would actually mean is that a chicken is wandering around on top of the barbecue, flapping her wings, squawking, and generally getting in the way...
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Only thing I've heard of being put on the barbie is shrimp!
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I think Anya's the only American to use prawns, and it was in service of a pun, so that barely counts. :)
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That's so interesting though, I don't think I've ever had BBQ sausage, although I've had plenty just done in the microwave or stove. I guess burgers and hot dogs and such are more American BBQ things.
And if you call ketchup tomato sauce, what do you call, like...sauce made from tomatoes? Spaghetti sauce, that kind of thing?
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When you come to Melbourne and drink tea, we will have to include a BBQ...
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Sounds like a plan! There are many many reasons to see Australia. :)
(JSYK, if I ever somehow end up in Australia, I am so visiting you, cause I have your address and also no shame. I mean, how big can Australia be, right?)
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I don't know if you'd know this, but I'm curious - do you think from where I live planes would go across the Atlantic/Europe/Africa/Asia or across the United States/Pacific? I imagine the second one's shorter, but then there's complicated stuff like jet streams or whatever...
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You see why I haven't left the country in 12 years?
We're far too far away from stuff...
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You could always visit, um...New Zealand? Or Japan? Maybe California?
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There are a lot of Australian tourism things geared towards Aussies going to New Zealand, or Indonesia, or China. Unfortunately, I'm much more interested in visiting Europe...
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And, ah, bummer. My desire to go to Europe is extremeee, I've never been and want to so bad!