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cid wrote:I don't think I'd like to live in The Village. Number 2 comes across as rather evil , and they never tell you who Number 1 is!

And if you try to leave they send a giant ball to get you back.

Best I don't move then

Annie

Annie wrote:

cid wrote:I don't think I'd like to live in The Village. Number 2 comes across as rather evil , and they never tell you who Number 1 is!

And if you try to leave they send a giant ball to get you back.

Best I don't move then

Annie

It's OK Annie - that's only if you're number 6

Maths girl wrote:I was always taught that a place was a city if it had a cathedral however big it was.

A village was a group of houses that included a public house, a church and a post office. Less than that and it was a hamlet.

I was too .......but Wolverhampton is now a City apparently
and there isn't a Cathedral here

and a village becomes a town when the idiot leaves aint that right rob

Villiage !!! The grainy, hard stubble that grows a few days after a hot momma shaves.!!!

Rob wrote::o Villiage !!! The grainy, hard stubble that grows a few days after a hot momma shaves.!!!

Is it

Maths girl wrote:I was always taught that a place was a city if it had a cathedral however big it was.

A village was a group of houses that included a public house, a church and a post office. Less than that and it was a hamlet.

I can edit my post then - I didn't grow up in a village, but a hamlet, that is if chapels don't apply. There isn't a church but there used to be two chapels (one is now converted into houses), considering that it's only in the last fifty years or so the village has grown that was quite something!

peterd wrote:if it has a town hall it has a council so its a town if its a village it wont have a town hall and will have a parish council think thats the definition between them ?

Ah, then I live in a village. Tiny, it is ... called just "The Patch". We have a 'general store' which is also our post office, and a small village hall. The area is known for flower-growing and the village is set in a patchwork of green fields, forest and fields of flowers. When I drive down into our valley after passing through the forest, I often say to myself with an internal smile "How green is my valley."

Dividing us from the hectic world is Sherbrooke Forest, thick with tall eucalyptus trees and lush green tree ferns. If you walk through the forest in the quiet times of the day, you will often hear a variety of different bird calls, together with the occasional barking dog, chain saw, and other assorted noises all coming from the same direction. All these noises are made by the same artist - our lovely lyre-bird - who is a wonderful mimic. At any time in the forest you will see a flash of brilliant scarlet, blue or emerald green passing between the columns of the gum trees - the beautiful Crimson Rosellas, or King Parrots.

I see what you mean Di about the Lyre bird,

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Dianele........Don't forget the Funnelweb Spider !

mikleed wrote:Dianele........Don't forget the Funnelweb Spider !

No funnelwebs in my forest, Mike. They're further north. Mind you, I did see a big spider down a hole in the ground in my garden the other day. I shot it with about half a can of surface spray, then felt guilty all day as my buddhist conscience kicked in

I love Sherbrook Forest.

The Dandenong Ranges is full of little villages.

The Lyre bird is an amazing animal and can imitate just about any sound they hear.

One of the more common sounds they made when I was a wee bit younger was the shutter noise of old SLR cameras.

Quite a few also got adept at sounding like chainsaws.

I have seen them do a brilliant Kookaburra laugh which is amazing considering how complex that is.

The Lyre Birds have become fare less reclusive in the Dandenongs over the last few years.

It used to be very difficult to see them in the dense bush but now they are more comfortable coming onto the paths.