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Feb 8, 2012, 9:36 pm
Hi folks, My ??? post brought a smile to my face, personal contact with people I consider to be friends, sad to say there was nothing from some others I put in the same category, such is the price we pay for progress be it from changing attitudes, life or facebook!!!!
I have a facebook account which... Comment - Like
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Feb 3, 2012, 8:36 pm
Hi to all who read this,
I find that I am visiting my friends blogsites less often and commenting even less often, I am certainly posting much less often and the quality of the posts I do make is often pretty weak, But.... this has in no way affected my anticipation as I continue my morning ritual o... Comment - Like
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Jan 25, 2012, 9:21 pm
Some things are simply irresistible, here's a couple of examples.
I knew thet were cutting too many trees down!
I've just been through my Christmas cards and I'm pretty sure this applied to me too. Comment - Like
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Jan 24, 2012, 1:43 am
This was sent to me by a friend and I thought it was worth a post... specially when my posts have been so infrequent.
Subject:Cahoots
Cahoots - I have been in many places, but I've never been in Cahoots. Apparently, you can't go alone. You have to be in Cahoots with so... Comment - Like
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Jan 3, 2012, 8:23 am
Some of you will be aware, because we share some readers, that my Sister Merle has been very sick and has been hospitalized for a little over 6 weeks.
I am very pleased to report that she seems to have turned the corner and is feeling very much better, she has resumed her rehab exercises this time w... Comment - Like
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Dec 30, 2011, 7:24 pm
Puns for those with a higher IQ :
Those who jump off a bridge in Paris are in Seine.
A man's home is his castle, in a manor of speaking.
Dijon vu - the same mustard as before.
Practice safe eating - always use condiments.
Shotgun wedding - A case of wife or death.
A man needs a mis... Comment - Like
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Dec 27, 2011, 12:30 am
Look what I found under my Christmas tree.... She had gone by the time I woke up I'm sad to say. Comment - Like
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Dec 12, 2011, 5:42 am
This is a photo of a toilet on board the Indian Pacific train that I recently crossed the continent on.
With regard the lower sign... I got quite a strange look from a group of Italians on the train when I asked if they were experiencing any difficulty with blockages after use????? Comment - Like
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Dec 6, 2011, 12:22 am
Well here we are…. AlmostChristmas 2011And I’ve finished this years“family & friends” poetic message and low and behold I came across theBloggers 2007 Christmas Message which I decided to reprint ‘cos I like theidea!!!!
I write a Christmas messagefor family and friendseach year ( it’s ... Comment - Like
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Nov 22, 2011, 9:15 pm
The latest visitors to our shores are Crown Prince Frederick and his lovely wife Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, this Royal couple are fairly frequent visitors to Australia as Mary was born and raised in Tasmania AU.
She was born Mary Donaldson in 1972 and is of Scottish ancestry, Mary has lived the... Comment - Like
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Nov 17, 2011, 10:01 pm
Australia has been graced with visits by Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip recently and President Barack Obama even more recently (I'm starting to worry about what the world might expect of us) but that's jumping ahead, first the reasons for this post.
Let me say at the outset that I am not a Royali... Comment - Like
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Nov 12, 2011, 7:21 pm
O.M.G., I'm rich!
Silver in the Hair
Gold in the Teeth
Crystals in the Kidneys
Sugar in the Blood
Lead in the Ass
Iron in the Arteries
And
an inexhaustible ... Comment - Like
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Nov 7, 2011, 2:00 pm
To finish up the photos from my train trip, hope you enjoy them.
Remembering the era of Steam at the Kalgoorlie station.
Lovely wide shady veranda's on the Kalgoorlie shops.
There are many lovely old building here denoting the wealth in gold taken from mines on The Golden Mile.
Also despite t... Comment - Like
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Nov 6, 2011, 12:18 am
Where better to start than at the finish!!!! I'm home at Gympie and have slept in my own comfortable bed (for about12 hours!!!) the whole train experience was great but sleeping on moving objects isn't something I do well so it is good to be home for that reason.
Now let me see... I believe I was in... Comment - Like
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Oct 27, 2011, 4:51 am
... don't you?.... I got about half way to Beverly and a warning light came on telling me that something was amiss, it didn't take long ... the day I chose to travel it was booked out except for a sleeper cabin which costs $2300, I've seen this train many times and its ... it carries, I had chec... Comment - Like
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Sep 29, 2011, 8:21 pm
For anyone who is interested enough to wade through this information it can be seen that Australia's Carbon Tax Scheme will be an expensive joke when applied to the world CO2 situation.
CARBON TRADING FIASCO
By someone who should know - T.L. Cardwell
The Editor
The Morning Bulletin.(Rockhampton)
I h... Comment - Like
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Sep 21, 2011, 12:50 am
Seems I've been away for such a long time that Blogger has changed the format for posting I am now offered lots more alternatives for things like Fonts and text size As well as text color I now can have different background colors
I can now insert a "jump break" although I must admit to being baffle... Comment - Like
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Sep 8, 2011, 8:22 pm
The World Trade Center before 9/11
As the 10th anniversary of "9/11" draws near we should all pause and silently remember those who didn't survive this terrorist atrocity.
AMEN
We hope and trust the conversion of "Ground Zero" to the planned Memorial to the victims and heroes of 9/11 will be comp... Comment - Like
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Aug 30, 2011, 3:19 am
Taken from my front porch, the water cascading from the overflowing spouting/guttering which couldn't cope with the volume, click to enbiggen.
Three things I know... (1) the rain we are having at this moment is the tail end of a cyclone/hurricane... (2) there are no cyclones around Australia ri... Comment - Like
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Aug 24, 2011, 12:45 am
Housework was a woman's job, but one evening, Janice arrived home from work to find the children bathed, one load of laundry in the washer and another in the dry... Comment - Like
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Aug 14, 2011, 5:14 pm
Does everyone in the world hate Mondays???
Ya gotta learn to smile!!
What's this nonsense about pets and their owners looking the same??
What advantage does a rotary winged aircraft have over a fixed wing aircraft?
I knew all of you pilots out there would ... Comment - Like
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Aug 9, 2011, 9:25 pm
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Aug 6, 2011, 8:30 am
I thought it was time to do a more normal (read happy) post, I've had a visit from my son Marcus, he's the one who recently turned 50, it was a real tonic to have him here for the 5 days, we managed to catch up with a few friends and generally have a good time together.
Ken and Jackie were my house ... Comment - Like
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Jul 26, 2011, 11:25 pm
A Prayer for Grandpa
Dear God, please send clothes for all those naked ladies on Grandpa's computer.
amen. Comment - Like
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Jul 24, 2011, 4:19 am
Who among you believes that the weather can have an influence on our dispositions?
I ask this because today is overcast, quite cool without being COLD, its Sunday afternoon and I'm feeling bored and a bit glum!!!
Against this being caused just by the weather the past week has been lovely, cold night... Comment - Like
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Jun 25, 2011, 6:49 am
Not a lot of photos of the big event. (As usual click on the photos to enbiggen)
Jacqui, Marcus, Peter (of the twisted face)
Marcus, Vicki, Peter
Jacqui, Marcus, Vicki, Peter.
Favourite Daughter
The only photo I took of Alan... Great job on the barby Al.
The reason I put the camera away, too many pe... Comment - Like
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May 30, 2011, 11:40 pm
Every now and again I feel compelled to shout out the reasons I love blogging, now that may sound a bit funny coming from one who only posts every couple of weeks or so and often the post will be just a joke or cartoon that has caught my eye.
OK so what brought this one on? this week I had my 75th b... Comment - Like
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May 17, 2011, 9:00 pm
New abridged edition
"HOW TO UNDERSTAND WOMEN"
I think its amazing how much they have crammed into such a small space. Comment - Like
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May 15, 2011, 7:02 am
Let me preface this post with the information that I have virtually no interest in horse racing.
But every now and again my attention is caught by something extraordinary, this is the case with
The latest racing sensation "Black Caviar" this mare's racing program to date reads 13 starts for 13 wins,... Comment - Like
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Apr 28, 2011, 8:09 pm
A young cowboy sitting in a saloon one Saturday night recognized an elderly man standing at the bar who, in his day, had been the fastest gun in the West.
The cowboy took a place next t... Comment - Like
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Apr 23, 2011, 5:20 am
Parental Guidance is recommended before allowing children to view this image.
If this image looks a bit upsetting just imagine looking at it from the other side!!!
Having spent the better part of a day wondering why my face was all distorted and my hard won improved vision was now worse than ever.... Comment - Like
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Mar 22, 2011, 8:04 am
Monday was a busy day, I took my good friends back to the airport for their return trip home to Victoria then continued on to Brisbane where I picked up a few things I haven't been able to get in Gympie.
Monday night Warren and I had tickets for the Neil Diamond Concert at the Brisbane Entertainment... Comment - Like
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Mar 19, 2011, 3:29 am
A visit by old friends
Lorna & Allan at my front door.
I had a very welcome phone call last week from my friends of some 45 years Allan & Lorna, suggesting that if I could pick them up from the airport they would come and spend a week with me, I jumped at the chance because we only catch up every 2... Comment - Like
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Mar 9, 2011, 8:31 am
My big Sister Merle suggested a topic for another post about Dad, Merle got it a bit wrong suggesting that Dad lost his wallet... several times.
In fact what happened was that when Dad and Ada finally agreed to "retire to the coast" I went down to their property at Rosewood to help with the arrangem... Comment - Like
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Mar 5, 2011, 6:53 pm
Its Autumn (Fall) here in Australia and I'm still struggling for something to write a post about, this has been going on for months now and if I didn't love blogging and my network of blogging friends I would have just given up by now.
Instead I'm going to reach back into my memory chest and see wha... Comment - Like
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Feb 22, 2011, 9:52 am
I think I stole this from Kenju... Thanks, not that we are having snow here I just thought it was very funny
Could this be the answer to the age old question....
Why did the chicken cross the road???
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Feb 1, 2011, 11:37 pm
I'm not sure whether people of other parts of the world are familiar with the saying when your luck is all running bad... " Gheess I must have run over a chinaman my luck is so bad"????
Our neighbors in North Queensland could be forgiven for thinking that someone from there was responsible for wipin... Comment - Like
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Feb 1, 2011, 2:23 am
Well what did he expect????
Dr. Calvin Rickson, a scientist from Texas A&M University has invented a bra that keeps women's breasts from jiggling and bouncing up and down and also prevents the nipples from pushing ... Comment - Like
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Jan 28, 2011, 6:57 pm
Could this be the biggest mistake Man has ever made?
Just a footnote to my Australia Day post.
I know that Aussie Bush Etiquette is recognized throughout the civilized world but we all need to be reminded from time to time.
In... Comment - Like
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Jan 25, 2011, 6:01 am
Australia is an old land but a very young country the first white settlement was in 1788 by English mariners bringing a precious cargo of convicted felons to settle this vast land, the convicts were of course supported by a few free settlers and the military personnel necessary to control them.
The... Comment - Like
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Jan 22, 2011, 3:55 am
Hi all, its 7PM Saturday 22nd January here in Australia!
About 5 hours ago I had the cataract surgery on my left eye, I am delighted to say that the world has taken on a much brighter hue.... its early days yet but if the improvment I'm seeing now persists I'm going to be one very happy camper.
Aust... Comment - Like
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Jan 13, 2011, 8:31 am
Catching up on the flood news... we didn't quite make the forecast levels here in Gympie but it was enough to keep the Highway closed thus forcing the postponement of my eye surgery... Saturday Jan 22nd is the date for it now.
I believe the rest of Australia and indeed the world is being made aware ... Comment - Like
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Jan 10, 2011, 2:05 am
This post is coming to you from rain sodden and partially flooded Gympie
Please click on photos to enbiggen.
This is the view from my back porch taken with a 50mm lens (about the same as we see with the naked eye)
It looks a little more dramatic through a 300mm zoom lens, now the water shows up on b... Comment - Like
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Dec 27, 2010, 8:04 pm
I hope that you all had a good Christmas and now as we head for the New Year I realized that I had not done an update on my eyesight.
First thing... my eye surgeon is very happy with my progress and has ordered his new BMW, delivery a few days after my left eye cataract surgery.
For about 10 years I... Comment - Like
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Dec 20, 2010, 8:21 am
After 10 long years of drought (significantly less rainfall than normal) throughout most of Australia it is now approaching our wettest Spring/Summer on record in much of that same parched land of such a short time ago.
It seems that as soon as "Climate Change" became part of our language and we wer... Comment - Like
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Dec 17, 2010, 6:47 pm
This is a Japanese School Bus
Pretty well equiped aren't they?
This is an Indian School Bus
So how come when I have trouble with my computer my Query goes to an Indian call centre? Comment - Like
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