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Hello all; just a quick visit although if I was a duck it would be a quack visit!

Persey, love the joke!

Hpoefully I will be able to spend more time on here after nexr week when I finish at Waroona, although it could be earlier.

Stay safe wherever you may be.

Allan

Hi~~~~

I've been to bed but had to get back up cos my back was aching so much, I have microwavable heat pad which I am going warm up and then go back to bed.

Hope everyone is keeping well.

This thread needed a nudge up:))

Nite
Sandie.x

G'day from a sunny 29c Melbourne...:>))

Just dropped home for a bite of lunch.
Tomato and sliced garlic sanga's.

Allan. Things are not to good in the north of Victoria re; the floods. Some towns are cut off completely.
Have friends living in the town of Rochester, and was talking to them, and they said the town was basically split right down the middle with the flooding. Into there 6th day now and many without power.

Perse. Love the joke...it put a smile on me dial...:>))..LOL

Sandie. Look after that back. You nee some Goanna oil mate. Been using it for years, specially with the type of physical work i do, being a tradesman.......... Great for Arthritis, Lumbago,Rheumatism, Back Ache, Fibrosis and Muscular soreness. Dont know if you can get it in the U.K.?

Australia Day Oliday coming up next week ( 26th ) so having family around for a Bar-bie, and then our local Whitehorse council ( 4 min walk ) will do a great fireworks display for our grandies in the council gardens.

Av a great day/night


Tony...;>))

Hello folks
Keep your back warm Sandie .I think rest is the best cure sometimes,, I have arthritus [. osteo] in my spine now . wear & tear the docs say . not bad most days . looking forward to warmer weather . get in the garden get the jounts moving again . oh to be young & beautifull again lol Bye Barbra xx ~~~~~~~~~Tony & ALL

Hi folks~~

Thanks for the kind thoughts and advice re my back Tony and Barbra :)

Strangely enough Barbra it feels better if I keep mobile.:)

No Tony , it doesn't appear that they sell Goanna oil in the UK, been on the net and to order it's all in $. I use Aspellinant Spirit liniment and /or a Deep heat spray. Not sure if the Aspellinant is what is also known as 'Horses liniment ' here.!!
Nice to you you posting haven't 'seen' you for a while :)
Glad to hear that you rellies and friends are safe:)

~~~~ to anyone looking in later.From a cold ,frosty ,but sunny South Wales

Sandie.x

Sandie, my other half has finally been diagnosed with arthritis. He will get me to sort papers for him (especially in the winter months) as his fingers won't do as required. He has been told that he must keep them exercised along with the rest of him.
X-rays have revealed that his mid and lower back pain is caused by small osteophytes... and he has narrowed intervertebral discs but his sacroiliac joints are normal.
I had to look up some of these words eg osteophytes which sounds like bones fighting and I think my definition sums it up much better than the medical ones.

Ann - I really must get my bus timetable sorted so I am on the same bus as you - I might've been able to pick up some good bargains there. Goodness only knows where I would put them, I have that many bookshelves and cupboards full of books. That's why I tend to try and get the one's on our greaders list from the libraries.

Thought we would have savs for tea tonight Tony, I always think of Norman Gunston or Barry Mckenzie when we were going to eat them.

I was young once too Barbara but don't think I ever did the beautiful look.
LOL

Persie

Hello all, again just a quick visit as I still have a heavy workload.

Sandie, I hope that your back is soon better. I have a painful shoulder at the moment but have put it down to being in the car too much. Hopefully I can slow down after Australia Day as I am supposed to finish at Waroona next Tuesday.

Tony, the floods look devastating. I'm not sure how I would cope if I was affected.

In my own little way I'm helping after the bushfire at Lake Clifton. I have been asked by Waroon Shire to inspect some of the damaged properties to make sure that they are fit for habitation. This is in those cases where people are making hardship claims for proerties, which although damaged (mainly by smoke) are still habitable

Persey, sorry to hear that your OH has arthritis. I can sympathise with him as my thumbs are affected. I find it difficult to write these days and on a bad day my writing, which was never the best, looks like a demented spider has fallen in a bottle of ink. Some days are good and some not so good!

Barbra, I look at photos of when I was younger and I think that person was kidnapped and replaced by a grumpy old b*gger.

Allan

Hi folks~~

Perse,~~~ the little finger on my right hand has an arthritic joint which developed just before the Dr diagnosed this trapped Ulnar nerve ( affects little finger and top of the next ring finger). I don't have medication for either.
Only inflammatory tabs I am still taking for my ankle I sprained Xmas eve,and Co Codomol painkillers which seem to help all my creaky bits.lol
I don't like rattling like a box of pills :))
Sorry to her you suffer with O Arthritis Barbra, and your OH has been diagnosed with arthritis Perse. Edit you too Allan:(
Hubby has it in his hands, as did his grandfather.
My grandmother suffered with it and was prescribed Iodine Oil to rub in , plus medication.. that's over 40 yrs ago !
Heaven only knows what would happen if my dau had to take medication, she has an aversion to tablets of any sort, since getting a boiled sweet stuck in her throat when she was young. MIL gave it to her.. I wouldn't give them to her !!
Fortunately they do some over the counter medicines now in soluble form , 2 she have to use have been 1st) for headaches or cold symptoms and 2nd) for upset stomach / diarrhoea .
She had to have course of antibiotics last yr before having an op for an ingrowing toenail,our lady Doc was great and prescribed her it in liquid form, like for children. Our male Doc more or less said she was a big baby and said she she take the tablets at her age..... needless to say we had few heated words !!. Both Dr's have retired now, the practise has been taken over; The Dr I see now is a young British guy and has very good 'bedside manners' , he listens and is very thoughtful and helpful, the rest are of foreign extract, so I tend to go to him.. you get a rapport I find if you keep the same Dr. I'm not racist at all... the male Dr in the previous practise was British, but many like myself used to avoid him if possible.lol Even my eldest cousin, a Nursing Sister on the ward in which he trained said he was a grumpy so and so, he did mellow a bit with age tho:)lol

Sandie.x

Dear all

Wot! No posts?

This is not very ethical. I have now done my stint at Waroona and hopefully will be able to spend more time on here. Do I hear groans of dismay?

Although I haven't been on the 'General' or 'Chat' Boards I have still been doing some research into my family and trying to put a bit of flesh on the skeletons.

I hope that you are all well and I would like to wish all Aussies a Happy Australia Day and may the weather be kind to you where ever you are

Allan

We couldn't get a quorum together Allan and did not think it ethical to proceed without the chairman.

You enjoy your day too singing "Advance Australia Fair"

Persie

G'day....:>))

Happy Orsetralier day.

In the beginning God created day and night. He created day for footy matches, going to the beach and barbies. He created night for going prawning, sleeping and barbies. God saw that it was good.
Evening came and morning came and it was the second Day.

On the Second Day God created water – for surfing, swimming and barbies on the beach. God saw that it was good. Evening came and morning came and it was the Third Day.

On the Third Day God created the Earth to bring forth plants – to provide tobacco, malt and yeast for beer and wood for barbies. God saw that it was good. Evening came and morning came and it was the Fourth Day.

On the Fourth Day God created animals and crustaceans for chops, sausages, steak and prawns for barbies. God saw that it was good. Evening came and morning came and it was the Fifth Day.

On the Fifth day God created a bloke – to go to the footy, enjoy the beach, drink the beer and eat the meat and prawns at barbies. God saw that it was good. Evening came and morning came and it was the Sixth Day.

On the Sixth Day God saw that this bloke was lonely and needed someone to go to the footy, surf, drink beer, eat and stand around the barbie with. So God created Mates, and God saw that they were good blokes. God saw that it was good. Evening came and morning came and it was the Seventh Day.

On the Seventh Day God looked around at the twinkling barbie fires, heard the hiss of opening beer cans and the raucous laughter of all the Blokes, smelled the aroma of grilled chops and sizzling prawns and God saw that it was good. well almost good. God saw that the blokes were tired and needed a rest.

So God created Sheilas – to clean the house, bear children, wash, cook and clean the barbie. God saw that it was not just good, it was better than that, it was bloody great!

IT WAS AUSTRALIA !

I came from the dream time, from the dusty red soil plains,
I am the ancient heart - the keeper of the flame,
I stood upon the rocky shore, I watched the tall ships come,
For forty thousand years I'd been the first Australian.

We are one but we are many
And from all the lands on earth we come,
we share a dream,
And sing with one voice,
I am, you are, we are Australian.

I came upon the prison ship bound down by iron chains
I cleared the land, endured the lash and waited for the rains.
I'm a settler, I'm a farmer's wife on a dry and barren run
A convict then a free man, I became Australian.
I'm the daughter of a digger who sought the mother lode
The girl became a woman on the long and dusty road
I'm a child of the depression, I saw the good times come
I'm a bushy, I'm a battler, I am Australian.

We are one but we are many
And from all the lands on earth we come,
we share a dream,
And sing with one voice,
I am, you are, we are Australian.

I'm a teller of stories, I'm a singer of songs
I am Albert Namatjira, and I paint the ghostly gums
I am Clancy on his horse, I'm Ned Kelly on the run
I'm the one who waltzed Matilda, I am Australian.
I'm the hot wind from the desert, I'm the black soil of the plains
I'm the mountains and the valleys, I'm the drought and flooding rains
I am the rock, I am the sky, the rivers when they run
The spirit of this great land, I am Australian.

We are one but we are many
And from all the lands on earth we come,
we share a dream,
And sing with one voice,
I am, you are, we are Australian.

Av a good un.


Tony...:>))

Same here Perse~~~
~~~~to all

I did think peeps would think I was a bit loopy talking to myself, if I posted again.lol

Nice to see you back Allan :)

3 shirts to iron...always leave it til the last possible minute... quite often it's 1am :((
Will take me approx 15mins.
Be back then:)

Sandie.x

Ooh Hi Tony~~
Must have posted as I was typing, must do these shirts and will read your post.
22.47 UK time

~~~~ to Persey Sandie and Tony

~~~ back to Allan
Must be getting quicker at the dreaded ironing took me 10 mins to do 3 long sleeved shirts.
Quicker than my typing.lol
And they are perfect , can't have my men going out looking scruffy !
Sandie.x

Good evening to you Sandie.....:>))

Goodmorning to Allan and Persie...although i think its afternoon in Kiwi land....*checks me world clock*...Yep..........Arvo Perse..lol

10:15 am here in Melbourne, and have my family coming over for a typical bar-bie, as we celebrate 26th Jan.
Then take the grandies up to local council park for fireworks display.


~~~~~~~~ to Barbra and Colin and anyone else who drops in.

Just read your post !

Luv it Tony :))

Even the bit about Shelia s... !!....... Yes, we are great, hubby wouldn't do without me :))

Have a good day yourself:)

Sandie.x

Secret to a Long Marriage.

At St. Peter's Catholic Church in Toronto , they have weekly husbands' marriage seminars.

At the session last week, the priest asked Giuseppe, who said he was approaching his 50th wedding anniversary, to take a few minutes and share some insight into how he had managed to stay married to the same woman all these years.

Giuseppe replied to the assembled husbands, 'Wella, I'va tried to treat her nicea, spenda da money on her, but besta of all is, I tooka her to Italy for the 25th anniversary!'

The priest responded, 'Giuseppe, you are an amazing inspiration to all the husbands here! Please tell us what you are planning for your wife for your 50th anniversary?'

Giuseppe proudly replied, " I gonna go pick her up."

Lol Perse~~
Following you about tonite:)

ROFL at the joke,..... just be careful I don't set my Sicilian rellies on you :)
.....Hubby's step side of the family !

Must close now ,back on the laptop in a few mins.
Sandie.x

Oh Solo Mio Boyo.....

Hi folks~~~

It's bl@@dy freezing here !
Thermostat was on 16 and the heating kicked in, gone off now so have put it up to 20... My right hand ( with the bad fingers) is freezing cold using this mouse, rest of me's not too bad ,am sat next to the radiator and have fleece on.
Sitting on my left hand.. oh I wish I was ambidextrous., I do try to use my left hand on the mouse sometimes , but it's weird.

My neighbours are visiting their dau near Sydney, what's the weather like near there ?... OK know it's a huge country and huge city, but generally ?

Speak later~~~
Sandie.x