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Cryptic
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Originally posted by Lothlorien:
If that's what an autumnal virus does, what will winter be like?
The horrible irony is that I have a long-standing appointment with my GP to have a flu shot the week after next. Hopefully this icky little adventure is at least giving my immune system a boost!
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Lothlorien
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I've been thinking about flu shot too. Think my last one was last April, not long after I moved here.
I used to be a bit careless with such things and invariably had flu in August or September. That led to pneumonia which I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy. Since then I've had it every year.
Free for me now since I became a Centrelink client. ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
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Originally posted by Cryptic:
There's nothing like a Toxic Parish Mafia to bring you down.
To be fair it's nothing like as toxic as my last parish, and the indiviudal involved this time is one of the hardest working faith-people around. It's mainly that she is a fairly extreme ISTJ and I am an utterly extreme INFP. Therefore I am to her viewpoint, and that of the really dysfuntional dude who left with his 25k of toys, uttterly irresponsible. Utterly.
Unfortunately she turned up to this morning's eucharist at which, in an early morning mind-fog, I had set up without wine, water or a purificator. ![[brick wall]](graemlins/brick_wall.gif) Of the five present three were of the STJ type (She, plus a retired bishop, and mrs retired bishop, not an N or an F or a P between them). ![[Tear]](graemlins/tear.gif) I did remember to take the palms out. That's why I forgot to finish the setting up.
Sigh. I sometimes wish it was legal, moral and sensible and not punitive of others to slash one's wrists. So messy though.
In fact that's why I abhor all that messy Church palaver (and fresh expressions). I am a walking messy church. ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
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Originally posted by Zappa:
My last was in 1977
I have had a flu shot regularly since about that time, and definitely every year since 1981.
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Lothlorien
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#2 son and family attend a smallish community church in sydney's west. More Pentecostal than any other adjective, but pastor has his head screwed on fairly straight and doesn't hold with much of the rubbish around now.
Lots of differences in customs to me but we cope reasonably. I'm sure sons discuss my "odd" beliefs but that's fine.
Grandson attends local independent Christian, parent-controlled school. Not to anyone's liking but he's now in Year 8 and the local High schools are just the pits, if not lower.
Son has just rung to say my eldest grandson will be baptised on Good Friday at pastor's house. I think quite a few must be away as service is at 9:30 and then baptism will be 10:30. They do have a usual venue, but not Good Friday. Then lunch at son's.
The ex-Mr L has been asked. My guess is that if his church has a service then, he will be at his church. Church has always come well before family. There's no way I'll miss this, so if he turns up, I'll have to play it by ear.
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Lothlorien
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Originally posted by Mr Curly:
I think it's DK's d-day in court today. ![[Votive]](graemlins/votive.gif)
mr curly
Possibly just the first day too.
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Huia
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I was out planting daffodil bulbs this afternoon when the words "flu injection" popped into my head. I must make an appointment for next week. I haven't had the flu for years thanks to injections,keeping clear of sneezers, washing my hands frequently and pure good luck.
As our hospitals are not yet able to work to capacity, the Health Board have increased the criteria for free injections.
Tomorrow I am off to see an Easter musical performed by the children of the Catholic school where I volunteer. As their Parish Hall hasn't been properly assessed the performance will take place in the Anglican Church Hall. I hope it goes well, both staff and students have put a lot of energy into it.
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Spot on. Day one. Awful day in court as I was the only one cross examined. All day long.
Sadly, it may come to nothing. The experts have conferenced and agreed that even though I have had no contact with my children for nearly four years, it is probably too risky for them to see me because of some unspecified 'trauma.' At least until the eldest is 10 years old in three years time. Chances are that the judge will side with them.
I think I went okay in court. We have quite a feisty judge, and he personally questioned me for five minutes at a stretch, twice. Absolutely exhausted. But I will be able to tell my girls one day 'I never, ever gave up.'
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Dark Knight
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To be clear, I haven't traumatised my kids in any way. Their Mum has. But little chance the court will get to see that.
![[Mad]](angryfire.gif)
I will appreciate your continued prayers.
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Prayers here too
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DK, heartfelt from me too.
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Originally posted by Zappa:
Duck, duck, duck, duckity duck duck duck.
Hm.
So I had a Parish Council meeting this morning in which I basically put forward a proposal to vote me out of a job. ...
launched into a 'what the hell did you come here for and basically you're useless and everything you've done here has failed abysmally' diatribe.
D...
No that's alright, I really don't have feelings, I'm a robot. A useless one. No worries.
Duck, duck, duck, duckity duck duck duck.
See. I haven't even sworn.
Well you know what? I am fucking well going to fucking swear.
I mean, what is it with these people? And what was it about yesterday that brought the worst out?
I had a parishioner ring me yesterday evening and abuse me for not ringing her in the past week: quote:
"I understand that you're busy, but that's no excuse not to phone. You wouldn't have cared if I had been dead. At least there are people in the church like [another parishioner, one who is really controlling and who usurps my authority at every opportunity] who rang me TWICE this week to see how I was."
Never mind that I was in the office at 2am on Friday morning madly trying to get things done for Easter. Never mind that that was because I was called out to attend to a dying parishioner the previous afternoon. Never mind that my mind is right now going in a hundred directions and I have Holy Week insomnia. People, note this well: I am only one person, with one pair of hands, one set of ears, a need to eat and sleep. I am not superhuman.
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And like you Zappa, I ate the humble pie. Well, to some extent. I visited said parishioner today and told her that what she had said hurt. She was mortified - had no memory of what she said. I half suspected it was related to her condition (and I discovered today to past hurts from 30 years ago) - but it still bloody hurts.
Remind me again why we do this job? Chrism Mass tomorrow evening; food for reflection...
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Nunc Dimittis
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Originally posted by Dark Knight:
To be clear, I haven't traumatised my kids in any way. Their Mum has. But little chance the court will get to see that.
I will appreciate your continued prayers.
It's always the bloke who misses out, because as everyone knows it's always and ever only the bloke who is to blame. ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif)
Seriously: for you.
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DK
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DK. This is so unnecessary.
Zappa, I admire your capacity to refrain from invective- but really "fuck em!"
A few years ago my old service obtained a new manager. The Board didn't do its job and she drove out many staff. I was the first. She continued to pursue me for almost a year later until not only did she start to look silly, it also began to appear that she was just a nasty arsed, lying piece of weasel shit.
Her efforts brought the entire old agency to its knees. Her reputation self destructed as it turned out that she was aspiring to only a mediocre level of competence and missed even that.
What goes around comes around mate. But that doesn't make it any easier for you in the situation you're in just now. I recognise the gnawing guts and the bleakness of outlook- especially when turned inward.
Folks like her should be equipped with a concrete plug that perfectly fits their mouths.
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Banner Lady
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We have an ex-in-law hard at work poisoning the mind of a child against one of our children and us. I keep telling B3 that eventually the child, who is a very smart four year old, will work out exactly the measure of all the adults in her life. It just takes time. Glad you are not giving up, DK.
Meanwhile: in more purple news...
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Zappa
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Originally posted by Dark Knight:
I will be able to tell my girls one day 'I never, ever gave up.'
And that's it. A few days ago I got a phone call from my eldest (now 27) which reminded me how important that is. How one small thing I did from afar changed her life 11 years ago. At the time I never even knew if I'd been heard. It's the first reference I've heard to the event ever.
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Iam really sorry to hear this, DK. I have been praying for you as court day approached, and will continue to do so.
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Lothlorien
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My apologies, DK, for omitting the "K" in you name on prayer thread. Was distracted by buzzer sounding for delivery and didn't check afterwards.
Glad I wasn't driving on M7 this morning. Two trucks collided and sent pig carcasses all over road. And more: from news report:
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A large amount of diesel, pig fat and pig product was split on the road and absorbent material was being used to reduce the slippery nature of the road surface, a Transport Management Centre spokesman said.
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Originally posted by Nunc Dimittis:
Remind me again why we do this job?
Good question! But I'm going to our Chrism Mass today, and I will, with many others, renew the vows of ordination. "Faithful is he who calls you".
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Cryptic
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Prayers for Nunc, Zappa and all the clergy types. You shouldn't have to go through what you do. I have a friend, who in describing the people that inhabit volunteer organisations used to say that "there are those who are willing to work, and those that are willing to let them". In a parish setting, this could be modified to "there are those willing to do ministry and those who are willing to receive it" (and probably the third group that will bitch about everything).
DK - I'm new around here and so don't know the background to your situation, but it sounds truly awful and you have my prayers.
Odd couple of days. Went to have parent-teacher interview yesterday with Cryptogirl's teacher, She told us about a charming motivated responsible girl that tries her best all the time. ![[Confused]](confused.gif) I think that they pulled out the file for the wrong kid... Off to the doctor after that, my virus is at the "secondary infection" stage so more days of feeling like crap, however have antibiotics to help, and hopefully these will work so that I don't spend Easter waiting in a medical centre.
Cryptodog had his hair cut yesterday, so he looks all handsome and doggie again, instead of looking like an old mop that the handle has fallen off, unlike me, that hasn't had time lately to het my hair cut and so I look like a vagrant.
The downside of all my mowing lately is that I have nearly ruptured myself on several occasions trying to drag the green recycling bin up the driveway for pickup. Bin went out last night as usual, so chockers I could hardly move it. This morning, MY BIN BROKE THE TRUCK!!! The hydraulic arm on the garbage truck spat its dummy trying to pick up my bin, so there was the garbage truck broken down across our driveway, bin stuck in the arm, and a deluge of hydraulic oil all over the road. Poor mr garbage man soaked it up as best he could with the little sawdust he had on board, but I think that I'll have a lovely clean-up job to go home to. We managed to get the cars out of the drive and past the truck, and headed off to work/school with dead truck across the driveway.
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Glad I wasn't driving on M7 this morning. Two trucks collided and sent pig carcasses all over road.
I'm glad that I wasn't on the M7 this morning, instead I was on the bloody M4 - I think that somewhere this morning an asylum for homicidal maniacs discharged all it inmates and gave them a vehicle as a leaving present. ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
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Morning tea with a parishioner. Now, just packing. And packing. And packing.
Last bag to the op shop. Only one more trip to the tip...
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Lothlorien
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I'm glad that I wasn't on the M7 this morning, instead I was on the bloody M4 - I think that somewhere this morning an asylum for homicidal maniacs discharged all it inmates and gave them a vehicle as a leaving present.
Traffic has gone mad today. I have just caught bus from Town Hall home down Parramatta Road. No roadworks, no nothing. 25 minute trip has take well over an hour. Most of that from Liverpool road turn off down to my place not all that many bus stops down. JUst past Western Distributor entry. Traffic conditions say "heavy traffic." The main road took 6 sets of traffic lights to get through each set.
I don't think it's pre-Easter traffic but can't see what it is.
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Originally posted by Zappa:
I saw a car here today, too ![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
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Lothlorien
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I'll gladly send you some more cars from down here, Zappa.
Cryptic, is your green recycle bin one of the truly enormous circular bins? My brother has one of those. Or an enormous square one. We had one when we lived at Killara. When full, it was just about impossible to get up our short but steep drive.
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Cryptic
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It's a standard suburban green square wheelie bin, about 240 litres I think they are. I have an old metal rake and this is brilliant for stamping the cut grass down into the bin, so I can get lots in. Driveway is only moderately steep, but it has been gravelled (not by us) so dragging anything heavy over the gravel is nearly impossible.
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Is Sydney traffic wise like Sheffield. Here, if there is no trouble anywhere in the system at rush hour traffic flows, but a breakdown the other side of town can cause jams up the dual carriage way on this side?
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Luckily traffic wasn't too bad this morning, beacuase my car had one of its French moments and decided that 5 cylinders was more than enough. Was able to nurse it over to mechanic at Chatswood without too much drama. Merde...
Thankfully the council did a pretty good job of cleaning up the Exxon Valdez re-enactment in our driveway yesterday, so one less thing to worry about.
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Well, talking of cars.... Zappa, perhaps you could train your croc to do THIS ...especially when the JW's call by...
[ 04. April 2012, 02:42: Message edited by: Banner Lady ]
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Coming home from a 2 hr meeting today, requiring 5 hrs of driving, out here in the remote, I drive up to a mountainous
Farm and picked up 8 chickens... So adorable.... 4 for a friend and 4 for me. Friend has them all for the next few weeks, whilst I go on holidays and then move, so I had dinner there tonight, and we got them settled safely, teaching the kids how to be very careful with the "chookons" as they called them.
They were very noisy in the car, and just so cute.
It was fun Easter thing to do.
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Jengie, you forgot to mention rain. A slight shower anywhere around and the whole place grinds to a halt.
Ah our equivalent is snow.
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Snow? What be that, I wonder?
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Originally posted by Zappa:
[*]Kuruman has indicated I'd be on my own,
My better half feels the same about Kalgoorlie!
I wish they wouldn't make such threats!
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Lothlorien
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Grandson's baptism tomorrow. He's 13. Am a bit apprehensive. Ex MrL has been invited, after all he's A's grandfather. No one knows if he's coming. There's nothing on his church's website except their normal Friday evening meeting. He would put church above family. Then again, he could easily turn up and be reasonable or turn up and try to take over baptism or preach at lunch afterwards or... Just depends on current mental state. He rarely sees or contacts his sons or their families. Sad really.
Have sight stress headache hanging around. If he comes will he bring the African woman he has supposedly adopted as his daughter? This was announced at his mother's funeral. Good advice from several sources says he's mistaken about legality of this. However, I see on church website she is now Dr H M and then his surname.
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Sorry, Mr Curly, we just ran out of time to get back to the Turra Passion. How did it go?
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Lothlorien
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Hope it went better than the traffic outside is going right now. Part of the four day weekend stampede to get out of the city is going nowhere fast.
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No problems, Gee D, and thanks for asking - it went well. After a slow start, we had good numbers through the last few nights, and a few people I've wanted to come along for years finally made it.
The cast, while only with minor changes, just clicked this year. The pros were in the best spots for them, and the non-actors had parts that suited them better.
Only quibble is the 25 people who booked tickets for the last night, which was sold out, not coming.
Anyway, dog tired today, Melbourne tomorrow for a week. Biggest is blowing is horn in the National Band Championship.
Did I say I killed the fish in the outdoor pond yesterday? Left the hose on running into it for 4 hours not 10 minutes, and they didn't like the tap water.
Published my 4th book on kindle today. It's quite fun, if only it was remunerative as well.
Did I say tired?
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