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My wonderful GP who has seen me through some dark times, told me yesterday that he has been diagnosed with lymphoma. There is little, apparently, that can be done for him apart from prayer. Please can you all remember Rob, my very talented Christian doctor, in your prayers.
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I picked up the keys to my new house today. MY new house.
Tomorrow I sign the mortgage papers and officially become a slave of the CBA.
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Huia
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![[Votive]](graemlins/votive.gif) Rob.
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Huia
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No shakey bits over mag 5 in the last 24hrs means the temporary libraries are probably open ![[Yipee]](graemlins/spin.gif)
Anything over 5 and public buildings close for engineers inspection - which is safer, but a damn nuisance. Also books fall off shelves and can't be reshelved until the all-clear is given.
Today seismologists are reporting to the Council on the latest swarm of aftershocks - I think it's about 300 since December 23rd, most of which I missed by being in Wellington.
So fingers crossed for the next 4 hours. I've managed to be at home or outside for all of the really big ones - I hope my record holds.
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Today seismologists are reporting to the Council on the latest swarm of aftershocks - I think it's about 300 since December 23rd, most of which I missed by being in Wellington.
Reporting session was interrupted by a 5+ shock. Ironic.
Huia, thinking of you always. And of my cousin Graham, aged 85, who's feeling the strain too.
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Lothlorien
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Originally posted by bib:
My wonderful GP who has seen me through some dark times, told me yesterday that he has been diagnosed with lymphoma. There is little, apparently, that can be done for him apart from prayer. Please can you all remember Rob, my very talented Christian doctor, in your prayers.
Prayers for Rob.
And also still for Huia and Christchurch.
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DangerousDeacon
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for Dr Rob
It says something for his relationship with Bib that they can talk openly about this - so prayers for Bib as well.
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Huia
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According to a GMS scientist the faults in Christchurch will take decades, rather than years to settle, but will slowly become less noticeable. The article I'm basing this on is on Stuff entitled "Mag 4.7 Quake Strikes Christchurch".
I must admit to a feeling of wanting to do serious damage to the messenger when I read that. I wasn't expecting it to take quite that long. He said that aftershocks from an earthquake in 1968 (Inungahua) are still being recorded but not felt. I remember scrambling under the kitchen table for that one.
I'm picking that more people may leave Christchurch as a result of this news, but Georgie-Porgy and I are here for the duration - unless the scientist is wrong about the likelihood of a tsunami.
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Originally posted by Huia:
He said that aftershocks from an earthquake in 1968 (Inungahua) are still being recorded but not felt. I remember scrambling under the kitchen table for that one
I woke up seconds after it, confused and in a kind of cold sweat. It was then that my healthyn fear of earthquakes was born. Our chimney was badly damaged but got away with being braced.
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Lothlorien
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Odd things seen on way to church #2. Last week's was "holly communion" on children's clothing shop.
Today a van went past the bus with a slogan saying, "We clean, restore and impregnate stone." Nothing more. Some probably unnecessary images and words went through my mind when I read that.
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for Dr Rob and BIB and for all in Christchurch.
Well done Nunc, you can feel a bit enslaved to the bank when you get a mortgage, but some pain now really pays off later when you own your own place. When you own your place you don't have to stress about landlords and once the mortgage is paid off it gives you a real sense of financial security to own the place where you live.
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For all in Christchurch
We had our first Sunday at Terrors Creek today. FD will be just fine - he preached a cracker of a sermon today. I, however, am certain I'll have some serious trouble from some quarters after being grimly told 'you will' about how things are done for tea and biscuits and having one of the previous team come up and start fiddling with sound equipment right by me in the expectation that I should have been doing something about it.
Fortunately, others have been going out of their way to make us feel welcome, so I didn't run out screaming.
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Clarence, next week take a cattle prod with you, it'll save a lot of trouble later.
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Lothlorien
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There used to be a wonderful piece about morning tea and the rosters pertaining to it over on Fr Bosco Peter's blog. I've had a good poke around there but can't find it. I'm sure Clarence would find it useful. ![[Biased]](wink.gif) Anyone know the one I mean? And where to find it now?
[ 08. January 2012, 03:40: Message edited by: Lothlorien ]
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James the Confident
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Originally posted by Clarence:
For all in Christchurch
We had our first Sunday at Terrors Creek today. FD will be just fine - he preached a cracker of a sermon today. I, however, am certain I'll have some serious trouble from some quarters after being grimly told 'you will' about how things are done for tea and biscuits and having one of the previous team come up and start fiddling with sound equipment right by me in the expectation that I should have been doing something about it.
Fortunately, others have been going out of their way to make us feel welcome, so I didn't run out screaming.
I'm glad it went well. Is it the place I remember?
Re the perception that the minister's wife ought to be doing stuff, stuff that! I hope you don't need to "make a point™" at some stage.
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Melbourne people, Cranmer's Baggage is in town this week. Anyone interested in a shipmeet on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday?
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James the Confident
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I could do Tuesday! ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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Huia
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Please give CB my best wishes.
The cross fell off our church. I guess we are lucky not much more happened, except a couple of cracks in the ceiling and some broken glass in the tower.
I notice that the Catholic church hall over the road now has wooden triangles bracing it's walls. The church itself looks OK, it's a fairly modern design so it should be OK given there isn't any liquefaction in the area.
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claudine
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Huia
Melbourne CB-meet details: Southgate at 5pm on Tuesday. JtC and I will be there - anyone else?
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Nunc Dimittis
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In afew hours I'll be moving house .
This is not a pleasant prospect really - moving is stressful.
And made just a little bit worse by the fact it reached 41C here today, and is forecast to reach in the high 30s again tomorrow... And it is still so hot that sleep is almost impossible...
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Lothlorien
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Originally posted by Nunc Dimittis:
In afew hours I'll be moving house .
This is not a pleasant prospect really - moving is stressful.
And made just a little bit worse by the fact it reached 41C here today, and is forecast to reach in the high 30s again tomorrow... And it is still so hot that sleep is almost impossible...
Hope all goes well, Nunc. My sympathies on the temps. When Son, DIL and I moved from North Shore to Inner West four days before Christmas 2009, those were the temperatures.
There was a big mess with settlement of purchase so huge truck sat in street for several hours and was finally unloaded at 9:00 pm and it was not much cooler then.
I liked your comment about moving being stressful. So understated.
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I could never understand why some people looked forward to going to the gym - to me that is stressful. But if you LIKE gymwork, then maybe you could look at it as a good workout - complete with day long sauna! Good luck Nunc. And may you find everything you need when you need it at the other end.
Am offline for a few days while visiting grandchildren. Collecting the 2 older ones to take them interstate to visit their younger cousins. It's a loooong drive with small fry, and I am sadly out of practise with entertaining kids in a car.
Pray for me shippies!
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Huia
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Nunc - I hope the move goes as well as it can, given the weather. Anything over 25c has me melting, so you have my sympathy.
Good news - scientists are saying that by the end of the month they will have more idea of how long it will take the aftershocks to fade to insignificance. Fingers and toes tightly crossed here.
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Originally posted by claudine:
Melbourne people, Cranmer's Baggage is in town this week. Anyone interested in a shipmeet on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday?
And I am in the Boston of Australia from the 16th to the 24th of Jan. Let me know if any of you Mexicans want to get together.
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Lothlorien
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Nunc,
Hope all went well in the move and that you didn't misplace the clean bedding and towels or the kettle and tea supplies. And perhaps something stronger at the end of the day when you were left by yourself.
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Or most importantly, the computer! Congratulations on getting your own place, you can put as many hooks into the wall as you like now!
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James the Confident
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Originally posted by Dark Knight:
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Originally posted by claudine:
Melbourne people, Cranmer's Baggage is in town this week. Anyone interested in a shipmeet on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday?
And I am in the Boston of Australia from the 16th to the 24th of Jan. Let me know if any of you Mexicans want to get together.
DK, I can do Mondays, Tuesdays and weekends. I'd love to meet you.
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Latchkey Kid
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Originally posted by Nunc Dimittis:
In afew hours I'll be moving house .
I hope it went well. It's still hot, but not quite as hot as Monday.
Did you go to the anniversary service?
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Originally posted by James the Confident:
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Originally posted by Dark Knight:
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Originally posted by claudine:
Melbourne people, Cranmer's Baggage is in town this week. Anyone interested in a shipmeet on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday?
And I am in the Boston of Australia from the 16th to the 24th of Jan. Let me know if any of you Mexicans want to get together.
DK, I can do Mondays, Tuesdays and weekends. I'd love to meet you.
Be afraid.
Be very afraid.
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James the Confident
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Cheek, ![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
Umm... ![[Confused]](confused.gif)
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Lothlorien
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Did you go to the anniversary service?
I wondered that too and had a good look at the ABC coverage. Didn't catch a glimpse of you but then they basically showed piper and a bit more.
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claudine
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Originally posted by James the Confident:
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Originally posted by Dark Knight:
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Originally posted by claudine:
Melbourne people, Cranmer's Baggage is in town this week. Anyone interested in a shipmeet on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday?
And I am in the Boston of Australia from the 16th to the 24th of Jan. Let me know if any of you Mexicans want to get together.
DK, I can do Mondays, Tuesdays and weekends. I'd love to meet you.
Next few weeks are busy for me but late afternoon / early evening may be possible. I can give dodgy directions to food and drink in central locations (sorry CB!)
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Cheek,
Umm...
Just teasing. DK is very good value. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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Nunc Dimittis
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Originally posted by Latchkey Kid:
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Originally posted by Nunc Dimittis:
In afew hours I'll be moving house .
I hope it went well. It's still hot, but not quite as hot as Monday.
Did you go to the anniversary service?
No - didn't get to the anniversary service.
The biggest drama with the move is that it's going to take Telstra 6 weeks to connect the phone... The joy of owning (!) a new property...
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Welease Woderwick
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Our house phone, and probably the majority of new house phones here these days, is wireless - internet and TV signal, too, all wireless - from 2 different suppliers in our case but several companies can supply all three. For our phone the state run landline company quoted 4 - 6 weeks [and a mound of paperwork] so we went to our mobile supplier and walked out with the phone 30 minutes later.
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I am coming to Brisbane in February.
Moving house sucks massive dog's balls. It is the opposite of fun.
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Lothlorien
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Joy and bliss! Son called, adjusted settings on TV and now all channels show up. As another son said, Channels 9 and 10 don't really add much at all to viewing, but the cricket is back tomorrow.
And the men from O--s have arrived again and seem to be putting bits together in back of ute to take and hopefully fix lift again.
Four weeks tomorrow since it died and 10 days since they took motor away to rebuild. Three floors up is a long way for me to carry groceries, even just top up supplies from main delivery. Toes broken when I moved in here nine months ago object to stairs although ordinary walking is OK.
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.... but the cricket is back tomorrow.
Indeed!
There goes anything productive happening for the next five days.
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Originally posted by James the Confident:
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Originally posted by Dark Knight:
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Originally posted by claudine:
Melbourne people, Cranmer's Baggage is in town this week. Anyone interested in a shipmeet on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday?
And I am in the Boston of Australia from the 16th to the 24th of Jan. Let me know if any of you Mexicans want to get together.
DK, I can do Mondays, Tuesdays and weekends. I'd love to meet you.
Tuesday or the weekend might work. I get in Monday night, leave the following Tuesday. Got to get to the tennis for some of that time.
Do we need a thread? How many Mexican shippies are here? There is your goodself, claudine ... anyone else?
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Originally posted by Evensong:
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Originally posted by Lothlorien:
.... but the cricket is back tomorrow.
Indeed!
There goes anything productive happening for the next five days.
Or maybe only three and a half days!
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Our numbers have dwindled over time DK. We might be able to convince Mavis to come, CB is now in the apple isle, Rowen is in Vic but only just! There were others but I'm not sure where they all are now.
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Just back from VIC. We were staying 60kms away from Mt Beauty, where snow was apparently forecast. Don't know if it happened, but I am OVER the southern summer. It is absolutely no different from the rest of the year. I sincerely hope February gives us a glimmer of warmth.
BRRRR L.
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And what is this "summer" of which you speak?
As a Victorian, I just shiver away.
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James the Confident
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Yesterday as I got into my car, the umbrella became caught in the door with a gust of wind--and I got a lap full of hail! ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
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Ouch, James! I feel for you.
Thanks, Lothlorien, I've been around, but lurking. Last year was *not* a good one - I've never been so sick, or so stressed. Anyway, even posting has been an effort, so I've been mostly reading, and praying when appropriate, especially for Christchurch, but also for you and others.
I'm starting to feel more myself again, thankfully
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