Digger

You know you’re getting old when one morning you wake up and you’re 78!

Actually apart from a few minor things that may slow me down from time to time I’m still going pretty strong! Besides, I’m too busy to die~

Thanks MP I really needed that~

Only the good die young Jim so you're going to be with us for quite some time~

Shhhhhh!

Thanks dobber! Actually it will be 78.

Not me, another Rob! Now I’m getting confused!

Oh crikey! It’s neither my anniversary or my birthday fellas, but thanks for the thought. I put this up for my mate Butch because he has trouble posting pics.

Certainly will thanks Ken.

Sorry, not my birthday, Butches. I'm 77.

Chuckle...old is an accurate description these days but I’m still here! Butch says they just about had to lube him up to get him in there and he is a big bloke!

Butch (Retired) has had a change of career! Grin~ On the way back from seeing the Ark replica they visited Indy and recognising talent when they see it they signed him up straight away! Of course Butch used to race his own drag cars earlier in his life. Not bad transitioning to track racing considering his 70th birthday is tomorrow (22nd).

Thank you for the suggestion. CBD is technically legal here but only from Australian suppliers as spec is slightly different. Of course there are no suppliers yet. It’s how you have legal CBD without actually having CBD. Our govt. is illogically unhappy about engaging with anything to do with hemp. So my supplies come from the US with some trepidation each order but I might add some gummies next time and give them a try on your recommendation. Thanks again. I find the drops wonderfully beneficial in a number of ways.

In my almost 77 years on the earth the last thing I expect from any legal system is justice!

I've been taking turmeric powder for years and it helped me heaps, though I’m using the more convenient form in tablets these days. It has to be maintained in your system and stopping and staring won’t be effective. It took a month initially for it to do the job but it did it well. Pain still creeps up and discomfort comes back as time goes by so sometimes dosage needs to be increased. I’ve got screws in my left thumb to lock the top joint in place and that helped a lot but now there is quite noticeable pain occurring in first two fingers of my right hand. I live on a property and work hard with my hands most days so this is potentially a problem for the future. Voltarin cream makes no difference though a few drops of CBD does help a bit. My back is terrible so I’m only able to work a couple of hours a day and then rest. I guess soldiering on is my only thing at this stage.

I had AstraZenekca and it knocked me on my bum for the whole of the next day. My usual aches and pains intensified a lot that day but back to normal after that. A small price to pay!

My good friend Butch has today clocked up another year. I hope you have a lovely day mate and get to enjoy many more. Happy Birthday old mate!

My retirement came suddenly and unexpectedly some 22 years ago. It was through health and I wish I’d known it was coming so I could prepare. In retrospect I’d strongly encourage anyone who is considering retirement to ensure they have enough interests to keep them busy. Boredom can be a killer!

I’m glad to see you back my good friend! Take it slow and only post when you feel OK to do so, don’t let it drive you. Even though we talk every day it’s still good to see you join in here on these pages.

Digging out Jasmine roots (in small frequent doses) using a mattock. I carted a heavy trailer load of Jasmine foliage and lifted it up onto a burn pile, then went back with a tractor bucket and pushed it into the centre. My intention is to fill the centre of a circle of tree stumps with burnable things and light ‘er up! I hope to gradually burn a pile of tree stumps some bigger than my tractor. I'ts going to take a few goes I think. The I moved a heap of machinery out of the way and mowed in front of the house. I’m getting really toey to have my farm shed built. 2 weeks more weeks they are saying! Did some more Jasmine root digging and now in for a cuppa! I’ll do some more after lunch and a quick nap....Grin~

I miss common sense!

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Crikey mate I’m so sorry to hear about your family troubles! I sincerely hope they all get over this thing soon. Sorry also about your mom, that’s a hard loss, really tough for families now with the lockdown. You won’t ever forget her of course and I hope you can concentrate on the good memories from her life. My thoughts are with you and anyone else caught up in this tidal wave of misery.

Not sure if we came from off-world stock or not but it’s a possibility. I do know that we are a virus more damaging to our environment than most!

We’ve had the “You don’t need a mask" story too but then there weren’t any to buy which might have slanted that advice somewhat? What was available was needed by health workers and quite right they got what was available first. There’s a lesson in what needs to be stockpiled for when things like this inevitably happen again. OYOH being on an island and more easily being able to control movements seems to be showing results as Victoria only recored one new case of Coronavirus yesterday. There were many complaints about going in too hard but it seems to be working and the greater good is the higher priority. Long way to go for all of us yet of course! Just over 100 years ago the Spanish Flu took some 350 million people, possibly many more as reporting worldwide would have been very incomplete. Some suggest as much as 1/2 a billion souls were lost in that one. It’s suggested that it was 25% of the worlds population in 1918.