Hay, Pudd, stop beating about the bush mate, & tell us what you really think of them.

As for no liberal policies, what would you expect. Evert time they produce some, that policy free zone on the other side pinch them, & call them their own.

That might be a good way of running things actually, with the libs not actually in power, just their policies, except for one thing.

It means the labor mob get their hands on the cheque book, & that truly is disastrous.

Foxy
This is the season for it.

Last Monday my 84YO mum while sitting at our dining room on her usual visit, slid sideways, losing consciousness, twitching on the right side, untill I sat her up right.

Once conscious, I checked her for stroke(petty mal), She was fine, She refused the doctor/home,lie down getting agro, demanded we drop her at the shopping centre.

My wife did but hung around while I rang her Dr, their instructions, ”hospital *immediately*' In the intervening 10 minutes mum had changed her mind and was going to bus it home. My wife relayed what the Dr had said and they went to hospital.
There mum was cranky at me for 'panicking'.
After an ECG the Dr. told her she wasn't going home now., had an irregular heart beat.

Next morning the surgeon told her she had no choice she was to get a pacemaker that afternoon.
independent mum's pulse went haywire untill I corrected the surgeon by saying 'she does have a choice...but that choice would end in lots of frowny faces... not advised' mum laughed, told me off for being silly. Pride restored ,she agreed.

Friday her doctor (GP) told her "had I not rang and my wife hadn't took her to hospital then and there... given the information that trip would've been her *last*".

By Saturday she insisted showing us the wound.
She also declared that, it wasn't my wife and I who saved her, it was 'God hand that prompted me to ring the Dr'.

Sensing the family's disappointment I smiled shrugged and remarked 'so that was the pain behind the ear I thought it was a pinched nerve," Then followed it up with "therefore *she* hadn't done God's will by getting cranky with me, tsk tsk".
everyone laughed and the topic dropped.

She is a fundie after all... PS she is battered but it'll take more than to kill the the "little (bionic) turtle" (the Children's nick name for her.)
Last week was... well busy.

Examinator, your mum is lucky. One of the things our Qld health system does brilliantly is cardiac treatment. If you have to go to hospital, make sure it's cardiac.

Don't go with something as simple as a bowel ulcer, or a gallstone. They call in the kids to treat those.

Hope your mother beeps improving

Dear Examinator,

Gee whiz - you really have had a tough time of it.
I'm glad that your mum's pulled through.
You, all deserve a medal.
But as my husband keeps gleefully pointing out to
me - "It's only going to get ..."
Well, you know the rest!

I've just bought a book - at the recommendation of
a friend - called, "Alzheimer's: a love story,"
by Vivienne Ulman. I've only just begun to read it -
but it's amazing how much I recognise my two mothers -
in the author's experiences. She describes herself
as being the "sandwich generation," squeezed on one
side by concerns for her children and on the other
by anxiety about her parents.
I'm sure that you will be able to identify with that.
It looks like being a good read.

Dear Hasbeen,

Love your sense of humour!

Given our eldest's career he has offered to work on her pacemaker for free....perhaps increasing it's functionality to change the TV channel automatically if becomes disturbing enable us tr find her by GPS tracking if she develops Alzheimer's.
He is if nothing else are imaginative? Hmm

Dear Examinator,

I've got a better idea -
let her have some fun...

Get her some t-shirts:

1) A Bionic Woman t-shirt.
2) One that says - "I've got Rhythm."
3) One that says - "Wired 4 Life."

Well, you get the idea...

Make her laugh - she probably could use it!

And give her lots of hugs and TLC!