Sounds good folks maybe I forgot another tradition,I pay for the food
Ham ten KG this year
Tree gone plastic monstrosity in its place enjoy all

Hi Belly,

My young grandson scored 4 muddies Xmas Eve from Morton Bay. Set 2 pots well out at evening low tide with a full moon, uses chicken and fish bits for bait. Got one good sized male and 3 smaller fellas just legal size (can't take the females), kept them in the bucket until yesterday, very nice eating.

Dear Belly and Paul,

Well, it's all over for a while.

I'm exhausted but happy. And I haven't had to cook
for the rest of the week. Now it's my time to relax,
read, sleep, watch DVDs, TV, and visit friends.

I'm looking forward to seeing the new film "Aquaman."
(We got some Gold Class movie tickets). It should be
fun. And of course go out with the grandkids.

Lovely.

Paul bugger, 35 bucks each here but as visitors leave early am to beat traffic will have my Christmas muddy and king prawns with salads
Foxy around here must the same packed heaps in to three day food enough for twice the number full crew in garden working, you buet, laying on lawn in the shade belly full and great times

Hi Foxy,

Was given a book from Kris Kringle for Xmas, 'Black Snake' The Real Story of Ned Kelly. By Leo Kennedy the great-grandson of Sergeant Michael Kennedy slain at Stringybark Creek by the Kelly gang. Preempting what I am about to read, some don't see Ned Kelly as a Robin Hood type, a folk hero of the people, but see Ned as a killer and a criminal who deserved to hang.

There is always a bright side, I must thank Ned for the $200 he once bestowed on me for being hung. It was a trivia night I was one of the last two contestants and the question was "Besides being the first Chancellor of the University of Melbourne what is Redmond Barry best remembered for? The other bloke didn't know the answer, lucky me.

Hi Paul,

The Ned Kelly book sounds interesting.

I was given some books for Christmas as well.
One on Michelle Obama - "Becoming Michelle Obama,"
and the other on Trump - "Fear: Trump in the White
House," by Bob Woodward. Should keep me busy for a
while.