Dear Paul,

Thank your wife for the book recommendation.
I admire Turia Pitt very much and will try to get
a hold of a copy.

Talking about genocide. As you know my family lost
family members under the Soviet occupation. I won't
go into the details. Suffice to say - those were
horrific times. Therefore I would not presume to
downgrade what any one or their family of our Aboriginal
people has gone through.
All we can do is show empathy and hopefully try to
improve their present and future. Which as
we know has not been an easy task to date.

I don't think it is asking much to hear Indigenous views when
Parliament makes decisions about them. It is a modest and
moral request. And it is not beyond this great nation of
ours to make it happen.

SM,

I like your straight talk. The lefties live under rocks.

Foxy,

"I said - "THEY got the vote in 1962..."

Most people would know what that meant."

Not anyone who knows Australian history, and you are prone to errors as I've shewn before.

Lefties live under rocks?

Really?

I bet not many of us knew that.

However here's a few more facts about Lefties:

Of all the interesting facts about handedness - Right
or Left, probably the most important one is that it
does not matter much at all.

The differences between Righties and Lefties - are rather
subtle and of much greater scientific interest than any kind of
practical use. Therefore we really should not assume too
much about people's personalities or habits because of the
hand they might use - or their chance of success in life.

We should be reminded that over the last seven US Presidents
have been either Lefties or mixed handed - and none of them
lived under rocks.

Marinate that.

Is Mise,

Don't over think, just let it go.

Or if you can't - then -

Tell the negative committee that meets inside
your head to sit down and be quiet. (smile).

Hi Foxy,

We have the Negative Committee right here on the Forum, the grumpy old men brigade from the Shady Rest Retirement Home for
Geriatric Gentlemen (NO CHICKS ALLOWED). There's Indy and Issy and Hassy along with a few others old blokes in retirement. One may pop in here on the homes community computer this morning before Nursy serves out the portage and straws for breakfast. Anyway they have a full day of activities planned for our dear friends, there's the morning nap, followed by the afternoon nap, a steak dinner, again severed through a straw, a bit of TV watching 'Captain Kangaroo', then lights out at 6pm! The joy of it all!