Anther day of sadness, the passing of Olivia Newton-John, a fine Australian with so much talent, born in Britain, she has left us with some unforgettable musical and film memories. Who can forget her roll as Sandy in the movie 'Grease' with John Travolta.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oKPYe53h78

Hi Foxy, please give the thumbs up that your brothers op went okay.

Voice of an idiot,

You are clearly a racist. How dare Jacinta be black and not follow the woke racist group think.

This third house of parliament is inherently racist as it can only be joined by people of one race and Fitzsimmons is the racist giving voice to other racists.

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Good Morning Paul and all the well wishers for my brother.

I can give a thumbs up. The operation went successfully.
So fingers-crossed that he'll keep on doing well.
I spoke to the hospital, and to his wife yesterday.
It was a relief that everyone was so positive. He was in
ICU - and doing well.

Thanks to you all once again for wishing him well.
Our prayers look like they've been answered.

On the other side of the coin. My husband and I went for our
fourth booster shot yesterday afternoon at our medical
centre. We had to re-schedule an earlier appointment
because of flu-like
symptoms that I'd developed. Anyway here we were waiting in
the waiting room when an elderly couple started to create a
scene - yelling that they'd been waiting for 15 minutes.
And that they had not been told they would have to wait.

Imagine 15 minutes! (sarcastic). All of us just looked at them
and their appalling behaviour. A nurse came out and tried to
calm them down saying that she was on her own were going as fast as
she could but that they were short-staffed and to please be
patient.

The couple ended up walking out in a huff. Which suited us -
because we got in earlier. And were done within minutes.
I gave the nurse a hug and told her that she was appreciated.

My duahgter-in-law is now a registered nurse and I can tell
you that medical staff are under very great pressure and
stress. A bit os understanding wouldn't go astray.

Foxy,
Glad that things are going well for your brother.

I can relate to the nursing stress, my wife is a nurse at a regional public hospital and the stress is very real and burnout is not uncommon in the profession.

Congratulations to your daughter-in-law, she’s chosen a hard but rewarding role.

Is Mise,

Thanks. It's such a relief for our family.

As for my daughter-in-law. She's an architect,
and decided to change her profession to nursing.
She's only recently completed her degree and is
now doing her work at a large Melbourne Hospital.
She's very dedicated - and we're all very proud of her.