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Carl has just rung to say that Donna is pregnant, due end of next June They've been taking Chlomid for fertility so I wonder how many babies are in there

So I'm off to see Gemma in 12 days and now it looks like Terry will be off there next July.

it came yesterday morning ....

Must say its true that the sun does make me feel happier and better than dull skies. Lovely weather this week and its continuing evidently which is great.

We hope to get away on Monday to Yarrawonga for a few days but its looking dodgy as Gretchen my lovely dachshund is unwell again. She is 12 and she definitely has something wrong which we are not investigating, just keeping her happy and loved. She had me up at 3.30 am this morning having been sick and she barks and tries to tell us she is the most wonderful dog and of all the dogs we have she has been the one. If she could speak to us she would.

Have a lovely weekend everyone.

Hi Polly

I saw you on TV tonight, during the channel 9 news, when they were doing the storm reports. I was a mad loony woman jumping around our front room, saying I know that woman sitting behind the computer. Kids were very impressed with the job you do

Our very special little forum boy turns three today!!!!!!!!!!

What an achievement, taking everything into consideration

I've got an account with Betfair and I wanted to put a bet on for the cup, but it says it's suspended.

anyone have any ideas why this is? and this is the actual betting on the race suspended, not my account in case that reads wrong!!

When I started my nursing career, it was very rare to come across anyone with alcoholic liver disease under the age of 40/50ish. Likewise, it was practically unheard of to come across anyone with longterm problems associated with IV drug use.

In the last 2 days at work I have encountered about 12 young people under 25 with severe alcoholic liver disease. I have also had to deal with about 6 young people, mainly age 25-40, who have leg veins/arteries seriously damaged from iv drug use, 3 of whom who have life threatening abcesses in their groins. All these people are ordinary working class folks who chose to take the extreme path in life thinking drugs would never hurt them. and that is a normal day to day statistic in our dept ... we only see a few of what come through a&e so god knows how many they have to deal with on a daily basis.

It makes me so sad to see them. one guy of 30ish had hep c and hiv from previous drug use, he was about to loose his left leg at the pelvis (a high hindquarter amputation) as he had f##ked up the veins and arteries in his groin from injecting into them - his other veins were non-existent - he had a 14cmx10cmx8cm abcess in his groin from using dirty needles ... he was going to theatre to have the leg removed, and they had to scan him for a deep vein to cannulate as they couldnt find any ordinary veins to put a drip in ...

about 6 months ago we had a crash call to CT for a young bloke whose groin abcess had burst ... taking his main artery with it ... resulting in an arterial spray of hep c blood all over one of our youngish registrars, who had just become the dad to twins - he is undergoing his screening to find out if he caught anything ... so far nothing but who knows. The scanner was shut down for 24 hours for intensive cleaning ... how many people had scans cancelled because of that? = 62 people


when are the goverments going to do something about this state we are in??? i know its not just the uk, its a worldwide probem ... but its causing serious problems and has such wide implications on police, nhs, welfare state, social services ... i cant beleive the govt are just letting these problems get worse and worse and worse ...

I despair of the world my kids will have to grow up in, and im sad that we have govts that seem impotent to take control of the situation.

I dont know what the solution is, but god help us all (and i aint religious)

... undergo genetic testing to discover if you carried a gene for a certain kind of disease/cancer that is known to run in families?

just been watching a fascinating program about a woman whos mum died of breast cancer at a young age, and she underwent genetic testing to find out if she carried the breast cancer gene - luckily she didnt, but she had suddenly gone from being a carefree young woman with her whole life ahead of her, to a serious young woman who was deciding whether she would undergo a bilateral mastectomy to mitigate her chances of developing the disease if the test came back positive.

Anyone ever thought about it? have you already had to do something similar?

be interested to hear your thoughts

Not having any daughters my self i thought i would check with those of you who have daughters in the 5-8 year old range.
Ive got 2 neices who i thought about giving some of my old make up to. Ive been clearing out some boxes ready for when we go to oz and i have found a few old make up bags with lipsticks and eyeshadows in. They have hardly been used proberbly impulse buys from when i was in my 20's. Any how i wondered if this make up would be ok for girls of the age to play with?
I know you can get 'proper girly makeup for kids' but it seems expensive.
Or should i just chuck this stuff out?

Also how long does perfume last before it goes off?
Ive found a whole load of perfume sets (the ones you get from gran and put away and forget about it) as i thought i would donate it to my local charity shop, as they have never been opened.
I never realised id hoared so much crap in my toiletry boxes.
Mandy

Just wondering how things are going with the puppy?