LATEST NEWS FROM IONE PLACE........

• HELLO EVERYONE....BEEN A QUIET WEEKEND....WE HAD LEANNE AND ROCCO CALL IN....ALSO BOB AND SUE ARE DOWN FROM WONGAN,SO WE GOT TO SEE THEM....AND BEST OF ALL..THEY BROUGHT THE LOVELY ALISHA,TO VISIT US.WE ALWAYS LOVE TO SEE ALISHA.....

I'VE GOT THIS OLD PHOTO...IT WAS PROBABLY TAKEN,OVER 70 YEARS AGO.MOST OF THE PEOPLE ARE FITZPATRICKS.THE CHAP WITH THE WAISTCOAT AND WHITE SHIRT,IS MY GRANDFATHER...BILL FITZ...THE LADY ON HISLEFT IS MY GRANDMOTHER JANE.THAT BUILDING BEHIND THEM,WAS THEIR HOUSE.WHEN YOU WALKED THROUGH THAT FRONT DOOR,YOU WERE IN A FAIRLY LARGE ROOM...AT LEAST IT WAS LARGE,IN THOSE DAYS..NEXT ROOM WAS LIKE A BEDROOM AND THEN A KITCHEN.......OUTSIDE WAS A PRETTY ROUGH LAUNDRY,WITH A COPPER...WHICH WAS FOR BOILING THE CLOTHES AND TO SUPPLY HOT WATER,FOR WASHING THE BODIES.THIS HOUSE WAS OVER A MILE FROM ALBANY,ITSELF....YOU WALKED TO TOWN...YOU WALKED TO THE SHPS...YOU WALKED TO SCHOOL...SHANKSES PONY...THAT WAS OUR LEGS...NO RUNNING WATER..NO ELECTRICITY...THINK ABOUT IT.....I TELL YOU WHAT..THEY WERE A GREAT FAMILY.THOSE WERE THE DAYS.....

NEXT PIC IS OF OUR FAMIL...I'M REALLY PROUD OF THESE PEOPLEL...TO R...CAROLPAUL..TONY..RON..BOB...ROS/LIAM AND OF COURSE MARGARET AND MYSELF.......WE HAVE DONE WELL..DON'T YOU THINK?

THIS LOVELY LADY IS SELINA O'NIEL...MARGARETS' GRANDMOTHER.SUCH A WONDERFUL PERSON....SHE LOVED HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND THEY ALL LOVED HER. I USED TO GO TO SEE MARGARET,DURING THE WEEK AND GRANMA WOULD SAY...ARE YOU GOING OUT TONIGHT...AND I WOULD SAY..NO BROKE UNTIL FRIDAY...SHE WOULD PUT HER HAND,INTO THE POCKET OF HER PINNY AND GIVE ME TEN BOB...SHE WOULD SAY..GO OUT AND ENJOY YOURSELF.SHE WOULD WALK FROM RIVERVALE,TO VIC PARK,TO SEE EACH PART OF THE FAMILY AND THE KIDS WOULD WALK,HALF TO TAKE HER,OR HALF WAY TO PICK HER UP.......A TRULY GREAT LADY.

WELL,I THINK,THAT'S ENOUGH FOR TODAY...I WANT TO GET ON TO ALBANY,SO I CAN TELL SOME LIES...MAYBE NEXT TIME ONE MORE PIC...THIS CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN BY ONE OF MY FAMILY..LONG TIME AGO...HE WAS VERY LUCKY....SO BE CAREFUL...TELL YOUR KIDS TO BE CAREFUL...WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO...BYE FOR NOW..LOVE TO ALL FROM MARGARET AND ROSS.

NOW TAKE A LOOK AT THE NEXT PIC........L..TO..R..CAROL,TONY,PAUL,ROS...IN FRONT BOB AND RON.THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN ABOUT SEVENTEEN YEARS EARLIER

WHAT A DIFFERENCE,A DAY MAKES...GOD I LOVE THIS.

I SEE BLOGGER,HAS CHANGED THINGS AROUND ON ME,BUT YOU'LL WORK IT OUT

A FEW MORE FAMILY PHOTOS.........

A NICE PHOTO OF SOME OF THE FAMILY...NOT SURE,IF I GET THEM IN THE RIGHT ORDER...BLOGGER CHANGES THEM AROUND SOMETIMES

ANYWAY,I CAN SEEMARG,PETER,ROSS SHELLY,SUE BOB AND KRISTY...THIS WAS WHEN WE HAD MONEY...ONE CRUISE EVERY YEAR...I THINK KRISTY MET IAN,ON THIS CRUISE...SO SOMETHING GOOD CAME OUT OF IT.
• THE ONE OF THE KIDS ON THE BUNK,WAS OF BOB AND SUE ON THE LEFT...THEN THERE WAS PETER LEANNE,SHELLY AND SARA...I CAN'T SEE,WHO THE OTHER PERSON WAS...I NEED GLASSES......
• NEXT ...KAY,PAT,MUM O'HEHIR SHIRLEY,MARGARET AND BETTY..LEO'S WIFE...THEY ALL CLASSED BETTY AS A SISTER...VERY CLOSE FAMILY.
• NEXT IS THE P38,THAT I WILL BE FLYING AROUND THE SWAN RIVER,NEXT WEEKEND...THIS SHOT WAS TAKEN,WHEN WE HAD A TRIAL FLIGHT OVER NEW YORK,BEFORE WE FLEW THE PLANE TO PERTH.
• NEXT ONE IS CHADDY BOY AND IAN..KRISTYS' HUSBAND........I THINK THEY WERE HAVING A CHAT ABOUT THE WEATHER...MAYBE CHAD WAS GOING FISHING...ANYWAY,THEY WERE ENJOYING A DRINK AND EACH OTHERS COMPANY...NICE BOYS.
• LAST,BUT NOT LEAST IS ALICE ON THE BACK OF PAULS HARLEY....I DON'T THINK,THEY REALLY WENT FOR A RIDE...THEY WERE JUST JOKING...BUT PAUL DOES GET OUT ON THE BIKE,WHEN HE HAS TIME.
• WELL..IVE JUST REALISED,THAT THE PHOTOS ARE COMPLETELY BACK THE FRONT,TO THE WAY,THAT I'VE TITLED THEM....BUT NEVER MIND...I'M GETTING OLD...CAN'T HELP MAKING MISTAKES.
• MARG'S OUT AND ABOUT,WITH HER FRIEND SCOTTY,FROM NEW ZEALAND....SHE GOES BACK,TOMORROW,SO LAST OPPORTUNITY,TO GET TOGETHER. SCOTTY IS 92 AND GOING STRONG....GOOD ON YOU SCOTTY...AND GOOD ON MARG,FOR LOOKING AFTER SCOTTY...THAT'S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR.
• NO OTHER NEWS TODAY...BUT LOOK OUT,TOMORROW...I'LL PUT SOME OLD PICS ON,AND THEN I CAN TELL A FEW LIES,NO ONE LEFT TO CHECK ON ME
• SO YOU KNOW THE DEAL....LOOK AFTER ONE ANOTHER...STICK WITH THE FAMILY....HELP IF YOU CAN AND IF YOU CAN'T......JUST THINK ABOUT,WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO...IF YOU COULD.......BYE..LOVE FROM MARGARET AND ROSS.

NO MONEY...NO FUNNY...CAN'T PICK WINNERS

• WELL...I LET THE TEAM DOWN AGAIN...DIDN'T PICK THE CUP WINNER,BUT I'VE KEPT UP MY AVERAGE...I DON'T THINK I EVER PICKED ONE..NEVER MIND,WE CAN TRY AGAIN,NEXT NOVEMBER




• WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT NORM AND BRIAN AND ALAN...JUST AS I FORECAST...WE ONLY HAVE TO GET RID OF ONE MORE AND POOR ALAN,MIGHT BE ABLE TO HANG ON,UNTIL THE NEXT ELECTION,WHEN HE WILL SURELY GET CHUCKED OUT.




• IN SIMILAR VEIN..ARE YOU KEEPING UP,WITH ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL AND WHAT GOING ON.....40 DOCTORS ARE SAYING EVERYTHING IS WRONG,BUT MCGINTY AND FONG ARE SAYING,THEY DON'T KNOW WHATS GOING ON..ONLY MC.AND NIEL DO...




• JUST SAW MISS FINLAND WIN THE OAKS...WISH I OWNED A HORSE LIKE THAT....WHEN WE HAD HORSES,I WOULD HAVE BEEN HAPPY,TO WIN A RACE AT PINGRUP.WE NEVER EVEN MANAGED THAT...BUT WE HAD A LOT OF FUN.
• PHOTOS ARE OF..MY GRANDMOTHER FITZ...SHE WAS A GREAT LADY OF THE OLD DAYS...THEY LIVED IN ALBANY...A LARGE FAMILY,WHO ALWAYS PULLED TOGETHER...HELPING ONE ANOTHER,ALWAYS....WE ATE PLENTY OF FISH AND KANGAROO ,BECAUSE BOTH WERE FREE...JUST CATCH AND EAT....I'LL PUT SOME PICS OF THEM LATER.
• THE PHOTO OF THE DUNNY,I GOT FROM SOMEWHERE,BUT IT WAS EXACTLY LIKE THE ONE,WE HAD IN CORNWALL ST....HOW THOSE GUYS...WE USED TO CALL THEM THE NIGHTMAN....LIFTED THOSE PANS,ONTO THEIR SHOULDER AND THEN ONTO THE CART....DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THEY GOT PAID...THEY SHOULD HAVE ALL BEEN GIVEN A MEDAL.
• LAST BUT NOT LEAST,ARE OUR TWO YOUNGEST GREAT GRANDCHILDREN...JORDAN...KELLEES' BOY,ON THE LEFT AND LIAM...ROSLYNS' YOUNGEST.....THE PHOTO IS ABOUT 12 MONTHS OLD,BUT I LIKE IT. SO LIAM IS JORDANS' UNCLE,AND EVERYWHERE THEY GO,THEY WILL TELL EVERYONE,THAT I AM THE UNCLE...OR I AM THE NEPHEW...GREAT LITTLE KIDS,BUT A REAL PAIR OF DEVLS,WHEN THEY GET TOGETHER...BE INTERESTING,WHEN THEY GROW UP
• FOR MY OVERSEA FRIENDS,WHO DON'T KNOW,WHAT HAPPENED IN THE CUP.....FIRST WAS DELTA BLUES,FROM JAPAN....RIDDEN BY A JAPANESE JOCKEY....SECOND WAS POPROCK,FROM JAPAN...RIDDEN BY OUR DAMIEN OLIVER...THIRD WAS MAYBE BETTER FROM AUSTRALIA...THAT WAS THE ONLY ONE OF MY 4 PICKS TO RUN A PLACE.........
• WELL...I HAVE TO GO....HARRY SENT ME,THE BOOK OF LIFE.......I'M TRYING TO GET MY HEAD AROUND IT...NOT MUCH OF IT SEEMS TO BE THE WAY THINGS PANNED OUT FOR ME...BUT STILL A BIT TO GO.
• SO TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER...LOOK AFTER YOUR KIDS...HELP THEM IN EVERY WAY THAT YOU CAN...LOVE FROM MARG AND ROSS.

HERE WE ARE AGAIN HAPPY AS CAN BE...

• HELLO TO EVERYONE...BEEN OFF THE AIR...BUT BACK ON FOR THE CUP


• I KNOW YOU WOULD ALL BE WAITING,FOR MY SELECTIONS,FOR THE MELBOURNE CUP...........MIND YOU...I'M NOT SURE,WHEN I EVER BACKED A WINNER,OF THE RACE..BUT WE HAVE TO TRY.....


• I SPOKE TO A GOOD OLD FRIEND OF MINE,FROM DOWN SOUTH,TODAY....SHE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT MY HEALTH...SO I WILL JUST PUT THIS ON,MY POST...MY PROBLEM WON'T GO AWAY....BUT I AM TRAVELLING,NOT TOO BAD.LOTS OF PEOPLE ARE MUCH WORSE OFF,THAN I AM...PLUS,I HAVE THE BENEFIT OF KNOWING,THAT WHEN I LEAVE HERE...I AM A CERTAINTY FOR A PLACE CALLED ...I FORGET THE NAME,BUT IT'S IN THE PICTURE CALLED BIG FISH.....THAT MOVIE IS ALL ABOUT ME...SO THERE YOU ARE.


• CANT WAIT TO SEE HOW THE GUTLESS POLLIES,IN THE UPPER HOUSE VOTE,RE DAYLIGHT SAVING..LIKE I SAID,I DON'T CARE...I JUST GET WILD THAT THESE PEOPLE CAN STAND UP AND SAY,THEY HAVE A MANDATE...WHAT ABOUT WHAT THE PEOPLE WHO PUT THEM,IN THERE,THINK...ANYWAY......
• PICTURE IS RON,AGAIN...I RECKON,HE WILL PAY ME,FOR PUTTING,THESE ON,BUT HE DOES LOVE HIS FISHING...AND GETS WONDERFUL SUPPORT FROM ROBYN...I SEE TONY SHOWING RON A NEW ROD AND REEL,LAST NIGHT...ABOUT FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS....I JUST FEEL THAT ROBYN,WILL BUY ONE FOR RON...GREAT GIRL...LOVELY WIFE.
• NOW TO THE CUP....IT WILL BE A GREAT RACE...CAN'T WAIT....MARG WANTED ME TO GO OVER,FOR IT,BUT I SAID,IT WILL COST FIVE GRAND,WITHOUT HAVING A BET OR A DRINK...BUT YOU KNOW ME....WASTE NOT...WANT NOT.....SO I'LL WATCH ON TELLY.
• MY SELECTIONS...FOUR HOURSE TRIFECTA...COST TWELVE DOLLARS......
• NUMBER 4 TAWQEET...NUMBER 11 ON A JUENE NUMBER 18 ART SUCCESS AND NUMBER 23 .MAYBE BETTER....THAT'S MY BET...4 WAY TRIFECTA....GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE,IF YOU ARE HAVING A BET
• BEEN A BIG DAY...LOVE TO EVERYONE...PATRICK AND CAROL ARRIVED BACK,IN PHNOM PENH,AT 3PM TODAY....SO TAKE CARE...DON'T FORGET TO LOOK AFTER ONE ANOTHER......HELP THE KIDS....BYE FROM MARGARET AND ROSS.

BEEN A BIT OFF COLOUR BACK ON TRACK.....

• HELLO...HOPE YOU ARE ALL WELL.....................



• SPOKE TO BOB,TODAY...THEY SEEM TO BE GOOD,BUT IT'S TURNING OUT VERY HARD,TO GET A BLOCK OF LAND...AND THAT'S WHAT THEY NEED...ANYWAY,WE WILL KEEP YOU INFORMED



• WENT TO A NICE HOUSEWARMING BARBIE,TODAY...IT WAS AT PETERS' NEW HOUSE...MARGS' BROTHER.VERY NICE KAY AND BRIAN,PAT AND LIN,BETTY AND LEO,PETERS' OWN FAMILY,PATRICK AND CAROL JENNY,PETER AND MARK...LYNETTE,ROSS AND THEIR FAMILY AND SUSAN..POOR PHIL HAD TO WORK AND MARIE AND STEVE AND THEIR FAMILY,WERE OVER FROM SYDNEY...EXCELLENT DAY...WE ALL ENJOYED...THANKS PETER



• IN DIFFERENT VEIN....WHEN WE WERE KIDS,WE LIVED ACROSS THE ROAD,FROM THE RIVERVALE PUB...IN THE SUMMER EVENINGS,WE USED TO WALK DOWN TO THE CORNER,OF GRIFFITHS STREET...THERE WAS A PAPER SHOP ON THE CORNER,AND A LONG ROW,OF VACANT BLOCKS,UP TO ORRONG ROAD.



• WELL,THERE WERE THREE OLDER GENTLEMEN,USED TO SIT ON THE FENCE,UNTIL IT WAS NEARLY DARK,THEN THEY WOULD WALK DOWN TO THE RIVER.THERE USED TO BE A SLIPWAY,THERE,TO PULL THE SHELL BARGES UP,SO THEY COULD CLEAN THE BOTTOM OF THE BARGE.



• NOW ONE OF THESE MEN HAD ABOUT SIX FEET OF FISHING NET,SET, JUST NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE SLIPWAY.SO EVERY NIGHT,THEY WALKED DOWN,PULLED THE NET AND CAUGHT,ALWAYS A FEWW,MULLET,COBBLER AND BREAM.



• WELL,ONE NIGHT WE SAW IT ALL HAPPEN.....SO FROM THEN ON,WE WENT DOWN AN HOUR OR SO EARLIER,PULLED THE NET...ALWAYS LEAVING ONE OR TWO,IN THE NET.WE COULD SELL ALL THE FISH,FOR A PENNY EACH.



• THOSE POOR MEN...WE USED TO LISTEN TO THEM,DISCUSSING,WHY THE FISH WERE LEAVING THE AREA...LIKE NO EARLY RAIN...TOO MANY SHARKS AND PORPOISE AND SO ON...WE WOULD HAVE BEEN THRASHED PROPERLY,IF CAUGHT...WE EVEN USED TO SIT WITH THEM AND SYMPATHISE ABOUT THE LACK OF FISH....BUT THOSE PENNIES,KEPT US IN PLENTY OF GOODIES.



• CAROL AND PATRICK ARE STILL IN PERTH,UNTIL NEXT SUNDAY...I'M NOT GETTING MANY OFFERS TOWARDS SENDING THEM BACK WITH A FEW BOB.....THEY DESEVE A HAND WITH WHAT THEY ARE DOING...DOESN'T TAKE A LOT OF MONEY,TO DO A BIT OF GOOD,UP THERE.
• FIRST PHOTO...L TO R.AT BACK...LEN,VAL,KATH AND MERVYN...FRONT..L TO R. OLLIE,HAZEL AND MUM..NICE PEOPLE.
• NEXT PHOTO,IS PERTH CITY FROM KINGS PARK...1948........THIS WAS OUR TOWN.WAR OVER..EVERYONE HAD A JOB...I WOULD HAVE JUST MET MARGARET....DANCING THREE OR FOUR NIGHTS A WEEK,AND AN OCCASIONAL MOVIE. THEY WERE THE DAYS...BOY PAID FOR THE GIRL,TO GO IN...NO DUTCH..YOU WOULDN'T BE MUCH THOUGHT OF,IF YOU WANTED TO MEET THE GIRL,INSIDE....VIC PARK TOWN HALL MONDAY NIGHT....CITY BALLROOM WEDNESDAY AN SATURDAY AND SOUTH PERTH,SUNDAY NIGHT....BOY,DID OUR LEGS DO SOME DANCING...AND DID MY LEGS DO SOME MILES,WALKING HOME FROM MARGARETS' HOUSE TO MINE...LAST BUS 11.30...LAST TRAM FROM MARGS'11.10...DIDN'T WORK...IF YOU LOVED THEM..YOU WALKED...I LOVED IT
• ANYWAY...HOPE YOU HAVE HAD A GOOD WEEKEND...NO GOOD COMPLAINING..NO ONE LISTENS TO YOU.........TAKE CARE OF ONE ANOTHER...LOVE TO EVERYONE,FROM MARGARET AND ROSS.

VERY NICE OF YOU ALL TO DROP IN..LOVELY

• HELLO EVERYONE.........DO YOU THINK WE WILL HAVE DAYLIGHT SAVING?




• I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING...EVIDENTLY,THE PEOPLE WHO ARE FOR IT,HAD DECIDED,THAT IT WAS AFOREGONE CONCLUSION.......BUT THE PEOPLE,THAT DON'T WANT IT ARE ON THE PHONE,TO THEIR POLLIES,TELLING THEM,WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN,TO THEM,AT NEXT ELECTION TIME..INTERESTING.




• NOT MUCH TO REPORT,TODAY...I THINK BOB AND SUE,MAY HAVE GOT A BIT OF ENCOURAGING NEWS...HOPE IT WORKS OUT FOR THEM.THAT WOULD BE GOOD.
• PHOTO ONE IS OF MARGARETS' MOTHER NORA....THIS WAS TAKEN,ABOUT THE TIME WE GOT MARRIED....A LOVELY LADY...SHE WAS ALWAYS KIND AND HELPFUL TO US.........WHEN NORA PASSED AWAY,AT NINETY TWO,SHE WAS REALLY ACTIVE,UNTIL SHE HAD A FALL,WHICH SEEMED TO SET HER BACK,AND UNFORTUNATELY FINISHED HER DAYS,IN A RETIREMENT HOME....A LOVELY,KIND LADY
• NEXT PHOTO,OF A GROUP,WAS TAKEN AT OUR WEDDING,IN 1950. LEFT TO RIGHT....IVY..MERVS' WIFE...ALBY..KATHS' HUSBAND......GRANNY...HARRYS' WIFE....MERVYN,THEN KATH..THEN DAD....GOOD LOT OF PEOPLE...KATH IS THE ONLY ONE STILL HERE,AND GOING STRONG
• THE OTHER PHOTO,IS MUM AND DAD,WITH ELAINE AND LENS' CHILDREN..MICHELLE BRAD AND VICKI...I'VE DECIDED,IT WAS TAKEN ABOUT 1959,BECAUSE DAD WAS SICK THEN....ANYWAY,GOOD OLD PHOTOS...MEMORIES OF LOVEL PEOPLE.
• LEN WANTS ME TO DO A BIT OF REMENICING,WHEN WE WERE KIDS...I WILL...DON'T KNOW IF THE STORIES,WILL BE AS GOOD IN PRINT,AS THEY HAVE BEEN,IN THE TELLING...ANYWAY,LEN HAS BEEN BOSSING ME AND TELLING ME,WHAT TO DO,EVER SINCE,HE COULD WALK AND TALK...SO TOMORROW,I WILL TRY.
• TAKE CARE...THE WEATHERS' FINE AND THE TRACK IS GOOD...HAVE SOMETHING ON GREY SWALLOW,IN THE COX PLATE...LOVE TO YOU ALL,FROM MARGARET AND ROSS.

HERE WE ARE AGAIN...HAPPY AS CAN BE....

• HELLO EVERYONE........WON'T KEEP YOU LONG.................


• DAYLIGHT SAVING...WHAT DOES IT MEAN...WHAT DAYLIGHT,ARE WE ACTUALLY SAVING....


• I DON'T CARE,ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.....BUT I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO DO.


• PEOPLE ON FARMS AND SO ON....GETTING UP IN THE DARK AND KIDS TRAVELLING HOME,IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY


• CHRIS JUDD SAID IT WOULD BE NICE FOR THE FOOTBALLERS...THEY COULD TRAIN EARLY,INSTEAD OF LATER IN THE DAY...WHAT ABOUT THE EARLY GAMES......WILL THEY START THEM AT 8 AM SO THE BOYS DON'T GET SO HOT...WHAT A LOAD OF RUBBISH...WHO CARES ABOUT THEM


• IT'S ALL ABOUT BIG BUSINESS,BANKS AND WHAT THEY WANT.THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT ORDINARY PEOPLE.....WHEN DID BOTH SIDES OF OUR STATE PARLIAMENT EVER AGREE ABOUT ANYTHING.......THE OPPOSITION ALWAYS DIS AGREE.ANYWAY,WE CAN'T CHANGE THE WORLD...I JUST GET CRANKY,THAT WE VOTE,THESE GUYS,IN,TO REPRESENT AND ALL THEY DO,IS PEPRESENT,ANYONE WHO PUTS A POT OF MONEY,INTO THEIR SLUDGE FUND.
• I JUST PUT A PHOTO OF AN OLD FRIEND OF OURS...WILMA...SHE USED TO LIVE OPPOSITE MARGARET,AND BEFORE WE GOT MARRIED,WILMA,HER BOY BOB,MARG AND MYSELF,ALL KNOCKED AROUND,TOGETHER...WE HAD GREAT TIMES AND ALWAYS KEPT,IN TOUCH...BOB PASSED AWAY,SOME YEARS AGO,BUT WILMA,WHO LIVES DOWN SOUTH,ALWAYS POPS UP,WITH AN EMAIL,OR ON THE PHONE...A REALLY GREAT FRIEND.
• I'VE JUST SPOKEN TO BROTHER LEN...HE AND ELAINE ARE BACK FROM THEIR TRIP AND THEY HAD A GREAT TIME,SO THAT'S GOOD
• CAROL AND PATRICK ARRIVED IN PERTH,UNEXPECTED,ON SUNDAY NIGHT. THEY ARE HERE FOR MEETINGS AND A BIT OF REST,SO WE WILL SEE A BIT OF THEM,BEFORE THEY GO BACK,TO CAMBODIA...I'M TRYING TO WIN LOTTO,BEFORE THEY GO,SO I CAN FILL THEIR PURSE AND HELP THEM TO KEEP ON WITH THE GREAT WORK,THEY ARE DOING,FOR THE CHILDREN AND PEOPLE OF PHNOM PENH...SEND A FEW BOB TO ME(FAMILY) AND I WILL PASS IT ON
• WELL THATS ALL FOR TODAT...YOU ALL TAKE CARE......WHEN IT'S SPRINGTIME IN THE ROCKIES...I;LL BE COMING BACK TO YOU...LITTLE SWEETHEART OF THE MOUNTAIN,WITH YOUR BONNIE EYES OF BLUE......LOVE FROM MARGARET AND ROSS.

I AM SO LONELY....................I COULD ....CRY.

• WELL.... HAVE I EVER BEEN BUSY......ALL MY OWN JOBS..LIKE WATCHING T.V.AND BROWSING,THE NET,HAVE ALL GONE BY THE BOARD.




• MARGARET STARTED,THREE OR FOUR DAYS AGO,BY SAYING,THAT SHE WOULD LIKE TO DO A BIT OF CLEANING....AND IT WOULD BE NICE,IF I COULD GIVE HER JUST A BIT OF A HAND




• WELL WE STARTED AT 8.30 AM THIS MORNING...I FINISHED MY LOT ABOUT MID DAY,BUT MARG HAS JUST KNOCKED OFF....BOY..DID WE MOVE SOME GEAR.....TOMORROW MARGARET WILL BE TELLING ME,HOW BAD HER BACK IS...JUST CAN'T STOP HER...SHE THINKS,SHE IS 40 OR SO.




• JUST HAD A TXT FROM CAROL AND PATRICK....THEY HAVE ARRIVED AT THE PORT....I CAN'T SAY,OR PRONOUNCE THE NAME,BUT THEY SAY,IT IS VERY NICE...SO TOMORROW,THEY WILL MEET THE SHIP AND BROTHER LEN AND ELAINE.SO THAT WILL BE NICE,FOR EVERYONE



• FIRST PICTURE,IS LEFT TO RIGHT...COLIN...LEO AND RICHARD O'HEHIR...THEY YOUNG FELLOW,IN FRONT,IS COLINS' ELDEST SON,TERRY.OF COURSE,COLIN IS MARGS' BROTHER...LEO HER FATHER AND RICHARD IS MARGARETS' GRAND FATHER.


• SECOND PHOTO,IS THE OUTLAWS....L TO R. FRONT,IS ROBYN..RONS' WIFE...CATHY,PAULS' WIFE..SUE..BOBS'WIFE...REAR IS TABITHA...WHAT IS SHE DOING THERE...AND PATRICK,CAROLS' HUSBAND....A GREAT LOT OF PEOPLE.....SO WERE THE PEOPLE,IN THE FIRST PIC...OF COURSE.
• THIRD PHOTO,IS OF A YOUNG LADY,THAT MOST OF OUR FAMILY AND PARTICULARLY,CAROL,HAVE BECOME GREAT FRIENDS WITH,OVER THE PAST MONTHS.HER NAME IS LORA....SHE LIVES IN PHNOM PENH AND HAS A GOOD JOB,IN A BANK.SHE LIVES,WITH A BROTHER AND SISTER,WHO ARE BOTH AT UNI....BECAUSE LORAS' PARENTS LIVE SOME DISTANCE AWAY...LORA HELPS TO MAINTAIN,THE FAMILY HOME,SETUP AND LOOK AFTER HER BROTHER AND SISTER.......A VERY NICE YOUNG LADY.
• GETTING BACK,TO THE STATE GOVERNMENT....THE MEDIA,HAVE REALLY BEEN SERVING IT UP TO ALAN AND MS.RAVLICH.BUT YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THE HIDE OF A RHINOCEROUS...THAT MUST BE WHAT'S HAPPENING,BECAUSE NOTHING IS HAPPENING...I FEEL SORRY FOR THE BLOKE,THAT GOT THE CHOP..HE WAS SO WELL QUALIFIED AND WAS DOING A GOOD JOB...THEY MUST TOSS TO SEE WHO GOES AND WHO STAYS...ANYWAY,ENOUGH OF THAT
• I WILL BE GLAD WHEN BROTHER LEN GETS BACK,FROM HIS TRIP...HE ISN'T ALWAYS COMPLIMENTRY...BUT DOESN'T MIND THROWING A FEW BULLETS MY WAY
• DID YOU CHECK OUT SUE AND KRISTYS' BLOGS...THEY ARE GOOD
• I WENT TO THE DOCTORS,YESTERDAY...THE SPECIALIST,STARTED ME ON THESE TABLETS,A FEW WEEKS AGO....I HAD TO HAVE BLOOD TESTS,BECAUSE,THEY PLAY HAVOC,WITH YOUR LIVER AND KIDNEYS.....MY DOCTOR LAUGHED,WHEN I TOLD HIM,ABOUT MY HOME BREW....HE SAID...I'VE PROBABLY CREATED A SCREEN AROUND MY STOMACH,THAT WON'T LET ANY BADDIES IN..SO NOTHING WRONG,WITH HOME BREW...ONLY TROUBLE IS THESE TABLETS ARE LIKE ORAL CHEMOTHERAPY.....SO ONE DAY YOU WILL SEE ME WITH A LOT LESS HAIR,THAN I HAVE AT PRESENT...BUT I FEEL GOOD...THAT'S THE MAIN THING
• MARG IS WELL....WHEN SHE GROWLS AT ME,A FEW TIMES,EVERY DAY...I KNOW,SHE IS FIT AND WELL....BOY,WE DID SOME WORK,TODAY...NOW SHE IS COOKING A ROAST,FOR TONIGHT.
• WELL,YOU ALL TAKE CARE OF YOURSELVES AND ONE ANOTHER.....THERE'S A RAINBOW,ROUND MY SHOULDER AND A SKY OF BLUE ABOVE...LOVE TO ALL FROM MARGARET AND ROSS.

BACK ON THE JOB HERE WE GO AGAIN.....

• HELLO FRIENDS...BEEN OFF THE AIR,FOR A FEW DAYS,BUT NOTHING MUCH HAS HAPPENED,IN THAT TIME




• WHAT DID YOU THINK,ABOUT ROSE PORTEOUS....DPP.SETS UP A FOUR DAY TRIAL,AFTER ROSE NOT BEING AVALABLE FOR THE LAST TWELVE MONTHS,FINALLY,FRONTS ON FRIDAY.




• COURT SITS FOR TWO HOURS...THROWS OUT THE CHARGES...TELLS ROSE TO GO HOME AND REST....AND TELLS THE DPP AND POLICE,TO FIND SOMETHING BETTER,TO DO.WITH THEIR TIME...IS IT JUST ME.....LIKE JOHN BUTTON ANDREW MALLARD..AND NOW ROSE...HOW CAN PEOPLE,SO QUALIFIED,GET THINGS,SO WRONG.




• ANOTHER THING...ACCC INVESTIGATES ACCUSATIONS,MADE AGAINST TEACHERS,FOR INTERFERING,WITH STUDENTS........NOTHING WRONG,WITH THAT....BUT.....THE HEAD OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.....EVIDENTLY,THE MOST HIGHLY QUALIFIED AND CAPABLE PERSON,FOR THE JOB...GETS FIRED.




• WHY DIDN'T THEY LOOK FOR THE PEOPLE,LOWER DOWN THE RANKS,THAT DIDN'T PASS ON,THE INFORMATION,TO THEIR SUPERIORS...THEY ARE THE ONES




• WHO SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIRED.AND ALSO,IF THE BUCK STOPS AT THE TOP,SHOULDN'T IT HAVE BEEN THE MINISTER,WHO GOT PUSHED.WHY GET RID OF SUCH A HIGHLY QUALIFIED PERSON,WHO PROBABLY HAD NO IDEA,AT ALL,ABOUT THE WHOLE BUSINESS...BEATS ME...WISH I WAS 37...I'D BE IN THERE DOING SOMETHING..........
• FIRST PHOTO....IS TENAYA...NEWEST GREAT GRAND CHILD...WITH TAYLA JADE,WHO IS RAEGANS' DAUGHTER
• SECOND PHOTO....IS TENAYA..AGAIN.....WITH NANNY ROBYN..RONS' LOVELY WIFE.....
• THIRD PHOTO IS....TENAYA...COMING ON NICELY..WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD,TO WHEN SHE STARTS,WALKING..LOVELY
• TALKING ABOUT PHOTOS...MY LOVELY DAUGHTER IN LAW..SUE..BOB'S WIFE...SENT ME SOME SHOTS,OF WHERE THEY HAD BEEN OVER THE WEEKEND....THEY FOUND THIS BILLABONG,UP TOWARDS MULLEWA...WELL,YOU SHOULD SEE THE SCENERY...MADE ME A BIT CRANKY...BOB AND SUE WERE THE ONLY PEOPLE,THERE...THE OTHER DAY,I WAS UP AT KINGS PARK,WITH 20000 OTHER...NO IT WAS STILL NICE...IF SUE DOESN'T PUT THESE PHOTOS ON HER SITE,I WILL...REALLY NICE......I THINK THEY ARE ENJOYING THEMSELVES AT WONGAN.
• BROTHER LENS' SHIP GETS INTO THE PORT FOR CAMBODIA,ON THURSDAY...CAROL AND PATRICK,WILL BE THERE,SO THEY WILL SHARE THE DAY...VERY NICE FOR ALL CONCERNED.
• DID YOU HAVE A LOOK AT KRISTYS' BLOG......KRISTY,IAN AND OF COURSE ALISHA,WENT DOWN TO MANDURAH AND SPENT THE WEEK END,ON A NICE BIG LAUNCH.....IAN CAUGHT A FISH...NOTHING LIKE THE ONES' I CATCH,BUT BETTER SOME THAN NONE. HAVE A LOOK,THEY HAVE PUT NICE PHOTOS..VERY GOOD
• WELL,THAT'S ALL FOR TODAY........DID YOU KNOW,THAT AFTER YOU GET MARRIED...YOU ARE SLEEPING,WITH A RELATION.....BYE FOR NOW..LOVE FROM MARGARET AND ROSS.........I'LL SEE YOU,IN MY DREAMS...HOLD YOU IN MY DREAMS......................

IN A HURRY.......GOT TO MAKE THE DEADLINE.

• HELLO ONCE AGAIN,FROM CRAIGIE.......





• I FEEL A BIT SAD TODAY,COS BROTHER LEN AND WIFE ELAINE,HAVE LEFT THE COUNTRY....SHOULDN'T WORRY TOO MUCH...THEY HAVE ONLY GONE FOR TWELVE DAYS......THEY WILL BE ON A SHIP,THAT IS CALLING INTO,CAMBODIA,SO THEY WILL SEE CAROL AND PATRICK. SO THAT WILL BE GOOD.





• WE SPOKE TO PATRICK,TODAY...HE DOESN'T SOUND WELL,BUT HE SAYS HE WILL BE O.K.WE HOPE SO........I THINK CAROL HAS BEEN WORKING PATRICK,FAR TOO HARD....I TRIED TO TELL HIM,CAROL IS LIKE HER MOTHER...LOOK WHAT HAPPENED TO ME.





• BY THE WAY,PATRICK,I FORGOT TO MENTION...IT LOOKS LIKE THE DOCKERS HAVE PICKED UP DEAN SOLOMON FROM ESSENDON AND ALSO CHRIS TARRANT FROM COLLINGWOOD...TELL YOU WHAT...A REAL TOUGH NUT,LIKE MALTHOUSE,COULDN'T SORT THIS BLOKE OUT...HOW IS A NICE GUY LIKE CONNOLLY,GOING TO DO ANY GOOD WITH HIM. MARK HARVEY,MIGHT PUNCH HIM OUT,EARLY DAYS..THAT MIGHT HELP...I DON'T KNOW..HMMMMMM.......
• WELL THE PHOTO ON THE LEFT...BOB AND CAROL,AT THE REAR...ROSLYN ON MARGARETS' KNEE...TONY AND PAUL....RON WAS MISSING,BUT HE WOULD HAVE BEEN OUT,WITH ROBYN,BY THEN...
• NEXT PHOTO....MY MUM,ON THE LEFT,AND HER TWO SISTERS...MAGGIE,IN THE CENTRE AND LUCY,ON THE RIGHT....THAT WAS A WHILE AGO,BUT NO WONDER,ALL THE BOYS IN ALBANY,WERE HANGING AROUND,OUT NEAR THE KING RIVER TURN OFF...WHICH IS WHERE THEY LIVED.
• NEXT PHOTO....ON THE LEFT IS MY MUM..NEXT IS GRANNY FITZPATRICK...NURSING ME...AND OLD BILL FITZPATRICK...MY GRAND FATHER,ON MUMS' SIDE. ALL TOP PEOPLE,I WILL TELL YOU MORE,AS WE GO ALONG
• I HAD ANOTHER PHOTO,OF A GROUP,WHICH CONTAINED,MAGGIE,IN THE TOP ROW AND MUM FOURTH FROM LEFT,IN THE FRONT ROW...OF GIRLS,THAT IS...I'M PUTTING THIS IN,IN CASE THE PHOTO,IS THERE,WHEN I FINISH...BECAUSE,THIS IS A BETA EDITION,THINGS,SOMETIMES GO WRONG.
• I HAD A NICE COMMENT FROM ONE OF MY GREAT GRAND DAUGHTERS..ALISHA...IT'S NICE TO KNOW,THAT SHE ENJOYED THE PHOTOS,OF THE OLDIES...DON'T FORGET..ALL OF YOU...THAT THIS IS WHERE YOU HAVE COME FROM.YOU MIGHT AS WELL KNOW,WHAT THE PEOPLE LOOKED LIKE,AND A BIT ABOUT THEIR LIVES....TO BE CONTINUED
• GETTING BACK TO GRANNY NURSING ME...YOU CAN SEE..I WAS A STAR,EVEN IN THOSE DAYS...GEE,THEY WERE ALL BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE.
• NEXT WEEK,I WILL SHOW YOU SOME OF THE OLDIES,ON MARGARETS' SIDE OF THE FAMILY...JUST MORE GOOD PEOPLE.
• WELL,I HOPE PATRICK AND CAROL,GET OVER THEIR HEALTH BUG,IN CABODIA...BAD ENOUGH WHEN YOU ARE SICK AT HOME
• TAKE CARE....THERE'LL BE BLUE BIRDS OVER..THE WHITE CLIFFS OF DOVER...TOMORROW,,JUST YOU WAIT AND SE...BYE LOVE TO ALL FROM MARGARET AND ROSSXXX

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BLOG...........BLOGS.........AND MORE....BLOGS

WELL....TODAY,STARTS A NEW ERA....WE WILL CALL IT BLOGS,BLOGS AND MORE BLOGS...BUT I LOVE IT.........I RECKON,IT'S GREAT TO PUT PEN TO PAPER (SO TO SPEAK)BE IT JUST TO MAKE A STATEMENT,OR TO PASS ON,WHAT MAYBE VERY USEFUL,INFORMATION....PARTICULARLY,IN THE FAMILY SENSE.FOR ALL TO SEE AND HEAR.I'M PUTTING ON SOME PHOTOS,THAT COULD BE A GOOD ADDITION,TO THE FAMILY TREE....ANYWAY,SEE WHAT YOU THINK.I'LL PROBABLY MAKE SOME MISTAKES.....BUT YOU KNOW ME....

THE TOP PHOTO,IS MY GREAT GRANDFATHER...GEORGE EDWARD...HE WAS A BUSINESS MAN,OF SOME SORT...THAT'S ALL THAT I KNOW,ABOUT HIM

THE LADY ON THE LEFT,IS GEORGES' WIFE..HER NAME WAS ISABELLA BLAND....I FOLLOWED HER BACK,A FEW GENERATIONS...BLAND WAS EVIDENTLY,A FAIRLY COMMON NAME,IN ENGLAND.

NEXT PHOTO ON THE RIGHT IS MY FATHER...CHAMPION....YOU CAN JUST SEE,WHY I'M LIKE I AM

DAD WAS BORN,HERE IN PERTH...HE HAD A VARIETY OF JOBS,AS WAS THE DEAL,IN THOSE DAYS....DURING THE WAR,HE WAS MANPOWERED...HE WORKED FOR SWAN CEMENT AND THEY WERE PRETTY BUSY ALL OVER THE STATE,BUILDING RUNWAYS,FOR AIRCRAFT...GUN EMPLACEMENTS AND SO ON.PEOPLE IN THAT PART OF THE WAR EFFORT,WERE AWARDED A MEDAL....I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT FOR SOME TIME.......WHEN I FOUND OUT ABOUT IT,I APPLIED FOR HIS MEDAL,BUT THE RECORDS,FOR THAT WORK,HAD BEEN DESTROYED....AFTER A FEW MONTHS OF TRYING,I GAVE UP....I COULD WRITE A BOOK,ABOUT DAD...

NEXT PHOTO,IS HARRY WHYTE DELAVALE...DADS' FATHER AND MY GRAND FATHER....ANOTHER TOP BLOKE....INVOLVED IN THE MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY,BEFORE THAT,HARRY WAS A STAGE ARTIST...HE ALSO MANAGED THE LUXOR AND TIVOLI THEATRES AND LATER MANAGED THE ROCKINGHAM HOTEL AND THE PICTURE GARDENS,THERE,UNTIL HE PASSED AWAY.HE WAS WELL KNOWN ON THE STAGE AND REGULARLY PERFORMED AT KALGOORLIE,AND ANYWHERE ELSE THAT WAS A POULAR VENUE.HE WAS A GREAT SINGER....I SUPPOSE,THAT'S WHERE,I GET MY VOICE AND ACTION FROM....ANYWAY,THESE PHOTOS ARE A BIT OF HISTORY,AND YOU SHOULD KEEP THEM TO SHOW YOUR KIDS.

I WON'T BORE YOU WITH THE LOCAL NEWS,NOW THAT ANDREW HAS BEEN VINDICATED,EVERYONE IS DUCKING FOR COVER...JUDGES ON LONG SERVICE LEAVE AND SO ON...LOOKS LIKE ONE POOR CHAP,FROM THE PROSECUTING BIT,IS GOING TO TAKE THE WRAP.THE NEWSPAPER,IS RUNNING A PUBLIC,GUESSING COMPETITION TO SEE HOW MUCH COMPENSATION,THE MAN,SHOULD BE PAID....WHAT ABOUT,IF ALL THE PEOPLE,THAT CONTRIBUTED,TO HIS SENTENCING,PUT IN THE EQUIVILENT AMOUNT,TO WHAT EACH OF THEM EARNT,OVER THE PAST 12 YEARS...THAT WOULD HELP

HOPE YOU ARE ALL WELL...I'LL BE BACK ON TRACK,TOMORROW,WITH THE NORMAL GOSSIP........I HAVE SOME NEW,YOUNGER FAMILY PICS,TO SHOW YOU...IT'S TAKEN ME 2 HOURS,TO DO THIS...ANY WAY,I CAN GET PAID?

DON'T FORGET...WHEN THE MOON,COMES OVER THE MOUNTAIN...EVERY BEAM,BRINGS A DREAM DEAR OF YOU...LOVE TO ALL,FROM MARGARET AND ROSS.

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ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL DAY IN PERTH.W.A.

• ANOTHER OF OUR GRAND DAUGHTERS..........THIS IS SHELLY,PICTURED,WITH HUSBAND GLEN...THEY LIVE IN ONE OF THE NORTHERN SUBURBS,AND I BELIEVE THAT THEY HAVE RECENTLY,AQUIRED,SOME LAND,PAST MUCHEA....VERY NICE...LATER,I WILL RUN THEIR WEDDING PHOTO,WHICH IS EXCEPTIONAL....SHELLY,IS THE YOUNGER DAUGHTER,OF BOB AND SUE......THE OTHER PHOTO...ON THE LEFT,IS MY SON IN LAW,PATRICK...CAROLS' HUSBAND AND ON THE RIGHT,IS OUR YOUNGEST SON,PAUL...COULDN'T MEET,NICER PEOPLE...PATRICK AS YOU KNOW,IS IN CAMBODIA,WITH CAROL...HELPING THE CHILDREN AND PEOPLE
• PAUL HAS HIS OWN BUSINESS,BUT AT THE MOMENT,IS HAVING A LOT OF BACK TROUBLE...I KNOW,WHAT IT'S LIKE...MY BACK HAS BEEN BAD,SINCE MY DAD,HAD ME CHOPPING FIREWOOD,BRINGING IN THE WASHING,AND ANYTHING ELSE HE COULD THINK OF.
• MUM USED TO TELL HIM,IF I HAD PLAYED UP,DURING THE DAY. I WOULD BE ON MY WAY,TO PLAY....DAD WOULD SAY..WHERE ARE YOU GOING...I WOULD SAY..JUST TO HERBIES'...I'LL BE HOME,BY FIVE...DAD WOULD SAY..DON'T GO....I WOULD SAY...BUT I'LL BE HOME BY FIVE...DAD WOULD SAY,DON'T GO AND GET SOME FIREWOOD INTO THE HOUSE AND RAKE UP,THE LILAC SEEDS,AND THEN COME AND SEE ME.TELL YOU WHAT...I LOVED THAT BLOKE..NEVER HIT ME JUST SAID,WHAT HE NEEDED TO SAY..KEPT ME PRETTY MUCH,ON THE RIGHT TRACK,FOR MUM...NEVER HURT MY BACK,AT ALL..JUST ONE OF MY FIBS.
• PATRIK'S A GREAT MAN...DOESN'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT FOOTY,BUT HE'S A FREO SUPPORTER,SO YOU CAN'T REALLY EXPECT A LOT...BUT HE'S A CHAMPION,IN MY EYES.
• PAUL,IS THE SAME...PLAYED GREAT FOOTY...BUT REALISED,THAT MARRIAGE AND CHILDREN,MEAN A LOT OF WORK,AND NOT MUCH PLAY...VERY MUCH A CHIP,OFF THE OLD BLOCK.
• BY THE WAY...SHELLYS' BOY GLEN IS A GOOD FOOTBALLER......STILL PLAYING..I'VE ONLY SEEN HIM PLAY ONCE...THAT WAS AT SUBIACO OVAL,THE DAY,THAT THEY GOT MARRIED...
• HE KICKED THAT PILL 80 TO 100 METRES,NO TROUBLE AND THE WAY HE WENT ABOUT,OUTMARKING,THE BEST MAN AND GROOMSMEN...BOY I'M GLAD I'M NOT STILL PLAYING....GLEN AND SHELLY ARE GREAT WEST COAST SUPPORTERS..GOOD ON YOU BOTH.
• NOT MUCH,TO REPORT...RON CHASTISED ME,BY EMAIL,BECAUSE I SAID,THAT ROSLYN,WAS OUR ELDEST DAUGHTER...I ONLY PUT MISTAKES,LIKE THAT TO SEE,IF PEOPLE ARE PAYING ATTENTION ANYWAY,FAIR COP..JUST GOES TO SHOW,THAT ALL THE HELP AND SCHOOLING THAT MARGARET,GAVE THE KIDS...WHILE I WAS AWAY,SLAVING MY INSIDES OUT.....PAID OFF...THEY ARE ALL SMART,LIKE THEIR MUM..GOOD ON YOU MARG.
• WELL,WE HOPE THAT EVERYONE IS O.K. AND KEEP BEING,LIKE THAT....JUST REMEMBERED...THE FERGUSONS,HAVE STARTED A BLOG....I THINK,IN OPPOSITION,BUT WE WILL GIVE THEM A GO...I'LL ADD THEIR SITE,TO MY LINKS,TOMORROW...MEANTIME IT'S www.thefergusonsbigblog.com.au take it in
• take care of yourselves....look after the little kids...big kids,shouldn't take looking after...love to everyone..from margaret and ross..

WHY...WHY.....WHY...WHY....WHY.......WHY......

FIRST UP..I HAVE THIS PHOTO,OF L...R....KRISTY (BOB AND SUES' ELDEST DAUGHTER0...LEANNE...CAROLS' YOUNGEST DAUGHTER) AND ROSLYN..OUR YOUNGEST DAUGHTER. SO YOU KNOW, WHO THEY ARE ...ALL PRETTY YOUNG WOMEN.KRISTY AND HUSBAND IAN..LIVE NORTH,ON THE BEACHKRISTY WORKS,FOR ONE OF THE TELEPHONE COMPANYS...IAN I THINK,WORKS IN HIS FATHERS' BUSINESS'LEANNE,HAS TWO CHILDREN...ALEAH AND ROCCO...ALEAH IS AT SCHOOL AND ROCCO,NEARLY TWO,IS A REAL,LITTLE LEPRECHAUN.ROSLYN HAS THREE ADULT CHILDREN KELLEE 20...HAYDEN 18 AND NATHAN,17...THEN SHE HAS LIAM...LIAM IS 4 GOING ON 18...IF YOU WANT TO ASK ANYTHING..GO FOR LIAM......GOOD LITTLE BOY.ANYWAY...WHAT I WANT TO WRITE ABOUT FOLLOWS...........

• WHY DID THE VERY PROMINENT SWIMMER,WHO RETURNED FROM ,THE GREAT USA????? ON SATURDAY,IGNORE THE MEDIA PEOPLE,WHO WENT TO INTERVIEW HIM.......LIKE WHO IS THIS GUY? HE IS A FAMOUS SWIMMER......SO ARE PLENTY OF OTHER PEOPLE,AND BECAUSE OF HIS SWIMMING ABILITY,HE HAS PLENTY OF MONEY AND IS FAMOUS.
• NOT WITH ME HE IS NOT. WHEN YOU ARE TOO HIGH AND MIGHTY,TO SPARE A MINUTE,FOR THE MEDIA,FROM YOUR OWN COUNTRY,,,YOU CAN GET SO FULL OF YOURSELF...THAT YOU WILL SOON BE THE ONLY MEMBER,OF YOUR OWN FAN CLUB.
• NEXT TIME ANY OF YOU,TALK TO POLITICIANS,OR SIMILAR PEOPLE,SEE IF YOU CAN FIND OUT WHY,APART FROM LAST YEAR,THE AUSSIE OF THE YEAR,WAS A SINGER...A CRICKETER ANOTHER CRICKETER...APART FROM THE ACADEMICS,WHAT ABOUT THE BLOKES THAT FOUGHT,IN THE WARS..ANY WARS...THEY SHOULD ALL HAVE BEEN,AUSSIE OF THE YEAR.
• LAST NIGHT,I SAW AN ARTICLE,ABOUT A MAN,WHO HAS BEEN WAITING,NEARLY A YEAR,FOR AN OPERATION...WHEN A T.V.STATION PROMOTED HIS CASE A SPOKESMAN..GET THIS..NOT THE MINISTER....A SPOKESMAN SAID...I QUOTE...WE HAVE THE ELECTIVE SURGERY DELAY,DOWN TO 104 DAYS...HOWEVER,BY JULY NEXT YEAR,WE EXPECT IT TO BE 90 DAYS.........GREAT...NOT ONE WORD ABOUT THE POOR BLOKE,WHO HAS BEEN WAITING,OVER 300 DAYS..NOT ONE WORD. ALSO IF THIS CHAP,DOESN'T GET TREATMENT,IMMEDIATELY..IT WILL BE TOO LATE.
• AM I REALLY LIVING IN AUSTRALIA....PLEASE GOD..DON'T LET ME GET REALLY SICK.
• I DON'T WANT TO WAFFLE ON ABOUT THE CASE OF THE POOR MAN,WHO DID 12 YEARS AND THE POLICE CHAP,REINSTATED THE PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN STOOD DOWN,BECAUSE OF THEIR INVOLVENT.THAT WAS,UNTIL THE ACCC GOT IN THE ACT...HAVEN'T THINGS CHANGED,SINCE THEN.
• ANYWAY,TODAY,THIS MORNING,WE VISITED MY SISTER JANET AND BRO IN LAW,LAURIES' HOUSE....WE HAD A LOVELY MORNING AND GOT A LOVELY SURPRISE,THEIR ELDEST DAUGHTER,LINDA,WAS THERE...IT IS ALWAYS LOVELY,TO CATCH UP WITH PEOPLE,THAT YOU HAVEN'T SEEN FOR A WHILE.
• BROTHER LEN,WAS THERE,BUT LAURIE AND I KEPT TALKING HIM DOWN.....BECAUSE WHEN IT GOT TO MONEY...LAURIE AND I PUT ALL OUR WEALTH,TOGETHER,BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY,LEN HAD TWICE AS MUCH AS BOTH OF US,PUT TOGETHER.
• ANYWAY,ENJOY,WHAT'S LEFT OF A BEAUTIFUL DAY,AND SHOULD BE,AGAIN,TOMORROW.....YOUNG NATHAN,,,ROSLYNS' SECOND ELDEST....JUST CALLED,IN SHOOK HANDS AND SAID HELLO NAN AND GRAND DAD....DOESN'T TAKE MUCH,TO MAKE ME HAPPY.
• TAKE CARE OF ONE ANOTHER,ESPECIALLY,THE LITTLE ONES'
• MY WIFE AND I...LIVE ALL ALONE...IN A LITTLE LOG HUT...WE CALL OUR OWN...SHE LOVES GIN AND I LOVE RUM...TELL YOU WHAT,WE'VE LOTS OF FUN....KNOW IT/GOOD NIGHT..SLEEP TIGHT...LOVE FROM MARGARET AND ROSS.XXX
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WHAT AN ABSOLUTELY DAY IN PERTH

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  WELL...TODAY I LOOKED AT THE WEST AUSTRALIAN,SO THAT I COULD KEEP EVERYONE,UP WITH THE NEWS,IN OUR FAIR CITY...WELL AFTER A COUPLE OF HOURS OF READING,I STILL HAVEN'T FOUND ANYTHING,THAT DESERVES,TO BE IN THE BLOG....JUST SHOCKING....EITHER THE POLLIES ARE HAVING A GO ABOUT SOMETHING,OR HAVING A GO AT ONE ANOTHER.....


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  TELL YOU WHAT,THOUGH...THE PERSON,THAT I'M STARTING TO ADMIRE....FOR THE WAY,THAT SHE IS GETTING THINGS,DONE.IS ALANNAH....I MEAN IT.....I'VE FORGIVEN HER,FOR BEING A BIT SOZZLED,A COUPLE OF TIMES......SHE HAS DEFINITELY IMPROVED HER PROFILE,SINCE THOSE HAZY DAYS.....


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  DINKUM...I'M NOT SURE,THAT I COULD HAVE BUILT THIS RAILWAY,AS FAST AS ALANNAH AND HER MATES....I MEAN..I'VE NOTICED THINGS,THAT I WOULD HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY...LIKE DRILLING FOR WILLIAM STREET...WE WOULD HAVE USED FRONT END LOADERS...AND HAD ONE OF THE GOOD FORMWORKERS,LIKE MY MATE NICK,SHORING,THE ROOF AS WE GO.


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  IT WORKED O.K. WHEN WE WERE MINING UP ON MERTONDALE STATION...NO ONE EVEN KNEW,WE WERE THERE....WE WOULD HAVE GONE TO JAIL,IF ANYONE HAD KNOWN....ANYWAY,NOW YOU KNOW,WHERE I GOT ALL MY MONEY.


• TODAYS PHOTO,FEATURES OUR SECOND SON,BOB,AND HIS WIFE SUE....THEY LIVE NOW,IN WONGAN HILLS.....IT'S A NEW VENTURE FOR THEM AND WE WISH THEM ALL THE BEST.BOB AND SUE HAVE 3 CHILDREN....KRISTY,MARRIED TO IAN..THEY HAVE ONE DAUGHTER,ALISHA....SHELLY,WHO IS MARRIED TO GLEN,THEY LIVE IN CARRAMAR,BUT RECENTLY BOUGHT SEVERAL ACRES,UP BLUE PLAINS ROAD WAY AND THE THIRD ONE IS PETER........PETER WORKS IN EARTHMOVING AND IS PRESENTLY WORKING IN THE NORTH WEST OF THE STATE.
• NOW BROTHER LEN,SENT ME A PHOTO OF ELAINE AND SOME FRIENDS,WITH A FEW FISH,THAT THEY CAUGHT,BUT WE HAD TONYS' FISH AND RONS' FISH,SO I DIDN'T WANT TO PUT ANY FISH ON FOR A WHILE...BUT ELAINE (LENS' WIFE) RANG ME AND SAID...ROSS..IF YOU PUT THAT PICTURE ON..I'LL GET LEN TO SEND YOU A CHEQUE,FOR $200. SO TODAY,I WAS GOING TO RUN THE PHOTO...WHAT HAPPENED...LEN SENT IT IN PDF FORMAT AND BLOGGER,COULDN'T UPLOAD IT....BUT I'LL WORK OUT A WAY...I WANT THAT CHEQUE.
• IN DIFFERENT VEIN AGAIN....THE OTHER DAY I MENTIONED A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE..BEN KELLY......WHAT HAPPENED...TWO DAYS AGO...BEN WATCHING TELLY,DURING THE DAY...GRETA IN THE KITCHEN, SIDE DOOR LEFT OPEN.....GRETA SEES A SHADOW,GO PAST THE WINDOW...GOES OUT AND CONFRONTS A BLOKE..WHO SAYS HE FOLLOWED HIS DOG,INTO THEIR YARD. GRETA GIVES HIM A LECTURE,ABOUT COMING IN WITHOUT KNOCKING....MAN SAYS SORRY AND LEAVES....GRETA GOES IN AND TELLS BEN. BEN GETS UP GOES INTO THE BEDROOM,TO FIND THAT HIS WALLET,WITH $250. HAS GONE...POLICE COME QUICK,BUT NO SIGN OF THE CULPRIT.....REALLY NICE GUY...PREYING ON OLDER PEOPLE. MONGREL
• WE HAVE HAD A GOOD DAY...WEATHER HAS BEEN BEAUTIFUL....SPOKEN TO CAROL AND PATRICK....BOB.DOWN FROM WONGAN,CALLED IN...ROS HAS BEEN ON THE PHONE...SO WE CAN'T COMPLAIN,ABOUT ANYTHING......
• WE ARE GOING NOW..........LOOK AFTER ONE ANOTHER...KEEP LOOKING FOR THAT SILVER LINING........BYE..LOVE FROM MARGARET AND ROSS.
  

BACK IN BUSINESS

WELL,HERE'S A PHOTO OF SOME REALLY GREAT PEOPLE....ON THE RIGHT IS YOUNG BROTHER LEN...CENTRE IS SISTER JANET AND NO NEED TO TELL YOU,WHO THE GOOD LOOKING BLOKE,ON THE LEFT,IS.I'VE GOT A LATER PHOTO,BUT I CAN'T FIND IT...GET TO IT LATER.LEN AND HIS WIFE,ELAINE LIVE DOWN SOUTH A BIT....THEY HAVE THREE CHILDREN,MICHELLE,BRADLEY AND VICKI,ALL MARRIED,WITH CHILDREN OF THEIR OWN. JANET IS MARRIED,TO LAURIE ROSICH,THEY HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS,WHO ALSO HAVE ONE DAUGHTER,OF THEIR OWN...JAN AND LAURIE LIVE OUT REDCLIFFE WAY.....I GOT A WHISPER,THAT THEY MAY BE MOVING...I'LL KEEP YOU POSTED.
HOW IS THIS....FOUR OR FIVE WEEKS AGO,A YOUNG CHAP,WAS WALKING HOME FROM PERTH,IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THE MORNING....TWO BLOKES BASHED AND KICKED HIM,ALMOST TO DEATH....AFTER BEING IN A COMA,FOR A MONTH..HE STILL CAN'T TALK OR WALK.ONE OF THE PERPETRATORS,AGED ABOUT 18,IS ASKING FOR BAIL,BECAUSE,HE WANTS TO BE WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND AND CHILD.
WHY WASN'T THIS GUY,HOME WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND AND CHILD,AT 3A.M.INSTEAD OF HELPING ANOTHER (YOUNGER )GUY,TO TRY AND KICK SOMEONE,THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW,TO DEATH. GOD HELP US.
THANK GOD,THE OLD DAYS HAVEN'T COMPLETELY,DISAPPEARED..........THE OTHER NIGHT,A CHAP HAD HIS RACEHORSE,STABLED NEAR A COUNTRY RACECOURSE,IN PREPARATION FOR THE NEXT MEETING.THIS CHAP,HAD HIS CARAVAN,PARKED NEAR THE STABLE AND HAD A CARTON OF BEER,UNDER THE VAN...YOU WON'T BELIEVE THIS....TWO BLOKES TOOK THE BEER,MOUNTED THE HORSE,AND RODE IT INTO TOWN....NO CABS AVAILABLE,SO THEY TOOK THE HORSE AND THE BEER.
THE OWNER HAD TO SCRATCH THE HORSE,FROM THAT MEETING,BUT HE SHOULD BE O.K. TO START,NEXT SATURDAY. I DON'T CODONE IT,BUT I LOVE IT.
WE WERE A BIT LIKE THAT,WHEN WE WERE YOUNG............NO..JUST JOKING
WELL,TAKE OF YOURSELVES..JUST KEEP LOOKING ON THE BRIGHT SIDE OF LIFE...AND THE DARK CLOUDS,WILL GO AWAY........
LOVE TO EVERYONE,FROM MARGARET AND ROSS.

WELL...WHAT DID I TELL YOU.

• WELL..THE EAGLES GOT THE MONEY,AND WELL DESEVED...GREAT GAME...SYDNEY WERE GALLANT,TO SAY THE LEAST....BUT IT WORKED OUT,PRETTY WELL,AS WOOSH AND I PLANNED IT...GREAT FOR BANFIELD AND PARTICULARLY,FOR THE YOUNGER PLAYERS...THEY WERE ALL GREAT.I'VE ADDED A PHOTO OF ALICE(LEFT) AND EMMA......THEY WEREN'T HAPPY,WITH THE YOUNGER PHOTO,THAT I POSTED A FEW DAYS AGO,SO HERE THEY ARE,ON GRAND FINAL DAY....
• AS I SAID,THEY LIVE FAR AWAY,PAST GNANGARA...WITH MOTHER CATHY AND FATHER PAUL....ALL OF THEM DEVOUT EAGLES,SUPPORTERS.
• THE OTHER PHOTO,IS A GREAT GENTLEMAN...MR.BEN KELLY. BEN IS PATRICK KELLYS' FATHER....PATRICK AS YOU KNOW,IS MARRIED TO MY ELDEST DAUGHTER,CAROL.
• PATRICK AND CAROL ARE WORKING AND LIVING,IN CAMBODIA.
• BEN ,HAD HIS 92ND BIRTHDAY,ON FRIDAY.HE LIVES WITH HIS WIFE,GRETA,IN ROCKINGHAM...A GREAT ACHIEVMENT,BEN. WE ARE PROUD,TO BE YOUR FRIENDS.
• WELL,THAT'S ENOUGH,FOR TODAY....I'M STILL GETTING OVER,THE EMOTIONS,OF YESTERDAY...MARG WOULDN'T LET ME HAVE A DRINK,UNTIL THE FINAL SIREN WENT......SO I DIDN'T GO TO THE PUB..I DIDN'T WANT TO WALK IN SOBER,AND ALL MY MATES,IN THERE,SCREAMING AND SHOUTING...CAN'T STAND DRUNKS.
• WE HOPE THAT YOU ARE ALL WELL...TAKE CARE OF YOURSELVES,AND YOUR KIDS,AND YOUR GRAND KIDS AND YOUR GREAT GRAND KIDS....LOVE FROM US...SEE YOU SOON...BYE FROM MARGARET AND ROSS.

GOOD LUCK TO WOOSHA AND THE EAGLES

• THIS IS THE SECOND LAST BLOG,FOR THE FOOTY SEASON.......TOMORROW NIGHT WILL EITHER BE HUGE(IF THEY WIN)DRAB(IF THEY LOSE AND OVER THE TOP,IF THEY WIN EASY,BECAUSE I GENERALLY HAVE A BEER,FOR EVERY GOAL,THEY KICK.
• I'VE GONE AGAINST MY TIPPING...I SAID BY 22 POINTS,BUT I'VE HAD MY MONEY ON,TO WIN BY OVER 39.5.
• ANYWAY....I HOPE THE DO WELL...SHOULD BE A GOOD GAME.
• THE YOUNG CHAP ON THE LEFT,IS MY ELDEST SON,RON....WITH ONE OF HIS MATES,AND A COUPLE OF SARDINES,THAT THEY CAUGHT.I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT...THEY WENT 4000 KILOMETRES AND I GET STUFF LIKE THIS,OFF THE WALL AT HILLARYS
• NOT REALLY,THEY WENT TO WEIPA,AND HAD A REALLY GOOD TIME....CATCHING FISH THAT IS.
• RON IS A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS MAN AND LOVES HIS FISHING,WHEN HE CAN GET AWAY........LOVES HIS FAMILY TOO...ALWAYS HELPING HIS CHILDREN AND GRAND CHILDREN,IN ANY WAY,THAT HE CAN
• HE WAS A VERY GOOD LEAGUE FOOTBALLER...GREAT KICK AND AN EXCELLENT FOOTBALL BRAIN...NO NEED TO TELL YOU,WHERE HE GOT ALL THOSE ATTRIBUTES.
• RON HAS A NICE HOME,IN A VERY GOOD SUBURB...HE LIVES THERE,WITH HIS LOVELY WIFE ROBYN(PHOTOS,TO FOLLOW),RAEGAN (DAUGHTER) AND RAEGANS DAUGHTER YOUNG TAYLA JADE. (PHOTOS TO COME)
• WELL,I HOPE YOU ALL ENJOY THE FOOTY,WILL BE A GREAT GAME.....
• TAKE CARE...LOOK AFTER YOURSELVES...SEE YOU IN THE CRAIGIE PUB,AFTER THE GAME,IF I'M STILL STANDING..........LOVE TO EVERYONE,FROM MARGARET AND ROSS.

WHAT A WONDERFUL DAY,IN PERTH.

• HELLO EVERYONE.......I WAS GOING TO LET YOU HAVE,ANOTHER NIGHT OFF,BUT I HAVE TO GIVE YOU,MY POINTERS,FOR THE FOOTY,TONIGHT,BECAUSE,I WILL BE ON THE PHONE,TO WOOSHA AND THE BOYS,ALL DAY,ON FRIDAY.
• BEFORE I DO THAT,HAVE A LOOK AT THIS PHOTO......I'VE BEEN GOING TO KINGS PARK,ALL OF MY LIFE...I NEVER GET SICK OF THE VIEWS...SOMETIMES,I STAND UNDER ONE OF THOSE TREES,RESTING MY RIGHT LEG,ON MY LEFT KNEE...YOU KNOW,LIKE THE OLD FELLAS' USED TO DO.I SEE KANGAROOS EVERYWHERE,AND LOOK DOWN ON THE RIVER AAND SEE DOZENS OF SWANS,SWIMMING AROUND...WHEN WE USED TO GO UP THERE,FOR PICNICS,AND HAVE A FEW DRINKS,WHILE WE WERE THERE,I USED TO LOOK DOWN ON THE OLD BREWERY AND IMAGINE,WHAT IT MUST HAVE BEEN LIKE,WHEN THE SERPENT,WAS SWIMMING AROUND,THERE.IF I HAD PLENTY TO DRINK,I RECKON,I DID SEE THE SERPENT
• BACK TO THE FOOTY....WOOSHA AND I FINISHED UP PRETTY UNANAMOUS...WE WILL PLAY WIRRPUNDA...WE ONLY NEED HIM IN SHORT BURSTS,MAINLY UP FORWARD.......THAT WAY,WE CAN PLAY OUR OLD MATE BANFIELD...HE DESEVES A GAME.PUT HIM ON ONE OF THE GOOD ONES' AND PLAY HIM,LIKE I USED TO PLAY...DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU DON'T GET A KICK,SON....AS LONG AS THE OTHER FELLOW,DOESN'T GET ONE,AS WELL.
• MY FORECAST IS FOR THE EAGLES,TO WIN,BY 22 POINTS...ARM WRESTLE FOR THREE QUARTERS,THEN LYNCH KICKS TWO MORE AND WE WIN COMFORTABLY.
• NOT SURE,HOW I'M GOING TO BE AFTER THE GAME,I'VE BEEN CELEBRATING,SINCE ROUND ONE...ANYWAY,SEE HOW WE GO.
• HOPE YOU ALL ENJOY THE GAME..I COULD HAVE GONE,BUT MARGARET,WOULDN'T GIVE ME THE $5000 THAT I NEEDED....ANYWAY,WHEN YOU'VE PLAYED IN AS MANY GRAND FINALS,AS I HAVE..IT LOSES,ITS' EDGE.
• MY ELDEST SON RON,SENT HIS MOTHER,AND EMAIL,ABOUT MY BLOG AND RAVED ON,SOMETHING AWFUL,ABOUT MY FOOTBALL PROWESS...HE KEPT USING,THAT WORD...BULL....ANYWAY HE'S ONLY JEALOUS....
• WELL....ENJOY WHAT'S LEFT OF TODAY AND ENJOY ALL OF THE DAYS TO COME...MORE TO FOLLOW....TAKE CARE...LOVE FROM MARGARET AND ROSS.

MORE NEWS FROM THE CITY OF PERTH.

A NICE PHOTO OF TWO OF MY LOVELY GRANDDAUGHTERS......ON THE LEFT IS EMMA AND ON THE RIGHT IS ALICE.

BOTH GOOD GIRLS,BUT WE DON'T SEE MUCH OF THEM.THEY LIVE FAR,FAR AWAY,PAST GNANGARA,SOMEWHERE.....I FORGET THE NAME OF THE PLACE....IS IT ELLENBROOK......COULD BE ELLENBROOK

LOOKS LIKE THEY WERE HAVING A CELEBRATION..MUST HAVE BEEN CHRISTMAS OR A BIRTHDAY....PLENTY OF PRESENTS......I HAVE TO GET SOME LATER PHOTOS,OF THESE GIRLS

JUST TOUCHING ON SOMETHING,THAT'S BEEN WORRYING ME ALL NIGHT. I MENTIONED THAT GLASS WILL PLAY ON BARRY HALL AND THEN I WENT ON TO SAY,THAT CHICK SHOULD PLAY ON MCLEOD...OF COURSE I MEANT,ON OLOUGHLIN.JUST AS WELL,THEY BOTH DON'T PLAY FOR SYDNEY...I THINK WE WOULD BE IN TROUBLE.

THIS MORNING,MARGARET AND I ATTENDED THE FUNERAL,OF A VERY LOVELY PERSON,WITH WHO WE HAVE BEEN FRIENDS,FOR OVER 50 YEARS.MAVIS TULLY. MAVIS HAD BEEN ILL FOR SOME TIME AND PASSED AWAY LAST WEEK.

I'LL LEAVE YOU NOW......TAKE CARE....LOOK AFTER YOUR FAMILY AND DON'T TAKE TOO MUCH FOR GRANTED......BYE LOVE FROM MARGARET AND ROSS.XXX

I WAS GOING TO

WELL....I WAS GOING TO LET EVERYONE,HAVE THE NIGHT OFF.....BUT I CAME ACROSS THIS PHOTO AND I WANT YOU TO SEE IT......
IT'S A PHOTO OF MY DAUGHTER CAROL AND HER HUSBAND PATRICK.THEY HAVE LEFT EVERYTHING,IN THEIR NORMAL LIFE,BEHIND,SO THAT THEY CAN DO SOMETHING FOR THE CHILDREN AND PEOPLE OF PHNOM PENH,IN CAMBODIA.
BOTH VERY SUCCESSFUL,IN THEIR WORKING AND SOCIAL LIFE,IN PERTH,THEY HAVE OPTED,WITH THE HELP OF MANY OTHER PEOPLE,TO TAKE UP THIS CHALLENGE.
I WON'T BORE YOU,WITH THE PROS AND CONS,BUT GEE,I REALLY WISH THEM ALL THE SUCCES,THAT THEY DESERVE,IN THIS VENTURE THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN,WHEN THEY OPENED,THE FIRST CENTRE,IN AUGUST...IT'S HARD TO COMPREHEND,JUST WHAT THEY HAVE ACHIEVED,IN SUCH A SHORT TIME.

I REALLY WANT TO GET STUCK INTO THE FOOTY,BUT FRIDAY,WILL BE A BETTER DAY,BUT WHILE I'M ON THE SUBJECT....GLASS WILL GET HALL NOT SURE ABOUT MCLEOD(BUT WHOEVER DOES I HOPE HE DOES WELL...OKEEFE,ANOTHER DANGER MAN,BUT OUR RUCK AND CENTRES WILL BE HARD TO BEAT....I FORGOT,I THINK CHICK,SHOULD PLAY ON MCLEOD.IT WILL BE A SHAME,IFBANFIELD,DOESN'T GET IN THE SIDE,BUT IT NEARLY HAPPENED TO ME IN 1950...I GOT DROPPED,BUT I WENT TO THE COACH,THE NIGHT BEFORE THE GAME,WITH HALF A DOZEN LONG NECKS,AND I GOT A GAME...GOD IT WAS HARD THOSE DAYS,BUT I PLAYED PRETTY WELL...ONE KICK TWO MARKS AND NO HANDBALLS,BUT WE DIDN'T USE HANDBALLS MUCH,IN THOSE DAYS..IT WAS ALL ELBOWS AND GOUGHING AND FISTS..WHO CARED ABOUT SCORING...IF YOU WERE STILL ON YOUR FEET,AT THE END OF THE GAME,YOU WERE A WINNER. NOT LIKE THE PANSY GAME,THEY PLAY THESE DAYS.
ANYWAY,THATS ME...I'VE HAD ONE OF THE DAYS OF MY LIFE...PRETTY HAPPY...COOKED THE TEA,CLEANED UP,BUT I'M STILL BEING CALLED MY BOSS...YOU KNOW WHO....MAY ALL YOUR TROUBLES BE LITTLE ONES...TAKE CARE...FROM MARGARET AND ROSS.

OLD ONES AND YOUNG ONES

WELL...WE ARE ALMOST AT THE END OF THE FOOTY SEASON....
RIGHT OR WRONG...GO THE EAGLES...IT WILL BE A GREAT GAME,GRAND FINALS,ALWAYS ARE....EVEN BACK,WHEN I WAS PLAYING,THE FINAL SCORES,WERE ALWAYS,VERY CLOSE.......BUT SYDNEY HAD THEIR TURN...EVEN ONE EYED,AS I AM,YOU WOULD HAVE TO SAY,THE EAGLES,DESERVE,THIS ONE

I WANT TO POST THIS PHOTO...IT IS MY ELDEST GRANDDAUGHTER,TABITHA,WITH HER BABY..TENAYA,WHO IS OUR YOUNGEST,GREAT GRAND CHILD
AREN'T THEY BOTH BEAUTIFUL?THEY LIVE IN A NICE NEW HOME,IN THE SUBURB OF KINGSLEY...I THINK DAVE,TABITHAS HUSBAND,IS WELL UP,IN THE TRAVEL BUSINESS...I KNOW THAT HE'S GOT PLENTY OF MONEY.

I WANT TO LEAVE YOU,WITH THIS STATEMENT....I READ,IN TODAYS PAPER,ABOUT A LADY,WHO HAS BEEN INVOLVED,IN THE REAL ESTATE BUSINESS,FOR MANY YEARS.HER DOCTOR TOLD HER,LAST WEEK,THAT SHE HAS PANCREATIC CANCER,AND HAS ONLY 4 TO 6 WEEKS,TO LIVE.......WE HAVEN'T GOT ANY PROBLEMS.

LOVE TO ALL..TAKE CARE...MORE TO COME....YOU MIGHT SEE YOURSELF,ON THE INTERNET...BYE FROM MARGARET AND ROSS

A MISSING PERSON

YESTERDAY I POSTED A FAMILY PHOTO..UNFORTUNATELY,TONY WASN'T THERE,THE DAY,WE TOOK THE PHOTO,SO I AM GOING TO ADD ONE OF HIS PHOTOS,TODAY...BUT FIRST....
I WAS HALF RIGHT ABOUT THE FOOTY...SYDNEY WERE JUST TOO GOOD...FREO RAN OUT OF LEGS,BUT THEY PLAYED VERY WELL.....AS FOR THE EAGLES,THEY WERE SUPERB,BUT MY BET MISSED OUT,AS I HAD THEM TO WIN BY MORE THAN 39.5....IF THEY HAD KICKED STRAIGHT,THIS WAS ACHIEVABLE...NEVER MIND,IT'S ONLY MONEY.

I'VE BEEN CHATTING,TO MY DAUGHTER,CAROL...WHO,AS YOU KNOW,IS DOING A GREAT JOB,FOR THE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES,IN PHNOM PENH...BUT I'M WORRIED ABOUT THE VOLUME OF WORK,THAT CAROL IS PLACING ONTO PATRICK(CAROLS HUSBAND).EVERY TIME,THAT I ASK CAROL..WHAT IS PATRICK DOING..HE IS ALWAYS AT THE CENTRE,OR SHOPPING...OR INSTALLING NEW TOWEL RAILS,IN THE FLAT.WITH ALL THIS,PLUS TRYING WATCH FREO ON THE TELLY...HE WON'T HAVE TO DO THAT,FOR A WHILE,BUT I'M WONDERING,WHAT JOB,HE WILL GET,TO FILL IN THAT TIME.

• TOMORROW,WE START ON FAMILY BUSINESS...BYE..LOVE FROM MARGARET AND ROSS.XX

FAMILY FIRST

HELLO ..HERE WE ARE AGAIN....I'M GOING TO TRY AND PUT PICTURES,ON MY BLOG

BEFORE I DO...MY TIPS FOR THE FOOTY,BECAUSE I KNOW EVRYONE IS WAITING FOR THEM,ARE..SYDNEY BY UNDER 39.5 POINTS AND EAGLES,BY MORE THAN 39.5..GOOD PRICE..GOOD LUCK

A Special Day

16th September 2006

Celebrsating 56 years of wedded bliss!