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Reminds me of the Australian lifeguard story, when he was consulted by tourists asking if it was safe to swim off that bit of coast.

"Sharks? Oh I wouldn't worry about that, there aren't any sharks. [Beat] Crocodiles ate all the sharks."
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Clearly the Aussies have all the best wildlife.😝
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cwillie, Australia has the most terrifying wildlife! Sharks and crocs! Poisonous spiders that jump and run fast! And the box jellyfish! My husband says it keeps out the riff-raff ;-)
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Delighted to receive notification today that I'll be getting a covid jab in the next 2 months. That might sound ages away but I wasn't expecting to receive this until May/June. Very pleased, relieved and grateful for the collective human endeavour that has made this possible.
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Shortly after DH1 and I married, we were driving from Adelaide to Canberra and got an urgent message from MIL, who had just seen a BBC Ohmigosh program about Australia’s dangerous creatures. She said desperately ‘DON’T GET OUT OF THE CAR’!

Deaths from the wildlife are rare, and always reported. They’re usually foreigners or drunks, with the occasional loony who wants to commune with nature – Woman Who Swims With Crocodiles (briefly). A much more common ‘nature’ death is getting swept off rocks while fishing, usually after ignoring at least 2 danger warnings and climbing over a guard rail. A friend who runs a tour company says that nearly all the overseas customers (not too many just now) have the dangerous things on top of their ‘must see’ list. I reckon that when you’ve seen one crocodile you’ve seen them all, and they’re disgusting.

On the plus side, I got up for the toilet in the middle of last night, and there was a kangaroo just outside the window munching away on the lawn. No, they don’t hop down the main street street of towns, but we have a dozen or so regularly on the farm. They make me smile!
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Margaret,

I think Kangaroos are cute! 😊
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I am upcycling!

My husband finally bought a new robe. It’s a soft, plush navy blue one.

I bought his old one many years ago. He loved it and wore it forever but it was showing a little wear.

It’s a pretty red plaid flannel and very soft!

I mentioned to my daughters that their daddy finally bought a new robe, so we would be getting rid of the old one.

Oh my gosh, the oldest one said, “He can’t! So many of my childhood memories revolve around that robe. Daddy made weekend breakfast for us wearing that robe. He watched us open our Christmas gifts in that robe.”

My youngest daughter said, “No, he can’t get rid of that robe! I love that robe. Daddy always looked so comfy in that robe.”

So, I decided to make a pillow for each of them. Only one side is the flannel and the other side a solid coordinating fabric.

I also made a cute little stuffed heart with a ribbon tie to hang as an ornament.

I will surprise them with the items that I made. They came out cute and will hold sweet memories for them.

I was touched by the sweet memories that they shared with me.

I will have to mail the items to youngest daughter who moved to another state. My oldest lives near us.

I hope this package will arrive at my daughter’s apartment. The last thing I sent didn’t arrive, masks and dog bandannas that I made for her. I did insure the package but now I have to sew more! Oh well...
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Please share the most interesting objects that you have upcycled.

Who in the world uses their old luggage?

Years ago when we first married, my husband had to have an expensive set of luggage.

Yes, when we traveled frequently, we used it but that luggage was very heavy and didn’t have wheels like the newer sets have today.

My husband traveled quite a bit with work and eventually bought a set with wheels.

So, naturally the old set sits in our closet! Our daughters don’t want it and I don’t blame them.

I have seen people convert them into dog beds. Our last dog was a greyhound so there is no way that he could have fit, even in the largest case. I had to buy him the largest pet bed they make.

I love to see things upcycled in creative ways.

A few of the artists in our city are great at converting old objects into art and selling them at high prices.
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I dont know if this "upcycling".. but I used to collect antique wicker picnic baskets. After awhile I got bored with it,, but they are beautiful.. so I began stacking them up at angles, and I use them as plant stands! Plus you can store things in them.. so win win! Ad we got a cute little cabinet and refinished it,, it is now our bar.. small but holds the bottles and I have wine glasses and napkins on top!
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Rest In Peace, Hal Holbrook. 95!

Rest In Peace Cicely Tyson. 96!

Rest In Peace, Larry King, 87!
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Pam,

I love those ideas. I love baskets too. I have several hanging on a kitchen wall. I have some as storage in different areas of my home.
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Cloris Leachman 94, rest in peace
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I am leaving in a few minutes to get my first COVID-19 vaccine!

Yay! My friend, a pharmacist promised me that she would make it happen and by gosh she has.

I am so very grateful to her!

Prayers requested for no bad reactions to vaccine. I am getting the Moderna one.
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I've been rolling my eyes listening to hyperbolic weather forecasters warning us of "dangerous" temperatures and wind chill, for goodness sake it's February and although they predict nighttime lows of -17°C that isn't unusual this time of year. Meanwhile out in AB they will be enjoying daytime highs of -30°C (I'd stay inside if I were you Golden)
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cw - better believe I am staying inside. Supposed to warm up somewhat next week Pumpkin went out a little. I was surprised. There is little wind which helps.
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I live in balmy Vancouver. The lowest it's ever gotten here that I can recall is minus 7.

But the constant rain. That I could do without.
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Gershun,

Brrrrrr, minus 7 sounds brutal to me!

We get a fair amount of rain here in Louisiana.
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-3 F here in MN this morning. When I first moved here in '79 there was one night where the air temp was -40F and with added wind chill it was -80F. My friend said the bowling ball stored in the trunk of her car parked outside shattered that night. My hubs grew up here in the days before all the modern warm weather fabrics. Just wool and fur and down. When he was in college he had to light a small charcoal fire under the oil pan of his beater wagon in order for it to start. If there's no wind, you can do all the same activities outside even at those temps. "There are no bad temps, only inappropriate dress." These temps keep out the riff-raff. Fewer crimes committed outdoors. Way fewer cockroaches.
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Apparently we are to just about to have our coldest, snowiest weekend in the UK for several years. Windchill on Monday to be -7 degrees celsius, which is nothing compared to what you guys get. The media are calling it the second "Beast from the East" after the first one in 2018, when we had about 60cm of snow. Again, that's not excessive by your standards, but we are just not set up to deal with it as it's so rare for us.
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Yeah, when I check WunderMap it's pretty darn cold all through the prairies, the worst is -37°F up in Golden's territory (I'm not stalking Golden, just checking up on my nephew who also lives out that way).
OTOH it's a sunny 84°F in Jamaica this morning.......I'm dreaming of warm beaches🏖️🌴

Geaton, don't they use block heaters there?
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cwillie, I wasn't raised in MN so I'm assuming block heaters weren't invented yet in 1977...? It's -11F right now.
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The temperature is dropping now at 4:00 p.m. to 67 degrees F.
The sun is still out, the high today was 74 degrees. Hubs is wearing shorts.

It was a good Sunday in SoCal.

So, I am not going to wish for snow or rain. I will be content. Even though I need to ice my perifomis muscle, and sitting on a snow patch would help.
No complaints though.
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send - if you sat in a snow drift, you wouldn't just ice your piriformis, you would numb your whole bum! I should know, I have done it. 🥶
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Golden,
Having a fibromyalgia flare-up.
I want to be numb, on my bum and my whole backside. Legs and foot too.
20 minutes max. Just a moment without pain would be nice.

My dH rubbed my shoulder. Just like fibro knots, they are painful to the touch. There was a sore spot, he rubbed it out! Felt so much better! Of course, this hurts his arthritic hands, so cannot do it often. I so appreciate him. Then I have to rub his neck. 🤷🤷‍♂️
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Send - sorry about the flare up, They are no fun. I find Robax (methocarbamol ) is the only drug that helps me, Recently I read a study that showed that listening to music reduced pain in FM patients, and improved their sleep. I didn't buy the article so I don't know the specifics but I figure any music that you like that is relaxing, and listening for a several hours a day could help and certainly wouldn't harm. I have been doing it for the last few days and my sleep is definitely improved. I hope it works for the pain. And hope you feel better soon.
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Send,

So sorry that you have had pain with your fibromyalgia.

Your husband is a sweetheart!

Hoping you feel better very soon!
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I have been slowly cleaning up Moms things, and doing her desk a bit a a time. Today I found a birthday card she bought for my Daughter, ( she passed before her bitrthday) and a box of letters she saved that we had sent to her ( from DD) when DD was very young! I am going to give them to DD, who will get a kick from them. This is hard.. but I know she is in a better place.
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Pam,

Your daughter will appreciate those memories.

How sweet of your mom to keep them.
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Pam, I agree, your daughter will appreciate those memories!

its...bittersweet isn’t it? Is that the right word to described it? I remember when my MIL passed, we had to go through a couple old trunks she had, to find pictures for the slide show. One of the trunks was FULL of memories. She kept her kids report cards, writing assignments and art work and every card they gave to her. Every card from the grandkids too. None of her children knew she had saved all of that stuff. We didn’t know she was so sentimental! And the kids got to relive memories for those few hours we went through the trunk. We laughed and we cried a lot that day.
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