Recent content by FETCHAM

And go not try your eyelids. Yuck.

Happily, I had a different experience at Traralgon Hospital. My daughter took me to emergency Dept. The triage there took one look and took me in immediately. Treatment was good.

At a checkout in supermarket, I was stunned by the remark of the young checkout girl. She said "We young people are paying for your pensions" We oldies started paying for our pensions as soon as we started working. We paid national insurance and income tax. I was going to take this up with her...

My first bike was an A.S.P. I expect many ex Poms know what that means. All Spare Parts.

We never had any trouble with Imperial measurements. Guess it depends on what was current. when you were educated.

In the days before internet etc, we had a secret sign that we gave to our children. If the person at the door did not give this signal the children knew not open the door, Things have got so much more complicated these days.

Flying from U.K. to Australia in 19666 we were over the English Channel when a passenger noticed fuel leeking from plane. Had to return to Heathrow, got another plane. This also had a problem which meant we had to stay in the airport at Singapore overnight. Got to Darwin where we boarded a...

Add dishwashing tablets to the list. I keep mine so high up that i need to stretch to get them.

It is here, here not hear.

I have noticed that lots of people using walking aids., trolleys etc. Have them much too low so that they bend their backs over the trolley instead of having them set at the proper height so that they can walk upright.

perhaps that is why New Zealanders call them jandles

I am 91 years young and very active with lots of interests. Age is a matter of thinking not years.

I seem to remember, years ago in S.A. a judge? making irresponsible drivers visit the accident wards at hospitals. Does anyone else remember that?