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Patricia, aka PattiB. 2/10/52

I’m a Lavazza coffee person & have one mug full each morning, made in my pod machine. It’s usually only ever one a day unless I’m out, or catching up with one particular sister in law, then I’ll indulge in a long black, she doesn’t approve of coffee or much else actually. After my morning coffee...

House prices are becoming ridiculous! I glance through the real estate section in our local paper & continue to be astounded by the number of houses with million plus dollars on them. Units are increasingly expensive also. As my son says, “it’s Launceston mum, what are they thinking?” Most of...

Thankyou Ezzy. Some people truly do have a lot to deal with & they’re usually the most cheerful & always ready to help someone else. I’m fortunate that my immediate family are fine, apart from Teds skin cancer problems, which are under control for now, but it’s the extended family & close...

We must have been very lucky! I was well aware of hyperactivity but throughout my time at kinder we really didn’t ever have a child who suffered with it. There were a few difficult ones with all sorts of interesting quirks, but nothing that we couldn’t deal with. It was a great place to work...

When I was pregnant I was eating yoghurt which had berries in it, bit into a berry & chomped a large bug in half! The company compensated me & I got lots of free products as well, but it was years before I could face yoghurt again. Almost eating a bug is a bit more traumatic than finding a nut...

Neither could I.

Interesting comments Jest. I worked in a kindergarten from 1974-81 & we didn’t have one child with ADHD. We did have a few boys who were badly behaved at home & we were assured that they were definitely hyperactive, but they weren’t, just bored & wanting to learn stuff. By the time my son...

Vinnies online! What next.

I would really love it if more members would write about how they have dealt with having children who were Autistic or had ADHD. I have twin great nephews who will be 9 next week & one has level 3 Autism while his brother has ADHD & autism. My niece is a divorced mum of 3 & has trouble coping...

The rest of us appear to have understood what the statement meant! It wasn’t exactly ambiguous.

How totally horrible for your friend. You don’t realise how terrible until you experience it first hand, or in our case, walk beside a friend with dementia & her poor husband, who cares for her. It is heartbreaking & terribly draining. It gets harder everyday. Give your friend an extra big hug...

Maybe that’s why my hair insists on going where it wants to, it’s still traumatised! 😂

I remember trying most of the styles shown. It’s strange because I always had problems getting my hair to stay turned up so had to have it permed because it turned under, now I want it turned under, what does it do, it turns up. It’s truly cantankerous some days. Thankfully, today’s hairstyles...

Another roundup of amazing stories! I particularly excited about the Alzheimer drug & hope that it works for many people. I’m also interested in the in the 3D printed houses & would love to hear more about them, anything that helps get people into a home is worthwhile.