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A lot of you will know little Elly, she is the dog we "borrowed" from a farm in Macksville some 10 yrs ago and we have doggie sat her ever since when her new mum goes on holiday with her new old man as he doesn't like her in his caravan ppfffft twat, anyway I finally convinced her mum to take her to the vet yesterday as she had a strange cough something like an asthmatic trying to get breath, these little dogs sometimes suffer from a condition known as a collapsing trachea.. so she went to see the vet yesterday and she had some pus coming from her nose and was off her food etc so bloods were taken and she was booked for exploratory surgery today. Her mum & I went to pick her up and see what the news was.. The vet showed us the XR and her heart is double the normal size and also liver is enlarged.. Nose was flushed out and nothing was found but the other issues are the ones to worry about. So she is now here with us for the first day as her mum is useless with giving pills etc'' Elly is on heart medication, steroids for a week, anti biotics and eye cream. Told to go onto a fat free diet but she is already on Kangaroo and cereal food so that is not the problem. Poor wee baby, she is such a loving little girl. Her prognosis is ok for a while till more tests but right now she and Brian are asleep an the chair together again. Brian even washed her gloopy eyes when Elly came home from the vets . Miss meow also visited the vets but she was booked for her 2nd arthritis injection and she was there and home in 10 minutes.. never a dull moment around here.. now off to the op shop to mop the floors ready for the day the volunteers will be having their first look around the new revamped shop.

Watching Little Britain what a refreshing change NO PC rubbish Hey Norman ,, bitty mummy bitty

Well sweated my beads off the past week and today froze them off. At least the fires are all out and we have rain but they are saying there is going to be lots and lots of rain.

Dot wrote:Well sweated my beads off the past week and today froze them off. At least the fires are all out and we have rain but they are saying there is going to be lots and lots of rain.

We'll all be rooned said Harahan


SAID HANRAHAN

by John O'Brien



"We'll all be rooned," said Hanrahan,
In accents most forlorn,
Outside the church, ere Mass began,
One frosty Sunday morn.

The congregation stood about,
Coat-collars to the ears,
And talked of stock, and crops, and drought,
As it had done for years.

"It's lookin' crook," said Daniel Croke;
"Bedad, it's cruke, me lad,
For never since the banks went broke
Has seasons been so bad."

"It's dry, all right," said young O'Neil,
With which astute remark
He squatted down upon his heel
And chewed a piece of bark.

And so around the chorus ran
"It's keepin' dry, no doubt."
"We'll all be rooned," said Hanrahan,
"Before the year is out.

"The crops are done; ye'll have your work
To save one bag of grain;
From here way out to Back-o'-Bourke
They're singin' out for rain.

"They're singin' out for rain," he said,
"And all the tanks are dry."
The congregation scratched its head,
And gazed around the sky.

"There won't be grass, in any case,
Enough to feed an ass;
There's not a blade on Casey's place
As I came down to Mass."

"If rain don't come this month," said Dan,
And cleared his throat to speak--
"We'll all be rooned," said Hanrahan,
"If rain don't come this week."

A heavy silence seemed to steal
On all at this remark;
And each man squatted on his heel,
And chewed a piece of bark.

"We want a inch of rain, we do,"
O'Neil observed at last;
But Croke "maintained" we wanted two
To put the danger past.

"If we don't get three inches, man,
Or four to break this drought,
We'll all be rooned," said Hanrahan,
"Before the year is out."

In God's good time down came the rain;
And all the afternoon
On iron roof and window-pane
It drummed a homely tune.

And through the night it pattered still,
And lightsome, gladsome elves
On dripping spout and window-sill
Kept talking to themselves.

It pelted, pelted all day long,
A-singing at its work,
Till every heart took up the song
Way out to Back-o'Bourke.

And every creek a banker ran,
And dams filled overtop;
"We'll all be rooned," said Hanrahan,
"If this rain doesn't stop."

And stop it did, in God's good time;
And spring came in to fold
A mantle o'er the hills sublime
Of green and pink and gold.

And days went by on dancing feet,
With harvest-hopes immense,
And laughing eyes beheld the wheat
Nid-nodding o'er the fence.

And, oh, the smiles on every face,
As happy lad and lass
Through grass knee-deep on Casey's place
Went riding down to Mass.

While round the church in clothes genteel
Discoursed the men of mark,
And each man squatted on his heel,
And chewed his piece of bark.

"There'll be bush-fires for sure, me man,
There will, without a doubt;
We'll all be rooned," said Hanrahan,
"Before the year is out."

T1 Terry wrote: "We'll all be rooned," said Hanrahan, Before the year is out."

Terry you sleeper you - hiding all this sophistication.

Never read so much in one hit.

Sorry to hear about little ELLY. dot!

Have been checking on her each day to make sure her mum is doing the pills ok. She is off the steroids for now and she seems to be doing better. She sees the Vet on Monday for a check up. She is a tough little girl and she will be fine. Brian greets her each visit and Miss Meow gives her a nice smooch so she knows she is loved. xx We went around there for a BBQ tonight and G is so full of food he is asleep with Brian draped on his knee also asleep but he is not dribbling

Dot wrote:Never read so much in one hit.

How many hits do you usually require to read that much....... can you remember back as far as your schools days Dottie

T1 Terry wrote:

Dot wrote:Never read so much in one hit.

How many hits do you usually require to read that much....... can you remember back as far as your schools days Dottie

Hate reading, book reviews at school hmmm I just read the first few pages then that was it got the gist of the story and bluffed from there. Shows how much the teachers read the books as I always got good marks.