Dear Friends, Mexicans and you others, I think that about covers you lot, and of course you lations up there in the other hemisphere? OK and now that we have that sorted, how the bloody hell are you, us southerners to some and northerners to others, we are just starting to warm up, mid 20s to mid 30s C, Wendy thinking of taking the second blanket off the bed. I’m already down to just the sheet, in other words bloody lovely weather. Went out to Quilpie / Thargomindah in south western Queensland last week to check out the place for Anzac Day next year, a little govt. town of about 200. A pub, a general store, a caravan park museum with coffee shop, a dawn service and march, so what’s the use of anymore?

Made friends with surely Shirley the publican and the lovely young lass in the coffee shop so I’m set, they can both pour a mean glass of cold water with a dash of lemon without laughing which is more than I can say about you bloody lot right now!

Well folks sorry about the wait but, thought that I might as well wait till after this last lot of tests were done and I could share the results with you, not as nice as they could have been but, I am doing just a tad better than our illustrious cricket team! Only symptoms to date seems to be a shitty little cough and a lack of wind afterwards, which is something different for me or so the old girl reckons? But, still get my 18-20 k up on the bike most mornings. So things could be a lot worse. Mind you I’m still a long way from that bloody warm place yet, well I bloody hope so anyway. OK that’s enough about my little problem…

Wendy and I wish you all the best. Would you believe it’s nearly time for the old red suit again? I thought that one of the younger fans would be more appropriate for this missive, wouldn’t like you lovely girls feeling left out! Well another set of scans done and dusted and do the next lot in January?? So till the Christmas missive you lot take care