Am writing this in present tense although it happened on Friday…
Catherine had her first tuckshop order today.
“Why?!”, I hear you all ask, “Surely you would have been up early enough this morning to make her lunch?!”
I can hear Scott exclaiming, “But you made her lunch this morning and put it in her lunchbox!”
Ah yes, indeed I did. I even put the said lunchbox into her school bag together with her water bottle. It’s just a shame that when we got to school this morning that I realised I didn’t put the school bag into the car…
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A study study cautions against using Vicks Vaporub:
“I recommend never putting Vicks in, or under, the nose of anybody - adult or child,” the lead author, Dr Bruce Rubin from the department of pediatrics at Wake Forest University, North Carolina, said
He said cough and cold medicines and decongestants were not good for young children. He recommends salt water, warm drinks and chicken soup.
This is the response of the manufacturer:
Proctor & Gamble, the maker of Vicks, slammed the study, saying it contradicts previous studies and is based on limited data from tests on ferrets, of unknown relevance to humans.
Who to believe?
A great read by the very talented Michael Burden - Exploring China … during SARS.
Read the book online and for free here.
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A Brisbane City Council bus driver fired for writing a derogatory note about her passengers has revealed an interesting comment about my bus route (130) -
Ms Tam said route 130 between Parkinson and the city was dubbed the Orient Express because of the large number of Asian customers; route 104 between Mt Ommaney and Indooroopilly was the Granny Run because of the predominantly elderly customers; and route 100 between Forest Lake and the City was called the Bombay Express because the buses were always very full.
The litmus test I heard about whether a comment is appropriate was the reaction that it would receive if published on the front page of the newspaper - always keep this in mind before you say or write something that could offend.
Whilst travelling home on the bus today I involuntarily coughed on the passenger in front of me, which included a not-so-gentle spray of spittle. He was as shocked as I was, and I apologised not only after it happened but as we both walked home after getting out at the same stop.
Perhaps I should just wear a mask whilst travelling on the bus from now on - at the least I will duck behind cover if I see the be-spittle’d passenger again.
I found this list on friendship that seems more accurate than all the other things that get sent around … Enjoy.
1. When you are sad — I will help you get drunk and plot revenge against the person who made you sad.
2. When you are blue — I will try to dislodge whatever is choking you.
3. When you smile — I will know you finally got laid.
4. When you are scared — I will rag on you about it every chance I get.
5. When you are worried — I will tell you horrible stories about how much worse it could be until you quit whining.
6. When you are confused — I will use little words.
7. When you are sick — Stay the hell away from me until you are well again. I don’t want whatever you have.
8. When you fall — I will point and laugh at your clumsiness.
This is my oath…. I pledge it to the end. “Why?” you may ask; “because you are my friend”.
Friendship is like peeing your pants, everyone can see it, but only you can feel the true warmth.
