I am joining with Elephant's Child and River for Sunday Selections.
A busy day here today with picking up Ex Sis in Law from St Vincent's Hospital, entertaining Hippie Niece and one of her twin daughters when she collected her mother. Since the six year old twins began school, they have turned out to be absolutely delightful. They are in different classes.
Now there is planning underway for an overnight stay on Phillip Island to scatter Mother's and Step Father's ashes at their favourite beach at the bottom of Rose Avenue, Cowes. We need to find accommodation. So, not much of a post today, just clearing away saved stuffs.
Remember Harry Highpants? Yes, there was a reason. The waist band either goes over the guts or under. Fortunately most men have now embraced under.
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Thank you for your usual eclectic take on Sunday Selections - and for the smiles. And one shudder. A gut like that should be shared only between consenting adults.
ReplyDeleteEC, a gut like that might put off most people from what to share anything to do with it.
DeleteCute koala. I inherited a stuffed (toy) one in the 1960s. It has a little key in its belly. When you wind it up it plays Waltzing Matilda. I recently gave it to my great niece. I hope it lasts another 50 years.
ReplyDeleteJayCee, I am amazed that it still works 50 years later, truly amazed.
DeleteThat is a wonderful story. I hope it lasts, too, JayCee. And thanks for the smiles, Andrew.
DeleteThe train track meme is funny. What an innocent killer.
ReplyDeleteRoentare, saving a moral dilemma with humour.
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ReplyDeleteHarry High pants …you still see them around often on young men with lots to show …surely you have noticed Andrew!
I may have noticed that Stalker. I find that fashion quite interesting but generally unflattering.
DeleteGoodness gracious now my cats seem even older with that chart. Used to be I think we said 7 dog years to one human year. I see they've chopped it down to four, for dogs and cats, after their initial stint of maturing quickly.
ReplyDeletefour for smaller dogs, but still five and seven for larger dogs.
DeleteStrayer, I guess because we can't really see skin condition, ie wrinkles etc, it is harder to judge ageing animals.
DeleteSadly, as the owner of big dogs, this is accurate.
ReplyDeleteThe train tracks amused me. I am always amazed when the dig tunnels from two sides and they meet in the middle.
Merlot, what really amazes me is that they were building railway tunnels in the 1800s that generally met up in the middle. Now, without modern technology, how did they do that?
DeleteWe have a house in Phillip Island and the only limitation is no smoking. Give me a date and I will let you know about availability.
ReplyDeleteEmail pending, thanks Hels.
DeleteUnlike humans, there's no evidence that dogs and cats know that they're getting older. Ignorance is bliss.
ReplyDeleteKirk, I wonder about this when especially dogs get old and they understand that their body condition will no longer allow them to jump onto a bed.
DeleteThe train track, oh dear but worth a laugh Andrew.
ReplyDeleteTrust you acquired some good accommodation on the Island.
Good to hear hippy neice as two lovely children..
We'll see about accommodation, Margaret. If you remember, we weren't keen on the twin girls at all. It's amazing what school and some stability can do.
DeletePlease tell me that is NOT your gut. Ugh! I recognise that dog age chart.
ReplyDeleteHad to laugh at the railway line stuff ups and the little girl's solution too.
Now I'm wondering if "my" twins will be in separate classes at school.
River no, I don't have a nice tan like that nor am I hairy.
DeleteThe separate classes were advised by the school and it seems to have worked very well. Of course they see each other during breaks. I think it makes them less dependant on each other and more independent in themselves.
I enjoyed the laughs, Andrew, and saw the dog age chart on River's blog recently. The railway tracks not meeting I found less amusing. You may have heard of HS2 - huge expense and scandal.
ReplyDeleteHarry Highpants should keep his assets to himself - we see too many of those here.
Thank you for linking my blog:-)
JB, I don't remember River posting the chart. It was probably where I saved it from though.
DeleteAside from the cost, I am not sure why HS2 is such a disaster. A very high speed train between London and Birmingham makes sense. I can't ascertain but I hope the government is not limiting its future by selling off land and not allowing for expansion at Euston after cutting back the system. I often comment to R, why do men who shouldn't take their shirts off do so, when men who should take their shirts off don't.
Your nieces have a real nice uncle or should I say uncles ! Here it is not allowed to scatter the ashes of a deceased person where you want, only in your own garden, or in the sea, mostly the 2 crematorium we have in Brussels and near Waterloo, they have a very big field where the ashes are scattered. It's in the middle of the country and the cows watch ! I really liked this place and Rick too. We had been there several times before, our friends slowly slowly prefer another world.
ReplyDeleteYeah Gattina, even nicer uncles when wills are read out. Our scattering of ashes will be in sea water at a beach. I can't remember what you did with Rick's ashes? Or was he buried?
DeleteI understand that Kolas are proof that cute is not always pleasant.
ReplyDeleteQuite so TP. They can quite nastily scratch and piss. We came close to eradicating them.
DeleteIn case you were wondering, the creature in the last picture is called a koala.There are essentially three subspecies of koala - The Victoria koala, The New South Wales koala and finally the smallest of the three - The Queensland koala. Happy to have been of service.
ReplyDeleteThank your YP. I am pleased to be educated by an Englishman about one of our native animals. From your expertise, which subspecies of koala is in the photo?
DeleteOh that's easy - it is a Victorian koala or as we zoologists call it phascolarctos cinereus victor. Any more questions about Australian fauna - I will be happy to oblige.
DeleteThat dog age chart puts Olga at the equivalent of 74 years old now, which is a bit younger than I've seen in other charts. I suppose it's all a very approximate calculation.
ReplyDeleteSteve, I am sure it all rather approximate. Certainly your lovely Olga is in her senior years.
DeleteThat gave me a laugh. I've given strict instructions for my ashes to be scattered in the Thames, when the tide is going out of course.
ReplyDeleteMarie, which may or may not be acted upon, and you will never know, lol.
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