I have just heard that there have been very bad storms in the south of Tassie.

I hope that Darki is safe.

I read that before online, I dont know which part of Tasmania she is in.

Hope she is okay.

West of Hobart.....I'm sure she'll come in and talk to us

Evening gerries--bit hard posting since the new improvements.
Except for a couple of bumps from a phantom poster
the rest of you have been vegetating.
Do a nude streak around the block-or
something different.
Need -Freshwater to post and give some ideas.
--taking a long time to post............................Richo.

Phew!  Hello all and yes I'm okay, but utterly tired out ...

Huge gale force winds just about flattening everything all around.  We lost power at 10.30 and it didn't come back on until 6.30.

We had a lull finally in the winds, but I can hear them picking up again now.

All south Tasmania was blacked out and of course it could happen again if the winds begin again.

I have done nothing all day long due to lack of power and just the complete exhaustion from the wind.  Even standing on the edge of my verandah required I hung on... blazers! 😮

Freshie has hurt her wrist quite badly and I think finds it hard to type at present.

I suspect a broken scaphoid bone, she's not so sure, but will see a doctor next week if it doesn't begin to come right soon.

It's actually called an old person's fracture because if/when we fall we tend to put out our hand to save ourselves and as our hand bends backwards the small bone at the base of the thumb in your wrist cops the pressure of the fall - hence snap! 😞

She'll be back I'm sure 🙂

I'm not a phantom. Just a Ford Fiesta that's too young to post on your thread.

You all have such great memories and I love to read about the olden days - even though they are a little before my time ('64).

But I do remember the milkman with his horse and cart and how he would whistle to the horse to move on while he delivered our milk. I also remember the postie on his treadly and how we would run to the letterbox when he blew his whistle.

Glad you are okay Darki and also hope Freshie's wrist will get better soon.

The olden days were the best, every thing was so simple, life was simple and less stress.
It was a wonderful time to grow up in, so many memories, of the *good old days*.

Bumping for ye oldies.

Hi all, just checking in.  Darki is right.  It looks like I have broken a bone in my hand.  I plinted it....and the good news is that it is my left hand......and  I will live. !!!

No Gilly, I wasn't on a ladder when I fell.  I had just built a rock garden and was standing on the highest rock trying to pull a vine growing up the trunk of a tree...leaning back....and the vine snapped.  I did a backwards gutzer and I hit my head on the side of my runabout and fell on my wrist.   No damage to the boat. tee hee.

Darki has been wonderful in helping me make my first curtains...but that is on hold for the time being.

The injury really cramps my style.  La de la de da.......

 

Now...how are all you lovely mature-with-life-experiences gals and hunks out there?..