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looker-on
aka Thomas the Kraut
Richie
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Just turned 7. She has been cursed by this scent gland problem since she was one. This infection was her worst and on top of her pain and trauma it caused the anemia by lowering her immune system which was unable to prevent her loss of red blood cells. She is on the mend after treatment with her red cell count up and and she is now eating heartily again.
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Richie
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He is having fortnitely chemo treatment Thomas. Last test showed his cancer markers down, which is good news. Possibly we will meet at Christmas as he now lives several hundred kms from me.
Grier
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Hi Thomas, I'm about 90% recovered from my broken right shoulder. I still prefer to use my left arm for carrying heavy loads and still regularly do exercises for maintaining flexibility. I touch my toes with ease.Grier Terry, with spring and summer ahead, would you say you've fully recovered from your bike accident and are 100% your old personal self again? I'm curious about how you will decide on your bike?
Then I caught an awful Sinus infection sending me quite deaf for 2 months. 90% recovered on that too.
Currently I'm up for about $7k for dentistry as I cracked and chipped two dental crowns chewing on decongestant lozenzers during my sinus infection.
Then 4 days ago I hurt my right hand accidently impaling it on a cactus while gardening.
I think I'm becoming accident prone!
So, I'm headed back to my old self with a motorbike ride planned for tomorrow when it'll be a nice 28C.
I did have a hard think about keeping the motorbike and noted four main factors that led to my accident.
Nevertheless, with due care to avoid such factors again, the real test came from getting back in the saddle, which I did and loved. I will keep keeping it until I can't.
Spring is Glorious in and about Perth that lifts the spirit.
I just finished repainting my 'old' outdoor patio furniture.
One table and four wide wooden benches. All Jarrahwood. After fixing up loose slats the tops are now racing green and legs still mission brown.
Richie
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Terry thanking you for your concern over Bonnie. She is a tuff little pooch, so is this anemia as one week into its treatment and there has been only a small red cell change so she will need at least another two weeks treatment my vet says.
You have been in the wars mate, compared to moir, currently battling the common cold and I had a nasty blood blister on my lower eyelid that refused to heal for weeks.
looker-on
aka Thomas the Kraut
That's a mixed bag of news, Terry. I do hope it will all come out right! Just those things that occasionally happen in everyday life but which nobody needs. With the immune system being down at the end of the dark season, a sinus infection is quickly picked up.
I did the painting job , too, in spring, a table and a bench.
Understandable that , after careful consideration, you intend to leave your life and activities unchanged as long as possible. A 85 y.o. club member who broke his shoulder while cycling is back on the saddle now for want of an alternative. When I broke my big toe and a finger I analysed the circumstances and drew conclusions as to how such a fall can be prevented in future. It's now four years since.
Grier
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Those things do happen in clusters occasionally in one's life. One knock can even lead to other knocks, in some ways, when you're down, your innate defences are down.That's a mixed bag of news, Terry. I do hope it will all come out right! Just those things that occasionally happen in everyday life but which nobody needs. With the immune system being down at the end of the dark season, a sinus infection is quickly picked up.
I did the painting job , too, in spring, a table and a bench.
Understandable that , after careful consideration, you intend to leave your life and activities unchanged as long as possible. A 85 y.o. club member who broke his shoulder while cycling is back on the saddle now for want of an alternative. When I broke my big toe and a finger I analysed the circumstances and drew conclusions as to how such a fall can be prevented in future. It's now four years since.
My pharmacist said something similar about sinus infections through winter. Just knowing that helps.
Good to hear you too reflect as to the causes of your finger and toe injury, and how to avoid such in future.
I certainly learn well from hard lessons.
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Grier
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In Austrailia there are sprinkles of suggestions that for pensioners like me on the Old Age pensioner concession my home may be counted as an assert greatly affecting my pension as a home owner and also concession receivers of all kinds. Even a way to have a sneaky death tax, but with expensive accountants able to circumvent that for the savvy and rich. Sticky fingers into Super funds is unconsiable. And now instead of paying one-off stamp duties for purchasing a new home there might be an annual fee instead, on all homes. Even existing ones with no sunset clause given. That would restrict movements like elderly downsizing.
I've been in my current home for 31 years and may have to pay another annual property tax on top of my shire rates, Emergency Services levy, .... it goes on.
I'm a middle left voter mainly but if Labor wants to tax more and more, I'll vote with my feet again!
Guess who, I heard him talk once.
This is his son.
I've been in my current home for 31 years and may have to pay another annual property tax on top of my shire rates, Emergency Services levy, .... it goes on.
I'm a middle left voter mainly but if Labor wants to tax more and more, I'll vote with my feet again!
Guess who, I heard him talk once.
This is his son.
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looker-on
aka Thomas the Kraut
Good to hear that Bonnie is on the mend and your blister is finally healing, too. Isn't a blister the result of excessive use or wear? How can you get one on that spot?
Richie
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She has had a setback as current meds are not eradicating the anemia. Vet says he will use another treatment.
Must be from rubbing itchy eyes.
looker-on
aka Thomas the Kraut
I hope both of you will get better soon.
looker-on
aka Thomas the Kraut
I'm afraid I don't have clue who that is. Can you help , Terry?
Still trying to get my head around the new regulation that might affect you...I'll get back to you on that.
It's sheer coincidence again that something very similar has been plaguing me for which to address I spent the whole week preparing for a consultation with a newly-chosen tax advisor this afternoon, which was a first for me.
What happened? If you know what a joint account is and what it means for a married couple over decades in terms of taxation, then I take my head off to you. I wasn't aware of that and am now seeking to fight off the worst implications.
I know that the details may not be exactly gripping stuff to go into here but what I do find is worth mentioning is those bizarre ideas and concepts of man that our ancestors once came up with and had them codified in respective laws. Not sure if my country is really the most bureaucratic patch of land on earth but, like you, Terry, it may have its share in alienating me a bit from it. Those ancient practices need to be abandoned asap.
Have there been any similar unpleasant surprises hatched by Leviathan that you were faced with (excluding Terry who has).
looker-on
aka Thomas the Kraut
So, in my own words, there's a new law in the pipeline which will make some pensioners with a house of their own worse off by cutting their allowances. On what basis do they select older pensioners? Is it just home-owners?
It sounds rather familiar to me that the better-off get identified as taxpayers who can be milked more. What's the actual punishment? Losing the concession on the one hand and having to pay an additional tax, OTOH?
BTW, that's what they did in G after WWII, imposing a special tax on homeowners.
Richie
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Our bureaucrats conduct an Assets Test which covers more than the family home. For instance my wife is still working so my pension is calculated on her salary and any other assets they deem suitable to trash my pension for which I worked 50 plus yrs to earn. I look on my meager pension as a form of independence as I age, yet I still put half of it into household expenditure.
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looker-on
aka Thomas the Kraut
That sounds very odd, indeed, and seems to be a case in point. It runs counter to what I just learnt the hard way: a marriage is a life partnership but not an economic union apart from a certain duty of maintenance. Anything beyond a basic support obligation is considered to be separate business.
In your case, Craig, it's far from being separate since your pension is directly linked to her salary. Each country churns out its own funny set of laws and regulations.
Grier
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Craig, you're spot on with your wife's income impacting your pension. I've read a lot of those rules and tables.
A plus factor for me is remaining a single bachelor. I bet there's stats that show husbands are generally older than their wives who tend to have greater longevity than males as well ... hence the house husband syndrome.
Thomas, agreed countries all over the world have different pension and tax rules and regulations, and agree they make pay those who can afford it. Ie Germany post WWII. They were hard years for many European countries.
Ironically, as an aside, many of our Aussie based big internationals pay "No" Tax which seriously needs addressing.
For me, I'm a careful but comfortable old age pensioner living the quiet life in a rambling big empty home with just my devil dog once named so erroneously. I've got good security and know good neighbours.
Friends and relatives are always welcome as guests but thinking about others I considered maybe taking in a lodger, for a bit of company and considering the acute housing crisis here in Perth. For the right person I'd consider a small rent if any, but to share bills, food, ... thinking it'd be a good way to help out and to look out for me, despite me actually being more comfortable alone at home with just my alarming devil dog and spiky cactii.
Doing some digging about taking on a guest or lodger the rules seem silly. Any income I receive from a lodger/guest for sharing my home with another is counted as income that could affect my pension payments, especially with deeming rates going back up. I could do the taxation deductions but what a bother. Blinking Red tape tied up in many knots and tangles...
Many, in my situation, take in lodgers but don't declare it. That's not me. I cross my t's and dot my i's and prefer simple so it's just not worth my bother to take in a lodger or long time guest with money crossing palms.
Of course, one can get horror lodgers too who refuse to leave or rip you off... I've heard of such nightmares, and had a few myself in Perth when I was working in the country.
Nah, I prefer my own company but do like family, relatives and friends staying as guests at no charge with free bed n breakfast, dinners out on them, ... use of my car, .. whenever.
So again, the red tape required thwarts me from going down a hard road I'd rather not consider anymore. Fair enough.