Wednesday, 31 January 2018
Tuesday, 30 January 2018
Indestructible Creatures No 3
What
indestructible creature should I tell you about today, how about the
Pompeii Worm............
They
live at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, where super-heated water
churns out from underneath the seabed at temperatures of 100°c
(212°f) that is bloody hot indeed.
This
worm is pink and wriggly wit h greyish fur made of bacteria and red
gills, the worm oozes out a slimy substances for the bacteria to
feed on and in return they shield it from the hot water.
They
disappear into their tubes to hide from predators but some of them
still get eaten by hungry hunters, such as vent octopuses or eelpout
fish.
Each
worm builds a thin papery tube to live in, stuck to the side of a
vent or opening where the hot water comes out. The worm sits in the
tube, with its tail near the hot vent and its head sticking out into
the cooler water, so it can catch food and breathe in oxygen with its
feathery gills.
Monday, 29 January 2018
Did you know no: 3
Another
Monday another set of did you know facts............................
In
1845 Boston had a law banning bathing unless you had a doctor's
prescription, what the hell
Male
mosquitoes do not bite...............
If
your skin was laid flat it would cover an area 18 square
feet.....................
Bowling
used to be played with nine pins................till a law was passed
in colonial America making bowling at nine pins illegal, so the
potential offenders just switched to using ten pins, thereby keeping
their game legal and ten pins became the norm.
A
pint glass will hold about four million grains of sand, like who
counted them, to know this fact
Friday, 26 January 2018
Happy Birthday Australia
Today is my country's birthday and the birthday of the love of my life, Tim is 57 today. The country is 230 years old, well it is a lot older then that but you know what I mean.
Australia Day is the official national day of Australia. Celebrated annually on 26 January, it marks the anniversary of the 1788 arrival of the First Fleet of British ships at Port Jackson, New South Wales and the raising of the Flag of Great Britain at Sydney Cove by Governor Arthur Phillip.
Wednesday, 24 January 2018
Tuesday, 23 January 2018
Indestructible Creatures No 2
Ok
it is Tuesday so I guess that means it is indestructible creatures
day, today's creature is:
The
scorpion, ok most of us know they can be dangerous but did you know
that they have been around for around 400 million years, like how the
hell do they know that. They live in most parts of the world but are
especially good at surviving in deserts, deserts not desserts just
saying.
Deserts
are know for being stinking bloody hot during the day and oh so
bloody cold at night and scorpions don't care they can survive a huge
range of temperatures from -47.2°c (-53°f) till as hot as45°c
(113°f).
Also
they can live for up to a year without food, what the hell is with
that. When they do catch some prey they eat a lot. They can slow
their bodies down, so that they use up the food very slowly, they get
all the water they need from what they eat and they don't poo much
because they use every bit of their food to give them energy.
If
a scorpion stings itself it isn't affected by its own venom, however,
it can sting and kill another scorpion of a different species, they
do often hunt and eat each other. Who knew..........not me........
Monday, 22 January 2018
Did you know Monday
Here we are at another
Monday so that means it is did you know Monday.
Every year the moon
moves 3.82cm further away from the earth which is about the length of
a matchstick.
Blonds have more hair
then dark haired people
Every day the number of
living things on earth increases, it is believed that there is over
10 million species of living things on earth.
Bees may have a true
sixth sense, one that people probably do not have: they have magnetic
crystals in their abdomens with witch they may feel direction
relative to the earth's magnetic field.
Diamonds are flammable
Friday, 19 January 2018
Five things Friday No 1
Ok this year I will be
doing Five things Friday again and I am hoping to keep on top of
things such as posts, so for my first Five things Friday for 2018,
I will share these things.
Staying organised
Regaining mobility
Staying focused
Being happy
Less stress
Thursday, 18 January 2018
Decorations
Well
as we all know the Christmas period is over, same with the New Year
and I saw on another blog this questions
“when
do you take down your holiday decorations”,
so
I decided to
write
a post about this for today's post.
I
put my Christmas decorations up around the middle of November and
leave them up till the 1st
of January. The type of decorations I use mostly now days are the
ones you just stick on a wall, I find that they are easy to do and in
all the time I have been using these type of decorations I have only
had the paint come off while removing them a couple of times.
Although when Kathy-Lee was removing them last week she removed some
paint because she didn't remove the decoration slowly trying to rip
it off fast.
Even
my Christmas tree now days is a small tinsel tree that sits on the
dining room table, I also like decorations that I can sit on top of
the television and other things. I do have a larger Christmas tree I
just don't have the room to put it up.
The
only time I decorate the house is at Christmas time, I know in other
countries people decorate at other times but here in Australia and
mostly my family it is only done at Christmas time.
Wednesday, 17 January 2018
Tuesday, 16 January 2018
Indestructible Creatures No: 1
Well here we are at the
first Indestructible Creatures post for 2018, this will be a regular
Tuesday post this year.
Have you heard of the
Himalayan Jumping Spider, they are just 1cm big and live way up on
Mount Everest. They are thought to live higher up than an other
animal, it is covered in thick hair and can manage for days without
food and jumps from one wind-blasted icy rock to another as
sure-footed as a mountain goat.
Even though spiders are
meat eaters there are no other animals this high up, so they feed on
dead insects such as flies and springtails that have blown up the
mountainside in the wind.
Like most spiders the
Himalayan Jumping Spider has eight legs and eight eyes but only six
of their eyes face forward, they have two eyes on the side of their
head that allow them to see behind them, what the hell.
Monday, 15 January 2018
DId you know No:1
Here I am with the
first “did you know” Monday of the year, more trivial facts that
you may know or may not know, that may or may not interest you but my
life isn't that interesting and I like to share not only my life but
other things as well.
So here we go with did
you know.
In
1996 Martina Hingis became the youngest ever Wimbledon Champion,
winning the Ladies doubles with Helena Sukova at the age of 15.
In
1985 Boris Becker was the youngest male to win the men's singles aged
17 & 227days old, however, in 1989
Michael
Chang, won the French Open when he was17 years & 110 days).
It is said that people
born on Christmas Day are lucky in life and will never drown or be
hanged also they are unable to see ghosts, really?????????????
Speaking
of ghosts they appear in four Shakespearian plays, Julius Caesar,
Richard 111, Hamlet & Macbeth.
The
"Curse of Macbeth" is the misfortune that happens during
the production of the play.
The theory goes that Shakespeare included actual black magic spells in the incantations of the weird sisters. Those who appear in the play or those who mention the play's name within the confines of a theatre risk having these evils brought down on their heads.
The theory goes that Shakespeare included actual black magic spells in the incantations of the weird sisters. Those who appear in the play or those who mention the play's name within the confines of a theatre risk having these evils brought down on their heads.
Saturday, 13 January 2018
Home again
Well we are home, drove
all day Wednesday to get home and it didn't all go smoothly, we had a
flat tyre and Tim didn't want to put the spare on so we called into a
tyre place at Grafton to have it repaired, after stopping three times
for Tim to put more air in the tyre anyway we had it repaired and it
only lasted to Coffs Harbour where Tim had to suck it up and put the
spare on. He was none too happy about the fact that he paid $27.50 to
ave the tyre repaired for nothing.
It was 8pm by the time
we got home, it was Jessica and Leo who wanted to drive all the way
home and it was Jessica and Leo who complained about how long it was
taking to get home but at the end of the drive we were home and able
to sleep in one's own bed and we didn't have to get up early on
Thursday morning.
After we got up
Thursday we took the caravan back to my parents and then went and got
to new tyres for the car and did some food shopping then home for the
rest of the day.
Yesterday was Friday so
that meant doing more shopping and picking up scripts the morning and
getting the mail before coming home and doing nothing else for the
rest of the day, I am glad to be home and to be able to sleep in air
conditioned comfort at night.
Tim was suppose to go
back to work tomorrow but he was called into work today.
I have read all the
comments on the last few posts but didn't respond to them all as to
be honest I am still exhausted and this morning I woke up feeling
unwell, in fact Tim came in at 9.40am to see if I was ok as I was
still asleep, I got up but really didn't feel like doing so.
Tuesday, 9 January 2018
Last day in Qld
Here I am at the end of
our last day in Queensland and yet again I am exhausted and my feet
are very swollen and all I want to do is sleep which I will do soon.
I have had a long shower and feel fresher but it doesn't help my
swollen feet.
I love Jessica but she
has been giving me a headache recently with her complaining about
stuff, her and Leo wanted to head home today but since we have paid
for the night we are staying the night. We will leave early in the
morning and Jessica wants to pack up a lot of stuff tonight that she
can do if she wants to.
This morning we went
back to Dreamworld so I could get some souvenirs then we went to
Skypoint tower to check out the view and then back to the van to do
nothing.
Monday, 8 January 2018
Australia Zoo & Dreamworld
Well been a couple of
days since I last wrote, busy days, stinking bloody hot days but good
days as well.
Yesterday (Sunday) we
went to Australia Zoo and I was able to hire a motorised scooter to
get around the zoo and that was great, so much easier for me and also
for Tim and Jessica. Although the fact that Tim woke us up at 6am
was a bit much his phone didn't reset for Queensland time and he
thought it was 7am
Granted I was unable to
go on the shuttle around the zoo but that was ok, I managed to see
about 70% of the zoo then we broke for lunch and after lunch I
suggested that the others take the shuttle to the other parts and I
would go through the shops and just wait for them. So while they did
that I waited in air conditioned comfort. Jessica was surprised that
we spent 7hrs at the zoo.
Today saw us go to
Dreamworld another long day we arrived around 10.30am but it was near
11am by the time we got in hired the wheelchair and set off. We left
at 5pm when they were closing up, however, there was a part we didn't
get to, so Tim and I decided to go back tomorrow with Jessica &
Leo of course.
Today is Leo's birthday
he is now 10yrs old and he seems to have had a good day and was
excited with all his presents and he was somewhat spoilt, this whole
trip was for his birthday, so both papa and I wanted him to have a
good day.
Now I am going to post
this and go and have a shower and freshen up before going to bed,
last night I was so exhausted I didn't have a shower just a wash in
the van and Jessica went on and on about me not having one but I
didn't care, I was too exhausted to care.
Saturday, 6 January 2018
Day 1 & Day 2 of Queensland holiday
Well here I am at the
end of our first day of travelling for our holiday and I am exhausted
as per usual. The original plan was for us to park the caravan at the
home of a friend of Jessica's for the night but I didn't like that
idea and I wasn't consulted about this plan. See I have to get up
two or three times a night to go to the toilet and I do not like the
idea of going into a strangers house during the night to use the
toilet.
I said I would cope but
Tim decided to see if he could get us into a caravan park and he did,
this park is only a few minutes drive from Jessica's friend and it is
only $20 for the night, so I am much happier. The site is right near
the amenities as well and the amenities look nice enough not grotty
or anything. This park is a Discovery Holiday Park and I would
recommend it.
Yes it is hot here and
yes I may have trouble sleeping but we will see, I am in no way
hungry might just have a couple of slices of toast later.
The reason we have
stopped here for the night is to allow Jessica and Leo to visit her
friend Jay.
Day 2
Day 2 is here, had a
good nights sleep only took a few hours to get from Casino to here,
we are staying at the Treasure Island Holiday Park an NRMA caravan
park. It is a nice park, there are a lot of children around, too many
children for Leo's liking.
Jess and I went to
Coles to get a few things while Tim and Leo set up the tent for them
to sleep in tonight, Leo is super excited about sleeping in the tent
so I hope it goes well and he likes it.
It is stinking bloody
hot here and of course no air conditioning and my feet are so swollen
it isn't funny it is painful to walk or even to just sit with my feet
resting on the ground this is something neither Jessica or Tim
understand and the heat is making me short tempered.
Thursday, 4 January 2018
Nearly time to leave but not just yet
Well it is the day
before we leave for our holiday in Queensland and it's been a
somewhat busy day packing and going to the shops for a few things
then heading over to pick up the caravan from mum & dads place.
Tim wanted to go out
for lunch at the RSL club which we did, lunch was good we always
like going to the Eastern Tiger for lunch.
What I notice was how
bad Tim parked the car, he often complains about how I park the car
and what made things worse was earlier this week I came home and
people were parked in the visitors parking in such a manner that I
found it hard to pull up right and thus had trouble parking and of
course Tim was watching and commented that I suck at parking. I DO
NOT.
Anyway while out today
I notice on the three occasions that Tim parked what in my opinion
was terrible, he wasn't straight, not squarely in his lines and if I
had parked like that he would of course made some comment about it
but I said NOTHING.
He keeps going on about
wanting to leave really early in the morning which is fine but does
he have to tell me over and over, I get it that he wants to leave
early stop going on about it.
Tuesday, 2 January 2018
A New Year and Getting Away
Well
2018 has arrived, yesterday, as today is the 2nd and after
going to the doctor and taking Leo home I am now home for the day. I
have nothing else planned for the day which is good, as everyone
knows I like quiet days when I have little or nothing to do.
Yesterday
I had Leo all day while his mum was working and even though she was
back in Newie by 5pm she was tired and exhausted and just wanted to
go home eat and go to bed. So when she explained that to Leo he told
her he would stay here so she could go home and go to bed without
having to worry about him.
We
had him from around 3pm on New Years Eve as his mum had to get up
early for work, yesterday while here he helped me clean the bath, the
bathroom sink and the stove top, he also emptied 2 of the recycle
bins. I had meant to get him to vacuum for me too but forgot. He
likes to do things for me and often does little things without being
asked.
After
today Tim will be off work till the 11th or 12th
can't remember which, we are leaving on Friday for a short break away
with Jessica & Leo we are taking the caravan and going to the
Gold Coast, we are taking Leo to Australia Zoo and Dreamworld for his
birthday which is on the 8th January he will be turning
10.
I
would love to be able to go away with Natasha & Blain but Natasha
can't afford it and we can't afford to pay for them, Jessica always
pays for her and Leo when we go away. Wouldn't mind one day going
away with Kathy, Michael and the girls but not sure if Kathy &
Michael would like to do that.
Both
Tim and myself feel that holidays are much more fun when taken with
other family members, when our girls were little we went away with my
parents and Dave & Sandy who were young teenagers themselves.
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