Well we are past the halfway mark till australia elects the party that will lead us for at least the next 3 years
MANY PEOPLE HAVE ASKED ME WILL THE ELECTION RESULT ( WHICHEVER WAY IT GOES) MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO OUR FRIDAY NIGHT RAFLLES.
THE ANSWER TO THAT IS A BIG
WE WILL AS LONG AS YOU WANT HAVE
SO LETS GET STARTED. THE MAGNIFICENT CK WATT WILL( Hopefully) TAKE YOUR NUMBERS AND THE STAFF WILL BE AROUND AT SOMETIME.
OUR MAGNIFICENT BARMAID THE LOVELY
FIONA HAS BEEN BUSY BUT SHE WILL BE AROUND AT SOME TIME.
BB AND I WILL BE OUR USUAL
TONIGHTS POLL
TRY AND BE OBJECTIVE
THE PUB 
Kirsdarke,
We had Bob’s teeth done a couple of years back (14 extractions and a jaw clean-up… we didn’t have any idea it was so bad). He came back the happiest dog in the world. A puppy again.
You just have to be careful that they have the blood tests if they’re old, and that the procedure is done as quickly as possible.
I suspect to this day that this surgery was the start of Bob’s dementia, because he was under the knife for 80 minutes, instead of the estimated 30. They hadn’t even been able to X-ray him until they got him under, and it was pretty bad.
But I could be completely wrong about the dementia. So I’m not swearing on a stack of Bibles.
So, get the checks done, and go for it, but try to find out just how bad it is first, so the vet knows what to expect when the full anesthetic is used.
Re. Bob…
He was skipping around ike a puppy tonight, for the first time, really, since he got sick. It wouldn’t surprise me if he starts doing his “exercises” soon – running from one end of the deck to the other (it’s a big 14 metre-long deck, so he can get up quite a turn of speed).
Improvements are hard to pick now, as he’s generally so much better.
No wonder they call him The Atomic Dog.
I collated all my “Bob Watch” blog posts here, removed the politics, and sent them with pikkies off to the vets. Got no response for two weeks – so I thought it had gone down like a lead balloon – but then the lady vet rang two nights ago and asked permission to reproduce it and show it to other patients, as well as publish it on their web site. Unsurprisingly, it came to 12 pages. Does this bloke ever shut up?
She said the diary of Bob’s recovery was a wake up call to her, to get out of the text books and into the real world of healing. The other partners there agreed, even the one I call, alternately, “Creeping Jesus” or “Dr. Death”. Apparently he laughed out loud (and yes, Bob has taken a chunk out of him in the past, too).
Quite a compliment all round, I thought.
lro,
You know more about this than I.
I grudge no money spent on pets: they don’t grudge on their affections.
They never give up. I think it’s because they don’t know about death. Fear yes, but death, no, not in an intellectual sense, so that they have to worry about it.
They just keep on chugging along until they hit the brick wall.
And, BB, it is so obvious when their time has come. We’ve all been through it.
Whatever the quality or enjoyment of the music one point I understood was that having Frampton Alive on in the cassette player in the GTR Torana was a plus point with young ladies.
CTar1,
Beats having a lady on a pillion on a rough road?
There’s not many people who haven’t had to do the pet thing – it’s difficult.
It would be nice if the pets lived longer than we do but it ain’t so.
The media? Shallow? Surely you jest…
I mean, if media mentor Leigh Sales – in ABC News ads spruiking election coverage – reckons the best thing “young journalists” can do during campaigns is to follow the candidates around waiting for them to lose a shoe, or spout a gaffe (just perfect for the 7pm news, says Leigh), who are we to question their wisdom or their maturity?
I mean, what’s a poster of Hitler or two hanging on a wall in a history class doing a project on WW-2 between friends?
God help Adolf if Murdoch had been around in 1933 and decided he didn’t like him.
In any case, Rupert is fond of using Nazis, Commies and King Rats on his front pages. It’s all part of the fun. Right? If it’s OK for Rupey to order his editors to Photoshop images of Labor politicians and other enemies of Tony Abbott as rats and murdering dictators, it’s a bit rich of them to then say that Rudd caught in front of a photo of one is “potentially embarrassing” isn’t it?
Or am I being picky?
Tlbd
[Beats having a lady on a pillion on a rough road?]
The ‘box of bolts bouncing along the road’ Ducati is quality at this.
Tlbd
[It would be nice if the pets lived longer than we do but it ain’t so.]
I’m not so sure I’d want it to be so.
My best memory of the 70’s
Projects in schools about Hitler must be streng verboten. You think black armband is bad history!!!
Ian,
She was so good!
ian – Them and others:
Tony Abbott has been labelled “Bodoh”
Big love? try Roxette
vote1julia,
I can go with “wooden-headed fuckwit”.
Tlbd – ‘Roxette’ a hit machine from a little bit later, I think.
And then the ‘Eurythmics’ came along.
sorry posted too soon.
An Indonesian fisherman has labelled Tony Abbott “Bodoh” meaning a “wooden headed fuckwit”
for imaging that Indonesian fishermen wouldn’t buy new boats with his boat-buy back money.
Gosh even the fishermen in Indonesian are pissing themselves. “Bodoh” makes George Bush Jnr
look like an intellectual Colossus.
Roxette started about the time ABBA finished. They adapted to the “current” style whereas ABBA made a style. They were still pretty good. Still going as far as I know.
Thanks, BB. I’ll tell them that before we have the operation done next month. It might cost more, but it’s worth it if it keeps her with us longer.
Last year we might have had a problem with money, but now, things seem to be great with family incomes, so all should be well in getting her better.
Eurythmics are very Roxette except they have a better lead singer.
That one with Joan is a beauty!
Annie rocks!
Thnaks for playing. See you on the morrow.
Raoul, our House Rat, is a cunning little bugger.
I put his dinner out under the stairs as usual, 6 feet from where I’m sitting, and the little critter has scoffed the lot in under 10 minutes without making a sound.
They breed ’em smart, at chez Bushfire.
[urythmics are very Roxette except they have a better lead singer.]
The Roxette lead had a limited voice range which mostly they managed. Some of their stuff shows a loss of versatility at higher pitches but they kicked arse for some years.
back after a meander down the interwebby street. Twitter was hilarious over #boatbuyback. another place rattled my blood a bit, and I found a news of a stolen dog in the usa reunited after five years through the microchip.
is the bar open for late drinks for everyone. I think Duckie would like good red.
ijust noticed the time. The staff will be in the land of nod by now.
Serve yourself Puffy, while I look the other way.
Good morning Dawn Patrollers.
If someone ever asks what “the pot calling the kettle black” just show him this article!
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/federal-election-2013/gillard-led-a-contest-of-crude-political-headbanging-says-abbott-20130823-2sh5m.html
If only we had Keating back.
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/federal-election-2013/keating-joins-election-and-warns-of-surplus-hysteria-20130823-2she1.html
Lenore Taylor on the Opposition’s costings. She’s not happy.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/23/coalition-costings-australia-still-guessing
Giving up playing in the finals this year is hardly a big penalty for Essendon – they would be eliminated in the first week. Given the penalties and draft pick penalties handed out to Adelaide the AFL will need to really come down on Essendon like a ton of bricks.
http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/supplement-crisis-bombers-set-to-miss-finals-20130823-2sh01.html
Mike Carlton unloads the satire on PMKR.
http://www.smh.com.au/comment/warning-this-column-may-contain-satire-20130823-2sgzp.html
Section 2 . . .
Abbott in full crawling mode.
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/federal-election-2013/tony-abbott-finds-sailors-a-bit-too-frank-on-boat-question-20130823-2sgqp.html
Alan Moir has given up on Labor.
http://www.smh.com.au/photogallery/federal-politics/cartoons/alan-moir-20090907-fdxk.html
David Pope on Morriscum’s Buy ther Boats brainfart.
http://www.smh.com.au/photogallery/federal-politics/cartoons/david-pope-20120214-1t3j0.html
Ron Tandberg with Abbott’s “shut up” remark.
http://www.smh.com.au/photogallery/federal-politics/cartoons/ron-tandberg-20090910-fixc.html
And from the Land of the Free –
Some cartoons on the Birthers’ current difficulties.
http://thepoliticalcarnival.net/2013/08/23/cartoons-of-the-day-no-tea-party-rage-over-canadian-american-ted-cruz/
Abbottt could offer these to the aspirational bogans.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2400166/Super-realistic-3D-garage-stickers-impression-homeowners-car-dreams-aeroplane-yacht-UFO.html#ixzz2cl1SNRYx
What wonderful political engagement in Louisiana!
http://crooksandliars.com/nicole-belle/poll-shows-more-one-quarter-louisiana
Good morning all. Thanks for the links, BK.
Isn’t it interesting how the abbott can dump blame on the shoulders of someone else? Someone with a lot of time and know-how, could collate three years of abbott’s parliamentary tirades, especially those SSOs he indulged in just about every parliamentary sitting day, where he aimed bucketloads of nasty shite at the PM. Once collated the abbott could then be shackled to an armchair and made to watch every word of it.
Kirsdarke
Dogs are very stoic with regard to pain – probably a survival technique – our dog required some extractions – we had noticed bad breath and didn’t realise she must have been in bad pain – toothache is hellish and can impact on the entire system. She was probably around 8 at the time and went on to a ripe old age of 16. I can still picture her skipping around the night after the dental work – boy was she happy!
foreverjanice
[Once collated the abbott could then be shackled to an armchair and made to watch every word of it.]
The problem is that he would enjoy it. Lower than a snakes belly an Abbott prime ministership may well succeed in making Howard’s years look golden.
Kaffee,
Maybe, but his whitewashing job thereafter would fall on deaf ears.
BK
I don’t want to click on that article of abbott putting shit on Julia. If anyone else reads it, a summary would be nice.
gravel,
The abbott is simply painting himself with thick whitewash and accusing Gillard of causing chaos and nastiness in parliament. According to the abbott, he is all sweetness and light and withstood all the nastiness aimed at him with good grace. He promises everyone will behave impeccably under his leadership and life will be a garden of roses for all.
Not only is he a bloody liar, but satan personnified. I wish him to be struck down with some nasty, painful disease that will cause him much grief.
Janice
Thanks for that, I didn’t want to click on it to make it a popular article. I really appreciate it. It is unbelievable. I feel like I’m living in an alternate universe. If it wasn’t for this blog and most of the people I follow on twitter, who are most of the same people here, I could easily be persuaded that I am going mad.
2gravel
The scumbag is claiming victimhood. Julia Gillard had reduced national politics to ”crude political head-banging” and was to blame for “demeaning” national politics.
Even against a buffoon like Barnaby, Fitzgibbon was a lame duck…I say without a hint of self-bragging, that I could’ve done a better “job” with all tyhat “buy the boats” ammunition. This mob just don’t know how to do good rubbishing!
Barnaby is a goose, Abbott is a goose..what can you NOT say about Truss AND the others…a comedy writers dream!….christ!…give us all a break!
Buy the boats!…throw in a few steak knive give-aways as a lure….how about fly-buys as well…c’mon Labor…you got a whole audience out there..how about working the floor a bit on this one?!
That the author of that piece of rubbish on Julia is Mark Baker from the AWU beat up would seem it was to appease the Lib leaning share holder.
jaycee,
The adage, ‘when you lie down with dogs you get fleas’ applies to the fritz. He has never had a great deal of active grey cells between his ears, but there was a time when he worked hard and gave good service to his electorate. Somewhere along the line he was courted by the coalition and ended up being persuaded by their ideas, so that now I really don’t think he knows what colour he is.
Afraid you’re right, janice.
Here’s a quick joke to kick the “buy the boats” humour off…”Barnaby asks a “fisherman” if he could buy his boat…”sure”, he said, ” But only if you could drop these good folk on it over at Christmas Island when you do…. they’ll pay for the petrol!”
2gravel….I am reminded of a stanza of Lawson’s…;
Wtte.
“I am no longer troubled by that doubt that tortured my brain;
Am I sane in a world gone mad,
Or mad in a world that is sane?”
Thanks everyone for your responses. It’s a bit like that saying ‘I saw a man on a stair…..’
Jaycee
Spot on, you and Lawson understand exactly how I feel.