Your know some of that time spent sitting around watching tv during the lockdowns (all those years ago) did actually have hidden benefits.
According to some paper notes found during a clear out I’ve just discovered that the old adage about never being too old to learn is true
Courtesy of Millionaire Hot Seat one evening, in the short space of one hour I learnt that:-
- Polar bear females are called sows, not cows
- Young turkeys are called Jakes and Jennys
- Mangos are in the same family as Cashews and Pistachios
- The stumpy bits on a giffaffes head are called Ossicones
- Dolorous means sorrowful
And….
- If I want to go on a really really long trip, the distance from Earth to the Sun is about 150 million kilometres. How many days drive do you think that might be??
Maybe I’d better hang on to the bit of paper I jotted it down on because how long I’ll retain all that information is anybody’s guess
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It’s Monday Morning here, I’m enjoying my early cup of tea but it won’t be long ‘till breakfast time when The Golfer will join me. We’re on day4 after his cataract surgery – eye drops are a feature of the day (5 times daily) so like when Mummas were ‘on call’ because new babies had to be fed regularly I can’t go far as I have to be around to do these…..because he found he couldn’t see where the drop was going.
Out of curiosity I’ll bring up the subject of the lockdowns (6 here in Victoria- 262 days) with him over breakfast and see what he remembers. I know what one of his answers will be…….he couldn’t go to golf for what seemed like an eternity 😊
Still Waters 
I presume we wouldn’t live long enough to drive to the sun!
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Now you had me thinking Viv. Mr G told me – travelling that distance at 100 km/h would take about 170 years. So you’re right – we wouldn’t get there alive!
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I hope your husband’s eyes heal successfully. Ah, lockdown and the pandemic. I must remember that we all got vaccinated and lockdown came to an end. Maybe it will help me get through the current political situation in the US.
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It was a strange feeling when we began to mingle still wondering if even with vaccinations were we were safe to do so. There was all the hoo ha (still is in some eyes) about mask wearing – often resulting in some bad behaviour in adults you respected.
Sorry I have no answers to give regarding your national problem – hopefully you’ll survive the next couple of years
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Grr … lost my comment with a login issue. But I tried.
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Nice to see you anyway
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I think I knew what Ossicones are (but like you had forgotten) and I would like to add dolorous to my vocabulary… now to think of a sentence where it will work! Ha!
Good luck to The Golfer as he recovers from his surgery!
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I remember a character called Dolour in Ruth Park’s Harp in the South series. I assume that name also meant sorrowful. I never knew that when I read the books. Imagine having a name like that!
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I’ll have to look out for that character Kylie – I’m planning to reread some Ruth Park next year
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not sure i learned anything as esoteric as that during lockdowns. I just remember walking with Mr T in a backpack – to exercise my pet…😂
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