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  1. #1
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    Default End of retirement...

    G'day you lot.
    As some may have noticed I've not been around here much lately.

    On top of setting up my new computer its been a hectic up and down year which is culminating in the premature end of my retirement. (56 is too young anyway).

    This has been my year to date:

    Jan
    • Great Granddaughter, Grace Isabella born
    • I turned 55
    • My youngest brother turned 40
    Feb
    • Second youngest Brother turned 50
    March
    • My son turned 31 and still doesn't have a job
    • My 4th youngest brother died aged 53
    • My father turned 73 (and won't make 75 sadly)
    April
    • Not a lot
    May
    • Not a lot
    June
    • New extension flooded due to poorly manufactured box gutter.
    July
    • New extension flooded again, same cause as builder hadn't been back


    August
    • New extension flooded 3rd time. Warrant out for my arrest - choked my builder to death....just kidding guys... but should've...
    • Crushed my bad foot again...under a load of sheeting my builder left unsecured...gonna kill the mongrel soon....

    September
    • started a part-time job.
    • told 'em to shove the rotten job
    October
    • My daughter, Isabella, gave birth to my lovely 2nd grandchild Adrian Esther- another beautiful little girl -(yep, the kid was born an auntie to Grace Isabella her mother's granddaughter..this is Tassie but you'll work it out).
    • Got a good job working weekends in a timber store.
    • My ex-MIL died of pancreatic cancer.
    • Got sacked - couldn't afford my wages....bloody John Howard. Work Choices. Yeah right.
    • Twin brothers turn 53
    November
    • My current MIL had a massive stroke. Ok now but right side buggered and we are looking after her.
    • Extension flooded again. Got nasty with the project manager AND builder.
    December
    • John Howard got his just deserts.
    • My mum died of liver cancer
    • My youngest brother came from England - too late - to see our Mum.
    • We went fishing and I caught 2 salmon and he caught 2 silver trevally.
    • Step daughter tells us she's pregnant with 4th child..yet another stupid baby bonus. We happy but.
    • And to cap it all off I got offered a top job 2 days after the federal election by a new Minister to run his electorate office.
    So I move back to Devonport on 19th Jan 2008 and start work on the 21st.
    I'm gonna miss my shed and my planes and my loverly Festools and other goodies but I'll come home to see them at least once a month (and check that (sort of) ex-swmbo is ok without me - a given i guess - (we might be reconciling now I'm leaving home for around 3 years - possible 6 if Labor wins next time around).

    So I reckon I could spending a bit of time getting to know kiwi in oz a bit better - and his shed environs of course.

    Finally, if any of you need a friend in high places, I'm your man. If you have any problems related to federal government departments pm me as I'll be doing a bit of posting from the office when I get a chance.

    Anyway, felicitations and my best wishes to youse and yours for the coming annual booze and prawn fest.

    And hopefully 2008 will be MY year...

    Bloody oath, pouring rain outside and I can hear the extension drip drip drip. Definitely gonna kill the builder.

    Mike
    If you never made a mistake, you never made anything!


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    Mike, hope you have a much quieter year . . . although mixed up with those blinking pollies
    Pat
    Work is a necessary evil to be avoided. Mark Twain

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    08 WILL be a better year for you Sheddie
    Footy starts soon
    100% of all non-smokers die

  4. #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by fred.n View Post
    08 WILL be a better year for you Sheddie
    Footy starts soon
    Yeah, forgot about that. Here's an excellent desktop screen.
    If you never made a mistake, you never made anything!


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    Default Blinking pollies

    Quote Originally Posted by Pat View Post
    Mike, hope you have a much quieter year . . . although mixed up with those blinking pollies
    Thanks Pat. Though politicians don't blink...if they do they get shafted....
    If you never made a mistake, you never made anything!


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    Mike you are truely a tragic Hawks in 08, what a laugh!
    Pat
    Work is a necessary evil to be avoided. Mark Twain

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    All the best Mike,sincerely wish all good things for you in 2008 after a year you'd no doubt want to put behind you,however there were some bright times as with the birth of your G/daughter.

    Commisserations on the loss of your Mother.

    Lets hope you're back into the wood soon!

    Cheers
    Johnno

    Everyone has a photographic memory, some just don't have film.

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    Quote Originally Posted by John Saxton View Post
    All the best Mike,sincerely wish all good things for you in 2008 after a year you'd no doubt want to put behind you,however there were some bright times as with the birth of your G/daughter.

    Commisserations on the loss of your Mother.

    Lets hope you're back into the wood soon!

    Cheers
    Thanks John. I reckon it'll be a busy 6 years with little time for wood though the nice salary will buy me nice tools and a stock of wood. No mortgage no kids = bliss!
    Cheers
    If you never made a mistake, you never made anything!


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    Best of luck with your new venture, 08 must a better year for you
    les

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    I reckon you deserve a break Sheddy, been a tough year for you. Best of luck!

    Glenn
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    Hi, my name is Glenn and I'm a tool-o-holic, it's been 32 minutes since I last bought a tool......

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    welcome to the better part of the state Mike glad things look more promising for you oh and thanks for the great screen saver

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    Quote Originally Posted by goat View Post
    welcome to the better part of the state Mike glad things look more promising for you oh and thanks for the great screen saver
    More a matter of coming back to that neck of the woods. Will looking for R & R in a shed at times.
    If you never made a mistake, you never made anything!


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    Good luck Sheddy!
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    All the best to you Mike and hope next year is a much happier one.
    I make things, I just take a long time.

    www.brandhouse.net.au

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    Hi there Sheddy,

    Like others have said before me. Sorry to hear about your 2007. Am sure 2008 will be better.

    Enjoy the festive season and hope to hear about those infrequent shed visits and the tools the new job will afford.

    All the best
    Cheers
    Pops

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