tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18214889.post4135007701872980104..comments2023-11-01T02:06:39.543+11:00Comments on Ella's child - family stories and other: Middle Childhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09962830669606760640noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18214889.post-57802313646963625772008-03-02T05:35:00.000+11:002008-03-02T05:35:00.000+11:00This was a lovely tribute to your dad and a wonder...This was a lovely tribute to your dad and a wonderful post all around. Your dad sounds like he was cut from the same cloth as mine. (I posted about him last June or so, I think.) One of his big sayings (he had many) was "Life ain't fair kid. You'd better get used to that." He also said, "What d'ya think this is, a democracy?" Anyway, reading about your dad brought a smile and a tear. He sounds like a good man. Nice post.more cowbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17867825812404503048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18214889.post-30636920076579492182008-02-16T19:22:00.000+11:002008-02-16T19:22:00.000+11:00Lovely Therese. There were thousands like your Dad...Lovely Therese. There were thousands like your Dad who just worked and worked. I don't know if it's better these days but men can stand up for themselves to make a working life a bit fairer without worrying about a starving family. (work choices notwithstanding) I don't think I'm talking about certain in-laws here. The only good thing about the ex, in his early days, was that he was a staunch union man and looked after everybody, union or not.JahTehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02007730071564639411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18214889.post-26959532843519724942008-02-16T10:41:00.000+11:002008-02-16T10:41:00.000+11:00Ann o dyne when I get home will check out this o...Ann o dyne when I get home will check out this on Smokey Dawson... on my sister's computer and don't want to hog it.<BR/><BR/>and thanks for the abobe... it just all came out in a tumble...guess thats whats called free writing...no rulesMiddle Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09962830669606760640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18214889.post-77763054317980839452008-02-14T17:37:00.000+11:002008-02-14T17:37:00.000+11:00... and then I had email from my friend Dave Dawso...... and then I had email from my friend Dave Dawson. He sent me this link to his obit for Smokey Dawson. <A HREF="http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23213168-2862,00.html" REL="nofollow">It's an incredible story.</A><BR/><BR/>Smokey deserves a State Funeral more that wifebasher Brocky did.Ann ODynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01159263330547329077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18214889.post-51029504685679031942008-02-14T17:09:00.000+11:002008-02-14T17:09:00.000+11:00Everybody else who had read this post of yours has...Everybody else who had read this post of yours has been rendered speechless by it you know.<BR/><BR/>we have all heard hat "God is love" phrase, and I have always taken it to mean that 'god' isn't any deity, but that LOVE is The Thing.<BR/>Love of fellow man, empathy with strangers in trouble, condolences, sympathy, <I>feelings</I> for people in all the various possible ways.<BR/>That kind of 'god is <I>love</I>' is probably what kept your father's head up.Ann ODynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01159263330547329077noreply@blogger.com