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Last week I flew a man back to our capital Perth with severe pneumonia he spent 4 days in a critical condition in ICU. All because of an infection that he had in his gum. He had all his teeth pulled on the 5th day in hospital. Kinda makes you think dont it

There should be an award for the most bizzare presentation at an emergency department too. The best (or worst depends on your point of veiw) was the chap who rocked up with a length of aquarium tubing in his bladder. Yes IN his bladder AND it had a blob of blu-tack on the end of it. Apparantly its how he gets his jollys. But he lost his toy and the incredulous staff of .......... Hospital had to get it back for him.

Nope aussie snakes have hollow fangs and will bite through cloth. I had a patient in a Perth hospital who had belonged to an elite army group and who found a snake in his kitchen. In true Rambo style he tried to pin the Brown snake with his son's toy golf club. The snake got just ONE fang into the skin of his middle finger and by the time he got to us (via the local vet for goodness sake!) he'd had 5 cardiac arrests and was bleeding from every orifice. Dont get complacent "I've had quite a few encounters with snakes in Oz. Australian snakes can be extremely venomous, but as the v

Text messages sent by people who assume that you are able or willing to decipher the cretinous drivel that is textspeak. I think Ive achieved grumpy old fart status early

Still got my 'Milka'purple/blue Descente one piece. Loved it while it was de rigeur not a faux paux. Cost about $500 and is still lighter and warmer than my Helly Hansen jacket and trousers. Praps they can double as body armour.

The best of those trailers was one by John Cleese who narrates a travel film and is gradually sent mad finally shooting himself

Nope. Quality rather than quantity

I fundamentaly disagree with people slagging off any genuinely held belief. But the hypocrisy of the muslim nations as they rant about being offended is intolerable.

Having to watch young people die after a road accident usually gets me

Personally Id like to see a Bond movie that reflects the character that Fleming created. He would come as a bit of a shock to affectionados of the corny Bond flicks. Gadget free, ruthless, lethal and delightfully chauvanistic

Ever checked out some of the weirder track names? For example Pink Floyd's Track entitled; Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together In A Cave And Grooving With A Pict, from the Ummagumma album

Bloody hope we get some colour back on the slopes. Im sick of the dull crap the "designer" labels are serving up today. Ive never liked "deep south" prisonwear

Murrin Murrin (nickle) its' halfway between Laverton and Leonora. 700 souls. 120000L of H2SO4 and a lot of dust.

Rap arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Had an Aussie flick night and watched Bad Eggs, The Nugget and Crackerjack Pissed ourselves, especially with Bad Eggs Mind you it could have been the surfeit of beer and vino

Just finished The Broker by John Grisham it has a very unsatisfying ending, the whole business just falls flat. Nearly completed Kim by Rudyard Kipling, a great book but tedious in places and written in an unusual style. Starting Notes from a small island by Bill Bryson. My 3rd or 4th reading. I have to read it here on the minesite as my wife objects to the bed shaking and chortles if I try to read it at home. Its pissing down here, but we'll be back to 40 degrees plus soon no doubt Happy ski/boarding

I used to think I was imagining that there was a difference in quality between CD and Vinyl. if what Snowglider says is true then the music played on an high quality record player could be more pleasing and not simply the result of Luddite age bias

Its all in the translation apparently I believe "Du hast wurst" in german means to be lucky and another expression states that "that is all sausage to me" meaning it is of no consequence or very common. Yet another says "it depends on the sausage" meaning it is critically important. Strange the things we remember from school aint it

"The less people know about how sausages and laws are made the better they will sleep at night" Otto Von Bismark The "Iron Chancellor of Germany

Thanks mate Ive contacted their prefered agent and am waiting for a reply.

I get the impression that she doesnt know what she is talking about, However she was very quick to suggest Niseko where she could find lots of accomadation for the single skier?! So maybe Rusutsu is not their 'prefered' resort. I may be chasing a set of all mountain skis, late model used or new as the deal I had set up for a pair of Metrons may fall through.

Ive rung Alpineworld again and indeed it is $3500 a week as originally quoted because all the "special" prices they quote are twin share and the cost goes up exponentially if one is on one own.

Thank you, I have sent a request to the powder lodge directly

Ive just had a quote for accommodation in Rusutsu the Powder Lodge and it was $500 a NIGHT!!! is that correct. I mean theyve gotta be kidding right? The quote was from Alpine World in Sydney Oz Im travelling on my own mid Feb and can only stay 7 or 8 nights and have heard that Rusutsu is a good place for powder but at that price I may as well go back to Switzerland again and spend 2 weeks like I did last year.