Tearful Goodbye

I attended my uncle's funeral which was held today at Pinnaroo. It was a lovely service, but if I hear Celine Dion's My Heart Will Go On again I will smash something!

Being an ex SAS man, there were a lot of Vietnam veterans and other soldiers (some still serving) there.

I had forgotten some of the funnier things he used to do like mow his front lawn in his speedo's so as to give the women in the neighbourhood a thrill (his words, not mine) or even to mow the next-door-neighbours lawn because it hadn't been done properly.

After the service, we all headed down to Campbell Barracks, where the wake was held in a reception hall and fulfilled his wish for it to be a bloody good party.

Family Health Crisis Cont.

You may recall from my previous post that my uncle was receiving treatment for an inoperable brain tumour.

Sadly, we have just found out that he died earlier this evening. His funeral will be later this week.

It feels as though, ever since my Grandma died, our family only gets together at funerals. Whereas before she died, we used to get together at Christmas, her birthday and Mother's Day.

It's sad really...

Random Facts 16

1. In France, it is illegal for a person to kiss another on railways.


2. A person uses approximately 57 sheets of toilet paper each day.


3. An office desk has 400 times more bacteria than a toilet.


4. The blue whale weighs 50 tonnes at birth, and as much as 150 tonnes fully grown.


5. Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury.


6. The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred & Wilma Flintstone.


7. Men can read smaller print than women. Women can hear better.


8. Graffiti is the Italian word for ‘scratched drawings’.


9. Daily, the human race grown by about 214,000 people.


10. A firefly is a type of beetle.