tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post1110676785035918458..comments2024-03-08T21:26:51.950+08:00Comments on A geriatric grandmother: MUM AND DAD CONTINUE TO PURSUE THEIR DREAMMimsiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-18643352341903117062015-02-05T13:36:16.875+08:002015-02-05T13:36:16.875+08:00No worries my friend, a I know you are always clos...No worries my friend, a I know you are always close by in spirit if not in person.<br /> I wish they'd find the monster out there that sometimes 'swallows' our comments or the one that at times doesn't even allow one to post a comment. Modern technology is wonderful and will be even better when they iron out all the kinks. xxMimsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-5906280220530147002015-02-03T05:23:12.840+08:002015-02-03T05:23:12.840+08:00Hari OM
Just realised that the comment I thought I...Hari OM<br />Just realised that the comment I thought I had left must have been 'swallowed' by the ether - I was here I promise!!! YAM xxYamini MacLeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18383916589808462620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-36220119719340977662015-02-02T17:01:29.385+08:002015-02-02T17:01:29.385+08:00So our neighbours in SA feel somewhat as we in WA ...So our neighbours in SA feel somewhat as we in WA do? Perhaps our 2 states and the NT should all secede and pit our wits against those eastern staters? That would really put the cat among the pigeons.<br />Your vivid imagination is showing when you speak of chips and mash in regard to the volume of spuds grown. I had to mile at that.<br />From what mum and dad said over the years there appeared to be a lot of jealousy between some farmers and, in mum and dad's case, may be resentment that 'new chums' would dare to persevere the way they did. Mimsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-44292417455918833882015-02-02T16:58:23.218+08:002015-02-02T16:58:23.218+08:00Thank you Susan. Even today I still admire the f...Thank you Susan. Even today I still admire the fortitude those two wonderful people had to continue battling on regardless of all setbacks.Mimsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-72953818344516253402015-02-02T16:57:42.305+08:002015-02-02T16:57:42.305+08:00We in Australia in particular do take too much for...We in Australia in particular do take too much for granted and forget the labour involved in production of many food products.Mimsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-52320981485740950302015-02-02T16:56:54.700+08:002015-02-02T16:56:54.700+08:00I couldn't agree more Delores although I think...I couldn't agree more Delores although I think in some countries people still have many uphill battles to earn a living.Mimsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-32293304519679592622015-01-30T14:37:25.894+08:002015-01-30T14:37:25.894+08:00Even now we are still put upon by the Eastern stat...Even now we are still put upon by the Eastern states. I'm sure many of them think there is nothing at all west of the Blue Mountains. Perhaps they should all read blogs and "discover" us. Ha Ha.<br />Interesting story about the potato planting, like I said earlier, I wouldn't have thought a swamp would be at all suitable, but now I've learned that once plowed a swamp settles down. Glad to hear your parents got such good yields, that's a lot of chips and mash!<br />How awful to read of those cows being deliberately let in to that vegetable patch though. Utterly reprehensible!Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-71306558457243810142015-01-30T07:29:52.123+08:002015-01-30T07:29:52.123+08:00The worked involved is staggering! Excellent recou...The worked involved is staggering! Excellent recounting of a hard life.Susan Kanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834094675218254410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-9465298717788945732015-01-30T05:00:47.896+08:002015-01-30T05:00:47.896+08:00Delores is right. The cost of our food in sheer e...Delores is right. The cost of our food in sheer effort is largely hidden.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-31341923549393298352015-01-29T22:03:40.617+08:002015-01-29T22:03:40.617+08:00If people today had to work that hard to survive t...If people today had to work that hard to survive they would just throw up their hands and quit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com