Infectious
People all over the world are worried about getting infected! And rightly so. Today (23 June 2020) there are over 9 million confirmed cases in our world of people infected with the COVID-19 virus. Almost a half million people have died. A second wave of new cases has been identified in parts of Austra...
A real tendency in life is to keep looking back. We tend to look back because we remember how life was different back then. Perhaps we have fond memories of yesterday and how great things were. With Mary Hopkins we sing, "Those were the days my friend .... We'd sing and dance forever and a day." Or w...
A badger will not back down. Not even to a snake. Honey badgers have a bite that makes cold-blooded enemies’ blood run even colder. No amount of bee stings will cause the honey badger to retreat from a hoard of honey straight from the hive. If cornered or trapped you will soon discover where we get the phra...
50/50 might not seem like a good proposition. Suppose like 27 year old Adam Lerner in the 2011 film 50/50 you discover you have cancer in your spine and the survival rate for your type of cancer is 50/50. How would you feel? Your mind might become like a pinball machine in your head. Thoughts flip this way and then tha...
Cola is king in Australia. Four of the five most popular soft drinks in Australia are cola flavoured. Coca-Cola is by far the favourite cola drink. Over 5 million Aussies drink Coca-Cola regularly. Altogether, world wide, 1.7 billion servings of Coke products are consumed every day. But did you ...
Over 2 million men in Australia are colour blind! People who are colourblind usually have difficulty with the colours green, yellow, orange and red. The area rug (as seen here) my wife Jeannie recently picked for our lounge area cannot really be appreciated by someone who is colour blind. It was a bit of a stretch for ...
I never want to forget! In my years of ministry I have met many people who have lost their memories. You see this happen among many elderly people. They simply do not remember the past. They don't recognize their loved ones anymore. You might have a long chat with them on the phone, but moments later the me...
I recently replaced three sections of the fence that borders our neighbour's property. Due to the fence location, I first had to build each section and then lift each section into place. How heavy could 3 rails and 25 fence palings be? Well you can only imagine! I could not do this alone. Each section was too hea...
