Recent content by Leonie

We've been going through another lot of devastating floods. Flooded roads, at least one lost life, and people being evacuated from their homes to refuge centres. My heart goes out to them. We've lived in a flood-prone area. The fear never quite leaves you. We moved 18months ago to a...

I'm an adoptee who made contact with a half-brother some 25 or so years ago when adoption records were first opened here. We are still in regular contact. There is a half-sister too, but she decided against contact. My biological mother died young and I still have very limited information...

Jim Carrey

Have you tried using the message function? You won't be able to send her a friend's request, but I thought you could still message her. I can message her for you if you like.

I wonder if this is the Tami Jane you mentioned. https://www.facebook.com/Tamijaneheals I'm not sure, but I think you can still message people on Facebook even if you aren't a Facebook user. Might be worth sending her a message to ask if she is the reporter. She seems to be a Facebook...

So many cool animals to choose from but I think maybe a Potoroo. It was just on dusk and it hopped across the road in front of us, like a miniature kangaroo. I'd never seen one in the wild before, nor since for that matter.

The whole Guy Fawkes night thing petered out here in the 70s when fireworks were banned for the general public. But I remember having a bonfire in the backyard when I was a kid and I loved 'cracker night' as we called it back then. Now it seems that every organisation, (churches, football...

Me three. The billy lids like 'em as well.

An Elephant in the City. Brisbane City. An artwork called 'The World Turns'. It was quite controversial when it first appeared.

I often ask Siri to find something for me, like an address. She will inevitably say "Is this the one you are looking for?" I almost always answer with "Yes, thank you." I find it really difficult to drop the 'thank you'. It feels unfinished somehow, to just say 'yes'. It amuses my partner...

As 'Feelslikefar' said - She was a typist!!! I have some sympathy for ordinary people who find themselves under the rule of evil people. A 19-year-old typist would have been under pressure to do as she was told, not make waves, probably both from her superiors and her parents. It would take...

Do these count? Not the real thing, but I think they're cute. A pair of salt and pepper earrings, or charms. They used to hang from sleepers. I don't wear dangly earrings much anymore, but I always loved these tiny little salt and pepper shakers so they still live in my jewellery box.

Only a couple of weeks ago a male friend around my age (76) confided that a slightly younger woman slipped a note into his pocket, asking if he would like to go for coffee sometime. They had recently met doing some volunteering work. Maybe women are becoming bolder now that we are older and...

I'm not sure that's true anymore senior chef, probably never was. We have our ways. ;) But, it's probably the way men see it. I remember that line in 'Cleopatra' where it is said that 'she chooses in the manner of a man, rather than waiting to be chosen' or something like that. Cleo had...

I can't say I've ever been bullied in forums. And yes I consider ridicule as bullying if it is carried on rather than a one-off. There have been occasional differences of opinion. I choose not to engage for the most part. I can't really see the point. In most discussions between people with...