Hello everyone, this cold morning is causing my brain to shift into neutral and not want to work right, anyway what is Jo-Anne thinking about this morning, other then being frustrated with the pain in my back, feeling my jaw move and and the internet being a bitch and not working.

Well I had a visit from my sister Sue yesterday that was nice we both had a cry over the way our children can treat us at times, she has 4 children and feel like at any given time she will say or do the wrong thing causing someone not to want to talk to her, my girls can be just as bad at times with me not knowing what the hell I said or did to piss them off. This is not a problem I remember mum and dad ever having with me or my siblings.

This morning I had a text from my brother saying him and his wife would like to come over on Saturday just to see us because they haven’t seen me in ages.

I ordered some writing paper from Wish (over the internet) and stuffed up one lot of it is small note size paper, I must have read the description wrong, oh well I will use it for something it is just frustrating. Buying nice writing paper isn’t easy partly because I don’t get to the shops in person to have a look around.

I feel that no one really wants to take me shopping because I walk so slow and need to stop and rest often, unless we take the wheelchair and someone pushes me which they don’t like doing. I could take the scooter but they girls say they don’t know how to take it apart and it won’t fit in their cars. So I am stuck at home shopping online when the bloody internet is working and not freezing and being a bitch.

The above photo is how I looked after my granddaughters did my face.

Well here we are at another Thursday, and another post about working life in the 1890’s.

The number of unions grew between 1855 and 1885 as the old craft unions were joined by mining, industrial, manufacturing and pastoral spheres unions.

A symbol of the growing influence of unions was the building of a Trade Hall in Melbourne in 1859 by the National Trades Hall and Literary Institute. This was claimed to be the first build of its type in the world, the early timber building was replaced in 1876 by a fine Greek-revival Trades Hall building. A Trades and Labour Council was formed in Sydney in 1871 and the Melbourne Trades Hall Council was formed in 1884.

Let’s move on to working conditions, the first factory act in Australia regulating the employment of females in workrooms and factories was passed in Victoria in 1873. Hours were limited to eight and a minimum provision of 25 cubic metres of air space per person male or female was stipulated.

These new laws, however, didn’t effect conditions for all workers, there were many “home” or “out” workers who were paid at non-union rates. Homework was work taken home by factory hands after hours and paid for by the piece. Outwork was done by people in their homes and was not therefore subject to union conditions. There were also many small workplaces with fewer then 10 people employed which fell outside the 1873 Factory Act provision.

More about conditions next week.

After a few stinking hot days, today will be much cooler with a top of 27 degrees instead of being in the low 30’s. Today is the day for some Aussie slang.

Dobber: Someone who tells on others just to see them get into trouble

Kero: Kerosene

Milk Bar: Corner shop that sells take away food

Mongrel: Despicable person

Mug: A friendly insult or a gullible person

Hello Tuesday time for another creature and this week it is a Giraffe, this I am sure we have all heard of.

There is no other land animal on earth as tall as the giraffe, if you stood on the second floor of a building a giraffe could easily look in on you through the window. Why is this well because its neck is as long as its legs about 1.8m and its feet are the diameter of a dinner plate.

In fact everything about the giraffe is oversized its heart is 60cm long and its tongue stretches up to half a metre. It has a black tongue which protects it from the harsh sun in Africa.

The pattern of a giraffe’s coat is unique just like our fingerprints. The shape of the patterning reflects where they live in Africa.

Females give birth throughout the year and usually reach sexual maturity between the ages of five and seven years. Males reach sexual maturity between seven and eight years of age and travel extensively to detect and investigate females receptive to mating.

They can live as long as 25 years.

Aside from humans,crocodiles and lions are giraffe’s only predators. However, due to their size, giraffes do not hide from these predators. They are able to protect themselves from predators by staying in groups, as it makes it more challenging for the predator.

Hello Tuesday time for another creature and this week it is a Giraffe, this I am sure we have all heard of.

There is no other land animal on earth as tall as the giraffe, if you stood on the second floor of a building a giraffe could easily look in on you through the window. Why is this well because its neck is as long as its legs about 1.8m and its feet are the diameter of a dinner plate.

In fact everything about the giraffe is oversized its heart is 60cm long and its tongue stretches up to half a metre. It has a black tongue which protects it from the harsh sun in Africa.

The pattern of a giraffe’s coat is unique just like our fingerprints. The shape of the patterning reflects where they live in Africa.

Females give birth throughout the year and usually reach sexual maturity between the ages of five and seven years. Males reach sexual maturity between seven and eight years of age and travel extensively to detect and investigate females receptive to mating.

They can live as long as 25 years.

Aside from humans, crocodiles and lions are giraffe’s only predators. However, due to their size, giraffes do not hide from these predators. They are able to protect themselves from predators by staying in groups, as it makes it more challenging for the predator.

Ok I have written about our constitution and how we don’t have what some would call a bill of rights, we do have a few constitutional rights which are.

Right to vote but not for aborigines until I think 1962

Right to trial by jury in certain cases but not all

Right to be paid a fair price if the government compulsory acquires your property

Freedom of religion

Protection against discrimination base on which state you lived in

We also have free trade between states and the right to remain silent is recognised by all states and federal courts.

There have been 44 referendums with only 8 changes being approved the last referendum was in 1999 about Australia becoming a republic since we are not that didn’t get approved. The constitution can only by altered by a referendum and to succeed a majority of voters nationwide and states (4 out of 6) must approve the changes. Our next referendum is on the 14 October 2023.

Another cold morning only 8 degrees as I type this.

Tim realised he hadn’t heard from the ATO so go online and checked it out and no he had forgotten to submit his tax return which is ok as he forgot to add a couple of deductions which he will do and submit it tomorrow, he can’t submit today as he can’t find the right information.

Sam brought over some Ferrero Rocher’s that his mum didn’t want.

Up dressed and ready for the day, I am in long pants again, went to get my class of milk only to find it had gone off, use by date was today and it was half full so annoying.

I am off to the doctors this morning about my left arm which I still have little strength and movement in it.

He said I am I doing all I can for the arm but suggested I have physio in January if still have limited movement.

Tim has been taken off a medication which he thought was for restless legs but is a nerve pain tablet.

Had a good night, but this morning I didn’t have my normal morning wash as I was on the toilet when Tim came in saying he needed to go, so I left the bathroom.

I came out and started getting things set up opening the screen doors so the daylight can come through when daylight arrives. By the time Tim had finished and gone back to bed I lost interest in having a wash.

The shopping arrived at 8am of course some stuff has not come.

Tim went to his podiatrist appointment, all went well. She mentioned to Tim about my feet, he didn’t remember me telling him about them and how I have to show the neurologist.

Had a night of weird dreams not upsetting dreams just weird, including a visit from my Uncle Ronnie, Sandy came with him. Uncle Ronnie has passed, Sandy has not.

Kathy dropped Summer off at 8.45am.

Tim at last did his tax return and lodged it.

Sandy and Denni came over to pick up the letter I printed out for her, I told her about my dream.

We bought pizza for lunch getting Summer what she wanted plain cheese.

An early start to the day as I found myself awake and needing to pee, so I got up at 4.40am.

When I opened the front door I noticed Jess wasn’t home yet but she arrived home around 5.20am.

Started raining around 7am and it was heavy rain for a while but the day has mostly been dry.

At around 4pm someone arrived about the roof he had an order to put a tarp over it. However,he did more then that, I will ask Tim about what he did tomorrow.

In for another hot day, I have long pants on this morning but I suspect I will change into shorts around 10am.

I went in at 9.30 and changed into shorts for the day. Had a bad morning as in a lot of shaking and being unable to focus as in concentrate on anything,

things improved by around 10ish.

It has been a hot day turned the air con on at midday.

Asked Tim about the roof got a little info about it like the guy will be back on Saturday to do more stuff and that there was cracked tiles.

The internet is running pretty slow this morning and it isn’t bothering me at all which is good I have a lot I want to do on it but no point getting in a tizz over it, won’t change anything just give me a headache.

Another very warm day.

Tasha is going out tonight with some friends from the gym she is getting a lift from a mate. She had Tim hem a black jacket she wants to take with her.

She borrowed the car in order to get Blain and Subway for him this afternoon.