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    7.30am is extraordinarily early. I have never heard of visit at that time - prearranged or otherwise.
    I have observed that some make a special effort to visit people during public holidays - but this is generally an hour or two later - like 10am or 10.30am - never earlier.

    Without context, it is so easy to misinterpret a discussion. Just a thought -is it possible that they were encouraging your elderly friend to ensure that he has arrangements in place to ensure his wishes are followed thru? This is something a family member would ordinarily assist with, and you did say he had no family? Is it also possible that your friend was requesting personal advice on the subject? A step further - is it possible he was asking them how he might arrange for a contribution to be willed to the organisation of Jehovah's Witnesses? None of those contexts are evil or out of hand.

    "My father has had nothing to do with Jw's for over 70 years and when he becomes quite ill and old they surface."

    Let's break that down :

    1. "My father has had nothing to do with Jw's for over 70 years.." - that you know of. He may have been accepting calls from time to time for some time without your knowledge.
    2. '... and when he becomes quite ill and old they surface." - nope! They visit every home with a view to contacting every person they can on a regular basis - they aim to speak with all people.
    If they are not home when they call, they usually try at least two different times, and if still not at home, might leave a small leaflet or tract to show they tried, then try again when that map is re-issued - likely some months away.
    It is also quite possible that with the changing condition of your father he may have mellowed. Where he once made no time for them, he now did so - perhaps even relishing those visits.

    A real sadness is that after a couple have worked their life to provide for their own, instill values in their children to set them on a good path with them now having family of their own, that just when these ones are now time and often asset rich in retirement, their minds bright and filled with wisdom from experience and a desire to pursue personal goals their former circumstances did not allow, that now their bodies deteriorate around them - the hearing and sight fades, medical matters dominate topic of conversation, the knees wobble, and all those hopes and dreams for a planned retirement of adventure together is replaced with a long period of loneliness and relative isolation before succumbing to that great enemy, death. That is the sad reality for most.

    I also understand that on Christmas day few have any desire to celebrate what the occasion is reportedly about, but are more interested in their own entertainment, socializing, getting and receiving gifts, seediness from revelries of the night before followed my more to come.
    With cars to pack, kids to prepare, eski's to fill, salads to prepare, places to go, BBQs to light, visitors to arrive, etc etc...
    Has Santa been? What did he leave me?

    Yeah - Christ is the LAST person on most people's minds at Christmas ! Those pesky Witnesses.... lol
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    Quote Originally Posted by glassngrass View Post

    Yeah - Christ is the LAST person on most people's minds at Christmas ! Those pesky Witnesses.... lol
    And here I was thinking it was Santa's birthday
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    It wasn't Santa's birthday????

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    Humm, finding customers not needing lawns done and a major drop in income, happy to have an extended break though I must say.
    Thank goodness for my commercial clients generating consistant infill work.
    But with temps in mid 30's everyday and this Thur 36, Frid 42, Sat 40, Sun 41, Mon 39, Tue 40 and no rain in sight. Mathematically it equals no grass, just crunchy straw and with the price of water I appear to be the only one watering.
    Cheers Garry

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    your not the only 1 gazza. im grtting customers putting off mows most days and most are 3 weekly only. this is not a good summer
    Indy and proud

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    this, so far, is the worst summer work-wise I recall in 20+ years here on the south coast, dry as a chip; heaven forbid we should get a bush fire




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    Getting a bit of the same..going back tomoz, still have some 'good' regulars that are 2wkly but the rest looking at 3-4 or more wkly and no rain in sight
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    My last scrub tick bite just healed before xmas, and now I got another one yesterday. The bugga was only on for about an hour, but today my right t!t is swollen to the size my ex wife would have been proud of.

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    ha man boobs!!!

    i mean, oh no gross . you ok?

    isnt it bad enough that we have to look out for snakes spiders and now i get to add ticks to that list. yuck
    Indy and proud

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    Kid's toys.....grrrrr. I've got a rental, I txt them the day before....actually I txt them for no reason at all because everytime I get there there's kids toys everywhere. Had a call from the real estate today, apparently the owners are not too happy with the tenants lack of gardening and they'd like a quote to regularly maintain the garden and do some pruning.....so it's not all bad. I took the opportunity to lodge a complaint about the crap they have lying around everywhere.

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    Blaktop -Diecast model cars and other toys can become dangerous projectiles that can damage ya mower, smash thru catcher - and your leg, break a window, etc...
    I recommend you address this immediately with agent - that all care is taken, but you accept no responsibility for damage caused by hitting an unseen item that becomes a projectile, and that any damage or medical bills will be forwarded to them. Otherwise I would withdraw from this job fast - its just not worth the risk.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Blaktop View Post
    Kid's toys.....grrrrr. I've got a rental, I txt them the day before....actually I txt them for no reason at all because everytime I get there there's kids toys everywhere. Had a call from the real estate today, apparently the owners are not too happy with the tenants lack of gardening and they'd like a quote to regularly maintain the garden and do some pruning.....so it's not all bad. I took the opportunity to lodge a complaint about the crap they have lying around everywhere.
    Just hirl em into the bushes!
    Cheers Fred.

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    Default Re: Things that make me grumpy

    windows not shutting down properly on the laptop and having to wait for the battery to go flat before being able to start it again
    Anything Ian says may or may not be garbage, it may also be his own opinion or it may not be his opinion at all, it may just be something he felt like stating anyone following his advice does so at their own risk and may be doing something Ian would actually advise against.
    And if you don't like what Ian has to say use the ignore function if you don't know how ask i will gladly tell you

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    just hold the power button down until it goes off ian.

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    I got so sick of mine playing up I bought a new one last week - unfortunately its got windows bl00dy 8 on it




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