Friday, July 17th, 2009
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9:24 pm - Barn owl release
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Releasing the barn owl. She was unhappy with being shoved into the little travel cage, but that was the only way to get her into the car.
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Thursday, July 16th, 2009
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6:08 pm - A gift for me!
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I was picking up an injured barn owl from the vet's and she said "This is for you." and handed me a plastic promotional gimmick. It is an inflatable toy intestinal parasite. Specifically, a hook worm. Ancylostoma caninum
Wormstrum is now hanging in my office.
current mood:  pleased
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Monday, July 13th, 2009
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12:41 pm - Moobs.
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Manboobectomy on the 10th August.
I had to grit my teeth and dip into my private insurance - which I have to cover emergencies and ambulance - and get it done privately, thus abandining Medicare.
This has nothing to do with Medicare. It's because the Base Hospital is run by Western Area Health who can't organize a piss-up in a brewery and waste a fortune on admin while doctors and suppliers go unpaid. Medicare, a Federal body, has no say in the running of WAH, which is a State body. The surgeons at the Base Hospital (including my surgeon) wanted to set aside one theatre for emergency operations but WAH decided it would be too much lost revinue and denied their request, adding that if they insisted then the doctor's contracts will not be renewed. So now the Base Hosptial is down to one surgeon and all but essential surgeries are cancelled.
So I have to go private - with increased insurance premiums and excesses and a gap between the doctor's bill and my insurance payment - if I want this to happen this year.
current mood: worried
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Sunday, July 12th, 2009
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10:44 am - Dreamwidth Codes
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Saturday, July 11th, 2009
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3:45 pm - Escape Diary Day 130
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Today they made me sit for ID photos. I look hideous in them! I think they use a special lens.
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3:42 pm - From the back yard.
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1:20 pm - Animal Notes
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Currently in care
Young southern freetailed bat. She was in a log destined for firewood. When the chainsaw stopped the bat tumbled out of the hollow, having missed the slashing chain o'death by millimetres.I'll keep her until the nights warm a little.
Adult peewee. The bird was tumbled by the wind off a car and injured her wing. It's not broken, but it droops instead of sitting tight against her side when she relaxes A few more weeks in care and she'll be releasable. Maybe.
Adult sulfur crested cockatoo. Someone caught this wild bird and clipped its wings to make it pet. I'm afraid it takes more than clipped wings to make a cocky a pet. Attempt to pat this one and you'll lose blood, and maybe a finger. It will stay in care until it moults and grows new feathers, then I can be rid of it. Bloody thing is dangerous which is why it's previous captors let it go, I suppose.
Pets:
Snowy, my brother's maltese terrier, has blown a cruciate ligament in his left knee. The vet looked the dog in the eyes and said "I'm afraid your days of playing Football are over." Snowy wagged his tail. The dog's tiny weight means he can survive happily without an operation to rectify the problem - just some muscle strengthening will work. A larger dog would need the operation.
Max loves bird seed.
Lying on your back in the sun attracts rabbit-like creatures. Max moves to almost-but-not-quite patting range and flops down beside me.
Polly spends most of her time at Mum and Dad's - they needs a guard dog in the yard. Polly is an utter wuss but she has a go-away bark that has to be heard to be believed.
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Thursday, July 9th, 2009
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4:15 pm - Good, clean internet censorship.
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Wednesday, July 8th, 2009
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4:31 pm - Can you hag?
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Wookey Hole Caves is advertising for a witch.
"Wookey Hole HR has accordingly been advised that under sexual discrimination law, unless it can provide documentary proof that the original witch was female (which would allow them to advertise for women only according to the exclusion to Employment and Training Law No.1661 (2003), pt.II, para 7, clause (a) – no, honestly), it can’t issue a gender-specific JD. Since Wookey Hole can’t furnish the required, legally binding proof, it has had to accept that the post might eventually be awarded to a man.
The authorities hope that Wookey Hole will employ a trans-gender witch, preferably recruited via a youth training initiative."
current mood:  amused
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Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
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1:41 pm - Heaps of trouble
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Thursday, July 2nd, 2009
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10:42 pm - Pugsley Bob.
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From This:
To this:
In 9 months. Puggle no more!
And in other news, the Zoo's male echidna is as randy as hell and the Zoo is looking for a mate for him. I'm glad Bob was released when she was, otherwise the zoo would have kept her in the exhibit.
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8:41 pm - Pugsley Bob Release Day
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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
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9:09 pm - Polly hard at work
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Monday, June 29th, 2009
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5:58 pm - 2012
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I seriously can't wait for the world to not end in 2012. I'm tired of reading about the Mayan calendar finishing in that year and predicting the end of everything. Why does the world end?
Our calendar ends in December every year, and instead of the world ending we just go to January. 2013 is the Mayan January. Get over it.
current mood:  grumpy
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2:42 pm - TISM's moment of prophesy
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Sunday, June 28th, 2009
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4:22 pm - The Dish
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11:37 am - Here we go again.
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Friday, June 26th, 2009
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9:47 am - Crop Circle Mystery
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Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
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11:06 pm - Seen on Twitter
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MSOfficeus tweets: "Do you know what your users loose if you don't pair Outlook with Exchange? Detailed features = http://bit.ly/rwXQg ^MT"
Why would you pair Outlook and Exchange if it keeps your detailed features imprisoned and bound in chains? Free those detailed features! Don't use Outlook and Exchange!
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Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009
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9:07 pm - What Rabbit?
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As I pulled in to the driveway last night, I noticed the people 2 doors up were back from holidays and so were their dogs. I wondered where Max was; I couldn't see him in the street or front yard. One quick inspection of the back yard later, and I found him lazing near the dog kennel in the little shed yard. I took the spare panel of aviary mesh and a rake, and blocked off the gate. A couple of days in solitary won't hurt him. I then spent some time rabbit-proofing the yard -- again -- until I was satisfied he won't get out. I think I have delayed the next escape by about a week. We'll see.
current mood: amused
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