Ingrid Harrison

Hahaha. I thought it was a family member.

He has cankles which could be a sign? 🤞

I’ve heard that if there is a history of arthritis or osteoarthritis in the family you can be susceptible.

*do*

What he’ll to deflect from Epstein.

Ha, what do you reckon?

He just doesn't have the intellect to answer anything with one word.

Love your food porn!

Absolutely. It's just as bad down south even though our temps are about 3-4 deg cooler than yours. We converted our garden into mostly natives years ago, but even our natives are dying either through lack of water or wallabies/possums eating any green stuff. My parsley vanished overnight!

Ours stopped about 10.30-11pm. And today we have some gusty westerlies which will probably undo all of that hydrating effort. At least your temps aren't going to the extremes today. Friday and the weekend though...

Agh. It might start again. Fingers crossed for you and the garden.

Hope for you it does too.
Ours sounds promisingly like it will go for a good part of the night. The frogs in our garden are going berserk with it. Love them.

I think it’s raining in North Melbourne where our kids live.

Definitely raining in Hobart first time in ages. It’s beautiful!!! I feel like standing in it.

Beautiful. But Jon wouldn’t think so.

The best.

Chemist Warehouse is a case in point.

Worse is when they ask you to donate to the latest cause. Can you give 'an extra $2' or similar? That's when they really play on your guilt because you feel bad you're saying no. Just wonder if that $2 actually goes to the cause they're spruiking?

This must be very therapeutic. Looks lovely.

Ah that’s great news for you!! You must have been relieved! But good on you for taking it seriously. It’s certainly nothing to be trifled with.

Not sure what a CK is? Just can’t remember what the doc said it was.

Wow. Clearly parts of our body are barometers to our health.

It was an enzyme that shows the heart is labouring. He didn’t have a heart attack but may well have been close to it. I think elevated troponin levels are a result of damage to the heart muscle following an attack?

Absolutely!!

It was the bloods that showed a discrepancy for him. Some enzyme from his heart was elevated and by the time he got to hospital it had doubled in its elevation so he was in dangerous territory. The ECG was not clear.

Shoulder pain is a real thing apparently. And it’s more shoulder blades than the actual shoulder. A woman in the same rehab class as hubby had ear lobe pain!! Fortunately she also checked it out. Better to have some weird symptom than go straight to the heart attack!

So sensible to check it out. 15 years ago, husband felt odd at the gym on a Saturday, next day at gym had back shoulder pain. Went to the doc on Monday who took a 'fuzzy' ECG so ordered bloods. Tuesday morning rung early and told to go straight to hospital. Five bypasses later. Now fine.

Absolutely! I cringed when I saw the PM's tribute, knowing full well how Jon would respond to it.

Definitely down after a very slow period. Apparently server problems - their end.

Two cops holding down one person punching them in the kidneys and head just to get their hands tethered is not looking after anyone! That's pure violence right there.
I am so sorry for your son too.

These images are vile to watch and to know this is our country and not the US!

This was appalling. It's not our Australia!

Fantastic story - thanks for sharing!

Lessons from political cartooning After being diagnosed with an inoperable glioblastoma, The Saturday Paper’s editorial cartoonist took time to consider what really matters – and it is not politics.

Vale Jon Kudelka (1972-2026). He was one of the sharpest political cartoonists this country has ever produced. He saw through the folly and cant but never let it dim his own warmth or decency. Thoughts are with his family. You can read his essay on cartooning here:

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