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Basmati rice us much better for you than wheat products. Chickpeas, lentils or Dahl are all better options than wheat products. Google a list for low GI foods.

Happy Birthday D....almost missed it...

Oh @Boo glitter is one of life's necessities for little girls...I swear I haven't put glitter hairspray in the kids hair for 2 years and there's still glitter in there.

Rain to the North East is the best Chrissy present, Nino/Nina change is good news too.

@Sazerac...those poms always cheat.... Bodyline... dirty cheating poms nearly caused a riot in flipping Adelaide..the stadest town in the land...then ask the pore bloody kiwis about the poms tendency to cheat.

Did ya know Chris that the first registered ice hockey team in Australia was in Darwin...and they were undefeated world champions for 32 years...until they opened a bloody rink in Darwin... Never lost a game, never played on either just won by default when the other teams didn't show up because there was no ice rink in the Territory... A Swiss team showed up once, the game was declared a draw.

The last time it snowed in Werribee was the day before never ever...nope apparently it snowed in Werribee once in the 70s but it was gone in hours. Last time snow fell on Melbourne was 1951...had to google that...Brunswick (suburb) got snow 86.

I remember my first cyclone watch in Darwin....first thing to sell out...beer! I would be super excited to get snow.

Ñnnnnnnoooooooooooo!!!!!! Oh what's wrong with Harry...go on start....

Xmas ... Pronounced either ex-mass or Christmas. Christmas for the non-Christians....or more to the point why write 9 letters when ya can get by with 4.

^^why??? 1970s Johnny Farnham.... I promise @Sazerac he is like the Aussie Rod Stewart...just much less skeezy. There's a completely different version Farnsie did with Olivia Newton-John I found a Harry Connick Jr version even.

Sleep in peace Marie Fredriksson...painfree and at rest.

Yet again I am excluding Bing from the list, cos well Bing and Bowie's version is the one I tolerate the best but it deviates too far from the original. Let me preface this by saying I fricking hate this song (well cepting the Bing n Bowie version). I hated it when I was a kid and I hate it now....but I figured I may as well do one of these xmad polls with a Johnny Cash song for Boo and his version of this is kinda ok. So here they are, your versions to vote on: 1. The Von Trapp Family Singers...the real ones from Austria, not those Julie Andrews Disney crew. 2. Johnny Cash 3. Christine Anu...cos I gotta have me an Aussie ....ah but some of that's not English I hear you say...still Aussie mates, that's Kalaw Lagaw Ya the language from Torres Straight Islands... 4. A klezmer Carol of the drum...surprisingly entertaining if somewhat schizophrenic..worth a listen for the Hawaii 5-0 key change. 5. Etta James....cos Etta James 6. Alex Boye ft Genesis Choir...the clips a bit odd but you can skip to the 1:05 mark....African drums...African line dancing..this goes all out...on a budget. Each has a different sound so have a listen, cast ya vote, post your opinion or your favourite version.

Jacinda is one of the classiest world leaders I have seen in my time...there are a shit tonne of tools out there claiming to be statesmen who should take lessons.

Yep....I could eat a box of red head's a day .. they tasted the best. And I'd get the real cheap black wiper blades, cut them into bits about an inch long and chew on them till they were itty bitty bits of rubber and wash them down with ginger beer. Funny thing though, when I was preggas I couldn't eat Vegemite. For a week or so I lived off vanilla icecream smothered in tomato sauce (ketchup). I also had to get someone else to put the petrol in my car cos I kinda liked the smell at the servo and figured it wasn't healthy for the baby for me to be deep breathing petrol fumes.

So what did you or the missus crave when you were up the duff? What is the wierdest thing someone you know has craved? What do/did you crave each month with ya period? So with the kid, when I wasn't being Linda Blair, I had some not so normal cravings....and some normalise ones. Frosty Fruit Icypoles Mangos Kiwi Fruit with the skin on (would just eat them like apples) Persimmons Watermelon rind (not the nice pink fruit, just the green and white bit on the outside) Burnt match heads Windscreen wiper blades. Now monthly....I crave savoury... Shapes, or dip, or cheese n bickies...or Sakata seaweed rice bickies...or cheesels ....or chicken twisties....sometimes even burger rings.

Stay safe @forestgreen.

Well as it seems to be Australia Day in the Christmas songbook .... Let's just keep the hits coming...

Just wanted to send out prayers to all affected by the Volcano eruption in New Zealand...to those suffering in hospitals all over NZ from their burns may your recoveries be Swift and your suffering eased...to those around the world waiting for news of their loved ones my news by at hand soon, and to the amazing kiwis who rallied to the aid of those affected as always you are an inspiration to us all on what it means to be a mate, finally the first responder heros, who flew their choppers in against advice and got everyone off that they could..thank you for being the selfless heros you are and make sure you take care of you. On a personal note, it's been a long night waiting for news with relos over there on holidays...took a while to hear from everyone but we are lucky and have everyone unharmed and accounted for.

Sydney's bushfire smoke haze today...and expecting 42°C... Stay safe...

Hugh Jackman...carols by candlelight circa before he blew up Hollywood.

Having a cuppa and breathing a sigh of relief. Finally got contact with relos holidaying in NZ and on the cruise ship. All safe, saddly many others won't be as relieved as I am.

You're not alone Lilly lots of us had some degree of being fed up with the whole process...it takes a brave soul to post it.. I know I only wanted to post the positives because I didn't want to put those coming behind off which is stupid thinking. So much better and healthier to put it out there. Just remember you're not quiting.. you have quit, you quit 9 months ago, you are just protecting that quit. ...and doing a bloody good job of it too.