THIS year’s starting allocations have been announced.
The Murrumbidgee has started the year on 28 per cent of what we own.
The NSW Murray has started on 35 per cent.
Victoria Murray has kicked off at 63 per cent. My crow-eating mates have started on their usual lousy 100 per cent.
They must get very annoyed with this.
Their allocation never varies, it just stays on 100 per cent.
Never goes up, never goes down, even in a drought – it is just stuck there.
Poor buggers.
Local man found
Unfortunately, the outcome for our mate Pete wasn’t the one we had hoped for.
Our thoughts are with his family and friends.
Anyone requiring crisis support can call Lifeline’s 24-hour number, 13 11 14, or Beyond Blue, 1300 224 636.
Men needing crisis support can call MensLine, 1300 789 978, 24 hours.
Moulamein Fire Brigade AGM
OUR training night on the first Wednesday of the month has been put off until the AGM on July 24.
If you have ever thought of joining our Moulamein Fire Brigade and Rescue Unit we encourage you to turn up for this night or any first Wednesday night of the month at 6.30pm.
You will be trained, entertained and fed, and soft drinks are free.
National Bowel Cancer Screening Program
GOT in to see my doctor.
Well, it is actually my wife’s doctor as most men do not have doctors – we just go to whoever our wives are seeing.
“We will book you into a specialist,” he said.
“Which one do you want to see?”
I felt like asking for the one with the smallest camera as I knew what was coming.
Now I am off to the next level.
It always puzzles me that you go to see someone that has a “Dr” in front of their name but now when I go to the next level he is called a “Mr”.
Unless you want bad news from a Mr, do your test.
It could save your life.
More rain
WE had about another 7mm or so last Saturday.
We may get a bit more on Monday.
Not much at the time of writing – maybe only a few millimetres – but it will keep everything growing until we get the big one.
Piddling old men
WHILE I am on the subject of heath – especially men’s health – we do not care enough until it is too late.
I was having a beer with a couple of mates the other night.
We got onto the subject of prostate removal and all the stuff I have been through.
I explained that I trained my bladder up to Olympic standards because I didn’t want to be a piddling old man.
One mate said that he was already having trouble, and he is younger than me.
I said that he should start to do his pelvic floor exercises or it would only get worse as he got older.
If he had to have his prostate out he would be wearing man-nappies for the rest of his life.
They come in a blue packet.
My wife would point them out every time we walked down that aisle in the supermarket before the operation.
They even gave me a packet to take home after the operation.
Luckily, I never needed them.
Women have to do their pelvic floor exercises after childbirth.
We have to do them as well, fells.
Just because we are getting old – no other reason.
Especially if we have a farmer’s bladder, when we have to go, we do.
The dogs do it; so can we.
If you do not know how to do these exercises ask your wife.
River levels
OUR Edward is still dropping slightly at around 1.4 metres and just over 100ML a day.
Our Edward will be around this level or lower for the foreseeable future.
I told everyone to check their boats.
Yep, I forgot to check mine.
Bugger.
