Thanks for the positive comments, brom friends. Glad you enjoyed it - just sorry you weren't all there. LOL, Andrew, that 100% pay rise sounds good, but my maths is poor - what is 100% of $0? The alien hieroglyphics were most annoying. I now know that one should change the file to text only, when copying and pasting a Word document. The hieroglyphics substituted all the inverted commas, apostrophes, and dots...... which did not show in the preview. Lisa - I know nothing about why there weren't more Aussie hybrids available for sale. Probably distance to get them there would have been a hindrance. Shane Z was selling some of his hybrids, as was Peter T. I can only assume that due to restrictions on O.S. visitors' purchases, the sellers catered more for Aussies - the majority. And yes Gonzer, a splendid time was had for sure! Cheers, Kerry

I seldom get cold, I can sleep through the nightly train that runs through town at 2 am two blocks away and the light doesn't bother me either. I'm short, so the bed is always long enough, but my big travel issue is the bed. I swear that every time I book a motel they quickly arrange to send the same lousy hard bed. I doubt that I can pack a mattress, LOL. Of course, I still sleep on my old king sized waterbed, leftover from my "hippie" days. Elery says when I grow up, I'll get a big girl bed, LOL. I hope not. Clare, on another level, I wat taking some glass to recycle last week and there was a broken picture frame in the bag. Of course, the shard stuck through the bag and into the outside of my left knee. Not one bandaid or other thing in the Jeep except black electrical tape. So, I pulled both edges of the puncture together and taped it with black electrical tape and then drove to the Emergency Room. They know me on a first name basis, LOL, and now they'll talk about that black electrical tape forever. Two stitches later that electrical tape stayed on better than their surgical tape! Carol (dishesdone) tells me that's an "electrician's bandaid". Annie

I will be traveling by air, staying with two separate families for a few days. How do I wrap hostess gifts in my checked luggage without the boxes becoming smashed? If I wait to wrap them when I arrive, I will need scissors and scotch tape, which I don't want to pack.

@Elmer J Fudd - perhaps you haven't read the article, or listened to it on the news -- but recently a woman was traveling and had her name, home address, and cell phone number on her luggage tag. As she was waiting in line to board the flight, she was getting text messages from a total stranger who knew what she was wearing, what flight she was boarding, etc. Once she was seated on the plane, she continued to get text messages from the guy, who wanted her to come sit next to him. He apparently worked for the airline (American Airlines) and wrote that he could use his connections to get her into the elite lounge, seat upgrades, etc. She notified a flight attendant, who told her they've had issues with this guy before. The flight attendant made sure the guy never came near the woman, and when the plane landed, he was removed by security. I think he has also been let go by American. Oh - yes, the guy admitted to her in texts that he'd gotten her from her luggage tag.