Small Pain Dental

I pushed in to see the dentist because a week ago I could feel something but it was vague. He prodded and poked in the area, tapped and scraped, also applied a cold torture device to check feeling was normal. In the end there was nothing to find. OK cheap visit let me out I will see you next time. Just before you go I may as well check the rest of your mouth. OK then.  He did more pokes, cleaned some plaque, applied some fluoride and said all clear. OK I'll be going then.  There is an X-Ray we could do as one section is now two years old. Right let's be doing that then.  Bad news I am afraid. There is a tooth with a large concealed hole under a filling,  sooner rather than later it will break. You're not going anywhere overseas are you? Derr.  OK I suggest you get it pulled out and replaced by an implant tooth drilled into your gum bones. How did I go from a faint pain to a $7000 tooth replacement. 

PB CleanUp

I started this a while back and in one of those fits of energy, Debbie got years of back dated PB records seperated from the folders where I had previously filed them.  Back at the start we were selling  information on paper. So to get on board you also filled out paper forms with all your details, bank accounts, addresses no holding back.  I can remember spending a lot of time in a spreadsheet that recorded this stuff then filing it all away for a rainy day.  Well that rainy day is today.  It has all been tranferred to an online database so this paperwork has to go. Three large boxes were emptied and I literally tore the papers up for added security.  My hands need a rest.

Ride for Recovery

Debbie is trying a range of exercises in order to get some strength back after lying low for a year or so. Getting back after drugs seems to take as much mental effort as dealing with the original problem. The morning was calm and sunny so we got the bikes out for a lap of the town. The bay front was awash with boats getting out for some fishing. Elsewhere there were many dog walkers and bike riders to dodge around and as usual jams of Sunday drivers.

The Man who Died Twice

It has taken a while but I have filled in the missing book title, having jumped clear over this one previously.  The four elderly sleuths are at it again and I have now joined the dots having read book one, book three and now book two.  Bogdan has become somewhat of an enforcer for the the Thursday Murder Club and in this story they needed one.  Somewhere along the way one of these octagenarians is going to get hurt. Netflix have taken up the filming rights again with the same cast playing to this sequel and the film coming out in 2027. However the film strayed well off the storyline last time which put Bogdan in gaol but he is out and active all thru this book.

Ride Mule Save Fuel

Well I can't ride a mule but I can ride a bike especially if you only need one of the shops up the road like the chemist where the packages are always small. I took the long way round though, via the jetties and boat ramps. The whole area there and the beaches are looking good. There was a photographer setting up for that iconic shot with the YouYangs at the end of the pole line. I saw that shot as a microsoft background photo once. They got the caption wrong saying it was in the US of A.  There does not seem to be too much fuss about fuel here. We are paying $2.00 a litre but there are no queues or shortages as yet.

tripod check, long lens check, bikini model ? 

Family History Update

 I did an update on this previously and the research and reporting goes on as it has done for over 30 yar, keeping both grandparents busy for that time. This is a fantastic accumulation of family data laid out in trees, words and photos.  The files are well organised and when you go to unload everything there is a READ ME FIRST file that you cannot miss in the Roberts directory. There is also an addition in the latest usb that includes all the poems and words that Great Grandma has put down in those years. I note that the first date in the tree section goes back to 1729 so at that rate the history will be back to the 1600s by the time my father turns 100 himself. 

In the background here is Mt Roland. I first spied this one on my Honeymoon trip and it took another 30 yar before we went back there to the top of it. Nearby are the caves and also the little known Gog range. This is a good area to get back to nature.

Steele's Rock

 I have known about Steele's Rock for a while but not exactly where it is or how to approach it.  We finally got there yesterday and it's got some surprises.  Maybe it should be called Seal Rock as there were seals sunning themselves, as well as a few more in the water. I did not get in as the tide was low but with a few other rock platforms nearby, the potential is good for a snorkel.  There is also a boat ramp and a small jetty so it could get busy at high tide, which is the down side. Even in the shallowness tinnies were being backed into the water despite touching the bottom.  There was also the passing parade of boats getting in and out of PortArlington.

need more water

Vitamin D on the pier