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Tuesday, November 27, 2007

What's in a name.

My name is Reg. Yes you say, easy to write down, easy to spell, No. I have on a lot of occasions been asked how my name is spelt. When I worked full time, some five or so years ago a lot of my work was telephone work, order placement and checking on order availability. I received some faxes on four different occasions with my name spelt Wredge , Redge, Rich, and best of the lot Rage. I do not know but I assume about 7 to 8 million Australians renew their Rego every year. The name Reg also seems to have a comical connotation for instance . If you watch The Bill the character Reg Hollis is often treated as not being the full quid. John Cleese played a union official in biblical times named Reg in The life of Brian, and in the television series Goodnight Sweetheart the policeman Reg is treated as having a screw loose. One well known personality was once quoted as saying "with a name like Reg Dwight I was not going to go anywhere," so he changed his name to Elton. I will excuse any Kiwi for calling me Ridge.

Friday, November 23, 2007

One in a million.

The gentleman above is Don, he featured in a program last night called RPA. If you are Australian you will know it is about people for one reason or another have been patients of the RPA hospital. This gentleman suffered from from a rare medical condition that goes by the name of Insulinoma. This is caused by a tumour on the pancreas, and it is life threatening as Don found out. My wife had this condition, it started in December of '91 and we went through a very stressful year of fits and blackouts not knowing what was wrong. Our doctor sent Hazel to see a specialist in Brisbane who at the time insisted Hazel had developed epilepsy, and who at one time became rather irate when we questioned the epilepsy angle. After having one very bad turn in October of '92 I had to take her to Ipswich hospital, she was not going to come out of the fit that she was in. After about 2 weeks in Ipswich she was sent to the PA hospital for further tests. The outcome was a surgeon by the name of doctor Hartley did an exploratory operation on Hazel, he found what he had suspected, an Insulinoma the size of a pea. I have never seen anyone come out of an operation instantly cured. Apparently people with this condition are one in a million. I have been telling Hazel this ever since we have been married.

Sunday, November 11, 2007

Happy child

Watch this with a straight face.