Public Address | Cafe | Southerly: I Fell Down https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address Kumara Republic https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362303#post362303 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362303#post362303 It may take another 100 years or so but I see this as a step towards a more equitable and safer world, and yes those of us in the West will not end up financially better off, we can ameliorate that if we do something about all that capital going… ]]> Tue, 14 Jun 2016 15:06:03 +1200 Joe Wylie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362281#post362281 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362281#post362281 I've always thought the way that Key keeps snuggling up to Ma is quite cute...
Perhaps he'll flog DOC off to Jack Ma. Maggie would love the photo op.

]]> Tue, 14 Jun 2016 08:48:54 +1200 Paul Campbell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362280#post362280 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362280#post362280 Tue, 14 Jun 2016 08:27:04 +1200 Joe Wylie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362266#post362266 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362266#post362266 The way I see it those of us in the West have a lot of privilege, we've built a civilisation on the backs of exploiting the 3rd world, I think it's time we shared the wealth.

I guess the late Australian Ken Morley was driven by similar sentiments when he…

]]> Mon, 13 Jun 2016 21:04:22 +1200 Paul Campbell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362262#post362262 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362262#post362262 On the other hand, assembling widgets has traditionally been a ladder of opportunity for those who’ve never won the social lottery of privilege. Now, credentialism is king thanks to the Wild-Westernisation of the labour market, among other factors.

I agree, but whether we like or not we're playing in an…

]]> Mon, 13 Jun 2016 19:32:08 +1200 Kumara Republic https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362225#post362225 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362225#post362225 Actual manufacturing is, well, boring, I have a cheap pick&place machine, I do occasional (very) small manufacturing runs, it stops being fun fast. On the other hand visiting Shenzhen and hanging out with the growing western hardware hacker communitity is a lot of fun (well except for that whole Legionaires' thing).… ]]> Mon, 13 Jun 2016 12:04:28 +1200 Paul Campbell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362208#post362208 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362208#post362208 Sat, 11 Jun 2016 23:39:13 +1200 Paul Campbell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362199#post362199 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362199#post362199 And the of economics of scale is an interesting dilemma when we talk about small electronics. It’s cheaper to have them produced offshore, but it’s more rewarding to make them at home. But that also depends a lot on what part of the process the maker is most interested in.… ]]> Sat, 11 Jun 2016 16:32:59 +1200 Paul Campbell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362189#post362189 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362189#post362189 The thing I like about making the one offs on the mill is the potential to make them look aesthetically cool. I like the possibility of making steam punk hybridised electronics ( I’m thinking out load now ). You know how the mackintosh computer showed its inner workings during the… ]]> Fri, 10 Jun 2016 22:00:11 +1200 David Haywood https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362181#post362181 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362181#post362181 Steven Crawford wrote:

would it be cheating if I used zero ohm resisters as bridges to get me over to the earth side?

I've certainly done many more inelegant things than that to make a circuit board work, Steven!

Paul Campbell wrote:

Has Bob learned to solder yet?

Yes, he…

]]> Fri, 10 Jun 2016 19:32:08 +1200 Paul Campbell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362173#post362173 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362173#post362173 I’m stuck! my layout is a rats nest and I’ve been up till 3am trying resolve this puzzle:-) it’s like being stuck in a maze :-) would it be cheating if I used zoro ohm resisters as bridges to get me over to the earth side? :-)

No – we…

]]> Fri, 10 Jun 2016 17:12:28 +1200 Moz https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362169#post362169 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362169#post362169 Fri, 10 Jun 2016 16:24:53 +1200 Moz https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362166#post362166 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362166#post362166 I'm stuck! my layout is a rats nest

Heh. I work with someone who describes himself as "a professional connect-the-dots player" because he designs circuit boards. It can get pretty nasty when you get up past 3 layer boards with fast chips so it's all about the RF. I feel…

]]> Fri, 10 Jun 2016 14:44:38 +1200 Bart Janssen https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362156#post362156 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362156#post362156 learning to not get discouraged and try and debug and fix things when they don’t work is an important life skill

I'm an occasional woodworker and one of the most powerful lessons was learning how to fix mistakes in wood. It turns out that woodworking books are full of neat…

]]> Fri, 10 Jun 2016 13:14:42 +1200 Paul Campbell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362155#post362155 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362155#post362155 That’s exactly what I was after six (my God time goes so quickly) years ago – thank you so much! Bob and I will need to make some PCBs later this year so that information is super-helpful.

Has Bob learned to solder yet? if not I'll send you a kit…

]]> Fri, 10 Jun 2016 13:07:42 +1200 David Haywood https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362152#post362152 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362152#post362152 Many thanks, Paul Brislen, Hilary Stace, and Lilith for your supportive and motivating words!

Moz wrote:

I feel better about my welded angle iron bench now, it only weighs twice (ish) what I do.

I most thoroughly approve — nothing worse than a wobbly bench (well okay, cancer & Hitler, etc.…

]]> Fri, 10 Jun 2016 12:43:08 +1200 David Hood https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362151#post362151 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362151#post362151 As it happens, the Atlantic is running a maker space series of articles at the moment

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/06/why-the-maker-movement-matters-agility/486293/

]]> Fri, 10 Jun 2016 12:42:39 +1200 Paul Campbell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362150#post362150 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362150#post362150 I cut the circuit boards out on the mini mill using open source software from MIT.

I teach PCB design at the local Makerspace (I can get most people up and productive in an hour or two). Most people don't have access to a mill, but these days cheap proto…

]]> Fri, 10 Jun 2016 11:54:59 +1200 Bart Janssen https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362149#post362149 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362149#post362149 indispensable for cutting

Can I suggest GIANT LASERS!

and for those who like giant lasers http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1613/?lang

]]> Fri, 10 Jun 2016 11:01:51 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362141#post362141 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362141#post362141 It’s good that Bob demystifies the perils of technical jargon – especially the latently dangerous confusion between ‘awls’ and ‘owls’…

CARTOON CREDIT:Jack Ziegler, National Lampoon, Oct. 1974.
http://scienceofparenthood.com/jack-ziegler/

http://www.newyorker.com/cartoons/bob-mankoff/the-journey-of-a-thousand-cartoons

http://www.tcj.com/jack-ziegler-the-voice-of-middle-america/

]]> Fri, 10 Jun 2016 07:39:32 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362140#post362140 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362140#post362140 Wet-ware wolves?
... and all I’ve got to show for it is a chip on my shoulder
... I knew once they got on people's wrists that they'd migrate towards the brain – "Take me to your leader" – there is no outrunning the Singularity!
;- )

]]> Fri, 10 Jun 2016 07:30:24 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362139#post362139 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362139#post362139 And also I’d hate to turn Public Address into TV3. ...
Just give it a go – embed a YouTube video in a post.
If it works out we could look for a sponsor for you
TV Free...
...with input from Dr H & Progeny and Steven C,
it could be…

]]> Fri, 10 Jun 2016 07:20:41 +1200 Lilith __ https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362132#post362132 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362132#post362132 My dad used to be in charge of safety at Fletchers many years ago, and he is a fan of starting people young. He reckons the scariest thing he’s ever seen was a class of fine art students let loose in a carpentry workshop (this from a man who was… ]]> Thu, 09 Jun 2016 21:54:46 +1200 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362131#post362131 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362131#post362131 And also I’d hate to turn Public Address into TV3. I’m still mulling over this as a possibility, though…

Just give it a go – embed a YouTube video in a post.

If it works out we could look for a sponsor for you ...

]]> Thu, 09 Jun 2016 21:45:00 +1200 Moz https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362130#post362130 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362130#post362130 Thu, 09 Jun 2016 21:26:20 +1200 Hilary Stace https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362128#post362128 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362128#post362128 Thank you for the Bob Channel – what a viewing treat. Why am I not surprised that school doesn't suit him? And I love Polly's narrative as she builds the stile.

David, your earthquake reports were very important for me, and I'm sure for many others, as they were so…

]]> Thu, 09 Jun 2016 20:53:04 +1200 Moz https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362126#post362126 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362126#post362126 Have you tried the AEG tools from Bunnings?

Are you a mind reader? I have their sliding compound mitre saw in the shed, and have been eyeing off a couple of other mains tools. I bought a Panasonic 14.4V LiIon battery drill a few (maybe ten?) years ago to replace…

]]> Thu, 09 Jun 2016 20:37:08 +1200 Paul Brislen https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362123#post362123 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362123#post362123 Lovely to have you back David. Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans, I've discovered.

Write a little each day and you'll be amazed where you get to. I have written almost one hundred thousand tweets and all I've got to show for it is a chip…

]]> Thu, 09 Jun 2016 20:23:14 +1200 David Haywood https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362121#post362121 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362121#post362121 Thu, 09 Jun 2016 19:57:33 +1200 David Haywood https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362116#post362116 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362116#post362116 This photo from yesterday shows what happens to people who don’t go to school, Bob!

Wow, Bob & Polly very impressed and now both vowing they won't go to school any more so they can build huge steel things like you! (I'm bloody impressed too!)

]]> Thu, 09 Jun 2016 17:30:51 +1200 David Haywood https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362109#post362109 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362109#post362109 Thanks, Johnathan M! But, oh dear, that surface planer doesn’t reflect well on Machinery House at all – no springs under the knives is quite a few cost-cutting steps too far (and I bloody hate it when fences move); I may have to rescind my previous kind words.

On the…

]]> Thu, 09 Jun 2016 16:03:58 +1200 JonathanM https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362103#post362103 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362103#post362103 Really enjoyed reading the post, David. And loved the previous building one as well. I look forward to a new video from Bob (or Polly!) showing up at youtube. Always entertaining and informative – really an inspiration.

Regarding machineryhouse, I've had some good and some bad. They are cheap, though!…

]]> Thu, 09 Jun 2016 14:58:37 +1200 David Haywood https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362092#post362092 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362092#post362092 The youtube stuff is strangely engaging, something about a small boy with clear diction who obviously understands what he’s doing.

Thanks, Moz, hopefully Bob’s enthusiasm comes across, if nothing else!

I was paying $250/year just for tank rental for one small tank of gas for my welder.

I feel your…

]]> Thu, 09 Jun 2016 12:06:31 +1200 Moz https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362085#post362085 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362085#post362085 The youtube stuff is strangely engaging, something about a small boy with clear diction who obviously understands what he's doing. Possibly also a bit of jealousy that he has a better workshop and better teacher than I ever did as a child.

I'm slightly involved with a local maker-space which…

]]> Thu, 09 Jun 2016 10:00:34 +1200 David Haywood https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362074#post362074 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362074#post362074 Can I just say I for one really enjoyed the building post…

Gosh, well I'm certainly delighted that someone liked it — thank you! My son keeps suggested that I should move into video format for my building/engineering work, which I can see would be a much more effective means…

]]> Thu, 09 Jun 2016 07:42:46 +1200 kiwicmc https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362072#post362072 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362072#post362072 Can I just say I for one really enjoyed the building post...

http://publicaddress.net/southerly/how-i-became-a-grumpy-old-builder-in-microcosm/

]]> Thu, 09 Jun 2016 07:30:55 +1200 David Haywood https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362071#post362071 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362071#post362071 Bob's YouTube channel, Lilith, he's always so delighted whenever that (very infrequently) occurs! Bob and I had a lot of off-camera discussion about cyclones and did a few rough experiments. Maybe we should go back and do a more in-depth explanation; cyclones are such… ]]> Thu, 09 Jun 2016 06:42:29 +1200 Conrad Heine https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362069#post362069 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362069#post362069 Well, I've enjoyed your irregular musings, especially those from Scotland, but great to have you back more fully. Must be quite a thing, creating in the same space with a completely different view out the window.
I hope I'll catch you in Dunsandel in November/December... and I'll even shift a…

]]> Thu, 09 Jun 2016 03:33:57 +1200 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362068#post362068 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362068#post362068 Thu, 09 Jun 2016 01:22:15 +1200 Jane Pearson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362058#post362058 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362058#post362058 Wed, 08 Jun 2016 20:56:24 +1200 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362050#post362050 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362050#post362050 As an early subscriber to Bob’s channel,

I'd watch it more if it didn't make me feel so parentally inadequate.

]]> Wed, 08 Jun 2016 18:55:49 +1200 Lilith __ https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362046#post362046 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362046#post362046 David, how wonderful to hear from you! You've been much missed around these parts. I'm sorry about your Grandfather, and, holy crap, what your Dad's been through.

As an early subscriber to Bob's channel, I have long been impressed not only with Bob's obvious smarts and his clear explanations, but…

]]> Wed, 08 Jun 2016 17:35:47 +1200 David Haywood https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362035#post362035 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362035#post362035 Thank you Jolisa, Rob, Pohutukawa, ’Big’ Bob, Moz, Bart & Alfie for your very kind thoughts!

Steven Crawford wrote:
it just occurred to me to ask if you and Bob are counting in sixtys on your hands during engineering day

I’ve asked Bob and he is aware of Base 60, but…

]]> Wed, 08 Jun 2016 15:48:19 +1200 Alfie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362031#post362031 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362031#post362031 You know those friends you have, that move away and it’s like years between the times you see them, neither of you are the daily writing to each other types so you have no contact.

And then you are in the same town and you meet up for coffee and…

]]> Wed, 08 Jun 2016 15:19:14 +1200 Tristan https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362025#post362025 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362025#post362025 I will be writing to your board of trustees about this engineering day! Its not right, its unfair!

You should take all of the kids in your sons year for one day a week!

What a wonderful thing your son gets to learn stuff 'on the job' once a week…

]]> Wed, 08 Jun 2016 13:47:18 +1200 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362021#post362021 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362021#post362021 (my brother likened it to someone saying something exceedingly stupid whilst leaving an answer-phone message, who then keeps on talking in the desperate hope of making what he’s said seem somehow less stupid, during which time he manages to say a number of even stupider and more ridiculous things).

Can…

]]> Wed, 08 Jun 2016 13:25:14 +1200 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362020#post362020 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362020#post362020 I guess I haven't been so deprived as everyone else because Ive been able to visit the Hay-Haywood ranch and observe its impressive transformation.

But I am VERY VERY happy to see this post :-)

]]> Wed, 08 Jun 2016 13:23:27 +1200 Moz https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362004#post362004 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362004#post362004 Wed, 08 Jun 2016 12:09:16 +1200 linger https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362003#post362003 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362003#post362003 counting in sixtys on your hands during engineering dayTwos, surely (in binary, as advocated by Asimov — allows you to count up to 1023). ]]> Wed, 08 Jun 2016 12:05:59 +1200 David Hood https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362000#post362000 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=362000#post362000 We call this our Engineering Day

I endorse building a linear magnetic accelerator with ones child

http://miniscience.com/projects/Gauss_Rifle/index.html

We made the track by taping two rules side by side, and normal magnets will work fine for it (you don't need "super magnets" that some instructions call for).

]]> Wed, 08 Jun 2016 11:28:52 +1200 Bart Janssen https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=361998#post361998 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=361998#post361998 You know those friends you have, that move away and it's like years between the times you see them, neither of you are the daily writing to each other types so you have no contact.

And then you are in the same town and you meet up for coffee and…

]]> Wed, 08 Jun 2016 11:17:56 +1200 Moz https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=361995#post361995 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=361995#post361995 I dunno, some people can write about paint drying and it sounds interesting. Literally about paint drying. Well done, David.

Cheer us all up by writing about holidaying in Hawaii.

I have a friend who's taken time off cancer treatment to visit Melbourne (complete with wig that vaguely resembles her…

]]> Wed, 08 Jun 2016 11:15:51 +1200 bob daktari https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=361993#post361993 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=361993#post361993 Wed, 08 Jun 2016 10:53:04 +1200 pohutukawa tree https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=361992#post361992 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=361992#post361992 Wed, 08 Jun 2016 10:28:50 +1200 Rob Hosking https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=361991#post361991 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=361991#post361991 David, glad to hear that despite your troubles you're still around and sticking fingers to keyboard, however sporadically. I had wondered how you were going .

In other words, your writing has had an impact in the past, one which has remained on the memory. And no doubt what you've…

]]> Wed, 08 Jun 2016 10:26:40 +1200 Jolisa https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=361990#post361990 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=361990#post361990 Welcome back dear good Dr Haywood! Write anything, whenever you can, and we will read it. It really is that simple. With love from another errant-blogger-in-the-wilderness.

Also:
As I type I can hear him saying that a funeral isn’t really what he wanted as a birthday present.

You've still got…

]]> Wed, 08 Jun 2016 10:22:15 +1200 David Haywood https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=361989#post361989 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=361989#post361989 Yes, it is bloody gloomy.

My (hopefully) next piece has the title “Høstens Vemod”, which Norwegian speakers will recognize as promising much more cheerfulness & bonhomie…

P.S. Thanks for your kind thoughts, Brent…

]]> Wed, 08 Jun 2016 10:11:23 +1200 Brent Jackson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=361988#post361988 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=361988#post361988 I see you have the support of your family...

Great to hear from you again David. Looking forward to your having more time available to bless us with some more of your writing.

]]> Wed, 08 Jun 2016 10:09:16 +1200 Graeme Haywood https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=361984#post361984 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=361984#post361984 Wed, 08 Jun 2016 09:43:44 +1200 David Haywood https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=361983#post361983 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=361983#post361983 Wed, 08 Jun 2016 09:15:43 +1200 Raymond A Francis https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=361982#post361982 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/southerly-i-fell-down/?p=361982#post361982 David, I have missed your posts and this explains all.
You don't come over as complaining but things have not been going your way.
My wife is believer in bad things coming in threes ( personally I think it depends on when you start counting) so count your blessings and…

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I sometimes go back and read one of your old posts, because something somewhere reminds me of it, and it is a great pleasure to go back and enjoy…

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