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Josh, I took your advice and it proved sound. I felt pretty good yesterday (Day 8) and tested negative. I resisted the urge to visit Mum in hospital and erred on the side of caution and left it for one more day. Coughed furiously last night and I’m strongly positive again today. Thanks for...

Mum (87) is in hospital for a life-threatening bowel infection, complicated by a range of pre-existing factors. Dad (93), my brother and I all contracted Covid in the days after her admission, and so have been unable to assist her in hospital. At what point is it considered safe to rejoin her...

Earlier, I posted here about Apollo 13. Since then, NASA has uploaded this wonderful video clip on YouTube: Jim Lovell highlights three key elements that got them out of that particular jam: teamwork, leadership and the initiative to creatively think out of the box in order to find solutions.

I love many things about Tom Hanks, and this article provides so much more to love about him. Among them, I was delighted to see that he still uses a typewriter... or at least he did before he gifted it to a young boy to cheer him up: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-52406943

As the old saying goes: A friend, in poo, is a friend that’s true.

My thanks in advance for this token of selfless generosity. No good deed goes unpunished.

I was already well overdue for a haircut before I became ill some six weeks ago. By the time I was up on my feet again, everything was in lockdown. Over the Easter weekend, I decided enough is enough, so I put it to my wife and my daughter, that if they weren’t prepared to attempt cutting my...

_Man_, I share your hopes and wishes that death and suffering are minimised. However, I think in many parts of the world, things are going to get very bad indeed, and the world is too interdependent for countries to thrive in isolation. So even those nations that manage to get some sort of...

Actually Clinton, I truly believe that is what will happen.

Maybe that was meant to be rhetorical, but I’ll chip in anyway. Absolutely not selfish. Entirely understandable. Of course you want the best for everyone everywhere. That doesn’t override the love, care and concern for your nearest and dearest and wishing them personal safety and protection...

The Premier of Western Australia, Mark McGowan, answering questions on the all-important issue of spot-fines for the consumption of mid-run kebabs:

I take comfort in inspirational writings, talks, music and films. Ranking high in the latter category is Ron Howard’s Apollo 13. I was dimly aware of the Apollo 13 mission as a kid when it actually occurred, but its later dramatisation in the 1995 film affected me greatly. I also fondly...