The Little Dog That Wouldn't Let Go
Viewing comments for Chapter 43 "Our Retirement and some more trips."Subtitle: God Never Lets Go!
29 total reviews
Comment from Ulla
What a lovely surprise that Louise threw you a surprise party..that was a lovely thing to do. And then yo managed to have such lovely travels, before that also had to stop. Ulla:)))
reply by the author on 17-Sep-2022
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What a lovely surprise that Louise threw you a surprise party..that was a lovely thing to do. And then yo managed to have such lovely travels, before that also had to stop. Ulla:)))
Comment Written 17-Sep-2022
reply by the author on 17-Sep-2022
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Yeah, she really wanted me to dress up that day but could not tell me why, of course, hehe. Thanks for this lovely rewardless review.
Comment from Brett Matthew West
Nice of her to surprise you with a party.
Situation with the young lady, and her promotion, unfortunate way those things occur sometimes.
Interesting goings on and trips. Sure you were happy you could make them when you were able to.
reply by the author on 08-Sep-2022
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Nice of her to surprise you with a party.
Situation with the young lady, and her promotion, unfortunate way those things occur sometimes.
Interesting goings on and trips. Sure you were happy you could make them when you were able to.
Comment Written 08-Sep-2022
reply by the author on 08-Sep-2022
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Yes Bro so glad we did it all in better days. Sadly no more. Have you seen our trip map? It is around somewhere. Thanks for the lovely review. Our Queen has passed away. charles will be King and Australia will finally become a Republic.
Comment from BethShelby
I left work just slightly before you when I had to give up work to take care of my father in 1995. My husband had retired at 56 so he was already retired. We did some traveling in 1997 and later. I enjoyed your story. I'm sorry you have dealt with so many health problems. I don't understand why you wife wasn't treated well by her family. It wasn't her fault she had MS.
reply by the author on 08-Sep-2022
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I left work just slightly before you when I had to give up work to take care of my father in 1995. My husband had retired at 56 so he was already retired. We did some traveling in 1997 and later. I enjoyed your story. I'm sorry you have dealt with so many health problems. I don't understand why you wife wasn't treated well by her family. It wasn't her fault she had MS.
Comment Written 08-Sep-2022
reply by the author on 08-Sep-2022
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Not MS. Cerebral Palsy. She was a very independent lady. God prepared me years before as you should have read, to meet and marry her. Even to being the only one applying for the promotion that resulted in me meeting her. Thanks for coming by. Our Queen has died, sadly.
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Yes I realized after reading the other post it was Cerebral Palsy instead of MS.
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Yes I realized after reading the other post it was Cerebral Palsy instead of MS.
Comment from Regina Elliott
Hello! Your disenchantment
with your former job sounds
just like the U.S. government
and it's dragging of its feet
when it's own war veterans
came home and were grossly
neglected. The politicians
finally passed a burn pits bill
that provides treatment for
the burn pits injuries. Anyway,
just giving an example of
the malfeasance of some
countries' governments.
Glad to hear you got a
pension from yours. Very
good writing of you and
your wife's experiences and
travel ventures. Many
blessings ~
reply by the author on 08-Sep-2022
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Hello! Your disenchantment
with your former job sounds
just like the U.S. government
and it's dragging of its feet
when it's own war veterans
came home and were grossly
neglected. The politicians
finally passed a burn pits bill
that provides treatment for
the burn pits injuries. Anyway,
just giving an example of
the malfeasance of some
countries' governments.
Glad to hear you got a
pension from yours. Very
good writing of you and
your wife's experiences and
travel ventures. Many
blessings ~
Comment Written 08-Sep-2022
reply by the author on 08-Sep-2022
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Thanks new friend, I think. Appreciate you coming by. I got these out again to try and get them over the "A;; Time" line and I seem to have achieved that in a lot of the chapters. I had a ton of "funny money" to use seeing I have been suffering writers block and COVID and Depression and stuff. Nice to meet you.
Comment from Sally Law
Great post and more fill in. You both are so sweet and a gift to each other in this world. Your lives, work, ministry and travel speak volumes. I'm glad you know the Lord and are saved from this corrupt world.
Love the poem, and its outrageously perceptive.
Sending you my best today as always
Sal XOs
reply by the author on 08-Sep-2022
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Great post and more fill in. You both are so sweet and a gift to each other in this world. Your lives, work, ministry and travel speak volumes. I'm glad you know the Lord and are saved from this corrupt world.
Love the poem, and its outrageously perceptive.
Sending you my best today as always
Sal XOs
Comment Written 08-Sep-2022
reply by the author on 08-Sep-2022
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Glad you picked up on the poem. I am also glad I have got these all out, again as I felt sure heaps had not been around when they first got done. Thanks for the lovely review. I am hoping to get my Really Truly Christmas carols re-promoted before my funny money runs out.
Comment from tfawcus
A few ups and downs in this chapter. I know how difficult it can be with government departments to arrange things so that husband and wife can work together in the same geographical area. I had to laugh about the time change error. I've been caught that way, too in the 'between seasons' times. Your song is a cheerful reminder of the perils of working in a government department! An interesting and enjoyable read.
reply by the author on 18-Jun-2019
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A few ups and downs in this chapter. I know how difficult it can be with government departments to arrange things so that husband and wife can work together in the same geographical area. I had to laugh about the time change error. I've been caught that way, too in the 'between seasons' times. Your song is a cheerful reminder of the perils of working in a government department! An interesting and enjoyable read.
Comment Written 18-Jun-2019
reply by the author on 18-Jun-2019
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Thanks Tony for being first cab off the rank; this time anyway.
Comment from Nikki-Nicole
This is an interesting read.
It was a blessing for a member of your family to take over your house payment.
Nice photos. The images shown support the writing.
The author's notes are appreciated. Thank you.
Thanks for sharing.
Good luck with your future writing.
-Nicole-
reply by the author on 13-May-2017
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This is an interesting read.
It was a blessing for a member of your family to take over your house payment.
Nice photos. The images shown support the writing.
The author's notes are appreciated. Thank you.
Thanks for sharing.
Good luck with your future writing.
-Nicole-
Comment Written 13-May-2017
reply by the author on 13-May-2017
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Thanks Sis, visiting my sweetheart so can't ads the cute Siggy Dean Kuch made for me will share later, thanks again.
Comment from Thal1959
Mostly fine, Geoff. A few oddities though...
"In 1994 we both managed to get placed in the new Penrith ATO*," (It is nice to see you make a note later that describes what you marked with an asterisk. But in this case, it wasn't necessary. Here is an earlier line...)
"Louise and I had been working in a couple of different areas of the Australian Tax Office," (At this point, you could have shown the abbreviation in parenthesis)
"Louise and I had been working in a couple of different areas of the Australian Tax Office, (ATO) in our final years of employment." (Once this was done, there is no need to add an asterisk whenever the ATO acronym appears, nor even make a note of it in the author's notes, unless there is something that needs to be explained that is not readily apparent in the text.)
"...in 1991, to organise a 'Surprise' Birthday party for my 40th," (I really should stop by your place in Australia, Geoff, and smack you on the snout with a rolled-up newspaper... I'm going to get you trained on this eventually. The problem is that there are apparent differences between British and American English where single and double quote marks go. In American grammar, single quotes are used for "nested" quotes, such as dialogue quoted within dialogue, for "scare" quotes which means the word is not agreed with, such as women's 'rights' - when the author is professing that the rights he is mentioning are not really rights at all. Or, if the word selected has a meaning normally not attached to it.
In the case above, you could use single quotes for 'surprise' birthday party, if it was evident in your writing that you knew it was going to happen from the start, so it was never a real surprise. But again, because of the difference n our two grammars, I am just going to try and get you trained to use single quotes only when quoting within someone else's dialogue.)
I can't explain completely what compromises and, or favours this young lady may have had to make or give. (I don't know if this is another of those British/American things, but we express "and/or" with a slash.)
reply by the author on 13-May-2017
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Mostly fine, Geoff. A few oddities though...
"In 1994 we both managed to get placed in the new Penrith ATO*," (It is nice to see you make a note later that describes what you marked with an asterisk. But in this case, it wasn't necessary. Here is an earlier line...)
"Louise and I had been working in a couple of different areas of the Australian Tax Office," (At this point, you could have shown the abbreviation in parenthesis)
"Louise and I had been working in a couple of different areas of the Australian Tax Office, (ATO) in our final years of employment." (Once this was done, there is no need to add an asterisk whenever the ATO acronym appears, nor even make a note of it in the author's notes, unless there is something that needs to be explained that is not readily apparent in the text.)
"...in 1991, to organise a 'Surprise' Birthday party for my 40th," (I really should stop by your place in Australia, Geoff, and smack you on the snout with a rolled-up newspaper... I'm going to get you trained on this eventually. The problem is that there are apparent differences between British and American English where single and double quote marks go. In American grammar, single quotes are used for "nested" quotes, such as dialogue quoted within dialogue, for "scare" quotes which means the word is not agreed with, such as women's 'rights' - when the author is professing that the rights he is mentioning are not really rights at all. Or, if the word selected has a meaning normally not attached to it.
In the case above, you could use single quotes for 'surprise' birthday party, if it was evident in your writing that you knew it was going to happen from the start, so it was never a real surprise. But again, because of the difference n our two grammars, I am just going to try and get you trained to use single quotes only when quoting within someone else's dialogue.)
I can't explain completely what compromises and, or favours this young lady may have had to make or give. (I don't know if this is another of those British/American things, but we express "and/or" with a slash.)
Comment Written 13-May-2017
reply by the author on 13-May-2017
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Much appreciate you coming along again mate. I hope there was some reward left on this for ya. Always appreciate your hard work. Still have not fixed that other chapter been busy with wifey in Hospital. Just been advised the newest chapter I put up is too long so I will split it after the current reviews...have already in back, ready to change after all the reviewing is over.
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Did you pick up the little animated thingy in your replies from Dean Kuch?
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Yes, I meant to acknowledge that sorry. Isn't he clever? Tom does not like us using them in reviews something to do with Bandwidth or something but Dean thinks replies to reviews is ok for its use.
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IN case you still pop in hgere...Hey did you see Tootsie55 account is open again trying to do reviews over there to build up some funny money. Cost me a lot in Aus$ to get the account up for an other year over there.
Comment from apky
Your powerful and vivid descriptions is one of your strongest points. The chapter started out with long non-dialogue writing which would have discouraged me reading to the end if it wasn'st for the said vivid descriptions.
And thanks for the poem at the end.
Have a fabulous weekend ahead,
Apky
reply by the author on 12-May-2017
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Your powerful and vivid descriptions is one of your strongest points. The chapter started out with long non-dialogue writing which would have discouraged me reading to the end if it wasn'st for the said vivid descriptions.
And thanks for the poem at the end.
Have a fabulous weekend ahead,
Apky
Comment Written 12-May-2017
reply by the author on 12-May-2017
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Thanks I will look at the beginning again and see what I can do. One of my longest reviewers has been encouraging me to come up with more JOY in my posts so I am working on that. Sometimes hard. Cheers.
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Hi friend I know I replied to this already but I had to update my photobucket to share my siggy Dean Kuch made for me. Not allowed on Reviews Tom says but ok on responses to reviews.
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Hi friend I know I replied to this already but I had to update my photobucket to share my siggy Dean Kuch made for me. Not allowed on Reviews Tom says but ok on responses to reviews.
Comment from Caressa_08
I enjoyed this non-boring read and all the details about family... your & wife's jobs, retirement and planning adventures to celebrate it... here & there in Australia, such a beautiful country with then it seemed a lot of open space; outback to discover...And don't feel bad about not seeing the US, and now until Trump can fix some of the problems, with such terrible high crime still rampant...even now in areas that once were free of that.
I do plan to go over it yet again & get a magnifying glass to look at the photos displayed...And had no problem following it and understand how trying it can be long trips with roads or terrain that doesn't cooperate...and a lot of land to cover that aren't traveled everyday by others, and then.. with aches & pains that followed such a bumpy ride.....Well, something you would do then & probably not again....Also liked the poem about Bureaucrats, the way an Aussie would come up with it...Well, here in the US, I have one for the Democrats.
Caressa_08
reply by the author on 11-May-2017
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I enjoyed this non-boring read and all the details about family... your & wife's jobs, retirement and planning adventures to celebrate it... here & there in Australia, such a beautiful country with then it seemed a lot of open space; outback to discover...And don't feel bad about not seeing the US, and now until Trump can fix some of the problems, with such terrible high crime still rampant...even now in areas that once were free of that.
I do plan to go over it yet again & get a magnifying glass to look at the photos displayed...And had no problem following it and understand how trying it can be long trips with roads or terrain that doesn't cooperate...and a lot of land to cover that aren't traveled everyday by others, and then.. with aches & pains that followed such a bumpy ride.....Well, something you would do then & probably not again....Also liked the poem about Bureaucrats, the way an Aussie would come up with it...Well, here in the US, I have one for the Democrats.
Caressa_08
Comment Written 11-May-2017
reply by the author on 11-May-2017
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Yeah, Sis you mean the DEMONRATS thanks for a swell review. I know I have not gone into a lot of detail. If I stay here long enough I might Ghost write my wife's more detailed book on our travels. Not sure how much I have shared we did have 2 accounts on FS but were very unfairly treated long story for some other time. Love in Him
ATS
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Thanks Sis I know I responded to this review before but I updated photobucket so I could share y siggy Dean Kuch made me a while ago.
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Thanks Sis I know I responded to this review before but I updated photobucket so I could share y siggy Dean Kuch made me a while ago.
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IN case you still pop in here...Hey did you see Tootsie55 account is open again trying to do reviews over there to build up some funny money. Cost me a lot in Aus$ to get the account up for an other year over there.
