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Yeh Jim JJ is a Raafie so hopefully he wont have to fire his weapon as he doesnt do patrolling. He said he can hear the gunfights at night when he is in bed? I think his main problem at the moment is there is only yank stuff on TV:rolleyes::rofl:

So glad JJ rang last night or I would have been worried after reading todays paper about Aussie troops coming under fire the other day!

Had a really good chat with my boy on the phone tonight!:smile: He sounds well and seems settled he said it got up to 30 degrees today talk about extreme weather changes?

Thank you Donna and Nicolette!!

JJ rang last night he sounds fine said he is sick of the dust and sand already:wink: He still has to get a laptop so he can start emailing us. I think he said the Americans have a shop of some sort that he is going to get one from?

I will be so encouraging JJ to talk when he comes home I think he gets a couple of weeks leave so he will come home to us after spending time with his girl in Adelaide. But I know what he is like he will think Mum doesnt need to listen to a lot of things!

Gee Jim that must have been hard on you to have those thoughts?

Yes Evie at least their units have the sense to let them ring families when things like that happen. I remember when hubby was overseas years ago in Germany I heard about a bomb blast on the news in the area he was. He couldnt ring me I sat up all night trying to find news until I got through...

Yes Jim thank God they are ok I didnt talk to JJ as I was at work he spoke to hubby about it. I think this event will have him nervous and understandably so! His GF told me the other night that he told her he was scared about going over there when she took him to the airport to fly out...

Got a phone call from my boy yesterday to tell me that we will probably see it on the news that a suicide bomber blew himself up in Afghan and took several people with him! He wanted to let us know that he is fine and it was about 10ks from where he is stationed. Suicide bombers F###ING WACKOS!!!!

Same ol same ol here Kathy! Life goes on we are having a lot of rain here it is the wet season. Mackay which is a city about 4 hours down the highway had 665mms of rain in one night so they have big problems!

Got a quick call from my boy tonight! About 30 second call! He is now at his final destination( so to speak) and wont be able to contact us for a while now I feel more anxious now I know he is actually there!

Glad you enjoyed it Kathy!

Hi Jim thanks for asking things are no different with hubby he still stays in bed all morning. I spoke to the Doc about this things havent changed after change of meds. I cant see a light at the end of the tunnel as far as he is concerned but I am keeping myself busy. He came in and took over...

Kathy they are great pics that looks like a beautiful area! If you want to PM me your email I will send you the page about the troops in the snow!

Hi Kathy we are in Summer now. The local paper had a picture on the front page of some of the local troops throwing snow balls at each other a bit of a novelty to them! I suppose you guys are used to snow! I wish thats the way the war was just throwing snowballs at each other hey?

Glad to hear Evie is doing ok! Kerry I suppose the difference is my boy went from Adelaide where it gets very hot this time of year! Glad that Colin could ring you!

Got a phone call last night from my boy he sounds fine. Except he said it is freezing!:smile:

Kathy try not to kick yourself over not listening to Evie she is going to be ok! Gee if I listened to all of hubbys aches and pains I wouldnt have time for anything else! Give Evie my warm wishes and dont make her laugh because it will hurt her:wink:

Hi Kathy thats fine to post that joke I thought Jim would appreciate it! My boy (JJ) left today I spoke to him 3 times on the phone and bawled 3 times. He said he lost it and started crying when he said goodbye to his girl which is understandable. Its a shit week I had a good friend pass away...

Well my boy flies out tomorrow morning? He has given me a bit of reassurrance over the weekend we had a talk about it all. He says that he is going with a really nice bunch of people its surprising how many girls are going as well? And as soon as gets there he will set up email to keep in...

And as the story goes a lot of Aussies are descendants from these convicts that settled on our shores:)

Thanks very much Jods and Donna!!

I hope all the Aussies on the forum enjoy their Australia Day! Jen

Yes thats right Kathy he is in the RAAF its great that we will be able to keep in contact. I keep thinking when I said goodbye to him at the airport I should have had one more hug even though we had heaps! One thing about my boy is he is ok showing his feelings to his Mum in public and I love...