And the beat goes on........

Nothing much today...It's been RAINING...But its ruining vegetable crops because there's hail in WA. Funny how if you're from a family in the primary industries of crops, dairy and cattle; you tend to be a bit of a whinger about the weather and when it comes and how much. Some of my friends just don't get it when I say its too much at once or the suns too hot after a storm....Farming is a fickle business and less and less family are going into it. Big corporations are putting the little ones out of business, our milk once went to Bayles to the butter factory, now it'd be collected by an agency who sells it (and everyone else's ) in bulk to Pauls or whatever. Composite buyers buy produce in bulk and resell it (in bulk ) to major corporations like Coles Myers, some corporations even have there own buyers who buy up big for the co. Edgell did it years ago for crops like asparagus...But you had a five or ten year contract and if your crop failed one year you were guaranteed the previous years money anyway, sort of a loyalty incentive as you sold NONE of your crop to anyone else.

Anyway enough of the basics in primary produce economics....We have no trains, the bus system seems to be working (kids are getting used to Daddy getting home later)there was an interesting article in The Age about the same rail system in the UK, but it was so boring I stopped reading it all. We are supposed to be getting the Macedon St duplication started (deja vu) but that will start when there's a good photo op. For whoever..Let's see I think JOIIS, Joanne Duncan and Batchelor or Bracks will get their heads in this one.

Speaking of JOIIS, he's BAAAAACK.. On SOLhttp://sunburyonline.com.au seems he has relented and is reiterating that he never received a copy of the electoral roll, never asked for one, etc....And I am being misquoted on GuruAnns http://guruann.blogspot.com blog in the Comments about same by InTheKnow ...For the record:
I have never said Medcraft used the electoral roll to locate my address and visit my home, he openly admitted to me at same uninvited visit that he "got my address from Jack Ogilive"..Which InTheKnow says came from an e.mail I sent to Jack O about another matter
So InTheKnow, you are InTheToilet with the CRAP you are talking.

I am STILL waiting for a certain Team Leader in Early Childhood Services to call me back regarding matters raised a week ago and phone call on Thursday (9/6) and e.mail on same day..I'd hate to have to go to the papers with it..although Alex loves a good story.

Mr 5 has brekky at kinder tomorrow, still trying to convince him that it'll be ok to go to kindy in his PJ's and get changed there..He's adamant that he's getting dressed here and having breakfast here too..Oh well suppose he could have two brekkies.

Reports come out end of this week, then parent/teacher interviews the week after, will be interesting to see what Miss 8's teacher says ,as she only turned eight this year and is in a composite class of 3/4, the eldest child being 11. Last year in Grade 2 she was reading at Grade 5 level and doing Grade 4 maths...Scary, have to wonder about it. I ;mean; yes she lives in a house full of books and the kids have their own bookcase which is chockas with books and we have read to them since they were babies...But I hated maths, but Daddy has one degree in Hort Science so the math comes from him I guess, still you have to wonder....................................And why can the teachers tell you this but are not permitted to put it on the report...Apparently the report can only indicted where your child is in the class in which they are placed..But the teacher can verbally advise you that they are reading above their level, but not put it in writing.