2010 YES!!! The "I'm so happy" thread.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Wonderful news Lesley !!   
So glad to hear it !!!

[Ragged Robin]

My goodness, Lesley, what a worrying time and it's such a relief to know you are in the clear.....I think it must be something to do with your strength of character that put a blighty on the big C.  Health and gardening go hand in hand so here's hoping you have stress-free days to enjoy growing your plants.

[maggiepie]

Lesley, what a huge relief. Am very happy you had such good results ( eventually).
I can imagine the sort of stress you must have gone through during those 7 weeks.

[SusanS]

That's great news Lesley.   

Glad to hear that everything is okay.

[Lesley Cox]

Many thanks everyone. Yes, it was stressful but I'm feeling quite light-hearted now.

[Paul T]

On a very different note.......

This could be posted in either the "Moan, Moan, Moan" topic or here in the "I'm so happy" topic, depending on your political persuasion...... I'm not sure which it should be in as yet (I'll wait and see), but I choose to put a positive spin on it....... Australia now has it's first female Prime Minister as of 30 minutes or so ago.  Julia Gillard has taken over from Kevin Rudd.  While it is historic that we finally have a female PM, the method of taking over has caused concern by many.  I choose to see it as a positive thing at this time though, so thought I would mention it here.

Just a little piece of news in case anyone is interested.  Nice to see us moving into a less sexist governmental situation. 

[Anthony Darby]

We had one once. At that time my uncle was managing director of British Aerospace at Warton near Preston. He boasted that his salary was the same as the Prime Minister. Things have changed a bit since then and the Prime Minister earns marginally more than an average doctor. We also have a recession which will not hit, but rather reward, the people who caused it and now I won't get my state pension until I'm 66!!!!

[Lesley Cox]

Paul, we've had the same change here a couple of times and the method of achievement is generally called "A stab in the back."

[David Nicholson]

She has two things in her favour mainly, as I see it. One: she's not called Margaret; two: her surname isn't Thatcher

[Ray]

Hi David,but she is Welsh,so is that a plus or a minus.bye Ray

[Lesley Cox]

On TV at least, she looks incredibly tall and slim and self assured/confident. My first thought was "My girl, you're heading for a fall!"

[Maggi Young]

Hmmmm...... would David care to tell me just what is so bad about the name Margaret?

Yours inquisitively,
 Margaret Young

[arillady]

When Rudd became Prime Minister it seemed like we had a breath of fresh air but he went on to not deliver the goods or if they were delivered they were not thought through thoroughly enough before implementation.
My first thoughts on Julia Gilliard is that she is a 'perfect' politician who can dodge and weave with the best of them around a question.
Politicians seem to come out of a certain mould but I would like to be proved wrong.

[David Nicholson]

Hmmmm...... would David care to tell me just what is so bad about the name Margaret?

Yours inquisitively,
 Margaret Young

I hasten to qualify! Nothing wrong at all with a stand alone Margaret, it's when the "Thatcher" bit is added that frightens me

[David Nicholson]

Hi David,but she is Welsh,so is that a plus or a minus.bye Ray

Ray, had she been a bloke the Welsh element would have been good for sheep jokes