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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 100224" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>G'day, everybody. I hope you all had a peaceful Thanksgiving.</p><p></p><p>Linda, a thought for the future about laundry - I've got my lot trained to put their dirty clothes in the laundry tub (beside the washing machine) so I don't have to go search for it. While they each have a dirty clothes hamper, they know that they have to empty it into the laundry tub or it won't get washed. I'm glad kt's table manners were top notch. Something's rubbing off on her, after all!</p><p></p><p>Lisa, your visit with your mother sounds really great. I hope Saturday night is another good night for you.</p><p></p><p>We had a day Christmas shopping today, plus before we left difficult child 3 got in some good schoolwork effort. I've organised him to do more work tomorrow even though it's Saturday. I have a meeting in the afternoon - Christmas party for writing group.</p><p></p><p>And tomorrow is election day! Tomorrow we choose the next Prime Minister. Or to be more accurate. tomorrow we vote on who we want to be in charge of each electorate, and depending on how many of each party get in to parliament, depends on which political party is in control of the government and hence which leader gets to be Prime Minister. The smart money is on our current PM, John Howard, to lose. He is ultra-conservative; even the opposition, normally considered left-wing, are still conservative by comparison.</p><p>husband is giving easy child 2/difficult child 2 a lesson in how to vote. She's voted several times before, but was saying she doesn't understand it, doesn't care, she'll just waste her vote... which for us, is just plain wrong. She is going to have to vote near where she works rather than near where we live. BF2 lives with us now, he will also be voting in our electorate. But he is going to be with easy child 2/difficult child 2, maybe they can work it out between them...</p><p></p><p>On voting day, the booths open at 8 am, close at 6 pm. The counting begins as soon as polls close and it's so fast these days that we often have a result within hours. But at the polling booth - outside are lots of people handing out 'how to vote' info leaflets, inside we give our names and get given the slips of paper. One, for the Senate (Upper House, like the British House of Lords) is literally the size of a tablecloth. The smaller one is for the electorate's candidates; we have 8 in ours this time. We're not permitted to leave any brochures in the poll booths so husband & I take them back outside and hand them back. Other people simply put the brochures in the bins, which I think is a waste.</p><p>The ballot papers go into their respective boxes. It's all done with paper these days - the polling booths themselves are made from recycled paper, they're cardboard. They make great cubby houses once election day is over! The ballot boxes are made from the same cardboard.</p><p>Back outside the polling centre there are usually various fundraising activities - a sausage sizzle (fundraiser BBQ); a cake stall; the local raffle for War Widows... it's a real social event. And if you are looking for a political argument, just pick on any of the volunteers handing out how to vote cards. The fringe parties are a lot of fun - the Legalise Marijuana Party, for example. I'll try and make a note of any interesting political groups standing for election, and let you know about them tomorrow night.</p><p></p><p>By this time tomorrow, we should know who the next PM will be.</p><p></p><p>Enjoy your Friday.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 100224, member: 1991"] G'day, everybody. I hope you all had a peaceful Thanksgiving. Linda, a thought for the future about laundry - I've got my lot trained to put their dirty clothes in the laundry tub (beside the washing machine) so I don't have to go search for it. While they each have a dirty clothes hamper, they know that they have to empty it into the laundry tub or it won't get washed. I'm glad kt's table manners were top notch. Something's rubbing off on her, after all! Lisa, your visit with your mother sounds really great. I hope Saturday night is another good night for you. We had a day Christmas shopping today, plus before we left difficult child 3 got in some good schoolwork effort. I've organised him to do more work tomorrow even though it's Saturday. I have a meeting in the afternoon - Christmas party for writing group. And tomorrow is election day! Tomorrow we choose the next Prime Minister. Or to be more accurate. tomorrow we vote on who we want to be in charge of each electorate, and depending on how many of each party get in to parliament, depends on which political party is in control of the government and hence which leader gets to be Prime Minister. The smart money is on our current PM, John Howard, to lose. He is ultra-conservative; even the opposition, normally considered left-wing, are still conservative by comparison. husband is giving easy child 2/difficult child 2 a lesson in how to vote. She's voted several times before, but was saying she doesn't understand it, doesn't care, she'll just waste her vote... which for us, is just plain wrong. She is going to have to vote near where she works rather than near where we live. BF2 lives with us now, he will also be voting in our electorate. But he is going to be with easy child 2/difficult child 2, maybe they can work it out between them... On voting day, the booths open at 8 am, close at 6 pm. The counting begins as soon as polls close and it's so fast these days that we often have a result within hours. But at the polling booth - outside are lots of people handing out 'how to vote' info leaflets, inside we give our names and get given the slips of paper. One, for the Senate (Upper House, like the British House of Lords) is literally the size of a tablecloth. The smaller one is for the electorate's candidates; we have 8 in ours this time. We're not permitted to leave any brochures in the poll booths so husband & I take them back outside and hand them back. Other people simply put the brochures in the bins, which I think is a waste. The ballot papers go into their respective boxes. It's all done with paper these days - the polling booths themselves are made from recycled paper, they're cardboard. They make great cubby houses once election day is over! The ballot boxes are made from the same cardboard. Back outside the polling centre there are usually various fundraising activities - a sausage sizzle (fundraiser BBQ); a cake stall; the local raffle for War Widows... it's a real social event. And if you are looking for a political argument, just pick on any of the volunteers handing out how to vote cards. The fringe parties are a lot of fun - the Legalise Marijuana Party, for example. I'll try and make a note of any interesting political groups standing for election, and let you know about them tomorrow night. By this time tomorrow, we should know who the next PM will be. Enjoy your Friday. Marg [/QUOTE]
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