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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 310243" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>G'day, folks.</p><p></p><p>Sharon/WO, sorry you can't sleep. I'm glad you got to the gym while you could. The cold weather can't be fun.</p><p></p><p>Sharon/LDM, good luck with getting your hairdone. A good friend of mine had her hair done yesterday - a disaster! She went to my hairdresser this morning for a rescue and is now very much relieved.</p><p></p><p>Trish, I hope they can get some answers for cherub. As for the urine collection - maybe a pediatric collection? I remember having to stick one of these onto easy child, it was a small adhesive thing that stuck down over her genital area and simply collected the sample that way.</p><p></p><p>T. Paul, I'm glad Levi's follow-up went well. Good to see you on the Morning thread!</p><p></p><p>I hope, Trish, you're not getting the gale-force winds and cold weather we're getting here. Knowing that my daughter and her new husband are honeymooning up your way, I want them to have good weather.</p><p></p><p>The weather here is bitterly cold and horribly windy. I dropped in on my friend to check out her rescued hair - it was late afternoon but I could see the ocean sending in huge rollers, the ferry would have been stopped by the surf. Wild seas indeed. </p><p>husband & I had a worrying find today - an old diary of easy child 2/difficult child 2's. It's left us concerned and puzzled, wishing she had talked to us. It seems that a classmate died when she was about 14. Possibly suicide. We only have a first name and the dates of his life-span, plus a lot of deeply expressed grief and pain, including some very disturbing images and text. We knew she was cutting about tat time but couldn't get her to talk and there was no way we could get her to a therapist in any way. She simply denied everything and fought like a wildcat if we tried to force her to show us her arms.</p><p>And now we have the proof. We'll have to talk to her about it when she gets back from her honeymoon. It's 8 years ago now, hopefully she'll let us know what it was about. We have felt so much like failures, but when I look back I can't for the life of me think what else we could have done. I was terrified of tipping her over into a genuine suicide attempt.</p><p></p><p>We rang easy child tonight to pick her brains - she had no idea, either (although she did know about the cutting).</p><p></p><p>There was an incident on Aussie TV last night with some amateur performers doing a pseudo Jackson Five routine, performed in blackface. It has led to a lot of discussion on Aussie TV today - the performers have apologised, the network has apologised but according to a survey, 80% of Aussies can't understand what the fuss is about. Mind you, about the same number of people weren't amused, either. The funniest thing about the skit, is that these guys did the same skit 20 years ago when they were medication students, and all backed their faces. This time the guy portraying Michael Jackson painted himself white. On top of this - all of them are non-European in racial origin and the guy playing Michael Jackson is Indian (as in sub-continent). He's also a plastic surgeon these days.</p><p></p><p>But as I said - all have apologised. An old joke with a 20 year old punchline that wasn't very funny 20 years ago - that alone requires an apology, in my book.</p><p></p><p>Attitudes change. When I was a kid, a well-respected TV show was the Black and White Minstrel Show. And my choir performed a piece in blackface. I hated doing it - it felt wrong, plus it took a week or more to get the greasepaint out of my skin.</p><p></p><p>One more example of cultural differences. But that show was available around the world (including in the US) via the Internet, so international sensibilities should have prevailed.</p><p></p><p>So from an embarrassed Aussie - sorry about that, if you stumble across it. I don't know what they were thinking. They didn't intend to be racist, I can assue you of that. But if offence is given, however unintentionally, then it is by definiition, offensive.</p><p></p><p>Enjoy your Thursday.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 310243, member: 1991"] G'day, folks. Sharon/WO, sorry you can't sleep. I'm glad you got to the gym while you could. The cold weather can't be fun. Sharon/LDM, good luck with getting your hairdone. A good friend of mine had her hair done yesterday - a disaster! She went to my hairdresser this morning for a rescue and is now very much relieved. Trish, I hope they can get some answers for cherub. As for the urine collection - maybe a pediatric collection? I remember having to stick one of these onto easy child, it was a small adhesive thing that stuck down over her genital area and simply collected the sample that way. T. Paul, I'm glad Levi's follow-up went well. Good to see you on the Morning thread! I hope, Trish, you're not getting the gale-force winds and cold weather we're getting here. Knowing that my daughter and her new husband are honeymooning up your way, I want them to have good weather. The weather here is bitterly cold and horribly windy. I dropped in on my friend to check out her rescued hair - it was late afternoon but I could see the ocean sending in huge rollers, the ferry would have been stopped by the surf. Wild seas indeed. husband & I had a worrying find today - an old diary of easy child 2/difficult child 2's. It's left us concerned and puzzled, wishing she had talked to us. It seems that a classmate died when she was about 14. Possibly suicide. We only have a first name and the dates of his life-span, plus a lot of deeply expressed grief and pain, including some very disturbing images and text. We knew she was cutting about tat time but couldn't get her to talk and there was no way we could get her to a therapist in any way. She simply denied everything and fought like a wildcat if we tried to force her to show us her arms. And now we have the proof. We'll have to talk to her about it when she gets back from her honeymoon. It's 8 years ago now, hopefully she'll let us know what it was about. We have felt so much like failures, but when I look back I can't for the life of me think what else we could have done. I was terrified of tipping her over into a genuine suicide attempt. We rang easy child tonight to pick her brains - she had no idea, either (although she did know about the cutting). There was an incident on Aussie TV last night with some amateur performers doing a pseudo Jackson Five routine, performed in blackface. It has led to a lot of discussion on Aussie TV today - the performers have apologised, the network has apologised but according to a survey, 80% of Aussies can't understand what the fuss is about. Mind you, about the same number of people weren't amused, either. The funniest thing about the skit, is that these guys did the same skit 20 years ago when they were medication students, and all backed their faces. This time the guy portraying Michael Jackson painted himself white. On top of this - all of them are non-European in racial origin and the guy playing Michael Jackson is Indian (as in sub-continent). He's also a plastic surgeon these days. But as I said - all have apologised. An old joke with a 20 year old punchline that wasn't very funny 20 years ago - that alone requires an apology, in my book. Attitudes change. When I was a kid, a well-respected TV show was the Black and White Minstrel Show. And my choir performed a piece in blackface. I hated doing it - it felt wrong, plus it took a week or more to get the greasepaint out of my skin. One more example of cultural differences. But that show was available around the world (including in the US) via the Internet, so international sensibilities should have prevailed. So from an embarrassed Aussie - sorry about that, if you stumble across it. I don't know what they were thinking. They didn't intend to be racist, I can assue you of that. But if offence is given, however unintentionally, then it is by definiition, offensive. Enjoy your Thursday. Marg [/QUOTE]
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