This page is a kind of jotting notepad where I'll record things which have amused or interested me.

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3rd September 2022

One of the compensations of aging is that we care less how others perceive us  and, in my case, to the point I hardly care at all :)

I need, at this juncture, to point out that about ten days past my 4WD was chosen as a new home for a large colony of ants; big ants! Not the biting kind fortunately but nevertheless these were ants which, no doubt, other ants gave a wide birth to. As soon as I discovered their squatting I brushed them out as well as possible but they have been appearing around the vehicle since and no doubt will for another week or two.

Today I called into the pharmacy in Kerang (Vic) to renew my blood pressure medication and it turned into a complex exercise because I wanted six months of medication at one time and I have a number of prescriptions and so on.

Anyway; I was served by a polite and capable young lady of around 20 years of age and, at this point, we were physically close pouring over prescriptions when upon my hand, from nowhere, appeared a large ant. I noticed it before she did and immediately said "Nigel!: what are you doing here!? Get back into my pocket at once!" And brushed it off.

She said: "That was an ant on your hand". I replied "Yes, he's my pet ant Nigel and he can be a little naughty." From that point we returned to my prescriptions and Nigel was not mentioned again, but I do wonder how she'll relate Nigel and I to her parents and friends this evening? :)

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