tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13936746.post2576507547198301186..comments2023-10-16T18:43:33.353+11:00Comments on Diary of a Desperate Houso: Brother Kevin, consider the lilies, for God's sake!DHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05362720961660684331noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13936746.post-27192977102489163102008-06-03T20:16:00.000+10:002008-06-03T20:16:00.000+10:00By 1998 that friend had sold up her home & moved b...By 1998 that friend had sold up her home & moved back to Brisbane to care for her aging frail parents. Her home had been in Blackwater, 12mile to the west of here. I still went each winter, April to September & worked in a Citrus Packing Shed. A number of Blackwater Mines were closed, leaving at least a third of houses empty. [ opposite to now] see my blog for more on this subject. Work, we had to take where we could get it, no fear of too much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13936746.post-31784190938040637402008-06-03T20:09:00.000+10:002008-06-03T20:09:00.000+10:00A lot has changed in just ten years.Go back to 199...A lot has changed in just ten years.<BR/>Go back to 1996 my work was about three days a week, close to what the dole paid, but my travel expenses were halved as I went with a friend & took turns in taking our cars.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com