tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11610993.post6520125580229515643..comments2024-01-11T21:56:10.122+11:00Comments on The Daily Gaggle: It is catching up time.Vesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15390020901033513032noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11610993.post-73179792083192764772014-12-18T22:05:39.194+11:002014-12-18T22:05:39.194+11:00Season's Greetings
From our family at Pulse t...Season's Greetings<br /><br />From our family at Pulse to yours, best wishes for a wonderful holiday season, a very Merry Christmas and a very happy New Year. We have some new and exciting surveys planned for the New Year, so keep an eye on your inbox in 2015!<br /><br /> <br />News Corp | Level 4, 2 Holt Street | Surry Hills, 2010Pulse.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11610993.post-9150640085008906712014-12-18T21:59:23.906+11:002014-12-18T21:59:23.906+11:00This comment has been removed by the author.Vesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15390020901033513032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11610993.post-27718248483393906152014-12-14T17:46:58.450+11:002014-12-14T17:46:58.450+11:00Hobbit Author found in our Hospital Records
Did y...Hobbit Author found in our Hospital Records<br /><br />Did you know that The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings might owe their existence to an insect? While transcribing name records for our MH106: ‘Military Hospitals Admission and Discharge Registers World War 1’ collection, a member of our Data Entry Team came across a familiar name: J R R Tolkien! It seems that the iconic author, who served with the 11th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers at the Somme in the Great War, was referred to No 11 Casualty Clearing Station from the 75th Field Ambulance with ‘Pyrexia of Unknown Origin’ (the generic term for a fever) on 28th October 1916. Trench fever was caused by the bites of body lice. Tolkien was treated for two days, then transferred to Number 22 Ambulance Train before being sent back home to ‘Blighty’. His regiment had been decimated by the fighting, and following his transfer the Battalion’s ‘D’ Company Headquarters was hit by German mortar fire, wounding a number of personnel, followed by a massive bombardment of their front line. Had Tolkien not been bitten by the humble louse, it is quite possible that he would have died and these incredible, atmospheric works of literature would never have been written<br />War records UK.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11610993.post-91848403330529930112014-12-14T17:38:10.843+11:002014-12-14T17:38:10.843+11:00I am now waiting to see my local doc at 1150 tomor...I am now waiting to see my local doc at 1150 tomorrow together with the results of blood and urine and 3 different episodes at the Xray dept on my miscellaneous internal body parts. Worry worry.Vesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15390020901033513032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11610993.post-5509255834155443522014-12-14T17:23:02.119+11:002014-12-14T17:23:02.119+11:00Elephants Child; Thank you dear lady for your kind...Elephants Child; Thank you dear lady for your kind wishes. x.Vesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15390020901033513032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11610993.post-78268747614434828312014-12-14T17:19:05.783+11:002014-12-14T17:19:05.783+11:00Folks<: Amy is the emaciated old 'Bag Lady&...Folks<: Amy is the emaciated old 'Bag Lady'from Swansea, NSW.<br />In the forties Amy was the imp of Christmas who sat on mens laps in back alley clubs and charged a bob a knob.<br />In later years when a Quid was a Quid she charged fourpence halfpenny for a handshake and a Zac or a tanner for a Woof Woof.<br />Her mailing address is the mens dunny at any RSL club. Vesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15390020901033513032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11610993.post-25247143259468463232014-12-14T16:58:35.097+11:002014-12-14T16:58:35.097+11:00Vest , it would appear you are not happy with your...Vest , it would appear you are not happy with your lot and being a scrooge and a miserable old sod at times you dont have many nice things to say about chrismas. never mind it will be all over soon.Amy... Swansea.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11610993.post-25461354716515388112014-12-14T15:02:29.344+11:002014-12-14T15:02:29.344+11:00I hope that Christmas is kind to you. And the New...I hope that Christmas is kind to you. And the New Year as well.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.com