Hey manning great to hear from ya. And yeah, roger that on the vet bills, sorry to drag attention away from the art but you touched a nerve when you mentioned that.

Last year my sister had a cat with an infected possum bite (out fighting at night). 2 nights o/n at the vets so she (the cat) could have some I.V. antibiotics over 24/24. Treatment and board for that brief excercise, ~$600. They were lucky they didn't have to spring for a clean up op, debridement and lavage kind of thing- the vet charges $20 a miniute for that! Who'd be a lawyer? They only make $7 a minuite here!

I used to joke that what this country needs is a health insurance scheme for pets. Then I discovered that the Fed Gov't here already offer one. I kid you not. Not sure about its full title, do you think "moggycare' or maybe "doggycare", but apparently it's real.

Ok back to mic pre's...