My NBN content provider has a feature called Telstra Air whereby I can log in to a Telstra Air or Fon wifi hotspot and access the internet with the downloads going against my home allowance of 400 GB per month. Just used it and the iCab Mobile browser app on the iPhone to download the OS X 10.11.6 updater for the 2008 MBP I keep at Mum's place.
@kdfrawg Which goes a long way to explaining why long-time Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies was known as "Ming The Merciless." Although he also had feral eyebrows.
// @indigo
@kdfrawg Little-known linguistic quirk: the Scottish surname "Menzies" is pronounced "Mingus."
// @indigo
Catheter bag emptied, washed, drained, rinsed, drained and rinsed/drained several more times to remove suds. Hanging over the bath to drip dry. Won't need it for at least 14 hours. Observe high-tech method of suspending the device.
@matigo They take the load off the lumbar region where wear & tear has caused two or possibly three discs to bulge, pressing on the sciatic nerve. Nature has seen fit to equip me with an abnormally narrow spinal canal so there's only so much space around the vertebrae & spinal cord. So bulging discs don't have so far to bulge before nerves are squozed.
Mum was given some marzipan stollen bites (mini stollen) just before Xmas last year. She's started eating them just recently. Things are somewhat hard & crusty now. I've found soaking them in custard fixes that problem. A brandy-infused custard works even better. But there's no custard here, nor the fixings to make some. Another item for the shopping list.
Back arching exercises seem to have taken care of the sharp pain in the middle of my back. Add that to the constant dull ache in the lumbar region and frequent episodes of sciatica. It's thoroughly lacking a fun component.
Little-known fact about crocodiles: they won't persue you if you carry a flashlight.
Of course, you have to be moving much faster than a human can run at the time.
My first morning job will be to remove & drain the night bag, before washing it in warm soapy water, then rinsing it and allowing it to drip dry, ready for tomorrow night.