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TABSenior Contributor

Tabaluga's

.. where everybody knows your name ..haha ..cheers .. and relax and just chat

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TABSenior Contributor

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Enjoy @Meowmy haha only took 5mins and 5 attempts to reply

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MeowmySenior Contributor

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@TAB hey tabby, home now. Was good food ha. Hope you're okay.

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TABSenior Contributor

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Sounds good @Meowmy

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ENKELISenior Contributor

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@Glisten they would, if there was still a big T in Aus. 18 months after I resigned the centre I worked in closed and everyone got redundancy. I would have had nearly 20 year's service - the redundancy package would have been outstanding. Not something I like to think about as you can imagine!

I started in 1991 as a naïve 22 year old. By the time I left I'd learned a thing or 2 😉

I was popular because I'd been there so long, and I was involved in so many different aspects of the company, Telstra Friends did community things as well as involvement with the Olympics of course. I got to walk in the parade in Perth with the Olympians, as well as arranging gift donations for St Vincent de Paul every year, anything sponsored by Telstra basically. The year before I left I had business cards, a work mobile and access to Telstra vehicles whenever I wanted. I was also paid outrageously well and still can't believe I left to take a pay drop working for the state government. The state govt pays very well, Telstra paid better. I bawled my last day there.
I worked hard but also played hard.
We were flown to Melbourne for lunch and drank the restaurant dry. The last ones standing were the West Australians, we were pretty proud of that 😁. I got to see the Global Operations Centre, where everything to do with telecommunications and Telstra happens. It was amazing.

Lol, reliving my glory days like a veteran soldier!

Oh, remember Optus and their "yes" campaign? Early on in the piece they "lost" a satellite. So we had posters of the Optus logo up with "Have we lost a satellite? yes."

There was a certain Telstra building in the CBD that Optus rented a floor from. Optus workers would park their car in front of the very obvious Telstra building and someone stuck Telstra stickers all over the Optus car. Took them days to realise.

Gotta love competition!!

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TABSenior Contributor

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Good Morning @Meowmy @ENKELI @Glisten @Taali @Bunniekins

..back to bed here. Could barely walk getting up. Body trying to overcome what chiro did .

Called in sick for gym. Only just occurred to me. Have a good day. I will try again in a bit. Later..

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GlistenSenior Contributor

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@ENKELI PAHAHA 😂 the Big T halcyon days. Car Sticker Espionage - I love it❣️ You had a 20 year adventure. That’s longer than most relationships.

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GlistenSenior Contributor

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G’day Tabalugans

@TAB @Meowmy @ENKELI 🥰

@Taali @Bunniekins 🐇

@MissGremlin

@GezzaP 🚩

Anyone ever been to a Dermatologist, and on the form it asks, What is your greatest concern?

I wrote, Gravity.

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SmilingGeckoSenior Contributor

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Good Morning Tabalugans!

@Glisten @TAB @ENKELI @Meowmy @Taali @GezzaP @StuF @DownMoreThanUp @Bunniekins @MissGremlin

We have Winter Solstice coming up on the weekend. I follow these beautiful Taoist nurturing practices on solstice day to care for myself and honor the change in seasons. I put everyones name here if you are interested to give them a try. Its the most important day of the year for deep rejuvenation that can multiply your health and creativity for the entire year! They are mainly designed for women but men can do them as well.

The times and date for the Winter Solstice is:

Key local times for the solstice include:

  • Sydney (AEST): 6:24 PM – 6:25 PM

  • Melbourne (AEDT): 6:24 PM – 6:25 PM

  • Adelaide (ACST): 5:55 PM

  • Perth (AWST): 4:25 PM

Pick one or more of the following 21 hacks to help you take full advantage of the Gift of the Winter Solstice.

At winter solstice, your body is governed by the Temple Goddess within you, the element of Water, the Kidneys, your body’s Circular Muscles … all the energy in your body is gathered in your perineum.

  1. 💫🌚Today, say NO to everything that isn’t strictly necessary and rest as much as possible.
  2. 💫🌚 Don’t eat any carbohydrates or sugar (the kind that spike your glycemic index).
  3. 💫🌚 Today’s the perfect day to enjoy some collagen soup.
  4. 💫🌚 Take magnesium and B-vitamins.
  5. 💫🌚 Massage the corners of your mouth. Make sure they stay upturned throughout the entire day.
  6. 💫🌚 Drink water with a pinch of salt sprinkled in. You can also whisper an affirmation or a desired creation into your water to amplify it … then drink it.
  7. 💫🌚 "Draw" a horizontal figure 8 or the infinity sign with your eyes and nose to connect and integrate your left and right brain hemispheres and relax your nervous system.
  8. 💫🌚 Rub your hands together to warm them, rest them against your kidneys and "smile" into them.
  9. 💫🌚 Today get as much sleep, cuddles, and pampering as possible. A warm bath is an absolute YES today while a cold shower is a definite NO-NO. Today is the day of your parasympathetic nervous system and of practicing being gentle with yourself.
  10. 💫🌚 Don’t tune in to the news and don’t focus on others. Today is the most important day for turning your attention inwards.
  11. 💫🌚 Massage the acupressure point hidden between your big toe and the rest of your toes - the main acupressure center of your body’s regeneration.
  12. 💫🌚 Warm the area under your bellybutton by rubbing your hands against it in circular motions or by using a heating pad.
  13. 💫🌚 Massage your ears throughout the day - this will invigorate your kidneys and infuse them with energy, blood and oxygen.
  14. 💫🌚 Instead of indulging in sweet snacks, eat a slice of raw organic butter with a pinch of salt.
  15. 💫🌚 Make yourself chocolates with raw cocoa and butter or coconut butter or cocoa butter. You can also add a sweetener of choice like stevia or coconut sugar.
  16. 💫🌚 Use a Yoni Egg (or even better, make a manifestation ritual with it).
  17. 💫🌚 Write down everything you want to let go of in life, everything you want to say goodbye to, and everything you no longer wish to enlighten.
  18. 💫🌚 Write down the "seeds" of your desires, so that your wishes can be planted and grow in the upcoming months.
  19. 💫🌚 Today, spend as much time as possible surrounded by darkness, use candles instead of bright lights. When you sleep, make sure your bedroom is completely dark or use a sleep mask.
  20. 💫🌚 Make yourself He Shou Wo or Chaga Mushroom tea. Or take a Rhodiola superfood supplement.
  21. 💫🌚 Inhale and relax your lower circular muscles, exhale and squeeze your lower circular muscles. Lift the corners of your mouth, close your eyes and roll them up towards your vertex point. Repeat this 21x. Your circular muscles are the "doors and windows" of your life and it’s truly paramount to activate them on this Solstice Day.
💫🌚💫🌚 These tips and hacks will be wonderful companions today and in the next 48 hours.
💫💫💫💫💫 Now it’s time to collect and cultivate our energy - in the dark, so that we can later give birth to the new "light" of creation and health.

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DownMoreThanUpSenior Contributor

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@SmilingGecko Thanks for sharing Winter Solstice theory i had not heard of this practise. 👍

@TAB @Glisten @ENKELI @Meowmy

Overall your list has some interesting points for consideration. i do not know much about Taoist thinking, al-tho points 7,8, 12,18 and 19 seem rather unrelated for healing to me. i could see that benefit might be provided the other points, but wonder why harness such to a certain time slot or ritual?

Not so much criticism than me wondering.🤔

My faith that only truthful love comes from the Divine has me give my inabilities, struggles and/or any painful reality in trade for ability doing that. Learning to hold onto truth and love actively has worked better for me than any charm, or self effort ever did in my life trying to survive mental illness.👋

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