For those who wish to keep out of "barbed" threads, here is a safe harbour.

Abu, thanks for being brave enough to post in ozpolitic. Hope you are keeping well.

Sprint you are a dead set stirrer.

Unless you subscribe to the theory of hate the game not the player.

Easel - you are a good mod and speak your mind without malice

The good news continues ...........


"THINGS could not have been more grim for ex-serviceman John Glaister a week ago.

The former navy veteran, 46, lost his job as a warehouse assistant and was evicted from his rental home at Munruben south of Brisbane, The Courier-Mail reports.

It's believed he was fired because he was late for work after looking for somewhere else to live.

A week later, Mr Glaister is a millionaire with a life of luxury ahead.

He struck it rich in the RSL Art Union lottery and will today be handed the keys to a $1.8 million waterfront prize home on the Gold Coast.

The fully furnished Hope Island home boasts four bedrooms, a gourmet kitchen, swimming pool and a lifestyle that Mr Glaister could only dream about last week.

“I have been struggling for the past eight years and when I found out that I was being evicted and then lost my job I felt helpless and worried for my future,” he said.

“Winning the RSL Art Union means that I can get back on my own two feet and support myself and those who have assisted me through the hard times.''


http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24505205-12377,00.html

Sprintcyclist wrote on Oct 16^th, 2008 at 10:37am:

The good news continues ........... "THINGS could not have been more grim for ex-serviceman John Glaister a week ago. ... http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24505205-12377,00.html

That reminded me of "The Way of  Tao" by Chuang Tsu:


Quote:

An old man and his son worked a small farm, with only one horse to pull the plough. One day the horse ran away. "How terrible," sympathised the neighbours. "What bad luck". "Maybe", the farmer replied. A week later, the horse returned from the mountains, leading five wild mares into the barn. "What wonderful luck!" said the neighbours. "Maybe", answered the old man. The next day, the son, trying to tame one of the horses, fell and broke his leg. "How terrible, what bad luck!" said the neighbours. "Maybe", answered the old man. The local warlord sent the army to all the farms to conscript all able bodied young men for war. The farmer's son was of no use to them, so he was spared. "What wonderful luck!" said the neighbours. "Maybe", answered the old man. ...