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Abbott Jarrahdale Western Australia </a> </h1> <p id="description">The random thoughts of Colin Hugh Abbott of Jarrahdale, Western Australia.</p> </div>  <div id="content">  <div id="main"><div id="main2"> <div class='adsense' style='text-align:center; padding: 0px 3px 0.5em 3px;'> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </div> <h2 class="date-header">Tuesday, November 08, 2005</h2>  <div class="post"><a name="113151674209299968"></a> <h3 class="post-title"> Not feeling chirpy </h3> <div class="post-body"> <div> <div style="clear:both;"></div>This morning I wasn't feeling chirpy. In fact, I was all of a twitter. So I went to my doctor who said "You've got bird flu...and it's untweetable". Then he gave me a bill. I'm not going back - I think he's a quack.<div style="clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em"></div> </div> </div> <p class="post-footer"> <em>posted by colinhughabbott at <a href="http://colinabbottjarrahdale.blogspot.com/2005/11/not-feeling-chirpy.html" title="permanent link">10:03 PM</a></em> <span class="item-action"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/email-post/13381649/113151674209299968" title="Email Post"><img class="icon-action" alt="" src="https://resources.blogblog.com/img/icon18_email.gif" height="13" width="18"/></a></span><span class="item-control blog-admin pid-1233050675"><a style="border:none;" href="https://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=13381649&postID=113151674209299968&from=pencil" title="Edit Post"><img class="icon-action" alt="" src="https://resources.blogblog.com/img/icon18_edit_allbkg.gif" height="18" width="18"></a></span> </p> </div>   <div id="comments"> <a name="comments"></a> <h4>0 Comments:</h4> <dl id="comments-block"> </dl> <p class="comment-timestamp"> <a class="comment-link" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/13381649/113151674209299968">Post a Comment</a> </p> <p class="comment-timestamp"> <a href="http://colinabbottjarrahdale.blogspot.com/"><< Home</a> </p> </div>  </div></div>   <div id="sidebar"><div id="sidebar2">  <div id="profile-container"><h2 class="sidebar-title">About Me</h2> <dl class="profile-datablock"><dt class="profile-img"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/profile/11752564890538181700"><img src="//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSJFqBi5ttyZvPEqfKE90n-P87N7Eh1QsGyLRtacdw8S79WRaJD3_DhJJjZKUY1iTm0-soAVkOiz-udBMN-qCABwHhi98MIJEaxn4f8Uh4LcD399LBMhfcI6iiR7XiBdo/s220/images[1].jpg" width="49" height="80" alt="My Photo"></a></dt> <dd class="profile-data"><strong>Name:</strong> <a rel="author" href="https://www.blogger.com/profile/11752564890538181700"> colinhughabbott </a></dd> <dd class="profile-data"><strong>Location:</strong> Jarrahdale, Western Australia, Australia </dd></dl> <p class="profile-textblock">Born Watford, England.</p> <p class="profile-link"><a rel="author" href="https://www.blogger.com/profile/11752564890538181700">View my complete profile</a></p></div>  <h2 class="sidebar-title">Previous Posts</h2> <ul id="recently"> <li><a href="http://colinabbottjarrahdale.blogspot.com/2005/11/hip-pocket-blues.html">Hip-pocket blues</a></li> <li><a href="http://colinabbottjarrahdale.blogspot.com/2005/11/marital-woes.html">Marital woes</a></li> <li><a href="http://colinabbottjarrahdale.blogspot.com/2005/11/stretching-it.html">Stretching it</a></li> <li><a href="http://colinabbottjarrahdale.blogspot.com/2005/11/handicapped.html">Handicapped</a></li> <li><a href="http://colinabbottjarrahdale.blogspot.com/2005/11/il-ha-ha.html">Il ha-ha</a></li> <li><a href="http://colinabbottjarrahdale.blogspot.com/2005/11/half-serve.html">Half serve</a></li> <li><a href="http://colinabbottjarrahdale.blogspot.com/2005/11/tax-returns.html">Tax returns</a></li> <li><a href="http://colinabbottjarrahdale.blogspot.com/2005/11/eye-opener.html">Eye-opener</a></li> <li><a href="http://colinabbottjarrahdale.blogspot.com/2005/11/fair-go.html">A fair go</a></li> <li><a href="http://colinabbottjarrahdale.blogspot.com/2005/11/cold-front.html">Cold front</a></li> </ul> <p id="powered-by"><a href="http://www.blogger.com"><img src="http://buttons.blogger.com/bloggerbutton1.gif" alt="Powered by Blogger" /></a></p>  </div></div>  </div>   <div id="footer"><hr /> <p> </p> </div>  </body> </html>