This is to give all those clients who are interested an update of how David’s attempt to return to youth, good looks and have a Herculean body is going. In January I decided to learn how to paddle a Standup Board. Now a standup board is basically a person standing on...

It was New Year’s Eve, and my wife was checking our emails when she suddenly looked at me a little bewildered and asked “There is a gym membership renewal here in your name. When did you join a gym?” “Around 9 months ago” I replied “What for?” she asked “To get fit” I...

I was out walking my dogs just after the rain a few days ago and I discovered the joy and the pain of walking with my dogs. Now, my wife and I own some big dogs and every day I collect the dogs and head off into the fields around Bundaberg and just lose myself in the...

Last month I was stricken down with the most horrible of diseases that has affected the human race. I am not talking about Covid, I am not talking about heart or kidney conditions, I am not talking about cancers or bone degeneration – I am talking about “MAN...

I must have missed the memo from the Department of Transport, informing me that the road rules have changed. My first clue was the speed that most drivers are doing – usually around 10km/hr slower than the speed limit unless they are on the Ring Road or the open...

I have just had a R and R week away from the animal hospital to allow my “grey matter” to rejuvenate. And what did I do in this week I hear you say? My wife decided that it would be a great time to set a project that involved fixing a retaining wall that had decided...

I know all my avid fans and readers of this column will be saddened by the news that I will not be attending the Olympic Games as a competitor this year. After days (if not a week) of intense training to represent Australia in any sport I could bribe my way into...

If nothing else – this section of the newsletter can be educational. I have just learnt that there is an “effect” called the Dunning-Kruger effect. Before I explain what this Dunning-Kruger effect is – I need to set the scene where my wife accused me of...

In the middle of January a few clients noticed that I had a number of band-aids and skin dressings on both elbows, knees and wrists. I will try to explain why. It all started one early morning when I was walking my dogs through the paddock. I noticed a tree that had...

For some of the avid readers of my column will remember (and for the rest of the readers I will explain) – I have a theory that any chocolate, cake, lolly etc that is given at Christmas (and Easter) does not put-on weight as long as that chocolate etc is given as a...