It is refreshing to see a politician with a real view of life for ordinary Australians.  She is at least speaking from the heart and personal experiance, not following some last century political dogma like so many career politicians do.

I believe that you should not be able to run for Parliament unless you can demonstrate a history of living and working in the real world.

And by that I don't mean getting out of Uni and joining the senior ranks of a Union organisation or going straight into Daddies law firm, serving three years and then going into a safe seat.

I could not agree more!

There is a report out that last week Prince George announced to his grt grandmother to a hushed room that 'mummy has a baby in her tummy'  not sure how true this is, but the report went onto say that the Duchess wants four children by the time she turns 40.

The Queen apparently called for champers all round!

I read somewhere it could be twins!!

I remember reading that with the last pregnancy, but I think this is probably not in the running as it was mentioned yesterday of all the 'appointments' the duchess has for this year.  She usually is sick at the begining of each pregnancy.  Poor woman.

If only we could select our parentage and not suffer hereditary illnesses, I bet there is many a time HM wishes she was down on the farm instead of doing what is expected of her when her feet are killing her.

Rather her than me, don't envy her at all.

Me neither..It was bluddy tough bringing up all my children too, and times when I didn't think we would make it to the end of the week, but In truth I loved every minute of it, even though I wasn't much more than a kid myself...( doctors words)...

But I had the freedom to walk to the park without millions of people critiquing my clothes. A choice of how they were dressed and lots of time to learn how to be a mum...

Poor Kate indeed, It would be like living in a goldfish bowl drowning in photographers..

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww how nice.  :-)

Lovely story Ann. Have a great Easter with hubby, Sascha and the Monday mob.

Just talking to a neigbour today she goes down the road to visit an 85 year old widower who has just lost his wife.  She is a retired nurse and happily married. If only we knew more about those folks that are lonely behind closed doors we could invite them in for a tea or coffee and a chat.

How many people live next door to the neigbour and never speak to them.

Hi Foxy and RnR.

Thank you both, the park was very quiet and then along came this white haired lady bouncing along, she was fantastic.

Nice quiet Good Friday today, just how we like it.  Son came to lunch and we just sat and chatted in the sunshine.  I had cooked fish and some steamed vegs. Husband made a lovely fresh fruit salad.  Then the guys had a coffee and I tea. Lovely day.

Son left for home and I came in here to read and post.

Horrifying Ann...I can't even watch that..:(

I remember many years ago standing on a railway platform as a baby in a stroller slid onto the tracks in the path of an oncoming train, A young guy appeared from nowhere and jumped onto the track ,grabbed the baby ,and scrambled to safety just before the train demolished the pram..I can still hear that mother's screams...

 223 children fell beneath trains at Sydney stations last year, wonder how many fell Australia wide???

If the parents are so carelless they should make the kids in their charge be on a lead.

Ann..like Cranky..I can't watch it either..

My children all wore leads...

I had two on reins, and one in the pram...but in those days the railway guards were a great help, I rode into town in the guard van...

Ladies although I watched it, I cannot see it happening, it must have happened very quickly.....it is more common than you think.

I was saying to husband who used to build railways   [called civil permantent way engineering ] includes bridges and drainage, earthworks mine sites rail.   How does this happen?

He doesn't know, of course there has to be a space there to allow room for the carriage.  I guess the issue is like you said the adults should be more careful. I always had the hand of my two went we went on a train, but I have to admit it was not often.

Gosh Abby I did not realize it was that many, I can remembering it happen on a suburban train outside Brighton once.  [Victoria]

Perhaps it is the result of socity change and people do not know how to parent or grand parent

Instead of looking after their children .. the kids get dumped into a créche and the time the socalled parents spent with the children is as thier friends ... there is NO parenting.

We are going to on our new underground system in Sydney . I think crossrail in London has as well .