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icy development from the National Strategic Conference on Fatherhood held in=
 Parliament House last August=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SP=
AN=3EThe truth of the matter is that the Opposition Leader=A0was very aware =
of the problems that face men in the 21<SUP=3Est</SUP=3E century=2E long bef=
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 the need to develop a national mentoring program for our children and boys =
in particular=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EHe spoke ab=
out the crisis in masculinity that is affecting our boys as they grow up=2E<=
SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EAlmost a million children in=
 Australia grow up fatherless today=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0=
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N style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EDad is consumed by other things=
 such as work or sport and his children suffer as a result=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E=
</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN=
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10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EMark was attacked by many so called experts fo=
r saying that there is a crisis in masculinity=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun=
: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EIt is interesting to note that those who attacked him =
were either women, or male feminist academics firing salvos from their ivory=
 towers=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EMark is not the f=
irst to talk about the crisis in masculinity, nor will he be the last=2E<SPA=
N style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EWhy do almost 2,000 men a year =
commit suicide in Australia today=3F<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0=A0=
 </SPAN=3EWhy does TV sitcom after TV sitcom feature men as patriarchal idio=
ts who are only good to laugh at=3F<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 <=
/SPAN=3EWhy are our boys doing so badly at school compared with our girls=3F=
<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EWhy do our femocentric fami=
ly courts award custody in over 90% of cases to the mother=3F<SPAN style=3D'=
mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EAre our fathers that bad=3F<SPAN style=3D'=
mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EWe have a crisis in masculinity of massive=
 proportions=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EIt is much e=
asier to be a woman in our femocentric world than a man=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</S=
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=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0c=
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0=3EI recently asked the following question at a men=92s breakfast where I w=
as the speaker=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3E=93Who fee=
ls that their manhood or fatherhood has been demeaned or marginalised by our=
 society=3F=94<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3ENinety per ce=
nt of the guys put up their hand=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 <=
/SPAN=3EThe audience included many young men, dads and grandfathers=2E<SPAN =
style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThe audience was typical of the a=
verage demographic in suburbia=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </S=
PAN=3EWould as many have put up their hands if there had been women present=3F=
<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EI think not, to quote St Au=
gustine, =91Men lead lives of quiet desperation=92=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spac=
erun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EAustralian men seem to lead lives of really quiet =
desperation=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MA=
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=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3ESusan Faludi, a w=
ell known feminist author, in her groundbreaking book called, =91Stiffed =96=
 The Betrayal of Modern Man=92, =A9 2000 page 41, says, =91Why despite a cre=
scendo of random tantrums, have they (men) offered no methodical, reasoned r=
esponse to their predicament=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPA=
N=3EGiven the untenable and insulting nature of the demands placed on men to=
 prove themselves in our culture, why don=92t men revolt=3F =2E =2E =2E This=
 seems to me to be the real question that lurks behind the =91masculinity cr=
isis=92 facing American society: not that men are fighting against women=92s=
 liberation, but they have refused to mobilise for their own =96 or their so=
ciety=92s =96 liberation=92=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=
=3EStrong words from one of the sisters but what a challenge, and coming fro=
m a woman!<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN=
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soNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DE=
N-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EThat=92s what the Fat=
herhood Foundation is all about =96 mobilising you to be a great man and a g=
reat dad=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EYou must accept =
that being a man is a wonderful thing=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=
=A0 </SPAN=3EAs my good friend, Don Bowak, President of Men=92s Health & Wel=
lbeing says, =93Families have suffered terribly because of the loss of mascu=
line input=94=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EFamilies ne=
ed masculine and feminine input to succeed=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: ye=
s'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EIf we as men allow ourselves to be emasculated by our femo=
centric society, our children and also our families will continue to suffer=2E=
<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm =
0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FON=
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=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EWarren Farrell in his book, =91=
Women can=92t Hear what <IMG hspace=3D4 src=3D'http://www=2Ebosweb=2Ecom=2Ea=
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 border=3D0=3EMen don=92t say=92, writes, =91For the first time in history t=
he sexes have an opportunity to redefine love, to create not a women=92s mov=
ement, blaming men or a men=92s movement blaming women but a gender transiti=
on movement=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EIn the past w=
e have been challenged by a paradox:<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 =
</SPAN=3Epolitical movements have been led by mostly unhealthy people, but f=
ew healthy changes have occurred without political movements=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E=
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d be thankful for your masculinity=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0=
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wife=92s womanhood=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EBe pro=
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=A0 </SPAN=3ERemember, the revolution starts within you=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</S=
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ana'=3EWarwick Marsh=A0=A0has been married=A0to Alison for=A028 years=2E He =
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e: It=92s a word that conjures up tough exteriors, military like determinati=
on, and often related to the adults in society=2E However, after chatting to=
 a young mother at playgroup today, it became more and more evident to me th=
at resilience pertains to children more often than we care to consider=2E<o:=
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di-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3EThis young mum was sharing her pain, the pain of t=
he last few weeks with her child starting school in a totally foreign enviro=
nment=2E You see, these people moved up to the Sunshine Coast just a few mon=
ths ago, and are finding the transition a little tough=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-=
spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EHer =91baby=92 comes home from school crying e=
very day, just wanting to go back to his old school where his old friends wo=
uld be, laughing and playing together=2E He absolutely hates his new school,=
 and wants to =93go home=94=2E As this young mum continued the tears welled =
up in her eyes, still coming to grips with the daily challenge=2E It just br=
eaks your heart, knowing that the decision to move to a new area was the par=
ents call, thinking it would be =91great=92 for the =91whole=92 family=2E An=
d then, to see the thing most precious in your lives, your children, totally=
 shattered and upset every day, not their usual happy self=85it really tears=
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rdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3EAs we talked, I reflected on our move=
 up here about 18 months ago, and remembered the heartache that we went thro=
ugh, with our little daughter experiencing the very same problems=2E We saw =
our baby girl, usually bouncy and happy, transformed into a dishevelled mess=
, and it was all our fault=2E And it didn=92t stop there=85you see it was my=
 idea to move up here, and after countless days of phone calls from the <IMG=
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d teary farewells, my wife started to unwillingly and perhaps unknowingly sh=
ift the blame to me=2E =93It was your idea!!!=94=85It=92s all your fault!!!=94=
=85'You made us move up here!!!' I know she didn=92t really blame me for my =
daughters problems, but when things are tough, and the end is nowhere in sig=
ht, you feel the need to blame someone=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P cl=
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 to say, the problem did fade with time, new friends were made, teachers com=
e on board to assist, and countless prayers all combined to help our baby gi=
rl get through the problem=2E 18 months later my little miss is just that=85=
countless friends, countless parties, countless phone calls=85It=92s a girl =
thing=2E Anyway, I tried very subtly to reinforce this positive outcome to t=
he young mum, trying to at least provide some light to the very dark tunnel =
through my own experiences=2E I suppose the moral to my story was the fact t=
hat kids are resilient, they bounce back, they soldier on, and more often th=
an not forgetting the past=2E I reckon God has given children very small mem=
ory retention in those early years for a purpose=2E<IMG hspace=3D4 src=3D'ht=
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e parents who have been in a similar position, or perhaps in that position n=
ow, have faith=2E Kids ARE tough and they will recover=2E Providing a balanc=
e of love and affection, some wise counsel and supportive friends and family=
=85our little ones will get through these tough days=2E <o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPA=
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NT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3EI used =
to think that it was really tough of my dad to expect me, at age 18 (in 1958=
), to be home at 8:30 in the evenings on Thursday and Friday nights, so that=
 my mother would feel secure in the house with my little sister=2E This had =
been the requirement for a number of years and it included Tuesday and Sunda=
y nights as well=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D=
'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt;=
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PAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: j=
ustify'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-fon=
t-size: 12=2E0pt'=3EThe reason for this =91cruel and unusual punishment=92 w=
as this: My father ran a two-up school in Melbourne=2E Tuesday, Thursday, Fr=
iday and Sunday nights were the nights the =91school=92 operated=2E Dad woul=
d leave home at 8:30p=2Em=2E and would not return until around three the nex=
t morning=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARG=
IN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT=
-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E=
</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify=
'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size=
: 12=2E0pt'=3EHe simply insisted that I be home before he left=2E <o:p=3E</o=
:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-=
ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-=
bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoN=
ormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FO=
NT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3EI remem=
ber one evening when I was home at the appointed hour only to abscond after =
his departure=2E Unfortunately my timing was lousy because he returned about=
 an hour later to find that I was an absentee son=2E My mother knew where I =
would be so she sent my little sister to tell me that I should return home =91=
in haste=92=2E When I arrived I was greeted by a =91not-happy-Leo=92 father=2E=
<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EIt was only the second time=
 in my life when my father responded physically, albeit very mildly=2E I was=
 about fifteen at the time=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNor=
mal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT=
-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E=A0<o:p=3E=
</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TE=
XT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; m=
so-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3EI have never asked my mother (she is 86 now a=
nd I am 62 )if she really was nervous in the house without a male, and altho=
ugh it seemed unreasonable at the time, I never resented my mother=92s need =
for my presence=2E I knew that she felt for me=2E All my mates were out havi=
ng =91fun=92 and I was at home (no TV until =9256) with mum and my little si=
ster=2E Mum and I have maintained a very strong mother/son relationship for =
which I thank my dad=2E He passed on in 1980 at the age of 64=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=
=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-AL=
IGN: justify'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bi=
di-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNor=
mal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT=
-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E=A0<o:p=3E=
</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TE=
XT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; m=
so-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3EThere were other requirements as well, and I =
mean requirements, not just requests=2E On the evenings that I could remain =
out late I was expected to come into my parents=92 room and kiss my mother b=
efore going to bed; no matter what time I arrived home=2E This was a =91trad=
ition=92: my father always kissed his mother before going to bed up until th=
e day she died=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D=
'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt;=
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PAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: j=
ustify'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-fon=
t-size: 12=2E0pt'=3EDad=92s mum lived with us in North Melbourne and dad wou=
ld go quietly into her room at 3 or 4 am in the morning and give his mother =
a kiss=2E One morning, when<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3E=
bending over his aged mother to deliver the ritual: loving son=92s, good-mor=
ning-I=92m-home-safely-from-the-two-up kiss, he discovered that she had pass=
ed away=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN=
: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-F=
AMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E<=
/P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=
=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size:=
 12=2E0pt'=3EIn many ways kissing between mother and son, or between father =
and son, has become unfashionable in this day and age=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-s=
pacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EBut love is never out of fashion=2E<SPAN style=3D=
'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EIt is a way to honour those we love that =
can never be replaced=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EYou=
 are never too young to learn and never too old to start=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</=
SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: =
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=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P c=
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'=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0=
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<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=
=2E0pt'=3ELeo Talbot has <STRONG=3E4 </STRONG=3Edaughters and <STRONG=3E10</=
STRONG=3E grandchildren and has been happily married for <STRONG=3E40</STRON=
G=3E years=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EHe has a backg=
round in Strategic Sales and IT=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</I=3E</P=3E<P cla=
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=3D2=3E<a href=3D'#top'=3EBack to top</a=3E</font=3E</div=3E<br=3E<p=3E</p=3E=
</font=3E</blockquote=3E</td=3E</tr=3E<tr=3E<td width=3D578 height=3D13 bgco=
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Laughter</b=3E</font=3E<font face=3D'verdana' size=3D2=3E<br=3E<br=3E<div=3E=
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hers=5Fissue79-1st March, 2004=5Fman=5Fediting=5Fvideo=5Fworkstation=5Flg=5F=
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N lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font=
-size: 12=2E0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU'=3E<FONT color=3D#000000=3ECour=
tesy Joe Bryant<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal s=
tyle=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=
=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt; mso=
-fareast-language: EN-AU'=3E<FONT color=3D#000000=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</FONT=
=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-AL=
IGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Ve=
rdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU'=3E<FONT co=
lor=3D#000000=3EAt a=A0 computer expo (COMDEX), Bill Gates reportedly compar=
ed the computer industry with the auto industry and stated, 'If GM had kept =
up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $=
25=2E00 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon'=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</FONT=3E<=
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a; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU'=3E<BR=3E<FONT =
color=3D#000000=3EIn response to Bill's comments, General Motors issued a pr=
ess release stating:=A0 If GM had developed technology like! Microsoft, we w=
ould all be driving cars with the following characteristics:<o:p=3E</o:p=3E<=
/FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TE=
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Y: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU'=3E<FO=
NT color=3D#000000=3E<IMG hspace=3D4 src=3D'http://www=2Ebosweb=2Ecom=2Eau/e=
mail=5Fblast/client=5Fimages/fathers=5Fcarcrash1%20180=2Ejpg' align=3Dleft b=
order=3D0=3E1=2E For no reason whatsoever, your car would crash twice a day=2E=
<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN:=
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ge: EN-AU'=3E<FONT color=3D#000000=3E2=2E Every time they repainted the line=
s in the road, you would have to buy a new car=2E<BR=3E3=2E Occasionally you=
r car would die on the freeway for no reason=2E You would have to pull to th=
e side of the road, close all of the windows, shut off the car, restart it, =
and reopen the windows before you could continue=2E For some reason you woul=
d simply accept this=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMso=
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0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU'=3E<FONT color=3D#000000=3E4=2E Occasionall=
y, executing a manoeuvre such as a left turn would cause your car to shut do=
wn and refuse to restart, in which case you would have to reinstall the engi=
ne=2E<BR=3E5=2E Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, was =
reliable, five times as fast and twice as easy to drive - but would run on o=
nly five percent of the roads=2E<BR=3E6=2E The oil, water temperature, and a=
lternator warning lights would all be replaced by a single 'This Car Has Per=
formed An Illegal Operation' warning light=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E=
</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify=
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idi-font-size: 12=2E0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU'=3E<FONT color=3D#00000=
0=3E7=2E The airbag system would ask 'Are you sure=3F' before deploying=2E<o=
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pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt; mso-fareast-language=
: EN-AU'=3E<FONT color=3D#000000=3E8=2E Occasionally, for no reason whatsoev=
er, your car would lock you out and refuse to let you in until you<IMG hspac=
e=3D4 src=3D'http://www=2Ebosweb=2Ecom=2Eau/email=5Fblast/client=5Fimages/fa=
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sly lifted the door handle, turned the key and grabbed hold of the radio ant=
enna=2E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm=
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U'=3E<FONT color=3D#000000=3E9=2E Every time a new car was introduced car bu=
yers would have to learn how to drive all over again because none of the con=
trols would operate in the same manner as the old car=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</FON=
T=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-A=
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NT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E<FONT color=3D#000000=3E=A0</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E</F=
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#top'=3EBack to top</a=3E</font=3E</div=3E<br=3E<p=3E</p=3E</font=3E</blockq=
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LY: Verdana'=3E<FONT size=3D2=3EAustralia=92s Child Support Scheme is one of=
 the worst and most unfair systems in the world=2E This is to the point wher=
e more and more liable parents are being forced into unemployment=2E Childre=
n from separated families are being paid less and less each year=2E <o:p=3E<=
/o:p=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm=
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0pt'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E<FONT size=3D2=3ECarers are re=
ceiving an average reduction of $5 per week per child every year=2E The curr=
ent average child support payment is now only $35 per week per child=2E This=
 is as a result of 240,000 liable parents now being unemployed as a result o=
f our child support scheme=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3E=
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e disputes the fact that both parents should be responsible for supporting t=
heir children=2E However the Child Support Scheme targets =93soft targets=94=
 - that is, those people who are on the PAYG system=2E <o:p=3E</o:p=3E</FONT=
=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN=
 style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E<FONT size=3D2=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</FONT=3E=
</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN st=
yle=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E<FONT size=3D2=3EIt is relatively easy for th=
e bureaucrat to track down the PAYG liable parents=2E This is through the ta=
x file number system=2E It is not so easy to track down people who are self-=
employed=2E <o:p=3E</o:p=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal styl=
e=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E<FONT siz=
e=3D2=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=
=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E<FONT size=
=3D2=3EPAYG taxpayers generally more easily fall into financial difficulties=
=2E This is because of a lack of assets and a lower income earning potential=
 with which to pull themselves out of these difficulties=2E As a result, the=
 PAYG liable parent simply falls into long-term unemployment when targeted b=
y the Child Support Agency=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=
=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Ver=
dana'=3E<FONT size=3D2=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3D=
MsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdan=
a'=3E<FONT size=3D2=3EThe Labor Party when in government introduced the Chil=
d Support Scheme in 1989=2E They did this by enacting legislation under the =
name of the <I style=3D'mso-bidi-font-style: normal'=3EChild Support (Assess=
ment) Act 1989=2E </I=3EThe associated legislation called the<I style=3D'mso=
-bidi-font-style: normal'=3E Child Support (Registration & Collection) Act 1=
988</I=3E had been passed by Parliament the previous year=2E <o:p=3E</o:p=3E=
</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E=
<SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E<FONT size=3D2=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</=
FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<=
SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E<FONT size=3D2=3EThis is despite the f=
act that adequate legislation already existed in the <I style=3D'mso-bidi-fo=
nt-style: normal'=3EFamily Law Act</I=3E <I style=3D'mso-bidi-font-style: no=
rmal'=3E1975=2E</I=3E This legislation allowed for child support matters to =
be determined on an individual basis and not an inflexible formula that exis=
ts in the new legislation=2E=2E <o:p=3E</o:p=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P cl=
ass=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: =
Verdana'=3E<FONT size=3D2=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P cla=
ss=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: V=
erdana'=3E<FONT size=3D2=3EAt present, three (3) people per day are committi=
ng suicide in Australia because of family law and child support problems=2E =
These problems can be substantially removed by repealing our current child s=
upport legislation=2E This legislation is the enabling legislation for the C=
hild Support Agency which would be abolished=2E <o:p=3E</o:p=3E</FONT=3E</SP=
AN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN style=3D=
'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E<FONT size=3D2=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E=
</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FO=
NT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E<FONT size=3D2=3EWe need to bring the parents back int=
o the decision-making process=2E <o:p=3E</o:p=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P c=
lass=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY:=
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nt-weight: normal'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E<FONT size=3D2=3E=
=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</B=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D=
'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<B style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'=3E<SPAN st=
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style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana=
'=3E<FONT size=3D2=3EJohn Flanagan=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</B=3E=
</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FO=
NT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E<FONT size=3D2=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E<=
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T-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E<FONT size=3D2=3EJohn Flanagan has two (2) twin daughte=
rs aged 7 years=2E He is a non-resident parent=2E=A0</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E<SPAN =
style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E<FONT size=3D2=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</FONT=3E=
</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN st=
yle=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E<FONT size=3D2=3EJohn is also the Assistant S=
ecretary of the Fairness in Child Support (F=2EI=2EC=2ES=2E) group located i=
n Wollongong=2E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<br=3E<br=3E<div align=3Dright=3E<fon=
t size=3D2=3E<a href=3D'#top'=3EBack to top</a=3E</font=3E</div=3E<br=3E<p=3E=
</p=3E</font=3E</blockquote=3E</td=3E</tr=3E<tr=3E<td width=3D578 height=3D1=
3 bgcolor=3D'#ffffff' nowrap=3E<img src=3D'http://www=2Ebosweb=2Ecom=2Eau/em=
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</td=3E</tr=3E<tr=3E<td width=3D578 height=3D25 bgcolor=3D'#ffffff' backgrou=
nd=3D'http://www=2Ebosweb=2Ecom=2Eau/email=5Fblast/templates/fathers/templat=
e1/Generic/fade=2Egif'=3E<blockquote=3E<p=3E<font size=3D3 face=3D'Verdana, =
Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif' color=3Dblack=3E<br=3E<a name=3D'anchor6'=3E</=
a=3E<b=3ESpecial Feature</b=3E</font=3E<font face=3D'verdana' size=3D2=3E<br=
=3E<br=3E<div=3E<img src=3D'http://www=2Ebosweb=2Ecom=2Eau/email=5Fblast/cli=
ent=5Fimages/fathers=5Fissue79-1st March, 2004=5Flearning to drive=2Ejpg' al=
ign=3Dleft=3E</div=3E <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEX=
T-ALIGN: justify'=3E<B style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'=3E<SPAN lang=3D=
EN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3ETHE COOLEST DAD IN T=
HE UNIVERSE<=3Fxml:namespace prefix =3D o ns =3D 'urn:schemas-microsoft-com:=
office:office' /=3E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</B=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU styl=
e=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EBy Angie K=2E Ward-Kucer<o:p=3E=
</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TE=
XT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMIL=
Y: Verdana'=3E<BR=3EHe was 50 years old when I was born, and a 'Mr Mom' long=
 before anyone had a name for it=2E I didn't know why he was home instead of=
 Mom, but I was young and the only one of my friends who had their Dad aroun=
d=2E I considered myself very lucky=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=
=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=
=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E<BR=3EDad did so =
many things for me during my grade-school years=2E He convinced the school b=
us driver to pick me up at my house instead of the usual bus stop that was s=
ix blocks away=2E He always had my lunch ready for me when I came home =96 u=
sually peanut butter and jelly sandwich that was shaped for the season=2E My=
 favourite was at Christmas=2E The sandwiches would be sprinkled with green =
sugar and cut in the shape of a tree=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P clas=
s=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lan=
g=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E<BR=3EAs I got a=
 little older and tried to gain my independence, I wanted to move away from =
those 'childish' signs of his love=2E But he wasn't going to give up=2E In H=
igh School and no longer able to go home for lunch, I began taking my own=2E=
 Dad would get up a little earlier and make it for me=2E I never knew what t=
o expect=2E The outside of the sack might be covered with his rendering of a=
 mountain scene (it became his trademark) or a heart inscribed with 'Dad-n-A=
ngie K=2EK=2E' in its centre=2E Inside there would be a napkin with that sam=
e heart or an 'I love you'=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3E=
Many times he would write a joke or a riddle, such as 'Why don't they ever c=
all it a momsicle instead of a popsicle=3F' He always had some silly saying =
to make me smile and let me know that he loved me=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E=
</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify=
'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E<BR=
=3EI used to hide my lunch so no one would see the bag or read the napkin, b=
ut that didn't last long=2E One of my friends saw the napkin one day, grabbe=
d it, and passed it around the lunch room=2E My face burned with embarrassme=
nt=2E To my astonishment, the next day all my friends were waiting to see th=
e napkin=2E From the way they acted, I think they all wished they had someon=
e who showed them that kind of love=2E I was so proud to have him as my fath=
er=2E Throughout the rest of my high school years, I received those napkins,=
 and still have the majority of them=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P clas=
s=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lan=
g=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E<BR=3EAnd still =
it didn't end=2E When I left home for college (the last one to leave) I thou=
ght the messages would stop=2E But my friends and I were glad that his gestu=
res continued=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'=
MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT=
-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E<IMG hspace=3D3 src=3D'http://www=2Ebos=
web=2Ecom=2Eau/email=5Fblast/client=5Fimages/fathers=5Fphone=2Egif' align=3D=
left border=3D0=3E<BR=3EI missed seeing my Dad every day after school and so=
 I called him a lot=2E My phone bills got to be pretty high=2E It didn't mat=
ter what we said: I just wanted to hear his voice=2E We started a ritual dur=
ing that first year that stayed with us=2E After I said goodbye he always sa=
id, 'Angie=3F' 'Yes Dad', I'd reply=2E 'I love you=2E'<SPAN style=3D'mso-spa=
cerun: yes'=3E=A0 '</SPAN=3EI love you too Dad'=2E <BR=3E<BR=3EI began getti=
ng letters almost every Friday=2E The front-desk staff always knew who the l=
etters were from - the return address said 'The Hunk'=2E Many times the enve=
lopes were addressed in crayon and along with the enclosed letters were usua=
lly drawings of our cat or dog, stick figures of him and Mom, and if I had b=
een home the weekend before, of me racing around town with friends and using=
 the house as<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3Ea pit stop=2E =
He also had his mountain scene and the heart-encased inscription, 'Dad-n-Ang=
ie K=2EK=2E'<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARG=
IN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZ=
E: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E<BR=3EThe mail was delivered every day righ=
t before lunch, so I'd have his letters with me when I went to the cafeteria=
=2E I realised it was useless to hide them because my roommate was a high sc=
hool friend who knew about his napkins=2E Soon it became a Friday afternoon =
ritual=2E I would read the letters, and the drawing and envelope would be pa=
ssed around=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MA=
RGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-S=
IZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E<BR=3EIt was during this time that Dad be=
came stricken with cancer=2E When the letters didn't come on Friday, I knew =
that he had been sick and wasn't able to write=2E He used to get up a 4am so=
 he could sit in the quiet house and do his letters=2E If he missed his Frid=
ay delivery, the letters would usually come a day or two later=2E But they a=
lways came=2E My friends used to call him 'Coolest Dad in the Universe' and =
one day they sent him a card bestowing that title, signed by all of them=2E =
I believe he taught all of us about a father's love=2E I wouldn't be surpris=
ed if my friends started sending napkins to their children=2E He left an imp=
ression that would stay with them and inspire them to give their own childre=
n their expression of their love=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3D=
MsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3D=
EN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E<BR=3EThroughout my =
four years of college, the letters and <IMG hspace=3D4 src=3D'http://www=2Eb=
osweb=2Ecom=2Eau/email=5Fblast/client=5Fimages/fathers=5Fwoman%20opening%20l=
etter%20180=2Ejpg' align=3Dright border=3D0=3Ephone calls came at regular in=
tervals=2E But then the time came when I decided to come home and be with hi=
m because he was growing sicker, and I knew that our time together was limit=
ed=2E Those were the hardest days to go through=2E To watch this man, who al=
ways acted so young, age past his years=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=
=A0 </SPAN=3EIn the end he didn't recognize=A0who I was and would call me th=
e name of a relative he hadn't seen in many years=2E Even though I knew it w=
as due to his illness, it still hurt that he couldn't remember my name=2E<o:=
p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt=
; TEXT-ALIGN: justify'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-F=
AMILY: Verdana'=3E<BR=3EI was alone with him in his hospital room a couple o=
f days before he died=2E We held hands and watched TV=2E As I was getting re=
ady to leave, he said, 'Angie=3F' 'Yes, Dad' 'I love you'=2E 'I love you too=
 Dad'</SPAN=3E</P=3E<br=3E<br=3E<div align=3Dright=3E<font size=3D2=3E<a hre=
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lockquote=3E</td=3E</tr=3E<tr=3E<td width=3D578 height=3D13 bgcolor=3D'#ffff=
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<td width=3D578 height=3D25 bgcolor=3D'#ffffff' background=3D'http://www=2Eb=
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ns-serif' color=3Dblack=3E<br=3E<a name=3D'anchor7'=3E</a=3E<b=3EThought for=
 the Week</b=3E</font=3E<font face=3D'verdana' size=3D2=3E<br=3E<br=3E<div=3E=
<img src=3D'http://www=2Ebosweb=2Ecom=2Eau/email=5Fblast/client=5Fimages/fat=
hers=5Fissue79-1st March, 2004=5FWarren farrell 1 250=2Ejpg' align=3Dleft=3E=
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NT size=3D5=3EMen can=92t say what men don=92t know<=3Fxml:namespace prefix =
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MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center' align=3Dcenter=3E<B style=3D'mso-bi=
di-font-weight: normal'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU=3E<FONT face=3D'Comic Sans MS'=3E=
<FONT color=3Dsienna=3E<FONT size=3D5=3Eand women can=92t hear <BR=3Ewhat me=
n don=92t say<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</FONT=3E</FONT=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</B=3E</P=3E=
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AN lang=3DEN-AU=3E<FONT face=3D'Comic Sans MS' color=3Dsienna=3EWarren Farre=
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