February 19, 2007
Bucket back
'Bucket-back' is now an official term it seems for what is happening to Melbournians as they cart water from their bathrooms, laundries and kitchens to their gardens each day. Medicare should take note and build in the requisite budget-increments for the chronic bucket-back cases that will haunt the medical system in the future. And if you're looking for a career change then training in remedial massage may turn out to be profitable!
Bucket-back may even surface in the Netherlands as during my in-law's 8-week visit Oma was an indefatigible and sorely-missed member of the bucket brigade. The saddest part is that the mountains of passionfruit under which we are now vanishing are too a large extent due to her efforts. As are the grapes, come to think of it!
Posted by Faith