I would like to thank the kind lady who saw the fall and rang the ambulance. I am truly grateful for your kindness. Staff were also very attentive. This wasn't their fault, it was my heart and my age at fault. I would like to acknowledge the kindness of the ambulance men and the Albury Base Hospital doctors and nurses for their kindness to me over the six days that I was in hospital.

My second fall happened on May 14 outside my house. Once again I had a very concerned young lady and a gentleman come to my aid. I was once more blessed that I had people caring for me. The ambulance men were very kind to me in every respect. These people are angels. Where would us oldies be without their support.

Which brings to mind the two feral women in Melbourne that attacked the ambulance man with such ferocity that put him in hospital with many medical problems. The judge made a terrible error of judgement letting these women off. I wish the gentleman that was destroyed mentally and physically will recover in time to come. I feel so sad for him.

In this month of the celebration of the volunteer, Vision Australia would like to extend its gratitude to our dedicated group of helpers.

Vision Australia offers many services to support the blind and low vision in our community, with the ongoing commitment of our volunteers. They assist in key areas such as client support, radio, driving, administration, step painting (highlighting the edge of steps for easier navigation) and as Ambassadors, helping staff promote Vision Australia’s products and services at various events throughout the year.

Volunteers increase our capacity to assist our clients “to live the life they choose” and we are forever grateful for their efforts.

If anyone is interested in volunteering, please contact the Albury office on 60418813 or call into 566 Olive Street.

The government wants to eradicate cash for reasons to wipe out hidden business transactions, take away our cash society, make it harder for criminal activity and to ensure every transaction pays it’s share of tax. All this sounds very commendable.

Now consider the loss of our triple zero emergency phone number and the fact there is no back-up system in place.

Recently there has been two major losses of electronic banking transactions across the country. Telecom has had continuous problems of securing services to consumers.

Listening to radio national this week there was a university IT security expert saying that Australian businesses lacked the follow-up resources to back up such failures. They are after a quick technology expansion but this leaves customers at risk. Cash in the future will be a very important commodity because if there are future ill-designed technologies thrust upon us without reliable back up and if there is a cyber war where our power grid is shut down, then cash will reign supreme.

Do not be fooled by government rhetoric, hang on to your cash at all costs and the added advantage is that you can spend without being electronically tracked.