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cursings?
This morning I got a brazillian cab driver on the way to work. I've had him several times before and he's always quite chatty, so I asked him how his trip back home was over Christmas. He replied "It was great, I got to see lots and lots of cursings." Various visions of bits from Harry Potter movies entered my mind and it took me a minute to ( Read more... ) -
Best Roast Ever
It's been a while, and a fair bit has happened, but I will post a propper update type thing later. For now though I want to talk about my new Cobb cooker from www.cobb.com.au, which Shon bought me to celebrate our 2 year aniversory ( Read more... ) -
We survived, so we're on.
Some of you may remember my post from a couple of weeks ago, in which we were about to embark on our first internet radio broadcast. I am pleased to report that our first 2 shows have gone very well. I haven't been taken off air for swearing, or otherwise inadvertently making a fool of myself, and other than a slight problem which caused the ( Read more... ) -
First Broadcast.
Around 15 years ago, I did some work for a few years as a presenter on a Hospital radio station for kids. This was something I really enjoyed, but had to eventually give up because of work commitments and because things within the organization got way too political for my liking. Since then I've often thought I'd like to do something in radio ( Read more... ) -
Cheap and Nasty Chinese lawn mowers.
Every time I am tempted to buy el cheapo chinese stuff I always regret it. About 18 months ago, I bought a Talon (chinese made bunnings brand) lawn mower. It looked solid enough, was reasonably priced without being the cheapest thing in the shop and it had all the features I wanted. I did have some reservations about it when I bought it, and ( Read more... ) -
More cooking stuff.
If that's Pig shit, I want some more ( Read more... ) -
Old but good.
The following arrived in my inbox this morning, and it made me smile so thought I'd post it here ( Read more... ) -
Success.
this must be the record! two posts in two days ( Read more... ) -
New Toys again, and a good meal.
Well, it's been a while since I've felt sufficiently inspired to write in this thing, but here goes with a quick update of sorts ( Read more... ) -
New toys.
Ok, so no point in providing a re-run of all of the events of yesterday, since Shon's already done that, except to say that in general it was a very productive day. I should, however, make a brief comment about the newly acquired nas drive ( Read more... )