Come on world entertain me!

Ur doin it rong #3: Evil financial products (you see I can bitch about
more things than just those solutions masquerading as green solutions).
There are many financial products in this world which take advantage of
the poorly organized, mathematically naïve, and plain poor or easily exploited.

Example evil financial products:

Reverse mortgages ( ( Read more... )

There is a Lyre Bird at my local zoo (Adelaide) that has taken to imitating the construction workers and their tools which are being used to construct a new panda exhibit nearby.

The sounds you should be listening for are as follows:
Electric drill
Handsaw
“Hello Chook”
Chainsaw
Water drops
Truck reversing
Post-mix drink being poured
2 way radio chatter
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Ur doin it rong: The next installment….

So for those of you who do not live in South Australia, we have recently had a state government-implemented ban on thin plastic non-biodegradable bags for all supermarkets.  The basis of this ban has something to do with: too many bags going into landfill, the fact that once in the dump the never break down ( Read more... )

 Ur doin it rong.
This will be the title of all my simple rants about the issues of a modern world. No attention will be paid to spelling or issues of grammar. I just want to get it out and not let it take too much time.

Today's 'Ur doin it rong' is related to compact fluros (compact fluorescent bulb). There are moves afoot to completely ban old- ( Read more... )

So the news the other day: Jacko Jacko Jacko and in other news Farrah Fawcett star of Charlie’s Angels passed away.
There has to be a word for the misfortune of dying on a day where a more famous person dies and steals all the headlines from you.
I found it amusing that the media has generally had trouble dealing with the 'anal cancer' cause of ( Read more... )

 
Me (thinking of the un-eaten mega chocolate donut in kitchen): Would you like something special to eat?
PrJr: Okay...
Me: If you can tell me what it is you can have it......it is round and has a hole in the middle.
PrJr: Is it a gingernut biscuit?
Me: No -it is much softer than a gingernut biscuit.
PrJr: Is it the cat?
Me: No -you cant eat the cat!!
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 come on world..entertain me!

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