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A man's workshop.
No matter how many items are for sale in the local mega-hardware store, there are still some things you can't buy there.
I am in my third attempt at setting up a workshop-shed-toolbench-whathaveyou. For many guys, it is just a place to hang a tenon saw and a set of drills. For some, it is a refuge from the house. For others, it is something entirely ( Read more... ) -
Two learning experiences.
I had two similar yet quite different learning experiences in the last few weeks. Both involved me seeking domain-specific knowledge from a store-assitant ( Read more... ) -
Car bought... now to make it go!
Okay, the car has been bought, driven back without drama and now it's sitting in Dad's carport. Turns out that only a few days after I last wrote here that I discovered that Dad realized I knew enough to pull it off. And less than a week after getting it back, he started to warm to it ( Read more... ) -
My Dad doesn't believe I know what I'm doing. :-(
So I'm organising to buy a car. An old sports-car, actually. It involves flying to Adelaide and driving it back (that's 1400km ( Read more... ) -
Once more into the breach...
Once again I contact my ex to see if we can actually organise for me to have my son for a while. She seems to be maintaining her stance of bringing other people along. As far as I am concerned, this is not acceptable and will not be acceptable for a long time.
Bring on the Dispute Resolution session. :-( -
Backdated encounters.
I tried to see my sonn this weekend, but it didn't happen. Or maybe the right line is that it wouldn't happen.
My ex and I had an SMS exchange over the last few days trying to organise something.
Thursday Evening: Me:Hi. Is Nicholas available to spend time with me this weekend? I'd prefer Sunday afternoon. Her:Sunday Afternoon after his sleep is ( Read more... ) -
Three weeks.
It will now be three weeks since I last saw my son. My ex isn't showing much interest in working with my life; seemingly expecting me to work with hers. Well, this weekend, I'm busy the whole of Saturday at a Church Working Bee and she's taking him to his cousin's second birthday party on Sunday. I can easily say she's making it hard for him to see ( Read more... ) -
Another failure.
They say there's always three sides to any conflict: each person's view and then there's the truth ( Read more... ) -
Seeing my son.
It doesn't appear that I will be seeing my son this weekend. My ex-wife doesn't want to leave him in my care ( Read more... )