Thursday, January 24, 2013

Get rid of it

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This week, media reports emerged that the state paid $30 million a year to stage the Australian Grand Prix. The government has so far refus...
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Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Nice views.

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This was my son's favourite house and he never passed it without taking another photo. Now it's being torn down after the ...
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Monday, January 21, 2013

I wish I had a jacuzzi.

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I really am fair f'knackered.  Lying back in a nice bubbling jacuzzi would feel good right about now. I have been moving furniture, h...
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Saturday, January 19, 2013

Big hole.

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This is Stickney Crater on the martian moon Phobos.  Stickney is over 9 kilometres across which is nearly half the diameter of Phob...
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Friday, January 18, 2013

Just a trinket.

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It's about time we had a jewell on the blog and is this not a beauty. Platinum mounted, 2.20 carats of diamond and an Imperial Topa...
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Monday, January 14, 2013

Where to run to....

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This is huge.  The red dust storm is seen on the horizon as it approaches ships in the area of north-western Australia  The sand and ...
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Friday, January 11, 2013

Back at the old homestead.

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I left in a cab about 3 after grabbing a sandwich to take with me but she didn't arrive back at the Home until 7.30 last night.  I put ...
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Wednesday, January 09, 2013

Told you not to write her off.

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Yesterday, breathing laboured, oxygen, potassium, antibiotics and saline. Worst food I've ever seen and I may never diss the cook at ...
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Monday, January 07, 2013

Three days down

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Three days at the Alfred hospital and again tomorrow unless she goes quietly into that dark night. I never write the old girl off, she...
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Saturday, January 05, 2013

About to self-medicate...

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As soon as I finish this I'm heading for a tub of coffee and vanilla swirl low - fat ice-cream. 8.45a.m. call from the Home. Mother...
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Thursday, January 03, 2013

New Year?

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Three days in and it just feels like 2012 without the Doomsday prophecy. So many fell off the twig at the Home that the twig nearly went ...
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Saturday, December 29, 2012

Dip your toes in this water.

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The Mid-Cayman Rise in the Caribbean has hydrothermal vents which spew out super-heated chemical-rich fluids into the cold depths, ...
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Monday, December 24, 2012

I know there's none at the North Pole...

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Here's an oldie but a goodie for Elephant's Child It's from my first Christmas of blogging and I still laugh at it.
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Sunday, December 23, 2012

What's that saying about Angels hiding at Christmas?

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I debated about whether Southland would be good today or better tomorrow.  Would my leg be worse than today? It would have been okay if I h...
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Saturday, December 22, 2012

'Tis the season......

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I thought I must try and get into the Christmas spirit despite wanting to shove the family up the chimney and brick it so I went looking fo...
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Friday, December 21, 2012

The longest week.

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I was sitting at the taxi rank at Southland with 3 other oldies, like we have all the time in the world to wait for a cab.  One, a...
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Monday, December 17, 2012

A good home for the doll.

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The Christmas party went well except for two people who caused chaos and believe me, the girls down there don't get enough money for pu...
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Cat laughs (I hope)

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If this works, it's my first Youtube upload.
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Friday, December 14, 2012

Laughter is the best medicine

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What is it about cats and boxes?  I have a photo of my Kitty curled up in an Easter egg basket that could only have been about 10 inches a...
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Friday, December 07, 2012

Where did our grogblogs go?

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I set this as wallpaper and after looking at it for a while, had a giggle.  It looked so like every grogblog I'd ever been to and I...
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