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… and sadly, I appear to be the victim.
About 6 months ago, I bought a PVR/set top box. I went with Wintal for a few reasons: I already had a non-recording Wintal set top box which had given no trouble; and the retailer, Radio Parts Group, assured me that they have their own repairers and […]

The web keeps popping up interesting experiences all the time - today I had another.
I subscribe to Get Up!. They are an activist group. I have to admit, I don’t really know who is behind them, but they don’t seem to be directly affiliated with any mainstream political group. Get Up harness the power of […]

News reports tonight are describing the people of Burma as ‘resilient‘.
Certainly they are resilient. When we visited, we saw these people living in pretty ordinary circumstances - poverty, lack of basic services, poor to non-existent infrastucture, all against a constant undercurrent of oppression. Despite their obvious hardships, they were friendly and open, with a ‘can-do’ […]

Am I imagining things? Perhaps there’s someone out there that can help me with this.
As a kid, (many years ago!) I remember all the bad weather came from the south west. Cold, rainy days, cold fronts, storms - you name it, they all came out of the south west… as I remember, anyway. These days, […]

When you hear it, you know it is right.
sorry
a standing ovation no less, and not a dry eye in the House.

I consider myself quite internet-savvy. I’ve seen most memes and scams come and go, so it pains me to admit that I have been taken in by one.
Yes, I’m afraid my initial entusiasm for Terry’s Chop Shop is now tainted with the belief that it has just been a viral marketing campaign all along. Bloody […]

I remember in the early 70’s when the world was experiencing it’s first “Oil Shock”. Cruising along, dad at the wheel of the old Humber Super Snipe (kewl eh?) when the interviewee on the radio made the dire prediction that petrol would get to $1 a gallon. (Yes, it was definitly gallons, the ‘metrication’ program […]

Credit for spotting this goes to my good lady, but this week’s theft of a Garbage truck, as reported on page 28 the Moreland Leader (December 10, 2007) seems to be an “open and shut case” as they say in crime reporting parlance.
I only hope the local plods are reading the paper too, because on […]

Yesterday, I was asked a question from a newspaper quiz “Who is the premier of Queensland?”. I remember Peter Beattie, but I also remember his graceful resignation - I have to admit, I’d never heard of Anna Bligh, but today I’m a fan!
The Spring issue of the NTEU journal NEXUS features a quote from her […]

This week, I had occasion to play for a few minutes with the latest toy of technolusters - the Apple iTouch. Definitely one of the ‘must haves’ of the decade, obviously, if I lived in a location where the iPhone was available, then I’d probably graduate to lusting after that instead, but for now let’s […]