My mother always, in the AM days, used to keep her radio tuned to 3KZ, a station known for its golden oldies. It is no surprise that now that FM has been in the ascendency for over three decades, that 3KZ’s successor station, GOLD FM is playing constantly in her kitchen. I’m Countdown Generation, so …
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Latest on the West Maribyrnong Explosives Factory Site
First when I lived opposite it in Maribyrnong, and now in Avondale Heights, this giant vacant site has been preying on my mind for the past 28 years. However, it doesn’t look like anyone is going to do anything about it in a real hurry, at least not til the land value is way higher …
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‘No One Expects The Spanish Inquisition’: Something Else Which No Pope Has Apologised For Yet….
Over 50 years ago, Monty Python did an episode called ‘Spanish Inquisition’, which has since then led to many memes along the theme of ‘No One Expects The Spanish Inquisition’. Through ridicule, one of the more shameful chapters in the history of the Catholic Church is diminished. However, I am not sure that the Catholic …
Bad Albo!
This doesn’t exactly suggest Albo is a man of the people. Hawthorn is a team supporterd by the top end of town.www.news.com.au/sport/afl/sickens-me-afl-great-slams-anthony-albanese-over-one-act/news-story/a767e2a7642e5a9b3d96b4f92c129803
Hypocrisy On Parliament Hill…
The above story from the Canberra Times does trigger me, as to the irony and hypocrisy. Basically, there is an employee of the diversity and inclusion team in Parliament House who is claiming that she was sacked for her disability. Her employers are claiming that it was due to a restructure rather than her claim …
Dance Like No One Is Watching?
I will be honest – if deploring the excessive nationalistic tendencies and taxpayer funding for national sporting teams was an Olympic sport, then I would be a gold medallist. The amount of attention which faux (or ersatz) break dancer Raygun has received for her rather underwhelming performance at the recent Olympics has got me thinking. …
Double Breasted Suits Are Back, Baby!
Having recently officially retired (and getting a large payout yesterday of my remaining unused leave credits), you would think that buying a new suit would be the last thing on my mind. After all, I hate wearing suits, and the two suits I bought from Peter Jackson back in 2002 (to celebrate a promotion at …
Oops….
search.app/PSRHc9fQR33M557d8 It’s interesting to see political incompetence in action so poetically. Insiders know that Richard Shields is the brother of former Victorian liberal party state director Julian Sheezel. Cain is not expected to be the keeper of Abel, but obviously one is much more capable than the other. I think that the people who stopped …
The Australian Olympic Team – Where Too Much Ain’t Enough
The Olympics are over, and I hope that we as a nation-state have sated our gluttony for gold medals for a few months at least. After all, we did win 18 of those at these Olympics, the most we have ever won in history, coming fourth in the tally behind the USA, China, and Japan …
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Pass The Dutchie?
Back in 1982, a band of teenaged British Jamaicans had a world wide hit with a soft reggae song titled ‘Pass The Dutchie’. It was quite a silly song (I quite like reggae usually, particularly ‘Is this love?’ and ‘No Woman No Cry’) and did not really deserve much notice or to be a number …
Lost For Words! 