My best friend lives in Melton, a pragmatic but affordable home ownership choice after his marriage breakdown divested him of his previous home. He does not live there for the lifestyle choice, with the local greyhound racing stadium near the freeway and the live wrestling hosted at the Shire Hall. But home ownership is an …
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Possible Contender for Australian of the Year
Much as I believe in free market capitalism, I do not believe in being an avaricious a-hole. The following news story has gone viral, about a supermarket manager, John-Paul Drake, who refused to give a refund to some such avaricious a-hole who decided on a not-so-clever get rich quick scheme where he and some cronies …
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Too much choice – welcoming a First World Problem back to the First World
Right now, we have the coronavirus pandemic wreaking the most havoc seen in the First World since 1945. Pandemics are not exactly First World Problems. They are what we expect to find in poor countries, ie the Third World (which reminds me, I heard a rumour that Ebola is making a comeback at the moment). …
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Lavender’s Blue, Diddle Diddle….
Back in January I bought a Venus Fly Trap as a gift for a friend (I make such heartfelt gestures from time to time), and decided that I wanted to find it some food. So I went looking around my front verandah and garden for some insects or other bugs I could feed to it …
The most predictable headline of the year
I’ve never been an Age reader. My father always used to bring the Herald (an evening newspaper) home each night after work, and from the age of nine onward, I got into the habit of buying what was then called the Sun News-Pictorial (a morning newspaper) on the way to school. In 1990, they were …
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McDonalds Drive Thru is the new normal
I went for a walk last night around sunset, to get some exercise. Being cooped up in the house all day got a bit dull, particularly as I did not trigger my Amazon Prime trial til this morning (binge watched The Boys most of today). I walked til the McDonalds in Military Road, which had …
Just what I want to see waiting on my doorstep….
For the duration, I work in the office in Wednesday and Thursday each week. Seeing two separate sets of wine deliveries on my doorstep this evening was a rare treat! And just in time for Easter!
In praise of Sword and Sandal….
I have been fascinated by Ancient History since my childhood. As a result, I spent four years as an adult trying to learn Latin at the Centre for Adult Education (even as a fluent Italian speaker, Latin is extremely hard to learn!). I have three feet worth of shelf space dedicated to books on Ancient …
The Pandemic – be cautious but without fear
As far as the First World goes, this Pandemic is the first major challenge it has faced since the end of the Second World War 75 years ago. It would have been different, if the Cold War had turned Hot, and Thermonuclear, as I feared in my teenage years, before the Berlin Wall suddenly collapsed …
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Wikipedia’s Fake News – part 2
According to the new.com.au coronavirus tally open on my smart phone right now, there are 5,599 coronavirus cases in Australia, 311,544 in the USA, 126,168 in Spain, 124,632 in Italy, 96,092 in Germany, 90,848 in France, and 82,558 in China. A few days ago, the number in China, according to that website, was 82301, and …
Lost For Words! 