So as said onwards and upwards describing the IT jinx 🙂 The other day I rebooted the laptop… and it died. There’s a file needs reinstalling which as you know is not an easy task with XP at the best of times and this time when it won’t even *boot is *not* the best of … More The Dog's Jinx II

I’ve mentioned ‘The Jinx’ before whenever it kicks in. Basically, I do something electrical or IT based it often goes wrong… but not in a way I have any control over. This time the computer handling the RAS’s ticketing threw a wobbly and our tickets didn’t get sent out. However it appears they *are* at … More The Dog's Jinx I

We ordered tickets for the Easter Show back on 7th April and they’ve not arrived. Called today to make enquiries… went into someones voicemail. The Show opens tomorrow so it’s cutting a bit fine if they arrive today eh?? I checked all the details on the receipt and the address and other contact details are … More Easter Show on – but where're our tickets?

Slowly getting better. I went out to the Guides AGM yesterday and as ‘President’ of the support group I was supposed to make a short speech covering the years doings… but all I could manage was to sit there and do nothing. Still… at least I went… and of course it makes a change for … More Getting back slowly

I’ve chatted endlessly about this travesty of a case and the way justice (in all forms) was trampled underfoot in the name of political expediency… but this article sums it all up quite nicely. I’ll be back when I feel better 🙂

As I said in one of the comments, one of my friends suggested I get an Epipen *now* because there may be no time to think if this happens again. I rang the doctor first thing and went round straight away. After *again* thanking her for saving me, I explained what Sue had said and … More More on the Epipen and the near miss.

After the adventures of the past couple of days everything else seems a little passe now! Things that wer important seem to have drifted to the back of my priority list but nothing has surfaced yet to take it’s place. I suppose he shock hasn’t worn off yet… I’m still not 100% recovered… so maybe … More Ferry Disaster

So there I was… really gung ho about clearing up the garden. Yesterdays task was to trim the Jasmine and get it under control so it stops attempting to strangle us as we pass it. I was merrily chopping away at it with a pair of shears… when I got stung by a paper wasp … More Anaphylaxis… me 'near death' experience.

A monster cane toad has been found up in the Northern Territory… a male one at that! Mosly it’s the females that are huge, but this one is a monster… nearly 20.5 cms long. It was described by the people who caught it as being the size of a small dog. It’s a pity they … More Cane Toads Rule!

David Hicks appeared in court and pleaded guilty to aiding terrorism. The show trial was the culmination of years of torture, illegal incarceration and political machinations designed solely to find him guilty of… something. In fact David had little choice but to plead guilty. The charges were formulated and made retrospective *exactly so they *would* … More Hicks travesty show trial begins.