I’d intended to be out of the house by 8:30 a.m. to make sure we were parked in a decent spot early… to avoid the inevitable traffic and the press of people making their way to the bridge for ‘the walk’. We actually left around 11:15 a.m. and even then had to stop at the … More Our Bridge – 1

According to the wife’s pedometer, in total yesterday we must have walked around 17 kilometres… you’d have thought that might have helped reduce the weight a little… especially since all I had to eat were two of the ‘diet bars’, a salmon salad and a little ham on our return… however it *didn’t! In fact, … More Tramp, tramp, tramp

While half a million of us meandered across the Sydney Harbour Bridge yesterday, today is the official anniversary of its opening 75 years ago. The bridge has provided a wonderful link between the two sides of the city and is a monument not only to the skill of the builders, and designers but more so … More Sydney Harbour Bridge – 75 today!

From our conversation last night it would appear the brother is about to become a reader of the blog… and hopefully will make some of his pithy comments (no… I said *pithy*) to amuse and educate us all. Welcome bro.

Morning has broken… and so has the weather. Yesterday arvo the heavens opened and soaked everything around us. Last night the bad weather continued periodically. It’s nice to have the rain… but maybe not when we are supposed to be going out to walk the Sydney Harbour Bridge today. As it is the old man … More Morning has broken…

The old man is back… not at all well… as you’d expect. He ended up having *four* teeth out when the dentist realised one of his other teeth was in fact damaged beyond repair. What struck me was the level of nervousness he displayed! After all… 60 years ago he was clambering into a bomber … More Home again home again jiggety jog.

The old man is off to get his last extractions done in a few hours. He is *not* looking forward to it. I suggested he gets his teeth cleaned and whitened while he was there… which got us onto the subject of bad breath. Seems he’d asked the dentist how bad it was and the … More He he… health

I ordered my copy of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows a few weeks ago from the local Dymocks shop. Had a call from them telling me because I’d pre-ordered I was eligible to collect ‘a small prize’ after April 1st… hmmm… I was considering going in dressed in cloak and wizards hat… but decided … More Haaaarrryyy P.. p. pottter…..

A few days ago I rambled on about the ‘Soup Diet’ I was trying out… and finding it worked. Well as part of the ‘process’ I wrote to the TV programme (Today Tonight) which had been promoting it as a great way to encourage people to lose weight. I had to write because the links … More Kickstart Diet

I was outside this morning taking the bins out to be emptied so decided I’d *not* collapse in bed… yet… but make an effort to clean up the hidden triangular area where the bins, pool pump etc is tucked away. Started 9:00 a.m. and managed to get it all tidied and washed down. Also did … More Barking mad.