The English cricket team must be as demoralised as it is possible to be. From a commanding lead to an emophatic loss they have again lowered the bar on how bad they can be if left to their own devices. A lead that included a massive first innings score and an Australian team only narrowly … More Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.

After a lifetime as a party man Kim Beasley has again been ‘deposed’ as Labor Party leader. He says he will not be standing again for the front bench and it’s time to move on allowing the party to complete the ‘generational change’ it’s been going through slowly over the past few years. The new … More Bye bye Beastley

After bagging the Poms for their dire performance in the first test I’m now looking at a similar collapse in the Australian side.Their defence of the Poms first innings total is so far an unbelievable 3 for 65… ouch!! Will this be a rerun of the last UK test series?? We sit fingers crossed,,, and … More Well now… an Australia collapse?

Odd how people have this superstition that trouble comes in threes. For example… if you fall… expect to fall twice more… etc. In our case… we had three ‘fires’. Firstly I managed to burn some popcorn in the microwave. For the first time in ages I used a packet instead of using the hot air … More Trouble comes in threes?

Oldies due to arrive for a three month break in the sun on Monday morning. Place is in turmoil… mess everywhere… floors filthy… garden overgrown… and the place stinks of smoke. Same old, same old 😀

Got home from the first performance of the kids ice show… at 10:00 p.m. Temperature outside was a balmy 33ºC. Nice ‘ere innit?? 😀

The reason we insure ourselves with the NRMA insurance company is historical. At one time it *was* a part of the NRMA… which is the ‘National Road Motoring Association’ (I think :)). As with other organisations of their type, they ran an insurance arm for the benefit of their members with all profits going to … More More on the fire – NRMA Insurance.

Currently at lunch… with England batting… it’s 2 for 58. I wonder if they’ll be all out before tea?? No? 3 for 266 isn’t bad though… maybe they’ll get smashed tomorrow… or maybe not. Good game either way 🙂

Phew. No idea what the smell is… or where it’s coming from… but suddenly the house *stinks*. It occurs to me it might be a dead rat or similar in the attic and the air conditioner is picking it up from somewhere… but this seems unlikely since the majority of the air is picked up … More Iffy sniffy… what a whiffy!

The PDA ia a wonderful little beast… I think. It connects to the internet with few problems, save of course that some sites are unreadable because they require ‘i-frames’ in order to be viewed properly. Still, all in all not bad. The only itsy bitsy issue is that I can;t get the damn thing to … More RNDIS?? Wassat?? Where's my i_Mate JasJam driver?