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That ancient astronomer Sir Alfred Patrick Caldwell-Moore, aka just Patrick Moore is one of that odd breed of eccentrics Britain seems to throw up from time to time. One of his ‘funnies’ was a 1976 jape when he announced on BBC Radio that at exactly 9:47 a.m. next morning the planet Pluto would pass behind … More Takes all sorts…
Yet another letter of the ‘Nigerian Scam’ type but it is *so* ridiculous I just had to share it… I might keep the name change tho!! Pasted in exactly as I received it: 🙂 Dear Compliment of season Forgive my indignation if this message comes to you as a surprise and may offend your personality … More You have to laugh…
Sometime in the next few days the world will be celebrating the 40th birthday of Doug Englebart’s ubiquitous pointing device, so common to all computer users… the mouse!! I’ve never been sure whether the plural of this kind of mouse is mice or mouses but it may not matter soon since there are claims that … More Happy birthday mouse!
Looks like the skies will be smiling at us tonight. The configuration of Venus and Jupiter along with a crescent moon means we’ll get a smiley face in the heavens tonight!! 🙂 Europe won;t see it because the moon will have moved position by the time it gets around to them, and the US will … More Lucky Australia!
I rang Customer Service at one of the local Shopping Malls (Castle Towers). The response was “I’m sorry, Customer Service is out today… please leave a message after the tone”. This conjured up all sorts of images in my mind… most of them bizarre. Still, nice to know that customers are so far down the … More Customer Service is out!
This little offering is entitled “Burying the Truth” and, again, is a YouTube ‘short’ about Schapelle Corby and the way the media have portrayed her. Her major problem was the prima facie case that she was in possession of the drugs therefore the onus was upon her to prove she had nothing to do with … More On a theme…
Saya Tidak Bersalah is the name of a song by Tara Hack about Schapelle Corby and her imprisonment in Bali on charges of drug smuggling. The words are the last Schapelle spoke in court before the judges handed down their totally over the top sentence of twenty years I cannot admit to a crime I … More Saya Tidak Bersalah!
Here’s a jolly little site for some pre-Xmas fun. It gives you an indication of when it thinks you are likely to shuffle off the mortal coil. It’s called “Death Clock” and when I entered my details it told me I should have carcked it in 2003… oh good thanks for that don’t call me … More Thanks for all the fish…
Seems all Senior/High School in NSW are to get their promised laptops by the end of term two next year… all those in *public* schooling that is. For those of us funding private sector schooling… there’s nothing. Forgive me for mentioning this… but aren’t *we* taxpayers as well? Isn’t it likely in fact that ‘we’ … More Getting the sharp end of the pineapple!
The score says it all Wales 21 Australia 18 and regardless how it got to be that way… in the books the result stands! 🙂 I suppose things might have been a little different if they Wallabies hadn’t lost their captain Stirling Mortlock in the first few minutes, but nonetheless a stirring victory. Well done … More Well done Wales!
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