I'm just this guy... y'know? :)
Discovered last night that the entire months bandwidth was used up a week early and we’ve been shaped’, i.e. our access speed has been dropped from 3Mbps+ to 64Kbps. The reason is obviously that the allowance has been used. What’s really annoying is that it isn’t *me* who’s used it! I’m not even sure it’s … More Bandwidth Busted.
Well… they’re off and by now most of the way home. Leaving was… uneventful… well it was if you ignore the noisy squabbling brought on by the stress of finally uprooting and leaving. Did they enjoy themselves? Hard to say. I wouldn’t say anyone except the youngest grandson was particularly effusive in their desire to … More Homeward Bound (2)
The wife suggested it might be a nice idea to upload a few small images of the family – always happy to oblige so here they are! 🙂 (Why the dots next to the pictures?To be honest, right now I can’t stop the ‘word wrap’ working so if I *don’t* do it, the caption for … More Pictures? Sure.
Nothing to do with fencing… don’t be silly! I was just looking at the blog from the ‘other side’ and realised how long some of the last few posts have been. I suppose that’s partly to do with having a lot of ground to cover… but maybe more to do with my not having been … More Long posts!
Moving away from the sadness of the last post, we come back to my ongoing struggle with reality. Almost literally moving from the sublime to the the ridiculous. We discovered in short order just how much of a problem the collapse of the car was to be. To begin with, our Chrysler Voyager is a … More Homeward bound (1).
Regular readers might recall that a while ago I related the tale of how my father was finally reunited with the Australian airman who piloted the aircraft, and led the team he flew with at the time he was wounded some 60+ years ago in World War Two. To recap a little, when he was … More Lister Arrowsmith: sad news.
I’m not sure I’ve mentioned this yet, but the daughter and son in law bought an old car while they were here to last them over the holidays. We worked out the cost of hiring a car, and decided it would be cost-effective to buy one that cost no more than that, then sell it … More The car collapses.
If ever a name suited a group of people then this was it… especially the ‘fools’ bit. No, not the group doing the performing, *us* for standing around in steaming in the rain for 45 minutes watching them!! No doubt you’re wondering what I’m on about, so I’ll explain. Because the weather has been so … More Sydney Festival 2008: Ilotopie – Water Fools
Actually, for a change, there’s really not a lot to say about the day itself. It may not have actually been ‘the wedding of the year’ but for us it’s probably the only one we’ll be going to this year… or next year… til whenever! 🙂 So, following on from the previous post, the son-in-law-to-be … More The Wedding of The Year.
As with most things I’ve been associated with, the wedding didn’t go exactly according to plan, and even the ‘stag night’ didn’t quite work out as smoothly as it might have. Because this was really an ‘informal’ affair with just immediate family I’d sort of assumed that for the wedding day itself we’d just go … More So… the 'Stag Night'.
