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It’s a year to the day Steveo was hit in the heart by a stingray barb while filming a documentary off the Queensland coast. Despite assistance from crew on board the support ship and the frantic efforts of his best mate, the barb had hit him in the worst part of his entire body and … More Remembering Steve Irwin
APEC is coming to Sydney next week. In fact it’s already here and making its presence felt in many nasty little ways.APEC is the summit of the ‘Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation’ forum in which the leaders of the larges economic powers of the region trolls around discussing… errr… well everything and anything they can cram on … More Them, Us, and APEC.
The eldest daughter is a bright little spark with everything she does, except perhaps her maths which is just about average, so when there is something special going on she is one of the first to be called up. The latest thing is a ‘Gifted and Talented’ camp the school is running for the ‘best … More A camping she will go!
Happy Fathers Day to all and sundry. I had a lie in… got up late… had breakfast in bed a couple of prezzies and a cuddle.Pretty good start to the day I think. Edit 1: So after we finally get going, it was outside to do some overdue gardening. Trees to hack… sorry prune… weeds … More Fathers Day
So there’s this Steve Irwin Crocodile Hunter guy who gets married and has a daughter… Bindi Irwin. He goes off and gets killed and leaves the wife and nipper to keep on keeping on. One year down the track here’s the daughter up on TV doing the narration for her tribute to her dad Steve … More Handi, Bendi, Bindi talks about her dad
The Elseya irwini is an interesting new turtle discovered by Steve Irwin and his father and named after them. Apart from being on the endangered list it’s one major claim to fame is that it can breathe underwater through it’s backside. Personally I’d have thought being able to breathe thru it’s backside would place it … More Elseya irwini
Ten years has past really quickly. I was driving my brother-in-law down from his weekend stint in periodic detention ‘At Her Majesty’s Pleasure’, to our house in Penrith when the news cam on the radio. He’d heard it but I hadn’t. I was very upset at the time and I suppose underneath the layers of … More Bye- Bye Lady Di.
On a continuing theme from yesterday my kids are driving me crazy too. Try as I might they simply will *not* do what they are asked, or told no matter how urgent it is or even how much they personally will benefit from it. Dunno why I’m so annoyed… I doubt I was any better … More It don’t rain…
I’ve come to the conclusion that I *really* don’t like having so little control over my life or the way I live it. The wife seems to think it’s because the kids tend to ride roughshod over me not matter what I tell them… or ask them to do. Also that for some reason I’m … More Misery your name is Dog
Some of the tricks advertisers pull have to be seen to be understood. This particular little trick took me several views to catch.What we had was a woman identifying herself as a ‘paediatrician *and* young mother… ” etc who went on to describe the sort of nutrition a young child needs. As she bends over … More Advertisers stink!
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