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'.
For the past couple of years the oldies have been coming to stay for Xmas. Because my mother isn’t physically 100% right lately my father has to spend a lot of time with her in their room and being alone can be quite miserable – well I think so anyway. To help out, we thought … More LCD TV's… good value?
In a post mid last year (May 4, 2007) I suggested it was time listeners started to boycott the Vega Sydney 95.3 radio station until they realised what an asset they had in Angela Catterns, the star presenter they poached from ABC radio, but treated abysmally when the ratings weren’t climbing quickly enough for them. … More Where is Angela Catterns?
Had a laugh this morning at an article about a tourist pamphlet issued in the UK which has on the cover a picture of a young girl picking her nose. I suppose it shows the picture was ‘real’ and not posed… though in this case maybe it *should* have been?? 🙂
Not sure where to start with this so thinking it over. Wasn’t even sure there *would* be a wedding in the morning… the groom was a little ‘worse for wear’ for a few hours. Still he recovered and it went ahead. We had a reasonable meal at Centrepoint Tower in Sydney overlooking the city as … More The Wedding
A few minutes ago I was reading The Phantom’s blog where he described his Christmas Board. I wrote a rather long response to his descriptive tale and decided to insert an edited and expanded version here since it raised a few side issues that weren’t related to his post. Nothing unusual there, I’m just back … More The Xmas Retrospective.
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