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GOM Warning

Posted in Uncategorized on June 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

A friend suggested yesterday that I need to include a GOM warning on my Twitter posts, and I guess by extension, my blog posts. BTW, I was assuming by GOM, she meant Grumpy Old Man. I suppose she could have meant Good Ol’ Man, but somehow, I don’t think so. It made me actually go [...]

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The Great MRI Ripoff

Posted in Uncategorized on May 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

While visiting a specialist today about my sore back, I was told I needed to get an MRI done. Me (to MRI booking person): I’d like to book an MRI for my lumbar spine please. Her: Yes sir, we can fit you in on the 12th of June (today is the 17th of May). Me: [...]

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Volkswagen Golf Wagon – Review

Posted in Travel, Uncategorized on May 4, 2011 | 1 Comment »

I learned to drive in a Volkswagen, all those years ago. It was one of the old VW bugs, in fact the first of the models released in Australia with the curved, instead of the straight windscreen. They were funny days, in hindsight, trying to master a handbrake start on a slight hill at Merrimac, [...]

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Some Habits Are Hard To Break

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on June 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

From The Age Online. 

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Thanks WordPress

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged on January 6, 2010 | 1 Comment »

I received a note from the WordPress editor to say my post on Melbourne Aquarium was being promoted on the WordPress home page. It made my day – thanks WordPress. So someone who averages about 7 hits a day on his blog suddenly had about 1,100 for the 24 hours it was there. It made [...]

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Costco – Thumbs Up, I Guess

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged on December 30, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Lord knows I hate shopping, crowds and being out in the heat. So it was with some trepidation that, ignoring all three of these issues, we headed off to Costco this morning. Now I know I’m not exactly on the leading edge here. Early adoption isn’t really me, although I did apply for my myki [...]

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New Pygmy Hippo Calf At Melbourne Zoo

Posted in Animals, Uncategorized, tagged , , on August 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Melbourne Zoo has a new nine-month old pygmy hippo calf freshly arrived from Taronga Zoo in Sydney. Fantastic. Read the story here –> http://www.zoo.org.au/Melbourne/News_Events/pygmy_hippo.

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It’s A Strange Weather World

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on July 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Global weather patterns are still frustratingly bizarre. While we here in Melbourne (and the rest of the country) continue to battle drought, with dam levels down below 30%, I found out today that Ottawa in Canada has had its wettest July ever, at the same time as they are fighting bushfires and heat waves over [...]

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Do Your Research Paul

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on May 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Anyone who bothers to read my blog entries will know I’ve put a fair amount of work in lately documenting Carol’s and my trip to Canada last year. I used the standard editor in WordPress, and being reasonably new to blogging, didn’t realise there were other (easy) options. In particular, uploading pictures was a real [...]

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So What Is This Blogging Caper?

Posted in Uncategorized on April 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Let me say from the start, I’ve spent a very long period of time trying to work out what the deal is about blogging. Why on earth would the world be interested in what I’ve got to say? I have to say I’m still not convinced. However, those that know me will confirm I’m a [...]

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