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 | brad | 2129 |  | emma | 1895 |  | jake d | 951 | | 4. | Lala | 884 | | 5. | phill | 780 | | 6. | myrtle | 405 | | 7. | hijump | 218 | | 8. | Del | 199 | | 9. | muppet | 41 | | 10. | hot_bunni | 24 |
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Sunday, 21 October 2007 |
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Happy Birthday Brad! He turned 12 a few days ago. Your last year before becoming a teenager is pretty big. You are in grade six and looked up to by the "little" kids, but next year you go to High School and become a "little" kid yourself again. Donna and I worked together to buy Brad an electric guitar as his main present. He has been playing an acoustic this year so he isn't a complete beginner, but it is still very different. The strings are all metal for a start, so the ends of his fingers are almost bleeding! He found the overdrive button on the amp on Saturday as the neighbors will attest to. Speaking of neighbors, Brad had a sleep over party in our tent in my backyard last night. Jake, Mitch, Ross and Brad did the whole PS3, Guitar, PC, soccer, junk food, pizza (home made!), movie thing before retiring to the tent for "sleep". Before we get to the "sleep" bit, a funny thing happened in the afternoon. There was a party going on a few doors down, so there were heaps of cars in the street. We had balloons on our letterbox and these two guys just walked straight into my lounge room with a heap of beer and asked where Prue was! When our guys went to bed they just didn't understand that tent walls are not like brick walls. I had to put my foot down at midnight as my neighbors had friends staying over and their room was right next to the tent. Jake had to leave at 7am Sunday morning to go to Launceston for a running meet, so he needed some sleep as well. They were all awake at 6:30 on Sunday morning and the fun (shouting) started again. I thought it might be best to bring them inside for breakfast. When one of the parents arrived later in the morning one of the neighbors guests came outside. We both gave her a big cheery hello, but she just glared at us and looked away so I don't think she was too happy, but the guys had a ball and you only have a Birthday once a year!
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Saturday, 20 October 2007 |
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Tasweb flipped out today. The ISP that hosts the Tasweb server in New Zealand had a power failure. I re pointed everything to my development server, but I hadn't done a backup since August so it was a bit old and since it sits in my garage on the end of my home ADSL connection it was a bit slow as well. The Kiwi's have plugged the power back in now so everything is back to normal.
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Saturday, 13 October 2007 |
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If you think this picture is a movie or an animation, then just concentrate on one bean and you will see that it's not moving at all
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Saturday, 13 October 2007 |
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Someone left a comment on a story here saying that this site is "random". I'd never thought about it before, but she was right. It is kinda random I guess. There is no real theme, but then it's just a personal blog, it's not intended to solve the worlds problems or sell heaps of widgets.
Speaking of problems, I had a few car related ones this week. The most embarrassing was when I parked my car in the valet parking section of the Market Place car park in town and then locked the doors. You are supposed to leave it unlocked with the keys in it so that they can shuffle the cars around as people start to leave. I've been getting over the flu so I'll blame that on the sudden attack of brain fade. Ali's son was a bit grumpy with me because they couldn't get into it. I asked if the other cars around were able to get out and he said "Yeah, we lifted yours with a forklift". I hoped that he was joking and rushed to level 8 to find my car out in the middle of the bit where cars are meant to drive with cars going either side of it to get out. I got some filthy looks!
The other problem made me angry, and it takes a lot to make me angry these days. I disconnected the battery leads in my Mitsubishi Verada the other day to clean up the terminals as they were getting a bit gunky. I forgot that this would make the stereo think that it had been stolen and go into "I'm not turning on for you thief until you prove you are the real owner by putting in a four digit PIN" mode. Unfortunately I wasn't given any documentation with the PIN on it when I bought the car. No worries I thought, just ring the friendly Mitsubishi dealer (DJ Motors - the same ones that rip you off by charging heaps to program your remote when it takes you 5 seconds to do it yourself once you know how), and guess what? They really were friendly and helpful. "No problem" the guy said, "just bring it in to the service centre and we will give you the PIN". Couldn't be easier! In I went, but unfortunately the friendly guy on the phone had been replaced with the wicked witch at reception. The first question she asked was "So do you get the car serviced with us?". "No" I replied. "Well we will have to charge you $25 dollars and you will have to wait for a technician to become free". I wasn't very happy with this blackmail concept, so I politely asked why it mattered where I had my car serviced given that I had no choice but to come to a Mitsubishi dealer for the PIN. The witch said again that they would do it for free if I agreed to have my car serviced with them in the future. I explained that I had already bought a Mitsubishi car and that this must surely be enough to expect some Mitsubishi service, but no, apparently that counts for nothing, the important thing is the on going servicing of the car. The witch called over a big guy who said (and I quote his exact words here) "If you aren't a customer of ours then you have to pay the $25. If you don't want to pay then you can leave". I spat at this point and took his advice, jumping in my car and attempting to leave. A few minutes later I realised why the big guy looked so happy as I drove off. There is a bloody boom gate at the exit and you need a card to get out. He obviously knew that and had set me up. I then had to park my car and walk about 400 metres back to the service department. The witch realised what had happened and couldn't have been nicer. She leapt out of her chair to give me a card, but big guy was no where to be seen. I bet he was out the back laughing his head off with his mates. Welcome to Mitsubishi service! My next step is to write to Mitsubishi Head Office and point out the way that their customers (the ones who buy their cars) are treated by their dealers (well at least by DJ Motors). I'll let you know how it goes.
I'm still waiting for a reply from the people who sent me that funny email about their Dad on his bike. Perhaps they won't. That would be sad!
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Thursday, 04 October 2007 |
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A funny thing happened to me the other day. I received an email to my gmail account that had been sent to the wrong person. There is nothing really funny about the email, however it opened up way too many opportunities for me to just leave it, so I sent them a reply. Read the original email below, and then my reply below that. The photo was attached to the orginal email I received. It's a few days on now and I'm still waiting for a reply. I do hope they saw the funny side of my reply!
Hi all
I went out with Dad today to get his new bike - our Father's Day gift -
since the online shop Michael recommended has a physical shopfront at
Stanmore, and we got a terrific blue bike with semi-road-semi-mountain
tyres (so not too easy to puncture but still good to ride on the road),
as well as a puffy seat for his assss and a helmet and lock. He is now
fully kitted out and ready for cycling action.
I've attached a pic of him test-driving up and down the footpath in
Stanmore.
Donations to the cause would be welcome. We got the cheapest one in his
style, $299 plus the additional gear was $80. When he first suggested
it, Dad did offer to go halves, so how does everyone feel about making
a contribution of $40? P are you in a position to make any
contribution?
Hope everyone has had a good day.
N.
Below this is my reply;
Hi Naomi,
Gosh, that's the first time I've ever seen Dad on a bike. I'm so glad
you got him a present as I completely forgot about Fathers day this
year. I'd love to kick in a few bucks, but you know me, always the
tightasssss (it looks as though Dad has enough padding and I probably
need that puffy seat more than him).
The photo is great. You should take up photography. Dad is always
saying you should get a proper job. I have always wondered what
Stanmore looked like, and now I know. I notice there is a pretty girl
strapping a guy into a helmet in the background. Was he worried that
Dad would be a bit wobbly on the bike? Hang on, that's you, but who is
that guy you are with? You really should be a bit more careful, I know
hubbie is a bit of a clutz, but if I noticed then he might as well.
Do you call $299 cheap? BigW have em much cheaper than that. You can
get those funky little two wheeled things that are all the rage with
the school kids for under a hundred (scooters I think they call em). No
wonder you still live in a crappy house, Dad always said you were no
good with money.
Sorry, but no, P isn't in a position to contribute. I just spent my
dole money on a PlayStation3. My counselor said that I should
concentrate on the necessities in life, and I was having trouble coping
without one. I managed to find a perfectly good plasma that some guy
had thrown out (well it was attached to his wall, but he wasn't using
it, so he can't have needed it), but I'm having trouble with the
surround sound, I don't suppose you could help out there could you?
All the best,
P
P.S. Tell Dad to get a haircut will you!
P.P.S. I think you may have sent that to the wrong person! ;-)
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Saturday, 29 September 2007 |
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Gosh, how things can change. There I was thinking it had all gone to poo, and now I have busted past the cash position and hit a new high! The guy I use for advice recommended selling one of my companies at a loss during the crash a few weeks ago, but I missed the sell order and decided to ignore it and hang on. That stock (Babcock and Brown BNB) is now the second best performing company that I'm currently holding. The best is a company (Resource Pacific RSP) I only bought 14 days ago. Earlier this week a take over was announced and their share value went through the roof. It has actually gone up 42% in only 14 days. That works out to 1095% annually which is a bit better than the banks 6.8%! I've sold half to grab the profit and will hold the other half to see if it goes any higher.
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Saturday, 22 September 2007 |
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Amazing. Between Harris Scarfe and Myer they probably take up half of the main city block in Hobart and now both have suffered from major fires. Harris Scarfe was lucky that theirs was contained within the electrical switchboard, although they still had to shut for a week whilst the damage was repaired. Now Myer has caught fire and been completely destroyed. Yep, completely destroyed. The roof has collapsed and the floors have collapsed in on them selves. Unlucky me happened to be on call this weekend and I had no idea it was happening. I was pulling my hair out trying to work out why most of the major Government sites in the CBD were going off the air. Turns out Aurora were turning the power off to parts of the city as necessary to support the fire fighters. Most of the major Government sites have UPS (battery backup) power so it was weird as sites would die, then come back, whilst others would be fine only to die again later as the batteries ran out. It all means lots of recall money to me, but a major part of Hobart has been lost forever. There was a lot of history in that building, not to mention the people whose jobs will be affected by this. It's a bad thing all round. There are some photo's below. The first one came from the Mercury and the second one came from the Herald Sun.
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Friday, 21 September 2007 |
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 Last night I had a meal at the new Me Wah Restaurant in Magnet Court Sandy Bay. I have been eating food from the Launceston Me Wah Cafe ever since I was a little kid. I remember going in with my Dad and getting a pineapple hamburger. He still has some receipts from those old days which I will have to scan and post here because they make for very interesting reading (ie the prices have gone up a bit in the past 30 years!). Even back then they knew him well enough to send the food to our home in a taxi. I was a little bit worried prior to going in because the Launceston restaurant is probably one of the best places I have ever been to and it is definitely the best Asian restaurant in the whole entire world (at the least that small portion of it that I know!). I thought that I might be let down. The entrance impressed me for a start and we almost didn't go in thinking we were under dressed and under financed! Once you open the grand glass doors you find a floor to ceiling glass wall with odd shaped wooden boxes behind it all containing what must be some pretty expensive wines. The effect is very impressive. Just around the corner I was very happy to find Vincent from the Launceston restaraunt. This allayed my fears somewhat. The decor is very different to Launceston which still looks pretty much as it did 20 odd years ago. The Hobart restaurant is far more opulent with amazing etched glass walls and funky big Asian urns and stuff everywhere. It almost borders on pretenscious. The tables are huge round numbers and this is where they really stuffed up. There were only two of us at our massive round table so I had to move my chair a bit closer just so that we could speak to each other. This meant that there was this huge expanse of heavy starched white table cloth in front of us. Most other tables had large groups so we almost felt lonely and as if we didn't have any friends! They need a few smaller tables to create a more intimate atmosphere. Where they didn't go wrong was the service, the wine list and the FOOD! This is all straight out of the Launnie restaurant. It is bloody fantastic. Our waiter was almost a bit painful in the way that he so carefully (and slowly) poured our wine, folded our napkins, removed our plates etc. We had steamed dim sims for entree. These are always a favorite of mine when they are made properly (I make the best ones) and the Me Wah don't disappoint. You can taste all of the fresh ingredients separately which is always a good thing. We then ordered king prawns with Szechuan chilli sauce and the steamed Atlantic salmon with diced black bean mandarin, garlic, chili and baby bok choy. The prawns were great, but the salmon was to die for. That was my favorite dish of the year so far and every tiny morsel that I shared had to be pried from my grasp! We decided to give desert a miss and cross the road to The Metz. The guy behind the bar told us that they get heaps of people doing the same thing so I guess they are pretty happy with their new neighbours. If you have stumbled upon this story because you are thinking of going to the Me Wah either in Sandy Bay or Launceston then get off you bum and get on the phone and make the booking now! P.S. The photo here is from their web site and is of the Launceston restaurant, the Sandy Bay one looks nothing like that!
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