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Monday, 25 December 2006 |
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 Merry Christmas to all our family and friends as well as all the other people who stumble across Tasweb via Google and stuff. Now that E & B have their presents I can talk about some of the drama's that led up to this Christmas. It all started when I decided to buy Emma an Ipod for her Birthday. Being cheap I thought I'd look on Ebay and ended up buying a Nano from a guy on the mainland. It arrived on time all packaged up and looking great. I charged it up, loaded some songs and all was swell until I noticed that it had lost it's charge after only an hour or so. I tried again (charged it overnight) and the same thing happened. I also noticed a slight imperfection in the front case, but I wasn't worried about it. I showed an Apple guru at work and straight away he noticed that it didn't look right. The writing on the back looked wrong and the serial number on the back was different to the serial number shown in the display. I called Apple Australia and they said that one serial number was from a black Nano (mine was white) sold in Canada a few months ago and the serial printed on the back wasn't a valid serial number at all. I then took it into the local Apple shop and compared the packaging to the real thing only to find that my box was a poor photocopy onto cardboard of an original. They sent me to the Police, but they didn't know what to do and referred me back to Ebay. I threatened the guys that sold it to me with the Police and they gave me my money back.
Then there is the story of Emma's poster. There was a huge poster of the new Monaro left in the Motor's showroom window after they moved to their new building. I rang and asked if I could have it for Emma's Christmas present. No worries, they said, someone will call you back soon. A week went by and no one called and then the poster disappeared. I was chatting to Donna (Emma's mum) and she started to tell me about this great poster that she had scored from Motor's. What do you reckon the chances are of the two of us asking for the same poster at the same time to give to the same daughter!!!! Only in Tasmania!
Brad scored this awesome gyroscope thing called a Powerball. You thread a string on it, rip the string out and then hold it in your hand and try to spin it up to insane speeds. It has a rev counter on it so you can see how fast it goes. I managed to get it up to about 11000 rpm, but the world record is over 16000 rpm! It really makes a noise when it's up to speed and because it has a heavy gyroscope spinning inside it resists movement so it's all you can do to hang onto it! Check out the YouTube video below of Akis the world champion. Note that Akis being a champion he doesn't even need the string, he starts it with his fingers.
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