Grumpys BlogSpot

Clean Harry

2012-01-11T18:48:00.000+11:00

Funny stuff at: Lots of Jokes A first-grade teacher, Ms Brooks, was having trouble with one of her students. The teacher asked, 'Harry, what's your problem?' Harry answered, 'I'm too smart for the 1st grade. My sister is in the 3rd grade and I'm smarter than she is! I think I should be in the 3rd grade too!' Ms. Brooks had had enough. She took Harry to the principal's office. While Harry

A Test for Alzheimers

2012-01-10T17:45:00.000+11:00

The following Alzheimers test was developed as a mental age assessment by the School of Psychiatry at Harvard University. Take your time and see if you can read each line aloud without a single mistake. The average person over 50 years of age cannot do it! 1. This is this cat. 2. This is is cat. 3. This is how cat. 4. This is to cat. 5. This is keep cat. 6. This

Wise Move..

2012-01-04T17:58:00.000+11:00

A guy walks into a bar with his pet monkey. He orders a drink and while he's drinking, the monkey starts jumping all over the place. The monkey grabs some olives off the bar and eats them, then grabs some sliced limes and eats them,then jumps up on the pool table, grabs the cue ball, sticks it in his mouth and swallows it whole. The

People Are Still Using IE6

2012-01-04T12:17:00.000+11:00

The news item reported here reports that Microsoft have celebrated <= 1% US IE user's are now using IE6. My gosh, I would have thought that IE6 was long dead. The most surprising thing about the news article is the mention that is >25% of IE users in China are using IE6, South Korea >6% and Japan >5%. It seems that in the asian countries, people are more conservative about technological change.

Messy cleanup for the local council

2012-01-03T16:46:00.000+11:00

The Christmas Day hail storm left many of the gum trees in the local streets in tatters. I put through a call to Parks and Gardens the following day asking them to do something about the huge gum tree branch that landed across our front garden. They came today to do the cleanup - 8 days and 2 followup calls later. I asked if they were going to trim off the branches that are hanging down from the

Reverend Billy Graham

2011-12-31T11:42:00.000+11:00

The Reverend Billy Graham tells of a time early in his ministry when he arrived in a small town to preach a sermon. Wanting to mail a letter, he asked a young boy where the post office was. When the boy had told him, Dr. Graham thanked him and said, "If you'll come to the Church this evening, you can hear me telling everyone how to get to Heaven." "I don't think I'll be there," the boy

Work for an operator

2011-12-31T11:39:00.000+11:00

The following are real conversations Directory Enquiries operators had with callers, as revealed in interviews with staff at the Cardiff DE Centre. Caller : I'd like the number of the Argoed Fish Bar in Cardiff, please. Operator : I'm sorry, there's no listing. Is the spelling correct? Caller : Well, it used to be called the Bargoed Fish Bar but the B fell off. * * * Then there was the

All Time Christmas Favourite with a New Face

2011-12-31T09:40:00.000+11:00

If I was asked 'What is your most favourite song and performer at Christmas', (and Lorna will certainly agree with this) is Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli singing 'The Prayer'. Well, I didn't think anyone else could sing his part as well as Andrea, but have a look at this link and see for yourself. The Prayer

A Sunny day at Point Gellibrand

2011-12-29T16:06:00.001+11:00

Point Gellibrand in Williamstown Victoria was the site of the first Victorian settlement. At the time of settlement the land from Point Gellibrand to Wilsons Promitory was the roamed by a tribe of Aboriginals that became decimated and finally extinct by the advent of white man. Typhiod played a large part in the loss of this tribe. Point Gellibrand was also the site of the first ship building

The Worst Christmas Day Storm Ever.

2011-12-26T09:21:00.002+11:00

Yesterday (Christmas Day) Melbourne and surrounding areas experienced one of the worst hail storms ever to hit Southern Victoria at this time of year. read more.. The storm was due to freak atmospheric conditions. Hail (no exaggeration) a bit smaller than cricket balls hit some areas. Thankfully, our area only experienced golf ball size hail, but that did some damaged to trees. Tile roofs

A Thank You To Stratco

2011-12-22T12:17:00.001+11:00

Since moving into our new house in Epping, I have added quite a bit to the property and still have a lot to do. Most of this work has been done, or will be done done using Stratco materials, since we were so happy with the Stratco veranda we had at the old address. Stratco have been very kind by upgrading a free BBQ that was part of the deal from a $300.00 unit to one worth $900.00. Thank you

Photo Watermarks

2011-12-17T14:39:00.001+11:00

After reading a post by Downunder Doug on FaceBook about having some of his photos stolen, I decided to investigate what was available for photoshop to batch watermark images. I found the following link which provides an installable photoshop applet that does exactly what I was looking for -- however, for those interested, it will only work for photoshop CS5 and above. www.russellbrown.com/

Bugga

2011-12-17T14:24:00.001+11:00

I decided that I've done enough work so I dropped an angle-grinder with a metal cutting blade on my foot. 4 tendons sliced plus a few nerves. I was careful not to cut any artries. Guess the work will have to wait for a few months. I've got this great big (Heavy) special boot on my foot to weigh me down. I'd like to take this oportunity to wish you, one and all, a very merry Christmas, and a

We've moved house

2011-11-15T10:56:00.000+11:00

Created: 15/11/2011 Update: 17/11/2011 Hi all. Lorna and I have moved into a new house. After 21 years in the old house we decided to sell up and move. We're just 10 minutes drive from the old location, but closer to shopping, public transport etc. Public transport is important to me since I don't have a car to drive (we are a 1 car family).... Lots of work to do at the new house. It's about

Courtesy of Engrish.com

2011-03-22T20:29:00.001+11:00

Here's a few funnys from Asia. There are so many of these from Japan that it makes me think that maybe there are a few translators that are having a laugh at the Japanese's expense. Wow - Some dish! Ummm....

Thought it was about time for me to post again

2011-03-11T15:44:00.000+11:00

WOW, have I ever been this quiet before? It's been a busy year with one thing and another happening. Been in and out of hospital a number of times (3). And changed medications so many times I've lost count. Thankfully, I'm down to just 2 medicines and 2-monthly infusions to keep the problem under control. Lorna and I finally had time to get away fro a few days - actually once last year and a

What a joke Bigpond Bigblog is

2010-03-18T12:45:00.001+11:00

I decided that I would duplicate the last post that I just put on this site on my BigBlog. However, I had to change the wording somewhat and here's the joke - BigBlog said that 'Broadband' was a naughty word, so I had to change it to 'Internet'. But BigBlog didn't mind me using the word 'Bloody' (which is commonly used as a swear word by Ozies). I can't find anything objectionable about the

Cable Broadband not What it should be

2010-03-18T12:12:00.003+11:00

I've been using cable Interenet now for a number of years and I've found that, though you get great download speeds, the upload speed is limited about 3.4% of the download speed as shown in this picture taken from a test at http://www.speedtest.net/: In most cases this doesn't make much of an impact, but recently I bought myself a webcam and joined Skype. Now the upload speed is significant

Finally got a Webcam going.

2009-11-14T19:38:00.002+11:00

After lots of fiddling with a reasonable recent version Samsung Mini DV Camera, I was able to get it up and working as a Webcam.I remebered when I bought the camera abut 3-4 years ago, and reading the book, it said that it could be used as a Webcam via the USB connection. Unfortunately, since then I have changed OS to Vista x64, and I couldn't get a USB driver that would load on my system.Someone

Windows Live 2009

2009-11-04T14:34:00.000+11:00

Join me on Windows Live to chat...

Anyone know what's happening with Grotty?

2009-06-27T12:51:00.004+10:00

I've been a bit worried about Grotty. She doesn't respond to any of the messages that I leave on her sites.I just sent her an email and hope to hear back from her.It's sad that people drop out of circulation. I know I did for a few years. I missed talking to people, but I was sufferring from depression at the time and couldn't even put two consecutive words together, let alone put a post on any

Ever tried Muvee products?

2009-06-20T08:13:00.000+10:00

I'm currently creating a photo show for a friend who's Son is about to turn 21.I've done a lot of these over the years, especially for Birthdays, and I'ver tried out many products. I have a preferrence for applications that give you the most control of the final product, because all of the automatic show producers that I've used have left a lot to be desired.I visited an old friend (one that I

The Microsoft IE 8 Fiasco

2009-06-18T17:46:00.002+10:00

Hi,I downloaded and installed the latest (and supposedly greatest) Internet Explorer from Microsoft last week.Now, I can't say that I've ever experienced the problems with any of the previous versions of IE that I have with version 8, my memory is at times faulty, but I'm pretty sure that it has NEVER completely locked up all the open windows on the screen in such a way that I had a need to

Facebook | Terrence Dunn

2009-06-17T21:41:00.000+10:00

Facebook Terrence Dunn: "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAg9NXgzRmU"

Eddie Estrada and band at Turkish Restaraunt Brunswick

2009-06-17T21:21:00.001+10:00

Eddie Estrada and his band at a Turkish Restaraunt in Brunswick. Eddie is a workmate of Lorna's. We went to the restaraunt to watch his band and this is an extract.I hope you enjoy it.