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Beds Ain’t Beds

John — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 07:03:16 +0000

The Good Wife and I received an invitation to attend a Sleep Seminar. She asked me if I was interested. I must have looked dubious because she rolled out a few benefits if we attended. She explained that we’d get morning tea and two free movie passes, or a set of sheets. Before I could [...]

Dig deep for coffee

John — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 01:16:21 +0000

Looking for an early morning coffee before work? Don’t forget to take your wallet because they aren’t exactly giving this stuff away. A recent survey uncovered a few rip-off prices around Brisbane outlets. Prices ranged from a whopping $5.00 for a standard 250ml cappuccino down to a reasonable $3.30. One Queensland chain, the Shingle Inn, [...]

Working on the Council

John — Sat, 12 May 2012 01:37:43 +0000

I began a stint as a truck driver for the Brisbane City Council in the 1980′s. Initially I started as a spare driver working out of Newmarket Road Depot at Windsor, an inner Brisbane suburb. The BBC had depots scattered all over Brisbane and my job was to fill in at a particular depot if [...]

The felling of the palms

John — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 05:46:46 +0000

Does anyone out there have any palm trees growing around their home? It’s a silly question if you live on the Sunshine Coast like I do. When we bought this house quite a few years ago the previous owners had planted masses of palm trees. They were all clumped together consisting of a mixture of [...]

New Zealand holiday – part 9

John — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 03:13:18 +0000

Lake Tekapo – Christchurch Leaving Lake Tekapo we travel over Burke’s Pass and the foothills of the Southern Alps. This is the last of the wonderful mountains and lakes as we begin to cross the Canterbury Plains, the largest area of flat land in New Zealand. A couple of hours later the traffic thickens as [...]