Random thoughts and observations
Delmer from Ohio may be interested to know the new Premier of New South Wales grew up in the Buckeye State. According to Wikipedia, Kristina Keneally was born Kristina Kerscher in the United States in 1969 to an American father and an Australian mother. She grew up in Toledo, Ohio, and was educated at the [...]
Our eldest son Michael was born at Pambula Hospital in March 1996. It was a small hospital, but well equipped. The medical and nursing staff were all very skilled and friendly. Juliet had an epidural. I was surprised to hear the hospital’s birthing unit had been closed. However, a media release I received by email [...]
A Kalgoorlie Miner columnist, Kitty Prodonovich, wrote today about “phone tone rage” (PTR). It is quite amazing how the repetitive tones from an innocent little phone can incite so much anger and frustration, but they do. And it’s not just the phone rings; you can also have different sound for message alerts and other thing. [...]
I filled out Juliet’s citizenship application form yesterday. Two of the questions stumped me, not for their difficulty, but their inclusion. Have you ever committed any war crimes? Are you a terrorist? They’re not the exact words, but they may as well be. I can just picture Osama Bin Laden sitting in his cave thinking [...]
Isn’t it funny how when someone retires the tributes start flowing, just as if they had died! Deputy Prime Minister John (Nobody) Anderson resigned for the second time today and just about everyone has heaped praise on him. I believe in respect for the dead, but Anderson is still well and truly with us. His [...]
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