Random thoughts and observations
A blog is somewhere you can rant. Here are my latest gripes: Family Assistance Office: This misnamed department of the Howard Government sent us a letter threatening to cut our childcare allowance unless James was immunised. All our children’s immunisations are up to date, and they always have been. We go to the Bright Medical [...]
There’s no doubt we live in a city-centric society. The movers and shakers of Australia mostly reside in capital cities and along the eastern beaches. People inland and elsewhere are marginalised. A bugbear for me is when I come across forms that ask for name and address details. When you get to stating where you [...]
Forget the election. Forget the grand final analysis. The big issue of the day is that food processing company, Masterfoods, has scrapped their sweet chilli relish. This was my favorite sandwich spread; especially tasty with ham or tuna. The product was still listed on the company web site for a while, so I sent an [...]
There are many stereotypes about Tasmanians having two heads, being related to each other, having convict ancestry, etc. I suppose that’s why they’ve appointed a republican as Governor. Richard Butler has shown little aptittude for the position, and it’s therefore alarming to read that he’s Australia’s highest paid vice-regal representative. His staff are quitting en [...]
I think there are too many signs along the roadside. As a motorist it’s distracting to be confronted by a plethora of signs saying very little of importance. There are advertising signs, entry signs, information signs, road signs and stupid signs. I plan to count the signs between Porepunkah and Eurobin (9km) and I’ll be [...]
