Too good not to send

by | Dec 21, 2013 | Great gifts, Tales

I just had to send you this which my good mate the Melbourne Cup Man, Max Hitchins, sent to me. I had tears in my eyes as I watched it. What chance an Aussie airline doing the same thing? Alert: Prepare to be amazed…againUntil today I had never heard of the...

Run through puddles!

by | Nov 25, 2013 | Tales

The other day I was pondering whether I should go for a run in the pouring rain. Really, it’s great running in the rain. The hardest bit is taking the first step outside and letting the cold rain hit your warm body. Once you get going running in the rain is...

Apropos Sharnie’s passing

by | Oct 30, 2013 | Tales

It was reassuring to see that others feel the same way about the passing of their dog as I did recently when Sharnie went. In this poignant article in the Sunday Age yesterday tough newspaper man, Bruce Guthrie, shows his tender side. Entitled “The inevitable goodbye...

Football allegiance of car drivers

by | Sep 27, 2013 | Tales

I know that you will be desperately interested in this research but, as it’s finals time, it may be useful business info or just great conversational trivia for you. Roy Morgan Research reports that Australian roads are full of Swans supporters!...

Goodbye Sharnie girl!

by | Sep 26, 2013 | Tales

Please indulge me but I must share my sadness, my memories and purge my guilt. Sadness that Sharnie, my much loved Border Collie, passed from this world today in the comforting arms of my wife with the assistance of a caring Vet.  Sadness that, when I walk in the door...

It’s always difficult to explain

by | Sep 23, 2013 | Tales

I guess you remember doing something that was hot, new and different and you certainly couldn’t explain whatever it was to anybody of an earlier generation even if you wanted to. In my day it was rock ‘n’ roll and the twist and there have been such...