Issue 162

Dick’s Toolbox cont. .. argument that global warming is not just happening, (surprise), but is happening at a rate far greater than expected. We have an expanding population, (yes Virginia, there are far too many people), opting for the cheapest (coal fired) solutions to energy generation. Couple with virtually no power conservation, garnish generously with…

..nowadays being arrested in underwear representing the flag of your host country. They don’t weigh you, no matter that you look like a beached whale and you’re being constantly towed out to sea. On they go, over-flowing the aisles and seats. This is in stark contrast to the old days when they weighed both you…

..when I find myself there. The lights are very weak and the shadows and dark and endless. The switched are old, round and made of metal and sometimes they do nothing. There are doors down each side of the corridor. Often the doors are shut. Above some doors is a glass panel where occasionally the…

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..for somebody who is not my uncle, my aunt or my uncle’s client. I have friends who have permanently separated but still go out together, even sleep together, although presumably only on cold nights. It all seems very modern and, as divorce impacts at least a third of all marriages, nothing unusual. It may be…

.. plumbing and television, but maybe this New Year it’s time for a revision of my list. As I was driving back to Curtin from Fyshwick last Thursday evening, having successfully bought some deck oil as instructed from the Fyshwick Bunnings, I was thinking about how much easier it is to get around Canberra these…