Well, the electrician came and put in the shiny new switch box. I was glad to see he seemed to know what he was doing. At least, he managed to get all the work done without electrocuting himself, and without blacking out the entire street. Problem is, the same stuff still happens. Though it appears ... [More]
I’m trying not to panic, but I may have a fire hazard in my house. Rewind a bit. Remember I was having power hassles? The more delicate and sensitive of my appliances playing up? Apart from the ever joyous misbehaviour of one of the computer monitors, there’s also my precious hi fi gear – both ... [More]
Every so often there’ll be some people on the train who stand out a little from the usual crowd of commuters. This morning it was a mum and two kids. They were obviously on their way into town for the day from somewhere far away. The son wanted to know how many stations it was ... [More]
The car survived the weekend okay. I drove it to the service place this morning in the pouring rain and peak hour traffic. Lovely. Despite my public transport-supporting tendencies, I was glaring at the bus a few vehicles in front of me – until it stopped outside a school and about 50 teenagers got out, ... [More]
Went to see The Trade on Friday night. For anybody hitting the last week of the Comedy Festival, I highly recommend it. Very funny and thought provoking stuff. And it provided a bit of minor celebrity spotting. Really minor celebrity spotting. Greg Fleet was enjoying a quiet moment to himself, sitting at a cafe on ... [More]
Oh the joys of cars. Mine is playing up. Steam coming out of the bonnet last night. With some assistance I determined the radiator was empty. Which is definitely not a good thing. The car is booked in for a scheduled service on Monday anyway. So would it last the weekend? After filling the radiator ... [More]
Not much to report from the past week. I’ve been a tad too busy, but that’s often the case. Thankfully I’m only so busy because I spend so much time relaxing… I cleaned my car on Saturday. It was in dire need of it. Especially after Friday, when it was parked at Ormond Station, and ... [More]
So, the Queen Mother is dead. I have a problem with this. It’s been less than two days since I heard the news, but I’m already having real trouble remembering where I was when I heard it. I’m beginning to think that in a week or two, the whole thing might be forgotten as an ... [More]
I had a whinge to the electricity company the other week about the power, and asked them if it was possible to check if there was enough variation in the power supply here that it could be causing the problems with my monitor and amplifier. It’s only a theory of course, but the problems are ... [More]
The day started well. For a while there I really thought I was blessed. Walking to the station, I noticed I was a little late for the train. If I miss the 8:21 express, the next one is the 8:36, stopping. It may only be an extra 3 stops, taking about an extra 3 minutes, ... [More]
Brighton Beach, just after dusk, around 9pm. Great ambience, one would think. Serenity. Well, if not for the other people. What possesses people to bring have their little kids out at the beach that late, especially on a school night? I would think that any ambience these people might think they could enjoy would be ... [More]
I was woken up by a phone call this morning. "Hello, Pete?" Bloody wrong number. Okay, so it was only 2 minutes before my alarm clock was going to go off, but that’s not the point!