It appears that one of our neighbours is trying to get their car stolen. A say this because it’s been sitting out there on the street (rather than in its car space) for the better part of a week now. With the passenger side window down. Call me crazy, but if that’s really what they’re ... [More]
Well, the weekend is over and it’s back to work tomorrow, with the probably vain hope that we’ll actually get our hands on some hardware this week. Yes, we’re still without PCs and phones. As well as desks to put the PCs and phones on. I honestly don’t think I’ve done this much handwriting since ... [More]
It was pretty sunny this evening so we took the opportunity to enjoy some fish’n’chips in the park. Well, it certainly saves effort on the washing up. Instead of wash/dry/put away, it’s scrunch up paper/put in bin. After dinner Isaac had a run around in the playground. Isaac loves looking out for airborne vehicles – ... [More]
POT SPOT WATCH: Well, the sign said the lease finishes Sunday 9th of March. Sure enough this afternoon there was no sign of movement. Inside it appears than all the stock has gone. So… this could be it. Stay tuned for more developments as they happen. First stop this morning was one of Isaac’s colleagues’ ... [More]
The very first thing we saw when we walked out of the house this morning was the Whitman’s blimp, flying directly overhead. In the afternoon we had a wedding to go to, almost in the middle of Grand Prix territory during a transport strike, a bit of a scary prospect. Would it be Melbourne’s version ... [More]
You may be wondering how my new job’s going. It’s going pretty good. I’m part of a small team of seven that have been thrown together, and we spent most of last week figuring out exactly what we’ll be doing. Which is just as well, because being a very large organisation, they’re taking a bit ... [More]
Have you ever noticed how in the supermarket the check-out chicks/ blokes sometimes have to ask the customer what a fruit is so they can enter the code? Okay, to be fair, I don’t know what half the stuff is, especially those really bizarre fruits like the star shaped ones and the small round hairy ... [More]
The promotional people are playing games with me. This morning, the second last morning I’ll be going to work via South Yarra station, there they were again, with freebie passionfruit yoghurt. It’s as if they’re trying to entice me to stay… "look… free yoghurt… tomorrow it might be free shampoo!…" Sorry, it won’t work. My ... [More]
The 40+ degree heat continues… And last night we lost power for the first time in ages. Just us, a neighbour, and half the street. Probably someone somewhere decided to turn on one airconditioner too many. All the lights, everything went off at 9:45 – in the middle of Ruby Wax, very annoying. So after ... [More]
"Yes, we are back!" "3 Saturdays and Sundays left!" "Lease ends 9th of March!" These, and even an after-hours phone number (for Terracotta Emergencies) adorn the windows of the Pot Spot today. But will everything wind up on the 9th of March? I don’t know. After almost a year of closing down sales, I’m just ... [More]
The word is out – I’ve got a new job lined up. Not that I’ve been looking, but these things have a habit of finding me. Alas, my current employers were unable to offer me the promise of any work after March, and when a three month contract at Coles/Myer popped up, well, who could ... [More]
The signs at the Pot Spot during the week were: "Last day Saturday", "All stock must go". But the notice that leads one to believe that finally after eight months the Pot Spot’s closing sale might actually be coming to an end, is the planning application in the window for a printing shop. Maybe things ... [More]