Cool Change Mugged by Humidity

Posted on March 17, 2018 by

HumidFolks, last weekend I was using the mower to re-distribute the dog poo around the lawn and for the first time in ages it didn’t feel like I was mowing in a sauna. Continue reading →

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Muscle Cars vs. Plastic Chariots

Posted on March 17, 2018 by

 

Greg Bray's XC Falcon 1990

Even with the stereo turned up I could hear it rusting

Folks, these days I drive a little Korean car which has less metal in it than a baked bean tin.

It’s come as a bit of a shock to discover I’ve turned into the sort of car owner I frequently mocked when I was a young, long-haired, lead-footed hoon.

Basically, someone like my father. Continue reading →

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Device Free Night Glow

Posted on March 10, 2018 by
person-standing-under-the-milky-way

Now, where did I put my phone?!

Folks, I recently visited a mate who lives in what a poet would describe as an enchanted, rustic, backwoods hamlet.

To the rest of us it’s a hick village in the middle of nowhere. Continue reading →

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Auto-Condimenting: ‘Pass the sauce luv’

Posted on March 2, 2018 by

 

Condiments

Remove the lids and stand back

Folks, I have a couple of foibles. Well, I call them foibles, but they’re actually irritating quirks that make Long Suffering Wife commit murder in her heart on a daily basis.

 

Anyway, one of my little foibles is I’m an auto-condimenter. Continue reading →

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Hounded in the street

Posted on February 24, 2018 by
Dog Attack

Get it off me!

Folks, as the big dog galloped towards me with murder in its’ eyes, I recalled my father’s advice from when I was a boy: ‘Don’t show dogs you’re scared of them.’

It didn’t work back then, and it wasn’t working now.
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Story Hunters

Posted on February 18, 2018 by

 

Fake News

Possibly fake news

Folks, do you have any idea of how much work goes into getting stories for this paper each day?

Well, I do. Now. Continue reading →

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Granddaddy Day Care

Posted on February 18, 2018 by
Toy Dinosaur

Avoid small children carrying one of these!

Folks, I love our granddaughter, but sometimes she can be tough to love. Continue reading →

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