Slipping into eternity – 7 Australians will take their final ‘trip’ today

Posted on July 22, 2018 by

 

09_19_2014_bananaFolks, roughly 150,000 people die in Australia every year. So today, 410 Aussies will wake up for the very last time.

Unless, of course, they’re among the number of early adopters who didn’t wake up at all. Continue reading →

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Fingers in the Fiscal Pie – lessons I learned as a 14 y.o entrepreneur

Posted on July 14, 2018 by

Gold CoinsFolks, I’ve learned some hard fiscal lessons over the years, happily investing my secret stash of five cent pieces on Bitcoin wasn’t one of them. I used that money to buy some magic beans instead.

Frankly, the only reason I’ve managed to keep my head above water is because it’s made of cork. Continue reading →

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Man bags – we can’t go back now

Posted on July 1, 2018 by
Man carrying a pink handbag.

I don’t care what it looks like, it’s still handy

Folks, like a lot of smart, well-educated, confident and cool looking fellas, I cart my stuff around in a shoulder bag.

My wife calls it a handbag, but like Doctor’s appointments, requests to fix the bathroom door and discussions about our relationship, I simply ignore her. Continue reading →

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Patting the bull – how we all need to overcome our fear of colossal cows

Posted on July 1, 2018 by

 

Patting the Bull

She did it!

Folks, this weekend the von Brays will be moseying around a genuine country show.

It’s a family tradition, along with ‘The Patting of the Bull’ and the ‘Let’s wipe the manure off our shoes onto Dad’s car mats’ rituals.
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Newsflash! Middle-aged man buys not quite extinct magazine

Posted on July 1, 2018 by

 

Readers Digest Classic

Folks, recently I stumbled across a pair of old friends and even better, I didn’t owe them any money!

The fact they were magazines probably had something to do with it. Continue reading →

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Honestly – don’t tell me you don’t lie

Posted on June 10, 2018 by

LyingFolks, if I were to ask if you are basically an honest person, you’d probably tell me that you are.

You big fake, phony fibber!
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Family Movie Night – after another ruined evening I come up with my own rating system

Posted on June 3, 2018 by

 

Shocked

How I must have looked for two days afterwards…

Folks, last weekend I spend an uncomfortable evening watching an alleged comedy which was based on a dope smoking geriatric trying to hit on young women.

I thought we’d done this sort of thing to death with the Carry On films of the 70’s? Continue reading →

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