Monthly Archives: February 2009

>They’re back

Posted on February 28, 2009 by Victor

>Those National Rugby League footballers are back for another season of charge and biff. I went out tonight to see one of the traditional pre-season matches, the Charity Shield, played annually between the St George Illawarra Dragons and the South … Continue reading →

Posted in cute guys, sport | 2 Comments

>A night at the pub

Posted on February 28, 2009 by Victor

>Last night Hn, Ae and I took Ye out for drinks and a meal to thank her for hosting us during our stay in Broome last August. It was Ye who suggested the venue, Carlisle Castle Hotel, located in the … Continue reading →

Posted in dining, friendship, sydney | 2 Comments

>Dragging my feet and other blogging analogies

Posted on February 26, 2009 by Victor

>I’ve been tardy in my blogging and my blog reading lately. I blame the humidity. February is traditionally a very humid month in Sydney and I don’t handle humidity well. It has been too easy for me in recent days … Continue reading →

Posted in age, blogging, bridge, health, sydney | 8 Comments

>Winning Friends and Influencing People

Posted on February 24, 2009 by Victor

>Patients enter the hospital in all sorts of moods. Most try to be polite even if distracted with fear or concern for their fate. Occasionally a patient is angry but one who was admitted to the hospital today takes the … Continue reading →

Posted in health, workplace | 3 Comments

>Weight in fright

Posted on February 23, 2009 by Victor

>An open message to my new digital scales. You were purchased for the principal purpose of reducing my weight, yet instead of reducing those kilos you have started to increase them. Enough already. The joke is not that funny. My … Continue reading →

Posted in fitness, food, health, lifestyle | 1 Comment

>What the dump?!

Posted on February 22, 2009 by Victor

>WARNING: this will be distasteful for many but it is true. There I was yesterday afternoon reading my newspaper, broad daylight, 1.30pm, parked in a nearby leisure area, other cars and their occupants parked in front and behind me. Young … Continue reading →

Posted in believe it or not, modern times, wtf | 5 Comments

>Changeling

Posted on February 21, 2009 by Victor

>Angelina Jolie is a single mother whose 9 years old son goes missing one Saturday whilst she is at work in this Clint Eastwood directed film which then exposes the Police and Administrative corruption in Los Angeles in the 1920s/30s. … Continue reading →

Posted in cinema, memories, why is it so? | 2 Comments

>Yesterday…

Posted on February 20, 2009 by Victor

>A photographic snap shot of my day…(click on photos to enlarge)… Purchasing my rail ticket. Advertising board at the rail platform. Persuasive? Not! Walking through the Queen Victoria Building on my way to an appointment. Waiting at an intersection in … Continue reading →

Posted in cinema, dining, food, leisure, lifestyle, shopping, sydney | 6 Comments

>Pedantic woman

Posted on February 19, 2009 by Victor

>Haughty woman (HW) speaking to radio host (RH): HW – “I object to men saying G’day to ladies.”RH – silenceHW – “Ladies do not like being greeted with G’day.”RH – “I didn’t greet you with G’day.”HW – “No, you didn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in radio, wtf | 7 Comments

>Pink Panther

Posted on February 18, 2009 by Victor

>Aaron Neich, the only male ever to qualify for the Penrith Panthers, National Rugby League Club, cheer squad has declared he is ready for the inevitable taunts. “I’m going to get the mean calls: ‘you’re gay’, ‘you’re a poof’ … … Continue reading →

Posted in lifestyle | 3 Comments