Monthly Archives: December 2009

>Wowsers at Manly

Posted on December 30, 2009 by Victor

> (Click all photos to enlarge) Mt and I took the ferry to Manly today. The crowds travelling were immense and the crowd control, intrinsically Australian in nature with some frank and direct language, must have come as a shock … Continue reading →

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>Faulty Towers?

Posted on December 29, 2009 by Victor

> (The New Yorker) I think I have stayed here…

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>Rain

Posted on December 28, 2009 by Victor

> (Click to enlarge) Looking out from my kitchen window a few minutes ago. It is pouring with rain. And showers are forecast for the next five days through to New Years Day. This could ruin Sydney’s NYE fireworks display. … Continue reading →

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>The French Kissers (Les Beaux Gosses)

Posted on December 27, 2009 by Victor

> I can be slow sometimes. Although this film has been advertised for weeks it was only queueing for tickets today that the double entendre of the title occurred to me. A group of fourteen year olds is discovering relationships, love … Continue reading →

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>Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race

Posted on December 26, 2009 by Victor

> (Click to enlarge) The annual Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race gets underway today on Sydney Harbour. The starting gun is fired at 1pm on Boxing Day. Photograph taken from my balcony several minutes after the gun with the fleet sailing up … Continue reading →

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>G#$gle!

Posted on December 26, 2009 by Victor

> I tried out Google Chrome for several weeks and was happy with it initially. Sure there were some irritations; mainly layout differences from ‘standard’ Google which seemed cosmetic differences to me rather than user improvements but I quickly became … Continue reading →

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>And on Christmas Eve, Santa revealed himself

Posted on December 25, 2009 by Victor

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>Tiny squares in rectangles

Posted on December 25, 2009 by Victor

> Tiny squares in rectangles. That’s mostly what I find now when I try to retrieve the videos I have downloaded from my new Sony Handycam. Not very handy, I must say. It is most disappointing. When the videos are … Continue reading →

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>Christmas Eve at the beach

Posted on December 24, 2009 by Victor

> I tried out my new video camera whilst waiting at Bondi Beach for the Icebergs Club to open. I was there to my renew my membership for next year. It was just after 10am and the temperature was already … Continue reading →

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>Chocolate overdose

Posted on December 22, 2009 by Victor

> One of the nice things about volunteering is the generosity of employers, workmates and others who show appreciation for our efforts with end of year gifts. This year at both the hospital and the nursing home I have received … Continue reading →

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