Category Archives: wtf

>Hold on to your hats…

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Victor

>Did you find those lip readers’ prognostications on what he said to she and she said to he at the recent Royal wedding fascinating? No? Neither did I. But for those who did, here is the latest addition to the … Continue reading →

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>I found my dongle

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Victor

>For any readers who may be wondering how I got on with my enquiries about dongles I reproduce here my response to Andrew in the previous posting. How prescient of you, Andrew. When I arrived home with my new toys … Continue reading →

Posted in computers, modern times, shopping, technology, wtf | 1 Comment

>Mind the bouquet

Posted on April 30, 2011 by Victor

>Hn and I took Ae to collect her new car this morning; a Mazda 3. By coincidence today’s Sydney Morning Herald carried a report comparing five brands of car in a particular price range and which concluded that the Mazda 3 … Continue reading →

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>Return folding trays and seat backs to the upright position

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Victor

> The New Yorker 2 May 2011 Hopefully this won’t be the case when I travel next month.

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>Banned!

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Victor

>This morning we colonials are hot under the collar about an ABC television program being banned by those traditional imperialists in what once was referred to as the ‘home country’. At least that banning constitutes acknowledgement that the proposed program amounted to one … Continue reading →

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>Pick me! Pick me! Pick me!

Posted on April 26, 2011 by Victor

> Have you ever wondered whether you are in the line of succession to the throne of any country? No? Neither have I. I stumbled across a Wikipedia entry for the line of succession to the British throne. As we know … Continue reading →

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>School balls

Posted on April 23, 2011 by Victor

>Andrew’s reminiscence about his school days triggered memories of my own. For better or worse my parents sent me to an all male, very expensive, private school perhaps in unsuspecting prescience of my eventual sexual predilection. All the students, more than a thousand of … Continue reading →

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>Your call is unimportant to us…

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Victor

> Yesterday I had my third…and last…appointment with a specialist about some health issues I have experienced in the past few months. At his request I underwent two MRI scans; one of the neck and the other of the brain, … Continue reading →

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>Busman’s holiday

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Victor

> Deceptively placid scene at the hospital Thursdays are my retirement day. It is the day of the week when I pursue my ‘career’ as a retiree rather than engage in the volunteer work I perform on the other four weekdays. … Continue reading →

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>Ear bashing

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Victor

> What is the point of tinnitus? Whoever or whatever creates things in this universe, what were they thinking when they dreamt up this affliction? I have suffered from this ringing, echoing, annoying scourge on and off for…oh I’d say…fifteen years … Continue reading →

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