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Consumerism Food'n'drink

“LOL” juice? Seriously?

Tropkl. Razz bri. B current. Good grief.

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driving

Unwanted phone calls, and a higher premium? Youi insurance FAIL

Got my car insurance renewal from Bingle. $375.10. I’ve had it there since 2009. Thought I’d quickly look around at insurers known to take low car usage into account. PayAsYouDrive… whipped through the form, and it came up with $426.50 for the minimum 5000 kms per year of driving. A more conservative 7000 kms came  ... [More]

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News and events

Did some see the London riots coming?

Terrible scenes in England. What started peacefully seems to have descended into pure opportunism from troublemakers. Did anybody see it coming? Well check this fascinating article from The Guardian, a week ago: Farewell youth clubs, hello street life – and gang warfare With budget cuts leading to the loss of facilities that kept many inner-city  ... [More]

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Retrospectives Video games

Nostalgia overload: Back in the 80s…

I was telling the kids about the days when arcade games were ubiquitous. When we lived in Pine Avenue, Elwood in the early 80s, the local milkbar on Ormond Road had a Donkey Kong Junior machine, for instance. But a short bus ride away in St Kilda was video game heaven. For starters, Luna Park  ... [More]

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Home life

My garden thinks it’s spring

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Bentleigh Consumerism

Yes, some mornings, it does feel like I’ve left my brain in Bentleigh

Yes, there are some mornings that it does feel like I’ve left my brain at home in Bentleigh. (The various ads at Richmond have different stations named depending which platform you’re on.) I’m not sure a Dare Iced Coffee really will fix this screen.

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General

Video: Talking to the chickens

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Home life

Cleaning out the roof

I spent about 4 hours in the roof on Sunday, with an industrial vacuum cleaner from Kennards, trying to clear out some of the residual insulation and other crap from up there. I had thought the half-day hire would be enough, but man, it’s hard work manoeuvring around up there, let alone with a big  ... [More]