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By the Square, by the Level, and by the All Seeing Eye.....
The only religious group I've really appteciated is the Freemasons. And it appeals to me... They've been after me since about 1998. I agree with an organising force along those lines. You can interpret the laws of physics as a form of 'higher organisation.' But even in the Freemasons, two of whom I know that I met at Friday's service, it seems that ( Read more... ) -
Religion. A close call? OR worse....
Okay. After last night's awards ceremony, I thought i'd have a leave pass, and a three day post-Easter weekend. The last three days feel like a week and a half.. But I'll do the hard yards and accept an invite to the institution of the new Minister of the City church. We work with them very much as they're one of the oldest buildings in the town, ( Read more... ) -
Absent Friends
We should all let friends know what happened to us. I'm pretty sure I found out today that a friend I lost contact with is okay. And that's all I need to know. I won't bug them or try to contact them. It's a happy thing to know they're okay, and a joy to hear their voice again in the things they write!
We should all remember in dark times that there ( Read more... ) -
Posting!
I think I'll make a series of posts about working on my two Volkswagens. I need to both record what I've done, and keep a log of achievements for confidence's sake. I feel that we're at a time now, at least here in the Western Australian environment, where the great shift has happened which I hear folks in the US talking about. If you have an old ( Read more... ) -
More automotive philosophy
This was written in response to someone who was asking if they should by a 1963 Beetle as a first car for their daughter ( Read more... ) -
Perhaps I should explain...
I bought a Karmann Ghia a few months back. Too good to refuse. Seen for sale in Mandurah and mentioned to me as something I needed to see. I saw. I fretted... Not possible. Was egged on. Haters said no. They screamed no. The right haters to make me buy it and wave it under their noses ( Read more... ) -
Drive Drive Drive on the Autobahn....
Did a 120 mile country drive to go see a friend at a steam engine working day. Maintained 70mph for 1 hour. Toll: 1 snake. Missed: 2 bobtail lizards, 1 monitor lizard, Cows (numerous). They eventually let me thought the middle of the herd, probably got used to a fellow black and white creature.
My departing present from them is a load of cow shite ( Read more... ) -
The Australian 2011 VW Kerfuffle
My family have been working for and driving VWs since the 1950s. We've been advocates for the company and proud owners. Until one member of the family bought a 2011 Golf. It conked out on the first test drive. We believed the stammering salesman when he said it wasn't a problem. More fool us and our faith in VW.... It ran rough from day one. It ( Read more... ) -
Thoughts on City of Fremantle Redevelopment
I wrote this up last week at work and I thought I may as well upload it here so I can feel that I'm posting something, at least. It's in response to the City of Fremantle's plan to engage with business to redevelop a very tired area of the town ( Read more... ) -
The Council of Wisdom!
So, FIFA president Sepp Blatter needs to come up with a way out of international soccer's current moral crisis. Cost is no obstacle. What does he do? He forms The Council of Wisdom (TM) made up so far of....... Placido Domingo and Henry Kissinger! Who else will join this team of highly paid international men of influence? Stephen Hawking? Or maybe ( Read more... )