Another union creating disputes to make itself look important.

Union dispute over a flag

What will they strike over next? You seem to constantly hear of stories like this, where a union has decided to strike because of some petty, unimportant matter.

The above story is about how an Electrical Trades Union's flag was removed from an Alcoa flag pole. The way I see it, is that the flag pole belongs to the company and thus the company can do whatever the hell they want to with it. If that means a union can't fly their flag, then so be it.
Have all your members wear an arm band proudly showing their support for your union, or whatever. Get back to doing what you're paid to do in protecting your members employment rights, not piss-poor flag debates.

Unions are worthwhile for the most part, but when they start doing this sort of crap, they just make it worse for everybody...

No extended shopping hours for WA...

Shop hours vote a win for small retailers

I'm against extended shopping hours for the most part. My thinking is that if you can't get off your butt and get to the shops during the 50 odd hours they are open, then you obviously don't want the item you are after.

Perhaps a solution would be to keep shops open until 6pm each night and 9pm Thursdays. Everyone deserves a day off, so Sundays should be a no-no except to businesses that do half their sales over weekends (ie. hardware stores, nurseries etc.)
This would give people a bit of extra time to grab that special something on the way home from work when they finished work.

They should've attached it to his head...

Angry girlfriend cuts off wing-wang...

So this chick and bloke are arguing about breaking up, one thing leads to another and they wind up in the sack. Kind of weird, but people say make-up sex is good. She offers to add some supposed kinkyness to the routine and tie him to the bed.... This is where it goes wrong, for him, as after he agrees and she ties him up, she proceeds to grab a kitchen knife and hack his Little Fella off!! To top that, she flushes it down the toilet!! I wonder what he did to deserve that?

She got off relatively lightly, as she was charged with assault, domestic violence and tampering with evidence (was his member the evidence?), and jailed without bail. He was pretty lucky too, as he had 'it' reattached, although I reckon his 'wang' wouldn't have much 'wing' anymore...

And the moral of the story, children... Never let a pissed off woman tie you up, no matter how good the sex was/is/could be!!

And I'm sure Sydney doesn't give a fk if you come back...

I found this quite funny... Comedian slams Sydneysiders

As is said further down the article, the Sydney women obviously had no idea who the hell Jamie Kennedy is, so it made it harder for him to pick up. Try being a genuine person without the ego, instead of a wannabe superstar, and I'm sure you'd have more success, numnuts...

As far as the tipping goes, he should read up on the customs of the country he is visiting so he knows what to expect. As a general rule Australians don't tip, and if you want good service give the wait staff some courtesy and you usually get it in return. Money doesn't buy everything.

Abortion abomination...

At the risk of offending some of my non-existant readers, I am all for abortion, well more correctly the choice to have an abortion. Not as an option instead of safe sex, but as an option for those women that have become pregnant because of stupidity or rape.

The right-to-lifers seem to think that every baby has the right to live, which is fair enough for the babies that are born. Adoption is a definite answer for those unwanted babies, as there are many loving families that can't conceive children themselves, and those unwanted babies that are kept could suffer because of resentment from the parents.

Imagine the pain and anguish that a woman who has been raped has suffered, and the further distress when she finds out that she is pregnant from the encounter with the low-life scum rapist. The mental capacity of said low-life is questionable, so what about the poor kid that will be born into our increasingly dumber society?

Why do I say our society is increasingly dumber? Its because with today's lifestyle, the successful couples are both out working to support their extravagance, too busy to have kids, while people in the lower socio-economic areas have plenty of time to happily bonk away, popping out more kids to score extra welfare payments... Cap the payments after two kids, there will be no more. Get a job you lazy bums...

Now to the 'stupid' pregnancies. Kids are always going to experiment with sex, all the campaigns in the world won't stop it. These kids at 13-17 years of age shouldn't be burdened with the responsibilites of bringing up a child, as they are kids themselves. Abortion is a last resort, but it should be available, as once again it comes back to education. By bringing up a child, the studies of these girls will be affected. Their dreams of becoming a doctor, gone, replaced by the regret and resentment of being stuck at home with a child, while their former schoolmates live out their dreams.

So to all the right-to-lifers out there, are you happy to be feeding all these unwanted children with your taxes? I'm definitely not!!

A big burn, or a few little burns?

What is it with these dickhead arsonists? Do they get some kind of high from lighting these fires? The b@stards always seem to light the fires on the hottest, windiest days for that extra thrill, pushing our fire fighting resources to their limits and risking lives. If CALM (Department of Conservation and Land Management) was allowed more freedom to 'control burn' some forrest areas, the risks for everyone would be greatly reduced when the arse-hole-nists decide to be destructive.

I am totally for Controlled Burning. The greenies get all up in arms about burning out the forrest, but it is a natural phenomenon that will eventually happen no matter what, ie. lightning strike. The fact is, if the greenies get their way there will be no controlled burning, meaning the leaf litter and foliage on the ground accumulates leading to an even bigger fire when it occurs.

You'd think the recent fires around Perth would open the eyes of some of the hill's home owners, but you still see many houses with trees that overhang the roof, gutters overflowing with combustible material and overgrown 'gardens' just begging to burn.

Be fire safe hills people... Don't think it won't happen to you, because it just might.

Really, is it that hard?

I'm not impressed by the incompetence of the new furniture shop manager...
I ordered a computer desk through one of the staff, and she said it would be 2 weeks for delivery. No worries. I finally get a call to come and collect it, so I arrange to borrow the ute and get it at lunch time. I get there and they spend 20 minutes searching for it before bringing out the wrong one.
"Ohh", says the manager, "it must be at our offsite warehouse...". I had already said that was where it was, because the staff member that rang had told me.
Anyway, I meet them out there and she's forgotten her keys. So another 15 mins passes while the keys are retrieved and then another 15 mins while they search for the desk...
"Umm, we can't find it...", says the stores bloke, "We'll find it, if not we'll get it up from Perth and deliver it for free tomorrow."
I'm happy with this, so off I toddle after spending an hour waiting around.

So yesterday was 'tomorrow' and I call the manager to make sure it's all happening.
"It's still in Perth and won't be here until next Wednesday..."
Boy, was I ropeable, but I kept a civil tongue, knowing I'd get nothing at all by getting nasty.
I told her that I had been told it would be delivered overnight, and she replied that wouldn't happen because it was too expensive and they only had deliveries two times a week.
She's obviously not too concerned about keeping the customer happy. By Wednesday it will be just under one month from when I ordered it. Fk you very much!!

What is it with Taxi Drivers?

You know, I thought I would be safe from the stereotypical Taxi Driver, because I live in what I consider a country town. Alas, the b@stards are out here too, and a lot of them!! The number of times I've been cut off by a taxi around town is amazing...
This morning, one ass clown pulled out from a side street, forcing me to brake, when if he had waited a whole 10 seconds more I would've passed, and he could have dawdled out without interfering with any other traffic. But no, he had to do that in front of me... I took great pleasure in giving the Sil a bit of boost as I passed and letting off the blow off valve right next to his open window...

I'm sure the authorities have a test with questions like the following...
1) Have you never held a driving licence?
2) Do you have suicidal tendancies?
3) Is the indicator stalk only for asthetics?
4) Is it legal to do u-turns wherever you like?
5) Is it legal to reduce your speed to 5kph in the middle of the street while searching for a fare?
6) Is it legal to erratically change lanes, forcing your way between traffic without indicating?

If you answered 'yes' to the above questions, then congratulations you are now a 'qualified' taxi driver.

On a different theme... I really like the latest colour scheme of our local TransGoldfields buses. They are painted in a dark red/brown colour and bronze/gold. A lot snazzier than the TransPerth buses...

Water for all...

Our lovely state is getting drier. Greenhouse effect or not, our south/southwest is seemingly getting less and less rainfall. In fact one area, Ravensthorpe, has resorted to trucking water in from other areas to ensure enough water to keep their livestock alive, as well as for household use.

Years ago my gf's uncle, Ernie Bridge, had the bright idea to run a pipeline from the abundant fresh water supply in the northwest to Perth. This would relieve some of the strain placed on local water catchments. Unfortunately his plan was ridiculed, as would be expected I guess, because of the costs (around $3 billion) and the enormity of the project. Therefore it has never come to fruition.

More recently, there has been another idea brought forward by the Liberal leader Colin Barnett. This idea is to use a canal system instead of a pipeline to traverse the 2000+km to Perth. Projected costs for this is $2 billion, but I'm pretty sure that would blow out. Sure there is alot of planning to be done, but in the end our state needs water and this, on the surface at least, appears to be a good option.

I applaud this forward thinking, as the millions of litres of fresh water wasted by flowing out to sea could help so many water restricted communities between Perth and the northwest. I know I'm neglecting the people that live in the northwest, as some of them rely on the rivers flooding to service their crops etc. Hopefully most people will be able to be accomodated.

Kalgoorlie relies on a pipeline for its water supply, and without the imagination and determination of C.Y O'Connor to build the original pipeline from Mundaring to Kalgoorlie 100 years ago, there definitely wouldn't be a city here now!