tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97633982011-04-22T03:26:57.330+08:00rant : pompous or pretentious talk or writing [syn: bombast, fustian, claptrap, blah]Hello Therenoreply@blogger.comBlogger781100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9763398.post-1130893148593806672005-11-02T08:56:00.000+08:002005-11-02T09:10:19.996+08:00

I've setup my new Wordpress blog at daSilvia.org/blog, so I probably won't be using the blogger one anymore.

Hello Therenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9763398.post-1129614151986819412005-10-18T13:36:00.000+08:002005-10-18T13:42:31.993+08:00

Swearing at police case dismissal sparks outrageI am shocked by some of the stupid cases that seem to appear before our courts. What is even more shocking is that the police are calling for an appeal against the decision to throw it out.Seriously, you people should have better things to do than appeal petty cases like this... Toughen your bitch asses up!!

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I'm sure they'll change the title soon, but the ABC News site has the title to a story as 'Man charged with manslaughter after 3 teens hit', but when you read the story, the dude has injured some kids by running them down with his car, not killed them... Attempted murder, fair enough, but he didn't accidentally kill them... Another attempt at media sensationalism gone wrong...man·slaugh·tern. The

Hello Therenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9763398.post-1128595848624901442005-10-06T18:43:00.000+08:002005-10-06T18:50:48.630+08:00

Now this is verrry cool!!The latest digg-nation podcast has a demo of the latest Dolby innovation, Dolby Headphones. It allows the headphone listener to hear sounds as though they were in different locations around the room. It is totally freaky, so check it out.More info here...Dolby.com Headphone Story

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I've been reading about the 'Really Simple Syndication Feeds' or whatever other name they are called, and they look very interesting.Just for fun I created my own start page with all my favourite links, a Google search bar, and RSS Feeds showing the latest 'dugg' stories from digg.com and the latest Australian news from the ABC News site. If you want your own start page, but don't want to code it

Hello Therenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9763398.post-1127057224896940212005-09-18T22:29:00.000+08:002005-09-20T07:50:01.886+08:00

I've become hooked on these little internet radio shows called podcasts. My fascination was sparked after they were mentioned on my favourite tech show, Call for Help, which is shown on the Foxtel How To channel.So I downloaded a couple of the 'This Week in Tech' podcasts which is hosted by Leo Laporte from Call for Help. So after listening to a couple sitting at my computer desk, I felt there

Hello Therenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9763398.post-1127053406722790362005-09-18T22:00:00.000+08:002005-09-18T22:23:26.726+08:00

Don't you hate it when you have a blog that no-one reads and you actually receive a comment, only to find that it has been entered by some loser trying to advertise some completely unrelated crap.Case in point, the comment to the post below...As if someone reading a blog is going to take a home loan out with a spammer... I guess there are people more gullible than myself that might do things like

Hello Therenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9763398.post-1118645578230160952005-06-13T14:49:00.000+08:002005-06-13T14:52:58.233+08:00

When I started this it was fun to just rant about whatever I liked, and if people read it cool, if not who cares... I'll still rant and rave about this and that but I don't really have the inclination at this moment in time.I'm heading to Perth in a few weeks, so I'm sure I'll be back with a vengeance, ranting about all the piss poor drivers in the city... :-)

Hello Therenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9763398.post-1118224482543040072005-06-08T17:45:00.000+08:002005-06-08T17:54:42.550+08:00

Boy oh boy... This is certainly going to be a learning experience.Firstly, the buttons to close windows are on the 'wrong' side. Very strange after a millennium of using Windows.My first real impression is that its very pretty, cute even... The way the windows fold away and the like is very cool. The size of the Mac Mini is unbelievable, but I can see why they say the case could be easily

Hello Therenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9763398.post-1116204351942037402005-05-16T08:35:00.000+08:002005-05-16T08:47:22.453+08:00

Pipes checked after leak chaosA major burst water main spilt 12,000 kilolitres of water onto the freeway and into Perth businesses... This is terrible in itself, but my comment is on the unbelievable comments from the opposition, proving that any chance they get they'll have a dig.Quote:The WA Opposition said the burst pipe was "inexcusable"."The water-main burst caused havoc on Perth's streets.

Hello Therenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9763398.post-1116141334313415212005-05-15T15:08:00.000+08:002005-05-15T15:57:27.523+08:00

I'm a fan of the TV show COPS, which shows the real life American police officers out on the streets. When the Crime & Investigation channel on Foxtel announced a 24 hour marathon, I thought it would be pretty cool to catch up on some of the episodes I missed.What they didn't tell us, was the marathon was to have the same few episodes repeated over and over for 24 hours... In case you were

Hello Therenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9763398.post-1115800736876748362005-05-11T16:38:00.000+08:002005-05-11T16:46:43.996+08:00

A bit of mean muscle... I just installed 'hello' to see how easy it is to add pics to my blog. I normally just link to the pics from my webspace, but this is a seriously good alternative.

Hello Therenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9763398.post-1115726575451049132005-05-10T19:43:00.000+08:002005-05-10T20:07:01.203+08:00

I saw the most unbelievable story on the news tonight... It was about how an unarmed, as in no guns, bloke who refused to pull over for police was cornered by ten officers firing at his vehicle. This was in a suburban street mind you, and the police fired 95 rounds into/across the 4x4!! Amazingly, one police officer was the only other casualty, besides the driver, in this debarcle. After all that

Hello Therenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9763398.post-1115611568443250612005-05-09T11:14:00.000+08:002005-05-09T12:06:08.503+08:00

Beazley can't afford homeIf a bloke on $200k a year can't afford a home, what's that say for the rest of us? I've never understood the crazy prices that the eastern states have had to put up with. Some places are at least double what Western Australians would be paying for an equivelent property. It seems as though the crazy price hikes are slowing as buyers come to the realisation that it's hard

Hello Therenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9763398.post-1115350099236778222005-05-06T10:44:00.000+08:002005-05-06T11:28:19.306+08:00

Proposed action against driver 'over the top'I'm sort of in two minds about this one... The driver probably shouldn't have driven the bus away from his route, but I guess if he felt in danger the bus depot would be a safer area to retreat to. I just can't understand why the kids of today are so disrespectful to their elders...When I was a kid the bus driver stopped once and kicked a couple of

Hello Therenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9763398.post-1115263453696489002005-05-05T10:39:00.000+08:002005-05-05T11:41:16.173+08:00

I've been a closet geek for many years and have decided to come out... So here I am!! Pheww, that takes a load off my mind... :-DI've seen Linux mentioned in magazines and the like for ages, but never took any notice of what it was because I thought it was some super difficult programming language or something. So, after reading a couple of articles on what Linux was, I discovered it was actually

Hello Therenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9763398.post-1115192697004386872005-05-04T15:28:00.000+08:002005-05-04T15:44:57.060+08:00

I don't normally comment on sports, as other than motorsport I don't really follow any, but this weeks story about the AFL football players taking caffeine pills is so ludicrous its worth a comment. My thoughts... Who gives a fk!?! There is no evidence to prove that they enhance a player's ability and they haven't been banned by the AFL governing body, so why has the media chosen to overhype this

Hello Therenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9763398.post-1114561954617009182005-04-27T08:05:00.000+08:002005-04-27T08:32:34.616+08:00

PM defends Anzac litter loutsI was disgusted to read the above story about the state that Anzac Cove was left in. As an Australian visiting another country you are acting as an ambassador for our great home, and by littering or defacing property you are making ALL Australians look bad in the eyes of the host country.As the article says, Anzac Day is a commemoration, not a celebration. There is no

Hello Therenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9763398.post-1114349935471608702005-04-24T21:06:00.000+08:002005-04-27T09:08:26.416+08:00

I tell you, it sh!ts me to tears when I read "No time wasters" in car advertisements... I mean, why do you think your car is so special? Will you label me a 'time waster' if I come and test drive your supposed pride and joy just to find it is a poorly tuned piece of proverbial and choose not to buy it? Am I a time waster if I call to find out further details about the car, and once hearing said

Hello Therenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9763398.post-1114141705331002552005-04-22T11:47:00.000+08:002005-04-22T17:28:34.306+08:00

So with my girlfriend and her brother I have purchased a nice 2 storey home in Rivervale, a suburb of Perth. So far so good. We'll all put in equal amounts to purchase the home and hopefully make a tidy profit when it comes time to sell. Settlement is on Thursday, so we are trying to get everything finalised as soon as possible.Here's where it gets difficult...Today we had to sign the loan papers

Hello Therenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9763398.post-1113539585482718302005-04-15T12:04:00.000+08:002005-04-15T12:33:05.483+08:00

Men experienced, not 'idiots', say familyThis is about a pair of blokes that perished near the desert in central Western Australia.The mother of the younger bloke reckons they were 'well-experienced bushmen'. I mean really, if they were so experienced would they be stupid enough to go into the middle of the boonies with very little water supply, communications and maps!?!Even if they only had a

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Recaptured murderer appears in WA courtFinally they caught the dude again...I guess he had urgent business to attend to, but why would you escape the the cushy 'confines' of a prison farm to go live in the bush? He gave up the three free meals a day and pleasant surroundings of the farm, to go and rough it in the bush on the outskirts of Perth, where he couldn't show his face anyway.Now he should

Hello Therenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9763398.post-1112935750628513322005-04-08T12:41:00.000+08:002005-04-08T12:49:10.630+08:00

Restaurant blown apart by roach bombsAn update on my last entry... It turns out that not only did they use an unbelievable number of roach bombs, they also left a pilot light for the stove on. So the large amount of gas from the bombs, along with the tiny flame created a BIG boom...

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Cockroach bombs main suspect in explosionWhen I first heard this story on the news this morning I laughed... Who in their right mind would use 36 roach bombs in a building at the same time!?! They must've had a huuge bug problem...When I've used them I've used at most 2 for the whole house, so surely 4 or 5 would've been the most that they would've needed."We don't need an exterminator, let's get

Hello Therenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9763398.post-1112671186390098782005-04-05T11:06:00.000+08:002005-04-08T12:58:04.523+08:00

Words almost fail meThe above story is about Cam's ghastly encounter with the pest controller from hell and a feral cat.I was shocked to the point that I needed to write a letter to the local council about this matter. Thankfully, the team at the Kalgoorlie Boulder Council were also disgusted by the act and have requested the RSPCA to investigate the matter.Below is the reply to my email sent to

Hello Therenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9763398.post-1112581642265464652005-04-04T09:53:00.000+08:002005-04-04T10:33:24.493+08:00

The world's pretty messed up when dickheads start stealing your bin in broad daylight... *shakes head*Friday is our bin day so I had the bin on the verge out the front of our block of units. I forgot to bring it in on Friday night and thought I would grab it when I got back from work on Saturday morning. It was there when I left for work Saturday...So I get back from work... Hmmm, no bin, my gf

Hello Therenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9763398.post-1112075545771664352005-03-29T13:40:00.000+08:002005-03-29T13:55:02.043+08:00

Double murderer on the runI mean really, why the fk would you have a 'extremely dangerous' prisoner that is in gaol for an indefinite term for double murder on a minimum security prison farm!?!I'm reminded of the Rutger Hauer move 'Wedlock'. In that movie prisoners were free to roam the prison limits because they would be within a certain distance from their unknown wedlock prisoner/partner. Each

Hello Therenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9763398.post-1111557614593079982005-03-23T13:48:00.000+08:002005-03-23T14:00:14.593+08:00

I must admit, I've never been to the city stages of the Rally Australia, but it is a sad state of affairs when the government decides its not worth having a world reknowned event in the state because its supposedly not making as much money as expected. Its not making a loss by any means, but obviously not enough for our greedy government to warrant forking out coin to run.Rally drivers have raved

Hello Therenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9763398.post-1111556698125626282005-03-23T13:38:00.000+08:002005-03-23T13:44:58.126+08:00

Child abuser to be deportedI don't understand why they are letting this derranged sexual predator out of gaol(jail). So they are deporting him back to England, but that just moves the problem. He is now free to attack English children. He had three chances out on parole during his time inside, and on each occasion he re-offended.As much as I hate to have this sort of person living off our taxes

Hello Therenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9763398.post-1111555779112808872005-03-23T13:14:00.000+08:002005-03-23T13:29:39.113+08:00

Cigarette sales ban 'needed by 2050'For the most part I agree with the above story, but this bit is kind of weird, " People would still be able to get cigarettes if they went to a GP and got a script."I can see it now... "Doc, I've got a deathwish, give us a script for some ciggys would ya..."Here's my idea... Add another 'tax' to cigarettes, say another $5 per packet, and call it a 'health

Hello Therenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9763398.post-1111464234603786072005-03-22T11:54:00.000+08:002005-03-22T12:03:54.606+08:00

Drunken breach 'not serious'This is a bit concerning, not that you'd catch me on a plane anyway...How is it that 3 pissed blokes can scale a fence, walk across a tarmac and board a plane without being noticed?As it is, it's sort of like locking your car doors but leaving the windows down... Customs officers/airport staff have the main door covered, but the back door is wide open. Surely it would

Hello Therenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9763398.post-1111397381176820682005-03-21T16:41:00.000+08:002005-03-21T17:29:41.176+08:00

Police call off hunt for great whiteI disagree with the hunting of sharks if they have been involved in an attack on humans. People that choose to utilise the world's oceans should know that such creatures exist, and that they are entering their domain. Perhaps I would feel differently if it happened to someone I knew, but it still comes back to that person taking the risk in the first place.I

Hello Therenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9763398.post-1110960206883326482005-03-16T15:38:00.000+08:002005-03-16T16:09:03.330+08:00

I don't have a link to the story unfortunately, but I was reading in today's West Australian about the idiot that smashed into a fence the other day, killing his 'best mate'... (See my previous entries)The dickhead is at it AGAIN!!! This time he stole a car and was careening along Wellington St, a 60kmh zone I believe, at speeds over 100kmh. He had two young girls as passengers, who were injured

Hello Therenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9763398.post-1110692939078640052005-03-13T13:30:00.000+08:002005-05-12T12:11:29.643+08:00

So I'm watching the British show, What Not to Wear, with the skinny chick and the better built chick... Anyway, I can not stand the way the skinny chick goes on about how other people dress when she appears to lack some style herself.She's not too bad to look at, but has this bad habit of wearing no bra. She has hardly anything to look at anyway, but when your boobs are hanging 5" lower than they

Hello Therenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9763398.post-1110446878266114652005-03-10T17:19:00.000+08:002005-03-10T22:03:06.656+08:00

Police defend pursuit policy"... the police have to have some responsibility."I told you the family would come out whinging about their family member being killed in yesterday's crash. How is it the police department's fault that your assclown loved ones were doing burnouts in a stolen car, and then running from police? The idiot driving the car had just as much chance of slamming into a fence

Hello Therenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9763398.post-1110344639883885192005-03-09T12:33:00.000+08:002005-03-09T13:44:57.583+08:00

Teen dies in police chaseAnother police chase in Perth, stolen car passenger dead, driver flees... This is a good result. There were no injuries to innocent parties, as far as I'm aware, and it means one less 'oxygen robber' on this Earth. It's great how the driver was so concerned for his mate, that he bolted from the scene... Fortunately the dickhead was caught and charged with the passenger's

Hello Therenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9763398.post-1109904266267026792005-03-04T10:35:00.000+08:002005-03-05T10:27:14.826+08:00

With Prince Charlie in Australia at the moment it got me to thinking... If the proposed wedding of Prince Charles to Camilla Parker Bowles were to be televised, would you bother watching it? Princess Di was a nice looking chick, so of course everyone would be watching that one, but this chick hasn't got much going for her at all...Now a royal couple that I think are just the coolest are Princess

Hello Therenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9763398.post-1109900095421102002005-03-04T09:19:00.000+08:002005-03-04T09:34:55.423+08:00

Sunbaking seal taunted, driven overWhat is it with these low-lifes!?! A poor little seal is happily sunning itself and then these 'yobbos' decide it would be funny to taunt it, and then drive over it. How is that fun, I ask? How about you guys lie down and I chop each of your hands off with an axe. That would be fun, wouldn't it?These imbeciles face UP TO $12000 and 12 months in jail. I hope the

Hello Therenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9763398.post-1109571957218237472005-02-28T14:07:00.000+08:002005-03-08T11:16:47.506+08:00

Union dispute over a flagWhat 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

Hello Therenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9763398.post-1109570313470950982005-02-28T13:30:00.000+08:002005-03-08T11:18:31.756+08:00

Shop hours vote a win for small retailersI'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

Hello Therenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9763398.post-1109133208583752992005-02-23T12:17:00.000+08:002005-02-23T18:01:05.506+08:00

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

Hello Therenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9763398.post-1108958904652777032005-02-21T11:55:00.000+08:002005-02-21T12:08:24.653+08:00

I found this quite funny... Comedian slams SydneysidersAs 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

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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

Hello Therenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9763398.post-1108545556073579672005-02-16T16:57:00.000+08:002005-02-25T09:15:32.656+08:00

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

Hello Therenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9763398.post-1108082740815329592005-02-11T08:36:00.000+08:002005-02-11T08:45:40.816+08:00

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

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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,

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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

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Hmmm... I haven't updated for a while, but there isn't really much to tell. I may be out of a job soon, as the friendly come hostile takeover has come to a head. The other company won in the Supreme Court, so after 3 or whatever years we will finally be able to sort ourselves out. In a southern drawl, "Well Maah, it's been a tad warm of late..." It was bloody 42c today!! That's nearly 108f in

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This is to all the forum users out there that have no idea how to use an image editing program. I read forums to gain knowledge, not to look at your bloody huge avatar... "But when I see it on the forum page it looks the right size!", I hear you exclaim. That's because the forum has just changed the dimensions of the picture to fit their design, not physically made your picture smaller. If you

Hello Therenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9763398.post-1106616106361512312005-01-25T09:08:00.000+08:002005-01-25T14:03:51.830+08:00

So I was reading my new copy of Zoom magazine, a car magazine, reading all the great tech info, when I come across an article about an old shape Skyline. Being a Nissan it sparked my interest and I read on. My gripe with this article is that the author couldn't decide which motor was installed in the car. In one paragraph he decides the original naturally aspirated motor was replaced with an

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I've been watching a bit of the tennis lately and I've got to say, Jim Courier is one of THE best commentators I've ever heard. I guess its because he has a rapport with the players and can hang sh!t on them which makes his way of commentating very refreshing. The other old fellas that have been doing it for the last 1000 years are well and truly past their use by dates. Guys like Fred Stolle,

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Bloody ants... Not the big ones, these are the little sugar ants. I think thats what they're called, they're everywhere. When we first moved to Kal we lived in a house that had a major ant problem. Everywhere you looked there would be ants. If you left any food residue (crumbs etc.) out overnight, by the morning it would be swarming with ants. At one stage we had an ant trail in the bed... Yes

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It looks like HotFM's New Year's resolution was to put together a news/weather report without the stuff ups. I have been back in Kal for almost a week and not once have they messed up the 7am report. Well done, HotFM!! :-) My rants are getting a bit light on... Hmmm, what can I rant about!?! :-)

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Here's a gorgeous home that I have just written a webpage for. Bali Dream I would almost go as far as to say it is my dream house. Except for the small theatre room, this is one awesome place. It should be ready for sale around July.

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Fortunately, when I am at home I don't have to watch much mainstream TV as I have Foxtel... And broadband internet. Geez I miss that while holidaying in Perth. Anyway, so I'm watching Channel 7 and their new 2005 promo comes on... I watch in disbelief as a young lady dances around and then MARRIES a television... I mean, I've heard of mixed marriages before but this is just too strange. Try

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Still having fun learning about HTML etc. It's great learning about something enjoyable for myself. I've never been a great student as far as learning in a regimented classroom environment, but when I can just go along in my own time reading and practicing, I find I learn a lot more... I put it down to me being most importantly interested in the subject and secondly, I don't have the pressure of

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Here's the letter I sent last week to HotFM about their weather reports. I guess it was too much to expect a reply, especially when the staff have enough trouble pushing the correct buttons for their primary job. I'm not a Triple J fan, but it seems increasingly like they will be receiving my listening ear... Is there any other 'mainstream' stations in Kalgoorlie? Dear Sir I am writing to you

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I bought this web design book, Creating Web Pages : Weekend Crash Course by Charlie Morris, and it's the perfect tool for my developing HTML skills. Before picking this book up I had no idea how to make frames work and had never heard of Cascading Style Sheets, but now, thanx to this book, I've implemented it into my website. For those that saw my website, www.daSilvia.org, in its original form,

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I've really been getting into Web Design/HTML of late. My recent delvings into this art began because my work website needed some updating and the original writer (boss' son) had nicked off, leaving us with a page and no writer. Having a little bit of experience with a website I wrote using a WYSIWYG editor, I put my hand up to have a bash... It was great fun and I learnt a heap... In fact it

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I could go on, as you would expect, but I will take a deep breath and say to this particular toolbox on the road today... "Please have a nice day, and remember,.. karma is a bitch..." :-)

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This isn't a rant, for a change, more of an observation... Until I started writing this blog I hadn't really taken much notice of how difficult the English language is to write. As English is the only language I attempt to speak or write, besides some swear words in a few other languages, I guess I've always taken it for granted. I'm writing this because I was just correcting a few errors,

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What is it with the lazy drivers who can't take a few seconds to let the drivers around them know what their intentions are? The number of times this happened today was unbelievable... Do you people think everyone uses the 'force' and can automatically sense what your next move will be... A bit more courtesy, there's that word again, would be nice...

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You want to know the most irritating characteristics of my car!?! It's the squeaks and rattles!! The bonnet hinge squeaks, the ECU, S-AFC and my toolbox all rattle, the rear suspension 'clinks' and the front suspension knocks, but the worst thing of all is the toothache inducing squeal produced by the brakes!! It is soo embarassing!! Driving up to a set of lights and all you can hear coming from

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Firstly, Happy New Year to everyone, I hope this year will be great for you. I just travelled the 600km from Kalgoorlie to Perth and in that distance you are bound to find plenty of 'ass clowns' on the road... Here's my rants for the trip down... I'm sure there will be more as I cruise around the city. I've been cut off twice so far... All good. :-) This time it was people with their high beams

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After my little sob story about how arid it is here, we copped a huge thunder storm today!! Fortunately it is nothing compared to the Tsunami overseas... RIP to the tens of thousands that have died and best wishes to their families and friends. Back to the story... In approximately an hour and a half we received nearly 17mm of rain today, which is more than our monthly average for December...

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I sent an email to RadioWest/HotFM today stating my concerns about the weather report stuff-ups... I haven't received an email back, but as if to say, "Screw you, we'll do whatever we want...", HotFM made four stuff-ups in twenty minutes while I was listening this afternoon... They played the intro for the news at 5.41pm, then had the usual 30 secs of silence, they decided to start a song and cut

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I live in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, which has an average temperature of 33.6 degrees celcius during our hottest month, with a max quite often up to 40. Rainfall is around 300mm per year. Basically what I am saying is it is a relatively dry area. In fact the majority, if not all, of the water is supplied via a pipeline that travels the 550 or so kilometres from Mundaring, near Perth, to the

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Yesterday, I bought a heat gun to help take the double sided tape off my gf's car after removing the wind deflectors that she didn't like. Anyway, I didn't have any fishing line which my mate suggested to use for removing the tape, so I thought I would use a plastic knife as it wouldn't damage the duco. What was I thinking!?! The idea of the heat gun was to make the tape soft and floppy... So

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Seriously people its about time you hired a couple of new monkeys in the Kalgoorlie office, preferably ones that like to press the correct buttons. I would say there is at least 3 times a week that you don't play the weather, all you get is 30 seconds of silence and then straight into the morning show out of Albany. No apologies, nothing... Surely with all the new, fandangled computer type things

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I would just like to say that this is THE best game I have ever played on the Playstation 2. Essentially it is the shear size of the game, as well as the freedom this game allows that makes it so excellent, although the violence and comedy is very cool!! Come on Ms.Roberts, ban this game too... :-) A small intro to GTA:San Andreas. You play CJ, who can run around the huge playing area stealing

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I admit it, I am a comma abuser... I would like to think that I can put a paragraph together, but I suffer from a disease I call 'Commaoveritis'... My girlfriend, who is a teacher, quite often picks me up on my overuse of commas and unfortunately I have to agree. My idea about them is that I put a comma where I pause in a sentence, which I have recently found is not entirely correct. I am trying

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As you would've figured out by now, I can not stand poor or inconsiderate drivers. This rant is about my all time favourite driving hate, that being right lane drivers. In Western Australia, where I live, there is a law stating you are not to drive in the right lane of a dual lane road unless you are either overtaking or will soon be turning right. In Perth there is a major dual lane road called

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I know, I know... He's started this thing just to rant at anything and everything... That's true, but isn't that what most blogs are about? :-) Merry Christmas to everybody out there... Please have an enjoyable time and make sure you stay safe, especially on the roads!! I'm not religious at all, other than I like to believe my deceased Dad is in some sort of heavenly place, so I will not ramble

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Another rant... Get used to it... hahaha Why is it that people do not know how to indicate at a roundabout? Is it really that hard to be courteous to your fellow road-users? Here's some tips for the drivers that are a little slow to catch on... Step 1 : Approach the roundabout. Hopefully you know which direction you wish to turn before arriving at the roundabout. Step 2(a) : So you wish to

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To quote Ted Bullpitt from Kingswood Country, "Someone should blow do-gooders up!!" What is it with you people? Are you so unhappy with your sad, sorry little lives that you feel the need to inflict your desires on an unsuspecting community as well? I don't care if you feel you are doing what's best for me... Believe it or not, it is my decision what I should or shouldn't be doing with my time

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People say I suffer from 'road rage', not to the extent where I will get out of my car and verbally or physically abuse other drivers though. I believe 70% of drivers would be in the same class as me. What, you don't think you're like me? So you can honestly tell me you are totally calm in every traffic situation where you have been cut off or worse? Okay, bully for you... :-) Yes, I know I

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My first rant... What is it with the powers at be changing speeds on roads? Recently in my home town the council, I assume, has decided that a major dual lane road, Gatacre for those that know it, is no longer suitable to be traversed at 80kph. Instead the speed has been changed to 70. Now this isn't a short road, the visibility on most of it is very good and it is hardly a high traffic street,

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G'day, I'm Randal and welcome to my blog...I've set this up essentially to have a bitch, whinge, rant or whatever else you would like to call it...I'm into cars, have a website devoted to my car (www.daSilvia.org) and I detest inconsiderate drivers and lots of other things. Please feel free to leave any comments on whatever you like... Even have a rant about my rant... :-)Now please don't think I

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