Author: Bearsy

Deaths threats and all the usual hysterical Islamic screams of “racism” have been hurled at an Aussie artist for his mural, above.   Police have arrested seven “activists” who defaced the artwork.

The picture here appears in “news/com.au” in an article which provides links to the parent article in The Australian newspaper.   It is an interesting comment on the differing political biases within the Aussie news media that the article in The Australian shows a different version of the mural, where the image has been photoshopped, presumably to reduce the impact.

Here’s what a Brisbane sky more usually looks like in January

That’s more like it!
😆

Hey there, Warmist, have you any tax?
Yes Sir, sure have, stacks and stacks.
A tax on the battler,
A tax on the poor,
And tax to make the rich still richer, courtesy of Gore.

Shane Watson is God! 😀  

Anna Bligh decided we should adopt this as our motto –

Quite appropriate!

Number one daughter gave me, as she frequently does, a T-shirt for Christmas.   I fully intend living up to it!

Continue reading “Perhaps I should explain”

We were not impressed – our washing machine, that we’ve had for 12 years or more, and that has faithfully followed us from Sydney to Adelaide to Brisbane, died quietly the other night.   One day it was working happily, the next day it was deceased, moribund, a heap of spent machinery in the corner of the laundry.

Nor were we impressed by the $1,000 plus that we had to shell out for a replacement, but – we are delighted with the outcome. Continue reading “Utterly boring blog about washing machines”

“How to – with pictures”, originally posted for OZ and Tocino, can now be found as a submenu item under Images on the menu bar.   I have also added a page about Resizing, which can be found in the same submenu.

As ‘er indoors said, “Any comments here, please”.

All it took was a bit of time.

Many nations have now pledged support to Australia – here’s a good article from the SMH – even Indonesia has offered $1m in aid.   I don’t believe I’ve ever been so glad to be proved wrong! 😀  

What has suddenly happened to Boadicea’s Frangipani?

Continue reading “Help requested please, Christina”