Romancing the wind

Quite remarkable

Here’s what I got with the link…

“The guy flying the 3 kites is in his 80s, and he’s from Canada. He comes to the Washington State International Kite Festival every year. His skin is like leather as he normally flies with his shirt off. He is deaf, so when he flies we hold our hands up and wave them for applause. He flies 2 with his hands and the 3rd one is attached to his waist. Enjoy!

You must watch to the end to see the amazing landing of that last kite!’

Cigarette packaging – Oz

Last evening the conversation moved to the new legislation enforcing ‘plain’ cigarette packaging in Australia.

Plain packaging? How do retailers and customers distinguish the different brands we thought?

Well then, a little research this morning established that the boxes are anything but plain, they have graphic pictures and warnings on them (too shocking in my opinion to present to you on the main page here, but I’ve included a pic on the next page.)

It appears that the brand name is relegated to the lower ½ inch or so on the front of the pack.

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Oz v S.A. – Perth

Here we go, the decider.

Last time we played here we scored over 400 in the fourth innings to win. How is the Adelaide match going to effect the psyche?

Did I hear that this is Ricky’s last outing? If true, hats off to a remarkable batsman and captain, a thorn in our sides for what is it? At least 10 years?

Slightly better timing for me, a 02:30 gmt start, can’t wait!