Over the last 18 months, I have put up with construction work outside our bedroom window as the Willoughby City Council demolished the old Kids Cottage after school child care centre and replaced it with the new multi-purpose Artarmon Comunity Centre. They finished major contruction work about 6 months ago, and have been working on … [Read More »]
Disgruntled
According to Take Our Word For It, the origins of the word disgruntled are as follows: Usually, the prefix dis- implies a loss of something, as in disease, disgust and disgrace. Very occasionally, as here, it means “entirely” or “very”. So disgruntled means something like “extremely gruntled “. So, what does gruntle mean? It is … [Read More »]
Telstra – eat my shorts
After more frustration in the last couple of days with Telstra’s appalling email problems and web site outages, I jumped onto the IBM intranet to check out which ADSL provider we were allowed to use. I read the policy document much more clearly this time and noticed that the policy has changed !! No longer … [Read More »]
The Joy of Teaching
My sister and both of my parents are school teachers. My Dad sent me this joke by email, which I thought was rather funny – and I can see how it appealed to them as well. Then Jesus took his disciples up the mountain and gathering them around him, he taught them, saying: “Blessed are … [Read More »]
ZooBeat
I’ve launched a new discussion forum – ZooBeat. This is a forum dedicated to discussing Zoos, Aquariums and Wildlife Parks around the world – basically taking a hobby that my wife and I share, and creating an online community to share information and experiences about zoos. So please, stop by, sign up, and join in … [Read More »]
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