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Rugby and green pints

Well we have had 6 dry days on the trot although the sun wasnt out for hardly any of that time it was still great to let things dry out a bit. I had a good weekend away in Dublin, wrong team won but being a Scotland supporter, I'm used to barracking for the runner up. I ended up going back to the hotel with a headache about 11pm but Mark managed till 0330 which was a good 13.5 hr session. We were out in the Temple Bar area of Dublin which is packed full of pubs and people, the pubs were ok but I get a bit claustraphobic in crowds to be honest. I should get myself a kilt.

This weekend is a biggy too, have Scotland v Italy, Ireland v England, and Wales v France and St Paddy thrown in to be sure. I think Angie has a four day weekend so I might take this oppertunity to designate her the driver on Saturday heheh. I painted the spare bedroom and the porch and the chimney breast in the lounge here. I stripped the wallpaper off first and the walls are in good condition which is handy as there is a lot of wallpaper in this house.

cyclone Isobel

EMERGENCY services around WA are on high alert as Cyclone Isobel and a large cold front look set to combine to lash large swathes of the state early on Thursday.They had a very strong cold front go through last night producing rain through Perth, that’s then going to mix in with the remnants of Tropical Cyclone Isobel and in effect give the atmosphere a bit of a turbo charge and really fire it up during the course of tonight and tomorrow morning.

For the first time since Ned Kelly, New South Wales police are offering a reward for information leading to the arrest of a man wanted for murder.
They have placed a $50,000 bounty on Dubbo man Malcolm John Naden, who is suspected of strangling a woman at his home in June 2005. Normally rewards are only offered if information leads to a conviction, but police have taken this unusual step because Mr Naden has proved so elusive, despite various sightings, including one at Dubbo Zoo. Detective Superintendent Geoff Beresford says that is due to the suspect's bush skills and because he is getting help. *start sarcasm/ I wonder if I phone them and say hes in Australia still, would I be entitled to any of the reward. And hey hes part Aborigional I wonder if they have checked the pubs. And hey put a big sign out " free glue here" one never knows./end sarcasm*

I've been busy on nightshift this week which is turning me into a grouch.

New year 2007

Well it stayed dry here for the hogmanay / new year festivities which was good, I see other parts of the world didnt fare so well weather wise, the UK suffered with lots of displays cancelled.

Huge celebrations have been held in Romania and Bulgaria to mark their accession to the European Union, 17 years after the fall of Communism. Their entry brings EU membership to 27 - up from 15 three years ago - and a population of half a billion. A recent Eurobarometer poll suggested only 41% of people in the 15 states that were part of the EU before 2004 supported further enlargement. Bulgaria closed two reactors of its Kozloduy nuclear power station in the hours before joining the EU - one of the last remaining conditions of membership. sarcasm*/Our little Johnny is desperate to build another nuclear reactor here maybe he could get the Kozloduy one cheap second hand and when we have an accident down the track he can let in Romanian and Bulgarian experts to clean up the mess, probably 25,000 of them should do the trick./end sarcasm*

May peace break into your house and may thieves come to steal your debts. May the pockets of your jeans become a magnet for $100 bills. May love stick to your face like Vaseline and may laughter assault your lips! May your clothes smell of success like smoking tires and may happiness slap you across the face and may your tears be that of joy. May the problems you had, forget your home address! In simple words ............
May 2007 be the best year of your life!!!

New year 2007

Well it stayed dry here for the hogmanay / new year festivities which was good, I see other parts of the world didnt fare so well weather wise, the UK suffered with lots of displays cancelled.

Huge celebrations have been held in Romania and Bulgaria to mark their accession to the European Union, 17 years after the fall of Communism. Their entry brings EU membership to 27 - up from 15 three years ago - and a population of half a billion. A recent Eurobarometer poll suggested only 41% of people in the 15 states that were part of the EU before 2004 supported further enlargement. Bulgaria closed two reactors of its Kozloduy nuclear power station in the hours before joining the EU - one of the last remaining conditions of membership. sarcasm*/Our little Johnny is desperate to build another nuclear reactor here maybe he could get the Kozloduy one cheap second hand and when we have an accident down the track he can let in Romanian and Bulgarian experts to clean up the mess, probably 25,000 of them should do the trick./end sarcasm*