Life between coffees.
Wow, think I may take a holiday.
Work has just introduced a web based system for checking payroll and annual leave information.
It tells me I have 94.26 days of long service leave accrued and a further 18.81 days of annual leave in the bank. 113.07 hours of paid leave – almost 23 working weeks.
It’s a great feeling knowing I can walk out the door and not have to come back until some time in June.
At what age do kids turn 16?
From a blog :
“…i’m sixteen. my birthday is on monday, so i’m really excited….this doesn’t mean i ablsolutely hate boys or i like gurls or anything, it’s just an oppinion. one that has come from many bad relationships.”
Many bad relationships? At 16?
It’s an odd world now; and don’t even get me started on what teenagers wear and listen to these days.
Looking at that sentence maybe I’m turning 60 at 32.
Is this odd?
I hate people reading my magazines before I have a chance to. If they do I’ll probably just throw it on the pile and never read it.
Things I Hate Spending Money On That I Soon Have To
Ties
Work shirts
Work shoes
Boxer shorts
Socks
Accountant Fees
The Thing I Want To Spend Money On But I Can’t Because I Have To Spend Money On The Things I Don’t Want To
So. It’s hot, bloody hot actually. 44.1 degrees outside (that’s proper temperature, not Fahrenheit) and I’m typing away. Oooh – what’s this? Nigel has posted a comment. So I write a little reply explaining how fires are a major part of living in Australia, post it and forget.
Fast forward three days. What’s this? An e-mail from Rae! “Check the question Nigel actually asked.”
Yes Nigel. We have flies. Lot’s of them. Hopefully they will all burn up in the fires, just as hopefully I will learn to read one day.
Did I mention it was hot?
Nigel just asked a question in the comments a few entries back (too lazy to link – go look yourself!).
Anyone else have any questions about Australia?
After looking up an atlas and realising there is more than one city in Australia the BBC has removed the offending (offensive?) sentence. Melburnians lay down you arms, order is restored.
Today is one of those rare days I thank the lord that I do not possess sufficient skill to be a member of the Australian cricket team. To be fielding in 42 degree heat in the middle of a baking MCG is not my idea of the best way to spend an afternoon.
It’s 10.00pm. Its 35 degrees centigrade (95F) outside. Today it got to 40, tomorrow will be 42 (107F) and Sunday 38. Think we have it tough? Throughout Victoria there are volunteer fire fighters who haven’t been home in a week working 19 hour days in this heat trying to save whole towns.
This is one tough country.
