Posted in Australia on Jun 26th, 2004 3 Comments »
A shiny new (to us) bike as arrived! A 2000 Suzuki Bandit GSF1200S – dark blue in very nice shape. We spent a lot more than we originally wanted, but that was due to 2 reasons: 1) I was tired of looking, and b) everything is so damned expensive here! But the bike is great [...]
Posted in General on Jun 18th, 2004 1 Comment »
Yesterday was a very good day! We got our stuff (a day late) but at least everything showed up. There were a few casualties we’re going to have to fix – a broken leg on the couch is the biggest thing. I got my 4 year Visa approved! It took less than 24 hours from [...]
Posted in General on Jun 10th, 2004 3 Comments »
This just in… I just discovered that there is a Jell-O Museum in LeRoy NY which is right next to my home town of Batavia. You can read about Bill Cosby’s visit Here If that doesn’t make your day, I don’t know what will.
Posted in General on Jun 9th, 2004 4 Comments »
We had a great time at the Aussie Rules Football game Saturday. We were 4 rows back from the field just behind the goal posts (or whatever they call them). Lots of interesting facts: 1. No pregame national anthem 2. No net behind the posts to catch the balls – the crowd just throws the [...]
Posted in General on Jun 3rd, 2004 1 Comment »
The website I mentioned previously only seems to work in IE on Windows. Well, at least it doesn’t work in Opera (my favorite browser) and it didn’t work for my folks on the Mac, so… Here’s a backup site More Big Things
Posted in General on Jun 2nd, 2004 2 Comments »
We were talking at work about all the Big Things in australia. Big Pineapple, Big Orange, Big Lobster, etc. Here’s a site devoted to all the Big Things. It’s become my goal to visit as many as possible. So far I’ve been to the Big Pineapple and the Big Macadamia (both at the same place).