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L~A’s pet Kookaburra, he comes to our house everyday to be fed. At least someone will miss us when we leave. L~A\u00a0also has a pet currawong, and an injured magpie to feed.<\/p>\n
More images, in the gallery here.<\/strong> Only a few this month as I’m going through a “not bothered”<\/em> stage with my photography at the mo.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n However, there are 16 \u00a0brand new, bloody awful, tracks of my terrible music just here, “Atmospheres.”<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>Anyone choosing to listen to them does so of their own free will. You can stuff your feedback up your hole.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Oh, and there’s a couple of new poems in the poetry section.<\/strong> Again, think “monkey and nut” if contemplating feedback.<\/a> Apart from Clarkie and Catherine that is, as they are wise, cultured and erudite.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Not a single word of praise or criticism for the nude images of my bottom in last month’s gallery? <\/a>I’m shocked. I thought at least one of my gay mates would give it\u00a0a thumbs up. Perhaps I should rephrase that.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Well that sense of \u201cbargain!!\u201d<\/strong><\/em> didn\u2019t last long.<\/p>\n Remember I was telling you about how I had bought a new car,\u00a0 and the daft bugger selling the new one had given me $1000 trade in for the old one, when I was only going to ask for $150 for it? Ha!<\/em><\/p>\n I went to the \u201cGovvy Shopfront\u201d<\/a> to get it registered to us as owners, and to pay the \u201cRego\u201d <\/a>fees. \u201cWhere\u2019s the roadworthy certificate?\u201d<\/em> asked the nice young man behind the counter. Oh balls.<\/em> \u00a0Over here there is no MOT <\/a>as in the UK. \u201cNeat!\u201d<\/em> you may think, and I agree with you. Except that when you buy a new car over here, either the seller or the purchaser has to get a \u201cRoadworthy Certificate\u201d<\/a> for it before registration can be changed. We’d forgot about that.<\/p>\n Leaving it, as ever, until the last minute, (you get two weeks from sale date,) \u00a0I got it booked into the local testing station.<\/a> Smiling winsomely at the mechanic I said; \u201cMay as well give it a full service while it\u2019s here.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0 God, I’m a twat, it could have waited a month for that. Later that day I got a phone call; \u201cIt needs few bits, tyres, wiper blades etc, you can collect it tomorrow.\u201d<\/em> The next day found me down there, with the mutts. It\u2019s a 15 minute walk through the local trading estate, \u00a0I thought they\u2019d enjoy the change of scenery from their normal walks.<\/p>\n I got the bill. It was $1450 Then I drove to the Govvy shopfront again, and paid them $600 for transfer of ownership and Rego. So bang went double what we\u2019d got for the old car, fuck my luck.<\/p>\n I don\u2019t mind paying Rego over here though, as it gives you third party insurance, and a limited roadside assistance. Unlike in the UK, where your car tax doesn\u2019t even give you a nice sticker anymore.<\/p>\n Bethy\u2019s bought a new car too, a shiny nearly new Hyundai\u00a0 diesel.<\/p>\n My car is better than yours Taff.<\/p><\/div>\n It\u2019s a bugger of a thing when your kid is driving around in a more expensive motor than you have. Her car cost, well, combine the price of my last two cars, then double it. Luckily she’s let me have a drive of it, and it\u2019s rather nice. She\u2019s driving us up to Sydney in April for us to see Dara O\u2019Briain at the Opera house,<\/a> so I\u2019ll let you know more after that.<\/p>\n Oh, on the subject of boys toys, L~A finally relented and let me buy a dashcam. “WTF do you want one for them for?”<\/em> I hear you ask. Well discount on car insurance for one thing. Also, I’m making a series of short time;apse videos of well worn routes of mine here, as \u00a0“aide-m\u00e9moire” for when I’m back in Blighty. I know, I’m a sad fucker. BUT I’m also a sad fucker who habitually drinks away his remaining memory cells.<\/p>\n Here’s the first two couple of efforts. I like them, you can fuck off.<\/p>\n
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