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Category Archives: Crises of all sorts
what to do if you’re married to a pyromaniac
I say pyromaniac he says very proficient stump burner and maybe he is but you watch a man tend a fire and you pretty soon gauge the extent of his madness. We currently have a fire in our backyard which … Continue reading
getting to grips with any old snake
Our place consists of two acres of cleared land surrounded by three acres of bush. There are snakes in the bush but in five years, none has ventured onto the cleared land when we’ve been around which means we’re blind … Continue reading
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volunteers have feelings when they’re dropped in the poo
Not everyone is drawn to doing something for nothing the good of the whole. My mother, for one, had very firm reasons for rarely volunteering, most of which were shaped by her impression of the kind of people who volunteered. … Continue reading
If you’re going to scam, at least learn how to spell
There’s nothing worse than a job half done, I don’t care what the job is. This morning I had an email from an internet scammer purporting to be from Lloyds Bank which read in part as follows: if you choose … Continue reading
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Living with an enormous spider while being slightly Buddhist
For the last few months we’ve been living with a very large Huntsman spider whose business it is to spread terror to vulnerable occupants of the house like flies and insects and me. Mostly not me. I try to be … Continue reading
killing a relative over Christmas isn’t festive
The obligation, like it or not, is to be festive so smart yulers prepare themselves. They don’t overload themselves with activities that force them into company they wouldn’t keep for the rest of the year in a month of Sundays. … Continue reading
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WikiNameandshame
If the average householder can take anything from WikiLeaking it’s that the little guy can name and shame to great effect on the net in a way that was never really possible in newspapers. For a start, you had to … Continue reading
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