Posted in Rants, Rick's Posts on Dec 9th, 2009
About as long as the string equivalent if I’m any judge.
After many months of delay on my part, I have finally pushed through the paperwork necessary to acquire full registration here. Or have I? Well, it turns out that what I thought would be a formality from here is somewhat more complex than it need [...]
Posted in Rants, Rick's Posts on Dec 6th, 2009
Sometimes there are issues so blindingly obvious that you wonder how they become overlooked, and yet it happens.
The title of this thread is tangentially relevant as, if climate change continues on course, there may not be many trees left to block the view.
Recently an attempt to introduce emission capping through a carbon trading scheme was [...]
Posted in Rants on Jun 28th, 2009
I seem to be missing something. The rampant hysteria surrounding Michael Jackson’s death is leaving me somewhat cold. Anyone would think that Diana had died again such is the intensity of emotional outpouring. True, he was a great musician and wrote some seminal songs, but plenty of other more worthy musical icons haven’t received such [...]
Posted in Rants on Feb 24th, 2009
Not long after arriving in Adelaide I commented on the generally parlous standard of driving. Having been here for more than 2 years now I am still convinced that there are many drivers on the Adelaide roads who really should not be behind the wheel. This is not just my opinion as even friends and [...]
Posted in Rants on Dec 16th, 2008
No I haven’t lost my senses or gone “peculiar”. It really should be made illegal and vigorously suppressed. Better still the consumption of alcohol ought to be as socially unacceptable as smearing faeces all over oneself. Better still again, it should never have been discovered.
At this point you may, entirely reasonably, be asking what has [...]
Posted in Rants on Jan 30th, 2008
Look away now if you don’t want to hear another one of my rants, but I need to vent spleen.
As you will already know we are shortly due to move out of Brown Street and relocate to North Adelaide. The letting agents are now in the full throes of getting us out. Rather than being [...]
Posted in Rants on May 30th, 2007
Earlier this year the aforementioned motoring journalist complained about the driving behaviour of other motorists. If he thinks the standard of motoring is bad on British A-roads, a drive here would undoubtedly result in a torrent of superlatives.
Adelaide drivers are some of the worst I have ever seen for the following reasons:
Reversing is a skill [...]
Posted in Rants on Jan 8th, 2007
The recent revelations regarding Ruth Kelly’s decision to send her child to a private school speak volumes. It is a pretty poor inditement if a former education secretary is not prepared to stand up for the service she once represented. Although it makes little difference in the grand scheme of things the Labour Party always [...]
Posted in Rants on Nov 10th, 2006
I was in Boots today buying some ibuprofen. Just in case you were wondering I didn’t run the 7 and have taken a few days off. The shin splints are a lot better but still giving me a bit of gip. Anyway I digress. Obtaining simple analgesics isn’t as simple as it appears. The selection [...]
Posted in Rants on Oct 31st, 2006
But in this instance it merits a conspicious place.
Many minor infractions, whlie not to be condoned, are of little importance. We have all exceeded the speed limit at some point, even if was unintentional, but despite the associated hysteria there is a reasonable amount of evidence including from the DoT that speed alone is not [...]
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