In this latest review into viability status, customer satisfaction and management performance, it has been found that ongoing policy settings are achieving their aims of furthering the company’s objectives. An analysis of current outcomes compared with historical data shows a continuing trend towards normality. The possible disturbances to this solid future scenario, such as Trump’s election and global warming, nuclear war and the last trump, have been shown to be less significant than formerly thought. The downgrading of these threats can be largely attributed to consumer fatigue. Any actual improvement in any of the aforementioned indices can be dismissed as illusory. The Possum Valley shareholder dividends remains at a historically high level and the recent AGM has re-elected as chairman, CEO, board members and bottlewasher, Paul. There were no dissenting votes.
So SNAFU. So all good, if you accept good as less than optimal. Could do with some more rain. 19mm yesterday afternoon, but much more needed as this is one of the driest years so far with just 1346 mm to date. Hydro system down to less than half power. Trees and shrubs stressed out in the rainforest. Level 2 water restrictions in the district. Another storm just managed to navigate it’s way safely round Possum Valley leaving only a few drops in it’s wake. It looked quite promising on the radar.
A couple of nights ago there was a possum in the kitchen as usual. At this time of year I leave the doors and windows open until I go to bed, as I guess most people do and don’t bother to evict them unless there are a couple having a turf war and things get too rowdy. I put away any food I wish to keep and leave them bin diving for the vegie scraps and peel. I wandered past and it was a female with a baby on it’s back. Ah! , how cute, so I went for the camera, but it had scarpered before I got back. Usually if I don’t make any hostile moves they stand their ground silent and still until I leave tham to get on with foraging again. Next day I found the baby in a bucket in the laundry.
foundling possum
There was a window wiper in the bucket so it could have climbed out, or the mother in, but it had been abandoned. Bad mother! I took it outside and released it under the house in the hope its mother would find it otherwise it has no chance. No, I didn’t consider trying to hand rear it, anymore than I thought of adopting the infant black snake that lives in the hydro system governor. Didn’t bother evicting the snake, I’m just careful when I take a voltage reading with the multimeter a few cms above it’s head. If I leave the snake there, I can be pretty sure all the surrounding control gear will be free from mice, rats, melomys, etc except for the very large white tailed rat, which I reckon would have that little snake for breakfast. All those critters damage or even destroy electrical insulation. I have met people who have had the electrical wiring in their car destroyed by white tailed rats. Ouch! Very expensive to replace. I am lucky only having the knob on the gearstick eaten. The high density plastic is as hard as a billiard ball. Melomys can eat aluminium plate as I found when I tried to exclude them from a drawer. But they can’t eat steel! Humans rule OK!
Well dear readers, the festive season is upon us. The full onslaught of the advertising system will be unleashed on us exhorting us to consume, consume, consume. Oh how tedious. As a grumpy old man, I can assure you that a large percentage of us ran out of excitement and enthusiasm for this commercial wank long ago. For those of you with children, keep it going, but remember that extra love is all they really need. All those ‘special foods’ has been ritualised as we already enjoy an amazing choice of foods all year round. Eat well, don’t waste. Have a great Xmas, but center it round relationships not ‘stuff’.
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