About a week ago I discovered the hydro was not producing power at the usual convenient time of 11pm and in the usual conditions, it was raining. I went down to see what the problem was and one of the belts had broken, and the other was burning up … [Continue reading]
Buying Candles.
13/02/2016 by / Leave a Comment
Last night I was had a look in the cupboard with all the hydro electrics in and just by scanning the lights I could tell the power was down. I looked at battery volts, well down from full charge, and voltage to the 25A battery charger. Oh bugger, the … [Continue reading]
I’m Being Squeezed!
13/02/2016 by / 3 Comments
I have just learned today that I am being crushed by a universal catastrophe. I have been pushed and pulled by two merging black holes 1.3 billion light years away in space. Before I panic, let's get some facts. The amount of distortion of my body is … [Continue reading]
Buckle Up
11/02/2016 by / 1 Comment
Rough ride ahead. Things turning to shit everywhere I look. From the Baltic Dry Index to the US trucking rates, heavy transport is in sharp decline. People aren't buying stuff, Walmart is closing about 1300 stores, caterpillar can't sell a yellow … [Continue reading]
Now That’s a Bird!
05/02/2016 by / 2 Comments
About noon today I had just finished servicing Blackbean Cottage, the last thing being to mop my way out leaving via the veranda doors. I walked round the cottage to pick up linen basket and my thongs but was stopped in my tracks by a cassowary … [Continue reading]
Thrift, Parsimony and Frugality
24/01/2016 by / 5 Comments
My title today features words which have fallen out of favour. Or for more recent generations, are entirely unknown. They have not been required skills in the last 70 years, at least in the western world. I have been to lots of countries in Asia … [Continue reading]
Nothing
20/01/2016 by / 1 Comment
I thought I'd write a post and what came to mind? Nothing! So I am going to write about the fascinating subject of nothing. I will search the universe high and low in pursuit of my topic. I will define it as a complete absence of matter and … [Continue reading]
Season to be Jolly
02/01/2016 by / 4 Comments
We have all survived the excitement, the hassles and cheer with friends and family in the special ritualised way that the Xmas and new year season has acquired. At Possum Valley, I did not have any family present, but the very warm and convivial … [Continue reading]