Yes, our third Tuesday night trivia event in two weeks - a record. First week we came second, last week fourth, this week......who knows? It's fun, we get out, it's inexpensive and above all it's one less meal to have to prepare.
Last night a Swiss friend came and visited after seeing our land and our plans. He's an architect, and it was interesting to see his European slant on all things housing. I thought our plan was ultra simple, but the one and only 'kink' in the northern side of the house accommodating the staircase was the one thing he would have straightened out and just had plain straight all along the side.
He stayed for dinner. We had barbecued beef and pork ribs, home made potato salad (I made it and it was delicious) along with a green salad. We dined on the veranda since it had been a hot day. The nights are still cooling down beautifully, it is spring after all, but Thursday is forecast to be 32. Ouch!
Saw Hairspray late Sunday afternoon. Enjoyed it for what it is, light entertainment. A group chatting behind us a couple of rows to the right continued chattering as the movie began. Without a second thought, after ste
wing for five minutes, I told them firmly but quietly to quieten down please, THANK YOU! I spent the next 20 minutes calming down and sort of regretting I had said anything. Rene was mortified. Oh well, I'm getting sick and tired of people using cinemas and theatres as their own lounge rooms and forgetting etiquette, manners and actually caring about what the other poor sods that occupy their public space are feeling. I mean to say, mobile phones texting in the dark during an opera, let alone a movie? Let's start not silently accepting it and putting up with it and telling these inconsiderate unsociable ingrates that enough is enough. I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore! Oh, I should add these people aren't necessarily all young, but they seem to be almost all female (don't hit me, I'm only reporting anecdotal evidence first hand).
wing for five minutes, I told them firmly but quietly to quieten down please, THANK YOU! I spent the next 20 minutes calming down and sort of regretting I had said anything. Rene was mortified. Oh well, I'm getting sick and tired of people using cinemas and theatres as their own lounge rooms and forgetting etiquette, manners and actually caring about what the other poor sods that occupy their public space are feeling. I mean to say, mobile phones texting in the dark during an opera, let alone a movie? Let's start not silently accepting it and putting up with it and telling these inconsiderate unsociable ingrates that enough is enough. I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore! Oh, I should add these people aren't necessarily all young, but they seem to be almost all female (don't hit me, I'm only reporting anecdotal evidence first hand).Here's Brisbane's latest footbridge linking Roma Street to the GoMA (Gallery of Modern Art). It's only our second such bridge - we're very slow to catch on to this type of thing here in the deep dark north
of the country. With its construction starting today and the nearby Hale St road bridge due to start in January, traffic movement will be improved, but the disruption to traffic whilst it's being achieved is going to be scary. We already have 11km of tunnels being built under and across the city with all that that entails, this will add to the burden of peak hour travel - yet we need all of it (like, yesterday!).
of the country. With its construction starting today and the nearby Hale St road bridge due to start in January, traffic movement will be improved, but the disruption to traffic whilst it's being achieved is going to be scary. We already have 11km of tunnels being built under and across the city with all that that entails, this will add to the burden of peak hour travel - yet we need all of it (like, yesterday!).
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