Further to yesterday’s — another day, another two Nigerian Business Proposals!
More banking stupidities. I paid the rent, easy enough, just transfer money from my account to the real-estate agent. Then tried to pay the phone and electricity bills — both have “B-PAY facilities on their bills, but neither accepts credit cards, on the other hand, both of them also have a phone number so that you can pay by credit card!
One thing I did find today was a photo that Jamie took when we were in South Africa in . I’ve kept a copy to replace the one I lost sometime in the intervening years…
From the department of redundancies department of The Age newspaper:
A planned $100 million expansion of Chadstone shopping centre has given rise to fears of chaos on major roads surrounding the complex.
There is already chaos on major roads surrounding the complex, hasn’t anyone been paying attention? It’s a bloody great ugly shopping centre, set up with bugger-all access except by private car. Making it bigger will make it worse.
‘Orrible Links
For those of you who might be in a similar position to Jo and I, and who have to draft up your own wedding vows, here’s a whole bunch of references that we’ve been given, most of which are at http://www.weddingguide.co.uk/…
Musings…
With the Canberra bushfires in the news so much over the last few days, and all the stories of people losing everything, I’m even more conscious of my digital photos and these pages being replicated in multiple sites — something that my photo albums and physical treasures aren’t… I’ve always been a bit of a pack-rat, and the amount of junk I’ve collected over the years is astounding considering the size of the places I’ve lived in. I just can’t comprehend losing it all and starting again.
Latest news this evening was that Downer is being braced to evacuate — there’s nothing I can do about my flat next door in Hackett except think fire-retardant thoughts…
