Archive for March, 2009
Going to sleep shortly after watching a few episodes of Law & order is obviously not a good idea, because in this sleep I had a dream where I was a prosecutor in the District Attorney’s office.
I don’t remember much of the early parts of the dream, but I do remember being in court presenting some argument when I suddenly forgot the details of the case, as well as the names of all of the people in the court.
The judge seemed confused by my mid-sentence pause and blank expressions, and asked if I was still Samuel. I replied with “Yes, your judginess, however the court room needs sleep”.
The judge agreed, however declined my sleep on the grounds that it was rude to call him “your judginess”, and instead declared that I was guilty instead of the defendant in the trial, but would not be imprisoned because he had also forgotten what the trial was about.
Samuel
March 11th, 2009 at 04:56pm
Hello and the much goodly mornings to the people of doing read today.
Mr. Samuel has done ask of me to be doing write to you today as I have not been of do write in times of recent and he thinks of concern for Mother of Russia which may be shared of by readings.
I am the happy for Mother of Russia who is at her home again now but is still being looked after by nice Uncle Boris who is of staying in house after trip from other side of Russia.
The hospital did do of say that Mother of Russia made mix of accident of the medicines for her of regular taking and the tablets of give to for nice pet mouse Squeelivich who is pet of mine but does live with Mother of Russia as can not be coming to Australia for law of customs.
Mother had been going to have operation for direction and correcting of bones in arm shoulder of left and right in weeks coming and did have operation before instead as while she was in the hospital.
Doctor Vladimir Strosnichkov has say that Mother of Russia is going to do recover of good and soon if mediciesnes are kept on regular for days of coming, and then Nice Uncle Boris will be able to do of go to home on other side of Russia on Tuesday or Wednesday in middle of week which next is come.
Until that time of do does come I will be still doing ring to Mother of Russia on tephelephone so that for doing sing of to over tephlephone of international callings.
I am do hope that you are having day of much lovely and wonderful.
From Maritz
Ms. Maritzkrozlavsky Throrglasnishozly
March 11th, 2009 at 01:30pm
The US Senate have passed the USD$410 billion omnibus spending bill, so it’s now up to President Obama to either follow-through on his election promise of “no earmarks and pet projects” by blocking the bill, or bow to the pressure of Nacy Pelosi et al and sign the bill.
Sadly I’m tipping the latter…but as I mentioned yesterday, I would thoroughly support Mr. Obama if he decides to veto the bill.
Watch this space I suppose.
Samuel
March 11th, 2009 at 10:50am
A few pictures of Deniliquin. Firstly the 2QN/Classic Rock building on George Street. Unfortunately the satellite dish is not visible in this picture, however the microwave dish can be seen on the far left of the image.
And a closer look at the 2QN and Classic Rock sign at the front of the building.
Looking down Hardinge Street at the Centrepoint Motel from the George Street/Hardinge Street intersection. The room that I’m staying in on this occasion is directly behind the Centrepoint Motel sign from the perspective of this photo.
More photos tomorrow.
Samuel
March 11th, 2009 at 10:30am
Good morning Neil,
I have to disagree with you about a “one strike” policy for learner drivers. Learner drivers are learning, and are expected to make mistakes, which is why they have a higher demerit point allowance than provisional drivers.
All you would achieve by banning learners as soon as they make a mistake, is a surge in the number of unlicenced drivers, which means less insured drivers and higher costs to the community from collisions.
The current system isn’t perfect, but it’s pretty darn good.
Have a great day.
Regards,
Samuel Gordon-Stewart
Deniliquin
March 11th, 2009 at 09:36am
The region received some much needed rain overnight with areas receiving up to 20mm, and there’s more on the way.
Murray Irrigation Limited will consolidate all of its operation in Finley to a new building on their Murray Hut Drive site by the end of the year. Berrigan Council will purchase MIL’s Murray Street building and use it to expand the Finley library and other community services.
Vic Roads held a meeting with residents directly affected by the proposed construction of a second Echuca-Moama Bridge last night. The designs will be made available for public display and feedback by the 18th of March.
The Deniliquin Council is meeting this evening at the council chambers on End Street.
A Mathoura man was alledgedly caught nearly four times over the legal blood alcohol limit in Echuca.
Moama took out all three grand finals in the Campaspe Ladies Bowls.
The winners in Deniliquin mixed Netball were the Easy Beats and the Central Hot Shots.
And the Deniliquin Sporting Car Club had a number of winners in round one of the VCAS autocross series.
Samuel
March 11th, 2009 at 09:19am
I’ve had a few strange dreams since I arrived in Deniliquin. I’ll publish them here over the next little while for your amusement.
The first one saw me have some (unmentioned) urgent need to get home, so naturally I borrowed a horse from the local IGA supermarket whose horses are quicker than horses from the local Coles due to the IGA staff letting the horses eat products within the store.
The horse was quick, as I was back in Canberra within the hour, dropping the horse off at the IGA in the Civic bus interchange. I walked the rest of the way home and was informed by the man at the door (who looked suspiciously like Malcolm Turnbull but had a voice reminiscent of Prince Charles) that my services were no longer required and that I should return to Deniliquin. A car had been arranged for me.
The car happened to be the old Landrover that I had for a brief period of time last year, not exactly a sight I was happy to see, but I didn’t really have a choice so I started driving to Deniliquin.
I must have taken a scenic route because there was a rather steep hill about half way to Deniliquin. It was raining and I was flagged down by two men on the opposite side of the road to a pub. The men handed me a note which had come from my parents and been flown to the pub by courier pigeon. The note informed me that I was heading to a destination (it read “Dear Samuel, you are heading to your destination. Regards, your parents.”)
I thanked the men for the note and continued driving to Deniliquin, however a bit further up the mountain the Landrover made an awful squealing noise, the gearbox vanished in to thin air along with the rear half of the vehicle, and I rolled back to the pub where the two men found the gearbox and the other half of the vehicle in a locker and decided to glue the vehicle back together.
The men then kept the vehicle, and sent me the rest of the way via courier pigeon (although I’m not sure if pigeons which are bigger than me are still pigeons).
Samuel
March 11th, 2009 at 07:22am
Apparently the price of petrol is falling:
Petrol prices have fallen for the first time in seven weeks as oil cartel OPEC begins to consider yet another cut in crude output.
The national average price of unleaded fell 2.3 cents last week and sits at $1.20 a litre.
CommSec economist Savanth Sebastian believes the price will fall further in the coming fortnight.
“Motorists can look forward to pump prices falling by another five cents a litre in a fortnight’s time,” Mr Sebastian wrote in a market update.
It’s still nearly $1.30 per litre here in Deniliquin. Perhaps we’re insulated from falling prices this far inland?
To be honest, it wouldn’t surprise me if a petrol company media spokesperson were to use a line like that if asked about it, and I might just have to ask if the price stays up for the rest of the week.
Samuel
March 10th, 2009 at 05:18pm
This press release gave me a good laugh when it came across my desk a few minutes ago:
Free cycling training for local councils, community groups and employers in NSW
AustCycle is a new, national cycling training scheme that has been established by the Amy Gillett Foundation, the Bicycle Federation of Australia and Cycling Australia. AustCycle’s aim is to deliver high quality cycling training, by accredited trainers, to Australians of all ages so that they can ride further, more often, more confidently and more safely. This will result in healthier, happier Australians and a safer, cleaner environment.
Thanks to the Department of Environment and Climate Change, NSW (DECC), a limited number of DECC Cycling Vouchers, each worth $360 (plus GST), are now available FREE to local councils, community groups and employers in NSW. Vouchers can be used for adult AustCycle training courses, for everyone from beginners to experienced riders.
For further information about the vouchers, contact DECC via email at OnYourBike@environment.nsw.gov.au. To apply for a voucher, simply fill in the DECC Faxback Form available o n the AustCycle website.
Find out more about AustCycle at www.austcycle.com.au. For more information on this media release, please contact (name and mobile number removed – samuel).
About AustCycle
AustCycle is a new, national cycling training scheme that has been established by the Amy Gillett Foundation, the Bicycle Federation of Australia and Cycling Australia.
Full press release and any supporting media files are available here
One wonders if these cycling lessosn can be abused to the extent that I could have one of their “trainers” ferry me around on a bike with them doing all of the peddling while I “observe them for educational purposes”?
Samuel
March 10th, 2009 at 02:49pm
A Finley family had a lucky escape when their house was destroyed by fire.
Police seized a large quantity of what is believed to be liquid ecstasy in Yambuna, destined for the Maitreya music and arts festival.
People exceeding their water allocations and faulty water meters continue to be a problem in the region according to the latest groundwater usage compliance check by the New South Wales department of Water and Energy.
The new Hay Shire Library and Community Centre has been opened.
Deniliquin police have arrested three more people in relation to the brutal assault of 27-year-old plumber Nick Palmer two weeks ago, taking the total number of arrests so far to five.
Samuel
March 10th, 2009 at 09:21am
It’s amusing to see how much is copied within the media at times. The title of today’s Rush Limbaugh Show Notes email is “Who Leads the Democrat Party?” which amused me because this is a question which Sean Hannity was posing to liberal (note for Australian readers: “small L liberal”, as in not conservative) callers in the latter half of last week.
It isn’t as silly a question as it may seem, after all Barack Obama did promise to not have any “earmarks” or “pet projects” in his spending bills, and the omnibus spending bill currently before the US Senate is chock full of them…8,750 of them totalling USD$7.7 Billion. Some Democrats are calling on Obama to veto the stimulus plan (and honour his election promise) if the earmarks are not removed by the Senate, which would send a strong message that Obama is in control and won’t be pressured in to doing things which he doesn’t believe are right. He could probably give the Republican party a whack at the same time considering that Republicans are responsible for 40% of the earmarks.
That said, Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi are quite keen on keeping the earmarks, with house speaker Pelosi referring to the current state of the omnibus bill as a “take-it-or-leave-it” affair…so if Obama receives an earmark filled omnibus bill from the senate, and signs it, one does have to wonder if Pelosi and Reid really are Princess Pelosi and Prince Harry, and the people really in charge.
I suppose it’s a matter of wait and see right now…but I’ll give you this much information for free: if Obama vetos an earmark filled omnibus bill, he will have my full support.
Samuel
March 10th, 2009 at 08:41am
I’m forced to ask because every time that I’ve either turned on Fox Sports 1 or looked at the schedule for the channel lately, they’ve been showing Saturday night’s NAB Cup AFL match between Geelong and Carlton.
Sure, it was a good contest, but surely they have something else to broadcast.
Samuel
March 9th, 2009 at 07:12pm
Is either a lack of top rate actors, or a reluctance to find other top rate actors. Regardless of which one it is, the fact that the same actors seem to crop up over and over and over in leading roles, with a very small amount of variability, makes a large number of otherwise good or great films feel like they’re the same film you watched last week, just with everyone in a different costume.
Case in point, I caught the last half hour of Lantana on Movie Extra last night and felt like I was watching an amalgamation of about three or four Australian television shows and movies, all of which have had a few of the actors from Lantana in them.
This isn’t to say that actors should be excluded from working on more than one production…far from it. I just think that if the Australian film industry wants to be taken more seriously by the international film industry and wants to make films which have more international appeal, then they need to nurture a wider base of talent. The writing is good, but you can’t have an almost identical set of leading actors in every production without them all feeling the same, and people losing interest.
Samuel
March 9th, 2009 at 12:41pm
The last two times that I’ve been in Deniliquin I’ve had people from back home in Canberra saying things like “it must be hard to fill a bulletin in an area like that”, and others asking what sort of things make the news.
The first group under-estimate the size of the broadcast area, and the second group are a tad overwhelming at times but have a good point. I think the news stories in this area may be of some interest, so this week I intend on posting the 2QN/Classic Rock regional news headlines on this website around 9am when all of the morning bulletins are out of the way.
Campaspe shire council will buy a property opposite the Echuca saleyards in an effort to stamp out ongoing noise issues, however the move may limit the council’s ability to spend money on other projects this financial year.
All of Shepparton’s police units were needed on Saturday night to shut down a gatecrashed birthday party.
The federal member for Murray, Dr. Sharman Stone, has responded angrily to calls by the South Australian government for a larger share of the water from the Murray river.
The Nationals Member for Murray-Darling John Williams has joined the F division of New South Wales councils in opposing an accelerated buyback of water proposed by Senator Nick Xenophon.
Murray Shire Council general manager Greg Murdoch says they are chasing Rees government funding that’s available for communities which don’t have high speed wireless broadband services.
Moama police are appealing for witnesses to a number of incidents over the weekend.
Tantat Secret won the Echuca Cup by a nose.
Echuca defeated Moama with just three balls to spare in Campaspe Cricket’s match of the round in Moama.
Samuel
March 9th, 2009 at 09:24am
Looks like Gmail doesn’t handle email timestamps which appear to be in the future as well as it could
Anybody feel like emailing the lotto numbers back in time to me?
Samuel
March 9th, 2009 at 03:57am
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