March 23, 2006
March 19, 2006
Flickr delight
potrait of a beetle
Originally uploaded by lorrainemd.
I’m not a bug person. But this photo makes this little fellow look good.
Flickr delight
me and mom
Originally uploaded by belgianchocolate.
You just can’t go wrong photographing animals…
March 18, 2006
The Lamborgini vs the Suzuki Swift
Hatchback hate: Lamborghini chased – National – smh.com.au
Size matters … how a Swift compares to a Lamborghini.
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By Dylan Welch
March 13, 2006The road rage incident started with a glance and quickly became one of the more bizarre pursuits on Sydney’s roads.
As the driver of a yellow Lamborghini sat in peak hour traffic in Homebush at around 8.20am yesterday he flashed an annoyed look at the driver of a Suzuki Swift, who was booming music out of his car stereo, say police.
It was hardly a call to arms, but his frown provoked a 30-minute pursuit along Parramatta Road from Homebush to Glebe as the Lamborghini attempted to get away from the clearly agitated driver of the Suzuki, who tailgated the supercar and at one point even attempted to ram it.
“The Suzuki Swift was changing lanes, getting behind the Lamborghini and tailgating and also coming beside the Lamborghini at lights and revving [his car] and yelling at the driver,” Inspector Sue Trusty of Glebe Police told smh.com.au.
Despite being hopelessly outclassed by the supercar, the driver of the diminutive hatchback managed to pursue the Lamborghini through heavy traffic to Glebe, where the frightened driver flagged down a police car.
Police were unable to catch the Suzuki as it sped down a side street and disappeared.
The shaken Lamborghini driver lodged an incident report with officers at Glebe police station, leaving his car parked in Talfourd Street in a restricted area reserved for police cars.
He was then given a lift home by police, leaving the luxury vehicle to be picked up by his company.
Inspector Trusty suggested the driver of the Suzuki may have been suffering from delusions of grandeur during the pursuit.
“When they were stopping at lights he was the one revving up. He must have been delirious if he thought he was going to drag [the Lamborghini] off.”
The high-end Lamborghini, one of only 60 in Australia, can reach 100kmh in 4.3 seconds and has a top speed of over 300kmh. The Suzuki Swift hits 100/kmh in 10.0 seconds and has a top speed of 190kmh.
Police inquiries are continuing.
March 14, 2006
Flickr delight
whirly pops.
Originally uploaded by D.James.
I’ll blame Cara for starting me off on thinking about sugar. And also a discussion we had about lollies. In the downunder sense. Not the North American or the South African sense.
Ie these are lollipops, not lollies. There is a difference.
Sweet and light and sugar-free
I’m going to put in a word for a friend of mine who has just started a blog. I’ve known her for several years on a discussion board and she has a great dry sense of humour. And she has a Dutch family background. And we like the same music. Now if that’s not a reason to recommend her, I don’t know what is.
Sweet and light and sugar-free
I’m going to put in a word for a friend of mine who has just started a blog. I’ve known her for several years on a discussion board and she has a great dry sense of humour. And she has a Dutch family background. And we like the same music. Now if that’s not a reason to recommend her, I don’t know what is.
March 12, 2006
It’s time
Australia lagging on Indigenous health, Oxfam says. 12/03/2006. ABC News Online
He says it is a “national scandal”, highlighting that Indigenous life expectancy is almost 20 years less than that of non-Indigenous Australians.
He says Australia has slipped behind its Commonwealth counterparts in the last three decades.
“In that 30 years, there have been significant gains in life expectancy in New Zealand and Canada but if you’re an Indigenous Australian, you can assume that you are going to be lucky to live to the age of 55,” he said.
Flickring away the time
technology
Originally uploaded by Thom.
There’s something about an old typewriter, a certain charm, that newfangled computer keyboards just don’t have. They certainly are prettier with the keys reminding me of a piano.
