Chicken Scratchings

The solar panel subsidy

nobody@vox.com(petermcc) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:21:38 +1000

I have just been reading a petition for the removal of the means test for a Solar Subsidy when you put Solar panels on the roof of your house. It makes interesting reading and some of the additional comments make a mockery of supposed environmen...

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How to lose your house in a matter of seconds

nobody@vox.com(petermcc) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:08:38 +1000

Ouch. We came upon this scene early Tuesday morning just out of Norseman. As we were approaching it we were very worried for the owners. There were several trucks at the scene and it looked like one of them may have cleaned up the car and van. ...

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Raising our Daughters

nobody@vox.com(petermcc) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:35:26 +1000

Women's Lib was front and center in the Media when I was a lad. It was the time of Germain Greer's Female Eunuch and a ground swell of interest arose supporting the girls getting a “fair go”. In those days the girls generally got lower wages f...

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Clearly not ready to govern

nobody@vox.com(petermcc) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:05:42 +1000

The desperate situation of the Libs continues despite a small blip in Kevin 07's popularity last week. Kevin down to something like 63% while young Brendan was up to somewhere around 14%. If that’s the good news I'd hate to see a bad news day fo...

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Return of the bike

nobody@vox.com(petermcc) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:24:58 +1000

One of the benefits of the unplanned return was a chance to pickup the bike the cops had recovered in Victor Harbour but it didn't go completely to plan. Firstly, we were arriving on a Saturday and they only operate Mon to Fri.Happily the cas...

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The return of wowsers

nobody@vox.com(petermcc) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:43:42 +1000

As much as I am enjoying the intelligent style of Kevin 07, I must admit to a bit of nervousness when I see the blooming of wowserism of late. Now for those of you overseas I guess I had better explain this excellent piece of Aussie slang. A mor...

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The detour home

nobody@vox.com(petermcc) — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:07:09 +1000

Currently in Eucla heading for somewhere around Kalgoorlie tonight. The rush trip back home was an interesting exercise. We decided to head back even though the kids had things under control. You wouldn't be much of a parent if you didn't ret...

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On the road again

nobody@vox.com(petermcc) — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 08:18:46 +1000

We are underway again and I thought I might add a map this time for those who are interested. This first week will be pretty much straight through until we hit the coast and only updated when I have access to the Net.

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Goodbye Gloria Jeans (with apologies to Elton John)

nobody@vox.com(petermcc) — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:54:59 +1000

I must be losing my edge. I certainly haven’t been keeping up with Plonka’s blog. Plonka's excellent blog I was horrified to discover my patronage of Gloria Jean’s coffees has had me help fund those shifty Hillsong Christians. The very same fo...

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What’s in a name?

nobody@vox.com(petermcc) — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:19:51 +1000

While travelling around Oz we have seen a number of vans with names on them. It’s just a way of marking out your territory and showing your fellow travellers where you are coming from. One such label really impressed me recently. Free Radicals. ...

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