Archive for September, 2008

Sometimes It’s the Little Tings

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

i go camping a lot. Middle of nowhere. Bring your water, food…sometimes even bring your firewood. I usually have a gas bottle for the stove for cooking if there’s an issue with firewood…which, can happen.

it doubles as a nice gas lantern. Thankfully due to the developing LED technology, the reliance upon gas for lighting is diminishing. I have some lights/lamps…work well. Apparently theres this thing the Mythbusters Team need to checkout…mosquitos dont like white LEDs.

Me…mosquito magnet man…any mosquito in a 300km radius…..bites me!!!

except if my good friend Warren and his wife Kath come along….
Warren…fek…if he’s there, i dont get bitten.

So i invite him and his wife along as much as i can!! hehe

oh and the subject? I have asked my Organic produce place over and over for garlic and ginger in a tube. Keeping food fresh in the outback is not easy even tho i have a 4WD fridge.

Preferably organic, but hey…so i found one..that will do for now….. Gourmet Garden.

If i find a certified organic product, i’ll post it. And yes Tings was intentional…The Ting Tings are white hot here at the moment ;-)

cheers

peter

September 11

Friday, September 12th, 2008

From afar. I was awake. Watching on Cable TV. Coz i was up. Awake. Nornal. The TV was loud, as per normal…i was doing internet “shit” and things were “normal”.

i’m about to go to bed…a breaking broadcast comes through….for some reason, it was on CNN while i was doin what i was doin…..

i’ll never forget it…..and sorry for typing it here…i saw the second plane hit the World Trade Centre……

on TV…..

live….

what can i say. Nothing really. And i’m sorry for that.

i lost my job not long after that, sold my beautiful Monaro…..that i had had for 13 years…went onto unemployment benefits……

but, hey, i am in Australia, far far far away.., but still impacted…friends and families over there…

i pray for you. Be you Muslim, Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, etc…i apologise if i missed your religion here, but i know that you know that life is sacrosanct.

take care

peter