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DesDownunder's Blog

A blog by DesDownunder in General

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(40) Sex-lives and Computer Operating Systems' Lies

As I promised, (or did I threaten? I can't remember) I have returned. (you there in the back row, stop groaning!) I have a new computer, a new fence and the B/f has a new clutch..in his car, and the Bank has a better return on the money it has loaned us, but most important of all, the local supermarket has installed a new donut machine, so we have donuts for breakfast again. The B/f is overjoyed. (It doesn't take much to keep him happy, but then you only have to look at me to know that. I m

September 23, 2007

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(39) Don't Fence Me In

What next can go wrong? No don't tell me. I don't want to know. After all the other various catastrophes (see previous blog entries) the fence blew over in reasonably mild storm. I have shopped around Very carefully and have found a man who will fix the fence for $400. But the old fence is next to useless. The wooden railings have rotted. The posts have snapped off beneath the earth and a new fence is only $930. Bargain! Should I get two in case of another storm? (No, the insurance won't cov

September 11, 2007

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(38) Your new boyfriend could be a poet.

A local news magazine reported that a poetry reading group in Adelaide was having some issues with a person who wanted to read what some people regard as porn. Now I should explain that this poetry reading group has been around since the 1970s, but because I have been a shift worker and an avid supporter of whatever free time I have should be devoted to getting my rocks off, rather than reading poetry, I have never attended their meetings. However my recently awoken interest in poetry (caused

September 5, 2007

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(37) The Evils of Springtime

As strange as it will seem to our Northern siblings, today is the first day of spring in Australia. This is due to the tilt of the Earth's orbit and axis, (which, despite those who think otherwise is not part of an axis of evil), bringing the Southern Hemisphere to a greater exposure to the Sun. Walking in space, this can be clearly be seen and is a wonderful site. To walk in space by the way all you have to do is close your eyes and step off the edge of the world. This also should provide

September 1, 2007

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(36) Keeping calm after the storm.

So we had a storm. First, the wind blew out the pilot light on the water heater. Then the wind blew the side fence over at an angle of 30 degrees leaning into the street; its jagged edges just waiting to decapitate the early morning joggers. The gutter is conveniently placed nearby to catch their heads. I had to get the care serviced. I get it serviced every year whether it needs it or not. This year it only cost $210. I think the mechanic was pleased that I warned him to put a plastic sheet o

August 30, 2007

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(35) My new story

My latest story "Definitions" has just been posted at Codey's World. Definitions -my new story I hope you all enjoy reading it. Sometimes we forget how much effort and time goes into getting a story not only written, but also the people behind the scenes who edit and publish our stories for us wretched authors. I would like to thank Codey and Ben for their help and inspiration for this story. After you have read "Definitions" drop into the CW's homepage and have a look at all the other new

August 26, 2007

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(34) Are Blogs Draining?

Are Blogs Draining? The title for this entry occurred to me whilst I was putting the finishing touches to my new short story soon to be released at a Codey's World near you. (don't hold your breath it needs editing yet.) It seemed to me that just maybe, blog writing may drain the creative impulses away from the writing of a good story, or a bad one for that matter. If we put in a lot effort in the short term to make sure our cute insightful blogs are fun, interesting or just plain readable, do

August 19, 2007

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(33) The Attack of the Muse

I don't understand it. I am snowed under with work galore. I have a dozen things to do all by tomorrow or next Thursday. I have just made a snack and sit down at the computer to read and eat, when without warning a phrase goes pop, into my head. I have to write that down. Fifteen minutes later I have a poem. A wretched silly poem! I also have a cold bowl of rice with hot-sauce, and none of my work even started. An hour later I am happy with the tweaking of said poem, but realise that

August 5, 2007

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(32) Oral obligations

I'm off to the dentist. Would all my oral clients please reschedule for next week? Thank you

July 30, 2007

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(31) Hot Showers in Winter

So it's going to be one of those winters is it? Freezing one week, warm and balmy the next. Things happen in threes it is said. I hope they're right. First the inkjet printers blew up or stopped working, both of them. Nothing lasts forever. They had only printed about 30000 pages between them. And that was using refill ink. na na to the manufacturer. Second the scanner decided to insert vertical lines in every scan. Not just thin unobtrusive lines but bold broad sweeps of dark lines. So I

July 25, 2007

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(30) Am I a drama queen?

Why do I do these things to myself? I am obsessed with sound and music and drama...don't say it...I know what you are thinking...drama-queen! Right? I suppose it sounds better than music-Queen. So I decided I would record my poems for posterity. "Why Butterfly" was a test post. Just posted at Codey's World is my poem called, "A Scent of Love." This was not easy. I wanted to do something a bit different. I gave much thought to what I could do with the poem. I began rehearsing the lines whi

July 20, 2007

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(29) Donuts for Breakfast

My sense of smell has returned; I can smell the donuts again. I can always tell when I am getting better after a bout of the flu' or a cold etc, I start to feel myself again. - (You people have one track minds!) I also start to feel like feeling the boyfriend again. So I told him at breakfast I was feeling better. "Anyone I know?" he asked. I looked at him. This was unusual, the b/f cracked a joke in the morning, before he finished eating his donuts too. It usually takes him all day to

July 9, 2007

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(28) Baking breakfast.

I made some scones tonight. The supermarket donuts have taken a turn for the worse, So I made the scones. I used the oven to bake them. The boyfriend said the donuts were making him feel ill, So I made scones. Now I suppose the scones will make him feel ill too. He has been eating donuts for breakfast for ten years. He suddenly blames them for making him feel ill. Personally I think he has caught my cold. But the donuts got the blame for him feeling ill. I made scones. This blog en

July 2, 2007

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(27) My Land

I don't know how long this newspaper link will be available, but thought you might like to see some shots of my state of South Australia. I am tempted to say the photos make it look better than it is, but that could just be that living here we tend to take it all for granted. http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0...from=public_rss Photo Number 3 is not my house.

June 24, 2007

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(26) Caged in by Scary Thoughts

I was looking through the illustrious blogs here at AwesomeDude, when I had a terrible thought. I wasn't struck by the number of people all having various traumatic moments, myself included, as I was by the way we all rushed in, keyboard at the ready, to offer help, assistance and just plain good wishes to all of us who were suffering, having a down moment. Then I thought about the real world outside of AwesomeDude and Codey's World. The raging car drivers, the insane profiteers, the elite soc

June 19, 2007

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(25) Let's play doctor.

I haven't been blogging, Because I've been logging, A few sick days in bed, With a cough and sore head And no, I haven't had fun, flogging. Right so much for the poetry. I feel better now. Have you ever noticed how much better you feel after you visit the doctor. I have a great doctor. I turned up at the doctor's rooms ten minutes early. He sees me straight away. It pays to get the first appointment after lunch. I tell him all my woes outlining a plethora of symptoms. I hand him a she

June 14, 2007

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(24) Death in the Back Yard

I am really getting a little tired of feeling yucky! So bad have I felt that I have not been able to sit for too long at the keyboard. All I can do is use one hand to type because the other hand is trying to make me feel better, by wiping my fevered brow. (And you thought I was going to be filthy didn't you? Go on admit it.) So I lurk around the forums feeling not so good. The doctor says I am fine, nothing serious, just getting older, maybe with a "bit of a bug." Yikes, getting older!

June 6, 2007

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(23) Advanced notice re: undies

In case anything happens I don't want people to get a shock, so I am herewith advising you all that, being considerate of the beloved one sleeping, I got dressed in the dark this morning. Yeah I know me getting up before the crack of noon is in itself shocking, but hey, I went to bed early at 1.30am. To return to the advanced notification, when I got dressed in the dark I put my boxer-briefs on inside out. If that wasn't bad enough they are also on back to front. Now, no less an authority th

May 31, 2007

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(22) Snapped service pipe!

So did y'all miss me? Did ya? Didn't even know I was gone, I bet. Yesterday at about 2.30 pm. I was getting ready to go give lover boy his coffee break when there was an almighty rumbling and scraping noise form outside the house. It sounded just like the iceberg cutting into the side of the Titanic. I looked out the window, but I couldn't see an iceberg in the street, or even a bulldozer. Did I imagine it? So I go outside and the first thing I notice is that the overhead power cables are r

May 26, 2007

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(21) Oh Joyous day

I opened my email and there was an email from a reader who told me he enjoyed reading one of my stories. Hallelujah! Apart from my beloved co-inhabitants at Codey's World and Awesome Dude, that means I now have two readers who sufficiently liked my story to email me. (dances merrily around the room.)

May 21, 2007

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(20) Twenty

Ok so I have nothing to say today (yet) other than this is the 20th entry in my blog on the 20th day of May 2007. How cool is that? You don't have to answer, I know it is lame. I just didn't think I would have so much to prattle on about. Future historians will wonder incredulously at the keen observation that inspired this entry I am sure.

May 19, 2007

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(19) Driving in Adelaide

We have our fair share of road rage. Nothing out of the ordinary, you understand, just the usual clubbing to near death with a tyre iron. Today I had the opportunity to witness a road rage event (sounds exciting doesn't it?) myself. I must explain, owing to the bloke who sets the timing for Adelaide's numerous traffic lights thinking that 3 seconds is sufficient to enable cars to move across an intersection, we end up with cars banking up for quite a while. The traffic today duly came to stop.

May 18, 2007

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(18) Older not necessarily wiser

So what is it like to be 3x21? What can be said that will give hope that there is life after 30? Is there a moment in life where it all comes together? Well lets put it this way, I ain't saying because I don't want to depress the young amongst you. Joke for ppl who have had too many birthdays: Stop me if you have heard it. Why are young people so beautiful and pretty and lovely to look at? So that old people will talk to them whilst waiting for them to grow the F*** up. Okay so that wasn

May 15, 2007

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(17) The WWW goes down.

So I am surfing away on the web at midnight when the browser announces that the WWW may be having problems. "Did you type the site address properly?" it insolently asks me. "Perhaps the site you are trying to connect is down." it rudely suggests. "Yeah and maybe you are a *%^@$&!x*& of a browser," I yell at it. My partner appears at the door looking very concerned, "Are you all right?" he asks. "The net has gone down on me," I tell him. "I wish I could get someone to go down on me

May 9, 2007

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(16) YIM-ing

I clicked on the computer link and it began its down-loading I okayed this and that and read it was all installing So now do I sit and wait or do I go a-calling? What am I supposed to be doing With this Yahoo Messaging? It is very puzzling, This YIM-ing, Thing.

May 3, 2007

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