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God and Christmas

Reverently burgled from God

A Bit of Perth

The Fremantle Historical Society has a daily duty. On the seaward side of the Round House,on Point Arthur, is the Time Ball, used in Days of Yore (Back when Yore owned everything) to indicate 1pm for ships’ captains to set their chronometers. The Time Ball is lowered to half mast with five minutes to go, [...]

Sid and Sod

Photo Hunt; Joy

  Even losing his collar is not enough to dampen this dog’s joy! Can you spot it? No? Click on the image.  

Those Damnable Plastic Bags

From Randall at xkcd, of course

Grasshopper Pie – Adults Only

I was watching Nigella do wicked things in her kitchen and this segment caught my attention! It isn’t really a pie, it is sort of like a cheeseless cheesecake.

BBC Quiz of the Week

This Week New glasses prescribed, macular degeneration is a possibility, blood glucose behaving for the moment; Don’t you just love old age. I wish I was somewhere near old age but I am surely just approaching the middle of middle age. I have a birthday next week. I think I will forget that! Last Week [...]

It Tickled Granny’s Fancy

 The Australian Women’s Weekly, Saturday 13 December 1941

A Bit of Perth

Originally the site of the first Police Barracks in Fremantle, the Tramways terminus and depot was constructed in 1905. Now that the tramways have long gone, the building has been recycled and is now one of many residential condominiums in Fremantle.

With A Fruity Flavour

May and her Mother lived in the centre of Australia’s bountiful irrigation district, Mildura on the Murray River, where they spent all their time preserving the luscious fruit of that abundant place. They used their Vacola Bottling Outfit to bottle whole fruit, jams, preserves and jellies as each fruit was in season and they were [...]

Sid and Sod

Cowlien Invasion

It is all coming true!

What Kind of Dinosaur Would You Be?

(Click on the image above)

Education

Burgled from Fake Science