Recent content by bluesbrother

Michel's and Brumby's. Is it the times? Seems like RFG just don't know how to run a bakery chain.

No, dear 7777, I haven't forgotten as no school I attended ever had awards or certificates, though regularly topping the class in most subjects may have made me smug at times.

1p in 1930 is apparently equivalent to $1.03 today in Oz, so if it's twice that and half the size, cacao must be waay more expensive.

Never heard of it in WA. Must've been the Millenials and Gen Z. They seemed to get certificates for simply being alive.

Not just musicians and writers, it's film and video makers makers, visual artists, actors, podcasters, anything on the net, anyone who uses digital tech. You have a home or portable digital device, welcome to AI accessing and using your digitised voice. Hackers are going to love this stage of...

A surefire way to get voted out for any pollie. Labor isn't that stupid. Not even the Nationals would be that stupid. But I'm happy to pay an 'imputed' fee on the 'imputed' income I don't make from my property, as long as I can deduct the real costs that I do pay to keep a dry roof overhead and...

This family has got to be joking. Protect a view for a dead woman? Sheesh! When will trees get the universal respect they deserve for keeping our planet habitable? Nobody's view, living or dead, is more important than a tree.

Triple J Hottest 100 Australian Songs is no more than a reflection of the J's listeners. There's very few numbers from before 1995. Australian is definable as many of our awards cover that, but what does 'hottest' even mean? Favourite might be a better term, as that's what the survey takes on...

Super has proved to be a variably unreliable scheme on many fronts, but there's no doubt these writers are entitled to it. Arts workers are generally shut out of any such schemes so it's good to see it possibly being applied, and retrospectively, to tv writers.

Sometime after WW1, my grandfather was reputed to have ridden his horse into the Wickepin pub and, from the saddle, ordered two beers, one for both of them. They were served and drunk, and the pair happily rode off.

Looks like a water rat to me i.e. Ratty in Wind in the Willows. You can see plenty around Sydney and environs' waterways.

I like bread that actually has some flavour, though I'm not that into sourdough's taste. Coles light rye is a good alternative when I can't get the delicious dark rye from our wood-fired bakery, as it has no emulsifier, unlike almost all sliced polystyrene. Emulsifier gives me a 3-day migraine...

They're not always deceased. A week ago I saw an aged Bob Dylan affectionately introing his singer-songwriter granddaughter (aka the actress who played Joan Baez in the recent biopic) on stage. A few days ago they had the present day Dylan (in a tux!) marrying present day Baez with present day...

I don't have a mobile device, nor do I want one. People used to pay for one phone in the house. Now there are as many as there are residents with the accompanying no. of bills and the huge upfront cost. Biggest con the telcos ever pulled off, not to mention their vulnerability to hacking, theft...

It's already here. Kids coming round at 2 or 3am and banging on the door, then hiding, watching from across the road, has already been reported last month.