A blog about nothing... - Latest Comments

Re: A blog about nothing... - Coffee Plunger (via Susan Dawson) Until this...

kitchen plumbing — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 01:26:13 -0000

In the same way as coffee, a French press can also be used in place of a tea infuser to brew loose tea. However, the tea will continue to steep even after the plunger is depressed, which causes the tea remaining in the press to become excessively bitter.

Re: A blog about nothing... - Last night’s beef rogan josh, cooked from scratch,...

Vickiswanson — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 03:22:13 -0000

looks delicious - he has some spice packages out now so it is even easier !!

Re: It's done.

Dave — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:16:28 -0000

Good luck to the three of you. I hope it all works out, and I hope you enjoy and document what you can of the ride :)

Re: A blog about nothing... - Because having the flu just wasn’t misery enough.

dave — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 07:10:24 -0000

dude you have amazing luck.

as if the knee wasn't enough.

Re: Most disgusting bugs. Ever.

Shane — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 07:23:43 -0000

Yep, sure looks like them. Thanks Sam!

I'm not sure if the liquid is smelly, but they sure do excrete something hardcore when they are disturbed. Ever since the gang disbanded, there have been some seriously hardcore black stains on the concrete outside the front door. It looks almost like a small oil spill (and looks just as toxic).

Bless you, weird and gross Australian nature :)

Re: Most disgusting bugs. Ever.

Sam — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 02:45:14 -0000

I think what you are seeing there are the larvae of Spitfires. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...
Image of them here (http://www.insectimages.org...

From the name I always thought they would spit some lethal toxic cocktail at me if I got to close, but apparently they don't actually spit anything but do excrete a smally liquid when disturbed.

Re: A blog about nothing... - Father’s Day is awesome.

Dave — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 07:18:56 -0000

ahahaha..... well done mate :D

that gave me a real good chuckle

Re: A blog about nothing... - The backyard

Shane — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:34:08 -0000

Disqus can be a bit fiddly. I'm always logged in to the service so I never notice these things. Glad it's all worked out for you :)

Re: A blog about nothing... - The backyard

dave — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:33:36 -0000

oops, i lie... stupid mouse-over pop-up boxes had obfuscated it, but i was quicker! i beat the popup and clicked the link!

/me wanders off to bed muttering 'i am eenvincible'

Re: A blog about nothing... - The backyard

dave — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:31:37 -0000

hmm.. it doesn't seem to make the author's name into a link, so here we go anyway: http://20knots.net/ecoyuppie

Re: A blog about nothing... - The backyard

dave — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:29:38 -0000

aha! i remember it vividly. though i think it might have been behind curtains / doors / wall etc at the time.

anyhoo. thanks for the offer re: WP but i managed to overcome browser / web standards issues and huzzah, i'm back online.

knowing my luck you'll be using Opera or something and it will look shite.

Re: A blog about nothing... - …and this is what 0C looks like at 7am. I really...

Shane — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 07:38:50 -0000

Well you did visit at night. I'm fairly sure The Grand Tour didn't include a trip outside in the cold and the dark to see a largely dead lawn and a weed infested garden.

We treat our guests a bit better than that. We make them cut up the vegetables instead :D

Re: A blog about nothing... - …and this is what 0C looks like at 7am. I really...

dave — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 02:58:56 -0000

I don't actually remember you having a yard, though i'm sure you do :)

Re: A blog about nothing... - Most phallic piece of playground equipment. Ever....

Shane — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:25:24 -0000

The kicker is that the damn thing is so much fun to ride. It goes round and round and round and round and round and round and round and round with almost no effort at all. I get so dizzy it makes me feel sick. Awesome fun.

It helps me to understand why the local teenagers hang out in that park and drink alcopops. What better way to spend a Saturday night than a slamming a couple of Breezers and a getting in a quick ride on the Dizzy Phallus?

Re: A blog about nothing... - Most phallic piece of playground equipment. Ever....

ocean — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:54:17 -0000

A playground near us has that crazy stuff too. Some of the different designs the company makes look really cool, like a giant snap-together Ikea toy or something. I think it's Swedish, or from somewhere in northern Europe.