Why is it that most people here get four weeks leave per year ( now thanks to the new IR (Irrelevant Regime) laws which is subject to the workplace requirements) and that school holidays are 12 weeks per year?
Why is that the cost and limitations of child care or school holiday programs make it almost impossible for families to find care during the holidays for which they HAVE to work??
Why are workplaces touting the "family friendly" ideal but still requiring employees to give up their own leisure time ( or sleep time) for workrelated issues?
Why do women have to pay GST (goods and service tax ) on sanitary products... It should be tax deductible as having a period is neither a service nor good!!!!! Why do these products cost more than products related to men ( ie condoms)?
Why does the milk from one company cost more than the milk from another?...All cows are the same and give the same milk and its all mixed together any way, same goes for other dairy products too.
Why do RSPCA/ barn laid/non caged chooks/etc eggs cost more than eggs battery hens?...Surely if the chooks are out fending for themselves with minimum added feed they cost
less to keep.
Why do school see fit to continually change the book lists ever year so no books can be bought nor sold second hand ? Why do they insist on such specifics as 29 cm orange handled scissors, or 8cm by 8cm containers, or four ring A4 binders?
Ok I have vented and feel ,....Well not better but less frazzled. If you want to try and answer these questions, feel free but I am in a MOOD and I will argue with you!!!
Wednesday, January 25, 2006
What happened?????
Blogger went silly on me yesterday, I tried to post but it all looked a bit strange...Different format, template and layout..Then I couldn't post or link or NUTHIN'. Then my e.mail went wonky and mean really really really weird, re sending mail from days ago, receiving the same mail two or three times over...I thought OH OH a bug, virus or whatever. Despite 2IC having the virus and protection levels so high that even an upgrade has to be formatted and logged to the system or it rejects.
But as I called Tech Support at my ISP I found so many were doing the same that I got told there were too many calls and to call back later...That's customer service for you. So I figured that it was an outage of sorts affecting lots of us and decided to wait it out till today.
Today still no luck, I called the Tech Support at the ISP and got through, the guy did not seem to really know what he was doing ( I have encountered this before and that guy got me to reconfigure the POP to something which would never ever work, so I was told by the next techie I got on to ) so I was dubious to say the least, but after re entering the TCP stuff( it had all changed) all was well. I really wish that instead of knowing how to build a dB and set parameters and design reports, I had the tech know how so I could do this stuff my self instead of calling Tech Support ...It would be much easier.
But as I called Tech Support at my ISP I found so many were doing the same that I got told there were too many calls and to call back later...That's customer service for you. So I figured that it was an outage of sorts affecting lots of us and decided to wait it out till today.
Today still no luck, I called the Tech Support at the ISP and got through, the guy did not seem to really know what he was doing ( I have encountered this before and that guy got me to reconfigure the POP to something which would never ever work, so I was told by the next techie I got on to ) so I was dubious to say the least, but after re entering the TCP stuff( it had all changed) all was well. I really wish that instead of knowing how to build a dB and set parameters and design reports, I had the tech know how so I could do this stuff my self instead of calling Tech Support ...It would be much easier.
Monday, January 23, 2006
Books, Holidays and Boiling hot days
Yes. I have been remiss, I have deja vu now cause I am sure I have said it before..Oh well I might be a tad stir crazy. As I said before 2IC has had the car as I don't really need it ..So we are at home doing stuff. Allowing for the kid across the way who is being "babysat" by her two older sisters, being HERE for 6-8 hours a day...Its just me and mine.
I have now read in addition to the other books I listed, "Are you afraid of the dark" Sidney Sheldon, "The Broker" John Grimshaw, and now I am sharing the experience of "The Chronicles Of Narnia" C.S Lewis with Miss 8, I read it and when I am not reading it she reads it..She is a bit upset that I am so far ahead. I did not realise that "The Magicians Nephew" was written as a preclude after he wrote L,W & W. Hopefully I can finish it before the end of the holidays. Reading it as a child was fun, re reading it now is pure escapism!!!!
We have not been doing a lot as there have been some exceedingly hot days..Usually on week ends when 2IC is home and we could do something all together. But a few solutions to those with kids and without the benefit (?) of cable, car or unlimited cash.
Bigpond Movies
They have a ONE MONTH FREE trial and you have 3 DVDs at a time and choose from the website and just mail than back after you finish with them ( the Sunday HUN had a 2 month freebie trial a week ago the address for that freebie is www. bigpondmovies.com/heraldsun.htm with the access code being herald622 this offer ends Feb 28.
it'll get you through the hot days and costs ZERO because you will cancel it BEFORE the expiration date of the freebie offer!!!!!!They are mailed to you and come with a reply paid DVD envelope and you can even go on line and list it as returned so you can list more favs...List a few more than 3 ( like 30) because as soon as your choices become available,they are sent and as soon as the returns are received/logged as returned, they send the next available on your list.
New Idea magazine had a discount voucher for $16 off the entry price to Melbourne Aquarium
MA is a pretty expensive place anyway sort of a once every few years deal, so a $16 saving voucher helps ( I found out from my pal, Jen, after we had left for the dusk to dark opening of the MA LOL)
Let them eat cake, or biscuits or Smoothies ,this site not only has some easy for kids recipes but helps maths and science into the bargain .
I found it quite by accident when searching for kids recipes and it has the best of both worlds.
So there you are some stuff to do over the summer holidays, what's left of them.
On another note, I had to laugh at this.
Given the Midsumma Festival is about gay pride and such I have to wonder if the dealership in question really knew the artist was also showing his work a the festival or if the "art" really is inappropriate. I also applaud the decision of the firefighters of Melbourne who will join the Victorian Police in the "Gay Pride" march, and to think it was Christine Nixon (Vic Police commissioner) who joined her fellow members as a sign of support and respect which started it off...........It only takes one drop to be called rain and many to become a storm.
I have now read in addition to the other books I listed, "Are you afraid of the dark" Sidney Sheldon, "The Broker" John Grimshaw, and now I am sharing the experience of "The Chronicles Of Narnia" C.S Lewis with Miss 8, I read it and when I am not reading it she reads it..She is a bit upset that I am so far ahead. I did not realise that "The Magicians Nephew" was written as a preclude after he wrote L,W & W. Hopefully I can finish it before the end of the holidays. Reading it as a child was fun, re reading it now is pure escapism!!!!
We have not been doing a lot as there have been some exceedingly hot days..Usually on week ends when 2IC is home and we could do something all together. But a few solutions to those with kids and without the benefit (?) of cable, car or unlimited cash.
Bigpond Movies
They have a ONE MONTH FREE trial and you have 3 DVDs at a time and choose from the website and just mail than back after you finish with them ( the Sunday HUN had a 2 month freebie trial a week ago the address for that freebie is www. bigpondmovies.com/heraldsun.htm with the access code being herald622 this offer ends Feb 28.
it'll get you through the hot days and costs ZERO because you will cancel it BEFORE the expiration date of the freebie offer!!!!!!They are mailed to you and come with a reply paid DVD envelope and you can even go on line and list it as returned so you can list more favs...List a few more than 3 ( like 30) because as soon as your choices become available,they are sent and as soon as the returns are received/logged as returned, they send the next available on your list.
New Idea magazine had a discount voucher for $16 off the entry price to Melbourne Aquarium
MA is a pretty expensive place anyway sort of a once every few years deal, so a $16 saving voucher helps ( I found out from my pal, Jen, after we had left for the dusk to dark opening of the MA LOL)
Let them eat cake, or biscuits or Smoothies ,this site not only has some easy for kids recipes but helps maths and science into the bargain .
I found it quite by accident when searching for kids recipes and it has the best of both worlds.
So there you are some stuff to do over the summer holidays, what's left of them.
On another note, I had to laugh at this.
Given the Midsumma Festival is about gay pride and such I have to wonder if the dealership in question really knew the artist was also showing his work a the festival or if the "art" really is inappropriate. I also applaud the decision of the firefighters of Melbourne who will join the Victorian Police in the "Gay Pride" march, and to think it was Christine Nixon (Vic Police commissioner) who joined her fellow members as a sign of support and respect which started it off...........It only takes one drop to be called rain and many to become a storm.
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