Monday 28 December 2015

We're off and not just in the head. Flying from Langkawi to Kuala Lumpur to Coolongatta then driving to Tumbulgum and Brisbane. I hate flying. After 20,000 flight hours over a 37 year career and having experienced airports in the 70s, appreciate how much traveling through one now sucks. The irony is that most of the hassle is window dressing to make sure you know your government is sparing no expense, paid for by you, to keep you safe. The chance of dying at the hands of terrorists with or without the aggravation is infinitesimal. Does that sound cynical? Hmm.

Tuesday 5 January 2016

Australians are a bit upset, at least the ones in Queensland. Pondering earnings vs costs they seem to think it's very difficult to afford all the normal things (e.g. shelter and transportation) and eat too. Piffle. Found a little corner coffee shop to order 2 breakfasts of eggs, bacon, toast and coffee where we got almost $2 back from a fifty so don't really know what they're whining about.

Cleaning out the storage room (rental of which also increased rather impressively) has been going well.. well, pretty well. Common wisdom is that the turtle eventually won that famous race so hope is maintained. Meticulous Jan is, however, becoming more impetuous as the exercise proceeds. A few items have been sold with several more on the block. If even a minor portion of the cost of coming is defrayed this will be considered a success beyond wildest expectations. The rest is going to St. Vincent's or the tip with just Mom's paintings headed to family in Ontario. If you're passing through Brisbane in the next week or so drop by and pick up a treasure or two.

Thursday

By the way, given that our hearts are in Malaysia with Anthem, blog location will remain there and not in Australia. If searching for the corporeal us, we're at that really big island-looking rascal west of New Zealand. Check out an area along the middle east coast. If you have access to an NSA satellite, give us a jingle and we'll wave.

Jack