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Tragedy in Pakistan
I was at work on Friday, when I recieved a phone call from my wife Marion. She had been listening to the local radio station and had just heard that up to 20 Million people had been affected by the floods in Pakistan. We both asked the same question of ourselves, how did we not [...]
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The statement “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.” which is article 1 in of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The declaration was adopted and proclaimed on 10th December 1948 by the general assembly of the United Nations. 62 years ago, 30 Articles were written about the rights of [...]
Oil Addiction
The dictionary meaning of Addiction: Habitual psychological and physiological dependence on a substance or practice beyond one’s voluntary control. Do we have that habitual dependence, both psychological and physiological on oil. YES I am going to run you through a typical morning routine just to demonstrate how dependent we are on oil and the products made from [...]
Master Bedroom Renovations Update
It’s done, the de-construction of the the bedroom is finished, Marion and I have stripped the room completely, dug a trench for the drains ready for the en-suite bathroom. This weekend consisted of moving the piles of concrete from the room to the hired skip. We have the plumber coming in on Monday to lay the [...]
Western Digital WD TV Live
I have always wanted to add a Media Player to my entertainment system. It all started when I bought the Samsung Blu-ray, which enabled me to plug in a USB with a media file to be played via the Blu-ray. Having seen media players before and knowing how they work it was the prompt that was needed [...]
Master Bedroom Renovations
We haven’t renovated for a while, we thought waiting till after after the summer heat had subsided before we started the next job. Mid March a temporary partition wall was installed to stop the dust and crap from moving into the rest of the house. The next job was to strip the room leaving it bare to [...]
Solar Panels have been installed
It has been over a week since our solar panels were installed, 48 100 watt panels in all. The installation used all the available north facing roof space with the remaining panels being installed on the western side of the house. Why did we decide to purchase the solar panels, guess there are lots of [...]
Been How long, since my last Blog entry
How long has it been since the last blog entry, it seems for ever. I guess Christmas has taken a large part of my time so having the time for the blog has been minimal. Apart from being busy at work, finalising clients tax returns before Christmas, we have been so busy at home preparing for Christmas day. We [...]
Bedroom Reno’s #2 Completed
It has been completed, job done, the renovations for bedroom # 2 are finished. Marion and I spent a full weekend sanding, painting, fitting doors, cleaning and getting the room ready. Marion’s son James has moved back into the room. Two rooms down…. the rest of the house to go. While we were working on the bedroom, [...]
Solar Panels, Roof Restorations and More
What a busy day on Thursday at our household. The roof restoration has begun, our roof has had the first stage of the process completed, which was the pressure cleaning. Today (Friday) the guys will come and replace any broken tiles, reset the ridge capping and make it ready for painting on Saturday. Our electricity [...]
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