AN Australian man has been arrested by officers from a taskforce investigating possible widespread abuse following the Jimmy Savile sex scandal. The 82-year-old man from Berkshire in south England was arrested on Thursday in Britain and bailed until May pending further police inquiries. This report in The Australian doesn’t name the man but according to
Kloppers’ demise due to setting standards
News.com seem to think Kloppers’ demise is due to an authourative set of rules that the company issued 2 years ago. Staff at BHP were outraged when the company under Mr Kloppers issued an incredible 11-page missive banning office staff from eating smelly lunches at their desks, sticking post-it notes on their monitors and keyboards
Wet and Windy!
Wind is making the palms dance and the pool overflowed two days ago. Since then we’ve had 235 mm of rain and the winds apparently exceeded a 100 km/hr. At high tide today Brisbane CBD will once again flood although not as badly as in 2011. Telstra stars; Hundreds of thousands in communication blackout as
Stats
What’s with China this month – should I be worried? The stats above indicate about 25,000 Chinese read my ramblings every week. Ni hao you guys – leave a comment so I know your not a machine.
Interesting Mono wheeled bike
Move through the world in a completely different way: RYNO Motors is in the middle of selecting a manufacturing partner for its production bike. As a result our production schedule is looking like late 2012 to be shipping. Target retail price for these bikes will be $4,500 US. Product will first be available in the USA
What happened?
So, its come to this. As a young digger in the sixties I would have had a pinup of Marylin Monroe on my locker door. Now I’m reduced to Iggy Piggy and Upsy Daisy on the side of my bar fridge. Maybe Upsy Daisy does has expressive eyes but seriously, I have no idea what
Fire Fighting resources
I come from the Karri and Jarrah forests of SW WA and bush fires were an integral part of life and death on the farms and town in the small community of Pemberton. For these reasons I am always aware of the dangers; I feel for the victims and the volunteer and professional firefighters. I
Pirates doomed
BRITAIN’S first private navy in almost two centuries is being created by a group of businessmen to take on the Somali pirates who are terrorising an expanse of the Indian Ocean. Simon Murray, Clencore chief, is building the force. Its armed vessels – including a 10,000-ton mother ship and high-speed armoured patrol boats – will
New Theme
I’ve had to change theme due to the old one becoming unworkable. The advent of Word Press 3.5 has brought many problems to the blogging community and a lot of theme coders are yet to catch up. I guess the new year is a good a time as any to change and to prepare for
Hoax calls
Reading this morning’s paper I notice some people were amused at the hoax perpetrated by two 2Day FM talking heads prior to the news of the hoaxed nurses suicide. Making telephone calls that make decent honest folk going about their business look rediculous is funny? I listened to a spokesman for Auststereo describing how devastated
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