I read the following the other day:
carter69 #debate08- Drop Mccain in Iraq, Obama in Afgan both with guns. First to catch Bin Laden gets to be President. less than a minute ago
via way of "Girl on the Right"
and thought it was a novel approach to election campaigns.
Just wondering what we could do for Australian elections ... drop the contenders on Bondi Beach and award the election to those who rescue the most swimmers? Or maybe send them to the Northern Territory to catch crocodiles?
Friday, October 10, 2008
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Gun Stuff
I recently bought a Dillon Square Deal so I can reload my own 9mm rounds.
The press sort of worked but I have always had problems with primers feeding and seating, now I've only reloaded a couple of hundred rounds and this is my first experience with reloading so I assumed it was a problem with me rather than the press.
When my hubby and I sat down to do some reloading on Monday night we decided to take the primer feed assembly apart to check it and we discovered that the little plastic feed thingy (technical term) was split. Fortunately Dillion provide a replacement with the press so we put that it and it worked perfectly for the 150 rounds we did that night (phew!)
I contacted Dillon via email yesterday afternoon asking how I can source replacements in case it happens again. I recevied a reply this morning asking for my address as they're happy to send me some free of charge - which I think is pretty impressive!
Thanks Dillon!
The press sort of worked but I have always had problems with primers feeding and seating, now I've only reloaded a couple of hundred rounds and this is my first experience with reloading so I assumed it was a problem with me rather than the press.
When my hubby and I sat down to do some reloading on Monday night we decided to take the primer feed assembly apart to check it and we discovered that the little plastic feed thingy (technical term) was split. Fortunately Dillion provide a replacement with the press so we put that it and it worked perfectly for the 150 rounds we did that night (phew!)
I contacted Dillon via email yesterday afternoon asking how I can source replacements in case it happens again. I recevied a reply this morning asking for my address as they're happy to send me some free of charge - which I think is pretty impressive!
Thanks Dillon!
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
From the Weird & Wacky Internet
Hopefully this will be a regular segment where I can bring together funny, interesting and entertaining snippets from the weird and wacky internet world:
Today's offerings:
- Geek Wedding Rings .... check out Artful Articulations
Today's offerings:
- Geek Wedding Rings .... check out Artful Articulations
Generation Debt
I don't normally watch "60 Minutes", but due to various circumstances I saw the episode last Sunday on "Generation Debt" ... (full transcript at http://sixtyminutes.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=640543).
Basically it was a report on the Gen Yers (those aged between 18 & 28) who between them hold $60BILLION dollars worth of debt in AUSTRALIA ... now, i'm not sure how many Gen Yers there are, but we've only got a total population of 20mill or so, so i'm thinking there can't be THAT many of them.
I know some of the debt is HECS (higher education costs) and i am a bit annoyed that the program didn't differentiate between how much of the $60Billion is HECS and how much is "other" debt. Even so I was totally astounded at the "it's the price I pay for happiness" type attitude that came through the whole report.
Peter Overton was the reporter and I thought he did a pretty good job except I would have liked to punch him for two comments ... both were made in relation to a 21y.o. lass who has a personal debt of $70,000 ... he called her a "poor possum" in one comment - I would have thought "stupid idiot" would have been more applicable and then at the end he said "you can't help but admire her decision to pay back what she owes". Umm, hang on a second ... why should anyone ADMIRE someone for doing what they're responsible for???
One of the interviewees - who annoyed me the most with her attitude - played the "victim" card, e.g. "We're targets. We are targets of the bank because they know we're gullible. They know that anything they say we'll just follow. They're the leader and we're just the little people walking behind them, 'give me the money.'"
Her attitude doesn't come across in the transcript as much as it did in the video - where she says ... "it's my debt I'll deal with it and if I can't afford it then I will just... go bankrupt" .. the "go bankrupt" bit was said with a off-handed laugh ... as if it is a joke ...
All in all I thought the whole report highlighted a very scary situation and as a mum of two young girls I'm now asking myself how I can avoid my girls growing up with similar attitudes. I use my credit card a lot, and my girls know this, what they probably don't know is that I pay it off in full each month. For me, a credit card isn't "free, easy money" it's a convenient way of avoiding carrying cash.
Basically it was a report on the Gen Yers (those aged between 18 & 28) who between them hold $60BILLION dollars worth of debt in AUSTRALIA ... now, i'm not sure how many Gen Yers there are, but we've only got a total population of 20mill or so, so i'm thinking there can't be THAT many of them.
I know some of the debt is HECS (higher education costs) and i am a bit annoyed that the program didn't differentiate between how much of the $60Billion is HECS and how much is "other" debt. Even so I was totally astounded at the "it's the price I pay for happiness" type attitude that came through the whole report.
Peter Overton was the reporter and I thought he did a pretty good job except I would have liked to punch him for two comments ... both were made in relation to a 21y.o. lass who has a personal debt of $70,000 ... he called her a "poor possum" in one comment - I would have thought "stupid idiot" would have been more applicable and then at the end he said "you can't help but admire her decision to pay back what she owes". Umm, hang on a second ... why should anyone ADMIRE someone for doing what they're responsible for???
One of the interviewees - who annoyed me the most with her attitude - played the "victim" card, e.g. "We're targets. We are targets of the bank because they know we're gullible. They know that anything they say we'll just follow. They're the leader and we're just the little people walking behind them, 'give me the money.'"
Her attitude doesn't come across in the transcript as much as it did in the video - where she says ... "it's my debt I'll deal with it and if I can't afford it then I will just... go bankrupt" .. the "go bankrupt" bit was said with a off-handed laugh ... as if it is a joke ...
All in all I thought the whole report highlighted a very scary situation and as a mum of two young girls I'm now asking myself how I can avoid my girls growing up with similar attitudes. I use my credit card a lot, and my girls know this, what they probably don't know is that I pay it off in full each month. For me, a credit card isn't "free, easy money" it's a convenient way of avoiding carrying cash.
Monday, October 6, 2008
Entering the World of Blogging
hi everyone
i've been debating for awhile now as to whether or not to take the plunge and put my thoughts down in this format ... i have been running a blog on a weight loss site for just over a year and a half but now that my focus has moved away from weight loss at the moment i thought that it might be time to venture out into the generic world of blogs.
i read a number of blogs regularly (i'll get around to adding them to a blog roll in the next couple of days) and from reading these blogs i've been exposed to various types of humour, ideas, beliefs and thoughts. I have been entertained, bewildered, shocked, challenged and educated. I hope that anyone reading this blog will also experience some of these things as well.
I have no idea of the focus or direction of this blog at this point in time. I know it will be a place for me to put down some of my ideas, rave about shooting & guns, share some of my ideas of living with kids and probably rave about various social, political and economical factors affecting my life.
Please feel free to leave comments .. look forward to getting to know you ...
i've been debating for awhile now as to whether or not to take the plunge and put my thoughts down in this format ... i have been running a blog on a weight loss site for just over a year and a half but now that my focus has moved away from weight loss at the moment i thought that it might be time to venture out into the generic world of blogs.
i read a number of blogs regularly (i'll get around to adding them to a blog roll in the next couple of days) and from reading these blogs i've been exposed to various types of humour, ideas, beliefs and thoughts. I have been entertained, bewildered, shocked, challenged and educated. I hope that anyone reading this blog will also experience some of these things as well.
I have no idea of the focus or direction of this blog at this point in time. I know it will be a place for me to put down some of my ideas, rave about shooting & guns, share some of my ideas of living with kids and probably rave about various social, political and economical factors affecting my life.
Please feel free to leave comments .. look forward to getting to know you ...
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