Friday, January 14, 2011

Back again!

Sorry 'bout closing the blog for awhile there, but with my unerring ability to mistime holidays I have been in Queensland for the last 4 weeks visiting family. During that time it was brought to my attention that a company was rather profitably copyright-trolling blogs and litigating accordingly (see: I'm too poor to sue!) thing was brought to my attention, and in a fit of paranoia I just closed the blog until I could get home and do the necessary, tedious searches of my old posts.

Anyone interested in donating to the Queensland flood relief see here. Or alternatively, if you have a high-pressure hose, a pair of gumboots* and live within driving distance of south-east Queensland, they need YOU. (My family has a rich relationship with hurricanes, cyclones and floods ripping through the house. Its messy, to say the least, the mud is quite unbelievable. And as I discovered at the age of 11, if you dont wear shoes in the aftermath of a flood, its quite possible to do something like punch the broad side of a nail covered in mud through the bottom of your foot. Several weeks of crutches and the scar still twinges in cold weather.)

Oh, and for those not of a technological bent, if your house was flooded and you have a solar electricity system, it IS STILL GENERATING ELECTRICITY even though the mains power is out, and if the inverter has been immersed, there can be arcing. Please be careful, some systems can deliver enough DC volts to be fatal.


* Galoshes or wellingtons, depending on where you live.

3 comments:

  1. wayne Job Broadford VictoriaJanuary 31, 2011 at 2:55 AM

    I wish you all the best for our new year, joy health and happiness. I hope goodness pervades your year and your bitch behaves himself. Post more often dear, even if it's trivial, many visit, but say little, but care.

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  2. wayne Job Broadford VictoriaFebruary 18, 2011 at 4:07 AM

    I hope you are ok princess, your comments are few and far between.
    Wayne

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  3. wayne Job Broadford VictoriaFebruary 19, 2011 at 5:11 AM

    You ok princess it is long between your postings. I look once a week and worry about you. Probably because I'm an old dad.

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