Getting A Little Ahead Of Ourselves Aren't We?

It's October. That time of year again. The time when the shops are filled with Christmas decorations. Gee, we need more holidays to fill the void to delay the onset of Christmas I reckon. Isn't it a little too early? Aren't we getting a little ahead of ourselves?

Speaking of getting ahead of ourselves my watch has a very strange habit. There is a calendar function and date on it. Every now and again, you can count on it happening once a year at least, the watch sets the date forward by one day and one month. It actually occurred a few days ago and September 24th became October 25th. I did set the date as the 25th (of September) on a few items before I thought that something was fishy.

Now, I don't know if the watch is possessed by a timelord or the like but it didn't want to be reset to the correct date. I'd go through the process of changing the date and month and as soon as I put the watch back on the current time it forwarded the date again. It took until the next day before I could set the date and it wouldn't change it of its own volition. And it behaves this way every time this happens. I should take a video and send it to the manufacturer next time.

Creepy, eh?

More Than My Time Is Worth

The last weekend was a bit of a waste. I bought a new lock for the security screen door and a handle for the shovel that was broken. I spent a good few hours pulling the old lock apart cleaning it, trying to make room for the replacement lock which was a bit deeper and all to no avail. This included several trips to the hardware store and back in the interim. It would have been cheaper to have purchased a new screen door if I considered what my time is worth.

And then the shovel handle. This one gained me some sunburn. One would expect that to remove one screw, remove one handle, to insert one handle and to insert one screw would be a piece of cake. Oh, no it wasn't. The screw came out ok but the handle wouldn't budge. I tried to knock it away with an array of tools and finally had to drill most of it out and then split it up using a screwdriver as a chisel. Once the end of the screwdriver came off I had the bit of round bar that I really wanted to drive the old handle out with and it was only a matter of moments before that eventuated. The new handle went in fine and will do a great job. I'm sure I could have bought a new shovel for less than the cost of my time though.

When Is Ten Hours Not Ten Hours?

When is 10 hours not 10 hours? I found that out this morning when I paid for 10 hours parking and the machine only provided me with nine hours and 51 minutes. I had quite clearly paid the correct amount but been diddled. It would have been most interesting had a parking inspector nabbed me within that nine minute period as I feel that I'd have a case in court to defend myself. Or do you have a case when you are the litigant and not the defendant?

Maybe I should look a little more closely when I have to pay for parking that I'd not being short changed.

Weird Stuff Going On In Perth

Not quite sure what is happening in Perth town but there is some weird stuff happening around the place.

Weird Time

Has the Bermuda Triangle paid us a visit and fiddled with the clocks?

Weird Temperature

Blame it on global warming. Everyone else does.

Weird Lemon

This lemon, rather a bitter and twisted little person-looking, is rather too difficult to explain. And I not surprised that nobody from work has taken it home. Would you eat it?

Time Stands Still For No Man



... but sometimes it marks time on the spot.