Big Rich

Bundu ... our little blue car

Happy Happy

It was my birthday on Monday and for once I wasn't in some small mining town (Mt Isa last year), on Marion Island (a fairly nice place to celebrate the passing years) or on an ocean tossed ship (I once had a birthday on the SA Aughulas with 35-40° rolls). This year it was nice and quiet. I woke up late, had a relaxing breakfast, opened my cards, read my birthday emails (there was a smile-inducing flood of those - thanks), had afternoon tea overlooking the beach and finished it all off with a Kate speciality salmon dinner and two bottles of finest grape extract. Altogether a swell day ... thanks SP.

My pressie from Kate was a slim iPod Nano - very sexy (both - for those who ask). I am busy learning how it works and converting my .wma files to something Apple likes ... oooo ... hang on ... I need to shovel another bucket of coal into my machine (upgrade is long overdue!!!!).

Forgotten messages ... carrier pigeons would be a better option!

I must apologise to all my readers who have posted comments over the last couple of months. I thought the Typepad 'service provider' were sending me email notifications whenever one of my loyal readers posted a comment. Well Typepad sent me one today and I thought WAHOOOOOO some fan (e)mail at last ... only to find that there were about 10 other comments waiting for approval. Some of them were from 2 months ago! Sorry - but it really wasn't my fault - I thought I was being ignored - honest.

I have a dedication to make up for any negative comments I might have muttered under my breath behind my computer screen. I would like to dedicate this picture of the world's biggest cornish pastie (get over it Aussies - it is a CORNISH PASTY ... not a paaaaaastie) to all my readers.