"Castle Hill" This is where the suprise is hidden Brispaul
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History in the Movies columns
4 years ago
Wednesday, September 29, 2004
Saturday, September 25, 2004
Thursday, September 23, 2004
Wednesday, September 22, 2004
Friday, September 17, 2004
Thursday, September 16, 2004
Tuesday, September 14, 2004
King of the Hill!
I wonder if anyone will ever beat Ken on Jeapordy?? I heard he either got beat or quit as of Tues. but here he is again tonight. His brain power is unbelievable. Since it is a game show that relies on a contestants recall capacity and wide base of knowledge then he is a sure fit! He is close to a million and a half in dollars so maybe he doesn't want to be greedy! For those of you that can't receive this show there are several feelings as to this young man and his extreme success on this game show. I turn in just to see how far he can go and some others think it is getting boring looking at him each night. I imagine it is hard for the show to find people willing to stand up there aganist him. How ever he ends up, who ever beats him if they do, will be much scarier than him. Can't imagine anyone topping him. Go Ken!!! Have a good evening!
Monday, September 13, 2004
Sunday, September 12, 2004
Our ancestors
A cartoon in last weeks Sunday newspaper, shows a woman typing on a computer and talking to a man seated next to her. She says "Our ancestors were hunter-gatherers, but we've evolved into browser-purchasers."
Thursday, September 09, 2004
Fall is falling
I can smell it in the air and feel it in my bones. Our lovely summer is winding down. Rain is lightly falling outside and I can smell the smoke from neighbors fireplaces. I hate to see the summer end with a few more motor home trips and some kayaking left to do. I saw some friends pulling their kayaks down my street this morning while walking my dogs. I wanted to jump in and go with them.
Jim helped round up and ship out the baby Salmon from the pond he helps maintain in the summer. Hope they return in three years fat and sassy and ready to bite the bait!
All of this will give us good memories to remember as the winter swallows us up with the wind and rain we are so familiar with here on the Oregon Coast. Thank God for good books and satalite TV!!! Teddy
Jim helped round up and ship out the baby Salmon from the pond he helps maintain in the summer. Hope they return in three years fat and sassy and ready to bite the bait!
All of this will give us good memories to remember as the winter swallows us up with the wind and rain we are so familiar with here on the Oregon Coast. Thank God for good books and satalite TV!!! Teddy
Wednesday, September 08, 2004
Our Sacariest Trip
As some of you know, Mother and I have traveled to almost ever country in the World. We have gone to one or more countries every year for almost thirty years from 1971 to 2001.
On one particular trip in October 1978, Mother and I went on a guided trip to Indonesia and the Orient. We started out in Oska, Japan, next was Taipei Taiwan R.O.C., then Singapore Malaysia, after that we went to Jakarta, Java where we boarded a Cruise Ship for a cruise to Bali and Bangkok, Thailand. We disembarked in Bangkok, where we spent 3 days before flying home.
Our scariest day in all the years we have traveled, happen in Jakarta.
We had gotten off the airplane from Singapore, and where going through customs, when we discovered that we didn’t have our Health certificates. They promptly pulled us into small room and asked us (in broken English) where our Health certificates where. We told them that we had apparently left them in the writing desk at home. They gave each of us a yellow card that said If you get sick in Indonesia, show these cards to a Doctor. I concluded that we would be Quarantine. After that we where released and collected our baggage.
Now comes the scariest part. We had no sooner collected our bags, than mother left me to guard the bags, while she had some money exchanged into Indonesian Rupee. I was standing by the bags, when an older Javanese man approached me and asked if we had a hotel room in Jakarta. I said no, that we where going to catch a cruise ship. He said “Oh yes the Princendam I know where that is”. We where expecting a Holland America Representative to meet us at the airport to take us to the ship. So when Mom returned with the money, I told her that this man was from Holland America, and he would take us to the ship.
So he hailed what we thought was a cab. It looked like an old pale blue Fifty style Ford Consort and had writing on the doors. We piled in, with him in the front with the driver. They drove down the parking lot, and picked up another man who got into the front seat with them.
It was terrible hot out and we where on a road that seemed to go on forever. The older Javanese man started telling us about having his bike stolen a week before and how corrupt the Jakarten Police where. Mother and I started wondering what he was getting at, and realizing, That we just might be robbed and killed.
Finally, we arrived at the port, the driver and the other guy got out of the car. The older Javanese man turned around and said; “Now you pay us Fifty American dollars”. We informed him that we didn’t have the Fifty American Dollars handy. He said “What you rich Americans, come all the way to Jakarta, and you don’t have Fifty American Dollars”. We explained that we had some American Dollars, travelers Checks and some Indonesian Rupee. He took what we gave him, and the driver came back and drove us around the Warehouse where the MS Princendam was waiting, and unceremoniously threw our bags on the dock and left.
We hurried aboard the ship and found the Purchaser and told him what happened. He apologized and said we where too early, but let us go to the lounge and unwind.
On our way back from Bali, we stopped to let people off the ship in Jakarta. I was on the Promenade Deck, when I swear I saw that same car drive down the pier. I thought to myself, who did they get this time?.
BTW, We had to take our shots all over again on the ship, they issued us new Health cards.
On one particular trip in October 1978, Mother and I went on a guided trip to Indonesia and the Orient. We started out in Oska, Japan, next was Taipei Taiwan R.O.C., then Singapore Malaysia, after that we went to Jakarta, Java where we boarded a Cruise Ship for a cruise to Bali and Bangkok, Thailand. We disembarked in Bangkok, where we spent 3 days before flying home.
Our scariest day in all the years we have traveled, happen in Jakarta.
We had gotten off the airplane from Singapore, and where going through customs, when we discovered that we didn’t have our Health certificates. They promptly pulled us into small room and asked us (in broken English) where our Health certificates where. We told them that we had apparently left them in the writing desk at home. They gave each of us a yellow card that said If you get sick in Indonesia, show these cards to a Doctor. I concluded that we would be Quarantine. After that we where released and collected our baggage.
Now comes the scariest part. We had no sooner collected our bags, than mother left me to guard the bags, while she had some money exchanged into Indonesian Rupee. I was standing by the bags, when an older Javanese man approached me and asked if we had a hotel room in Jakarta. I said no, that we where going to catch a cruise ship. He said “Oh yes the Princendam I know where that is”. We where expecting a Holland America Representative to meet us at the airport to take us to the ship. So when Mom returned with the money, I told her that this man was from Holland America, and he would take us to the ship.
So he hailed what we thought was a cab. It looked like an old pale blue Fifty style Ford Consort and had writing on the doors. We piled in, with him in the front with the driver. They drove down the parking lot, and picked up another man who got into the front seat with them.
It was terrible hot out and we where on a road that seemed to go on forever. The older Javanese man started telling us about having his bike stolen a week before and how corrupt the Jakarten Police where. Mother and I started wondering what he was getting at, and realizing, That we just might be robbed and killed.
Finally, we arrived at the port, the driver and the other guy got out of the car. The older Javanese man turned around and said; “Now you pay us Fifty American dollars”. We informed him that we didn’t have the Fifty American Dollars handy. He said “What you rich Americans, come all the way to Jakarta, and you don’t have Fifty American Dollars”. We explained that we had some American Dollars, travelers Checks and some Indonesian Rupee. He took what we gave him, and the driver came back and drove us around the Warehouse where the MS Princendam was waiting, and unceremoniously threw our bags on the dock and left.
We hurried aboard the ship and found the Purchaser and told him what happened. He apologized and said we where too early, but let us go to the lounge and unwind.
On our way back from Bali, we stopped to let people off the ship in Jakarta. I was on the Promenade Deck, when I swear I saw that same car drive down the pier. I thought to myself, who did they get this time?.
BTW, We had to take our shots all over again on the ship, they issued us new Health cards.
"AUSTRALIAN ICON" When you wander out to the dunny in the paddock,beware of your fellow dunny dwellers. Atrodectus hasselti, the red-backed spider,is a notorious dunnyphile.He is proberly after all those"dunny budgies"("flies" in other less linguistically well-developed countries) that whirr and buzz in the australian heat.Keep the good old Aussie salute going.
Put here by\" JOHNNO\"
Tuesday, September 07, 2004
Monday, September 06, 2004
"OH What a Weekend"
Well,
What started as a normal weekend,Had me run off my feet.Got home from work at 5.00pm friday.Then opened the bar at 6.00,to be confronted by our town drunk ...No not me,!!!! but "Beercan". Turns out he has had the name for years.Shocked us all when he told us he was 53 years old.We all thought more like 73.Makes you want to become a teetotolar.
Anyhow, I kicked them all out at 11.30 and started heading off home,And guess who should be lying in the middle of the road ??but yes "Beercan".
We loaded him up in the ute and drove him home,much to the discust of my 11 year old.Well at this stage it was neally midnite and time for bed as I work at 7.30am Saturdays.
Phone Rings,Security on the other end,I have mulitple alarms going off at the shop,I really need this.So off to work with a pillow and blanket expecting broken glass ect!! ect!! To my suprise we had only had a blackout and the backup battery was not charging so that is why alarm went off.
Now wide awake so it is time to catch up on computer work and drink coffee.By 2.30 I decide to call it a nite and get some rest.
At 6.00am a truck pulls up out the front with a fridge van on the back,he is an interstater friend of mine carting bananas from North Queensland to the Brisbane Markets.After the usual words of "Did you wet the bed or something".
I really hate that sentence...sooooo original!!! He proceeds to tell me that his fridge used to cool a whole trailer load of bananas and fish"coral trout" has broken down and do I know of any fridge electricians.Now this "IS" Saturday morning in Townsville and I tell him he will be very lucky to find anyone open.
About 9.00am I finally find him a repair person and send him on his way so I can serve some customers.By home time at midday I am getting tired.Shopping to do on way home and pick up father in law from pub,he loves a bet on the horses.By the time we get home there are some friends at our place for an afternoon drink.Their goes my nap.
They finally leave at 7.00pm and we then get a phone call inviting us to neighbours house at other end of beach.Great!!!! Not happy Jan!! Anyhow these friends have a nice wine cellar and home brew kit with bar and pool table so how can a person resist that.My wife Cathy lasts till about 2.00am and goes home and leaves me there.I left about 4.30am and headed off home,no keys so am sort of locked out of the house and fall asleep on varandah as I dont want to wake everyone.Father in law wakes me at 7.00am and lets me in.Off to bed>
Kids come in and wake me at midday as it is Fathers day and we are booked in for lunch at local Bistro in town.Cannot find new camera that I took to neighbours so must have left it there.Will drop in later and pick it up.So we all head off to the bistro and do the lunch thing and arrive back home about 3.00pm.
I will be back shortly dear!! just going to pick up my camera.Now you have to realise,my camera is my right arm and I had obout 150 pickys in the memory card.
I arrive at friends place,say all the giddays and what a great nite it was etc!! I must go now ,where did I leave camera?? You took your camera home they tell me!! Now this is when I start to feel really sick,get back into the car and follow where I would have walked home,looking at both sides of the street as I was proberly a little bit tired and emotional at 4.30am.No camera so I go home and tell Cathy I am going for a nap.
She tells me she will go and have a look and put a notice in the shop notice board,we have a lot of rentals and visitors on weekends so I was not confident.We also had a half inch of rain overnite so all is lost.Thirty minutes later my daughter comes in with my right arm.They found it under the fig tree in my back yard.
The greatest fathers day present of all,
Thanks Cathy and kids for a wonderful day
What started as a normal weekend,Had me run off my feet.Got home from work at 5.00pm friday.Then opened the bar at 6.00,to be confronted by our town drunk ...No not me,!!!! but "Beercan". Turns out he has had the name for years.Shocked us all when he told us he was 53 years old.We all thought more like 73.Makes you want to become a teetotolar.
Anyhow, I kicked them all out at 11.30 and started heading off home,And guess who should be lying in the middle of the road ??but yes "Beercan".
We loaded him up in the ute and drove him home,much to the discust of my 11 year old.Well at this stage it was neally midnite and time for bed as I work at 7.30am Saturdays.
Phone Rings,Security on the other end,I have mulitple alarms going off at the shop,I really need this.So off to work with a pillow and blanket expecting broken glass ect!! ect!! To my suprise we had only had a blackout and the backup battery was not charging so that is why alarm went off.
Now wide awake so it is time to catch up on computer work and drink coffee.By 2.30 I decide to call it a nite and get some rest.
At 6.00am a truck pulls up out the front with a fridge van on the back,he is an interstater friend of mine carting bananas from North Queensland to the Brisbane Markets.After the usual words of "Did you wet the bed or something".
I really hate that sentence...sooooo original!!! He proceeds to tell me that his fridge used to cool a whole trailer load of bananas and fish"coral trout" has broken down and do I know of any fridge electricians.Now this "IS" Saturday morning in Townsville and I tell him he will be very lucky to find anyone open.
About 9.00am I finally find him a repair person and send him on his way so I can serve some customers.By home time at midday I am getting tired.Shopping to do on way home and pick up father in law from pub,he loves a bet on the horses.By the time we get home there are some friends at our place for an afternoon drink.Their goes my nap.
They finally leave at 7.00pm and we then get a phone call inviting us to neighbours house at other end of beach.Great!!!! Not happy Jan!! Anyhow these friends have a nice wine cellar and home brew kit with bar and pool table so how can a person resist that.My wife Cathy lasts till about 2.00am and goes home and leaves me there.I left about 4.30am and headed off home,no keys so am sort of locked out of the house and fall asleep on varandah as I dont want to wake everyone.Father in law wakes me at 7.00am and lets me in.Off to bed>
Kids come in and wake me at midday as it is Fathers day and we are booked in for lunch at local Bistro in town.Cannot find new camera that I took to neighbours so must have left it there.Will drop in later and pick it up.So we all head off to the bistro and do the lunch thing and arrive back home about 3.00pm.
I will be back shortly dear!! just going to pick up my camera.Now you have to realise,my camera is my right arm and I had obout 150 pickys in the memory card.
I arrive at friends place,say all the giddays and what a great nite it was etc!! I must go now ,where did I leave camera?? You took your camera home they tell me!! Now this is when I start to feel really sick,get back into the car and follow where I would have walked home,looking at both sides of the street as I was proberly a little bit tired and emotional at 4.30am.No camera so I go home and tell Cathy I am going for a nap.
She tells me she will go and have a look and put a notice in the shop notice board,we have a lot of rentals and visitors on weekends so I was not confident.We also had a half inch of rain overnite so all is lost.Thirty minutes later my daughter comes in with my right arm.They found it under the fig tree in my back yard.
The greatest fathers day present of all,
Thanks Cathy and kids for a wonderful day
Sunday, September 05, 2004
Saturday, September 04, 2004
I know, I know..I've been absent for so long!!! Please let me tell you how much I am missing you!
I've had my cousin and her little boy visiting us from the UK for the past month and their holiday has come to an end tomorrow. I shall be returning them to the safety of their little home in England tomorrow evening.
The best part is..my best mate is going with me and we will be staying on for about a week touring around seeing the sights. She's never been to England, so I will be able to enjoy seeing things thru her eyes.
Imagine what a blissful week it will be, no husbands, no kids (she has four, bless her) no carpools, no football practices, no track meets, no lunches to be made up, no homework to supervise, no dinners to cook, no washing up, no laundry to do, no dogs to the groomers, no cats to the vet's, ......until we get back!!!!
I shall speak to you all when I get back, hopefully with loads of phoons to share (once I master the posting of pictures on the blogsite).
mwah mwah.
I've had my cousin and her little boy visiting us from the UK for the past month and their holiday has come to an end tomorrow. I shall be returning them to the safety of their little home in England tomorrow evening.
The best part is..my best mate is going with me and we will be staying on for about a week touring around seeing the sights. She's never been to England, so I will be able to enjoy seeing things thru her eyes.
Imagine what a blissful week it will be, no husbands, no kids (she has four, bless her) no carpools, no football practices, no track meets, no lunches to be made up, no homework to supervise, no dinners to cook, no washing up, no laundry to do, no dogs to the groomers, no cats to the vet's, ......until we get back!!!!
I shall speak to you all when I get back, hopefully with loads of phoons to share (once I master the posting of pictures on the blogsite).
mwah mwah.
Friday, September 03, 2004
''In deep Thought" Take time to think...it is the source of power. Take time to play...it is the secret of perpetual youth Take time to read..it is the fountain of wisdom. Take time to pray...it is the greatest power on earth. Take time to laugh...it is the music of the soul. Take time to give...it is too short a day to be selfish.
Put here by\" JOHNNO\"
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