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Although the two people of opposite views in the documentary entitled I Can Change Your Mind About Climate on April 26, 2012 on ABC1 reached a similar conclusion in a way, they certainly did not change my mind either way about anything let alone climate change. The documentary and Q&A afterwards were actually quite typical [...]
It seemed like it might have been a good idea at the time to have a debate between Cardinal George Pell and Professor Richard Dawkins on ‘Q&A’ on the ABC. However, after watching it on Monday night (April 9, 2012) it only really pointed out the major flaw in this format of show: it is [...]
I read in the newspaper about a week ago that 100,000 people were expected in the Rundle Mall Adelaide Easter shopping extravaganza on Easter Sunday and today. Then just a few days ago that same newspaper tried to have us believe that one sixth of the metropolitan area’s population would be there (225,000 they said). [...]
There are schools in larger cities with a few thousand students at each campus. Here in little old Adelaide you can cram up to about 1400 students into the new Gepps Cross “super school”, for example, but in reality there would not be much more than around 1300 at a time. The public-private partnership (PPP) [...]
Those that went to Oakbank today should hang their head in shame, animal rights activists would say, after yet another horse had to be put down in a barbaric steeplechase race.
After months upgrading the Mawson Lakes to City train tracks and then something like almost seven months upgrading the train line from Mawson Lakes to Gawler, it is all finally over on Saturday March 31st when people can catch a train in the northern suburbs again. Of course, the weekend will be used to iron [...]
There has been a group of articles in the last 24 hours around the world spreading hysteria about employers asking current and potential employers for the password to their Facebook. I have just a few comments to make about the topic.
So according to an insurance company, using those suckers in the media for some free advertising disguised as “news”, small cars driven by females are the big cause of road rage. Do you believe that nonsense?
Apparently, posters of the Clipsal 500 Adelaide 2012 grid girls were in very limited supply at the race track over the weekend. So if you would like to see a few nice grid girl faces again then here are a few photos. If you have any and can upload them to the forum then please [...]
With the fighter jet in the background flying over the Adelaide 500 race track in the late morning, and very few people noticing it from Bonython Park where you could see it, Soundwave 2012 cranked up the volume and put on a great show. Here are some observations from yesterday’s Soundwave Festival Adelaide. You can [...]
This is part one of a few posts offering tips on where to find last minute accommodation in Adelaide hotels and motels. This post covers the south eastern side of the CBD. I will mention some places (and they have not paid me for the mention, by the way) that you can usually find a [...]
There has been some television (“60 Minutes”) and various internet news stories in recent months that has shown that three large Japanese banks have set up offices here ahead of the regulatory approval for them to operate in Australia. This could pave the way for banks from other countries to enter our market, like a [...]
Several years ago, the Parade Central shopping centre got greedy and introduced parking fees. People stopped using that car park and just parked across the road and in side streets instead. Something similar will happen to the Westfield Marion shopping centre later this year or early next year. They are going to introduce parking fees [...]
Here is a guide to travelling by tram in Adelaide. Tourists might find this helpful because if you do not look at various government web sites you will not know about some of this, and of course some of this you will not find out about anywhere unless you have experienced it yourself. I also [...]
How did you celebrate Australia Day in Adelaide for 2012? Post a comment below if you like? Here are some of my observations from my travels during the day.
Did you go to see the Down Under Classic today? If so, what did you think of it all? Here are a few of my observations and some commentary seen in online sources.
How do you spot the typical Adelaide “trailer trash” type of person, short of going to Salisbury and north of there? Here are some hints. These are just jokes about Adelaide but you will see these types of people in your neighbourhood regardless.
There was a story in the newspaper on the weekend that suggested that some people at the RAA seem to think that removing on-street parking in most streets in the CBD would be a fabulous idea to reduced traffic congestion. I think the idea is nothing more than advertising for the RAA disguised as news [...]
So you are riding in the train when it pulls up at the Adelaide Railway Station and the Rundle Mall preachers hop on board. They begin preaching that women are all sinners and so are homosexuals. What would your reaction be?
Another Stereosonic electronic dance music festival is over and done with in Adelaide until next year. Here is a brief look and criticisms of some of the basics and then you can post your thoughts if you went there.
This whole Occupy Everything movement was always destined to fail. The reason is that none of these people are in the one per cent that controls all of the resources in this world. The ninety nine per cent of disgruntled citizens will never be taken seriously by the one percent they take issue with as [...]
Cold Chisel performed to a packed Entertainment Centre crowd on Tuesday night. They belted out many of their popular songs to a thrilled audience who sung along to much of it.
There was a lot of negativity this week in the social media about Kyle and Jackie O’s “Night with the Stars”. These two are known ratings killers after they hosted “Big Brother” together and Jackie O has had an unfortunate reputation in the same way on her own for years. Everything went from bad to [...]
Some tourism operators will tell you to avoid Victor Harbour during Schoolies week each November because of the past bad experiences the town has seen. Some locals will tell you the same with the reasons these days being that the kids leave quite a lot of mess behind and the police see it as a [...]
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There have been some interesting stories floating around in the media lately that are related to serious crimes. What they show is that the government is not taking the matters anywhere near seriously enough. Here are a few examples plus a controversial idea I heard about for what to do with these criminals. See what [...]
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Although hotels have offered a few cheap drinks to female patrons as a marketing tool for years, among other inducements, several city hotels are taking advantage of the study year coming to an end and are offering a few freebies to get people in the door. The Sunday Mail has made a big deal out [...]
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They came, they went, they left behind a huge amount of litter but tens of thousands of people went to see the Adelaide Christmas Pageant for 2011 today.
I visited the Burnside Village Shopping Centre in Glenside this week (no, it is not actually in Burnside) and it is nice to see that very little has changed, except that there are more empty shops and more car parking. But it is the same old amusing experience it has always been.
A new verse of the Australian National Anthem for critics of Australia is now available. This is for those that are embarrassed by the state of the economy, politics and other factors they do not like about Australia currently.
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All too often Australians bemoan the fact that consumer products are at their lowest point in quality and are overpriced. Is it well and truly time for Australian manufacturers to pursue quality like they did 30 years ago instead of churning out a large quantity of humiliating rubbish like they currently do?
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