Today's lesson with the technology we're using - once an ad break gets rolling, nothing short of a miracle or a power failure is going to stop that break from finishing its epic journey...\
It's operator error really and yeah, I'm the operator. Normally you tell the computer to stop after a song, talk for as long as you need to then press the button for the system to resume playing where it left off. Only today I forgot to put in that command and as a consequence, the computer powered on with a full head of steam and short of throwing my chair at it (note Engineering is not a fan of people doing this) there's not much you can do but wait and then you talk.
Oh well, can't win them all.
SWAP MEET MANIA
Provided I'm not busy car shopping this weekend (and there's every chance, I do need a new set of wheels and sometime soonish) both my son Jackson and I will be checking out the Jinderra swap meet on Sunday. A couple hundred stalls at least, free entry for the kids and table upon table of various bits and pieces ready to peruse.
This used to be a tradition with my father in law Barry (hi Baz) when we lived in Bendigo - he'd take me for a ride with a list of things he needed to complete various car projects, where I would keep an eye out for anything non car related that I could either use or sell further down the track. The first time I did this I scored a free set of bike racks that you bolt up to your car and sold them for $35, the 2nd time I found a 70's box of Dungeons and Dragons that I bought for five and sold for 50 a few weeks later on eBay.
Yes one of us buys rusty bits, the other looks for a quick flip.
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| Look, I'm good for sunnies, cheers. |
The good news is we chatted to Col one of the organisers on the show who let us know there'd be plenty of odds and ends to fish through come Sunday which suits me just fine. Although I might pass on Lu's suggestion of a wankel - the last time I had one of those it cost me big time!
THE PRICE IS NOT RIGHT
Speaking of costing, today we asked 'aside from petrol, what's something you've seen that's increased in price recently?'. Besides sounding like something Steve Harvey or Grant Denyer would ask on Family Feud, we got some great suggestions on Facebook with everything from meat to rent to even the humble vegetables on offer at the local supermarket.
A shout out to the listener who pointed out the price of Maggi noodles in a cup is on the rise. You must be a noodle aficionado if you've noticed that climbing.
REDEMPTION IS A SLICE OF CAKE
Round 2 of Fight for your Flashback is tomorrow, pitting one song against another for the chance for some air time. We did this for the first time last week and it didn't go well for me but hey, current scores only have me trailing by 1 so it's barely got underway. Tomorrow I hope to redeem myself in the 'races songs challenge' (Because Albury Cup is this Thursday and Friday) with this mighty effort.
After all, how can you go wrong with anything when Cake is involved?
Wish me luck!
-Almigo
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