When the temperature drops to single digits, boy oh boy am I glad of being able to drive to work again. Yes the in car entertainment system may just be the pride of 2005 when the rest of the wagon came out and have as many options as a true or false question, but it works. Even better, the heater works too. Because I know it's only a matter of time before I start to find White Walkers sunning themselves on my bonnet at 5am when I crawl up my own driveway.
OF COURSE IT COULD BE WORSE
It could be circa 2011, I could still be living in Golden Square a suburb of Bendigo and I could still be riding around in my Mazda Rx7. Back then if I foolishly parked on my front lawn at this time of year, well there went the door seals. They'd be frozen quicker than my kids do when I reveal I'm cooking something they've never tried before. And because it was a two door coupe, the only way to get in when an icy blast came through was to pop the hatch and unceremoniously fall over and into the front seat.
Then came the warm up that rotary's need and at that time of morning...well that's another story.
STILL EL SOLO
And the show is going okay. Nowhere near the usual amount of laughs obviously (I try not to laugh at my own jokes, that's up to the audience) but people are lining up for a game of Border Monopoly. Even with me writing the questions, the Free Money Minute hasn't spontaneously combusted randomly. And aside from the occasional wrong button push or mangled word (usually not enough coffee there) no alarms have been raised.
Still looking forward to Lu returning though.
THAT'S A LONG FLIGHT!
When it comes to in depth news, James from the national newsroom is our main man. Give him an opening and he'll delivery all you need to know, the nitty gritty in the clearest and concisest way possible. He's the unstoppable pizza delivery guy, if they stopped delivering pizza and got into world news instead for some strange reason.
Today we delved into the reserve bank sitting down to work out whether to raise the official cash rate or not (at the time of writing, 2pm, we haven't heard anything yet) and how the US has pledged 33 billion dollars support to the Ukraine.
The most amusing story however was Qantas revealing that coming up in 2025, you'll be able to fly directly from Sydney to London, non stop. Although both James and I agree on the fact that we're not really keen on it.
That's 20 straight hours strapped in a chair, surrounded by a bunch of people coughing, wheezing, farting and if under the age of 3, more than likely screaming the entire way. The food is rubbish, the staff don't care how uncomfortable you are and unless you're loaded up on sedatives, that's a really stiff trip either way.
God it almost makes taking a cruise ship appealing!
No wait, Covid's still lurking about so maybe not..
Bring on hump day!
-Almigo
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