The adventures of Almigo

In no particular order I love the occasional small punt (aka wager), bargain and food. So when rummaging around some garage sales recently and stumbling across a dusty bread maker with a measly $5 price tag on it, you could just imagine how happy I was to tick all of that like a ready to go Trifecta... Sadly the original pic seems to have been lost to the sands of internet time but it looked roughly like this one.

When unwrapping the gifts under the Xmas tree this year, rejoice if you score any of the following: Socks Jocks Lottery tickets Sand Coal Nothing Huzah! Because it means that even though the gift giver has put as much thought into Christmas as their last trip to the toilet, it's still light years ahead of the duller than dull dishwater gift I saw yesterday for sale at a Supermarket near you...it is....wait for it....

Behold - today in an incredible display of humanitarianism, I am sharing my guide to picking a Melbourne Cup Winner! With this in depth guide and with the Almigo patented process of elimination, we're going to find a Melbourne Cup Winner!* They're bowled over with my predictions! *Results may vary and will probably not include an actual winner. You have been warned.

I first found out about Gumtree after hearing a radio report about it being an online haven for thieves to unload stolen goods. And then I saw an ad on the box that had a surprising lack of both thieves and stolen goods and so I considered my interest awakened and downloaded the app to explore further. A strange way to discover things sure but so far it's been working in my favor. Thieves and scammers used to love Seadoo's for some reason.. And while I haven't purchased anything as yet from the huge Aussie online market that is Gumtree I can admit that the bank accounts of senor Almigo have become a little fatter and a little healthy from using the site to flog things off and make room in my mansion. Personally, I'm enjoying Gumtree a lot more and more with each transaction and there's a few very convincing reasons why this site is growing while people quietly slink away from eBay...

So you've seen the car of your dreams and scratched together enough coin to make it yours. Only it's not available locally - so what's a car fan to do? Get it imported in of course! Want! ...Unless you leave in China in which case it's actually less painful to shoot yourself in the testicles with a staple gun as this unfortunate car fantatic found out the hard way...

Nothing complicated about this post - it's this: Hello! ...put into these: Driiiiiift! Read on!

Back in the early 90's when consoles were really taking shape and the sales war between Sega and Nintendo was in it's early stages, there was a flashy system sitting in the corner quietly beaming about how awesome it was. Namely thus: And it was awesome, with graphics as slick as slick could be back in the day coupled with fighting games a lot of current contenders still steal from. The only thing was, the Neo Geo was just like the Bugatti Veyron: sleek as all hell, completely ahead of all the competition, sharp as a fresh razor but completely out of reach for anyone who wasn't on a doctor or a lawyers wage. And while it was terrific to look at, I never met anyone who actually sold their house to buy one... Thankfully team Neo Geo has returned for another crack...