tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4017286.post113627553293287545..comments2023-07-21T18:52:54.494+10:00Comments on dataphage:blog: Happy New Year!Tom Cardinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00241993060644607353noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4017286.post-1136853249628257652006-01-10T11:34:00.000+11:002006-01-10T11:34:00.000+11:00My New Years day, spent with a gay couple, involve...My New Years day, spent with a gay couple, involved sitting round the ruins of our English Breakfasts, watching Mary Poppins, Wallace & Gromit and not removing our pyjamas...NYD would be the finest day in the history of relaxing, were it not for the remorse and hindsight of the functioning alchoholic.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13441809988487585009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4017286.post-1136499723622392862006-01-06T09:22:00.000+11:002006-01-06T09:22:00.000+11:00Ah yes, the 'Snowy Mountains', quite close to Sydn...Ah yes, the 'Snowy Mountains', quite close to Sydney really, a piddling little 6 hour drive away.<BR/><BR/>And yes they don't quite live up to their moniker at this time of year. They get about 3 months snow at most.dataphagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11507733077072722957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4017286.post-1136456392266068412006-01-05T21:19:00.000+11:002006-01-05T21:19:00.000+11:00What's the name of those mountains you've got roun...What's the name of those mountains you've got round there? Er - oh yes, I know, the SNOWY Mountains. Maybe they'll have some, or are they snowy like the Danube is blue?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13441809988487585009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4017286.post-1136440857445242392006-01-05T17:00:00.000+11:002006-01-05T17:00:00.000+11:00And where exactly would you suggest I get snow fro...And where exactly would you suggest I get snow from being a) in Australia in the middle of summer, b) at sea level, and c)the laziest person I've ever met?!dataphagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11507733077072722957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4017286.post-1136376756884275492006-01-04T23:12:00.000+11:002006-01-04T23:12:00.000+11:00Poor devil. I, by contrast, was extracting the car...Poor devil. I, by contrast, was extracting the car from beneath almost a metre of snow - and then digging a path for it from its off-road parking place/igloo to the nearest road. And, let me tell you, snow is actually bloody heavy when you have to move that much of it. But doing it cures hangovers pretty fast, I find. So forget your rotten sunshine; go dig some snow!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13441809988487585009noreply@blogger.com