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I've spent some time there. If you're going this time of year, prepare for rain. It's not the continuous drizzle we have here. Def don't want to be there in Jan/Feb I don't think. I may have a guide book buried in some boxes but it's probably way out of date. You should be able to get a new guide book in Natimuk I imagine but you might want to get one before that. Are you going through Sydney or Melbourne. If you're driving from Sydney through Canberra, there are a couple of good outdoor stores in Canberra where you can get guidebooks.

Do you need to buy new? Go check the flea market section of advrider.com. You might check craigslist as well. Save money and buy farkles.

Don't you think you're misinterpreting his use of the word 'discipline'? If I teach a child 'financial discipline', do you think I'm teaching them how to manage their money in order to be financially secure or do you think I'm beating them with socks full of quarters when they spill their milk?

Motorcycle ride on Sat? Ferrying mother-in-law and wife around on Sunday tour o' the NW?

Yeah, its funny, my mom, who had no trouble with me taking hunter safety training (in my elementary school, no less!) and who is married to a man with a rather hefty gun collection is rather militant about the whole "toy gun" thing. I've seen her verbally dress down toy store owners when I'm occasionally home for Christmas.

I think the message here is clear: Ban kids.

I think my mom would have dragged my sorry ass there by a chain behind the truck, regardless.

http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/listenpop/listen_live.htm

Curse you, JayB. You beat me to it.

Job interview at a renewable energy company.

I'd like to see a Celebrity Death Match event between the Titans of Spray.

Lots of people read Marx and Smith and all sorts of things. It's called erudition. You might try it sometime. Or, you can go back to your Idaho bunker and resume with your book burning. Does Marx not give off the same BTUs as Smith? Too lazy to chop a cord of wood?

That's what I thought. What's with the unholy fascination with the mortgage industry? Is it like when people like to watch stuff get blown up?

Forget mortgage mumbo-jumbo, I'm still trying to figure out what JayB's job is.

not white...pasty white... you mean patsy white certainly NOT james brown

Speaking of hating your job, I have a second interview at 2pm. (actually, it's more like the third interview but I can't really count the nice HR lady who was completely unable to answer most of my questions)

That's probably not the best metric for making a choice about college. "Look, dad, I know it's a tree-hugging hippie college full of drugs, loose women, and you can get a BA in Oppressed Cultures of the World, but they're on the semester system!"

Thanks for the offer, but the Mrs told me to just buy one. Apparently, we have more of a need for one than I thought. Silly husband.

I know this is an odd place to ask this but maybe it might work out. I divested myself of all my 4x5 camera gear and my darkroom gear but I have a number of black and white negatives that I'd like to scan. If you have a flatbed scanner with a 4x5 transparency holder, and are willing to let me borrow it for a short period of time, please let me know.

Given that the address to respond to is in England, and the name of the program is that of an old 60's era UK spy show on the tele, it might make more sense.

You only need worry if the NPS starts saying things like "We need more H1B visas because we can't get enough qualified park rangers here in the US"

Since I can almost always find an item a lot cheaper elsewhere than at REI (I'm sure I save more money than I get back in their 'refund'), and since REI seems to have abandoned it's goal to use the buying power of a cooperative to get the best prices for it's members, I can only guess that the only redeeming quality it still has is it's no-ask return policy. Since I'm not the kind of dirt-bag clim..um..person who will buy something, abuse the crap out of it for its intended purpose, and then take it back a year or two later demanding a refund, REI doesn't usually command my business unless I need it sooner than I can get it elsewhere.

Here's to living long enough to be a problem to your children.