ICC expresses condolences to disaster-hit region - yeah right!

The hypocrites have given the Sri Lankans 5 days off! Don't worry that nature has ripped the country to pieces, don't worry that most will be personally affected, they can have 5 days to get over it. That's plenty. This isn't an individual suffering a loss where the team mates can help them focus and recover. A significant portion of their country has been devastated. Friends and family in other countries, but in the region will have been affected also, but hey, 5 days will do it.

So, any cricket fans who read this, tell the ICC to let the Sri Lankans go home from New Zealand AND keep their money. We don't want to be part of any multi-million dollar fine for breaking a contract. What contract was ever written with tsunamis in mind?! Even civil war can't do this much, this quickly.

Money has no copyright protection!

It just has a zillion acts of parliament instead.

I found this cartoon while looking for something totally unrelated and thought it was funny.

Western Springs Speedway

Speedway went ahead last night and it was a "roaring" success! We will have to wait until Tuesday to get the sound control results though.

A woman called Annie Thode who lives down the other end of Pt Chevalier displayed her lack of judgement in the national papers on yesterday by complaining that when she bought her house she didn't think that Speedway would have any effect. Depending on how long ago she bought this house of hers would have cost her over $250,000 yet she didn't take time to talk to the locals about what it's like to live in the area. Surely they mentioned Pasifika where for 2 days you can't even leave the suburb because of the foot and vehicle traffic - not to mention the bands playing and trying to out do each other well into the night.

There's a similar issue where people have bought houses on land that used to be market gardens and are now complaining because the councils are obliged to mark their lim reports with the fact they may be contaminated by weed sprays etc. Do you homework before buying into an area and you'll know it's history and if there is a mention of "market gardens" then understand the implications before committing yourself to such a major purchase.

The Quieter Speedway meeting promised
aargh, the locals are winning!

Members have refused to be photographed by the Herald, claiming they and their families have received hate mail and threatening phone calls.

You can't condone bullying - from either side - and I'm finding this whole thing outrageous. Western Springs Speedway noise shouldn't be uncontained but neither should it be controlled to the extent that the guts of the event is ripped out. I have no desire to go - ever - but if I did I wouldn't want to see cars purring like domesticated cats, I'd want to hear their engines roar. Having the Speedway in my backyard makes life feel less suburban, I have one more option...

So, tomorrow night, as I stand outside and hear the Speedway in action they'll have my blessing.

Christmas is coming!

My daughter came home from school and decorated herself as a Christmas tree the other day. She's having alot of fun this year.

And what this also means is that I've actually managed to login through hello. Now, what will having a photo first do to my blog title at digitalpoint?

Blogger - User Profiles

I've been trawling round the help on Blogger trying to find out why my profile says my last blog post was in June when I've been making posts this month. Ok, I'm not the most active blogger but it would be good if the profile reflected reality.

I've also been trying to login from Hello but that's sucked a kumara too :)

Feel free to post a comment if you have any idea what I'm doing wrong!