Read a great letter to the Editor in the Dom-Post. The writer pointed out that we have about 18,600 people who have not turned up for trial and therefore the cases have had to be abandoned meantime. What a waste of time, resources and money. The writers suggestion is that all cases of those who don't turn up should still go ahead and if their side is not put that is their problem.
That is they get tried "in absentia". I agree.
Of course any legitimate reason for not turning up would later be taken into account but 99% are just absconders. However, I can hear the screams now of all the do-gooders claiming the poor criminal didn't get a fair trial. Tough!!
We took Rhett to the dog groomers yesterday and he is a brand new looking dog. He looks really great and I will post a couple of pictures of him over the next couple of days. I didn't realise how difficult it is to get into a dog groomers. The normal waiting time is two to three months. We booked Rhett in about 3 months ago and just got in now. While we were there the groomer was telling another customer that she could pick up her dog at 8 PM. Good grief!! I t seems to be the occupation to take up.
Quiz - went to a Quiz night last night which we won as we had Joe Brainbox with us. But no prize as they were locked away!! Anyway we also had the best team name ' The Austrian Knicker Bocker Hunting Society' although the quizmaster kept calling us Australian.
I see that with the death of Heath Ledger the second most queried name on Google after that is Keith Ledger - the fans really know their stars names.
