09 January 2009

Some New Year thoughts



A statistical blip at the moment with all the deaths. Some say they are accidents - 4 dead in a fire - no smoke alarms; road "accidents"; dumb trampers - not properly equipped; girl killed by a jet-boat and now two dead ignoring the signs at Fox Glacier. I see they are already on the Darwin list of idiots.
What sort of person can't understand the above signs. I think they should put up signs with photos of the idiots who have died so far and have a blank sign saying " Cross the ropes and your picture will be here".

I mentioned in a previous post that after getting the PC back Internet Explorer wouldn't work so I downloaded Chrome and it seems OK. Have to find out now how to download the MS updates if Chrome is the default browser. 

Good news is that the lakes are full and the price of electricity had dropped to record lows so the price will drop - yeah right!

Comings and goings. Sarah, Joe, Kipp and Sophia back from their travels and Clive and June left today for the North. The weather has been Queensland like with unofficial 40 in Canterbury so they will feel right at home.