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A blogger who rarely updates what is supposed to be a blog about building a house. If you want to ask me about owner-building a Harkaway house email johnsonhere@bigpond.com.

  • These two things are not like each other.

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    The Vatican has declared that the attempted ordination of women in the Catholic Church is a crime. I don’t agree, but I’m not Catholic or indeed religious so my view on the crime of attempts at ordaining women is irrelevant…. Read More ›

  • Thursday Cheezburger: Wrestling

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    I have taken the liberty of posting today’s Cheezburger. If Tigtog or Lauredhel have one ready to go we might end up with two and wouldn’t that be terrible!

  • Liveable House Design

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    A new voluntary building code on house design is being released today by Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities, Bill Shorten.  (please note link is to the media article on the code, not the code itself). Some exerpts from the article (SMH 13.7.10 author… Read More ›

  • Energy Saving

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    There is a lot of talk about carbon prices and electricity prices going on at the moment and a study has just been released that says because an ETS wasn’t introduced the price of electricity is going to rise. So… Read More ›

  • The Audacity of …?

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    Sometimes a picture doesn’t need a thousand words.

  • Oh please, give us some credit

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    Bettina Ardnt is trying to whip up a panic about our unmarried but partnered Prime Minister moving into the Lodge, after being elected, with her bloke. It could be a bad role model for young women she says.   I say, complete crap,… Read More ›

  • Is it just me? A Dr Who discussion post.

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    Spoiler Warning: this post will be discussing “Cold Blood” the second part of the “Hungry Earth” episode featuring the Silurians, which has just aired in Australia. If you haven’t watched it, I recommend not reading on.

  • Not quite so angry now…

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    …but still astonished and appalled that Sam Stosur could make it to the French Open final but there was no news about it on the morning chat shows this morning. Granted we were only watching for about half an hour… Read More ›

  • A little bump in the road

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    Anti-immunisation doctor banned in the UK. As he is now in the US this will do little to slow him down. Appearing on NBC’s Today Show, Wakefield described the decision as “a little bump on the road.” He claimed the… Read More ›

  • Watch this.

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    vid on youtube [sorry about lack of embedding, can’t seem to get it to work today – fixed ~tt] Then read this. Of course there is still a long way to go before we see anything other than a young… Read More ›