Humans vs Snails

I saw an interesting fact recently that snails can't resist beer.

If you leave a dish of beer out it will attract any snails in the area, who crawl in and drink until they can't drink any more. Apparently the snails will be so drunk they can't get out of the beer and drown.

Sounds like a typical night in an average Aussie pub!

Blogging

I've set myself a blogging challenge - I want to make at least one post a day. I guess there will be days where that just isn't possible, but I'll give it a crack.

I figure the hard part isn't about getting the time to do it - It's just thinking of something intelligent to say.

But most people that know me will say that it shouldn't be hard for me to find something to talk about... they will however agree on the fact that it isn't always intelligent!

The Price You Pay

Tonight upon going to the supermarket, my wife and I noticed that petrol was priced at $1.36.9 at the nearby Caltex.

That's a few cents down on last time we gassed up. So the plan was made - do the shopping, then get some fuel.

But less than an hour later, the same service station had changed the price to $1.44.9.

The price of a barrel of crude oil dropped over night by around $US3.

So.... Ummm... How the hell does the price increase!

Crude oil goes up - the price per litre goes up.

Crude oil goes down - it seems the price still goes up.

I wonder if my boss would accept me asking for money just because I feel like it on the day?

In fact, you owe me $1.25 for reading this post (tomorrow it'll be $1.40.9, so count yourself lucky!)

Living in a non-Rugby land

It may be hard for the average Kiwi to understand, but there are actually some places that the world doesn't revolve around rugby.

Yes, I'm not kidding - it's true. Queensland is one of those mythical places.

Australia had a fantastic win over the All Blacks in the weekend, and it went barely unnoticed. I'm sure most of the population here was unaware it was even on.

Queensland is league country. They eat, sleep and breath league. If Darren Lockyer is injured the whole state goes into mourning.

There's also barely a mention about AFL here. Even the NRL league news from NSW rates higher than the Brisbane Lions here.

I went to the Broncos vs Sharks at Suncorp in the weekend. There was a disappointing crowd there - just under 30,000 when most of the games this season have been closer to 40,000.

The test at Carisbrook in Dunedin a couple of weeks ago had 29,000 and everyone was wrapped about the huge crowd that attended.

I bet some of the NZ Rugby franchises wish they could get anywhere near 30,000 for a club game - most struggle to get that for even a semi-final match.

The worst thing for me about living in a non-Rugby land is that the Air New Zealand Cup isn't even on TV here. How can I survive!

Wallabies 34 - All Blacks 19

What colour does a mourining All Black supporter wear? I can't wear black... Maybe it should be Green and Gold?

Fresh start

Thought it was time for a fresh start to my Blog!

So out with the old, in with the new!