Petrol prices: Without doubt petrol companies are profiteering during this world wide oil problems, solely caused by #47. The 'outrageou...

Three years ago the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas attacked very innocent Israeli musical festival goers. Many died, many were taken host...

The is scary, especially for US citizens. The gold was removed by secret flights in unrecorded and unidentified planes. Only a small amount ...

A decade or so ago we stayed in a Fairmont Hotel next to Lake Louise. Feeding down to the lake was the impressive Victoria Glacier. Within t...

A few weeks ago Bone Doctor stayed after a doctor's conference and then drinks and socialising afterwards. She arrived back here after I...

If you care to, can you check your Google Maps and see what Gulf of Mexico brings up for you, especially if you are in the Americas. Here is...

 Melbourne, Australia, 26th August 2026 By Explore Melbourne

I am not sure where this cartoon came from but it inspired this post.  I recently learnt about trucks, lorries if you like, world wide. Flat...

Phyllis has an excellent command of written and spoken English, and even without the usual Indian accent. Kosov has excellent written Englis...

My couple of efforts at a quiz were ok, but not nearly as sophisticated as  YP's . This quiz is simple and without hints, eh. Canada doe...

I wrote a medium length personal post, but I am not happy with it, so I am holding it over. I don't know about sport, but what a disgrac...

Frogdancer travels rather a lot, and her blog is a good read as she writes with wit, humour and some self deprecation. As I write she is ab...

It is World Cup time, football, or soccer as we, NZ and north American know it. The World Cup is this time spread over three countries, the ...

I have donated to Wikipedia in the past and I just received this email wanting a recurring monthly donation, which I thought about doing but...

Melbourne's Burke Road stretches from Caulfield to Ivanhoe, and in the 1970s our then Prime Minister called it the longest street of bib...

Will there be a future when I won't wake up to listen to the ABC ten minute 7.00am radio news bulletin without it beginning with "U...

Ray's relatives left yesterday morning. As lovely as the couple are, it is a bit of a relief, but also very sad as it is unlikely I will...

About a week ago I came across this video. I immediately wondered why I had not heard of this? How come there weren't alerts on my phone...

You will have all seen the photo of Andy Mountbatten slumped in the rear of the police car. Andy is no longer a  prince, and instead of bein...

Almost ten years ago, that is. These were quite interesting clips, the first in Alaska, the second in Minnesota and the third in Toronto. Th...