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  • On chivalry……..

    Posted on by beno 1 Comment

    A lady and I were approaching a door at the same time at work, she had her hands full of things (and even if she was not carrying anything, should I have done any different?), so I offered to open the door for her…..
    She pushed her way past me, opened the door her self, and said, “No, don’t, its 2008 you know”.

    I was shocked. I have never heard anything like that. Ever.

    I don’t open the car door for Freddy,  for two reasons; 1. The remote for the car is at home, its too big to carry, and there is only one key hole on the drivers side, this flows over to reason two. 2. Freddy is happier to get moving than to stand there while I walk back around the car and open the door for her.
    I do open any doors for Freddy as we come to them. Depending on the door, I may go though first and hold it open (if its windy and it might blow back on her).

    What I am trying to say is, I don’t go around throwing my coat on the ground if there is a puddle and a woman is going to walk in it, its 2008 you know…..but I think that basic manors and courtesies still have a timeless value. How is it that some women don’t agree?


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  • Getting a little better at video editing.

    Posted on by beno Comment

    I have been wanting to put a bunch of video clips together I had from flying the kite at Bright during the Feast. After my ‘success’ with the helicopter video, I thought I would have a go at it.

    You can see the result here;

    https://thebaldgeek.net/html/webpages-stuff/kites.htm

    Its the bottom one…….

    I’m pretty happy with how it turned out I don’t really see myself putting more time than what this one cost (about 1/2 hour). I think its pretty much finished.
    I’m getting keen to get a video and audio capture card happening to get the video tapes I have onto the computer so I can do them at some stage (they will take a lot longer simply because there is hours of tape).

    Anyway, I think it helps make the event a lot more memorable. You don’t have to sit though 15 minutes of video, just 4, and its a lot more engaging with the music and the fact that its just the ‘good’ bits.

    Hope you like it. Thanks for watching.


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  • Frequency of blogs

    Posted on by beno Comment

    My one regular reader has asked that I blog more often…..I don’t know….to me it would lead to me talking to myself, and thus the posts would get a little rambling and probably more personal….I’m not sure I want to go there….I’m not sure I want to take the 2-3 readers that I know about there….what do you think?
    The sad part is that I would probably need to do it for a few weeks to see what it ends up like before we can make a decision.
    Have I really got something “interesting” to say every day? Have you really got the time to read it every day (I would hate to have to read a week or mores back blog!)????
    Yeah, I think I will stick with the now and then style that it has been….


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  • Kites

    Posted on by beno Comment

    Been wanting to get back into flying my kites some more for a long time.

    Not quite sure how it all came together, but walking though Rays Tent City we saw a tent pole that looked about right for the main spar on my 4 string home made ‘Revolution’ kite.
    Its a little heavy, but we are back flying it. Took Terry up to the oval a week latter and gave him a bash at it. Took the usual few moments to wrap his head around 4 strings, but he got there pretty quick.
    Hes got the bug. Should have seen his face light up when it caught the wind and gave him a little tug.

    I have always wanted to get into power kiting and buggy’s, so now that the boy has the bug and we can do it together I bought a 4 meter kite off Ebay, should arrive this week…..watch this space…….


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