Australians, telling it like it is...

Still having computer ‘issews’. The new desktop is slowly rounding into shape, but it still needs a few days work to get it fully functional.

Meanwhile, the right-arrow cursor control key on my old laptop has worn right through - yes, there’s a hole right through the key itself - and it has now stopped right-arrowing altogether.

My own personal Geek Squad has never seen anything like it, but when you type as badly as I do, you need to move that cursor around a lot to correct the misteaks...

I bought a replacement, a Hewlett-Packard DM1 - powerful, light, good screen.

But the touchpad and ‘mouse’ buttons are beyond hopeless; it’s going back to the store tomorrow.

So I figured I better get something new up on this blog so you’ll know I am still alive - haven’t been run down by a pack of irate cyclists or something…

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Australians are famous for straight talk. Political correctness isn’t high on their national list of attributes.

I guess there are Australian diplomats. More likely, they’ll give you the undiluted goods.

This extends to road signs.

How about this one:

Or, one that's particularly relevant to our recent 'distracted driving' blitz:

Then again, I’ve seen some pretty good ones around here too. This flashing sign told a pretty straightforward three-part message right here in my home region of Halton:

And I saw an excellent sign in northern Toronto recently. Straight talk, even if it was, um, not officially sanctioned.

Bordering on graffiti.

And, it came perhaps a bit too late:

Comments

[bracelet pandora]

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[charles bayer]

G'day mate, you sure those signs are from Down Under? I'm a little sceptical because they don't have any bullet holes in them. Cheers Charles