Category: other things

Cleaning

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cleaning

Monday, 17 January 2011

OOPS!!

I was so busy cleaning my office area that I forgot to post my picture for today (it is Tuesday really). But an update on my office area – I can now see floor space. I will soon be able to get that new computer desk in there.

Now, my mother says just get in there and do it all in one hit, but I enjoy playing computer games so have to do a bit of tidying up every time I finish a game.

Are there any computer games that you really enjoy playing rather than cleaning your room?

Where do they go?

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battery life

Saturday, 15 January 2011

Two weeks into the challenge and I am still keeping up. But so many of the toys and gadgets we use have these little batteries in them that don’t always last the lifetime of the technology they are in.

I have three pieces of technology in my home using batteries – my digital camera,  my keyboard and my mouse. What should we do with these batteries after they have finished their rechargeable life?

What toys do you have in your house that need batteries? What do you do with the batteries when they no longer work?

Doctors and needles

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drawing blood

Friday, 14 January 2011

Do you like going to the doctors? Despite being overweight, I rarely have to visit the doctor’s office. So during my school holidays in January, I head there to have my annual checkup. I have a mother with diabetes and high blood pressure and a father with cholesterol problems and I have thyroid problems. So this visit usually ends up with me having to fast overnight to have 2 or more tubes of blood taken out of me the next day.

Then comes the next problem … can we find somewhere that will allow that amount of blood out of the arm? Lots of capillaries close to the surface, but they need to go deeper. Hence the image for today.

Do you like going to the doctor or dentist where you need injections? Why?

Little Floods

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council

Wednesday, 12 January 2011

I am sure you have heard about all the flooding in Queensland and Northern New South Wales; affecting an area the size of France and Germany combined.  Luckily I have never experienced a disaster like that – only the bushfires of 1967 in Tasmania.

But last winter, due to heavy rainfall, the people living in my street could hold a regatta on the road – after that we contacted the local council to complain about the water situation. They are now putting in more drains so the water will seep away more easily.

What are some other things the local council is responsible for in your community?

Chaos or everything in its place?

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chaos

Monday, 10 January 2011

Last year, I swapped my computer desk with my nephew as we thought the curved desk would fit more neatly in my office area. My nephew no longer lives at his parents’ home so I am getting back my terrific flat to the wall desk. But first, I have to do some cleaning so I can move this desk out first. I have started cleaning even though you might not think so.

What does your office area look like?

What is the worst household chore you have to do?

Rain, rain go away

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rain rain

Sunday, 9 January 2011

Here in Australia there is lots of rain falling especially in Queensland and northern New South Wales. Properties are flooded and towns are cut off by flood waters. In Tasmania, we don’t get devastation like that from wet weather but last night, at my place, there was a sudden torrential downpour for about three minutes. I had never seen rain like that.

What is the worst type of weather you have ever been in?

Local newspaper

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The Mercury stand

Friday, 7 January 2011

Our local newspaper is the “Mercury”. When I did a Google search today, I found there was another newspaper with the same name first published on this date in 1843 in Maitland, New South Wales.

The Hobart Mercury was not issued until 1854.

When is the earliest newspaper in your area?

Can you find the early issues online?

If you were going to publish a newspaper, would it have a theme? What would you name it?

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