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Gear shopping

Sunday 23rd December, 2007 Leave a Comment

Walked over to Chatswood today for some last minute Christmas lunch shopping (Leanne is doing a couple of roasts and her sister is coming over for lunch). We also stopped in at a couple of the travel gear stores to look for waterproof jackets and fleeces – and some other tops for Leanne. Leanne also … [Read More »]

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Did I mention that I hate Telstra?

Friday 21st December, 2007 Leave a Comment

Telstra didn’t show up yesterday to fix the problem they caused on Monday. I still have no phone line and hence no internet connection. To make matters worse I have been crook and don’t have the energy to go out to get online. Telstra tell me today that they have rescheduled us until Thusday next … [Read More »]

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Back at Gloria Jeans

Wednesday 19th December, 2007 Leave a Comment

My laptop battery had nearly ran out, the two hour session limit on internet access here at Gloria Jeans was up, and my 2 hour car park was nearly expired, so I decided to go home and recharge. I’m back at GJ’s now, I had to come out to pick up Leanne a bit later … [Read More »]

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New office address

Wednesday 19th December, 2007 Leave a Comment

I’m moving up in the world. I now have a fancy office on Willoughby Road in Crows Nest. It’s a nice serviced office suite with comfortable chairs and an interesting vibe. The name of the office is called “Gloria Jeans” and they also serve good hot chocolate and iced chocolate here – which is convenient. … [Read More »]

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Withdrawal symptoms

Tuesday 18th December, 2007 Leave a Comment

Having major withdrawal symptoms at the moment – a Telstra tech cut our phone line yesterday afternoon while in the process of trying to fix a long running problem with our next-door neighbours phone lines. Unfortunately he couldn’t fix ours – we now have the same problem our neighbours do. Apparently we share the same … [Read More »]

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