The cricket....it ain't over yet.

So what do you think….will we win the cricket ?


I think it could still go either way.

It’s just going to depend on how this pitch has fared under the covers and what sort of weather greets them in Hobart today.

It’s been an enthralling test match. And you know, I don’t mind these bowlers test matches. A green top in Hobart which has provided so much assistance to the seamers.

I love these test matches. I love it when every single ball could claim a wicket.

Australia has it’s shortest opening batting pair ever in Phil Hughes and Dave Warner.

I was such a wrap for little Hughesy when he first rose to prominence, but I don’t know that’s he’s up to it. Nevertheless, I was so pleased to see him fight through to stumps last night.

He should have been out.

If the kiwis had referred they would have had him. The technology showed a little nick on the glove and he should be gone.

It ain’t over yet cricket fans.

I’m looking forward to the finals day play

BYO grog....take it or leave it ?

So tell me, when you go to a Xmas party or a backyard barbecue anytime. When it’s a BYO grog thing and you take a six pack of Crownies…..so you lob and put your stubbies on ice and rip the top off the first one……


I don’t know about you, but I’m not a big drinker anymore…..truth is, I never really was. So if I take a 6 pack to a party….well, I can tell you on the weekend, I took a 6 pack of Coronas and a four pack of Beam and coke. I think I had 3 stubbies of Corona and a couple of Beams and coke.

Here’s my question.

Who among us, on the way out of a party like that would grab the 3 Coronas and two beams to take them back home. Who just leaves it there ?

I always leave it.

I think it looks a bit scabby to be ferreting through the ice to grab a couple of stubbies.

And ….whenever I’ve hosted a party, I’ve always thought that one of the great bonuses was that you got to keep all of the odd bottles that were left. I think that’s a reward for cleaning up the mess.

Where do you sit on this one.

Costco

I went to a Xmas party on the weekend around at Meredith and Michaels in Flynn. It was a really good night. We worried about the weather, but it all went by without a drop of rain.


This was one of those well co-ordinated functions where everyone bought a specific food. I was instructed to bring one of those big apple pies from Costco.

I’d never been to Costco.

I went out with my friend Tanya and checked it all out.

It’s a weird place isn’t it ?

Who’s a Costco member ? Are you going to renew after a year, or have you had enough ?

There was some good stuff out there. Dunno if I could be bothered paying the 60 bucks…..I dunno.

I mean, look, there was some good prices on things out there, but the way retail is at the moment there’s a sale on everywhere. There’s some really good prices out there everywhere.

Who’s been to Harris Scarfe…..wow ! It’s crazy in there…and you don’t have to pay $60 to join.

Who’s a Costco convert ?

Green blend coffee ?

Hey we were talking about coffee earlier in the week and what a coffee town this is.


Figures out this month show that here in Canberra we do more serious coffee than anywhere else in the country. That makes me smile.

I’m a bit of a coffee snob. I do grind my own beans in here at work.

I’m in the kitchen here in the radio station earlier on in the morning and I stumbled across this little jar coffee.

Get a load of this.

This is a jar of Nescafe Green Blend coffee

What the hell is Green Blend Coffee ?

For starters anyone who’s regularly drinking instant coffee, I don’t understand…the stuff tastes like cardboard.

This is a 50 gram jar of coffee. 50 grams ? That’s like 3 cups of coffee in the jar.

But what about the way they promote it the coffee on the jar ? This is what it says to convince you to consumer the Nescafe Green Blend coffee. For starters they call it Green Blend to convince you that somehow this drink is saving the planet....but then this.

It says ‘Delivers 70% more antioxidants than green tea’ And that’s supposed to inspire us to purchase the coffee.

I’m sorry, but if you have to compare the coffee to green tea and make a purchase on the amount of antioxidants then we don’t really want you among the ranks of coffee drinkers.

Just stick with your green tea.

Anti oxidants ? Honestly.

Dead fish in Lake Burley Griffin

Here are those pics I was talking about....the pics of the dead fish in Lake Burley Griffin. Thanks to Bill.

What do you make of them ?