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The Desk in the Corner: Bee Vomit
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We recently did a native bee course with Dr Tim Heard at Redlands Indigiscapes. Tim's a recently retired entomologist who worked with the CSIRO and really knows his bees. There were equal parts theory and practical. We learnt about the different species of native bee and how they differ from honey bees, how they breed, make their hives and honey. Did you know that honey is actually bee vomit? This is the same log, with the top part of the brood chamber removed and placed in a new box, along with some of ...
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The Desk in the Corner: A man in a bowtie
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A man in a bowtie. We had a bit of a problem with one of the local cockatoos deciding to destroy part of our vegetable garden this morning. He didn't eat anything, just bit some of our corn, silver-beat, lettuce and kale off at the base. So we decided to do something about it. We enlisted the help of a man in a bowtie, because bowties are cool. Smiffy. Official vege garden security. If that doesn't work, I'm going to turn that compost bin behind into a Dalek. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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The Desk in the Corner: Ticking another box
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I mentioned in a previous post. That I'd managed to tick two boxes in my postie career on the same day. One of those was dropping the bike, apparently everyone does it at some time. There are, however, different levels of dropping the bike. Today I took it to the next level and dropped it while I was riding it. Here's the only injury I sustained, other than the injury to my pride. So, how did I fall off, I hear you ask? I'm wondering if there would have been any damage if I'd been riding one of these.
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The Desk in the Corner: July 2014
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It's been a while since my last post, in fact I've only blogged twice in the past year. So what have I been up to in the interim? So, I left the postie job and started looking for something better, preferably something where I could use my degree. I also started writing again and published my second novel, more about that later. As a result, back in May, Redlands Editing and Proofreading Services. But what about that second novel? I hear you ask. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Cimba7200, another Dave.
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The Desk in the Corner: July 2013
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I mentioned in a previous post. That I'd managed to tick two boxes in my postie career on the same day. One of those was dropping the bike, apparently everyone does it at some time. There are, however, different levels of dropping the bike. Today I took it to the next level and dropped it while I was riding it. Here's the only injury I sustained, other than the injury to my pride. So, how did I fall off, I hear you ask? I'm wondering if there would have been any damage if I'd been riding one of these.
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The Desk in the Corner: June 2013
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I like trees, you can cut them down and make really useful stuff like boats. You can use them to hold up birds, so the cats don't get them. You can plant them near your letterbox and let them grow wild, so the postie can't get close enough to deliver your bills. You can buy an expensive house and poison. Them to improve your view, forgetting that the trees are actually part of the view. They also have another use that people don't always think of. I'd got my first puncture since I started the job. It's a...
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The Desk in the Corner: June 2015
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Not a great way to spend a long weekend. It was the Queen's Birthday weekend here this past weekend. Now that I'm working pretty much full-time hours every week, I'd been looking forward to one extra day of sleeping in. Well, I did get to spend more time in bed, but not in the way I'd planned. That night I was moved into EPU, the Emergency Planning Unit, where I was told I would have a proper ultrasound the next morning and possibly a CT scan after that. There were a few others in the unit with me, i...
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The Desk in the Corner: December 2012
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Well, I never finished that one. I did start typing it up when I got back to Australia, on a real typewriter, remember them? It was probably more of a horrible story than a horror. When I left my last job in September, I decided to give it another go. I'd been reading a lot of Air Law, Meteorology, Air Traffic Services, etc, so I wasn't really influenced by anything this time. I'm happy to say, I finally finished one and here's the result. It's now available on Amazon Kindle for US 0.99c and you can ...
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The Desk in the Corner: Driving a bus
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Back when I first started this blog, I was working in the city and catching the bus to work. In fact, that's what inspired me to start blogging, in a round about way. We were sitting at a red light one morning and the bus was making funny noises and the suspension seemingly levelling the bus out. I wondered if the driver was doing it, or whether it was automatic, so I googled it when I got home and came across Dave's blog. I thought, I could do that,. Had a couple of other jobs. I had a split shift today...
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The Desk in the Corner: New business
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It's been a while since my last post, in fact I've only blogged twice in the past year. So what have I been up to in the interim? So, I left the postie job and started looking for something better, preferably something where I could use my degree. I also started writing again and published my second novel, more about that later. As a result, back in May, Redlands Editing and Proofreading Services. But what about that second novel? I hear you ask. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Cimba7200, another Dave.
