Guess who… The date of conception was on or about 17 July 1958 which was a Thursday. This person was born on a Thursday. The Julian calendar date of This person’s birth is 2436667.5. That is the number of days since noon 4713 BC January 1. The golden number for 1959 is 3 — this…
DetailsThere is a current family called the Duggars who have had 18 children, all survived and from the same set of parents. There is a man called Roy Blackmore (76) who has applied for the World’s Biggest Family Tree Guinness World Record of, traced and listed, 9,390 ancestors. Me. I can’t trace back past my…
DetailsCan you imagine if people just drove on the roads wherever they wanted and how fast they wanted? Hey I feel like driving down the centre of the road today at 200kph. If everyone did that, we would have chaos and our progress on the roads would come to a screaming halt. So the Law…
DetailsIs it possible to live a life fully obeying the law? Nope. Okay, let’s make it a little easier, is there a day you can live without breaking some law? If you answered, “Yes”, then let me ask you this. On the day in question, did you, drive a car? If yes, did you speed,…
DetailsDeadline approaches. The huge conference is looming and I am frantically searching for some more volunteers to help out with hospitality and the ushering. Everyone I ring is busy, all legitimately I might add. But my dilemma is pressing. I begin asking others if they know of anyone who can help. No. Finally, after weeks…
Details“I was wr… I was wro…, I was wrooon…” was famously stammered by Arthur ‘Fonzie’ Fonzarelli in “Happy Days” (1974). The Fonz could never admit he was wrong. This character, played by Henry Winkler, was the symbol of the coolest leader, who had it all together. Everyone, watching the show, could see that The Fonz…
DetailsA foreign country. A foreign tongue. It’s Sunday and the church gathers. Entering into a large ornate church with balconies and stained glass windows. A greeting at the door and a feeble gesture in return, spoken in English. A regular picks up the sound of English and comes over and greets the visitor. In broken…
DetailsAfter 2pm, sitting in the cafeteria of the National Australia Bank eating a late lunch by myself, I began to contemplate my life. I got up early, had breakfast, caught a train to work before 7am, worked all day and got home after 6pm, ate tea, watched TV and went to bed before 11pm and…
DetailsI met a man who was married. When he first got married he thought his bride was the most beautiful, most loving, most, well, everything. A few years down the track his eyes began to wander and before long he has run off with another model that is now the most beautiful, the most… Arrrrg!…
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