Well the
Sahara race has been cancelled. Apparently there were just not enough committed
Bedouins to make it totally safe.
So Cate has
to transfer her entry fee to another race in either China, Ecuador or Chile - or
this same race next year - which will be held in Egypt.
So we will
miss out on Petra but I will be going to Paris to see Molly and Gaston and
Biggles and Cate will probably come with me.
For the last
couple of days Stan the Man has been staying with us. I have not seen him for
28 years when we last worked together in Australia. He is now living in
Washington because his wife is the CEO
of an international company. She is a woman who we employed as a clerk when we
were running currency trading operations.
He is now –
like me – a man of some leisure so we compared notes about cooking and
cleaning. He does not have to do litter so we could not discuss the finer
points of that .
However - he
did tell me about the iRobot Roomba which is a robot vacuum cleaner. He gave it such a ringing endorsement that I had to buy one immediately so I have ordered
it from Amazon and it will be here Friday.
It roams
around the house on its own – vacuuming
as it goes. Then it returns to its base station and recharges
itself. You can program it so that it
will start at the time of your choosing and just cruise around until it is
finished. I don‘t know how it knows when it has finished so I will keep a close
eye on it.
The cats
will love it. Stan the Man has a daughter with an iRobot and her cat rides
around on it.
In the
meantime I was fascinated to read that a leading United States think tank has
published a piece posing the question ‘Is Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott
the most incompetent leader of any industrialized democracy?’
Their answer
was yes.
The piece
argued that he was so shockingly incompetent that he had to go.
Perhaps he
could come and join Congress.
Seriously need to know about the vacuum. I did read in the paper that they guy was going to knight the Duke of Edinburgh and everyone thought it stupid and no one would come. Including the Duke I guess, how odd.
ReplyDeleteI have heard Petra is gorgeous.
ReplyDeletefortunately mr rabbit's days are numbered. ....And we can look forward to our next incompetent leader....
ReplyDeleteI think a Roomba would be okay if it could transfer its contents into a refuse disposal system. I just know how much my Beloved Dyson sucks up. I think they are terribly expensive when I think of other toys and toy-like objects I could have, such as I think I need a Raspberry Pi 2 and a dashboard video camera. I am sorry that Cate was not able to desert it. I hope the elephants get more money.
ReplyDeleteMissing out on Petra is sad, but that part of the world is pretty dodgy. Egypt would be cool; I was all set to go there in 2011 but the big riots happened.
ReplyDeleteOur media people here were convinced that Abbott was a goner - and surely he will be, won't he?
I'm awaiting your report card on the robot vacuum - sounds like an excellent idea.
fmcgmccllc: I will give a full report. The PM has become a legend throughout the world for his stupidity. And I do believe that Petra really is gorgeous - I will get a picture book.
ReplyDeletelenny: They won't have any trouble finding one of those.
esb: I have a dyson too - but I have to push it around. I think the iRobot may be worth the money - we shall see.
Alexia: Abbott is as good as gone - it will just take a little time. I will report on the RV.
If Abbott is re-elected I will be looking at a transfer to NYU...
ReplyDeleteKeegan88: Well we have a few republicans here who make Abbott look intelligent.
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