Nov 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
Reflecting on our recent 5 week journey through Europe – Switzerland, France & Italy – my wife and I agreed our decision to choose a train for all of our intercity travel, and most of our day trips, was a major contributor to what proved to be a thoroughly...
Aug 30, 2013 | Uncategorized
Our daughter recently added a Labradoodle to her family, and this caused me to think about the many new breeds that are possible via creative cross breeding. Here’s a few to hopefully make you smile:- Collie + Lhasa Apso Collapso, a dog that folds up for easy...
May 7, 2012 | Uncategorized
Appearing on the front page of News Ltd’s papers nationally a few weeks ago was an article on the increasing numbers of Australians over age 65 remaining in the workforce. The headline read “Over-65’s too broke to quit workforce”. Does this include Rupert Murdoch and...
May 7, 2012 | Uncategorized
In their 1965 hit My Generation, British group The Who sang one of Rock’s most famous lines — “ I hope I die before I get old”. The teenage fans of 1965 are today’s leading-edge Baby Boomers, who have seemingly changed the lyrics to “ I hope I die before my super runs...
May 7, 2012 | Uncategorized
Yet another study by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, involving 2.6 million mature-age workers, has found 13% never want to retire, and 41% intend to transition into part-time work before they retire. That’s over 1 million people hoping to leave full-time work and...