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The Mystery of the Missing Millions

September 10, 2015 by darryn Leave a Comment

On arrival in Viet Nam, at Ho Chi Minh City airport, Hayley withdrew 2,500,000.00₫ (Viet Nam Dong) from a CitiBank ATM. We kept the receipt, and it does say that amount. We then bought SIM cards and pre-paid for a taxi from a tourist desk, and were allocated seats in a very small and uncomfortable taxi. The driver put the suitcases in the boot and driver’s side back seat, … [Read more...]

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention

September 9, 2015 by darryn Leave a Comment

Since my last post: I proposed to my girlfriend, Hayley. We moved in together. I was in a car accident and sustained a whiplash injury. I married Hayley. We went on a hungrymoon and became Newlyfeds. I'm writing this from a hotel in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Viet Nam. It is our first anniversary, and we are calling it Hungrymoon 2: The Hungerning. The official … [Read more...]

Look what I found in storage

January 11, 2012 by darryn Leave a Comment

I was cleaning up some of my stuff in storage, on the weekend, and made a great find: about 20 original Empire Strikes Back promo cups from McDonald's. From 1980, and never used. There is a little bit of yellowing on the rims but they are otherwise mint. There used to be hundreds but, over the years, they have been treated as disposable and used for things like mixing paint; … [Read more...]

ready to play

September 11, 2009 by darryn 1 Comment

Last night I met up with Walking Rek for a bit of a catch up, during which time she reminded me that Playground Weekender tickets for 2010 are at a superspecial earlybird price of $137.50 for 4 nights camping + festival. I couldn’t afford not to buy two, and made the investment. I went to this festival in 2008 and it was certainly the highlight of the season. 3 days of music, … [Read more...]

The Twitters

  • If Frydenberg really believes that he might still win, why was he crying? Were his eyes red with tears of hope?… twitter.com/i/web/status/15281…

    May 22, 2022 01:27

  • Fun "fit-for-purpose" #nbn fact: my home broadband in 1999 (BigPond Cable) had a faster peak download speed than I… twitter.com/i/web/status/15256…

    May 15, 2022 00:29

  • .@primegaming - @bethesda is refusing to honour any licenses obtained via Twitch Prime or Prime Gaming They won't… twitter.com/i/web/status/15252…

    May 13, 2022 23:19

  • For the love of God don't vote Labor, I don't want the government to forcefully lower my ceilings so I bump my head… twitter.com/i/web/status/15242…

    May 11, 2022 06:24

  • I want Avatar 2 to succeed so that 3D TVs are back on the market for when my TV inevitably dies. I have 3D content… twitter.com/i/web/status/15238…

    May 10, 2022 01:56

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