I don't think I have ever told you my favorite 86 tram story. I mean technically I have probable told each person who is likely to read this blog the story, but I don't think I've told it ON the blog, to that counts.
Once upon a time, I was heading home on the 86 tram. This tram travels from right outside my work, up smith street, then high street and eventually all the way to bundoora, where at the end of the line is a 'mental' home. Now I'm sure there is a more PC term for this, but I have had two pints of cider, so at this point I don't really care.
Anyway, half way along the smith street section, two fairly merry seeming 'ladies' got on the tram. They were talking loudly and generally behaving like the usual crowd you get on the smith street tram. Anyway, not long after boarding, just before the next stop, one of the two quietly threw up in the stairwell. Her friend, full of sympathy, as they were exiting the tram was heard by me, and most of the rest of the tram, to exclaim: "I told you you shouldn't have had that stollie* before your methadone!!"
Ahhh, what a nice story. For me, personally, this story totally sums up the 86 tram. Kind of drug addicted, a bit fucked in the head, but mostly friendly and harmless.
* alcoholic white wine spritzer.
26 July, 2013
25 July, 2013
FINALLLYYYLYLYLYLYLLLLLLLLYYYYYYYY
Can I just say...... I have been looking at this puzzle since just after I started caching back in 2009. At that point there was less than 300 active puzzle type caches in Victoria (there are now 915 of which I have found 151 and own 4).
My obsession with puzzle caches started with the second puzzle cache that I found, which was a 16*16 sudoku puzzle (as apposed to the usual 9*9), I'd been working on solving it for WEEKS. I even had neil helping. One Sunday afternoon in August 2009, Neil and I were both sitting round working on this puzzle when I finally had a breakthrough and got the co-ords out. It was fairly late on a sunny but cool day. I was able to persuade Neil we should go out and get it straight away. It still remember the excited feeling!! I had solved it, we rode to the location, took a stroll, hunted around and found the cache, all that work paid off, it was sooooo much more satisfying than a 'traditional' cache. I was hooked.
This first puzzle success had me looking at others around Melbourne, and I found the one above. I had no idea what to do with it. I looked at it again and again over the next little while (few years). I was given a tiny pointer a while ago, which didn't help.... oh no!! What to do!! A cache 51 other people have been able to solve (or have had the answer told to them) and 48 of those had been since I have been trying to solve it.
Today, I finally found the tool I needed on the interwebs (had to use the way back machine - accessible!!) and with some stuffing around FINALLY got the answer. I want to go now and get it!! Oh well, add it to the list of 70 odd other caches I have solved and are waiting for me to visit!
Yay!
My obsession with puzzle caches started with the second puzzle cache that I found, which was a 16*16 sudoku puzzle (as apposed to the usual 9*9), I'd been working on solving it for WEEKS. I even had neil helping. One Sunday afternoon in August 2009, Neil and I were both sitting round working on this puzzle when I finally had a breakthrough and got the co-ords out. It was fairly late on a sunny but cool day. I was able to persuade Neil we should go out and get it straight away. It still remember the excited feeling!! I had solved it, we rode to the location, took a stroll, hunted around and found the cache, all that work paid off, it was sooooo much more satisfying than a 'traditional' cache. I was hooked.
This first puzzle success had me looking at others around Melbourne, and I found the one above. I had no idea what to do with it. I looked at it again and again over the next little while (few years). I was given a tiny pointer a while ago, which didn't help.... oh no!! What to do!! A cache 51 other people have been able to solve (or have had the answer told to them) and 48 of those had been since I have been trying to solve it.
Today, I finally found the tool I needed on the interwebs (had to use the way back machine - accessible!!) and with some stuffing around FINALLY got the answer. I want to go now and get it!! Oh well, add it to the list of 70 odd other caches I have solved and are waiting for me to visit!
Yay!
24 July, 2013
23 July, 2013
22 July, 2013
What the?!?!?
The Herald Sun (Shitest of shit newspapers that it is) has changed the format of their daily quiz!!! They have changed it to just 12 questions, instead of 15 in batches of 5 worth 1 2 and 3 points and WORST OF ALL!!!! They have decided not to put the "Who am I?" in!!!
Evil of evils. Not happy Jan.
Evil of evils. Not happy Jan.
21 July, 2013
caching with the nephew
I had a nice day today, I went caching with Felix to an event called Geo Comp. Some guys had placed 30 odd caches in a park in Brayside. We teamed us with Mark, who was just there by himself, but he has two girls, so got along with Felix fine. We ended up collecting 20 caches and walk about 9km, which was way further than I was expecting to walk. The physio has said I should try to keep my steps to around 5-7k. Today I walked nearly 15k. oops.
Anyway, as I said, A fun time by all and we came 5 or 6th or something. Not a bad effort for team "Crippled by a laser explosion" (guess which half of the name was mine and which half was Felix's)
Anyway, as I said, A fun time by all and we came 5 or 6th or something. Not a bad effort for team "Crippled by a laser explosion" (guess which half of the name was mine and which half was Felix's)
Here is a picture of Felix and some dead trees
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