Back from the Dead

Now that i'm stuck out here in Oz I figure it might to time to resurect this Blog. I dunno exactly what I'll put in it, but it doesn't really matter. Anyone interested in what I'm up to, or just in my random thoughts can check it out.

Just to get things started, it's just quick round-up from the papers today -just some random thoughts really.

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I'll start with the bad news

Dublin property prices falling by up to 20 per cent - Sunday Independent:
The extraordinary glut of houses coming on the market this month has led to widespread falls in the prices being demanded by estate agents.

This is the type of news, I don't need first thing in the morning. The only way I can stomach my massive mortgage is by thinking of it as a good investment. 20% house proces decreases is not what I want to hear. Of course, the headline is a bit misleading. It's not that the house prices have gone down by 20%, it's just that the Estate agents have put houses on teh market for big proces, failed to sell them, and been forced to re-list them at lower prices. Still it could be a ominous sign of things to come.

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This made me laugh:

Thailand in Dubai? A perfect Irish coup in a wonderful World - Sunday Independent:

HAVE you ever wondered what sort of country we might live in if the Irish Defence Forces ever tried to stage some sort of a coup? Hard isn't it? We'd all be laughing so much they might just get very angry and smack us with their bayonets. There's something about the Irish Army that's just-well not very scary. In any event since all members of the defence forces are required to be short and suffer from weight issues I suspect they'd never make it up to the Dail - probably just pop into Burdochs Fish & Chip Emporium on the way and give up.

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Excellent win by europe in the Ryder cup. They don't seem to be into golf so much in Austrailia. I spent the weekend watching Rugby League and AFL.

Irish Times Article - Clarke's tears and joy the highlight of victory: "The foundations for the winning score of 18½ to 9 ½ points was laid on Friday and Saturday but yesterday's session of mano a mano singles play produced unimagined humiliation for the American visitors who picked up just 3½ points out of a possible 12."

As an aside, isn't "The Melbourne Storm" the best name for a rugby team ever? You can hear the TV previews and news headliens now: "There's a Storm coming", "Storm Warning in Sydney!", "Storm blows away opposition". You could go on forever! (or at least I could...)

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It was a really hot day in Sydney over the weekend - 33 degress if this article is to be believed. Some people have asked my why I didn't head down the beach. Well here's why(certain California girls may want to look away now) :

Hundreds flee Bondi shark scare | | The Australian:
HUNDREDS of swimmers were called out of the water at Sydney's Bondi beach today after two sharks were spotted close to shore.
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'People slowly went back in. Some said they were never coming to the beach again,' Mr Gladstone said.