Was going to be another day of laziness yesterday, but by about 11am we were thinking about heading out - and Devonport was the lucky choice of destination. We headed up, and first port of call was Harvey Normal, to see about getting photos developed - went to the local photo shop earlier in the trip, I am sure their network was on dial up, it was that slow to upload the pics, and then the next day they rang to say they had a network fault and had lost my photo info - lucky I don't delete things until I have them in my hot little hands.
Anyways, Harvey Normal had photos for 29c a go, and the photo assistant said even with 400 pics, it should only still be an hour for developing - and said she would talk to the boss to get a discount, 3c a shot discount, that paid for the CD thing, and got to talking with the assistant quite a bit, she had 1200 pics from her last month long holiday, the place was recovering from the Xmas and Santa photo rush, as was Santa's knee - good to have someone both helpful AND enthusiastic in a chain store - Traci was very helpful, and thinking of writing one of those thank you emails to the company - LOL, that I never get around to either, but will try in this case.
V said she could see me in a photo processing type job.
Then onto K Mart, where I got some nice jeans and cheap cargo pants - because V thinks I will ruin the good jeans I brought down if I go bush walking later in the trip as planned. Then downtown for lunch - I was thinking pub lunch but then I thought cost, and V was feeling like Maccas anyway, so Big Mac and cheeseburger later, did a bit of window shopping.
Then across the river to East Devonport to the best bakery in Tasmania, All Things Nice - we won't talk about the waterfront park I decided to take pics at, apparently it was the wrong one.
On the way home - to home base rather - heard that Saddam Hussein had been executed. My first thought was as if that will solve anything - celebrations in Dearborn Michigan, Shepparton and Auburn in Sydney - the Aussie ones looked a bit put on for the camera, John Howard and Dubya sounding tough and as if another death will lead to victory and makes Iraq a stronger democracy blah blah fair trial like whatever blah blah.
And then second thought is that I hear this type of major news in strange places - the invasion in Saskatoon, the execution in Devonport. Will I hear of the victory or withdrawal of troops in Masterton or Toowoomba or Norwich? And looking at the news this morning, doesn't look like much has changed, 77 dead in Kufa and Baghdad overnight, mainly by car bombings. The civil war has not got much to do with Saddam or Saddam's legacy anymore.
With Pinochet dying the other week, it's not so much having trials against former dictators I'm against as the friggin death penalty. Oh, by the way, when is David Hicks having his trial? And Bush says he needs more time to figure out his Iraq strategy, fuck, isn't almost four years and almost 3000 American soldiers dead enough time, blood and don't mention the treasure, aka cost of it all.
Got home, had a home cooked meal of Atlantic salmon, and finished off watching Top Gun. OMG, up to date with my journal. Lucky I have plenty of reading material with me...
Anyways, Harvey Normal had photos for 29c a go, and the photo assistant said even with 400 pics, it should only still be an hour for developing - and said she would talk to the boss to get a discount, 3c a shot discount, that paid for the CD thing, and got to talking with the assistant quite a bit, she had 1200 pics from her last month long holiday, the place was recovering from the Xmas and Santa photo rush, as was Santa's knee - good to have someone both helpful AND enthusiastic in a chain store - Traci was very helpful, and thinking of writing one of those thank you emails to the company - LOL, that I never get around to either, but will try in this case.
V said she could see me in a photo processing type job.
Then onto K Mart, where I got some nice jeans and cheap cargo pants - because V thinks I will ruin the good jeans I brought down if I go bush walking later in the trip as planned. Then downtown for lunch - I was thinking pub lunch but then I thought cost, and V was feeling like Maccas anyway, so Big Mac and cheeseburger later, did a bit of window shopping.
Then across the river to East Devonport to the best bakery in Tasmania, All Things Nice - we won't talk about the waterfront park I decided to take pics at, apparently it was the wrong one.
On the way home - to home base rather - heard that Saddam Hussein had been executed. My first thought was as if that will solve anything - celebrations in Dearborn Michigan, Shepparton and Auburn in Sydney - the Aussie ones looked a bit put on for the camera, John Howard and Dubya sounding tough and as if another death will lead to victory and makes Iraq a stronger democracy blah blah fair trial like whatever blah blah.
And then second thought is that I hear this type of major news in strange places - the invasion in Saskatoon, the execution in Devonport. Will I hear of the victory or withdrawal of troops in Masterton or Toowoomba or Norwich? And looking at the news this morning, doesn't look like much has changed, 77 dead in Kufa and Baghdad overnight, mainly by car bombings. The civil war has not got much to do with Saddam or Saddam's legacy anymore.
With Pinochet dying the other week, it's not so much having trials against former dictators I'm against as the friggin death penalty. Oh, by the way, when is David Hicks having his trial? And Bush says he needs more time to figure out his Iraq strategy, fuck, isn't almost four years and almost 3000 American soldiers dead enough time, blood and don't mention the treasure, aka cost of it all.
Got home, had a home cooked meal of Atlantic salmon, and finished off watching Top Gun. OMG, up to date with my journal. Lucky I have plenty of reading material with me...
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