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The Saga is over.

Does happy dance around the desk... The car is fixed everyone.  It went to the Euro specialist yesterday and well, he worked out what was wrong and its all fixed and running like a dream.  He took off the Throttle body and cleaned it then proceeded to pull the leads off every sensor and clean them.  Unplugged the ECU from the loom and then put it all back together.  Problem solved. Basically one of the connectors was dirty and giving bad feedback to the ECU, the ECU didnt know what to do so got all hung up.  After the error codes were cleared and everything back together the problem is solved. More interesting is the fact he said the car must have sat for a while for the connectors to get dirty as normal day to day usage keeps the connectors from corroding.  Now the hard decision do I keep it or buy something else.

4 more years

Yeah well I waited till every other blog in the world had done this to death.  My honest opinion  neither candidate gave the voters any real choice, and Obama being the incumbent, gives you 4 more years of relative stability, allowing for the full troop draw down and a cut in US defence spending. Its to be seen if he can fix the poor employment and financial issues facing the US at the moment, but both sides need to play fair and make the best choices something I am afraid we will never see. There is one thing that is reassuring in the whole process is that power was transferred without conflict, something millions of people around the world wish they could have, a chance to vote for their own government and be assured that their vote counted. Congratulations to the President and I pray like many that you can live up to your promises.

And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda

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To commemorate the end of WWI I am posting a song written to commemorate an Australian Defeat, most Australians would be familiar with this, for those who haven't heard it before I suggest a listen and a read. "And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda"  - Eric Bogle Now when I was a young man, I carried me pack, and I lived the free life of a rover From the Murray's green basin to the dusty outback, well, I waltzed my Matilda all over. Then in 1915, my country said son, It's time you stopped rambling, there's work to be done. So they gave me a tin hat, and they gave me a gun, and they marched me away to the war. And the band played Waltzing Matilda, as the ship pulled away from the quay And amidst all the cheers, the flag-waving and tears, we sailed off for Gallipoli. And how well I remember that terrible day, how our blood stained the sand and the water And of how in that hell that they called Suvla Bay, we were butchered like lambs at the slaughte

Kubuntu, another trial

Hi all, and IT techie post for those who are interested. I decided a few days ago that I needed to get the hell away from windows since it was causing me some major issues.  Tried a few distro's not much grabbed my fancy.  Straight ubuntu is nice but to be honest I am not that excited about their desktop.  Kubuntu became the obvious choice. Now so far have had a few issues that's for sure, but nothing I havent been able to overcome.  It seems that its getting better and better.  There are a few annoyances which will probably see me change to something else.  Primarily the noise and feedback through the speakers and its inability to change sound to my very expensive headset.  Couple this with having issues sync my Ipod and im kinda looking at Linux mint again. Will keep u informed.

200 Posts

Hey guys I know you all love me but thought I would let you know we passed our 200th post today. Man I must have a lot to say Cheers

Site change

Hey all hope you like the new green background thought it was time for a change been at least a couple months since the last change.  They say change is as good as a holiday after all. Cheers

So another Friday night is here

Well another Friday what can I say.  For all those trying not to count or notice, but another year is drawing to a close quickly.  I can personally say that its been a long one in so many ways. Overall its been a productive year on a personal front, my partner and I learned to talk to each other and to make room for each other.  My mother has her life semi sorted out, and our relationship is the best it has been in years.  My best buddy in town and I are closer than ever, I am learning each day how much I appreciate him and what he has brought to my life.  My mate from Philly Eric has come through another year with his father making his life a living hell.  But our business partnership now seems to be well cemented. On a work front nearly 2 years of research and development allowed us to go live with our business, and although the uptake has been slow so has our advertising, due to limited funds.  I'm proud of myself for sticking it through, even though at times it brought back

Defeated but not out

I know my posting has been at best haphazard these last couple weeks but with the med change and everything it hasn't been the easiest of times. During medication changes there are several measures as to whether the medication is going to provide a better solution than existing medications.  Firstly its how it makes me feel in the head.  ie can i think can I remember short term.long term, can I put a concept together, the dreams or lack of.  All very important metrics.  The last medication change to Sapharis was successful in the that I could put concepts together only so therefore it was a failure on this front Secondly what are the side effects of the medication.  Sapharis like most anti-psychotics gave me bad cravings for carbs.  Changed the way my food tastes. I gained nearly 4kg in 17 days, so on this front it was a major failure also. Unexpected reactions.  It was envisaged that the new med would help me sleep without the need for sleeping medications.  I had the opposi