The Old Tin Shed

Firstly let me say I feel much better today, had a very long "im sick" sleep today and feel much better both  lumps are quite small now. Now this will be rambling, and I hope coherent, so your fore warned. As most of you know cars and anything with a motor gets me excited, but more than that it has been a life long obsession.  In Australia currently there are two car manufacturers Ford Australia and General Motors Holden.  Both have been manufacturing cars here since the 1930's.  And done quite well out of it as well. But times have changed.  Competition from overseas car companies from Korea, Japan, China, Indonesia, and to a smaller extent Europe and the USA, have hammered their old markets.  Both car manufacturers post huge first 1/4 losses this year, and both are calling for government handouts to continue production here. Now this is an interesting time, with both manufacturers not guaranteeing an Australian built f...

Was reading through news.com.au today and stumbled across this article Click here . This happened in my town, in the mental health system that is supposed to be looking after me also.  How damn bad have things got to get before we do something about the underlying reasons for this happening.  Its not a doctors decision that was incorrect but his need to have free beds in the unit. The unit is under immense pressure to provide services and it realistically is only half the size it should be.  When someone comes in sick they should be placed in a bed for at least 24 hours so that they can be monitored not thrown back into the community. The Australian Governments track record on mental health is nothing short of appalling, even NZ our smaller neighbor spends more than we do.  We are just damn lucky this man didn't kill someone. Shame Australia Shame, you bitch and moan about your tax burden so you force government to give you tax breaks.  That has to come...