The Old Tin Shed

I was reminded today, of how much we have, how much we take for granted, and the huge cost that it has come at. We in the west have a lifestyle that is unequaled in human history, we live in vast cities, and can travel around the world in hours not days.  We are the most traveled peoples ever. But at what cost? Since the start of the 20th century we were embroiled in conflict after conflict, the first world war saw an old way of life, of royalty and empire thrown against each other.  The huge industrial complexes on each side created a meat grinder when men, flesh and bone were pitted against hot steel.  At the end the west was decimated, the cost in human lives unprecedented in human history.  It carried the catch phrase of the war to end all wars.  Yet it was the peace thrashed out after the first world war, that laid the seeds for a war on a scale we had never seen before. I wont go into the second world war, suffice to say that it was horrific with ent...

Well just got off the phone to my mother.  Once again she is in crisis, after she had her rental assistance cut because my uncle failed to return a document for her social security payments. To be honest I was harsh.  I have given up pandering to her problems, things that can easily be fixed that she chooses to make a major incident out of.  I have had a complete gut full of her playing the damn victim.  Truth is she isn't, she just chooses not to fix things and then bitches and moans when things don't go right. So why did she not confirm with my uncle as to if he had received the forms she needed ?  Now she needs him urgently and she cant get him.  Me if I send something via mail I always confirm its arrived if its important.  Its called following up, after all mail goes missing all the time. I ended the conversation by telling her once again she needed mental help, that she needed someone to help her gain the tools to move forward.  I ...

The following information was provided as part of Bo's information pack.  I remember reading this years ago, and unfortunately I do not know who to reference this work to, other than to say I think it sums up the breed wonderfully.  If there are typographical errors I apologize in advance as I am re typing this document. Our Bo Baby Over 150 years ago the "sportsmen" of the day set about breeding a fighting dog. In the beginning they crossed the English Bull Dog with various Terriers, their objective was to combine the strength and immunity to pain of the Bull Dog with the speed and fire of the Terrier, the first progeny being know as Bull Terriers Around this time (1840-1850) dog fighting was a fashionable "sport", Since then the Bull Terrier has been put to every use and abuse in his development to the more elegant and refined animal of today. Physically, the  Bull Terrier of today is the supreme athlete of Dogdom, often referred to as the Gladia...

Hi all; Well I am home have been for a couple of days, the new dog is settling in well.  The trip we took to get her will go down as one of my best road trips ever.  You see when I look out a car windows, I see things differently.  I see the light the shadow, the color and more importantly the beauty of what is passing  me by.  I think all to often we get stuck in a rut, we see the same things every day.  Or worse still we don't see the things around us we become immune.  I am sure Mr Bartlem from flimsy cups would agree its one of the great things about making your living on the road.  The sheer variety of environments which you interact with, from plains to hills from straight road to the windy stuff, from big towns and cities to places with a road sign only.  I am often moved to tears about the beauty I see on the road.  Watching the sun come up over the plains was amazing.  The light dancing off the ranges in the distanc...

Home tomorrow with some photos for you all.  Been great to be away but im anxious to get home now, get Bo used to her new house and get some routine back for the pair of them. only 4 hours to go tomorrow

Well we went and looked at the dog today and it seems all my fears were not founded.  She was amazing and beautiful.  Her and connor got on from the very beginning so tomorrow we go back and get her.  So very excited.  Tomorrow we will stay on the road home the next day.  Our little family is now 4 :)

Hey all.  Well I made it to 39 years of age.  Bit of a milestone for me, very happy to still be here with you all.  Well today started early around 4.00am this morning and we have spent most of the day driving. We made it to Rockhampton a few hours ago with dog in tow.  Tomorrow will see us out to the Bull Terrier breeder and being introduced to what I hope will be our new dog.  Will take some photos and put them up over the next couple of days, yes I brought the camera with me. Bit tired now but will be heading out to get fish and chips for dinner, go sit in a park somewhere and watch the sun go down.  Traveling today reminded me so much of why I love this country, what an amazing place, the terrain is so varied and watching the sunrise this morning made my day. How could anyone complain about being away, I have the two boys who mean the most to me with me and for the first time in a long time its just the three of us. take care all Edit: Just ...

Its full moon again, and it has me thinking and contemplating something I do a lot of around the full moon.  I find  I gain a lot from doing this, as it allows me to confront and deal with issues.  Its been a long road for me and lots in my life have changed.  I would not change a thing because without the pain without the illness I would not have what I have now.  I would have missed out on a lot some good some bad. Anyway, I was thinking about endings.  How important they are, and more importantly how important they are for us as human beings.  There is nothing that is endless everything has an end even the universe in which we exist.  One day there will be nothing and the cycle will start over again. For me I look back and there has been lots of endings, some I knew were coming and others I didn't.  Even as a young man I understood endings.  An example was when I changed schools in year 8, the last day of school I walked...

You guys have got to see this, time lapse at its very best.

Hi all; Just playing with the layout this one caught my fancy so any feedback would be appreciated

Just a quick post for you all, past 3000 page views this last week with over 800 in the last month, readers are reading everything just about.  Lots of lurkers but there is nothing wrong with that. So just a thanks from me.  I never intended for the site to get this big, but it has.  But nothing will change I will still write posts that I think are important to me.  I wont be going commercial ie cash for comment, I will continue to bring you real content something I hope you enjoy reading BUT MOST OF ALL THANKS FOR READING

Yeah it fell through for now he takes off for 2 weeks now and wont make any decision till her returns, apprently they have no idea what they actually want, which makes it all the harder to sway them. Anyway thats life