I'm feeling tired today. I have a lot to do, but I thought before I logged off the computer I would check my credit card statement. I'm missing a transaction - my donation to the Wayside Chapel should have been processed over a week ago. I don't like to bother people, but in this case, I rang them.
Well... I'm so glad I did! I've just got off the phone after a lovely conversation. It turns out that when I signed up as a 'friend' of the Wayside last year, it was only for a 12 month period. That's why the November 2009 donation hasn't gone through.
The lady I spoke to was so thrilled to hear from me (she says it's usually they who ring donors not the other way around!).
So, I'm signed up again and I've had a lovely uplifting conversation.
I strongly support the philosophy of the Wayside Chapel. I believe in love over hate. If you do too, you can make a donation here: http://www.thewaysidechapel.com.au/donations.php
Friday, November 27, 2009
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
What a difference a typo makes...!
I just did a post/comment on a blog and entered my blog url. At least I thought I did...
I mistyped my URL and found that http://rachaelsravings.blogpot.com/ goes to a "mega site of bible studies". It was truly freaky as I was commenting on something religious at the time! I thought my blog had been hacked for a minute until I worked it out.
It would appear that I am not the only one:
http://ijteveningbatch.blogpot.com/
http://webplus10.blogpot.com/
http://packerland.blogpot.com/
(and that's just the random blogs I found using the 'next blog' button).
I haven't linked any of these as it only encourages the buggers.
How rude.
I mistyped my URL and found that http://rachaelsravings.blogpot.com/ goes to a "mega site of bible studies". It was truly freaky as I was commenting on something religious at the time! I thought my blog had been hacked for a minute until I worked it out.
It would appear that I am not the only one:
http://ijteveningbatch.blogpot.com/
http://webplus10.blogpot.com/
http://packerland.blogpot.com/
(and that's just the random blogs I found using the 'next blog' button).
I haven't linked any of these as it only encourages the buggers.
How rude.
Monday, November 16, 2009
Accident at Yass yesterday
We drove to Yass yesterday. It's about 45 minutes drive north of Canberra. We took the exit from the Barton Highway and on the way into town we were passed by a fire truck, an ambulance and a police car all heading in the opposite direction with sirens and lights on. I said to my husband that there might have been an accident on the highway. Unfortunately I was right.
Four young men died when their car lost control and crossed the median strip into oncoming traffic. They collided head on with a semi trailer. The accident occured on the Hume Highway about 20 km north of Yass.
The accident did not impact on our travel plans, but other travellers were held up for hours as the Hume Highway was closed southbound for investigations.
I love highway driving. But you have to be aware that you're taking your life - and the life of your passengers - in your hands when you venture on to a major road. You cannot vouch for other drivers. The Hume Highway is the major highway linking Melbourne and Sydney. We only drove on a short stretch of it on our way home. The Barton Highway links Canberra to Yass and Canberra to the Hume (it's the route we'd take to begin a trip to Melbourne for instance). In recent years the Hume has been worked on considerably and is now two lanes each way nearly all the way from Sydney to Melbourne. There are still black spots, but where the accident happened isn't one of them.
I hope the truck driver is able to recover from his part in the accident. As far as I can tell from the footage, he did all he could to avoid hitting the car, but when you are driving a semi with a full load it is impossible to stop in an instant. Obviously I'm not a traffic investigator, but I can't see how he could have avoided the impact. I would hate to be in that situation - how heartbreaking to know that despite doing everything you could you could not avoid hitting the car.
Related links:
Google maps: http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=yass&sll=-34.461248,149.317564&sspn=3.958071,4.53186&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Yass+NSW&t=h&z=13
News reports:
http://www.smh.com.au/national/five-die-as-road-toll-goes-back-to-bad-old-days-20091115-igd6.html
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,26355010-421,00.html
Four young men died when their car lost control and crossed the median strip into oncoming traffic. They collided head on with a semi trailer. The accident occured on the Hume Highway about 20 km north of Yass.
The accident did not impact on our travel plans, but other travellers were held up for hours as the Hume Highway was closed southbound for investigations.
I love highway driving. But you have to be aware that you're taking your life - and the life of your passengers - in your hands when you venture on to a major road. You cannot vouch for other drivers. The Hume Highway is the major highway linking Melbourne and Sydney. We only drove on a short stretch of it on our way home. The Barton Highway links Canberra to Yass and Canberra to the Hume (it's the route we'd take to begin a trip to Melbourne for instance). In recent years the Hume has been worked on considerably and is now two lanes each way nearly all the way from Sydney to Melbourne. There are still black spots, but where the accident happened isn't one of them.
I hope the truck driver is able to recover from his part in the accident. As far as I can tell from the footage, he did all he could to avoid hitting the car, but when you are driving a semi with a full load it is impossible to stop in an instant. Obviously I'm not a traffic investigator, but I can't see how he could have avoided the impact. I would hate to be in that situation - how heartbreaking to know that despite doing everything you could you could not avoid hitting the car.
Related links:
Google maps: http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=yass&sll=-34.461248,149.317564&sspn=3.958071,4.53186&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Yass+NSW&t=h&z=13
News reports:
http://www.smh.com.au/national/five-die-as-road-toll-goes-back-to-bad-old-days-20091115-igd6.html
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,26355010-421,00.html
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