A continuation of Canberra...
Been a while. I've made my way throught melbourne and hobart and arrived back up in sydney, yet i still haven't finished my blog for leg 4 of my journey. So where was i...
Woke up to Daisy licking my face. Tammy picked her up from the pound the day before. Went back to sleep...
Woke up again when dan got up to go to work. I ate brekkie, pulled out my trusty guide book, jumped on the computer and started to plan my day. It was about 8:00ish when Tammy came knocking.
So as it turned out no one was going to be home for the inspection, as people were either working (dan and others) or going to school (tammy's first day back to class). Any way, the there was supposed to be an oven repair man coming to fix the oven at the same time that the inspector was comming, just to make it easier timing wise (which it wasn't). They were supposed to be there at 11am, and she asked if i wouldn't mind hanging out to let the inspector in. I didn't because i still didn't have my plan figured out yet, and it would give me more time to figure it out.
Tammy put daisy out side so she wouldn't be a nuissance to the inspector, but daisy doesn't like being tied up and barked alot if i wasn't immediately visible, so i had to sit in dan's room with the door open. Tammy also left her food and water next to where she was tied up, but daisy just managed to dump the water into the food bowl making dog food soup with a dead ant garnish.
Regardless, the oven dude came right after tammy left, not 2 minutes after departure! Thankfully the other house mate, who's name i forget, was also there. The guy was there to fix the oven door and it turns out that the part he needs has to be ordered in (go figure) and that he'll be back tomorrow. The down side was that the oven dude was incredibly early, but there was no inspector in tow.
I wound up waiting all day for the dude, letting daisy in just to shut her up about an hour later, with the intention of hurrying her outside if the inspector came...
but they never did. 2 oclock rolled around and finally the other house mate returned so i passed off all duties to her.
ALL THAT GUTTER CLEANING FOR NOTHING!!!!!!!!!
I was going to meet dan and caroline at Dan's work, The Canberra city YHA, and so found it on the map. It didn't look like a far walk so i headed out at about 2:30. Turns out the map was a bit misleading. Shortly after 3 i was still a ways away and Dan and Caroline picked me up in Caroline's car.
We drove up to parliament with the intentions of kicking but it was windy and a bit chilly. We then headed to the war memorial and had a look through a number of their exhibits, doing a good job of the ANZAC memorial room. Could have spent days there and still wouldn't have seen everything. We stayed for the closing ceremony and then went to dixon shops (wait was this the same day? I think it was but maybe it wasn't... it's been a while) Caroline, Dan and i started kicking at about 6 when Copey was supposed to be finished work. he works about 2 minutes away, so we expected him to be there shortly.
He rocked up about an hour later.
Caroline had to go to work shortly after copey's arrival and Dan, tired from starting work at 7am, bailed shortly there after. Copey and i finished off the session and then went Back to Dan's place to pick up my gear. I quickly explained the deal to Tammy (who's parents were there to pick up the dog! Good idea!) about the oven and the non-inspection, grabbed my gear, said thanks to Dan , Kate, and Tammy and jumped in Copey's Commodore for the long ride out to Copey's Castle in the southern burbs.
Once showered and quasi set up copey and i decided it was time for food. We hit the Coles. I don't know if copey had gone shopping for anything other than beer or DVD's in quite some time. We loaded up a big ass cart, continually arguing about price, quantity and preparation.
C-"What you getting that for?"
A-"It's cheaper"
"But it's the home brand!"
"Yeah, but it's like 200g more for a buck less than the other one!"
"Yeah, but i like the good stuff. pick another one..."
"okay..."
"What you getting that one for?"
"Well, it's more expensive than the last one-"
"Yeah, but it's from New Zealand!"
"...what the fuck is 'tasty cheese' anyway?"
We also picked up a slab of thooey's extra dry at some point as well. It would be gone the following day.
After a few beers, a delicious dinner of 2 steaks each (that's what frugal buying will get ya!) with veg on the side (microwaved in bags as nathan likes :s) we sat down to watch the tennis--
Ooh that's right! The tennis was over. My evenings from now on shal be ruined for ever!!!
Enter Nathan:
"Have you ever seen 'The Might Boosh'?"
Been a while. I've made my way throught melbourne and hobart and arrived back up in sydney, yet i still haven't finished my blog for leg 4 of my journey. So where was i...
Woke up to Daisy licking my face. Tammy picked her up from the pound the day before. Went back to sleep...
Woke up again when dan got up to go to work. I ate brekkie, pulled out my trusty guide book, jumped on the computer and started to plan my day. It was about 8:00ish when Tammy came knocking.
So as it turned out no one was going to be home for the inspection, as people were either working (dan and others) or going to school (tammy's first day back to class). Any way, the there was supposed to be an oven repair man coming to fix the oven at the same time that the inspector was comming, just to make it easier timing wise (which it wasn't). They were supposed to be there at 11am, and she asked if i wouldn't mind hanging out to let the inspector in. I didn't because i still didn't have my plan figured out yet, and it would give me more time to figure it out.
Tammy put daisy out side so she wouldn't be a nuissance to the inspector, but daisy doesn't like being tied up and barked alot if i wasn't immediately visible, so i had to sit in dan's room with the door open. Tammy also left her food and water next to where she was tied up, but daisy just managed to dump the water into the food bowl making dog food soup with a dead ant garnish.
Regardless, the oven dude came right after tammy left, not 2 minutes after departure! Thankfully the other house mate, who's name i forget, was also there. The guy was there to fix the oven door and it turns out that the part he needs has to be ordered in (go figure) and that he'll be back tomorrow. The down side was that the oven dude was incredibly early, but there was no inspector in tow.
I wound up waiting all day for the dude, letting daisy in just to shut her up about an hour later, with the intention of hurrying her outside if the inspector came...
but they never did. 2 oclock rolled around and finally the other house mate returned so i passed off all duties to her.
ALL THAT GUTTER CLEANING FOR NOTHING!!!!!!!!!
I was going to meet dan and caroline at Dan's work, The Canberra city YHA, and so found it on the map. It didn't look like a far walk so i headed out at about 2:30. Turns out the map was a bit misleading. Shortly after 3 i was still a ways away and Dan and Caroline picked me up in Caroline's car.
We drove up to parliament with the intentions of kicking but it was windy and a bit chilly. We then headed to the war memorial and had a look through a number of their exhibits, doing a good job of the ANZAC memorial room. Could have spent days there and still wouldn't have seen everything. We stayed for the closing ceremony and then went to dixon shops (wait was this the same day? I think it was but maybe it wasn't... it's been a while) Caroline, Dan and i started kicking at about 6 when Copey was supposed to be finished work. he works about 2 minutes away, so we expected him to be there shortly.
He rocked up about an hour later.
Caroline had to go to work shortly after copey's arrival and Dan, tired from starting work at 7am, bailed shortly there after. Copey and i finished off the session and then went Back to Dan's place to pick up my gear. I quickly explained the deal to Tammy (who's parents were there to pick up the dog! Good idea!) about the oven and the non-inspection, grabbed my gear, said thanks to Dan , Kate, and Tammy and jumped in Copey's Commodore for the long ride out to Copey's Castle in the southern burbs.
Once showered and quasi set up copey and i decided it was time for food. We hit the Coles. I don't know if copey had gone shopping for anything other than beer or DVD's in quite some time. We loaded up a big ass cart, continually arguing about price, quantity and preparation.
C-"What you getting that for?"
A-"It's cheaper"
"But it's the home brand!"
"Yeah, but it's like 200g more for a buck less than the other one!"
"Yeah, but i like the good stuff. pick another one..."
"okay..."
"What you getting that one for?"
"Well, it's more expensive than the last one-"
"Yeah, but it's from New Zealand!"
"...what the fuck is 'tasty cheese' anyway?"
We also picked up a slab of thooey's extra dry at some point as well. It would be gone the following day.
After a few beers, a delicious dinner of 2 steaks each (that's what frugal buying will get ya!) with veg on the side (microwaved in bags as nathan likes :s) we sat down to watch the tennis--
Ooh that's right! The tennis was over. My evenings from now on shal be ruined for ever!!!
Enter Nathan:
"Have you ever seen 'The Might Boosh'?"
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i can't believe we cleaned those gutters for nothing.
urgh. and I was only moving out shortly after.
However, probably a good idea to reduce the risk of the house BURNING IN A FIRE.
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urgh. and I was only moving out shortly after.
However, probably a good idea to reduce the risk of the house BURNING IN A FIRE.
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