fro and the cowboy monkey

I'm sure this won't be the last post I try to give that title. But this one was the first.

For Pete's sake, I hate feeling like this. Like someone has stomped on my abdomen for the last week. Aaahhh well, at least I can eat again. Man, I love eating!

Went to Oran Park to give Rowdy moral support at the supersprint. Frustrated 'cause I wasn't competing. Glad I wasn't competing, because after a week of feeling very unwell, I'm still not feeling fantastic. But I'm definitely recovering.

Photos from supersprint to come.

Oh, and having put up the signs and delivered the residents letters for the Caltex Airport Starmart, I can confirm that the Captains Flat and region wombat population is very active at the moment. Nine (9) wombats in one night. Has to be some sort of new record. And managed to not hit any of them (Thank Pete).

Thank you.

Come again.

So I was feeling a bit poorly today (well, all weekend and today, really), so after moping on the couch for most of the day, I thought I'd hit the web and visit the usual cycle of sites, blogs and on-line galleries.

Hoopty Rides is a semi-regular on my blog-cycle, and has a little piece on user-serviceable components, which is actually really similar to a tale that Ben told not that long ago.

Of course, the big difference is that Ben and I live over in a Metric country. Australia underwent metrification in the sixties. I'm sure there was a period of pain and re-adjustment (I don't know, I wasn't born then), but everything works just fine now, except for people still dealing with stuff from non-metrified countries. Like The Good Ole' US of A.

Metric makes so much sense, makes life easier for a whole range of reasons. The US has metric money, but couldn't make the leap with measures, be they of distance, weight or volume.

I know that Mister Jalopy only wants to have to use one tool set per vehicle. Please, oh please, make it the metric toolset. In this global world, surely the metric destinations for all this stuff can encourage your nation to give metrification a proper chance! It's worked for so many others, let it work for you!

Well, Saturday morning dawned to rain, and an overcast outlook. I can't believe that Aaron was so darn keen to run the bluddy khanacross, but I went out and did my bit as the Chief Steward for the day.

It was a bit of a quagmire, and it was certainly entertaining. I took some photos that are over at my flickr account, and there were a few good tales to tell from the day.

Well, maybe not a thousand words, but maybe a couple hundred?

Thanks to my wife, a photo of the notorious Datsun 180B in action:

No, I'm not talking Castle-style antics here. Serenity, as in the movie, based upon the Joss Whedon created TV Series, Firefly.

Used to be a petition, but on-line booking of tickets for a midnight screening at Hoyts Belconnen is here. I've passed the link on to work-mates, and now I pass the link on to you.

Thanks to the good folks at Riot-ACT for the linkage...

On the Rally Australia front. Planning for the trip to go and see the last Rally Australia in Perth is well underway, and the road trip is going to be massive. Can you say "Winnebago"?

Just in from collecting the trailer, I'm getting my own rally car ready for the challenge of the Bay Stages Rally 2005 (this Saturday).

Expect an update and appropriate photographic linkage in the near future...