Life in a 3d world, well almost

LOCAL NEWS

Some guy was sent a reminder to pay a fine from 1962, and was dismayed that four pounds ten had grown to $40. He had already paid it. The increase seems pretty okay to me, I had a fine for $40 turn in to $120 in about 10 years.

A man died after being stung by a swarm of wasps, and despite that has been referred to police, not really sure why/

Some guy charged for opening his car door and causing the death of a cyclist had the charge dismissed, and it appears that it is more than deservedly so.

There continues to be lots of whinging about haves vs have nots and the cost of housing. I can't see what good can come of such lazy reporting of a non-issue that has been around forever.

The Sevens seemed to be the usual people in crazy outfits, although the first one hospitalised with alcohol excess happened two hours after the start of the tournament, which seems pretty quick.

The scrap over the sale of the Crafar farms, a big chunk of land, to Chinese investors, went to court again this week. Selling our farms to overseas investors does not seem like a good idea. Then James Cameron bought a few thousand acres for a little ranch in the Wairarapa somewhere. Maybe it was the whole of the Wairarapa.

Today is Waitangi Day, but nobody really cares. There was some kind of a fuss yesterday, but I wasn't really interested enough to get the details.

WORLD NEWS

An Afghani woman was supposedly killed by her husband for bearing another girl. Don't you just love how religion and culture can create a society where people think it is okay to kill someone else under a completely ridiculous pretext (given that the gender of a child is determined by the sperm, he should have strangled himself).

Some parents are suing IVF providers for not telling them about the risk that their offspring might have something the father had. Seriously? They go to the trouble of seeking IVF, you would think they would know about basic genetics.

It was George Romero's birthday this week, crazy zombie film director. Wonder if he is related to Caesar Romero?

Apparently a US laboratory is researching a bird flu strain that could kill half the world. Part of me wonders if that really would be a bad thing. It would solve a heck of a lot of problems, wouldn't it? Just as long as vaccines weren't given out to politicians and car salesmen.

The primaries continue in the US with Mitt and the other guy. I don't see why we should care, isn't Obama just going to win, anyway? And the money they blow is unbelievable.

I think the superbowl was today, people seem to care more about the half time entertainment and the ads than the game.

SPORT

The Wellington Sevens were on, New Zealand beat Fiji comfortably in the final 24-7 but squeaked through so earlier rounds.

It was a battle incompetente when New Zealand played Zimbabwe in the first ODI. New Zealand didn't make it to 50 overs and Zimbabwe sucked even more.

Arsenal gave Blackburn a 7-1 thwack across the back of the legs and sent them home, Norwich beat Bolton 2-0, QPR lost to Wolves 1-2, Sunderland beat a ten man Stoke 1-0. Man City beat Fulham 2-0. Man Utd managed to stagger to a dodgy 3-3 draw with Chelsea this morning, they scored four goals and two were penalties, at least the OG wasn't a penalty. Newcastle beat Villa 2-1, Villa must be real crap.

MY SAD LIFE

Hannah returned on Tuesday and was basically a zombie. Rory left on Tuesday and returned on Thursday. Haven't really seen a lot more of him though. He has a plan to make a large model of a racer thing for the release of the PS Vita at his work, so we went and bought some bits on Friday afternoon. This resulted in me getting a new battery powered drill, because my old one is ten years old at least and doesn't charge any more, which technically means it isn't battery powered any more.

The Falcon was discovered on Thursday, in Mt Roskill, I got a call from Police. We still haven't seen it yet. But the ignition and door key are knackered. Not sure if anything else has been harmed. Probably a couple more days before we find out.

Those of you on facebook would know about Diana's fun times with insurance companies. It's been a trial. I rang them on Friday to give them info about where the Falcon was, and they said they didn't need it. Then they rang us to ask for it. I just wish Diana had had the foresight to put them on hold.

Thursday night Diana and I went to the engagement of Paul Chambers and Jess, not before time most would argue. They are about to go overseas for a couple of years so the wedding could be a while off yet.

Meanwhile, Paul Grant has been posting photos of whales and nice Hawaiian beaches on Facebook, the scumbag.

On Friday I went to a funeral with Mum, of Les Watson, a guy that lived in the street we lived in for all of the 70s and little bit either side. There were a few old familiar faces, very old. One thing I learned was this - get someone to check the speeches. One guy went on for over half an hour and he was bloody terrible.

Sunday night most of us had dinner with the Goodins at Lone Star. Rory and Thomas managed to drag themselves away from online world for a while. Hannah was at the Lantern Festival, which she said was boring.

The 3d-printer arrived on Friday, and some construction has happened but I have had plenty of challenges. Having a go today, Koos is coming to help. Not sure how far we will get, I broke a piece the other day.

Rory is working again today, four days in a row. His back is still troubling him a little. He may actually have to see a professional. Hannah worked yesterday and is again today.

I broke Rory's headphones yesterday when I picked them up, so he thinks I should buy new ones. Not entirely sure that is fair given the heavy use he has subjected them to. The fact that the same model seems to be

I saw Piri Weepu while I was walking the dog this morning, said good morning to him before I realised who he was.

I have been working on the 3d printer today with Koos and Ash, three brains are better than one. Well, two and a half. That's why this is late, they just left.