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Janiebabes: Where did you learn to speak Canberran PS?

Quote: The phrase that gets my goat is putting “gate” at the end of every single political scandal, such as the latest “Iguanagate”.  I think it’s time to cast that suffix into the pits of history.Quote.

Yes – a billion trillion times, in 72 point font, yes!

The other ‘weasel” is the phrase welcome back, uttered by our TV comperes after the commercials or station breaks have interrupted our viewing.  Welcome back to what.   Okay, TV comperes. Read my lips:   Welcome back to  what? To my own loungeroom?  My home?   I think not.  We invited you into our place at the push of a button.  It does not take many muscles in my hand to bump you off via my remote control.

I am a Canberran and proud of it.   However, because of circumstances I’m resident of Bathurst and proud of it.

I do not, repeat do not, miss the City – here I mean Sydney.   during my print media days I put in some hard yards at the SMH and Tele groups – loved the work, hated the commuting.

The token teen, decided that life at Chatswood High was not to his liking, so he took more days off than was his entitlement as laid down by the Dept of Education.    Family get together ended up with a unanimous decision to relocate said teen to another seat of learning – short listed to All Saints’ and Scots School, here in Bathurst.   

All Sints’ won and here was a complete turn around in the teen’s attitude and class results.   Suddenly it was positive and leadership skills to the fore. We therefore decided to move trees and go rural, Canberra was out of the question and the budget then, Bathurst, where I had visited on numerous occasions seemed the most attractive.  So here we came and not regretted a day of it.

Sure, we like to visit Sydney town – even though the streets have shrunk and the cars and buses grown bigger, but it’s home as fast as we can caper when the visit is over.   

Lucky I can work from home now and  the Resident Redhead and moi can still get as good nosh up at some pretty good Bathurst eateries; and a two minute delay in traffic, at the Stewart Street/Durham Street lights, where the GWH meets, is the worst scenario during rush hour.   If I want hustle and bustle, it’s a half hour pleasant drive to Orange.

I’d love to shout it out, I really would, but I’ll be soft ‘n gentle in telling you, I’m sick to (expletive deleted) death of the infomercials we in the ‘bush’ are saddled with from Southern Cross/Prime/WIN. Don’t get me wrong, I’m as loyal as the next bloke when it comes to supporting our local media – but as an ex-Herald person, I still like to read my daily dose of SMH, especially Monday when I get the Guide and A page of Crossword puzzles. I rely on my Guide to tell me wot’s wot on the box. Take last Monday for example, I was home with a bit o’the bug and looked to TV for some comfort whilst the Resident Redhead was in town. I go to the guide and see what;’s on at midday. Bewdy! movies. Nah! seen the one on Seven (Prime here in BX) so I’ll try WIN. Yesss! a movie. Hey, one I like. Uh uh! I’m getting flamin’ skincare ads.No, not ads, one ad, going on and on and on and on, in both American and Oz. My act of sheer wilfull disobedience, no! I will not be one of the first to ring in ten minutes. I will not giove my credit card details and I don’t give a tuppeny toss, if spotty Gertrude Glukenspeiler suddenly becomes belle of the ball after a week of application. Good luck to her. However, I’m not keen in having it rammed down my throat. This past Saturday – again – ABC, sport. Okay! SBS, sport, okay too. The others – blinking infomercials for an hour.                                   Dear commercial channels, I know you have to pay yor bills and inflated salaries to those who grace our screens, but please! please! find another way to replace infomercials – I am not sold. I know in my heart of hearts that’s about as likely to happen as Channel Nine is of reinstating Christine Spiteri, who I miss.