I have been to the Firefly a few times now and find myself not wanting to move away from the table, other than to get a round of drinks in, which by comparison to other places I have been is quite cheep. The environment there is superb. You can sit back and enjoy some excellent food and hospitality. It is also good to watch other golfers struggle as much as I do when it comes to putting. The 18th hole is right outside the balcony, which also overlooks the rest of the course. You would be forgiven for thinking you were somewhere else.
The Chef produces some of the nicest food I have eaten. The first meal was Paul’s Birthday a few months back. Sam and I shared an entree and had our own main course. I had Steak! I always have steak, even though my tooth has to work harder than normal, due to my girlie fear of dentists. Anyway, the steak was superb, the salad and sauce were excellent and the extra crunchy fries melted in my mouth. If I continue this, they will have to widen the doors so the chef can get his head out 
After the main course, it was decided to have the apple crumble, with cream and Ice cream. That and the 5 schooners just about pushed me over the limit. I literally ate way too much. I could hardly move. It was official. I was Fat Bastard out of Austin Powers. Nice work Damien, keep it up. Any more meals like that and I will have to play there 5 times a week!
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March 7th, 2010
We went to the dog park today with Thor and Loki to let them run off some pent up Collie in them. We got to the park and let them off their leads and headed off to the far side of the park. Loki and Thor as per usual go crazy for the first 5 minutes or so and gradually come back, still running and paying visits to all the other doggies in the park. Thankfully they are well socialised dogs and get on well with other dogs and humans.
Whilst walking over to the agility equipment we must have dodged about 5 piles of dog poo, which under normal circumstances, SHOULD NOT BE THERE. I know that after you have watched your dog arch its back, you know its clean up time and having seen some of the things come out of my dogs would make a Marine Puke. Nevertheless, you should Always pick it up and place it in the bin. How hard is it? Other dogs and People have to use this park, so think about them and not just yourselves. If your Dog craps – Bag it. If you don’t, you are just a lazy good for nothing ass hole.
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March 7th, 2010
Well, Friday came eventually and my task before I arrived home was to see if anything had been done with the house. Thankfully, they have put the flooring in to start the second storey. However, yes there is always one of those. Energy Australia had been round to visit the site, to see if the builders had placed ‘Tiger Tails’ on the power cables. Apparently when Energy Australia came to check the site, the guy ably assisted with his guide dog, could not see any. This prompted them to threaten with site closure untill the builders had fitted aforementioned ‘Tiger Tails’ onto the cables.
Now some of you will know what Tiger Tails are, for those that don’t I will explain. Tiger Tails are a name/nickname given to a protective cover that insulates power cables from touching Humans or a Mechanical device. They are so coloured like a tail on a tiger – hence tiger tails.
‘Tiger Tails’
As you can see from this rather dull and overcast picture, there appears to be something wrapped around the power cables. I wonder what it could be? Can you guess what it is?
Energy Australia, since when has Stevie Wonder been an authorized representative of your company?
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March 7th, 2010
Today I actually played on a bigger and better course. Easy is not a word I would describe, but I made better use of my clubs than normal. Not being under any illusion that I would be able to hit the ball as far as I did helped me. So when I actually made the ball travel in the general direction of where I needed to be, it was a pleasant surprise.
Had I been able to read the green better and putt properly it would have been even better. It is sad to say that I was just over the course par rating, even worse that we only played nine holes, due to time frame with my partners in crime. Adam and Shane played well. Shane had a shocking start on the first hole, Adam and myself played well, once he found where his ball went. It all went down hill from there. We all managed to score 10’s at various parts of the course and I came close to a par on a Par 5. Sadly the 3 attempts to get that little white ball into the gopher hole was a real pain in the buttocks. That played true on most of the holes.
My new set of clubs played well, sadly the person operating them didn’t, the only thing that worked well for me was a Driver of all things and my Hybrids. The Pitching wedge almost came good and my new putter allowed me to slightly go past where I needed to be.
I found that if I over thought the shot, I played terrible. If I just settled in and relaxed, my aim and hit was much improved. Still, I have only been playing for a little over two months now and that isn’t everyday. As much as I would love to play everyday, I wouldn’t get much work done. Ah well, back to work tomorrow for another week of chaos theory being put into practice
Tags: Adam, Georges River, Georges River Golf Course, Golf, Shane
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March 4th, 2010
After the downstairs flooded and ruined a good pair of speakers, these are soon (hopefully)to be their replacements. Fingers Crossed.
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March 3rd, 2010
For the past couple of weeks I have been going to the Tennis courts with Sam and Karen whilst they play Tennis. The first night I only played for about 15 minutes or so and enjoyed it. So the next time they went we played doubles which was quite enjoyable. Seeing as the girls bought a Tennis Bat each, Sam bought me one too. Paul also bought a Bat and much fun was had.
Last night Adam came to the court and had a session with us as Paul was working. We actually managed to hit the ball more and keep it in play and at one point we even managed a rally where we all played the ball. It has been many years since I played Tennis, in fact the last time was at school and I was 13 or 14. About a billion gallons or more have trickled under that bridge.
Its all about getting fit, nah… really? Yes. And even though the top ranked players in the Tennis world can sleep safely and restfully in their beds at night knowing that we play twice a week, its all about getting out and having a change from crappy Foxtel and sprawling out on the couch or even worse, sitting in front of a computer at home or in the office.
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March 1st, 2010
So the day went as planned, Paul picked me up and off we went to play at Sefton Golf Course. The 1st tee has been moved to the lower levels, whilst I assume that they are working on the other two levels. Anyway, I tee off and wind up just on the left side of the fairway, Paul seemed keen to De-branch a few trees. Needless to say the game improved further on, for both of us.
I actually played well, considering I have never really played a full round of golf up until recently. I am happy with my game. It can only improve and by the laws of Golf, also get worse. We played through to the 16th hole and I hit a shot that I could not see where the little white ball had gone. So after wandering down the course I eventually found my ball. All the way to the right. However, during my quest, I was greeted, neigh, attacked by a killer duck, who’s beak had my very name engraved, etched even, onto it. I promptly used my wanna be Jedi Skills and managed to thwart this evil Duck, who’s eyes glowed bright red, with big gnarly teeth and a spear. It was an Uber Duck from the depths of Satan’s lair. But fear not this keen amateur golfer escaped unharmed, I used words of wisdom to calm this savage beast (the words used cannot really be printed)and waved my hand in front of me, ensuring safe passage to my ball.
I realised that this savage creature was in fact guarding a small group of ducklings huddled up near a tree. And for the Duck lovers amongst us, no Peking sauce was used and I managed to play my shot without further issues.
By the time we had finished at the 18th, it was time to head home. Thankfully the rain held off whilst playing, so it could pour down for the drive back.
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March 1st, 2010
Whist at work on Saturday for our wonderful Stocktake, Sam decided to take some photos on the Canon. On the preview screen it quite happily displayed the pictures and they seemed to be OK. Sadly, once you connect the camera to a PC or MAC, the images suddenly lose their sparkle. I wasn’t the person to point this out, Sam commented on the quality of the images and had seen better quality images from her Sony $300 digital camera. I would agree.
I seriously feel its time to trade this camera in and go for something better. Do I stay with Canon? Not sure. My initial reaction would be No, the Canon EOS400D is crap, regardless of what lens you whack on the front. Even with the camera in idiot mode, the quality of the images is not as crisp as the Fuji or Sam’s Sony Digital compact. The only time this camera shows any ability to produce decent images is Night time and long exposure shots. This has been proven by not only just myself, but a colleague who I used to work with. He expressed the same concerns as I do. Canon. I do believe you made a really, really bad camera. No wonder they superseded it with the 450D not long after.
