My Premier Kites Speed Foil has got me hooked on parafoils. It is only small, but is fast and pulls. The other week I spotted a Prism Stylus P3 on eBay. I won the bidding at $90 including postage. Usually P3s are $195 in Australia, so I figured I got a pretty good deal. The kite is in excellent condition, but there were a couple of odd things which I have corrected. Firstly, one of … more »
Thought I would post a couple of pics of my kite collection. These photos were taken about six months ago, before I bought my first parafoil. The first pic (clockwise starting top right): six foot delta; rainbow delta; small rainbow delta; two diamond kites from a bargain store; Rascal dual line stunt kite. The Rascal and rainbow delta fly the best out of these kites. The rainbow delta is a very reliable flyer. I … more »
My wife’s mother rented us a place at the Gold Coast for the Labour Day long weekend. I turned up down there and the place was right on the beach! Problem was, I had left my quiver of kites at home. Bugger. First opportunity I scooted over to the local kite shop, Kamikaze Kites. Friendly folks they were. I was impressed at their range of kites overall. I already have several traditional stunt kites … more »
Subaru Foresters can be expensive to maintain. I knew that when we bought our brand new car in December 2002, but it got ridiculous at our last service done by City Automotive Group. Our car is four years old and has 60,000 km on the clock. Because the car is four years old, that put it on schedule for its 100,000 km major service, even though it had only done 60,000 km of … more »
I had a 1am visitor last night — about 1.7 metres, slim, curvy … mmmm. My wife was not impressed. I think that she should be more liberal and open minded.
Okay. This is a rant. Telstra are bastards. I have a long standing dislike of Telstra. In my experiecne they have an extremely aggressive corporate culture in the upper echelons, and a lazy culture in the lower echelons typified by their ‘1980’s government worker’ stereotype, even though they are no longer a government entity. Today’s outburst comes from my most recent brush with the bastards from Telstra. All my telecommunications accounts — mobile, … more »
I originally bought a Yamaha FG720S acoustic guitar to learn on. They are about $500 in Australia, but I bought mine on special for about $450 from Allans Music in Queen Street Mall in Brisbane. I got the FG720S home and found that I was not using it. I have a three-year-old daughter, and unfortunately I had to store the guitar out of her reach. This meant that it was not easy to … more »