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Dan

I tell it how I see it, feel free to disagree; coz in the long run, we're all dead.

About Me

A Native born Adelaidian frustrated with his city's desire to hold onto that "big country town" feeling.

I grew up in a white collar family, the son of a 6th generation Australian and a Welsh Immigrant. I attended an Anglican school, and did four years of a commerce degree before deciding I was better off in a more hands on environment.

My Interests

The Martial Arts, Computers, Physics, Gadgetry, Weaponry, Philosophy.

I'd like to meet:

Anyone prepared to enter lively debate.

Music:

Bits and Pieces of just about Everything.

Heroes:

Douglas Adams, Steven Hawking, James Randi, John Maynard Keynes, The Edge, Paul Simon, John Lennon, John Clarke, Billy Connolly, Bono, Nelson Mandela, Kofi Annan, Al Gore, Steve Jobs, Hillary Clinton, Paul Simon, John Belushi, The Woz, Chojun Miyagi, Jack Ryan, Gough Whitlam, Richard Dawkins, Hank Moody.

My Blog

Mitsubishi in Adelaide Closed...1000 people out of work

So today it was announced the final adelaide Mitsubishi manufacturing plant is being closed. Im sorry to say it, but no one should really have been surprised. It should have happened ten years ago - i...
Posted by on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 02:50:00 GMT

What the flying f*** are we becoming?

Santa cant say "Ho Ho Ho" anymore because "Ho" has become a slang derogatory word for women.WTF?This is so right up there with "Baa Baa RAINBOW Sheep..." So now we're going to have kids growing up bel...
Posted by on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 04:32:00 GMT

Election time...and Cousins

Bring on the election, though Im loathe to pick who's gonna win it. Id hate to see labour get in with the economy in the state it is and them make a hash of it. The number of unionists in their ranks ...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 07:10:00 GMT

Infrastructure

Adelaide's roads...actually, there's nothing too bad about Adelaide's roads, I just cant believe there are locals that need satnav to get around Adelaide. It's all straight lines and squares people, n...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 21:24:00 GMT

Playing catch up, yet again

I see in the news that Adelaide, well, south australia, is about to introduce a complete smoking ban for internal venues.About bloody time.Ten years ago we had the toughest anti-smoking laws in the co...
Posted by on Wed, 26 Sep 2007 06:49:00 GMT

Dumbing Down

I seriously wonder about what we're doing to the english language every time we send a text message on our mobile.I once had this argument with someone and they argued text talk, leet speak, whatever ...
Posted by on Mon, 24 Sep 2007 06:34:00 GMT

I love it when Im right

Page two of the Adelaide Advertiser for Sept. 11 had a brief article about an Audit conducted by PriceWaterhouseCoopers on Mitsubishi.It's findings:    - Uncertainty over Future &n...
Posted by on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 06:51:00 GMT

A wakeup call to the City of Adelaide

Adelaide has got to wake up to itself...as much as I hate to say it, it has no real reason to be here. Put technically, Adelaide has no comparative advantage. Nothing to drive growth.On what do I base...
Posted by on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 04:06:00 GMT