Villawood riots

I regularly watch the TV show Border Watch.  Anyone entering Australia has to have the correct visas and if there is the even the slightest problem the person is usually sent back to where they came from on the next available flight.  Therefore, any persons responsible for the destruction of government property should have any applications for visas denied and promptly sent back to where they came from.  If they refuse to name their country, then they should be sent back to Indonesia.  I read a very good comment on the 3aw website that likened these people to thugs "who kick your door in, sit on the couch all day watching TV while you work, then complain about the food in the fridge".  Meanwhile there are thousands of legitimate refugees sitting in camps around the world who have done the right thing, gone through the proper channels and after years of despair are still waiting.  Why aren't we helping these people instead of the illegals????

Why can't anyone leave comments?

This is getting very frustrating and I'm getting grumpier!!!  I have followed all the instructions, been to the help site, gone into blogger forums, but "leaving comments" still not working.  Don't know what else to do.  Can anyone help?

Letter to Ross Lyon

Dear Ross, last week a football commentator was asked "can St Kilda make the finals without Lenny Hayes"?  Of course the answer was no.   BUT (and many apologies to Lenny) he should have added they would not have made the finals with him in the team.  Lets face it, you've all had your chances and blown it - 3 times.  I watched that docu about the club a few weeks back, and although you made the point that it is only a football game, which is true, your long suffering fans would like something to celebrate at the end of the year.  Otherwise, instead of promising so much, only to be let down again  I think I would prefer to go back to the good old days, remember, when we knew we would beat Fitzroy and got excited when we came within 8 points of beating Hawthorn.  At least we knew what to expect back then.  Not now, everyone is all over the place.  How does a normally excellent kicker get it sooooo wrong (Gram)?  How does someone with so much talent perform so inconsistently (Goddard)?  How is it that someone so slow keep his place in the team (Clarke)?  My biggest gripe Ross is that I think you have forgotten that this game is called football.  It is not rugby, so passing backwards is NOT compulsary.  Isn't it logical that to kick goals you must go forward????  OK so you've proved that the team can play defensively, and sometimes they have even played offensively and kicked lots of goals, but wouldn't it be great to play both on the same day, in the same match!  Now that would be good to see.

More email scams

They are coming in thick and fast now.  Got 5 today titled Personal Notification, which I did'nt open but I'm assuming they have something to do with non existent parcel tracking, then 1 titled Express Delivery - another parcel tracker - and lastly 1 entitled MMS (whatever that means) Confirmation needed. Confirmation of what I don't know because I have no intention of opening it.  We are just small fish and yet we still receive lots of scams, so imagine the junk that some of these larger companies that received thousands of emails every day, have to sort through.  Obviously people are still being conned because they still keep coming!!!

Work from home - the unanswered questions

I've looked at dozens of work from home sites, (though not the ones that claim you can make millions) but they are all so vague in what is actually involved.  Of course you have to pay so I can see how the people running these sites make their money, but whenever I ask for specifics I'm told to check out the info pack which is valued at over $300 but for this week only has been reduced to $39.95!  Why can't I get a simple answer to a simple question?  WHAT IS INVOLVED???  If it means having a blog which runs ads, well I've already done that and it is free through Google.  Does anyone out there know the answer, do you work from home, or know someone who does, and what do they do?

email scams

We have received a new (to us) email scam.  You have to admire the talent and ingenuity of these people but why can't they use their skills to earn money legitimately.  The latest supposedly comes from the American Postal Service informing that a parcel has been sent and the tracking number is enclosed so that you can see where your parcel is and when it will arrive.  Well Rod received the first one and although he knew it was a scam curiosity got the better of him (he does have a sister in the US and his 60th is coming up!!!!!)  Of course the parcel could not be tracked because the computer was full of fatal virus's etc. which would have to be attended to immediately.  It was much easier for me to pick the scam because I received four in one day all with different no's.  Slight overkill there, even for the most gullible among us.