MY SISTER IS BACK IN 6 DAYS!!!
and its going so slowly!

Hey, this is an email I just got in regards to the eights we row on fridays... just a little snippet of a) how funny the masters at MRC are... b) what I "waste" a lot of time doing

it is a funny read (written by one of the oldfella's)... as follows:

From: James Taylor
To: Nick Garratt
Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 9:49 PM
Subject: NEED4SPEED UPDATE 21 OCT NEWS

Hey Gang
Its finally happened! Nick G has said this fun in the eights has gotta STOP!!!
Yep from now on it turns serious. Nick has had a conference with "The Sisterhood" who reckon the guys are just toying with it. Nick agrees.
The end of the Friday eights???
ABSOLUTELY NOT ---NO !!!
THEY ARE ON BUT BIGGER AND BETTER
This week Tom and Pete in the SAME BOAT with some other young tearaways .........
BUT.. to balance this and show them up as a bunch of showponies we have
the return of Matthias, Rob Walker, Paul Webster James Galloway and a first appearance by Matt Le Belenger a French guy who understands plain English such as "Lets beat the living crap out of them."
I understand that the girls are out in force this week also in their Octo-powered projectile so lets issue the warning early
"WARNING" 3 MONSTER EIGHTS carving up the course at Killarney approx 6.20am Friday morning : lesser boats get the hell out of the way.
The likely crews this week :
RED CREW: Tom,Mike I, Pete (gun sculler this week!) Al Stu Kieran Lachie and Macca: and guys, wear a snippet of red in your raiments to help with identification of the bodies at the end of the course
BLUE CREW Paul W Rob W (no they're not brothers except for Friday)Matt Le Bel, Matt Le Grande Tim James G Adam and Luke. And fellas can you wear a sprig of blue in your blouses for the same reason as above.

New Rules:
1.No spitting at the other crew particularly at the start line
2.No swearing at the other crew (no not even in German, Matt)
3.No swearing at the other crew (no not even in French, Matt)
4.Oars in gates all the time please (Tom....I know they can be a handy weapon)
5.Be polite at all times to the quad (ex Chappo, Rocky Wear $ Caedyn Taylor Campbell, Finno, Will, )
6.Definitely no spitting at the other crew

Myburgh away this week
DC......DC.......come in.....we need you
now how the hell are we going to fill that extra eight next week?

NEXT WEEK
The big news is that Rob Walker is looking for a temporary home for a new eight made by Wintech. Next week we boat 3 mens eights as well as the girls.
Rob says we have to be gentle with the Wintech eight - it's almost like he is selling the things!! .......Well he is actually, so it will be really interesting to give it a whirl.

LAST WEEK
Again James G clubman of the week first down and 22 blades onto the pontoon.
Katie crook, apologetic, and has promised NEVER to be sick again as long as she lives
(sorry Katie and glad you are better now)

THIS WEEK
Lets lift our game and help James G get the oars down- quite a few of the guys have to get away to work not to mention some of the coxes so lets make sure we get on the water promptly
See you Friday

"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by."
- Douglas Adams

Hi all,
I have just updated a new template for my site... tell us what you think...
cheers,
luke

humidity makes my hair frizz

it would seem that I played mum at ross's after party last night

When you encounter seemingly good advice that contradicts other seemingly good advice, ignore them both.
- Al Franken

This is a hilarious clip from the South Park movie. There isn’t much to say..just that it’s very funny.
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I'M GETTING MY APPLE POWERBOOK SOON!!!

"Ninety-eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hard-working, honest Americans. It's the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then--we elected them."
- Lily Tomlin

i would just like to boast for a minute that one of the photos from last friday makes me look not so week compared to kiran (sitting in front of me)... which is a rare occassion and purely the work of the camera... but great for my huge ego nonetheless!

Google CEO, Eric Schmidt, says that it will take them 300 years to index the world's information. Google has indexed 170 terabytes of data, and they estimate that there is a total of 5 million terabytes of information in the world. So Google has been around for 7 years, and they've done 0.000034% of the work meaning that the other 99.999966% will be done over the next 293 years? They obviously have a lot of faith in technology. But personally I think that it will be completed way before that at the rate google is going, I would not give it even 40 years.
Cheers,
Luke

Tis great...Pete B sent it to me:

At last a guy has taken the time to write this all down. Finally the guys' side of the story. (I must admit, it's pretty good.)

We always hear "the rules” from the female side. Now here are the rules from the male side.

These are our rules!

Please note... these are all numbered “1” ON PURPOSE!

1. Learn to work the toilet seat. You're a big girl. If it's up, put it down. We need it up, you need it down. You don't hear us complaining about you leaving it down.

1. Sunday sports. It's like the full moon or the changing of the tides. Let it be.

1. Shopping is NOT a sport. And no, we are never going to think of it that way.

1. Crying is blackmail.

1. Ask for what you want. Let us be clear on this one: Subtle hints do not work! Strong hints do not work! Obvious hints do not work… Just say it!

1. Yes and No are perfectly acceptable answers to almost every question.

1. Come to us with a problem only if you want help solving it. That's what we do. Sympathy is what your girlfriends are for.

1. A headache that lasts for 17 months is a problem. See a doctor.

1. Anything we said 6 months ago is inadmissible in an argument. In fact, all comments become null and void after 7 days.

1. If you won't dress like the Victoria's Secret girls, don't expect us to act like soap opera guys.

1. If you think you're fat, you probably are. Don't ask us.

1. If something we said can be interpreted two ways and one of the ways makes you sad or angry, we meant the other one.

1. You can either ask us to do something or tell us how you want it done. Not both. If you already know best how to do it, just do it yourself.

1. Whenever possible, please say whatever you have to say during commercials.

1. Christopher Columbus did not need directions and neither do we.

1. ALL men see in only 16 colors, like Windows default settings. Peach, for example, is a fruit, not a color. Pumpkin is also a fruit. We have no idea what mauve is.

1. If it itches, it will be scratched. We do that.

1. If we ask what is wrong and you say “nothing”, we will act like nothing's wrong. We know you are lying, but it is just not worth the hassle.

1. If you ask a question you don't want an answer to, expect an answer you don't want to hear.

1. When we have to go somewhere, absolutely anything you wear is fine...Really.

1. Don't ask us what we're thinking about unless you are prepared to discuss such topics as baseball, the shotgun formation, or monster trucks.

1. You have enough clothes.

1. You have too many shoes.

1. I am in shape. Round is a shape.

Thank you for reading this. Yes, I know, I have to sleep on the couch tonight; but did you know men really don't mind that? It's like camping.

Pass this to as many men as you can - to give them a laugh.

Pass this to as many women as you can - to give them a bigger laugh!

The laptop for kids - Technology - smh.com.au
Facsinating read, its great

"Stay Hungry... Stay Foolish"
- Steve Jobs

Its official, I hate computers!!!
I just lost all of yesterdays work, because my computer failed and my last backup was a day old!
Up to last night I had almost finished my assignment!
ARRRGHH!!!!!!!!!!! I cannot express my annoyance!!!!!!!!!

"The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who can write know anything."
- Walter Bagehot

whilst doing Uni work (as you do) I somehow happened to come accross this on howie's blog (I don't know how if i was doing uni work?!?! go figure):
"personally i dont see why you need to row these days, motor boats are much faster"
© Copyright 2005 howie's halfpipe

It has been on my mind on and off over the last year... it seems like all the other technologies are getting better and more commonly used, whilst PocketPC's, Palm's etc are just not getting used that often...mmm
just my thoughts
cheers,
luke

We've heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the complete works of Shakespeare; now, thanks to the Internet, we know that is not true.
- Robert Wilensky

I AM SO FAR BEHIND IN MY UNI WORK!!!!!!!!
Having been sick, then away, then sick, then away, then sick and then away!
I AM SO STRESSED!!
Lord, please help me!
Well, its good to get that out of the system! All I have to do now is concentrate!
Cheers,
Luke

Top Ten Web Design Mistakes of 2005 (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox)
This is another wonderful alertbox that is so important that I am compelled to blog it.
The Top 10 Web Design Mistakes of 2005 are:

1. Legibility Problems


2. Non-Standard Links


3. Flash


4. Content That's Not Written for the Web


5. Bad Search


6. Browser Incompatibility


7. Cumbersome Forms


8. No Contact Information or Other Company Info


9. Frozen Layouts with Fixed Page Widths


10. Inadequate Photo Enlargement

Cheers,
Luke

If at first you don't succeed, find out if the loser gets anything.
- Bill Lyon

i am so wasted after stump... 67 emails to sort, two lods of washing, unpack bags, put tents etc away and cleen up room before bed!

and i really miss my wallet!