dobbs on December 25th, 2009

What boyfriends (and hopefully husbands) are good for……. How to catch a herd of elephants (adapted from the book Malaysia at Random) 1. Cut giant poles from jungle trees 2. Drive poles in ground, tie with rope and make an enclosure 120 feet square 3. Build wooden platform on top of this barrier where people [...]

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dobbs on December 16th, 2009

What is the advantage of having a husband who is a gadget freak? 1. You get nice new gadgets without even asking for them 2. You get an upgrade whenever hubby gets an upgrade Yes, I finally got used to my iPod touch and passed over my still functioning Tungsten T5 to my niece. And [...]

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dobbs on December 14th, 2009

……specifically people who stop at the top of the walkalator and refuse to move away, preventing me from pushing my cart off the walkalator. A few weeks back, I had 2 close encounters in Carrefour — the first when I was nearly mown down by the cart behind me, and the second when I nearly [...]

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dobbs on December 7th, 2009

One of the things I dread the most are power cuts which thankfully do not occur very often, as no electricty = No tv, no computer, no fan = disgruntled son. So I was pretty dismayed when we had a sudden power cut this morning. After confirming with my neighbour that her power was also [...]

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