My Manifesto: The Incoherent Ramblings of a Madman

Adam = 1
Disgruntled Next Door Neighbour = 0
Disgruntled Next Door Neighbour's Tree = 0

Apparently my aggressive pruning is going to kill his poor tree. Now, this is coming from a man who waters Australian native plants, that are drought tolerant I might add, daily. Daily! Daily he is there watering drought tolerant plants in the middle of water restrictions, whether there has been rain or not. Hence, I have concluded he is not exactly the brightest spark in the world and any permanent damage to his tree will be purely coincidental. His tree will live - but if it shows its branches over my side of the fence again - there will be round 2 starting.

WARNING - the following blog entry may contain language which may offend some viewers. If you are offended by the word "fuck" or derivations there of, then perhaps you should not read this entry. My brethren, I leave it up to you to decide whether or not to read on. This entry has been rated P - for Pissed Off.

Adam = 0
Boss = 1
International/Australian/Local Standards = 0

What I said: "You changed the numbering of the pipes again?"

What I meant: "You've fucking changed the numbering of the pit network from using Bow's notation and being in accordance with the ISO standard, and Local Council standards to be some weird hippy system, furthermore, you've fucking well changed the numbering of the piping system back to what it was before you made me change it in the first place!"

What My Boss said: "Your numbering didn't make any sense on the pit network and pipes"

What I said: "The pit network followed Bow's notation and the ISO standard labeling system - you can change the pipe numbering to whatever you like."

What I meant: "If I ever get the chance to pound some sense into you - I'm taking it"

What My Boss said: "Bow's notation? ISO? What the hell are you going on about? In my experience they should be numbered this way"

What I said: "ISO standards are a set of international standards that are set so things all over the world can be standardised so you can look at something anywhere and immediately recognise it. If you prefer to do it your own way, that is ok by me, your way does seem more clearer."

What I meant:"You fucking experience said to label half the stuff another way only 1 week ago! It's because your fucking experience changes it's fucking mind every week that ISO standards exist!"


"Come mothers and fathers throughout the land and don't criticise what you can't understand your sons and your daughters are beyond your command your old road is rapidly ageing so get out of the new one if you can't lend your hand for the times they are a-changin' " -- Bob Dylan (probably entirely plagiarised from somebody else, but hey, we love him anyways) -- The Times They Are A Changin'

Fiji put on a good game of rugby union - they just need to improve their fitness so they can play a full game, and improve their discipline and they'll be a genuine force. I guess it comes from their lack of professionalism compared to the major nations - but for them to even be competitive at all is a fantastic thing to see.

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