Living Contentedly

26 March: Hooey! Today's outing began in the rain. Earlier I'd procrastinated due to sun, a  home work project that really needed completing, and so on.  I got so far as to take my Royal Enfield Bullet for a rego check; the town's main mechanic had semi-retired so was unavailable today. I then went to his son's workshop and he was closed too. Hrrmph!  At home I got set to work on my other bike, my chopper, that I need to get ready before the lapsed rego period of grace expires. I picked up the battery drill and it went flat on the first hole. I'd used it earlier, and thought it had more charge.  So I pulled on my NBs, coaxed the dog, filled a bottle with Powerade and headed to Summer Hill Road.  There were some serious clumps of rain-dumping clouds to the SW of our destination and we copped loads for brief peroods on our drive. But it wasnt windy or cold, so no risk of death.   I felt driven to return here after riding by a few days ago, the rolling gr...

23 March:  Home life has been pretty full on, so I actually lost two days to just resistance training.  So today I was busting to stretch my legs. Rather than head into town for groceries and run the gauntlet of busy roads, I hit local roads that are not well used. The recent death of a pedestrian on roads that i frequent has really made me timid. He wasnt riding, it was a freakishly unlucky affair, but still, it seems to have  involved a careless motorist. Anyway, today's ride was pretty hard. The temperature was good, it wasnt too sunny, and the wind was OK, but today it was hills. They werent monsters, but there were a lot of them. It was a case that you seemed to be going up or down, rarely cruising on flat ground. But, that was too because I really wanted to push myself a bit. Mission accomished.  A novel element for today's ride was a Bluetooth speaker. As soon as I got going I cranked up "100 Greatest Reggae Songs". Wow, it made the ride really enjoyable and I...

Here is a cutting from an ANC News story posted at the present. A father and son are taking a year off to do some of the worlds greatest hikes.  "For 18-year-old Ashton Toole, there is no better place than the great outdoors, and no better feeling than exploring it on foot . [ EDIT son has Autism] "s pectrum disorder, ADHD and Tourette syndrome. "People with autism tend to have fixations, and his, fortunately, was bushwalking," Mr Toole said. Ashton is non verbal and the father has to caution nearby campers about odd yips and copralalia through the might. The father says, they "indirectly educate" hikers about Tourettes. Excellent, those who don't tend to meet people with obvious disabilities in daily life can become very able body thinking. Good luck.  .

When I was a kid there was a huge spanner at home and it was stamped "King Dick". It never failed to get a rise when I showed my friends. But, jist as a preamble, my dick size has never been something Ive either thought about or worried upon. I mean, what can you do about it?  Well that's what I thought until a month ago. I was drying myself off after a bath and I noticed my willy had grown! No I wasnt particularly excited, if you know what I mean. Does it continue to grow, or respond to gravity as you get older? I had one inkling that it was because I'd lost weight and was fitter. I checked again later, same. So I Googled it and yes, losing weight removes fat from the groin so more Roger is seen. And better health leads to better blood flow and Kong Dick is in da house. Bloody hell. 

19 March 2026: A little after 4am I began a spontaneous fitness session that went for an hour. Beginning with limbering up, then stretches, cowbell then dumbell. It left me feeling energised & ready for an active day.  After a leisurely breakfast I sowed some beetroot and beans in the garden under gentle rain. Later I did kaundry & worked  on the Royal Enfield 500 (speedo). I then completed as much of the new verandah framework, putting in steel screws thst i could without getting the drill wet.   After a salad & lettingbit digest I took the dog & I for a run. We went pretty solidly at it for one hour. The dog was fragging himself about by the end, & it feels great to outrun a dog.  Afterwards , I grabbed my first burger & chips in months. I was starving & should have waited till it all cooled, but nah. I saved some bacon & burger meat for the dog, which he loved of course.  Keep it illegal. .     

So called x-spurts, influencers and the almighty world of commerce and trade, always encourage us to charge forward to create our identity. This usually means consuming whatever product they are peddling at that moment. Sociologists call this Conspicuous Consumption is: " the practice of purchasing luxury goods and services to publicly display wealth, status, or social prestige rather than for functional utility ". This lifestyle is rarely good for your spirit, or the environment. It creates piles of "hard rubbish" for collection each few years as the new trend sweeps through your life. Many years ago a curmudgeonly  TAFE teacher once told my class in welfare how '  the system" works. " The technology for storing and listening to music is far in advance of the shops. As they introduce music discs they have three completely different systems that will be placed on the market as the outdated system has saturated the market. They are now marketing the co...