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Can you believe it
Posted Jul 10, 2002
Rebecca had her second birthday last thursday (4/7)
I am just about to open up my own toy shop 
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Pre olympic sports wrap up
Posted Sep 16, 2000
It seems only right that i engage in a complete clearing of the deck re what has occured sportswise in this neck of the woods prior to takng up my role as the official Post olympic correspondent (but what happened to the press pass ???)
So...
The raging hot favorites won both the ARL and AFL premierships this year in two of the most boring grand finals in living memory.
In Rugby League (ARL) the Brisbane Broncos defeated the Sydney City Roosters in a game that struggled to reach a level that could at best be described as dour. This is not to say that the Broncos were not deserved winners as they were clearly the best team all year. Congratulations must be passed on to their accountant for managing to pay so many Australian representative players within the confines of the salary cap...
In the Aussie Rules (AFL) Essendon wrote their names in the history books as the most succesful team in the history of the game, having lost only one match all year and winning the grand final in a cakewalk against a totally outclassed Melbourne Demons outfit.
Rugby wise, the focus was on the tri-nations cup between Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. This was eventually won by Australia but not before some of the greatest (first test between NZ and Aust) and hardest fought (every other match) games it has been the privlige of this scribe to witness. In the end it came down to two penalty kicks seconds before the full time whistle to secure matches against both New Zealand and South Africa to enable Australia to clinch their first Tri-nations trophy, and lay claim to being one of the greatest teams of all times, being current holders of the World cup, the Bledisloe cup (vs NZ), the Mandela cup(vs SA) and the Cook cup (vs England) ie just about every trophy worth having in world rugby.
In local rugby, due to the contracted season brought about by the olympics, Eastern Suburbs, who were celebrating their centenary this year, found themselves undefeated during the normal rounds only to lose one game and not even make the grand final, which was eventually won by perenial finalists Randwick on the bell against Sydney University.
All of the above achievements pale into insignificance next to those of the might Petersham 'Shammies'. Playing in the third division Sydney Suburban Rugby Union competition, they managed to not only have all four grades in the grand final, but win 1st, 2nd and 3rd grades and be named Sydney club of the year in the process.
As for why the Posts official correspondaent would be writing this during the opening ceremony for the Sydney Olympic games, there is a simple explanation: the sport does not start until tomorrow.
Opening ceremonies, like pre match entertainment are there for the express purpose of entertaining those who have no real interest in the main sporting event but go anyway just for the the sake of it (usually in corporate boxes) and deprive the true fans of a seat 
Stay tuned for weekly Olympic updates...
Linus... who in the interests of propiety should mention that he is not totally unbiased re the above mentioned Shammies, and is still sore (and hungover !!!) some 3 weeks after the grand final...must be getting old
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Its a girl...
Posted Jul 5, 2000
Linus and Deb are absolutely delighted to welcome their daughter Rebecca Kate into the world 
Vital statistics:
Born: 2:33 pm 4/7/00 at the Royal Womens Hospital,Sydney Australia
Weight: 4.1 kg or 9 lb 1 oz on the old scale (probably a good thing it was a ceasarean )
Length: 57cm
Cute: Absolutely !!!
Eyes: Blue (i think)
Eyebrows: Blonde
Hair: A bit darker but will probably change as per above
Nose: Small - something wrong there !!!
Grandparents: Ecstatic
Greatgrandparents: Likewise
Mother and baby are both doing well. Father tired...but thirsty
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Chaos reigns
Posted Jun 8, 2000
I think there are a lot of unhappy little vegemites out there in h2g2 land at the moment.
If only they had included a 'go to the last posting' button in the forums i think people would have been a lot happier.
Can't say i like the new colour scheme (oh no, i've turned into a conservative) but at least the hyperlink footnotes are an improvement.
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