In about 1993 I was a taxi driver in Brisbane, Australia. I was looking at jobs and I saw Yellow Cabs was looking for drivers. They offered training and employment so I applied. The trainer told us about taxi driving. He seemed to be an experienced driver. I liked what he said. I attended the …
Monthly Archives: July 2019
Frank Pullar
Frank Pullar was my father. I remember the times he took me to the Ardmona cannery or the Kyabram cannery. I was in awe of the sight and sounds of the big busy factory that was producing thousands of cans of fruit. When he was driving me through the orchard that his father owned and …
Brian Cabena
From 1963 to 1966 I was a student at Trinity Grammar School in Kew, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. I lived at the school as a boarder. I was an electronics hobbyist and the nearest electronics store was Eccleston Electronics which was run by Brian Cabena. In about 1974 I again met Brian and …
School Pranks
School pranks I still can’t help laughing as I reread some of these. While I know that a few of them caused my teachers to suffer, caused some damage to property and also distracted my classmates from their studies, I believe that they are a part of history that has some value. There is the …
Prickles in the park
The family went to the park, my partner, our daughter Simone and me. We got out of the car and took out all the things we wanted to enjoy what was going on there. I noticed that Simone had left her shoes in the car and I asked her to bring them with her. She …
Weight loss
About 10 years ago I weighed 110 kilograms. The belt that I am wearing didn’t fit around my waist. Family and friends were concerned about my health so I decided to lose some weight. I got some diet and exercise advice. Over the next few months I lost some weight and put it back on …
Hello world!
After neglecting my website for a few years it got taken down because it got viruses. I am starting afresh, redoing it from scratch so there will not be any problems. I am very grateful for the technical support from Hostgator, the web hosting orgasnization. It saved me a lot of time and effort in …