Category: Miscellaneous

Sailor Chicken

Yesterday was our last day in Canberra, and I woke feeling pretty crook. We didn’t have enough time to visit any other attractions, so strolled the CBD until we left for the train.

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I actually used one of those massaging chairs you see in malls worldwide! This was the second time, since I’d stealthily used the same one the day before. They are actually good, and recommended for only $2.

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That’s a shot for Bernard. These mini cinnamon sugar donuts look delicious don’t they?

This sign was posted at the station:

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What the hell? Canberra has evil mushrooms? I wish I’d known that before we left, I would have watched for them.

I was feeling quite sick on the train, with classic cold symptoms. This delicious lunch made me feel momentarily better:

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Yep it’s a long sausage roll. A steal for $3.40!

Here’s what Australia looked like out the train window:

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By the time we got back in late afternoon, I was feeling terrible, and made the (brave for me!) decision to get some medicine. A few pills, a nights sleep and an absence of junk food later and I feel much better (although not yet completely well).

And here’s a friend I met at the UFO catchers the other day 🙂

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Words I’ve Learned Playing Letterpress

Letterpress is a great game. We’re all playing it, so we all know that.

It’s also educational! Here, in alphabetical order, some words that I learned by having others play them against me.

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bolix – to do something poorly, to ruin something in execution. (Variant spelling of bollix which itself is derivative of bollocks) (Played by Bernard)

crunkles – to crumple (obsolete) (Played by Dad)

furzes – a spiny shrub common to Western Europe (Played by Dad)

gunsels – young men kept for homosexual purposes; catamites (Played by Dad)

revers – the parts of some garments that fold in such a way as to give the appearance of a tailored collar (obsolete) (Played by Matthew)

seiten – a type of chewy food made of wheat gluten (Variant spelling of seitan) (Played by Florence)

snook – a type of fish related to the bass (Played by Joyce)

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Dads words in particular give me pause. Is he guessing these, or is this indicative of the vocabulary of a man who learned English by reading antiquated Biggles novels in a primordial jungle?