Day 83 Leinster for the weekend
Saturday, May 1, 2010 at 08:06AM You know the thing about this Blog is that it has become part of many of your days. The last couple of days have been busy, and I have not really had time to do a blog but we have the weekend off, so will try to bring you all that we have been doing.
We have spent three days at a minesite called Darlot, this site is smack bang in the middle of the goldfields. Now this site has no mobile phone (& therefore no mobile internet) so that is the main reason there has been no blog. But it has also allowed Ness & I to realise how much we rely on technology!
We parked the caravan between a laundry & some Donga’s (rooms) and went up the back for a wander only to look out across the most beautiful landscape that we have seen so far! It was just scrub & rock but it was very pretty! A pity in some ways that we were only here because a mine was ripping gold out of the countryside!
First question tonight is I want to ask the guys that read this “How long is too long?” the other day I shook hands with one of the managers at the site that I was working at and he held my hand for just a little too long! Now before any of you have a go at me for being paranoid or homophobic! I am just telling you what happened! So my question is..... “How long is too long”.... girls you may have an opinion on this too, what about if a girlfriend hugged you for just a little too long? No hug from a girlfriend is to long.....
Now a few of you have commented on my tilt for Prime Minister/Chairman of Australia!
Rob, I know you are stressed out because a drunk drove through your hotel doors, but I take offense at your comment that I would have to work more than two hours a day! What are my advisers for? I reckon if I put in a solid two hours telling my advisers and ministers what I want done... I could get a weeks work done in two hours! Oh and as for Gay marriage, you will be my minister for religion & human rights.....and as your PM I will support you 10000%
Heather, your comment “Whatever!” implies that I am not serious about running the country!..... well there goes your portfolio of Minister for Hopeless cases and people who get a bum deal from life!
Sandy W, you will become liaison Minister for Aboland, and you will then remove any possible curse of me coming back as something I don’t want to!
Brad A you will be Deputy P.M. or C.O.A. (Chairman of Australia).... (depending on how quick we can run a referendum and give H.R.H Lizzy the flick!) because if I am only working 2 hours a day I will need a reliable Deputy to work 22 hours a day & I know you can do it mate..... But you do know that I will pass a law outlawing Bloke World!
Bec L, sent us an email.... so you guys don’t know what she said but I want to make her minister for keeping people satisfied!.... Keep the calls & support coming Minister Bec! (P.S. next time put a post on the blog so others can laugh at your message like we did)
Granny, (my mum) you will be minster for G&G&G.... (gardens & grandchildren & garden gnomes) because you are an expert on all of these...... so about time you got paid for all the time you have put into these three things and got nothing back from it!
Ness will be the prime ministers senior advisor and the First Lady..... because basically she tells me what to do now so when I am PM nothing will change!
Brad W (my son) will be minister for running out of fuel & travelling on public transport without a ticket (he has experience in both)
Dan (my son) will be minister for sport & havin fun! (sic)
Arama & Meredith will be my overseas advisors & honorary aussies (M... I know you are an Ozzie but I have to allow you to be an advisor cause you live in N Zed!)
Lorraine and Michael, you are now the Ministers for Animals and GAS as I know no-one who has more experience in both than you two. (Lorraine you are the expert, Michael you just have to put up with it)
Georgia, Shona & Lesley.... you have to tell me what portfolio you want, it is all about jobs for the family..... Georgia I reckon you can have education, schools & spelling! Or should it be Spelling.... Schools & education... in that order? Shona.... you can be minister for rental housing (or lack of) & Lesley you can be Immigration minister..... I mean you came.... you went & then you came back again! (with extras!) so you know how well the immigration system can work!
Liz & John.... you get a portfolio because you sent us a sign telling us how it should really be in the bush! So you get the agriculture & farming responsibilities (shut the gate!)
Anne & Gary.... you can have communications...! You don’t need a phone to God.... just call (me) James, I have all the answers.
Flick you can have industrial relations & safety, your idea of steel cap thongs is a winner!
Karen W is the Minister for Good Food & Recipes to keep the PM in well feed & happy.
Sarah Fenton, you will get employment.... but I will have final say as I want the right person in the right job.... and so far most other politicians stuff it up..... so you have to run your decisions past me! But we can have some great arguments about it!
Nikki will be catering & housekeeping manager....... The capitol of Australia will be changed to Saltbush & you will be in charge of building & maintaining the new C.O.A. & his wife’s residence!
Katrina Gay, you will be treasurer, as you know your stuff..... Matt Gay you will be Minister for F#*K all as you are also an expert at this!
Marc (my cousin) you can be minister for tractors & we will create a new position for Soccer in Australia..... Good luck with getting a Newcastle team in Australia!
Mary A you are now the Minister for Fine Dining and Eating Eat.
Ok..... if any of you want a place on my team (ministry!) please let me know.... But Pete A. I don’t know if I can create a minister for four wheel driving!..... although I would vote for that one!
Ok this is my catch up Blog..... I look forward to your comments!...... bring it on!.... I am PM & King of Australia!!!!!!
Maybe Ness is right? I have been away just a little too long? James are you going to tell everyone anything about what we have been up to or are you just using this blog now to further political aspirations??
Love yous all..... as my minister for fighting Jeff Fenech would say!
There are two new galleries of photos and I will make sure that James tells you more about Lawler the old mining town we went to this week later.
Also I have spent a large part of my day updating the map( have all sorts of problems with this) so if any of you want to see where we are or where we have been click on map. We are currently about 300km north of Kalgoorlie, if you find Leonora on the map zoom in and go a little further North and you will find Leinster and us waving at you!!
James & Ness
Reader Comments (11)
James you have truly missed the mark and become delusional! How can you run Oz when you obviously have no inspirational ideas, any qualifications or enthusiasm for the beauty that is Australia???? Oh hang on, you are qualified as your current PM shows all these skills too! I'll vote for Ness to run the office while you are her puppet - seems she would be organised, look great standing behind you pulling strings and has that fantastic way with words to get her own way (a great aspect to your beautiful personality Ness).
As for how long is too long??? When you start to feel the sweat run down the back of your neck and he rubs his middle finger down the palm of your hand! And I agree with Ness, there is no such thing as a too long hug.
xxxx me xxxx
thank you for this now i will be able to get back to a full days work instead of checking the blog all the time.By the way i do get thanked for what i do ask the grandkids.
JUST SAW THE PHOTOS YOU COULD HAVE PUT A COUPLE OF THESE BIRD THINGS IN THE BACK OF THE CAR FOR ME
mate trust me...you've got nothing to worry about with the hand shake....unless, maybe YOU were looking for something that wasn't there...
OMG! You have more chance of becoming the next Bear Grills than becoming PM!! I think you need to rethink my position for a start. I would let all the Immigrants in but you would get the navy to blow them up??!?! Serious conflicts there don'tcha think?
Just have to tell you about our Friday night. We went to a Rodeo!!! It was amazing, (even if a little cruel to the poor bulls and horses.) There were some serious bull-riders with international titles but the best bit was the younger kids. I don't want to encourage him to live a reckless and dangerous life but Dan would be amazing at this!!! The youngest kid was 10!
It was Andrews first ever rodeo and quite an experience for him to be amongst real country folk- you know, the type that actually smell as bad as the livestock and chew on straw. We kind of stood out a bit because the few hundred people that attended were all wearing check shirts and cowboy hats so we're heading into Laidley next week for some 'costumes' to blend in with all the other country bumpkins around here.
The end of our night was kind of ruined by a drunken idiot who was sitting in his car with his kids and a group of people were trying to persuade him not to drive off ( Persuade as is screaming insults and swear words I've never heard before). Apparently he had just hit someone in his car already. Andrew called the police as we continued to walk home and today ( Sunday) they've called him in to the local copshop to make a formal statement.
Can you believe that people still drink and drive?!?! It amazes me that people can be so stupid.
Sorry its been a while and I have been playing catch up and quite frankly i don't know what you are talking about?????? So I will go back and read the last few weeks blogs....(yes it has been a while)...to see where your delusional state started, sounds like a little too much sun and hanging out in the out back to me. Happy to be the minister of eating, it is something I have developed best practice over the years and recently created some interesting strategies. Further infrastructure will be necessary in order to adhere rigorously to policy and procedure.......see I can talk the talk :)
Ness for PM/CWOA! Stuff the first lady bit!
Love M
Am just sitting in Qantas club after a great Bonney Family weekend n Sydney...I really really really misss Sydney and spending time with family...one day...we WILL be back!
and BTW... I am always Aussie ..never Kiwi
James
my WHATEVER comment was in response to your Aboland comment - I am quite happy for you to become prime minister of Australia if you fulfill your promise of making me minister of lost causes (that would ultimately mean that I would become in charge of the prime minister of Australia - AKA - you)
as for having MY husband Brad as your deputy prime minister - I suggest you find another candidate - he is too busy treating me like a princess - try shaking someone elses hand for an uncomfortable amount of time LOL!
Can I be minister for Travel? I have a lot of experience and will be more than happy to take all the first class junkets !
I'm thinking I might be Minister for Mental Health cause you have gone NUTS and Vanessa's already there! Frootloop! You neglect to mention that half your siblings don't even vote by the way so I don't like your chances. :-) Next subject will most likely be religion? Yee Gods! Can't wait to hear your opinions on that one or how you express them. Vanessa, put me down for a copy of the book.
Drive Safe
Shona