Leave Pass returned from his trip to Japan to find that new developments had sprouted all around his neighbourhood. This Sunday he gave us an opportunity to explore these, and to play Kevin McCloud as we examined the houses under construction. Gosh, it's easy to be critical! - far easier (probably) than it is to turn a quid in the building game these days....
Incidentally, where Leave Pass had been in Japan, a lot of houses were collapsing under the weight of a record amount of snow. Good for ski-ing, but not so good for the locals - except the builders.
Those who have lived in cold places will recall how hard it can be to drive when there is a lot of snow on the ground, and more falling. This is what happens to a young blonde from the US in the following story:
A blonde is trapped in a snow storm. Luckily she remembers what her dad once said: "If you're caught out in a snow storm, try to get in behind a snowplow [he was American, hence the spelling] and drive along behind it."
So that is what she does. She follows the snowplow for about an hour.
Then the driver stops, walks back to her, and asks what she's doing. She tells him, explaining that she is following her dad's advice.
"Well, that's OK," says the snowplow driver. "But I've finished the K Mart carpark now. Do you want to follow me over to Walmart?"
A village run next week, courtesy of Vegemite and Evacuate.
Next run details
When: Sunday 4th March, 5 pm
Where: John Scott Park, the village
Hares: Vegemite and Evacuate
On, on!
