Rubens Blog
Rubens Blog
Ruben Hillier
Hi I am Ruben Hillier. My handle, since back in the day, is tregeagle. My pronouns are he/him.
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The yellow bits are chub Back in May I had a DEXA scan done. I liked how the radiographer made me turn my toes in for the scan. It enhances the unsportsmanlike physique. I had absolutely no idea what my fat to muscle ratio would be or,...
Crossing the Menindee/Barka lake system you can perhaps make out the winding dry river bed It took Qantas about an hour and a half to whisk me home. I listened to a podcast about The Rose theatre and the playwrights at the turn of the...
The Civic, formerly an Aussie rock venue. I am in Sydney for a work thing. I offered up some snaps of the streets to Katy. Mostly pubs to be honest. I do not have the fortitude to be much of a drinker these days but do love idling my...
The last bit of wildness as we fly to Sydney I am writing this as our plane has left behind the low hills and is arcing over the rabbit hutch suburbs of Sydney. The sun is low and was glinting off the hills. My old phone did not really...
At the "Tree Bay" I startled a mob of emus Bin Chicken in Australia refers to the white ibis but here in Broken Hill we go bigger and have emu's. Emu's skip the bin and go straight for the dump. I was dumping some garden waste at what...
A few months ago a package arrived from the Czech Republic. A hand-drawn card and a couple of CDs arrived from somewhere near Brno-Kníničky. Our winter was beginning as the Czech winter ended. The two CDs are The Start of The End and...
Our first olives I picked a couple of kilos of black olives off the tree out back. Not really knowing what to do with them I found an instructive video by a Turkish nonna. She explained and demonstrated how to cure olives by sticking...
WARNING: This post references 1970's British Television sitcoms, it may not make sense to some. Citizen Smith aired the year after Thatcher's visit to Broken Hill Landlords will be the first against the wall when the revolution comes ....
A debt drawdown from April 2020 It's been a while since I tagged a post about money. Beware, this is boring. I'm trying to decide if debt recycling is a waste of time. In April 2020 we owed $241,878 against our Coffs Harbour home. We...
Not sure I do... All of my life I have loved the letters my Ma writes. Likewise she has a knack for picking out beautiful books to read. I thought I'd had a brainwave last January when I bought her a Storyworth for her birthday. The idea...
Across Beryl St to the Line of Lode Living in Broken Hill is a comfortable existence. The town has a population of less than 17,000 yet punches above its weight when compared to other similarly sized or bigger yet duller country towns....
The night's have become cold. Winter has arrived here in Broken Hill. Winnie, a creature of habit, likes to sleep outside. I wrap her up now before bed like a burrito. Good Dog. ... Permalink
How very true We took Uncle J to Silverton today. First off was a visit to the Mad Max Museum. A busy little place crammed with oddments and props from the two Mad Max movies that were filmed hereabouts. My next car? After poking around...
The big chook was out walking my way Winnie was in the back of the ute. she thought this chook looked out of her league. ... Permalink
a still from the Hal-An-Tow live stream Yesterday it was Flora Day back in my home town, Helston. I sadly could not make it on account of time and geography. A local computer shop kindly connected a bunch of cameras to YouTube and...