4 Years On

Four years ago, Peter "Possum" Bourne died in a non-Rally related car accident. The Rally World hasn't been the same since....

All video clips are well worth the watch...

RIP Possum

Some People Will Scam ANYONE!!!

Here's an article from The Age today, which tickled my fancy...

It reminds me of going to the Melbourne 4WD and Camping Show last year with my sister and her husband, and while looking at the animals in the Petting Zoo, hearing a woman ask of the guy with the animals: "What sort of dog is this" and the guy answering "It's a Pig"

Japanese Fleeced in Poodle Scam

Sheep or poodle?
Photo: Erin Jonasson

Thousands of Japanese have been swindled in a scam in which they were sold Australian and British sheep and told they were poodles.

Flocks of sheep were imported to Japan and then sold by a company called Poodles as Pets, marketed as fashionable accessories, available at $1,600 each.

That is a snip compared to a real poodle which retails for twice that much in Japan.

The scam was uncovered when Japanese moviestar Maiko Kawamaki went on a talk-show and wondered why her new pet would not bark or eat dog food.

She was crestfallen when told it was a sheep.

Then hundreds of other women got in touch with police to say they feared their new "poodle" was also a sheep.

One couple said they became suspicious when they took their "dog" to have its claws trimmed and were told it had hooves.

Japanese police believe there could be 2,000 people affected by the scam, which operated in Sapporo and capitalised on the fact that sheep are rare in Japan, so many do not know what they look like.

"We launched an investigation after we were made aware that a company were selling sheep as poodles,'' Japanese police said.

"Sadly we think there is more than one company operating in this way.

"The sheep are believed to have been imported from overseas - Britain, Australia.''

Many of the sheep have now been donated to zoos and farms.

Source: AAP

Update on Cars

After going through the process of deciding the Liberty GT Spec B was the car for me, I duly had the lease company put together some pricing on a 4 year package, based on the 45,000 km I drive each year, and looks like I can't stretch the finances that far...

What a bummer, as it's a really nice car....

Currently, my thought process, is to wait until Subaru release the new Forester XT, and if it looks the goods, I'll order one of those as I know I can afford one! If they look a bit ho-hum, I'll order the current shape, and it'll still be all good :-)

Map My Name

Found some information on www.mapmyname.com a while back, and the site is now in Beta...

It's a kinda cool idea, although I'm not sure where it's really going to go... The aim, is to determine how many people use the Internet, but not sure how well it will take off...

Worthy of a look though... Seems I'm the first Aussie to put myself on the map, as it were...

It's using Google Maps, with another API over the top of it...

Looks very Google - although I don't know that it would fit into any one portfolio... Perhaps in the social networking world? Who knows!

P.S. First Australian to register :-)

Cool deviantART

Just been looking for a new wallpaper, and came across this guys work... awesome digital art!

http://stickersticker.deviantart.com/gallery/