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Lives in a house a very big house in the country

You may recall my house in southern France blog from earlier this year. I know this isn't really feasible but I still like to keep the dream alive. Would it be more feasible if we were to locate our dream home in Australia??? After a fantastic weekend in Lostock I asked the question how much do you think a place like this would cost? A few figures were bandied about, figures that gave me a ray of hope. Maybe a rustic place in the hunter was within reach, especially if a few committed individuals chipped in. I did the Math. Any guesses as to how much a few acres in the upper hunter would cost?

Bring back Bill

I have always expected victory from the Wallabies however over the last few weeks with some dismal performances I have started to wonder if that is a realistic expectation. At the risk of sounding like a fair-weather fan I'm here to raise a troublesome thought. I think over the past decade or so since Lynagh Farr-Jones and Ella dragged us out of the Rugby wilderness and into the limelight we have become accustomed to winning, becoming a force to be reckoned with and for that we should be very proud. My concern is that it's not the last few years that have been the anomaly but the previous 15. We had a good run but do we really deserve to be number 1, is there a divine plan that has us holding Bill aloft come September. The stats say no and I'm starting to think that with our diversity of football codes our run of rugby dominance may be coming to an end. I stood by the Tahs through the 90's as they got smashed week after week and I will stand by the Wallabies as they try and drag themselves out of the mud. Can the likes of Mortlock and Tuqiri rise above and show the world that despite our size we kick arse in international sport?? Let's hope so.

Why d'ya have to go and make things so complicated

If the movie Dave has taught us anything it's that the any old schmuck can run the White House and in most cases can do a mighty fine job. If The West Wing has taught us anything it's that you need to talk really really fast to work in the White House but its better for a president to talk in a slow measured fashion with sporadic passionate outbursts. I love a good political drama especially one that involves the White House. It occurred to me last night amongst Midterm elections that I don't really know too much about the US political system so I asked Nat (she's watched a whole lot of West Wing so I thought she might have more of an insight). No luck. I'm sure J-moff would be able to give me a clear and concise answer that tied in with my current TV based knowledge of US Politics but in his absence I turned to Wikipedia.

Midterm elections are elections in the United States in which members of Congress, state legislatures, and some state governors are elected, but not the President.
On the Tuesday following the first Monday in November of every even-numbered year, elections are held for all 435 members of the United States House of Representatives and 33 or 34 of the 100 members of the United States Senate. However, Presidential elections occur only every four years. Those elections for Congress that do not coincide with Presidential races are called midterm elections, because they occur about midway through a Presidential term.
Thirty four of the 50 U.S. states elect their governors to four-year terms during midterm elections, while Vermont and New Hampshire elect governors to two-year terms in midterm and presidential elections. Thus, 36 governors are elected during midterm elections. States also elect officers to their state legislatures and county offices every two years, occurring with both mid-terms and presidential years.

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