Baino's Banter

TGIF! Sorry for being noticeably absent this week but it's been a short week for work and I've been sweetly distracted by a new crus...

Today is ANZAC day where Australia and New Zealand celebrate our worst defeat at Gallipoli although these days, it's a tribute day to al...

There's a draft in my wallet . . . It's 7:30pm as I write this and I've just arrived home. I left work at 4pm to go to a job int...

Bit of a dog's breakfast tonight. Some of you were a little bewildered by the Auslish in the previous post so an explanation of a couple...

I'm still really battling writer's block so have decided once again to participate in Tenth Daughter of Memory a cute little vehicle...

Friday once more and frankly, this week's gone slower than frozen treacle or a dust cloud oozing over Europe but here we are . . Chardy ...

Liquid lunch . . . Light lunch . . Quick lunch . . . Sweet lunch . . . Hot lunch . . . Oh alright then . . one for the lads . . .COLD lunch:...

I work in Parramatta ,Sydney's second city. A river runs through it and my building is in the restaurant district among Pizzerias and p...

It was advertised as the International Capoeira festival in Darling Harbour, running from 1-4 today so Clarebear and I wondered down on a go...

I was once loved in a way that I thought no man could ever love a woman. To me he was the wrap that warmed, the anvil that stood solid, the ...

I don't like bananas. Go on . .call me 'bananas' you know you want to. Probably some truth in it. I'm quite partial to a pi...

I have absolutely nothing to blog about. It seems my opinions have left me, my enthusiasm is waning, my life experiences have all blurred in...

You know how political correctness has gone mad? How Teachers are no longer allowed to touch a child let alone administer physical punishmen...

On 22 November 1961 the building where I currently work was opened. It was a salubrious Department Store before the advent of mega malls and...

Right things are getting dire downunder and it's time to look for a second job. Easy yeh? Well I thought surely I could find something s...

OK yesterday I took a major detour from the usual and thank you for your empathy and sympathy. It took a while to muster up the need to post...

A two year old, angelic, blonde-haired cherub stirred one glorious autumn morning and began to gurgle as the sunbeams bounced upon his wall....