It is architectually impossible

What I want for Christmas next year

Christmas is over again and once again nobody bought me a flying car.

But maybe help is at hand for next year: NASA have published a design for a one person, safe and quiet flying vehicle. And better yet, it is battery powered so it does not create any pollution.

Councils crack down on crossing guard corruption

I just came across this breaking news story

School crossing corruption crack-down

It appears that some school crossing guards (called lollipop ladies by News Ltd) may be accepting gifts around Christmas time.  As a result some local councils are cracking down on this potential source of bribes and corruption.

Now that we have wiki-leaks maybe we need teacher leaks

My first exposure to scandal and corruption came when I was very young. 

I was a young and eager student learning basic arithmetic.  We went through several examples of addition and subtraction when one eager young student asked:

What is 2 minus 3?

Who needs cartoons now days

I often watch the news and enjoy movies.  But cartoons used to be where the really bizarre and over the top comments were found. 

So close again–the new qantas baggage tagging system

I recently commented on Virgin’s customer service – but I had an equally heroic level of service from Qantas recently.

Customer service at the airport again – what are Virgin like

I go to airports a lot and I often think it is a shame that I am not sharing all the exciting goings on with you when I am there (actually not a lot goes on generally).

A good example of customer care at the airport

These guys are driven by their care for the customer in everthing they do, which is excellent.

Sign at Brisbane Airport

But it left me a little confused. Can anyone explain customer care and the link to empty service desks again?

Being Austrailian can be a little embarrassing sometimes

When I was a kid it used to be un-Australian to be patriotic.  In fact the only time we felt patriotic was on the sports ground. 

Should taxi drivers charge Macquarie a surcharge?

I frequently catch taxi’s to and from Sydney airport and pay a small surcharge for the priveledge. 

On my last trip, my driver told me that the money goes to Macquarie Bank (the owners of the airport) to help them administer taxi queues.