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newsWayne is homeless
Wayne is from Perth, Western Australia, and today travels in Asia, staying in cheap accommodation. He makes a living, just enough, from his YouTube channel "Fiasco da Gama" (a take on the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama).
In this video, Wayne explains about his lifelong desire not to accumulate possessions, to just be a wandering spirit:
"60 And The Freedom Of Having Nothing. Goa."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUa_SSz29Mo
I've been turning over Wayne's philosophy in my mind...
He does come back to Perth sometimes. I think the last time was for dental treatment. He stays with his sister, who is a regular married person with a home.
Can't say that I agree with him, not 100%. A person can be very happy owning a home, and have pleasure in having kids. Just as, alternatively, those things could be a not-so-happy experience. I think, mostly, it is where you are in your own mind.
Wayne will qualify for the Age pension when he reaches 67, as
long as he has been resident in Australia for 10 years, 5 of which
must be continuous. There is something called "Australian Working
Life Residency" (AWLR), which is how many years you have been
resident in Australia since age 16; a figure of 35 or more confers
the full Age pension. below that, it declines proportionally --
which could be a problem for Wayne.
However, as far as I can make out, this AWLR rule only applies if you are living overseas while retired. Google AI says this:
The 26-Week Rule:
You can receive your full Age Pension rate while traveling
overseas for up to 26 weeks, regardless of your AWLR.
After 26 weeks:
Your AWLR calculation kicks in to determine your ongoing
rate.
...so it looks like that 26-week rule will suit
Wayne.
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Bonnie Tyler has passed away
Oh wow, age 75, one year younger than me.
The main songs I remember are "It's a heartache" and "Total eclipse of the heart"
"Total eclipse of the heart"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yziRK36wTU
"It's a heartache"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62aHuVz0brQ
Loved the gravelly voice!
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Jolene's answer to Dolly
I guess just about everyone would have heard Dolly Parton's hit
song "Jolene". That was very early in her career. Here is a TV
performance in 1973:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTuQ9cKGSdM
Just a year ago, a young lass has replied, from Jolene's perspective:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_OcGTay52Y
...nice voice
I watched a couple of ILUKA's other videos on YouTube. I'm a
dinosaur, I know, not a fan of modern video songs with lots of
media effects. She has a good voice; where she just sat in front
of the camera and sang, to me is far more effective.
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Ah, Blondie
Up until quite recently, I thought that was her name, but no, "Blondie" is the name of the band, and her name is Debbie Harry. But I'm not the only one; she still is Blondie to many of us. She was a bombshell in 1978-79, perhaps at her peak then.
This is the song that I mostly remember, "Heart of Glass":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGU_4-5RaxU
Here are some more...
"Call me"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StKVS0eI85I
"In the flesh"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmONePejIIA
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Trunk Monkey, also shellCMS_bulma
Fred saw "Skippy the Bush Kangaroo" post:
https://bkhome.org/news/202305/skippy-the-bush-kangaroo.html
And has replied with "Trunk Monkey" from Canada:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qtG82HJB2I
Changing the subject completely, Andres has enhanced my shellCMS (Content Management System) and created a github repository:
https://github.com/melkyr/shellcms_bulma
...great!
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Skippy the Bush Kangaroo
Now for a change of pace, something light-hearted, well, silly.
"Skippy the Bush Kangaroo" screened on Australian TV from 1968 to 1970:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skippy_the_Bush_Kangaroo
Here is a snippet of the series:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hByob-5pPEs
And another:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdvKAzHPkYk
The "Fast Forward" comedy show did sendups of it...
"Skippy and the White Slave-Traders"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zxo7wQkCIE8
"Skippy and the Nuclear Bomb"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcHJ4EC2nCM
"Marijuana"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdSr96qGsxM
"Skippy vs the Devil"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXZuJ8ktkmQ
OK, enough of that.
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Politically incorrect comedy from the 70s 80s and 90s
This blog post is a bit of light relief from the usual. A relative was talking about investment agents disappearing with all your money, which reminded me of a comedy skit from the late-80s to early-90s.
The Australian TV show was "Fast Forward" and two comedians Steve Vizard and Peter Moon did skits in which they were doing TV ads. In one series of skits, they were Indian carpet salesmen, in another they were investment advisors. I remembered a line from the latter, Peter Moon saying "We will look after your money like it is our own".
I tried to find that particular skit, found the Fast Forward YouTube channel, also found this article from 2018, lamenting the demise of politically-incorrect comedy:
I couldn't find that investment-advisor skit, but here is the Fast Forward channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@FastForwardAU/videos
It is crude cheap humour, some might even say it barely rates as humour, but I do recall having a chuckle or two back in the day. I remember "Inga from Sweden" -- better not post the link here, it is very rude.
Anyway, back onto EasyOS development.
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