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Tuesday, August 23, 2005
Catching up on some news...Things that tickled my fancy in the last few weeks:
Confessions of a cabbie
A fun interview with a long-term taxi driver, talking about the drugs, sex and rock and roll of the taxi scene in Sydney over the years.
Finishing work at 3am had its own culture and if you went out afterwards for a drink you'd run into people from other service-type jobs - barmaids and chefs, etc. We all seemed to have a common purpose, to get smashed and into bed before sun-up. There was a certain camaraderie among that crowd.
I didn't even know we had volcanoes
Volcanic activity has been noticed at one of Australia's two active volcanos. Satellite photos show McDonald Island, around 4,000 kilometres south-west of Western Australia, is erupting for the first time since 2001. The eruption has caused the island to almost double in size.
The world's best beer is made by monks
The abbey of Saint Sixtus of Westvleteren in western Belgium is home to about 30 Cistercian and Trappist monks who lead a life of seclusion, prayer, manual labour and beer-brewing.
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