Carlton Supporters Club

Donald is getting scarier with each 'victory' - I reckon they need to make sure he gets an orange jumpsuit to match his complexion.......

2023 had its moments but I’m glad to see the back of it.

2024 has got to be better, right?

Happy New Year everyone.  I hope your footy team does well 🙂

I can't tell you what happened, nobody outside of those two know.

But Lehrmann is still in the country, while Higgins has taken a massive public purse payout and scarpered, it's leaving a bad taste!

I too suspect there is no going back. The high speed internet and edge technologies have changed the clerical worker landscape, you can be anywhere on the globe and still securely access the spreadsheets, almost as good or maybe even better than from a desk in a building. I wasn't sure about this at first, but watching the next generation of devices coming out you can see they are all geared for this purpose, those device manufacturers know the direction things are heading even if some of the less pliable clients refuse to accept!

For me the biggest advantage is for non-profits and public services, a huge chunk of their annual overheads go to infrastructure like buildings, energy, vehicles, maintenance, etc, etc. That can largely be eliminated freeing up million$ that would be far better off put to use in the core agendas.

[b]As for some gaming the system, in that regard I do not think it matters where those so inclined are, it is their nature to often put more effort into avoiding work than the actual core task requires. [/b]

Noted today Mr Basil Zemplas going troppo over the recent surveys suggesting fulltime CBD office work is a thing of the past.

But like the Mayors of so many major cities Zemplas has a vested interest, the bulk of traders and the vibrancy of the city rely on foot traffic for the large chunk of business and security.

Now it won't' escape most that this tends to be the position taking by media / influencer types also, and one suspects the greatly degraded inner city lifestyle our celebs currently "bravely suffer" seems to be a major driver in this debate. Reinforcing the early push from corporate psychopaths for oversight of the downtrodden.

Meanwhile out in the burbs and back lots, local traders are finding that locals spending even 1 day a week locally results in a significant trade increase, it actually seems proportional to the days not spent travelling into the CBD. Of course this is disastrous for the Inner City influencers, because their favourite chefs have migrated to the lower rent outer city limits where nobody would dare to travel unless passing through on the way to the ski fields, a remote winery or the odd game of polo!

Such a difficult life, how can we possibly survive?

I'll put some thought into that as I wander down to our local recently decentralised boutique café for a latte, some smashed avo and a macrone to die for, and I promise to get back to you!

I haven’t driven an electric car.
I sat in an acquaintances Tesla last week and made “broom broom” noises.
It seemed pretty well built, it’s the second Tesla the guy has had, this one was the model Y (I think) it was a sort of suv looking one.
He’s got solar on his roof for recharging, loves the car.
It’s 12 months old with 14k km on it, still smells new.
I was surprised at how small the front boot was though.
If I had solar I’d look at buying one until I remembered what a toerag Mr Musk is.
On balance I think he’s got a pretty good product.