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Entries Tagged as 'Renovation Frustrations'

Throwing in the Towel – Almost…

June 3rd, 2006 · 1 Comment

Last week I ended up with bruised nuckles after I punched my car after a rather frustrating meeting with an engineer about some of the “stranger” features of our renovations… I must admit that this renovation process is a lot more complicated and aggrivating than I had thought it would be. I was looking at [...]

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Survived Cyclone Larry – Now Here Comes Cyclone Wati

March 20th, 2006 · 6 Comments

We and the house have survived Cyclone Larry, but now we are watching out for Cyclone Wati. Cyclone Larry achieved category 5 just before hitting Innisfail, about 150km North of Townsville. From what we’ve heard on the radio today about one in three homes there have been destoyed and they are all without power. The [...]

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Incoming Tropical Cyclone Larry

March 19th, 2006 · 4 Comments

I don’t think that “frustrations” would complete say what I am feeling. There is a category 4 cyclone about 15-hours away from hitting the coast 100km north of us. To give you an idea of the strength I think that is the same category that Katrina was that hit New Orleans. From what I have [...]

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Still can’t move in…

March 17th, 2006 · No Comments

We were supposed to be able to move in this afternoon, but because of delays that they have had with getting the house lifted we are now having to be out of the house for an extra three nights. This is getting to be a bit frustrating as originally we were told we would be [...]

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