Whatever is Grandad pondering?
Aside from my rememberables and my travelblogues, I have occasionally written other stuff. This ranges from catalogues of interest to me, my family or my friends through to stuff I just felt like writing. Generally, the latter I cannot explain why I wrote them, other than; because it came to me randomly.
It should never be forgotten that humour is my primary motivation in most of my ponderings. I’ll endeavour to point out when I’m not kidding.
Following, in no particular order, are some of my ponderings:
Birdwatching can be discordant. Distribution or names of birds can be argued amicably.
Sep 2016
I once pondered a male vs female stereotype that did not compute to me.
Long time ago
Women are known for their ability to multitask, beguiling men that overhear them in conversation, with multithreaded topics, seemingly haphazard and disjointed, yet contiguous.
Men too can multitask because they have four threads with which to do so:
- The first thread is dedicated to thinking about sex.
- The second thread is dedicated to involuntary life sustaining activities, such as circulation and digestion.
- The third thread is dedicated to voluntary essential tasks, such as breathing, walking and seeing.
- The fourth thread is dedicated to voluntary non-essential tasks, such as talking, general thinking and listening.
So you see, men are constantly multitasking, however in order to be able to undertake more than one non-essential concurrent task, one of the first three critical threads would have to be diverted; but it would be unwise to do so.
I came to the following conclusion through clear logical thinking all on my own. I have repeated this observation to friends and family with consistent responses. Males have agreed with me and females have not agreed with me.
Not so long ago
I cannot begin to calculate the amount of money I have spent buying shiny rocks for my wife Maureen over the past 46 years, but suffice to say, that each shiny rock has attracted a significant quantity of domestic brownie points. For argument sake, let’s call it a wheelbarrow load, each time.
A few years ago I bought Maureen a 500kg piece of granite for our front garden. It is shaped a bit like a chaise lounge, so we named it “Chaise Rock”. It also attracted a wheelbarrow load of domestic brownie points.
At $26 per ton, it represented considerably greater value for money per domestic brownie point than any shiny rock.
Therefore; logically; I should have been buying Maureen granite all along!
This one has caused me some distress. For some years I had been conflicted and eventually I felt it necessary to express an opinion. Australia Day and the Australian Flag cannot be emblems of conflict
26 Jan 2020
Under absolutely no circumstances is the following piece of fiction about or inspired by my wife. It is purely fiction that came to me.
A couple of years ago
Our daughter and son-in-law bought 30 acres in Baw Baw, NSW. It is mostly regenerated native bushland and is a haven of Australian flora and fauna. This is my attempt catalogue the flora and fauna.
May 2017
In our garden we have a rather extensive collection of garden ornaments. They all have a story to tell. I created the following catalogue in consultation with my wife to help me remember.
May 2017
My wife and I have collected irises and planted them in our yard and our daughter’s yard across the road. Following is a catalogue of those irises.
Oct 2021
My wife and I have also collected roses and planted them in our yard. Following is a catalogue of those roses.
Oct 2021
Fresh from the incubator – a ponderance about brain games.
Oct 2020
My wife and I have also collected orchids and keep them in our home, yard and a purpose built orchid house. Following is a catalogue of those orchids.
Oct 2021
Rememberables, Wanderings, Ponderings and Hobbies of a Grey Nomad 