Red Shield Appeal

I spent the weekend collecting money for The Salvation Army's Red Shield Appeal. I learned a few interesting things from it.

• I'm nowhere near as fit as I should be. In fact I'm somewhere off the scale on the "UNFIT" side...
• Older people seem to be more willing to give than younger people. Those in more "affluent" houses - manicured lawn, perfect garden beds, two cars and a boat in the driveway for example - are less likely to give money.
• It doesn't seem to matter if you collect on a Saturday or a Sunday, both days have their advantages and disadvantages - on Saturday a lot of people aren't home because they go out shopping and on Sunday a lot of people aren't home because they are going doing sports or other activities.
• We can never find enough people to doorknock all of Perth... If only we had more collectors
• A good pair of shoes or boots are essential to doing doorknocking :-)

In all, I had a great time as usual - my team and I collected just short of $500 which was fantastic. In the media today they Salvos are reporting that they are on target to have $7million in donations by the end of the appeal.

I feel old ...

Reading an article on NASA's website about the very first shuttle launch on April 12th, 1981 I realised that some of my friends weren't even born then! Crap. It's times like that you just feel so old.....

I've finally splashed out and got myself a new chair for when I'm at the computer. After the demise of the one I scored from work about three years ago, I was relegated to using a dining room table chair which was too low and didn't swivel.

Now I've got a new one from Officeworks which is all very nice and leather-ey. Half price too, down to $99 :-)

Hair cuts

What's with the ridiculous price of getting a hair cut nowadays?

Out of the two hairdressers within walking distance of home, one of them has shut up shop and the other one thinks it can charge $23 for a simple cut.

Time to look elsewhere...