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So .....   the mother of the groom woke with a really blood shot eye;  the sister-bridesmaid broke her shoe before she left the house; our side of the church was lean in guests (small family) and had to be filled with the bride's family and friends; the mother of the groom and her manservant got terribly lost on the way to the reception and did not get to hang out drinking in the "green" room with the bridal party before being introduced to the crowd and the groom's trousers split when he was hoisted into the air by guests. Oh, and the first set of professional photos taken at the groom's place have me in what can only be described as "house shoes" because I forgot to take my "real" shoes with me to his apartment!!   But, for all that it was a great day!  I think it was the best wedding I have ever been to - though I have to wonder if young people just don't want to talk to each other because everything was so loud!   

The church was a lovely old Catholic one in Hunters Hill  

This is my daughter, the Princess, who was a bridesmaid  Here is the bride and her parents: - before we left their home  This is my other son playing groomsman: Cute brother & sister act - this is the 6th time they have done this!!! (mother in bright pink) Here comes the bride:

Well, after attending my nephews wedding I have only one thing to say.

Arabic people sure know how to party.

And how to make an entrance.

But, I bet a lot of the older generation have terrible hearing, because they like everything SO LOUD!!!!!!!!!

Lots of trilling voices, tinkling glasses, drums, smoke machines, shooting confetti and indoor fireworks. I mean, thats what I call a wedding.

Of course my inner freak was wondering how the smoke detectors could possible be turned on with all that smoke floating around, and how would we get mum down that one steep set of steps if there was a fire, and did it really matter that someone had been shot dead in the same street the night before in a gang war.

But the way I see it, if it could get Daz on the dance floor, then it was a good night.

And, it was the first wedding I've been to that had a bottle of Chivas Regal on the childrens table. On every table.

It really was an amazing night. Australian weddings are so boring really. This all started with fireworks and drums and all the bridal party and their parents being introduced. Then it was straight into the dancing. No hanging around the bar, then a long dinner and hours of speeches. Just music and dancing and drums and the bride and groom being carried around on peoples shoulders. I'm sure the bride didn't get to sit down all night. She did a lot of dancing.

And the food. Unbelievable. When we arrived our tables were just full of little plates of hommus and oils, meats and salami and fetta, potatoes, nuts, fresh vegetables and fruit, olives, crabmeat, leb bread, kumara chips and dolmades. And every time a plate looked like being empty a new one took its place. Then there were bottles of red wine and white wine, a bottle of chivas regal, coronas, carlton colds, cascade and a light beer all in ice buckets. Topped up all night. Endless. Plus bottles of water, and jugs coke and orange juice.

But then there was a meal. I know I couldn't eat mine. That was followed by fruit platters and then wedding cake.

Then there was dancing and dancing and more dancing.

Oh, and the bridesmaids dresses were absolutely beautiful. Too often the bride seems to pick something hideous for her girls to wear, maybe so they don't look better than her. But these were perfect. Not quite the blue in the photos.

And I don't know the significance of the bride being carried in the chair sorry.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Mrs Snowy had other plans for Friday night, so being the grovelling loving husband that I am, I concurred.

I worked in a semi-government department in a former life. I remember one occasion where my boss and I had a meeting with an engineer from the local council regarding changing the electricity tariff of a pumping station that only pumped at night. He said that the council was going to have to pump during the day, and could we verify that the current electricity tariff would be advantageous, or should they change to another tariff. We did our sums and verified that the existing tariff would be the best, even though they would be pumping during the more expensive daylight hours. And so it proved. Until it rained and the council only needed to pump at night again. Because of the foibles of the tariff, this incurred a quite substantial penalty charge. And the resultant hullabaloo was something to observe.

 

All sorts of “experts” came out of the woodwork with an opinion on who was right in the matter, each arguing from the perspective that advantaged them. One councillor appeared on TV and confidently declared that the council had been assured at the meeting with us that the penalty charge would not apply. Which was a lie. I know because I was there, and the penalty charge was never discussed, because our understanding was that the daytime pumping was to be permanent. Fortunately for the engineer, he had long departed for greener pastures, otherwise I imagine he would have been hung out to dry by the councillors who had acquired such wisdom in hindsight.

 

So what does this have to do with the current climate change fuss, you may ask. Well everything. I learnt from this exercise that the only people who truly knew what had happened at that meeting were the people who were there. I learnt that those who had a vested interest in a matter weren’t very interested in the truth, but were more interested in cherry picking various snippets of the facts that suited their argument, and ignoring those facts that didn’t.

 

So it is that climate change denialists are having a marvellous time with the so called “Climategate”. Information from emails obtained illegally is being trotted out as “evidence” that climate change is not occurring. This, on the eve of crucial climate change talks in Copenhagen.

 

So where does this leave those of us who don’t have the knowledge to make an informed opinion on the matter? We have to get our truth from those whom we trust to give an unbiased opinion. For myself, I trust the people who use the scientific method to arrive at a conclusion. I have to be guided by them because I don’t have the scientific knowledge to make an informed decision from the data. What is being challenged on the basis of the hacked emails is that the scientific method has not been followed. This despite the fact that others have arrived at the same conclusion using different data.

 

I’m prepared to give the climate change believers the benefit of any doubt. The denialists are fond of saying that they want to be convinced that man made climate change is real. I’m saying that it is up to the denialists to prove that it isn’t real, using their own results arrived at by following the scientific method, and accepted by the majority of the scientific community.

 

Because if the denialists are wrong, we on planet Earth are toast.  Literally. That’s not a gamble I want to take on my kid’s future.

Had to upload it to youtube this time!

 

At least his bedding will be clean soon, even if he isn't....