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Back in Dubbo. Now I remember why I hate driving in Sydney. And a week without Internet.



Remember Knut the bear cub animal rights activists said should be killed? Half truths and media fabrications. Knut was never in danger and the activist never wanted him dead.

Sydney

I only had to stay in the one area of north-west Sydney with no public transport, and of course the Intercad training centre was in the area of Nort-East Sydney where there are no trains and few busses. I had to drive. ("DUN-DUN-dun!")

On a good day I could take the M2, a toll road ($4.40 each way!) but with no traffic lights. The run took 90 minutes normally, with the first, or last, 30 minutes being spent on Old Windsor Road. One afternoon I didi it in 60.



On a bad day the M2 becomes a parking lot, so I had to go via Victoria Road. If I was confident enough in my navigational skills, I could have avoided Vic Road but that would mean going along Pennet Hills Road ("DUN-DUN-dun!") to Hornsby, then down to Stives.


The markers show 30 minutes of travel on a good day. On the worst day it took me 2 1/2 HOURS to drive the 30km, 2 hours of that just to drive from Glenwood to the end of the M2.

I have got to get me a GPS.

The course was worth it. I have my Solidworksfu on and am ready to go when we get the new PC. First task is to update the assembly I am working on, then I have to start modelling the parts for designs.

Post Road-Trip Dreams

Last night the white Mercedes ran me off the road a number of times, causing me to crash by smashing into trees, rocks, fences, rolling over, etc. until in the last dream I remembered it was a dream and steered at the Merc. and made it veer away. It left me alone after that.


Then at 4am I was bitten on the leg by a snake, which had me leaping from bed and turning on the light before I was awake. I was so fuddled I sat on the bed for fifteen minutes looking for the bite mark before waking enough to remember it was a dream.

At least my teeth didn't fall out.