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We have a free washing machine if anyone needs it! It's kind of old and clunky (about 30 years old) but works just fine (served us for about 5 years). We're getting rid of it coz we just got a smaller and more energy/water efficient top loader.

Simpson Model 164 (top-loader), 4 cycle 2 speed heavy duty, dimensions 64cm by 66cm by 110cm (on the large side). It stops at two points in the cycle so you'll need to manually prompt it at these by turning the knob. You'll need to buy a new pair of input hoses/washers (about $30 each from hardware stores, one for cold and one for hot). You're welcome to try to recycle our used hoses/washers, but generally every time you reinstall a machine you're supposed to get new hoses (the seals deform to the shape of the tap and if you reuse them you'll almost certainly get drips at the connections).

The only catch is you have to pick it up from Clifton Hill (Melb), and it will probably require a trailer or a panelvan, plus you'll need at least three strong people to help move it (needs to go up two steps from our sunken garage, then two more into the house, then into your van/trailer and it is heavy. I can be the third person but my housemates won't be strong enough so you'll need at least two people to come pick it up. Did we mention it's FREE?

Was a little too packed/hot for me too after being in the sun at the Gaza rally all afternoon, but well done on getting a full house! Was so excited to see Sleepy Township and Minimum Chips but had to settle for non-visual audio-only experiences due to being outside/round-the-corner due to packedness. Chapter = awesomenessness.

Primitive Calculators were awesome! Now I wanna go to Buller instead of Sydney... wah.

What a cool venue, felt like going to a high school formal. Panel of Judges and Beaches were great, and I'm really getting into the sitting-at-tableclothed-dining-tables-while-watching! the-band in my approaching middle-age. Thanks mistletoners!

Chuck out some more records Ubu...

Summersault was the first festival I ever went to, I think there were slightly different lineups in each city (Sandpit in Melbourne, Bluetile Lounge in Perth). But Sydney was (from memory) something like;

Beastie Boys
Sonic Youth
Beck
Foo Fighters
Pavement
The Amps
Rancid
Jawbreaker
Bikini Kill
Noise Addict
Crow
Sourpuss
Gerling

Went to Metropolis on Sunday and apparently that was the very last day. Sad to see another great record store go.

I'm planning on cooking a stackload of chicken satay over charcoals, and a big pot of turkey and black bean tamales for Xmas lunch/dinner with my housemates family. Gonna stuff myself silly, and then possibly go to serve food to the homeless for dinner. I would love to have some dysfunctional family dramas, but ain't got none left (well just my dad but he doesn't celebrate Xmas) so end up as an adoptee every Xmas, can be a little bit lonely but always seem to end up with someone else's family enjoying the smogasboard.

Going through a monumental Bert Jansch / Pentangle phase and have barely listened to anything else this week. Everything I've heard (the five Bert's up to and including Birthday Blues except the first album which I'm missing, and the first three Pentangle albums) is mindfuckingly beautiful, and so crazily consistent too. I'm afraid to move onto their 1970's stuff now for fear that declining quality might spoil the untarnished image I hold of them... changed the way I listen to Fairport and Led Zep.

Oh anna can I guess the subject? Hmmm ''poor teaching and structure'' + Melbourne Uni... could be anything...