Author: Mike
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The dogs can’t come, but we’re still going. I’ve copped some, err, heat for that.
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Well, our mission to Germany continues apace. We’ve spent a lot of borrowed money on getting our fixer-upper house ready for sale, and it’ll go to auction in late March. As always, I’m very aware of our privilege in being able to access finance for this, and that we have a mortgage at all. We’ve…
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Kids. 😂
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Miss 5 turns around from the dinner table as I’m washing the dishes and asks, “is it dessert night?” She’s literally just finished a big bowl of yoghurt. “What? You just had a big bowl of yoghurt. It’s right in front of you!” 🧐 In all seriousness, she responds, “But that’s empty!” 😂 This flippin’…
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Compelling, exciting, horrifying
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So, meine Liebe, after watching Eurovision this past weekend (long-time fan of course, like most Aussies), is back on her “should we move to Germany?” dreaming.
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Silly me. 🤦
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Who’s the idiot who forgot to lock out purchases on the tablet I let Miss 5 use? Sigh.
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The cool new Toyota not coming to Australia
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Love these renderings of a lightly modified new-gen Toyota Prius, sitting airbagged on huge wheels, under some gloss black flares.
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2023, 2017, 2006, 1995, 1989… What do these years have in common?
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“In 2023 you can reuse your 1978 calendars.” – and more than a few others, too. Here’s what I went with!
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A note of thanks to a proper hero
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I couldn’t help it. When I’d first caught wind of the news that Jacinda Ardern will resign in February as leader of the NZ Labour Party and Prime Minister of New Zealand, I assumed – only briefly – that she’d been caught out for something naughty. After all, isn’t that how most politicians end up leaving…
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Family time in Tassie
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It’s Christmas – well, the timeless space between Christmas Day and New Year’s Day – and we’re in Snug, Tasmania, to visit family. We were lucky to enter Tassie, actually. During these times of pandemic precautions, the relatively safe island of Tasmania requires all visitors to provide a negative test result from a COVID-19 test…
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In photos: Highball meet, Heidelberg
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These photos, snapped in March 2021, were from the first car meet I had attended in more than a year – thanks, of course, to COVID-19. It was such an incredible feeling, to be out among cars and fellow fans once again. Please enjoy, and catch more of my snaps at instagram.com/getmikestevens. Be sure to…