Rain, blessed rain!
Nov. 2nd, 2004 11:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
skyringTwo storms today, dumping a reasonable amount of rain onto the city. Enough thunder to make my little black terrier dog very unhappy. Dropped off the trampoline mat for repair yesterday and picked it up today. Son will be able to get back to wearing out the repaired mat again. The lady doing the repair said it looked like a mat seven years old, and I'm quite sure that we've only had it a couple of years. Not to worry - he gets a great deal of pleasure and exercise out of it.
Market went up again today. Amcor closed to within 20c of Santos. Maybe I'll be able to swap them over again soon. Each time I do this it adds another 50 - 100 shares to the package with consequent benefits in dividends a couple of times per year, and of course there's a significant capital gain if I ever want to sell up. The downside is that I'm incurring capital gains tax each time I swap them over, so it's a matter of two steps forward and one back. But the overall direction is forward.
Family comments on wildlife and Tasmania chapters were reasonably positive. Almost ready to put them up on Lulu. Kerri laughed out loud at a few of my jokes - most gratifying.
It will be interesting to see how the US election goes. I see the same sort of vitriol directed against Bush that was directed at John Howard here. With a negative effect, apparently, considering that Howard romped home a winner in what had been touted by all as a close poll. In a few hours it will all be history, of course, and the result will be something that Blind Freddy could have picked.
If it were an Australia election with compulsory voting, I'd say Bush would be an easy winner, because the only people whose vote counts are those who swing from election to election. Those making the most noise about wanting a change are probably going to vote exactly the same way as last time, so have no net effect, unless their strident calls for change reach receptive ears. But in the US where the voters aren't compelled to vote, it may well be that a lot of people who were anti-Bush in 2000 didn't bother to vote, but will do so now, especially after the 2000 election demonstrated that even a handful of votes can make a difference. If those people are a sizeable percentage, then the equation is different this time around.
I'm not game to make a prediction. There are good arguments to make for both sides - not about their politics, but about the level of support they might receive, especially from those who support one side or the other very strongly. There's a huge anti-Bush sentiment on one side, but then again there is Rush and his dittoheads on the other. Everyone is entitled to vote, but how many of them will do so?
Whatever, it should be interesting.
Anyway, it's almost midnight here, and I've got writing to do.
Market went up again today. Amcor closed to within 20c of Santos. Maybe I'll be able to swap them over again soon. Each time I do this it adds another 50 - 100 shares to the package with consequent benefits in dividends a couple of times per year, and of course there's a significant capital gain if I ever want to sell up. The downside is that I'm incurring capital gains tax each time I swap them over, so it's a matter of two steps forward and one back. But the overall direction is forward.
Family comments on wildlife and Tasmania chapters were reasonably positive. Almost ready to put them up on Lulu. Kerri laughed out loud at a few of my jokes - most gratifying.
It will be interesting to see how the US election goes. I see the same sort of vitriol directed against Bush that was directed at John Howard here. With a negative effect, apparently, considering that Howard romped home a winner in what had been touted by all as a close poll. In a few hours it will all be history, of course, and the result will be something that Blind Freddy could have picked.
If it were an Australia election with compulsory voting, I'd say Bush would be an easy winner, because the only people whose vote counts are those who swing from election to election. Those making the most noise about wanting a change are probably going to vote exactly the same way as last time, so have no net effect, unless their strident calls for change reach receptive ears. But in the US where the voters aren't compelled to vote, it may well be that a lot of people who were anti-Bush in 2000 didn't bother to vote, but will do so now, especially after the 2000 election demonstrated that even a handful of votes can make a difference. If those people are a sizeable percentage, then the equation is different this time around.
I'm not game to make a prediction. There are good arguments to make for both sides - not about their politics, but about the level of support they might receive, especially from those who support one side or the other very strongly. There's a huge anti-Bush sentiment on one side, but then again there is Rush and his dittoheads on the other. Everyone is entitled to vote, but how many of them will do so?
Whatever, it should be interesting.
Anyway, it's almost midnight here, and I've got writing to do.
