Sipik SK68-3W quite a surprise.

I bought this little torch from DX as it was only $10 comes in a pretty green and has a zooming focus, which is something I didn't have. What I'm shocked about is just how bright it is, it's the brightest torch I now have, brighter than my more expensive ones. Since I hadn't grabbed one for a while it must show that things are really developing on the LED front, I'd now say they're quite ready for car headlight use, designing them with a proper cut-off for use on the roads is another matter but the brightness is there.
It's bright with a normal AA cell but brighter if you use a lithium 14500 cell.

I'm a bit slow and rundown ATM but since I'm not actually ill I have to wonder if I'll get some energy back again. It may be my diet but I can't help but link it in my mind to those dreadful statin drugs Lipitor and Crestor that I took years ago. On the plus side Lipitor is quite good at reducing hair and thus making haircuts much easier but the other side effects just don't make it worthwhile for that. BTW if you're a woman with thinning hair and you take Lipitor you've quite likely found the reason.

Efficiency.

Online reviews rated this Raider power supply through the roof in efficiency, so hopefully it can cut the power bill slightly.

Scrambled eggs.

Tasted alright too, I must work on eating proper food, a difficult thing for a single.

All gone now.

Boxing day polished them off, the Asahi was the pick of them.

They're in the recycling bin now waiting for the next collection in a fortnight's time, I have to stop my hoarding ways.

Jae David Hodge.

Hopefully this doesn't cause any offence as none is intended.
Browsing the shire cemetery record shows that poor little Jae is the only other Hodge buried in the shire. Finding his grave involved a few visits and a lot of photos, as it's unmarked and the plot number markers have almost all vanished, just like house numbers on streets.

Grace's grave is just in front of Cubby in the last photo, measured by pacing and triangulation about 60 metres away. Poor little Jae would have been 34 but he was never to have a Xmas.
I keep checking the cemetery record in the hope they will update the spelling of Grace's birthplace, but the council might only have one person who can push that button and I've been told they're on holiday or long service leave, or maternity leave or whatever, and it has to wait till their return. That doesn't make me feel any better though.

Merry Xmas to all.

I did far better than I warrant, I don't think the booze will last long but the shirts should have a good life.

In the mail today.

I received a scratchit ticket from family and promptly forgot myself, anything involving a possible prize was always Grace's domain, but knowing I have to do these things now, I forgot to wait till tomorrow, sorry Rhonda.

On the positive side it appears to be a $7 winner, maybe things are starting to pick up again.