Mr Altruistic

Ahhh Junk food. This is the year the addiction gets beaten. I’m under a self-imposed ban for as long as I can hold out for not to take part in the evils of Rotten Ronnies, KF, Hungrys, BK, Heave Hut et al. It’s going to be hard considering a couple of my best mates live a stones throw (literally - see pic taken from their backyard) from a KF. I’ll keep you posted and we can beat the bulge together.

Arrived back tonight from another attack at the Bridle track. Once again conditions were superb and the scenery surreal. I don’t think I will ever tire of cruising through the Aussie countryside in a 4WD in perfect sunshine whilst amazing visuals pass by. Serenity Now! For 4wd enthusiasts and photography aficionado’s visit shintara for an excellent 4wd appraisal of the track and the photographic opportunities it presents.

We had a rather daunting dilemma on the road back from Mudgee. A kangaroo had been hit by a car, its back leg and possibly spine shattered by the impact, was lying half in our lane and half off the road and as we approached we noticed it was still alive and rather distressed. Other Aussies would probably say Who cares? The animal is a pest, and hundreds/thousands die everyday through intentional culling and on the road. Ok and to that point I agree. BUT, when a helpless injured animal looks at you and you can see the serious distress it is in, your conscience kicks in in and you want to do something. We agreed that had we had a gun (rifles would be fairly common in that area) then we could have put it out of its misery. That option wasn’t available to us, and neither of us was going to be able to run it over in the car. Since helping an injured roo off the road isn’t a viable option, they are wild animals, and handling a distressed one is likely to get you a Roo toe through the guts, we had to drive past and leave the animal to the luck of the gods. It’s amazing the impulses that flood ones brain in the matter of seconds of time that passed between seeing the animal, summing up the situation, and deciding the only possibly course of action. Tell me that 1000 people got killed in a bombing, and it mightn’t even register in my system, but put that helpless/distressed look in front of me again (one person/animal), and I’ll still be thinking about it days later…

On a lighter note the Edinburgh pics are now up and doing. If you need any extra incentive, there are shots of girls kissing, what more can I do to sell it??? I think that concludes all the UK pics. So only the USA to come now.

Welcome to 2004. I’m going to start the rapid updates again, I’m out of the slump and the ideas are beginning to flow more fluently. Thought I’d get the G5 set-up out of the way first. I promised pics, so here they are. Don’t ask me about the tartan backboard, I’m still not sure why that is there. That’s a professional set-up though. Since most of us peasants couldn’t afford that kind of hardware, it strengthens my point about debating Mac vs PC, as being apple vs oranges (or lemons as some have suggested).

Ive put up a second series of Hill End pics and that notorious bridle track. I’m nearly done on Edinburgh so those shots should be up next time too.

I’m still working on the webmasters resources section, it’s taking a bit more time than I expected as I’ve come across some other search engine optimisation techniques and resources and want to give them the explanation and space they deserve. So it might take a while before I add that.

Merry Xmas & Happy New Year. I think this will be my last post for 2003, too much going on. Thinking about going out for a drink while I’m throwing down a beer. Having just returned from a top-shelf camping expedition, I’m bushwhacked. The weekend was tops with the highlight being the maiden voyage of the Hill End Bridle Track, in particular the geek nailing the 2nd Turon River crossing (Mr Altruistic took the pic). That ROCKED!

I also took a few medicore pics along the way and I think my cam has blown a pixel or 2, so it might be better to check Daves site for pics of the epic journey. The scenery was brilliant all the way along the Bridle Track, so you won’t want to miss any of the shots he has posted. My recommendation, if you are a 4WD enthusiast or interested in Photography is to check out Hill End and Back via the Bridle Track. It showcases the beauty and adventure that one can experience whilst on the historic Bridle Track, heading towards Bathurst.

I’ve stalled a bit on the travel photos at the moment. I’m up to Edinburgh, and there are some good-ish shots just taking my sweet time to sort them out.

I’ve included a nice little present for webmasters in this update. A list of 54 free search engines and directories submissions that I’ve come across in the last couple of years. At the time of posting these are all working and may help to drive additional traffic to your site, or push your site higher in that all important climb to the top of rankings. If you can come up with additional resources OR small search engines, that aren’t FFA sites and are FREE, let me know and I’ll add them to the list and give you a thankyou-link in the process. Look out for the 1st post in the new year as I will be adding a second page of webmaster resources. cheers

The majority rules… Sex sells so here it is lads, the first of what may be many girlie themed entries on the silencer. One of my vanilla mofo mates P Fitty, wanted me to add a “naked girl elf” to the site in the spirit of xmas. Well i wasn’t able to find one, but through my “boys in blue” connections I’ve been introduced to the Wicked Weasel. A girlfriend safe site, that will allow us blokes to have a geezer at some scantily clad women without getting into too much trouble. After viewing the site you may wonder how i figure that out? Well, considering the weasel is a legitimate Aussie bikini business in Byron Bay that is actually very popular around the world for their revolutionary skimpy bikinis, if the girlfriend catches you on the site, you can always tell her that you were buying her a surprise and that now she’s spoilt it.

swwweeettt!!! The same “girlfriend present” excuse would probably also work if the boss catches you too.

If you have any other tasteful eye-candy sites that you have come across or would like to see on the site - post in the thread

I tinkered with the idea of having a vilesilencer xmas version. The prospect of warping santa’s face into something like the one above was very appealing I must say. Then reality of my laziness gene sunk in and I laughed at the idea of me wasting time doing that. So NO there won’t be an ugly santa appearing on this site. Not anytime soon anyways.

Had a nice day out last weekend with the lads getting smashed at Bungalow 8, King Street Wharf. Nothing is finer than sinking the amber, on a hot summery day, in a boutique outdoor bar with water views, under the shade of an umbrella, chatting with good mates and watching beautiful people strolling past going about their daily business. It’s a very serene feeling, or maybe that was just the booze. Who knows?

Saw that Pete bloke there from Big Brother, you know the one with the bum-bleeding Chron’s disease. He was sans Sami Lukis so needless to say he needed the drink as much as we did. I’ve just renewed the domain/host for this site so vilesilencer will be kicking on in 2004 and hopefully I will pull the proverbial finger out and get these other content ideas happening.

Double photo update this time. Nailed the Glasgow photos, we spent quite a few days there and did a day trip up to Glencoe in the ydo3ees Ford Focus hehehe. Ive also added photos from Threave Castle (see below) which is just outside of Dumfries. You have to do a small trek through some interesting countryside before arriving at a jetty where a ferryman scoots you over to the island with the castle on it in his tinny with outboard motor. I’ve also added 2 more pics to the England section (they are the 2 at the bottom).