Happy Christmas yet again!

A happy and frugal Christmas to all. My best advice this Christmas is to save power by cooking individual fish fingers using a hair straightener - and I just happen to have an unused one right here!

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to all. Just finished wrapping the wife's Christmas present. I took the advice of the Sunday Tasmanian and used the latest Telstra white pages, crossed out the names of the people we don't know and gave it to her as an address book. Value for money!

Close call, but managed to save $1.50

Many thanks to Australia Post for agreeing to deliver envelopes without postage stamps.

With seconds to spare as I sprinted down the footpath, I managed to intercept Mrs Whitey just before she posted three Christmas cards to her friends. After a brief discussion I took the envelopes home and steamed off the three 50 cent stamps. They still should be fine for next year.

Merry Christmas to all

Don't spend too much money.

Christmas thoughts

From The Mercury,

No relief for busy police

December 24, 2008 09:01am

POLICE were busy last night with reports of men relieving themselves in public outside hotels across Hobart.

Tasmania Police said several people had been arrested and officers were working at full capacity to address anti-social behaviour.

An owner of one Hobart business said the number of men outside urinating was making it difficult for them to let children out of the building.

Police said the anti-social behaviour early in the night was as bad as New Year's Eve.

In many cases patrons were leaving pubs and clubs to smoke and were urinating while outside.

Police said last week there would be an increased police presence on the waterfront over the festive season.

Tonight, Christmas Eve, is expected to be especially busy.

Alcohol offences will be a focus of attention.

A frugal Christmas meal

From The Age:

Are hard times threatening your Christmas dinner? Well then, Peru has the answer: guinea pig.

Officials in the coastal Peruvian province of Callao on Monday hailed the Andean rodent as a low-cost, low-fat alternative to a traditional turkey or roast pork Christmas dinner.

Guinea pigs can feed seven or eight for about $3.20, Callao official Mario Sanguinity told Associated Press Television.

"The idea is to give the people a tasty, economical option," he said.

The presentation included a live guinea pig dressed as Santa Claus and eight of its comrades laid out fried, broiled and roasted in traditional dishes from different regions of Peru.

Cheap and delicious. What more could you ask for?