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Today’s throw-away society is increasingly annoying. Nothing you buy these days last for any length of time at all.

Case in point: we went to start the Mazda for the first time in several months and the battery was completely flat. I jump started it off the Falcon and did 20km to put some charge back into it, but it’s stuffed. I turned the car off and straight back on and all that happens is that the starter solenoid clicks. Doesn’t even turn the motor over. The battery is well and truly stuffed.

It’s an absolute disgrace that this car battery is only 8 years old.

For some reason daylight saving started early again this year. It used to be the last weekend in October; not sure why these days it’s the first weekend. Whatever, it makes for more daylight later in the evening, so you can get out after dinner and still get decent light for photography.