Kate at Electric Venom is doing a linky love fest so if you want to get in on the action there's very little time left. It's one of those things you have to do to get the page rank smoking.

By the way, I have included trackbacks on all my posts. It will be interesting to see if it makes a difference to page rank, Alexa etc.

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As you probably know, I spend quite a bit of time on Ebay. Some of the things I have discovered are too weird not to display here. So without further ado...the weirdest of the bunch:

Gold Coated Smith's Potato Chip















What can I say. For the person who has everything. Except a gold covered potato chip.




Sydney Ghost / Crime Tour in a Hearse













If this is your idea of a good time, ie. being chauffeured around Sydney in a haunted hearse looking at ghost sites and crime scenes, then look no further. Actually this sounds pretty cool.




And...for that really hard to buy person...

The Amazing Screeching Slingshot Monkey












What I love about this one is that not only does it fly, it screeches as well. If you are mad at one of your friends and they have a kid, buy this for their kid as a present. (insert diabolical laughter here)




This next one isn't particularly weird, but I just loved the name...

Amazing refined bone double wonderful carbs














I think they mean crabs. Or frogs?!?! Tell you what, a week on the Atkins diet and you will be craving the wonderful carbs.



And I couldn't go past this one. For the moron who is easily led distinguished buyer...

Amazing Suicide Door Conversion for Any Car!














Okay...
Suicide door? The name itself should put you off. Not to mention the impracticality. Er...one word: why?

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I finally won something on Ebay. It has been quite a while since my efforts have been successful. I find myself placing bids, going away, coming back, watching the clock...

...and when there is 1min 12sec to go on the auction some b@stard starts bidding furiously. No. I say. Mine. I've started to call these people 'snipers' because they are sneaky and bid on all the things you want. Sometimes I wonder if they have even looked at the item before bidding. For some it is the thrill of the chase. For others, like me, it's stocking up my wardrobe which has been sorely neglected over the last 10 years or so. Probably longer. I haven't had much of an interest in fashion because it annoys me. Trying on clothes, matching up colours, trying on more clothes. Blah. I like Ebay because I can look at the sizes, match up outfits and bid away. Without ever encountering a sales assistant. *sigh*

So I finally hit pay dirt when I won this top:
















Guess T- Shirt
Final Price: $3.00
Postage: $6.00

Hehehehehe

The photo doesn't really do it justice but it will look great with jeans.
I have already washed it and hung it out to dry. It's probably a good idea to launder any clothes you buy on Ebay - you don't know where they've been. Eeeew!
I do this even if the clothing comes from a smoke free, pet free home. It's usually dust that gets up your nose more than anything else. After all, this has probably been hanging in someone's closet for an inordinate amount of time.

I've gone a bit PayPal mad too because it means I don't have to go to the bank to deposit the money. Yes, thankfully I do exercise. See my post "walking with hand weights is the best exercise".

I am glad to be replenishing my wardrobe. I have forced myself to be interested in fashion. What other people are wearing etc. It's been hard because I really don't care. But I will learn. Necessity, such as running out of tops while your other ones are in the wash - these are the sort of things that motivate me.

Anyway, Donatella Versace need not be scared just yet. What am I saying? Scratch that. Now I'm scared. Stop talking. Okay.

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I don't have too much to say today. So I thought I'd let these guys say it for me. It sums it up exactly. And congratulations to Padraig Harrington for winning the British Open. Legend. Watch and enjoy.

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This is a shopping blog and therefore I don't normally write about HTML and CSS stuff but I have just spent 3 infuriating hours trying to work out why it is that 'highlight' text refuses point blank to display in Internet Explorer.

This is from the website I am working on:








and



Note: I used the term "left" as the highlight is to appear in the left menu bar.


Display was perfect in Mozilla and Opera but IE wasn't showing any highlight. In fact, it just reverted to the original style specified.

After much pain and use of IDs (#), etc, I was no closer to a solution.

Then finally I discovered a command used if the text is to be highlighted say, in the middle of a sentence. I used the following:




And wouldn't you know, it worked. The highlight displayed properly, even in Internet Explorer.













So, to avoid pain and suffering for others, I decided to post this fix for highlights displaying properly in IE. I hope it will save some people some time and frustration.


Peace. I'm going to go and have a chamomile.

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