http://www.sheehanonline.net/index.htmlLatest Stuffenmichaelsx@mac.comCopyright 2008 Michael.P.Sheehan2008-10-17T09:40:50+11:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:07:41 +1100michaelsx@mac.comFamily, 2008-10-17T09:40:50+11:00http://www.sheehanonline.net/Blog/files/c941fea20a71a1e36d6001c966df7926-5.html#unique-entry-id-5http://www.sheehanonline.net/Blog/files/c941fea20a71a1e36d6001c966df7926-5.html#unique-entry-id-5

Now the weather has come full circle into the pleasures of mid-spring, I have been busy establishing a herb and salad Potager garden. We have also put down a crop of potatoes in the large vege patch which needed heaps of preparation, as it had been neglected for years.

Robyn has been busy with the flower beds around the house which are looking great, and our Roses are establishing well along the front of the house.]]>michaelsx@mac.comFamily2008-09-26T20:06:02+10:00http://www.sheehanonline.net/Blog/files/5efcc8b37fa4aca2d515423f13d7ce95-4.html#unique-entry-id-4http://www.sheehanonline.net/Blog/files/5efcc8b37fa4aca2d515423f13d7ce95-4.html#unique-entry-id-4
I received a forwarded joke from my Sister, Pat, today, this was added on the end of it and resonated with me, it touched my heart with the simple truth it holds...

“Sometimes, we wonder why friends keep forwarding jokes to us without
writing a word.

Maybe this will explain.

When you are very busy, but still want to keep in touch, guess what you
do? You forward jokes.

When you have nothing to say, but still want to keep contact, you
forward jokes.

When you have something to say, but don't know what, and don't know how,
you forward jokes.

Also to let you know that you are still remembered, you are still
important, you are still cared for, guess what you get?

A forwarded joke.

So, next time if you get a joke, don't think that you've been sent just
another forwarded joke, but that you've been thought of today and your
friend on the other end of your computer wanted to send you a smile.

You are all welcome at my water bowl any time!”
]]>michaelsx@mac.comCurrent Events2008-09-26T16:53:25+10:00http://www.sheehanonline.net/Blog/files/d532815718054275f9ac0f6d13639471-3.html#unique-entry-id-3http://www.sheehanonline.net/Blog/files/d532815718054275f9ac0f6d13639471-3.html#unique-entry-id-3Bipolar cuts $200m ecstasy smuggler's term

• Les Kennedy

September 26, 2008 - 3:44PM
A man facing up to 25 years in jail for one of the largest seizures of ecstasy ever recorded in Australia has received a reduced sentence because of mental illness.
Zachariah O'Brien, 36, was found to have been suffering from bipolar disorder when he and Kings Cross drug dealer Robert Drury, 58, imported $200 million worth of ecstasy tablets hidden in the walls of a baking oven from Germany.
Both men were arrested by federal police on November 13 in 2004 when they picked up the oven containing 820 kilograms of the drug from a storage centre at Wetherill Park in Sydney's south-west.
O'Brien, from the NSW north coast village of New Italy, and Drury were charged with conspiring to import a large commercial quantity of ecstasy and with attempting to pervert the course of justice.
In June 2006, Drury was sentenced to 18 years' jail for his part in the importation with a minimum non-parole term of 11 years.
During this time it was alleged the pair obtained the drug from a Netherlands-based crime syndicate which has been since dismantled with convictions against three Dutch men and two other men in Belgium.
After spending almost four years in jail on remand since his arrest and conviction in a trial in August last year, O'Brien came before Judge Greg Woods in the Downing Centre District Court today for sentencing.
In sentencing O'Brien to serve 12 years imprisonment with a non-parole period of eight years, Judge Woods took into account the mental health issue.
He also took into account the time Woods had already spent in custody and said that period should be deducted from his non-parole sentence. Woods will be eligible for release in 2012.
The seizure in 2004 was regarded at the time as the largest ever shipment to have been recovered by Australian Federal Police and customs in Australia.
The oven ecstasy haul is now ranked by federal police as the third largest seizure of the drug after 1.2 tons was seizure in Melbourne in 2005 and last year 4.4 tons of ecstasy was recovered in Melbourne last year.
My Comment
What the Hell is going on in this country??? There is more than a 99% chance that this guys so called Bi-Polar disorder is Substance induced, especially if he is a regular drug user...and he gets a reduced sentence for it...bullshit
]]>michaelsx@mac.comOrange2008-09-19T16:25:08+10:00http://www.sheehanonline.net/Blog/files/dd98b9036d2fd3491fb204f975667770-2.html#unique-entry-id-2http://www.sheehanonline.net/Blog/files/dd98b9036d2fd3491fb204f975667770-2.html#unique-entry-id-2Wandered out and about with Molly this afternoon taking photos of homes and city buildings in Orange. A good 70% of Orange consists of homes and buildings from the 1800s, from the Orange Public School, to the Famous Duntryleague Golf Course the buildings are magnificent, so I have selected some and made a Gallery with them in it.
There are so many to photograph that it will take me some time to get all I want on here, but I will add more as time goes by.....
Here is the Duntryleague Main building.
]]>michaelsx@mac.comCurrent Events2008-09-17T15:38:17+10:00http://www.sheehanonline.net/Blog/files/e5eefc82da02f296750f068a79fff92f-1.html#unique-entry-id-1http://www.sheehanonline.net/Blog/files/e5eefc82da02f296750f068a79fff92f-1.html#unique-entry-id-1Spring Has arrived, and the weather here in Orange is amazing, clear days, crisp mornings warming up to about 20 degrees C during the middle of the day. Makes one want to get out in the gardens and plant flowers and veges.....
]]>michaelsx@mac.comFamily2008-08-03T17:33:00+10:00http://www.sheehanonline.net/Blog/files/64a67577338aac16fb97bdedbf1364ad-0.html#unique-entry-id-0http://www.sheehanonline.net/Blog/files/64a67577338aac16fb97bdedbf1364ad-0.html#unique-entry-id-0Well, we have finally moved to orange in the Central West of NSW, and our welcome was a cold one.


It is beautiful out here, and the Summer temperatures are usually between 27-30 degrees, with a dry heat which is very comfortable.

There are some wonderful parks and reserves and a ton of History, I will create a Gallery with photos of some of the buildings soon.]]>