This page is devoted to those people who make our life miserable.

Miserable is a relative term, much like many words. Our relatively pleasant life in Duffy was made worse by the 2003 Bushfires. Most things were turned on their heads.

The saying "turned on their heads" does not mean much to a lot of people, until they are put in similar circumstances. Moreover, those people who have never had their lives and fortunes metaphorically placed on a potter's wheel at top speed will not know what is being described here. Indeed, many have poo-pooed the experience and have told us to harden the f*&% up.

The extreme is those employed to be our managers and have suggested that we have not done so badly as a result of the events of January 2003 and that we should just get over it.

Anyway, any person or people who's actions or inactions have affected us will be recorded on these pages.

To start off, we need a reference in the form of a definition, or two:

Bastardry - Definitions from Dictionary.com


Definition "bastardry" in the Collins English Dictionary | Always Free Online


bastardry - Wiktionary


The first recipients of this inglorious recognition are the curs who slahed and hacked their way through the vines on our fence, on Friday, the 4th of April, 2008.


Number 2: We can also count the taxi driver in Melbourne who prays on young women by pretending they have no change for $20. When the young woman in the cab has no other change, the taxi driver insists he takes all of the money. When the passenger challenges the driver, the driver then threatens the woman with the police because the threat is that she will not pay. With little other option and with the cab driver becoming aggressive, all of the money is passed over and the customer can leave the cab.

Number 3: Another evil ploy is the young woman who responds to a job advertisement for work with a construction company. The company representative says that the interview must be held at the local club. He also says that the woman must come alone. He says that the boyfriend must not be present.

Number 4: A kid works hard and is loyal working at one of the local supermarkets. Within weeks of his 16th birthday, he is sacked. A story is concocted as the basis for his dismissal. One year later, exactly the same thing happens when he is sacked from an international chain of computer software stores, just before he turns 17. More nonsense is delivered as the reason for his sacking.

Number 5: A young woman is commuting to work on her push bike early one morning in Melbourne. A driver does not see her and pulls out of a stop sign and knocks her off her bike. The driver stops to talk to the young woman then says that he can not stay and drives off. The young woman is left dazed and badly bruised on the side of the road with her bike destroyed. In shock, she does no have the wherewithall to exchange details with the driver or get his number plate. The advice from the Police is that, without any of the details of the driver and the car, pursuing the matter is impossible. Repairs to the bike, medical bills and lost income cost the young woman hundreds of dollars.

Number 6: A runner is running on a suburban road early one morning. The runner is running on the side of the road, against the oncoming traffic, as they have done for many years. A small truck comes towards the runner. The driver of the small truck lines up the runner and drives straight towards them. To avoid being run over by the truck, the runner jumps off the road and onto the kerb. The truck just misses hitting the runner and drives on. The runner neglects to get the registration number of the truck.

Number 7: A young woman has just left work at a local club after a big music festival has been held. The woman is riding her bicycle home when a younger club patron jumps into the path of the bike. The rider swerves to avoid a collision and loses control of the bike and crashes onto the road. The young club patron and his two male companions help the rider back onto her bike and pick up her bag. The woman gets home and checks her bag. Her wallet is missing. She returns to place where she crashed and is unable to find the three male people or her wallet. The police say there is nothing that can be done because the woman can not describe the three male persons.

Number 8: An older couple are enjoying a quiet drink in a rowdy pub while a live cover band plays music on a Saturday night. A drunk man, known to the couple, greets the couple enthusiastically. In greeting the female he proceeds to rub his crotch on her crotch. As part of an animated and inebriated rant, the drunk man calls the couple's daughter a "skank". The couple abruptly leaves the venue.

Number 9: A couple have a baby in a large suburban hospital. As part of the new baby package supplied by the hospital is a gift voucher for $120 towards baby photos in a professional studio. The couple book a sitting with the studio when the baby in three months old. The photos are taken then the couple are told that each individual digital shot will cost $190. Of the dozens of photos taken, the couple can only afford to buy three.