Marcus Ambrose

Wow! You learn something new everyday. Marcus Ambrose went to Nascar because he acheived everything in Australian motorsport and because Nascar is the greatest motorsport series in the world. He did not go to Nascar because it is an easy pay day and that the grid is full of drivers who aren’t good enough to race in Europe.

Anyone who knows me knows that I am a motorsport fan, but I cannot stand Nascar. Perhaps it’s because the cars only turn one way or it could be because the fans are all rednecks who were horrified at the thought that Toyota could enter their series. Maybe it’s because even if a driver comes last in a race the still recieve 1000 points. (The points table in Nascar is just crazy!)  Perhaps it is the obscene amount of money that even the most average of Nascar drivers make, or even that many Nascar racers keep going around and around, turning right, right up until their 60s.

Personally I prefer F1 and Le Mans Sportscar racing and even V8 Supercars, but have never gotten into Nascar.

60 Minutes

Watching 60 Minutes I was sick to my stomach about the story on women who choose to be housewives and nothing else. What has happened to young women that they now have no ambition other than to stay home to look after their children? Worse still is that they husband of one of the wives interviewed, had expectations that his wife be subservient to him. He expected her to have his dinner on the table when he got home, and she could only have spending money if he decided to give it to her. She had to defer a lot of the questions to Frankie, unable to answer anything without his approval.

 I always thought that teamwork was the key to any relationship. That a husband and wife should work together as equal partners, not with one partner having to check with the other for permission to do anything. I also think that many women have very unrealistic ideals these days thanks to watching TV shows like Desperate Housewives and Sex In The City, where all they think that they have to do is to look pretty and hope that everything else works itself out by itself. I think that if I was in a relationship with a bimbo who had no ambition other than to look after the kids I’d end up very bored and go insane. I think that I go even more insane if my partner wanted to ask for my permission on everything and wanted to serve my every whim and not want me to lift a finger while I was at home. Thank goodness that Priscilla is my partner and not a robot or a Stepford Wife!