BONWAG

Reception staff at the hospital are proving difficult to negotiate with: some people are being turned away for not giving the right password. The correct password is ‘Robinson’. It seems the computer system is liable to overload if presented with ‘Ainslie Robinson’, as are the staff members themselves. Ainslie is registered under her ‘legal’ name which she may tell you if you ask her nicely. (BTW; there is no such person as ‘Ainslie Cook’ or ‘Ainslie Robinson-Cook’). If in doubt, ask for Ward 5, Bed 2.
Photos are being held up by technical difficulties; the first roll of film has been double-exposed, somehow, so please stay tuned while we attempt to correct this problem…
‘Charlotte’ means ‘woman’ and ‘Frances’ means ‘free’ (at least according to this book…). There’s a family connection with ‘Frances’… it’s David’s mum’s middle name. We thought ‘Charlotte’ was just a name we liked until Caleb and Allanah started calling her ‘Charlie’… we realised it’s a version of the name of Ainslie’s (late) father Charles. (Caleb already shares his middle name of ‘Edwin’).
There’s been no announcement in the paper yet; wait ’till Monday. We prefer giving the scoops to more useful forms of communication… (Radio and Internet)
Charlotte shares a birthday with Madison, daughter of our friends Katherine and Tim Smith.

It’s a Girl!

Please welcome to the World – Charlotte Frances Robinson-Cook. 9lbs, 5oz (4230 gms), 55cms.
For those wondering about Ainslie’s planned induction for 10am Thursday (8th), it was postponed until 11pm because of overcrowding in the delivery suites (yes, 13 hours). As you can see, it didn’t take long for Charlotte to arrive after that!
Charlotte’s arrival was trouble-free and quick: Ainslie didn’t have time to ask for pain relief.
Bub is healthy and happy; she has blue eyes and dark-ish hair… maybe we have another redhead on our hands
Ainslie (and Charlotte) is staying in Ward 5 (Bed 2), KEMH until either Saturday or Sunday. She’s doing well, apart from some pains and embroidery…
Caleb and Allanah have welcomed her into the family officially; especially seeing as ‘Beebee Charlie’ also brought presents for them…
Charlotte’s the biggest of the Cook Kids, although she has a smaller head than Caleb
Comments from the Midwives (completely impartial and unsolicited) include ‘perfect’, ‘beautiful’ and ‘whoah; she’s big!’
David lost his voice on Wednesday, and only just started to regain it in time to encourage Ainslie in labour. Please don’t be scared if you should ring the Cook household.
The obtuse ‘Internet connection’ of her name has not been lost on a few people… Charlotte… Web… geddit?

Once again… a while since the last post. Bub is not here yet, obviously a little too comfortable. News is that the new Cook house is underway (we’re building in the southern suburbs of Perth)… the concrete slab is down, and Caleb is keen to help the bricklayers.

Less than a week to go before bub number three arrives… stay tuned to the site for pictures and information as it comes to hand. This birth will NOT be broadcast on the net.

Just finished racing my fellow IBC-ites at Belmont Kart World and have a mouthful of rubber and fumes to show for it. Good, noisy, boy-type fun.
For the record, my best time was 22.67. Not fantastic, but as David McClung said: ‘gee, my car was slow…’.

These are strange days: stats show that Netscape and Microsoft browsers have been accessing BONWAG equally: Netscape 48.85%, Microsoft 48.52%. Netscape’s free source code is copping a pasting in the press (lotsa bugs), while Microsoft is close to releasing Windows 98: possibly to the same effect.
Trust no one. Be a lert. Don’t use your computer for at least another 6 months until the dust settles.

Yep, I’ve reached the danger zone in this journal: that period after the first month where you don’t write anything for a while and when you come back to it, you have to fight against the urge to forget about the whole thing because you’ve already missed a whole month…
I’m on the road to recovery. This entry is the first step on the road…

It’s been a while since I’ve been in a major Timezone (amusement centre), so long that I was joking with a friend that eventually they’ll have direct links into the credit system so you just present your Timezone Visa to the machine and it’ll either debit your account or ask if you’d like to arrange a loan for your evening’s entertainment. To my horror he presented a Timezone ‘swipe’ card: only one step away from that very idea! You can aparrently buy these cards and top up your credit as you need to. Scary stuff: Timezone credit cards.
Another idea: how long will it take for Timezone to network its franchises and offer games like a networked Doom where the guys in Perth can take on the guys in Sydney and Singapore? I can’t believe it hasn’t happened yet!

I really feel dirty now; I’ve just enabled the Active Desktop and am installing the HTML Authoring components in Word 97. What’s happening to me? Is there a full moon?