Dodo would have to have one of THE most frustrating customer support and technical support services in the industry. I'm sure other customers of Dodo know exactly what I'm talking about. Today an idiot technician from Telstra stopped at the phone exchange in front of my house to set up the line for a house around the street apparently and in the process he's disconnected OUR line. I know pathetic right? Sarah even went out and told him and he just denied it, what a freak'in jackass.

So I've run up dodo to get the line sorted out, but instead of going, ok we'll get in touch with telstra and sort the whole thing out within the hour. Instead after explaining the situation to the girl on the other end she went to check the "backend" which took her about 10 minutes (I was on a mobile by the way, because well my line is dead), anyway she comes back and says ok we need to do some trouble shooting. Fine I said reluctantly. So she starts asking me how long my phone line is. 10 Meters I said, but that's not the problem.

It was at that point she started a great big spiel about how a line longer than 3 meters is going to cause problems and blah blah blah. That I have to use a longer ether cable instead of a longer phone line and blah blah blah. Annoying stuff that wasn't even relevant, which I pointed out to her, as well as the fact that I had, had this set-up for the entire term of the account without problems, and again explained that I was happily working away ordering new stock on the internet when the telstra guy turned up did whatever he did and our line died. She started going on about how they don't know what the technician was doing so they have to go through these trouble shooting steps.

Next she asked me to cycle my modem, which I had already done, 3 times before I called her, which I told her and she made me cycle it again anyway. Next was, check you check if there is a dial tone on the line. Sure I said, I already have, there isn't one, it's dead. It was at this point she decided she should reconfigure the ports associated to my account and put me on hold. :lol: lmao. Another 15 minutes later she came back and said ok please cycle your modem to see if that affected anything, and started saying how she said she doesn't think it will because of the length of my phone line. I said I don't think it will work either, because I don't have a line out, and thus the ports won't affect anything. Of course it didn't work.

It was at this point she informed me they were unable to go any further unless I had a 3m or shorter phone line connected to my modem, otherwise the extended trouble shooting steps wouldn't have an affect on anything. I informed her for a second time that my phone line is in the lounge room and that I don't have a shorter phone line. She asked about the phone line I used to see if the line had a dial tone, I said that line is about 4 inches long. She said use that then, so I asked if I use a power extension cable with the modem will that affect things? Yes she said :lol: well I said the closest power socket to my phone plug is too far away to power the modem, I'd need to use a power extension cord. She was stumped and tried repeating back to me that a phone cable over 3m in length wasn't going to work and would cause problems.

It was at this point I'd had enough and said, "look I understand and know full well that a longer cable can cause speed reductions, I'm sure it does so on my line but I am happy with the connection speed I get, it's not an issue. There is no excess noise on my line, the cable is kept in perfect order, everything is perfect here. That cable isn't effecting anything. This isn't a problem at dodo's end, you guys are doing things fine, this isn't a problem at my end, this is a problem because an idiot telstra technician pulled out my line and now it's dead"

Ok well we'll continue with the trouble shooting with your phone cable then. she replied :lol: She asked me if I knew how to get to the administration screen for my modem, I'm already there I said. She asked if I could tell her what the upstream and downstream was. "Zero" I replied. "Oh, you really don't have any connection there at all do you?" she asked. ROFLMAO That's what I've been trying to tell you for OVER AN HOUR I confirmed.

Well let me try reprogramming your line first :lol: Another pointless trouble shooting step, that doesn't relate to this in any way. Fine I sighed and she put me on hold. 15 Minutes later she's back and says ok, cycle your modem again. Fine I said, which is about where my mobile ran out of battery and I was disconnected. lol Of course reprogramming the line did nothing, because for it to have an effect I'd need to actually be connected to the telco network, which as it so happens, because of the idiot telstra technician I'm not.

So I ring dodo back, the wait time wasn't as bad this time and I'm connected to a guy this time, who after getting my account up said hold on I just need to check something for you and put me on hold. By this time I'm starting to wonder how much of my credit they're going to use up. So the guy comes back and of course the problem with having to a support line back is that you have to explain the problem all over again. He asked me a bunch of questions that I'd already answered that don't have anything to do with much of anything, had a slight disagreement with me about the length of my phone cable and put me back on hold. After a few minutes, he comes back and decides he's going to do a line test and puts me on hold. At this point I'm wondering what he's been doing all this time. So I'm on hold for another few minutes when he comes back, asks me to disconnect my modem from the socket, which I do and then puts me on hold again. :lol:

Appalling that this happened at 12:30 today, it's now 3:18pm and they still haven't started proceedings to actually fix the problem, which of course is on the street in front of my house. So he comes back from on hold, realises that the line test showed nothing, asks if I have another modem I can try, to which I of course said no. He then decides we've finally exhausted all trouble shooting steps and will send someone out. He tells me if the fault lies within my premises or with my equipment I will be charged $220 for a call-out fee. Fine I said, I know what the problem is. So back on hold I go.

As some of you might have noticed I've been the victim of Cyberstalking for quite awhile now. They take breaks when they get bored, but for some reason they always come back. They are of course made up of ex-lovers who seemingly can't get over the ex part. I suggest that some of them are also made up of the misguided friends of some ex-lovers. At any rate, while it isn't life threatening or anything, it does get rather tiresome. So as I have taken steps to squash the matter today, legally once and for all.

The following are some ideas if you are the victim of cyberstalking, on how to squash the problem once and for all! Of course it all leads to the police and court in the end, with a cyberstalking conviction resulting in up to 10 years imprisonment (depending on where you are) for the fool who tried to mess with you online;

(1) SAVE EVERYTHING! If it's emails, make sure you keep them and print them off. If it's comments on a website, hit the print screen button on your keyboard (prt scr) then paste the resulting screenshot into MS paint or whatever imaging program you prefer. Make sure a record is kept of EVERYTHING! Including any replies you might make.

(2) IF it's on a website you own, or it's through email, be sure to save their IP address as well, this is VERY important. IP addresses can eventually help police find out exactly who is doing it and show a pattern of harassment. It doesn't matter if the IP is static or dynamic, ISPs keep logs of what accounts hold what IP addresses at what dates and time periods. You can find someone's IP address from an email by looking in the email source information.

(3) Buy a exercise pad. You know the type you wrote in at school? No, not the text books you drew all over, the lined exercise books you wrote in. You need one. Everytime your cyberstalker interacts with you record the date, time, what was said (for longer comments/emails subject lines will do), their IP address (if known), their email address (if it's an email), where the contact took place (email/URL of the website/etc) and the file name(s) of any screenshot(s) you take to document the contact.

(4) Join a group; there are plenty of groups around for people who have been cyberstalked. By joining a group not only do you know you're not alone, but they can help you with other ideas on how to combat the problem.

(5) After a few months, when a pattern of cyberstalking and harassment can definitely be shown it's time to bring in the law. For this you want a two pronged attack if possible, comprising both the Police and a lawyer acting on your behalf. When it comes to the Police don't take no for an answer, cyberstalking is against the law, if you've been able to get a lawyer they will be able to help you get the police involved. Once you have the police involved they can watch the activities of your cyberstalker (and find out their IP address if you don't already have it) which will further show the pattern of cyberstalking and harassment. Make sure though that you continue all the other steps even after the police have become involved. Your lawyer will be able to help keep the police on track with the investigation and perhaps even lodge their own private investigation into the matter.

If you follow these steps, then it should be easy for the police to get a conviction on your cyberstalker, sending them to jail and giving you some peace and quite.

Today we decided to go to “Seahorse world” and “Platypus house” up in Beauty Point. The scenery around Beauty Point is wonderous with calm teal sea rested against majestic tree covered mountains. Both attractions are found next to each other adorn a wharf. For $42 per adult you can gain entry to Seahorse World, Platypus House and Beaconsfield Mine and Historical Museum; so we purchased the triple pass without planning to visit the museum at Beaconsfield. Platypus House was small but excellent, even though I live in Australia it was the first time I've ever been that close to a living platypus. I managed to get some brilliant video of them swimming and feeding and playing together!

We were then treated to some free roaming echidna which all to happily came to smell our feet before rushing off to feed from the newly layed out bowls. Unfortunately due to the high risk of transmitted infection from human to echidna we were unable to touch them, but again I got some wicked video footage. With that we were invited to watch a video and look through the gift shop. We skipped the video, purchased some stuff from the gift shop and walked across to Seahorse World. After waiting 20 minutes for the next tour while a had a bite to eat; we were ushered through a door into a room lined with fake rock walls and 5 vertical tanks. Inside were different types of Seahorses but as the tour guide began the tour it became quickly clear he actually didn't know what he was talking about. After 25 minutes of him getting numerous things wrong, the tour was over and we were again invited to enter the gift shop, which we did. Upon purchasing souvenirs we left Beauty Point to travel back to Launceston in hopes of being able to visit Queen Victoria Museum.

When we arrived at the complex the museum is in we got a little confused with the museum itself being hidden by construction work. We were disappointed to find that children under 5 aren't allowed in the planetarium which to me seems somewhat illogical given they're going to get the most enjoyment out of it. Never the less we took a walk around some of the museum. The science education section mirrors a lot of the stuff found in Brisbanes Science center; only in Tasmania it's FREE! It was most amusing that a random small child was about to light up rotator lights using a electric generator hooked up to a bicycle but Sarah wasn't. Dee enjoyed a lot of the stuff in the science section, especially the air pressure rockets.

Next we went to the cafe` as Sarah was “starving”. I got an ice-cream and Sarah got a drink. After finishing we went to the Dinosaur section; something Brisbane doesn't have. It was quite interesting to read about their ideas on dinosaurs but unfortunately this is where dee decided to get upset and so we had to leave; cutting our museum experience short. But the little of what I seen of the Museum was excellent, certainly worth a visit.

The next day in my holiday started at 9am (local time) with us all very tired from travelling and having a late night. None the less we decided to have a walk through Launceston and get some breakfast. With a few brief exceptions it must be noted that it is near completely flat; and with the tempered air made for a lovely walk. It's important to note there are an astoundingly absurd amount of cafes in East Launceston, all of which I'm sure a brilliant; but one must wonder how they all managed to keep the doors open and the rent paid when you consider how small the population here is. After pondering this thought for a few moments we made our way to locating a Coles supermarket to gather some supplies for later and food for Hades.

We then decided to stop at a cafe` named “This Cafe” for breakfast. We both ordered a triple stack of pancakes with ice-cream and maple syrup; with Sarah getting berries included. Despite the fact we only got 3 pancakes each (I was always under the impression a stack was 4 pancakes and a triple stack was 12) they were nicely cooked and went well with the superbly creamy ice-cream and perfectly sweet syrup. After our leisurely breakfast we walked back to the apartment to plan our day.

After looking through the the assortment of pamphlets and travel guides we found inside our room we decided we didn't want to travel far today and settled on going to Tasmania Zoo. After a brisk 15 minute drive we rolled up to what in all honesty looked like some ones house with “Tasmania Zoo” written on it. As we entered through the sliding glass door we were greeted with a mostly open space, comprising of a ticket/food counter to the right and a small amount of merchandise to the left. We paid our $18 each to enter the park and an extra dollar for a map and exited the building through another glass sliding door. In front of us a large dirt area with wooden swings classified as “playground” on the map. To either side of the playground a series of what look like standard sized garden sheds although green in colour, with the front cut out and replaced with fencing wire.

Inside we found everything from all manner of birds and monkeys, a little further down a fenced area with emus, kangaroos and a deer; and some pits bordered with tin roofing sheets holding rabbits and Tasmanian devils. Right down the bottom we found some goats, a pony and we found 2 massive eagles in a tree. Needless to say we found somewhat ripped off by this whole experience. Even more so when we found out upon returning to our apartment and looking through a previously undiscovered travel newspaper that Tasmania actually has 2 other zoos both of which FAR better than the over advertised “Tasmania Zoo”. Unfortunately we won't have time to visit the other zoos while we're here, but I promised dee that we'll go to Taronga Zoo in Sydney on another trip.

When we made it back to the apartment our thoughts turned to dinner and we had already planned on trying this burger joint called “flip burger” who home deliver. We were excited because they have an option between a large or small burger with a large costing $12.50 and a small $10 so we were expecting something special. I ordered a double cheese burger with bacon, chips and ketchup and Sarah ordered a house special. Within 10 minutes there was a knock on the door, good sign right? $29.50 later we found out the story wasn't so great. I really wanted something to rave about, I wanted Flip Burger to shatter my conception of a burger in Australia, but it unfortunately wasn't to be.

Our “Large” burgers were actually the same size as a standard burger; which makes me wonder what the heck a small looks like. The meat also was chock filled with onion, which I'm sure to some people is a good thing, but to someone who is allergic to onion it's a terrible thing to happen. The cheese wasn't even layered correctly, instead the to meat patties where just on top each other then came 1 piece of cheese then a tiny piece of bacon, FOUR chips another piece of cheese and then some TOMATO! TOMATO, not ketchup, sliced tomato. There was no ketchup to be found. After removing the tomato and meat patties I was left with a standard white bun with a piece of cheese, bacon and 4 chips. Sarah's burger was meant to come with pancetta but they gave her standard bacon!! Another rip off. Lets hope tomorrow is a better day.

Today, Sarah, Dee and I left for our week long holiday in Launceston, Tasmania. First I must make special note of what an amazing trooper Dee has been today, through the entire 9 hours of travel. He has barely issued more than the slightest of grizzles; lasting not longer than a few seconds; through-out the whole day. I am entirely proud of him. So our flight took off from Brisbane without delay and for the most part the flight was peaceful, however somewhat cramped and we touched down in Melbourne for a hour and a half stopover at 6:25pm (local time). Unfortunately the Melbourne domestic terminal didn't have much in the way of choice towards a meaningful meal, so we made do with what we could. I managed to find a ham & cheese croissant and Sarah got what looked like a bunch of leaves in a plastic bowl with less than a handful of cherry tomatoes tossed together. Thankfully we had the forethought to pre-purchase and pack food for dee so he was fine.

We boarded from Melbourne with a surprise as we hadn't adjusted our clocks to daylight savings. The flight to Launceston from Melbourne was less cramped and somewhat brief. Dee was also far happier to just sit for this leg of our journey, where as earlier he wanted to stand and jump around. We arrived at 9:05pm (local time) and disembarked to a far smaller terminal then we are used to. There was a distinct lack of shops, and the one store that sells food was quiet obviously closed. After collecting our bags we walked out of the terminal to meet with the lady from the car rental place. What a shock we got when she delivered a 1999 lantra hatch when we had booked a 2005 Magna. Our bags of course barely fit in the car having to take up both the entire boot and most of the back seat.

Lo-Cost Auto Rentals are most certainly low cost, the car we received, not only wasn't what we ordered and booked (and the only car they had left so we're sort of stuck with it now) but it lacks any power; which I suppose might be a good thing give the distinct lack of braking capability. None the less we managed to find our way to our hotel by 10:30 (local time) thanks to google maps with GPS and were in for a real treat. While our hotel lacks pay tv and internet, it is visually stunning. It is a converted mansion from the 1800s and our lodgings are to die for. The stressed timber flooring, the rendered stone walls, the antique buffet at the entrance. Not to mention of course the full kitchen, laundry and spacious bathroom. The only problem now being of course that while dee has had a proper diner, Sarah and I have not. But I'm sure going to bed hungry tonight will work out ok. We can wake in the morning and find somewhere to get a bite. And so with that I am off to bed to hopefully get some sleep and rest my rumbling stomach.

Is it just me or has anyone else in the area I live in noticed the sudden over whelming smell of curry? Seriously it's everywhere, I went for a run just before and the air was sickenly thick with the smell of curry. What happened to the smell of backyard barbecues? Of burnt meat, open flame and seafood? That's my Australia, not a land of curry.

Have the amount of immigrant Indians really reached such a number already that the place stinks like India does? This is Australia, we have our own culture here, I don't agree with the number of Indian immigrants coming into the country but if they're going to come in they could at least have enough respect to take on our culture. If they wanted to live in a country with the culture they grew up with, smelling the way the country they grew up in did and everything like their native land, DON'T IMMIGRANT!

If you're going to immigrate to another country then seriously have some god damn respect. You don't need to try and make my country the same as your country. No only is that disrespectful, but it's illogical. You move to a new country because you like the culture, lifestyle, etc of the new country and thus you assimilate into the new country. If you're not willing to assimilate into Australia then LEAVE and take your stinky curries with you.

So I know I don't normally talk about my personal life but I thought you might like to know that I'm going to an intake session tomorrow to decide if mediation between Tanase and I would be of benefit in getting her to agree to let me see Z and AJ again. I know I could take her straight to court and have her found in violation of a court order. But the consequences could be jail time for her and what sort of a parent would I be to my sons if I had their mother put in jail? I have to try all other options first and mediation is the last on that list before court. Fingers crossed people, I have a feeling I'm going to need it; Tanase isn't exactly the most stable person on the planet after all.

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Ok so this is more a pet peeve of mine that has boiled over into a blog post rather than actual news. But seriously what is up with Woolworths and not training their check-out chicks how to pack their plastic bags correctly?

If you're not going to train them how to pack a bag right, then please for heavens sake don't get them to pack it at all. The amount of times I've had to re-pack my grocery bags after these morons pack the bags incorrectly is enough to drive me insane.

I'm not saying all woolworths check-out people are morons, or indeed that they all pack bags wrong, but the over whelming majority of them; at the THREE (3) stores local to me at least; couldn't pack groceries if their lives depended on it. Heavy things put in with things that go squish, meat packed with vegetables, and my all suffering over packed bags.

The most common way they over pack bags is by placing far to many soft drink bottles in a single bag. Woolworths please, please, PLEASE, tell your workers that plastic grocery bags are only rated to hold 3KG of weight. A bottle of soft drink weighs a little over (like a few grams) 1Kg per litre. So for example a standard 1.25L bottle of softdrink weighs around the same in Kg. 2L of drink is slightly over 2Kg.

So if you stick 2, 2L bottles in a single grocery bag that is only rated to carry 3Kg guess what happens? THE BAG BREAKS YOU INCOMPETENT OAF! Which means my groceries fall on the ground!

And for christ sake, WOOLWORTHS TEACH THEM HYGIENE! If you pack meat with vegetables then there is a pretty good chance you're going to give people gastro. THINK!

Please bring on RFID already because then I don't have to deal with this annoyance. In the mean time I think I might write a letter of complaint to Woolworths, because I'm tired of their incompetence.

So as I've mentioned previously there is a game by a 3rd party provider offered on Facebook called Yoville. The following is a result of an interaction my friend Moira had with someone on Yoville. His name is Robert Lominac Jr. but the name he went by on Yoville is Cork. That said, he also has a few other fake accounts where he pretends to be female. My friend Moira unwittingly made friends with him and added him to her facebook. She didn't know how he really was. He presented himself as a 29 year old, but in reality he is actually 44. But the lies don't stop there. Robert (or cork) likes to change his career and his history depending on what the situation involves. One minute he say's he's in computers, next he's a lawyer filing bankruptcies. One minute he's claiming to be a 29 year old single guy, the next 44 with no kids and then still again a "wholesome grandfather".

Robert Lominac Jr. is emotionally disturbed. You'll see this when you read the message's he sent to my friend and the one he sent to my today. If you come into contact with him on Facebook or Yoville please be aware of the things contained inside this entry. This matter is considered a case of Cyber Stalking which is an international crime and carries a jail sentence. Let's hope that with jail time Robert Lominac Jr. (cork) will get the help he sorely needs.

The following a the exact messages sent to my Friend Moira, by Robert Lominac Jr. through email, facebook and yoville. Nothing in these messages has been changed or edited. These are however only the messages that she has forwarded to me, there are more that I haven't been forwarded.

Reply |robert lominac Jr. to me
show details Oct 5 (1 day ago)
Why did you drop me off the facebook and buddies? I thought we were
pretty good friends. You went to get his help(he forgot to delete your
message- i read the whole message board so i know you like him) I also
know now he has kids, i wonder how much of all that money he is going
to make will go towards them? I'm too old for a good irish girl like
you but i wouldnt be casting away to many friends who care about you
over this TJ Marx guy. Until you can verify all of the claims he made.
He looks like a seroius young man and will do well but i pick up
something i dont like. I guess its the half german in me but i detect
a subversive trait in him. I noticed he didnt like the very popular
politician who has been keeping the illegal immigrants out of
australia. I guess he just wants their money. If you ever wanted to
add me back again i could promise you i won't visit anymore. You can
just visit me whenever you wanted. You have an open invitation to do
that whether it be a month,a year, or ten years.
I'm going on the road anyway shortly probably for a long time. It's
the nature of my type of work in technology. I wont be on but
periodically to check messages and maybe mix some cupcakes or
something. Keep in mind it could be a month or more later before i get
back in touch if you wanted to resume our friendship. I wish you all
the best and hope your dreams come true. I appreciate your interior
decorating. And i want you to know i still care about you. All the
best i have enjoyed every minute of our time we have had. I wouldnt
change that for anything. God bless you and be careful.

Of course, he never went on the road, 4 days later he was back at it harassing my friend. Oh and for those who are wondering about which politician he's referring to, Apparently Kevin Rudd is very popular and is keeping the immigrants out.. yep that's why it's easy to buy your way into Australia now and the India's do it by the thousands. lol

robert lominac Jr. to me
show details Oct 9
Moira, i just made vice president in Yoville. You wouldnt believe the
bonus i get. In myspace yoville where i am jsut an engineer i get 49
coins for a cupcake. I am now getting 66 coins for a cupcake now that
i am vice president! Thats why so many times when you came over i was
showing people around my place to get them in my crew. Natalia for
instance who you saw is in my crew. Look, i dont want you to have the
wrong impression of me. My last two girlfriends were both 31. I do
look young still so you cant blame a guy if he gets a girl who is all
grown up and 31. I dont prey on anybody. I have to go out of my way
sometimes to discourage some yovillians. I am a professional who had a
top secret clearance in the military. You can trust me. Now if you
just dont like me or i am too old to hang around that is okay. I
understand. I shouldnt have been bothering you. Thx for staying in my
crew.
ROB

Just quickly, if this guy ever had Top Secret Military Clearance, he wouldn't go around boasting about it for one, and two, he wouldn't be such a wank. Honestly if that turned out to be true I'll eat my yohat. lol But it won't, so no danger there.

On the 26th of October my friend moira sent me this message on facebook

Moira Byrne 26 October at 06:09
i changed my profile pick and that freak sent me a mesg bout the new pic... how would he have seen it?? just by searching 4 me?

He continued to sent her messages which I haven't been forwarded and send her gifts on Yoville even though she'd repeatedly asked him to leave her alone and I had done the same on her behalf. Then on the 16th of November he came on Yoville pretending to be a girl to where Sarah, Moira and myself talking. His screen name was "Hello Kitty" and Sarah knew straight away it wasn't him. After we'd told him to fuck off a few dozen times and teased the crap outta him, he sent the following message to Moira on facebook. It's important to note that he'd been deleted from her facebook since the first message displayed in this post.

Robert Lominac Jr. November 16 at 9:49pm Report
Hey Moira. I sent the message using the last comment you posted on my board. I have deleted all of the comments including yours now. I wont be posting anymore. I heard it from you now. I am glad to see you had the guts to terminate our friendship to me directly. I didnt trust that greasy TJ anyway. You have the right but Moira we were good friends. We were in contact every day. And then all of a sudden you turned against me. Can you blame me for acting a little weird? I thought we would always be friends. I was in shock and denial. I thought the world of you. But it was your choice Moira. You know i have 110 buddies and nothing negative to report from any of them. You were No.1 Moira. You gave that up and it was your choice. Goodbye Moira. I hope you find the happiness for you and your family you deserve. Thx for the wonderful memories. I still have screenshots from our first day together. I am a computer professional you know. I am good at this. I knew it was special. God bless you. You can contact me if you ever want to become friends again anytime in the future. Bye!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sarah and I told Moira after her getting the above message this issue needs to go to the police. It was a private conversation which no one else was able to see. Yet somehow he knew she was going to the police and sent the following message in response.

Robert Lominac Jr.November 17 at 12:29am Report
Hey Moira, i was thinking about my last message to you. And sending vidoes to you awhile back and you are a young girl to me and i shouldnt get you upset. I didnt take any screenshots of us when we were together. I am not like that Moira. I am actually quite wholesome Moira. I just acted foolish at times. I mean in real life i am wholesome. Have 3 wonderful grandkids. I was married before i turned 18. I had a top secret clearance in the military. Good in computers as i mentioned. Very well read. I figured you read my profile and saw my credentials and when i got them in the 80's. I thought you knew i wasnt 29. Anyway, good luck to you. I thought i demonstrated that i cared for you in yoville. But it's a two way street. And you hate me so i have to give up now. I hate giving up but its wrong to bother you anymore. You are too good for me. Too young and pretty for me. And i have to move on now to someone who doesnt hate me. All the best to you Moira. I dont car much for TJ, i still dont trust him. But that's your life and your call to make. God bless and take care. Goodbye

So I dunno, He knew lots of other things he shouldn't have known to. Like things Moira had done online and on her computer. Things she had written. So sounds very much to me like he has been spying on her computer, but given I can't actually physically examine the computer I have no way of saying that for sure.

About 6 hours after the last message he left the following note on her yoville profile

CORK wrote at 04:16PM on November 16th, 2009

I can feel you tremble when we touch... When I hear the winds of fate... Reaching out to both of us... You know its not too late...

Note that facebook message times display locate time of the recipient and yoville messages display local time for the yoville server. this is AFTER he said he wouldn't talk to her anymore. Apparently he just can't keep away.

After she received that message and told me about it I decided it's probably best to alert everyone on his friends list to his activities, just in case someone else finds themselves in the same position. So I messaged them all letting them know what has been going on. In response he tracked me down on facebook (yeah, he actually bothered to find out my name and track me down... weird huh?) and sent me the following message.

Robert Lominac Jr. 18 November at 10:04 Report
Hello Tj. Its Cork from the United States. I wont be contacting Moira anymore. I dont want to contact her. But listen, you caused me some trouble today. I hope this is the end of it. I have been in your shoes and i know what you are doing. Trying to impress Moira. Enjoy your victory and dont worry about saving the world. I have been good to alot of people including Moira. Report me if thats your style. But you are on an island on this. It's just that the authorities are going to be wondering why you sent me a message from Moira that she wanted Taku kitchen in the same time period that she said i harrassed her. Or in your words cyber stalked her. I loved Moira. Have you been in love? You know its hard to let go. I was nice to her and i deserved better than how i got treated by her and you. All of the remarks you made TJ. You called me Loser over and over. I deserved better than that.
I will counter every tactic you employ. But I wont mess with your buddies and get them scared like you did. Its up to you Tj. You need the trouble? Dont be so overconfident. I dont quit. I think you know that. I know the appelate process. I am on a first name basis at the legal law library. I file bankruptcys and other proceedings for people. I can whip out a thousand page document that would require alot of man hours for a lawyer to work through. It takes years. Consider yourself fairly warned. End it now. Write me back and give me your answer. I have better things to do then this. Im sure you do too. Take care TJ. I tell you now on my honour i wont contact Moira; now you tell me tommorow on your honour so i can move on and not worry about you and Moira.

Seriously? lol. He's threatening to stalk me now. lol. So as you can see by the guy's own hand and without even the need for the rest of his messages which I hear are worse and more sickening, without need for the chat logs which are, wow leave me speechless... that he is a freak and undeniably mentally ill. He is a stalker. Plain and simple. Moira did NOTHING to lead him into thinking she loved him or wanted anything from him. This has been a fantasy entirely based in his head, over a person he has only ever spoken to online and met in yoville. lol

If you come across this individual please, I urge you to be aware of this stuff and to reconsider any interactions you have considered taking place with him. They're not well advised.

----Edit---

This just in, after posting this entry I found he had again messaged me on facebook. This is how the message went.

Robert Lominac Jr. 18 November at 18:17 Report
Let me say for the record i have better things to do than stalk you and Moira. TJ some of the things she told you was to impress you. Also let me say that i have some screenshots that contradict that she never liked me. Even if she was lying. You are real good playing the asshole TJ. You shouldnt be making threats to me like putting me in jail. Dont worry i am not obsessed with Moira or you. I dont even like her anymore. I'm not threatening you just asking you to drop it. Thats all. And i wanted you to know you are dealing with a real life person as well. And Tj if i didnt have a real life i wouldnt already have 3 grandkids now would i. And a top secret clearance from the military and I'm educated as well. I do good in life. I know you obstensibly will be a millionaire but dont look down on other people so much. Keep your notes since you are paranoid. I'm not going to do anything unless you do.

That's right, he just freely and openly admitted he takes SCREEN SHOTS of interactions with people on yoville. Seriously, screen shots? That is WAY creepy!

---Edit-- 21/11/09

I got yet another message on facebook from this wacko. It seems to me he thinks if he tries to act somewhat normal now that the police investigation will go away. But he's forgetting some major points which I will discuss in a moment after you've read his latest letter.

Robert Lominac Jr. 21 November at 10:59 Report
Tj everybody should see a good psychiatrist once a year and get the clutter out of our brain like we see a dentist or a doctor or a consultant. I just got back and read your website. Very impressive website and people. Now down to business... Tj i don't have spy equipment. I don't dress up as women. The thought of it makes me sick. The Yoville game surely has records on what we buy and what we get for gifts. It will show i never changed appearance to a women. Tj, people follow me sometimes. I have over a hundred buddies. And the program code will bring people to a room you might have just been in earlier. I dont want to invoke the name you mentioned of a character in your room but i know she is a facebook friend. And i can prove it. The same name.

Tj listen... Your room and my room and everybody's room is public domain. That's why they say to not curse on your posts. I don't do that TJ. I was bought up to use proper english. The way in other's rooms or should i say the most direct way is thru your neigbor list. In other words Tj if me and you are neighbors you can drop in my room anytime you want. That's how its programmed. However if you didnt want me to you could drop me as a neighbor. Tj, Moira and myself were neighbors throughout this time period. She was my neighbor TJ. Even when she wrote me the facebook message personally and told me to leave her alone. Which i did. Once she sent that message to me i left her alone. Which brings me to another point.

Tj listen... The other main way to a person's room is to join them in their room. The records will show that me and moira joined the other in their room roughly the same amount of times.

Tj listen... The times you told me to leave her alone is not admissable and not legal. It's 3rd party heresey. Like he said that she said stuff. I had already told her previously i didnt trust you. I thought you liked her and was running me off. I didnt officially get notified until Moira herself told me. No guy runs me off Tj. I had to hear it from her.

TJ listen... Your website. I don't know if i can shut that page down on me. I believe in freedom of speech. It might be a legal page. But Tj, opening up a webpage on someone can work both ways. That's no threat. That's a promise.

Tj lastly, since you have obstensibly contacted the police. Be sure to forward this evidence to them. If you don't it's withholding of evidence.

And lastly Tj, as said before i wish only the best for you and Moira and all concerned. Have a good safe weekend. God bless.

Seriously the guy thinks he's smarter than he actually is. In reality he's an idiot. Can you see where he messed up? Lets take it from the top. Firstly he made the mistake of visiting my website which I was sorta hoping he'd do. This gives me his IP address without the need for a warrant. Now he can be cross checked, brilliant news!

Then he starts going on about how he never changed his appearence. Of course not, because he used a fake account. It's not like it's hard to do, get a new email address and you can easily make a fake facebook account and from there a second, third or whatever yoville account. It isn't hard. It is from one of those fake accounts that it is clear to see he came on Yoville as a woman. If you read up in his letter to Moira dated the 16th of November at 9:49pm he states he has "heard it from you [moira] now". This message was sent to Moira barely 15 minutes after we spoke with his fake "hello kitty" person. When we spoke to "Hello Kitty" Moira, knowing it was Robert said she wants him to leave her alone. In the time between THAT interaction and her receiving the message on facebook from him she didn't contact him.

But again, even without that common sense logic there, I now have his IP address which can be checked against the character. No doubt he'll have another excuse for that one too. Why is it the weirdos come up with the dumbest lies?

Where he started to go on about Moira being his "neighbour" he's talking about Yoville crew. Now the interesting thing about that is Moira being computer illiterate didn't actually know how to remove him. What she DID do was remove him from her buddy list the FIRST night she told him to leave her alone. She then repeated this request to him several times. I as in intermediate also repeated this request to him. All of these requests were ignored until the police were brought into the matter and now he is clearly shitting himself.

The funny thing about his letters? He's constantly going on about how he has 100 friends on his Yoville buddy list, like if that actually means something. Like if they're his real friends. I told everyone on his list about this post. Most of them had spoken to him ONCE ever, I know they told me. These are people he randomly met in a computer game, who don't consider him anything and here he is going on about them like if it makes him great for having them on his list. lmao.

And the bit about the Psychiatrist wow, man! I appreciate him trying to drum up business but hell no. Most people can quite easily go their entire life without need for seeing one. He on the other hand needs to book in quick smart because he clearly has some issues. Perhaps he should get some spelling lessons too, because his letters are always filled with mistakes. lol

I was poisoned last week, only just getting back to normal now... at home Pesticide bombs can do you some real damage. I accidentally sprayed myself in the face with one when I was setting them off in my house. I ended up at hospital by way of ambulance which sucked and yeah.. I've been recovering slowly. Things should start going back to normal now with luck.

I'll be migrating the site over the next couple of days to our new host, fingers crossed this one can manage to have much less downtime. Which means an entirely better experience for you.

In the evening of Monday the 17th of August 2009, a passer-by to my house randomly opened my gate for seemingly no reason. In this action, the passer-by became a murder; for it lead to the death of my friend Diesel. The thing you have to know about my house is it is situated on a busy, somewhat main road. For this reason we see a constant flow of traffic by our house, much of which doing considerably higher than the speed limit.

When Diesel realised the gate was open, he simply went running into the road. Diesel was a cattle dog, a beloved family pet and more over my friend. No matter what was happening in the world, he was always there for a hug and a chat. When things got bad, he was always there to pick me up and move me onward and upward. He was very smart, so smart that you couldn't even play fetch with him, because after the first throw and return, he'd expect you to retrieve the second throw.

That was my Diesel all over though, he didn't realise there was a difference in species. He just looked at us as family, as equals. He was incredibly strong too, only days earlier snapping a steal chain like if it were as brittle as plastic. In running out into the road he was struck by a car traveling at approximate 75kmph, but this didn't kill him. Indeed when I got across the other side of the road he was still alive. Happy to see me, but in obvious pain and shock. It was shock however that proved a killer.

He died in the back of our car, in front of the veterinary surgery whilst we waited for the on call vet to arrive. Simply giving out, his heart and breathing ceasing while I held him.

Diesel, we love you and you have left a hole in our lives and our heart which will remain eternally. You were a brilliant dog, indeed one of our family and my friend.

I've had a number of run ins with Australia Post, missing mail, mail not delivered on time, etc. But today has to take the cake entirely.

When Sarah and I came home this morning we found someone from Australia post had been and gone to drop off a package, and had left one of those pick up form things. The mail man hadn't been yet, and we decided we'd pick it up this afternoon after picking up Bro from school and taking Hades to the doctor.

I got to Australia post at 4:20pm there where to people behind the counter and although there was a line stretching out the door we managed to pick up the package, no problems no hassles (except for having to line up with bro), all was smooth at this point. It was the shirts for the new uniform I've designed for my cleaning business. When we got home, I checked the mail and the letter box was chockers, amongst it was another pick up slip for a parcel.This one being Bro's mobile phone which has come all the way from England.

So we went back down to the post office, it was 5:14pm when we got there, and although they're officially meant to close at 5pm, they where still open serving customers. We lined up for a good ten minutes, anyone who has kids knows 10 minutes in a queue sucks. We got to the service desk and I handed her the pick up slip and was told she couldn't serve me. She said "we don't do parcels after 5 o'clock".

Puzzled as to what was going on, seeing that the package room was a mere 2 meters away from this woman I asked "My packages is actually in there right?" and she in a narky voice she told it she didn't know but it probably was. I asked her why she couldn't get my package then being that it's her job and she informed me it's because there is a large line and only two counter staff.

That is to say, the line was now much shorter then it had been an hour earlier when I picked up my first package of the day, and there had still only been 2 counter staff on at the time, and magically they were able to get my package then without hassle. Took them a whole 30 seconds to go out back pick it up, drop it in my hand and ask me to sign to say I'd collected it. How absolutely ridiculous that she couldn't have just gotten my package. If they're going to have rules like that they need to put up signs saying so, so people don't queue needlessly.

And of course needless to say, Bro was very upset. I mean they made the kid cry, because he goes to Chelsea's for the weekend tomorrow, so we're unable to pick up the phone until Monday. The boy is 8, he seen his phone had come and got excited. This bitch behind the counter couldn't do her job and so she made my son cry. And of course their website, nor their call center have any way to make a formal complaint either.

I appreciate that it was passed closing time, and that she probably wanted to get home. But I fail to see how walking 2 meters to get the package, then walking 2 meters back to the desk would have changed anything for her. The store was open, regardless of what time it was and thus should have provided it's full services or signed otherwise. It is completely unacceptable.

Links;

Australia Post website

To all my avid readers and supporters I apologise for not posting very much of a lot lately. Things have been hectic in our household with moving and a new bub and a bunch of other stuff all happening at once. It's taken a month, but things are finally settling down, so now posts should start to return to their regular daily format.

Once again, sorry for being offline for so long, thank-you for your patience and support.