Well my stay on Facebook was short and sweet. In short i have been erased. It appears that the billion dollar social networking giant doesn’t have much of a sense of humour nor a sense of silly fun for that matter.

Yesterday i had 533 friends from all over the planet. Today “Gus Boxer” no longer exists on Facebook.

The reason…. no alias’ or impersonators are allowed. OK so maybe i had  some help putting my page up ( thanks boss ) but i wasn’t impersonating Justin Timberlake or creating neo-nazi  slurs. It was just a bit of a laugh. 

Surely F-book HQ is being a bit heavy handed. Yeah i could use dog book but it’s a pretty lame app and no fun at all. You can’t even tell people “what Gus is doing now”.

Anyway some of my friends have put a petition together on f-book click here to re-instate our profile pages ( all the time i spent putting my holiday snaps from Tassie into a photo album, surely the hours weren’t wasted….say it isn’t so facebook ! )

Pet owners of the world unite today.

Gus the Boxer

Fitzroy Dog

once popular, now friendless and erased

Authorised by Gus the Boxer ( written not spoken by the boss )

I don’t want to pump up my own tyres but i’m known in Ontario, have friends in Topeka, am getting fan mail from my brothers in Leeds ( they are a bit scary looking ), so popular in Manchester they want me to move there and make babies with their bitches. I’ve got agents in New York penning notes to be wanting to be my friend and i’ve even picked up a girlfriend in Columbia. I am HUGE in Boston.

But i’m still keepin it real as my man in Vegas keeps tells me i should.

What am i banging on about you say ? ….well facebook of course.

Haven’t forgot my roots, i know where i’m from.

I am still most popular in Australia.

Gus  ( or as my facebook friends call me Gus Boxer )

Inside Out Mag - Decorating & Reno Guide features the haul cushion, bean bag and ottoman range made from recycled pvc vinyl billboards. The trend news area gives us a plug for sustainable design.

The press clippings area of the website will be going up over the next couple of weeks. 

haul has been nominated for the Melbourne Business 3000 awards for 2008.  The boss has ironed a shirt and darned the hole his best slacks and may even shave for the event. Apparently the prize is worth more than Powerball.

Apple (finally) announced the July 11 launch of the 3G iphone in Australia this morning. haul is in the midst of designing iphone covers using recycled billboard vinyl with a lining. The haul iphone case will be ready in late July. We have some itunes billboards that we’ve been saving to make some special edition covers.

Now we just need to think of a name for it ??

Stay tuned…

Ana has joined Henry, Rune, Gus, Vijitha & Scott to run the office and keep the wheels of industry moving on the good ship haul.

Got a problem with your order, want to find out more about a product, don’t trust ecom and want to make payment over the phone…Ana is your girl call 03 9486 7810 or email admin@haul.com.au.

After sever false starts, my dog collar range is here.

Made from recycled advertising billboards, they are lined with neoprene, have rusted proof eyeletts and washers - good for woofers that swim.

4 sizes available, loads of colours and no two are ever the same.

Available from Tuesday in the haul store in Nth Fitzroy and online by Friday.

As you know, i am saving all my bones to buy a kennel in Byron Bay, so buy up, a dog’s gotta get on in life.

Gus

The end of May marks ten years since haul - then called Urban Boomerang began selling recycled number plate travel journals from a card table @ Salamanca Market in Hobart. Made by hand ( fairly roughly I might add) in a garage in suburban Moonah Tasmania. The haul range expanded from number plate accessories to recycled truck inner tube messenger bags and now includes, satchels, MacBook sleeves, bean bags, dog collars and and and …. made from recycled advertising billboards. haul still proudly manufactures in Australia and is venturing into making eco-friendly promotional products for companies from their own billboards. A whole bunch of new ( or renewed as we like to say ) products are on the drawing board including watches, laptop bags and totes are all being refined as i tap.

Haven’t decided what the birthday celebrations will entail. Stay tuned.

Gus

I’m going to support my fellow woofers in need by appearing in the Melbourne Million Paws Walk to raise money for the RSPCA. This Sunday May 18th @ Albert Park Lake. I did it last year and apart from there being more dog nutters than i’d ever seen in one space before, it was cool & the boss and I had a swell time.

I had hoped to re-launch my “haul by Gus” dog collar range, but a few production problems have delayed it.

Not too much longer though.

See you @ Albert Park….Woof Woof

Gus

We at the house of haul are happy to contribute to the Circus Pie Rock ‘n Roll Cook Off for the Good Shepherd Youth Charity in Collingwood. Melbourne’s rockers turnout to raise some much needed coin for charity by butchering their favourite meals on stage Iron Chef style.

haul has donated a few recycled billboard PROPHYLAPTIC laptop sleeves for MacBooks to auction off.

If you’re in Melbourne towne and have nothing on Sunday arvo May 4th, head down to the Corner Hotel in Richmond.