Grocery shopping today, borrowing an inflatable kids bed from mum, plumber’s coming around lunchtime, and tidying/cleaning house. Mini Me is having a friend for a sleepover tomorrow. She’s excited, I’m nervous.

Oh yeah…good idea. It’s July!

Morning, cool and clear in the Styx.

Pinch and a punch for the first day of the month.

Divine Angel said:

Pinch and a punch for the first day of the month.

I remember I was in grade 4 the first time I came across that shit. Got pinched and punched lots and I was distressed.

I’m sorry SM. I didn’t mean to bring up hurtful memories.

sarahs mum said:

Divine Angel said:

Pinch and a punch for the first day of the month.

I remember I was in grade 4 the first time I came across that shit. Got pinched and punched lots and I was distressed.

I never could grok it. Like yourself, it was a distressing way to start a month.

Morning punters and correctors, another nice winters day.

Divine Angel said:

I’m sorry SM. I didn’t mean to bring up hurtful memories.

Not your fault and that’s life.

sarahs mum said:

Divine Angel said:

I’m sorry SM. I didn’t mean to bring up hurtful memories.

Not your fault and that’s life.

You’re on my list to get a copy of my novel though, if that makes you feel better. For helping with cow knowledge.

Divine Angel said:

sarahs mum said:

Divine Angel said:

I’m sorry SM. I didn’t mean to bring up hurtful memories.

Not your fault and that’s life.

You’re on my list to get a copy of my novel though, if that makes you feel better. For helping with cow knowledge.

:)

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/06/tiktok-and-53-other-ios-apps-still-snoop-your-sensitive-clipboard-data/

Good morning everyone.

15.5°C, 81% RH in the office and clear with a light air outside. BoM tells me there’s a small chance of rain this morning and to expect a top of 21°C. There seems to be some rain activity off the coast at the moment.

As the weather seems to be agreeable, and Mrs V wants to do some garden shredding today, I’ll be splitting bamboo, and maybe murdering some more bamboo.

I’m aliiiiiiiiiiiveeeee.

OK, et some fresh bread, drank a mocha. Time to go outside and attack some nature. Mr buffy has ordered a self propelled mower, which should arrive in the next couple of days. The rideon is being sold off as we no longer have all the Casterton grass to mow. He can manage a self propelled here. But I’d better prepare the big grass area because he’s gonna want to play with the new monster when it arrives and I’d rather the edges were done first.

roughbarked said:

sarahs mum said:

Divine Angel said:

Pinch and a punch for the first day of the month.

I remember I was in grade 4 the first time I came across that shit. Got pinched and punched lots and I was distressed.

I never could grok it. Like yourself, it was a distressing way to start a month.

Mz Tamb used to catch me every month.

Peak Warming Man said:

Morning punters and correctors, another nice winters day.

22° & raining here in Cairns.

roughbarked said:

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/06/tiktok-and-53-other-ios-apps-still-snoop-your-sensitive-clipboard-data/

Hmmmmm.

JudgeMental said:

I’m aliiiiiiiiiiiveeeee.

Check!

Michael V said:

JudgeMental said:

I’m aliiiiiiiiiiiveeeee.

Check!

Was there ever any doubt?

Tamb said:

Michael V said:

JudgeMental said:

I’m aliiiiiiiiiiiveeeee.

Check!

Was there ever any doubt?

Could be a bot.

my german is going from bath to sausage.

JudgeMental said:

my german is going from bath to sausage.

You at least washed him before you made sausage from him?

JudgeMental said:

my german is going from bath to sausage.

Well your vocab must still include at least two German words.

JudgeMental said:

my german is going from bath to sausage.

Genau

JudgeMental said:

my german is going from bath to sausage.

Your jokes however have stayed at the same level

dv said:

JudgeMental said:

my german is going from bath to sausage.

Your jokes however have stayed at the same level

I’m always amused by the Diet of Worms.

dv said:

JudgeMental said:

my german is going from bath to sausage.

Your jokes however have stayed at the same level

you are too kind.

Tamb said:

dv said:

JudgeMental said:

my german is going from bath to sausage.

Your jokes however have stayed at the same level

I’m always amused by the Diet of Worms.

yes

JudgeMental said:

I wouldn’t waste my breath.

Another day, meh

Divine Angel said:

Pinch and a punch for the first day of the month.

yawn stretch

Right. How many did we lose?

300,000 sir.

No, 5.

Fuck!

Now stop.

Shepard tone
https://youtu.be/BzNzgsAE4F0

nice golden whistler pictures top images 3,5,7 out farm yesterday, inland or broad tailed thornbill among them, and grey shrike thrushes, top ones just outside door here moment ago
https://www.flickr.com/photos/164337984@N08/

buffy said:

Oh yeah…good idea. It’s July!

Who’s Julie?

Carl Reiner dies aged 98.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/jun/30/carl-reiner-farewell-to-the-heavyweight-master-of-american-comedy

sibeen said:

Carl Reiner dies aged 98.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/jun/30/carl-reiner-farewell-to-the-heavyweight-master-of-american-comedy

Should I have heard of this heavyweight-master-of-american-comedy?

https://www.sciencealert.com/myanmar-amber-has-preserved-the-dazzling-colours-of-insects-from-99-million-years-ago

mollwollfumble said:

buffy said:

Oh yeah…good idea. It’s July!

Who’s Julie?

Big Julie!

>at some stage there’ll be a two hour electricity outage while they upgrade the meter.

It was actually only 20 minutes.

The smoke alarm inspector will be here some time today too.

Michael V said:

https://www.sciencealert.com/myanmar-amber-has-preserved-the-dazzling-colours-of-insects-from-99-million-years-ago

That’s a very long time.

The Rev Dodgson said:

sibeen said:

Carl Reiner dies aged 98.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/jun/30/carl-reiner-farewell-to-the-heavyweight-master-of-american-comedy

Should I have heard of this heavyweight-master-of-american-comedy?

He was fairly famous. Even I’d heard of him.

Michael V said:

mollwollfumble said:

buffy said:

Oh yeah…good idea. It’s July!

Who’s Julie?

Big Julie!

March was a bad month for him.

Tamb said:

Michael V said:

mollwollfumble said:

Who’s Julie?

Big Julie!

March was a bad month for him.

I’d say!

Tamb said:

Michael V said:

mollwollfumble said:

Who’s Julie?

Big Julie!

March was a bad month for him.

I’d‘say so

dv said:

Tamb said:

Michael V said:

Big Julie!

March was a bad month for him.

I’d‘say so

You could say he got his marching orders.

Baking an apple turnover for lunch, to serve with a pot of coffee.

Bubblecar said:

Baking an apple turnover for lunch, to serve with a pot of coffee.

Not much for lunch here. The plumber has gone to get a part from Bunnings and he’ll be back. After that, we’ll go grocery shopping.

Divine Angel said:

Bubblecar said:

Baking an apple turnover for lunch, to serve with a pot of coffee.

Not much for lunch here. The plumber has gone to get a part from Bunnings and he’ll be back. After that, we’ll go grocery shopping.

So what’s the plumber doing?

The smoke alarm man is now here.

Is the apple from a tin or did you stew them yourself?

dv said:

Is the apple from a tin or did you stew them yourself?

Fresh apples and I don’t stew them. I just slice and lightly parboil them.

Bubblecar said:

The smoke alarm man is now here.

Gone now. He changed the batteries.

Bubblecar said:

Divine Angel said:

Bubblecar said:

Baking an apple turnover for lunch, to serve with a pot of coffee.

Not much for lunch here. The plumber has gone to get a part from Bunnings and he’ll be back. After that, we’ll go grocery shopping.

So what’s the plumber doing?

The smoke alarm man is now here.

Installing the toilet

MrsRule made her national debut with a weather photo on the ABC news this morning. She’s chuffed.

:-)

Rule 303 said:

MrsRule made her national debut with a weather photo on the ABC news this morning. She’s chuffed.

:-)

And so she should be.

:)

Divine Angel said:

Bubblecar said:

Divine Angel said:

Not much for lunch here. The plumber has gone to get a part from Bunnings and he’ll be back. After that, we’ll go grocery shopping.

So what’s the plumber doing?

The smoke alarm man is now here.

Installing the toilet

Ah, probably a wise decision :)

Rule 303 said:

MrsRule made her national debut with a weather photo on the ABC news this morning. She’s chuffed.

:-)

:)

Bubblecar said:

Baking an apple turnover for lunch, to serve with a pot of coffee.

Verdict: delicious & very filling.

Rule 303 said:

MrsRule made her national debut with a weather photo on the ABC news this morning. She’s chuffed.

:-)

I saw it on her fb! Can I have her autograph?

Divine Angel said:

Rule 303 said:

MrsRule made her national debut with a weather photo on the ABC news this morning. She’s chuffed.

:-)

I saw it on her fb! Can I have her autograph?

Heh.

She’d probably send you a signed copy of the photo, if you asked.

:-)

Rule 303 said:

MrsRule made her national debut with a weather photo on the ABC news this morning. She’s chuffed.

:-)

Kewlies.

Well, come on. Where’ the pic! 😜

sibeen said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

sibeen said:

Carl Reiner dies aged 98.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/jun/30/carl-reiner-farewell-to-the-heavyweight-master-of-american-comedy

Should I have heard of this heavyweight-master-of-american-comedy?

He was fairly famous. Even I’d heard of him.

I hadn’t. But no-one here is surprised at that revelation.

Former Mythbusters co-host Adam Savage allegedly sexually abused his younger sister for years while calling himself the “raping blob” during the late 1970s, the woman claims in a lawsuit filed on Tuesday.

Miranda Pacchiana, 51, claims the abuse happened when she was between seven and 10 years old when the siblings lived in Sleepy Hollow, New York.
“Beginning in or about 1976 and continuing until approximately 1979, Adam Savage, would repeatedly rape Miranda Pacchiana and force oral sex upon her, and forced Miranda to perform oral sex on him, along with other forms of sexual abuse,” says her lawsuit, filed in Westchester Supreme Court.

https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/adam-savage-of-mythbusters-allegedly-raped-sister-as-a-kid-lawsuit/news-story/056febe897a7a4dfd1fc006175683712

Divine Angel said:

Former Mythbusters co-host Adam Savage allegedly sexually abused his younger sister for years while calling himself the “raping blob” during the late 1970s, the woman claims in a lawsuit filed on Tuesday.

Miranda Pacchiana, 51, claims the abuse happened when she was between seven and 10 years old when the siblings lived in Sleepy Hollow, New York.
“Beginning in or about 1976 and continuing until approximately 1979, Adam Savage, would repeatedly rape Miranda Pacchiana and force oral sex upon her, and forced Miranda to perform oral sex on him, along with other forms of sexual abuse,” says her lawsuit, filed in Westchester Supreme Court.

https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/adam-savage-of-mythbusters-allegedly-raped-sister-as-a-kid-lawsuit/news-story/056febe897a7a4dfd1fc006175683712

Would this law suit hold up in its jurisdiction, given that Adam Savage was 9-12 years old when the sexual abuse is alleged to have happened?

Divine Angel said:

Former Mythbusters co-host Adam Savage allegedly sexually abused his younger sister for years while calling himself the “raping blob” during the late 1970s, the woman claims in a lawsuit filed on Tuesday.

Miranda Pacchiana, 51, claims the abuse happened when she was between seven and 10 years old when the siblings lived in Sleepy Hollow, New York.
“Beginning in or about 1976 and continuing until approximately 1979, Adam Savage, would repeatedly rape Miranda Pacchiana and force oral sex upon her, and forced Miranda to perform oral sex on him, along with other forms of sexual abuse,” says her lawsuit, filed in Westchester Supreme Court.

https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/adam-savage-of-mythbusters-allegedly-raped-sister-as-a-kid-lawsuit/news-story/056febe897a7a4dfd1fc006175683712

Yikes. 8-(

You can bet your arse he’ll be rejecting that reality and substituting his own.

ABC News:

‘The Australian Tax Office’s page for lodging tax returns crashes as Australians begin making their claims on the first day of the 2020-21 financial year.’

Anyone here surprised at this?

Anyone?

No?

No, thought so.

Speedy said:

Divine Angel said:

Former Mythbusters co-host Adam Savage allegedly sexually abused his younger sister for years while calling himself the “raping blob” during the late 1970s, the woman claims in a lawsuit filed on Tuesday.

Miranda Pacchiana, 51, claims the abuse happened when she was between seven and 10 years old when the siblings lived in Sleepy Hollow, New York.
“Beginning in or about 1976 and continuing until approximately 1979, Adam Savage, would repeatedly rape Miranda Pacchiana and force oral sex upon her, and forced Miranda to perform oral sex on him, along with other forms of sexual abuse,” says her lawsuit, filed in Westchester Supreme Court.

https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/adam-savage-of-mythbusters-allegedly-raped-sister-as-a-kid-lawsuit/news-story/056febe897a7a4dfd1fc006175683712

Would this law suit hold up in its jurisdiction, given that Adam Savage was 9-12 years old when the sexual abuse is alleged to have happened?

No idea. Kids do a lot of dumb shit. They explore their own anatomies as well as the opposite sex. Raping and forced oral? That is way out of the realm of normal kid behaviour.

captain_spalding said:

ABC News:

‘The Australian Tax Office’s page for lodging tax returns crashes as Australians begin making their claims on the first day of the 2020-21 financial year.’

Anyone here surprised at this?

Anyone?

No?

No, thought so.

My now-out-of-work friend hasn’t been able to access the Centrelink website at all today.

Speedy said:

Divine Angel said:

Former Mythbusters co-host Adam Savage allegedly sexually abused his younger sister for years while calling himself the “raping blob” during the late 1970s, the woman claims in a lawsuit filed on Tuesday.

Miranda Pacchiana, 51, claims the abuse happened when she was between seven and 10 years old when the siblings lived in Sleepy Hollow, New York.
“Beginning in or about 1976 and continuing until approximately 1979, Adam Savage, would repeatedly rape Miranda Pacchiana and force oral sex upon her, and forced Miranda to perform oral sex on him, along with other forms of sexual abuse,” says her lawsuit, filed in Westchester Supreme Court.

https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/adam-savage-of-mythbusters-allegedly-raped-sister-as-a-kid-lawsuit/news-story/056febe897a7a4dfd1fc006175683712

Would this law suit hold up in its jurisdiction, given that Adam Savage was 9-12 years old when the sexual abuse is alleged to have happened?

I checked his DOB too. Because I thought he’d be pretty young in 1976.

Divine Angel said:

Speedy said:

Divine Angel said:

Former Mythbusters co-host Adam Savage allegedly sexually abused his younger sister for years while calling himself the “raping blob” during the late 1970s, the woman claims in a lawsuit filed on Tuesday.

Miranda Pacchiana, 51, claims the abuse happened when she was between seven and 10 years old when the siblings lived in Sleepy Hollow, New York.
“Beginning in or about 1976 and continuing until approximately 1979, Adam Savage, would repeatedly rape Miranda Pacchiana and force oral sex upon her, and forced Miranda to perform oral sex on him, along with other forms of sexual abuse,” says her lawsuit, filed in Westchester Supreme Court.

https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/adam-savage-of-mythbusters-allegedly-raped-sister-as-a-kid-lawsuit/news-story/056febe897a7a4dfd1fc006175683712

Would this law suit hold up in its jurisdiction, given that Adam Savage was 9-12 years old when the sexual abuse is alleged to have happened?

No idea. Kids do a lot of dumb shit. They explore their own anatomies as well as the opposite sex. Raping and forced oral? That is way out of the realm of normal kid behaviour.

A child of that age being physically able to rape somebody — let alone having any understanding of what it was about? I confess I have my doubts.

btm said:

Divine Angel said:

Speedy said:

Would this law suit hold up in its jurisdiction, given that Adam Savage was 9-12 years old when the sexual abuse is alleged to have happened?

No idea. Kids do a lot of dumb shit. They explore their own anatomies as well as the opposite sex. Raping and forced oral? That is way out of the realm of normal kid behaviour.

A child of that age being physically able to rape somebody — let alone having any understanding of what it was about? I confess I have my doubts.

+1

sibeen said:

btm said:

Divine Angel said:

No idea. Kids do a lot of dumb shit. They explore their own anatomies as well as the opposite sex. Raping and forced oral? That is way out of the realm of normal kid behaviour.

A child of that age being physically able to rape somebody — let alone having any understanding of what it was about? I confess I have my doubts.

+1

+another 1

buffy said:

Speedy said:

Divine Angel said:

Former Mythbusters co-host Adam Savage allegedly sexually abused his younger sister for years while calling himself the “raping blob” during the late 1970s, the woman claims in a lawsuit filed on Tuesday.

Miranda Pacchiana, 51, claims the abuse happened when she was between seven and 10 years old when the siblings lived in Sleepy Hollow, New York.
“Beginning in or about 1976 and continuing until approximately 1979, Adam Savage, would repeatedly rape Miranda Pacchiana and force oral sex upon her, and forced Miranda to perform oral sex on him, along with other forms of sexual abuse,” says her lawsuit, filed in Westchester Supreme Court.

https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/adam-savage-of-mythbusters-allegedly-raped-sister-as-a-kid-lawsuit/news-story/056febe897a7a4dfd1fc006175683712

Would this law suit hold up in its jurisdiction, given that Adam Savage was 9-12 years old when the sexual abuse is alleged to have happened?

I checked his DOB too. Because I thought he’d be pretty young in 1976.

Me too. He would have been aged 8 in 1976. His age on Wiki is listed as 52.

btm said:

Divine Angel said:

Speedy said:

Would this law suit hold up in its jurisdiction, given that Adam Savage was 9-12 years old when the sexual abuse is alleged to have happened?

No idea. Kids do a lot of dumb shit. They explore their own anatomies as well as the opposite sex. Raping and forced oral? That is way out of the realm of normal kid behaviour.

A child of that age being physically able to rape somebody — let alone having any understanding of what it was about? I confess I have my doubts.

River Phoenix stated in multiple interviews that he lost his virginity aged four, while his parents were in a commune. Now that I find hard to believe, if he was the one doing the work IYKWIM.

Although this article says boys can have erections even in the womb.

https://babyology.com.au/health/family-health/awkward-everything-to-know-about-little-boys-and-their-erections/

btm said:

Divine Angel said:

Speedy said:

Would this law suit hold up in its jurisdiction, given that Adam Savage was 9-12 years old when the sexual abuse is alleged to have happened?

No idea. Kids do a lot of dumb shit. They explore their own anatomies as well as the opposite sex. Raping and forced oral? That is way out of the realm of normal kid behaviour.

A child of that age being physically able to rape somebody — let alone having any understanding of what it was about? I confess I have my doubts.

lets talk about some reading

https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/ojjdp/227763.pdf

buffy said:

sibeen said:

btm said:

A child of that age being physically able to rape somebody — let alone having any understanding of what it was about? I confess I have my doubts.

+1

+another 1

Known juvenile offenders who commit
sex offenses against minors span a variety of ages. Five percent are younger than 9 years, and 16 percent are younger than
12 years (figure 1). The rate rises sharply around age 12 and plateaus after age 14. As a proportion of the total, 38 percent are between ages 12 and 14, and 46 percent are between ages 15 and 17. The vast ma­ jority (93 percent) are male.

from the link above.

I had to go pick up my son from school, he is ‘unwell’ with a headache and feeling like vomiting, he does not have a temperature, but they make you pick them up these days from the first indication of unwell ness…

treatment: paracetamol, short nap, fresh fruit and the Simpsons Movie (ongoing).

In other news, we seem to be splurging a whole generastions worth of surplus budgets into more military spending to counter China. It seems like the Aus-China relationship is heading south with little prospects for improvement.

party_pants said:

In other news, we seem to be splurging a whole generastions worth of surplus budgets into more military spending to counter China. It seems like the Aus-China relationship is heading south with little prospects for improvement.

$275 billion to last an extra 5 minutes.

sm are you around?

JudgeMental said:

party_pants said:

In other news, we seem to be splurging a whole generastions worth of surplus budgets into more military spending to counter China. It seems like the Aus-China relationship is heading south with little prospects for improvement.

$275 billion to last an extra 5 minutes.

Worth every cent.

party_pants said:

In other news, we seem to be splurging a whole generastions worth of surplus budgets into more military spending to counter China. It seems like the Aus-China relationship is heading south with little prospects for improvement.

I don’t want any preemptive strike to liberate Hong Kong to happen until after my drone arrives.
rubs hands

party_pants said:

In other news, we seem to be splurging a whole generastions worth of surplus budgets into more military spending to counter China. It seems like the Aus-China relationship is heading south with little prospects for improvement.

At least we stood up to another nation for once instead of kowtowing, I imagine China coverts Australia, lots of space and resources

Arts said:

sm are you around?

uh-huh.

Cymek said:

party_pants said:

In other news, we seem to be splurging a whole generastions worth of surplus budgets into more military spending to counter China. It seems like the Aus-China relationship is heading south with little prospects for improvement.

At least we stood up to another nation for once instead of kowtowing, I imagine China coverts Australia, lots of space and resources

.. and donkeys.

party_pants said:

In other news, we seem to be splurging a whole generastions worth of surplus budgets into more military spending to counter China. It seems like the Aus-China relationship is heading south with little prospects for improvement.

So how is Scomo paying for it, Chinese loans?

sarahs mum said:

Arts said:

sm are you around?

uh-huh.

any word on what happened in court with SN-F?

Bubblecar said:

party_pants said:

In other news, we seem to be splurging a whole generastions worth of surplus budgets into more military spending to counter China. It seems like the Aus-China relationship is heading south with little prospects for improvement.

So how is Scomo paying for it, Chinese loans?

Tariffs on imported Chinese goods perhaps?

computer wants reboot for updates, so let it do that

windy out there, few sandhills moving, got half a paddock in my eyes, lungs too probably

transition said:

computer wants reboot for updates, so let it do that

windy out there, few sandhills moving, got half a paddock in my eyes, lungs too probably

Careful, you don’t want to come down with Paddock Lung.

Arts said:

sarahs mum said:

Arts said:

sm are you around?

uh-huh.

any word on what happened in court with SN-F?

all I heard was that something was happening in August.
I couldn’t load the story in the Mercury.

Bubblecar said:

transition said:

computer wants reboot for updates, so let it do that

windy out there, few sandhills moving, got half a paddock in my eyes, lungs too probably

Careful, you don’t want to come down with Paddock Lung.

might eat I reckon, looking for a food coma

party_pants said:

In other news, we seem to be splurging a whole generations worth of surplus budgets into more military spending to counter China. It seems like the Aus-China relationship is heading south with little prospects for improvement.

Yes. Let’s rattle some sabres at a country with a very large military. Most helpful. Not.

sarahs mum said:

Arts said:

sarahs mum said:

uh-huh.

any word on what happened in court with SN-F?

all I heard was that something was happening in August.
I couldn’t load the story in the Mercury.

hmm. I read that she had an appeal in May of this year.. I wonder if they postponed it because of COVID and it’s now set for aAugust

Michael V said:

party_pants said:

In other news, we seem to be splurging a whole generations worth of surplus budgets into more military spending to counter China. It seems like the Aus-China relationship is heading south with little prospects for improvement.

Yes. Let’s rattle some sabres at a country with a very large military. Most helpful. Not.

I don’t think we’re planning on invading China.

Michael V said:

party_pants said:

In other news, we seem to be splurging a whole generations worth of surplus budgets into more military spending to counter China. It seems like the Aus-China relationship is heading south with little prospects for improvement.

Yes. Let’s rattle some sabres at a country with a very large military. Most helpful. Not.

Actually the largest active military in the world.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of_military_and_paramilitary_personnel

Arts said:

sarahs mum said:

Arts said:

any word on what happened in court with SN-F?

all I heard was that something was happening in August.
I couldn’t load the story in the Mercury.

hmm. I read that she had an appeal in May of this year.. I wonder if they postponed it because of COVID and it’s now set for aAugust

https://wrongfulconvictionsreport.org/2020/04/30/sue-neill-fraser-and-expectations-of-the-appeal-judges/

Arts said:

sarahs mum said:

Arts said:

any word on what happened in court with SN-F?

all I heard was that something was happening in August.
I couldn’t load the story in the Mercury.

hmm. I read that she had an appeal in May of this year.. I wonder if they postponed it because of COVID and it’s now set for aAugust

That sounds right. But I also don’t know.

“A royal commissioner has said it is “breathtaking” that despite community confusion over the meaning of the Watch and Act bushfire alert, it is not expected to be updated for another two years.”

““You know what the problems are, you know what the community concerns are, you know what the issues are,” she said.

“We are talking about three sets of words here. We’re not talking about a major treaty between two nations of multiple — multi-factorial outcomes.”“

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-01/bushfire-royal-commission-concerns-watch-and-act-alert-confusion/12411476

Arts said:

Arts said:

sarahs mum said:

all I heard was that something was happening in August.
I couldn’t load the story in the Mercury.

hmm. I read that she had an appeal in May of this year.. I wonder if they postponed it because of COVID and it’s now set for aAugust

https://wrongfulconvictionsreport.org/2020/04/30/sue-neill-fraser-and-expectations-of-the-appeal-judges/

‘However, he says, Vass has committed perjury – her conflicting statements cannot both be true – and her testimony is tainted by that.’

I suppose perury is what you get from someone being threatened by both supporters of either side of an argument.

sarahs mum said:

Arts said:

Arts said:

hmm. I read that she had an appeal in May of this year.. I wonder if they postponed it because of COVID and it’s now set for aAugust

https://wrongfulconvictionsreport.org/2020/04/30/sue-neill-fraser-and-expectations-of-the-appeal-judges/

‘However, he says, Vass has committed perjury – her conflicting statements cannot both be true – and her testimony is tainted by that.’

I suppose perury is what you get from someone being threatened by both supporters of either side of an argument.

given her whole situation, I suspect that the pressure is coming from three angles… I almost feel sorry for her.

Michael V said:

party_pants said:

In other news, we seem to be splurging a whole generations worth of surplus budgets into more military spending to counter China. It seems like the Aus-China relationship is heading south with little prospects for improvement.

Yes. Let’s rattle some sabres at a country with a very large military. Most helpful. Not.

They could lose the whole population of Australia every week for a year and they’d still have more people than us.

Arts said:

sarahs mum said:

Arts said:

https://wrongfulconvictionsreport.org/2020/04/30/sue-neill-fraser-and-expectations-of-the-appeal-judges/

‘However, he says, Vass has committed perjury – her conflicting statements cannot both be true – and her testimony is tainted by that.’

I suppose perury is what you get from someone being threatened by both supporters of either side of an argument.

given her whole situation, I suspect that the pressure is coming from three angles… I almost feel sorry for her.

True. And yes. She is the gollum/smeagol of the story.

Arts said:

sarahs mum said:

Arts said:

sm are you around?

uh-huh.

any word on what happened in court with SN-F?

What’s Spiny done now?

Michael V said:

“A royal commissioner has said it is “breathtaking” that despite community confusion over the meaning of the Watch and Act bushfire alert, it is not expected to be updated for another two years.”

““You know what the problems are, you know what the community concerns are, you know what the issues are,” she said.

“We are talking about three sets of words here. We’re not talking about a major treaty between two nations of multiple — multi-factorial outcomes.”“

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-01/bushfire-royal-commission-concerns-watch-and-act-alert-confusion/12411476

Did they run their surveys on people buying toilet paper in the Melbourne suburbs that are currently locked down? Because that might skew the results a bit…

They reckon Fire are bad at Comm Ed? They should see Health!

>shakes head<

Rule 303 said:

Michael V said:

party_pants said:

In other news, we seem to be splurging a whole generations worth of surplus budgets into more military spending to counter China. It seems like the Aus-China relationship is heading south with little prospects for improvement.

Yes. Let’s rattle some sabres at a country with a very large military. Most helpful. Not.

They could lose the whole population of Australia every week for a year and they’d still have more people than us.

It would not go unnoticed. it is just the thing that would precipitate the overthrow of the CCP.

microsoft give me a new browser too, just went through tightened all security up in that, and here I am

hmm.. scotch finger biscuits with chocolate chips in them, bit yummy

Imagine Political Bullshit And Electing A Party With No Policies Because We Didn’t Like Some Of The Other Crowd’s Policies

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-01/labor-promises-to-restore-abc-funding-if-it-wins-election/12409318

The Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Communications Minister Paul Fletcher have repeatedly rejected suggestions the ABC’s funding has been cut, arguing the public broadcaster’s funding increases yearly for the next three years.

“The point is, Labor is not in government. So, a commitment — it’s very hard to understand what it actually means,” Mr Fletcher said.

“Because he’s saying, if they were to come into government, halfway through 2022, they would in some way be able to provide funding over a period from mid-2019 to mid-2022, that period will be almost over.

“So it’s essentially a nonsensical, meaningless non-promise.”

In a statement last Friday, ABC chair Ita Buttrose took issue with the assertion.

“It is true that over the three years the ABC budget does still increase, but by a reduced amount, due to indexation on the fixed cost of transmission and distribution services,” she said.

“Previously, it was rising by a further $83.75 million over the same three years for indexation on our operational base.

“This is the funding that has been cut and considered a saving by the Government.”

transition said:

microsoft give me a new browser too, just went through tightened all security up in that, and here I am

hmm.. scotch finger biscuits with chocolate chips in them, bit yummy

Is that Microsoft Edge?

Cymek said:

party_pants said:

In other news, we seem to be splurging a whole generastions worth of surplus budgets into more military spending to counter China. It seems like the Aus-China relationship is heading south with little prospects for improvement.

At least we stood up to another nation for once instead of kowtowing, I imagine China coverts Australia, lots of space and resources

Restive natives. Africa not so much.

dv said:

Well, without a body, it is more of a memorial isn’t it?

Witty Rejoinder said:

Cymek said:

party_pants said:

In other news, we seem to be splurging a whole generastions worth of surplus budgets into more military spending to counter China. It seems like the Aus-China relationship is heading south with little prospects for improvement.

At least we stood up to another nation for once instead of kowtowing, I imagine China coverts Australia, lots of space and resources

Restive natives. Africa not so much.

Kowtowing. Very apt.

dv said:

Not having a body causes a lot more problems than having one that’s been correctly prepared. Like, you might as well give up on claiming on his life insurance, for example.

Tamb said:

Witty Rejoinder said:

Cymek said:

At least we stood up to another nation for once instead of kowtowing, I imagine China coverts Australia, lots of space and resources

Restive natives. Africa not so much.

Kowtowing. Very apt.

and imagine standing up from it, imagine standing up against big bully super powers crying for illegal war and being part of a coalition of the willing, imagine there’s no countries, it isn’t hard to do, nothing to kill or die for, and no religion too, imagine all the people living life in peace

A cup of roasted cashews is worth 3160 kJ.

One cashew is worth 40 kJ.

furious said:

dv said:

Well, without a body, it is more of a memorial isn’t it?

Fair.

Tamb said:

transition said:

microsoft give me a new browser too, just went through tightened all security up in that, and here I am

hmm.. scotch finger biscuits with chocolate chips in them, bit yummy

Is that Microsoft Edge?

yeah generally use firefox, but it’s there now to use if I want, using it now

I just had look at trough cleaned couple hours ago, side of sandhill, filled the trough with sand in couple hours, so need go out with shovel in a while and dig mud out of, and sand from around

been windy, then some rain

transition said:

Tamb said:

transition said:

microsoft give me a new browser too, just went through tightened all security up in that, and here I am

hmm.. scotch finger biscuits with chocolate chips in them, bit yummy

Is that Microsoft Edge?

yeah generally use firefox, but it’s there now to use if I want, using it now

I just had look at trough cleaned couple hours ago, side of sandhill, filled the trough with sand in couple hours, so need go out with shovel in a while and dig mud out of, and sand from around

been windy, then some rain

Thanks. I might see if it’s any better than Firefox.

Tamb said:

transition said:

Tamb said:

Is that Microsoft Edge?

yeah generally use firefox, but it’s there now to use if I want, using it now

I just had look at trough cleaned couple hours ago, side of sandhill, filled the trough with sand in couple hours, so need go out with shovel in a while and dig mud out of, and sand from around

been windy, then some rain

Thanks. I might see if it’s any better than Firefox.

feels same as firefox, for me, sort of appearances, features, layout etc

Tamb said:

transition said:

Tamb said:

Is that Microsoft Edge?

yeah generally use firefox, but it’s there now to use if I want, using it now

I just had look at trough cleaned couple hours ago, side of sandhill, filled the trough with sand in couple hours, so need go out with shovel in a while and dig mud out of, and sand from around

been windy, then some rain

Thanks. I might see if it’s any better than Firefox.

I’ve been using it for the last 5 days or so after using chrome for the last few years. I like it. It appears to be slightly faster than chrome (subjective).

transition said:

Tamb said:

transition said:

yeah generally use firefox, but it’s there now to use if I want, using it now

I just had look at trough cleaned couple hours ago, side of sandhill, filled the trough with sand in couple hours, so need go out with shovel in a while and dig mud out of, and sand from around

been windy, then some rain

Thanks. I might see if it’s any better than Firefox.

feels same as firefox, for me, sort of appearances, features, layout etc

OK, ta.

sibeen said:

Tamb said:

transition said:

yeah generally use firefox, but it’s there now to use if I want, using it now

I just had look at trough cleaned couple hours ago, side of sandhill, filled the trough with sand in couple hours, so need go out with shovel in a while and dig mud out of, and sand from around

been windy, then some rain

Thanks. I might see if it’s any better than Firefox.

I’ve been using it for the last 5 days or so after using chrome for the last few years. I like it. It appears to be slightly faster than chrome (subjective).

LOL, traitor.

Netscape notified!

Home-made pasty for dinner tonight (diced lamb, tater, cabbage, onion, chilli, thyme, lemon pepper, butter).

Then I’ll be reading Saxon history in the living room for a couple hours, then doing some music in here.

Been grocery shopping. No limits at Aldi, plenty of loo paper. Limit of 2 packs at Woolies but they also had heaps in stock.

I think people are expecting me to make dinner. But I don’t wanna. I know Moni Me wants meatball soup but there’s no room in the fridge for leftovers.

A local police station just posted this with the caption “It doesn’t matter how nice the car you still need a valid license to drive it”.

Arts said:

A local police station just posted this with the caption “It doesn’t matter how nice the car you still need a valid license to drive it”.

Rego plates would be good, too.

captain_spalding said:

Arts said:

A local police station just posted this with the caption “It doesn’t matter how nice the car you still need a valid license to drive it”.

Rego plates would be good, too.

they blacked out the rego plate

Arts said:

captain_spalding said:

Arts said:

A local police station just posted this with the caption “It doesn’t matter how nice the car you still need a valid license to drive it”.

Rego plates would be good, too.

they blacked out the rego plate

Oh, yeah.

Occasionally you see some dickhead driving around, who thinks that because he saw a car or ‘pick-up’ on an American TV show that didn’t carry a front rego plate, he can do the same thing here.

Nope. In Qld, and in other states too, i’m sure, every vehicle except motorbikes and trailers issued with two plates, and has to display them both.

Hefty fines if Constable Plod takes an interest.

Facebook eh? what would they know?

Arts said:

A local police station just posted this with the caption “It doesn’t matter how nice the car you still need a valid license to drive it”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-fWN0FmcIU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQ-8xj8CUZw

Arts said:

Facebook eh? what would they know?

but we don’t want to get COVIDSafe or swabs, it’s an invasion of our privacy

Arts said:

Facebook eh? what would they know?

Haha. I saw that suggestion this morning too, before I put my glasses on, and thought it said Australian Athletes.

The Fukang meteorite is a meteorite that was found in the mountains near Fukang, China in 2000. It is a pallasite—a type of stony–iron meteorite with olivine crystals. It is estimated to be 4.5 billion years old.

The Fukang pallasite contains large, gem quality olivine, or peridot, in a nickel-iron matrix. The olivines vary in shape from rounded to angular, many are fractured and they range in size from less than five millimetres to several centimetres.

Gem quality uncut Peridot

I’ll go along with that

https://i.imgur.com/coBIuJl.mp4

Louis Mahoney, the Gambian-born actor who played three different Doctor Who roles, has just died. He played Old Billy Shipton in the 10th Doctor story “Blink” and Ponti in the 4th Doctor story “Planet of Evil”, both of them memorable stories. He also appeared briefly as a newscaster in a 3rd Doctor story “Frontier in Space”.
Coincidentally, he also appeared as the doctor in the Fawlty Towers episode “The Germans” which has been in the news lately.

pancakes, with sugar and lemon on

I HAVE GOT TO GET ME ONE OF THESE!

https://imgur.com/gallery/qSnLVxY

This is being touted as a horoscope from 1979.

This seems a lot more fun than my memory of them.

Rule 303 said:

This is being touted as a horoscope from 1979.

This seems a lot more fun than my memory of them.

Mine is fucking spot on!

JudgeMental said:

Rule 303 said:

This is being touted as a horoscope from 1979.

This seems a lot more fun than my memory of them.

Mine is fucking spot on!

You’d be all of them, wouldn’t you? With everyday being your birthday…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HM_gPFsDpc

The Hillbilly Moon Explosion – Jackson (feat. Sparky from Demented Are Go)

Demented are Go were a welsh psychobilly group.

And I shot a bit better tonight. Some of the time. Here are my two best sets. My arrows this week are the black shafts with purple and black fletches.

There is always one that goes off and does it’s own thing…

Japanese Charred Wood Cladding | Shou Sugi Ban Wood

Durable and long lasting: the life expectancy of shou sugi ban is estimated at more than 80 years when properly maintained.

The Japanese have maintained for hundreds of years that shou sugi ban is fire-resistant, claiming that houses clad with it do not catch fire as readily as non-heat-treated wood cladding.

https://i.imgur.com/dujszTp.mp4

Melbourne people will probably be saddened to hear of the permanent closure of the Caribbean Gardens picnic / market area, announced today. I guess it’s worth a lot more as land for grey concrete boxes full of crap we don’t need.

Rule 303 said:

Melbourne people will probably be saddened to hear of the permanent closure of the Caribbean Gardens picnic / market area, announced today. I guess it’s worth a lot more as land for grey concrete boxes full of crap we don’t need.

I’m surprised it’s taken this long.

PermeateFree said:

Japanese Charred Wood Cladding | Shou Sugi Ban Wood

Durable and long lasting: the life expectancy of shou sugi ban is estimated at more than 80 years when properly maintained.

The Japanese have maintained for hundreds of years that shou sugi ban is fire-resistant, claiming that houses clad with it do not catch fire as readily as non-heat-treated wood cladding.

https://i.imgur.com/dujszTp.mp4

Yeah, well, for a long time, the Japanese maintained that their Emperor was a living god.

captain_spalding said:

PermeateFree said:

Japanese Charred Wood Cladding | Shou Sugi Ban Wood

Durable and long lasting: the life expectancy of shou sugi ban is estimated at more than 80 years when properly maintained.

The Japanese have maintained for hundreds of years that shou sugi ban is fire-resistant, claiming that houses clad with it do not catch fire as readily as non-heat-treated wood cladding.

https://i.imgur.com/dujszTp.mp4

Yeah, well, for a long time, the Japanese maintained that their Emperor was a living god.

They have been tested elsewhere and the claims have been judged realistic. Aborigines hardened their spear tips with fire to make them harder and more durable.

Where is tonight’s homework?

sibeen said:

Where is tonight’s homework?

Maybe Wednesdays are sports day.

Also in SciAm, is a piece called “How to Boost Your Immunity”. It’s also locked. So here are the bits I found interesting in that one:

1. Don’t smoke. But everyone already knows that smoking compromises your immune system and stuffs up your lungs.
2. Eat a broad diet. Lots of diversity
3. Sleep properly. I didn’t know that if you deprive someone of sleep after a vaccination they have a weaker antibody response. Sleep apparently enhances the migration of T cells to the lymph nodes, where they do their antibody thing.

Actually, it was really the vaccination and sleep thing that I found interesting in that one.

I am now about to go to bed to read the next article, which is “Treating Patients Without the Scale. Focusing on weight loss isn’t making people healthier. Some doctors are trying a different approach” Might be interesting. I’ll report back tomorrow if it turns out that way.

buffy said:

Also in SciAm, is a piece called “How to Boost Your Immunity”. It’s also locked. So here are the bits I found interesting in that one:

1. Don’t smoke. But everyone already knows that smoking compromises your immune system and stuffs up your lungs.
2. Eat a broad diet. Lots of diversity
3. Sleep properly. I didn’t know that if you deprive someone of sleep after a vaccination they have a weaker antibody response. Sleep apparently enhances the migration of T cells to the lymph nodes, where they do their antibody thing.

Actually, it was really the vaccination and sleep thing that I found interesting in that one.

I am now about to go to bed to read the next article, which is “Treating Patients Without the Scale. Focusing on weight loss isn’t making people healthier. Some doctors are trying a different approach” Might be interesting. I’ll report back tomorrow if it turns out that way.

You can kill most animals by depriving them of sleep, there have been quite a few studies done over the years for some unfortunate dogs et al.

Rule 303 said:

This is being touted as a horoscope from 1979.

This seems a lot more fun than my memory of them.

I was going to say that Aires was all wrong, but having read all the others I think I’ll stick with it.

Rule 303 said:

This is being touted as a horoscope from 1979.

This seems a lot more fun than my memory of them.

Looks like it was produced using a typewriter

dv said:

Rule 303 said:

This is being touted as a horoscope from 1979.

This seems a lot more fun than my memory of them.

Looks like it was produced using a typewriter

If I recall correctly, typewriters were still quite common in 1979.

The Rev Dodgson said:

dv said:

Rule 303 said:

This is being touted as a horoscope from 1979.

This seems a lot more fun than my memory of them.

Looks like it was produced using a typewriter

If I recall correctly, typewriters were still quite common in 1979.

Yes.

But basically this doesn’t appear to be a published horoscope, just something someone typed up.

dv said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

dv said:

Looks like it was produced using a typewriter

If I recall correctly, typewriters were still quite common in 1979.

Yes.

But basically this doesn’t appear to be a published horoscope, just something someone typed up.

someone types all type at some point. turst me, I’m a printer.

could also be a font typewriter. it’s the lack of kerning that makes it distinctive.

JudgeMental said:

dv said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

If I recall correctly, typewriters were still quite common in 1979.

Yes.

But basically this doesn’t appear to be a published horoscope, just something someone typed up.

someone types all type at some point. turst me, I’m a printer.

could also be a font typewriter. it’s the lack of kerning that makes it distinctive.

Lack of kerning is that every letter is given the same space. most typefaces adjust the space to suit the width of the letter. an i has less space than an m for instance.

What’s the point spending multi-billions on conventional weapons when the foe you’re arming against has a nuclear arsenal, and you don’t?

Bubblecar said:

What’s the point spending multi-billions on conventional weapons when the foe you’re arming against has a nuclear arsenal, and you don’t?

gets votes

Bubblecar said:

What’s the point spending multi-billions on conventional weapons when the foe you’re arming against has a nuclear arsenal, and you don’t?

For some strange reason most countries seem loathe to actually use a nuclear device.

sibeen said:

Where is tonight’s homework?

Tonight’s homework is for Little Speedy to do an on-line safety course for use of a soldering iron. It’s seems a strange request for his Audio Production elective, but he tells me that it’s to fix guitar strings or leads or something. What could that be all about?

sibeen said:

Bubblecar said:

What’s the point spending multi-billions on conventional weapons when the foe you’re arming against has a nuclear arsenal, and you don’t?

For some strange reason most countries seem loathe to actually use a nuclear device.

and what do they use it for ¿

gets votes

Speedy said:

sibeen said:

Where is tonight’s homework?

Tonight’s homework is for Little Speedy to do an on-line safety course for use of a soldering iron. It’s seems a strange request for his Audio Production elective, but he tells me that it’s to fix guitar strings or leads or something. What could that be all about?

Tell him to hold the cool end.

Speedy said:

sibeen said:

Where is tonight’s homework?

Tonight’s homework is for Little Speedy to do an on-line safety course for use of a soldering iron. It’s seems a strange request for his Audio Production elective, but he tells me that it’s to fix guitar strings or leads or something. What could that be all about?

Leads. Very low voltage electrical leads that join the instrument to the amplifier. Very often abused and thus need fixing.

Bubblecar said:

What’s the point spending multi-billions on conventional weapons when the foe you’re arming against has a nuclear arsenal, and you don’t?

Because nuclear armed nations won’t use them if their objectives can be achieved with conventional weapons instead.
Even if they can’t, a badly run conventional war rarely turns nuclear. Consider the two major nuclear armed superpowers each losing an asymmetrical war fought with conventional weapons without ever resorting to nuking the place before they pulled out.

sibeen said:

Speedy said:

sibeen said:

Where is tonight’s homework?

Tonight’s homework is for Little Speedy to do an on-line safety course for use of a soldering iron. It’s seems a strange request for his Audio Production elective, but he tells me that it’s to fix guitar strings or leads or something. What could that be all about?

Tell him to hold the cool end.

knew a guy who put t’other end between his lips when he needed both hands free.

sibeen said:

Speedy said:

sibeen said:

Where is tonight’s homework?

Tonight’s homework is for Little Speedy to do an on-line safety course for use of a soldering iron. It’s seems a strange request for his Audio Production elective, but he tells me that it’s to fix guitar strings or leads or something. What could that be all about?

Tell him to hold the cool end.

And never have a pen on the desk.

;-)

sibeen said:

Bubblecar said:

What’s the point spending multi-billions on conventional weapons when the foe you’re arming against has a nuclear arsenal, and you don’t?

For some strange reason most countries seem loathe to actually use a nuclear device.

I can’t see any other nuclear-armed country coming to our rescue, if China attacked Oz with nuclear weapons.

Rule 303 said:

Speedy said:

sibeen said:

Where is tonight’s homework?

Tonight’s homework is for Little Speedy to do an on-line safety course for use of a soldering iron. It’s seems a strange request for his Audio Production elective, but he tells me that it’s to fix guitar strings or leads or something. What could that be all about?

Leads. Very low voltage electrical leads that join the instrument to the amplifier. Very often abused and thus need fixing.

so, do you use lead free solder for them?

sibeen said:

Speedy said:

sibeen said:

Where is tonight’s homework?

Tonight’s homework is for Little Speedy to do an on-line safety course for use of a soldering iron. It’s seems a strange request for his Audio Production elective, but he tells me that it’s to fix guitar strings or leads or something. What could that be all about?

Tell him to hold the cool end.

Not sure if that’s how it works for high school kids. I’d say in addition to this, they’ll need safety glasses, steel-capped boots and welding gloves.

Speedy said:

sibeen said:

Where is tonight’s homework?

Tonight’s homework is for Little Speedy to do an on-line safety course for use of a soldering iron. It’s seems a strange request for his Audio Production elective, but he tells me that it’s to fix guitar strings or leads or something. What could that be all about?

soldering leads is probably a key part of being an audio production type person.

party_pants said:

Speedy said:

sibeen said:

Where is tonight’s homework?

Tonight’s homework is for Little Speedy to do an on-line safety course for use of a soldering iron. It’s seems a strange request for his Audio Production elective, but he tells me that it’s to fix guitar strings or leads or something. What could that be all about?

soldering leads is probably a key part of being an audio production type person.

soddering leads!!

JudgeMental said:

Rule 303 said:

Speedy said:

Tonight’s homework is for Little Speedy to do an on-line safety course for use of a soldering iron. It’s seems a strange request for his Audio Production elective, but he tells me that it’s to fix guitar strings or leads or something. What could that be all about?

Leads. Very low voltage electrical leads that join the instrument to the amplifier. Very often abused and thus need fixing.

so, do you use lead free solder for them?

Of course!

Bubblecar said:

sibeen said:

Bubblecar said:

What’s the point spending multi-billions on conventional weapons when the foe you’re arming against has a nuclear arsenal, and you don’t?

For some strange reason most countries seem loathe to actually use a nuclear device.

I can’t see any other nuclear-armed country coming to our rescue, if China attacked Oz with nuclear weapons.

France. We can rely on France. Because if we go then New Caledonia will be next.

party_pants said:

Speedy said:

sibeen said:

Where is tonight’s homework?

Tonight’s homework is for Little Speedy to do an on-line safety course for use of a soldering iron. It’s seems a strange request for his Audio Production elective, but he tells me that it’s to fix guitar strings or leads or something. What could that be all about?

soldering leads is probably a key part of being an audio production type person.

Okay makes sense.

Unlike his brother, Little Speedy is not into that type of thing at all and would prefer to just produce the music using software. He is not impressed that he might be expected to do plebs’ work.

Rule 303 said:

JudgeMental said:

Rule 303 said:

Leads. Very low voltage electrical leads that join the instrument to the amplifier. Very often abused and thus need fixing.

so, do you use lead free solder for them?

Of course!

snigger

Yeah, yeah, of course, there’s no way that I’d have lead solder in my toolbox, no siree, bob.

party_pants said:

Bubblecar said:

sibeen said:

For some strange reason most countries seem loathe to actually use a nuclear device.

I can’t see any other nuclear-armed country coming to our rescue, if China attacked Oz with nuclear weapons.

France. We can rely on France. Because if we go then New Caledonia will be next.

Nah. The other nuclear countries would just tell China: “Fair enough but you’d better not try that with us.”

Speedy said:

party_pants said:

Speedy said:

Tonight’s homework is for Little Speedy to do an on-line safety course for use of a soldering iron. It’s seems a strange request for his Audio Production elective, but he tells me that it’s to fix guitar strings or leads or something. What could that be all about?

soldering leads is probably a key part of being an audio production type person.

Okay makes sense.

Unlike his brother, Little Speedy is not into that type of thing at all and would prefer to just produce the music using software. He is not impressed that he might be expected to do plebs’ work.

It is just cheaper I guess.

sibeen said:

Rule 303 said:

JudgeMental said:

so, do you use lead free solder for them?

Of course!

snigger

Yeah, yeah, of course, there’s no way that I’d have lead solder in my toolbox, no siree, bob.

Heh.

Haven’t seen it for years. Wouldn’t even know what it looks like.

:-)

Bubblecar said:

party_pants said:

Bubblecar said:

I can’t see any other nuclear-armed country coming to our rescue, if China attacked Oz with nuclear weapons.

France. We can rely on France. Because if we go then New Caledonia will be next.

Nah. The other nuclear countries would just tell China: “Fair enough but you’d better not try that with us.”

Well, if that is the case it is time for an Aussie nuke program within that new defence budget.

Rule 303 said:

sibeen said:

Rule 303 said:

Of course!

snigger

Yeah, yeah, of course, there’s no way that I’d have lead solder in my toolbox, no siree, bob.

Heh.

Haven’t seen it for years. Wouldn’t even know what it looks like.

:-)

Nobody has ever seen inside my my soldering box.

Rule 303 said:

sibeen said:

Rule 303 said:

Of course!

snigger

Yeah, yeah, of course, there’s no way that I’d have lead solder in my toolbox, no siree, bob.

Heh.

Haven’t seen it for years. Wouldn’t even know what it looks like.

:-)

it’s grey.

party_pants said:

Speedy said:

party_pants said:

soldering leads is probably a key part of being an audio production type person.

Okay makes sense.

Unlike his brother, Little Speedy is not into that type of thing at all and would prefer to just produce the music using software. He is not impressed that he might be expected to do plebs’ work.

It is just cheaper I guess.

To be fair, it’s been a long time since I’ve seen the old hard steel plug barrel without a spring or heatshrink sleeve. Seems like every cable manufacturer in the world has heard of strain relief except Apple.

Rule 303 said:

party_pants said:

Speedy said:

Okay makes sense.

Unlike his brother, Little Speedy is not into that type of thing at all and would prefer to just produce the music using software. He is not impressed that he might be expected to do plebs’ work.

It is just cheaper I guess.

To be fair, it’s been a long time since I’ve seen the old hard steel plug barrel without a spring or heatshrink sleeve. Seems like every cable manufacturer in the world has heard of strain relief except Apple.

Yeah, guess so.

Still, it is probably still a useful life-skill to acquire even if this day and age.

party_pants said:

Rule 303 said:

party_pants said:

It is just cheaper I guess.

To be fair, it’s been a long time since I’ve seen the old hard steel plug barrel without a spring or heatshrink sleeve. Seems like every cable manufacturer in the world has heard of strain relief except Apple.

Yeah, guess so.

Still, it is probably still a useful life-skill to acquire even if this day and age.

It really really is.

JudgeMental said:

dv said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

If I recall correctly, typewriters were still quite common in 1979.

Yes.

But basically this doesn’t appear to be a published horoscope, just something someone typed up.

someone types all type at some point. turst me, I’m a printer.

could also be a font typewriter. it’s the lack of kerning that makes it distinctive.

It’s also not very good or interesting and I’m not sure why it has gone viral

Bubblecar said:

What’s the point spending multi-billions on conventional weapons when the foe you’re arming against has a nuclear arsenal, and you don’t?

So you’re saying we need nukes

party_pants said:

Rule 303 said:

party_pants said:

It is just cheaper I guess.

To be fair, it’s been a long time since I’ve seen the old hard steel plug barrel without a spring or heatshrink sleeve. Seems like every cable manufacturer in the world has heard of strain relief except Apple.

Yeah, guess so.

Still, it is probably still a useful life-skill to acquire even if this day and age.

He now tells me that he also had a hot glue gun on-line course to complete.

dv said:

That’s quite a disturbing image.

Speedy said:

party_pants said:

Rule 303 said:

To be fair, it’s been a long time since I’ve seen the old hard steel plug barrel without a spring or heatshrink sleeve. Seems like every cable manufacturer in the world has heard of strain relief except Apple.

Yeah, guess so.

Still, it is probably still a useful life-skill to acquire even if this day and age.

He now tells me that he also had a hot glue gun on-line course to complete.

Also extremely handy for electronics work.

Speedy said:

party_pants said:

Rule 303 said:

To be fair, it’s been a long time since I’ve seen the old hard steel plug barrel without a spring or heatshrink sleeve. Seems like every cable manufacturer in the world has heard of strain relief except Apple.

Yeah, guess so.

Still, it is probably still a useful life-skill to acquire even if this day and age.

He now tells me that he also had a hot glue gun on-line course to complete.

Probably wise.

I think we did a bit on safety with hot stuff when I did electronics claases at high school and at uni.

Still never stopped me hurting myself from time to time. Once I forgot the iron was still plugged in and switched on and rested my hand against it. That burn took a couple of weeks to heal.

party_pants said:

Speedy said:

party_pants said:

Yeah, guess so.

Still, it is probably still a useful life-skill to acquire even if this day and age.

He now tells me that he also had a hot glue gun on-line course to complete.

Probably wise.

I think we did a bit on safety with hot stuff when I did electronics claases at high school and at uni.

Still never stopped me hurting myself from time to time. Once I forgot the iron was still plugged in and switched on and rested my hand against it. That burn took a couple of weeks to heal.

I currently have burns from both a soldering iron and a hot glue gun on my left hand. The danger is real. They sting for, like, minutes.

Rule 303 said:

Speedy said:

party_pants said:

Yeah, guess so.

Still, it is probably still a useful life-skill to acquire even if this day and age.

He now tells me that he also had a hot glue gun on-line course to complete.

Also extremely handy for electronics work.

How?

dv said:

Bubblecar said:

What’s the point spending multi-billions on conventional weapons when the foe you’re arming against has a nuclear arsenal, and you don’t?

So you’re saying we need nukes

No, just wondering why it’s suddenly seen as sensible to spend extra billions on other weapons.

Bubblecar said:

dv said:

Bubblecar said:

What’s the point spending multi-billions on conventional weapons when the foe you’re arming against has a nuclear arsenal, and you don’t?

So you’re saying we need nukes

No, just wondering why it’s suddenly seen as sensible to spend extra billions on other weapons.

Because the world has suddenly got quite a bit more dangerous.

Speedy said:

Rule 303 said:

Speedy said:

He now tells me that he also had a hot glue gun on-line course to complete.

Also extremely handy for electronics work.

How?

to hold things in place.

sibeen said:

Bubblecar said:

dv said:

So you’re saying we need nukes

No, just wondering why it’s suddenly seen as sensible to spend extra billions on other weapons.

Because the world has suddenly got quite a bit more dangerous.

‘Cos Scomo says so?

Speedy said:

Rule 303 said:

Speedy said:

He now tells me that he also had a hot glue gun on-line course to complete.

Also extremely handy for electronics work.

How?

Holding things in place, filling voids, sealing, forming shapes, insulating, protecting…

party_pants said:

Speedy said:

party_pants said:

Yeah, guess so.

Still, it is probably still a useful life-skill to acquire even if this day and age.

He now tells me that he also had a hot glue gun on-line course to complete.

Probably wise.

I think we did a bit on safety with hot stuff when I did electronics claases at high school and at uni.

Still never stopped me hurting myself from time to time. Once I forgot the iron was still plugged in and switched on and rested my hand against it. That burn took a couple of weeks to heal.

Ouch.

It’s surprising that Mr Speedy left his trade with all of his fingers intact, as some of those injuries were very nasty :( Still doesn’t stop him from being covered in welding burns and cuts from his garage antics.

Bubblecar said:

sibeen said:

Bubblecar said:

No, just wondering why it’s suddenly seen as sensible to spend extra billions on other weapons.

Because the world has suddenly got quite a bit more dangerous.

‘Cos Scomo says so?

No. If you don’t think things have just gotten hairier then I don’t think you’ve been paying much attention for the last few months.

Rule 303 said:

Speedy said:

Rule 303 said:

Also extremely handy for electronics work.

How?

Holding things in place, filling voids, sealing, forming shapes, insulating, protecting…

Called “hot snot” in the trade :)

sibeen said:

Bubblecar said:

sibeen said:

Because the world has suddenly got quite a bit more dangerous.

‘Cos Scomo says so?

No. If you don’t think things have just gotten hairier then I don’t think you’ve been paying much attention for the last few months.

So Australia is expecting to involve itself in someone else’s war again, some time soon?

Rule 303 said:

Speedy said:

Rule 303 said:

Also extremely handy for electronics work.

How?

Holding things in place, filling voids, sealing, forming shapes, insulating, protecting…

Okay thanks. How could this be used for Audio Production?

sibeen said:

Rule 303 said:

Speedy said:

How?

Holding things in place, filling voids, sealing, forming shapes, insulating, protecting…

Called “hot snot” in the trade :)

I worked for 10 years in that industry :)

Bubblecar said:

sibeen said:

Bubblecar said:

‘Cos Scomo says so?

No. If you don’t think things have just gotten hairier then I don’t think you’ve been paying much attention for the last few months.

So Australia is expecting to involve itself in someone else’s war again, some time soon?

Who knows. Things have just gotten very unpredictable.

Bubblecar said:

dv said:

Bubblecar said:

What’s the point spending multi-billions on conventional weapons when the foe you’re arming against has a nuclear arsenal, and you don’t?

So you’re saying we need nukes

No, just wondering why it’s suddenly seen as sensible to spend extra billions on other weapons.

Well if they didn’t they’d have to spend it on education or infrastructure or renewable energy or something.

Bubblecar said:

dv said:

Bubblecar said:

What’s the point spending multi-billions on conventional weapons when the foe you’re arming against has a nuclear arsenal, and you don’t?

So you’re saying we need nukes

No, just wondering why it’s suddenly seen as sensible to spend extra billions on other weapons.

China need some means of delivering it of course. Most dangerous to us are ICBMs and submarines. Australia has acquired, or is in the procoess of acquiring anti ballistic missile defence capability on the new air warfare destroyers (i.e. they can shoot down nukes in orbit), plus we are acquiring some attack submarines which are just the thing for attacking nuclear missile armed subs.

Other than that the Chinese would have to use long range bombers to carry and drop a bomb the old fashioned way. We could shoot them down with conventional fighter planes.

Hey Mr Car. How was your sister’s party?

Speedy said:

Hey Mr Car. How was your sister’s party?

Very enjoyable. Lots to eat and drink and nice to see everyone.

Quite a lot of changes since I was last there. She now has chooks and a vegetable garden and a huge metal fire pit out there which was burning merrily for the party.

Bubblecar said:

Speedy said:

Hey Mr Car. How was your sister’s party?

Very enjoyable. Lots to eat and drink and nice to see everyone.

Quite a lot of changes since I was last there. She now has chooks and a vegetable garden and a huge metal fire pit out there which was burning merrily for the party.

:)

Fire pits are the best.

Did you see I grew tomatoes and a bunch of weeds in my vegetable garden, despite planting radish and silverbeet seeds? I’m sure your sister is a better gardener than that. Do you remember what she is growing?

Bubblecar said:

Speedy said:

Hey Mr Car. How was your sister’s party?

Very enjoyable. Lots to eat and drink and nice to see everyone.

Quite a lot of changes since I was last there. She now has chooks and a vegetable garden and a huge metal fire pit out there which was burning merrily for the party.

…and this big candle lamp.

Speedy said:

Bubblecar said:

Speedy said:

Hey Mr Car. How was your sister’s party?

Very enjoyable. Lots to eat and drink and nice to see everyone.

Quite a lot of changes since I was last there. She now has chooks and a vegetable garden and a huge metal fire pit out there which was burning merrily for the party.

:)

Fire pits are the best.

Did you see I grew tomatoes and a bunch of weeds in my vegetable garden, despite planting radish and silverbeet seeds? I’m sure your sister is a better gardener than that. Do you remember what she is growing?

Yes, surprising :)

She’s currently growing lettuces, cauliflowers, turnips, silverbeet, various other things I can’t remember.

Bubblecar said:

Bubblecar said:

Speedy said:

Hey Mr Car. How was your sister’s party?

Very enjoyable. Lots to eat and drink and nice to see everyone.

Quite a lot of changes since I was last there. She now has chooks and a vegetable garden and a huge metal fire pit out there which was burning merrily for the party.

…and this big candle lamp.

It looks charming, but chilly.

Bubblecar said:

Speedy said:

Bubblecar said:

Very enjoyable. Lots to eat and drink and nice to see everyone.

Quite a lot of changes since I was last there. She now has chooks and a vegetable garden and a huge metal fire pit out there which was burning merrily for the party.

:)

Fire pits are the best.

Did you see I grew tomatoes and a bunch of weeds in my vegetable garden, despite planting radish and silverbeet seeds? I’m sure your sister is a better gardener than that. Do you remember what she is growing?

Yes, surprising :)

She’s currently growing lettuces, cauliflowers, turnips, silverbeet, various other things I can’t remember.

…broad beans, that’s another one.

Bubblecar said:

Bubblecar said:

Speedy said:

:)

Fire pits are the best.

Did you see I grew tomatoes and a bunch of weeds in my vegetable garden, despite planting radish and silverbeet seeds? I’m sure your sister is a better gardener than that. Do you remember what she is growing?

Yes, surprising :)

She’s currently growing lettuces, cauliflowers, turnips, silverbeet, various other things I can’t remember.

…broad beans, that’s another one.

It sounds like contented living :)

Speedy said:

Rule 303 said:

Speedy said:

How?

Holding things in place, filling voids, sealing, forming shapes, insulating, protecting…

Okay thanks. How could this be used for Audio Production?

Are you doing Jnr. Speedy’s homework?

Speedy said:

sibeen said:

Rule 303 said:

Holding things in place, filling voids, sealing, forming shapes, insulating, protecting…

Called “hot snot” in the trade :)

I worked for 10 years in that industry :)

Ugh… How did you not know about hot glue? Or are you asking questions you already know the answers to?

Rule 303 said:

Speedy said:

Rule 303 said:

Holding things in place, filling voids, sealing, forming shapes, insulating, protecting…

Okay thanks. How could this be used for Audio Production?

Are you doing Jnr. Speedy’s homework?

No. I am interested in why they would bother doing hot melt gluing, as well as soldering in an Audio Production course. It seems odd to me.

Rule 303 said:

Speedy said:

sibeen said:

Called “hot snot” in the trade :)

I worked for 10 years in that industry :)

Ugh… How did you not know about hot glue? Or are you asking questions you already know the answers to?

I know about hot glue, but most customers were using it for packaging. IIRC, our customers who were in electronics used different products of ours (for spraying), not the hot glue machines.

Speedy said:

Rule 303 said:

Speedy said:

Okay thanks. How could this be used for Audio Production?

Are you doing Jnr. Speedy’s homework?

No. I am interested in why they would bother doing hot melt gluing, as well as soldering in an Audio Production course. It seems odd to me.

Sorry. Sounded so much like a homework question.

Musicians are poor, their gear is shabby, and roadies are not sensitive movers. Venues are renowned for not meeting their end of the deal. Being able to solder, glue, and improvise are important skills.

Rule 303 said:

Speedy said:

Rule 303 said:

Are you doing Jnr. Speedy’s homework?

No. I am interested in why they would bother doing hot melt gluing, as well as soldering in an Audio Production course. It seems odd to me.

Sorry. Sounded so much like a homework question.

Musicians are poor, their gear is shabby, and roadies are not sensitive movers. Venues are renowned for not meeting their end of the deal. Being able to solder, glue, and improvise are important skills.

Beer in the amplifier?

Rule 303 said:

Speedy said:

Rule 303 said:

Are you doing Jnr. Speedy’s homework?

No. I am interested in why they would bother doing hot melt gluing, as well as soldering in an Audio Production course. It seems odd to me.

Sorry. Sounded so much like a homework question.

Musicians are poor, their gear is shabby, and roadies are not sensitive movers. Venues are renowned for not meeting their end of the deal. Being able to solder, glue, and improvise are important skills.

I could see that in hindsight :)

Perhaps this part of the course is designed to snap them out of dreaming mode.

Mic leads. That is where I remember soldering happening.

sarahs mum said:

Rule 303 said:

Speedy said:

No. I am interested in why they would bother doing hot melt gluing, as well as soldering in an Audio Production course. It seems odd to me.

Sorry. Sounded so much like a homework question.

Musicians are poor, their gear is shabby, and roadies are not sensitive movers. Venues are renowned for not meeting their end of the deal. Being able to solder, glue, and improvise are important skills.

Beer in the amplifier?

Hair dryer. Musos are never short of a hair dryer.

Hehe.

Rule 303 said:

sarahs mum said:

Rule 303 said:

Sorry. Sounded so much like a homework question.

Musicians are poor, their gear is shabby, and roadies are not sensitive movers. Venues are renowned for not meeting their end of the deal. Being able to solder, glue, and improvise are important skills.

Beer in the amplifier?

Hair dryer. Musos are never short of a hair dryer.

Hehe.

I listened to a conversation once about the merits of pouring beer into a valve amplifier.

sarahs mum said:

Rule 303 said:

sarahs mum said:

Beer in the amplifier?

Hair dryer. Musos are never short of a hair dryer.

Hehe.

I listened to a conversation once about the merits of pouring beer into a valve amplifier.

I did it once.

How did the conversation go?

Rule 303 said:

sarahs mum said:

Rule 303 said:

Hair dryer. Musos are never short of a hair dryer.

Hehe.

I listened to a conversation once about the merits of pouring beer into a valve amplifier.

I did it once.

How did the conversation go?

It was a long time ago. But I believe they believed that there was an appropriate amount of beer to make one sound good. This did refer to equipment that was really really old in the 70s.

sarahs mum said:

Rule 303 said:

sarahs mum said:

I listened to a conversation once about the merits of pouring beer into a valve amplifier.

I did it once.

How did the conversation go?

It was a long time ago. But I believe they believed that there was an appropriate amount of beer to make one sound good. This did refer to equipment that was really really old in the 70s.

Heh.

Would you believe I picked up a real, mint, Trace Elliot Supertramp Twin (2×12) combo with real coil Reverb tray, 2-channel (3, if you include the overdrive) with its original foot switch, for $200? I almost felt bad about the price, but it was an eBay auction, sooo…

Rule 303 said:

sarahs mum said:

Rule 303 said:

I did it once.

How did the conversation go?

It was a long time ago. But I believe they believed that there was an appropriate amount of beer to make one sound good. This did refer to equipment that was really really old in the 70s.

Heh.

Would you believe I picked up a real, mint, Trace Elliot Supertramp Twin (2×12) combo with real coil Reverb tray, 2-channel (3, if you include the overdrive) with its original foot switch, for $200? I almost felt bad about the price, but it was an eBay auction, sooo…

Perhaps it was supposed to be yours then. :)

Bubblecar said:

sibeen said:

Bubblecar said:

What’s the point spending multi-billions on conventional weapons when the foe you’re arming against has a nuclear arsenal, and you don’t?

For some strange reason most countries seem loathe to actually use a nuclear device.

I can’t see any other nuclear-armed country coming to our rescue, if China attacked Oz with nuclear weapons.

Why would they want to contaminate this country by dropping nuclear bombs on it, when they want the resources?

sarahs mum said:

Rule 303 said:

sarahs mum said:

It was a long time ago. But I believe they believed that there was an appropriate amount of beer to make one sound good. This did refer to equipment that was really really old in the 70s.

Heh.

Would you believe I picked up a real, mint, Trace Elliot Supertramp Twin (2×12) combo with real coil Reverb tray, 2-channel (3, if you include the overdrive) with its original foot switch, for $200? I almost felt bad about the price, but it was an eBay auction, sooo…

Perhaps it was supposed to be yours then. :)

I like to think it’s well looked after.

dv said:

nice.

sarahs mum said:

dv said:

nice.

Tricky.

Interesting technique

https://i.imgur.com/WT2VDto.mp4

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/jul/01/ten-years-of-the-sun-in-one-hour-nasa-releases-mesmerising-space-film

That’s a hot video.

The film shows the major changes the sun undergoes during a solar cycle, an approximately 11-year period which sees the sun’s north and south poles flip, and the emergence of sunspots as a result of gas altering the star’s magnetic fields.

Only images taken at one wavelength, 17.1 nanometres, were used in the video, with the extreme ultraviolet wavelength of the images allowing for the sun’s golden yellow, outermost atmospheric layer – the corona – to be visible.

Nicola Sturgeon condemns Boris Johnson’s ‘disgraceful’ comment claiming there is no Scottish border

https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/nicola-sturgeon-condemns-boris-johnsons-disgraceful-comment-claiming-there-no-scottish-border-2900754

PermeateFree said:

Interesting technique

https://i.imgur.com/WT2VDto.mp4

Amazing

PF, please consider posting these imgurs thusly..
“https://i.imgur.com/WT2VDto.mp4” :https://i.imgur.com/WT2VDto.mp4
..without the space. It would save about 4 steps for those of browsing on a device.

https://i.imgur.com/WT2VDto.mp4

Ian said:

PermeateFree said:

Interesting technique

https://i.imgur.com/WT2VDto.mp4

Amazing

PF, please consider posting these imgurs thusly..
“https://i.imgur.com/WT2VDto.mp4” :https://i.imgur.com/WT2VDto.mp4
..without the space. It would save about 4 steps for those of browsing on a device.

https://i.imgur.com/WT2VDto.mp4

Sorry, I don’t understand.

PermeateFree said:

Ian said:

PermeateFree said:

Interesting technique

https://i.imgur.com/WT2VDto.mp4

Amazing

PF, please consider posting these imgurs thusly..
“https://i.imgur.com/WT2VDto.mp4” :https://i.imgur.com/WT2VDto.mp4
..without the space. It would save about 4 steps for those of browsing on a device.

https://i.imgur.com/WT2VDto.mp4

Sorry, I don’t understand.

Got it, but is there a problem with you just selecting the video address I post, then clicking “open link in new tab.” Not a lot of difference as far as I can see.

sarahs mum said:

Nicola Sturgeon condemns Boris Johnson’s ‘disgraceful’ comment claiming there is no Scottish border

https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/nicola-sturgeon-condemns-boris-johnsons-disgraceful-comment-claiming-there-no-scottish-border-2900754

It must be wonderful to be a Scottish politician. Some English politician or similar will regularly give you a free ticket to the Outrage Bus, and you can boost your image/distract the population with that so easily.

And even if your current problem isn’t the fault of the English, you can say that it is, and the Scots will believe you.

PermeateFree said:

Why would they want to contaminate this country by dropping nuclear bombs on it, when they want the resources?

You don’t threaten resources with nuclear weapons. You threaten populations.

In Australia, there’s usually a reasonable distance between targettable populations and desirable resources.

Good morning Holidayers. Presently 4 degrees. Still dark. There has been some rain overnight, guessing around 6-7mm going by surrounding towns on the BoM observations map.

Friend coming for our Thursday breakfast in about an hour.

captain_spalding said:

PermeateFree said:

Why would they want to contaminate this country by dropping nuclear bombs on it, when they want the resources?

You don’t threaten resources with nuclear weapons. You threaten populations.

In Australia, there’s usually a reasonable distance between targettable populations and desirable resources.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutron_bomb

buffy said:

Good morning Holidayers. Presently 4 degrees. Still dark. There has been some rain overnight, guessing around 6-7mm going by surrounding towns on the BoM observations map.

Friend coming for our Thursday breakfast in about an hour.

Got a bit windy overnight. The noise had me wake up and check things.

At the moment.

We were pushing the gusts into the 60s and 70s yesterday. Up on Mount William it hit 100 at 8.00pm. It slows down a bit as it comes across the plains to us.

buffy said:

We were pushing the gusts into the 60s and 70s yesterday. Up on Mount William it hit 100 at 8.00pm. It slows down a bit as it comes across the plains to us.

Heard it was going to be around 100 in places.

Morning, warming and mildly cloudy in the Styx. 3 day weekend after today.

Morning

Tau.Neutrino said:

Morning

Poor birdie.

PermeateFree said:

Hmm, tastes like chicken.

Mornin’.

Mini me has a friend sleeping over tonight. She has lots of activities planned.

Divine Angel said:

PermeateFree said:

Hmm, tastes like chicken.

Not sure that frogs bother tasting their meals.

Rule 303 said:

Speedy said:

party_pants said:

Yeah, guess so.

Still, it is probably still a useful life-skill to acquire even if this day and age.

He now tells me that he also had a hot glue gun on-line course to complete.

Also extremely handy for electronics work.

And fixing your arrows when the tips come off…

Rule 303 said:

party_pants said:

Speedy said:

He now tells me that he also had a hot glue gun on-line course to complete.

Probably wise.

I think we did a bit on safety with hot stuff when I did electronics claases at high school and at uni.

Still never stopped me hurting myself from time to time. Once I forgot the iron was still plugged in and switched on and rested my hand against it. That burn took a couple of weeks to heal.

I currently have burns from both a soldering iron and a hot glue gun on my left hand. The danger is real. They sting for, like, minutes.

Love that bubbling subcutaneous fat, hey!

buffy said:

Rule 303 said:

party_pants said:

Probably wise.

I think we did a bit on safety with hot stuff when I did electronics claases at high school and at uni.

Still never stopped me hurting myself from time to time. Once I forgot the iron was still plugged in and switched on and rested my hand against it. That burn took a couple of weeks to heal.

I currently have burns from both a soldering iron and a hot glue gun on my left hand. The danger is real. They sting for, like, minutes.

Love that bubbling subcutaneous fat, hey!

I still have a scar on my shoulder from burning it with a hair straightener.

Divine Angel said:

buffy said:

Rule 303 said:

I currently have burns from both a soldering iron and a hot glue gun on my left hand. The danger is real. They sting for, like, minutes.

Love that bubbling subcutaneous fat, hey!

I still have a scar on my shoulder from burning it with a hair straightener.

Insulation is your saviour.

Divine Angel said:

Mornin’.

Mini me has a friend sleeping over tonight. She has lots of activities planned.

What kind of activities?

I’m not expecting any interruptions today so may get a decent amount of art and music done.

Bubblecar said:

Divine Angel said:

Mornin’.

Mini me has a friend sleeping over tonight. She has lots of activities planned.

What kind of activities?

I’m not expecting any interruptions today so may get a decent amount of art and music done.

Playing with toys, dollhouse, train set, colouring in, painting rocks to hide at Fairy Way, watching the My Little Pony movie whilst gorging on lollies, playing with Jells and take her to the dog park, and if there’s time go to “new park” and play there too. They will be sleeping in a “tent” in the lounge room on inflatable beds.

But first, we’re meeting up at the shopping centre where they have animatronic animals. Wooly mammoths, giant penguins, Sabre tooth tiger etc.

Divine Angel said:

Bubblecar said:

Divine Angel said:

Mornin’.

Mini me has a friend sleeping over tonight. She has lots of activities planned.

What kind of activities?

I’m not expecting any interruptions today so may get a decent amount of art and music done.

Playing with toys, dollhouse, train set, colouring in, painting rocks to hide at Fairy Way, watching the My Little Pony movie whilst gorging on lollies, playing with Jells and take her to the dog park, and if there’s time go to “new park” and play there too. They will be sleeping in a “tent” in the lounge room on inflatable beds.

But first, we’re meeting up at the shopping centre where they have animatronic animals. Wooly mammoths, giant penguins, Sabre tooth tiger etc.

Sounds a jam-packed day and adventurous night.

Expensive spam:

Woolworths spam fne

Woolworths has been forced to pay a million-dollar fine for spamming customers with marketing emails.

The supermarket giant was found to have breached the Spam Act more than 5 million times when it sent marketing emails to customers after they had unsubscribed.

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) said Woolworths failed to act, even after it was warned by the communications watchdog.

Woolworths was fined $1,003,800 — the largest ever issued by the ACMA — and has promised to appoint an independent consultant to review its systems and procedures.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-02/sydney-news-morning-briefing-thursday-july-2/12413310

Bubblecar said:

Expensive spam:

Woolworths spam fne

Woolworths has been forced to pay a million-dollar fine for spamming customers with marketing emails.

The supermarket giant was found to have breached the Spam Act more than 5 million times when it sent marketing emails to customers after they had unsubscribed.

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) said Woolworths failed to act, even after it was warned by the communications watchdog.

Woolworths was fined $1,003,800 — the largest ever issued by the ACMA — and has promised to appoint an independent consultant to review its systems and procedures.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-02/sydney-news-morning-briefing-thursday-july-2/12413310

Their Camp Pie is a lot cheaper.

Brazil has chartered a plane to try and get as many of it’s nationals safely out of Victoria.

Peak Warming Man said:

Brazil has chartered a plane to try and get as many of it’s nationals safely out of Victoria.

So has China

Peak Warming Man said:

Brazil has chartered a plane to try and get as many of it’s nationals safely out of Victoria.

noice

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/01/media/ed-henry-fired-fox-news/index.html

Fox fires another news presenter for sexual misconduct

Whoever designed the new Aus log needs to be taken out and belted once a day and twice on Sundays.

Got a visitor in the park over the road this morning. Some ravens were interested to start with, but they got batted away.

captain_spalding said:

PermeateFree said:

Why would they want to contaminate this country by dropping nuclear bombs on it, when they want the resources?

You don’t threaten resources with nuclear weapons. You threaten populations.

In Australia, there’s usually a reasonable distance between targettable populations and desirable resources.

Since it is near impossible for Australia to expand its defence forces to the state where they would prevent a Chinese invasion, should they choose to do so, wouldn’t it make more sense to continue to develop relations with China so that any such attack would cost them far more than any possible benefit?

Peak Warming Man said:

Brazil has chartered a plane to try and get as many of it’s nationals safely out of Victoria.

LOL

Peak Warming Man said:

Whoever designed the new Aus log needs to be taken out and belted once a day and twice on Sundays.

What is this new Aus log of which you speak?

The Rev Dodgson said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Whoever designed the new Aus log needs to be taken out and belted once a day and twice on Sundays.

What is this new Aus log of which you speak?

poikilotherm said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Whoever designed the new Aus log needs to be taken out and belted once a day and twice on Sundays.

What is this new Aus log of which you speak?

Looks like a chemical symbol for gold, actually…

poikilotherm said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Whoever designed the new Aus log needs to be taken out and belted once a day and twice on Sundays.

What is this new Aus log of which you speak?

Log O log O Please gO, so many say so.

Apparently it is representative of Wattle.

buffy said:

poikilotherm said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

What is this new Aus log of which you speak?

Looks like a chemical symbol for gold, actually…

Au? The iimage is auriferous as well.

buffy said:

poikilotherm said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

What is this new Aus log of which you speak?

Looks like a chemical symbol for gold, actually…

GOLD GOLD, GOLD TO Australia.

Peak Warming Man said:

buffy said:

poikilotherm said:

Looks like a chemical symbol for gold, actually…

GOLD GOLD, GOLD TO Australia.

Should work well if we ever have another Olympics.

roughbarked said:

buffy said:

poikilotherm said:

Looks like a chemical symbol for gold, actually…

Au? The iimage is auriferous as well.

Tamb said:

roughbarked said:

buffy said:

Looks like a chemical symbol for gold, actually…

Au? The iimage is auriferous as well.

So what flower is that?

Greetings

Tamb said:

roughbarked said:

buffy said:

Looks like a chemical symbol for gold, actually…

Au? The iimage is auriferous as well.

That’s no wattle.

Cymek said:

Greetings

What’s going down man?

Peak Warming Man said:

buffy said:

poikilotherm said:

Looks like a chemical symbol for gold, actually…

GOLD GOLD, GOLD TO Australia.

What’s it for?

Michael V said:

Peak Warming Man said:

buffy said:

Looks like a chemical symbol for gold, actually…

GOLD GOLD, GOLD TO Australia.

What’s it for?

It replaces the old kangaroo symbol for Australian made and that sort of stuff.

Peak Warming Man said:

Tamb said:

roughbarked said:

Au? The iimage is auriferous as well.

So what flower is that?

Don’t know. There are a row of them along Sheridan St. Cairns.

Peak Warming Man said:

Cymek said:

Greetings

What’s going down man?

Arrived at work and settling in for the day

PermeateFree said:

PermeateFree said:

Ian said:

Amazing

PF, please consider posting these imgurs thusly..
“https://i.imgur.com/WT2VDto.mp4” :https://i.imgur.com/WT2VDto.mp4
..without the space. It would save about 4 steps for those of browsing on a device.

https://i.imgur.com/WT2VDto.mp4

Sorry, I don’t understand.

Got it, but is there a problem with you just selecting the video address I post, then clicking “open link in new tab.” Not a lot of difference as far as I can see.

Yeah, that works for most links on this browser (samsung). But for imgur I have to copy the link, open a new tab, select the url, long press to bring up options, paste the link and finally hit search.. 4+ extra actions.. I think

Peak Warming Man said:

Michael V said:

Peak Warming Man said:

GOLD GOLD, GOLD TO Australia.

What’s it for?

It replaces the old kangaroo symbol for Australian made and that sort of stuff.

Really?

Too fussy.

Ian said:

PermeateFree said:

PermeateFree said:

Sorry, I don’t understand.

Got it, but is there a problem with you just selecting the video address I post, then clicking “open link in new tab.” Not a lot of difference as far as I can see.

Yeah, that works for most links on this browser (samsung). But for imgur I have to copy the link, open a new tab, select the url, long press to bring up options, paste the link and finally hit search.. 4+ extra actions.. I think

I go Right click, open link in new tab.

Tamb said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Tamb said:

So what flower is that?

Don’t know. There are a row of them along Sheridan St. Cairns.

Could be a hybrid with flowers that colour but likley an Angophera or Corymbia?

Ian said:

PermeateFree said:

PermeateFree said:

Sorry, I don’t understand.

Got it, but is there a problem with you just selecting the video address I post, then clicking “open link in new tab.” Not a lot of difference as far as I can see.

Yeah, that works for most links on this browser (samsung). But for imgur I have to copy the link, open a new tab, select the url, long press to bring up options, paste the link and finally hit search.. 4+ extra actions.. I think

Depends on the link posted.

I wonder how that will go down with China and will other nations offer something similar (less places I imagine)
3 million is 40% of the population

Prime Minister Boris Johnson says up to three million Hong Kong residents will be offered citizenship in the United Kingdom, following the passing of a controversial new security law by China. Under the British government’s plans, Hong Kongers will be able to settle in the UK for five years under political asylum, and after a further year will be able to apply for citizenship. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab says there will be “no limits on numbers or quotas”, due to the UK’s “historic commitment to the people of Hong Kong”. (BBC)

Michael V said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Michael V said:

What’s it for?

It replaces the old kangaroo symbol for Australian made and that sort of stuff.

Really?

Too fussy.

This.

The koala has obligingly moved to a lower fork in the tree. Still unimpressed by me and the camera.

And Mr buffy’s new self propelled mower has arrived via the TNT truck. The fellow lifted this box off the truck on his own and carried it inside the gate. He should not have done that. It should have come down off the truck on a hoist and come inside the gate on a trolley. It’s 45kg dead weight.

buffy said:

And Mr buffy’s new self propelled mower has arrived via the TNT truck. The fellow lifted this box off the truck on his own and carried it inside the gate. He should not have done that. It should have come down off the truck on a hoist and come inside the gate on a trolley. It’s 45kg dead weight.

Shiny !

buffy said:

Michael V said:

Peak Warming Man said:

It replaces the old kangaroo symbol for Australian made and that sort of stuff.

Really?

Too fussy.

This.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-01/is-the-famous-australian-made-kangaroo-logo-really-changing/12410214

It’s not replacing the kangaroo logo, it’s for something else, related. Scratches head. idgi.

buffy said:

And Mr buffy’s new self propelled mower has arrived via the TNT truck. The fellow lifted this box off the truck on his own and carried it inside the gate. He should not have done that. It should have come down off the truck on a hoist and come inside the gate on a trolley. It’s 45kg dead weight.

similar to mine.

buffy said:

The koala has obligingly moved to a lower fork in the tree. Still unimpressed by me and the camera.

:)

buffy said:

And Mr buffy’s new self propelled mower has arrived via the TNT truck. The fellow lifted this box off the truck on his own and carried it inside the gate. He should not have done that. It should have come down off the truck on a hoist and come inside the gate on a trolley. It’s 45kg dead weight.

Will you be allowed to use Mr Buffy’s new mower?

Tesla shares have surged by 400 per cent over the past year and financial firm Refinitiv estimates that Tesla now trades at 69 times estimated 2022 earnings.

Tulips, anybody?

London (CNN)The United Kingdom said Wednesday it would offer a path to citizenship for eligible Hong Kong residents and condemned China’s new security law as a threat to the city’s freedom.

UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said in an on-camera interview that after “carefully” assessing the contents of the new national security law, it constitutes “a clear violation of the autonomy of Hong Kong, and a direct threat to the freedoms of its people.”

He said it was therefore “a clear and serious violation” of the Sino-British Joint Declaration, which laid the groundwork for the city’s handover from British to China in 1997 and stated that Hong Kong’s existing system of government would remain in place for 50 years

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/01/uk/hong-kong-visas-uk-boris-johnson-gbr-intl/index.html

buffy said:

Michael V said:

Peak Warming Man said:

It replaces the old kangaroo symbol for Australian made and that sort of stuff.

Really?

Too fussy.

This.

At the danger of agreeing with PWM about something, WTF would they replace the kangaroo?

buffy said:

And Mr buffy’s new self propelled mower has arrived via the TNT truck. The fellow lifted this box off the truck on his own and carried it inside the gate. He should not have done that. It should have come down off the truck on a hoist and come inside the gate on a trolley. It’s 45kg dead weight.

Mmmmmm… Honda…

>drools<

Michael V said:

buffy said:

Michael V said:

Really?

Too fussy.

This.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-01/is-the-famous-australian-made-kangaroo-logo-really-changing/12410214

It’s not replacing the kangaroo logo, it’s for something else, related. Scratches head. idgi.

Oh, that’s a relief :)

sibeen said:

Tesla shares have surged by 400 per cent over the past year and financial firm Refinitiv estimates that Tesla now trades at 69 times estimated 2022 earnings.

Tulips, anybody?

Why would anyone invest in Tesla when they could invest in Bitcoin?

The Rev Dodgson said:

sibeen said:

Tesla shares have surged by 400 per cent over the past year and financial firm Refinitiv estimates that Tesla now trades at 69 times estimated 2022 earnings.

Tulips, anybody?

Why would anyone invest in Tesla when they could invest in Bitcoin?

how about a stockpile of remdesivir, that should fix 2500000 dead Americans

Tau.Neutrino said:

What natives ? Terra Marsius

The Rev Dodgson said:

sibeen said:

Tesla shares have surged by 400 per cent over the past year and financial firm Refinitiv estimates that Tesla now trades at 69 times estimated 2022 earnings.

Tulips, anybody?

Why would anyone invest in Tesla when they could invest in Bitcoin?

Read the link now.

Raised a smile or too :)

buffy said:

Rule 303 said:

Speedy said:

He now tells me that he also had a hot glue gun on-line course to complete.

Also extremely handy for electronics work.

And fixing your arrows when the tips come off…

Good for rough and ready upholstery work too. I got out my hot glue gun for the first time in years recently.

For presision work there is pearl glue