Need one of these.

it’s the evil sister’s birthday today.

ChrispenEvan said:

it’s the evil sister’s birthday today.

It was my Mum’s yesterday. She is now 91. Continuing the tradition of the female Gills (her father) living into very old age. (Oh, most of the female Baileys (her mother) did too, actually. I expect to be here for the long haul.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-01/swanbank-residents-hope-order-will-stop-smells-from-nugrow-plant/100105246

I don’t know this area. Was the plant there first and the houses grew around it? It would be unusual to put this sort of operation in a housing area.

Well that’s rude.

Lord Mutant’s work computer had to be repaired (dodgy screen and swelling battery). Late last night he got an email about the computer, but no details. The store is now open, so he called and got the automated menu. The first four options didn’t apply, “for all other questions, please press five”. Pressed 5. “Thank you for calling (store), goodbye!” And hangs up on him.

Divine Angel said:

Well that’s rude.

Lord Mutant’s work computer had to be repaired (dodgy screen and swelling battery). Late last night he got an email about the computer, but no details. The store is now open, so he called and got the automated menu. The first four options didn’t apply, “for all other questions, please press five”. Pressed 5. “Thank you for calling (store), goodbye!” And hangs up on him.

got to admit that is pretty funny.

buffy said:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-01/swanbank-residents-hope-order-will-stop-smells-from-nugrow-plant/100105246

I don’t know this area. Was the plant there first and the houses grew around it? It would be unusual to put this sort of operation in a housing area.

That’s how it usually happens.

I worked for a short time at a quarry near Bundaberg.

It had been there for many years, from back when there was nothing around it for miles.

Then houses began to be built near to it, and the complaints about noise, dust, trucks began. The quarry did everything that council and govt suggested to reduce such things, but complaints continued.

As the quarry manager said, ‘for f***‘s sake, it’s not like we camouflaged the place when these people came to look at buying their blocks around here!’.

ChrispenEvan said:

Divine Angel said:

Well that’s rude.

Lord Mutant’s work computer had to be repaired (dodgy screen and swelling battery). Late last night he got an email about the computer, but no details. The store is now open, so he called and got the automated menu. The first four options didn’t apply, “for all other questions, please press five”. Pressed 5. “Thank you for calling (store), goodbye!” And hangs up on him.

got to admit that is pretty funny.

Press 5 could become a meme if a good influencer decides to make it so.

captain_spalding said:

buffy said:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-01/swanbank-residents-hope-order-will-stop-smells-from-nugrow-plant/100105246

I don’t know this area. Was the plant there first and the houses grew around it? It would be unusual to put this sort of operation in a housing area.

That’s how it usually happens.

I worked for a short time at a quarry near Bundaberg.

It had been there for many years, from back when there was nothing around it for miles.

Then houses began to be built near to it, and the complaints about noise, dust, trucks began. The quarry did everything that council and govt suggested to reduce such things, but complaints continued.

As the quarry manager said, ‘for f***‘s sake, it’s not like we camouflaged the place when these people came to look at buying their blocks around here!’.

Same with Newport, a new suburb near Redcliffe. It’s built literally next to Redcliffe airport. Cue complaints about noisy aircraft even though they’re only single engine things.

Morning punters and correctors.
Cool, overcast and rainified.

buffy said:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-01/swanbank-residents-hope-order-will-stop-smells-from-nugrow-plant/100105246

I don’t know this area. Was the plant there first and the houses grew around it? It would be unusual to put this sort of operation in a housing area.

NuGrow began operations in 2013.

Don’t know about when the Swanbank suburb was built.

captain_spalding said:

buffy said:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-01/swanbank-residents-hope-order-will-stop-smells-from-nugrow-plant/100105246

I don’t know this area. Was the plant there first and the houses grew around it? It would be unusual to put this sort of operation in a housing area.

That’s how it usually happens.

I worked for a short time at a quarry near Bundaberg.

It had been there for many years, from back when there was nothing around it for miles.

Then houses began to be built near to it, and the complaints about noise, dust, trucks began. The quarry did everything that council and govt suggested to reduce such things, but complaints continued.

As the quarry manager said, ‘for f***‘s sake, it’s not like we camouflaged the place when these people came to look at buying their blocks around here!’.

It is the council’s fault for allowing development.

Divine Angel said:

captain_spalding said:

buffy said:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-01/swanbank-residents-hope-order-will-stop-smells-from-nugrow-plant/100105246

I don’t know this area. Was the plant there first and the houses grew around it? It would be unusual to put this sort of operation in a housing area.

That’s how it usually happens.

I worked for a short time at a quarry near Bundaberg.

It had been there for many years, from back when there was nothing around it for miles.

Then houses began to be built near to it, and the complaints about noise, dust, trucks began. The quarry did everything that council and govt suggested to reduce such things, but complaints continued.

As the quarry manager said, ‘for f***‘s sake, it’s not like we camouflaged the place when these people came to look at buying their blocks around here!’.

Same with Newport, a new suburb near Redcliffe. It’s built literally next to Redcliffe airport. Cue complaints about noisy aircraft even though they’re only single engine things.

I could make complaints, mainly because the crop dusters fly below the legal limit for aircraft over residential area.
But I’ve even had the airforce do that. Chinooks and Hercules in formation just clipping the tops of my trees.

roughbarked said:

It is the council’s fault for allowing development.

True.

But, those brown paper bags full of $50 and $100 notes are s-o-o-o hard to resist.

Also doesn’t help when you have e.g. the wife of a major local earthmoving contractor as a councillor.

roughbarked said:

captain_spalding said:

buffy said:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-01/swanbank-residents-hope-order-will-stop-smells-from-nugrow-plant/100105246

I don’t know this area. Was the plant there first and the houses grew around it? It would be unusual to put this sort of operation in a housing area.

That’s how it usually happens.

I worked for a short time at a quarry near Bundaberg.

It had been there for many years, from back when there was nothing around it for miles.

Then houses began to be built near to it, and the complaints about noise, dust, trucks began. The quarry did everything that council and govt suggested to reduce such things, but complaints continued.

As the quarry manager said, ‘for f***‘s sake, it’s not like we camouflaged the place when these people came to look at buying their blocks around here!’.

It is the council’s fault for allowing development.

you’d think the industrial fellows would wise up a bit and roll out some injunctions against complaints arising from this kind of BS

SCIENCE said:

roughbarked said:

captain_spalding said:

That’s how it usually happens.

I worked for a short time at a quarry near Bundaberg.

It had been there for many years, from back when there was nothing around it for miles.

Then houses began to be built near to it, and the complaints about noise, dust, trucks began. The quarry did everything that council and govt suggested to reduce such things, but complaints continued.

As the quarry manager said, ‘for f***‘s sake, it’s not like we camouflaged the place when these people came to look at buying their blocks around here!’.

It is the council’s fault for allowing development.

you’d think the industrial fellows would wise up a bit and roll out some injunctions against complaints arising from this kind of BS

From WIKI: Swanbank is an industrial locality in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census Swanbank had a population of 0 people.

roughbarked said:

SCIENCE said:

roughbarked said:

It is the council’s fault for allowing development.

you’d think the industrial fellows would wise up a bit and roll out some injunctions against complaints arising from this kind of BS

From WIKI: Swanbank is an industrial locality in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census Swanbank had a population of 0 people.

The predominant land usage in Swanbank is industrial, including the Swanbank Power Station (27.6598°S 152.8134°E). There are both current and historic mines in the area. The south-west of the locality is used for grazing on native vegetation

Me: “…and a juice, thanks. What would you recommend?”
20something waiter: “I am quite partial to the ‘Shiny Happy People’ myself”
Me: “OK, and one of those thanks. A little REM first thing in the morning is a good start to the day.”
20SW: “A little what?”
Me: “REM”.
20SW: “What’s that?”
Me: “The band.”
20SW: blank look
Me: “…who sang the song”
20SW: “What song?”

sighs
Kids today!

captain_spalding said:

buffy said:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-01/swanbank-residents-hope-order-will-stop-smells-from-nugrow-plant/100105246

I don’t know this area. Was the plant there first and the houses grew around it? It would be unusual to put this sort of operation in a housing area.

That’s how it usually happens.

I worked for a short time at a quarry near Bundaberg.

It had been there for many years, from back when there was nothing around it for miles.

Then houses began to be built near to it, and the complaints about noise, dust, trucks began. The quarry did everything that council and govt suggested to reduce such things, but complaints continued.

As the quarry manager said, ‘for f***‘s sake, it’s not like we camouflaged the place when these people came to look at buying their blocks around here!’.

They’ve been cheaper than others because of the quarry.

roughbarked said:

I could make complaints, mainly because the crop dusters fly below the legal limit for aircraft over residential area.
But I’ve even had the airforce do that. Chinooks and Hercules in formation just clipping the tops of my trees.

They like to do that because it give them practice at flying at heights which make them less vulnerable to surface-to-air missiles (including shoudler-launched ones) and to small-arms fire.

I rode in a helicopter which flew low to avoid such things. The pilot followed a river. At a height of not more than 4 metres, and i think often a lot less than that.

The main rotor was 48 feet diameter. I reckon the gap between trees on the banks wasn’t much more than 50 feet.

It was a ‘fascinating’ ride. Thinking about it still gives me the willies.

buffy said:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-01/swanbank-residents-hope-order-will-stop-smells-from-nugrow-plant/100105246

I don’t know this area. Was the plant there first and the houses grew around it? It would be unusual to put this sort of operation in a housing area.

Nah, they’d have paid for a report stating that the plant would not inconvenience nearby residents. Not their fault that the reporting company fucked up and no longer exists.

Peak Warming Man said:

ChrispenEvan said:

Divine Angel said:

Well that’s rude.

Lord Mutant’s work computer had to be repaired (dodgy screen and swelling battery). Late last night he got an email about the computer, but no details. The store is now open, so he called and got the automated menu. The first four options didn’t apply, “for all other questions, please press five”. Pressed 5. “Thank you for calling (store), goodbye!” And hangs up on him.

got to admit that is pretty funny.

Press 5 could become a meme if a good influencer decides to make it so.

At least he didn’t get connected to the department responsible for reporting regicide.

captain_spalding said:

roughbarked said:

I could make complaints, mainly because the crop dusters fly below the legal limit for aircraft over residential area.
But I’ve even had the airforce do that. Chinooks and Hercules in formation just clipping the tops of my trees.

They like to do that because it give them practice at flying at heights which make them less vulnerable to surface-to-air missiles (including shoudler-launched ones) and to small-arms fire.

I rode in a helicopter which flew low to avoid such things. The pilot followed a river. At a height of not more than 4 metres, and i think often a lot less than that.

The main rotor was 48 feet diameter. I reckon the gap between trees on the banks wasn’t much more than 50 feet.

It was a ‘fascinating’ ride. Thinking about it still gives me the willies.

I’m sure it does. ;)

roughbarked said:

I’m sure it does. ;)

Best helicopter pilot i’ve ever seen.

Stayed in touch with him for some years. He’s long retired now.

captain_spalding said:

roughbarked said:

I’m sure it does. ;)

Best helicopter pilot i’ve ever seen.

Stayed in touch with him for some years. He’s long retired now.

His kidney any good? ;)

Michael V said:

captain_spalding said:

buffy said:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-01/swanbank-residents-hope-order-will-stop-smells-from-nugrow-plant/100105246

I don’t know this area. Was the plant there first and the houses grew around it? It would be unusual to put this sort of operation in a housing area.

That’s how it usually happens.

I worked for a short time at a quarry near Bundaberg.

It had been there for many years, from back when there was nothing around it for miles.

Then houses began to be built near to it, and the complaints about noise, dust, trucks began. The quarry did everything that council and govt suggested to reduce such things, but complaints continued.

As the quarry manager said, ‘for f***‘s sake, it’s not like we camouflaged the place when these people came to look at buying their blocks around here!’.

They’ve been cheaper than others because of the quarry.

Similar thing happened in Stanthorpe. There was a short Drag Strip and motor-race circuit, adjacent to the rubbish tip. Been there for 40 years. Drag Racing once a month on a Saturday, finishing around 10 pm. A housing estate with 1-5 acre blocks was subdivided nearby. People bought blocks and put million-dollar McMansions on them. Then the banded together and took the club to court. The Judge was fairly blunt.

The motor-racing facility was there first so they had to live with it. The club had to finish racing by 10pm. And once a year post the racing calendar to each of the residents. The complainants could then organise to go away on not, as they chose. Expenses to the complainants.

Michael V said:

Michael V said:

captain_spalding said:

That’s how it usually happens.

I worked for a short time at a quarry near Bundaberg.

It had been there for many years, from back when there was nothing around it for miles.

Then houses began to be built near to it, and the complaints about noise, dust, trucks began. The quarry did everything that council and govt suggested to reduce such things, but complaints continued.

As the quarry manager said, ‘for f***‘s sake, it’s not like we camouflaged the place when these people came to look at buying their blocks around here!’.

They’ve been cheaper than others because of the quarry.

Similar thing happened in Stanthorpe. There was a short Drag Strip and motor-race circuit, adjacent to the rubbish tip. Been there for 40 years. Drag Racing once a month on a Saturday, finishing around 10 pm. A housing estate with 1-5 acre blocks was subdivided nearby. People bought blocks and put million-dollar McMansions on them. Then the banded together and took the club to court. The Judge was fairly blunt.

The motor-racing facility was there first so they had to live with it. The club had to finish racing by 10pm. And once a year post the racing calendar to each of the residents. The complainants could then organise to go away on not, as they chose. Expenses to the complainants.

If the 2016 census found 0 residents in Swanbank and NuGrow was there in 2013, then it is the Shire Council who allowed the problem to come about by putting residents there..

captain_spalding said:

roughbarked said:

I’m sure it does. ;)

Best helicopter pilot i’ve ever seen.

Stayed in touch with him for some years. He’s long retired now.

The RAAF use remote areas in northern NSW to practise.
The F18’s come hammering low along Maryland River, ground hugging radar, they really do put their lives in a piece of kit.
Havent seen the F35 stealth fighters yet.

captain_spalding said:

roughbarked said:

I could make complaints, mainly because the crop dusters fly below the legal limit for aircraft over residential area.
But I’ve even had the airforce do that. Chinooks and Hercules in formation just clipping the tops of my trees.

They like to do that because it give them practice at flying at heights which make them less vulnerable to surface-to-air missiles (including shoudler-launched ones) and to small-arms fire.

I rode in a helicopter which flew low to avoid such things. The pilot followed a river. At a height of not more than 4 metres, and i think often a lot less than that.

The main rotor was 48 feet diameter. I reckon the gap between trees on the banks wasn’t much more than 50 feet.

It was a ‘fascinating’ ride. Thinking about it still gives me the willies.

https://youtu.be/qCG0dxM0JIk?t=128
https://youtu.be/Cho039BrHpg?t=102

• Havent seen the F35 stealth fighters yet.

So they work as advertised then?

Peak Warming Man said:

captain_spalding said:

roughbarked said:

I’m sure it does. ;)

Best helicopter pilot i’ve ever seen.

Stayed in touch with him for some years. He’s long retired now.

The RAAF use remote areas in northern NSW to practise.
The F18’s come hammering low along Maryland River, ground hugging radar, they really do put their lives in a piece of kit.
Havent seen the F35 stealth fighters yet.

Yep. I’ve been scared out of my wits several times when doing geologic mapping in the eastern-fall Gulf Country. Anywhere from near Nowendoc to near you. The noise in the narrow gorges is absolutely deafening. And when they pop out onto the Tablelands and I’ve been mapping there, is frightening also. Fast and low.

They lost a couple of planes near Tenterfield a few years ago.

furious said:

• Havent seen the F35 stealth fighters yet.

So they work as advertised then?

Hehe, you still living under the bridge?

roughbarked said:

captain_spalding said:

roughbarked said:

I’m sure it does. ;)

Best helicopter pilot i’ve ever seen.

Stayed in touch with him for some years. He’s long retired now.

His kidney any good? ;)

Probably not. Doesn’t have to think about the time from bottle to throttle any more.

Peak Warming Man said:

furious said:

• Havent seen the F35 stealth fighters yet.

So they work as advertised then?

Hehe, you still living under the bridge?

Back in my own home, three weeks now…

Michael V said:

Peak Warming Man said:

captain_spalding said:

Best helicopter pilot i’ve ever seen.

Stayed in touch with him for some years. He’s long retired now.

The RAAF use remote areas in northern NSW to practise.
The F18’s come hammering low along Maryland River, ground hugging radar, they really do put their lives in a piece of kit.
Havent seen the F35 stealth fighters yet.

Yep. I’ve been scared out of my wits several times when doing geologic mapping in the eastern-fall Gulf Country. Anywhere from near Nowendoc to near you. The noise in the narrow gorges is absolutely deafening. And when they pop out onto the Tablelands and I’ve been mapping there, is frightening also. Fast and low.

They lost a couple of planes near Tenterfield a few years ago.

Sorry. Wrong. One F111 and two crew, 02-APR-1987.

https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/153039

Also, Guyra: 28-APR-1977 and 13-SEP-1993

https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/137481

https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/46539

https://www.armidaleexpress.com.au/story/5635685/remembering-the-fatal-night-an-f-111-crashed-near-guyra-25-years-ago/

furious said:

Peak Warming Man said:

furious said:

• Havent seen the F35 stealth fighters yet.

So they work as advertised then?

Hehe, you still living under the bridge?

Back in my own home, three weeks now…

That’s good.

Michael V said:

furious said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Hehe, you still living under the bridge?

Back in my own home, three weeks now…

That’s good.

And gainfully employed again too…

Morning Saturdays. :)

22.9C & 63% indoors
20.5C & 84% outdoors

1028 hPa and steady

It’s a sort of sorta day. Sort of cloud, sort of sun, apparently some sort of moolies a bit later.

Headed for 22C.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-01/bronze-age-jewellery-discovery-sweden-cartographer-forest-floor/100109090

furious said:

Michael V said:

furious said:

Back in my own home, three weeks now…

That’s good.

And gainfully employed again too…

Nice.

furious said:

Michael V said:

furious said:

Back in my own home, three weeks now…

That’s good.

And gainfully employed again too…

Hey, you put this link up last night, I think.

https://www.morphyrichards.com.au/product/mico-toastie

Do you own one?

If so is it any good?

Michael V said:

furious said:

Michael V said:

That’s good.

And gainfully employed again too…

Hey, you put this link up last night, I think.

https://www.morphyrichards.com.au/product/mico-toastie

Do you own one?

If so is it any good?

I own the previous model, don’t know how it differs but it does a good job. In my microwave: 2.5 minutes, flip, 1.5 minutes, done. Can make the crust a bit, well, crusty depending on the bread in use…

Peak Warming Man said:

captain_spalding said:

roughbarked said:

I’m sure it does. ;)

Best helicopter pilot i’ve ever seen.

Stayed in touch with him for some years. He’s long retired now.

The RAAF use remote areas in northern NSW to practise.
The F18’s come hammering low along Maryland River, ground hugging radar, they really do put their lives in a piece of kit.
Havent seen the F35 stealth fighters yet.

They’re there, Mr Man. It’s the technology. Best in the world. Stealth technology. That mean ya not supposed to be able to see ‘em or detect ‘em.

furious said:

Michael V said:

furious said:

And gainfully employed again too…

Hey, you put this link up last night, I think.

https://www.morphyrichards.com.au/product/mico-toastie

Do you own one?

If so is it any good?

I own the previous model, don’t know how it differs but it does a good job. In my microwave: 2.5 minutes, flip, 1.5 minutes, done. Can make the crust a bit, well, crusty depending on the bread in use…

Thanks.

Michael V said:

Michael V said:

captain_spalding said:

That’s how it usually happens.

I worked for a short time at a quarry near Bundaberg.

It had been there for many years, from back when there was nothing around it for miles.

Then houses began to be built near to it, and the complaints about noise, dust, trucks began. The quarry did everything that council and govt suggested to reduce such things, but complaints continued.

As the quarry manager said, ‘for f***‘s sake, it’s not like we camouflaged the place when these people came to look at buying their blocks around here!’.

They’ve been cheaper than others because of the quarry.

Similar thing happened in Stanthorpe. There was a short Drag Strip and motor-race circuit, adjacent to the rubbish tip. Been there for 40 years. Drag Racing once a month on a Saturday, finishing around 10 pm. A housing estate with 1-5 acre blocks was subdivided nearby. People bought blocks and put million-dollar McMansions on them. Then the banded together and took the club to court. The Judge was fairly blunt.

The motor-racing facility was there first so they had to live with it. The club had to finish racing by 10pm. And once a year post the racing calendar to each of the residents. The complainants could then organise to go away on not, as they chose. Expenses to the complainants.

:)

Michael V said:

furious said:

Michael V said:

Hey, you put this link up last night, I think.

https://www.morphyrichards.com.au/product/mico-toastie

Do you own one?

If so is it any good?

I own the previous model, don’t know how it differs but it does a good job. In my microwave: 2.5 minutes, flip, 1.5 minutes, done. Can make the crust a bit, well, crusty depending on the bread in use…

Thanks.

This is actually more like the one I have:

MICO Toastie

buffy said:

Michael V said:

Michael V said:

They’ve been cheaper than others because of the quarry.

Similar thing happened in Stanthorpe. There was a short Drag Strip and motor-race circuit, adjacent to the rubbish tip. Been there for 40 years. Drag Racing once a month on a Saturday, finishing around 10 pm. A housing estate with 1-5 acre blocks was subdivided nearby. People bought blocks and put million-dollar McMansions on them. Then the banded together and took the club to court. The Judge was fairly blunt.

The motor-racing facility was there first so they had to live with it. The club had to finish racing by 10pm. And once a year post the racing calendar to each of the residents. The complainants could then organise to go away on not, as they chose. Expenses to the complainants.

:)

Way back the same happened with Sydney’s Kingsford Smith airport.

Michael V said:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-01/bronze-age-jewellery-discovery-sweden-cartographer-forest-floor/100109090

Nice stuff.

furious said:

Michael V said:

furious said:

I own the previous model, don’t know how it differs but it does a good job. In my microwave: 2.5 minutes, flip, 1.5 minutes, done. Can make the crust a bit, well, crusty depending on the bread in use…

Thanks.

This is actually more like the one I have:

MICO Toastie

Ta.

buffy said:

Michael V said:

Michael V said:

They’ve been cheaper than others because of the quarry.

Similar thing happened in Stanthorpe. There was a short Drag Strip and motor-race circuit, adjacent to the rubbish tip. Been there for 40 years. Drag Racing once a month on a Saturday, finishing around 10 pm. A housing estate with 1-5 acre blocks was subdivided nearby. People bought blocks and put million-dollar McMansions on them. Then the banded together and took the club to court. The Judge was fairly blunt.

The motor-racing facility was there first so they had to live with it. The club had to finish racing by 10pm. And once a year post the racing calendar to each of the residents. The complainants could then organise to go away on not, as they chose. Expenses to the complainants.

:)

now, imagine if a bunch of people just up and built a heap of stuff around the place over the past 240 years, and the judges applied the same sense in deciding who had priority

furious said:

Michael V said:

furious said:

Back in my own home, three weeks now…

That’s good.

And gainfully employed again too…

It’s all coming up Millhouse.

Witty Rejoinder said:

furious said:

Michael V said:

That’s good.

And gainfully employed again too…

It’s all coming up Millhouse.

That’s exactly what I thought…

I talked to mum. She has zero interest in not being miserable.

Divine Angel said:

I talked to mum. She has zero interest in not being miserable.

Do you think she’s clinically depressed or just malingering?

Witty Rejoinder said:

Divine Angel said:

I talked to mum. She has zero interest in not being miserable.

Do you think she’s clinically depressed or just malingering?

Malingering is the wrong word there. I mean ‘self-indulgent’ I think.

Witty Rejoinder said:

Divine Angel said:

I talked to mum. She has zero interest in not being miserable.

Do you think she’s clinically depressed or just malingering?

Clinical depression, victim mentality, and a dash of attention seeking narcissism.

Divine Angel said:

I talked to mum. She has zero interest in not being miserable.

Bummer.

Divine Angel said:

Witty Rejoinder said:

Divine Angel said:

I talked to mum. She has zero interest in not being miserable.

Do you think she’s clinically depressed or just malingering?

Clinical depression, victim mentality, and a dash of attention seeking narcissism.

Is she on an anti-depressant?

Witty Rejoinder said:

Divine Angel said:

Witty Rejoinder said:

Do you think she’s clinically depressed or just malingering?

Clinical depression, victim mentality, and a dash of attention seeking narcissism.

Is she on an anti-depressant?

No. When you go to the dr for a diagnosis, they’ll organise a mental,health plan which includes seeing a psychologist. Because mum thinks all psychs are useless, she won’t do it. I’m not sure how strict the rules are, but IME it seems like they’ll only give you the antidepressant prescription if you see the psych.

But Mum would much rather complain to me n my sister.

She’s self-diagnosed diabetes, accepted theres just another medication she has to take, and will not do anything about it despite me pointing out its 100% reversible.

Divine Angel said:

Witty Rejoinder said:

Divine Angel said:

Clinical depression, victim mentality, and a dash of attention seeking narcissism.

Is she on an anti-depressant?

No. When you go to the dr for a diagnosis, they’ll organise a mental,health plan which includes seeing a psychologist. Because mum thinks all psychs are useless, she won’t do it. I’m not sure how strict the rules are, but IME it seems like they’ll only give you the antidepressant prescription if you see the psych.

But Mum would much rather complain to me n my sister.

She’s self-diagnosed diabetes, accepted theres just another medication she has to take, and will not do anything about it despite me pointing out its 100% reversible.

Sounds very annoying.

Witty Rejoinder said:

Divine Angel said:

diabetes, its 100% reversible.

Sounds very annoying.

wait

SCIENCE said:

Witty Rejoinder said:

Divine Angel said:

diabetes, its 100% reversible.

Sounds very annoying.

wait

Isn’t the word manageable?

Lunch report: bought a loaf of sliced sourdough bread this morning at the bakery. Now I’ve made myself a tomato and onion (with fresh cracked black pepper) sammich with a couple of slices.

Good grief.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-01/90-people-found-in-houston-home-in-suspected-smuggling-case/100109252

monday>tuesday’s rain might have mostly evaporated, I saw some drifting sand that seemed uplifted by that, buoyed, the dry wind conspiring with entire sandhills, plans of expansion, over fences, and across roads maybe

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-01/bronze-age-jewellery-discovery-sweden-cartographer-forest-floor/100109090

Went grocery shopping. Couple in front of us started with $565 of groceries, card declined. They kept taking out one item at a time until about a third of their original shopping was gone before the card was accepted. Didn’t hear what their final tally was.

I do not know if it was Indue.

Divine Angel said:

Went grocery shopping. Couple in front of us started with $565 of groceries, card declined. They kept taking out one item at a time until about a third of their original shopping was gone before the card was accepted. Didn’t hear what their final tally was.

I do not know if it was Indue.

If they were left with just the ingredients for making a thin and not very nourishing gruel, then it was probably Indue.

captain_spalding said:

Divine Angel said:

Went grocery shopping. Couple in front of us started with $565 of groceries, card declined. They kept taking out one item at a time until about a third of their original shopping was gone before the card was accepted. Didn’t hear what their final tally was.

I do not know if it was Indue.

If they were left with just the ingredients for making a thin and not very nourishing gruel, then it was probably Indue.

It seems like a lot of groceries for a card holder. But we don’t know how lare the family was.

sarahs mum said:

captain_spalding said:

Divine Angel said:

Went grocery shopping. Couple in front of us started with $565 of groceries, card declined. They kept taking out one item at a time until about a third of their original shopping was gone before the card was accepted. Didn’t hear what their final tally was.

I do not know if it was Indue.

If they were left with just the ingredients for making a thin and not very nourishing gruel, then it was probably Indue.

It seems like a lot of groceries for a card holder. But we don’t know how lare the family was.

large.

Divine Angel said:

Went grocery shopping. Couple in front of us started with $565 of groceries, card declined. They kept taking out one item at a time until about a third of their original shopping was gone before the card was accepted. Didn’t hear what their final tally was.

I do not know if it was Indue.

Gosh. What a pain for you and them.

I’ve only had my card refused twice. Both on the same day. The second one was when we went to buy the Mazda. Very embarrassing. Saw the bank. They’d cancelled it because there was some odd activity on it. Turns out my card had been compromised to the tune of about $7k. It all got sorted.

Michael V said:

Divine Angel said:

Went grocery shopping. Couple in front of us started with $565 of groceries, card declined. They kept taking out one item at a time until about a third of their original shopping was gone before the card was accepted. Didn’t hear what their final tally was.

I do not know if it was Indue.

Gosh. What a pain for you and them.

The lady was paying. She was so embarrassed and kept apologising. I said all good, happens to everyone, then told Cecily I was going to make her into a banana split because she’s wearing a yellow dress and it’s National banana day.

a very thirsty day here, got the vap’ cooler going to add some moisture and filter the air, and two hoses going watering the garden

few farmers reckon started some dry seeding days back, few tractors around with seeders behind and equipment ready to go, probably hoping we’d a get some rain monday and tuesday, then saw the updated forecast

some might go ahead and bang it all in dry, germination could be a bit staggered then, but whatever

Divine Angel said:

Michael V said:

Divine Angel said:

Went grocery shopping. Couple in front of us started with $565 of groceries, card declined. They kept taking out one item at a time until about a third of their original shopping was gone before the card was accepted. Didn’t hear what their final tally was.

I do not know if it was Indue.

Gosh. What a pain for you and them.

The lady was paying. She was so embarrassed and kept apologising. I said all good, happens to everyone, then told Cecily I was going to make her into a banana split because she’s wearing a yellow dress and it’s National banana day.

Pain for the person who had to take all that shopping back to the shelves, too.

transition said:

a very thirsty day here, got the vap’ cooler going to add some moisture and filter the air, and two hoses going watering the garden

few farmers reckon started some dry seeding days back, few tractors around with seeders behind and equipment ready to go, probably hoping we’d a get some rain monday and tuesday, then saw the updated forecast

some might go ahead and bang it all in dry, germination could be a bit staggered then, but whatever

It is very cool here for the middle of the day – 20.1°C currently. I’ve put my jumper back on. I took it off whilst cooking breakfast.

I got the May edition of Scientific American in the mail the other day. Started reading it last night.

Did you know that in America “Coroners are usually not physicians. In fact, in many states, coroners need only be of legal age with no felony convictions to qualify for the job……nearly 80% of the nation’s coroners are elected to office. This arrangement exposes investigations to corruption and political influence. Elected coroners are beholden to voters, after all.”

I checked Wikipedia…Australian coroners are magistrates, with legal training.

buffy said:

I got the May edition of Scientific American in the mail the other day. Started reading it last night.

Did you know that in America “Coroners are usually not physicians. In fact, in many states, coroners need only be of legal age with no felony convictions to qualify for the job……nearly 80% of the nation’s coroners are elected to office. This arrangement exposes investigations to corruption and political influence. Elected coroners are beholden to voters, after all.”

I checked Wikipedia…Australian coroners are magistrates, with legal training.

Americans have a lot of elected officials (sheriffs, clerks etc). It’s a stupid idea.

This person can GAGF.

https://www.reddit.com/r/iamatotalpieceofshit/comments/n1r85s/doctor_in_costa_rica_purposely_fakes_covid19_shot/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

sarahs mum said:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-01/bronze-age-jewellery-discovery-sweden-cartographer-forest-floor/100109090

Nice

Divine Angel said:

This person can GAGF.

https://www.reddit.com/r/iamatotalpieceofshit/comments/n1r85s/doctor_in_costa_rica_purposely_fakes_covid19_shot/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

Hmm

dv said:

sarahs mum said:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-01/bronze-age-jewellery-discovery-sweden-cartographer-forest-floor/100109090

Nice

Would be an exciting find, just lying out in the open like that.

Now I’m going to go and read some more SciAm. I’ll let you know later if I find anything else that piques my interest. I’m reading a piece about human migration into the Americas at the moment.

TIL

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-01/how-a-lovesick-prince-wiped-out-nepals-royal-family/100056562

TIL about this guy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Hanssen

Divine Angel said:

TIL about this guy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Hanssen

I knew about him. One of those doing 100s of years in a Supermax cell.

Hard to imagine what life must be like for such prisoners.

Bubblecar said:

Divine Angel said:

TIL about this guy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Hanssen

I knew about him. One of those doing 100s of years in a Supermax cell.

Hard to imagine what life must be like for such prisoners.

Probably no worse than some aged care homes.

Japan knows how to make girl bands properly.

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

Not good.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-30/act-housing-eviction-mother-maintenance-repair-failure/100108192

Divine Angel said:

TIL about this guy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Hanssen

I wonder how he feels about his choice of career now.

Michael V said:

Not good.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-30/act-housing-eviction-mother-maintenance-repair-failure/100108192

Huge failure. F the govt.

Michael V said:

Not good.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-30/act-housing-eviction-mother-maintenance-repair-failure/100108192

At least it’ll stop others from complaining, so a win for the department.
/sarcasm

Dark Orange said:

Japan knows how to make girl bands properly.

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

Jesus Fuck!

What a noise.

Michael V said:

Not good.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-30/act-housing-eviction-mother-maintenance-repair-failure/100108192

She probably should have taken the place near the main road. Sounds better than the lead paint place.

party_pants said:

Dark Orange said:

Japan knows how to make girl bands properly.

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

Jesus Fuck!

What a noise.

I wonder how fast they use up drummers?

Torry Castellano who used to drum for The Donnas had to quit due to tendonitis and shoulder problems.

Good fun. Sarahs mum will probably enjoy this:

Film of Kenmore Highland Games 2018 with bagpipes, dancing and heavy events in Perthshire, Scotland

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X06oTyF52hI

captain_spalding said:

party_pants said:

Dark Orange said:

Japan knows how to make girl bands properly.

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

Jesus Fuck!

What a noise.

I wonder how fast they use up drummers?

Torry Castellano who used to drum for The Donnas had to quit due to tendonitis and shoulder problems.

Good question. I nave NFI on the answer.

I wonder if these girls will get a spot in the Olympics opening ceremony.

party_pants said:

Dark Orange said:

Japan knows how to make girl bands properly.

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

Jesus Fuck!

What a noise.

I know, right?

Then there is Band Maid.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbyQCJn6rYg

party_pants said:

captain_spalding said:

party_pants said:

Jesus Fuck!

What a noise.

I wonder how fast they use up drummers?

Torry Castellano who used to drum for The Donnas had to quit due to tendonitis and shoulder problems.

Good question. I nave NFI on the answer.

I wonder if these girls will get a spot in the Olympics opening ceremony.

Drummer would be a good marathoner.

Bubblecar said:

Good fun. Sarahs mum will probably enjoy this:

Film of Kenmore Highland Games 2018 with bagpipes, dancing and heavy events in Perthshire, Scotland

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X06oTyF52hI

queued.

Food report. There is leftover pizza from last night. I’m making some lemonade scones now to have for dessert later. I’ll nuke some peas and corn to have as an entree before the pizza.

buffy said:

Food report. There is leftover pizza from last night. I’m making some lemonade scones now to have for dessert later. I’ll nuke some peas and corn to have as an entree before the pizza.

Pork snorkers this end, with my usual sauerkraut mixture. And maybe some chips.

Dark Orange said:

party_pants said:

Dark Orange said:

Japan knows how to make girl bands properly.

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

Jesus Fuck!

What a noise.

I know, right?

Then there is Band Maid.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbyQCJn6rYg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtGCDkW6UvE

roughbarked said:

Dark Orange said:

party_pants said:

Jesus Fuck!

What a noise.

I know, right?

Then there is Band Maid.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbyQCJn6rYg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtGCDkW6UvE

Stumbled upon them before. Wonderful shamisen solo at 2:40.

Dark Orange said:

roughbarked said:

Dark Orange said:

I know, right?

Then there is Band Maid.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbyQCJn6rYg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtGCDkW6UvE

Stumbled upon them before. Wonderful shamisen solo at 2:40.

They have an awesome stage show.

Baby badgers.

Bubblecar said:

Baby badgers.

Sure, they’re cute, but have you ever seen a baby capybara?

Divine Angel said:

Bubblecar said:

Baby badgers.

Sure, they’re cute, but have you ever seen a baby capybara?

:)

Seems they’re born with the capybara attitude.

Bubblecar said:

Baby badgers.

They’d annoy Eddie McGuire.

Witty Rejoinder said:

Bubblecar said:

Baby badgers.

They’d annoy Eddie McGuire.

badger him would they?

Well, dessert is ready. I should start reheating pizza and nuking veggies for first course.

Bubblecar said:

Divine Angel said:

Bubblecar said:

Baby badgers.

Sure, they’re cute, but have you ever seen a baby capybara?

:)

Seems they’re born with the capybara attitude.

You lot are just asking for a baby Pug picture…

;)

buffy said:

You lot are just asking for a baby Pug picture…

;)

Only if chubby.

buffy said:

Well, dessert is ready. I should start reheating pizza and nuking veggies for first course.

Omg Bickford’s lemon cordial!

It was the only cordial my aunt ever bought, and I hated it. We had yummy cordials like raspberry or Coola.

I dunno what I’m making for dinner but chicken pot pies could be a go-er. Last time I made them even Mini Me asked for more.

At this juncture I’d ask you all to check your fridge temperature settings. You may still have it on a summer setting which is too high.

My jar of sauerkraut was semi-frozen, so I’ve turned the coldness dial down.

Bubblecar said:

At this juncture I’d ask you all to check your fridge temperature settings. You may still have it on a summer setting which is too high.

My jar of sauerkraut was semi-frozen, so I’ve turned the coldness dial down.

You adjust your fridge?

buffy said:

Bubblecar said:

At this juncture I’d ask you all to check your fridge temperature settings. You may still have it on a summer setting which is too high.

My jar of sauerkraut was semi-frozen, so I’ve turned the coldness dial down.

You adjust your fridge?

Aye lass. That’s what the switch is for.

PermeateFree said:

buffy said:

You lot are just asking for a baby Pug picture…

;)

Only if chubby.

Is this one chubby enough?

We’ve never adjusted a fridge for Winter/Summer. We do have a bar fridge we bought when we were first married that will freeze things if you turn it up too high. But it isn’t season dependent.

buffy said:

PermeateFree said:

buffy said:

You lot are just asking for a baby Pug picture…

;)

Only if chubby.

Is this one chubby enough?

Looks like they’re born with their legs tied together.

Bubblecar said:

buffy said:

PermeateFree said:

Only if chubby.

Is this one chubby enough?

Looks like they’re born with their legs tied together.

Lower legs, I should say. I was counting the stretching legs as arms.

Bubblecar said:

buffy said:

PermeateFree said:

Only if chubby.

Is this one chubby enough?

Looks like they’re born with their legs tied together.

Perhaps a more conventional attitude…

I’ll stop now.

buffy said:

We’ve never adjusted a fridge for Winter/Summer. We do have a bar fridge we bought when we were first married that will freeze things if you turn it up too high. But it isn’t season dependent.

My fridge does seem to require a boost in summer, which then tends to freeze things once the ambient temperature drops.

buffy said:

Bubblecar said:

buffy said:

Is this one chubby enough?

Looks like they’re born with their legs tied together.

Perhaps a more conventional attitude…

I’ll stop now.

That’s a cute one :)

Bubblecar said:

Bubblecar said:

buffy said:

Is this one chubby enough?

Looks like they’re born with their legs tied together.

Lower legs, I should say. I was counting the stretching legs as arms.

trussed up ready for the oven

Bubblecar said:

buffy said:

We’ve never adjusted a fridge for Winter/Summer. We do have a bar fridge we bought when we were first married that will freeze things if you turn it up too high. But it isn’t season dependent.

My fridge does seem to require a boost in summer, which then tends to freeze things once the ambient temperature drops.

There is only a thermostat dial in our fridge. We keep it about 2/3 around the dial. Because I like my milk very cold.

Mask washed and ready to go Arts?

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-01/perth-hotel-quarantine-guard-tests-positive-for-covid-19/100109788

buffy said:

Mask washed and ready to go Arts?

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-01/perth-hotel-quarantine-guard-tests-positive-for-covid-19/100109788

yeah I;m istening to it now.. although I have been in a training session at the zoo all day today and we have had to wear masks indoors for the last week.. and ONLY indoors since yesterday, but now we are back to indoors and outdoors… though Marky McG still advises that the Derby can go ahead

so he has his priorities clearly

Arts said:

Bubblecar said:

Bubblecar said:

Looks like they’re born with their legs tied together.

Lower legs, I should say. I was counting the stretching legs as arms.

trussed up ready for the oven

With gochujang and kimchi?

Michael V said:

Arts said:

Bubblecar said:

Lower legs, I should say. I was counting the stretching legs as arms.

trussed up ready for the oven

With gochujang and kimchi?

I have both here, at the ready.

Michael V said:

Arts said:

Bubblecar said:

Lower legs, I should say. I was counting the stretching legs as arms.

trussed up ready for the oven

With gochujang and kimchi?

mmmm delicious

Bubblecar said:

buffy said:

We’ve never adjusted a fridge for Winter/Summer. We do have a bar fridge we bought when we were first married that will freeze things if you turn it up too high. But it isn’t season dependent.

My fridge does seem to require a boost in summer, which then tends to freeze things once the ambient temperature drops.

I have a two door fridge /freezer. I turned it on 16 years ago and ithas never needed a defrost and has always been reliable. It does make a bit more noise than I would like. I would like it to be silent.

Seems pretty convincing to me.

“A possible billion-year-old holozoan with differentiated multicellularity”

Highlights.

• The multicellular microfossil Bicellum brasieri possesses two distinct cell types
• 3D preservation in phosphate preserved different life cycle stages
• Differential adhesion may have contributed to cell segregation during morphogenesis
• This billion-year-old freshwater protist shows evidence of holozoan affinity”

https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(21)00424-3

See also:

https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-fossil-could-be-the-oldest-multicellular-animal-on-record

Every Episode of Popular Time Travel Show

Hello

Hello monkey.

Scone report – yum.

buffy said:

Hello monkey.

Scone report – yum.

nice,

my chicken sausages, alfredo pasta and veges is pretty good.

Spiny Norman said:

Every Episode of Popular Time Travel Show

That was a good bit quicker than I feared.

And more amusing :)

monkey skipper said:

Hello

Hi Monkey! Just reading about RuPaul’s Drag Race and discovered he appeared in the film clip for the B-52s song Love Shack.
https://youtu.be/9SOryJvTAGs

buffy said:

Well, dessert is ready. I should start reheating pizza and nuking veggies for first course.

they look great buffy!

Watching a piece on ABC news about electric cars. They are talking about zero emissions. That isn’t right, for Victoria. Our electricity is still partly coal fired.

PermeateFree said:

Bubblecar said:

Divine Angel said:

Sure, they’re cute, but have you ever seen a baby capybara?

:)

Seems they’re born with the capybara attitude.

cute but evil those raccoons! :-)

PermeateFree said:

Bubblecar said:

Divine Angel said:

Sure, they’re cute, but have you ever seen a baby capybara?

:)

Seems they’re born with the capybara attitude.

cute but evil those raccoons! :-)

monkey skipper said:

buffy said:

Well, dessert is ready. I should start reheating pizza and nuking veggies for first course.

they look great buffy!

Lemonade scones – so easy!

Divine Angel said:

monkey skipper said:

Hello

Hi Monkey! Just reading about RuPaul’s Drag Race and discovered he appeared in the film clip for the B-52s song Love Shack.
https://youtu.be/9SOryJvTAGs

He has an interesting face.

High definition pic of the Moon from 85,000 pics over two nights.

https://www.reddit.com/r/spaceporn/comments/n2bzs5/ive_been_working_one_week_to_make_this_ultra/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

Spiny Norman said:

Every Episode of Popular Time Travel Show

It is a bit like that in the 21st century, which is why I don’t watch New Who.

buffy said:

Watching a piece on ABC news about electric cars. They are talking about zero emissions. That isn’t right, for Victoria. Our electricity is still partly coal fired.

maybe they just mean the emissions from the vehicle. which would be sensible.

Divine Angel said:

High definition pic of the Moon from 85,000 pics over two nights.

https://www.reddit.com/r/spaceporn/comments/n2bzs5/ive_been_working_one_week_to_make_this_ultra/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

It’s a fine moon portrait.

buffy said:

Watching a piece on ABC news about electric cars. They are talking about zero emissions. That isn’t right, for Victoria. Our electricity is still partly coal fired.

71% right at the moment.

ChrispenEvan said:

buffy said:

Watching a piece on ABC news about electric cars. They are talking about zero emissions. That isn’t right, for Victoria. Our electricity is still partly coal fired.

maybe they just mean the emissions from the vehicle. which would be sensible.

I really don’t think that is sensible at all.

No caraway seeds in tonight’s sauerkraut-onion-garlic mix.

Forum: WHYEVER NOT?

Bubblecar: IGA had none in stock, for unknown reasons.

ChrispenEvan said:

buffy said:

Watching a piece on ABC news about electric cars. They are talking about zero emissions. That isn’t right, for Victoria. Our electricity is still partly coal fired.

maybe they just mean the emissions from the vehicle. which would be sensible.

And if you want to be particularly fussy about it, there’s quite a bit of emissions to work off from the manufacture of the vehicle.

sibeen said:

ChrispenEvan said:

buffy said:

Watching a piece on ABC news about electric cars. They are talking about zero emissions. That isn’t right, for Victoria. Our electricity is still partly coal fired.

maybe they just mean the emissions from the vehicle. which would be sensible.

I really don’t think that is sensible at all.

don’t care.

Bubblecar said:

No caraway seeds in tonight’s sauerkraut-onion-garlic mix.

Forum: WHYEVER NOT?

Bubblecar: IGA had none in stock, for unknown reasons.

If someone would like to post me some caraway seeds, I can’t see me objecting.

buffy said:

ChrispenEvan said:

buffy said:

Watching a piece on ABC news about electric cars. They are talking about zero emissions. That isn’t right, for Victoria. Our electricity is still partly coal fired.

maybe they just mean the emissions from the vehicle. which would be sensible.

And if you want to be particularly fussy about it, there’s quite a bit of emissions to work off from the manufacture of the vehicle.

as there is in all vehicles. plus with ICE you have all the emissions from exploration, digging holes, drilling wells etc etc. None of which are included when the measure emissions from an ICE.

I don’t think I’ve used caraway seeds since home ec classes in year 10.

Bubblecar said:

Bubblecar said:

No caraway seeds in tonight’s sauerkraut-onion-garlic mix.

Forum: WHYEVER NOT?

Bubblecar: IGA had none in stock, for unknown reasons.

If someone would like to post me some caraway seeds, I can’t see me objecting.

Bubblecar said:

Bubblecar said:

No caraway seeds in tonight’s sauerkraut-onion-garlic mix.

Forum: WHYEVER NOT?

Bubblecar: IGA had none in stock, for unknown reasons.

If someone would like to post me some caraway seeds, I can’t see me objecting.

I’ve got some, but I’ve had them quite some time. Probably stale. But I will be going to Hamilton on Monday for various things if you want me to pick some up and send them, that would be fine.

ChrispenEvan said:

sibeen said:

ChrispenEvan said:

maybe they just mean the emissions from the vehicle. which would be sensible.

I really don’t think that is sensible at all.

don’t care.

Don’t care didn’t care,
Don’t care was wild:
Don’t care stole plum and pear
Like any beggar’s child.

Don’t care was made to care,
Don’t care was hung:
Don’t care was put in a pot
And boiled till he was done.

Divine Angel said:

I don’t think I’ve used caraway seeds since home ec classes in year 10.

I use them when I make Mexican type stuff. And I also have a steak marinade that uses them.

Divine Angel said:

I don’t think I’ve used caraway seeds since home ec classes in year 10.

they go well in rye bread. must be the anise flavour.

ChrispenEvan said:

buffy said:

ChrispenEvan said:

maybe they just mean the emissions from the vehicle. which would be sensible.

And if you want to be particularly fussy about it, there’s quite a bit of emissions to work off from the manufacture of the vehicle.

as there is in all vehicles. plus with ICE you have all the emissions from exploration, digging holes, drilling wells etc etc. None of which are included when the measure emissions from an ICE.

Yep. In a good old-fashioned petrol/diesel vehicle, the overall emissions are hugely greater than with the life-cycle of an EV.

buffy said:

Bubblecar said:

Bubblecar said:

No caraway seeds in tonight’s sauerkraut-onion-garlic mix.

Forum: WHYEVER NOT?

Bubblecar: IGA had none in stock, for unknown reasons.

If someone would like to post me some caraway seeds, I can’t see me objecting.

I’ve got some, but I’ve had them quite some time. Probably stale. But I will be going to Hamilton on Monday for various things if you want me to pick some up and send them, that would be fine.

:)

Ta.

Going to be doing a batch of home-made sauerkraut next week and I was hoping to put some caraway seeds in the jar.

Spiny Norman said:

ChrispenEvan said:

buffy said:

And if you want to be particularly fussy about it, there’s quite a bit of emissions to work off from the manufacture of the vehicle.

as there is in all vehicles. plus with ICE you have all the emissions from exploration, digging holes, drilling wells etc etc. None of which are included when the measure emissions from an ICE.

Yep. In a good old-fashioned petrol/diesel vehicle, the overall emissions are hugely greater than with the life-cycle of an EV.

I still think zero emissions is not right. I’d be happy with low emissions.

Divine Angel said:

monkey skipper said:

Hello

Hi Monkey! Just reading about RuPaul’s Drag Race and discovered he appeared in the film clip for the B-52s song Love Shack.
https://youtu.be/9SOryJvTAGs

god I love that show.

Bubblecar said:

buffy said:

Bubblecar said:

If someone would like to post me some caraway seeds, I can’t see me objecting.

I’ve got some, but I’ve had them quite some time. Probably stale. But I will be going to Hamilton on Monday for various things if you want me to pick some up and send them, that would be fine.

:)

Ta.

Going to be doing a batch of home-made sauerkraut next week and I was hoping to put some caraway seeds in the jar.

OK, it’s on the shopping list now.

Spiny Norman said:

ChrispenEvan said:

buffy said:

And if you want to be particularly fussy about it, there’s quite a bit of emissions to work off from the manufacture of the vehicle.

as there is in all vehicles. plus with ICE you have all the emissions from exploration, digging holes, drilling wells etc etc. None of which are included when the measure emissions from an ICE.

Yep. In a good old-fashioned petrol/diesel vehicle, the overall emissions are hugely greater than with the life-cycle of an EV.

I just found it a bit weird that there seems to be two standards when measuring emissions according to some here.

CAR’N SWANNIES!

Divine Angel said:

I don’t think I’ve used caraway seeds since home ec classes in year 10.

it is a great flavour in bread

buffy said:

Spiny Norman said:

ChrispenEvan said:

as there is in all vehicles. plus with ICE you have all the emissions from exploration, digging holes, drilling wells etc etc. None of which are included when the measure emissions from an ICE.

Yep. In a good old-fashioned petrol/diesel vehicle, the overall emissions are hugely greater than with the life-cycle of an EV.

I still think zero emissions is not right. I’d be happy with low emissions.

OK, what emissions are you referring to then?

Arts said:

Divine Angel said:

monkey skipper said:

Hello

Hi Monkey! Just reading about RuPaul’s Drag Race and discovered he appeared in the film clip for the B-52s song Love Shack.
https://youtu.be/9SOryJvTAGs

god I love that show.

I’ve never seen it. My gay friends love it and my trans friends loathe it.

ChrispenEvan said:

Spiny Norman said:

ChrispenEvan said:

as there is in all vehicles. plus with ICE you have all the emissions from exploration, digging holes, drilling wells etc etc. None of which are included when the measure emissions from an ICE.

Yep. In a good old-fashioned petrol/diesel vehicle, the overall emissions are hugely greater than with the life-cycle of an EV.

I just found it a bit weird that there seems to be two standards when measuring emissions according to some here.

Not two standards. Should be applying the same to both. Counting it all.

ChrispenEvan said:

Spiny Norman said:

ChrispenEvan said:

as there is in all vehicles. plus with ICE you have all the emissions from exploration, digging holes, drilling wells etc etc. None of which are included when the measure emissions from an ICE.

Yep. In a good old-fashioned petrol/diesel vehicle, the overall emissions are hugely greater than with the life-cycle of an EV.

I just found it a bit weird that there seems to be two standards when measuring emissions according to some here.

Weird? Here?

buffy said:

Spiny Norman said:

ChrispenEvan said:

as there is in all vehicles. plus with ICE you have all the emissions from exploration, digging holes, drilling wells etc etc. None of which are included when the measure emissions from an ICE.

Yep. In a good old-fashioned petrol/diesel vehicle, the overall emissions are hugely greater than with the life-cycle of an EV.

I still think zero emissions is not right. I’d be happy with low emissions.

I didn’t say the overall emissions are zero, but they are when you’re driving one.

Bubblecar said:

buffy said:

Bubblecar said:

If someone would like to post me some caraway seeds, I can’t see me objecting.

I’ve got some, but I’ve had them quite some time. Probably stale. But I will be going to Hamilton on Monday for various things if you want me to pick some up and send them, that would be fine.

:)

Ta.

Going to be doing a batch of home-made sauerkraut next week and I was hoping to put some caraway seeds in the jar.

Sauerkraut is not sauerkraut without caraway seeds. I also have some here, actually two packets, which are quite old. When I used some recently I tried to find a Best before date so that I could discard the oldest, but neither had a BB date printed and they both had the same batch number. Strange. Anyhow, I would recommend that if you spill some in the pantry with a white floor, that they are cleaned up promptly. It was a bit embarrassing trying to convince someone that they really were caraway seeds :)

Spiny Norman said:

buffy said:

Spiny Norman said:

Yep. In a good old-fashioned petrol/diesel vehicle, the overall emissions are hugely greater than with the life-cycle of an EV.

I still think zero emissions is not right. I’d be happy with low emissions.

I didn’t say the overall emissions are zero, but they are when you’re driving one.

I’ll concede that. But it’s not the whole story.

Witty Rejoinder said:

ChrispenEvan said:

Spiny Norman said:

Yep. In a good old-fashioned petrol/diesel vehicle, the overall emissions are hugely greater than with the life-cycle of an EV.

I just found it a bit weird that there seems to be two standards when measuring emissions according to some here.

Weird? Here?

OK, fucking downright weird.

:-)

Time for some TV.

buffy said:

Spiny Norman said:

buffy said:

I still think zero emissions is not right. I’d be happy with low emissions.

I didn’t say the overall emissions are zero, but they are when you’re driving one.

I’ll concede that. But it’s not the whole story.

Yes, that’s what I wrote.

sibeen said:

ChrispenEvan said:

buffy said:

Watching a piece on ABC news about electric cars. They are talking about zero emissions. That isn’t right, for Victoria. Our electricity is still partly coal fired.

maybe they just mean the emissions from the vehicle. which would be sensible.

I really don’t think that is sensible at all.

OK, but the fact that electricity is not currently GHG-free is not a reason for not starting to move to electric cars now.

Divine Angel said:

Arts said:

Divine Angel said:

Hi Monkey! Just reading about RuPaul’s Drag Race and discovered he appeared in the film clip for the B-52s song Love Shack.
https://youtu.be/9SOryJvTAGs

god I love that show.

I’ve never seen it. My gay friends love it and my trans friends loathe it.

because drag isn’t about being trans, it’s about being FABULOUS….

(as my gay friends would say)

Spiny Norman said:

buffy said:

Spiny Norman said:

I didn’t say the overall emissions are zero, but they are when you’re driving one.

I’ll concede that. But it’s not the whole story.

Yes, that’s what I wrote.

Plus if we can have central powerplants, even if coal fired, and not have pollution emitting individual powerplants in vehicles, then overall that would be a good thing.

this wearing masks all the time business really fucks with your skin…

Arts said:

this wearing masks all the time business really fucks with your skin…

no it doesn’t.

Arts said:

this wearing masks all the time business really fucks with your skin…

Oh yeah

Arts said:

this wearing masks all the time business really fucks with your skin…

I dunno, my face is still like a baby’s bottom.

Divine Angel said:

Arts said:

this wearing masks all the time business really fucks with your skin…

Oh yeah

Grow a beard, work well for me.

The Rev Dodgson said:

sibeen said:

ChrispenEvan said:

maybe they just mean the emissions from the vehicle. which would be sensible.

I really don’t think that is sensible at all.

OK, but the fact that electricity is not currently GHG-free is not a reason for not starting to move to electric cars now.

I’d agree with that.

party_pants said:

Arts said:

this wearing masks all the time business really fucks with your skin…

no it doesn’t.

yes, it does

Arts said:

party_pants said:

Arts said:

this wearing masks all the time business really fucks with your skin…

no it doesn’t.

yes, it does

My skin is fine.

Woodie said:

CAR’N SWANNIES!

Not liking your chances this evening.

Speedy said:

Bubblecar said:

buffy said:

I’ve got some, but I’ve had them quite some time. Probably stale. But I will be going to Hamilton on Monday for various things if you want me to pick some up and send them, that would be fine.

:)

Ta.

Going to be doing a batch of home-made sauerkraut next week and I was hoping to put some caraway seeds in the jar.

Sauerkraut is not sauerkraut without caraway seeds. I also have some here, actually two packets, which are quite old. When I used some recently I tried to find a Best before date so that I could discard the oldest, but neither had a BB date printed and they both had the same batch number. Strange. Anyhow, I would recommend that if you spill some in the pantry with a white floor, that they are cleaned up promptly. It was a bit embarrassing trying to convince someone that they really were caraway seeds :)

:)

party_pants said:

Arts said:

party_pants said:

no it doesn’t.

yes, it does

My skin is fine.

you are lucky

anyway, at keast I am using up my surplus supply of masks.

party_pants said:

anyway, at keast I am using up my surplus supply of masks.

How much longer is the mask order in place?

party_pants said:

anyway, at keast I am using up my surplus supply of masks.

I bought a new cloth one today.. it has a leopard on it.. and has the little pouch inside for the filters… it’s very light, so I’m hoping it will help with my skin problems..

Bubblecar said:

party_pants said:

anyway, at keast I am using up my surplus supply of masks.

How much longer is the mask order in place?

another week I think.

Arts said:

party_pants said:

anyway, at keast I am using up my surplus supply of masks.

I bought a new cloth one today.. it has a leopard on it.. and has the little pouch inside for the filters… it’s very light, so I’m hoping it will help with my skin problems..

You sure it’s not puberty?

Arts said:

party_pants said:

anyway, at keast I am using up my surplus supply of masks.

I bought a new cloth one today.. it has a leopard on it.. and has the little pouch inside for the filters… it’s very light, so I’m hoping it will help with my skin problems..

What have you been using up to now?

I have been using the disposable surgical type.

sibeen said:

Woodie said:

CAR’N SWANNIES!

Not liking your chances this evening.

first 10 minutes were good.

party_pants said:

Arts said:

party_pants said:

anyway, at keast I am using up my surplus supply of masks.

I bought a new cloth one today.. it has a leopard on it.. and has the little pouch inside for the filters… it’s very light, so I’m hoping it will help with my skin problems..

What have you been using up to now?

I have been using the disposable surgical type.

I had another cloth one that I have been washing, but it was made by a local person and three layers, so kind of heavy for too long.. up until today I have only had to wear it for half an hour at a time, since I don’t go out much and work went online this week…

party_pants said:

Arts said:

party_pants said:

anyway, at keast I am using up my surplus supply of masks.

I bought a new cloth one today.. it has a leopard on it.. and has the little pouch inside for the filters… it’s very light, so I’m hoping it will help with my skin problems..

What have you been using up to now?

I have been using the disposable surgical type.

Those disposable ones are uncomfortable. Reusable cloth ones are more comfortable, for the most part. Wearing any for 10 hours, with only a break to eat, is irritating to the skin…

The first supersonic airliner, no, not the Concorde.

Saw a car with plate that said 337 LEE

Nice

dv said:

Saw a car with plate that said 337 LEE

Nice

Yeah.

I saw an older model Honda CRV the other day that had the standard issue number plate beginning with 1CRV.

Have never been able to work out why Krycek on ‘The X Files’ always wears mascara that would make a drag-queen blush.

Just so everyone knows, in 2023 you can reuse your old 1995 calendar again..

Arts said:

Just so everyone knows, in 2023 you can reuse your old 1995 calendar again..

and that only happens once every 800 years.

Arts said:

Just so everyone knows, in 2023 you can reuse your old 1995 calendar again..

I’ll have a look.

Peak Warming Man said:

Arts said:

Just so everyone knows, in 2023 you can reuse your old 1995 calendar again..

I’ll have a look.

I’ve probably got a near empty 1995 diary somewhere.

Must dig it out.

The Rev Dodgson said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Arts said:

Just so everyone knows, in 2023 you can reuse your old 1995 calendar again..

I’ll have a look.

I’ve probably got a near empty 1995 diary somewhere.

Must dig it out.

Got it, I can relax and sleep through to 2023.

party_pants said:

sibeen said:

Woodie said:

CAR’N SWANNIES!

Not liking your chances this evening.

first 10 minutes were good.

Waaayyy closer than I thought it was going to be.

sibeen said:

party_pants said:

sibeen said:

Not liking your chances this evening.

first 10 minutes were good.

Waaayyy closer than I thought it was going to be.

They kicked the footy through your window?

sibeen said:

party_pants said:

sibeen said:

Not liking your chances this evening.

first 10 minutes were good.

Waaayyy closer than I thought it was going to be.

Yeah. I might even turn the sound back on for the last 10 minutes.

Bubblecar said:

sibeen said:

party_pants said:

first 10 minutes were good.

Waaayyy closer than I thought it was going to be.

They kicked the footy through your window?

Nice one…

party_pants said:

sibeen said:

party_pants said:

first 10 minutes were good.

Waaayyy closer than I thought it was going to be.

Yeah. I might even turn the sound back on for the last 10 minutes.

Watch this space………………………….

Woodie said:

party_pants said:

sibeen said:

Waaayyy closer than I thought it was going to be.

Yeah. I might even turn the sound back on for the last 10 minutes.

Watch this space………………………….

I think Woodie’s brain may have just exploded.

sibeen said:

Woodie said:

party_pants said:

Yeah. I might even turn the sound back on for the last 10 minutes.

Watch this space………………………….

I think Woodie’s brain may have just exploded.

Interesting last 10 seconds.

sibeen said:

Woodie said:

party_pants said:

Yeah. I might even turn the sound back on for the last 10 minutes.

Watch this space………………………….

I think Woodie’s brain may have just exploded.

Told ya to watch this space. Saved by the umpires. Not 15. :)

Woodie said:

sibeen said:

Woodie said:

Watch this space………………………….

I think Woodie’s brain may have just exploded.

Told ya to watch this space. Saved by the umpires. Not 15. :)

Some argument over that, the umps was calling touched, the commentators calling not 15.

I thought it might have been HTB (not making an effort) with 3 seconds to go.

party_pants said:

Woodie said:

sibeen said:

I think Woodie’s brain may have just exploded.

Told ya to watch this space. Saved by the umpires. Not 15. :)

Some argument over that, the umps was calling touched, the commentators calling not 15.

I thought it might have been HTB (not making an effort) with 3 seconds to go.

party_pants said:

Woodie said:

sibeen said:

I think Woodie’s brain may have just exploded.

Told ya to watch this space. Saved by the umpires. Not 15. :)

Some argument over that, the umps was calling touched, the commentators calling not 15.

I thought it might have been HTB (not making an effort) with 3 seconds to go.

Paddlebum (Rowbottom)? Saved by the siren on that HTB. I’m sure ump was on his in breath to whistle on that one.

Woodie said:

party_pants said:

Woodie said:

Told ya to watch this space. Saved by the umpires. Not 15. :)

Some argument over that, the umps was calling touched, the commentators calling not 15.

I thought it might have been HTB (not making an effort) with 3 seconds to go.

Paddlebum (Rowbottom)? Saved by the siren on that HTB. I’m sure ump was on his in breath to whistle on that one.

Ah well. It is only Geelong.

Strangely enough when I watch these close games as a neutral I find myself barracking for the forwards at either end of the ground, I cheer each goal. Not sure why, I just like seeing goals being kicked.

My Dad had all four volumes of this entertainingly written course.

We kids greatly enjoyed reading them, and the adventures of Hob, Olaf, Lucille, Hans, Jan, Frieda and Pedro as they learnt to speak English.

Tonight’s supper: another Campbell’s soup (they’re on special), this time Cream of Asparagus with simple brown buttered bread quarters.

Bubblecar said:

My Dad had all four volumes of this entertainingly written course.

We kids greatly enjoyed reading them, and the adventures of Hob, Olaf, Lucille, Hans, Jan, Frieda and Pedro as they learnt to speak English.

Anything like this…?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7EtVgZhXj8

Polar bear and grizzly bear hybrids, known as ‘pizzly bears,’ could become more common because of the climate crisis

When polar bears and grizzly bears mate, the hybrid is called a pizzly bear, or a grolar bear.

Pizzlies are becoming more common in the Arctic and the climate crisis is likely playing a role.

As grizzly bears move further north with warmer temperatures, they’re more likely to meet polar bears.
Pizzly bears, sometimes called grolar bears, are a bear hybrid that could become more common in the Arctic as a result of the climate crisis.

The pizzly bear is the result of polar bears and grizzly bears breeding, according to Larisa DeSantis, a biology professor at Vanderbilt University.

“We’ve known about pizzlies for quite some time, but their occurrence may be more common with ongoing Arctic warming,” DeSantis said.

A pizzly was first discovered in the wild in 2006, when a hunter in Canada’s far north killed a bear with white fur and brown patches as well as the humped back and long claws characteristic of a grizzly bear. DNA testing confirmed the bear was a hybrid, The Associated Press reported at the time.

Pizzly bear and grolar bear are both unofficial terms for the animal.

Since then, sightings of pizzlies in the wild have become more common. A 2017 study published in the journal Arctic documented eight pizzlies who were the offspring of one female polar bear that had mated with two separate grizzly bears.

According to DeSantis, grizzly bears are moving further north as temperatures rise. Meanwhile, “polar bears are increasingly having to search for other food sources, when hunting seals from sea ice become untenable,” she said.

Polar bears typically rely on sea ice to hunt for seals, which make up the vast majority of their diet. A 2018 study published in Science found as sea ice continues to decline, “polar bears are likely to experience increasingly stressful conditions and higher mortality rates.” And arctic sea ice is declining rapidly, as the Arctic experiences higher rates of warming than the rest of the globe, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

DeSantis said polar bears and grizzly bears have been observed near whale carcasses, prompting them to “engage in opportunistic mating.” Since polar bears and grizzlies only diverged about 500,000 to 600,000 years ago, she said, their offspring are able to produce offspring as well.

But it will take time and additional research to know how well suited these hybrids are to survival.

“Most of the time, hybrids are not more vigorous than either of the two species,” DeSantis said, adding that individual species generally have adaptations best suited for their habitat. But she said there have been some instances where hybrids are more vigorous, “particularly if that environment is deviating from what it once was.”

Well, TIL polar bears and grizzlies can interbreed.

Divine Angel said:

Well, TIL polar bears and grizzlies can interbreed.

it made me think, it might be the go with rhinos too

Good morning Holidayers. Presently 13 degrees and there is a bit of light cloud. The forecast is for 22, possible morning shower. I’d better get the big white sheet off the clothes line.

monkey skipper said:

Divine Angel said:

Well, TIL polar bears and grizzlies can interbreed.

it made me think, it might be the go with rhinos too

16 Apr 2015 … Unfortunately, most rhinos species can’t interbreed. For example, a northern white rhino can’t mate with a black rhino. There’s a chance …

buffy said:

Good morning Holidayers. Presently 13 degrees and there is a bit of light cloud. The forecast is for 22, possible morning shower. I’d better get the big white sheet off the clothes line.

Currently 15.7 degrees
Today’s forecast: Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower, most likely in the late morning and afternoon. The chance of a thunderstorm from late this morning 40%. Winds N/NE 15 to 25 km/h. Daytime maximum temperatures 24 to 29.
Tomorrow a 90% chance but the amount of mm keeps dropping off so I don’t expect much at all.

Probably amongst my favourite songbirds of the interior, well captured here.
Just press play and listen to it’s wide and varied gurgling repetoire.

Last night we watched The Father, which is a well-crafted, superbly acted drama about losing reality from dementia. It’s told from the viewpoint of the person with dementia, which makes it quite jarring.

Interesting article:

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-find-the-oldest-evidence-of-indoor-human-activity-deep-inside-a-desert-cave

roughbarked said:

monkey skipper said:

Divine Angel said:

Well, TIL polar bears and grizzlies can interbreed.

it made me think, it might be the go with rhinos too

16 Apr 2015 … Unfortunately, most rhinos species can’t interbreed. For example, a northern white rhino can’t mate with a black rhino. There’s a chance …

what about ivf , using some as incubators , like they did for a species of wombat

Michael V said:

Interesting article:

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-find-the-oldest-evidence-of-indoor-human-activity-deep-inside-a-desert-cave

Whit woo

Divine Angel said:

Michael V said:

Interesting article:

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-find-the-oldest-evidence-of-indoor-human-activity-deep-inside-a-desert-cave

Whit woo

We’ll never know what could have been discovered in many Australian desert caves because the hills have been blasted away and sent to China.

Divine Angel said:

Michael V said:

Interesting article:

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-find-the-oldest-evidence-of-indoor-human-activity-deep-inside-a-desert-cave

Whit woo

? Sorry, idgi.

monkey skipper said:

roughbarked said:

monkey skipper said:

it made me think, it might be the go with rhinos too

16 Apr 2015 … Unfortunately, most rhinos species can’t interbreed. For example, a northern white rhino can’t mate with a black rhino. There’s a chance …

what about ivf , using some as incubators , like they did for a species of wombat

You’ll have to talk to the experts about that.

Michael V said:

Interesting article:

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-find-the-oldest-evidence-of-indoor-human-activity-deep-inside-a-desert-cave

Unsure where else they would find the earliest evidence of indoor activity.

No buying houses for us now – eating avocado and fetta on sourdough toast for breakfast…

buffy said:

No buying houses for us now – eating avocado and fetta on sourdough toast for breakfast…

Yum. Interesting combination I haven’t tried. I should.

Mrs V’s having avocado and vegemite on toasted crumpets this morning, after we get the bread into the oven to rise.

She finished our bread up yesterday. Bake another loaf today.

Michael V said:

buffy said:

No buying houses for us now – eating avocado and fetta on sourdough toast for breakfast…

Yum. Interesting combination I haven’t tried. I should.

Mrs V’s having avocado and vegemite on toasted crumpets this morning, after we get the bread into the oven to rise.

She finished our bread up yesterday. Bake another loaf today.

The finely chopped avocado and fetta is cold. And I only toast one side of the bread slice. So the avocado/fetta (with a really good squeeze of lemon juice. If I’ve got nice skinned lemons I’ll put some very fine zest in too) is just heaped on the untoasted/soft side of the bread slice. I don’t toast the topping, we eat this cold.

Michael V said:

Divine Angel said:

Michael V said:

Interesting article:

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-find-the-oldest-evidence-of-indoor-human-activity-deep-inside-a-desert-cave

Whit woo

? Sorry, idgi.

I was thinking of a particular activity people usually do indoors, and wondered what evidence could be left behind. Instead of asking if ancient condoms were found, I sanitised my answer.

Morning Sundays. :)

22.9C & 60% indoors
21.7C & 78% outdoors

1026 hPa and steady

It’s a partly day today. Partly sun, partly cloud and partly wind. Could be partly moolied a bit later.

Headed for 22C.

How bout them Swannies, hey what but!

buffy said:

No buying houses for us now – eating avocado and fetta on sourdough toast for breakfast…

Did you smash it first? It’s proper avo unless it’s smashed.

ABC News:

‘Princess Charlotte to celebrate sixth birthday, royal family releases portrait’

Alt:

‘Small girl related to Queen not dead yet. Family produce picture as proof.’

Michael V said:

buffy said:

No buying houses for us now – eating avocado and fetta on sourdough toast for breakfast…

Yum. Interesting combination I haven’t tried. I should.

Mrs V’s having avocado and vegemite on toasted crumpets this morning, after we get the bread into the oven to rise.

She finished our bread up yesterday. Bake another loaf today.

Bread’s in the oven, to rise.

buffy said:

Michael V said:

buffy said:

No buying houses for us now – eating avocado and fetta on sourdough toast for breakfast…

Yum. Interesting combination I haven’t tried. I should.

Mrs V’s having avocado and vegemite on toasted crumpets this morning, after we get the bread into the oven to rise.

She finished our bread up yesterday. Bake another loaf today.

The finely chopped avocado and fetta is cold. And I only toast one side of the bread slice. So the avocado/fetta (with a really good squeeze of lemon juice. If I’ve got nice skinned lemons I’ll put some very fine zest in too) is just heaped on the untoasted/soft side of the bread slice. I don’t toast the topping, we eat this cold.

Sounds lovely.

Divine Angel said:

Michael V said:

Divine Angel said:

Whit woo

? Sorry, idgi.

I was thinking of a particular activity people usually do indoors, and wondered what evidence could be left behind. Instead of asking if ancient condoms were found, I sanitised my answer.

I understand your answer, but I don’t understand the “Whit woo” bit. Is that a term for having sex?

so, if I go and visit the animal welfare league , want are the chances that I will come back with a critter?

monkey skipper said:

so, if I go and visit the animal welfare league , want are the chances that I will come back with a critter?

Very High to Certain.

If you can limit yourself to one, you’ll have done well.

captain_spalding said:

ABC News:

‘Princess Charlotte to celebrate sixth birthday, royal family releases portrait’

Alt:

‘Small girl related to Queen not dead yet. Family produce picture as proof.’

LOLOLOL

captain_spalding said:

ABC News:

‘Princess Charlotte to celebrate sixth birthday, royal family releases portrait’

Alt:

‘Small girl related to Queen not dead yet. Family produce picture as proof.’

I often wonder if Princess Charlotte runs around naked, singing “naked babeh!” at the top of her lungs, or if she tells strangers in the supermarket that they farted.

I happen to know a six year old who does such things.

captain_spalding said:

monkey skipper said:

so, if I go and visit the animal welfare league , want are the chances that I will come back with a critter?

Very High to Certain.

If you can limit yourself to one, you’ll have done well.

Possibly several which have secreted themselves in your clothing.

monkey skipper said:

so, if I go and visit the animal welfare league , want are the chances that I will come back with a critter?

I don’t know. It’d be difficult to control all the variables. That, for me at least, makes the calculation impossible.

Michael V said:

monkey skipper said:

so, if I go and visit the animal welfare league , want are the chances that I will come back with a critter?

I don’t know. It’d be difficult to control all the variables. That, for me at least, makes the calculation impossible.

‘Control the variables’?

‘Calculation’?

You’ve never been to such a place have you?

‘Control’ and ‘calculation’ are capacities that automatically check themselves at the door.

monkey skipper said:

so, if I go and visit the animal welfare league , want are the chances that I will come back with a critter?

Go watch a few Dodo yoochoobs, and then come back with your own answer. :)

captain_spalding said:

Michael V said:

monkey skipper said:

so, if I go and visit the animal welfare league , want are the chances that I will come back with a critter?

I don’t know. It’d be difficult to control all the variables. That, for me at least, makes the calculation impossible.

‘Control the variables’?

‘Calculation’?

You’ve never been to such a place have you?

‘Control’ and ‘calculation’ are capacities that automatically check themselves at the door.

No, no I haven’t.

Michael V said:

captain_spalding said:

Michael V said:

I don’t know. It’d be difficult to control all the variables. That, for me at least, makes the calculation impossible.

‘Control the variables’?

‘Calculation’?

You’ve never been to such a place have you?

‘Control’ and ‘calculation’ are capacities that automatically check themselves at the door.

No, no I haven’t.

Many a hard man has visited, saying ‘if i don’t see one i like, i’ll come back in a few weeks’.

No-one can remember any of them leaving without a new friend.

Woodie said:

buffy said:

No buying houses for us now – eating avocado and fetta on sourdough toast for breakfast…

Did you smash it first? It’s proper avo unless it’s smashed.

I chop it up finely. I’m not so keen on it being smooshy.

monkey skipper said:

so, if I go and visit the animal welfare league , want are the chances that I will come back with a critter?

I checked the dogs at the RSPCA shelters in Warrnambool and Portland online last night. Both shelters have presently got a greyhound (which is what we have decided to seek when Long dies). Warrnambool have got an old Boxer/Mastiff girl. She is 11. But we don’t need three dogs in the house. And she probably only has a couple more years in her – and the parting is hard.

buffy said:

monkey skipper said:

so, if I go and visit the animal welfare league , want are the chances that I will come back with a critter?

I checked the dogs at the RSPCA shelters in Warrnambool and Portland online last night. Both shelters have presently got a greyhound (which is what we have decided to seek when Long dies). Warrnambool have got an old Boxer/Mastiff girl. She is 11. But we don’t need three dogs in the house. And she probably only has a couple more years in her – and the parting is hard.

But she’ll love you to bits for having her.

captain_spalding said:

buffy said:

monkey skipper said:

so, if I go and visit the animal welfare league , want are the chances that I will come back with a critter?

I checked the dogs at the RSPCA shelters in Warrnambool and Portland online last night. Both shelters have presently got a greyhound (which is what we have decided to seek when Long dies). Warrnambool have got an old Boxer/Mastiff girl. She is 11. But we don’t need three dogs in the house. And she probably only has a couple more years in her – and the parting is hard.

But she’ll love you to bits for having her.

How old was your BDW when you got him?

Witty Rejoinder said:

captain_spalding said:

buffy said:

I checked the dogs at the RSPCA shelters in Warrnambool and Portland online last night. Both shelters have presently got a greyhound (which is what we have decided to seek when Long dies). Warrnambool have got an old Boxer/Mastiff girl. She is 11. But we don’t need three dogs in the house. And she probably only has a couple more years in her – and the parting is hard.

But she’ll love you to bits for having her.

How old was your BDW when you got him?

Oh I so wish I could have a dog. I’ve had at least one since I was born.
Now, because I have to go to Cairns for 9 days every month I have to content myself with patting other people’s dogs.

Went to the store with Lord mutant to pick up his repaired work computer. And because I have the remnants of a monster cold, I’m wearing a mask. Got a lecture by some teenager that masks are ineffective because there’s nothing to spread, the virus isn’t real. So I did the only responsible thing, took off my mask and coughed on him. Hope my cold knocks him flat like it did me.

Divine Angel said:

Went to the store with Lord mutant to pick up his repaired work computer. And because I have the remnants of a monster cold, I’m wearing a mask. Got a lecture by some teenager that masks are ineffective because there’s nothing to spread, the virus isn’t real. So I did the only responsible thing, took off my mask and coughed on him. Hope my cold knocks him flat like it did me.

A completely understandable action.

https://www.sciencealert.com/ingenuity-completes-its-fourth-flight-and-gets-a-new-mission-scouting-ahead-for-perseverance

I didn’t actually cough on him. I just rolled my eyes and told him the mask is quite flattering, people can’t see I’m poking out my tongue at idiots.

Divine Angel said:

Went to the store with Lord mutant to pick up his repaired work computer. And because I have the remnants of a monster cold, I’m wearing a mask. Got a lecture by some teenager that masks are ineffective because there’s nothing to spread, the virus isn’t real. So I did the only responsible thing, took off my mask and coughed on him. Hope my cold knocks him flat like it did me.

Eyes pop.

Divine Angel said:

I didn’t actually cough on him. I just rolled my eyes and told him the mask is quite flattering, people can’t see I’m poking out my tongue at idiots.

Phew.

Divine Angel said:

Went to the store with Lord mutant to pick up his repaired work computer. And because I have the remnants of a monster cold, I’m wearing a mask. Got a lecture by some teenager that masks are ineffective because there’s nothing to spread, the virus isn’t real. So I did the only responsible thing, took off my mask and coughed on him. Hope my cold knocks him flat like it did me.

Better than he deserves.

Rule 303 said:

Divine Angel said:

Went to the store with Lord mutant to pick up his repaired work computer. And because I have the remnants of a monster cold, I’m wearing a mask. Got a lecture by some teenager that masks are ineffective because there’s nothing to spread, the virus isn’t real. So I did the only responsible thing, took off my mask and coughed on him. Hope my cold knocks him flat like it did me.

Better than he deserves.

I wonder if that teenager ever visited the hospital morgue, told the coronavirus corpses they could stop pretending, get up now, you’ve been rumbled?

captain_spalding said:

Rule 303 said:

Divine Angel said:

Went to the store with Lord mutant to pick up his repaired work computer. And because I have the remnants of a monster cold, I’m wearing a mask. Got a lecture by some teenager that masks are ineffective because there’s nothing to spread, the virus isn’t real. So I did the only responsible thing, took off my mask and coughed on him. Hope my cold knocks him flat like it did me.

Better than he deserves.

I wonder if that teenager ever visited the hospital morgue, told the coronavirus corpses they could stop pretending, get up now, you’ve been rumbled?

Are there any hospital morgues taking tours in these times?

Witty Rejoinder said:

How old was your BDW when you got him?

Well, we don’t know for sure. He’d been a street dog, and RSPCA estimated his age at two.

We’d seen a lot of dogs that day, and there were some older ones that we really liked.

But the BDW was clearly the most deeply traumatised and fearful of all the dogs there. We had a good discussion of this dog, that dog, and we concluded that the BDW was the one that needed the most help. If we didn’t take him, who would?

‘He’s a nut-case, a fruit-cake’, we concluded, ‘he should fit right in.’

party_pants said:

captain_spalding said:

Rule 303 said:

Better than he deserves.

I wonder if that teenager ever visited the hospital morgue, told the coronavirus corpses they could stop pretending, get up now, you’ve been rumbled?

Are there any hospital morgues taking tours in these times?

When you’re as convinced of the rightness of your cause as are most anti-maskers/anti-vaxxers, you’ll find a way.

captain_spalding said:

Witty Rejoinder said:

How old was your BDW when you got him?

Well, we don’t know for sure. He’d been a street dog, and RSPCA estimated his age at two.

We’d seen a lot of dogs that day, and there were some older ones that we really liked.

But the BDW was clearly the most deeply traumatised and fearful of all the dogs there. We had a good discussion of this dog, that dog, and we concluded that the BDW was the one that needed the most help. If we didn’t take him, who would?

‘He’s a nut-case, a fruit-cake’, we concluded, ‘he should fit right in.’

Well done.

Gosh, what an idiot.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-02/driver-of-homemade-convertible-arrested/100110424

Witty Rejoinder said:

Well done.

His traumas still manifest themselves.

He barks at white vans. Not all white vehicles. Just vans. Not all vans. Just white ones.

Something in his past…?

ABC News:

‘Unlicensed driver of homemade convertible allegedly runs red light in front of police
Police charge a 25-year-old man with numerous offences after he was allegedly caught running a red light in a car with the roof cut off. “

Should we tell the ABC that a car with the roof cut off is not a ‘convertible’, but rather just a car with no roof?

I mean, sure, it was converted, but it was a one-time trick. The ‘-ible’ part disappeared along with the roof.

Michael V said:

Gosh, what an idiot.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-02/driver-of-homemade-convertible-arrested/100110424

There is just so much … fail.. in this story.

Also, I think given the nighttime pictures they should have said 10 pm rather than am. I think that is a journo’s fail to add to the litany of fail in this miserable story.

party_pants said:

Michael V said:

Gosh, what an idiot.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-02/driver-of-homemade-convertible-arrested/100110424

There is just so much … fail.. in this story.

Also, I think given the nighttime pictures they should have said 10 pm rather than am. I think that is a journo’s fail to add to the litany of fail in this miserable story.

Most ‘journalists’ switch off their brains permanently when they realise that you can just submit corporate/government/other press releases to be published verbatim, with your by-line attached.

Having to actually write stuff and get times and dates and names and stuff right is hard work, man.

party_pants said:

Michael V said:

Gosh, what an idiot.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-02/driver-of-homemade-convertible-arrested/100110424

There is just so much … fail.. in this story.

Also, I think given the nighttime pictures they should have said 10 pm rather than am. I think that is a journo’s fail to add to the litany of fail in this miserable story.

1 am.

Didja miss me? Lost NBN about 10.15. Back now. But we had to turn the wall modem off, and on again, to get everything running again.

buffy said:

Didja miss me? Lost NBN about 10.15. Back now. But we had to turn the wall modem off, and on again, to get everything running again.

Yes.

Actually, looks like it was about 10.00 and some of my posts somehow went wandering before showing up here.

buffy said:

Didja miss me? Lost NBN about 10.15. Back now. But we had to turn the wall modem off, and on again, to get everything running again.

The inability to tell your internet friends that you’ve lost your internet is one of life’s great trials.

buffy said:

Didja miss me? Lost NBN about 10.15. Back now. But we had to turn the wall modem off, and on again, to get everything running again.

Do you turn it off at night?

captain_spalding said:

party_pants said:

captain_spalding said:

I wonder if that teenager ever visited the hospital morgue, told the coronavirus corpses they could stop pretending, get up now, you’ve been rumbled?

Are there any hospital morgues taking tours in these times?

When you’re as convinced of the rightness of your cause as are most anti-maskers/anti-vaxxers, you’ll find a way.

“Nah mate, they all died of non-‘rona causes”

party_pants said:

Michael V said:

Gosh, what an idiot.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-02/driver-of-homemade-convertible-arrested/100110424

There is just so much … fail.. in this story.

Also, I think given the nighttime pictures they should have said 10 pm rather than am. I think that is a journo’s fail to add to the litany of fail in this miserable story.

“Police said they were patrolling Jetty Road just before 1:00am today when the occupants of a white car yelled out at them before the car ran a red light.”

(My emphasis.)

buffy said:

Didja miss me? Lost NBN about 10.15. Back now. But we had to turn the wall modem off, and on again, to get everything running again.

Phew.

Tamb said:

Witty Rejoinder said:

captain_spalding said:

But she’ll love you to bits for having her.

How old was your BDW when you got him?

Oh I so wish I could have a dog. I’ve had at least one since I was born.
Now, because I have to go to Cairns for 9 days every month I have to content myself with patting other people’s dogs.

Ours do pet duty with Auntie Annie. Because she can’t manage her own dog any more (well, she hasn’t had one for about twenty years now, she just acquires ours to sit on the couch with her as required. Have you got a neighbour you could do something like this with?

Witty Rejoinder said:

buffy said:

Didja miss me? Lost NBN about 10.15. Back now. But we had to turn the wall modem off, and on again, to get everything running again.

The inability to tell your internet friends that you’ve lost your internet is one of life’s great trials.

But it also presents opportunities. “I wasn’t ignoring you, my internet was down”

Another weekend and another ABC story about abuse in gymnastics, at the AIS in CanB this time.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-02/gymnasts-allege-abuse-at-ais-human-rights-commission-report/100108974

Starting to question whether the whole field of female gymnastics is a bit unethical. Seems a bit like the whole sport is fighting against puberty in the girls who train and compete in this sport. Having a mature physical body seems to be a disadvantage, so the girls are pretty much deliberately undernourished and overworked to slow the body changes from happening in the natural way. They want 15 -18 year olds with immature bodies to be able to do all of the tricks. All the emotional and physical abuse that goes along with it leaves these girls traumatised for life.

Michael V said:

party_pants said:

Michael V said:

Gosh, what an idiot.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-02/driver-of-homemade-convertible-arrested/100110424

There is just so much … fail.. in this story.

Also, I think given the nighttime pictures they should have said 10 pm rather than am. I think that is a journo’s fail to add to the litany of fail in this miserable story.

“Police said they were patrolling Jetty Road just before 1:00am today when the occupants of a white car yelled out at them before the car ran a red light.”

(My emphasis.)

It must have been fixed. I looked twice before I posted that.

Tamb said:

buffy said:

Didja miss me? Lost NBN about 10.15. Back now. But we had to turn the wall modem off, and on again, to get everything running again.

Do you turn it off at night?

No

Dark Orange said:

Witty Rejoinder said:

buffy said:

Didja miss me? Lost NBN about 10.15. Back now. But we had to turn the wall modem off, and on again, to get everything running again.

The inability to tell your internet friends that you’ve lost your internet is one of life’s great trials.

But it also presents opportunities. “I wasn’t ignoring you, my internet was down”

I went outside and did Other Things. (not mowing)

buffy said:

Tamb said:

Witty Rejoinder said:

How old was your BDW when you got him?

Oh I so wish I could have a dog. I’ve had at least one since I was born.
Now, because I have to go to Cairns for 9 days every month I have to content myself with patting other people’s dogs.

Ours do pet duty with Auntie Annie. Because she can’t manage her own dog any more (well, she hasn’t had one for about twenty years now, she just acquires ours to sit on the couch with her as required. Have you got a neighbour you could do something like this with?

If it were every now and again, yes. Because it’s every month and for 9 days at a time it’s too much to ask.

buffy said:

Tamb said:

buffy said:

Didja miss me? Lost NBN about 10.15. Back now. But we had to turn the wall modem off, and on again, to get everything running again.

Do you turn it off at night?

No

Reason I asked is that I was advised to switch it off overnight to allow it to update, etc.
It’s satellite & only used for the computer so I don’t miss any messages as the phone is on Boost.

Tamb said:

buffy said:

Tamb said:

Oh I so wish I could have a dog. I’ve had at least one since I was born.
Now, because I have to go to Cairns for 9 days every month I have to content myself with patting other people’s dogs.

Ours do pet duty with Auntie Annie. Because she can’t manage her own dog any more (well, she hasn’t had one for about twenty years now, she just acquires ours to sit on the couch with her as required. Have you got a neighbour you could do something like this with?

If it were every now and again, yes. Because it’s every month and for 9 days at a time it’s too much to ask.

Have you considered a neighbourhood pet co operative time share if you like

Tamb said:

buffy said:

Tamb said:

Oh I so wish I could have a dog. I’ve had at least one since I was born.
Now, because I have to go to Cairns for 9 days every month I have to content myself with patting other people’s dogs.

Ours do pet duty with Auntie Annie. Because she can’t manage her own dog any more (well, she hasn’t had one for about twenty years now, she just acquires ours to sit on the couch with her as required. Have you got a neighbour you could do something like this with?

If it were every now and again, yes. Because it’s every month and for 9 days at a time it’s too much to ask.

Oh, I think you misunderstand. I mean have you got a neighbour with a dog who is willing to let you have the dog for company sometimes?

Tamb said:

buffy said:

Tamb said:

Do you turn it off at night?

No

Reason I asked is that I was advised to switch it off overnight to allow it to update, etc.
It’s satellite & only used for the computer so I don’t miss any messages as the phone is on Boost.

Our NBN is wireless…dish on the roof pointing at the phone tower up on Mt Rouse (just on the edge of town).

kryten said:

Tamb said:

buffy said:

Ours do pet duty with Auntie Annie. Because she can’t manage her own dog any more (well, she hasn’t had one for about twenty years now, she just acquires ours to sit on the couch with her as required. Have you got a neighbour you could do something like this with?

If it were every now and again, yes. Because it’s every month and for 9 days at a time it’s too much to ask.

Have you considered a neighbourhood pet co operative time share if you like

I’ve been looking but no luck so far.

buffy said:

Tamb said:

buffy said:

Ours do pet duty with Auntie Annie. Because she can’t manage her own dog any more (well, she hasn’t had one for about twenty years now, she just acquires ours to sit on the couch with her as required. Have you got a neighbour you could do something like this with?

If it were every now and again, yes. Because it’s every month and for 9 days at a time it’s too much to ask.

Oh, I think you misunderstand. I mean have you got a neighbour with a dog who is willing to let you have the dog for company sometimes?

What a good idea! Well done.

Tamb said:

kryten said:

Tamb said:

If it were every now and again, yes. Because it’s every month and for 9 days at a time it’s too much to ask.

Have you considered a neighbourhood pet co operative time share if you like

I’ve been looking but no luck so far.

I am sure JungleNut (in Cairns) and Gypsy would happily puppysit while you are in Cairns.

ChrispenEvan said:

it’s the evil sister’s birthday today.

Oh, is it May already?

I went to a Jewish church service yesterday.

Really interesting. The chairs were more comfortable than any I’ve sat in before in a church. I took as much note as possible of their construction. Steel looping frame for the legs. Plastic side back supports. Relatively thing padded seat, and webbed back.

The service was in a mixture of hebrew and english, enough english for anyone who didn’t understand hebrew. The music varied between limits of arabic, greek (zorba the greek), and christian. Dancing resembled scottish country dancing.

Left me with a few questions. Looking up the answers on wikipedia.

Who invented the “star of david”? It was invented in the 17th century. Before the 19th century, official use in Jewish communities was generally known only in the Czech Republic and Austria. The symbol was chosen as the central symbol on a flag at the First Zionist Congress in 1897. It was not considered an exclusively Jewish symbol until after it began to be used on the gravestones of fallen Jewish soldiers in World War I. So, recent.

Christians use ‘Jesus’, Bach used ‘Jesu’, Jews use ‘Jeshua’, why? ‘Jesu’ comes from Middle English. During the late 19th Century, as “Jesu” was increasingly seen as antiquated, some churches attempted to update the wording of hymns containing “Jesu” to “Jesus”. Jeshua (יֵשׁ֡וּעַ), a variant of Yehoshua.

Christians say ‘Messiah’. Jews say ‘Mashiach’ which is romanised Hebrew.

Why do they say ‘Adonai’ rather than ‘Yhwh’ or ‘Elohim’? Perhaps ‘Yhwh’ and ‘Elohim’ are considered too sacred to say. ‘Adonai’ tends to get translated as ‘Lord’. In the Bible it is used as a royal title and as the name of prominent people, not just as a name for god. (Thinking outside the box, mollwollfumble wonders if ‘Adonai’ most accurately translates to ‘slave owner’).

‘Shalom’ is a Hebrew word meaning peace, harmony, wholeness, completeness, prosperity, welfare and tranquility and can be used idiomatically to mean both hello and goodbye.

‘Amen’ is used as often in Jewish as in Christain religions.

Anyway, was interested by how recent the adoption of the star of David is.

Dark Orange said:

Tamb said:

kryten said:

Have you considered a neighbourhood pet co operative time share if you like

I’ve been looking but no luck so far.

I am sure JungleNut (in Cairns) and Gypsy would happily puppysit while you are in Cairns.

Thanks DO.

Junior sprog just sent me that.

Stomach bug.

TIL:

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (members of the band Nine Inch Nails) wrote the score for “The Social Network” and the 23 non-jazz pieces of music from the Disney film “Soul”.

They’ve come a long way from the song “Closer”.

Where I live the conduit drain pipe from the a/c drains flows across a conrcete path , which then drains onto the lawn.

The a/c was installed about 12 years ago , anyway the water flow has taken the tops layers of the concrete off , showing the gravel stones used in the mix of the concrete. Why did this infrequent slow flow erode the concrete but rainfall flows haven’t?

Bubblecar said:

Stomach bug.

you?