Do I have to do everything around here?

Bogsnorkler said:

Do I have to do everything around here?

You needn’t do the mowing. That’s buffy’s job.

Bogsnorkler said:

Do I have to do everything around here?

Yes.

Why do you ask?

Tamb said:

Bogsnorkler said:

Do I have to do everything around here?

You needn’t do the mowing. That’s buffy’s job.

OK, the mowing goes without saying.

The Rev Dodgson said:

Bogsnorkler said:

Do I have to do everything around here?

Yes.

Why do you ask?

I ask because I have to do everything.

Bogsnorkler said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Bogsnorkler said:

Do I have to do everything around here?

Yes.

Why do you ask?

I ask because I have to do everything.

If you know you have to do everything then why do you ask?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLTGXblgUoc&ab_channel=RemixMatrix

lol

Bogsnorkler said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Bogsnorkler said:

Do I have to do everything around here?

Yes.

Why do you ask?

I ask because I have to do everything.

Fair point.

Hmm, just spoken with the Ross people and I could do my shopping in Coles Launceston tomorrow, BUT:

a) Sister has to be at the LGH by 7:30am to wait for her little facial operation.
b) Op will only take about 40 minutes but she could be waiting for hours.
c) Which means I’ll have to be up very early and
d) Wait around for hours too, once I’ve finished shopping.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/sep/01/real-life-man-from-snowy-river-was-aboriginal-new-book-argues

Bubblecar said:

Hmm, just spoken with the Ross people and I could do my shopping in Coles Launceston tomorrow, BUT:

a) Sister has to be at the LGH by 7:30am to wait for her little facial operation.
b) Op will only take about 40 minutes but she could be waiting for hours.
c) Which means I’ll have to be up very early and
d) Wait around for hours too, once I’ve finished shopping.

One cup of head-clearing tea later, I’ve called them back and declined the offer, because it will mean getting up at 5am after having gone to bed only a few fours earlier.

What will happen instead is that they’ll call me when they’re leaving Launceston and I’ll walk to the local IGA and do my shopping, in time for them to pick me up and take me & shopping home.

Bubblecar said:

Bubblecar said:

Hmm, just spoken with the Ross people and I could do my shopping in Coles Launceston tomorrow, BUT:

a) Sister has to be at the LGH by 7:30am to wait for her little facial operation.
b) Op will only take about 40 minutes but she could be waiting for hours.
c) Which means I’ll have to be up very early and
d) Wait around for hours too, once I’ve finished shopping.

One cup of head-clearing tea later, I’ve called them back and declined the offer, because it will mean getting up at 5am after having gone to bed only a few fours earlier.

What will happen instead is that they’ll call me when they’re leaving Launceston and I’ll walk to the local IGA and do my shopping, in time for them to pick me up and take me & shopping home.

that works.

Bubblecar said:

Bubblecar said:

Hmm, just spoken with the Ross people and I could do my shopping in Coles Launceston tomorrow, BUT:

a) Sister has to be at the LGH by 7:30am to wait for her little facial operation.
b) Op will only take about 40 minutes but she could be waiting for hours.
c) Which means I’ll have to be up very early and
d) Wait around for hours too, once I’ve finished shopping.

One cup of head-clearing tea later, I’ve called them back and declined the offer, because it will mean getting up at 5am after having gone to bed only a few fours earlier.

What will happen instead is that they’ll call me when they’re leaving Launceston and I’ll walk to the local IGA and do my shopping, in time for them to pick me up and take me & shopping home.

You need one of these, Parpyone. It’s “demolition dual purpose”, so the pic says.

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/193827975629?hash=item2d210c31cd:g:qFIAAOSwW-Bf7EZ5

Woodie said:

Bubblecar said:

Bubblecar said:

Hmm, just spoken with the Ross people and I could do my shopping in Coles Launceston tomorrow, BUT:

a) Sister has to be at the LGH by 7:30am to wait for her little facial operation.
b) Op will only take about 40 minutes but she could be waiting for hours.
c) Which means I’ll have to be up very early and
d) Wait around for hours too, once I’ve finished shopping.

One cup of head-clearing tea later, I’ve called them back and declined the offer, because it will mean getting up at 5am after having gone to bed only a few fours earlier.

What will happen instead is that they’ll call me when they’re leaving Launceston and I’ll walk to the local IGA and do my shopping, in time for them to pick me up and take me & shopping home.

You need one of these, Parpyone. It’s “demolition dual purpose”, so the pic says.

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/193827975629?hash=item2d210c31cd:g:qFIAAOSwW-Bf7EZ5

Trouble is some of the route isn’t really trolley-friendly.

I used to occasionally take my wheelbarrow but I’d get funny looks pushing a barrow of shopping home and even one rather rude lady filming me.

Bubblecar said:

Woodie said:

Bubblecar said:

One cup of head-clearing tea later, I’ve called them back and declined the offer, because it will mean getting up at 5am after having gone to bed only a few fours earlier.

What will happen instead is that they’ll call me when they’re leaving Launceston and I’ll walk to the local IGA and do my shopping, in time for them to pick me up and take me & shopping home.

You need one of these, Parpyone. It’s “demolition dual purpose”, so the pic says.

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/193827975629?hash=item2d210c31cd:g:qFIAAOSwW-Bf7EZ5

Trouble is some of the route isn’t really trolley-friendly.

I used to occasionally take my wheelbarrow but I’d get funny looks pushing a barrow of shopping home and even one rather rude lady filming me.

bunnings has one that is more a four wheeled trolley and it looks handy.

i’m slurpin’t my coffee
I tilts’t cup
yes now little look-see
empty nuh
‘bout 30% left there be
‘re gulpin’t
20% did sounds piggy
am finish’t
there done completely
I gettin’ up
yeah go do stuff jobsy
I whipper’t
that green grass i’ll be

They. Don’t. Care.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lQR6cHk4pc

The problem with Friendly jordies seeing hiimself as a comedian is that this stuff isn’t funny…It is closer to political journalism than most of the press get to these days.

Packing done ready for the commencement of round 33 of treatment.

Tamb said:

Packing done ready for the commencement of round 33 of treatment.

Hope it goes well for you..

sarahs mum said:

They. Don’t. Care.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lQR6cHk4pc

The problem with Friendly jordies seeing hiimself as a comedian is that this stuff isn’t funny…It is closer to political journalism than most of the press get to these days.

watched that, now really going

sarahs mum said:

Tamb said:

Packing done ready for the commencement of round 33 of treatment.

Hope it goes well for you..

The doc is quietly confident.
I must ask him again about covid vax. Last time he said definitely not.

Tamb said:

Packing done ready for the commencement of round 33 of treatment.

I hope it all goes well.

:)

Tamb said:

sarahs mum said:

Tamb said:

Packing done ready for the commencement of round 33 of treatment.

Hope it goes well for you..

The doc is quietly confident.
I must ask him again about covid vax. Last time he said definitely not.

I’m still around if you’re up for a coffee.

Michael V said:

Tamb said:

Packing done ready for the commencement of round 33 of treatment.

I hope it all goes well.

:)

They are going to let me ring the bell when my needle count reaches 500.
The bell usually signifies end of IV type treatment when remission is achieved but 500 needles is a milestone for an incurable but treatable cancer.

Dark Orange said:

Tamb said:

sarahs mum said:

Hope it goes well for you..

The doc is quietly confident.
I must ask him again about covid vax. Last time he said definitely not.

I’m still around if you’re up for a coffee.

OK. Next week would be good.
I’m taking the lappie so I’ll remain in contact

Well it’s the first of September and there’s a sweet scent of fruit blossom in the air, so I’m officially calling:

SPRING!

…in honour of which I shall purchase a bottle of single malt whisky upon the ‘morrow.

Former Tasmanian premier Lara Giddings calls for Susan Neill-Fraser case to be reopened
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-01/susan-neill-fraser-innocent-says-giddings-gaffney/100423316

sarahs mum said:

Former Tasmanian premier Lara Giddings calls for Susan Neill-Fraser case to be reopened
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-01/susan-neill-fraser-innocent-says-giddings-gaffney/100423316

Welease Fwaser.

Terrific news on the economy today.
Well done Scott and Josh and the team.

Portmaggie cottage and beach, Dumfries and Galloway.

Bubblecar said:

Well it’s the first of September and there’s a sweet scent of fruit blossom in the air, so I’m officially calling:

SPRING!

…in honour of which I shall purchase a bottle of single malt whisky upon the ‘morrow.

At the price point you’re considering, a 12-year-old blend might be more satisfying than a No-Age-Statement single malt.

sarahs mum said:

Portmaggie cottage and beach, Dumfries and Galloway.

It’s a pleasing spot that would be greatly improved by some hardy trees.

Bubblecar said:

Bubblecar said:

Well it’s the first of September and there’s a sweet scent of fruit blossom in the air, so I’m officially calling:

SPRING!

…in honour of which I shall purchase a bottle of single malt whisky upon the ‘morrow.

At the price point you’re considering, a 12-year-old blend might be more satisfying than a No-Age-Statement single malt.

get a little shaved jarlsburg to serve with your pears.

Peak Warming Man said:

Terrific news on the economy today.
Well done Scott and Josh and the team.

Yeah nah:

Australian house prices have become even more expensive, with coronavirus lockdowns across NSW, Victoria and the ACT having practically no impact on property values.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-01/property-housing-corelogic-house-prices-rise/100423896

Bubblecar said:

sarahs mum said:

Portmaggie cottage and beach, Dumfries and Galloway.

It’s a pleasing spot that would be greatly improved by some hardy trees.

satellite broadband. Not enough bottom land for a coo.

Bubblecar said:

sarahs mum said:

Portmaggie cottage and beach, Dumfries and Galloway.

It’s a pleasing spot that would be greatly improved by some hardy trees.

Looks like Cornwall (only colder)

sarahs mum said:

Bubblecar said:

Bubblecar said:

Well it’s the first of September and there’s a sweet scent of fruit blossom in the air, so I’m officially calling:

SPRING!

…in honour of which I shall purchase a bottle of single malt whisky upon the ‘morrow.

At the price point you’re considering, a 12-year-old blend might be more satisfying than a No-Age-Statement single malt.

get a little shaved jarlsburg to serve with your pears.

There will be some cheese, not sure what at this stage. And some nice olives, and various fruit.

sarahs mum said:

Bubblecar said:

Bubblecar said:

Well it’s the first of September and there’s a sweet scent of fruit blossom in the air, so I’m officially calling:

SPRING!

…in honour of which I shall purchase a bottle of single malt whisky upon the ‘morrow.

At the price point you’re considering, a 12-year-old blend might be more satisfying than a No-Age-Statement single malt.

get a little shaved jarlsburg to serve with your pears.

Planning on having NZ epicure, green olives, savoury crackers & 2018 wild blend red.

sarahs mum said:

Portmaggie cottage and beach, Dumfries and Galloway.

The pub at Portmagee.

sibeen said:

sarahs mum said:

Portmaggie cottage and beach, Dumfries and Galloway.

The pub at Portmagee.

Does it do tea?

sarahs mum said:

sibeen said:

sarahs mum said:

Portmaggie cottage and beach, Dumfries and Galloway.

The pub at Portmagee.

Does it do tea?

(dinner)

Tamb said:

sarahs mum said:

Bubblecar said:

At the price point you’re considering, a 12-year-old blend might be more satisfying than a No-Age-Statement single malt.

get a little shaved jarlsburg to serve with your pears.

Planning on having NZ epicure, green olives, savoury crackers & 2018 wild blend red.

Goodo. I’ll get some fine wine too.

sarahs mum said:

sibeen said:

sarahs mum said:

Portmaggie cottage and beach, Dumfries and Galloway.

The pub at Portmagee.

Does it do tea?

Portmagee cottage in Dumfries is not Portmagee township in Ireland.

sarahs mum said:

sarahs mum said:

sibeen said:

The pub at Portmagee.

Does it do tea?

Portmagee cottage in Dumfries is not Portmagee township in Ireland.

https://www.cottages.com/cottages/portamaggie-cottage-uk5770

sarahs mum said:

Portmaggie cottage and beach, Dumfries and Galloway.

This is the cottage I hired for a week for me and siblings and families right at the northern tip of Scotland a few years ago. Beautiful spot and quite cheap.

Peak Warming Man said:

Terrific news on the economy today.
Well done Scott and Josh and the team.

Is it an economically economical economy, Mr Man?

sarahs mum said:

Bubblecar said:

sarahs mum said:

Portmaggie cottage and beach, Dumfries and Galloway.

It’s a pleasing spot that would be greatly improved by some hardy trees.

satellite broadband. Not enough bottom land for a coo.

Angus. Scotland’s most famous coo with Mz Tamb.

sarahs mum said:

sarahs mum said:

sarahs mum said:

Does it do tea?

Portmagee cottage in Dumfries is not Portmagee township in Ireland.

https://www.cottages.com/cottages/portamaggie-cottage-uk5770

feedback is terrible.

sarahs mum said:

sibeen said:

sarahs mum said:

Portmaggie cottage and beach, Dumfries and Galloway.

The pub at Portmagee.

Does it do tea?

Probably a Ploughmans. But that’s for lunch, mostly.

sarahs mum said:

sarahs mum said:

sibeen said:

The pub at Portmagee.

Does it do tea?

(dinner)

It did the last time I was there, about 15 years ago :)

Peak Warming Man said:

sarahs mum said:

Portmaggie cottage and beach, Dumfries and Galloway.

This is the cottage I hired for a week for me and siblings and families right at the northern tip of Scotland a few years ago. Beautiful spot and quite cheap.

That looks lovely. and you can drive to the door.

Tamb said:

sarahs mum said:

Bubblecar said:

It’s a pleasing spot that would be greatly improved by some hardy trees.

satellite broadband. Not enough bottom land for a coo.

Angus. Scotland’s most famous coo with Mz Tamb.

:)

sarahs mum said:

sarahs mum said:

sibeen said:

The pub at Portmagee.

Does it do tea?

Portmagee cottage in Dumfries is not Portmagee township in Ireland.

Yes, I know that, I was just playing upon the name similarity.

Tamb said:

sarahs mum said:

Bubblecar said:

It’s a pleasing spot that would be greatly improved by some hardy trees.

satellite broadband. Not enough bottom land for a coo.

Angus. Scotland’s most famous coo with Mz Tamb.

I’d like some coos.

Peak Warming Man said:

sarahs mum said:

Portmaggie cottage and beach, Dumfries and Galloway.

This is the cottage I hired for a week for me and siblings and families right at the northern tip of Scotland a few years ago. Beautiful spot and quite cheap.

Did it come with complimentary kilt and whiskey?

sibeen said:

sarahs mum said:

sarahs mum said:

Does it do tea?

Portmagee cottage in Dumfries is not Portmagee township in Ireland.

Yes, I know that, I was just playing upon the name similarity.

I didn’t know that.

sarahs mum said:

sarahs mum said:

sarahs mum said:

Portmagee cottage in Dumfries is not Portmagee township in Ireland.

https://www.cottages.com/cottages/portamaggie-cottage-uk5770

feedback is terrible.

Very mixed bag, ratings from one to ten, but a lot of complaints about the grubbiness.

Pops in

Been jabbed with AstraZeneca dose 1

No side effects

Drowsy Maggie – The Chieftains & Friends
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-yNPtB454g

Tau.Neutrino said:

Pops in

Been jabbed with AstraZeneca dose 1

No side effects

Give it a chance. By tonight you may be feeling a bit poorly, but it won’t last long.

Bubblecar said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

Pops in

Been jabbed with AstraZeneca dose 1

No side effects

Give it a chance. By tonight you may be feeling a bit poorly, but it won’t last long.

Ok, nothing as yet.

Tau.Neutrino said:

Pops in

Been jabbed with AstraZeneca dose 1

No side effects

just wait. Be sure to have a hot water bottle and a thick blanket at the ready.

I got my second AZ injectio last Friday.

Zero effects on both occasions.

Woodie said:

Peak Warming Man said:

sarahs mum said:

Portmaggie cottage and beach, Dumfries and Galloway.

This is the cottage I hired for a week for me and siblings and families right at the northern tip of Scotland a few years ago. Beautiful spot and quite cheap.

Did it come with complimentary kilt and whiskey?

Unfortunately not but it was beautifully appointed, built by a chap in Edenborough who used it as a holiday home for his family and hired it out other times. He crashed his plane and was in a wheelchair so it had all the accessibility stuff if needed. He died a few years ago and his daughters take the bookings now, you get the keys off a nearby crofter, it’s very remote.

sarahs mum said:

Portmaggie cottage and beach, Dumfries and Galloway.

Looks interesting, but cold.

Tau.Neutrino said:

Pops in

Been jabbed with AstraZeneca dose 1

No side effects

I had a bit of side effects, didn’t last long

captain_spalding said:

I got my second AZ injectio last Friday.

Zero effects on both occasions.

You sure it’s not making you forgetful?

Robbie Burns lived in Dumfries.

Peak Warming Man said:

Robbie Burns lived in Dumfries.

And Ayr.

Tau.Neutrino said:

Pops in

Been jabbed with AstraZeneca dose 1

No side effects

Phew.

dinner cooking, sausages in the grill, have them in bread shortly

lady just checking her QR code thingy on her phone, online, make sure all works proper

and i’m grass top to bottom, been whippered, and dusty, and perspiring, so sticky too

getting the yard all safe

transition said:

dinner cooking, sausages in the grill, have them in bread shortly

lady just checking her QR code thingy on her phone, online, make sure all works proper

and i’m grass top to bottom, been whippered, and dusty, and perspiring, so sticky too

getting the yard all safe

lunch, see the confusion lingers

lunch landed

transition said:

lunch landed

Roger.

Peak Warming Man said:

transition said:

lunch landed

Roger.

how’s the weather your end

transition said:

Peak Warming Man said:

transition said:

lunch landed

Roger.

how’s the weather your end

Food. Now there’s an idea.

26.3°C not a cloud in the sky.

roughbarked said:

transition said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Roger.

how’s the weather your end

Food. Now there’s an idea.

26.3°C not a cloud in the sky.

Max of 16 today but a scorching 22 expected tomorrow.

roughbarked said:

transition said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Roger.

how’s the weather your end

Food. Now there’s an idea.

26.3°C not a cloud in the sky.

19° here with no clouds, no wind.

Bubblecar said:

roughbarked said:

transition said:

how’s the weather your end

Food. Now there’s an idea.

26.3°C not a cloud in the sky.

Max of 16 today but a scorching 22 expected tomorrow.

22 expected here too.

Bubblecar said:

roughbarked said:

transition said:

how’s the weather your end

Food. Now there’s an idea.

26.3°C not a cloud in the sky.

Max of 16 today but a scorching 22 expected tomorrow.

Better iron a shirt, you won’t be able to hide a creased example under a pullover.

Bubblecar said:

Bubblecar said:

roughbarked said:

Food. Now there’s an idea.

26.3°C not a cloud in the sky.

Max of 16 today but a scorching 22 expected tomorrow.

Better iron a shirt, you won’t be able to hide a creased example under a pullover.

22° here. Plunging to 17°

Tau.Neutrino said:

Pops in

Been jabbed with AstraZeneca dose 1

No side effects

I trust Astrid is treating you well.

Tau.Neutrino said:

Bubblecar said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

Pops in

Been jabbed with AstraZeneca dose 1

No side effects

Give it a chance. By tonight you may be feeling a bit poorly, but it won’t last long.

Ok, nothing as yet.

What about now?

transition said:

Peak Warming Man said:

transition said:

lunch landed

Roger.

how’s the weather your end

Quite warm and clear.

We are back. It will take me some time to catch up. And download some photos from my camera. And make my notes in my field notebook about what flowers are out. I dug up some orchids and have replanted them here with some of their native soil…they might survive. Or they might not. Stopped in Hamilton on the way home and picked up roast pork belly from IGA for tea. All marked down to half price, so it only cost $6 for our protein and fat portions for tea tonight.

captain_spalding said:

I got my second AZ injectio last Friday.

Zero effects on both occasions.

I’m up for my 2nd prick next Choosdee. I’ll be a double prickee then. 😎

buffy said:

We are back. It will take me some time to catch up. And download some photos from my camera. And make my notes in my field notebook about what flowers are out. I dug up some orchids and have replanted them here with some of their native soil…they might survive. Or they might not. Stopped in Hamilton on the way home and picked up roast pork belly from IGA for tea. All marked down to half price, so it only cost $6 for our protein and fat portions for tea tonight.

Just leftovers here but tomorrow I’m thinking a meat treat. Probably lamb chops cooked on a bed of vermicelli in a pie dish, with tomatoes, olives, garlic, herbs etc.

Woodie said:

captain_spalding said:

I got my second AZ injectio last Friday.

Zero effects on both occasions.

I’m up for my 2nd prick next Choosdee. I’ll be a double prickee then. 😎

September 10 for our seconds.

Bubblecar said:

buffy said:

We are back. It will take me some time to catch up. And download some photos from my camera. And make my notes in my field notebook about what flowers are out. I dug up some orchids and have replanted them here with some of their native soil…they might survive. Or they might not. Stopped in Hamilton on the way home and picked up roast pork belly from IGA for tea. All marked down to half price, so it only cost $6 for our protein and fat portions for tea tonight.

Just leftovers here but tomorrow I’m thinking a meat treat. Probably lamb chops cooked on a bed of vermicelli in a pie dish, with tomatoes, olives, garlic, herbs etc.

You’ll want a full-bodied red with that. This one’s on special.

Bubblecar said:

Bubblecar said:

buffy said:

We are back. It will take me some time to catch up. And download some photos from my camera. And make my notes in my field notebook about what flowers are out. I dug up some orchids and have replanted them here with some of their native soil…they might survive. Or they might not. Stopped in Hamilton on the way home and picked up roast pork belly from IGA for tea. All marked down to half price, so it only cost $6 for our protein and fat portions for tea tonight.

Just leftovers here but tomorrow I’m thinking a meat treat. Probably lamb chops cooked on a bed of vermicelli in a pie dish, with tomatoes, olives, garlic, herbs etc.

You’ll want a full-bodied red with that. This one’s on special.

I’ve had that one. Quite palatable. Dan Murphys about $14

Bubblecar said:

Bubblecar said:

buffy said:

We are back. It will take me some time to catch up. And download some photos from my camera. And make my notes in my field notebook about what flowers are out. I dug up some orchids and have replanted them here with some of their native soil…they might survive. Or they might not. Stopped in Hamilton on the way home and picked up roast pork belly from IGA for tea. All marked down to half price, so it only cost $6 for our protein and fat portions for tea tonight.

Just leftovers here but tomorrow I’m thinking a meat treat. Probably lamb chops cooked on a bed of vermicelli in a pie dish, with tomatoes, olives, garlic, herbs etc.

You’ll want a full-bodied red with that. This one’s on special.

Aproved!

Bubblecar said:

Bubblecar said:

buffy said:

We are back. It will take me some time to catch up. And download some photos from my camera. And make my notes in my field notebook about what flowers are out. I dug up some orchids and have replanted them here with some of their native soil…they might survive. Or they might not. Stopped in Hamilton on the way home and picked up roast pork belly from IGA for tea. All marked down to half price, so it only cost $6 for our protein and fat portions for tea tonight.

Just leftovers here but tomorrow I’m thinking a meat treat. Probably lamb chops cooked on a bed of vermicelli in a pie dish, with tomatoes, olives, garlic, herbs etc.

You’ll want a full-bodied red with that. This one’s on special.

I have yet to find a wine that I like, I want a smooth red that is not sharp and leaves your moth like the bottom of a cockys cage in the morning.

Tau.Neutrino said:

Pops in

Been jabbed with AstraZeneca dose 1

No side effects

Hang on, I’ll get my notes (because I wrote them when I was jabbed because I expect to be asked when I go for the second one, and I won’t remember for three months what happened)

9/6/21: 12noon…AZ jab

Bedtime…Really cold feet, unusual for me. I had to put socks on in bed, and wrap a blanket around my feet as well. No other parts of my body got cold like this. Effect gone by morning. Midnight…woke with a mild headache between my brows. I’m not a headache person. I went back to sleep

10/6/21: Headache still present on waking. Solved with a Panadol and half an hour of time for it to work. Pretty flat and fatigued that day, weather was cold and raining and I treated myself to a day in bed reading. It’s a long, long time since I spent a day in bed. I could have been using it as an excuse…

11/6/21: Back to normal physical activities. Lump and redness now evident at injection site, tender, not sore. Less site reaction than the fluvax I had a couple of weeks prior

That evening I was advised of the death of my close friend. I was really flat for a few days, but I think that was mourning, not a vax reaction. A week after the injection I had normal arm strength at archery and was well and truly back into my heavy gardening capabilities.

Because I’d not heard of the cold feet being an adverse event, I reported it to SAEFVIC, the website for reporting such things in Victoria. I didn’t bother with the other stuff, as all the other things were expected possibilities.

Peak Warming Man said:

Bubblecar said:

Bubblecar said:

Just leftovers here but tomorrow I’m thinking a meat treat. Probably lamb chops cooked on a bed of vermicelli in a pie dish, with tomatoes, olives, garlic, herbs etc.

You’ll want a full-bodied red with that. This one’s on special.

I have yet to find a wine that I like, I want a smooth red that is not sharp and leaves your moth like the bottom of a cockys cage in the morning.

Your palate might have been compromised by all those years of daily popular cola.

back for fuel or whatever

https://theconversation.com/street-life-aint-easy-for-a-stray-cat-with-most-dying-before-they-turn-1-so-whats-the-best-way-to-deal-with-them-164796

Bogsnorkler said:

https://theconversation.com/street-life-aint-easy-for-a-stray-cat-with-most-dying-before-they-turn-1-so-whats-the-best-way-to-deal-with-them-164796

Catch and neuter?

buffy said:

We are back. It will take me some time to catch up. And download some photos from my camera. And make my notes in my field notebook about what flowers are out. I dug up some orchids and have replanted them here with some of their native soil…they might survive. Or they might not. Stopped in Hamilton on the way home and picked up roast pork belly from IGA for tea. All marked down to half price, so it only cost $6 for our protein and fat portions for tea tonight.

Thing about terrestrial orchids, is that they have very little leaf surface so they rely on their companions to share their food.

roughbarked said:

buffy said:

We are back. It will take me some time to catch up. And download some photos from my camera. And make my notes in my field notebook about what flowers are out. I dug up some orchids and have replanted them here with some of their native soil…they might survive. Or they might not. Stopped in Hamilton on the way home and picked up roast pork belly from IGA for tea. All marked down to half price, so it only cost $6 for our protein and fat portions for tea tonight.

Thing about terrestrial orchids, is that they have very little leaf surface so they rely on their companions to share their food.

Takes a lot of knowledge and skill to care for orchids. If everybody dug them up, there will come a day when there are none left.

Woodie said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

Pops in

Been jabbed with AstraZeneca dose 1

No side effects

I trust Astrid is treating you well.

I had to look that up.

Woodie said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

Bubblecar said:

Give it a chance. By tonight you may be feeling a bit poorly, but it won’t last long.

Ok, nothing as yet.

What about now?

Still nothing, Still waiting.

Bubblecar said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Bubblecar said:

You’ll want a full-bodied red with that. This one’s on special.

I have yet to find a wine that I like, I want a smooth red that is not sharp and leaves your moth like the bottom of a cockys cage in the morning.

Your palate might have been compromised by all those years of daily popular cola.

I had a glass of Houghton’s white last evening as I’d used a decent slug of it for the seafood linguine.

Today we released the Razorback into the wild.

It immediately ran off into the bush with Mr buffy.

It did bring him back again about an hour or so later…

Tau.Neutrino said:

Woodie said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

Ok, nothing as yet.

What about now?

Still nothing, Still waiting.

I had a quite sore jab site and surrounds for more than a week. Nothing else.

My 90 year old mother had no side effects whatsoever.

buffy said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

Pops in

Been jabbed with AstraZeneca dose 1

No side effects

Hang on, I’ll get my notes (because I wrote them when I was jabbed because I expect to be asked when I go for the second one, and I won’t remember for three months what happened)

9/6/21: 12noon…AZ jab

Bedtime…Really cold feet, unusual for me. I had to put socks on in bed, and wrap a blanket around my feet as well. No other parts of my body got cold like this. Effect gone by morning. Midnight…woke with a mild headache between my brows. I’m not a headache person. I went back to sleep

10/6/21: Headache still present on waking. Solved with a Panadol and half an hour of time for it to work. Pretty flat and fatigued that day, weather was cold and raining and I treated myself to a day in bed reading. It’s a long, long time since I spent a day in bed. I could have been using it as an excuse…

11/6/21: Back to normal physical activities. Lump and redness now evident at injection site, tender, not sore. Less site reaction than the fluvax I had a couple of weeks prior

That evening I was advised of the death of my close friend. I was really flat for a few days, but I think that was mourning, not a vax reaction. A week after the injection I had normal arm strength at archery and was well and truly back into my heavy gardening capabilities.

Because I’d not heard of the cold feet being an adverse event, I reported it to SAEFVIC, the website for reporting such things in Victoria. I didn’t bother with the other stuff, as all the other things were expected possibilities.

No coldness in feet here.

buffy said:

Today we released the Razorback into the wild.

It immediately ran off into the bush with Mr buffy.

It did bring him back again about an hour or so later…

It is a nice bit of bush.

I bought a thing…

Dark Orange said:

I bought a thing…

and you rolled it the first time you drove it?

Dark Orange said:

I bought a thing…

good thing.

roughbarked said:

Dark Orange said:

I bought a thing…

and you rolled it the first time you drove it?

They can right themselves with a bit of effort.

Tau.Neutrino said:

roughbarked said:

Dark Orange said:

I bought a thing…

and you rolled it the first time you drove it?

They can right themselves with a bit of effort.

If it ends up completely on its back it’ll be fucked.

sarahs mum said:

Dark Orange said:

I bought a thing…

good thing.

Yeah, blue ones are top shelf.

roughbarked said:

Dark Orange said:

I bought a thing…

and you rolled it the first time you drove it?

Didn’t get it completely over though.

Dark Orange said:

I bought a thing…

Have thingo, will dig. 😎

Woodie said:

Dark Orange said:

I bought a thing…

Have thingo, will dig. 😎

He’s looking for big nuggets.

roughbarked said:

Woodie said:

Dark Orange said:

I bought a thing…

Have thingo, will dig. 😎

He’s looking for big nuggets.

So is Woodie. ;)

test

Bogsnorkler said:

test

Woohoo, two buckets.

You used your bucket yet Woodie?

Peak Warming Man said:

You used your bucket yet Woodie?

Have you both got a new thingo?

Dark Orange said:

roughbarked said:

Woodie said:

Have thingo, will dig. 😎

He’s looking for big nuggets.

So is Woodie. ;)

I’ve got one of them (a blue one too) turning up on Friday. I’m getting the man in to do a bitta cleanin’ up.

Peak Warming Man said:

Bogsnorkler said:

test

Woohoo, two buckets.

Yes. A bucket list.

Peak Warming Man said:

You used your bucket yet Woodie?

I gotta 4-in-1. Ripped a few fence posts and stuff out. 😁

Woodie said:

Dark Orange said:

roughbarked said:

He’s looking for big nuggets.

So is Woodie. ;)

I’ve got one of them (a blue one too) turning up on Friday. I’m getting the man in to do a bitta cleanin’ up.

The man is also gunna have a big tree ripper outerer gizzmo attachment as well.

Woodie said:

Woodie said:

Dark Orange said:

So is Woodie. ;)

I’ve got one of them (a blue one too) turning up on Friday. I’m getting the man in to do a bitta cleanin’ up.

The man is also gunna have a big tree ripper outerer gizzmo attachment as well.

I think I’m going to have to start getting a man in to pull trees down the next time it has to happen. Trees are too big now and I’m a lot older.

captain_spalding said:

I got my second AZ injectio last Friday.

Zero effects on both occasions.

Mr buffy didn’t even have any tenderness at the jab site for his second dose. We think he got the placebo…

:)

Attachments can be handy.

buffy said:

captain_spalding said:

I got my second AZ injectio last Friday.

Zero effects on both occasions.

Mr buffy didn’t even have any tenderness at the jab site for his second dose. We think he got the placebo…

:)

If that’s the case, so did I. Astrid was very unexciting.

Major League Cricket is set to kick off in the US, it will be a T20 format.
Be interesting to see how that goes.

Peak Warming Man said:

Major League Cricket is set to kick off in the US, it will be a T20 format.
Be interesting to see how that goes.

Surely you’re pulling my leg.

Michael V said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Major League Cricket is set to kick off in the US, it will be a T20 format.
Be interesting to see how that goes.

Surely you’re pulling my leg.

You’re not:

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

Michael V said:

Michael V said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Major League Cricket is set to kick off in the US, it will be a T20 format.
Be interesting to see how that goes.

Surely you’re pulling my leg.

You’re not:

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

Yep and it’s quite a big comp with 27 teams.
https://www.majorleaguecricket.com/

Peak Warming Man said:

Michael V said:

Michael V said:

Surely you’re pulling my leg.

You’re not:

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

Yep and it’s quite a big comp with 27 teams.
https://www.majorleaguecricket.com/

Good!

:)

Well daughter in law just went for her week 38 check-up. Baby is estimated to be about 4kg at the moment. Scheduled in for inducement next Wednesday if the baby does not come before then.

Exciting times

This image won the Bird Photograph of the Year, taken at the US Mexico border.

Trevtaowillgetyounowhere said:

Well daughter in law just went for her week 38 check-up. Baby is estimated to be about 4kg at the moment. Scheduled in for inducement next Wednesday if the baby does not come before then.

Exciting times

What sort of inducements will they be offering the baby?

Peak Warming Man said:

Trevtaowillgetyounowhere said:

Well daughter in law just went for her week 38 check-up. Baby is estimated to be about 4kg at the moment. Scheduled in for inducement next Wednesday if the baby does not come before then.

Exciting times

What sort of inducements will they be offering the baby?

a $10 note.

Peak Warming Man said:

This image won the Bird Photograph of the Year, taken at the US Mexico border.

beep! beep!

Bogsnorkler said:

Peak Warming Man said:

This image won the Bird Photograph of the Year, taken at the US Mexico border.

beep! beep!

Yes. A roadrunner.

:)

Looks like he’s just about to spit it out.

https://www.cla.asn.au/News/calls-for-tas-attorney-general-to-re-open-snf-appeal/

Bubblecar said:

Looks like he’s just about to spit it out.

I’d be a difficult eater too if dry Vita-Brits were on the menu.

sarahs mum said:

https://www.cla.asn.au/News/calls-for-tas-attorney-general-to-re-open-snf-appeal/

It’s been a long time.

Peak Warming Man said:

Michael V said:

Michael V said:

Surely you’re pulling my leg.

You’re not:

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

Yep and it’s quite a big comp with 27 teams.
https://www.majorleaguecricket.com/

Is it gunna be on the tele?

Something you don’t find any more, thankfully – tins of fish that don’t identify the fish.

Woodie said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Michael V said:

You’re not:

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

Yep and it’s quite a big comp with 27 teams.
https://www.majorleaguecricket.com/

Is it gunna be on the tele?

Probably not on our telly.

Bubblecar said:

Something you don’t find any more, thankfully – tins of fish that don’t identify the fish.

probably the fish that john west rejects.

The curry prawns and rice was brilliant, I enhanced it even more with some Rosella tomato sauce.

Peak Warming Man said:

The curry prawns and rice was brilliant, I enhanced it even more with some Rosella tomato sauce.

Stirrer…

Peak Warming Man said:

The curry prawns and rice was brilliant, I enhanced it even more with some Rosella tomato sauce.

LOL

speaking of tom sauce i remember the first time my future BiL came over for a sunday roast. mum had done a nice lamb roast with all the trimmings. Future Bil asked for tom sauce. There was a deathly silence. Mum said through gritted teeth, “you aren’t putting tomato sauce on my roast”.

Bogsnorkler said:

speaking of tom sauce i remember the first time my future BiL came over for a sunday roast. mum had done a nice lamb roast with all the trimmings. Future Bil asked for tom sauce. There was a deathly silence. Mum said through gritted teeth, “you aren’t putting tomato sauce on my roast”.

Fair enough.

New Zealand, 1962.

Bogsnorkler said:

speaking of tom sauce i remember the first time my future BiL came over for a sunday roast. mum had done a nice lamb roast with all the trimmings. Future Bil asked for tom sauce. There was a deathly silence. Mum said through gritted teeth, “you aren’t putting tomato sauce on my roast”.

MY brother Drew was like that. He would eat tomato sauce sandwiches. One day Brother John made field mushrooms in white wine. Drew put tomato sauce all over it. Upset John. Mum would get upset by Drew working the tomato sauce into the mashed potatoes with a knife as if he was making concrete. Mum said he was playing with his food.

I know some people have nice memories about eating meals with their family.

Bogsnorkler said:

speaking of tom sauce i remember the first time my future BiL came over for a sunday roast. mum had done a nice lamb roast with all the trimmings. Future Bil asked for tom sauce. There was a deathly silence. Mum said through gritted teeth, “you aren’t putting tomato sauce on my roast”.

Kryten: “Ketchup? You want Ketchup???” (1min 18 secs)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axDtj2bSduM

sarahs mum said:

Bogsnorkler said:

speaking of tom sauce i remember the first time my future BiL came over for a sunday roast. mum had done a nice lamb roast with all the trimmings. Future Bil asked for tom sauce. There was a deathly silence. Mum said through gritted teeth, “you aren’t putting tomato sauce on my roast”.

MY brother Drew was like that. He would eat tomato sauce sandwiches. One day Brother John made field mushrooms in white wine. Drew put tomato sauce all over it. Upset John. Mum would get upset by Drew working the tomato sauce into the mashed potatoes with a knife as if he was making concrete. Mum said he was playing with his food.

I know some people have nice memories about eating meals with their family.

I quite like tomato sauce sammiches. And I’ve been known to mix tom sauce into mashed potato. But I think I like peas mixed into mashed potato betterer.

:)

1950s Oz. A forgotten smallgoods brand.

Woodie said:

Bogsnorkler said:

speaking of tom sauce i remember the first time my future BiL came over for a sunday roast. mum had done a nice lamb roast with all the trimmings. Future Bil asked for tom sauce. There was a deathly silence. Mum said through gritted teeth, “you aren’t putting tomato sauce on my roast”.

Kryten: “Ketchup? You want Ketchup???” (1min 18 secs)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axDtj2bSduM

that is pretty much what happened. still we got him trained and he worked out ok in the end.

Woodie said:

Bogsnorkler said:

speaking of tom sauce i remember the first time my future BiL came over for a sunday roast. mum had done a nice lamb roast with all the trimmings. Future Bil asked for tom sauce. There was a deathly silence. Mum said through gritted teeth, “you aren’t putting tomato sauce on my roast”.

Kryten: “Ketchup? You want Ketchup???” (1min 18 secs)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axDtj2bSduM

I’d never heard the term brown ketchup before.

sibeen said:

Woodie said:

Bogsnorkler said:

speaking of tom sauce i remember the first time my future BiL came over for a sunday roast. mum had done a nice lamb roast with all the trimmings. Future Bil asked for tom sauce. There was a deathly silence. Mum said through gritted teeth, “you aren’t putting tomato sauce on my roast”.

Kryten: “Ketchup? You want Ketchup???” (1min 18 secs)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axDtj2bSduM

I’d never heard the term brown ketchup before.

that’s because you are cultured.

sibeen said:

Woodie said:

Bogsnorkler said:

speaking of tom sauce i remember the first time my future BiL came over for a sunday roast. mum had done a nice lamb roast with all the trimmings. Future Bil asked for tom sauce. There was a deathly silence. Mum said through gritted teeth, “you aren’t putting tomato sauce on my roast”.

Kryten: “Ketchup? You want Ketchup???” (1min 18 secs)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axDtj2bSduM

I’d never heard the term brown ketchup before.

Me either so I looked it up and….

“The research identifies a clear East-West divide when it comes to ketchup or brown sauce in a butty. Those in the East of England and the patriotic Welsh prefer their butty with tomato ketchup, while those in the West of England go for a brown sauce, such as HP or Daddies”

So I’d say the script writers fucked up.

Peak Warming Man said:

sibeen said:

Woodie said:

Kryten: “Ketchup? You want Ketchup???” (1min 18 secs)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axDtj2bSduM

I’d never heard the term brown ketchup before.

Me either so I looked it up and….

“The research identifies a clear East-West divide when it comes to ketchup or brown sauce in a butty. Those in the East of England and the patriotic Welsh prefer their butty with tomato ketchup, while those in the West of England go for a brown sauce, such as HP or Daddies”

So I’d say the script writers fucked up.

What’s a butty?

roughbarked said:

Peak Warming Man said:

sibeen said:

I’d never heard the term brown ketchup before.

Me either so I looked it up and….

“The research identifies a clear East-West divide when it comes to ketchup or brown sauce in a butty. Those in the East of England and the patriotic Welsh prefer their butty with tomato ketchup, while those in the West of England go for a brown sauce, such as HP or Daddies”

So I’d say the script writers fucked up.

What’s a butty?

The east or West coast butty?

roughbarked said:

Peak Warming Man said:

sibeen said:

I’d never heard the term brown ketchup before.

Me either so I looked it up and….

“The research identifies a clear East-West divide when it comes to ketchup or brown sauce in a butty. Those in the East of England and the patriotic Welsh prefer their butty with tomato ketchup, while those in the West of England go for a brown sauce, such as HP or Daddies”

So I’d say the script writers fucked up.

What’s a butty?

A sanger, or sarnie.

Peak Warming Man said:

roughbarked said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Me either so I looked it up and….

“The research identifies a clear East-West divide when it comes to ketchup or brown sauce in a butty. Those in the East of England and the patriotic Welsh prefer their butty with tomato ketchup, while those in the West of England go for a brown sauce, such as HP or Daddies”

So I’d say the script writers fucked up.

What’s a butty?

The east or West coast butty?

Either would do.

Woodie said:

roughbarked said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Me either so I looked it up and….

“The research identifies a clear East-West divide when it comes to ketchup or brown sauce in a butty. Those in the East of England and the patriotic Welsh prefer their butty with tomato ketchup, while those in the West of England go for a brown sauce, such as HP or Daddies”

So I’d say the script writers fucked up.

What’s a butty?

A sanger, or sarnie.

1. a filled or open sandwich

Example: “a bacon butty”

2. (among miners) a friend or workmate.

3. a middleman negotiating between miners and the mine owner.

4. an unpowered freight barge intended to be towed.

roughbarked said:

Woodie said:

roughbarked said:

What’s a butty?

A sanger, or sarnie.

1. a filled or open sandwich

Example: “a bacon butty”

2. (among miners) a friend or workmate.

3. a middleman negotiating between miners and the mine owner.

4. an unpowered freight barge intended to be towed.

I didn’t know the last three.

roughbarked said:

Woodie said:

roughbarked said:

What’s a butty?

A sanger, or sarnie.

1. a filled or open sandwich

Example: “a bacon butty”

2. (among miners) a friend or workmate.

3. a middleman negotiating between miners and the mine owner.

4. an unpowered freight barge intended to be towed.

well, you can eat a #1 but the others are maybe too hard or you really have to know them well.

Peak Warming Man said:

roughbarked said:

Woodie said:

A sanger, or sarnie.

1. a filled or open sandwich

Example: “a bacon butty”

2. (among miners) a friend or workmate.

3. a middleman negotiating between miners and the mine owner.

4. an unpowered freight barge intended to be towed.

I didn’t know the last three.

then you have the well known chip butty.

Peak Warming Man said:

roughbarked said:

Woodie said:

A sanger, or sarnie.

1. a filled or open sandwich

Example: “a bacon butty”

2. (among miners) a friend or workmate.

3. a middleman negotiating between miners and the mine owner.

4. an unpowered freight barge intended to be towed.

I didn’t know the last three.

I didn’t know any.

Why can’t these yokels use proper words?

party_pants said:

Peak Warming Man said:

roughbarked said:

1. a filled or open sandwich

Example: “a bacon butty”

2. (among miners) a friend or workmate.

3. a middleman negotiating between miners and the mine owner.

4. an unpowered freight barge intended to be towed.

I didn’t know the last three.

I didn’t know any.

Why can’t these yokels use proper words?

what, like pie floater??!!

A lost biscuit brand, from the days when you could buy them by the pound from the grocer’s tin.

Gladys the Terrible finally stops beating around the bush.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUv3lYlsj6A&ab_channel=TrapBurg

Bubblecar said:

A lost biscuit brand, from the days when you could buy them by the pound from the grocer’s tin.

I remember Peek Freans.

Dark Orange said:

Gladys the Terrible finally stops beating around the bush.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUv3lYlsj6A&ab_channel=TrapBurg

I saw that earlier on Facebook. It upset me. Isn’t what she says bad enough?

sarahs mum said:

Bubblecar said:

A lost biscuit brand, from the days when you could buy them by the pound from the grocer’s tin.

I remember Peek Freans.

I also remember that name. But not any of the biscuits shown. We didn’t often have bought biscuits though. I do recall being able to buy the broken biscuits cheaply from the bottom of the tins.

buffy said:

sarahs mum said:

Bubblecar said:

A lost biscuit brand, from the days when you could buy them by the pound from the grocer’s tin.

I remember Peek Freans.

I also remember that name. But not any of the biscuits shown. We didn’t often have bought biscuits though. I do recall being able to buy the broken biscuits cheaply from the bottom of the tins.

Maybe Bourn Vita rings a very vague bell.

sarahs mum said:

Bubblecar said:

A lost biscuit brand, from the days when you could buy them by the pound from the grocer’s tin.

I remember Peek Freans.

Apparently the brand name is still going in two countries: Canada and Pakistan.

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

Looks like Peek Frean’s were a British company.

https://australianfoodtimeline.com.au/1932-vita-weat-first-made-in-australia/

buffy said:

Looks like Peek Frean’s were a British company.

https://australianfoodtimeline.com.au/1932-vita-weat-first-made-in-australia/

Yes, merged with Huntley & Palmer in the 1920s.

sarahs mum said:

Dark Orange said:

Gladys the Terrible finally stops beating around the bush.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUv3lYlsj6A&ab_channel=TrapBurg

I saw that earlier on Facebook. It upset me. Isn’t what she says bad enough?

roughbarked said:

Woodie said:

roughbarked said:

What’s a butty?

A sanger, or sarnie.

1. a filled or open sandwich

Example: “a bacon butty”

2. (among miners) a friend or workmate.

3. a middleman negotiating between miners and the mine owner.

4. an unpowered freight barge intended to be towed.

In New Zealand, it referred to Barney Rubble’s wife.

Bubblecar said:

buffy said:

Looks like Peek Frean’s were a British company.

https://australianfoodtimeline.com.au/1932-vita-weat-first-made-in-australia/

Yes, merged with Huntley & Palmer in the 1920s.

According to the link I gave, Arnotts took over Peek Frean in the 1970s in Australia.

buffy said:

Bubblecar said:

buffy said:

Looks like Peek Frean’s were a British company.

https://australianfoodtimeline.com.au/1932-vita-weat-first-made-in-australia/

Yes, merged with Huntley & Palmer in the 1920s.

According to the link I gave, Arnotts took over Peek Frean in the 1970s in Australia.

Remember Peak Frean creamy wafers when I was but a sprog.

sarahs mum said:

Dark Orange said:

Gladys the Terrible finally stops beating around the bush.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUv3lYlsj6A&ab_channel=TrapBurg

I saw that earlier on Facebook. It upset me. Isn’t what she says bad enough?

Very clever editing, but a bit harsh.

Neophyte said:

buffy said:

Bubblecar said:

Yes, merged with Huntley & Palmer in the 1920s.

According to the link I gave, Arnotts took over Peek Frean in the 1970s in Australia.

Remember Peak Frean creamy wafers when I was but a sprog.

have we reached peak frean?

Sigh

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-31/christian-porter-settles-defamation-case-with-abc/100420842

“Media organisations, including News Corporation and Nine Newspapers, have been blocked from publishing any of the ABC’s un-redacted defence in its defamation battle with former federal attorney-general Christian Porter.”

So this was all a ploy to get all the evidence the ABC had on CP to be made unpublishable?

Dark Orange said:

Sigh

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-31/christian-porter-settles-defamation-case-with-abc/100420842

“Media organisations, including News Corporation and Nine Newspapers, have been blocked from publishing any of the ABC’s un-redacted defence in its defamation battle with former federal attorney-general Christian Porter.”

So this was all a ploy to get all the evidence the ABC had on CP to be made unpublishable?

\Yes. A great victory for Porter, he has dropped the action against the ABC without getting a cent from them, or an apology, or retraction of the story… but he has got their evidence for the defence suppressed.

So I am thinking that he has something to hide. Just the natural conclusion any reasonable person would come to.

australia-surveillance-bill

This seems very 1984ish.

I don’t like this at all.

Hiya Thomo!

Hey DO I hope you and yours are healthy and safe

Brett

Dark Orange said:

Hiya Thomo!

+1

Hey S I hope you and yours are healthy and safe

Your ex Raeme I think S ?

party_pants said:

Dark Orange said:

Sigh

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-31/christian-porter-settles-defamation-case-with-abc/100420842

“Media organisations, including News Corporation and Nine Newspapers, have been blocked from publishing any of the ABC’s un-redacted defence in its defamation battle with former federal attorney-general Christian Porter.”

So this was all a ploy to get all the evidence the ABC had on CP to be made unpublishable?

\Yes. A great victory for Porter, he has dropped the action against the ABC without getting a cent from them, or an apology, or retraction of the story… but he has got their evidence for the defence suppressed.

So I am thinking that he has something to hide. Just the natural conclusion any reasonable person would come to.

not sure what you’re talking about, I haven’t got my glasses on, but…

i’d expect it’s true (to generalize) that not everyone would want to be reminded of everything they did right back to their teens, to have their forgettory tortured

that said, if you go into a public job and get by on your reputation, a person might expect to get tortured when questions are raised

as for what is a natural conclusion of a reasonable person, I note most people watch the sun rise in the morn, watch it cross the sky and set, and for most practical purposes the sensation is that the earth is still, not spinning

Thomo said:

Hey S I hope you and yours are healthy and safe

Nah, all in lockdown and youngest sprog turns 18 next week. She’s ecstatic that she’s not allowed to go anywhere or do anything. “Best thing evah” was her comment to me this evening.

Oh and BTW
DO .
You recomended Flikr in 2008 or so .
Thankyou I use my Flickr site as a tool most days .
100% because of your advice.
BRETT

Thomo said:

Your ex Raeme I think S ?

Sig.

Met your father (sic) in about ’81 when he was doing his grand tour (faulty memory discount may be required).

To qouote one of my favs
I love Humanity … its people I cant stand
Brett

Your an Elec Engineer S ?

Thomo said:

Your an Elec Engineer S ?

Tech back in those days. Downskilled in Civ life :)

Tech back in those days. Downskilled in Civ life :)

What does that mean … sorry

Thomo said:

Tech back in those days. Downskilled in Civ life :)

What does that mean … sorry

I was an Army Technician with a diploma, I turned that into an engineer role with further study after I left the army.

I was an apprentice when your father would have walked past me. The lowest rank possible :)

>>>I was an apprentice when your father would have walked past me. The lowest rank possible :)

Nebucanezza had feet of clay also

I’m 61 S how old are you ? are you retired
Brett

Thomo said:

I’m 61 S how old are you ? are you retired
Brett

Turn 60 in March. I don’t want to retire, work is too much fun :)

Thomo said:

>>>I was an apprentice when your father would have walked past me. The lowest rank possible :)

Nebucanezza had feet of clay also

Oh, I’m sure that being the child of someone like that could be difficult. So many see the position, you have to live with the man. I get that.

01/05/1960
Cannot imagine retiring.
And yes I’ve said that for many years , but I, certaining work differently now , than I first said it.
I am in a situation where I built up a buisness , could have sold it but didn’t , my son Micheal will take over .

A lot of Dads get to be an example , few get to leave a legacy Brett

>>>Oh, I’m sure that being the child of someone like that could be difficult. So many see the position, you have to live with the man. I get that.
No he was just my Dad

>>>Oh, I’m sure that being the child of someone like that could be difficult. So many see the position, you have to live with the man. I get that.
Having had experiences on both sides of the fence.
I think you will understand this story.
It was 2005 -7

A reuion of the battle of Coral/Baalmoral I remember arguing with the current RSMA of the Kiwis the courage of standing alone or haviving the support of others

Any way
I would like to meet you ,
Brett

Thomo said:

Any way
I would like to meet you ,
Brett

Brett, likewise. It was quite a few years ago when I and Curve figured out who your old man was. Cannot remember how it came up at all now.

Thomo said:

01/05/1960
Cannot imagine retiring.
And yes I’ve said that for many years , but I, certaining work differently now , than I first said it.
I am in a situation where I built up a buisness , could have sold it but didn’t , my son Micheal will take over .

A lot of Dads get to be an example , few get to leave a legacy Brett

Oh, I don’t work for “the man”. My office is a 30 second walk downstairs and I put a coffee on and do it at my own pace. If I want to chat for 5 or 10 on here I do, and then decide whether to charge the client on the beauty of the conversation :)

Your in the South Coast my freind ?

Thomo said:

Your in the South Coast my freind ?

If the south coast includes Melbourne then yes, otherwise…no :)

Fuck

Sorry thought you were Australian
Wife 2.1 is Victorian

Good night my freind

anyway dinnertime

Children ‘Dying Very Quickly’ as Mystery Fever Kills Over 60 People in One Week
James Crump 3 hrs ago

A mysterious fever is sweeping through India that has so far killed more than 40 children, while hundreds of people have been admitted to hospitals with the illness.

A patient receives treatment in the dengue ward of a government hospital in Allahabad on August 30, 2021. A mysterious fever is sweeping through India that has so far killed more than 40 children and a dozen adults, while several hundreds have been admitted to hospitals with the illness without testing positive for COVID. A patient receives treatment in the dengue ward of a government hospital in Allahabad on August 30, 2021. A mysterious fever is sweeping through India that has so far killed more than 40 children and a dozen adults, while several hundreds have been admitted to hospitals with the illness without testing positive for COVID.

At least 68 people have died in six districts located in the eastern part of the state of Uttar Pradesh in India in the last week due to the fever, according to The Times of India.

The deaths have prompted the area’s chief minister, Yogi Adityanath, to order an increase in bed capacity in hospitals, according to The Independent.

Adityanath has also asked the health department in the state to conduct a detailed investigation into the illness, which has been described as a “mystery fever” by local newspapers over the past week.

According to BBC News, the patients seemingly infected with the illness have suffered from dehydration, nausea, joint pains and headaches, while some people have complained of rashes spreading across their arms and legs.

Of the people who have died, none of them have tested positive for COVID, while physicians in the region have suggested that it may be dengue fever, which is a viral infection spread by mosquitoes that is common in India.

In the space of a week, the illness has been reported in the districts of Agra, Mathura, Mainpuri, Etah, Kasganj and Firozabad, with doctors in the region reporting patients coming in with a decline in platelet counts, which can be a symptom of severe dengue.

Dr Neeta Kulshrestha from Firozabad told the BBC that “the patients, especially children, in hospitals are dying very quickly,” while Dr Sangeeta Aneja, the principal and dean of the Autonomous State Medical Hospital in the region, told The Hindu that although some of the patients are testing positive for dengue fever, not all of them are.

“The cases rose suddenly in the last five days and 90% of the affected are children,” Aneja said. “Many of them have tested positive for dengue but there are others who have shown a drop in platelets, but have not tested for the viral disease spread by Aedes mosquito.”

Meanwhile, when confirming that 40 children had died in the district, Ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lawmaker Manish Asija from Firozabad claimed that “water-logging, lack of sanitation and hygiene are the reasons behind the disease spread.”

The Independent reported that in response to the mystery behind the cause of the illness, which was first detected on August 18, Adityanath said that an investigation will be carried out with teams formed to conduct a probe.

“Due to lack of awareness at the local level, the patients were taken to private hospitals and clinics, he told reporters.

“After learning about the fever, the health department and administration appraised authorities of the situation at the state level. Directions have been issued to ensure adequate manpower at medical colleges.”

Newsweek has contacted the health department in Uttar Pradesh for comment.

Tunable LEDs shrink infrared spectroscopy down to phone-friendly size
https://newatlas.com/electronics/tunable-led-portable-infrared-spectroscopy-smartphone/

Infrared spectrometers are expensive and powerful instruments scientists use to analyze the chemical makeup of a sample, and a new research project has demonstrated what this technology might look like if packed into a smartphone. The breakthrough hinges on a newly developed LED that can be tuned to detect different gases, and could potentially be worked into a compact device to detect everything from spoiled food to faux leather.

more…

from this

https://www.portableas.com/near-infra-red-spectroscopy-nir

to this

The awe-inspiring winners of the Bird Photographer of the Year awards
https://newatlas.com/photography/bpoty-bird-photography-2021-winners-gallery/

Goats brought in to prevent bushfires in NSW Central West

Nine Goats are being used instead of backburning in the NSW Central West.

Goats spend almost all their waking hours eating, nibbling away non-stop at grass and shrubs.

All that chewing and chomping is now being put to good use by the Rural Fire Service in NSW’s Central West – hungry goats helping reduce the risk of bushfires.

A herd of bucks and billies have been picked to protect Clandulla village near Mudgee – which has been identified as an extreme bushfire risk this summer.

The goats are on loan from two local farmers.

They’ll be grazing in Clandulla for the next two months, eating their way through any foliage that could start a fire.

“Goats will eat up shrubs, small tree saplings and eat woody weeds some of your other animals won’t,” farmer Michael Blewitt said.

And while employing goats to fight fires is an Australian-first, it has already been done in the USA, Portugal and Spain.

The goats are grazing near Mudgee.

These goats are expected to clear more than two hectares over the next three weeks, creating a buffer zone to the village of 200 people.

While backburning is reliant on certain weather conditions, goats are happy to clear away grass, shrubs and bushes no matter the weather.

California’s Caldor Fire seen from space
https://www.space.com/caldor-fire-satellite-images-gallery

Good morning Holidayers. Presently 10 degrees, bright and sunny and only a little breeze. Going for the mid twenties today. The plum and peach blossom is just starting to burst.

Dogs and Mr buffy require walking. My lower back and shoulder muscles are complaining about having to push the mower through bracken on rough ground yesterday. But I shall ignore them.

buffy said:

Good morning Holidayers. Presently 10 degrees, bright and sunny and only a little breeze. Going for the mid twenties today. The plum and peach blossom is just starting to burst.

Dogs and Mr buffy require walking. My lower back and shoulder muscles are complaining about having to push the mower through bracken on rough ground yesterday. But I shall ignore them.

Yes pain makes you stronger.

Peak Warming Man said:

buffy said:

Good morning Holidayers. Presently 10 degrees, bright and sunny and only a little breeze. Going for the mid twenties today. The plum and peach blossom is just starting to burst.

Dogs and Mr buffy require walking. My lower back and shoulder muscles are complaining about having to push the mower through bracken on rough ground yesterday. But I shall ignore them.

Yes pain makes you stronger.

What are you doing here? Don’t you have a sleep-in to do?

Michael V said:

Peak Warming Man said:

buffy said:

Good morning Holidayers. Presently 10 degrees, bright and sunny and only a little breeze. Going for the mid twenties today. The plum and peach blossom is just starting to burst.

Dogs and Mr buffy require walking. My lower back and shoulder muscles are complaining about having to push the mower through bracken on rough ground yesterday. But I shall ignore them.

Yes pain makes you stronger.

What are you doing here? Don’t you have a sleep-in to do?

The cold weather has gone now so I’m slowly coming out of my winter hibernation.

Peak Warming Man said:

Michael V said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Yes pain makes you stronger.

What are you doing here? Don’t you have a sleep-in to do?

The cold weather has gone now so I’m slowly coming out of my winter hibernation.

Well I had my sleep in because well, like buffy I hurt from too much strenuous activity. Warm and sunny at 18.2°C heading later for a high of 28°C.

monkey skipper said:

Goats brought in to prevent bushfires in NSW Central West

Nine Goats are being used instead of backburning in the NSW Central West.

Goats spend almost all their waking hours eating, nibbling away non-stop at grass and shrubs.

All that chewing and chomping is now being put to good use by the Rural Fire Service in NSW’s Central West – hungry goats helping reduce the risk of bushfires.

A herd of bucks and billies have been picked to protect Clandulla village near Mudgee – which has been identified as an extreme bushfire risk this summer.

The goats are on loan from two local farmers.

They’ll be grazing in Clandulla for the next two months, eating their way through any foliage that could start a fire.

“Goats will eat up shrubs, small tree saplings and eat woody weeds some of your other animals won’t,” farmer Michael Blewitt said.

And while employing goats to fight fires is an Australian-first, it has already been done in the USA, Portugal and Spain.

The goats are grazing near Mudgee.

These goats are expected to clear more than two hectares over the next three weeks, creating a buffer zone to the village of 200 people.

While backburning is reliant on certain weather conditions, goats are happy to clear away grass, shrubs and bushes no matter the weather.

The ABC is going to give Shaun Micallef some material using pun headlines like that bloke from the Telegraph.

I’m not big on the idea of using goats in national parks or forests.
The reason being that they will also damage the fragile ecsystem while they are eating weeds and, they’ll shit out the weed seeds all over the place. It is an archaic concept that may work in the northern hemisphere.

roughbarked said:

monkey skipper said:

Goats brought in to prevent bushfires in NSW Central West

Nine Goats are being used instead of backburning in the NSW Central West.

Goats spend almost all their waking hours eating, nibbling away non-stop at grass and shrubs.

All that chewing and chomping is now being put to good use by the Rural Fire Service in NSW’s Central West – hungry goats helping reduce the risk of bushfires.

A herd of bucks and billies have been picked to protect Clandulla village near Mudgee – which has been identified as an extreme bushfire risk this summer.

The goats are on loan from two local farmers.

They’ll be grazing in Clandulla for the next two months, eating their way through any foliage that could start a fire.

“Goats will eat up shrubs, small tree saplings and eat woody weeds some of your other animals won’t,” farmer Michael Blewitt said.

And while employing goats to fight fires is an Australian-first, it has already been done in the USA, Portugal and Spain.

The goats are grazing near Mudgee.

These goats are expected to clear more than two hectares over the next three weeks, creating a buffer zone to the village of 200 people.

While backburning is reliant on certain weather conditions, goats are happy to clear away grass, shrubs and bushes no matter the weather.

The ABC is going to give Shaun Micallef some material using pun headlines like that bloke from the Telegraph.

I’m not big on the idea of using goats in national parks or forests.
The reason being that they will also damage the fragile ecsystem while they are eating weeds and, they’ll shit out the weed seeds all over the place. It is an archaic concept that may work in the northern hemisphere.

Some good points there.

roughbarked said:

monkey skipper said:

Goats brought in to prevent bushfires in NSW Central West

Nine Goats are being used instead of backburning in the NSW Central West.

Goats spend almost all their waking hours eating, nibbling away non-stop at grass and shrubs.

All that chewing and chomping is now being put to good use by the Rural Fire Service in NSW’s Central West – hungry goats helping reduce the risk of bushfires.

A herd of bucks and billies have been picked to protect Clandulla village near Mudgee – which has been identified as an extreme bushfire risk this summer.

The goats are on loan from two local farmers.

They’ll be grazing in Clandulla for the next two months, eating their way through any foliage that could start a fire.

“Goats will eat up shrubs, small tree saplings and eat woody weeds some of your other animals won’t,” farmer Michael Blewitt said.

And while employing goats to fight fires is an Australian-first, it has already been done in the USA, Portugal and Spain.

The goats are grazing near Mudgee.

These goats are expected to clear more than two hectares over the next three weeks, creating a buffer zone to the village of 200 people.

While backburning is reliant on certain weather conditions, goats are happy to clear away grass, shrubs and bushes no matter the weather.

The ABC is going to give Shaun Micallef some material using pun headlines like that bloke from the Telegraph.

I’m not big on the idea of using goats in national parks or forests.
The reason being that they will also damage the fragile ecsystem while they are eating weeds and, they’ll shit out the weed seeds all over the place. It is an archaic concept that may work in the northern hemisphere.

…… and Mr Barked, 9 goats? They’re gunna eat out 100,000 hectares? Cuppla acres more like it. over 6 months or so.

Peak Warming Man said:

Michael V said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Yes pain makes you stronger.

What are you doing here? Don’t you have a sleep-in to do?

The cold weather has gone now so I’m slowly coming out of my winter hibernation.

:)

Woodie said:

roughbarked said:

monkey skipper said:

Goats brought in to prevent bushfires in NSW Central West

Nine Goats are being used instead of backburning in the NSW Central West.

Goats spend almost all their waking hours eating, nibbling away non-stop at grass and shrubs.

All that chewing and chomping is now being put to good use by the Rural Fire Service in NSW’s Central West – hungry goats helping reduce the risk of bushfires.

A herd of bucks and billies have been picked to protect Clandulla village near Mudgee – which has been identified as an extreme bushfire risk this summer.

The goats are on loan from two local farmers.

They’ll be grazing in Clandulla for the next two months, eating their way through any foliage that could start a fire.

“Goats will eat up shrubs, small tree saplings and eat woody weeds some of your other animals won’t,” farmer Michael Blewitt said.

And while employing goats to fight fires is an Australian-first, it has already been done in the USA, Portugal and Spain.

The goats are grazing near Mudgee.

These goats are expected to clear more than two hectares over the next three weeks, creating a buffer zone to the village of 200 people.

While backburning is reliant on certain weather conditions, goats are happy to clear away grass, shrubs and bushes no matter the weather.

The ABC is going to give Shaun Micallef some material using pun headlines like that bloke from the Telegraph.

I’m not big on the idea of using goats in national parks or forests.
The reason being that they will also damage the fragile ecsystem while they are eating weeds and, they’ll shit out the weed seeds all over the place. It is an archaic concept that may work in the northern hemisphere.

…… and Mr Barked, 9 goats? They’re gunna eat out 100,000 hectares? Cuppla acres more like it. over 6 months or so.

:) Yes I know but the story pumps it up and like ivermectin, they’ll all be going for it.

Are we all Trump followers? Think we should do what Boris did and get away from the TV.

Up and showered. Now have to decide: should I visit the IGA for brunch ingredients, return, have brunch and await the call from the Ross people saying they’re about to leave Launceston, whereupon I set forth for the IGA again to do big shopping?

Or forget the first journey and just wait around for the phone call?

Bubblecar said:

Up and showered. Now have to decide: should I visit the IGA for brunch ingredients, return, have brunch and await the call from the Ross people saying they’re about to leave Launceston, whereupon I set forth for the IGA again to do big shopping?

Or forget the first journey and just wait around for the phone call?

What would Jesus do?

monkey skipper said:

Goats brought in to prevent bushfires in NSW Central West

Nine Goats are being used instead of backburning in the NSW Central West.

Goats spend almost all their waking hours eating, nibbling away non-stop at grass and shrubs.

All that chewing and chomping is now being put to good use by the Rural Fire Service in NSW’s Central West – hungry goats helping reduce the risk of bushfires.

A herd of bucks and billies have been picked to protect Clandulla village near Mudgee – which has been identified as an extreme bushfire risk this summer.

The goats are on loan from two local farmers.

They’ll be grazing in Clandulla for the next two months, eating their way through any foliage that could start a fire.

“Goats will eat up shrubs, small tree saplings and eat woody weeds some of your other animals won’t,” farmer Michael Blewitt said.

And while employing goats to fight fires is an Australian-first, it has already been done in the USA, Portugal and Spain.

The goats are grazing near Mudgee.

These goats are expected to clear more than two hectares over the next three weeks, creating a buffer zone to the village of 200 people.

While backburning is reliant on certain weather conditions, goats are happy to clear away grass, shrubs and bushes no matter the weather.

I read about this a while ago. I would imagine they are being used as an adjunct to other hazard control methods and in areas where it might not be suitable to hazard reduction burning.

Bubblecar said:

Bubblecar said:

Up and showered. Now have to decide: should I visit the IGA for brunch ingredients, return, have brunch and await the call from the Ross people saying they’re about to leave Launceston, whereupon I set forth for the IGA again to do big shopping?

Or forget the first journey and just wait around for the phone call?

What would Jesus do?

If you’re going to be that “helpful” you might as well remain silent.

Bogsnorkler said:

monkey skipper said:

Goats brought in to prevent bushfires in NSW Central West

Nine Goats are being used instead of backburning in the NSW Central West.

Goats spend almost all their waking hours eating, nibbling away non-stop at grass and shrubs.

All that chewing and chomping is now being put to good use by the Rural Fire Service in NSW’s Central West – hungry goats helping reduce the risk of bushfires.

A herd of bucks and billies have been picked to protect Clandulla village near Mudgee – which has been identified as an extreme bushfire risk this summer.

The goats are on loan from two local farmers.

They’ll be grazing in Clandulla for the next two months, eating their way through any foliage that could start a fire.

“Goats will eat up shrubs, small tree saplings and eat woody weeds some of your other animals won’t,” farmer Michael Blewitt said.

And while employing goats to fight fires is an Australian-first, it has already been done in the USA, Portugal and Spain.

The goats are grazing near Mudgee.

These goats are expected to clear more than two hectares over the next three weeks, creating a buffer zone to the village of 200 people.

While backburning is reliant on certain weather conditions, goats are happy to clear away grass, shrubs and bushes no matter the weather.

I read about this a while ago. I would imagine they are being used as an adjunct to other hazard control methods and in areas where it might not be suitable to hazard reduction burning.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/using-goats-to-prevent-wildfires-51327045/

Bogsnorkler said:

monkey skipper said:

Goats brought in to prevent bushfires in NSW Central West

Nine Goats are being used instead of backburning in the NSW Central West.

Goats spend almost all their waking hours eating, nibbling away non-stop at grass and shrubs.

All that chewing and chomping is now being put to good use by the Rural Fire Service in NSW’s Central West – hungry goats helping reduce the risk of bushfires.

A herd of bucks and billies have been picked to protect Clandulla village near Mudgee – which has been identified as an extreme bushfire risk this summer.

The goats are on loan from two local farmers.

They’ll be grazing in Clandulla for the next two months, eating their way through any foliage that could start a fire.

“Goats will eat up shrubs, small tree saplings and eat woody weeds some of your other animals won’t,” farmer Michael Blewitt said.

And while employing goats to fight fires is an Australian-first, it has already been done in the USA, Portugal and Spain.

The goats are grazing near Mudgee.

These goats are expected to clear more than two hectares over the next three weeks, creating a buffer zone to the village of 200 people.

While backburning is reliant on certain weather conditions, goats are happy to clear away grass, shrubs and bushes no matter the weather.

I read about this a while ago. I would imagine they are being used as an adjunct to other hazard control methods and in areas where it might not be suitable to hazard reduction burning.

Fence them in on stuff like blackberry.

Bogsnorkler said:

Bogsnorkler said:

monkey skipper said:

Goats brought in to prevent bushfires in NSW Central West

Nine Goats are being used instead of backburning in the NSW Central West.

Goats spend almost all their waking hours eating, nibbling away non-stop at grass and shrubs.

All that chewing and chomping is now being put to good use by the Rural Fire Service in NSW’s Central West – hungry goats helping reduce the risk of bushfires.

A herd of bucks and billies have been picked to protect Clandulla village near Mudgee – which has been identified as an extreme bushfire risk this summer.

The goats are on loan from two local farmers.

They’ll be grazing in Clandulla for the next two months, eating their way through any foliage that could start a fire.

“Goats will eat up shrubs, small tree saplings and eat woody weeds some of your other animals won’t,” farmer Michael Blewitt said.

And while employing goats to fight fires is an Australian-first, it has already been done in the USA, Portugal and Spain.

The goats are grazing near Mudgee.

These goats are expected to clear more than two hectares over the next three weeks, creating a buffer zone to the village of 200 people.

While backburning is reliant on certain weather conditions, goats are happy to clear away grass, shrubs and bushes no matter the weather.

I read about this a while ago. I would imagine they are being used as an adjunct to other hazard control methods and in areas where it might not be suitable to hazard reduction burning.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/using-goats-to-prevent-wildfires-51327045/

Had a wonderful Father in Law. He spent musch of his life in forests as a lad cutting sleepers and as an adult managing state forests. He refused to agist farm animals such as sheep and cows because they ruined the potential of young seedling trees for mill logs, He always spoke of goats as a desertification agent. “They ruined the trees of Lebanon”.

roughbarked said:

Bogsnorkler said:

Bogsnorkler said:

I read about this a while ago. I would imagine they are being used as an adjunct to other hazard control methods and in areas where it might not be suitable to hazard reduction burning.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/using-goats-to-prevent-wildfires-51327045/

Had a wonderful Father in Law. He spent musch of his life in forests as a lad cutting sleepers and as an adult managing state forests. He refused to agist farm animals such as sheep and cows because they ruined the potential of young seedling trees for mill logs, He always spoke of goats as a desertification agent. “They ruined the trees of Lebanon”.

Plenty of science on how to do it right. Dunno what this program is actually doing so don’t know how controlled it is.

roughbarked said:

Woodie said:

roughbarked said:

The ABC is going to give Shaun Micallef some material using pun headlines like that bloke from the Telegraph.

I’m not big on the idea of using goats in national parks or forests.
The reason being that they will also damage the fragile ecsystem while they are eating weeds and, they’ll shit out the weed seeds all over the place. It is an archaic concept that may work in the northern hemisphere.

…… and Mr Barked, 9 goats? They’re gunna eat out 100,000 hectares? Cuppla acres more like it. over 6 months or so.

:) Yes I know but the story pumps it up and like ivermectin, they’ll all be going for it.

Are we all Trump followers? Think we should do what Boris did and get away from the TV.

I’m not goin’ for goats. I’m going for one of these. :) It and the man are supposed to be turning up today. Cuppla days, they say. All cleared out. :)

Summint like this, but blue.

My niece works in ancient languages. Her mother (my sister) has offered this on Facebook for her:

Bubblecar said:

Up and showered. Now have to decide: should I visit the IGA for brunch ingredients, return, have brunch and await the call from the Ross people saying they’re about to leave Launceston, whereupon I set forth for the IGA again to do big shopping?

Or forget the first journey and just wait around for the phone call?

No need for an early shop. I’m sure there’s an out of date tin of baked beans down back of the larder, isn’t there?

Woodie said:

Bubblecar said:

Up and showered. Now have to decide: should I visit the IGA for brunch ingredients, return, have brunch and await the call from the Ross people saying they’re about to leave Launceston, whereupon I set forth for the IGA again to do big shopping?

Or forget the first journey and just wait around for the phone call?

No need for an early shop. I’m sure there’s an out of date tin of baked beans down back of the larder, isn’t there?

There’s no food in the house of any type or class. The diet regime ensures that prior to a Big Shop the fridge and cupboards are bare.

Bubblecar said:

Woodie said:

Bubblecar said:

Up and showered. Now have to decide: should I visit the IGA for brunch ingredients, return, have brunch and await the call from the Ross people saying they’re about to leave Launceston, whereupon I set forth for the IGA again to do big shopping?

Or forget the first journey and just wait around for the phone call?

No need for an early shop. I’m sure there’s an out of date tin of baked beans down back of the larder, isn’t there?

There’s no food in the house of any type or class. The diet regime ensures that prior to a Big Shop the fridge and cupboards are bare.

Isn’t even any milk left.

Bubblecar said:

Bubblecar said:

Woodie said:

No need for an early shop. I’m sure there’s an out of date tin of baked beans down back of the larder, isn’t there?

There’s no food in the house of any type or class. The diet regime ensures that prior to a Big Shop the fridge and cupboards are bare.

Isn’t even any milk left.

Plenty of toilet paper, but you can’t eat that unless you’re a cockroach.

roughbarked said:

Bogsnorkler said:

monkey skipper said:

Goats brought in to prevent bushfires in NSW Central West

Nine Goats are being used instead of backburning in the NSW Central West.

Goats spend almost all their waking hours eating, nibbling away non-stop at grass and shrubs.

All that chewing and chomping is now being put to good use by the Rural Fire Service in NSW’s Central West – hungry goats helping reduce the risk of bushfires.

A herd of bucks and billies have been picked to protect Clandulla village near Mudgee – which has been identified as an extreme bushfire risk this summer.

The goats are on loan from two local farmers.

They’ll be grazing in Clandulla for the next two months, eating their way through any foliage that could start a fire.

“Goats will eat up shrubs, small tree saplings and eat woody weeds some of your other animals won’t,” farmer Michael Blewitt said.

And while employing goats to fight fires is an Australian-first, it has already been done in the USA, Portugal and Spain.

The goats are grazing near Mudgee.

These goats are expected to clear more than two hectares over the next three weeks, creating a buffer zone to the village of 200 people.

While backburning is reliant on certain weather conditions, goats are happy to clear away grass, shrubs and bushes no matter the weather.

I read about this a while ago. I would imagine they are being used as an adjunct to other hazard control methods and in areas where it might not be suitable to hazard reduction burning.

Fence them in on stuff like blackberry.

Nah. This is what ya do to blackberries.

Bogsnorkler said:

roughbarked said:

Bogsnorkler said:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/using-goats-to-prevent-wildfires-51327045/

Had a wonderful Father in Law. He spent musch of his life in forests as a lad cutting sleepers and as an adult managing state forests. He refused to agist farm animals such as sheep and cows because they ruined the potential of young seedling trees for mill logs, He always spoke of goats as a desertification agent. “They ruined the trees of Lebanon”.

Plenty of science on how to do it right. Dunno what this program is actually doing so don’t know how controlled it is.

Temporary fencing and keep moving the goats. Don’t allow them to stay long.
However we are talking about releasing them into areas inacessible to anything but goats. This will destroy fragile environments. A little slower than intense burns but assuredly so as goats are destructive not only to weeds.

Bubblecar said:

Bubblecar said:

Bubblecar said:

There’s no food in the house of any type or class. The diet regime ensures that prior to a Big Shop the fridge and cupboards are bare.

Isn’t even any milk left.

Plenty of toilet paper, but you can’t eat that unless you’re a cockroach.

It’s a pleasant sunny morning, go out and get some exercise. And brunch ingredients.

Woodie said:

roughbarked said:

Woodie said:

…… and Mr Barked, 9 goats? They’re gunna eat out 100,000 hectares? Cuppla acres more like it. over 6 months or so.

:) Yes I know but the story pumps it up and like ivermectin, they’ll all be going for it.

Are we all Trump followers? Think we should do what Boris did and get away from the TV.

I’m not goin’ for goats. I’m going for one of these. :) It and the man are supposed to be turning up today. Cuppla days, they say. All cleared out. :)

Summint like this, but blue.

Works well on slash pine infestations.

Bubblecar said:

Woodie said:

Bubblecar said:

Up and showered. Now have to decide: should I visit the IGA for brunch ingredients, return, have brunch and await the call from the Ross people saying they’re about to leave Launceston, whereupon I set forth for the IGA again to do big shopping?

Or forget the first journey and just wait around for the phone call?

No need for an early shop. I’m sure there’s an out of date tin of baked beans down back of the larder, isn’t there?

There’s no food in the house of any type or class. The diet regime ensures that prior to a Big Shop the fridge and cupboards are bare.

OK then, Mother Hubbard. 😁

Bubblecar said:

Bubblecar said:

Bubblecar said:

Isn’t even any milk left.

Plenty of toilet paper, but you can’t eat that unless you’re a cockroach.

It’s a pleasant sunny morning, go out and get some exercise. And brunch ingredients.

Rodents also enjoy munching on TP.

Bubblecar said:

Bubblecar said:

Woodie said:

No need for an early shop. I’m sure there’s an out of date tin of baked beans down back of the larder, isn’t there?

There’s no food in the house of any type or class. The diet regime ensures that prior to a Big Shop the fridge and cupboards are bare.

Isn’t even any milk left.

Cuppla nettles in the backyard you could boil up?

roughbarked said:

Bogsnorkler said:

roughbarked said:

Had a wonderful Father in Law. He spent musch of his life in forests as a lad cutting sleepers and as an adult managing state forests. He refused to agist farm animals such as sheep and cows because they ruined the potential of young seedling trees for mill logs, He always spoke of goats as a desertification agent. “They ruined the trees of Lebanon”.

Plenty of science on how to do it right. Dunno what this program is actually doing so don’t know how controlled it is.

Temporary fencing and keep moving the goats. Don’t allow them to stay long.
However we are talking about releasing them into areas inacessible to anything but goats. This will destroy fragile environments. A little slower than intense burns but assuredly so as goats are destructive not only to weeds.

From that Smithsonian link.
Five years ago Walt Fujii began bringing in the McGrews’ goats for two weeks at $15,000 per stint to reduce the fire hazard. Not only has the brush been kept under control, but there’s been an added benefit. “You wouldn’t believe what we took out of there the first year,” says Fujii. “One and a half truckloads of junk, bottles, cans, paper—you name it. It was like the snow country after the snow melts. The goats really opened it up.”

Bubblecar said:

Bubblecar said:

Up and showered. Now have to decide: should I visit the IGA for brunch ingredients, return, have brunch and await the call from the Ross people saying they’re about to leave Launceston, whereupon I set forth for the IGA again to do big shopping?

Or forget the first journey and just wait around for the phone call?

What would Jesus do?

Jesus would part space time like he parted the waves, he would instantly appear at IGA.

roughbarked said:

roughbarked said:

Bogsnorkler said:

Plenty of science on how to do it right. Dunno what this program is actually doing so don’t know how controlled it is.

Temporary fencing and keep moving the goats. Don’t allow them to stay long.
However we are talking about releasing them into areas inacessible to anything but goats. This will destroy fragile environments. A little slower than intense burns but assuredly so as goats are destructive not only to weeds.

From that Smithsonian link.
Five years ago Walt Fujii began bringing in the McGrews’ goats for two weeks at $15,000 per stint to reduce the fire hazard. Not only has the brush been kept under control, but there’s been an added benefit. “You wouldn’t believe what we took out of there the first year,” says Fujii. “One and a half truckloads of junk, bottles, cans, paper—you name it. It was like the snow country after the snow melts. The goats really opened it up.”

Which disproves the old tale that goats eat everything.

Tau.Neutrino said:

Bubblecar said:

Bubblecar said:

Up and showered. Now have to decide: should I visit the IGA for brunch ingredients, return, have brunch and await the call from the Ross people saying they’re about to leave Launceston, whereupon I set forth for the IGA again to do big shopping?

Or forget the first journey and just wait around for the phone call?

What would Jesus do?

Jesus would part space time like he parted the waves, he would instantly appear at IGA.

When did Jesus part waves?

roughbarked said:

roughbarked said:

Bogsnorkler said:

Plenty of science on how to do it right. Dunno what this program is actually doing so don’t know how controlled it is.

Temporary fencing and keep moving the goats. Don’t allow them to stay long.
However we are talking about releasing them into areas inacessible to anything but goats. This will destroy fragile environments. A little slower than intense burns but assuredly so as goats are destructive not only to weeds.

From that Smithsonian link.
Five years ago Walt Fujii began bringing in the McGrews’ goats for two weeks at $15,000 per stint to reduce the fire hazard. Not only has the brush been kept under control, but there’s been an added benefit. “You wouldn’t believe what we took out of there the first year,” says Fujii. “One and a half truckloads of junk, bottles, cans, paper—you name it. It was like the snow country after the snow melts. The goats really opened it up.”

“…….. goats for two weeks at $15,000 per stint to reduce the fire hazard …..”

I’m in the wrong business.

roughbarked said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

Bubblecar said:

What would Jesus do?

Jesus would part space time like he parted the waves, he would instantly appear at IGA.

When did Jesus part waves?

That was Moses.

roughbarked said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

Bubblecar said:

What would Jesus do?

Jesus would part space time like he parted the waves, he would instantly appear at IGA.

When did Jesus part waves?

In his spare time at the weekends, presumably.

Bubblecar said:

Bubblecar said:

Woodie said:

No need for an early shop. I’m sure there’s an out of date tin of baked beans down back of the larder, isn’t there?

There’s no food in the house of any type or class. The diet regime ensures that prior to a Big Shop the fridge and cupboards are bare.

Isn’t even any milk left.

“There is plenty of water in the tap. That gives your stomach a full feeling” (Channeling my Mum – oh, hang on, she’s still alive, although not really in there any more…)

https://cdt.org/insights/international-coalition-calls-on-apple-to-abandon-plan-to-build-surveillance-capabilities-into-iphones-ipads-and-other-products/

19 August 2021

Tim Cook
CEO, Apple, Inc.

Dear Mr. Cook:

The undersigned organisations committed to civil rights, human rights, and digital rights around the world are writing to urge Apple to abandon the plans it announced on 5 August 2021 to build surveillance capabilities into iPhones, iPads, and other Apple products. Though these capabilities are intended to protect children and to reduce the spread of child sexual abuse material (CSAM), we are concerned that they will be used to censor protected speech, threaten the privacy and security of people around the world, and have disastrous consequences for many children.

Apple announced that it is deploying a machine learning algorithm to scan images in its text messaging service, Messages, to detect sexually explicit material sent to or from people identified as children on family accounts. This surveillance capability will be built right into Apple devices. When the algorithm detects a sexually explicit image, it warns the user that the image may be sensitive. It also sends a notice to the organiser of a family account whenever a user under age 13 chooses to send or to receive the image.

Algorithms designed to detect sexually explicit material are notoriously unreliable. They are prone to mistakenly flag art, health information, educational resources, advocacy messages, and other imagery. Children’s rights to send and receive such information are protected in the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child. Moreover, the system Apple has developed assumes that the “parent” and “child” accounts involved actually belong to an adult who is the parent of a child, and that those individuals have a healthy relationship. This may not always be the case; an abusive adult may be the organiser of the account, and the consequences of parental notification could threaten the child’s safety and wellbeing. LGBTQ+ youths on family accounts with unsympathetic parents are particularly at risk. As a result of this change, iMessages will no longer provide confidentiality and privacy to those users through an end-to-end encrypted messaging system in which only the sender and intended recipients have access to the information sent. Once this backdoor feature is built in, governments could compel Apple to extend notification to other accounts, and to detect images that are objectionable for reasons other than being sexually explicit.

Apple also announced that it would build into the operating system of its products a hash database of CSAM images provided by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in the United States and other child safety organisations. It will scan against that database every photo its users upload to iCloud. When a preset threshold number of matches is met, it will disable the account and report the user and those images to authorities. Many users routinely upload the photos they take to iCloud. For these users, image surveillance is not something they can opt out of; it will be built into their iPhone or other Apple device, and into their iCloud account.

Once this capability is built into Apple products, the company and its competitors will face enormous pressure — and potentially legal requirements — from governments around the world to scan photos not just for CSAM, but also for other images a government finds objectionable. Those images may be of human rights abuses, political protests, images companies have tagged as “terrorist” or violent extremist content, or even unflattering images of the very politicians who will pressure the company to scan for them. And that pressure could extend to all images stored on the device, not just those uploaded to iCloud. Thus, Apple will have laid the foundation for censorship, surveillance, and persecution on a global basis.

We support efforts to protect children and stand firmly against the proliferation of CSAM. But the changes that Apple has announced put children and its other users at risk, both now and in the future. We urge Apple to abandon those changes and to reaffirm the company’s commitment to protecting its users with end-to-end encryption. We also urge Apple to more regularly consult with civil society groups, and with vulnerable communities who may be disproportionately impacted by changes to its products and services.

read the full letter and list of signatories

Woodie said:

roughbarked said:

roughbarked said:

Temporary fencing and keep moving the goats. Don’t allow them to stay long.
However we are talking about releasing them into areas inacessible to anything but goats. This will destroy fragile environments. A little slower than intense burns but assuredly so as goats are destructive not only to weeds.

From that Smithsonian link.
Five years ago Walt Fujii began bringing in the McGrews’ goats for two weeks at $15,000 per stint to reduce the fire hazard. Not only has the brush been kept under control, but there’s been an added benefit. “You wouldn’t believe what we took out of there the first year,” says Fujii. “One and a half truckloads of junk, bottles, cans, paper—you name it. It was like the snow country after the snow melts. The goats really opened it up.”

“…….. goats for two weeks at $15,000 per stint to reduce the fire hazard …..”

I’m in the wrong business.

Sure are. However, you don’t look the least like a conman. Eyes too wide spaced. ;)

Good Morning from the North West of Tasmania!! Yes, I made it :)

A very speccy Spring day, clear blue skies and right now it’s 14 degrees, 84% humidity and looking at a fabulous top of 18..

I arrived at my house late on Monday evening, blew up the air bed and slept badly. I was anticipating the morning light so I could wander around the place to check it out. Lots of wallabies have decided to make my yard a place of eating… everything :/ Lots of wallaby poo too..

The past few days I have managed to purchase a new fridge (delivered today) and a tv (delivered next week), my internet was on when I arrived but needed assistance to reset the router and actually get internet.. (Thanks to DO)

My belongings are still on their way.. sigh and my car should arrive next week. In the mean time I have access to my Dad’s car and trying to find the paint I’m after to start prepping and painting while the place is empty.

What’s everyone else up to? Woodie you must be devo after the game over the weekend :(

buffy said:

Bubblecar said:

Bubblecar said:

There’s no food in the house of any type or class. The diet regime ensures that prior to a Big Shop the fridge and cupboards are bare.

Isn’t even any milk left.

“There is plenty of water in the tap. That gives your stomach a full feeling” (Channeling my Mum – oh, hang on, she’s still alive, although not really in there any more…)

All good until you start shitting water.

Spider Lily said:

Good Morning from the North West of Tasmania!! Yes, I made it :)

A very speccy Spring day, clear blue skies and right now it’s 14 degrees, 84% humidity and looking at a fabulous top of 18..

I arrived at my house late on Monday evening, blew up the air bed and slept badly. I was anticipating the morning light so I could wander around the place to check it out. Lots of wallabies have decided to make my yard a place of eating… everything :/ Lots of wallaby poo too..

The past few days I have managed to purchase a new fridge (delivered today) and a tv (delivered next week), my internet was on when I arrived but needed assistance to reset the router and actually get internet.. (Thanks to DO)

My belongings are still on their way.. sigh and my car should arrive next week. In the mean time I have access to my Dad’s car and trying to find the paint I’m after to start prepping and painting while the place is empty.

What’s everyone else up to? Woodie you must be devo after the game over the weekend :(

Sounds like you have food wandering in your garden.

roughbarked said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

Bubblecar said:

What would Jesus do?

Jesus would part space time like he parted the waves, he would instantly appear at IGA.

When did Jesus part waves?

Ahh, Jesus taught Moses how to part the waves.

They smoked pot together too I think.

Later Moses showed the others the trick that Jesus taught him.

Spider Lily said:

Good Morning from the North West of Tasmania!! Yes, I made it :)

A very speccy Spring day, clear blue skies and right now it’s 14 degrees, 84% humidity and looking at a fabulous top of 18..

I arrived at my house late on Monday evening, blew up the air bed and slept badly. I was anticipating the morning light so I could wander around the place to check it out. Lots of wallabies have decided to make my yard a place of eating… everything :/ Lots of wallaby poo too..

The past few days I have managed to purchase a new fridge (delivered today) and a tv (delivered next week), my internet was on when I arrived but needed assistance to reset the router and actually get internet.. (Thanks to DO)

My belongings are still on their way.. sigh and my car should arrive next week. In the mean time I have access to my Dad’s car and trying to find the paint I’m after to start prepping and painting while the place is empty.

What’s everyone else up to? Woodie you must be devo after the game over the weekend :(

So no roses?

Spider Lily said:

Good Morning from the North West of Tasmania!! Yes, I made it :)

A very speccy Spring day, clear blue skies and right now it’s 14 degrees, 84% humidity and looking at a fabulous top of 18..

I arrived at my house late on Monday evening, blew up the air bed and slept badly. I was anticipating the morning light so I could wander around the place to check it out. Lots of wallabies have decided to make my yard a place of eating… everything :/ Lots of wallaby poo too..

The past few days I have managed to purchase a new fridge (delivered today) and a tv (delivered next week), my internet was on when I arrived but needed assistance to reset the router and actually get internet.. (Thanks to DO)

My belongings are still on their way.. sigh and my car should arrive next week. In the mean time I have access to my Dad’s car and trying to find the paint I’m after to start prepping and painting while the place is empty.

What’s everyone else up to? Woodie you must be devo after the game over the weekend :(

I’m glad you made it in the end. Even if in a somewhat more disorganized way than intended.

I’m about to hang some whites on the line in the sun and wind, hang the kitchen mat up on the other end of the prop line and wash it down while there is a good chance of it drying (I’m sure it is really a light grey mat, but it’s been wet outside for some months, to the mat is presently somewhat darker in colour). Then there is weeding and (late) pruning of the apple tree to be done.

roughbarked said:

buffy said:

Bubblecar said:

Isn’t even any milk left.

“There is plenty of water in the tap. That gives your stomach a full feeling” (Channeling my Mum – oh, hang on, she’s still alive, although not really in there any more…)

All good until you start shitting water.

Unless there is some sort of bug in the water, that is unlikely to happen.

Spider Lily said:

Good Morning from the North West of Tasmania!! Yes, I made it :)

A very speccy Spring day, clear blue skies and right now it’s 14 degrees, 84% humidity and looking at a fabulous top of 18..

I arrived at my house late on Monday evening, blew up the air bed and slept badly. I was anticipating the morning light so I could wander around the place to check it out. Lots of wallabies have decided to make my yard a place of eating… everything :/ Lots of wallaby poo too..

The past few days I have managed to purchase a new fridge (delivered today) and a tv (delivered next week), my internet was on when I arrived but needed assistance to reset the router and actually get internet.. (Thanks to DO)

My belongings are still on their way.. sigh and my car should arrive next week. In the mean time I have access to my Dad’s car and trying to find the paint I’m after to start prepping and painting while the place is empty.

What’s everyone else up to? Woodie you must be devo after the game over the weekend :(

Exciting times.

Spider Lily said:

Good Morning from the North West of Tasmania!! Yes, I made it :)

A very speccy Spring day, clear blue skies and right now it’s 14 degrees, 84% humidity and looking at a fabulous top of 18..

I arrived at my house late on Monday evening, blew up the air bed and slept badly. I was anticipating the morning light so I could wander around the place to check it out. Lots of wallabies have decided to make my yard a place of eating… everything :/ Lots of wallaby poo too..

The past few days I have managed to purchase a new fridge (delivered today) and a tv (delivered next week), my internet was on when I arrived but needed assistance to reset the router and actually get internet.. (Thanks to DO)

My belongings are still on their way.. sigh and my car should arrive next week. In the mean time I have access to my Dad’s car and trying to find the paint I’m after to start prepping and painting while the place is empty.

What’s everyone else up to? Woodie you must be devo after the game over the weekend :(

There’s always next year. 😥

Dark Orange said:

So no roses?

Some but not the 70 or so that were here in the first place. Only 3-4 out the back and the 20 in the front seemed to have been reduced to 15 :(

Sonja has done her best but the little buggers are getting in via the top side fence where Chilli made her escape each morning to survey the neighbourhood :)

Woodie said:

There’s always next year. 😥

Yep.. I have been saying that since 1964..

Spider Lily said:

Dark Orange said:

So no roses?

Some but not the 70 or so that were here in the first place. Only 3-4 out the back and the 20 in the front seemed to have been reduced to 15 :(

Sonja has done her best but the little buggers are getting in via the top side fence where Chilli made her escape each morning to survey the neighbourhood :)

There’s a hole in the fence dear Liza dear Liza,…..

A universal equation for the shape of an egg
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/08/210827133748.htm

Researchers have discovered a universal mathematical formula that can describe any bird’s egg existing in nature — a significant step in understanding not only the egg shape itself, but also how and why it evolved, thus making widespread biological and technological applications possible.

more…

Spider Lily said:

Woodie said:

There’s always next year. 😥

Yep.. I have been saying that since 1964..

Staunchly.

Could cricket tame the Taliban? https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-02/afghanistan-v-australia-test-in-tasmania-continuing/100427018

roughbarked said:

There’s a hole in the fence dear Liza dear Liza,…..

Certainly is.. in fact there are many, the original fence has been swallowed up by shrubbery and I’m a bit perplexed as to what to do. I want to keep the privacy but need the fence. Will have a meeting with Sonja (gardener) on Friday and see what we can come up with. Might need to contact the neighbour to, he might have an idea as well :)

Tau.Neutrino said:

A universal equation for the shape of an egg
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/08/210827133748.htm

Researchers have discovered a universal mathematical formula that can describe any bird’s egg existing in nature — a significant step in understanding not only the egg shape itself, but also how and why it evolved, thus making widespread biological and technological applications possible.

more…

QI, but grossly over-hyped.

Spider Lily said:

roughbarked said:

There’s a hole in the fence dear Liza dear Liza,…..

Certainly is.. in fact there are many, the original fence has been swallowed up by shrubbery and I’m a bit perplexed as to what to do. I want to keep the privacy but need the fence. Will have a meeting with Sonja (gardener) on Friday and see what we can come up with. Might need to contact the neighbour to, he might have an idea as well :)

If you fix the hole they are using, that will keep them out until they find another.

Damn that’s windy out there. Mt William has been gusting over 100 (up to 111km/hr) since about 6.00am this morning, I reckon we are easily doing 70 or more. Had a bit of a fight with the prop clothes line, but the stuff will dry very quickly.

buffy said:

Damn that’s windy out there. Mt William has been gusting over 100 (up to 111km/hr) since about 6.00am this morning, I reckon we are easily doing 70 or more. Had a bit of a fight with the prop clothes line, but the stuff will dry very quickly.

Weather man Nathan said that southern Oz was in for gale force winds. 26kmh here.

roughbarked said:

Temporary fencing and keep moving the goats. Don’t allow them to stay long.
However we are talking about releasing them into areas inacessible to anything but goats.

that’s what is being done in that article i linked to.

the article MS linked to doesn’t say that.

BACK with the ingredients for a salami & salad sandwich on sourdough.

buffy said:

Damn that’s windy out there. Mt William has been gusting over 100 (up to 111km/hr) since about 6.00am this morning, I reckon we are easily doing 70 or more. Had a bit of a fight with the prop clothes line, but the stuff will dry very quickly.

Missing us so far. Had a pleasant walk in light wind.

https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=-211.30,-38.09,1755/loc=147.075,-42.012

Bubblecar said:

BACK with the ingredients for a salami & salad sandwich on sourdough.

Sounds good.

Bogsnorkler said:

roughbarked said:

Temporary fencing and keep moving the goats. Don’t allow them to stay long.
However we are talking about releasing them into areas inacessible to anything but goats.

that’s what is being done in that article i linked to.

the article MS linked to doesn’t say that.

Yes but none of those places are as unique as Australia in that we don’t have hooved animals.
There are heaps of wild goats destroying Australia now. Why not research whether they reduce the intensity of fires where they exist in regard also to what are the doing to otherwise damage the environs?

Just before 5am on Friday 30 April 2021, a 1977 classic Holden Torana Sedan was stolen from a locked garage at a home on Maiden Avenue, Leeton.

The car was loaded onto a car trailer and towed via the Burley Griffen Way, through Temora, Cootamundra, and Yass.

The last sighting of the vehicle was on the M7 Motorway at Liverpool, about 12pm that day.

Following extensive inquiries, officers attached to Murrumbidgee Police District attended a worksite on Vance Road, Leeton, and arrested a 26-year-old man just before midday yesterday (Monday 30 August 2021).

He was taken to Leeton Police Station where he was charged with aggravated break, enter and steal commit serious indictable offence – in company – steal greater than $60,000.

The Leeton man was granted conditional bail to appear in Leeton Local Court on Tuesday 12 October 2021.

The vehicle has not been located.

roughbarked said:

Just before 5am on Friday 30 April 2021, a 1977 classic Holden Torana Sedan was stolen from a locked garage at a home on Maiden Avenue, Leeton.

The car was loaded onto a car trailer and towed via the Burley Griffen Way, through Temora, Cootamundra, and Yass.

The last sighting of the vehicle was on the M7 Motorway at Liverpool, about 12pm that day.

Following extensive inquiries, officers attached to Murrumbidgee Police District attended a worksite on Vance Road, Leeton, and arrested a 26-year-old man just before midday yesterday (Monday 30 August 2021).

He was taken to Leeton Police Station where he was charged with aggravated break, enter and steal commit serious indictable offence – in company – steal greater than $60,000.

The Leeton man was granted conditional bail to appear in Leeton Local Court on Tuesday 12 October 2021.

The vehicle has not been located.

Vehicle is likely gone forever. :(

roughbarked said:

Just before 5am on Friday 30 April 2021, a 1977 classic Holden Torana Sedan was stolen from a locked garage at a home on Maiden Avenue, Leeton.

The car was loaded onto a car trailer and towed via the Burley Griffen Way, through Temora, Cootamundra, and Yass.

The last sighting of the vehicle was on the M7 Motorway at Liverpool, about 12pm that day.

Following extensive inquiries, officers attached to Murrumbidgee Police District attended a worksite on Vance Road, Leeton, and arrested a 26-year-old man just before midday yesterday (Monday 30 August 2021).

He was taken to Leeton Police Station where he was charged with aggravated break, enter and steal commit serious indictable offence – in company – steal greater than $60,000.

The Leeton man was granted conditional bail to appear in Leeton Local Court on Tuesday 12 October 2021.

The vehicle has not been located.

I was going to say that in 1977 the M7 didn’t yet exist (it was just the Hume Hwy) and that that 26 year-old wasn’t even born yet, but … never mind.

Dark Orange said:

roughbarked said:

Just before 5am on Friday 30 April 2021, a 1977 classic Holden Torana Sedan was stolen from a locked garage at a home on Maiden Avenue, Leeton.

The car was loaded onto a car trailer and towed via the Burley Griffen Way, through Temora, Cootamundra, and Yass.

The last sighting of the vehicle was on the M7 Motorway at Liverpool, about 12pm that day.

Following extensive inquiries, officers attached to Murrumbidgee Police District attended a worksite on Vance Road, Leeton, and arrested a 26-year-old man just before midday yesterday (Monday 30 August 2021).

He was taken to Leeton Police Station where he was charged with aggravated break, enter and steal commit serious indictable offence – in company – steal greater than $60,000.

The Leeton man was granted conditional bail to appear in Leeton Local Court on Tuesday 12 October 2021.

The vehicle has not been located.

Vehicle is likely gone forever. :(

Into illegal collector neverland.

Speedy said:

roughbarked said:

Just before 5am on Friday 30 April 2021, a 1977 classic Holden Torana Sedan was stolen from a locked garage at a home on Maiden Avenue, Leeton.

The car was loaded onto a car trailer and towed via the Burley Griffen Way, through Temora, Cootamundra, and Yass.

The last sighting of the vehicle was on the M7 Motorway at Liverpool, about 12pm that day.

Following extensive inquiries, officers attached to Murrumbidgee Police District attended a worksite on Vance Road, Leeton, and arrested a 26-year-old man just before midday yesterday (Monday 30 August 2021).

He was taken to Leeton Police Station where he was charged with aggravated break, enter and steal commit serious indictable offence – in company – steal greater than $60,000.

The Leeton man was granted conditional bail to appear in Leeton Local Court on Tuesday 12 October 2021.

The vehicle has not been located.

I was going to say that in 1977 the M7 didn’t yet exist (it was just the Hume Hwy) and that that 26 year-old wasn’t even born yet, but … never mind.

:)

Dark Orange said:

roughbarked said:

Just before 5am on Friday 30 April 2021, a 1977 classic Holden Torana Sedan was stolen from a locked garage at a home on Maiden Avenue, Leeton.

The car was loaded onto a car trailer and towed via the Burley Griffen Way, through Temora, Cootamundra, and Yass.

The last sighting of the vehicle was on the M7 Motorway at Liverpool, about 12pm that day.

Following extensive inquiries, officers attached to Murrumbidgee Police District attended a worksite on Vance Road, Leeton, and arrested a 26-year-old man just before midday yesterday (Monday 30 August 2021).

He was taken to Leeton Police Station where he was charged with aggravated break, enter and steal commit serious indictable offence – in company – steal greater than $60,000.

The Leeton man was granted conditional bail to appear in Leeton Local Court on Tuesday 12 October 2021.

The vehicle has not been located.

Vehicle is likely gone forever. :(

Stealing cars like this from people’s homes is just as bad as stealing their pets :(

Speedy said:

Dark Orange said:

roughbarked said:

Just before 5am on Friday 30 April 2021, a 1977 classic Holden Torana Sedan was stolen from a locked garage at a home on Maiden Avenue, Leeton.

The car was loaded onto a car trailer and towed via the Burley Griffen Way, through Temora, Cootamundra, and Yass.

The last sighting of the vehicle was on the M7 Motorway at Liverpool, about 12pm that day.

Following extensive inquiries, officers attached to Murrumbidgee Police District attended a worksite on Vance Road, Leeton, and arrested a 26-year-old man just before midday yesterday (Monday 30 August 2021).

He was taken to Leeton Police Station where he was charged with aggravated break, enter and steal commit serious indictable offence – in company – steal greater than $60,000.

The Leeton man was granted conditional bail to appear in Leeton Local Court on Tuesday 12 October 2021.

The vehicle has not been located.

Vehicle is likely gone forever. :(

Stealing cars like this from people’s homes is just as bad as stealing their pets :(

They used to hang horse thieves.

roughbarked said:

Dark Orange said:

roughbarked said:

Just before 5am on Friday 30 April 2021, a 1977 classic Holden Torana Sedan was stolen from a locked garage at a home on Maiden Avenue, Leeton.

The car was loaded onto a car trailer and towed via the Burley Griffen Way, through Temora, Cootamundra, and Yass.

The last sighting of the vehicle was on the M7 Motorway at Liverpool, about 12pm that day.

Following extensive inquiries, officers attached to Murrumbidgee Police District attended a worksite on Vance Road, Leeton, and arrested a 26-year-old man just before midday yesterday (Monday 30 August 2021).

He was taken to Leeton Police Station where he was charged with aggravated break, enter and steal commit serious indictable offence – in company – steal greater than $60,000.

The Leeton man was granted conditional bail to appear in Leeton Local Court on Tuesday 12 October 2021.

The vehicle has not been located.

Vehicle is likely gone forever. :(

Into illegal collector neverland.

A respray and rebirth and it’ll never be found.

Dark Orange said:

roughbarked said:

Dark Orange said:

Vehicle is likely gone forever. :(

Into illegal collector neverland.

A respray and rebirth and it’ll never be found.

I was in the bush near my local city looking at fringe lilies when I came across a complete car cut into pieces and secreted in different spots. A couple of weeks later, saw that all of those pices had been crefully picked up by a truck which strangely left all the other rubbish that people from town had tossed in that tiny section of remnant veg.

Eddie Everywhere get’s banned from WA. hehehehehehe 😁

https://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/wont-let-me-in-former-collingwood-president-eddie-mcguire-denied-entry-to-western-australia/news-story/81ebb969ce34b07823d41ef808bffac5

New strap for the lute arrived today. Not a very good snap of it but it’s the best you’ll get this morning.

Daddy looks a bit out of it.

Well, the apple tree has been pruned, and the prunings put through the garden chipper. And the prunings off one of the Buddleias have also been chipped. And the chippings raked out around the gate into Auntie Annie’s. I came inside red faced, sweaty and overheated, but a couple of glasses of water, a glass of cordial and a coffee scroll seems to have revived me. Now I need to do a small bit of mowing where I haven’t been able to get for wetness for some weeks. It should only take 15 minutes. Then I reckon it’s going to be inside for the rest of the day. The wind is still unpleasant – between the gusts it’s in the 40s.

Rang the Ross bro-in-law. He’s still waiting for a call from the sister in LGH. Looks like she’s having a looong wait for her little wart-removal op.

So in the meantime, I might as well pour a small scotch.

buffy said:

Well, the apple tree has been pruned, and the prunings put through the garden chipper. And the prunings off one of the Buddleias have also been chipped. And the chippings raked out around the gate into Auntie Annie’s. I came inside red faced, sweaty and overheated, but a couple of glasses of water, a glass of cordial and a coffee scroll seems to have revived me. Now I need to do a small bit of mowing where I haven’t been able to get for wetness for some weeks. It should only take 15 minutes. Then I reckon it’s going to be inside for the rest of the day. The wind is still unpleasant – between the gusts it’s in the 40s.

Getting this gusty this end.

Bubblecar said:

buffy said:

Well, the apple tree has been pruned, and the prunings put through the garden chipper. And the prunings off one of the Buddleias have also been chipped. And the chippings raked out around the gate into Auntie Annie’s. I came inside red faced, sweaty and overheated, but a couple of glasses of water, a glass of cordial and a coffee scroll seems to have revived me. Now I need to do a small bit of mowing where I haven’t been able to get for wetness for some weeks. It should only take 15 minutes. Then I reckon it’s going to be inside for the rest of the day. The wind is still unpleasant – between the gusts it’s in the 40s.

Getting this gusty this end.

Meant to say “a bit gusty”.

roughbarked said:

Bogsnorkler said:

roughbarked said:

Temporary fencing and keep moving the goats. Don’t allow them to stay long.
However we are talking about releasing them into areas inacessible to anything but goats.

that’s what is being done in that article i linked to.

the article MS linked to doesn’t say that.

Yes but none of those places are as unique as Australia in that we don’t have hooved animals.
There are heaps of wild goats destroying Australia now. Why not research whether they reduce the intensity of fires where they exist in regard also to what are the doing to otherwise damage the environs?

Maybe they have researched it. Lots of wild goats in WA but spread out over a wide area so the effect of fire control isn’t as pronounced.

Bubblecar said:

Rang the Ross bro-in-law. He’s still waiting for a call from the sister in LGH. Looks like she’s having a looong wait for her little wart-removal op.

So in the meantime, I might as well pour a small scotch.

Well at least she lives somewhere where she can have a little wart removal. In NSW…‘The Guardian has this week reported that it has been “contacted by people who had kidney transplants and heart angioplasties booked in at public hospitals, but had their operations cancelled and not rescheduled due to staffing shortages and Covid exposure within the hospital system”. ‘

sarahs mum said:

Bubblecar said:

Rang the Ross bro-in-law. He’s still waiting for a call from the sister in LGH. Looks like she’s having a looong wait for her little wart-removal op.

So in the meantime, I might as well pour a small scotch.

Well at least she lives somewhere where she can have a little wart removal. In NSW…‘The Guardian has this week reported that it has been “contacted by people who had kidney transplants and heart angioplasties booked in at public hospitals, but had their operations cancelled and not rescheduled due to staffing shortages and Covid exposure within the hospital system”. ‘

https://truecrimenewsweekly.com/blood-on-their-hands-young-women-men-in-western-sydney-drop-dead-at-home-from-covid-crisis-as-gulag-gladys-berejiklian-covers-up-true-hospital-numbers-with-health-hotels/

sarahs mum said:

Bubblecar said:

Rang the Ross bro-in-law. He’s still waiting for a call from the sister in LGH. Looks like she’s having a looong wait for her little wart-removal op.

So in the meantime, I might as well pour a small scotch.

Well at least she lives somewhere where she can have a little wart removal. In NSW…‘The Guardian has this week reported that it has been “contacted by people who had kidney transplants and heart angioplasties booked in at public hospitals, but had their operations cancelled and not rescheduled due to staffing shortages and Covid exposure within the hospital system”. ‘

Madness.

Bubblecar said:

Bubblecar said:

buffy said:

Well, the apple tree has been pruned, and the prunings put through the garden chipper. And the prunings off one of the Buddleias have also been chipped. And the chippings raked out around the gate into Auntie Annie’s. I came inside red faced, sweaty and overheated, but a couple of glasses of water, a glass of cordial and a coffee scroll seems to have revived me. Now I need to do a small bit of mowing where I haven’t been able to get for wetness for some weeks. It should only take 15 minutes. Then I reckon it’s going to be inside for the rest of the day. The wind is still unpleasant – between the gusts it’s in the 40s.

Getting this gusty this end.

Meant to say “a bit gusty”.

I have a warm to hot breeze. I’m out watering.

Bogsnorkler said:

roughbarked said:

Bogsnorkler said:

that’s what is being done in that article i linked to.

the article MS linked to doesn’t say that.

Yes but none of those places are as unique as Australia in that we don’t have hooved animals.
There are heaps of wild goats destroying Australia now. Why not research whether they reduce the intensity of fires where they exist in regard also to what are the doing to otherwise damage the environs?

Maybe they have researched it. Lots of wild goats in WA but spread out over a wide area so the effect of fire control isn’t as pronounced.

Maybe we should wait until they do what the camels did?

roughbarked said:

Bogsnorkler said:

roughbarked said:

Yes but none of those places are as unique as Australia in that we don’t have hooved animals.
There are heaps of wild goats destroying Australia now. Why not research whether they reduce the intensity of fires where they exist in regard also to what are the doing to otherwise damage the environs?

Maybe they have researched it. Lots of wild goats in WA but spread out over a wide area so the effect of fire control isn’t as pronounced.

Maybe we should wait until they do what the camels did?

Maybe we find out more about this trial before going off half-cocked?