Pinch and a punch first day of the month.
There, haven’t said that since I was a little tyke.

roughbarked said:

Pinch and a punch first day of the month.
There, haven’t said that since I was a little tyke.

I always hated being pinched and punched.

sarahs mum said:

roughbarked said:

Pinch and a punch first day of the month.
There, haven’t said that since I was a little tyke.

I always hated being pinched and punched.

Me too.

Good morning Holidayers. Fifteen degrees and twilighty here at the moment. I think I heard a very brief shower of “rain” an hour or so ago. We are forecast 24 with showers and a possible storm. We shall wait and see what happens.

It’s Tuesday, so it’s bakery breakfast. And I’ve got a haircut appointment for 9.00am.

buffy said:

Good morning Holidayers. Fifteen degrees and twilighty here at the moment. I think I heard a very brief shower of “rain” an hour or so ago. We are forecast 24 with showers and a possible storm. We shall wait and see what happens.

It’s Tuesday, so it’s bakery breakfast. And I’ve got a haircut appointment for 9.00am.

Morning. We had gentle rain and cricket songs for most of the night.

I drove the UFO, headlights adjust high/low beam by selves, vehicle reads speed limits signs

.

transition said:

I drove the UFO, headlights adjust high/low beam by selves, vehicle reads speed limits signs

.

Can it actually fly?

Bubblecar said:

transition said:

I drove the UFO, headlights adjust high/low beam by selves, vehicle reads speed limits signs

.

Can it actually fly?

I avoid pressing buttons, on the very lit dashboard etc, you couldn’t be sure what galaxy you might end up in

transition said:

Bubblecar said:

transition said:

I drove the UFO, headlights adjust high/low beam by selves, vehicle reads speed limits signs

.

Can it actually fly?

I avoid pressing buttons, on the very lit dashboard etc, you couldn’t be sure what galaxy you might end up in

Ha.

transition said:

I drove the UFO, headlights adjust high/low beam by selves, vehicle reads speed limits signs

.

OK. That’s odd. Could you please elaborate.

Michael V said:

transition said:

I drove the UFO, headlights adjust high/low beam by selves, vehicle reads speed limits signs

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OK. That’s odd. Could you please elaborate.

defacto son-in-law’s Ford Ranger, dropped daughter and he off at airport

I don’t much enjoy complex vehicle interiors, electronics etc, displays

transition said:

Michael V said:

transition said:

I drove the UFO, headlights adjust high/low beam by selves, vehicle reads speed limits signs

.

OK. That’s odd. Could you please elaborate.

defacto son-in-law’s Ford Ranger, dropped daughter and he off at airport

I don’t much enjoy complex vehicle interiors, electronics etc, displays

Ah. I see now. Me neither.

Michael V said:

transition said:

Michael V said:

OK. That’s odd. Could you please elaborate.

defacto son-in-law’s Ford Ranger, dropped daughter and he off at airport

I don’t much enjoy complex vehicle interiors, electronics etc, displays

Ah. I see now. Me neither.

Modern cars, too much distraction in the dash.

Back in Chat now.

“BitConnect founder indicted by Justice Department has disappeared”

This is the sort of news that Bitcoin and other ponz………………other bitcoin type companies don’t need. Lets not forget that there are 1000 times more people doing bad things with traditional currencies every day.

While I’m here I may as well tell you about the bun I’m about to have.
It’s one of the long ones with the pink icing on top you get from Coles.

Peak Warming Man said:

While I’m here I may as well tell you about the bun I’m about to have.
It’s one of the long ones with the pink icing on top you get from Coles.

I hope you enjoy it. I impulse bought a pink iced coffee scroll from the bakery this morning. I haven’t eaten it yet. I’ll do that for afternoon tea so I’m sugared up for archery.

Peak Warming Man said:

While I’m here I may as well tell you about the bun I’m about to have.
It’s one of the long ones with the pink icing on top you get from Coles.

a finger bun.

linocut, edition of 30, 102 × 76 cm

$2,000 unframed, $2,800 framed

Gerard Krefft (1830-1881) was one of Australia’s first and leading zoologists and palaeontologists. In addition to many scientific papers, he wrote The Snakes of Australia and The Mammals of Australia. Krefft formally described the Queensland lungfish suggesting it could be the ‘missing link’ between fishes and amphibians.

Krefft was Director of the Australian Museum from 1864 – 1874. He built up the museum’s collections and won international repute as a scientist. Kreft corresponded with Charles Darwin and was one of the few Australian scientists to accept Darwin’s theory of evolution and disseminate his ideas in the 1860’s. Eccentrically, he secretly staged a fight between a snake and a mongoose in the museum’s basement for the visiting Duke of Edinburgh.

Devoted to the museum’s interests, Krefft clashed with the trustees, notably Sir William Macleay who was building up his private collection at the expense of the museum. The staunchly conservative religious views of the board of trustees strongly opposed Krefft’s radical theories on evolution. They strategically charged him with drunkenness, theft and disobeying the trustee’s orders.

In 1874 Krefft was fired. Refusing to vacate his office, he was physically carried by two prize fighters from the museum while still in his chair and was thrown onto the street. After several appeals to the Supreme Court, Krefft was left demoralised. Without his livelihood, he was left destitute and died of congestion of the lungs.

Krefft’s chair can be found outside the boardroom at the Australian Museum as if patiently waiting for the next dismissal.

Pointless, it only goes for an hour at best.

Peak Warming Man said:

Pointless, it only goes for an hour at best.

It’s all so pageantry as well

Cymek said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Pointless, it only goes for an hour at best.

It’s all so pageantry as well

isn’t it just so cute that USSAmericans take their dear leaders so seriously

“Like almost 3 million Australians before him, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has COVID.”

I just sent off a message to the lodge.

Dear PM

Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family at this difficult time.
Get well soon and God speed.

Yours
Peak Warming Man
For and on behalf of the Holiday Forum.

Peak Warming Man said:

“Like almost 3 million Australians before him, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has COVID.”

I just sent off a message to the lodge.

Dear PM

Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family at this difficult time.
Get well soon and God speed.

Yours
Peak Warming Man
For and on behalf of the Holiday Forum.

I., for one, don’t wish him to be ill.

I’d like him to be gone, but i don’t wish him to be sick.

Peak Warming Man said:

“Like almost 3 million Australians before him, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has COVID.”

I just sent off a message to the lodge.

Dear PM

Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family at this difficult time.
Get well soon and God speed.

Yours
Peak Warming Man
For and on behalf of the Holiday Forum.

Just got a reply back from Jenny.
I wont post it because it was stamped PRIVATE.
But in essence it said she was looking after him, giving him succour and chicken broth.

Well, that’s one yucca stump grubbed out.

Two to go.

Hard work. I won’t attempt another today. I’m knackered.

Michael V said:

Well, that’s one yucca stump grubbed out.

Two to go.

Hard work. I won’t attempt another today. I’m knackered.

Take It Easy, just like The Eagles.

Peak Warming Man said:

Michael V said:

Well, that’s one yucca stump grubbed out.

Two to go.

Hard work. I won’t attempt another today. I’m knackered.

Take It Easy, just like The Eagles.

There’s a girl oh lord on a Honda 4.

Peak Warming Man said:

Michael V said:

Well, that’s one yucca stump grubbed out.

Two to go.

Hard work. I won’t attempt another today. I’m knackered.

Take It Easy, just like The Eagles.

Thanks. I will.

sarahs mum said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Michael V said:

Well, that’s one yucca stump grubbed out.

Two to go.

Hard work. I won’t attempt another today. I’m knackered.

Take It Easy, just like The Eagles.

There’s a girl oh lord on a Honda 4.

Ha!

Michael V said:

Well, that’s one yucca stump grubbed out.

Two to go.

Hard work. I won’t attempt another today. I’m knackered.

Nah nah nah. Hard Yakka on the yucca.

Woodie said:

Michael V said:

Well, that’s one yucca stump grubbed out.

Two to go.

Hard work. I won’t attempt another today. I’m knackered.

Nah nah nah. Hard Yakka on the yucca.

:)

How’s your Chonda going?

Michael V said:

Well, that’s one yucca stump grubbed out.

Two to go.

Hard work. I won’t attempt another today. I’m knackered.

Sheesh Mr V…… Bottle it and sell it.

https://www.bunnings.com.au/300mm-yucca-yucca-elephantipes_p0011753

Ghost fungus: impressive. Photographed somewhere in Tasmania.

Woodie said:

Michael V said:

Well, that’s one yucca stump grubbed out.

Two to go.

Hard work. I won’t attempt another today. I’m knackered.

Sheesh Mr V…… Bottle it and sell it.

https://www.bunnings.com.au/300mm-yucca-yucca-elephantipes_p0011753

Holy!

Would you like me to pot you a pup?

buffy said:

Ghost fungus: impressive. Photographed somewhere in Tasmania.

:)

Michael V said:

Woodie said:

Michael V said:

Well, that’s one yucca stump grubbed out.

Two to go.

Hard work. I won’t attempt another today. I’m knackered.

Nah nah nah. Hard Yakka on the yucca.

:)

How’s your Chonda going?

Just got back from town……

Town is sold out of WD-40. Found some in Woollies hidden behind one of them stock trolleys the put in the aisle.

Woollies is pretty empty, but got most of what I needed or a substitute. Nothing “fresh” at all whatsoever.

There’s stacks of houses and places in town with piles of shit and stuff out the front. But you’re not seeing that on the tele.

No petrol etc at petrol stations. Run out. I’m OK coz I filled up on Monday when in town. You still can’t get into Casino from north/south/east or west to resupply stuff.

Bout to go further sort out the Chonda.

But all is kewlies.

Michael V said:

Woodie said:

Michael V said:

Well, that’s one yucca stump grubbed out.

Two to go.

Hard work. I won’t attempt another today. I’m knackered.

Sheesh Mr V…… Bottle it and sell it.

https://www.bunnings.com.au/300mm-yucca-yucca-elephantipes_p0011753

Holy!

Would you like me to pot you a pup?

Please. If you’ve got the pots. 😁

Woodie said:

Michael V said:

Woodie said:

Sheesh Mr V…… Bottle it and sell it.

https://www.bunnings.com.au/300mm-yucca-yucca-elephantipes_p0011753

Holy!

Would you like me to pot you a pup?

Please. If you’ve got the pots. 😁

No wukkas.

Heading off to archery shortly. Have an interesting moth labelled as Sandava scitisignata from Briagolong.

buffy said:

Ghost fungus: impressive. Photographed somewhere in Tasmania.

Not seen anything that shiny but I have seen some shiny out in the forest.

People in a FB group sometimes share old advertisements and cartoons and stuff, and I’ve seen US reference to “wheatcakes”.

WTF is a wheatcake? Like, a cake made of wheat… like 99% of cakes?

Looks like the moon has been lying about it’s age, and it’s not the first time.

And another thing, I put a freshly died rat in the bin on Sunday night as the bins go out for Monday morning.
However there was no pick up Monday morning, nor Tuesday or Wednesday no doubt because of the flooding but rat is well jugged and starting to smell.

Peak Warming Man said:

And another thing, I put a freshly died rat in the bin on Sunday night as the bins go out for Monday morning.
However there was no pick up Monday morning, nor Tuesday or Wednesday no doubt because of the flooding but rat is well jugged and starting to smell.

I think I smell a rat.

Peak Warming Man said:

And another thing, I put a freshly died rat in the bin on Sunday night as the bins go out for Monday morning.
However there was no pick up Monday morning, nor Tuesday or Wednesday no doubt because of the flooding but rat is well jugged and starting to smell.

Do you have any salmon you could feed it to?

furious said:

Peak Warming Man said:

And another thing, I put a freshly died rat in the bin on Sunday night as the bins go out for Monday morning.
However there was no pick up Monday morning, nor Tuesday or Wednesday no doubt because of the flooding but rat is well jugged and starting to smell.

Do you have any salmon you could feed it to?

Or put in a neighbours letterbox

Peak Warming Man said:

And another thing, I put a freshly died rat in the bin on Sunday night as the bins go out for Monday morning.
However there was no pick up Monday morning, nor Tuesday or Wednesday no doubt because of the flooding but rat is well jugged and starting to smell.

Unless the rat has been poisoned. Just toss it out in an open position and birds like ravens and magpies will make quick work of it. Alternatively, foxes will gladly dine upon it even if high smelling.

PermeateFree said:

Peak Warming Man said:

And another thing, I put a freshly died rat in the bin on Sunday night as the bins go out for Monday morning.
However there was no pick up Monday morning, nor Tuesday or Wednesday no doubt because of the flooding but rat is well jugged and starting to smell.

Unless the rat has been poisoned. Just toss it out in an open position and birds like ravens and magpies will make quick work of it. Alternatively, foxes will gladly dine upon it even if high smelling.

I’m afraid rat died of very very thin blood.

Peak Warming Man said:

PermeateFree said:

Peak Warming Man said:

And another thing, I put a freshly died rat in the bin on Sunday night as the bins go out for Monday morning.
However there was no pick up Monday morning, nor Tuesday or Wednesday no doubt because of the flooding but rat is well jugged and starting to smell.

Unless the rat has been poisoned. Just toss it out in an open position and birds like ravens and magpies will make quick work of it. Alternatively, foxes will gladly dine upon it even if high smelling.

I’m afraid rat died of very very thin blood.

Probably currently at rest in the best spot then.

PermeateFree said:

Peak Warming Man said:

PermeateFree said:

Unless the rat has been poisoned. Just toss it out in an open position and birds like ravens and magpies will make quick work of it. Alternatively, foxes will gladly dine upon it even if high smelling.

I’m afraid rat died of very very thin blood.

Probably currently at rest in the best spot then.

Pick it out and multiwrap it to reduce smell

Tonight I’ll be having lamb(left over from roast) Thai red curry and rice washed down with a popular cola.
Over.

Cymek said:

PermeateFree said:

Peak Warming Man said:

I’m afraid rat died of very very thin blood.

Probably currently at rest in the best spot then.

Pick it out and multiwrap it to reduce smell

Or bury it in the yard. It can rot of its own accord, without smell. And fertilise your yard as well.

Evening, light bit or rain in the Styx. Seems to be dumping down on the coast if the news is to be believed.

dv said:

People in a FB group sometimes share old advertisements and cartoons and stuff, and I’ve seen US reference to “wheatcakes”.

WTF is a wheatcake? Like, a cake made of wheat… like 99% of cakes?

Dictionaries seem to suggest it is a pancake. Recipes suggest it is a dense eggless curdy cake from India.

sarahs mum said:

dv said:

People in a FB group sometimes share old advertisements and cartoons and stuff, and I’ve seen US reference to “wheatcakes”.

WTF is a wheatcake? Like, a cake made of wheat… like 99% of cakes?

Dictionaries seem to suggest it is a pancake. Recipes suggest it is a dense eggless curdy cake from India.

Looks like pancakes or hotcakes. Not that I know the difference between those two.

Michael V said:

sarahs mum said:

dv said:

People in a FB group sometimes share old advertisements and cartoons and stuff, and I’ve seen US reference to “wheatcakes”.

WTF is a wheatcake? Like, a cake made of wheat… like 99% of cakes?

Dictionaries seem to suggest it is a pancake. Recipes suggest it is a dense eggless curdy cake from India.

Looks like pancakes or hotcakes. Not that I know the difference between those two.

Who says so? I can’t find any definition of what is classed as a “wheatcake”.

sibeen said:

Michael V said:

sarahs mum said:

Dictionaries seem to suggest it is a pancake. Recipes suggest it is a dense eggless curdy cake from India.

Looks like pancakes or hotcakes. Not that I know the difference between those two.

Who says so? I can’t find any definition of what is classed as a “wheatcake”.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wheat%20cake

Definition of wheat cake

a pancake made of wheat flour

In a rare 1925 interview, Chaplin said he liked a breakfast with “wheat cakes, cereals, fruit and everything”. Wheat cakes are another name for pancakes, and back then were often made with molasses, giving them a liquoricey, bitter taste.

Makes eight
Into a bowl, sift 175g flour, a teaspoon and a half of baking powder and a pinch of salt. In a second bowl, beat an egg, three tablespoons of milk, 300ml buttermilk, 50g unsalted butter, melted and cooled, a tablespoon of black treacle (optional) and two tablespoons of caster sugar. Whisk into the flour bowl until just combined (don’t overmix or the pancakes won’t be fluffy). Heat a frying pan on a lowish flame, add a knob of butter, then add spoonfuls of batter, spreading them out to 6cm round and 1cm thick. Cook until golden brown on the base, then flip: don’t brown too fast or they won’t rise. Serve with maple syrup and crisp bacon.

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/feb/28/charlie-chaplin-favourite-breakfast-pancakes

Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC)
24 mins ·
Legends ❤️
The Fijian men who arrived in Lismore for work and have been on the ground instead doing anything asked of them to help save lives and animals. Absolute superstars.

sarahs mum said:

Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC)
24 mins ·
Legends ❤️
The Fijian men who arrived in Lismore for work and have been on the ground instead doing anything asked of them to help save lives and animals. Absolute superstars.

you mean looting, only Marketing could save that many lives and more importantly, livelihoods

sarahs mum said:

Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC)
24 mins ·
Legends ❤️
The Fijian men who arrived in Lismore for work and have been on the ground instead doing anything asked of them to help save lives and animals. Absolute superstars.

I believe they work at the meatworks in Casino.

Woodie said:

sarahs mum said:

Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC)
24 mins ·
Legends ❤️
The Fijian men who arrived in Lismore for work and have been on the ground instead doing anything asked of them to help save lives and animals. Absolute superstars.

I believe they work at the meatworks in Casino.

There’s going to be a long term shortage of beefers I suppose.

Looking at my local IGA catalogue online, it’s still last week’s.

Seems yesterday’s internet outage means they’re not going to bother updating until next week.

The war is probably entering its most horrific and terminal stage, so from tomorrow onwards I’ll mostly be shutting downing the pooter and transferring my life to the living room, for nice activities like reading David Attenborough’s autobiography, listening to fine music, watching nature documentaries etc.

Then hopefully by next week I might be feeling creative again.

Bubblecar said:

The war is probably entering its most horrific and terminal stage, so from tomorrow onwards I’ll mostly be shutting downing the pooter and transferring my life to the living room, for nice activities like reading David Attenborough’s autobiography, listening to fine music, watching nature documentaries etc.

Then hopefully by next week I might be feeling creative again.

Just peep at what you can cope with. Less news. A wordle. And some chube.

Introducing the Chalumeau
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riIpboxWv3U

sarahs mum said:

Bubblecar said:

The war is probably entering its most horrific and terminal stage, so from tomorrow onwards I’ll mostly be shutting downing the pooter and transferring my life to the living room, for nice activities like reading David Attenborough’s autobiography, listening to fine music, watching nature documentaries etc.

Then hopefully by next week I might be feeling creative again.

Just peep at what you can cope with. Less news. A wordle. And some chube.

Introducing the Chalumeau
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riIpboxWv3U

It has a pleasant sound, wouldn’t mind one myself.

Although in regard to performances of early music, there’s sometimes criticism that the chalumeau is used too frequently, given that it was a fairly uncommon instrument.

Bubblecar said:

The war is probably entering its most horrific and terminal stage, so from tomorrow onwards I’ll mostly be shutting downing the pooter and transferring my life to the living room, for nice activities like reading David Attenborough’s autobiography, listening to fine music, watching nature documentaries etc.

Then hopefully by next week I might be feeling creative again.

Deuteronomy with a decent brandy and a cheese board is not a bad read.

Peak Warming Man said:

Bubblecar said:

The war is probably entering its most horrific and terminal stage, so from tomorrow onwards I’ll mostly be shutting downing the pooter and transferring my life to the living room, for nice activities like reading David Attenborough’s autobiography, listening to fine music, watching nature documentaries etc.

Then hopefully by next week I might be feeling creative again.

Deuteronomy with a decent brandy and a cheese board is not a bad read.

No superstition is on the menu and it’s rather too warm for brandy. I’ll probably get a bottle of gin tomorrow, some tonic and limes. And beers and wines.

Bubblecar said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Bubblecar said:

The war is probably entering its most horrific and terminal stage, so from tomorrow onwards I’ll mostly be shutting downing the pooter and transferring my life to the living room, for nice activities like reading David Attenborough’s autobiography, listening to fine music, watching nature documentaries etc.

Then hopefully by next week I might be feeling creative again.

Deuteronomy with a decent brandy and a cheese board is not a bad read.

No superstition is on the menu and it’s rather too warm for brandy. I’ll probably get a bottle of gin tomorrow, some tonic and limes. And beers and wines.

Better fill the ice cube trays.

Cymek said:

PermeateFree said:

Peak Warming Man said:

I’m afraid rat died of very very thin blood.

Probably currently at rest in the best spot then.

Pick it out and multiwrap it to reduce smell

I put the semi-decomposed brushtail possum (complete with some of its maggots) into a garbage bag, tied the top and then into the lined garbage bin and tied the top of that bag. And still the smell got out with the bin lid shut. Fortunately our bin collection was on time that week.

Bubblecar said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Bubblecar said:

The war is probably entering its most horrific and terminal stage, so from tomorrow onwards I’ll mostly be shutting downing the pooter and transferring my life to the living room, for nice activities like reading David Attenborough’s autobiography, listening to fine music, watching nature documentaries etc.

Then hopefully by next week I might be feeling creative again.

Deuteronomy with a decent brandy and a cheese board is not a bad read.

No superstition is on the menu and it’s rather too warm for brandy. I’ll probably get a bottle of gin tomorrow, some tonic and limes. And beers and wines.

You probably wont get any vodka because BWS and Dan Murphy have withdrawn it from sale to stick it up the Russians, apparently.

Peak Warming Man said:

Bubblecar said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Deuteronomy with a decent brandy and a cheese board is not a bad read.

No superstition is on the menu and it’s rather too warm for brandy. I’ll probably get a bottle of gin tomorrow, some tonic and limes. And beers and wines.

You probably wont get any vodka because BWS and Dan Murphy have withdrawn it from sale to stick it up the Russians, apparently.

I dislike vodka. And I’ve imposed a permanent ban on all Russian products.

Bubblecar said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Bubblecar said:

No superstition is on the menu and it’s rather too warm for brandy. I’ll probably get a bottle of gin tomorrow, some tonic and limes. And beers and wines.

You probably wont get any vodka because BWS and Dan Murphy have withdrawn it from sale to stick it up the Russians, apparently.

I dislike vodka. And I’ve imposed a permanent ban on all Russian products.

…not that I’ve ever purchased much Russian stuff anyway. Only items I can recall buying in recent years that were made in Russia were a few tubs of organic sauerkraut.

Bubblecar said:

Bubblecar said:

Peak Warming Man said:

You probably wont get any vodka because BWS and Dan Murphy have withdrawn it from sale to stick it up the Russians, apparently.

I dislike vodka. And I’ve imposed a permanent ban on all Russian products.

…not that I’ve ever purchased much Russian stuff anyway. Only items I can recall buying in recent years that were made in Russia were a few tubs of organic sauerkraut.

I can’t remember ever buying a Russian product.

sibeen said:

Michael V said:

sarahs mum said:

Dictionaries seem to suggest it is a pancake. Recipes suggest it is a dense eggless curdy cake from India.

Looks like pancakes or hotcakes. Not that I know the difference between those two.

Who says so? I can’t find any definition of what is classed as a “wheatcake”.

I had a look in my one and only American recipe book (which turned out to be rather a useless book, but perhaps I should try reading it again), and there is no entry for wheatcakes. So that wasn’t very helpful.

“The New Basics Cookbook”

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/232888.The_New_Basics_Cookbook

Northern Beaches Council
5 hrs ·
The Bureau of Meteorology predicts falls of up to 240mm overnight and Thursday. We are also expecting large waves of up to 5-6m overnight, with king tides over the next few days. There is a risk that the combined effects could lead to flooding, particularly around our lagoons.
If you live in a flood-affected area, checking your emergency plans now is a good time.
We continue to support the SES, the lead agency in a storm. Our crews continue to monitor conditions and prepare to respond if required.
Please stay safe and prepared during this storm. Never drive through floodwaters, stay well away from stormwater drains, and regularly check the SES for alerts.
Stay safe and dry!

Bubblecar said:

Bubblecar said:

Peak Warming Man said:

You probably wont get any vodka because BWS and Dan Murphy have withdrawn it from sale to stick it up the Russians, apparently.

I dislike vodka. And I’ve imposed a permanent ban on all Russian products.

…not that I’ve ever purchased much Russian stuff anyway. Only items I can recall buying in recent years that were made in Russia were a few tubs of organic sauerkraut.

Even many former USSR countries stock very little Russian gear. In Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia supermarket chains have now banned Russian products, but apparently they only made up about 0.1% of their stock or suchlike, mostly cheap booze.

NSW flood: Sydney residents in west and north-west evacuate as Warragamba Dam spills

Residents in parts of North Richmond, Camden, Chipping Norton and Warwick Farm told to evacuate with thousands more in city’s north-west preparing to leave

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/mar/02/north-west-sydney-residents-told-to-evacuate-as-heavier-rain-predicted-for-thursday

sarahs mum said:

Northern Beaches Council
5 hrs ·
The Bureau of Meteorology predicts falls of up to 240mm overnight and Thursday. We are also expecting large waves of up to 5-6m overnight, with king tides over the next few days. There is a risk that the combined effects could lead to flooding, particularly around our lagoons.
If you live in a flood-affected area, checking your emergency plans now is a good time.
We continue to support the SES, the lead agency in a storm. Our crews continue to monitor conditions and prepare to respond if required.
Please stay safe and prepared during this storm. Never drive through floodwaters, stay well away from stormwater drains, and regularly check the SES for alerts.
Stay safe and dry!

That sounds rather bad.

party_pants said:

sarahs mum said:

Northern Beaches Council
5 hrs ·
The Bureau of Meteorology predicts falls of up to 240mm overnight and Thursday. We are also expecting large waves of up to 5-6m overnight, with king tides over the next few days. There is a risk that the combined effects could lead to flooding, particularly around our lagoons.
If you live in a flood-affected area, checking your emergency plans now is a good time.
We continue to support the SES, the lead agency in a storm. Our crews continue to monitor conditions and prepare to respond if required.
Please stay safe and prepared during this storm. Never drive through floodwaters, stay well away from stormwater drains, and regularly check the SES for alerts.
Stay safe and dry!

That sounds rather bad.

For the niece on Narrabeen lakes..

sarahs mum said:

Bubblecar said:

Bubblecar said:

I dislike vodka. And I’ve imposed a permanent ban on all Russian products.

…not that I’ve ever purchased much Russian stuff anyway. Only items I can recall buying in recent years that were made in Russia were a few tubs of organic sauerkraut.

I can’t remember ever buying a Russian product.

There is a bottle of Karloff Vodka in my pantry which is, at minimum, 10 years old. Could be 20. It’s about 3/4 full. It is “made in New Zealand”.

Bubblecar said:

Bubblecar said:

Peak Warming Man said:

You probably wont get any vodka because BWS and Dan Murphy have withdrawn it from sale to stick it up the Russians, apparently.

I dislike vodka. And I’ve imposed a permanent ban on all Russian products.

…not that I’ve ever purchased much Russian stuff anyway. Only items I can recall buying in recent years that were made in Russia were a few tubs of organic sauerkraut.

I, Myself, Mr Parpyone, have made a similar concession and personal sacrifice for the cause, and will be boycotting Russian caviar.

Woodie said:

Bubblecar said:

Bubblecar said:

I dislike vodka. And I’ve imposed a permanent ban on all Russian products.

…not that I’ve ever purchased much Russian stuff anyway. Only items I can recall buying in recent years that were made in Russia were a few tubs of organic sauerkraut.

I, Myself, Mr Parpyone, have made a similar concession and personal sacrifice for the cause, and will be boycotting Russian caviar.

I think my local bottleshops will be boycotting Russian vodka on my behalf. Not that I bought any recently anyhow.

I can’t think of anything else Russian that I’ve ever bought, as a direct consumer/retail good.

can you convert a battery operated thing into a plug into power point thing?

when I say can you… I mean should you

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/mar/02/black-hole-that-was-closest-yet-found-does-not-exist-say-scientists-in-u-turn

Arts said:

can you convert a battery operated thing into a plug into power point thing?

when I say can you… I mean should you

Depends on what your reason for wanting to go down that route are.

Arts said:

can you convert a battery operated thing into a plug into power point thing?

when I say can you… I mean should you

Batteries are normally DC. Mains power points are AC.

You will need a transformer (powerpack) type device to convert mains electricity to the correct DC voltage at enough Amps to power your device. Think of a laptop charger for example. If you can find one that matches your battery device it “should be no problem”.

Arts said:

can you convert a battery operated thing into a plug into power point thing?

when I say can you… I mean should you

Yet another wall wart required.

sarahs mum said:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/mar/02/black-hole-that-was-closest-yet-found-does-not-exist-say-scientists-in-u-turn

A few red faces there.

party_pants said:

Arts said:

can you convert a battery operated thing into a plug into power point thing?

when I say can you… I mean should you

Batteries are normally DC. Mains power points are AC.

You will need a transformer (powerpack) type device to convert mains electricity to the correct DC voltage at enough Amps to power your device. Think of a laptop charger for example. If you can find one that matches your battery device it “should be no problem”.

thank you… assuming all of this is available, can one just cut and twist (the cover) the exposed wires to the transformer?

sibeen said:

Arts said:

can you convert a battery operated thing into a plug into power point thing?

when I say can you… I mean should you

Depends on what your reason for wanting to go down that route are.

so I don’t have to go through a bunch of batteries anymore… and yes we’ve done the recharagble battery thing, I just think it’ll be easier to have the kids run on big mice wheels to power stuff instead.

Arts said:

sibeen said:

Arts said:

can you convert a battery operated thing into a plug into power point thing?

when I say can you… I mean should you

Depends on what your reason for wanting to go down that route are.

so I don’t have to go through a bunch of batteries anymore… and yes we’ve done the recharagble battery thing, I just think it’ll be easier to have the kids run on big mice wheels to power stuff instead.

That’s a decent reason, so this device doesn’t have to be mobile?

Arts said:

party_pants said:

Arts said:

can you convert a battery operated thing into a plug into power point thing?

when I say can you… I mean should you

Batteries are normally DC. Mains power points are AC.

You will need a transformer (powerpack) type device to convert mains electricity to the correct DC voltage at enough Amps to power your device. Think of a laptop charger for example. If you can find one that matches your battery device it “should be no problem”.

thank you… assuming all of this is available, can one just cut and twist (the cover) the exposed wires to the transformer?

If the device is well designed it will have a socket where you can plug in the right powerpack plug and bypass the battery.

sibeen said:

Arts said:

sibeen said:

Depends on what your reason for wanting to go down that route are.

so I don’t have to go through a bunch of batteries anymore… and yes we’ve done the recharagble battery thing, I just think it’ll be easier to have the kids run on big mice wheels to power stuff instead.

That’s a decent reason, so this device doesn’t have to be mobile?

nope, just plug it in.

party_pants said:

Arts said:

party_pants said:

Batteries are normally DC. Mains power points are AC.

You will need a transformer (powerpack) type device to convert mains electricity to the correct DC voltage at enough Amps to power your device. Think of a laptop charger for example. If you can find one that matches your battery device it “should be no problem”.

thank you… assuming all of this is available, can one just cut and twist (the cover) the exposed wires to the transformer?

If the device is well designed it will have a socket where you can plug in the right powerpack plug and bypass the battery.

I have many well designed pieces of expensive equipment that do not have this feature :)

Arts said:

sibeen said:

Arts said:

so I don’t have to go through a bunch of batteries anymore… and yes we’ve done the recharagble battery thing, I just think it’ll be easier to have the kids run on big mice wheels to power stuff instead.

That’s a decent reason, so this device doesn’t have to be mobile?

nope, just plug it in.

OK, what sort and how many batteries does it take?

party_pants said:

Arts said:

party_pants said:

Batteries are normally DC. Mains power points are AC.

You will need a transformer (powerpack) type device to convert mains electricity to the correct DC voltage at enough Amps to power your device. Think of a laptop charger for example. If you can find one that matches your battery device it “should be no problem”.

thank you… assuming all of this is available, can one just cut and twist (the cover) the exposed wires to the transformer?

If the device is well designed it will have a socket where you can plug in the right powerpack plug and bypass the battery.

I can’t comment on the design quality, but it just has the wire going into the battery pack and I want to basically cut that off and attach a plug (and not die)

sibeen said:

party_pants said:

Arts said:

thank you… assuming all of this is available, can one just cut and twist (the cover) the exposed wires to the transformer?

If the device is well designed it will have a socket where you can plug in the right powerpack plug and bypass the battery.

I have many well designed pieces of expensive equipment that do not have this feature :)

I’m talking consumer electronics here, not your heavy duty industrial/commercial type stuff.

Arts said:

party_pants said:

Arts said:

thank you… assuming all of this is available, can one just cut and twist (the cover) the exposed wires to the transformer?

If the device is well designed it will have a socket where you can plug in the right powerpack plug and bypass the battery.

I can’t comment on the design quality, but it just has the wire going into the battery pack and I want to basically cut that off and attach a plug (and not die)

Post some photos please. I would also prefer that you do not die.

sibeen said:

Arts said:

party_pants said:

If the device is well designed it will have a socket where you can plug in the right powerpack plug and bypass the battery.

I can’t comment on the design quality, but it just has the wire going into the battery pack and I want to basically cut that off and attach a plug (and not die)

Post some photos please. I would also prefer that you do not die.

I’ll leave it in Sibeen’s capable hands…

Arts said:

sibeen said:

Arts said:

can you convert a battery operated thing into a plug into power point thing?

when I say can you… I mean should you

Depends on what your reason for wanting to go down that route are.

so I don’t have to go through a bunch of batteries anymore… and yes we’ve done the recharagble battery thing, I just think it’ll be easier to have the kids run on big mice wheels to power stuff instead.

What’s the problem with rechargeable batteries?

sibeen said:

Arts said:

sibeen said:

That’s a decent reason, so this device doesn’t have to be mobile?

nope, just plug it in.

OK, what sort and how many batteries does it take?

well, when you said what sort I thought, Duracell… but my brain is simple.. so then you made me go looking at types of batteries … and now I think I have the solution through carefully curated step by step how to’s… so thanks for making me google it.

party_pants said:

sibeen said:

Arts said:

I can’t comment on the design quality, but it just has the wire going into the battery pack and I want to basically cut that off and attach a plug (and not die)

Post some photos please. I would also prefer that you do not die.

I’ll leave it in Sibeen’s capable hands…

Hey, I could be lying to her.

Michael V said:

Arts said:

sibeen said:

Depends on what your reason for wanting to go down that route are.

so I don’t have to go through a bunch of batteries anymore… and yes we’ve done the recharagble battery thing, I just think it’ll be easier to have the kids run on big mice wheels to power stuff instead.

What’s the problem with rechargeable batteries?

did you not read, fiVe?? big mice wheels!!!!!!!!

sibeen said:

party_pants said:

sibeen said:

Post some photos please. I would also prefer that you do not die.

I’ll leave it in Sibeen’s capable hands…

Hey, I could be lying to her.

Cruel.

sibeen said:

party_pants said:

sibeen said:

Post some photos please. I would also prefer that you do not die.

I’ll leave it in Sibeen’s capable hands…

Hey, I could be lying to her.

I don’t think that is possible…

sibeen said:

party_pants said:

sibeen said:

Post some photos please. I would also prefer that you do not die.

I’ll leave it in Sibeen’s capable hands…

Hey, I could be lying to her.

I have met both of you. I think my judgement is sound on this one, in spite of the mutual alcohol consumption involved.

Arts said:

Michael V said:

Arts said:

so I don’t have to go through a bunch of batteries anymore… and yes we’ve done the recharagble battery thing, I just think it’ll be easier to have the kids run on big mice wheels to power stuff instead.

What’s the problem with rechargeable batteries?

did you not read, fiVe?? big mice wheels!!!!!!!!

Seriously, though.

I rely on them and have a big cache of charged batteries on hand.

Michael V said:

Arts said:

Michael V said:

What’s the problem with rechargeable batteries?

did you not read, fiVe?? big mice wheels!!!!!!!!

Seriously, though.

I rely on them and have a big cache of charged batteries on hand.

the only rechargeable batteries I use these days are for my cordless tools, or any electric device that have them built in. I don’t use AA or AAA rechargeables for anything.

party_pants said:

sibeen said:

party_pants said:

I’ll leave it in Sibeen’s capable hands…

Hey, I could be lying to her.

I have met both of you. I think my judgement is sound on this one, in spite of the mutual alcohol consumption involved.

I seem to remember an occasion…

This might be a recurring theme.

Michael V said:

party_pants said:

sibeen said:

Hey, I could be lying to her.

I have met both of you. I think my judgement is sound on this one, in spite of the mutual alcohol consumption involved.

I seem to remember an occasion…

This might be a recurring theme.

Yes. I remember the occasion fondly. Sadly that pub and it’s wonderful streetside beer garden no longer exist.

party_pants said:

Michael V said:

party_pants said:

I have met both of you. I think my judgement is sound on this one, in spite of the mutual alcohol consumption involved.

I seem to remember an occasion…

This might be a recurring theme.

Yes. I remember the occasion fondly. Sadly that pub and it’s wonderful streetside beer garden no longer exist.

The Moon & Sixpense?

Michael V said:

Arts said:

Michael V said:

What’s the problem with rechargeable batteries?

did you not read, fiVe?? big mice wheels!!!!!!!!

Seriously, though.

I rely on them and have a big cache of charged batteries on hand.

my children are growing past the stage of needing many batteries for devices.. I am cleaning out… and I just wondered why I wouldn’t want to put my daughters bedroom lights on the mains instead of batteries (she has these lights on almost all the time and I’d like to put them on a timer.. sure I can go out a buy new ones that are powered by why when I seemingly can change over without too much hassle

sibeen said:

party_pants said:

Michael V said:

I seem to remember an occasion…

This might be a recurring theme.

Yes. I remember the occasion fondly. Sadly that pub and it’s wonderful streetside beer garden no longer exist.

The Moon & Sixpense?

we killed it with kindness…

party_pants said:

Michael V said:

party_pants said:

I have met both of you. I think my judgement is sound on this one, in spite of the mutual alcohol consumption involved.

I seem to remember an occasion…

This might be a recurring theme.

Yes. I remember the occasion fondly. Sadly that pub and it’s wonderful streetside beer garden no longer exist.

Bugger.

:(

sibeen said:

party_pants said:

Michael V said:

I seem to remember an occasion…

This might be a recurring theme.

Yes. I remember the occasion fondly. Sadly that pub and it’s wonderful streetside beer garden no longer exist.

The Moon & Sixpense?

I forget…

Arts said:

sibeen said:

party_pants said:

Yes. I remember the occasion fondly. Sadly that pub and it’s wonderful streetside beer garden no longer exist.

The Moon & Sixpense?

we killed it with kindness…

We may have to find a replacement as Fresnel Chick is possibly visiting soon.

Arts said:

can you convert a battery operated thing into a plug into power point thing?

when I say can you… I mean should you

Yes.
And Yes.

Michael V said:

sibeen said:

party_pants said:

Yes. I remember the occasion fondly. Sadly that pub and it’s wonderful streetside beer garden no longer exist.

The Moon & Sixpense?

I forget…

Yes, it was.

It sort of became the “go-to” pub for when anyone was visiting.

party_pants said:

Michael V said:

sibeen said:

The Moon & Sixpense?

I forget…

Yes, it was.

It sort of became the “go-to” pub for when anyone was visiting.

It was the also the “go-to” pub for after work drinks on Friday nights all the years I worked at the bank. I think that over the years I would have sat at every table in that place for an evening :)

party_pants said:

party_pants said:

Michael V said:

I forget…

Yes, it was.

It sort of became the “go-to” pub for when anyone was visiting.

It was the also the “go-to” pub for after work drinks on Friday nights all the years I worked at the bank. I think that over the years I would have sat at every table in that place for an evening :)

So what happened to it in the end?

sarahs mum said:

Ta. “Just deliverin’ yer paraffin love, if you’d like to sign here.”

Bubblecar said:

party_pants said:

party_pants said:

Yes, it was.

It sort of became the “go-to” pub for when anyone was visiting.

It was the also the “go-to” pub for after work drinks on Friday nights all the years I worked at the bank. I think that over the years I would have sat at every table in that place for an evening :)

So what happened to it in the end?

It was closed down and the site redeveloped. When I was over there last year someone had to point out to me where it once was.

Bubblecar said:

party_pants said:

party_pants said:

Yes, it was.

It sort of became the “go-to” pub for when anyone was visiting.

It was the also the “go-to” pub for after work drinks on Friday nights all the years I worked at the bank. I think that over the years I would have sat at every table in that place for an evening :)

So what happened to it in the end?

It got demolished and redeveloped. Now some upmarket fashion shops.

sibeen said:

Bubblecar said:

party_pants said:

It was the also the “go-to” pub for after work drinks on Friday nights all the years I worked at the bank. I think that over the years I would have sat at every table in that place for an evening :)

So what happened to it in the end?

It was closed down and the site redeveloped. When I was over there last year someone had to point out to me where it once was.

That’s a shame.

Bubblecar said:

sarahs mum said:

Ta. “Just deliverin’ yer paraffin love, if you’d like to sign here.”

We called it a kerosene heater, right?

Bubblecar said:

sibeen said:

Bubblecar said:

So what happened to it in the end?

It was closed down and the site redeveloped. When I was over there last year someone had to point out to me where it once was.

That’s a shame.

Yes. But the whole pub scene in the city changed dramatically after the liquor licence laws were changed. They now favour lots of small specialty pubs and bars spread all over the city rather than a few big watering holes. Over the years the patronage declined a fair bit with the popularity of the new bars. People seem to like small bars.

sarahs mum said:

Bubblecar said:

sarahs mum said:

Ta. “Just deliverin’ yer paraffin love, if you’d like to sign here.”

We called it a kerosene heater, right?

Similar, except paraffin has a moderate odour while kerosene really stinks.

party_pants said:

Bubblecar said:

sibeen said:

It was closed down and the site redeveloped. When I was over there last year someone had to point out to me where it once was.

That’s a shame.

Yes. But the whole pub scene in the city changed dramatically after the liquor licence laws were changed. They now favour lots of small specialty pubs and bars spread all over the city rather than a few big watering holes. Over the years the patronage declined a fair bit with the popularity of the new bars. People seem to like small bars.

Fair enough. I haven’t visited a pub for years.

Battery-electric “Infinity Train” will charge itself using gravity

Australian mining company Fortescue is working to clean up its own operations by 2030, while developing green solutions it can sell to others. It’s forking out into green tech through a subsidiary called Fortescue Future Industries, which has recently acquired Williams Advanced Engineering. Today, the two companies announced their first project together: an electric “infinity train” designed to move loads of iron ore without ever needing to be charged.

more…

Bubblecar said:

sarahs mum said:

Bubblecar said:

Ta. “Just deliverin’ yer paraffin love, if you’d like to sign here.”

We called it a kerosene heater, right?

Similar, except paraffin has a moderate odour while kerosene really stinks.

I used to like the smell. It was warm and snug.

Also the smell of Murlex. Which isn’t a thing anymore.

sarahs mum said:

Bubblecar said:

sarahs mum said:

We called it a kerosene heater, right?

Similar, except paraffin has a moderate odour while kerosene really stinks.

I used to like the smell. It was warm and snug.

Also the smell of Murlex. Which isn’t a thing anymore.

hah. It’s white spirit. Like what I use in printing.

sarahs mum said:

Bubblecar said:

sarahs mum said:

We called it a kerosene heater, right?

Similar, except paraffin has a moderate odour while kerosene really stinks.

I used to like the smell. It was warm and snug.

Also the smell of Murlex. Which isn’t a thing anymore.

Here’s The Video Of A Congressional Candidate Threatening A Police Officer That Instantly Ended His Campaign

Martin Hyde, a Florida congressional candidate from Sarasota, dropped out of the race after this damning footage of him threatening a police officer went viral.

How stupid.

Shakes head.

That should give the neighbours something to gossip about. I’ve just been out doing some midnight gardening (well, alright then, 1.30am gardening.) I’ve dug a garden bed for this year’s wheat crop — that just happens to be the right shape and size to bury a body.

niece in Narrabeen has been told by emergency services to be ready to evacuate..

poikilotherm said:

sibeen said:

Michael V said:

Looks like pancakes or hotcakes. Not that I know the difference between those two.

Who says so? I can’t find any definition of what is classed as a “wheatcake”.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wheat%20cake

Definition of wheat cake

a pancake made of wheat flour

Well that just makes me ask, are other kinds of pancake so common that you even need to specify one is made of wheat? Like are there a bunch of people eating cornmeal pancakes and rice flour pancakes?

The black widow’s deadly bite is feared among arachnophobes, a reputation that’s rubbed off somewhat unfairly on the noble false widow (Steatoda nobilis) whose bite isn’t actually all that venomous to humans but can transfer antibiotic resistant bacteria leading to serious infections. However, these spiders have recently proven that they still pack quite a punch as one was spotted catching, killing, and eating a mammal for the first time.

The ambitious arachnid’s unconventional meal was spotted in a web outside an attic in Shropshire, Britain, where one dead juvenile bat and a still-alive adult bat were found trapped in a web. The researchers behind the novel observation also believe it to be the first reported case of a tangle-web spider (Theridiidae family) killing a bat globally, and the first vertebrate killed by such a spider in Britain.

In their paper “Webslinger vs. Dark Knight First record of a false widow spider Steatoda nobilis preying on a pipistrelle bat in Britain,” published in Ecosphere, they describe how the noble false widow spider has expanded its range globally, including parts of Europe.

There are currently 66 invasive species listed in the Europe Union, none of which are spiders, but following their discovery the researchers suggest that noble false widows could be contenders for the list. Why? Because it appears they could well be eating protected species.

The exact species of the bats caught up in the drama isn’t known for certain, but they’re expected to have either been common pipistrelles or soprano pipistrelles based on their size. Both are protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act, 1981, and the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations, 2017.

The observation was made possible thanks to a roost of bats that had – in an example of scientific serendipity – taken up residence in one of the study author’s attics in north Shropshire. They were joined in spring, 2021, by a large false widow spider who built a web on the corner of an external chimney breast.

By summer, the spider had ensnared a small bat pup that was dead, silk-wrapped, and slightly shriveled from being fed on. The capture happened overnight and the dead pup was eventually dropped from the web, but 24 hours later an adult bat was found in the same predicament.

The author stepped in to disentangle the still-alive (and still protected – under human law, anyway) pipistrelle from the web and returned to the roost.

“The predation event on a bat reported here is the second case of predation by S. nobilis on a protected vertebrate species,” concluded the study authors. “Although published accounts of spiders preying on vertebrates seem relatively rare… the true occurrence of such events may be much higher than anticipated.”

“As S. nobilis continues to expand its range and increase its population density wherever it occurs outside of its native range, we should expect more species to fall prey to this spider, including rare, threatened, or protected species. S. nobilis warrants close monitoring to assess its full impact on native organisms and its possible classification as an invasive species where it is most abundant.”

https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/false-widow-spider-spotted-killing-and-eating-bats-for-the-first-time/

sarahs mum said:

The black widow’s deadly bite is feared among arachnophobes, a reputation that’s rubbed off somewhat unfairly on the noble false widow (Steatoda nobilis) whose bite isn’t actually all that venomous to humans but can transfer antibiotic resistant bacteria leading to serious infections. However, these spiders have recently proven that they still pack quite a punch as one was spotted catching, killing, and eating a mammal for the first time.

The ambitious arachnid’s unconventional meal was spotted in a web outside an attic in Shropshire, Britain, where one dead juvenile bat and a still-alive adult bat were found trapped in a web. The researchers behind the novel observation also believe it to be the first reported case of a tangle-web spider (Theridiidae family) killing a bat globally, and the first vertebrate killed by such a spider in Britain.

In their paper “Webslinger vs. Dark Knight First record of a false widow spider Steatoda nobilis preying on a pipistrelle bat in Britain,” published in Ecosphere, they describe how the noble false widow spider has expanded its range globally, including parts of Europe.

There are currently 66 invasive species listed in the Europe Union, none of which are spiders, but following their discovery the researchers suggest that noble false widows could be contenders for the list. Why? Because it appears they could well be eating protected species.

The exact species of the bats caught up in the drama isn’t known for certain, but they’re expected to have either been common pipistrelles or soprano pipistrelles based on their size. Both are protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act, 1981, and the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations, 2017.

The observation was made possible thanks to a roost of bats that had – in an example of scientific serendipity – taken up residence in one of the study author’s attics in north Shropshire. They were joined in spring, 2021, by a large false widow spider who built a web on the corner of an external chimney breast.

By summer, the spider had ensnared a small bat pup that was dead, silk-wrapped, and slightly shriveled from being fed on. The capture happened overnight and the dead pup was eventually dropped from the web, but 24 hours later an adult bat was found in the same predicament.

The author stepped in to disentangle the still-alive (and still protected – under human law, anyway) pipistrelle from the web and returned to the roost.

“The predation event on a bat reported here is the second case of predation by S. nobilis on a protected vertebrate species,” concluded the study authors. “Although published accounts of spiders preying on vertebrates seem relatively rare… the true occurrence of such events may be much higher than anticipated.”

“As S. nobilis continues to expand its range and increase its population density wherever it occurs outside of its native range, we should expect more species to fall prey to this spider, including rare, threatened, or protected species. S. nobilis warrants close monitoring to assess its full impact on native organisms and its possible classification as an invasive species where it is most abundant.”

https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/false-widow-spider-spotted-killing-and-eating-bats-for-the-first-time/

These tangle-web spiders that include red-backs and black widow spiders amongst others, are recognisable by the numerous silk strands that extend up to 1/2 metre from the spiders overhanging resting place to the floor or nearby walls and objects. The silk strands are covered in a sticky substance to catch the prey, so that when anything touches it, the thread breaks at ground level and the ensnared victim is lifted off the ground and then cannot exert enough force to free itself and so they can catch all sorts of animals from large insects, lizards, snakes and frogs to small mammals.

Tangle-web spiders is one group of spider that I will not have around the house as they are so destructive to other animals.

I don’t like spiders and snakes. Or bats. I try to forget they exist. I don’t like the big house spiders that occasionally take over the bath. But I live in a forest. You’re gonna have some of those things.

sarahs mum said:

I don’t like spiders and snakes. Or bats. I try to forget they exist. I don’t like the big house spiders that occasionally take over the bath. But I live in a forest. You’re gonna have some of those things.

I’ve just spent the past hour and a half swotting european millipedes with my shoe. The place is crawling with them. Had none at all up until the pst two years. At first I thought that I must have brought them in with bales of hay but now I have figured out that they must have come up from South Australia with the plumbers that came to do our sewage. They were not here before.

PermeateFree said:

sarahs mum said:

The black widow’s deadly bite is feared among arachnophobes, a reputation that’s rubbed off somewhat unfairly on the noble false widow (Steatoda nobilis) whose bite isn’t actually all that venomous to humans but can transfer antibiotic resistant bacteria leading to serious infections. However, these spiders have recently proven that they still pack quite a punch as one was spotted catching, killing, and eating a mammal for the first time.

The ambitious arachnid’s unconventional meal was spotted in a web outside an attic in Shropshire, Britain, where one dead juvenile bat and a still-alive adult bat were found trapped in a web. The researchers behind the novel observation also believe it to be the first reported case of a tangle-web spider (Theridiidae family) killing a bat globally, and the first vertebrate killed by such a spider in Britain.

In their paper “Webslinger vs. Dark Knight First record of a false widow spider Steatoda nobilis preying on a pipistrelle bat in Britain,” published in Ecosphere, they describe how the noble false widow spider has expanded its range globally, including parts of Europe.

There are currently 66 invasive species listed in the Europe Union, none of which are spiders, but following their discovery the researchers suggest that noble false widows could be contenders for the list. Why? Because it appears they could well be eating protected species.

The exact species of the bats caught up in the drama isn’t known for certain, but they’re expected to have either been common pipistrelles or soprano pipistrelles based on their size. Both are protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act, 1981, and the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations, 2017.

The observation was made possible thanks to a roost of bats that had – in an example of scientific serendipity – taken up residence in one of the study author’s attics in north Shropshire. They were joined in spring, 2021, by a large false widow spider who built a web on the corner of an external chimney breast.

By summer, the spider had ensnared a small bat pup that was dead, silk-wrapped, and slightly shriveled from being fed on. The capture happened overnight and the dead pup was eventually dropped from the web, but 24 hours later an adult bat was found in the same predicament.

The author stepped in to disentangle the still-alive (and still protected – under human law, anyway) pipistrelle from the web and returned to the roost.

“The predation event on a bat reported here is the second case of predation by S. nobilis on a protected vertebrate species,” concluded the study authors. “Although published accounts of spiders preying on vertebrates seem relatively rare… the true occurrence of such events may be much higher than anticipated.”

“As S. nobilis continues to expand its range and increase its population density wherever it occurs outside of its native range, we should expect more species to fall prey to this spider, including rare, threatened, or protected species. S. nobilis warrants close monitoring to assess its full impact on native organisms and its possible classification as an invasive species where it is most abundant.”

https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/false-widow-spider-spotted-killing-and-eating-bats-for-the-first-time/

These tangle-web spiders that include red-backs and black widow spiders amongst others, are recognisable by the numerous silk strands that extend up to 1/2 metre from the spiders overhanging resting place to the floor or nearby walls and objects. The silk strands are covered in a sticky substance to catch the prey, so that when anything touches it, the thread breaks at ground level and the ensnared victim is lifted off the ground and then cannot exert enough force to free itself and so they can catch all sorts of animals from large insects, lizards, snakes and frogs to small mammals.

Tangle-web spiders is one group of spider that I will not have around the house as they are so destructive to other animals.

I am a weirdo who lets all manner of spiders and snakes to live in harmony but I do draw the line at certain infestations.

btm said:

That should give the neighbours something to gossip about. I’ve just been out doing some midnight gardening (well, alright then, 1.30am gardening.) I’ve dug a garden bed for this year’s wheat crop — that just happens to be the right shape and size to bury a body.

They’ll be peering over the fence ar daylight counting heads to make sure the population iin your house has not decreased.

dv said:

poikilotherm said:

sibeen said:

Who says so? I can’t find any definition of what is classed as a “wheatcake”.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wheat%20cake

Definition of wheat cake

a pancake made of wheat flour

Well that just makes me ask, are other kinds of pancake so common that you even need to specify one is made of wheat? Like are there a bunch of people eating cornmeal pancakes and rice flour pancakes?

A wheat cake can hardly be made from rice or corn.

buffy said:

Ghost fungus: impressive. Photographed somewhere in Tasmania.

Lovely.

Michael V said:

Woodie said:

Michael V said:

Well, that’s one yucca stump grubbed out.

Two to go.

Hard work. I won’t attempt another today. I’m knackered.

Sheesh Mr V…… Bottle it and sell it.

https://www.bunnings.com.au/300mm-yucca-yucca-elephantipes_p0011753

Holy!

Would you like me to pot you a pup?

As a longtime nursery person, I abhor the spreading of weeds by indiscriminate plant sellers.

Peak Warming Man said:

And another thing, I put a freshly died rat in the bin on Sunday night as the bins go out for Monday morning.
However there was no pick up Monday morning, nor Tuesday or Wednesday no doubt because of the flooding but rat is well jugged and starting to smell.

Wouldn’t have happened if you had buried it.

PermeateFree said:

Peak Warming Man said:

And another thing, I put a freshly died rat in the bin on Sunday night as the bins go out for Monday morning.
However there was no pick up Monday morning, nor Tuesday or Wednesday no doubt because of the flooding but rat is well jugged and starting to smell.

Unless the rat has been poisoned. Just toss it out in an open position and birds like ravens and magpies will make quick work of it. Alternatively, foxes will gladly dine upon it even if high smelling.

Meat ants are useful cleaner uppers.

At least 114 Tasmanian devils have been killed in the last year on a rural road in Tasmania’s north-west. Locals say their calls for action appear to be falling on death ears.
Posted 33m ago

Good morning Holidayers. Presently 16 degrees and dark. There is a loud cricket chorus going on outside and the Magpies are carolling intermittently.

We are forecast a sunny 30. Yesterday’s “rain” didn’t happen. But we are forecast up to 15mm tomorrow, so we shall see. The 9mm a couple of days ago helped the water tanks.

Morning. 18.5 at the moment.
Thursday
Sunny. Winds SE 20 to 30 km/h becoming light in the late evening. Daytime maximum temperatures in the low 30s.

buffy said:

Good morning Holidayers. Presently 16 degrees and dark. There is a loud cricket chorus going on outside and the Magpies are carolling intermittently.

We are forecast a sunny 30. Yesterday’s “rain” didn’t happen. But we are forecast up to 15mm tomorrow, so we shall see. The 9mm a couple of days ago helped the water tanks.

Heading for 26 this end, partly cloudy. The crickets here are quiet this morning.

I assume I’m doing a Big Shop today but I forgot to message the Ross people about it yesterday.

I’ll do it shortly but I doubt they’ll be up yet.

Good morning everybody.

I was going to report that it was calm and sunny with scattered light cloud, which it was 25 minutes ago. But now it’s overcast, raining and thundery. Currently it’s 20.8°C and 99% RH. BoM forecasts a top of 29°C and rain all day.

So much for grubbing out the next yucca stump today. Ah well.

I suppose I should make kimchi and consider making some wontons or dumplings. Depends on what we might have that I can fill them with. I know we have one potato, some onions, some celery and some minced meat. That should do. I’ll have to discuss what we need to hang on to, as supplies are getting low.

With the floods isolating us for a few days, I expect the supermarket will have nothing much. There was no milk on Tuesday (but there was cream), and the bakery was closed on Saturday until they could get supplies.

roughbarked said:

dv said:

poikilotherm said:

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wheat%20cake

Definition of wheat cake

a pancake made of wheat flour

Well that just makes me ask, are other kinds of pancake so common that you even need to specify one is made of wheat? Like are there a bunch of people eating cornmeal pancakes and rice flour pancakes?

A wheat cake can hardly be made from rice or corn.

we suppose there may be things called corn cakes or rice cakes

SCIENCE said:

roughbarked said:

dv said:

Well that just makes me ask, are other kinds of pancake so common that you even need to specify one is made of wheat? Like are there a bunch of people eating cornmeal pancakes and rice flour pancakes?

A wheat cake can hardly be made from rice or corn.

we suppose there may be things called corn cakes or rice cakes

Quite possibly.

roughbarked said:

SCIENCE said:

roughbarked said:

A wheat cake can hardly be made from rice or corn.

we suppose there may be things called corn cakes or rice cakes

Quite possibly.

Rice cakes (a crispbread) sold in supermarkets.

Corn cakes = corn fritters.

roughbarked said:

Michael V said:

Woodie said:

Sheesh Mr V…… Bottle it and sell it.

https://www.bunnings.com.au/300mm-yucca-yucca-elephantipes_p0011753

Holy!

Would you like me to pot you a pup?

As a longtime nursery person, I abhor the spreading of weeds by indiscriminate plant sellers.

Luckily, yucca is far less likely to become a weed than most exotic fruit trees.

dv said:

poikilotherm said:

sibeen said:

Who says so? I can’t find any definition of what is classed as a “wheatcake”.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wheat%20cake

Definition of wheat cake

a pancake made of wheat flour

Well that just makes me ask, are other kinds of pancake so common that you even need to specify one is made of wheat? Like are there a bunch of people eating cornmeal pancakes and rice flour pancakes?

Coeliacs no doubt.

Morning. Covfefe time. Clear and cool in the Styx after a bit of rain.

Well, that wasn’t just a bit of rain. That was quite a lot of rain with heaps of flashy-bang-bangs embedded. Seems to have passed out to sea now.

read and watched some news, and now more educational stuff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaZ_RSt0KP8
The Universe is Hostile to Computers

Lovely gesture. That’s the servo we get fuel from. It’s probably one of the cheapest in the country. Cheaper than Brisbane, cheaper than anything between us and Casino NSW). He has also recently bought and completely re-developed the Ross Creek servo at Goomboorian. I’ll bet it got flooded, well and truly.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-03/gympie-major-singh-provides-haven-for-flooded-travellers/100874604

And I’d better harness the dogs and get them in the car for their annual visit to the vet.

Back later.

Michael V said:

Well, that wasn’t just a bit of rain. That was quite a lot of rain with heaps of flashy-bang-bangs embedded. Seems to have passed out to sea now.

Yeah had a storm come through my suburb in Brissy a short while ago.

Michael V said:

Well, that wasn’t just a bit of rain. That was quite a lot of rain with heaps of flashy-bang-bangs embedded. Seems to have passed out to sea now.

ORB ——>> 42 mm.

Hello

Cymek said:

Hello

That’s easy for you to say.

Cymek said:

Hello

Is that the time.

Peak Warming Man said:

Cymek said:

Hello

Is that the time.

Morning Cymek et al.

Peak Warming Man said:

Cymek said:

Hello

Is that the time.

No, it’s a greeting commonly used in the English language.

The Rev Dodgson said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Cymek said:

Hello

Is that the time.

No, it’s a greeting commonly used in the English language.

Instead of its more nautical themed Ahoy.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-03/space-junk-rocket-hurdling-towards-to-moon/100877494

I’ve got a tin of home made chicken and corn soup for lunch.

sarahs mum said:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-03/space-junk-rocket-hurdling-towards-to-moon/100877494

Hurdling???

Tamb said:

sarahs mum said:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-03/space-junk-rocket-hurdling-towards-to-moon/100877494

Hurdling???

Like the cow, it’s going to jump over the moon…

The value is definitely going out of tin soup.
In the old days, the good old days the instructions were to pour contents of tin into a 44 gallon drum, fill drum with water, stir gently, simmer but do not boil.
Now it’s pour contents into a saucepan and heat gently, serve with Canadian wild parsley and a brace of GM free lentil.

Peak Warming Man said:

I’ve got a tin of home made chicken and corn soup for lunch.

I won’t be having lunch until I return from Big Shopping, and obviously I haven’t even set off yet.

Ross people should be here in half an hour.

I’ll tell you what, I ‘m looking forward to a large gin & tonic with a thick slice or two of fresh lime floating in it.

Rain, heavy rain, lightning, thunder and strong gusty wind. Second storm of the day.

Michael V said:

Rain, heavy rain, lightning, thunder and strong gusty wind. Second storm of the day.

Yep we’re getting the second wave now.

And back again. Accidentally stopped at the bakery on the way home and sat outside with the dogs while we consumed some lunch.

:)

sarahs mum said:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-03/space-junk-rocket-hurdling-towards-to-moon/100877494

Social Media is reporting that the impact could affect the moon’s orbit and lead to vast tidal anomalies.

A paradoxical painting of a scene that could have never existed has set a new record auction price for surrealist Belgian artist René Magritte.

Depicting a night-time Brussels street under a bright blue sky, L’Empire des Lumieres — Empire of Light — sold for a hammer price of 51.5 million pounds ($94.5 million) on Thursday.

Additional fees gave it a final sale price of 59.422 million pounds ($109 million).

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-03/rene-magritte-paradoxical-painting-sets-new-record-at-auction/100878208

Peak Warming Man said:

sarahs mum said:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-03/space-junk-rocket-hurdling-towards-to-moon/100877494

Social Media is reporting that the impact could affect the moon’s orbit and lead to vast tidal anomalies.

And what is Social Media’s IF (Impact Factor)?

sarahs mum said:

A paradoxical painting of a scene that could have never existed has set a new record auction price for surrealist Belgian artist René Magritte.

Depicting a night-time Brussels street under a bright blue sky, L’Empire des Lumieres — Empire of Light — sold for a hammer price of 51.5 million pounds ($94.5 million) on Thursday.

Additional fees gave it a final sale price of 59.422 million pounds ($109 million).

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-03/rene-magritte-paradoxical-painting-sets-new-record-at-auction/100878208

I reckon you could replicate that scene but you’d need the street and house lights to be REALLY bright

sarahs mum said:

A paradoxical painting of a scene that could have never existed has set a new record auction price for surrealist Belgian artist René Magritte.

Depicting a night-time Brussels street under a bright blue sky, L’Empire des Lumieres — Empire of Light — sold for a hammer price of 51.5 million pounds ($94.5 million) on Thursday.

Additional fees gave it a final sale price of 59.422 million pounds ($109 million).

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-03/rene-magritte-paradoxical-painting-sets-new-record-at-auction/100878208

Is the guy staring off into the distance part of the artwork? Wouldn’t be the same if he wasn’t there…

buffy said:

Peak Warming Man said:

sarahs mum said:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-03/space-junk-rocket-hurdling-towards-to-moon/100877494

Social Media is reporting that the impact could affect the moon’s orbit and lead to vast tidal anomalies.

And what is Social Media’s IF (Impact Factor)?

Social Medias impact factor is very great.

Peak Warming Man said:

sarahs mum said:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-03/space-junk-rocket-hurdling-towards-to-moon/100877494

Social Media is reporting that the impact could affect the moon’s orbit and lead to vast tidal anomalies.

Seriously ?

Peak Warming Man said:

sarahs mum said:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-03/space-junk-rocket-hurdling-towards-to-moon/100877494

Social Media is reporting that the impact could affect the moon’s orbit and lead to vast tidal anomalies.

Seriously ?

Cymek said:

Peak Warming Man said:

sarahs mum said:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-03/space-junk-rocket-hurdling-towards-to-moon/100877494

Social Media is reporting that the impact could affect the moon’s orbit and lead to vast tidal anomalies.

Seriously ?

Nothing on Social Media should be take seriously.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-03/fear-for-childhood-deafness-amid-covid-surgery-halt/100872122

I thought grommets in kids’ ears was no longer the bees knees. So I had a look. Evidence is low quality.

https://www.cochrane.org/CD012017/ENT_grommets-children-recurring-acute-middle-ear-infections

Is globe mode on Google Maps desktop version now disabled?

Like the checkbox is still there but it won’t let me check it.

Peak Warming Man said:

sarahs mum said:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-03/space-junk-rocket-hurdling-towards-to-moon/100877494

Social Media is reporting that the impact could affect the moon’s orbit and lead to vast tidal anomalies.

LOLOLOLOL

Peak Warming Man said:

Michael V said:

Rain, heavy rain, lightning, thunder and strong gusty wind. Second storm of the day.

Yep we’re getting the second wave now.

We lost power for about 15 minutes. I thought it might be out for ages.

I see BoM has issued a warning at least 4 minutes into the major stormy bit. Though, to be fair it did build quite quickly (half an hour or so).

Cymek said:

Peak Warming Man said:

sarahs mum said:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-03/space-junk-rocket-hurdling-towards-to-moon/100877494

Social Media is reporting that the impact could affect the moon’s orbit and lead to vast tidal anomalies.

Seriously ?

Don’t you remember what happened the last time all of the planets lined up?

captain_spalding said:

Cymek said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Social Media is reporting that the impact could affect the moon’s orbit and lead to vast tidal anomalies.

Seriously ?

Don’t you remember what happened the last time all of the planets lined up?

Nothing
They are also only lined up from our point of view, even then not the entire planet

Cymek said:

captain_spalding said:

Cymek said:

Seriously ?

Don’t you remember what happened the last time all of the planets lined up?

Nothing
They are also only lined up from our point of view, even then not the entire planet

The Jupiter Effect.

Cymek said:

captain_spalding said:

Don’t you remember what happened the last time all of the planets lined up?

Nothing…

Yes, you remember correctly.

Hey MV, email inbound.

Michael V said:

The Jupiter Effect.

Often abbreviated to SFA.

furious said:

sarahs mum said:

A paradoxical painting of a scene that could have never existed has set a new record auction price for surrealist Belgian artist René Magritte.

Depicting a night-time Brussels street under a bright blue sky, L’Empire des Lumieres — Empire of Light — sold for a hammer price of 51.5 million pounds ($94.5 million) on Thursday.

Additional fees gave it a final sale price of 59.422 million pounds ($109 million).

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-03/rene-magritte-paradoxical-painting-sets-new-record-at-auction/100878208

Is the guy staring off into the distance part of the artwork? Wouldn’t be the same if he wasn’t there…

He does look like a Meuck sculpture.

I am surprised at how large this piece is. I remember when I saw a bunch of Magritte’s ‘in the flesh’ they were all so much smaller and insignificant than I assumed they would be.

captain_spalding said:

Michael V said:

The Jupiter Effect.

Often abbreviated to SFA.

Or – was wrong.

captain_spalding said:

Cymek said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Social Media is reporting that the impact could affect the moon’s orbit and lead to vast tidal anomalies.

Seriously ?

Don’t you remember what happened the last time all of the planets lined up?

Wait, wait…I read about that last night. I’m giving “a short history of planet earth” another read through. It was Friday 5 May 2000. Mr Plimer says the next “doomsday” will be in 2438. I don’t think I’ll worry too much about that.

Dark Orange said:

Hey MV, email inbound.

Cheers, got it.

https://wikitrivia.tomjwatson.com/

very short game. make a timeline.

sarahs mum said:

furious said:

sarahs mum said:

A paradoxical painting of a scene that could have never existed has set a new record auction price for surrealist Belgian artist René Magritte.

Depicting a night-time Brussels street under a bright blue sky, L’Empire des Lumieres — Empire of Light — sold for a hammer price of 51.5 million pounds ($94.5 million) on Thursday.

Additional fees gave it a final sale price of 59.422 million pounds ($109 million).

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-03/rene-magritte-paradoxical-painting-sets-new-record-at-auction/100878208

Is the guy staring off into the distance part of the artwork? Wouldn’t be the same if he wasn’t there…

He does look like a Meuck sculpture.

I am surprised at how large this piece is. I remember when I saw a bunch of Magritte’s ‘in the flesh’ they were all so much smaller and insignificant than I assumed they would be.

people say that about the Mona Lisa too… then the opposite about the statue of David

Arts said:

sarahs mum said:

furious said:

Is the guy staring off into the distance part of the artwork? Wouldn’t be the same if he wasn’t there…

He does look like a Meuck sculpture.

I am surprised at how large this piece is. I remember when I saw a bunch of Magritte’s ‘in the flesh’ they were all so much smaller and insignificant than I assumed they would be.

people say that about the Mona Lisa too… then the opposite about the statue of David

true.
When I saw the Mona Lisa there were about 80 people in front of me.

There’s so much going on in the world.
Now you take No. 6, Kimmy single again, phoaw!

sarahs mum said:

Arts said:

sarahs mum said:

He does look like a Meuck sculpture.

I am surprised at how large this piece is. I remember when I saw a bunch of Magritte’s ‘in the flesh’ they were all so much smaller and insignificant than I assumed they would be.

people say that about the Mona Lisa too… then the opposite about the statue of David

true.
When I saw the Mona Lisa there were about 80 people in front of me.

When I saw it there was just small silk-tasselled roped off area. I could have touched it. There was an official, sitting in a chair adjacent. No crowds.

BACK from Big Shopping and all packed away.

Time for a G&T before a late lunch which will probably be a bacon sandwich.

Michael V said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Michael V said:

Rain, heavy rain, lightning, thunder and strong gusty wind. Second storm of the day.

Yep we’re getting the second wave now.

We lost power for about 15 minutes. I thought it might be out for ages.

I see BoM has issued a warning at least 4 minutes into the major stormy bit. Though, to be fair it did build quite quickly (half an hour or so).

We got 75 mm in about half an hour.

Bubblecar said:

BACK from Big Shopping and all packed away.

Time for a G&T before a late lunch which will probably be a bacon sandwich.

Bacon, tomato, basil pesto on rye.

sarahs mum said:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-03/space-junk-rocket-hurdling-towards-to-moon/100877494

Don’t worry, it’s what we do.

PermeateFree said:

sarahs mum said:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-03/space-junk-rocket-hurdling-towards-to-moon/100877494

Don’t worry, it’s what we do.

There’s been no mention so far of the fact that the Moon is doing its share of hurtling towards the space junk.

c-s: looks like you might be soon copping a downpour.

Michael V said:

c-s: looks like you might be soon copping a downpour.

Yes. looks like it should hit just when i’m walking to my car.

captain_spalding said:

Michael V said:

c-s: looks like you might be soon copping a downpour.

Yes. looks like it should hit just when i’m walking to my car.

Perfect.

Stay at work and claim overtime.

Michael V said:

captain_spalding said:

Michael V said:

c-s: looks like you might be soon copping a downpour.

Yes. looks like it should hit just when i’m walking to my car.

Perfect.

Stay at work and claim overtime.

Ain’t no such thing in this job.

Michael V said:

c-s: looks like you might be soon copping a downpour.

While here in Penshurst, Victoria, I’m about to go out and turn on some sprinklers on the veggies.

Arvs

Flood waters came up.. Flood waters went down..

I need to report to PWM. The vet lady picked up Hei Long and said “Gosh, you are a nuggety little thing, aren’t you”. You will be pleased to know he is breathing well (for a Pug) and his heart is strong. And he’s vaccinated.

buffy said:

I need to report to PWM. The vet lady picked up Hei Long and said “Gosh, you are a nuggety little thing, aren’t you”. You will be pleased to know he is breathing well (for a Pug) and his heart is strong. And he’s vaccinated.

That’s……….that’s ah………..that’s terrific news

There is a fancy darts’n‘drinks place in the city. My daughter and her boyfriend went there last night. They record video of the players and slow mo of the darts etc and send you the file. My daughter had never held a dart in her life and was drunk af but she won her game.

dv said:

There is a fancy darts’n‘drinks place in the city. My daughter and her boyfriend went there last night. They record video of the players and slow mo of the darts etc and send you the file. My daughter had never held a dart in her life and was drunk af but she won her game.

Strike bowling ?

hot chips for dinner, just being cut up and dropped in the pan.

got a bit of an appetite

Cymek said:

dv said:

There is a fancy darts’n‘drinks place in the city. My daughter and her boyfriend went there last night. They record video of the players and slow mo of the darts etc and send you the file. My daughter had never held a dart in her life and was drunk af but she won her game.

Strike bowling ?

no

Food report. Tea here tonight will be roast pork rolls. The meat is cold. There is some mildly warm gravy to have with it. And I will be having freshly picked and nuked Granny Smith apple with mine too.

weather cools down tomorrow, then a week of under 30C

and gas has run out, so I changes bottle

wanders off

dv said:

There is a fancy darts’n‘drinks place in the city. My daughter and her boyfriend went there last night. They record video of the players and slow mo of the darts etc and send you the file. My daughter had never held a dart in her life and was drunk af but she won her game.

Good on her.

My son has just taken up competitive darts. He and another guy in his hamlet went away to a teams tournament recently and won it The guys who came second are ranked 2 and 3 in NSW.

dv said:

There is a fancy darts’n‘drinks place in the city. My daughter and her boyfriend went there last night. They record video of the players and slow mo of the darts etc and send you the file. My daughter had never held a dart in her life and was drunk af but she won her game.

Do you have somewhere to set up a dart board at home?

sarahs mum said:

dv said:

There is a fancy darts’n‘drinks place in the city. My daughter and her boyfriend went there last night. They record video of the players and slow mo of the darts etc and send you the file. My daughter had never held a dart in her life and was drunk af but she won her game.

Do you have somewhere to set up a dart board at home?

Yeah but she doesn’t live with us any more…

sarahs mum said:

dv said:

There is a fancy darts’n‘drinks place in the city. My daughter and her boyfriend went there last night. They record video of the players and slow mo of the darts etc and send you the file. My daughter had never held a dart in her life and was drunk af but she won her game.

Do you have somewhere to set up a dart board at home?

he would also need a bar fridge it would seem..

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a 32-spotted Katydid. Someone photographed this at Wodonga today.

buffy said:

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a 32-spotted Katydid. Someone photographed this at Wodonga today.

nice

dv said:

buffy said:

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a 32-spotted Katydid. Someone photographed this at Wodonga today.

nice

I’n‘t get the reference

dv said:

dv said:

buffy said:

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a 32-spotted Katydid. Someone photographed this at Wodonga today.

nice

I’n‘t get the reference

wrong post

Well bugger me. Just had the 3rd bloke call today claiming to be from the NBN. The previous two were Indian/Pakistani I think but this one sounded Aussie. Hung up before I could tell him to sex and travel.
And the disappointing thing is that the house phone has run out of memory to add blocked numbers to, sod it.

Spiny Norman said:

Well bugger me. Just had the 3rd bloke call today claiming to be from the NBN. The previous two were Indian/Pakistani I think but this one sounded Aussie. Hung up before I could tell him to sex and travel.
And the disappointing thing is that the house phone has run out of memory to add blocked numbers to, sod it.

Is your phone connected through your modem? Some modems you can block numbers there…

dv said:

dv said:

buffy said:

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a 32-spotted Katydid. Someone photographed this at Wodonga today.

nice

I’n‘t get the reference

Seinfeld were Jerry and George pretend they are O’Brien (George) and friend to get a free ride in a limo and they turn out to be Nazi’s

furious said:

Spiny Norman said:

Well bugger me. Just had the 3rd bloke call today claiming to be from the NBN. The previous two were Indian/Pakistani I think but this one sounded Aussie. Hung up before I could tell him to sex and travel.
And the disappointing thing is that the house phone has run out of memory to add blocked numbers to, sod it.

Is your phone connected through your modem? Some modems you can block numbers there…

It’s a VOIP phone so I guess so.

Cymek said:

dv said:

dv said:

nice

I’n‘t get the reference

Seinfeld were Jerry and George pretend they are O’Brien (George) and friend to get a free ride in a limo and they turn out to be Nazi’s

So much to learn so little time.

Peak Warming Man said:

Cymek said:

dv said:

I’n‘t get the reference

Seinfeld were Jerry and George pretend they are O’Brien (George) and friend to get a free ride in a limo and they turn out to be Nazi’s

So much to learn so little time.

So little inclination…

Peak Warming Man said:

Cymek said:

dv said:

I’n‘t get the reference

Seinfeld were Jerry and George pretend they are O’Brien (George) and friend to get a free ride in a limo and they turn out to be Nazi’s

So much to learn so little time.

That’s at least his second Seinfeld reference today, so best study up on that for a start ..

furious said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Cymek said:

Seinfeld were Jerry and George pretend they are O’Brien (George) and friend to get a free ride in a limo and they turn out to be Nazi’s

So much to learn so little time.

That’s at least his second Seinfeld reference today, so best study up on that for a start ..

Palmer could like the car itself as its what 1 or 3 left and it just happened to belong to Hitler

furious said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Cymek said:

Seinfeld were Jerry and George pretend they are O’Brien (George) and friend to get a free ride in a limo and they turn out to be Nazi’s

So much to learn so little time.

That’s at least his second Seinfeld reference today, so best study up on that for a start ..

I never watched Seinfeld, it’s success was just a triumph of marketing.

Spiny Norman said:

Well bugger me. Just had the 3rd bloke call today claiming to be from the NBN. The previous two were Indian/Pakistani I think but this one sounded Aussie. Hung up before I could tell him to sex and travel.
And the disappointing thing is that the house phone has run out of memory to add blocked numbers to, sod it.

I just got a call from the Franklin Greens. She was a 33 year old secondary teacher from the southern midlands and she was just…lovely. Also articulate and knowlegable. She asked me what I thought the issues were and then she made copious notes. I got so much off my chest and she was so enthusiastic about it.

dv said:

dv said:

dv said:

nice

I’n‘t get the reference

wrong post

lol

SCIENCE said:

dv said:

dv said:

I’n‘t get the reference

wrong post

lol

He’s off his game.

sarahs mum said:

Spiny Norman said:

Well bugger me. Just had the 3rd bloke call today claiming to be from the NBN. The previous two were Indian/Pakistani I think but this one sounded Aussie. Hung up before I could tell him to sex and travel.
And the disappointing thing is that the house phone has run out of memory to add blocked numbers to, sod it.

I just got a call from the Franklin Greens. She was a 33 year old secondary teacher from the southern midlands and she was just…lovely. Also articulate and knowlegable. She asked me what I thought the issues were and then she made copious notes. I got so much off my chest and she was so enthusiastic about it.

Seems like you had the better call

sarahs mum said:

Spiny Norman said:

Well bugger me. Just had the 3rd bloke call today claiming to be from the NBN. The previous two were Indian/Pakistani I think but this one sounded Aussie. Hung up before I could tell him to sex and travel.
And the disappointing thing is that the house phone has run out of memory to add blocked numbers to, sod it.

I just got a call from the Franklin Greens. She was a 33 year old secondary teacher from the southern midlands and she was just…lovely. Also articulate and knowlegable. She asked me what I thought the issues were and then she made copious notes. I got so much off my chest and she was so enthusiastic about it.

:)

Charming…

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I’ve only just learnt that it is no longer compulsory to join the student union to study at Uni.

A while ago on my way to a fire on a hot day my work car blew a radiator hose, dumped all the water, and cooked the engine. Having ever since borrowed a car to keep mobile, just today I managed to get enough spare time to pull down the cooked engine, and it’s properly fukn cooked.

The head has more cracks than a plumbers convention, the oil smells like it’s been nuked from orbit, and the turbo is barely worth it’s weight in scrap metal.

One of my fire brigade crew has recently started a new job in an auto parts dealership. I’m hoping that there might be “staff” discounts.

It turns out that Hilux’s are not unbreakable after all.

Hot tip: If your car only has a temp gauge, not a temp light. Fit a temp light, so that you don’t miss the small needle slowly creeping up while you are occupied with traffic.

Kingy said:

A while ago on my way to a fire on a hot day my work car blew a radiator hose, dumped all the water, and cooked the engine. Having ever since borrowed a car to keep mobile, just today I managed to get enough spare time to pull down the cooked engine, and it’s properly fukn cooked.

The head has more cracks than a plumbers convention, the oil smells like it’s been nuked from orbit, and the turbo is barely worth it’s weight in scrap metal.

One of my fire brigade crew has recently started a new job in an auto parts dealership. I’m hoping that there might be “staff” discounts.

It turns out that Hilux’s are not unbreakable after all.

Hot tip: If your car only has a temp gauge, not a temp light. Fit a temp light, so that you don’t miss the small needle slowly creeping up while you are occupied with traffic.

Probably cheaper and certainly easier to just chuck in an import engine.

Spiny Norman said:

Kingy said:

A while ago on my way to a fire on a hot day my work car blew a radiator hose, dumped all the water, and cooked the engine. Having ever since borrowed a car to keep mobile, just today I managed to get enough spare time to pull down the cooked engine, and it’s properly fukn cooked.

The head has more cracks than a plumbers convention, the oil smells like it’s been nuked from orbit, and the turbo is barely worth it’s weight in scrap metal.

One of my fire brigade crew has recently started a new job in an auto parts dealership. I’m hoping that there might be “staff” discounts.

It turns out that Hilux’s are not unbreakable after all.

Hot tip: If your car only has a temp gauge, not a temp light. Fit a temp light, so that you don’t miss the small needle slowly creeping up while you are occupied with traffic.

Probably cheaper and certainly easier to just chuck in an import engine.

^

And you can do up the other engine over time if you desire.

I just read that the TV show Neighbours can’t find anyone to broadcast so they are closing down the street after 37 years.

Neighbours helped to kick start Kylie Minogue, Jason Donovan and Craig McGlaughlin careers and one of those people were more successful than mild.

cue the :never heard of thems.

sibeen said:

I’ve only just learnt that it is no longer compulsory to join the student union to study at Uni.

I don’t know the history here, but Maggie T did away with compulsory student union membership in the UK more than 50 years ago.

Arts said:

I just read that the TV show Neighbours can’t find anyone to broadcast so they are closing down the street after 37 years.

Neighbours helped to kick start Kylie Minogue, Jason Donovan and Craig McGlaughlin careers and one of those people were more successful than mild.

cue the :never heard of thems.

we got hillsong now.

(throwing up emoticon.)

The Rev Dodgson said:

sibeen said:

I’ve only just learnt that it is no longer compulsory to join the student union to study at Uni.

I don’t know the history here, but Maggie T did away with compulsory student union membership in the UK more than 50 years ago.

I looked it up, was only about 15 years ago that it was knocked on the head.

OnThisDay 2 March 1964, St George cabs pictured at the old rank on Forest Road, Hurstville alongside Memorial Square and Soul Pattinson Chemist.

sibeen said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

sibeen said:

I’ve only just learnt that it is no longer compulsory to join the student union to study at Uni.

I don’t know the history here, but Maggie T did away with compulsory student union membership in the UK more than 50 years ago.

I looked it up, was only about 15 years ago that it was knocked on the head.

Thank Fuck For Corruption

SCIENCE said:

sibeen said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

I don’t know the history here, but Maggie T did away with compulsory student union membership in the UK more than 50 years ago.

I looked it up, was only about 15 years ago that it was knocked on the head.

Thank Fuck For Corruption

if you don’t joint h guild you won’t get their free cookies on market days

Arts said:

I just read that the TV show Neighbours can’t find anyone to broadcast so they are closing down the street after 37 years.

Neighbours helped to kick start Kylie Minogue, Jason Donovan and Craig McGlaughlin careers and one of those people were more successful than mild.

cue the :never heard of thems.

All mundane things come to an end.

After 37 years I still have not watched one single episode from start to finish in a single sitting.

Arts said:

SCIENCE said:

sibeen said:

I looked it up, was only about 15 years ago that it was knocked on the head.

Thank Fuck For Corruption

if you don’t joint h guild you won’t get their free cookies on market days

I went to Uni in Bunbury in the 80’s. The student union was compulsory. They spent our money on building a pub in a Uni in Perth, and paying lawyers trying to stop a name change from the Western Australian College of Advanced Education to”(WACAE) the Edith Cowan University(ECU).

When I asked the student union library for some old second hand text books, they didn’t have any because they couldn’t afford them.

Kingy said:

Arts said:

SCIENCE said:

Thank Fuck For Corruption

if you don’t joint h guild you won’t get their free cookies on market days

I went to Uni in Bunbury in the 80’s. The student union was compulsory. They spent our money on building a pub in a Uni in Perth, and paying lawyers trying to stop a name change from the Western Australian College of Advanced Education to”(WACAE) the Edith Cowan University(ECU).

When I asked the student union library for some old second hand text books, they didn’t have any because they couldn’t afford them.

You should have been more active in the union.

Then you could’ve been a politician.

You might be PM by now.

Then we’d be led by a Kingy, as well as a Queenie.

Arts said:

I just read that the TV show Neighbours can’t find anyone to broadcast so they are closing down the street after 37 years.

Neighbours helped to kick start Kylie Minogue, Jason Donovan and Craig McGlaughlin careers and one of those people were more successful than mild.

cue the :never heard of thems.

Does Famous Craig Look to music

Fast Forward – Dumb Street
Dumb Street (2)
Dumb Street (3)
Dumb Street (4)

Kingy said:

A while ago on my way to a fire on a hot day my work car blew a radiator hose, dumped all the water, and cooked the engine. Having ever since borrowed a car to keep mobile, just today I managed to get enough spare time to pull down the cooked engine, and it’s properly fukn cooked.

The head has more cracks than a plumbers convention, the oil smells like it’s been nuked from orbit, and the turbo is barely worth it’s weight in scrap metal.

One of my fire brigade crew has recently started a new job in an auto parts dealership. I’m hoping that there might be “staff” discounts.

It turns out that Hilux’s are not unbreakable after all.

Hot tip: If your car only has a temp gauge, not a temp light. Fit a temp light, so that you don’t miss the small needle slowly creeping up while you are occupied with traffic.

Just got a reply from aforementioned crew. He has just received his booster but is now complaining that he’s not got enough boost to hear turbo noises.

I suggested that he eats a couple of cans of baked beans to build up enough pressure in his exhaust manifold, so that his friends can hear his blow-off valve working.

He is going to try this before his motorbike ride this evening.

Arts said:

I just read that the TV show Neighbours can’t find anyone to broadcast so they are closing down the street after 37 years.

Neighbours helped to kick start Kylie Minogue, Jason Donovan and Craig McGlaughlin careers and one of those people were more successful than mild.

cue the :never heard of thems.

I’ve heard of Kylie of course but Woodie will be indignant that I can’t actually name any of her songs.

sarahs mum said:

OnThisDay 2 March 1964, St George cabs pictured at the old rank on Forest Road, Hurstville alongside Memorial Square and Soul Pattinson Chemist.

Unusual that the cabs don’t have a TAXI sign on their roofs.

Bubblecar said:

Arts said:

I just read that the TV show Neighbours can’t find anyone to broadcast so they are closing down the street after 37 years.

Neighbours helped to kick start Kylie Minogue, Jason Donovan and Craig McGlaughlin careers and one of those people were more successful than mild.

cue the :never heard of thems.

I’ve heard of Kylie of course but Woodie will be indignant that I can’t actually name any of her songs.

she did a cover of ‘The Locomotion’. I can’t name a Jason Donovan.

Bubblecar said:

sarahs mum said:

OnThisDay 2 March 1964, St George cabs pictured at the old rank on Forest Road, Hurstville alongside Memorial Square and Soul Pattinson Chemist.

Unusual that the cabs don’t have a TAXI sign on their roofs.

Uncle Alf had that car in pink and grey.

I thought semaphore was earlier than 1866

The Rev Dodgson said:

Kingy said:

Arts said:

if you don’t joint h guild you won’t get their free cookies on market days

I went to Uni in Bunbury in the 80’s. The student union was compulsory. They spent our money on building a pub in a Uni in Perth, and paying lawyers trying to stop a name change from the Western Australian College of Advanced Education to”(WACAE) the Edith Cowan University(ECU).

When I asked the student union library for some old second hand text books, they didn’t have any because they couldn’t afford them.

You should have been more active in the union.

Then you could’ve been a politician.

You might be PM by now.

Then we’d be led by a Kingy, as well as a Queenie.

I don’t want to lead anyone. I just want to go home after work and have a few beers.

The people that want to be in charge, obviously don’t understand what they are doing. If they did, they would not want to be in charge.

“Everyone wants to be the Captain, until there is Captain stuff to do”.

sarahs mum said:

Bubblecar said:

Arts said:

I just read that the TV show Neighbours can’t find anyone to broadcast so they are closing down the street after 37 years.

Neighbours helped to kick start Kylie Minogue, Jason Donovan and Craig McGlaughlin careers and one of those people were more successful than mild.

cue the :never heard of thems.

I’ve heard of Kylie of course but Woodie will be indignant that I can’t actually name any of her songs.

she did a cover of ‘The Locomotion’. I can’t name a Jason Donovan.

rushes is

He did ‘any dream will do’.

looks smug

sibeen said:

sarahs mum said:

Bubblecar said:

I’ve heard of Kylie of course but Woodie will be indignant that I can’t actually name any of her songs.

she did a cover of ‘The Locomotion’. I can’t name a Jason Donovan.

rushes is

He did ‘any dream will do’.

looks smug

I suppose it worth points. Not many mind you.

Tau.Neutrino said:

Arts said:

I just read that the TV show Neighbours can’t find anyone to broadcast so they are closing down the street after 37 years.

Neighbours helped to kick start Kylie Minogue, Jason Donovan and Craig McGlaughlin careers and one of those people were more successful than mild.

cue the :never heard of thems.

Does Famous Craig Look

Fast Forward – Dumb Street
Dumb Street (1)
Dumb Street (2)
Dumb Street (3)
Dumb Street (4)
Dumb Street (5)

Iut threw a tea towel toward the laundry door. And the dog caught it. And then he looked sad. And dropped it.

sarahs mum said:

Iut threw a tea towel toward the laundry door. And the dog caught it. And then he looked sad. And dropped it.

I just…

sarahs mum said:

Iut threw a tea towel toward the laundry door. And the dog caught it. And then he looked sad. And dropped it.

Heh. Still, a bit of excitement for him.

Donovan is currently in a semiregular British comedy crime drama thing…

sarahs mum said:

sarahs mum said:

Iut threw a tea towel toward the laundry door. And the dog caught it. And then he looked sad. And dropped it.

I just…

hmmm

dv said:

Donovan is currently in a semiregular British comedy crime drama thing…

Not the mellow yellow one.

sarahs mum said:

dv said:

Donovan is currently in a semiregular British comedy crime drama thing…

Not the mellow yellow one.

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

I’ve turned the lamps on in the living room and almost tempted myself to settle in there for a few hours reading.

But I’ll do that tomorrow night. I’ll look for a good nature documentary to watch in here on the pooter screen tonight.

Please consider this awful sequence of events on Wheel of Fortune

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tjYgh8TFVw

dv said:

Please consider this awful sequence of events on Wheel of Fortune

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tjYgh8TFVw

It’s tragic indeed, but there’s nothing I can do.

dv said:

Please consider this awful sequence of events on Wheel of Fortune

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tjYgh8TFVw

fuck me

sibeen said:

dv said:

Please consider this awful sequence of events on Wheel of Fortune

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tjYgh8TFVw

fuck me

no.

Kingy said:

Arts said:

SCIENCE said:

Thank Fuck For Corruption

if you don’t joint h guild you won’t get their free cookies on market days

I went to Uni in Bunbury in the 80’s. The student union was compulsory. They spent our money on building a pub in a Uni in Perth, and paying lawyers trying to stop a name change from the Western Australian College of Advanced Education to”(WACAE) the Edith Cowan University(ECU).

When I asked the student union library for some old second hand text books, they didn’t have any because they couldn’t afford them.

I started at WACAE and then in my second year they changed to ECU… so the lawyers sucked

Bubblecar said:

dv said:

Please consider this awful sequence of events on Wheel of Fortune

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tjYgh8TFVw

It’s tragic indeed, but there’s nothing I can do.

I do remember one from when I was in high school. This was revealed:

B_TTER WO_LD NOT MELT _N ONE’S MO_TH

One dear gave a real stunned mullet expression and said “bitter world not melt in one’s mouth?”

dv said:

Donovan is currently in a semiregular British comedy crime drama thing…

yes, they all moved to the UK (maybe not CM) because that’s where their biggest fan base was.. the English loved neighbours and it had a coronation street type following. Of course Kylie because a pop star and after she extracted herself from Stock Aitken Waterman she actually made some decent music… the English gay community gave her her dues…

dv said:

Please consider this awful sequence of events on Wheel of Fortune

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tjYgh8TFVw

I would install trap doors on the floor that whisk stupid contestants out onto the street.

Arts said:

dv said:

Donovan is currently in a semiregular British comedy crime drama thing…

yes, they all moved to the UK (maybe not CM) because that’s where their biggest fan base was.. the English loved neighbours and it had a coronation street type following. Of course Kylie because a pop star and after she extracted herself from Stock Aitken Waterman she actually made some decent music… the English gay community gave her her dues…

And of course Craig McLachlan and they can’t prove a damned thing

Tau.Neutrino said:

dv said:

Please consider this awful sequence of events on Wheel of Fortune

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tjYgh8TFVw

I would install trap doors on the floor that whisk stupid contestants out onto the street.

I would keep a cyanide capsule handy in case something like that happened to me

dv said:

Arts said:

dv said:

Donovan is currently in a semiregular British comedy crime drama thing…

yes, they all moved to the UK (maybe not CM) because that’s where their biggest fan base was.. the English loved neighbours and it had a coronation street type following. Of course Kylie because a pop star and after she extracted herself from Stock Aitken Waterman she actually made some decent music… the English gay community gave her her dues…

And of course Craig McLachlan and they can’t prove a damned thing

yes… and the minogue sister, who actually made it to our TV screens well before Kylie as a regular on Johnny Young’s Talent show, then kind of faded away, then made some small return on singing shows in more recent times…

have you seen Max Zeng on any of the University Challenge rounds DV?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EU7RwoGQzmQ

Bubblecar said:

I’ve turned the lamps on in the living room and almost tempted myself to settle in there for a few hours reading.

But I’ll do that tomorrow night. I’ll look for a good nature documentary to watch in here on the pooter screen tonight.

David Attenborough’s Conquest Of The Skies, Episode 1, has been chosen.

sarahs mum said:

have you seen Max Zeng on any of the University Challenge rounds DV?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EU7RwoGQzmQ

I have not seen anyone on any University Challenge round.

Bubblecar said:

Bubblecar said:

I’ve turned the lamps on in the living room and almost tempted myself to settle in there for a few hours reading.

But I’ll do that tomorrow night. I’ll look for a good nature documentary to watch in here on the pooter screen tonight.

David Attenborough’s Conquest Of The Skies, Episode 1, has been chosen.

Excellent choice

dv said:

sarahs mum said:

have you seen Max Zeng on any of the University Challenge rounds DV?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EU7RwoGQzmQ

I have not seen anyone on any University Challenge round.

Max has Wikipedia somehow fully installed in his cerebral circuitry.

Bubblecar said:

dv said:

sarahs mum said:

have you seen Max Zeng on any of the University Challenge rounds DV?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EU7RwoGQzmQ

I have not seen anyone on any University Challenge round.

Max has Wikipedia somehow fully installed in his cerebral circuitry.

He’s very handy.

Some others who got a start on Neighbours and then went on to successful careers…

Isla Fisher
Guy Pearce
Russell Crowe
Margot Robbie
Natalie Imbruglia
Heath Ledger
Chris Hemsworth
Liam Hemsworth
Naomi Watts
Samara Weaving
Simon Baker
Delta Goodrem
Holly Valance
Ben Mendelsohn

dv said:

Some others who got a start on Neighbours and then went on to successful careers…

Isla Fisher
Guy Pearce
Russell Crowe
Margot Robbie
Natalie Imbruglia
Heath Ledger
Chris Hemsworth
Liam Hemsworth
Naomi Watts
Samara Weaving
Simon Baker
Delta Goodrem
Holly Valance
Ben Mendelsohn

for various ranges of successful, but in my defence I stopped watching it pretty early on so had no idea half of these people (while knowing who they are) started on Neighbours

sarahs mum said:

Bubblecar said:

dv said:

I have not seen anyone on any University Challenge round.

Max has Wikipedia somehow fully installed in his cerebral circuitry.

He’s very handy.

He probably ate an atlas in preschool when the other kids were learning about dinosaurs.

Bubblecar said:

dv said:

Please consider this awful sequence of events on Wheel of Fortune

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tjYgh8TFVw

It’s tragic indeed, but there’s nothing I can do.

How do they keep the audience quiet during WOF? You’d think at least one dingdong would yell out the answer.

you might like this mr car.
Luke Plumb & Van Diemen’s Band – To Yearn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltB4FeZMHHo

Arts said:

dv said:

Some others who got a start on Neighbours and then went on to successful careers…

Isla Fisher
Guy Pearce
Russell Crowe
Margot Robbie
Natalie Imbruglia
Heath Ledger
Chris Hemsworth
Liam Hemsworth
Naomi Watts
Samara Weaving
Simon Baker
Delta Goodrem
Holly Valance
Ben Mendelsohn

for various ranges of successful, but in my defence I stopped watching it pretty early on so had no idea half of these people (while knowing who they are) started on Neighbours

Well I’ve never watched it but that’s some of what came up from an internet search

I mean if it has been on since the 80s weekly then it must have like 10000 episodes or something and it’s not surprising that a lot of actors have been on it.

dv said:

Arts said:

dv said:

Some others who got a start on Neighbours and then went on to successful careers…

Isla Fisher
Guy Pearce
Russell Crowe
Margot Robbie
Natalie Imbruglia
Heath Ledger
Chris Hemsworth
Liam Hemsworth
Naomi Watts
Samara Weaving
Simon Baker
Delta Goodrem
Holly Valance
Ben Mendelsohn

for various ranges of successful, but in my defence I stopped watching it pretty early on so had no idea half of these people (while knowing who they are) started on Neighbours

Well I’ve never watched it but that’s some of what came up from an internet search

and here I was spouting all my late 70’s early 80’s pop culture from brain, like an IDIOT.

sarahs mum said:

Bubblecar said:

dv said:

I have not seen anyone on any University Challenge round.

Max has Wikipedia somehow fully installed in his cerebral circuitry.

He’s very handy.

The computer wore tennis shoes.

dv said:

I mean if it has been on since the 80s weekly then it must have like 10000 episodes or something and it’s not surprising that a lot of actors have been on it.

add Peta Brady to the list.

dv said:

I mean if it has been on since the 80s weekly then it must have like 10000 episodes or something and it’s not surprising that a lot of actors have been on it.

oh yeah, must have been mid 80’s eh? I just remembered how old I actually am

party_pants said:

dv said:

I mean if it has been on since the 80s weekly then it must have like 10000 episodes or something and it’s not surprising that a lot of actors have been on it.

add Peta Brady to the list.

genuinely never heard of them

sarahs mum said:

you might like this mr car.
Luke Plumb & Van Diemen’s Band – To Yearn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltB4FeZMHHo

That’s an agreeably eccentric ensemble with some fine wanderings there, ta.

Arts said:

dv said:

Arts said:

for various ranges of successful, but in my defence I stopped watching it pretty early on so had no idea half of these people (while knowing who they are) started on Neighbours

Well I’ve never watched it but that’s some of what came up from an internet search

and here I was spouting all my late 70’s early 80’s pop culture from brain, like an IDIOT.

I did used to watch The Sullivans with my mum and siblings when I was around ten years old, but I don’t remember Mel Gibson in it.

Bubblecar said:

sarahs mum said:

you might like this mr car.
Luke Plumb & Van Diemen’s Band – To Yearn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltB4FeZMHHo

That’s an agreeably eccentric ensemble with some fine wanderings there, ta.

are they the sort of ensemble they might be able to wrangle some of your compositions?