Time to turn over a new leaf – or a page in the calendar!

I haven’t started a new thread for yonks! But then, I haven’t been here for yonks, either. :)

Morning all. Happy May Day!

AussieDJ said:

I haven’t started a new thread for yonks! But then, I haven’t been here for yonks, either. :)

Morning all. Happy May Day!

Cheers.

Cool. I’m off to bed soonish – but I’ll join ya in the brand new thread tomorrow.

May Gawd bless this thread, and all those who post in it.

Genuinely odd sequence of events in this pooter room earlier.

I was looking through dv’s thread list and could hear mice scuttling. Couldn’t see any anywhere.

Soon the sound of mice scuttling was joined by a frantic flapping sound, coming from the curtains, and I could see them vibrating as if a bird or birdies were trapped behind them.

But looking behind each layer of curtains, there was nothing there.

Bubblecar said:

Genuinely odd sequence of events in this pooter room earlier.

I was looking through dv’s thread list and could hear mice scuttling. Couldn’t see any anywhere.

Soon the sound of mice scuttling was joined by a frantic flapping sound, coming from the curtains, and I could see them vibrating as if a bird or birdies were trapped behind them.

But looking behind each layer of curtains, there was nothing there.

The ghost of forums past…

furious said:

Bubblecar said:

Genuinely odd sequence of events in this pooter room earlier.

I was looking through dv’s thread list and could hear mice scuttling. Couldn’t see any anywhere.

Soon the sound of mice scuttling was joined by a frantic flapping sound, coming from the curtains, and I could see them vibrating as if a bird or birdies were trapped behind them.

But looking behind each layer of curtains, there was nothing there.

The ghost of forums past…

My theory is that a mouse had climbed up the inner lace curtains, and had panicked when it got to the level at which I saw the vibrations, possibly caused by it rhythmically slapping its tail or whatever.

By the time I pulled back the curtains, it had dropped to the floor and ran away. But that’s all conjecture because I heard/saw no mouse dropping to the floor and running away.

So what are you up to these days, Mr DJ?

Neophyte said:

So what are you up to these days, Mr DJ?

Not all that much, thank you for asking. Still working with/for the organisation that spawned the original forum, although I’m not on air with them these days – just doing back-room or back-office stuff, and working from home for the most part.

I still get my head on occasionally, though, if someone needs a read – I did a couple for RN last year, which was nice – and I seem to be the regular ‘voice’ on one of my local community stations for station IDs and promos. (I’m not complaining – it keeps me in practice!)

And you?

Bubblecar said:

furious said:

Bubblecar said:

Genuinely odd sequence of events in this pooter room earlier.

I was looking through dv’s thread list and could hear mice scuttling. Couldn’t see any anywhere.

Soon the sound of mice scuttling was joined by a frantic flapping sound, coming from the curtains, and I could see them vibrating as if a bird or birdies were trapped behind them.

But looking behind each layer of curtains, there was nothing there.

The ghost of forums past…

My theory is that a mouse had climbed up the inner lace curtains, and had panicked when it got to the level at which I saw the vibrations, possibly caused by it rhythmically slapping its tail or whatever.

By the time I pulled back the curtains, it had dropped to the floor and ran away. But that’s all conjecture because I heard/saw no mouse dropping to the floor and running away.

Big moths are currently plentiful.

Where did that apple that supposedly fell on Newton’s head come from? Tradition says it is from this tree outside Newton’s birthplace in Woolsthorpe Manor, England. The falling apple tale was written by William Stukeley, Newton’s friend and first biographer. However, Keith Moore, librarian for the Royal Society in London, doubts the apple story. Why? “It would have concussed him,” Moore says.

I like this photo, simple but good.

PermeateFree said:

Bubblecar said:

furious said:

The ghost of forums past…

My theory is that a mouse had climbed up the inner lace curtains, and had panicked when it got to the level at which I saw the vibrations, possibly caused by it rhythmically slapping its tail or whatever.

By the time I pulled back the curtains, it had dropped to the floor and ran away. But that’s all conjecture because I heard/saw no mouse dropping to the floor and running away.

Big moths are currently plentiful.

According to a butterfly person, moths are far more plentiful, than butterflies globally. One reason could be that moth caterpillars are often poisonous and that gives extra protection to make it to adulthood to breed, butterfly caterpillars of not often poisonous and habitat loss doesn’t help. I think that councils across Australia should have kerbside trees and shrubs that support local wildlife and fauna, example butterfly species and birds etc by providing their natural food source , local guides for local communities who want to plant flora in their garden to help keep native critters and insects alive.

This simple change, could make conservation easier before a species becomes critically endangered.

monkey skipper said:

I like this photo, simple but good.

There is something not quite right about it though, like it’s a collage.

Good morning Holidayers. Presently 10 degrees here and fine misty rain. We are off to Melbourne shortly for lunch with my sister-in-law (my brother will be out with his son’s football team) and then we will spend the night at Healesville. Sanctuary tomorrow and home on Tuesday.

Dark Orange said:

monkey skipper said:

I like this photo, simple but good.

There is something not quite right about it though, like it’s a collage.

I like the sepia like pallette

monkey skipper said:

I like this photo, simple but good.

Where’s the path it made wallking in?

roughbarked said:

monkey skipper said:

I like this photo, simple but good.

Where’s the path it made wallking in?

off to the right. you can’t see it because it runs parallel to the view.

roughbarked said:

monkey skipper said:

I like this photo, simple but good.

Where’s the path it made wallking in?

a stealthy deer

Boris said:

roughbarked said:

monkey skipper said:

I like this photo, simple but good.

Where’s the path it made wallking in?

off to the right. you can’t see it because it runs parallel to the view.

To be sure. ;)

Sunday breakfast: sausages, eggs, tomato, toast.

May day, May day, May day.

It’s May day today. Have a great May day everybody.

Good morning.

It’s 16.5°C and 99% humidity here. It’s an overcast, grey day with a light air and it’s raining so lightly I can’t see rain falling. Forecast top is 26°C.

I was hoping for a sunny day so we could start what’s going to be a long and arduous job of spring cleaning, now that the painter has stopped using power sanding tools. The dust is absolutely everywhere, but thickest in the library. If we’d realised that he was going to make so much mess, we’d‘ve covered everything with old sheets etc.

Still, I suppose we could start washing things that are on the kitchen shelves, and of course, the shelves themselves.

Morning Pilgrims. good crowd at nine o’clock mass.
The widow O’Riley was looking particularly fetching.

Uranus is a very weird planet. Here’s why astronomers want to send a probe to it

If you are using this forum on a mobile device then give this a try…

https://cobberwebs.com/holiday-forum/

It is not completely finished and probably contains a few bugs, but it may get updated when time allows.
This is an attempt to make this forum more useful on mobile devices.
There is a small gear icon in the top right corner that offers a few options and some instructions.

The ‘Reply’ and ‘Quote’ buttons take you back to tokyo3.org as the file upload and form submission bits haven’t been written yet.

fsm said:

If you are using this forum on a mobile device then give this a try…

https://cobberwebs.com/holiday-forum/

It is not completely finished and probably contains a few bugs, but it may get updated when time allows.
This is an attempt to make this forum more useful on mobile devices.
There is a small gear icon in the top right corner that offers a few options and some instructions.

The ‘Reply’ and ‘Quote’ buttons take you back to tokyo3.org as the file upload and form submission bits haven’t been written yet.

Good work. ;)

roughbarked said:

fsm said:

If you are using this forum on a mobile device then give this a try…

https://cobberwebs.com/holiday-forum/

It is not completely finished and probably contains a few bugs, but it may get updated when time allows.
This is an attempt to make this forum more useful on mobile devices.
There is a small gear icon in the top right corner that offers a few options and some instructions.

The ‘Reply’ and ‘Quote’ buttons take you back to tokyo3.org as the file upload and form submission bits haven’t been written yet.

Good work. ;)

Probably thread worthy.

The carbon market drives land sales in Scotland
Environmentalists are buying up estates in the Highlands

Apr 21st 2022

When prince albert purchased the 20,000-hectare (50,000-acre) Balmoral estate in 1852, he did so for his family and for the views, the grouse and the deer. Owners of estates in the Scottish Highlands have conventionally had similar motives. But a new breed of landowner is drawn to something else entirely: the estates’ ability to suck in carbon from the atmosphere.

Individuals, companies and trusts have been buying up properties for their environmental potential for about two years, says Robert McCulloch of Strutt and Parker, an estate agent. Estates in the Highlands are often not fertile enough for profitable farming and the properties are large, making it easier to do tree-planting or peatland restoration that sequesters carbon at scale.

In 2021 46% of estate transactions in Scotland involved companies, investment funds or charitable trusts; Mr McCulloch estimates the proportion was less than 20% in previous years. Their interest has driven prices up. In 2021 the sale price of an average Scottish estate was £8.8m ($11.5m), almost double the amount of a year before. Between 2020 and 2021 the total spent on buying estates increased by 119%.

In Britain the amount of carbon dioxide a landowner is sequestering counts as credits that can be used to offset emissions. Firms and funds mostly set their land holdings against emissions from their own businesses. In 2020 BrewDog, a beermaker, bought 3,800 hectares in the Highlands; it now claims that its carbon offsets are double its emissions. Aviva Investors snapped up 6,300 hectares in Aberdeenshire for similar reasons.

Individual buyers tend to have their sights on making money. Jeremy Leggett, an environmentalist who founded and sold a solar company, bought a 511-hectare estate along the shores of Loch Ness in 2020. He is gambling that its woodlands, peatlands and plants will yield carbon credits that can be sold to firms looking to offset their emissions. (If a market forms, he hopes to sell biodiversity credits, too.)

The influx of green buyers is positive in many ways. Scotland has ambitious climate goals, including to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2045. Most of those cuts in emissions will come from phasing out fossil fuels, but native woodland and healthier peatlands help. The Scottish government has a target of planting 18,000 hectares of woodland every year, beginning in 2024, and restoring 250,000 hectares of peatland by 2030. The government will not meet those targets without changes on the country’s private estates, which make up more than half the countryside.

But the new landowners bring controversy, too. The tenant farmers and gamekeepers who rely on traditional use of the estates could find work harder to come by. And land ownership is a touchy subject in Scotland: 400-odd people own half of the country’s area. Lawmakers have taken note of the possibility that rising prices risk making land even less accessible to local communities. On March 31st the government published a set of non-binding principles which, among other things, encourages would-be buyers to consider leasing land to generate carbon offsets. Legislation may follow. Green landowners may be good for the planet, but they don’t do much for equality.

https://www.economist.com/britain/2022/04/21/the-carbon-market-drives-land-sales-in-scotland

Witty Rejoinder said:

The carbon market drives land sales in Scotland
Environmentalists are buying up estates in the Highlands

Apr 21st 2022

When prince albert purchased the 20,000-hectare (50,000-acre) Balmoral estate in 1852, he did so for his family and for the views, the grouse and the deer. Owners of estates in the Scottish Highlands have conventionally had similar motives. But a new breed of landowner is drawn to something else entirely: the estates’ ability to suck in carbon from the atmosphere.

Individuals, companies and trusts have been buying up properties for their environmental potential for about two years, says Robert McCulloch of Strutt and Parker, an estate agent. Estates in the Highlands are often not fertile enough for profitable farming and the properties are large, making it easier to do tree-planting or peatland restoration that sequesters carbon at scale.

In 2021 46% of estate transactions in Scotland involved companies, investment funds or charitable trusts; Mr McCulloch estimates the proportion was less than 20% in previous years. Their interest has driven prices up. In 2021 the sale price of an average Scottish estate was £8.8m ($11.5m), almost double the amount of a year before. Between 2020 and 2021 the total spent on buying estates increased by 119%.

In Britain the amount of carbon dioxide a landowner is sequestering counts as credits that can be used to offset emissions. Firms and funds mostly set their land holdings against emissions from their own businesses. In 2020 BrewDog, a beermaker, bought 3,800 hectares in the Highlands; it now claims that its carbon offsets are double its emissions. Aviva Investors snapped up 6,300 hectares in Aberdeenshire for similar reasons.

Individual buyers tend to have their sights on making money. Jeremy Leggett, an environmentalist who founded and sold a solar company, bought a 511-hectare estate along the shores of Loch Ness in 2020. He is gambling that its woodlands, peatlands and plants will yield carbon credits that can be sold to firms looking to offset their emissions. (If a market forms, he hopes to sell biodiversity credits, too.)

The influx of green buyers is positive in many ways. Scotland has ambitious climate goals, including to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2045. Most of those cuts in emissions will come from phasing out fossil fuels, but native woodland and healthier peatlands help. The Scottish government has a target of planting 18,000 hectares of woodland every year, beginning in 2024, and restoring 250,000 hectares of peatland by 2030. The government will not meet those targets without changes on the country’s private estates, which make up more than half the countryside.

But the new landowners bring controversy, too. The tenant farmers and gamekeepers who rely on traditional use of the estates could find work harder to come by. And land ownership is a touchy subject in Scotland: 400-odd people own half of the country’s area. Lawmakers have taken note of the possibility that rising prices risk making land even less accessible to local communities. On March 31st the government published a set of non-binding principles which, among other things, encourages would-be buyers to consider leasing land to generate carbon offsets. Legislation may follow. Green landowners may be good for the planet, but they don’t do much for equality.

https://www.economist.com/britain/2022/04/21/the-carbon-market-drives-land-sales-in-scotland

Interesting. Ta.

The opening of the Gold Gate Bridge.

Spiny Norman said:

The opening of the Gold Gate Bridge.

… because scissors are dangerous :)

Spiny Norman said:

The opening of the Gold Gate Bridge.

The bloke in the middle is thinking: “He’s doing it all wrong”.

Spiny Norman said:

The opening of the Arch Villain Secret Headquarters.

Fixed that for you.

party_pants said:

Spiny Norman said:

The opening of the Gold Gate Bridge.

… because scissors are dangerous :)

That’s a bit unfair, last time Australia had some political figure do something like that all you communists were shitting on whoever it was.

Spiny Norman said:

The opening of the Gold Gate Bridge.

At least it would stop some peanut riding up on a horse and cutting the ribbon with a sword before the officials get there.

Just reading about The Toba Catastrophe

which I thought QI.

SCIENCE said:

party_pants said:

Spiny Norman said:

The opening of the Gold Gate Bridge.

… because scissors are dangerous :)

That’s a bit unfair, last time Australia had some political figure do something like that all you communists were shitting on whoever it was.

Captain de Groot.

PERTH … 🥴
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdWDm7wS3W4

Tamb said:

SCIENCE said:

party_pants said:

… because scissors are dangerous :)

That’s a bit unfair, last time Australia had some political figure do something like that all you communists were shitting on whoever it was.

Captain de Groot.

That could have become part of Australian slang:

‘de Groot’: to do something prematurely, especially when not authorised to do so.

e.g. “some staffer leaked word of the government’s new policy and it got de Grooted in the papers”.

The Rev Dodgson said:

Just reading about The Toba Catastrophe

which I thought QI.

Thanks. I was aware of the Toba eruption, but not of the modern recalculated volume (13,200 km^3).

Interestingly, none of the large Australian explosive eruptions (eg Cana Creek Tuff – 3,200 km^2) have made it to the list of largest volcanic eruptions. Nor has the Eastern Australian Volcanic Province made it to the list of large igneous provinces. It would certainly qualify by area, and probably by volume, too.

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

The Rev Dodgson said:

Just reading about The Toba Catastrophe

which I thought QI.

On that wiki page there is discussion about a human bottleneck around the time of the Toba eruption and suggesting it was largely responsible for it. It also mentions a climate change with the death and extinction of many organisms, whilst other research (from the same Wiki page) suggests it was not such a catastrophe as African and Indian human populations were not affected to any degree. Even more locally to the Toba Volcano were the Flores People Homo floresiensis, who also survived the eruption and lived until around 50,000 years ago. So on available evidence it seems unlikely there was much of a bottleneck, if at all in the human population due to the Toba eruption. Apart from that, it must have been a very large bang.

PermeateFree said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Just reading about The Toba Catastrophe

which I thought QI.

On that wiki page there is discussion about a human bottleneck around the time of the Toba eruption and suggesting it was largely responsible for it. It also mentions a climate change with the death and extinction of many organisms, whilst other research (from the same Wiki page) suggests it was not such a catastrophe as African and Indian human populations were not affected to any degree. Even more locally to the Toba Volcano were the Flores People Homo floresiensis, who also survived the eruption and lived until around 50,000 years ago. So on available evidence it seems unlikely there was much of a bottleneck, if at all in the human population due to the Toba eruption. Apart from that, it must have been a very large bang.

Oh, it would have been a very big bang indeed.

These large explosive silicic eruptions occur very quickly indeed. Cas and Wright calculated the the most recent Taupo (NZ) eruption ejected 32 km^2 in about 90 seconds.

And I’m sure you saw how quick the recent Tongan eruption was. That explosion likely ejected 10 km^2, and was heard in Anchorage, Alaska.

Michael V said:

PermeateFree said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Just reading about The Toba Catastrophe

which I thought QI.

On that wiki page there is discussion about a human bottleneck around the time of the Toba eruption and suggesting it was largely responsible for it. It also mentions a climate change with the death and extinction of many organisms, whilst other research (from the same Wiki page) suggests it was not such a catastrophe as African and Indian human populations were not affected to any degree. Even more locally to the Toba Volcano were the Flores People Homo floresiensis, who also survived the eruption and lived until around 50,000 years ago. So on available evidence it seems unlikely there was much of a bottleneck, if at all in the human population due to the Toba eruption. Apart from that, it must have been a very large bang.

Oh, it would have been a very big bang indeed.

These large explosive silicic eruptions occur very quickly indeed. Cas and Wright calculated the the most recent Taupo (NZ) eruption ejected 32 km^2 in about 90 seconds.

And I’m sure you saw how quick the recent Tongan eruption was. That explosion likely ejected 10 km^2, and was heard in Anchorage, Alaska.

Tambora was also a biggie: On 10 April 1815, Tambora produced the largest eruption known on the planet during the past 10,000 years. The volcano erupted more than 50 cubic kilometers of magma. Caldera collapse at the end of the eruption destroyed 30 km3 of the mountain and formed a 6 km wide and 1250 m deep caldera.

President Biden at the White House Correspondents Dinner: “We had a horrible plague followed by two years of COVID.”

Tamb said:

Michael V said:

PermeateFree said:

On that wiki page there is discussion about a human bottleneck around the time of the Toba eruption and suggesting it was largely responsible for it. It also mentions a climate change with the death and extinction of many organisms, whilst other research (from the same Wiki page) suggests it was not such a catastrophe as African and Indian human populations were not affected to any degree. Even more locally to the Toba Volcano were the Flores People Homo floresiensis, who also survived the eruption and lived until around 50,000 years ago. So on available evidence it seems unlikely there was much of a bottleneck, if at all in the human population due to the Toba eruption. Apart from that, it must have been a very large bang.

Oh, it would have been a very big bang indeed.

These large explosive silicic eruptions occur very quickly indeed. Cas and Wright calculated the the most recent Taupo (NZ) eruption ejected 32 km^2 in about 90 seconds.

And I’m sure you saw how quick the recent Tongan eruption was. That explosion likely ejected 10 km^2, and was heard in Anchorage, Alaska.

Tambora was also a biggie: On 10 April 1815, Tambora produced the largest eruption known on the planet during the past 10,000 years. The volcano erupted more than 50 cubic kilometers of magma. Caldera collapse at the end of the eruption destroyed 30 km3 of the mountain and formed a 6 km wide and 1250 m deep caldera.

Was that named after you?

Michael V said:

PermeateFree said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Just reading about The Toba Catastrophe

which I thought QI.

On that wiki page there is discussion about a human bottleneck around the time of the Toba eruption and suggesting it was largely responsible for it. It also mentions a climate change with the death and extinction of many organisms, whilst other research (from the same Wiki page) suggests it was not such a catastrophe as African and Indian human populations were not affected to any degree. Even more locally to the Toba Volcano were the Flores People Homo floresiensis, who also survived the eruption and lived until around 50,000 years ago. So on available evidence it seems unlikely there was much of a bottleneck, if at all in the human population due to the Toba eruption. Apart from that, it must have been a very large bang.

Oh, it would have been a very big bang indeed.

These large explosive silicic eruptions occur very quickly indeed. Cas and Wright calculated the the most recent Taupo (NZ) eruption ejected 32 km^2 in about 90 seconds.

And I’m sure you saw how quick the recent Tongan eruption was. That explosion likely ejected 10 km^2, and was heard in Anchorage, Alaska.

Should that km^2 be km^3?

Kingy said:

Tamb said:

Michael V said:

Oh, it would have been a very big bang indeed.

These large explosive silicic eruptions occur very quickly indeed. Cas and Wright calculated the the most recent Taupo (NZ) eruption ejected 32 km^2 in about 90 seconds.

And I’m sure you saw how quick the recent Tongan eruption was. That explosion likely ejected 10 km^2, and was heard in Anchorage, Alaska.

Tambora was also a biggie: On 10 April 1815, Tambora produced the largest eruption known on the planet during the past 10,000 years. The volcano erupted more than 50 cubic kilometers of magma. Caldera collapse at the end of the eruption destroyed 30 km3 of the mountain and formed a 6 km wide and 1250 m deep caldera.

Was that named after you?

I’m old but not 1815 old.

Tamb said:

Michael V said:

PermeateFree said:

On that wiki page there is discussion about a human bottleneck around the time of the Toba eruption and suggesting it was largely responsible for it. It also mentions a climate change with the death and extinction of many organisms, whilst other research (from the same Wiki page) suggests it was not such a catastrophe as African and Indian human populations were not affected to any degree. Even more locally to the Toba Volcano were the Flores People Homo floresiensis, who also survived the eruption and lived until around 50,000 years ago. So on available evidence it seems unlikely there was much of a bottleneck, if at all in the human population due to the Toba eruption. Apart from that, it must have been a very large bang.

Oh, it would have been a very big bang indeed.

These large explosive silicic eruptions occur very quickly indeed. Cas and Wright calculated the the most recent Taupo (NZ) eruption ejected 32 km^2 in about 90 seconds.

And I’m sure you saw how quick the recent Tongan eruption was. That explosion likely ejected 10 km^2, and was heard in Anchorage, Alaska.

Tambora was also a biggie: On 10 April 1815, Tambora produced the largest eruption known on the planet during the past 10,000 years. The volcano erupted more than 50 cubic kilometers of magma. Caldera collapse at the end of the eruption destroyed 30 km3 of the mountain and formed a 6 km wide and 1250 m deep caldera.

Indonesia has had a rather explosive history. It is a wonder any life manages to survive there at all.

PermeateFree said:

Tamb said:

Michael V said:

Oh, it would have been a very big bang indeed.

These large explosive silicic eruptions occur very quickly indeed. Cas and Wright calculated the the most recent Taupo (NZ) eruption ejected 32 km^2 in about 90 seconds.

And I’m sure you saw how quick the recent Tongan eruption was. That explosion likely ejected 10 km^2, and was heard in Anchorage, Alaska.

Tambora was also a biggie: On 10 April 1815, Tambora produced the largest eruption known on the planet during the past 10,000 years. The volcano erupted more than 50 cubic kilometers of magma. Caldera collapse at the end of the eruption destroyed 30 km3 of the mountain and formed a 6 km wide and 1250 m deep caldera.

Indonesia has had a rather explosive history. It is a wonder any life manages to survive there at all.

Fertile volcanic soil.
Until the recent past houses were made of bamboo & palm thatch. Can be rebuilt in half a day.

Kingy said:

Michael V said:

PermeateFree said:

On that wiki page there is discussion about a human bottleneck around the time of the Toba eruption and suggesting it was largely responsible for it. It also mentions a climate change with the death and extinction of many organisms, whilst other research (from the same Wiki page) suggests it was not such a catastrophe as African and Indian human populations were not affected to any degree. Even more locally to the Toba Volcano were the Flores People Homo floresiensis, who also survived the eruption and lived until around 50,000 years ago. So on available evidence it seems unlikely there was much of a bottleneck, if at all in the human population due to the Toba eruption. Apart from that, it must have been a very large bang.

Oh, it would have been a very big bang indeed.

These large explosive silicic eruptions occur very quickly indeed. Cas and Wright calculated the the most recent Taupo (NZ) eruption ejected 32 km^2 in about 90 seconds.

And I’m sure you saw how quick the recent Tongan eruption was. That explosion likely ejected 10 km^2, and was heard in Anchorage, Alaska.

Should that km^2 be km^3?

Yes, in both cases. I blame my stupid fingers.

Tamb said:

PermeateFree said:

Tamb said:

Tambora was also a biggie: On 10 April 1815, Tambora produced the largest eruption known on the planet during the past 10,000 years. The volcano erupted more than 50 cubic kilometers of magma. Caldera collapse at the end of the eruption destroyed 30 km3 of the mountain and formed a 6 km wide and 1250 m deep caldera.

Indonesia has had a rather explosive history. It is a wonder any life manages to survive there at all.

Fertile volcanic soil.
Until the recent past houses were made of bamboo & palm thatch. Can be rebuilt in half a day.

Yes it grows Palm Oil palms very well, too well for its own good.

PermeateFree said:

Tamb said:

PermeateFree said:

Indonesia has had a rather explosive history. It is a wonder any life manages to survive there at all.

Fertile volcanic soil.
Until the recent past houses were made of bamboo & palm thatch. Can be rebuilt in half a day.

Yes it grows Palm Oil palms very well, too well for its own good.

Some places have 3 rice crops per year. Food is never a problem.

Hello from Healesville. Going into the shops area for tea. Apparently there are a couple of Indian restaurants here, we might try one of them. Or I know we’ve had good pizza heer before.

CAR’N SWANNIES!!

Woodie said:

CAR’N SWANNIES!!

Gawd ‘elp us, is it that time of year again?

captain_spalding said:

Woodie said:

CAR’N SWANNIES!!

Gawd ‘elp us, is it that time of year again?

Has been for a cuppla months, Mr Spalding. Hadn’t you noticed????😁

Woodie said:

captain_spalding said:

Woodie said:

CAR’N SWANNIES!!

Gawd ‘elp us, is it that time of year again?

Has been for a cuppla months, Mr Spalding. Hadn’t you noticed????😁

I think that i’d been unconsciously doing my best to not notice.

from the same source as Sibeen’s Ukraine post:

https://taskandpurpose.com/military-tech/army-selects-sig-sauer-next-generation-squad-weapon/

This is interesting.

It would mean that the US Army abandons rifles based on Eugene Stoner’s ‘Armalite’ direct-blowback action after having favoured it for the best part of 60 years.

It would also mean the abandonment of the 5.56mm X 45mm ‘NATO’ cartridge for a 6.8mm/.270 cal. rifle round. This would cause a major re-think among NATO nations just as it did when the US pretty much dictated changes first to 7.62mm and then to 5.56mm.

Ironically, the adoption of 6.8mm/.270 cal ammunition would hark back to the 1950s, when the British EM2 rifle was pooh-poohed by the US in large part because they didn’t like its 6.8/.270 ammunition, as they had lots of machinery geared to .30 (close to 7.62mm) ammunition production.

I had a lapse of memory there.

The EM2 rifle had .280/7mm ammunition.

The Americans dismissed it at the time saying that it was ‘too weak’.

It’s a trusim that when any committee sits down to decide on the ideal military rifle calibre, they always settle on ‘7mm’.

It’s also a truism that no-one ever gets a 7mm rifle as a result.

Going over Johnny Depp’s lawsuit against Amber Heard and it makes me wonder what went wrong in the UK trial. He’s got witnesses to her using violence against him, got her on saying that she hit him, has medical evidence, and she was arrested for domestic violence in a public place in a previous relationship. The key points in her own case has inconsistencies and impossibilities. This ought to be a criminal case.

dv said:

Going over Johnny Depp’s lawsuit against Amber Heard and it makes me wonder what went wrong in the UK trial. He’s got witnesses to her using violence against him, got her on saying that she hit him, has medical evidence, and she was arrested for domestic violence in a public place in a previous relationship. The key points in her own case has inconsistencies and impossibilities. This ought to be a criminal case.

There’s a notable reluctance in the US law community to ‘believe’ that domestic violence/abuse can be perpetrated by women, and thus an equal reluctance to treat instances ad criminal matters.

The same is true in some other countries.

I had a male work colleague who put up with a tone of shit from his wife, including her trying to attack him with kitchen knives, and he had the devil’s own job to get the police and the courts to take it seriously.

Eventually, she ‘left’ him (not for the first time), and he simply refused to take her back. Since then, she’s been spending her parents’ retirement funds on lawyers making the most absurd and vexatious property and custody challenges against him.

Gee, my typing is crap after just two verres de vin.

captain_spalding said:

Gee, my typing is crap after just two verres de vin.

Me too except I’m stone cold sober. I meant they have her on tape . Insert the word tape.

captain_spalding said:

Gee, my typing is crap after just two verres de vin.

You should feel far more ashamed that it has you speaking French.

Witty Rejoinder said:

You should feel far more ashamed that it has you speaking French.

I’ve been brushing up my French fairly intensively in recent weeks (you have to: if you don’t use it, you lose it), and it’s got to the stage where i’m starting to think in French, and it even pops up in dreams.

captain_spalding said:

Witty Rejoinder said:

You should feel far more ashamed that it has you speaking French.

I’ve been brushing up my French fairly intensively in recent weeks (you have to: if you don’t use it, you lose it), and it’s got to the stage where i’m starting to think in French, and it even pops up in dreams.

Are you to move to the French Riviera in retirement?

Witty Rejoinder said:

captain_spalding said:

Witty Rejoinder said:

You should feel far more ashamed that it has you speaking French.

I’ve been brushing up my French fairly intensively in recent weeks (you have to: if you don’t use it, you lose it), and it’s got to the stage where i’m starting to think in French, and it even pops up in dreams.

Are you to move to the French Riviera in retirement?

Possibly.

It’s likely to be cheaper than the Australian housing market

The Australien Government has been on fire lately:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz4IkzM217U&ab_channel=thejuicemedia

And that was very acceptable Indian food. Et the standard stuff, butter chicken, lamb korma, garlic naan and saffron rice.

More electricity shenanigans:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oI_X2cMHNe0&ab_channel=Veritasium

Dark Orange said:

More electricity shenanigans:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oI_X2cMHNe0&ab_channel=Veritasium

recursive pedantry then

Regine Zylberberg, who claimed she invented the first discotheque, has died in France at the age of 92.

Zylberberg, who had also appeared on the stage as a singer and actress, says she started the world’s first disco at a nightclub she opened in Paris in the 1950s.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-61292332

AussieDJ said:

Regine Zylberberg, who claimed she invented the first discotheque, has died in France at the age of 92.

Zylberberg, who had also appeared on the stage as a singer and actress, says she started the world’s first disco at a nightclub she opened in Paris in the 1950s.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-61292332

Before that people had never attended a setting where they could drink, listen and dance to music.

sibeen said:

AussieDJ said:

Regine Zylberberg, who claimed she invented the first discotheque, has died in France at the age of 92.

Zylberberg, who had also appeared on the stage as a singer and actress, says she started the world’s first disco at a nightclub she opened in Paris in the 1950s.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-61292332

Before that people had never attended a setting where they could drink, listen and dance to music.

Apparently, according to that article, other nightclubs played their music from jukeboxes.

Obviously, there would have been other venues which featured live musicians.

I just finished watching Rumpspringa on netflix. Our Amish hero travels to Berlin to find more information for his family bible. The best bit is him writing grouped lists of the sins he has committed since he stepped off the plane. The girl in the love story bit takes his list and curates it into an exhibition and sells it for 25k and gives him the money and calls him an artist.

An increase of copper cable theft in Victoria is putting affected people at risk, Crime Stoppers has warned.

SCIENCE said:

An increase of copper cable theft in Victoria is putting affected people at risk, Crime Stoppers has warned.

Why has he got his bonnet up or is that his boot?

AussieDJ said:

sibeen said:

AussieDJ said:

Regine Zylberberg, who claimed she invented the first discotheque, has died in France at the age of 92.

Zylberberg, who had also appeared on the stage as a singer and actress, says she started the world’s first disco at a nightclub she opened in Paris in the 1950s.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-61292332

Before that people had never attended a setting where they could drink, listen and dance to music.

Apparently, according to that article, other nightclubs played their music from jukeboxes.

Obviously, there would have been other venues which featured live musicians.

Etymology
The term “disco” is shorthand for the word discothèque, a French word for “library of phonograph records” derived from “bibliothèque”. The word “discothèque” had the same meaning in English in the 1950s.

“Discothèque” became used in French for a type of nightclub in Paris, France, after these had resorted to playing records during the Nazi occupation in the early 1940s. Some clubs used it as their proper name. In 1960, it was also used to describe a Parisian nightclub in an English magazine.

In the summer of 1964, a short sleeveless dress called “discotheque dress” was briefly very popular in the United States. The earliest known use for the abbreviated form “disco” described this dress and has been found in The Salt Lake Tribune on July 12, 1964, Playboy magazine used it in September of the same year to describe Los Angeles nightclubs.

Vince Aletti was one of the first to describe disco as a sound or a music genre. He wrote the feature article “Discotheque Rock Paaaaarty” that appeared in Rolling Stone magazine in September 1973

Peak Warming Man said:

SCIENCE said:

An increase of copper cable theft in Victoria is putting affected people at risk, Crime Stoppers has warned.

Why has he got his bonnet up or is that his boot?

pretending he has a problem and thus why he has stopped there.

Just filled my tank for $22. Mind you it was on the lawnmower but I like to try to be positive.

captain_spalding said:

dv said:

Going over Johnny Depp’s lawsuit against Amber Heard and it makes me wonder what went wrong in the UK trial. He’s got witnesses to her using violence against him, got her on saying that she hit him, has medical evidence, and she was arrested for domestic violence in a public place in a previous relationship. The key points in her own case has inconsistencies and impossibilities. This ought to be a criminal case.

There’s a notable reluctance in the US law community to ‘believe’ that domestic violence/abuse can be perpetrated by women, and thus an equal reluctance to treat instances ad criminal matters.

The same is true in some other countries.

I had a male work colleague who put up with a tone of shit from his wife, including her trying to attack him with kitchen knives, and he had the devil’s own job to get the police and the courts to take it seriously.

Eventually, she ‘left’ him (not for the first time), and he simply refused to take her back. Since then, she’s been spending her parents’ retirement funds on lawyers making the most absurd and vexatious property and custody challenges against him.

It is true that women can be abusive and violent. I wonder who ever thought this could not be the case.

Peak Warming Man said:

SCIENCE said:

An increase of copper cable theft in Victoria is putting affected people at risk, Crime Stoppers has warned.

Why has he got his bonnet up or is that his boot?

I wondered that. Maybe he is one of those “affected people” who have had the wiring stolen from their car.

Let’s try that in the correct thread.

Good morning Holidayers. We have breakfasted. Shortly we will go to the Sanctuary (we are at Healesville) and sit in the carpark until they open at 9.00am. The kookaburra alar goes off here just the same as at home. First light.

:)

Boris said:

Just filled my tank for $22. Mind you it was on the lawnmower but I like to try to be positive.

I get a few tankfuls out of $8.

Dark Orange said:

Peak Warming Man said:

SCIENCE said:

An increase of copper cable theft in Victoria is putting affected people at risk, Crime Stoppers has warned.

Why has he got his bonnet up or is that his boot?

I wondered that. Maybe he is one of those “affected people” who have had the wiring stolen from their car.

Yeah but how did he get his car to there if the wiring was stolen?

buffy said:

Let’s try that in the correct thread.

Good morning Holidayers. We have breakfasted. Shortly we will go to the Sanctuary (we are at Healesville) and sit in the carpark until they open at 9.00am. The kookaburra alar goes off here just the same as at home. First light.

:)

Happens here as well.

buffy said:

Let’s try that in the correct thread.

Good morning Holidayers. We have breakfasted. Shortly we will go to the Sanctuary (we are at Healesville) and sit in the carpark until they open at 9.00am. The kookaburra alar goes off here just the same as at home. First light.

:)

Sounds good.

I’m about to do the washing up, then try to sort some space in the fridge.

Ross people are going to Launceston today and will bring me back all sorts of goodies from Coles for post-op treats.

Also the Ross sister has made me a big batch of lasagne and a big batch of smoky pumpkin soup, so I won’t have to cook for a while.

Bubblecar said:

buffy said:

Let’s try that in the correct thread.

Good morning Holidayers. We have breakfasted. Shortly we will go to the Sanctuary (we are at Healesville) and sit in the carpark until they open at 9.00am. The kookaburra alar goes off here just the same as at home. First light.

:)

Sounds good.

I’m about to do the washing up, then try to sort some space in the fridge.

Ross people are going to Launceston today and will bring me back all sorts of goodies from Coles for post-op treats.

Also the Ross sister has made me a big batch of lasagne and a big batch of smoky pumpkin soup, so I won’t have to cook for a while.

That’s lovely of them.

:)

roughbarked said:

Dark Orange said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Why has he got his bonnet up or is that his boot?

I wondered that. Maybe he is one of those “affected people” who have had the wiring stolen from their car.

Yeah but how did he get his car to there if the wiring was stolen?

It’s ruse, to ‘explain’ his parking in an unusual place.

Michael V said:

Bubblecar said:

buffy said:

Let’s try that in the correct thread.

Good morning Holidayers. We have breakfasted. Shortly we will go to the Sanctuary (we are at Healesville) and sit in the carpark until they open at 9.00am. The kookaburra alar goes off here just the same as at home. First light.

:)

Sounds good.

I’m about to do the washing up, then try to sort some space in the fridge.

Ross people are going to Launceston today and will bring me back all sorts of goodies from Coles for post-op treats.

Also the Ross sister has made me a big batch of lasagne and a big batch of smoky pumpkin soup, so I won’t have to cook for a while.

That’s lovely of them.

:)

It is, I’m spoilt by the siblings.

captain_spalding said:

roughbarked said:

Dark Orange said:

I wondered that. Maybe he is one of those “affected people” who have had the wiring stolen from their car.

Yeah but how did he get his car to there if the wiring was stolen?

It’s ruse, to ‘explain’ his parking in an unusual place.

Where is the copper in that picture to be stolen?

Some of these videos of various phenomena are interesting or satisfying
https://fb.watch/cKOFtH0qoq/

Witty Rejoinder said:

captain_spalding said:

roughbarked said:

Yeah but how did he get his car to there if the wiring was stolen?

It’s ruse, to ‘explain’ his parking in an unusual place.

Where is the copper in that picture to be stolen?

I reckon he’s going after what’s in the street-lighting pole. Open up the access plate at the bottom, and yank it out.

dv said:

Some of these videos of various phenomena are interesting or satisfying
https://fb.watch/cKOFtH0qoq/

Ta.

dv said:

Some of these videos of various phenomena are interesting or satisfying
https://fb.watch/cKOFtH0qoq/

Thanks.

AussieDJ said:

Regine Zylberberg, who claimed she invented the first discotheque, has died in France at the age of 92.

Zylberberg, who had also appeared on the stage as a singer and actress, says she started the world’s first disco at a nightclub she opened in Paris in the 1950s.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-61292332

Good.

Don’t try to take me to a disco. You’ll never even get me out on the floor.

Michael V said:

dv said:

Some of these videos of various phenomena are interesting or satisfying
https://fb.watch/cKOFtH0qoq/

Thanks.

I’ve seen the phosphorescent glow one, from Jervis Bay NSW, for myself.

The video says that it’s ‘algae’ that cause the glow, but it’s phosphorescent plankton.

I’ve seen blue glow there, and green. When there’s lot’s of plankton about, the wash from a large power boat at night can produce enough glow to read a printed page.

Just checked the mail, another desperate pamphlet from Eric Abetz, begging for everyone’s 1 below the line.

Time to relax for a while then I’ll unpack & set up that hexercise bike.

Hello

Cymek said:

Hello

How’s Monday in worlkand going Cymek?

Cymek said:

Hello

G’day mate.

Bubblecar said:

Cymek said:

Hello

How’s Monday in worlkand going Cymek?

OK
Have been unwell since Tuesday so only just came back

Cymek said:

Bubblecar said:

Cymek said:

Hello

How’s Monday in worlkand going Cymek?

OK
Have been unwell since Tuesday so only just came back

Ah.

Well this is weird. Spocky was out in the garden and noticed that there was water coming out of the fuse box. I’d see a bit of water around there but thought it was just a bit of overflow from the drains, with all the rain.
The water is coming up the orange pipe, somewhere from under the ground I think, then overflowing into the bottom of the fuse box.

Bubblecar said:

Time to relax for a while then I’ll unpack & set up that hexercise bike.

Damn, look at all the assembly that’s involved :/

Spiny Norman said:

Well this is weird. Spocky was out in the garden and noticed that there was water coming out of the fuse box. I’d see a bit of water around there but thought it was just a bit of overflow from the drains, with all the rain.
The water is coming up the orange pipe, somewhere from under the ground I think, then overflowing into the bottom of the fuse box.

Seems dangerous.

Spiny Norman said:

Well this is weird. Spocky was out in the garden and noticed that there was water coming out of the fuse box. I’d see a bit of water around there but thought it was just a bit of overflow from the drains, with all the rain.
The water is coming up the orange pipe, somewhere from under the ground I think, then overflowing into the bottom of the fuse box.

Bill, have you got a picture of the front of the board?

Bubblecar said:

Bubblecar said:

Time to relax for a while then I’ll unpack & set up that hexercise bike.

Damn, look at all the assembly that’s involved :/

And the specifications on the retailer’s advertisement said – maximum user weight: 150kg.

But the manual says – maximum user weight: 120kg.

I’m currently 132kg :(

Bubblecar said:

Spiny Norman said:

Well this is weird. Spocky was out in the garden and noticed that there was water coming out of the fuse box. I’d see a bit of water around there but thought it was just a bit of overflow from the drains, with all the rain.
The water is coming up the orange pipe, somewhere from under the ground I think, then overflowing into the bottom of the fuse box.

Seems dangerous.

Yeah not the ideal place for water

Bubblecar said:

Bubblecar said:

Time to relax for a while then I’ll unpack & set up that hexercise bike.

Damn, look at all the assembly that’s involved :/

That looks like a bottle of whiskey/

Bubblecar said:

Spiny Norman said:

Well this is weird. Spocky was out in the garden and noticed that there was water coming out of the fuse box. I’d see a bit of water around there but thought it was just a bit of overflow from the drains, with all the rain.
The water is coming up the orange pipe, somewhere from under the ground I think, then overflowing into the bottom of the fuse box.

Seems dangerous.

Nah it’s okay, I’m wearing Kiwi safety boots*.

• Thongs.

Bubblecar said:

Bubblecar said:

Bubblecar said:

Time to relax for a while then I’ll unpack & set up that hexercise bike.

Damn, look at all the assembly that’s involved :/

And the specifications on the retailer’s advertisement said – maximum user weight: 150kg.

But the manual says – maximum user weight: 120kg.

I’m currently 132kg :(

I think for now I’ll just keep it in its box, parked in the linen room, and worry about assembling it when I’ve lost enough weight.

Spiny Norman said:

Well this is weird. Spocky was out in the garden and noticed that there was water coming out of the fuse box. I’d see a bit of water around there but thought it was just a bit of overflow from the drains, with all the rain.
The water is coming up the orange pipe, somewhere from under the ground I think, then overflowing into the bottom of the fuse box.

To my untrained eye that looks like a hellofa mess.

Bubblecar said:

Bubblecar said:

Bubblecar said:

Damn, look at all the assembly that’s involved :/

And the specifications on the retailer’s advertisement said – maximum user weight: 150kg.

But the manual says – maximum user weight: 120kg.

I’m currently 132kg :(

I think for now I’ll just keep it in its box, parked in the linen room, and worry about assembling it when I’ve lost enough weight.

No. Get it done now or it’ll be another Dutch bike.

Bubblecar said:

Bubblecar said:

Bubblecar said:

Damn, look at all the assembly that’s involved :/

And the specifications on the retailer’s advertisement said – maximum user weight: 150kg.

But the manual says – maximum user weight: 120kg.

I’m currently 132kg :(

I think for now I’ll just keep it in its box, parked in the linen room, and worry about assembling it when I’ve lost enough weight.

Do yourself a favour and set it up.

Arts said:

Bubblecar said:

Bubblecar said:

And the specifications on the retailer’s advertisement said – maximum user weight: 150kg.

But the manual says – maximum user weight: 120kg.

I’m currently 132kg :(

I think for now I’ll just keep it in its box, parked in the linen room, and worry about assembling it when I’ve lost enough weight.

Do yourself a favour and set it up.

You can always test it and go lightly

Wonder why that black wire runs over the top of the board and back.

No in all sensibleness, there’s no point spending the rest of the day assembling it when it’ll just be gathering dust until I’ve lost around 12 kgs (and remember I’m having a hernia repair on Wednesday so wouldn’t be able to use it for some time even if I was light enough).

Spiny Norman said:

Well this is weird. Spocky was out in the garden and noticed that there was water coming out of the fuse box. I’d see a bit of water around there but thought it was just a bit of overflow from the drains, with all the rain.
The water is coming up the orange pipe, somewhere from under the ground I think, then overflowing into the bottom of the fuse box.

Bloody!

Bubblecar said:

Bubblecar said:

Time to relax for a while then I’ll unpack & set up that hexercise bike.

Damn, look at all the assembly that’s involved :/

That doesn’t look too bad.

Michael V said:

Bubblecar said:

Bubblecar said:

Time to relax for a while then I’ll unpack & set up that hexercise bike.

Damn, look at all the assembly that’s involved :/

That doesn’t look too bad.

No
A 9000 piece plus Lego model were bits fall off all the time when you put others on is painful
Lots of swearing and someone else that built the same one also commented they kicked it across the room so it’s not just me

I watched the first couple of eps of Barons on ABC TV.

“The series is set in the 1970s and centres on two surfers who become fierce rivals as they create billion-dollar empires, winning and losing themselves along the way. The series parallels the story of the pioneers behind the Billabong and Quiksilver surf labels.”

Given the thematic material and the time period I thought there would be plenty to interest me. It’s not bad but they have taken about a dozen storylines a banged them all together.. far too many.

It was fairly obviously shot around Sydney and up the coast..

“the series was mostly shot on Sydney’s northern beaches, with extra footage at Byron Bay, Long Jetty, and Turimetta Beach, which is only 350 metres long and backed by Narrabeen Head with 20-30 metre high shale bluffs.”

Never heard of Turimetta Beach despite spending a deal time on that coast line. Easy to see why they chose it.

Michael V said:

Bubblecar said:

Bubblecar said:

Time to relax for a while then I’ll unpack & set up that hexercise bike.

Damn, look at all the assembly that’s involved :/

That doesn’t look too bad.

Hasn’t even got a back tyre to go flat.

Ian said:

I watched the first couple of eps of Barons on ABC TV.

“The series is set in the 1970s and centres on two surfers who become fierce rivals as they create billion-dollar empires, winning and losing themselves along the way. The series parallels the story of the pioneers behind the Billabong and Quiksilver surf labels.”

Given the thematic material and the time period I thought there would be plenty to interest me. It’s not bad but they have taken about a dozen storylines a banged them all together.. far too many.

It was fairly obviously shot around Sydney and up the coast..

“the series was mostly shot on Sydney’s northern beaches, with extra footage at Byron Bay, Long Jetty, and Turimetta Beach, which is only 350 metres long and backed by Narrabeen Head with 20-30 metre high shale bluffs.”

Never heard of Turimetta Beach despite spending a deal time on that coast line. Easy to see why they chose it.

Nothing screams Sydney more than the companies Quicksilver and Billabong.

Ian said:

I watched the first couple of eps of Barons on ABC TV.

“The series is set in the 1970s and centres on two surfers who become fierce rivals as they create billion-dollar empires, winning and losing themselves along the way. The series parallels the story of the pioneers behind the Billabong and Quiksilver surf labels.”

Given the thematic material and the time period I thought there would be plenty to interest me. It’s not bad but they have taken about a dozen storylines a banged them all together.. far too many.

It was fairly obviously shot around Sydney and up the coast..

“the series was mostly shot on Sydney’s northern beaches, with extra footage at Byron Bay, Long Jetty, and Turimetta Beach, which is only 350 metres long and backed by Narrabeen Head with 20-30 metre high shale bluffs.”

Never heard of Turimetta Beach despite spending a deal time on that coast line. Easy to see why they chose it.

I used to go there quite often as a teenager. Mainly to collect fossils on the northern headland, some of which I still have. In that photo it’s possible to see a cave that has a large, mainly shellfish midden in it.

Michael V said:

Ian said:

I watched the first couple of eps of Barons on ABC TV.

“The series is set in the 1970s and centres on two surfers who become fierce rivals as they create billion-dollar empires, winning and losing themselves along the way. The series parallels the story of the pioneers behind the Billabong and Quiksilver surf labels.”

Given the thematic material and the time period I thought there would be plenty to interest me. It’s not bad but they have taken about a dozen storylines a banged them all together.. far too many.

It was fairly obviously shot around Sydney and up the coast..

“the series was mostly shot on Sydney’s northern beaches, with extra footage at Byron Bay, Long Jetty, and Turimetta Beach, which is only 350 metres long and backed by Narrabeen Head with 20-30 metre high shale bluffs.”

Never heard of Turimetta Beach despite spending a deal time on that coast line. Easy to see why they chose it.

I used to go there quite often as a teenager. Mainly to collect fossils on the northern headland, some of which I still have. In that photo it’s possible to see a cave that has a large, mainly shellfish midden in it.

Never been there, and had to look it up, even though we frequently go to Warriewood Beach, which is the next one to the North :)

Cave with midden shown by arrow.

Michael V said:

Cave with midden shown by arrow.

Wasn’t there recently a fatal fall from those cliffs?

Michael V said:

Spiny Norman said:

Well this is weird. Spocky was out in the garden and noticed that there was water coming out of the fuse box. I’d see a bit of water around there but thought it was just a bit of overflow from the drains, with all the rain.
The water is coming up the orange pipe, somewhere from under the ground I think, then overflowing into the bottom of the fuse box.

Bloody!

That is the most unsafe-looking shitfight i’ve seen in quite a while.

You need to get an electrician in, pronto!

Spiny Norman said:

Well this is weird. Spocky was out in the garden and noticed that there was water coming out of the fuse box. I’d see a bit of water around there but thought it was just a bit of overflow from the drains, with all the rain.
The water is coming up the orange pipe, somewhere from under the ground I think, then overflowing into the bottom of the fuse box.

combined waterfall and power box, seems ideal

and pretty wiring, gave me the impression of abstract art when first glanced at the smaller pictures

Cymek said:

Bubblecar said:

Spiny Norman said:

Well this is weird. Spocky was out in the garden and noticed that there was water coming out of the fuse box. I’d see a bit of water around there but thought it was just a bit of overflow from the drains, with all the rain.
The water is coming up the orange pipe, somewhere from under the ground I think, then overflowing into the bottom of the fuse box.

Seems dangerous.

Yeah not the ideal place for water

We had water coming out of a phone conduit.
A Telstra junction box would fill with water during heavy rain. The water would run through the conduit down to the house then fountain out.
Played havoc with phone operation.

Ian said:

Wonder why that black wire runs over the top of the board and back.

It is ELV, it would be a half arsed attempt to keep it away from any live terminals.

Spiny Norman said:

Well this is weird. Spocky was out in the garden and noticed that there was water coming out of the fuse box. I’d see a bit of water around there but thought it was just a bit of overflow from the drains, with all the rain.
The water is coming up the orange pipe, somewhere from under the ground I think, then overflowing into the bottom of the fuse box.

The other end of the conduit would be uphill, and filling up with water. I would not worry too much about it.

i’ll make my own coffee

Michael V said:

Cave with midden shown by arrow.

I’ll have to take your word for it :)

The ABC continues to churn out these dramas.. often with interesting setups.. but they are let down badly by the writing and/or the acting.

Ian said:

Michael V said:

Cave with midden shown by arrow.

I’ll have to take your word for it :)

The ABC continues to churn out these dramas.. often with interesting setups.. but they are let down badly by the writing and/or the acting.

I’m a Maroubra boy. None of that silvertail stuff for me.

The Rev Dodgson said:

Spiny Norman said:

Well this is weird. Spocky was out in the garden and noticed that there was water coming out of the fuse box. I’d see a bit of water around there but thought it was just a bit of overflow from the drains, with all the rain.
The water is coming up the orange pipe, somewhere from under the ground I think, then overflowing into the bottom of the fuse box.

To my untrained eye that looks like a hellofa mess.

I like the bunched earths, if that’s what it is, the ease of inspection that allows

and the red wire near but not quite in the far left extra neutral bar, that seems to have lost some insulation from heat, not sure what it is

Tamb said:

Ian said:

Michael V said:

Cave with midden shown by arrow.

I’ll have to take your word for it :)

The ABC continues to churn out these dramas.. often with interesting setups.. but they are let down badly by the writing and/or the acting.

I’m a Maroubra boy. None of that silvertail stuff for me.

It’s a nice area..

.. although notorious for violence and links to organised crime

The Rev Dodgson said:

Spiny Norman said:

Well this is weird. Spocky was out in the garden and noticed that there was water coming out of the fuse box. I’d see a bit of water around there but thought it was just a bit of overflow from the drains, with all the rain.
The water is coming up the orange pipe, somewhere from under the ground I think, then overflowing into the bottom of the fuse box.

To my untrained eye that looks like a hellofa mess.

So it’s not just me…

captain_spalding said:

Michael V said:

Spiny Norman said:

Well this is weird. Spocky was out in the garden and noticed that there was water coming out of the fuse box. I’d see a bit of water around there but thought it was just a bit of overflow from the drains, with all the rain.
The water is coming up the orange pipe, somewhere from under the ground I think, then overflowing into the bottom of the fuse box.

Bloody!

That is the most unsafe-looking shitfight i’ve seen in quite a while.

You need to get an electrician in, pronto!

Every part of that was done by an electrician.

transition said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Spiny Norman said:

Well this is weird. Spocky was out in the garden and noticed that there was water coming out of the fuse box. I’d see a bit of water around there but thought it was just a bit of overflow from the drains, with all the rain.
The water is coming up the orange pipe, somewhere from under the ground I think, then overflowing into the bottom of the fuse box.

To my untrained eye that looks like a hellofa mess.

I like the bunched earths, if that’s what it is, the ease of inspection that allows

and the red wire near but not quite in the far left extra neutral bar, that seems to have lost some insulation from heat, not sure what it is

Bunched and soldered earths are cheap and effective, but are not very flexible when it comes to modifications.

And well spotted with that red wire in the neutral link – it probably needs looking at.

Dark Orange said:

Spiny Norman said:

Well this is weird. Spocky was out in the garden and noticed that there was water coming out of the fuse box. I’d see a bit of water around there but thought it was just a bit of overflow from the drains, with all the rain.
The water is coming up the orange pipe, somewhere from under the ground I think, then overflowing into the bottom of the fuse box.

The other end of the conduit would be uphill, and filling up with water. I would not worry too much about it.

Interesting …. Not sure if you remember our place but the other end would be on the power pole next to the gate. I’ll see what I can find there.

Spiny Norman said:

Dark Orange said:

Spiny Norman said:

Well this is weird. Spocky was out in the garden and noticed that there was water coming out of the fuse box. I’d see a bit of water around there but thought it was just a bit of overflow from the drains, with all the rain.
The water is coming up the orange pipe, somewhere from under the ground I think, then overflowing into the bottom of the fuse box.

The other end of the conduit would be uphill, and filling up with water. I would not worry too much about it.

Interesting …. Not sure if you remember our place but the other end would be on the power pole next to the gate. I’ll see what I can find there.

….. and shove the hose down it and see what happens.

Woodie said:

Spiny Norman said:

Dark Orange said:

The other end of the conduit would be uphill, and filling up with water. I would not worry too much about it.

Interesting …. Not sure if you remember our place but the other end would be on the power pole next to the gate. I’ll see what I can find there.

….. and shove the hose down it and see what happens.

Well obviously! :)

Spiny Norman said:

captain_spalding said:

Michael V said:

Bloody!

That is the most unsafe-looking shitfight i’ve seen in quite a while.

You need to get an electrician in, pronto!

Every part of that was done by an electrician.

Is it RCDs as the protection?

Spiny Norman said:

captain_spalding said:

Michael V said:

Bloody!

That is the most unsafe-looking shitfight i’ve seen in quite a while.

You need to get an electrician in, pronto!

Every part of that was done by an electrician.

You need to get a better electrician.

Woodie said:

….. and shove the hose down it and see what happens.

Enormous blue flash and a kaboom! Bill lands some metres away.

Woodie: ‘See what happens?’

captain_spalding said:

Woodie said:

….. and shove the hose down it and see what happens.

Enormous blue flash and a kaboom! Bill lands some metres away.

Woodie: ‘See what happens?’

I saw a python get across a station transformer. About18MW going through it.
Loud bang, blue flash, fried snake everywhere. $100,000+ to repair the trannie.

captain_spalding said:

Spiny Norman said:

captain_spalding said:

That is the most unsafe-looking shitfight i’ve seen in quite a while.

You need to get an electrician in, pronto!

Every part of that was done by an electrician.

You need to get a better electrician.

Shrug Everything works fine, never really had a problem with any of it.

Anyway an update. I turned the water off about an hour and a half ago, no more water coming out of the pipe. Turned the water back on about ten minutes ago, still no water but I’ll check every few minutes to see if that changes.

Like DO suggested, I had a look at the other end of the orange pipe and it seem to be sealed against water ingestion fairly well, so ….. not sure still.
The top of it is a good six metres off the ground so a little difficult to get to. I’ll have to borrow a mate’s longer ladder if I want to get that high.

Spiny Norman said:

captain_spalding said:

Spiny Norman said:

Every part of that was done by an electrician.

You need to get a better electrician.

Shrug Everything works fine, never really had a problem with any of it.

Anyway an update. I turned the water off about an hour and a half ago, no more water coming out of the pipe. Turned the water back on about ten minutes ago, still no water but I’ll check every few minutes to see if that changes.

Like DO suggested, I had a look at the other end of the orange pipe and it seem to be sealed against water ingestion fairly well, so ….. not sure still.
The top of it is a good six metres off the ground so a little difficult to get to. I’ll have to borrow a mate’s longer ladder if I want to get that high.

The ingress point is higher than your fuse box. You’re on a slope, is there anywhere underground higher than your end of the conduit?

Regardless, just (carefully!) Stick a hacksaw into it lower down to make a hole for the water to drain out.

…or not. No real issue with the way it is.

Dark Orange said:

The ingress point is higher than your fuse box. You’re on a slope, is there anywhere underground higher than your end of the conduit?

Regardless, just (carefully!) Stick a hacksaw into it lower down to make a hole for the water to drain out.

…or not. No real issue with the way it is.

I can’t get to the pipe at the house end, it’s on the inside of the brick wall. But I could carefully put a notch in the bottom of the pipe on the power pole though.
I’d like to wait and see if anything changes now that I’ve turned the water mains back on first. I’ll give it an hour or so.

Spiny Norman said:

captain_spalding said:

Spiny Norman said:

Every part of that was done by an electrician.

You need to get a better electrician.

Shrug Everything works fine, never really had a problem with any of it.

Anyway an update. I turned the water off about an hour and a half ago, no more water coming out of the pipe. Turned the water back on about ten minutes ago, still no water but I’ll check every few minutes to see if that changes.

Like DO suggested, I had a look at the other end of the orange pipe and it seem to be sealed against water ingestion fairly well, so ….. not sure still.
The top of it is a good six metres off the ground so a little difficult to get to. I’ll have to borrow a mate’s longer ladder if I want to get that high.

flex rubber conduit up top could be perished or the wildlife dug a hole in it, or any crack or whatever higher than the electrical box

not unusual for conduits to get water (moisture) in them, not ideal but you know how is it meant to get out, the other end in your case

transition said:

Spiny Norman said:

captain_spalding said:

You need to get a better electrician.

Shrug Everything works fine, never really had a problem with any of it.

Anyway an update. I turned the water off about an hour and a half ago, no more water coming out of the pipe. Turned the water back on about ten minutes ago, still no water but I’ll check every few minutes to see if that changes.

Like DO suggested, I had a look at the other end of the orange pipe and it seem to be sealed against water ingestion fairly well, so ….. not sure still.
The top of it is a good six metres off the ground so a little difficult to get to. I’ll have to borrow a mate’s longer ladder if I want to get that high.

flex rubber conduit up top could be perished or the wildlife dug a hole in it, or any crack or whatever higher than the electrical box

not unusual for conduits to get water (moisture) in them, not ideal but you know how is it meant to get out, the other end in your case

Quite possible. I can’t easily get up to the rubber thingy to check though.

Spiny Norman said:

transition said:

Spiny Norman said:

Shrug Everything works fine, never really had a problem with any of it.

Anyway an update. I turned the water off about an hour and a half ago, no more water coming out of the pipe. Turned the water back on about ten minutes ago, still no water but I’ll check every few minutes to see if that changes.

Like DO suggested, I had a look at the other end of the orange pipe and it seem to be sealed against water ingestion fairly well, so ….. not sure still.
The top of it is a good six metres off the ground so a little difficult to get to. I’ll have to borrow a mate’s longer ladder if I want to get that high.

flex rubber conduit up top could be perished or the wildlife dug a hole in it, or any crack or whatever higher than the electrical box

not unusual for conduits to get water (moisture) in them, not ideal but you know how is it meant to get out, the other end in your case

Quite possible. I can’t easily get up to the rubber thingy to check though.

yeah not encouraging you to do that

i’m sitting here lady nagging me to get the bookwork done, probably exhausted my distractions, losing credibility, so ought

Witty Rejoinder said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Spiny Norman said:

Well this is weird. Spocky was out in the garden and noticed that there was water coming out of the fuse box. I’d see a bit of water around there but thought it was just a bit of overflow from the drains, with all the rain.
The water is coming up the orange pipe, somewhere from under the ground I think, then overflowing into the bottom of the fuse box.

To my untrained eye that looks like a hellofa mess.

So it’s not just me…

I don’t think you’re a hellofa mess.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/woman-with-disabilities-nears-medically-assisted-death-after-futile-bid-for-affordable-housing-1.5882202

What a headline

Hello from Bourke Street. We had Healesville Sanctuary almost to ourselves for an hour or so, then the school groups started showing up. Some of the displays don’t open until 10.00am or 10.30am, which we didn’t know. Anyway, then we came in to the city via Dandenong (for Mr buffy to return an unwanted tractor part to the supplier on the South Gippsland Hwy). This allowed us to find we completely can’t recognize Stud Road any more. Then we stopped in Fitzroy St in St Kilda and got a souvlaki from a little tiny shop in Grey Street. Mr buffy remembers his way around there…the streets haven’t changed from when he was working at City Branch in the ambulance in the 1970s.

https://www.smh.com.au/national/almost-500-000-in-flood-relief-frozen-in-bank-accounts-in-conspiracy-theorist-scandal-20220429-p5aha8.html

Link

Ian said:

Michael V said:

Cave with midden shown by arrow.

I’ll have to take your word for it :)

The ABC continues to churn out these dramas.. often with interesting setups.. but they are let down badly by the writing and/or the acting.

We decided on the basis of the ads not to bother with it.

Almost $500,000 in flood relief frozen in bank accounts in conspiracy theorist scandal

https://www.smh.com.au/national/almost-500-000-in-flood-relief-frozen-in-bank-accounts-in-conspiracy-theorist-scandal-20220429-p5aha8.html

Some of Margaret’s rants in that bunch.

Rrdd Dawkins · 27 April at 12:56 ·
Hi is everyone having trouble with indue login and phone line ? Apparently all down 2h30min to be told by cdc that whoever gets paid today isn’t getting paid till tomorrow now so rent and bills are now a day behind ffs

A visual presentation of the world’s human population. these presentations are always mesmerizing when the true scale is presented.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFe_UfL6EUE&ab_channel=SmallCirclesForward

new spectackles are ready so might mossy into the big smoke tomorrow to pick them up. I may also, but not only, go to Bunnings and Jaycar.

Boris said:

new spectackles are ready so might mossy into the big smoke tomorrow to pick them up. I may also, but not only, go to Bunnings and Jaycar.

well, a second after posting that I got a phone call about a transport to Bunbury, so I can utilise the company car to do my errands.

transition said:

Spiny Norman said:

transition said:

flex rubber conduit up top could be perished or the wildlife dug a hole in it, or any crack or whatever higher than the electrical box

not unusual for conduits to get water (moisture) in them, not ideal but you know how is it meant to get out, the other end in your case

Quite possible. I can’t easily get up to the rubber thingy to check though.

yeah not encouraging you to do that

i’m sitting here lady nagging me to get the bookwork done, probably exhausted my distractions, losing credibility, so ought

The power people won’t like you being up there.

Boris said:

Boris said:

new spectackles are ready so might mossy into the big smoke tomorrow to pick them up. I may also, but not only, go to Bunnings and Jaycar.

well, a second after posting that I got a phone call about a transport to Bunbury, so I can utilise the company car to do my errands.

It’s corruption at all levels of society.

sibeen said:

Boris said:

Boris said:

new spectackles are ready so might mossy into the big smoke tomorrow to pick them up. I may also, but not only, go to Bunnings and Jaycar.

well, a second after posting that I got a phone call about a transport to Bunbury, so I can utilise the company car to do my errands.

It’s corruption at all levels of society.

I’m an OAP now gotta take every perk that comes along. I put in my application for the Fuel Card today. The WA Govt gives eligible people $575 a year for fuel.

Boris said:

sibeen said:

Boris said:

well, a second after posting that I got a phone call about a transport to Bunbury, so I can utilise the company car to do my errands.

It’s corruption at all levels of society.

I’m an OAP now gotta take every perk that comes along. I put in my application for the Fuel Card today. The WA Govt gives eligible people $575 a year for fuel.

WOW. We only get 250 in NSW

Boris said:

Boris said:

new spectackles are ready so might mossy into the big smoke tomorrow to pick them up. I may also, but not only, go to Bunnings and Jaycar.

well, a second after posting that I got a phone call about a transport to Bunbury, so I can utilise the company car to do my errands.

:)

Boris said:

sibeen said:

Boris said:

well, a second after posting that I got a phone call about a transport to Bunbury, so I can utilise the company car to do my errands.

It’s corruption at all levels of society.

I’m an OAP now gotta take every perk that comes along. I put in my application for the Fuel Card today. The WA Govt gives eligible people $575 a year for fuel.

Nice!

roughbarked said:

Boris said:

sibeen said:

It’s corruption at all levels of society.

I’m an OAP now gotta take every perk that comes along. I put in my application for the Fuel Card today. The WA Govt gives eligible people $575 a year for fuel.

WOW. We only get 250 in NSW

WA is a BIG state.

Boris said:

roughbarked said:

Boris said:

I’m an OAP now gotta take every perk that comes along. I put in my application for the Fuel Card today. The WA Govt gives eligible people $575 a year for fuel.

WOW. We only get 250 in NSW

WA is a BIG state.

I’m not aware of any such largesse in QLD.

Michael V said:

Boris said:

roughbarked said:

WOW. We only get 250 in NSW

WA is a BIG state.

I’m not aware of any such largesse in QLD.

Or Tas.

roughbarked said:

Boris said:

sibeen said:

It’s corruption at all levels of society.

I’m an OAP now gotta take every perk that comes along. I put in my application for the Fuel Card today. The WA Govt gives eligible people $575 a year for fuel.

WOW. We only get 250 in NSW

We get SFA in Qld.

Michael V said:

Boris said:

roughbarked said:

WOW. We only get 250 in NSW

WA is a BIG state.

I’m not aware of any such largesse in QLD.

Maybe if they weren’t paying OAPs to burn fossil fuels, WA wouldn’t keep whinging about not getting enough from the Feds.

captain_spalding said:

roughbarked said:

Boris said:

I’m an OAP now gotta take every perk that comes along. I put in my application for the Fuel Card today. The WA Govt gives eligible people $575 a year for fuel.

WOW. We only get 250 in NSW

We get SFA in Qld.

this originally started as Royalties for Regions, spending the mining taxes on regions.

captain_spalding said:

Michael V said:

Boris said:

WA is a BIG state.

I’m not aware of any such largesse in QLD.

Maybe if they weren’t paying OAPs to burn fossil fuels, WA wouldn’t keep whinging about not getting enough from the Feds.

nothing to do with the feds.

Boris said:

captain_spalding said:

roughbarked said:

WOW. We only get 250 in NSW

We get SFA in Qld.

this originally started as Royalties for Regions, spending the mining taxes on regions.

If only Qld had some mining industry…

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

Link

please remember

The National Party of Australia (WA) Inc, branded The Nationals WA, is a political party in Western Australia. It is affiliated with the National Party of Australia but maintains a separate structure and identity.

Me mum tells me that NSW pensioners get to register one car for free, too.

Again, no such luck in Qld.

captain_spalding said:

Me mum tells me that NSW pensioners get to register one car for free, too.

Again, no such luck in Qld.

I get to register my car free. I get to go anywhere in NSW on a train for $2.50.

captain_spalding said:

Me mum tells me that NSW pensioners get to register one car for free, too.

Again, no such luck in Qld.

one of my dogs gets cheap rego.

roughbarked said:

captain_spalding said:

Me mum tells me that NSW pensioners get to register one car for free, too.

Again, no such luck in Qld.

I get to register my car free. I get to go anywhere in NSW on a train for $2.50.

is that one way?

roughbarked said:

captain_spalding said:

Me mum tells me that NSW pensioners get to register one car for free, too.

Again, no such luck in Qld.

I get to register my car free. I get to go anywhere in NSW on a train for $2.50.

I used to travel frequently on NSW railways.

I would not consider the opportunity to do so to be a ‘benefit’.

captain_spalding said:

Me mum tells me that NSW pensioners get to register one car for free, too.

Again, no such luck in Qld.

Half rego for OAP’s in QLD. When I got the pension, TMR sent me a refund cheque automatically.

Michael V said:

captain_spalding said:

Me mum tells me that NSW pensioners get to register one car for free, too.

Again, no such luck in Qld.

Half rego for OAP’s in QLD. When I got the pension, TMR sent me a refund cheque automatically.

Really?

Mrs S is an OAP (part-pension, as i’m not quite yet reitred).

I wonder if she’s eligible?

Michael V said:

captain_spalding said:

Me mum tells me that NSW pensioners get to register one car for free, too.

Again, no such luck in Qld.

Half rego for OAP’s in QLD. When I got the pension, TMR sent me a refund cheque automatically.

same here. still pay full 3rd party and any other fees. supply charge off the power bill. 1/2 rates and emergency levy. landline if you have one. rebate on specs.

captain_spalding said:

Michael V said:

captain_spalding said:

Me mum tells me that NSW pensioners get to register one car for free, too.

Again, no such luck in Qld.

Half rego for OAP’s in QLD. When I got the pension, TMR sent me a refund cheque automatically.

Really?

Mrs S is an OAP (part-pension, as i’m not quite yet reitred).

I wonder if she’s eligible?

if the car is registered in her name, probably.

Boris said:

Michael V said:

captain_spalding said:

Me mum tells me that NSW pensioners get to register one car for free, too.

Again, no such luck in Qld.

Half rego for OAP’s in QLD. When I got the pension, TMR sent me a refund cheque automatically.

same here. still pay full 3rd party and any other fees. supply charge off the power bill. 1/2 rates and emergency levy. landline if you have one. rebate on specs.

Sounds like the New Jerusalem.

Boris said:

captain_spalding said:

Michael V said:

Half rego for OAP’s in QLD. When I got the pension, TMR sent me a refund cheque automatically.

Really?

Mrs S is an OAP (part-pension, as i’m not quite yet reitred).

I wonder if she’s eligible?

if the car is registered in her name, probably.

It’s in both our names. I wonder if we can change that?

captain_spalding said:

Michael V said:

captain_spalding said:

Me mum tells me that NSW pensioners get to register one car for free, too.

Again, no such luck in Qld.

Half rego for OAP’s in QLD. When I got the pension, TMR sent me a refund cheque automatically.

Really?

Mrs S is an OAP (part-pension, as i’m not quite yet reitred).

I wonder if she’s eligible?

Mine’s not a full pension either, but fairly close to it.

captain_spalding said:

Boris said:

captain_spalding said:

Really?

Mrs S is an OAP (part-pension, as i’m not quite yet reitred).

I wonder if she’s eligible?

if the car is registered in her name, probably.

It’s in both our names. I wonder if we can change that?

Fake your death

Boris said:

Michael V said:

captain_spalding said:

Me mum tells me that NSW pensioners get to register one car for free, too.

Again, no such luck in Qld.

Half rego for OAP’s in QLD. When I got the pension, TMR sent me a refund cheque automatically.

same here. still pay full 3rd party and any other fees. supply charge off the power bill. 1/2 rates and emergency levy. landline if you have one. rebate on specs.

None of those other things (that I am aware of). I’d love half rates. They’re a bit over $4k per annum.

captain_spalding said:

Boris said:

captain_spalding said:

Really?

Mrs S is an OAP (part-pension, as i’m not quite yet reitred).

I wonder if she’s eligible?

if the car is registered in her name, probably.

It’s in both our names. I wonder if we can change that?

You can, but you might have to pay stamp duty and other fees.

Cymek said:

captain_spalding said:

Boris said:

if the car is registered in her name, probably.

It’s in both our names. I wonder if we can change that?

Fake your death

snort

Ross people just delivered all kinds of treats including cheeses, olives, rollmops, raspberries, full ingredients for a borscht including beetroots, pinkeyes, pork steaks etc, plus a litre bottle of Greenall’s gin + various mixers.

Michael V said:

Boris said:

Michael V said:

Half rego for OAP’s in QLD. When I got the pension, TMR sent me a refund cheque automatically.

same here. still pay full 3rd party and any other fees. supply charge off the power bill. 1/2 rates and emergency levy. landline if you have one. rebate on specs.

None of those other things (that I am aware of). I’d love half rates. They’re a bit over $4k per annum.

https://www.qld.gov.au/community/cost-of-living-support/concessions

Cymek said:

captain_spalding said:

Boris said:

if the car is registered in her name, probably.

It’s in both our names. I wonder if we can change that?

Fake your death

Faking your death isn’t as difficult as people think.

It’s continuing to live afterwards that’s more difficult.

Bubblecar said:

Ross people just delivered all kinds of treats including cheeses, olives, rollmops, raspberries, full ingredients for a borscht including beetroots, pinkeyes, pork steaks etc, plus a litre bottle of Greenall’s gin + various mixers.

Give them my address.

Boris said:

roughbarked said:

captain_spalding said:

Me mum tells me that NSW pensioners get to register one car for free, too.

Again, no such luck in Qld.

I get to register my car free. I get to go anywhere in NSW on a train for $2.50.

is that one way?

https://transportnsw.info/tickets-opal/regional-tickets-fares/country-pensioner-excursion-ticket-cpe
https://transportnsw.info/tickets-opal/regional-tickets-fares/pensioner-travel-vouchers

https://transportnsw.info/tickets-opal/ticket-eligibility-concessions
https://transportnsw.info/regional

Boris said:

Michael V said:

Boris said:

same here. still pay full 3rd party and any other fees. supply charge off the power bill. 1/2 rates and emergency levy. landline if you have one. rebate on specs.

None of those other things (that I am aware of). I’d love half rates. They’re a bit over $4k per annum.

https://www.qld.gov.au/community/cost-of-living-support/concessions

Hey, thanks for that.

:)

Michael V said:

Boris said:

Michael V said:

None of those other things (that I am aware of). I’d love half rates. They’re a bit over $4k per annum.

https://www.qld.gov.au/community/cost-of-living-support/concessions

Hey, thanks for that.

:)

Yeah, ta, our government will be hearing from us.

Bubblecar said:

Ross people just delivered all kinds of treats including cheeses, olives, rollmops, raspberries, full ingredients for a borscht including beetroots, pinkeyes, pork steaks etc, plus a litre bottle of Greenall’s gin + various mixers.

you are loved.

One of the most handsome British motor cars of the immediate post-war period was the Lea-Francis 14hp coupé.

The standard specification included such refinements as a wireless and heater.

An amazing moth: Trigonodes hyppasia, awaiting confirmation of ID, someone photographed near Echuca today.

buffy said:

An amazing moth: Trigonodes hyppasia, awaiting confirmation of ID, someone photographed near Echuca today.

It’s a rather ugly design but emphatically executed.

Interesting menu tonight bubblecar?

what’s happening your part of WA anyway, master permeate

you got opening rains yet

monkey skipper said:

Interesting menu tonight bubblecar?

Very mixed bag tonight.

I had some fresh crusty bread with green oak lettuce followed by a large serve of mixed greens (mostly broccoli) with some spring onion, herbs and a little grated cheddar.

Then a little bowl of pickled herring, followed by fruit salad with cream.

‘Resourceful’ Dutch four-year-old takes mother’s car for joyride in pyjamas and bare feet
Sravasti Dasgupta – 1h ago

Afour-year-old boy in Netherlands has been compared to racing driver Max Verstappen after he took his mother’s car for a spin on Saturday.

The four-year-old demonstrated to authorities how he put keys in the ignition, moved his left foot to the clutch and pressed the gas pedal –

“New Max Verstappen found in (the Utrecht suburb of) Overvecht,” police wrote in an Instagram post, referring to the Belgian-Dutch Formula One champion.

Utrecht police said that the four-year-old woke up on Saturday after his father went to work and took the keys to his mother’s car to go for a drive.

A passerby found the child in his pyjamas, walking barefoot. Concerned that the child may have been hypothermic, they immediately called the emergency services.

As police officials went to pick up the child, they received reports of an abandoned vehicle that had hit two parked cars.

Though they couldn’t find the driver, the car was found to be registered to the child’s mother.

When police phoned the mother and made the child speak to her, he allegedly recreated the scene of holding a steering wheel and made some “car noises”.

“We then realised that the child may have been the driver,” the police said on Instagram.

The father shortly arrived at the scene, after which the child was asked to show them how he started the car.

He demonstrated how he put the keys in the ignition, moved his left foot to the clutch and pressed the gas pedal.

It appeared that the child lost control of the car and crashed into two parked vehicles. He then exited the car and began walking on the street barefoot.

The child, described by his mother as “resourceful”, was later taken to the police station, where he was given hot chocolate and a teddy bear.

The police urged the mother to hide the car keys in future. “Fortunately, this mini driver’s adventure has come to an end with a sizzle,” the police said.

monkey skipper said:

‘Resourceful’ Dutch four-year-old takes mother’s car for joyride in pyjamas and bare feet
Sravasti Dasgupta – 1h ago

Afour-year-old boy in Netherlands has been compared to racing driver Max Verstappen after he took his mother’s car for a spin on Saturday.

The four-year-old demonstrated to authorities how he put keys in the ignition, moved his left foot to the clutch and pressed the gas pedal –

“New Max Verstappen found in (the Utrecht suburb of) Overvecht,” police wrote in an Instagram post, referring to the Belgian-Dutch Formula One champion.

Utrecht police said that the four-year-old woke up on Saturday after his father went to work and took the keys to his mother’s car to go for a drive.

A passerby found the child in his pyjamas, walking barefoot. Concerned that the child may have been hypothermic, they immediately called the emergency services.

As police officials went to pick up the child, they received reports of an abandoned vehicle that had hit two parked cars.

Though they couldn’t find the driver, the car was found to be registered to the child’s mother.

When police phoned the mother and made the child speak to her, he allegedly recreated the scene of holding a steering wheel and made some “car noises”.

“We then realised that the child may have been the driver,” the police said on Instagram.

The father shortly arrived at the scene, after which the child was asked to show them how he started the car.

He demonstrated how he put the keys in the ignition, moved his left foot to the clutch and pressed the gas pedal.

It appeared that the child lost control of the car and crashed into two parked vehicles. He then exited the car and began walking on the street barefoot.

The child, described by his mother as “resourceful”, was later taken to the police station, where he was given hot chocolate and a teddy bear.

The police urged the mother to hide the car keys in future. “Fortunately, this mini driver’s adventure has come to an end with a sizzle,” the police said.

Madness.

transition said:

what’s happening your part of WA anyway, master permeate

you got opening rains yet

Had a little that has dried out now, although currently with a little following drizzle. but want it dry for about another week as I have a lot of slashing to do.

Bubblecar said:

monkey skipper said:

Interesting menu tonight bubblecar?

Very mixed bag tonight.

I had some fresh crusty bread with green oak lettuce followed by a large serve of mixed greens (mostly broccoli) with some spring onion, herbs and a little grated cheddar.

Then a little bowl of pickled herring, followed by fruit salad with cream.

Simple dinner here, consisted of rissoles and gravy, broccoli, pumpkin and corn on the cob, with coffee and fruitcake for supper.

PermeateFree said:

transition said:

what’s happening your part of WA anyway, master permeate

you got opening rains yet

Had a little that has dried out now, although currently with a little following drizzle. but want it dry for about another week as I have a lot of slashing to do.

need good rain here, hopefully season will turn soon, and the 5 years of dry or however long it’s been now will turn

not had a good sowing break for many years

transition said:

PermeateFree said:

transition said:

what’s happening your part of WA anyway, master permeate

you got opening rains yet

Had a little that has dried out now, although currently with a little following drizzle. but want it dry for about another week as I have a lot of slashing to do.

need good rain here, hopefully season will turn soon, and the 5 years of dry or however long it’s been now will turn

not had a good sowing break for many years

Both southern parts of WA and SA are in a predicted drying zone. Rainfall has dropped quite significantly in recent years here. Even 30 years ago it was consistently wetter.

House featured in TV show Kath & Kim to be demolished

The iconic house used in television series Kath & Kim will be demolished this week.

Known affectionately in the show as “Chateau Kath”, the four-bedroom property was said to reside in the fictional suburb of Fountain Lakes.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-05-02/kath-and-kim-house-demolition/101031906

PermeateFree said:

transition said:

PermeateFree said:

Had a little that has dried out now, although currently with a little following drizzle. but want it dry for about another week as I have a lot of slashing to do.

need good rain here, hopefully season will turn soon, and the 5 years of dry or however long it’s been now will turn

not had a good sowing break for many years

Both southern parts of WA and SA are in a predicted drying zone. Rainfall has dropped quite significantly in recent years here. Even 30 years ago it was consistently wetter.

we had sort of ten consecutive wet years before that, perhaps we’ll get another ten, who knows

I say sort of because there was one year we had all the rain needed to grow good crop by july-end, lots of rain, then hardly rained again at all, until next year after christmas sometime, as recall, an anomalous year that one, you could call it wet, plenty wet, very wet up until end of july, then it was dry far as rainfall went

There is a Facebook page called The Same Photo of Jeff Goldblum Every Day.

It’s exactly what it says on the tin.

The page has 300000 followers.

When you’re wearing new shoes and you’re waiting for someone to notice

I suspect this pooch has played a few rounds before

Good Morning!

These green books are poisonous—and one may be on a shelf near you

Libraries and rare book collections often carry volumes that feature poisons on their pages, from famous murder mysteries to seminal works on toxicology and forensics. The poisons described in these books are merely words on a page, but some books scattered throughout the world are literally poisonous.

These toxic books, produced in the 19th century, are bound in vivid cloth colored with a notorious pigment known as emerald green that’s laced with arsenic. Many of them are going unnoticed on shelves and in collections. So Melissa Tedone, the lab head for library materials conservation at the Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library in Delaware, has launched an effort dubbed the Poison Book Project to locate and catalogue these noxious volumes.

To date, the team has uncovered 88 19th-century books containing emerald green. Seventy of them are covered with vivid green bookcloth, and the rest have the pigment incorporated onto paper labels or decorative features. Tedone even found an emerald green book on sale at a local bookstore, which she purchased.

While these poisonous books would likely cause only minor harm unless someone decided to devour a nearly 200-year-old tome, the alluringly vibrant books are not totally without risk. People who handle them frequently, such as librarians or researchers, may accidentally inhale or ingest particles that contain arsenic, which could make them feel lethargic and light-headed or suffer from diarrhea and stomach cramps. Against the skin, arsenic can cause irritations and lesions. Serious cases of arsenic poisoning can lead to heart failure, lung disease, neurological dysfunction, and—in extreme situations—death.

Full article

monkey skipper said:

Good Morning!

Good morning monkey.

Heading for a windy and possibly damp day this end, max 19.

Bubblecar said:

monkey skipper said:

Good Morning!

Good morning monkey.

Heading for a windy and possibly damp day this end, max 19.

Up early or late to bed?

Green wallpapers were also a problem…

Victorian wallpaper, much like many of this year’s runway styles, was brightly colored and often full of floral designs.

Those looks might strike you dead, but in the Victorian period, wallpaper could–and did–kill. In one sense, it wasn’t that unusual, writes Haniya Rae for The Atlantic. Arsenic was everywhere in the Victorian period, from food coloring to baby carriages. But the vivid floral wallpapers were at the center of a consumer controversy about what made something safe to have in your home.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/victorian-wallpaper-got-its-gaudy-colors-poison-180962709/

monkey skipper said:

Bubblecar said:

monkey skipper said:

Good Morning!

Good morning monkey.

Heading for a windy and possibly damp day this end, max 19.

Up early or late to bed?

Up early. A bit too early really, could have done with a bit more kip but it wasn’t happening.

Operation tomorrow so I need a good night’s sleep tonight.

Bubblecar said:

Green wallpapers were also a problem…

Victorian wallpaper, much like many of this year’s runway styles, was brightly colored and often full of floral designs.

Those looks might strike you dead, but in the Victorian period, wallpaper could–and did–kill. In one sense, it wasn’t that unusual, writes Haniya Rae for The Atlantic. Arsenic was everywhere in the Victorian period, from food coloring to baby carriages. But the vivid floral wallpapers were at the center of a consumer controversy about what made something safe to have in your home.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/victorian-wallpaper-got-its-gaudy-colors-poison-180962709/

And I read the other day , that women used face powder with lead in it to make their faces look paler back in history.

I wonder what future generations will say about our current trends to follow so called beauty trends?

My guess is the overuse of fillers to change the shape of a person’s face and lips.

monkey skipper said:

Good Morning!

Guten aben.

Well, today I get my fourth booster.

EF3 is considered moderate

tornado video available until June 1st

Happy assimilation day!

https://au.banggood.com/100PCS-Jungle-Tropical-Theme-Party-Arch-Forest-Latex-Ballon-Hawaiian-Birthday-Party-Decor-p-1926342.html

buffy said:

An amazing moth: Trigonodes hyppasia, awaiting confirmation of ID, someone photographed near Echuca today.

:)

monkey skipper said:

‘Resourceful’ Dutch four-year-old takes mother’s car for joyride in pyjamas and bare feet
Sravasti Dasgupta – 1h ago

Afour-year-old boy in Netherlands has been compared to racing driver Max Verstappen after he took his mother’s car for a spin on Saturday.

The four-year-old demonstrated to authorities how he put keys in the ignition, moved his left foot to the clutch and pressed the gas pedal –

“New Max Verstappen found in (the Utrecht suburb of) Overvecht,” police wrote in an Instagram post, referring to the Belgian-Dutch Formula One champion.

Utrecht police said that the four-year-old woke up on Saturday after his father went to work and took the keys to his mother’s car to go for a drive.

A passerby found the child in his pyjamas, walking barefoot. Concerned that the child may have been hypothermic, they immediately called the emergency services.

As police officials went to pick up the child, they received reports of an abandoned vehicle that had hit two parked cars.

Though they couldn’t find the driver, the car was found to be registered to the child’s mother.

When police phoned the mother and made the child speak to her, he allegedly recreated the scene of holding a steering wheel and made some “car noises”.

“We then realised that the child may have been the driver,” the police said on Instagram.

The father shortly arrived at the scene, after which the child was asked to show them how he started the car.

He demonstrated how he put the keys in the ignition, moved his left foot to the clutch and pressed the gas pedal.

It appeared that the child lost control of the car and crashed into two parked vehicles. He then exited the car and began walking on the street barefoot.

The child, described by his mother as “resourceful”, was later taken to the police station, where he was given hot chocolate and a teddy bear.

The police urged the mother to hide the car keys in future. “Fortunately, this mini driver’s adventure has come to an end with a sizzle,” the police said.

Gosh!

Michael V said:

monkey skipper said:

‘Resourceful’ Dutch four-year-old takes mother’s car for joyride in pyjamas and bare feet
Sravasti Dasgupta – 1h ago

Afour-year-old boy in Netherlands has been compared to racing driver Max Verstappen after he took his mother’s car for a spin on Saturday.

The four-year-old demonstrated to authorities how he put keys in the ignition, moved his left foot to the clutch and pressed the gas pedal –

“New Max Verstappen found in (the Utrecht suburb of) Overvecht,” police wrote in an Instagram post, referring to the Belgian-Dutch Formula One champion.

Utrecht police said that the four-year-old woke up on Saturday after his father went to work and took the keys to his mother’s car to go for a drive.

A passerby found the child in his pyjamas, walking barefoot. Concerned that the child may have been hypothermic, they immediately called the emergency services.

As police officials went to pick up the child, they received reports of an abandoned vehicle that had hit two parked cars.

Though they couldn’t find the driver, the car was found to be registered to the child’s mother.

When police phoned the mother and made the child speak to her, he allegedly recreated the scene of holding a steering wheel and made some “car noises”.

“We then realised that the child may have been the driver,” the police said on Instagram.

The father shortly arrived at the scene, after which the child was asked to show them how he started the car.

He demonstrated how he put the keys in the ignition, moved his left foot to the clutch and pressed the gas pedal.

It appeared that the child lost control of the car and crashed into two parked vehicles. He then exited the car and began walking on the street barefoot.

The child, described by his mother as “resourceful”, was later taken to the police station, where he was given hot chocolate and a teddy bear.

The police urged the mother to hide the car keys in future. “Fortunately, this mini driver’s adventure has come to an end with a sizzle,” the police said.

Gosh!

Reasonably clever for a four year old.

Australia’s largest river system is home to more than 2 million people, including those from more than 40 First Nations.

It provides drinking water for more than 3.5 million people, is home to 16 internationally recognised wetlands and produces more than $30 billion in agriculture and tourism each year.

The Murray Darling Basin is for all Australians to share.

How that is done won’t be a major issue in this year’s federal election, but perhaps it should be.

link

Internet going dead slow here today.

I give up.

Internet going dead slow here today.

I give up.

The Rev Dodgson said:

Internet going dead slow here today.

I give up.

Can’t be much worse than it usually is.

Biconvex frenzy, 1974.

roughbarked said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Internet going dead slow here today.

I give up.

Can’t be much worse than it usually is.

Shrugs.

Normally pretty good here.

Now connected on mobile.

The Rev Dodgson said:

roughbarked said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Internet going dead slow here today.

I give up.

Can’t be much worse than it usually is.

Shrugs.

Normally pretty good here.

Now connected on mobile.

normal here. ~80 ping, always like that with fixed wireless, 20-40 download, 3-6 upload.

Boris said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

roughbarked said:

Can’t be much worse than it usually is.

Shrugs.

Normally pretty good here.

Now connected on mobile.

normal here. ~80 ping, always like that with fixed wireless, 20-40 download, 3-6 upload.

0.3 download here today, until it gets stuck.

Hey Car. When’s the hernia surgery again? Did you work out transport?

Witty Rejoinder said:

Hey Car. When’s the hernia surgery again? Did you work out transport?

transport will be a wing and a prayer.

Witty Rejoinder said:

Hey Car. When’s the hernia surgery again? Did you work out transport?

I have to be at the hospital tomorrow at 11:30, Ross people are taking me in.

I’ll take a taxi back (whenever that will be, but it’s usually just day surgery) ‘cos the Ross people are having a little holiday in Launceston for five days or so.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/may/03/its-the-65bn-question-that-the-business-council-cant-answer

Link

article is four years old.

BREAKING:

Captain Spalding said fol de rol.

“Thousands of satellites are polluting Australian skies, and threatening ancient Indigenous astronomy practices”

Oh dear
https://theconversation.com/thousands-of-satellites-are-polluting-australian-skies-and-threatening-ancient-indigenous-astronomy-practices-173840

Peak Warming Man said:

BREAKING:

Captain Spalding said fol de rol.

Fancy

dv said:

Peak Warming Man said:

BREAKING:

Captain Spalding said fol de rol.

Fancy

folderol NOUN

(1) trivial or nonsensical fuss.

(2) a showy but useless item.

dv said:

Peak Warming Man said:

BREAKING:

Captain Spalding said fol de rol.

Fancy

I could have said ‘taradiddle’, but you’re not ready for that yet.

captain_spalding said:

dv said:

Peak Warming Man said:

BREAKING:

Captain Spalding said fol de rol.

Fancy

I could have said ‘taradiddle’, but you’re not ready for that yet.

But not paradiddle.

Looks like Roe vs Wade is set to be overturned:

https://www.theage.com.au/world/north-america/leaked-us-supreme-court-decision-suggests-majority-set-to-overturn-roe-v-wade-politico-reports-20220503-p5ai2m.html

… incidentally this is the first SCOTUS leak ever.

Hello Holidayers. Back home now. A bit blustery here in Penshurst.

Witty Rejoinder said:

Looks like Roe vs Wade is set to be overturned:

https://www.theage.com.au/world/north-america/leaked-us-supreme-court-decision-suggests-majority-set-to-overturn-roe-v-wade-politico-reports-20220503-p5ai2m.html

… incidentally this is the first SCOTUS leak ever.

This is not good.

buffy said:

Witty Rejoinder said:

Looks like Roe vs Wade is set to be overturned:

https://www.theage.com.au/world/north-america/leaked-us-supreme-court-decision-suggests-majority-set-to-overturn-roe-v-wade-politico-reports-20220503-p5ai2m.html

… incidentally this is the first SCOTUS leak ever.

This is not good.

I hope the leak is wrong.

buffy said:

Hello Holidayers. Back home now. A bit blustery here in Penshurst.

Is that the Penshurst near Hurstville?

buffy said:

buffy said:

Witty Rejoinder said:

Looks like Roe vs Wade is set to be overturned:

https://www.theage.com.au/world/north-america/leaked-us-supreme-court-decision-suggests-majority-set-to-overturn-roe-v-wade-politico-reports-20220503-p5ai2m.html

… incidentally this is the first SCOTUS leak ever.

This is not good.

I hope the leak is wrong.

America, charging bum-first into the Dark Ages.

Tamb said:

buffy said:

Hello Holidayers. Back home now. A bit blustery here in Penshurst.

Is that the Penshurst near Hurstville?

Closer to Hamilton Vic

fence sprinklers nearly done, coffee while, then start wetting down upwind, west, yes’s westerly, a westish wind

and kettle’s just gone to the rumble with steam

Witty Rejoinder said:

Looks like Roe vs Wade is set to be overturned:

https://www.theage.com.au/world/north-america/leaked-us-supreme-court-decision-suggests-majority-set-to-overturn-roe-v-wade-politico-reports-20220503-p5ai2m.html

… incidentally this is the first SCOTUS leak ever.

Back to the Dark Ages.

Tamb said:

buffy said:

Hello Holidayers. Back home now. A bit blustery here in Penshurst.

Is that the Penshurst near Hurstville?

Victoria. Western District.

kryten said:

Tamb said:

buffy said:

Hello Holidayers. Back home now. A bit blustery here in Penshurst.

Is that the Penshurst near Hurstville?

Closer to Hamilton Vic

I used to drive through Penshurst on my way from Crowborough to my work on the Thames flood defences east of Woolwich.

buffy said:

Tamb said:

buffy said:

Hello Holidayers. Back home now. A bit blustery here in Penshurst.

Is that the Penshurst near Hurstville?

Victoria. Western District.

Sorry, I went out to put some clothes on the solar/wind clothes drying device. They won’t take long today.

:)

Michael V said:

Witty Rejoinder said:

Looks like Roe vs Wade is set to be overturned:

https://www.theage.com.au/world/north-america/leaked-us-supreme-court-decision-suggests-majority-set-to-overturn-roe-v-wade-politico-reports-20220503-p5ai2m.html

… incidentally this is the first SCOTUS leak ever.

Back to the Dark Ages.

Be burning witches at the stake before the year’s done.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-05-03/rocket-lab-helicopter-catches-rocket-mid-air/101032852

So it sort of nearly worked.

Peak Warming Man said:

“Thousands of satellites are polluting Australian skies, and threatening ancient Indigenous astronomy practices”

Oh dear
https://theconversation.com/thousands-of-satellites-are-polluting-australian-skies-and-threatening-ancient-indigenous-astronomy-practices-173840

started reading that but the cynic in me went to it’s patronizing rubbish, all should help with incorporating indigenous people into the force that is global culture anyway, elevated to force of nature, i’m sure nearly everyone will at some point in the not too distant future be using sat coms for whatever, they won’t be much thinking about ancient astronomy, sky pollution while they’re using their internet or whatever

the sort of momentum ~8 billion people have and growing, demand for technology, much as its self-flattering to think it might be sensitive in special ways, the result is incorporation, progress some call it

mostly i’m happy just to intuit what others might think, telepathy of sorts, it’s limited and perhaps even self-limiting, but whatever, no other creature ever got anything so wrong as a human, no less so when they share their ways, perhaps even over-share

buffy said:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-05-03/rocket-lab-helicopter-catches-rocket-mid-air/101032852

So it sort of nearly worked.

The basic idea is by no means entirely new.

Back in the (early) 1960s, the USAF was catching photographic films dropped from reconnaissance satellites in the Corona programme, and later ones, too.

Film of it here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sdsn4snbzjo

transition said:

Peak Warming Man said:

“Thousands of satellites are polluting Australian skies, and threatening ancient Indigenous astronomy practices”

Oh dear
https://theconversation.com/thousands-of-satellites-are-polluting-australian-skies-and-threatening-ancient-indigenous-astronomy-practices-173840

started reading that but the cynic in me went to it’s patronizing rubbish, all should help with incorporating indigenous people into the force that is global culture anyway, elevated to force of nature, i’m sure nearly everyone will at some point in the not too distant future be using sat coms for whatever, they won’t be much thinking about ancient astronomy, sky pollution while they’re using their internet or whatever

the sort of momentum ~8 billion people have and growing, demand for technology, much as its self-flattering to think it might be sensitive in special ways, the result is incorporation, progress some call it

mostly i’m happy just to intuit what others might think, telepathy of sorts, it’s limited and perhaps even self-limiting, but whatever, no other creature ever got anything so wrong as a human, no less so when they share their ways, perhaps even over-share

Almost anything we do we are creating problems for ourselves, even eating a steak creates problems, especially for the environment. However if there were only 1 billion of us rather than nearly 8 it would not be a problem, it is only a problem because of our numbers.

captain_spalding said:

buffy said:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-05-03/rocket-lab-helicopter-catches-rocket-mid-air/101032852

So it sort of nearly worked.

The basic idea is by no means entirely new.

Back in the (early) 1960s, the USAF was catching photographic films dropped from reconnaissance satellites in the Corona programme, and later ones, too.

Film of it here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sdsn4snbzjo

corona eh

And the Reserve Bank went the whole 0.25%.

SCIENCE said:

captain_spalding said:

buffy said:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-05-03/rocket-lab-helicopter-catches-rocket-mid-air/101032852

So it sort of nearly worked.

The basic idea is by no means entirely new.

Back in the (early) 1960s, the USAF was catching photographic films dropped from reconnaissance satellites in the Corona programme, and later ones, too.

Film of it here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sdsn4snbzjo

corona eh

was also a name of a soft drink company in the UK.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corona_(soft_drink)

buffy said:

And the Reserve Bank went the whole 0.25%.

We’re all doomed.

buffy said:

And the Reserve Bank went the whole 0.25%.

These items to attend to:

a) Washing up
b) Ironing shirt for tomorrow
c) Packing bag for tomorrow
d) Making more room in fridge for lasagna & soup the sister will be bringing tomorrow

Bubblecar said:

These items to attend to:

a) Washing up
b) Ironing shirt for tomorrow
c) Packing bag for tomorrow
d) Making more room in fridge for lasagna & soup the sister will be bringing tomorrow

Soup.

Soup gets in everywhere.

Spike Milligan knew that.

Boris said:

SCIENCE said:

captain_spalding said:

The basic idea is by no means entirely new.

Back in the (early) 1960s, the USAF was catching photographic films dropped from reconnaissance satellites in the Corona programme, and later ones, too.

Film of it here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sdsn4snbzjo

corona eh

was also a name of a soft drink company in the UK.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corona_(soft_drink)

And the Toyota Corona.

kryten said:

Tamb said:

buffy said:

Hello Holidayers. Back home now. A bit blustery here in Penshurst.

Is that the Penshurst near Hurstville?

Closer to Hamilton Vic

Thanks. I knew about the NSW one but not the Vic one.

Woodie said:

buffy said:

And the Reserve Bank went the whole 0.25%.

We’re all doomed.

What does that mean for us plebs?

dv said:

Peak Warming Man said:

BREAKING:

Captain Spalding said fol de rol.

Fancy

No sane person would make up such a taradiddle.

Witty Rejoinder said:

Boris said:

SCIENCE said:

corona eh

was also a name of a soft drink company in the UK.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corona_(soft_drink)

And the Toyota Corona.

And a neighbourhood in New York, as mentioned by Paul Simon (“Goodbye Ro-o-o-o-osie, the Queen of Corona…”)

Bubblecar said:

These items to attend to:

a) Washing up
b) Ironing shirt for tomorrow
c) Packing bag for tomorrow
d) Making more room in fridge for lasagna & soup the sister will be bringing tomorrow

e) Partake in national mental meltdown and mass panic about rising interest rates. We’re all doomed.

Woodie said:

Bubblecar said:

These items to attend to:

a) Washing up
b) Ironing shirt for tomorrow
c) Packing bag for tomorrow
d) Making more room in fridge for lasagna & soup the sister will be bringing tomorrow

e) Partake in national mental meltdown and mass panic about rising interest rates. We’re all doomed.

Interest rates are of little interest to a certain poster facing the knife tomorrow.

Tamb said:

Woodie said:

buffy said:

And the Reserve Bank went the whole 0.25%.

We’re all doomed.

What does that mean for us plebs?

We’re all doomed. But it isn’t Scomo’s fault. External factors, you see. It’s them external factors that’ll get ya every time, hey what but.

Bubblecar said:

Woodie said:

Bubblecar said:

These items to attend to:

a) Washing up
b) Ironing shirt for tomorrow
c) Packing bag for tomorrow
d) Making more room in fridge for lasagna & soup the sister will be bringing tomorrow

e) Partake in national mental meltdown and mass panic about rising interest rates. We’re all doomed.

Interest rates are of little interest to a certain poster facing the knife tomorrow.

Woodie said:

Tamb said:

Woodie said:

We’re all doomed.

What does that mean for us plebs?

We’re all doomed. But it isn’t Scomo’s fault. External factors, you see. It’s them external factors that’ll get ya every time, hey what but.

Wot?

Neophyte said:

Witty Rejoinder said:

Boris said:

was also a name of a soft drink company in the UK.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corona_(soft_drink)

And the Toyota Corona.

And a neighbourhood in New York, as mentioned by Paul Simon (“Goodbye Ro-o-o-o-osie, the Queen of Corona…”)

….. and that 1979 song by The Knack. What was it again? Oh yeah. My Corona.

Woodie said:

Neophyte said:

Witty Rejoinder said:

And the Toyota Corona.

And a neighbourhood in New York, as mentioned by Paul Simon (“Goodbye Ro-o-o-o-osie, the Queen of Corona…”)

….. and that 1979 song by The Knack. What was it again? Oh yeah. My Corona.

Chi-Coro-Na

Tamb said:

Woodie said:

buffy said:

And the Reserve Bank went the whole 0.25%.

We’re all doomed.

What does that mean for us plebs?

Well, for those of us living on our own saved money, a little bit more money. Perhaps.

ABC News:

‘Carriage trade: Decommissioned Gold Coast monorail on track to be holiday units
ABC Gold Coast
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By Nicole Dyer, Tom Forbes and Kirsten Webster
After gathering dust in a storage yard for five years, the former Broadbeach monorail carriages may be on track for a new role as bed and breakfast lodgings after a private buyer in NSW expressed interest in purchasing them.’

I wonder where and when the false prophecy of the monorail will take up its next incarnation?

buffy said:

Tamb said:

Woodie said:

We’re all doomed.

What does that mean for us plebs?

Well, for those of us living on our own saved money, a little bit more money. Perhaps.

Thanks.

Why do they say “basis points” when talking about interest rates. It’s 0.25%.

Tamb said:

Woodie said:

Tamb said:

What does that mean for us plebs?

We’re all doomed. But it isn’t Scomo’s fault. External factors, you see. It’s them external factors that’ll get ya every time, hey what but.

Wot?

China. It’s all China’s fault you see. It’s Scomonomics. And them pesky Russians for starting a war.

Woodie said:

Tamb said:

Woodie said:

We’re all doomed. But it isn’t Scomo’s fault. External factors, you see. It’s them external factors that’ll get ya every time, hey what but.

Wot?

China. It’s all China’s fault you see. It’s Scomonomics. And them pesky Russians for starting a war.

And the Ukranians for not being surrender monkeys.

buffy said:

Why do they say “basis points” when talking about interest rates. It’s 0.25%.

because ‘basis points’ is a measure in of itself.. 1 basis point equals 1/100th of 1%

buffy said:

Tamb said:

Woodie said:

We’re all doomed.

What does that mean for us plebs?

Well, for those of us living on our own saved money, a little bit more money. Perhaps.

Has the pub and bakery put their prices up yet?

Woodie said:

buffy said:

Tamb said:

What does that mean for us plebs?

Well, for those of us living on our own saved money, a little bit more money. Perhaps.

Has the pub and bakery put their prices up yet?

Don’t know about the pub. Cakes and slices went up a little bit recently. I think the coffee is still stable.

Got to go and get the dogs from the pet resort. Back later.

buffy said:

Woodie said:

buffy said:

Well, for those of us living on our own saved money, a little bit more money. Perhaps.

Has the pub and bakery put their prices up yet?

Don’t know about the pub. Cakes and slices went up a little bit recently. I think the coffee is still stable.

Got to go and get the dogs from the pet resort. Back later.

Are you going to get both of them?

Tamb said:

Woodie said:

Tamb said:

Wot?

China. It’s all China’s fault you see. It’s Scomonomics. And them pesky Russians for starting a war.

And the Ukranians for not being surrender monkeys.

Exactly Mr Tamb. These external factors are sneaky little buggers. Nobody wants to own them, know about them nor do anything about them, and before ya know it, they’ve snuck up behind ya and bitten on the bare bum. Totally unawares. Pesky little blighters they are.

Peak Warming Man said:

buffy said:

Woodie said:

Has the pub and bakery put their prices up yet?

Don’t know about the pub. Cakes and slices went up a little bit recently. I think the coffee is still stable.

Got to go and get the dogs from the pet resort. Back later.

Are you going to get both of them?

Hehehe

buffy said:

Why do they say “basis points” when talking about interest rates. It’s 0.25%.

Financial jargon. Like ‘moving forward’

Witty Rejoinder said:

buffy said:

Why do they say “basis points” when talking about interest rates. It’s 0.25%.

Financial jargon. Like ‘moving forward’

And comparison rate.

Witty Rejoinder said:

buffy said:

Why do they say “basis points” when talking about interest rates. It’s 0.25%.

Financial jargon. Like ‘moving forward’

Yeah. But are they seasonally adjusted basis points, or just underlying basis points? Definitely not Scomotivated basis points though, hey what but..

Witty Rejoinder said:

buffy said:

Why do they say “basis points” when talking about interest rates. It’s 0.25%.

Financial jargon. Like ‘moving forward’

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/basispoint.asp

buffy said:

And the Reserve Bank went the whole 0.25%.

that’s not normal in the middle of a campaign, right?

sarahs mum said:

buffy said:

And the Reserve Bank went the whole 0.25%.

that’s not normal in the middle of a campaign, right?

Coincidence that the first rise in 11 years happened now but the RBA is completely independant.

Hey , Witty, the boys are back in town. New episodes early next month.

sibeen said:

Hey , Witty, the boys are back in town. New episodes early next month.

Yeah. I’ve been avoiding all the side projects but looking forward to the actual series.

Witty Rejoinder said:

sibeen said:

Hey , Witty, the boys are back in town. New episodes early next month.

Yeah. I’ve been avoiding all the side projects but looking forward to the actual series.

I didn’t even know that there were side projects going on.

Witty Rejoinder said:

sibeen said:

Hey , Witty, the boys are back in town. New episodes early next month.

Yeah. I’ve been avoiding all the side projects but looking forward to the actual series.

I didn’t even know that there were side projects going on.