Well, that’s October done and dusted.

Let’s see what November brings.

Good morning Holidayers. Presently 7 degrees at the back door and lightly overcast. We are forecast a cloudy 16 today.

I have got weeding and tidying to do in the garden today.

Ah fuck already we were just getting started fuck time contraction.

Peak Warming Man said:

A pinch and a punch.

Moved from October to November chat…

Good morning everybody.

It’s 21.2° C, 80% RH, mostly cloudy (now – was overcast) and we have light breezes. BoM forecasts a top of 31° C and a reasonable chance of more rain, particularly in the afternoon. Last night we had a flashy, noisy thunderstorm that delivered mm into the ORB. We lost most TV stations (so we couldn’t watch the women’s cricket) and also mains power for a while. We discovered that most of our Dolphin torch batteries are fully depleted and the head-wearable lights need new re-chargeable batteries too. Best buy some new batteries to get us through the storm season.

Agenda: Scrambled eggs for breakfast. Carve some ham. (It’s on special this week for $8/kg, so we bought a half leg.) Possibly get some more torch-and portable light batteries (yet to be discussed). Dinner – possibly ham and salad.

https://youtu.be/nCe7Fj8-ZnQ?si=jXm27_OJOGWY7Pvt

Dr Geoff Lindsey: an interesting development
It’s about de facto allomorphy for vowel hiatus resolution

SCIENCE said:

Ah fuck already we were just getting started fuck time contraction.

I don’t want fuck time contraction, I want fuck time expansion

Michael V said:

Good morning everybody.

It’s 21.2° C, 80% RH, mostly cloudy (now – was overcast) and we have light breezes. BoM forecasts a top of 31° C and a reasonable chance of more rain, particularly in the afternoon. Last night we had a flashy, noisy thunderstorm that delivered 26 mm into the ORB. We lost most TV stations (so we couldn’t watch the women’s cricket) and also mains power for a while. We discovered that most of our Dolphin torch batteries are fully depleted and the head-wearable lights need new re-chargeable batteries too. Best buy some new batteries to get us through the storm season.

Agenda: Scrambled eggs for breakfast. Carve some ham. (It’s on special this week for $8/kg, so we bought a half leg.) Possibly get some more torch-and portable light batteries (yet to be discussed). Dinner – possibly ham and salad.

Ah, my bad. I hit submit before I measured the ORB. Anyway, we got 26 mm last night. Fixed.

I read that others got big hail and lots of folks are still without power. No hail here and power was only out for a short time. So all’s well.

:)

We will go over to Cooloola Cove and buy new batteries.

Michael V said:

Michael V said:

Good morning everybody.

It’s 21.2° C, 80% RH, mostly cloudy (now – was overcast) and we have light breezes. BoM forecasts a top of 31° C and a reasonable chance of more rain, particularly in the afternoon. Last night we had a flashy, noisy thunderstorm that delivered 26 mm into the ORB. We lost most TV stations (so we couldn’t watch the women’s cricket) and also mains power for a while. We discovered that most of our Dolphin torch batteries are fully depleted and the head-wearable lights need new re-chargeable batteries too. Best buy some new batteries to get us through the storm season.

Agenda: Scrambled eggs for breakfast. Carve some ham. (It’s on special this week for $8/kg, so we bought a half leg.) Possibly get some more torch-and portable light batteries (yet to be discussed). Dinner – possibly ham and salad.

Ah, my bad. I hit submit before I measured the ORB. Anyway, we got 26 mm last night. Fixed.

I read that others got big hail and lots of folks are still without power. No hail here and power was only out for a short time. So all’s well.

:)

We will go over to Cooloola Cove and buy new batteries.

No rain here since the 5th of September.

Michael V said:

Michael V said:

Good morning everybody.

It’s 21.2° C, 80% RH, mostly cloudy (now – was overcast) and we have light breezes. BoM forecasts a top of 31° C and a reasonable chance of more rain, particularly in the afternoon. Last night we had a flashy, noisy thunderstorm that delivered 26 mm into the ORB. We lost most TV stations (so we couldn’t watch the women’s cricket) and also mains power for a while. We discovered that most of our Dolphin torch batteries are fully depleted and the head-wearable lights need new re-chargeable batteries too. Best buy some new batteries to get us through the storm season.

Agenda: Scrambled eggs for breakfast. Carve some ham. (It’s on special this week for $8/kg, so we bought a half leg.) Possibly get some more torch-and portable light batteries (yet to be discussed). Dinner – possibly ham and salad.

Ah, my bad. I hit submit before I measured the ORB. Anyway, we got 26 mm last night. Fixed.

I read that others got big hail and lots of folks are still without power. No hail here and power was only out for a short time. So all’s well.

:)

We will go over to Cooloola Cove and buy new batteries.

Meanwhile, the man is now here to mow the grass. So we won’t be going yet.

Michael V said:

Good morning everybody.

It’s 21.2° C, 80% RH, mostly cloudy (now – was overcast) and we have light breezes. BoM forecasts a top of 31° C and a reasonable chance of more rain, particularly in the afternoon. Last night we had a flashy, noisy thunderstorm that delivered mm into the ORB. We lost most TV stations (so we couldn’t watch the women’s cricket) and also mains power for a while. We discovered that most of our Dolphin torch batteries are fully depleted and the head-wearable lights need new re-chargeable batteries too. Best buy some new batteries to get us through the storm season.

Agenda: Scrambled eggs for breakfast. Carve some ham. (It’s on special this week for $8/kg, so we bought a half leg.) Possibly get some more torch-and portable light batteries (yet to be discussed). Dinner – possibly ham and salad.

Mrng

Storms went around and around here all night and still this morning but missed.
A gecko fell on me when walking out the front door.
I’ve chucked out all of the old Dolphin torches.. those small LED pen lights give amazing illumination.

Ian said:

Michael V said:

Good morning everybody.

It’s 21.2° C, 80% RH, mostly cloudy (now – was overcast) and we have light breezes. BoM forecasts a top of 31° C and a reasonable chance of more rain, particularly in the afternoon. Last night we had a flashy, noisy thunderstorm that delivered mm into the ORB. We lost most TV stations (so we couldn’t watch the women’s cricket) and also mains power for a while. We discovered that most of our Dolphin torch batteries are fully depleted and the head-wearable lights need new re-chargeable batteries too. Best buy some new batteries to get us through the storm season.

Agenda: Scrambled eggs for breakfast. Carve some ham. (It’s on special this week for $8/kg, so we bought a half leg.) Possibly get some more torch-and portable light batteries (yet to be discussed). Dinner – possibly ham and salad.

Mrng

Storms went around and around here all night and still this morning but missed.
A gecko fell on me when walking out the front door.
I’ve chucked out all of the old Dolphin torches.. those small LED pen lights give amazing illumination.

I agree, but you have to hold them to illuminate a room, unfortunately. Dolphins easily sit on their arse and point to the ceiling, which disperses the light nicely all over the room. That’s why they remain here.

Michael V said:

Ian said:

Michael V said:

Good morning everybody.

It’s 21.2° C, 80% RH, mostly cloudy (now – was overcast) and we have light breezes. BoM forecasts a top of 31° C and a reasonable chance of more rain, particularly in the afternoon. Last night we had a flashy, noisy thunderstorm that delivered mm into the ORB. We lost most TV stations (so we couldn’t watch the women’s cricket) and also mains power for a while. We discovered that most of our Dolphin torch batteries are fully depleted and the head-wearable lights need new re-chargeable batteries too. Best buy some new batteries to get us through the storm season.

Agenda: Scrambled eggs for breakfast. Carve some ham. (It’s on special this week for $8/kg, so we bought a half leg.) Possibly get some more torch-and portable light batteries (yet to be discussed). Dinner – possibly ham and salad.

Mrng

Storms went around and around here all night and still this morning but missed.
A gecko fell on me when walking out the front door.
I’ve chucked out all of the old Dolphin torches.. those small LED pen lights give amazing illumination.

I agree, but you have to hold them to illuminate a room, unfortunately. Dolphins easily sit on their arse and point to the ceiling, which disperses the light nicely all over the room. That’s why they remain here.

I bought one of these. I like it. I put it on a pedestal beside the oven last time I cleaned the oven. Worked well. Has two settings, bright and very bright.

https://www.innovations.com.au/p/outdoor/tools-equipment/crlit-cordless-rechargeable-led-light?vid=6053948&affiliate=ADIASM&gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIqIuVjOy5iQMVrQqDAx2b-SdWEAQYASABEgKUx_D_BwE

Michael V said:

Ian said:

Michael V said:

Good morning everybody.

It’s 21.2° C, 80% RH, mostly cloudy (now – was overcast) and we have light breezes. BoM forecasts a top of 31° C and a reasonable chance of more rain, particularly in the afternoon. Last night we had a flashy, noisy thunderstorm that delivered mm into the ORB. We lost most TV stations (so we couldn’t watch the women’s cricket) and also mains power for a while. We discovered that most of our Dolphin torch batteries are fully depleted and the head-wearable lights need new re-chargeable batteries too. Best buy some new batteries to get us through the storm season.

Agenda: Scrambled eggs for breakfast. Carve some ham. (It’s on special this week for $8/kg, so we bought a half leg.) Possibly get some more torch-and portable light batteries (yet to be discussed). Dinner – possibly ham and salad.

Mrng

Storms went around and around here all night and still this morning but missed.
A gecko fell on me when walking out the front door.
I’ve chucked out all of the old Dolphin torches.. those small LED pen lights give amazing illumination.

I agree, but you have to hold them to illuminate a room, unfortunately. Dolphins easily sit on their arse and point to the ceiling, which disperses the light nicely all over the room. That’s why they remain here.

Ah ha.

Weirdly the larger LED torches from Colesworths all self destruct in fairly quick time ime

buffy said:

Michael V said:

Ian said:

Mrng

Storms went around and around here all night and still this morning but missed.
A gecko fell on me when walking out the front door.
I’ve chucked out all of the old Dolphin torches.. those small LED pen lights give amazing illumination.

I agree, but you have to hold them to illuminate a room, unfortunately. Dolphins easily sit on their arse and point to the ceiling, which disperses the light nicely all over the room. That’s why they remain here.

I bought one of these. I like it. I put it on a pedestal beside the oven last time I cleaned the oven. Worked well. Has two settings, bright and very bright.

https://www.innovations.com.au/p/outdoor/tools-equipment/crlit-cordless-rechargeable-led-light?vid=6053948&affiliate=ADIASM&gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIqIuVjOy5iQMVrQqDAx2b-SdWEAQYASABEgKUx_D_BwE

Ta.

buffy said:

Michael V said:

Ian said:

Mrng

Storms went around and around here all night and still this morning but missed.
A gecko fell on me when walking out the front door.
I’ve chucked out all of the old Dolphin torches.. those small LED pen lights give amazing illumination.

I agree, but you have to hold them to illuminate a room, unfortunately. Dolphins easily sit on their arse and point to the ceiling, which disperses the light nicely all over the room. That’s why they remain here.

I bought one of these. I like it. I put it on a pedestal beside the oven last time I cleaned the oven. Worked well. Has two settings, bright and very bright.

https://www.innovations.com.au/p/outdoor/tools-equipment/crlit-cordless-rechargeable-led-light?vid=6053948&affiliate=ADIASM&gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIqIuVjOy5iQMVrQqDAx2b-SdWEAQYASABEgKUx_D_BwE

Ya.

I got a light a bit like this..

Ian said:

buffy said:

Michael V said:

I agree, but you have to hold them to illuminate a room, unfortunately. Dolphins easily sit on their arse and point to the ceiling, which disperses the light nicely all over the room. That’s why they remain here.

I bought one of these. I like it. I put it on a pedestal beside the oven last time I cleaned the oven. Worked well. Has two settings, bright and very bright.

https://www.innovations.com.au/p/outdoor/tools-equipment/crlit-cordless-rechargeable-led-light?vid=6053948&affiliate=ADIASM&gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIqIuVjOy5iQMVrQqDAx2b-SdWEAQYASABEgKUx_D_BwE

Ya.

I got a light a bit like this..

Was given one of those. it stopped working after a couple of uses.

ABC Countdown quiz

7/12.

Ian said:

buffy said:

Michael V said:

I agree, but you have to hold them to illuminate a room, unfortunately. Dolphins easily sit on their arse and point to the ceiling, which disperses the light nicely all over the room. That’s why they remain here.

I bought one of these. I like it. I put it on a pedestal beside the oven last time I cleaned the oven. Worked well. Has two settings, bright and very bright.

https://www.innovations.com.au/p/outdoor/tools-equipment/crlit-cordless-rechargeable-led-light?vid=6053948&affiliate=ADIASM&gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIqIuVjOy5iQMVrQqDAx2b-SdWEAQYASABEgKUx_D_BwE

Ya.

I got a light a bit like this..

:)

buffy said:

ABC Countdown quiz

7/12.

9/12 here

And the weekly news quiz

8/10

buffy said:

ABC Countdown quiz

7/12.

4/12.
Wasn’t much of a countdown watcher.

roughbarked said:

buffy said:

ABC Countdown quiz

7/12.

4/12.
Wasn’t much of a countdown watcher.

I was, but it’s a very long time ago now.

Michael V said:

buffy said:

Michael V said:

I agree, but you have to hold them to illuminate a room, unfortunately. Dolphins easily sit on their arse and point to the ceiling, which disperses the light nicely all over the room. That’s why they remain here.

I bought one of these. I like it. I put it on a pedestal beside the oven last time I cleaned the oven. Worked well. Has two settings, bright and very bright.

https://www.innovations.com.au/p/outdoor/tools-equipment/crlit-cordless-rechargeable-led-light?vid=6053948&affiliate=ADIASM&gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIqIuVjOy5iQMVrQqDAx2b-SdWEAQYASABEgKUx_D_BwE

Ta.

How well does it light a room?

roughbarked said:

buffy said:

ABC Countdown quiz

7/12.

4/12.
Wasn’t much of a countdown watcher.

8/12 – all my guesses were wrong.

Ah well we suppose the hand

https://x.com/TennisTV/status/1850556909666906457

is part of the body.

buffy said:

roughbarked said:

buffy said:

ABC Countdown quiz

7/12.

4/12.
Wasn’t much of a countdown watcher.

I was, but it’s a very long time ago now.

That also.. At least I knew who was never on countdown.

Dark Orange said:

roughbarked said:

buffy said:

ABC Countdown quiz

7/12.

4/12.
Wasn’t much of a countdown watcher.

8/12 – all my guesses were wrong.

5/12

buffy said:

And the weekly news quiz

8/10

6.5/10

As for torch to do everything I need, https://www.productreview.com.au/listings/eiger-lighthouse

30 second video

DO. I love your new lens.

dv said:

buffy said:

And the weekly news quiz

8/10

6.5/10

4/10

roughbarked said:

As for torch to do everything I need, https://www.productreview.com.au/listings/eiger-lighthouse

30 second video

Though that one isn’t quite the same as mine. Mine came from Aldi for $19.95
Mine doesn’t have the emergency flashin and the lantern part casing is clear all around so it shines everywhere. Has full or half power on both the torch and lantern. Has a good long run on each charge so you can use it to do small jobs in the dark.

some my reading earlier and watching youtube stuff regard, just back from whippering and watering way down front the block

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Attractor
“The Great Attractor is a region of gravitational attraction in intergalactic space and the apparent central gravitational point of the Laniakea Supercluster of galaxies that includes the Milky Way galaxy, as well as about 100,000 other galaxies. …”

buffy said:

And the weekly news quiz

8/10

WOO HOO!!

Peak Warming Man said:

dv said:

buffy said:

And the weekly news quiz

8/10

6.5/10

4/10

Nick Kyrgios? I thought he’d talk about tennis.

Woodie said:

buffy said:

And the weekly news quiz

8/10

WOO HOO!!

That was the music quiz, with 12 questions.

dv said:

buffy said:

And the weekly news quiz

8/10

6.5/10

WOO HOO!!! (again) 😁 My guess on Elon Musk was wrong.

Woodie said:

buffy said:

And the weekly news quiz

8/10

WOO HOO!!

ooooops. That was the Countdown one.

seen by the roadside in Tas.

stay calm, it’s only going to be a small nuclear war

sarahs mum said:

seen by the roadside in Tas.

Gorgeous wood work.
Huon or Hoop?

I suppose it had a big V8 under the hood?

As my Halloween gift to myself I spent last night looking at halloween inspired murders while neighbourhood children knocked at my unanswered door and my dog barked at them.

I found the story that is said to have inspired the “poison in candy” trope that still haunts halloween today (because humans are far more evil than any halloween character – side note – why do they dress up like cute ghosts and witches? to hide the real monster underneath)

anyway.. Ronald Clarke OBrien was charged and convicted of poisoning his son’s halloween candy. The state alleges that Ronald, who was an optician and deacon at his church, while taking his children and some neighbour kids trick or treating, handed to both of his children and others some cyanide laced ‘pixie stix’ (the little straw with flavoured powder in it). His 8 yr old son ate one of the stix and immediately began convulsing and died soon after.
The Police and community were worried that all the candy collected that night may be poisoned and parents raced to remove their children’s candy collected from that night. Meanwhile, Ronald was making up stories on how he came to possess the candy.. and blamed it on a hairy arm that extended from a door of a quiet house and handed him the candy. The police soon realised that the occupant of the house old mate Ronnie said to have visited, was an air traffic controlled who did not get home from work until 11pm that night.
Ronnie still maintained that he wasn’t the one responsible for emptying the contents of the pixie stick, filling back up with cyanide laced powder, stapling the top back together and then distributing it to his children.
Which is a fine story, except… he was broke and in debt, had trouble holding on to a job due to theft and other such anti job related behaviours, he had taken out life insurance policies on his children in the months prior to Halloween (which he then tried to claim on the morning his son died) and he had taken a keen interest in cyanide and it’s super powers.
Police maintain that he handed the candy to his son and daughter.. and then to other neighbourhood children in an effort to cover up his crime.

so now you know to

sarahs mum said:

seen by the roadside in Tas.

Is it made of gopherwood?

transition said:

stay calm, it’s only going to be a small nuclear war

Tactical nuke on the Kremlin.
Another on Kim?

dv said:

sarahs mum said:

seen by the roadside in Tas.

Is it made of gopherwood?

I don’t think we can fit the unicorns

sarahs mum said:

seen by the roadside in Tas.

For PWM?

Arts said:

As my Halloween gift to myself I spent last night looking at halloween inspired murders while neighbourhood children knocked at my unanswered door and my dog barked at them.

I found the story that is said to have inspired the “poison in candy” trope that still haunts halloween today (because humans are far more evil than any halloween character – side note – why do they dress up like cute ghosts and witches? to hide the real monster underneath)

anyway.. Ronald Clarke OBrien was charged and convicted of poisoning his son’s halloween candy. The state alleges that Ronald, who was an optician and deacon at his church, while taking his children and some neighbour kids trick or treating, handed to both of his children and others some cyanide laced ‘pixie stix’ (the little straw with flavoured powder in it). His 8 yr old son ate one of the stix and immediately began convulsing and died soon after.
The Police and community were worried that all the candy collected that night may be poisoned and parents raced to remove their children’s candy collected from that night. Meanwhile, Ronald was making up stories on how he came to possess the candy.. and blamed it on a hairy arm that extended from a door of a quiet house and handed him the candy. The police soon realised that the occupant of the house old mate Ronnie said to have visited, was an air traffic controlled who did not get home from work until 11pm that night.
Ronnie still maintained that he wasn’t the one responsible for emptying the contents of the pixie stick, filling back up with cyanide laced powder, stapling the top back together and then distributing it to his children.
Which is a fine story, except… he was broke and in debt, had trouble holding on to a job due to theft and other such anti job related behaviours, he had taken out life insurance policies on his children in the months prior to Halloween (which he then tried to claim on the morning his son died) and he had taken a keen interest in cyanide and it’s super powers.
Police maintain that he handed the candy to his son and daughter.. and then to other neighbourhood children in an effort to cover up his crime.

so now you know to

too

sarahs mum said:

seen by the roadside in Tas.

What an absolute bastard to maintain.

Timber boats are fabulous. The best boats are timber boats.

Timber boats also demand the greatest amount of upkeep and expense. Even ones made from ‘ordinary’ timber, and painted and varnished in a ‘normal’ way.

Even if you don’t leave them in the water. The buggers will sag, and warp, and hog, and generally try to fall to bits just out of spite, unless you wedge and chock and frame them just right.

Even then, they dry out, and the timbers shrink, so that when you put them back into the water, especially after a long spell ashore, they flood, andyou have to waitfor the timber to ‘take up’ and swell to close the gaps.

I love timber boats, but my life is too short now to devote to them the time and effort they require, and certainly not for a bragging trophy like the one in the pics, which i’d bet spends no more than a few hours afloat each year.

roughbarked said:

sarahs mum said:

seen by the roadside in Tas.

Gorgeous wood work.
Huon or Hoop?

I suppose it had a big V8 under the hood?

huon.

Arts said:

As my Halloween gift to myself I spent last night looking at halloween inspired murders while neighbourhood children knocked at my unanswered door and my dog barked at them.

I found the story that is said to have inspired the “poison in candy” trope that still haunts halloween today (because humans are far more evil than any halloween character – side note – why do they dress up like cute ghosts and witches? to hide the real monster underneath)

anyway.. Ronald Clarke OBrien was charged and convicted of poisoning his son’s halloween candy. The state alleges that Ronald, who was an optician and deacon at his church, while taking his children and some neighbour kids trick or treating, handed to both of his children and others some cyanide laced ‘pixie stix’ (the little straw with flavoured powder in it). His 8 yr old son ate one of the stix and immediately began convulsing and died soon after.
The Police and community were worried that all the candy collected that night may be poisoned and parents raced to remove their children’s candy collected from that night. Meanwhile, Ronald was making up stories on how he came to possess the candy.. and blamed it on a hairy arm that extended from a door of a quiet house and handed him the candy. The police soon realised that the occupant of the house old mate Ronnie said to have visited, was an air traffic controlled who did not get home from work until 11pm that night.
Ronnie still maintained that he wasn’t the one responsible for emptying the contents of the pixie stick, filling back up with cyanide laced powder, stapling the top back together and then distributing it to his children.
Which is a fine story, except… he was broke and in debt, had trouble holding on to a job due to theft and other such anti job related behaviours, he had taken out life insurance policies on his children in the months prior to Halloween (which he then tried to claim on the morning his son died) and he had taken a keen interest in cyanide and it’s super powers.
Police maintain that he handed the candy to his son and daughter.. and then to other neighbourhood children in an effort to cover up his crime.

so now you know to

I trust that an appropriate number of ‘tricks’ played out

Arts said:

Arts said:

As my Halloween gift to myself I spent last night looking at halloween inspired murders while neighbourhood children knocked at my unanswered door and my dog barked at them.

I found the story that is said to have inspired the “poison in candy” trope that still haunts halloween today (because humans are far more evil than any halloween character – side note – why do they dress up like cute ghosts and witches? to hide the real monster underneath)

anyway.. Ronald Clarke OBrien was charged and convicted of poisoning his son’s halloween candy. The state alleges that Ronald, who was an optician and deacon at his church, while taking his children and some neighbour kids trick or treating, handed to both of his children and others some cyanide laced ‘pixie stix’ (the little straw with flavoured powder in it). His 8 yr old son ate one of the stix and immediately began convulsing and died soon after.
The Police and community were worried that all the candy collected that night may be poisoned and parents raced to remove their children’s candy collected from that night. Meanwhile, Ronald was making up stories on how he came to possess the candy.. and blamed it on a hairy arm that extended from a door of a quiet house and handed him the candy. The police soon realised that the occupant of the house old mate Ronnie said to have visited, was an air traffic controlled who did not get home from work until 11pm that night.
Ronnie still maintained that he wasn’t the one responsible for emptying the contents of the pixie stick, filling back up with cyanide laced powder, stapling the top back together and then distributing it to his children.
Which is a fine story, except… he was broke and in debt, had trouble holding on to a job due to theft and other such anti job related behaviours, he had taken out life insurance policies on his children in the months prior to Halloween (which he then tried to claim on the morning his son died) and he had taken a keen interest in cyanide and it’s super powers.
Police maintain that he handed the candy to his son and daughter.. and then to other neighbourhood children in an effort to cover up his crime.

so now you know to

too

Thanks.

captain_spalding said:

sarahs mum said:

seen by the roadside in Tas.

What an absolute bastard to maintain.

Timber boats are fabulous. The best boats are timber boats.

Timber boats also demand the greatest amount of upkeep and expense. Even ones made from ‘ordinary’ timber, and painted and varnished in a ‘normal’ way.

Even if you don’t leave them in the water. The buggers will sag, and warp, and hog, and generally try to fall to bits just out of spite, unless you wedge and chock and frame them just right.

Even then, they dry out, and the timbers shrink, so that when you put them back into the water, especially after a long spell ashore, they flood, andyou have to waitfor the timber to ‘take up’ and swell to close the gaps.

I love timber boats, but my life is too short now to devote to them the time and effort they require, and certainly not for a bragging trophy like the one in the pics, which i’d bet spends no more than a few hours afloat each year.

Work work and more work.
Some people wash their car every weekend.

captain_spalding said:

sarahs mum said:

seen by the roadside in Tas.

What an absolute bastard to maintain.

Timber boats are fabulous. The best boats are timber boats.

Timber boats also demand the greatest amount of upkeep and expense. Even ones made from ‘ordinary’ timber, and painted and varnished in a ‘normal’ way.

Even if you don’t leave them in the water. The buggers will sag, and warp, and hog, and generally try to fall to bits just out of spite, unless you wedge and chock and frame them just right.

Even then, they dry out, and the timbers shrink, so that when you put them back into the water, especially after a long spell ashore, they flood, andyou have to waitfor the timber to ‘take up’ and swell to close the gaps.

I love timber boats, but my life is too short now to devote to them the time and effort they require, and certainly not for a bragging trophy like the one in the pics, which i’d bet spends no more than a few hours afloat each year.

damn. I thought you might like the post. I shan’t post wooden boats again then.

sarahs mum said:

roughbarked said:

sarahs mum said:

seen by the roadside in Tas.

Gorgeous wood work.
Huon or Hoop?

I suppose it had a big V8 under the hood?

huon.

Yes. Thanks for the confirm.

sarahs mum said:

captain_spalding said:

sarahs mum said:

seen by the roadside in Tas.

What an absolute bastard to maintain.

Timber boats are fabulous. The best boats are timber boats.

Timber boats also demand the greatest amount of upkeep and expense. Even ones made from ‘ordinary’ timber, and painted and varnished in a ‘normal’ way.

Even if you don’t leave them in the water. The buggers will sag, and warp, and hog, and generally try to fall to bits just out of spite, unless you wedge and chock and frame them just right.

Even then, they dry out, and the timbers shrink, so that when you put them back into the water, especially after a long spell ashore, they flood, andyou have to waitfor the timber to ‘take up’ and swell to close the gaps.

I love timber boats, but my life is too short now to devote to them the time and effort they require, and certainly not for a bragging trophy like the one in the pics, which i’d bet spends no more than a few hours afloat each year.

damn. I thought you might like the post. I shan’t post wooden boats again then.

He did say he loved wooden timber boats though.

GOUNOD FUNERAL MARCH OF A MARIONETTE
With animation bby Tom Scott.

captain_spalding said:

sarahs mum said:

seen by the roadside in Tas.

What an absolute bastard to maintain.

Timber boats are fabulous. The best boats are timber boats.

Timber boats also demand the greatest amount of upkeep and expense. Even ones made from ‘ordinary’ timber, and painted and varnished in a ‘normal’ way.

Even if you don’t leave them in the water. The buggers will sag, and warp, and hog, and generally try to fall to bits just out of spite, unless you wedge and chock and frame them just right.

Even then, they dry out, and the timbers shrink, so that when you put them back into the water, especially after a long spell ashore, they flood, andyou have to waitfor the timber to ‘take up’ and swell to close the gaps.

I love timber boats, but my life is too short now to devote to them the time and effort they require, and certainly not for a bragging trophy like the one in the pics, which i’d bet spends no more than a few hours afloat each year.

It’s probably just for use in the bathtub.

Woodie said:

captain_spalding said:

sarahs mum said:

seen by the roadside in Tas.

What an absolute bastard to maintain.

Timber boats are fabulous. The best boats are timber boats.

Timber boats also demand the greatest amount of upkeep and expense. Even ones made from ‘ordinary’ timber, and painted and varnished in a ‘normal’ way.

Even if you don’t leave them in the water. The buggers will sag, and warp, and hog, and generally try to fall to bits just out of spite, unless you wedge and chock and frame them just right.

Even then, they dry out, and the timbers shrink, so that when you put them back into the water, especially after a long spell ashore, they flood, andyou have to waitfor the timber to ‘take up’ and swell to close the gaps.

I love timber boats, but my life is too short now to devote to them the time and effort they require, and certainly not for a bragging trophy like the one in the pics, which i’d bet spends no more than a few hours afloat each year.

It’s probably just for use in the bathtub.

It is a good show pony.

sarahs mum said:

captain_spalding said:

sarahs mum said:

seen by the roadside in Tas.

What an absolute bastard to maintain.

Timber boats are fabulous. The best boats are timber boats.

Timber boats also demand the greatest amount of upkeep and expense. Even ones made from ‘ordinary’ timber, and painted and varnished in a ‘normal’ way.

Even if you don’t leave them in the water. The buggers will sag, and warp, and hog, and generally try to fall to bits just out of spite, unless you wedge and chock and frame them just right.

Even then, they dry out, and the timbers shrink, so that when you put them back into the water, especially after a long spell ashore, they flood, andyou have to waitfor the timber to ‘take up’ and swell to close the gaps.

I love timber boats, but my life is too short now to devote to them the time and effort they require, and certainly not for a bragging trophy like the one in the pics, which i’d bet spends no more than a few hours afloat each year.

damn. I thought you might like the post. I shan’t post wooden boats again then.

Oh, no, please do continue to share posts like that!

I do love boats, especially timber boats. I thinkthat my comments were just a horrified reaction on realising what a white elephant/albatross around the neck that some poor bugger has there on that trailer.

You want to know how expensive timber boats can be?

I was looking after a timber boat back in the 1980s, an open boat. The covered space at one end (about 1 square metre) had weathered badly, and i spoke to a shipwright about replacing it.

He sold me on the idea of white beech planking, narrow planks, caulked, and with an edge planking of the same timber, all screws countersunk and concealed by white beech plugs.

It cost me $1,000. In the 1980s, when $1,000 was worth more than today.

Have any of you world travellers ever seen the Corn Palace?

They make large murals each year with corn cobs of different colours grown specially for this purpose alone.

In this image the mural is of the big statue oon the mountain at Rio de Janeiro.

The other side, missing from this image as it isn’t finished yet. Will be the Sydney Opera House.

captain_spalding said:

sarahs mum said:

captain_spalding said:

What an absolute bastard to maintain.

Timber boats are fabulous. The best boats are timber boats.

Timber boats also demand the greatest amount of upkeep and expense. Even ones made from ‘ordinary’ timber, and painted and varnished in a ‘normal’ way.

Even if you don’t leave them in the water. The buggers will sag, and warp, and hog, and generally try to fall to bits just out of spite, unless you wedge and chock and frame them just right.

Even then, they dry out, and the timbers shrink, so that when you put them back into the water, especially after a long spell ashore, they flood, andyou have to waitfor the timber to ‘take up’ and swell to close the gaps.

I love timber boats, but my life is too short now to devote to them the time and effort they require, and certainly not for a bragging trophy like the one in the pics, which i’d bet spends no more than a few hours afloat each year.

damn. I thought you might like the post. I shan’t post wooden boats again then.

Oh, no, please do continue to share posts like that!

I do love boats, especially timber boats. I thinkthat my comments were just a horrified reaction on realising what a white elephant/albatross around the neck that some poor bugger has there on that trailer.

You want to know how expensive timber boats can be?

I was looking after a timber boat back in the 1980s, an open boat. The covered space at one end (about 1 square metre) had weathered badly, and i spoke to a shipwright about replacing it.

He sold me on the idea of white beech planking, narrow planks, caulked, and with an edge planking of the same timber, all screws countersunk and concealed by white beech plugs.

It cost me $1,000. In the 1980s, when $1,000 was worth more than today.

how expensive?

start with huon pine…

diddly-squat said:

Arts said:

As my Halloween gift to myself I spent last night looking at halloween inspired murders while neighbourhood children knocked at my unanswered door and my dog barked at them.

I found the story that is said to have inspired the “poison in candy” trope that still haunts halloween today (because humans are far more evil than any halloween character – side note – why do they dress up like cute ghosts and witches? to hide the real monster underneath)

anyway.. Ronald Clarke OBrien was charged and convicted of poisoning his son’s halloween candy. The state alleges that Ronald, who was an optician and deacon at his church, while taking his children and some neighbour kids trick or treating, handed to both of his children and others some cyanide laced ‘pixie stix’ (the little straw with flavoured powder in it). His 8 yr old son ate one of the stix and immediately began convulsing and died soon after.
The Police and community were worried that all the candy collected that night may be poisoned and parents raced to remove their children’s candy collected from that night. Meanwhile, Ronald was making up stories on how he came to possess the candy.. and blamed it on a hairy arm that extended from a door of a quiet house and handed him the candy. The police soon realised that the occupant of the house old mate Ronnie said to have visited, was an air traffic controlled who did not get home from work until 11pm that night.
Ronnie still maintained that he wasn’t the one responsible for emptying the contents of the pixie stick, filling back up with cyanide laced powder, stapling the top back together and then distributing it to his children.
Which is a fine story, except… he was broke and in debt, had trouble holding on to a job due to theft and other such anti job related behaviours, he had taken out life insurance policies on his children in the months prior to Halloween (which he then tried to claim on the morning his son died) and he had taken a keen interest in cyanide and it’s super powers.
Police maintain that he handed the candy to his son and daughter.. and then to other neighbourhood children in an effort to cover up his crime.

so now you know to

I trust that an appropriate number of ‘tricks’ played out

I assume you are referring to my unanswered door..

I do not have a problem with kids wanting to enjoy halloween. I don’t have a problem with people decorating their houses (though sometimes their choices make me shudder) however all that is fine.. I just don’t want to participate in it. To my mind, if a house is undecorated and there is no indication of participation – then the adults should tell the kids to leave that house alone and move to the next one that clearly is participating.

I watched through my doorbell camera as kids knocked on my front door, with adults standing back on the footpath, why? Be a responsible adult and explain to your children that not everyone needs or wants to participate in the same things you are being part of… so in answer to your question.. no. there were no ‘tricks’ because I am not obliged to treat…

sarahs mum said:

It cost me $1,000. In the 1980s, when $1,000 was worth more than today.

how expensive?

start with huon pine…

I just did some calculations, and what i spent the $1,000 onwas actually not more 0.5 sq mtr.

And, i know about Huon pine. A mate bought a derelict timber launch, about 25 feet long, and what really, i mean really, excited him about it was that the timbers (ribs), keel, and keelson were all Huon pine. Irreplaceable at any price.

We spent a lot of time renovating that launch, but he got a bargain, the timbers, keel, and keelson were in A1 shape.

Arts said:

diddly-squat said:

Arts said:

As my Halloween gift to myself I spent last night looking at halloween inspired murders while neighbourhood children knocked at my unanswered door and my dog barked at them.

I found the story that is said to have inspired the “poison in candy” trope that still haunts halloween today (because humans are far more evil than any halloween character – side note – why do they dress up like cute ghosts and witches? to hide the real monster underneath)

anyway.. Ronald Clarke OBrien was charged and convicted of poisoning his son’s halloween candy. The state alleges that Ronald, who was an optician and deacon at his church, while taking his children and some neighbour kids trick or treating, handed to both of his children and others some cyanide laced ‘pixie stix’ (the little straw with flavoured powder in it). His 8 yr old son ate one of the stix and immediately began convulsing and died soon after.
The Police and community were worried that all the candy collected that night may be poisoned and parents raced to remove their children’s candy collected from that night. Meanwhile, Ronald was making up stories on how he came to possess the candy.. and blamed it on a hairy arm that extended from a door of a quiet house and handed him the candy. The police soon realised that the occupant of the house old mate Ronnie said to have visited, was an air traffic controlled who did not get home from work until 11pm that night.
Ronnie still maintained that he wasn’t the one responsible for emptying the contents of the pixie stick, filling back up with cyanide laced powder, stapling the top back together and then distributing it to his children.
Which is a fine story, except… he was broke and in debt, had trouble holding on to a job due to theft and other such anti job related behaviours, he had taken out life insurance policies on his children in the months prior to Halloween (which he then tried to claim on the morning his son died) and he had taken a keen interest in cyanide and it’s super powers.
Police maintain that he handed the candy to his son and daughter.. and then to other neighbourhood children in an effort to cover up his crime.

so now you know to

I trust that an appropriate number of ‘tricks’ played out

I assume you are referring to my unanswered door..

I do not have a problem with kids wanting to enjoy halloween. I don’t have a problem with people decorating their houses (though sometimes their choices make me shudder) however all that is fine.. I just don’t want to participate in it. To my mind, if a house is undecorated and there is no indication of participation – then the adults should tell the kids to leave that house alone and move to the next one that clearly is participating.

I watched through my doorbell camera as kids knocked on my front door, with adults standing back on the footpath, why? Be a responsible adult and explain to your children that not everyone needs or wants to participate in the same things you are being part of… so in answer to your question.. no. there were no ‘tricks’ because I am not obliged to treat…

one of the streets up the road from our place go all out.. actual hundreds of people were out and about walking up and down the street so we don’t get a lot of foot traffic at our place – that said, the little one was standing out the front of the house calling out “LOLLIES, CHOCOLATE… WHO WANTS LOLLIES?”

https://www.facebook.com/Woodreview/videos/371753309260884

Link

“Humanity” by Jakob Grosse-Ophoff, Germany.

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/gCTuoAvu7MUbMvkF/

Is this a siren for volunteers?

in 219 weeks

LOL

Roast beef, lettuce and tomato sanger.
With a Solo that I took my shirt off and slammed down fast.

Arts said:

diddly-squat said:

Arts said:

As my Halloween gift to myself I spent last night looking at halloween inspired murders while neighbourhood children knocked at my unanswered door and my dog barked at them.

I found the story that is said to have inspired the “poison in candy” trope that still haunts halloween today (because humans are far more evil than any halloween character – side note – why do they dress up like cute ghosts and witches? to hide the real monster underneath)

anyway.. Ronald Clarke OBrien was charged and convicted of poisoning his son’s halloween candy. The state alleges that Ronald, who was an optician and deacon at his church, while taking his children and some neighbour kids trick or treating, handed to both of his children and others some cyanide laced ‘pixie stix’ (the little straw with flavoured powder in it). His 8 yr old son ate one of the stix and immediately began convulsing and died soon after.
The Police and community were worried that all the candy collected that night may be poisoned and parents raced to remove their children’s candy collected from that night. Meanwhile, Ronald was making up stories on how he came to possess the candy.. and blamed it on a hairy arm that extended from a door of a quiet house and handed him the candy. The police soon realised that the occupant of the house old mate Ronnie said to have visited, was an air traffic controlled who did not get home from work until 11pm that night.
Ronnie still maintained that he wasn’t the one responsible for emptying the contents of the pixie stick, filling back up with cyanide laced powder, stapling the top back together and then distributing it to his children.
Which is a fine story, except… he was broke and in debt, had trouble holding on to a job due to theft and other such anti job related behaviours, he had taken out life insurance policies on his children in the months prior to Halloween (which he then tried to claim on the morning his son died) and he had taken a keen interest in cyanide and it’s super powers.
Police maintain that he handed the candy to his son and daughter.. and then to other neighbourhood children in an effort to cover up his crime.

so now you know to

I trust that an appropriate number of ‘tricks’ played out

I assume you are referring to my unanswered door..

I do not have a problem with kids wanting to enjoy halloween. I don’t have a problem with people decorating their houses (though sometimes their choices make me shudder) however all that is fine.. I just don’t want to participate in it. To my mind, if a house is undecorated and there is no indication of participation – then the adults should tell the kids to leave that house alone and move to the next one that clearly is participating.

I watched through my doorbell camera as kids knocked on my front door, with adults standing back on the footpath, why? Be a responsible adult and explain to your children that not everyone needs or wants to participate in the same things you are being part of… so in answer to your question.. no. there were no ‘tricks’ because I am not obliged to treat…

You need a sign..

Ian said:

Arts said:

diddly-squat said:

I trust that an appropriate number of ‘tricks’ played out

I assume you are referring to my unanswered door..

I do not have a problem with kids wanting to enjoy halloween. I don’t have a problem with people decorating their houses (though sometimes their choices make me shudder) however all that is fine.. I just don’t want to participate in it. To my mind, if a house is undecorated and there is no indication of participation – then the adults should tell the kids to leave that house alone and move to the next one that clearly is participating.

I watched through my doorbell camera as kids knocked on my front door, with adults standing back on the footpath, why? Be a responsible adult and explain to your children that not everyone needs or wants to participate in the same things you are being part of… so in answer to your question.. no. there were no ‘tricks’ because I am not obliged to treat…

You need a sign..

Beware of the homo.

dv said:

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/gCTuoAvu7MUbMvkF/

Is this a siren for volunteers?

Yes. Fire and emergency services volunteers.

Also, LOL, Celine Dion…

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/24/porirua-siren-kings-new-zealand-city-speaker-battles

A small city in New Zealand plagued by “siren battles” – cars decked out in loudspeakers commonly used in emergency warning systems and often blaring Céline Dion hits – is calling on authorities to step in and end the noise.

The battles are part of a New Zealand subculture where music enthusiasts cover their cars in up to dozens of industrial speakers, loudhailers and sirens, then compete to have the loudest and clearest sounds.

The mayor of Porirua, Anita Baker, said residents are being kept up at night by cars that cruise around the streets or set up in parking lots in speaker competitions.

“We need to find somewhere alternative for these people to go or they need to stop,” said Baker.
The Siren Kings are a South Auckland subculture that battle it out for the loudest, clearest sound.
‘A way to be heard’: the New Zealand Pasifika youth subculture devoted to emergency sirens
Read more

Music by Céline Dion is a popular choice for siren battles, which originated in south Auckland’s Pasifika population. While the events draw plenty of noise complaints, siren battles have also cultivated community. A report in local media outlet The Spinoff quoted the member of one siren group explaining Dion’s music was popular because it is clear, with high treble and not much bass.

Postman has delivered two more pairs of gym shorts.

esselte said:

…local media outlet The Spinoff quoted the member of one siren group explaining Dion’s music was popular because it is clear, with high treble and not much bass.

But…but…it’s all about the bass!

Bubblecar said:

Postman has delivered two more pairs of gym shorts.

I’m assuming that you ordered the garments, and that he’s not just giving you items of his clothing on some sort of whim.

sarahs mum said:

seen by the roadside in Tas.

Certainly a lot of fine timber in that vessel.

captain_spalding said:

Bubblecar said:

Postman has delivered two more pairs of gym shorts.

I’m assuming that you ordered the garments, and that he’s not just giving you items of his clothing on some sort of whim.

I ordered one pair to check the fit, which was satisfactory, so ordered two more pairs.

Just for around the house in warm weather.

esselte said:

dv said:

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/gCTuoAvu7MUbMvkF/

Is this a siren for volunteers?

Yes. Fire and emergency services volunteers.

Also, LOL, Celine Dion…

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/24/porirua-siren-kings-new-zealand-city-speaker-battles

A small city in New Zealand plagued by “siren battles” – cars decked out in loudspeakers commonly used in emergency warning systems and often blaring Céline Dion hits – is calling on authorities to step in and end the noise.

The battles are part of a New Zealand subculture where music enthusiasts cover their cars in up to dozens of industrial speakers, loudhailers and sirens, then compete to have the loudest and clearest sounds.

The mayor of Porirua, Anita Baker, said residents are being kept up at night by cars that cruise around the streets or set up in parking lots in speaker competitions.

“We need to find somewhere alternative for these people to go or they need to stop,” said Baker.
The Siren Kings are a South Auckland subculture that battle it out for the loudest, clearest sound.
‘A way to be heard’: the New Zealand Pasifika youth subculture devoted to emergency sirens
Read more

Music by Céline Dion is a popular choice for siren battles, which originated in south Auckland’s Pasifika population. While the events draw plenty of noise complaints, siren battles have also cultivated community. A report in local media outlet The Spinoff quoted the member of one siren group explaining Dion’s music was popular because it is clear, with high treble and not much bass.

Jail them.

captain_spalding said:

esselte said:

…local media outlet The Spinoff quoted the member of one siren group explaining Dion’s music was popular because it is clear, with high treble and not much bass.

But…but…it’s all about the bass!

nah, they’ve dropped the bass.

Michael V said:

Michael V said:

buffy said:

I bought one of these. I like it. I put it on a pedestal beside the oven last time I cleaned the oven. Worked well. Has two settings, bright and very bright.

https://www.innovations.com.au/p/outdoor/tools-equipment/crlit-cordless-rechargeable-led-light?vid=6053948&affiliate=ADIASM&gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIqIuVjOy5iQMVrQqDAx2b-SdWEAQYASABEgKUx_D_BwE

Ta.

How well does it light a room?

Sorry, went outside to fight the fumitory. I’ve not used it for a room, but I expect it is better than a single Dolphin torch, it you do as you mentioned and bounce the light off the ceiling. I used to do that with a portable spotlight for my sewing room when I was working and couldn’t do my sewing by daylight.

>>Woman with multiple personalities switches identities in witness box during sex abuse trial

Blimey.

Bubblecar said:

captain_spalding said:

Bubblecar said:

Postman has delivered two more pairs of gym shorts.

I’m assuming that you ordered the garments, and that he’s not just giving you items of his clothing on some sort of whim.

I ordered one pair to check the fit, which was satisfactory, so ordered two more pairs.

Just for around the house in warm weather.

What Would Neil Do

Peak Warming Man said:

>>Woman with multiple personalities switches identities in witness box during sex abuse trial

Blimey.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-30/multiple-personality-alleged-sexual-abuse-court-nsw-hunter/104536708

Peak Warming Man said:

>>Woman with multiple personalities switches identities in witness box during sex abuse trial

Blimey.

If they find against her will she get multiple sentences ?

buffy said:

Michael V said:

Michael V said:

Ta.

How well does it light a room?

Sorry, went outside to fight the fumitory. I’ve not used it for a room, but I expect it is better than a single Dolphin torch, it you do as you mentioned and bounce the light off the ceiling. I used to do that with a portable spotlight for my sewing room when I was working and couldn’t do my sewing by daylight.

Ta.

Peak Warming Man said:

Peak Warming Man said:

>>Woman with multiple personalities switches identities in witness box during sex abuse trial

Blimey.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-30/multiple-personality-alleged-sexual-abuse-court-nsw-hunter/104536708

Actually, this one:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-01/woman-switches-from-one-identity-to-another-in-witness-box/104548690

Honest Government Ad | Visit Myanmar!

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

This morning Bruna made a very determined walk across the backyard and stood looking up into a Buddleia tree. Yes, Mum and baby koala are still about. I hadn’t been able to find them earlier. So I called Bruna away and locked her in the house for a bit and got out the camera. This time I could get within touching distance (although I didn’t touch).

…….

Peak Warming Man said:

>>Woman with multiple personalities switches identities in witness box during sex abuse trial

Blimey.

We heard a piece on the radio about this. It’s very complicated and has required a lot of explanation to the jury. She has quite a few personalities. It makes you wonder what sort of abuse made that necessary to her brain.

buffy said:

This morning Bruna made a very determined walk across the backyard and stood looking up into a Buddleia tree. Yes, Mum and baby koala are still about. I hadn’t been able to find them earlier. So I called Bruna away and locked her in the house for a bit and got out the camera. This time I could get within touching distance (although I didn’t touch).

…….

Charming pair.

Peak Warming Man said:

Peak Warming Man said:

>>Woman with multiple personalities switches identities in witness box during sex abuse trial

Blimey.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-30/multiple-personality-alleged-sexual-abuse-court-nsw-hunter/104536708

Actually, it was probably the radio version of that story (as it’s from a couple of days ago) that we heard.

Thought it was getting chilly. We’re heading for -1 again tonight, November or no November.

buffy said:

This morning Bruna made a very determined walk across the backyard and stood looking up into a Buddleia tree. Yes, Mum and baby koala are still about. I hadn’t been able to find them earlier. So I called Bruna away and locked her in the house for a bit and got out the camera. This time I could get within touching distance (although I didn’t touch).

…….

Awwwww.

:)

Tamb said:

Peak Warming Man said:

>>Woman with multiple personalities switches identities in witness box during sex abuse trial

Blimey.

If they find against her will she get multiple sentences ?

With that many personalities, she’ll get an entire paragraph.

Russia has slapped Google with a fine so large that it outranks the world’s entire gross domestic product.

A Russian court has ruled that Google must compensate for its block on 17 Russian state media channels broadcasting on YouTube to the tune of 2 undecillion roubles — that’s a two followed by 36 zeros — or $US20 decillion (which is 33 zeros).

In dollar terms, Google is looking at something like $US20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, or $US20 trillion trillion trillion.

In Australian dollars, that (roughly) equates to $31,210,773,462,863,364,000,000,000,000,000,000.00, according to the XE exchange rate calculator at the time of writing.

The figure is higher than all the money in the world combined, which is estimated by the International Monetary Fund to be $110 trillion.

It’s also higher than Google’s value of $2 trillion — which, in any other instance, would be a large amount of money.

And it only gets worse for the tech giant.

Ukrainian news agency RBC-Ukraine reported that if Google had still not paid in 219 weeks, they would reach territory beginning to sound completely made up — $1 googol, which is a 1 followed by 100 zeros (and the origin of the name Google).

According to Russian news agency TASS, the fine will grow because of penalties incurred due to non-payment.

If the court’s decision is not enforced within nine months, a fine of 100,000 roubles is charged every day ($1,025) and then doubled every week, TASS reported.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-01/russia-fines-google-more-money-than-there-is-in-the-entire-world/104547692

I stupidly answered the door on Halloween night, and got attacked by a gang of mime artists.
They did unspeakable things to me.

we were only talking about brawn a little while ago

sarahs mum said:

Honest Government Ad | Visit Myanmar!

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

wait wasn’t the peace prize winner also genociding

Kingy said:

I stupidly answered the door on Halloween night, and got attacked by a gang of mime artists.
They did unspeakable things to me.

Ha

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs accused of sexual misconduct by 120 people, attorney says

HOUSTON (AP) — An attorney said Tuesday he is representing 120 accusers who have come forward with sexual misconduct allegations against Sean “Diddy” Combs, the hip-hop mogul who is awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.

Houston attorney Tony Buzbee said he expects lawsuits to be filed within the next month, with most expected to be filed in New York and Los Angeles. Buzbee described the victims as 60 males and 60 females, and that 25 were minors at the time of the alleged misconduct. One individual alleged he was 9 years old when he was abused, Buzbee said. The allegations cover a period from 1991 to this year.

More..

Tau.Neutrino said:

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs accused of sexual misconduct by 120 people, attorney says

HOUSTON (AP) — An attorney said Tuesday he is representing 120 accusers who have come forward with sexual misconduct allegations against Sean “Diddy” Combs, the hip-hop mogul who is awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.

Houston attorney Tony Buzbee said he expects lawsuits to be filed within the next month, with most expected to be filed in New York and Los Angeles. Buzbee described the victims as 60 males and 60 females, and that 25 were minors at the time of the alleged misconduct. One individual alleged he was 9 years old when he was abused, Buzbee said. The allegations cover a period from 1991 to this year.

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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ baby oil was allegedly laced with date rape drug

Sean “Diddy” Combs’ allegedly laced baby oil (and alcoholic beverages), with Rohypnol or GHB — known as the date rape drugs — to subdue his victims, according to a lawsuit against the music mogul.

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Very wet and hailing out there.

Michael V said:

Very wet and hailing out there.

24 deg. 15% r/h, not a cloud in sight.

Michael V said:

Very wet and hailing out there.

So they just said on the ABC NSW radio news just then. 😮

Woodie said:

Michael V said:

Very wet and hailing out there.

So they just said on the ABC NSW radio news just then. 😮

Really!

The sun is now out again, but the rain and hail (now light and small) continues. Weird.

Michael V said:

The sun is now out again, but the rain and hail (now light and small) continues. Weird.

Over now. No clouds to the south of us, but black to the northeast. Biggest hail was about 25 mm. Much of it was around 10 mm All melted now. Peewees sheltered on the back verandah, and were quite curious about the hail.

don’t panic, i’ve got this

Tau.Neutrino said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs accused of sexual misconduct by 120 people, attorney says

HOUSTON (AP) — An attorney said Tuesday he is representing 120 accusers who have come forward with sexual misconduct allegations against Sean “Diddy” Combs, the hip-hop mogul who is awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.

Houston attorney Tony Buzbee said he expects lawsuits to be filed within the next month, with most expected to be filed in New York and Los Angeles. Buzbee described the victims as 60 males and 60 females, and that 25 were minors at the time of the alleged misconduct. One individual alleged he was 9 years old when he was abused, Buzbee said. The allegations cover a period from 1991 to this year.

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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ baby oil was allegedly laced with date rape drug

Sean “Diddy” Combs’ allegedly laced baby oil (and alcoholic beverages), with Rohypnol or GHB — known as the date rape drugs — to subdue his victims, according to a lawsuit against the music mogul.

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Ex-makeup artist for Diddy and Cassie: I have kept this secret for 14 years

transition said:

don’t panic, i’ve got this

What do you have that would make people panic?

Tau.Neutrino said:

transition said:

don’t panic, i’ve got this

What do you have that would make people panic?

ya see I told you not to panic, you’re not listening

stay calm

how’s master neutrino

baby banded plover, was three getting around with parents, parents keeping mob sheep away

transition said:

baby banded plover, was three getting around with parents, parents keeping mob sheep away

Cutie.

Tau.Neutrino said:

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs accused of sexual misconduct by 120 people, attorney says

HOUSTON (AP) — An attorney said Tuesday he is representing 120 accusers who have come forward with sexual misconduct allegations against Sean “Diddy” Combs, the hip-hop mogul who is awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.

Houston attorney Tony Buzbee said he expects lawsuits to be filed within the next month, with most expected to be filed in New York and Los Angeles. Buzbee described the victims as 60 males and 60 females, and that 25 were minors at the time of the alleged misconduct. One individual alleged he was 9 years old when he was abused, Buzbee said. The allegations cover a period from 1991 to this year.

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Make it 121. I’ll accuse the bugger.

I don’t have any instances of his misconduct to report, nor do i have any evidence of his misconduct.

But, hell, yeah, i’ll accuse him.

Michael V said:

Michael V said:

The sun is now out again, but the rain and hail (now light and small) continues. Weird.

Over now. No clouds to the south of us, but black to the northeast. Biggest hail was about 25 mm. Much of it was around 10 mm All melted now. Peewees sheltered on the back verandah, and were quite curious about the hail.

💗

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-01/water-spouts-appear-in-brisbane-river-storm-brings-hail/104551466

Valencia

dv, you asked about Threads a few days ago;
https://archive.org/details/threads-1984-dvdrip-avc

the shinkansen has that weird nose because of tunnels.

btm said:

dv, you asked about Threads a few days ago;
https://archive.org/details/threads-1984-dvdrip-avc

Well thank you

I’ve had a big day out. Just finished a housepad today, which took longer and was more expensive than I expected.

The compaction test was successful, so I can put in an invoice. Yay, income. But not as much as I’d hoped.

This arvo I started a new one, and chiseled the hard clay down to the base cut level, and now I wait for a base cut inspection on Monday morning.

Tomorrow is fixing trucks day. And installing solar panels onto my workshop.

Kingy said:

I’ve had a big day out. Just finished a housepad today, which took longer and was more expensive than I expected.

The compaction test was successful, so I can put in an invoice. Yay, income. But not as much as I’d hoped.

This arvo I started a new one, and chiseled the hard clay down to the base cut level, and now I wait for a base cut inspection on Monday morning.

Tomorrow is fixing trucks day. And installing solar panels onto my workshop.

I’ve had a slack day today, and loving it. Hectic week, got some big orders to ship out. The last one got forklifted onto a truck around lunchtime for delivery to client who needs them on a truck to the Pilbara on Monday morning. Job done. Juat after that my boss pulls out a bottle of Wild Turkey and asks if i want a splash in my can of coke. (i opted for a glass). Anyway, home early afternoon after packing up and socialising.

Also my new laptop got delivered, So I’m mucking around with getting that set up – hopefully my dodgy typing will improve. Need to buy a new mouse and keyboard first thing tomorrow morning.

Kingy said:

I’ve had a big day out. Just finished a housepad today, which took longer and was more expensive than I expected.

The compaction test was successful, so I can put in an invoice. Yay, income. But not as much as I’d hoped.

This arvo I started a new one, and chiseled the hard clay down to the base cut level, and now I wait for a base cut inspection on Monday morning.

Tomorrow is fixing trucks day. And installing solar panels onto my workshop.

Wait a couple of years, they’ll be cheaper…

furious said:

Kingy said:

I’ve had a big day out. Just finished a housepad today, which took longer and was more expensive than I expected.

The compaction test was successful, so I can put in an invoice. Yay, income. But not as much as I’d hoped.

This arvo I started a new one, and chiseled the hard clay down to the base cut level, and now I wait for a base cut inspection on Monday morning.

Tomorrow is fixing trucks day. And installing solar panels onto my workshop.

Wait a couple of years, they’ll be cheaper…

apparently they meant galvanic cells

Good morning Holidayers. Presently 5 degrees at the back door and lightly overcast. We are forecast a mostly sunny 25 degrees, becoming windy. There is a possible 3mm rain forecast for tomorrow.

This morning I will have bakery breakfast with my bushwandering friend, but then she has another friend taking her to the Byaduk Spring Show today. It’s largely based around the flowers, but there is also baking and stalls and stuff. I will be in the garden weeding and digging today.

The Byaduk Spring Show

watering before weather turns nasty, turns all crematoria, i’ll make my own coffee in a moment yeah nah all good you don’t need do it, you make your own, stir your morning enthusiasm into that instead, make a big cup, you look dehydrated

i’ll move the hose

The Internet tells me that Penny Wong dropped $3.4 million on a house.

Seems careless.

two hoses going, was going to drag firehose from down front but sees couple things need proper drink down there, so it’s happening thoroughly, i’m a thorough person

in other news the mob sheeps in the big paddock I cleans their trough late yesterday, walks across to middle of paddock I likes a good walk, raised float level so water level nearly at top of trough, make flow to that unrestricted, tap full open at the meter I means, and increased pressure gets a few more PSI down the pipe, because is lot of woolly ruminant on one single trough, 780 actually, they comes in later all thirsty, water clean but they over years get accustomed to getting cleanest water from near ballcock, they messes with ballcock cage, they gets rough and argy bargy too like they just walks across desert

Dead and injured humpback whales found in krill fishing nets near Antarctica, report reveals

Morning punters, track good weather fine.
Over.

be a reaping ban today, forecast high temp, and windly monsters already here, they fans flames they do, conspired with phlogiston monsters makes fire, uncontainable fire

what else, I moves hoses a lot, I waters plants, keeps them green

did see young wagtails in north boundary treeline today, not far from home tree

so far’s a no excitement day, how I like it

walking past just outside laundry, some color for you, you can put the razor blades away

underbelly is back

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-02/fatal-shooting-north-melbourne/104552790

haircut and shave day, maybe shower too, be the fifth this year, bordering excessive, I blame the culture, where does it end, everything tidy and clean, you’ve got to fit in though, not alienate people, I don’t want people to feel odd about appearing all clean and tidy smelling like flowers, i’m considerate that way

in other news, it’s make scones day, lady called into supermarket yesterday, bit before 10:23am to be exact according to the notes, it was shut and the bread was outside in the sun where the freight people had put it, so yeah a shut supermarket and bread outside, guess they had a big night, forget they run a shop, which is possible, the last people according to local gossip ran away with the money and abandoned the shop, anything is possible I tells ya, the news re that doesn’t get any better

best move the hose, nearly done, done enough water, rest can wait until later, evening probably

Good morning everybody.

Rainbow Beach is like this at present: 23.7° C, 70% RH, partly cloudy and with a light air. We had 25 mm in yesterday afternoon’s rain-and-hail thunderstorm. BoM indicates that there is a reasonable chance of rain and it forecasts a top of 25° C.

Agenda: Breakfast – unknown. Lunch – possibly half a cold cooked lamb chop with little couscous salad left over from last night. Dinner – unknown, but likely to be nibbles – Mrs V has a multi-person birthday party this evening.

transition said:

haircut and shave day, maybe shower too, be the fifth this year, bordering excessive, I blame the culture, where does it end, everything tidy and clean, you’ve got to fit in though, not alienate people, I don’t want people to feel odd about appearing all clean and tidy smelling like flowers, i’m considerate that way

in other news, it’s make scones day, lady called into supermarket yesterday, bit before 10:23am to be exact according to the notes, it was shut and the bread was outside in the sun where the freight people had put it, so yeah a shut supermarket and bread outside, guess they had a big night, forget they run a shop, which is possible, the last people according to local gossip ran away with the money and abandoned the shop, anything is possible I tells ya, the news re that doesn’t get any better

best move the hose, nearly done, done enough water, rest can wait until later, evening probably

Two bits

Michael V said:

Good morning everybody.

Rainbow Beach is like this at present: 23.7° C, 70% RH, partly cloudy and with a light air. We had 25 mm in yesterday afternoon’s rain-and-hail thunderstorm. BoM indicates that there is a reasonable chance of rain and it forecasts a top of 25° C.

Agenda: Breakfast – unknown. Lunch – possibly half a cold cooked lamb chop with little couscous salad left over from last night. Dinner – unknown, but likely to be nibbles – Mrs V has a multi-person birthday party this evening.

Still no rain since 10mm on 05/09/24

Tamb said:

Michael V said:

Good morning everybody.

Rainbow Beach is like this at present: 23.7° C, 70% RH, partly cloudy and with a light air. We had 25 mm in yesterday afternoon’s rain-and-hail thunderstorm. BoM indicates that there is a reasonable chance of rain and it forecasts a top of 25° C.

Agenda: Breakfast – unknown. Lunch – possibly half a cold cooked lamb chop with little couscous salad left over from last night. Dinner – unknown, but likely to be nibbles – Mrs V has a multi-person birthday party this evening.

Still no rain since 10mm on 05/09/24

Bummer for you.

We had 25 mm the night before also, so 51 mm in 48 hours.

We had on-and-off rain all winter, so not the usual dry season either.

Michael V said:

Tamb said:

Michael V said:

Good morning everybody.

Rainbow Beach is like this at present: 23.7° C, 70% RH, partly cloudy and with a light air. We had 25 mm in yesterday afternoon’s rain-and-hail thunderstorm. BoM indicates that there is a reasonable chance of rain and it forecasts a top of 25° C.

Agenda: Breakfast – unknown. Lunch – possibly half a cold cooked lamb chop with little couscous salad left over from last night. Dinner – unknown, but likely to be nibbles – Mrs V has a multi-person birthday party this evening.

Still no rain since 10mm on 05/09/24

Bummer for you.

We had 25 mm the night before also, so 51 mm in 48 hours.

We had on-and-off rain all winter, so not the usual dry season either.

Normally the storms start in October but not this year.
The worry is that the ocean is heating up so our first rain might be a cyclone.

Tamb said:

Michael V said:

Tamb said:

Still no rain since 10mm on 05/09/24

Bummer for you.

We had 25 mm the night before also, so 51 mm in 48 hours.

We had on-and-off rain all winter, so not the usual dry season either.

Normally the storms start in October but not this year.
The worry is that the ocean is heating up so our first rain might be a cyclone.

That’d be a pain in the arse. All run-off, no soak-in. And more trees will blow over with the excessively dry ground. Luckily that makes little difference here, because everything soaks into the sand anyway. But you with your basalt soils, gentle rain initially is important.

Michael V said:

Michael V said:

Woodie said:

Okies. I’ll get you a Chromecast device on the way. I’f you don’t like it, I can always use it at home. You basically used the old device for things like ABC Iview / SBS On Demand etc?

Yes.

Oh, and thanks.

Yep, the Roku – Telstra TV no longer works.

Woodie said:

Michael V said:

Woodie said:

Okies. I’ll get you a Chromecast device on the way. I’f you don’t like it, I can always use it at home. You basically used the old device for things like ABC Iview / SBS On Demand etc?

Yes.

I know you don’t like apps on your phone, but I’ll show you that anyway. But go here and check out Iview. Click “watch live”. Click on what you want to watch. You can watch on your laptop.

Let me know fi you get this far.

Using Chromecast device, Go up the top right of Chrome, and click the 3 dots. Scroll down to “Cast, save and share” and click. Then click “cast”. select Chrome cast device, and it will automagic to your tele.

Then go try SBS On-Demand from the laptop.

You will probably need to re-enter your Iview / On Demand etc login details when using the laptop for the first time.

When using Youtube, you’ll see this icon (circled). Just click that, and voila. On your tele. Anywhere else you see that icon, just click it, and voila…. on your tele.

This sorta thing suit you?

Woodie said:

Michael V said:

Woodie said:

Okies. I’ll get you a Chromecast device on the way. I’f you don’t like it, I can always use it at home. You basically used the old device for things like ABC Iview / SBS On Demand etc?

Yes.

I know you don’t like apps on your phone, but I’ll show you that anyway. But go here and check out Iview. Click “watch live”. Click on what you want to watch. You can watch on your laptop.

Let me know fi you get this far.

Using Chromecast device, Go up the top right of Chrome, and click the 3 dots. Scroll down to “Cast, save and share” and click. Then click “cast”. select Chrome cast device, and it will automagic to your tele.

Yeah, I can watch stuff on the laptop. Have done so before, but just checked again.

Woodie said:

Woodie said:

Michael V said:

Yes.

I know you don’t like apps on your phone, but I’ll show you that anyway. But go here and check out Iview. Click “watch live”. Click on what you want to watch. You can watch on your laptop.

Let me know fi you get this far.

Using Chromecast device, Go up the top right of Chrome, and click the 3 dots. Scroll down to “Cast, save and share” and click. Then click “cast”. select Chrome cast device, and it will automagic to your tele.

Then go try SBS On-Demand from the laptop.

You will probably need to re-enter your Iview / On Demand etc login details when using the laptop for the first time.

When using Youtube, you’ll see this icon (circled). Just click that, and voila. On your tele. Anywhere else you see that icon, just click it, and voila…. on your tele.

This sorta thing suit you?

Probably.

Might suit Mrs V and her ukulele practice, too.

test

party_pants said:

test

Yes, that worked. Why do you need to test?

Michael V said:

party_pants said:

test

Yes, that worked. Why do you need to test?

He’s posting from an electric toothbrush.

Michael V said:

party_pants said:

test

Yes, that worked. Why do you need to test?

Setting up a new laptop. The first few attempts it said wrong password. So I rebooted and it works now.

I’m getting frustrated already. Now trying to set up my emails.

party_pants said:

test

I don’t think there’s any on at the moment.

party_pants said:

Michael V said:

party_pants said:

test

Yes, that worked. Why do you need to test?

Setting up a new laptop. The first few attempts it said wrong password. So I rebooted and it works now.

I’m getting frustrated already. Now trying to set up my emails.

You’d think by now you’d be able to just say, “Hey Google, set up my new laptop. Properly, please.”

Bubblecar said:

party_pants said:

Michael V said:

Yes, that worked. Why do you need to test?

Setting up a new laptop. The first few attempts it said wrong password. So I rebooted and it works now.

I’m getting frustrated already. Now trying to set up my emails.

You’d think by now you’d be able to just say, “Hey Google, set up my new laptop. Properly, please.”

Yeah but it doesn’t work that way.

Bubblecar said:

party_pants said:

Michael V said:

Yes, that worked. Why do you need to test?

Setting up a new laptop. The first few attempts it said wrong password. So I rebooted and it works now.

I’m getting frustrated already. Now trying to set up my emails.

You’d think by now you’d be able to just say, “Hey Google, set up my new laptop. Properly, please.”

That would be nice.

I think I am making progress…

party_pants said:

Michael V said:

party_pants said:

test

Yes, that worked. Why do you need to test?

Setting up a new laptop. The first few attempts it said wrong password. So I rebooted and it works now.

I’m getting frustrated already. Now trying to set up my emails.

Ah. Yes, new computers can be frustrating.

Michael V said:

Michael V said:

Michael V said:

Yes.

Oh, and thanks.

Yep, the Roku – Telstra TV no longer works.

Our Fetch box works with glitches. I suspect the glitches are operator error. I haven’t put any time into finding out how to work it, Mr buffy holds the remote.

Mr V,

hmmmmmmm…… the relevant Chromecast device seems to be out of stock nationally at both Officeworks and Harvey Norman.

Woodie said:

Mr V,

hmmmmmmm…… the relevant Chromecast device seems to be out of stock nationally at both Officeworks and Harvey Norman.

No worries. It’s not that important.

Crunchy peanut paste is cheaper than plain peanut paste.
Over.

Peak Warming Man said:

Crunchy peanut paste is cheaper than plain peanut paste.
Over.

I suppose there is a bit less grinding involved, so therefore a bit less energy, so therefore less cost.

Not that I’d ever noticed.

Michael V said:

Woodie said:

Mr V,

hmmmmmmm…… the relevant Chromecast device seems to be out of stock nationally at both Officeworks and Harvey Norman.

No worries. It’s not that important.

Good Guys in Tingalpa have the 4k UHD one. a km or so off the freeway.

Bubblecar said:

party_pants said:

Michael V said:

Yes, that worked. Why do you need to test?

Setting up a new laptop. The first few attempts it said wrong password. So I rebooted and it works now.

I’m getting frustrated already. Now trying to set up my emails.

You’d think by now you’d be able to just say, “Hey Google, set up my new laptop. Properly, please.”

yes but then the surveillance capitalism would be worse than even communist CHINA state surveillance

SCIENCE said:

Bubblecar said:

party_pants said:

Setting up a new laptop. The first few attempts it said wrong password. So I rebooted and it works now.

I’m getting frustrated already. Now trying to set up my emails.

You’d think by now you’d be able to just say, “Hey Google, set up my new laptop. Properly, please.”

yes but then the surveillance capitalism would be worse than even communist CHINA state surveillance

state surveillance is bad now? When did that happen?

Anyway I think I have got it more or less done now. I seem to have lost track a bit of the latest tech, and now sometimes I feel like a novice. I used to be pretty good at figuring it out as I went along.

party_pants said:

SCIENCE said:

Bubblecar said:

You’d think by now you’d be able to just say, “Hey Google, set up my new laptop. Properly, please.”

yes but then the surveillance capitalism would be worse than even communist CHINA state surveillance

state surveillance is bad now? When did that happen?

Anyway I think I have got it more or less done now. I seem to have lost track a bit of the latest tech, and now sometimes I feel like a novice. I used to be pretty good at figuring it out as I went along.

nah we was just funnin but our solution is to have a whole heap of portable applications that we can just migrate without big installs

Woodie said:

Michael V said:

Woodie said:

Mr V,

hmmmmmmm…… the relevant Chromecast device seems to be out of stock nationally at both Officeworks and Harvey Norman.

No worries. It’s not that important.

Good Guys in Tingalpa have the 4k UHD one. a km or so off the freeway.

Chromecast is now a discontinued product.

party_pants said:

SCIENCE said:

Bubblecar said:

You’d think by now you’d be able to just say, “Hey Google, set up my new laptop. Properly, please.”

yes but then the surveillance capitalism would be worse than even communist CHINA state surveillance

state surveillance is bad now? When did that happen?

Anyway I think I have got it more or less done now. I seem to have lost track a bit of the latest tech, and now sometimes I feel like a novice. I used to be pretty good at figuring it out as I went along.

Edge will do everything it can to make you use it.

Bubblecar said:

party_pants said:

SCIENCE said:

yes but then the surveillance capitalism would be worse than even communist CHINA state surveillance

state surveillance is bad now? When did that happen?

Anyway I think I have got it more or less done now. I seem to have lost track a bit of the latest tech, and now sometimes I feel like a novice. I used to be pretty good at figuring it out as I went along.

Edge will do everything it can to make you use it.

Yeah, I did notice that.

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/RGwAvnr3ddRGHUJn/

Trick cyclist’s muscle memory

Ooh, it’s Ben the Botanist. He lives around the corner from us here. He’s in the Friends of Yatmerone group I am in. He’s developing the garden around his house as a natural bushland and he’s doing very well considering he’s only been here a couple of years. And he does magnificent flower photos on iNaturalist.

ABC news item about Western District roadside remnant grasslands, including Ben’s work on them

Ben’s iNaturalist photos

Afternoon all.

buffy said:

Ooh, it’s Ben the Botanist. He lives around the corner from us here. He’s in the Friends of Yatmerone group I am in. He’s developing the garden around his house as a natural bushland and he’s doing very well considering he’s only been here a couple of years. And he does magnificent flower photos on iNaturalist.

ABC news item about Western District roadside remnant grasslands, including Ben’s work on them

Ben’s iNaturalist photos

“Victoria’s grasslands are disappearing, volunteers are needed to halt the extinction”

This same thing with similar statistics was being studied over 50 years ago by La Trobe University which goes to prove environmental things tend to move extremely slowly.

Tau.Neutrino said:

Afternoon all.

Greetings Tau.

PermeateFree said:

buffy said:

Ooh, it’s Ben the Botanist. He lives around the corner from us here. He’s in the Friends of Yatmerone group I am in. He’s developing the garden around his house as a natural bushland and he’s doing very well considering he’s only been here a couple of years. And he does magnificent flower photos on iNaturalist.

ABC news item about Western District roadside remnant grasslands, including Ben’s work on them

Ben’s iNaturalist photos

“Victoria’s grasslands are disappearing, volunteers are needed to halt the extinction”

This same thing with similar statistics was being studied over 50 years ago by La Trobe University which goes to prove environmental things tend to move extremely slowly.

Roadsides and old cemeteries seem to be the richest remnants. I looked at a roadside earlier this week (when I went to dig out Disa bracteata that I’d noticed a couple of days previously) and was stunned by the number of little blue sun orchids I had to not step on. None of them were open, of course…they don’t like me.

:)

buffy said:

Ooh, it’s Ben the Botanist. He lives around the corner from us here. He’s in the Friends of Yatmerone group I am in. He’s developing the garden around his house as a natural bushland and he’s doing very well considering he’s only been here a couple of years. And he does magnificent flower photos on iNaturalist.

ABC news item about Western District roadside remnant grasslands, including Ben’s work on them

Ben’s iNaturalist photos

Used to be various areas in Tasmanian farmland (including some old cemeteries) where it was illegal to mow, in order to conserve native grasses.

I don’t know if that’s still the case.

buffy said:

PermeateFree said:

buffy said:

Ooh, it’s Ben the Botanist. He lives around the corner from us here. He’s in the Friends of Yatmerone group I am in. He’s developing the garden around his house as a natural bushland and he’s doing very well considering he’s only been here a couple of years. And he does magnificent flower photos on iNaturalist.

ABC news item about Western District roadside remnant grasslands, including Ben’s work on them

Ben’s iNaturalist photos

“Victoria’s grasslands are disappearing, volunteers are needed to halt the extinction”

This same thing with similar statistics was being studied over 50 years ago by La Trobe University which goes to prove environmental things tend to move extremely slowly.

Roadsides and old cemeteries seem to be the richest remnants. I looked at a roadside earlier this week (when I went to dig out Disa bracteata that I’d noticed a couple of days previously) and was stunned by the number of little blue sun orchids I had to not step on. None of them were open, of course…they don’t like me.

:)

Along railway tracks are also very good as these are usually not disturbed in rural areas, nor grazed and burnt off on a regular basis.

PermeateFree said:

buffy said:

PermeateFree said:

“Victoria’s grasslands are disappearing, volunteers are needed to halt the extinction”

This same thing with similar statistics was being studied over 50 years ago by La Trobe University which goes to prove environmental things tend to move extremely slowly.

Roadsides and old cemeteries seem to be the richest remnants. I looked at a roadside earlier this week (when I went to dig out Disa bracteata that I’d noticed a couple of days previously) and was stunned by the number of little blue sun orchids I had to not step on. None of them were open, of course…they don’t like me.

:)

Along railway tracks are also very good as these are usually not disturbed in rural areas, nor grazed and burnt off on a regular basis.

Yes, a friend and I checked out a local old railway last week and found quite a bit of interesting stuff. She’s known the area for over 20 years and she thought it was degraded, but we found it not so bad.

“A London council has banned all staff from starting letters with ‘Sir’ or ‘Madam.’
The changes are set out in a 17-page document written up by Hackney Council, who believe that calling people male or female is dehumanising.
As part of their gender-neutral clampdown, town hall staff must begin letters with Dear colleagues, Dear partners or Dear council taxpayer.”

A victory, a victory for common insanity.

I’s back from the magic far away farm
visited the Land of Happy Sheep
I the shepherd make sure’s unharmed
lots contentedness what did see
them mobs all are grazing very calmly

transition said:

I’s back from the magic far away farm
visited the Land of Happy Sheep
I the shepherd make sure’s unharmed
lots contentedness what did see
them mobs all are grazing very calmly

have a sunset, compensation for the poem. At the very back water meter there, cool change just come in with a crazy wind. Electranet weather station there, powerline in background

transition said:

I’s back from the magic far away farm
visited the Land of Happy Sheep
I the shepherd make sure’s unharmed
lots contentedness what did see
them mobs all are grazing very calmly

The sheep are yarded, an’ I sit
Beside the fire an’ poke at it.
Far from talk an’ booze o’ men
Glad, I’m glad I’m back agen
On the station, wi’ me traps
An’ fencin’ wire, an’ tanks an’ taps,
Back to salt-bush plains, an’ flocks,
An’ old bark hut be the apple-box.
I turn the slipjack, make the tea,
All’s as still as still can be -
An’ the old black billy winks at me.

Good evening!

You know you are gettin’ older, when you cork your calf muscle just by walking from one room to another..

Fair dink…she says…

The fire brigade training laptop is showing it’s age, and I’ve been given a good second hand one by one of the vollies. It had no hdd, so ebay provided that, and now I’m trying to install linux mint on it, but the battery is nearly flat and the charger that came with it is the wrong one. It booted into mint via usb so that part worked :)

Luckily it appears to charge via usb-c but slowly. As soon as I turn it on, it stops accepting charge from the usb, and falls back to battery which is at 4%

I’ll leave it to trickle charge overnight and try again tomorrow.

monkey skipper said:

You know you are gettin’ older, when you cork your calf muscle just by walking from one room to another..

Fair dink…she says…

Have you tried going around the furniture?

Kingy said:

monkey skipper said:

You know you are gettin’ older, when you cork your calf muscle just by walking from one room to another.

Fair dink…she says…

Have you tried going around the furniture?

no furniture impacts during this incident

Janey Godley has died.

ChrispenEvan said:

Janey Godley has died.

NHOH

Peak Warming Man said:

ChrispenEvan said:

Janey Godley has died.

NHOH

Me neither until today. but now I feel it is too late.

ChrispenEvan said:

Janey Godley has died.

Bugger. I knew she had cancer, but had hoped she could beat it. She did a show on BBC radio about her cancer called The C-Bomb, which you can hear (all except the first episode) here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001n1rj/episodes/guide

Peak Warming Man said:

“A London council has banned all staff from starting letters with ‘Sir’ or ‘Madam.’
The changes are set out in a 17-page document written up by Hackney Council, who believe that calling people male or female is dehumanising.
As part of their gender-neutral clampdown, town hall staff must begin letters with Dear colleagues, Dear partners or Dear council taxpayer.”

A victory, a victory for common insanity.

Dear colleagues, Dear partners or Dear council taxpayer?

What’s wrong with Mate?

The Rev Dodgson said:

Peak Warming Man said:

“A London council has banned all staff from starting letters with ‘Sir’ or ‘Madam.’
The changes are set out in a 17-page document written up by Hackney Council, who believe that calling people male or female is dehumanising.
As part of their gender-neutral clampdown, town hall staff must begin letters with Dear colleagues, Dear partners or Dear council taxpayer.”

A victory, a victory for common insanity.

Dear colleagues, Dear partners or Dear council taxpayer?

What’s wrong with Mate?

What’s wrong with “Dear Sir or Madman”?

who writes letters these days anyway

SCIENCE said:

who writes letters these days anyway

yep, i only use numbers 0 and 1.

ChrispenEvan said:

SCIENCE said:

who writes letters these days anyway

yep, i only use numbers 0 and 1.

It must be difficult to set a password.

ChrispenEvan said:

SCIENCE said:

who writes letters these days anyway

yep, i only use numbers 0 and 1.

punch cards dear sir or madam, punch cards

SCIENCE said:

ChrispenEvan said:

SCIENCE said:

who writes letters these days anyway

yep, i only use numbers 0 and 1.

punch cards dear sir or madam, punch cards

Jacquard!

party_pants said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Peak Warming Man said:

“A London council has banned all staff from starting letters with ‘Sir’ or ‘Madam.’
The changes are set out in a 17-page document written up by Hackney Council, who believe that calling people male or female is dehumanising.
As part of their gender-neutral clampdown, town hall staff must begin letters with Dear colleagues, Dear partners or Dear council taxpayer.”

A victory, a victory for common insanity.

Dear colleagues, Dear partners or Dear council taxpayer?

What’s wrong with Mate?

What’s wrong with “Dear Sir or Madman”?

Or “Darling Fascist Bullyboy”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANquX0YHFhw

Ebay have these for sale for $40, so I got one for Ms Kingy. We may have a go at starting to assemble it tonight.

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/354054186620

“ROKR Jigsaw Kits Password Treasure Box 3D Wooden Puzzle DIY Brain Teaser Project”

yawns

night folks

This seems somehow quaint, but I am using a CD drive to install some software. I had to find an old laptop with a cd drive, and copy it to usb, so that I can hopefully install it onto my newer one.

Kingy said:

This seems somehow quaint, but I am using a CD drive to install some software. I had to find an old laptop with a cd drive, and copy it to usb, so that I can hopefully install it onto my newer one.

It’s like a gramophone on steroids trying to speak to Wall-E’s girlfriend.

Kingy said:

Kingy said:

This seems somehow quaint, but I am using a CD drive to install some software. I had to find an old laptop with a cd drive, and copy it to usb, so that I can hopefully install it onto my newer one.

It’s like a gramophone on steroids trying to speak to Wall-E’s girlfriend.

Good luck.

I managed to get my new laptop up and running today. All the basic stuff anyway.

Wow thanks Temu

dv said:

Wow thanks Temu

Are you going to buy buy buy?

Good morning Holidayers. Presently 12 degrees at the back door and the sky is clear. The wind has dropped. We are forecast a partly cloudy 19 degrees today.

I was intending to go and mow at the wildlife reserve, but it’s a bit warm, the snakes will be out early. So I’ll do more gardening here today.

Morning, nothing much to report, I went to Dads place yesterday and did some cuting back and clean up, nice day to do it.

People in Spain are terrible drivers.

Pauline Hanson has breached the racial discrimination act.

Diddy and friends are in big trouble.

Kingy said:

This seems somehow quaint, but I am using a CD drive to install some software. I had to find an old laptop with a cd drive, and copy it to usb, so that I can hopefully install it onto my newer one.

I hear ya.
Picked up a point and shoot camera with nice specs for $10 the other day. It looks like it works well, but uses microSD cards. I only have microSDHC cards.
There is a firmware update to allow the camera to read MicroSDHC cards, but it is no longer on the manufacturer’s website.
It took a while, but I managed to find it elsewhere.
The firmware update just needs to be put on a MicroSD card and inserted into the camera and it will automatically install the firmware.
But I don’t have a MicroSD card.

I’m back. I decided to go and maar at the wetlands reserve anyway. It was OK when I ran the mower over a small (about 30cm and skinny) snake that then scarpered. But when I got back to do the carpark area and there was a big fat tiger sunning itself I decided enough was enough. We grow big healthy tigersnakes at the wetland. That is the end of the mowing for the Summer, I think, if they are out and about even when it’s only about 12 degrees. No photo. I was watching it while I mowed at a distance, but when I took the mower and put it into the car, picked up the camera and cautiously went back across the carpark it had moved away. I must have got close enough for it to be worried.

Sunday ABC quiz

15/50. All guesses.

buffy said:

Sunday ABC quiz

15/50. All guesses.

Oh, sorry, I did know Q2 and Q7.

Cassius, the largest saltwater crocodile in captivity, has died.

The 5.48-metre reptile, who lived on Green Island in the Great Barrier reef, was believed to between 30 and 80 years old when he was captured in the 1980s.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-02/qld-cassius-worlds-largest-crocodile-in-captivity-dies/104553384

buffy said:

I’m back. I decided to go and maar at the wetlands reserve anyway. It was OK when I ran the mower over a small (about 30cm and skinny) snake that then scarpered. But when I got back to do the carpark area and there was a big fat tiger sunning itself I decided enough was enough. We grow big healthy tigersnakes at the wetland. That is the end of the mowing for the Summer, I think, if they are out and about even when it’s only about 12 degrees. No photo. I was watching it while I mowed at a distance, but when I took the mower and put it into the car, picked up the camera and cautiously went back across the carpark it had moved away. I must have got close enough for it to be worried.

dark brown one last photographed was crossing the road on a cool morning after a cold night, I was bit surprised, not greatly surprised just a little, modestly surprised

buffy said:

Sunday ABC quiz

15/50. All guesses.

20/50 here

dv said:

buffy said:

Sunday ABC quiz

15/50. All guesses.

20/50 here

Beat buffy again with a magnificent 10/50.

Took some careful memory failure to get the Pretty Flamingo one wrong.

The Rev Dodgson said:

dv said:

buffy said:

Sunday ABC quiz

15/50. All guesses.

20/50 here

Beat buffy again with a magnificent 10/50.

Took some careful memory failure to get the Pretty Flamingo one wrong.

What’s the deal with q4? That sounds like a weird show.

Today is World Jellyfish Day.

Bubblecar said:

Today is World Jellyfish Day.

Damn I forgot to buy Lindsey Graham anything

King Ignominious

makes me feel drunk trying to pronounce that, that last word, seriously dyslexic, sensing cognitive troubles with the English encoder and decoder, some might say that’s not new

dv said:

Bubblecar said:

Today is World Jellyfish Day.

Damn I forgot to buy Lindsey Graham anything

what we need is a good Portugese man of war instead

Bubblecar said:

Today is World Jellyfish Day.

So the Sydney beaches invasion by Blue Bottles was a few days early?

The Rev Dodgson said:

dv said:

buffy said:

Sunday ABC quiz

15/50. All guesses.

20/50 here

Beat buffy again with a magnificent 10/50.

Took some careful memory failure to get the Pretty Flamingo one wrong.

I knew the Pretty Flamingo one like it was yesterday.
4/10

So Trump was right about the pet food¡

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-03/tasmanian-labradoodles-puppies-put-freezer-and-overbred-dogs/104549396

Bubblecar said:

Today is World Jellyfish Day.

I’d better go down to the beach and see if there are any around.

SCIENCE said:

dv said:

Bubblecar said:

Today is World Jellyfish Day.

Damn I forgot to buy Lindsey Graham anything

what we need is a good Portugese man of war instead

We get them from time to time at the beach, along with others from the same group: by-the-wind-sailors and blue buttons. Also we get the predatory glaucus and the predatory blue gastropods.

And I’m back again. “I’ll just pull out a few weeds” turned into “why don’t I keep going now I’ve started…how did that pile get to full FOGO bin size?!”

I think I’ll lie down and read for a bit and then steam some asparagus for lunch. There is a bit of Hollandaise sauce left from a couple of nights ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIsy07JZ7Qs

Cant find the chess thread.

The Rev Dodgson said:

dv said:

buffy said:

Sunday ABC quiz

15/50. All guesses.

20/50 here

Beat buffy again with a magnificent 10/50.

Took some careful memory failure to get the Pretty Flamingo one wrong.

35/50 here.

Well I don’t know about that but what I do know is what one of the wise men wrote about his experience.

“All this was a long time ago, I remember,
And I would do it again, but set down
This set down
This: were we led all that way for
Birth or Death? There was a birth, certainly,
We had evidence and no doubt. I had seen birth and death,
But had thought they were different; this Birth was
Hard and bitter agony for us, like Death, our death.
We returned to our places, these Kingdoms,
But no longer at ease here, in the old dispensation,
With an alien people clutching their gods.
I should be glad of another death.”

A young Barnaby before he started drinking.

Peak Warming Man said:

A young Barnaby before he started drinking.

Then they started fighting
He took it pretty badly
She took both the kids

Peak Warming Man said:

A young Barnaby before he started drinking.

in sepia though might be able to see the rosy cheeks, but I have to say very disapprovingly I don’t like the something more than subtle inference of insobriety, hell on the guy’s reputation if you’re suggesting he likes a drink

ChrispenEvan said:

:)

transition said:

Peak Warming Man said:

A young Barnaby before he started drinking.

in sepia though might be able to see the rosy cheeks, but I have to say very disapprovingly I don’t like the something more than subtle inference of insobriety, hell on the guy’s reputation if you’re suggesting he likes a drink

He’s a lush.

ChrispenEvan said:

Then what happened.

ChrispenEvan said:

that is funny

Peak Warming Man said:

ChrispenEvan said:

Then what happened.

coitus probiscis.

Ozzie’s oddities, rope making the old way.

Cara Cara oranges, any good?

Bubblecar said:

Cara Cara oranges, any good?

They don’t know so just order 3.

Bubblecar said:

Bubblecar said:

Cara Cara oranges, any good?

They don’t know so just order 3.

Only thing special about them is the colour.

Coles order placed, just 42 items this time and all the food is sensible diet stuff.

Bubblecar said:

Coles order placed, just 42 items this time and all the food is sensible diet stuff.

Do the 3 oranges count as 1 item, or as 3 items?

Bubblecar said:

Coles order placed, just 42 items this time and all the food is sensible diet stuff.

42 ITEMS

roughbarked said:

Bubblecar said:

Bubblecar said:

Cara Cara oranges, any good?

They don’t know so just order 3.

Only thing special about them is the colour.

we had a whole bunch of these season and they were delicious but we’re not saying any more because we appreciated the low price that came with the lack of demand from people who didn’t know

Peak Warming Man said:

Bubblecar said:

Coles order placed, just 42 items this time and all the food is sensible diet stuff.

42 ITEMS

LIFE

party_pants said:

Bubblecar said:

Coles order placed, just 42 items this time and all the food is sensible diet stuff.

Do the 3 oranges count as 1 item, or as 3 items?

each roe counts as 1 item

In model railway news, the cute NER H Class (Y7) loco I put on pre-order earlier in the year is finally in stock, and on its way to me from Blighty.

party_pants said:

Bubblecar said:

Coles order placed, just 42 items this time and all the food is sensible diet stuff.

Do the 3 oranges count as 1 item, or as 3 items?

3.

Bubblecar said:

party_pants said:

Bubblecar said:

Coles order placed, just 42 items this time and all the food is sensible diet stuff.

Do the 3 oranges count as 1 item, or as 3 items?

3.

wow damn on that measure just oranges alone are setting us back 20 item a week LOL ahaha

the good old days when most of the world was pink

SCIENCE said:

Bubblecar said:

party_pants said:

Do the 3 oranges count as 1 item, or as 3 items?

3.

wow damn on that measure just oranges alone are setting us back 20 item a week LOL ahaha

My orders always contain various items in multiples (especially fruit & veg and tinned goods) along with singles so are not as extravagant as people would like to believe.

ChrispenEvan said:

the good old days when most of the world was pink

Yeah, but they squandered it all within a couple of decades. Overall the English, and most of he other Europeans too, were not very good at empiring.

Bubblecar said:

In model railway news, the cute NER H Class (Y7) loco I put on pre-order earlier in the year is finally in stock, and on its way to me from Blighty.

…but now I also want one in the later lined black livery.

Bubblecar said:

Cara Cara oranges, any good?

nfi

One of the most remarkable photos of the year by
National Geographic shows a baby Monkey seemingly
at peace clinging to its Mother’s chest, unaware of the
horrors of death. Seeing Mother and death together
creates a surprising feeling. Faith in Mother has defeated
even the fear of death.

This shocking photo was taken by Basque photographer
Igor Altuna before it went viral and was chosen as the
Best of the Year by the London Museum of Natural
History. The Museum of Natural History selects nature’s
most astonishing images each year.

party_pants said:

ChrispenEvan said:

the good old days when most of the world was pink

Yeah, but they squandered it all within a couple of decades. Overall the English, and most of he other Europeans too, were not very good at empiring.

still, 500 hundred years isn’t bad.

ChrispenEvan said:

party_pants said:

ChrispenEvan said:

the good old days when most of the world was pink

Yeah, but they squandered it all within a couple of decades. Overall the English, and most of he other Europeans too, were not very good at empiring.

still, 500 hundred years isn’t bad.

Not all at the same time.

ChrispenEvan said:

the good old days when most of the world was pink

…covering nearly a quarter of the world in blood, misery and injustice.

ChrispenEvan said:

One of the most remarkable photos of the year by
National Geographic shows a baby Monkey seemingly
at peace clinging to its Mother’s chest, unaware of the
horrors of death. Seeing Mother and death together
creates a surprising feeling. Faith in Mother has defeated
even the fear of death.

This shocking photo was taken by Basque photographer
Igor Altuna before it went viral and was chosen as the
Best of the Year by the London Museum of Natural
History. The Museum of Natural History selects nature’s
most astonishing images each year.

Nature can be cruel sometimes.

Bubblecar said:

SCIENCE said:

Bubblecar said:

3.

wow damn on that measure just oranges alone are setting us back 20 item a week LOL ahaha

My orders always contain various items in multiples (especially fruit & veg and tinned goods) along with singles so are not as extravagant as people would like to believe.

But there are several trips a week to your local food purveyors for various ingredients, as well as the Coles orders.

Bubblecar said:

ChrispenEvan said:

the good old days when most of the world was pink

…covering nearly a quarter of the world in blood, misery and injustice.

Most of their own country was the same.

Peak Warming Man said:

ChrispenEvan said:

One of the most remarkable photos of the year by
National Geographic shows a baby Monkey seemingly
at peace clinging to its Mother’s chest, unaware of the
horrors of death. Seeing Mother and death together
creates a surprising feeling. Faith in Mother has defeated
even the fear of death.

This shocking photo was taken by Basque photographer
Igor Altuna before it went viral and was chosen as the
Best of the Year by the London Museum of Natural
History. The Museum of Natural History selects nature’s
most astonishing images each year.

Nature can be cruel sometimes.

Nature isn’t cruel, nature just is.

ChrispenEvan said:

One of the most remarkable photos of the year by
National Geographic shows a baby Monkey seemingly
at peace clinging to its Mother’s chest, unaware of the
horrors of death. Seeing Mother and death together
creates a surprising feeling. Faith in Mother has defeated
even the fear of death.

This shocking photo was taken by Basque photographer
Igor Altuna before it went viral and was chosen as the
Best of the Year by the London Museum of Natural
History. The Museum of Natural History selects nature’s
most astonishing images each year.

As the Attenborough documentaries show, many wild animals live harsh, brief and brutal lives, hence the startling response of some philosophers: “Ideally we should be getting rid of the poor things, not conserving them.”

Bubblecar said:

ChrispenEvan said:

One of the most remarkable photos of the year by
National Geographic shows a baby Monkey seemingly
at peace clinging to its Mother’s chest, unaware of the
horrors of death. Seeing Mother and death together
creates a surprising feeling. Faith in Mother has defeated
even the fear of death.

This shocking photo was taken by Basque photographer
Igor Altuna before it went viral and was chosen as the
Best of the Year by the London Museum of Natural
History. The Museum of Natural History selects nature’s
most astonishing images each year.

As the Attenborough documentaries show, many wild animals live harsh, brief and brutal lives, hence the startling response of some philosophers: “Ideally we should be getting rid of the poor things, not conserving them.”

The cattle on my property live idyllic lives before they are killed.

ChrispenEvan said:

the good old days when most of the world was pink

I think having a monarchy was probably the main reason it lasted so long. stability.

Peak Warming Man said:

Bubblecar said:

ChrispenEvan said:

One of the most remarkable photos of the year by
National Geographic shows a baby Monkey seemingly
at peace clinging to its Mother’s chest, unaware of the
horrors of death. Seeing Mother and death together
creates a surprising feeling. Faith in Mother has defeated
even the fear of death.

This shocking photo was taken by Basque photographer
Igor Altuna before it went viral and was chosen as the
Best of the Year by the London Museum of Natural
History. The Museum of Natural History selects nature’s
most astonishing images each year.

As the Attenborough documentaries show, many wild animals live harsh, brief and brutal lives, hence the startling response of some philosophers: “Ideally we should be getting rid of the poor things, not conserving them.”

The cattle on my property live idyllic lives before they are killed.

eat, shit and moo.

ChrispenEvan said:

One of the most remarkable photos of the year by
National Geographic shows a baby Monkey seemingly
at peace clinging to its Mother’s chest, unaware of the
horrors of death. Seeing Mother and death together
creates a surprising feeling. Faith in Mother has defeated
even the fear of death.

This shocking photo was taken by Basque photographer
Igor Altuna before it went viral and was chosen as the
Best of the Year by the London Museum of Natural
History. The Museum of Natural History selects nature’s
most astonishing images each year.

From a quick glance I thought the baby was clinging to a kangaroo.

I was thinking, what’s the bot up to this time.

Peak Warming Man said:

Bubblecar said:

ChrispenEvan said:

One of the most remarkable photos of the year by
National Geographic shows a baby Monkey seemingly
at peace clinging to its Mother’s chest, unaware of the
horrors of death. Seeing Mother and death together
creates a surprising feeling. Faith in Mother has defeated
even the fear of death.

This shocking photo was taken by Basque photographer
Igor Altuna before it went viral and was chosen as the
Best of the Year by the London Museum of Natural
History. The Museum of Natural History selects nature’s
most astonishing images each year.

As the Attenborough documentaries show, many wild animals live harsh, brief and brutal lives, hence the startling response of some philosophers: “Ideally we should be getting rid of the poor things, not conserving them.”

The cattle on my property live idyllic lives before they are killed.

Yes but they’re not wild.

ChrispenEvan said:

ChrispenEvan said:

the good old days when most of the world was pink

I think having a monarchy was probably the main reason it lasted so long. stability.

I think the class system in general is what brought about its downfall.

What started it was having more advanced technology than all of the other places they went to. The technological advantage came about by a fortuitous set of circumstances.

ChrispenEvan said:

ChrispenEvan said:

the good old days when most of the world was pink

I think having a monarchy was probably the main reason it lasted so long. stability.

The British monarchy only became relatively stable after the civil war that effectively removed most of the monarch’s powers.

Prior to that there were many wars of succession, rebellions etc., as well as all the monarchs who felt obliged to wage wars against or on behalf of their continental relatives.

ChrispenEvan said:

party_pants said:

ChrispenEvan said:

the good old days when most of the world was pink

Yeah, but they squandered it all within a couple of decades. Overall the English, and most of he other Europeans too, were not very good at empiring.

still, 500 hundred years isn’t bad.

And in gemeral it was a force for good.

Peak Warming Man said:

ChrispenEvan said:

party_pants said:

Yeah, but they squandered it all within a couple of decades. Overall the English, and most of he other Europeans too, were not very good at empiring.

still, 500 hundred years isn’t bad.

And in gemeral it was a force for good.

There is no good or evil, it just was.

Dark Orange said:

Peak Warming Man said:

ChrispenEvan said:

One of the most remarkable photos of the year by
National Geographic shows a baby Monkey seemingly
at peace clinging to its Mother’s chest, unaware of the
horrors of death. Seeing Mother and death together
creates a surprising feeling. Faith in Mother has defeated
even the fear of death.

This shocking photo was taken by Basque photographer
Igor Altuna before it went viral and was chosen as the
Best of the Year by the London Museum of Natural
History. The Museum of Natural History selects nature’s
most astonishing images each year.

Nature can be cruel sometimes.

Nature isn’t cruel, nature just is.

would you save the monkey if you could, would have you saved the monkey if you could have?

Hello … good people…

monkey skipper said:

Hello … good people…

Hi monkey, good to see you haven’t been taken by a leopard.

transition said:

Dark Orange said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Nature can be cruel sometimes.

Nature isn’t cruel, nature just is.

would you save the monkey if you could, would have you saved the monkey if you could have?

attribution below quoted seems a bit like bullshit I might add, I mean there’s your typical mind reading most people can do, and other primates can do some too no doubt, but i’m going to speculate the attribution is made with very little information (even intuitable) and that whoever probably has NFI.
“..shows a baby Monkey seemingly at peace clinging to its Mother’s chest, unaware of the horrors of death..”

transition said:

Dark Orange said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Nature can be cruel sometimes.

Nature isn’t cruel, nature just is.

would you save the monkey if you could, would have you saved the monkey if you could have?

Well would you rather see the leopard and her cubs starve to death.

https://youtu.be/cQv7IgGPXLY?si=K8XQiFwht1q9Frc5

Tony Basil’s 1981 hit Mickey was based on Kitty by British band Racey.

transition said:

would you save the monkey if you could, would have you saved the monkey if you could have?

I like to think the monkey would have saved me.

Bubblecar said:

monkey skipper said:

Hello … good people…

Hi monkey, good to see you haven’t been taken by a leopard.

My dairyaire (sp) is wider than that leopard’s mouth .. I would strongly suggest

dv said:

https://youtu.be/cQv7IgGPXLY?si=K8XQiFwht1q9Frc5

Tony Basil’s 1981 hit Mickey was based on Kitty by British band Racey.

I just learned something, it’s quite good too

https://youtu.be/dIcPSH7ExMM?si=t7zG4aVruhjb3126

Strong Towns examine the Maumie case.

monkey skipper said:

Bubblecar said:

monkey skipper said:

Hello … good people…

Hi monkey, good to see you haven’t been taken by a leopard.

My dairyaire (sp) is wider than that leopard’s mouth .. I would strongly suggest

Derrière.

The bustling city of Tarbeth sits by the sea in the fading light of the gloaming.

Michael V said:

monkey skipper said:

Bubblecar said:

Hi monkey, good to see you haven’t been taken by a leopard.

My dairyaire (sp) is wider than that leopard’s mouth .. I would strongly suggest

Derrière.

https://youtu.be/4Z2Ws6RKc0o?si=2vo0vBFNyV_A2LP4

Michael V said:

monkey skipper said:

Bubblecar said:

Hi monkey, good to see you haven’t been taken by a leopard.

My dairyaire (sp) is wider than that leopard’s mouth .. I would strongly suggest

Derrière.

thanks mv

Peak Warming Man said:

ChrispenEvan said:

party_pants said:

Yeah, but they squandered it all within a couple of decades. Overall the English, and most of he other Europeans too, were not very good at empiring.

still, 500 hundred years isn’t bad.

And in gemeral it was a force for good.

Good for the British, not so good for the people they killed by violence or introduced disease, plus the taking over of their land destroying their culture and the theft of everything of value.

4h · #BREAKING: One of Tasmania’s two brand new Spirit of Tasmania ferries has broken loose from its moorings and slammed into a dock during hurricane force winds at the shipyard Finland this weekend.
TT-Line say an assessment of the damage is not possible at this stage, but it appears there hasn’t been any breach to the hull.
“Spirit of Tasmania V is floating, safe and secure with every action possible being taken to protect the vessel,” Acting CEO Kym Sayers said.
She says three tugs are currently assisting the ferry and it would be moved to a layup berth at the shipyard as soon as weather conditions improve.

sarahs mum said:

4h · #BREAKING: One of Tasmania’s two brand new Spirit of Tasmania ferries has broken loose from its moorings and slammed into a dock during hurricane force winds at the shipyard Finland this weekend.
TT-Line say an assessment of the damage is not possible at this stage, but it appears there hasn’t been any breach to the hull.
“Spirit of Tasmania V is floating, safe and secure with every action possible being taken to protect the vessel,” Acting CEO Kym Sayers said.
She says three tugs are currently assisting the ferry and it would be moved to a layup berth at the shipyard as soon as weather conditions improve.

The farce thickens.

Just went for a stroll around an urban centre but ain’t much of nobody around, where the fuck has everyone gone in this country WTF.

SCIENCE said:

Just went for a stroll around an urban centre but ain’t much of nobody around, where the fuck has everyone gone in this country WTF.

I blame the damnpanic.

SCIENCE said:

Just went for a stroll around an urban centre but ain’t much of nobody around, where the fuck has everyone gone in this country WTF.

It is Sunday afternoon. Nobody around much.

SCIENCE said:

Just went for a stroll around an urban centre but ain’t much of nobody around, where the fuck has everyone gone in this country WTF.

gettin’ ready for the melbourne cup?

Like this is the greater area of a major city with over a million hominid inhabitants, not Canberra, maybe they’re all at the beach or something anyway.

SCIENCE said:

Like this is the greater area of a major city with over a million hominid inhabitants, not Canberra, maybe they’re all at the beach or something anyway.

If it’s Melbourne, they have all gone regional. The “long weekend” tourists began arriving on Friday. A lot of people must have taken Friday and Monday to add to the Tuesday Melbourne Cup holiday.

SCIENCE said:

Like this is the greater area of a major city with over a million hominid inhabitants, not Canberra, maybe they’re all at the beach or something anyway.

Well I couldn’t get a self serve at the stupormart. Not that it mattered I only had one customer in front of me at the checkout with a person at the till.
Noted that all the grog shops seemed to have missed the booze truck this week or a lot of people bought up all the stock of beer.

The population of Melbourne is about the same as the entire population of Norway, a statistic that bears repeating: the population of Melbourne is about the same as the entire population of Norway.

Bubblecar said:

The population of Melbourne is about the same as the entire population of Norway, a statistic that bears repeating: the population of Melbourne is about the same as the entire population of Norway.

AND THEY DON’T HAVE ANY OIL.

Peak Warming Man said:

Bubblecar said:

The population of Melbourne is about the same as the entire population of Norway, a statistic that bears repeating: the population of Melbourne is about the same as the entire population of Norway.

AND THEY DON’T HAVE ANY OIL.

That’s why everybody in Norway is rice, richer than weather girls.

Peak Warming Man said:

That’s why everybody in Norway is rice, richer than weather girls.

norwegians are weird.

ChrispenEvan said:

Peak Warming Man said:

That’s why everybody in Norway is rice, richer than weather girls.

norwegians are weird.

oi!

monkey skipper said:

ChrispenEvan said:

Peak Warming Man said:

That’s why everybody in Norway is rice, richer than weather girls.

norwegians are weird.

oi!

haven’t watched much from Norway on our SBS adventures. Some Finnish stuff and some Swedish stuff. Weird fits them too at times. We’d just watched The Man Who Died before the news broke about the lady and the mushrooms and her relatives. The Man Who Died features mushrooms and death.

Peak Warming Man said:

Bubblecar said:

The population of Melbourne is about the same as the entire population of Norway, a statistic that bears repeating: the population of Melbourne is about the same as the entire population of Norway.

AND THEY DON’T HAVE ANY OIL.

This bloke will tell you different:

buffy said:

monkey skipper said:

ChrispenEvan said:

norwegians are weird.

oi!

haven’t watched much from Norway on our SBS adventures. Some Finnish stuff and some Swedish stuff. Weird fits them too at times. We’d just watched The Man Who Died before the news broke about the lady and the mushrooms and her relatives. The Man Who Died features mushrooms and death.

“everybody in Norway is rice”

PWM’s typo

Michael V said:

buffy said:

monkey skipper said:

oi!

haven’t watched much from Norway on our SBS adventures. Some Finnish stuff and some Swedish stuff. Weird fits them too at times. We’d just watched The Man Who Died before the news broke about the lady and the mushrooms and her relatives. The Man Who Died features mushrooms and death.

“everybody in Norway is rice”

PWM’s typo

I know that one of them came from what was rice growing country.

Bubblecar said:

The population of Melbourne is about the same as the entire population of Norway, a statistic that bears repeating: the population of Melbourne is about the same as the entire population of Norway.

well, the population of Australia is about the same as the population of Shanghai.

I pointed that out once, to a Chinese kid on another forum, who was slagging off Australia for only coming about 4th or 5th in an Olympics.

I suggested that, next time, rather than drawing on a quarter of the human race to draft its team, China might try recruiting only from the current population of Shanghai, and see where they finish up.

captain_spalding said:

Bubblecar said:

The population of Melbourne is about the same as the entire population of Norway, a statistic that bears repeating: the population of Melbourne is about the same as the entire population of Norway.

well, the population of Australia is about the same as the population of Shanghai.

I pointed that out once, to a Chinese kid on another forum, who was slagging off Australia for only coming about 4th or 5th in an Olympics.

I suggested that, next time, rather than drawing on a quarter of the human race to draft its team, China might try recruiting only from the current population of Shanghai, and see where they finish up.

Did you receive a response to your suggestion?

AussieDJ said:

captain_spalding said:

Bubblecar said:

The population of Melbourne is about the same as the entire population of Norway, a statistic that bears repeating: the population of Melbourne is about the same as the entire population of Norway.

well, the population of Australia is about the same as the population of Shanghai.

I pointed that out once, to a Chinese kid on another forum, who was slagging off Australia for only coming about 4th or 5th in an Olympics.

I suggested that, next time, rather than drawing on a quarter of the human race to draft its team, China might try recruiting only from the current population of Shanghai, and see where they finish up.

Did you receive a response to your suggestion?

He shut up. That was response enough.

captain_spalding said:

AussieDJ said:

captain_spalding said:

well, the population of Australia is about the same as the population of Shanghai.

I pointed that out once, to a Chinese kid on another forum, who was slagging off Australia for only coming about 4th or 5th in an Olympics.

I suggested that, next time, rather than drawing on a quarter of the human race to draft its team, China might try recruiting only from the current population of Shanghai, and see where they finish up.

Did you receive a response to your suggestion?

He shut up. That was response enough.

:)

captain_spalding said:

AussieDJ said:

captain_spalding said:

well, the population of Australia is about the same as the population of Shanghai.

I pointed that out once, to a Chinese kid on another forum, who was slagging off Australia for only coming about 4th or 5th in an Olympics.

I suggested that, next time, rather than drawing on a quarter of the human race to draft its team, China might try recruiting only from the current population of Shanghai, and see where they finish up.

Did you receive a response to your suggestion?

He shut up. That was response enough.

:)

In other news, NZ have once again defeated India in India. Close game this one, but NZ won by 25 runs.

NZ 235 & 174
IND 263 & 121

So just just a win for NZ, but a white-wash of the 3 match series.

who needs TV and internet when you can go watch the mushroom clouds outside

transition said:

who needs TV and internet when you can go watch the mushroom clouds outside

dv said:

btm said:

dv, you asked about Threads a few days ago;
https://archive.org/details/threads-1984-dvdrip-avc

Well thank you

Yes, that was good.

But the author seems to think there will be major linguistic change within 15 years and I don’t know why.

SCIENCE said:

transition said:

who needs TV and internet when you can go watch the mushroom clouds outside

day of the triffids?

Scientists Just Revealed Exactly What Happens When an Atom Splits in Two

dv said:

dv said:

btm said:

dv, you asked about Threads a few days ago;
https://archive.org/details/threads-1984-dvdrip-avc

Well thank you

Yes, that was good.

But the author seems to think there will be major linguistic change within 15 years and I don’t know why.

Have you read Russell Hoban’s Riddley Walker?

btm said:

dv said:

dv said:

Well thank you

Yes, that was good.

But the author seems to think there will be major linguistic change within 15 years and I don’t know why.

Have you read Russell Hoban’s Riddley Walker?

I’ve not

Good morning Holidayers. Presently 6 degrees at the back door and getting light. We are forecast a cloudy 19 degrees.

Mr buffy has to do a fasting blood test, so we will be there for an 8.30 test and then go to the bush. More bracken mowing today.

Morning.

I’m still half asleep, Doctors appointment today.

btm said:

dv said:

dv said:

Well thank you

Yes, that was good.

But the author seems to think there will be major linguistic change within 15 years and I don’t know why.

Have you read Russell Hoban’s Riddley Walker?

if yous leave children’s to it they make their own linguistic