That was a rather morbid end to last year’s thread.

Starting afresh…

AussieDJ said:

That was a rather morbid end to last year’s thread.

Starting afresh…

good.

roughbarked said:

AussieDJ said:

tauto said:

roughbarked said:

Divine Angel said:

Bubblecar said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

Happy new year and may it be a good year for science.

To you too, Tau.

A good year for science and a good year for sanity, despite the odds.

May science keep abreast of bird flu mutations.

I was following a virologist on BlueSky who was pretty doom and gloom about it. She predicted a 20-50% fatality rate in mammals (including humans) with impairment of cognitive function being a major symptom.

I unfollowed her because it was making me too anxious.

+1.

The CSIRO are onto it,

https://www.csiro.au/en/news/all/articles/2024/december/uplifting-science-stories

That was a rather morbid end to last year’s thread.

Starting afresh…

good.

oh yeah we fucking hope it will be a good year

Atom Heart Mother – live BBC 1970

AussieDJ said:

That was a rather morbid end to last year’s thread.

Starting afresh…

The future is inevitable

Huh, seems the first Chat thread I came to was an old one. So here I am in the new year now.

Good morning Holidayers. Presently a lovely 8 degrees at the back door and lightly overcast. I do appreciate nice cool nights in Summer. We are forecast a cloudy 23 today. Going back into the 30s (mid to low) for Friday/Sat/Sun.

I plan more weeding and pottering today, possibly with a very short stint of light maar-ing.

Two people have been injured after a large tree branch fell on them near Melbourne’s Shrine of Remembrance, police say.

Police said they were told two men and a woman from Sydney were walking down steps toward St Kilda Road when they were struck by a branch just before 1:30pm on Tuesday.

SCIENCE said:

Two people have been injured after a large tree branch fell on them near Melbourne’s Shrine of Remembrance, police say.

Police said they were told two men and a woman from Sydney were walking down steps toward St Kilda Road when they were struck by a branch just before 1:30pm on Tuesday.

They’ll remember that.

Just your average day her in Australia.

https://x.com/i/status/1874025144907358262

(Not) a static display.

https://x.com/i/status/1873739585286717457

Mrrrrrng

HNY

FWIW

😀

Spiny Norman said:

Just your average day her in Australia.

https://x.com/i/status/1874025144907358262

You’d reckon that head end would quite angry and possibly bitey.. but no.

Mum gave up smoking when I was pregnant with Mini Me. Cold turkey after a lifetime of heavy smoking. Because of her smoking, me and my sister never even tried it. Our school uniforms reeked. It was gross.

She wouldn’t be able to afford it now anyway.

Divine Angel said:

Mum gave up smoking when I was pregnant with Mini Me. Cold turkey after a lifetime of heavy smoking. Because of her smoking, me and my sister never even tried it. Our school uniforms reeked. It was gross.

She wouldn’t be able to afford it now anyway.

How was your mother yesterday?

Michael V said:

Divine Angel said:

Mum gave up smoking when I was pregnant with Mini Me. Cold turkey after a lifetime of heavy smoking. Because of her smoking, me and my sister never even tried it. Our school uniforms reeked. It was gross.

She wouldn’t be able to afford it now anyway.

How was your mother yesterday?

She managed to upset both my sister and Mini Me. I was spared this time; I got my turn last week.

Divine Angel said:

Michael V said:

Divine Angel said:

Mum gave up smoking when I was pregnant with Mini Me. Cold turkey after a lifetime of heavy smoking. Because of her smoking, me and my sister never even tried it. Our school uniforms reeked. It was gross.

She wouldn’t be able to afford it now anyway.

How was your mother yesterday?

She managed to upset both my sister and Mini Me. I was spared this time; I got my turn last week.

If she’s as toxic as you say she is just cut off all ties with her.

Good orning everyone.

It’s 21.6° C, 82% RH, overcast and calm. BoM forecasts a top of 28° C and a chance of rain all day. We’ve already had a bit of very light rain, so I suppose that BoM premonition has already been fulfilled.

Agenda: Breakfast: ham on toast. Lunch: tabouli. Dinner: stuffed bamboo (as was supposed to happen last night – but I was inordinately tired and went to bed just after 6pm and didn’t make dinner). I will prepare dinner this morning.

I hope everybody saw the new year in they way they wanted to. I wish you all a lovely day today, and a terrific year to follow.

Divine Angel said:

Michael V said:

Divine Angel said:

Mum gave up smoking when I was pregnant with Mini Me. Cold turkey after a lifetime of heavy smoking. Because of her smoking, me and my sister never even tried it. Our school uniforms reeked. It was gross.

She wouldn’t be able to afford it now anyway.

How was your mother yesterday?

She managed to upset both my sister and Mini Me. I was spared this time; I got my turn last week.

Oh dear. Well I guess the best thing is that you don’t have to deal with here all day, every day.

Michael V said:

Divine Angel said:

Michael V said:

How was your mother yesterday?

She managed to upset both my sister and Mini Me. I was spared this time; I got my turn last week.

Oh dear. Well I guess the best thing is that you don’t have to deal with here all day, every day.

She chooses to be lonely and bitter, that’s her problem. She had a whinge about dad; they’ve been divorced 30 years now. It’s a long time to hold a grudge.

Spiny Norman said:

Just your average day here in Australia.

https://x.com/i/status/1874025144907358262

A wrecked ceiling just to remove a medium-sized carpet snake that was catching pesky possums in your roof? Ah well.

kii said:

If she’s as toxic as you say she is just cut off all ties with her.

I choose something even more fun, sprinkling love and light and glitter. For some reason, positivity pisses her off. I put myself into a bubble (I call it Glinda mode), and twist her words into something better.

Doesn’t always work, like last week when she caught me off guard.

Soil is like the earth’s skin — a protective layer that makes up a complex ecosystem.

That skin, which supports all life on Earth, is under threat, with scientists from a new global think tank warning 90 per cent of the planet’s soil could be degraded by 2050 unless urgent action is taken.

If we don’t fix it, the planet will cease to function and humanity will be in trouble, Professor Alex McBratney from the University of Sydney’s Institute of Agriculture said.

Spiny Norman said:

(Not) a static display.

https://x.com/i/status/1873739585286717457

:)

Divine Angel said:

Michael V said:

Divine Angel said:

She managed to upset both my sister and Mini Me. I was spared this time; I got my turn last week.

Oh dear. Well I guess the best thing is that you don’t have to deal with here all day, every day.

She chooses to be lonely and bitter, that’s her problem. She had a whinge about dad; they’ve been divorced 30 years now. It’s a long time to hold a grudge.

Heh. Sure is.

Michael V said:

Spiny Norman said:

Just your average day here in Australia.

https://x.com/i/status/1874025144907358262

A wrecked ceiling just to remove a medium-sized carpet snake that was catching pesky possums in your roof? Ah well.

That is quite a large carpet python.

Every empire falls, no matter how long they reigned and how far their rule stretched. So is the empire we’re living under today – the US Empire – also crumbling?

Why choose January 1 to celebrate new year? Possibly…

– It’s the start of heading out of the darkest bit of the year and towards the sowing of spring crops

- We can partly thank the Roman king Numa Pompilius. According to tradition, during his reign (c. 715–673 BCE) Numa revised the Roman republican calendar so that January replaced March as the first month. It was a fitting choice, since January was named after Janus, god of gateways and beginnings

- The Feast of the Circumcision of Christ.. January 1 (see Holy Prepuce)

- Due to some tweaking of the calendar by Pope Gregory XIII

We could arbitrarily choose any point in the Earth’s Heliocentric orbit…

Ian said:

We could arbitrarily choose any point in the Earth’s Heliocentric orbit…

we did and we chose Jan 1.

roughbarked said:

Every empire falls, no matter how long they reigned and how far their rule stretched. So is the empire we’re living under today – the US Empire – also crumbling?

I don’t accept the view that the US are an “empire”. They are much more benevolent than that. Not totally blameless, but nowhere near close to the threshold of being an empire.

Ian said:

Why choose January 1 to celebrate new year? Possibly…

– It’s the start of heading out of the darkest bit of the year and towards the sowing of spring crops

- We can partly thank the Roman king Numa Pompilius. According to tradition, during his reign (c. 715–673 BCE) Numa revised the Roman republican calendar so that January replaced March as the first month. It was a fitting choice, since January was named after Janus, god of gateways and beginnings

- The Feast of the Circumcision of Christ.. January 1 (see Holy Prepuce)

- Due to some tweaking of the calendar by Pope Gregory XIII

We could arbitrarily choose any point in the Earth’s Heliocentric orbit…

We should have stayed with the first of March. Then at least all the month named after numbers Sept, Oct, Nov and Dec would make sense and not be out by 2. It bugs me.

Don’t bother to go looking for the chocolate crackles in my fridge. I just et the last one. Now I’ll go and make sure the fire water buckets are all topped up for the few days of heat that are forecast. And clean out the birdbaths. I should probably rationalize the number of bird water dishes. I seem to have quite a lot of them.

There’s a quiz. 24 questions on 2024

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-01/2024-news-quiz-of-the-year/104763398
link

buffy said:

Don’t bother to go looking for the chocolate crackles in my fridge. I just et the last one. Now I’ll go and make sure the fire water buckets are all topped up for the few days of heat that are forecast. And clean out the birdbaths. I should probably rationalize the number of bird water dishes. I seem to have quite a lot of them.

No. I won’t go looking for chocolate crackles in your fridge.

We only have one bird bath / drinking water dish.

party_pants said:

There’s a quiz. 24 questions on 2024

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-01/2024-news-quiz-of-the-year/104763398
link

13/24

that’s a pass!

party_pants said:

party_pants said:

There’s a quiz. 24 questions on 2024

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-01/2024-news-quiz-of-the-year/104763398
link

13/24

that’s a pass!

11/24 a fail.

roughbarked said:

party_pants said:

party_pants said:

There’s a quiz. 24 questions on 2024

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-01/2024-news-quiz-of-the-year/104763398
link

13/24

that’s a pass!

11/24 a fail.

Better luck next year :)

party_pants said:

roughbarked said:

party_pants said:

13/24

that’s a pass!

11/24 a fail.

Better luck next year :)

Not sure I’ll do any better. Not really a follower of popular culture.

Had a Star Wars themed dream. We were undercover as advisors in some Empire facility, doing sabotage.

roughbarked said:

Every empire falls, no matter how long they reigned and how far their rule stretched. So is the empire we’re living under today – the US Empire – also crumbling?

Fair

I’ve cut up the “broken” asparagus ends for the bamboo-stuffing mixture. Now – a rest in front of the fan for a few minutes. After that – the shiitake slices to cut up.

dv said:

Had a Star Wars themed dream. We were undercover as advisors in some Empire facility, doing sabotage.

I forgot what dreams I had, despite sleeping for 13 hours.

party_pants said:

There’s a quiz. 24 questions on 2024

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-01/2024-news-quiz-of-the-year/104763398
link

65/120 here.

party_pants said:

There’s a quiz. 24 questions on 2024

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-01/2024-news-quiz-of-the-year/104763398
link

I’m content with that

dv said:

Had a Star Wars themed dream. We were undercover as advisors in some Empire facility, doing sabotage.

lights pipe

Back to preparing dinner. Shiitake mushrooms to cut, garlic and ginger to prepare this time around.

Breakfast done, washing up done, washing done and hung out, Barely-Domesticated Wolf taken out for short stroll and a poo, floors vacuumed, sheets etc changed on bed.

Coffee time.

“Jeans Gambit” pays off. (Jeans Gambit was sm’s idea.)

:)

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-01/magnus-carlsen-returns-to-chess-championship/104776214

Michael V said:

Back to preparing dinner. Shiitake mushrooms to cut, garlic and ginger to prepare this time around.

Back. Kangaroo mince added as well.

Next: add rolled oats and mix well. Add Pixian Doubanjiang and mix well again. Maybe add some water and mix some more. Allow to rest a while, then cook a little and taste-test.

captain_spalding said:

Breakfast done, washing up done, washing done and hung out, Barely-Domesticated Wolf taken out for short stroll and a poo, floors vacuumed, sheets etc changed on bed.

Coffee time.

I’m worn out just reading that.

party_pants said:

party_pants said:

There’s a quiz. 24 questions on 2024

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-01/2024-news-quiz-of-the-year/104763398
link

13/24

that’s a pass!

I got 12/24. Lots of stuff I have no idea about in that one.

buffy said:

party_pants said:

party_pants said:

There’s a quiz. 24 questions on 2024

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-01/2024-news-quiz-of-the-year/104763398
link

13/24

that’s a pass!

I got 12/24. Lots of stuff I have no idea about in that one.

You’ll have to take a supplementary test within 14 days.

“Georgia judge shoots himself dead in his own courtroom on final day in office”

Peak Warming Man said:

“Georgia judge shoots himself dead in his own courtroom on final day in office”

Lololol 😆

Happy New Year. Here are a few shots from the local fireworks last night.

Peak Warming Man said:

“Georgia judge shoots himself dead in his own courtroom on final day in office”

Link

Peak Warming Man said:

“Georgia judge shoots himself dead in his own courtroom on final day in office”

Effing ‘em county

fsm said:

Happy New Year. Here are a few shots from the local fireworks last night.

Very nice.

Bogsnorkler said:

Peak Warming Man said:

“Georgia judge shoots himself dead in his own courtroom on final day in office”

Link

Effingham.

Michael V said:

Michael V said:

Back to preparing dinner. Shiitake mushrooms to cut, garlic and ginger to prepare this time around.

Back. Kangaroo mince added as well.

Next: add rolled oats and mix well. Add Pixian Doubanjiang and mix well again. Maybe add some water and mix some more. Allow to rest a while, then cook a little and taste-test.

Done. Now to rest that lot before stuffing 4 bamboo rings and 2 bamboo “half-cones”. When that’s done, I can rest. Even if I am too tired or too ill to cook the bamboo, then Mrs V can just simply cook them, as the prep will have been done.

fsm said:

Happy New Year. Here are a few shots from the local fireworks last night.

Ta.

:)

fsm said:

Happy New Year. Here are a few shots from the local fireworks last night.

Nice pics.

Where was this? .. if I may ask

A lot of people are complaining about effing ham they had for Christmas but mine was quite nice.

Peak Warming Man said:

“Georgia judge shoots himself dead in his own courtroom on final day in office”

Judge, jury, and executioner.

Now I’m off to read the latest Skeptic magazine. I may have overdone the physical this morning, I’m feeling rather flat.

16/24 here

party_pants said:

fsm said:

Happy New Year. Here are a few shots from the local fireworks last night.

Nice pics.

Where was this? .. if I may ask

Gosford, along the waterfront.

fsm said:

party_pants said:

fsm said:

Happy New Year. Here are a few shots from the local fireworks last night.

Nice pics.

Where was this? .. if I may ask

Gosford, along the waterfront.

hope a great night was had by all.

party_pants said:

fsm said:

party_pants said:

Nice pics.

Where was this? .. if I may ask

Gosford, along the waterfront.

hope a great night was had by all.

15 mins after the fireworks show some moron set fire to bushes along the waterfront for a bit more excitement.

fsm said:

party_pants said:

fsm said:

Gosford, along the waterfront.

hope a great night was had by all.

15 mins after the fireworks show some moron set fire to bushes along the waterfront for a bit more excitement.

Gosford side or Point Clare side?

fsm said:

party_pants said:

fsm said:

Gosford, along the waterfront.

hope a great night was had by all.

15 mins after the fireworks show some moron set fire to bushes along the waterfront for a bit more excitement.

I wonder what the fireworks were like in Gaza at midnight?

captain_spalding said:

fsm said:

party_pants said:

hope a great night was had by all.

15 mins after the fireworks show some moron set fire to bushes along the waterfront for a bit more excitement.

Gosford side or Point Clare side?

The fire was on the Gosford side.

View of Scotland/Love Poem
Liz Lochhead
Down on her hands and knees
at ten at night on Hogmanay,
my mother still giving it elbowgrease
jiffywaxing the vinolay. (This is too
ordinary to be nostalgia.) On the kitchen table
a newly opened tin of sockeye salmon.
Though we do not expect anyone,
the slab of black bun,
petticoat-tails fanned out
on bone china.
‘Last year it was very quiet . . .’

Mum’s got her rollers in with waveset
and her well-pressed good dress
slack across the candlewick upstairs.
Nearly half-ten already and her not shifted!
If we’re to even hope to prosper
this midnight must find us
how we would like to be.
A new view of Scotland
with a dangling calendar
is propped under last year’s,
ready to take its place.

Darling, it’s thirty years since
anybody was able to trick me,
December thirty-first, into
‘looking into a mirror to see a lassie
wi as minny heids as days in the year’ –
and two already since,
familiar strangers at a party,
we did not know that we were
the happiness we wished each other
when the Bells went, did we?

All over the city
off-licenses pull down their shutters,
people make for where they want to be
to bring the new year in.
In highrises and tenements
sunburst clocks tick
on dusted mantelshelves.
Everyone puts on their best spread of plenty
(for to even hope to prosper
this midnight must find us
how we would like to be).
So there’s a bottle of sickly liqueur
among the booze in the alcove,
golden crusts on steak pies
like quilts on a double bed.
And this is where we live.
There is no time like the
present for a kiss.

———————

On boxing Day my grandmother would commence a thorough clean of the house. Everything would be dragged into the back yard and the stone floors would be scrubbed with sand soap. Curtains were laundered and rehung. On the stroke of midnight NYE the family would gather in the living room in their very best clothes. And then it was on.

Dad said he often made it to the highland Gathering in Wentworth Park prior to sunrise. The solo pipers would commence piping practice. Dad competed prewar and was a dress judge post war. Aunty Heather was Aus dancing champion at one stage.

By the time I came along the ritual involved an esky with chickens and coleslaw and such. We’d pick up grandfather on the way. He would disappear for the day. He would work his way around the bars and try to catch up with all he knew. Dad judged. And I went feral and pissed off my mother.

After the gathering we would go to Uncle jock’s. The tattoo was on the TV. After jock was tanked and had sung ‘I belong to Glasgow’ it was all over.

nappy poo cheer

transition said:

nappy poo cheer

.. and a Harpic Blue Smear to you.

kii said:

fsm said:

party_pants said:

hope a great night was had by all.

15 mins after the fireworks show some moron set fire to bushes along the waterfront for a bit more excitement.

I wonder what the fireworks were like in Gaza at midnight?

Probably really, really bloody frightening.

try me noise cancelling headphones, I know they speak to me, I can still hear the lady faintly as her lips move, so take them back on warranty I reckon

transition said:

try me noise cancelling headphones, I know they speak to me, I can still hear the lady faintly as her lips move, so take them back on warranty I reckon

she does sound smaller, less authoritative, diminutive, child-like, perhaps even lilliputian, but is making up for it with looks as I clap to some music, stuck in the middle with you as it it goes, stealers wheel

transition said:

transition said:

try me noise cancelling headphones, I know they speak to me, I can still hear the lady faintly as her lips move, so take them back on warranty I reckon

she does sound smaller, less authoritative, diminutive, child-like, perhaps even lilliputian, but is making up for it with looks as I clap to some music, stuck in the middle with you as it it goes, stealers wheel

transition said:

nappy poo cheer

No thanks.

transition said:

transition said:

try me noise cancelling headphones, I know they speak to me, I can still hear the lady faintly as her lips move, so take them back on warranty I reckon

she does sound smaller, less authoritative, diminutive, child-like, perhaps even lilliputian, but is making up for it with looks as I clap to some music, stuck in the middle with you as it it goes, stealers wheel

Stealers Wheel, which included Gerry Rafferty, who also played as part of the Humblebums with Billy Connolly.

https://youtu.be/B8Bd568XaXg?si=FMy7UB6ztV-uwPhM

Dude tracking the development of buildings and trails by the North Sentinelese. I think he’s reading a bit too much into some of the natural features. These are canoe building people, they don’t need to be marching between islands.

dv said:

https://youtu.be/B8Bd568XaXg?si=FMy7UB6ztV-uwPhM

Dude tracking the development of buildings and trails by the North Sentinelese. I think he’s reading a bit too much into some of the natural features. These are canoe building people, they don’t need to be marching between islands.

I watched that last night.

sarahs mum said:

dv said:

https://youtu.be/B8Bd568XaXg?si=FMy7UB6ztV-uwPhM

Dude tracking the development of buildings and trails by the North Sentinelese. I think he’s reading a bit too much into some of the natural features. These are canoe building people, they don’t need to be marching between islands.

I watched that last night.

You’re so me

Those chest beckets (handles) that i made the other day:

I’ve put them up on eBay for AUS$ 75.00.

Now to see if anything happens.

Not likely to be mentioned anywhere by anyone, so I will say I was pleased to see the Honours List include an MBE for Neville Brody, “for services to design.”

If you know who he is, “It’s about time.” If you don’t, trust those who do.

Neophyte said:

Not likely to be mentioned anywhere by anyone, so I will say I was pleased to see the Honours List include an MBE for Neville Brody, “for services to design.”

If you know who he is, “It’s about time.” If you don’t, trust those who do.

NHOH.

So it’s safe to say he doesn’t race motorcycles, nor does he study radiolarian biostratigraphy in conjunction with plate tectonics and strike-slip basin formation.

Michael V said:

Neophyte said:

Not likely to be mentioned anywhere by anyone, so I will say I was pleased to see the Honours List include an MBE for Neville Brody, “for services to design.”

If you know who he is, “It’s about time.” If you don’t, trust those who do.

NHOH.

So it’s safe to say he doesn’t race motorcycles, nor does he study radiolarian biostratigraphy in conjunction with plate tectonics and strike-slip basin formation.

Well, that’s his loss, then.

Michael V said:

transition said:

nappy poo cheer

No thanks.

that’s happy new year in rhyme, toilet talk rhyme as it went

incidentally, last time I changed a nappy would have been likely in 1994, don’t miss it at all

kids should be encouraged to change their own nappies at the earliest possible age

kii said:

fsm said:

party_pants said:

hope a great night was had by all.

15 mins after the fireworks show some moron set fire to bushes along the waterfront for a bit more excitement.

I wonder what the fireworks were like in Gaza at midnight?

Probally normal.

Rockets going this way, missiles going that way, lots of explosion coverage.

Tau.Neutrino said:

kii said:

fsm said:

15 mins after the fireworks show some moron set fire to bushes along the waterfront for a bit more excitement.

I wonder what the fireworks were like in Gaza at midnight?

Probally normal.

Rockets going this way, missiles going that way, lots of explosion coverage.

Lighting up the night sky.

Lovely.

captain_spalding said:

Michael V said:

Neophyte said:

Not likely to be mentioned anywhere by anyone, so I will say I was pleased to see the Honours List include an MBE for Neville Brody, “for services to design.”

If you know who he is, “It’s about time.” If you don’t, trust those who do.

NHOH.

So it’s safe to say he doesn’t race motorcycles, nor does he study radiolarian biostratigraphy in conjunction with plate tectonics and strike-slip basin formation.

Well, that’s his loss, then.

Most definitely. Both are amazing subjects.

Spiny Norman said:

(Not) a static display.

https://x.com/i/status/1873739585286717457

I wonder how the balloon wheel works?

Kingy said:

Spiny Norman said:

(Not) a static display.

https://x.com/i/status/1873739585286717457

I wonder how the balloon wheel works?

this one is not static electrics. the balloons are fixed together and an air blower makes them levitate and spin using Bernoulli principle.

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

Link

Dull Women’s Club by Sarah Jones-Green (Original)
Courtney Lee Peck · 5h ·
Checked the year’s dinner list and tallied the meals I made to try and mix it up in 2025.

Next thing son they’ll be coming after our guns.

Bogsnorkler said:

Kingy said:

Spiny Norman said:

(Not) a static display.

https://x.com/i/status/1873739585286717457

I wonder how the balloon wheel works?

this one is not static electrics. the balloons are fixed together and an air blower makes them levitate and spin using Bernoulli principle.

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

Link

and coanda effect.

https://youtu.be/8MYRW-uchnI?si=I_YPnJRjeGlIRaI3

I didn’t like this

dv said:

https://youtu.be/8MYRW-uchnI?si=I_YPnJRjeGlIRaI3

I didn’t like this

Dead Jim, all dead.

Peak Warming Man said:

dv said:

https://youtu.be/8MYRW-uchnI?si=I_YPnJRjeGlIRaI3

I didn’t like this

Dead Jim, all dead.

Except Jim Dale.

BACK with something a bit different for dinner, chicken mignon* from the Wayside Butchery.

*Chicken with garlic butter, cheese, and herbs wrapped in bacon. I’ll serve it with broccoli and grated baby carrots.

sarahs mum said:

Dull Women’s Club by Sarah Jones-Green (Original)
Courtney Lee Peck · 5h ·
Checked the year’s dinner list and tallied the meals I made to try and mix it up in 2025.

Heh.

Peak Warming Man said:

painted!

Cup of tea or Mexican hot chocolate? Toast?
Occasional fireworks booming around the area.

Spiny Norman said:

(Not) a static display.

https://x.com/i/status/1873739585286717457

I recently read a history of the Chinese Cultural Revolution from the perspective of a Chinese person who took part in it. They gleefully murdered anyone who practiced or preached Western or Capitalist science; the author describes in detail the shaming, humiliation, and murder of a formerly respected physics professor who taught (among other things) special and general relativity. Their rejection of modern science was absolute. What really surprises me is that in the 50 years since the revolution’s end the Chinese have recovered all their lost science and become world leaders, with space missions rivalling the USA and Russia, palaeontological discoveries of many previously unknown creatures, genetic engineering advances exceeding any other nation, etc.

Today we went to the Qld Museum to see the Ancient Egyptian exhibition. Featured actual human mummified remains, cartonnage and coffins, jewellery, and pottery.

The signage reported how the artefacts were sourced and shown with respect, no photos of the mummified remains to be respectful, respect respect respect. Then in the gift shop they had shit like this

It was so tacky.

Divine Angel said:

Today we went to the Qld Museum to see the Ancient Egyptian exhibition. Featured actual human mummified remains, cartonnage and coffins, jewellery, and pottery.

The signage reported how the artefacts were sourced and shown with respect, no photos of the mummified remains to be respectful, respect respect respect. Then in the gift shop they had shit like this

It was so tacky.

Damn.

Divine Angel said:

Today we went to the Qld Museum to see the Ancient Egyptian exhibition. Featured actual human mummified remains, cartonnage and coffins, jewellery, and pottery.

The signage reported how the artefacts were sourced and shown with respect, no photos of the mummified remains to be respectful, respect respect respect. Then in the gift shop they had shit like this

It was so tacky.

Did you watch Marc Fennel’s “Stuff the British Stole”? Episode 2 of Series 2 did some Egyptian stuff. Both series made you think hard about the acquisition of stuff for museums.

https://iview.abc.net.au/show/stuff-the-british-stole/series/2

I loooooooove Stuff the British Stole! It was on my mind as I walked through the exhibit. No mentions of where the replicas were from but the authentic things were from a Dutch museum, which was gifted by Egypt.

https://www.rmo.nl/en/organisation/who-are-we/ under “Egyptian collection”

Divine Angel said:

I loooooooove Stuff the British Stole! It was on my mind as I walked through the exhibit. No mentions of where the replicas were from but the authentic things were from a Dutch museum, which was gifted by Egypt.

https://www.rmo.nl/en/organisation/who-are-we/ under “Egyptian collection”

Can’t wait for the follow-up series “What The Dutch/Spanish/Portuguese/French/Germans/Italians Stole”

Uh huh, “gifted”.

Divine Angel said:

Uh huh, “gifted”.

The Egyptians have found lots of stuff over the years, and probably don’t have room to store it all, let alone display it. I am sure there is plenty of modern stuff in legitimate circulation.

party_pants said:

Divine Angel said:

Uh huh, “gifted”.

The Egyptians have found lots of stuff over the years, and probably don’t have room to store it all, let alone display it. I am sure there is plenty of modern stuff in legitimate circulation.

They built the pyramids to sharpen razor blades.

Build more pyramids and stuff it in those. With some good planning and architecture, I’m sure plenty of things can be stored and viewed. Those old pyramids really wasted a ton of space.

Divine Angel said:

Build more pyramids and stuff it in those. With some good planning and architecture, I’m sure plenty of things can be stored and viewed. Those old pyramids really wasted a ton of space.

Good thing they built them right next to Cairo, so tourists don’t have far to go – you’d think they could have put Alice Springs nearer to Uluru.

I wonder how tall a pyramid can be built with modern equipment and materials…

Anyone want to guess?

Neophyte said:

Divine Angel said:

Build more pyramids and stuff it in those. With some good planning and architecture, I’m sure plenty of things can be stored and viewed. Those old pyramids really wasted a ton of space.

Good thing they built them right next to Cairo, so tourists don’t have far to go – you’d think they could have put Alice Springs nearer to Uluru.

And there’s a KFC nearby too!

party_pants said:

I wonder how tall a pyramid can be built with modern equipment and materials…

Anyone want to guess?

Gonna have to consult the original architects, the Pleiadians.

Hey kii, remember this house? (Taken from Google Earth, date unknown)

Large numbers of Egyptian mummies were ground up over the centuries to produce mumia, a supposed cure-all “medicine”.

party_pants said:

I wonder how tall a pyramid can be built with modern equipment and materials…

Anyone want to guess?

Around 15km depending on where you build it.

Eventually the limiting factor is the thickness of the earths crust underneath it, so in some places in Australia it would be around 10-12km, but if you leveled the Himalayas and built it there, you might get 15km before it sank into the mantle below it.

Bubblecar said:

Large numbers of Egyptian mummies were ground up over the centuries to produce mumia, a supposed cure-all “medicine”.

That does seem rather disrespectful, but I guess it’s a rapid way to get their constituent atoms recirculating back into the lifecycle.

Bubblecar said:

Large numbers of Egyptian mummies were ground up over the centuries to produce mumia, a supposed cure-all “medicine”.

Shakes head.

Kingy said:

party_pants said:

I wonder how tall a pyramid can be built with modern equipment and materials…

Anyone want to guess?

Around 15km depending on where you build it.

Eventually the limiting factor is the thickness of the earths crust underneath it, so in some places in Australia it would be around 10-12km, but if you leveled the Himalayas and built it there, you might get 15km before it sank into the mantle below it.

I only want them around 1-2 km high.
But i want about 50 of them in a row to create an artificial mountain range to boost rainfall.

Don’t forget to put solar panels on the side to generate power to keep the aircons running inside. Authentic artefacts require low light and low humidity.

Would it be cheating to just carve it out of Mt Everest…

dv said:

Would it be cheating to just carve it out of Mt Everest…

Moving it to Australia might be a hassle.

Bubblecar said:

Large numbers of Egyptian mummies were ground up over the centuries to produce mumia, a supposed cure-all “medicine”.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Albarello_MUMIA_18Jh.jpg/330px-Albarello_MUMIA_18Jh.jpg

The Egyptians also burnt mummies as fuel for steam trains when they had trouble getting other fuel.

party_pants said:

dv said:

Would it be cheating to just carve it out of Mt Everest…

Moving it to Australia might be a hassle.

Oh sorry I didn’t know I’d wandered into the Quitters Convention

party_pants said:

dv said:

Would it be cheating to just carve it out of Mt Everest…

Moving it to Australia might be a hassle.

wheels. lots of wheels.

Bogsnorkler said:

party_pants said:

dv said:

Would it be cheating to just carve it out of Mt Everest…

Moving it to Australia might be a hassle.

wheels. lots of wheels.

PLEIADIANS

Divine Angel said:

Bogsnorkler said:

party_pants said:

Moving it to Australia might be a hassle.

wheels. lots of wheels.

PLEIADIANS

bloody foreigners!

dv said:

party_pants said:

dv said:

Would it be cheating to just carve it out of Mt Everest…

Moving it to Australia might be a hassle.

Oh sorry I didn’t know I’d wandered into the Quitters Convention

It’s like that when I’m sober

party_pants said:

dv said:

Would it be cheating to just carve it out of Mt Everest…

Moving it to Australia might be a hassle.

Could bring it back on some of the empty iron ore carriers coming back from China.

I suppose the other question is:

Do you mean a pyramid made the same way that the ancient Egyptians made them, or do you mean any pyramid-shaped structure?

dv said:

I suppose the other question is:

Do you mean a pyramid made the same way that the ancient Egyptians made them, or do you mean any pyramid-shaped structure?

The normal ones, the ones Gillette makes.

Divine Angel said:

Hey kii, remember this house? (Taken from Google Earth, date unknown)

How can I forget it?
You’re always reminding me of it.
I’ve hated it since I first saw it. It’s like peacock feathers…an overused decorative element.

dv said:

I suppose the other question is:

Do you mean a pyramid made the same way that the ancient Egyptians made them, or do you mean any pyramid-shaped structure?

Probably more the latter. Aim is to create enough updraft to increase rainfall in a given area around it. Let’s say a string of them along the eastern side of the wheatbelt, just outside the barrier fence. Even a hollow structure clad with steel sheets might do, but it wouldn’t last as long.

kii said:

Divine Angel said:

Hey kii, remember this house? (Taken from Google Earth, date unknown)

How can I forget it?
You’re always reminding me of it.
I’ve hated it since I first saw it. It’s like peacock feathers…an overused decorative element.

Also crescent moons used as a design element, they make me nauseous.

party_pants said:

dv said:

I suppose the other question is:

Do you mean a pyramid made the same way that the ancient Egyptians made them, or do you mean any pyramid-shaped structure?

Probably more the latter. Aim is to create enough updraft to increase rainfall in a given area around it. Let’s say a string of them along the eastern side of the wheatbelt, just outside the barrier fence. Even a hollow structure clad with steel sheets might do, but it wouldn’t last as long.

Anyway, it will never happen.

I have 6 fat yaks in the fridge, so I might start consuming them while watching the pretend cricket.

party_pants said:

I have 6 fat yaks in the fridge, so I might start consuming them while watching the pretend cricket.

tried one once. not to my liking.

We’ve got Bob Ross painting happy little trees on the kitchen TV.

I’ll be back when I have eaten my tea.

Bogsnorkler said:

party_pants said:

I have 6 fat yaks in the fridge, so I might start consuming them while watching the pretend cricket.

tried one once. not to my liking.

never look a gift yak in the mouth

Doing an e-mail clean-out.

From a random bit of spam:

Procurement Manager
Queency Shakes PLC
1-9 Solent Circuit,
Norwest Business Park,
Baulkham Hills NSW 2153, England

buffy said:

We’ve got Bob Ross painting happy little trees on the kitchen TV.

I’ll be back when I have eaten my tea.

kii said:

Divine Angel said:

Hey kii, remember this house? (Taken from Google Earth, date unknown)

How can I forget it?
You’re always reminding me of it.
I’ve hated it since I first saw it. It’s like peacock feathers…an overused decorative element.

I’m impressed no one’s changed it in ~30 years.

party_pants said:

party_pants said:

dv said:

I suppose the other question is:

Do you mean a pyramid made the same way that the ancient Egyptians made them, or do you mean any pyramid-shaped structure?

Probably more the latter. Aim is to create enough updraft to increase rainfall in a given area around it. Let’s say a string of them along the eastern side of the wheatbelt, just outside the barrier fence. Even a hollow structure clad with steel sheets might do, but it wouldn’t last as long.

Anyway, it will never happen.

I have 6 fat yaks in the fridge, so I might start consuming them while watching the pretend cricket.

I would think that
4 km height would probably be enough
and pyramids would be surplus to requirements for that purpose.

And frankly I don’t think that the economics would work out given that desal is so well developed.

Divine Angel said:

kii said:

Divine Angel said:

Hey kii, remember this house? (Taken from Google Earth, date unknown)

How can I forget it?
You’re always reminding me of it.
I’ve hated it since I first saw it. It’s like peacock feathers…an overused decorative element.

I’m impressed no one’s changed it in ~30 years.

Also elephants used as a design motif.

party_pants said:

I wonder how tall a pyramid can be built with modern equipment and materials…

Anyone want to guess?

Ask The Rev.

Except Dumbo, who never goes out of style. Pictured here as a puzzle I got for Christmas.

Kingy said:

party_pants said:

dv said:

Would it be cheating to just carve it out of Mt Everest…

Moving it to Australia might be a hassle.

Could bring it back on some of the empty iron ore carriers coming back from China.

Might need to cut it up into smaller chunks first.

Divine Angel said:

Except Dumbo, who never goes out of style. Pictured here as a puzzle I got for Christmas.

JFC!!

Michael V said:

party_pants said:

I wonder how tall a pyramid can be built with modern equipment and materials…

Anyone want to guess?

Ask The Rev.

I’ve been leaving it to the experts.

But note that concrete is 25 kN/m3, so say 40 MPa/km stress at the base of a solid tower. and maximum design working stress for concrete is say 150 MPa (more like 50 MPa for ordinary concretes), so 10 km would be difficult.

But it very much depends on the form of the structure.

The Rev Dodgson said:

Michael V said:

party_pants said:

I wonder how tall a pyramid can be built with modern equipment and materials…

Anyone want to guess?

Ask The Rev.

I’ve been leaving it to the experts.

But note that concrete is 25 kN/m3, so say 40 MPa/km stress at the base of a solid tower. and maximum design working stress for concrete is say 150 MPa (more like 50 MPa for ordinary concretes), so 10 km would be difficult.

But it very much depends on the form of the structure.

and the location

happy days

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-01/new-zealand-police-officer-killed-by-car-in-nelson/104777004

There’s been a bit of bushfire action in the last few hours in WA.

A fire near Busselton escalated to needing 2 helitaks and around 10 firetrucks, now under control and being blacked out.

A fire near Woorooloo has gone from 10m2 2 hours ago to over 200ha and still growing. Currently under emergency warning. Most of the states air assets are working it, and a request for LATs just received.

Multiple (8 so far) lightning strike fires in the wheatbelt in the last hour with lightning still moving south.

ABC News:

RFK Jr. at it again?

You know what I need? Cheese.

Divine Angel said:

You know what I need? Cheese.

Sweet Cheeses.

captain_spalding said:

ABC News:

RFK Jr. at it again?

Ha!

Train news: I already have a Peckett 0-4-0 tank locomotive but I’ve just ordered another one, this time in a nice dark green livery as “Lady Cornelia”.

I’ve just seen a new holland frog hanging out in the fairy neighbourhood at my pond 🐸

Divine Angel said:

You know what I need? Cheese.

I think I’ve eaten too much cheese lately

Divine Angel said:

I’ve just seen a new holland frog hanging out in the fairy neighbourhood at my pond 🐸

Excellent.

dv said:

Divine Angel said:

You know what I need? Cheese.

I think I’ve eaten too much cheese lately

I have some Dutch cheese (edam and maasdam) coming in my Coles delivery tomorrow.

But I’ll eat them only in tiny slivers over the course of a couple weeks.

Divine Angel said:

I’ve just seen a new holland frog hanging out in the fairy neighbourhood at my pond 🐸

Good

Divine Angel said:

You know what I need? Cheese.

Cheese, Gromit?

Divine Angel said:

I’ve just seen a new holland frog hanging out in the fairy neighbourhood at my pond 🐸

I think there’s a couple of new cane toads in the back yard.

Divine Angel said:

I’ve just seen a new holland frog hanging out in the fairy neighbourhood at my pond 🐸

OK, had to look that one up. But it’s a Northerner, so I haven’t ever seen it.

Kingy said:

There’s been a bit of bushfire action in the last few hours in WA.

A fire near Busselton escalated to needing 2 helitaks and around 10 firetrucks, now under control and being blacked out.

A fire near Woorooloo has gone from 10m2 2 hours ago to over 200ha and still growing. Currently under emergency warning. Most of the states air assets are working it, and a request for LATs just received.

Multiple (8 so far) lightning strike fires in the wheatbelt in the last hour with lightning still moving south.

So far 20 lightning strike fires, and the Woorooloo fire is at 4th alarm with 85 appliances and ALL of WAs air support. the Metro strike team has just arrived. It’s hard to tell where the head fire is now.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DENLa_GIgyR/?igsh=MWM0OWoyOGlzZWMzbg==

Miss Punny Pennie – Daft Days

Oh, and for those interested in Quality Literature…my sister-in-law bought me a shopping bag in Spain (they were there last month as tourists). It’s in the Penguin orange and white horizontal stripes with “Orgullo y Prejuicio” Jane Austen printed on it. She told me to guess what it was. I said that it was not necessary to guess!

Kingy said:

Kingy said:

There’s been a bit of bushfire action in the last few hours in WA.

A fire near Busselton escalated to needing 2 helitaks and around 10 firetrucks, now under control and being blacked out.

A fire near Woorooloo has gone from 10m2 2 hours ago to over 200ha and still growing. Currently under emergency warning. Most of the states air assets are working it, and a request for LATs just received.

Multiple (8 so far) lightning strike fires in the wheatbelt in the last hour with lightning still moving south.

So far 20 lightning strike fires, and the Woorooloo fire is at 4th alarm with 85 appliances and ALL of WAs air support. the Metro strike team has just arrived. It’s hard to tell where the head fire is now.

Gosh, i reckon that us forumities must be absolutely the best informed group of people in the country when it comes to the WA fire situation.

Makes you feel like one of a privileged group.

Many thanks to kingy. We have a friend in Bussleton, and, while i’d not betray confidences by relaying any of the details to her (or their source), we can at least reassure her that ‘the authorities’ are doing what they do best.

Did you get any updates on the situation with your sister’s transgender child Buffy?

Witty Rejoinder said:

Did you get any updates on the situation with your sister’s transgender child Buffy?

Yes, did have a discussion. She says my assessment that he’s basically an old fashioned trannie seems pretty right. I did preface my amateur diagnosis with “I know I’m a long way away and have no contact with him…but…” He is now 32. He does have diagnosed depression and she thinks he thinks life is easier for girls. She thinks he has considerable mental difficulties which make it all very hard to work out, and poor executive function. He works part-time in retail so has a certain precariousness in his life. There is no easy answer. She is not sure if he has kept his Australian passport current.

(Conversations were a bit difficult because B lost her voice and could only whisper for most of the time she was here. That was amusing when we went to a local market and I had to order her coffee for her from the van)

buffy said:

Witty Rejoinder said:

Did you get any updates on the situation with your sister’s transgender child Buffy?

Yes, did have a discussion. She says my assessment that he’s basically an old fashioned trannie seems pretty right. I did preface my amateur diagnosis with “I know I’m a long way away and have no contact with him…but…” He is now 32. He does have diagnosed depression and she thinks he thinks life is easier for girls. She thinks he has considerable mental difficulties which make it all very hard to work out, and poor executive function. He works part-time in retail so has a certain precariousness in his life. There is no easy answer. She is not sure if he has kept his Australian passport current.

(Conversations were a bit difficult because B lost her voice and could only whisper for most of the time she was here. That was amusing when we went to a local market and I had to order her coffee for her from the van)

Thanks.

captain_spalding said:

Kingy said:

Kingy said:

There’s been a bit of bushfire action in the last few hours in WA.

A fire near Busselton escalated to needing 2 helitaks and around 10 firetrucks, now under control and being blacked out.

A fire near Woorooloo has gone from 10m2 2 hours ago to over 200ha and still growing. Currently under emergency warning. Most of the states air assets are working it, and a request for LATs just received.

Multiple (8 so far) lightning strike fires in the wheatbelt in the last hour with lightning still moving south.

So far 20 lightning strike fires, and the Woorooloo fire is at 4th alarm with 85 appliances and ALL of WAs air support. the Metro strike team has just arrived. It’s hard to tell where the head fire is now.

Gosh, i reckon that us forumities must be absolutely the best informed group of people in the country when it comes to the WA fire situation.

Makes you feel like one of a privileged group.

Many thanks to kingy. We have a friend in Bussleton, and, while i’d not betray confidences by relaying any of the details to her (or their source), we can at least reassure her that ‘the authorities’ are doing what they do best.

The Busselton fire is almost completely out. Just at “Monitoring”.

The Woorooloo fire, however, is still ugly. Air support has been grounded due to low light. Hopefully the crews on the ground have stopped the head fire, but the flanks are still growing.

Radar looks weird. Rain to our east moving east, rain to our west moving west.

captain_spalding said:

Kingy said:

Kingy said:

There’s been a bit of bushfire action in the last few hours in WA.

A fire near Busselton escalated to needing 2 helitaks and around 10 firetrucks, now under control and being blacked out.

A fire near Woorooloo has gone from 10m2 2 hours ago to over 200ha and still growing. Currently under emergency warning. Most of the states air assets are working it, and a request for LATs just received.

Multiple (8 so far) lightning strike fires in the wheatbelt in the last hour with lightning still moving south.

So far 20 lightning strike fires, and the Woorooloo fire is at 4th alarm with 85 appliances and ALL of WAs air support. the Metro strike team has just arrived. It’s hard to tell where the head fire is now.

Gosh, i reckon that us forumities must be absolutely the best informed group of people in the country when it comes to the WA fire situation.

Makes you feel like one of a privileged group.

Many thanks to kingy. We have a friend in Bussleton, and, while i’d not betray confidences by relaying any of the details to her (or their source), we can at least reassure her that ‘the authorities’ are doing what they do best.

Here’s a tip. If there’s a big fire near the SW off WA, and I don’t let you now about it on this forum, it’s because I’m in it.

This one is sorta nearby, we were waiting for a callup for a task force, but it didn’t happen. Yet.

dv said:

Radar looks weird. Rain to our east moving east, rain to our west moving west.

Did you give the screen a tap?

dv said:

Radar looks weird. Rain to our east moving east, rain to our west moving west.

And dry thunderstorms moving down the middle.

Yay, not.

Peak Warming Man said:

dv said:

Radar looks weird. Rain to our east moving east, rain to our west moving west.

Did you give the screen a tap?

Someone at Space Laser headquarters took a long lunch

Kingy said:

Peak Warming Man said:

dv said:

Radar looks weird. Rain to our east moving east, rain to our west moving west.

Did you give the screen a tap?

And dry thunderstorms moving down the middle.

Yay, not.

Ah Moses What A God Dam Genius

Kingy said:

captain_spalding said:

Kingy said:

So far 20 lightning strike fires, and the Woorooloo fire is at 4th alarm with 85 appliances and ALL of WAs air support. the Metro strike team has just arrived. It’s hard to tell where the head fire is now.

Gosh, i reckon that us forumities must be absolutely the best informed group of people in the country when it comes to the WA fire situation.

Makes you feel like one of a privileged group.

Many thanks to kingy. We have a friend in Bussleton, and, while i’d not betray confidences by relaying any of the details to her (or their source), we can at least reassure her that ‘the authorities’ are doing what they do best.

Here’s a tip. If there’s a big fire near the SW off WA, and I don’t let you now about it on this forum, it’s because I’m in it.

This one is sorta nearby, we were waiting for a callup for a task force, but it didn’t happen. Yet.

The current situation.

Kingy said:

Kingy said:

captain_spalding said:

Gosh, i reckon that us forumities must be absolutely the best informed group of people in the country when it comes to the WA fire situation.

Makes you feel like one of a privileged group.

Many thanks to kingy. We have a friend in Bussleton, and, while i’d not betray confidences by relaying any of the details to her (or their source), we can at least reassure her that ‘the authorities’ are doing what they do best.

Here’s a tip. If there’s a big fire near the SW off WA, and I don’t let you now about it on this forum, it’s because I’m in it.

This one is sorta nearby, we were waiting for a callup for a task force, but it didn’t happen. Yet.

The current situation.

What are the pits on the south of that image for?

Michael V said:

Kingy said:

Kingy said:

Here’s a tip. If there’s a big fire near the SW off WA, and I don’t let you now about it on this forum, it’s because I’m in it.

This one is sorta nearby, we were waiting for a callup for a task force, but it didn’t happen. Yet.

The current situation.

What are the pits on the south of that image for?

BGC Quarries. Road stuff at a guess.

did I sees aurora bars, or just some dickhead distant with his terapower spotlights

stay seated, i’ll look it up, see if there’s been a substantial solar mass ejection, or whatever causes such things

transition said:

did I sees aurora bars, or just some dickhead distant with his terapower spotlights

stay seated, i’ll look it up, see if there’s been a substantial solar mass ejection, or whatever causes such things

Thanks for the heads up, there’s a bright aurora out there.

Bubblecar said:

transition said:

did I sees aurora bars, or just some dickhead distant with his terapower spotlights

stay seated, i’ll look it up, see if there’s been a substantial solar mass ejection, or whatever causes such things

Thanks for the heads up, there’s a bright aurora out there.

“ Minor G1-class geomagnetic storms are likely on Jan. 1st as Earth passes through the wake of a CME that struck on Dec. 31st. High-latitude sky watchers in dark sky locations could see their first auroras of the New Year!”

Probably the best aurora I’ve yet seen from this village, should be visible from many mainland sites.

Beams and curtains and bright pinkish light halfway up the sky.

Bubblecar said:

Probably the best aurora I’ve yet seen from this village, should be visible from many mainland sites.

Beams and curtains and bright pinkish light halfway up the sky.

Mostly green but pinks as well. Some dramatic pulsations.

Bubblecar said:

Probably the best aurora I’ve yet seen from this village, should be visible from many mainland sites.

Beams and curtains and bright pinkish light halfway up the sky.

it’s bright here. as usual the big show is hidden behind the ridge.

i’ll make snacks and coffee, I will, what i’m going to do, am, am doing, it’s happening, in progress, the possibility came from possibility space, it can’t not happen here in this dimension now, this reality, I am however making it impossible to happen in the same space, displacing the possibility of its simultaneous duplication, or anything like it, in fact i’ve displaced a lot of other possible things, i’m a monster that way, a monster of free will

i’m talking shit, oh look stuff on the oventop burners is boiling

It’s the best display I’ve seen since my South Mole Creek days.

Should be some spectacular phots and videos.

Bubblecar said:

Bubblecar said:

Probably the best aurora I’ve yet seen from this village, should be visible from many mainland sites.

Beams and curtains and bright pinkish light halfway up the sky.

Mostly green but pinks as well. Some dramatic pulsations.

I went out for a look but the streetlights here overpower any faint light from the south.

On the other hand, the stars and planets are very bright.

I was in a deep sleep, TV does that to me very quickly, ABC near puts me in a coma in fractions of a second, lady took quite a while to wake me up, nearly got the paddles out, the zapper, bought one from a secondhand shop, like doctors use, lady puts the paddles on both temples, of course has 50KV linesman’s gloves, mesh suit also, she’s very safety conscience

transition said:

I was in a deep sleep, TV does that to me very quickly, ABC near puts me in a coma in fractions of a second, lady took quite a while to wake me up, nearly got the paddles out, the zapper, bought one from a secondhand shop, like doctors use, lady puts the paddles on both temples, of course has 50KV linesman’s gloves, mesh suit also, she’s very safety conscience

possibly conscious also, yeah, half asleep

I don’t know everything but is this person talking out his arse?

dv said:

I don’t know everything but is this person talking out his arse?

Probably not; the USB-C standard defines the connector (hardware), not the protocol, so there’s no guarantee that any two devices can communicate through the cable.

Good morning Holidayers. Presently 9 degrees at the back door, getting light. We are forecast a cloudy 22 degrees today.

I am going supermarketing early. Haven’t done shopping since the Friday before Christmas, there are a few things we need. But not too many.

Bubblecar said:

Probably the best aurora I’ve yet seen from this village, should be visible from many mainland sites.

Beams and curtains and bright pinkish light halfway up the sky.

You lucky ducks.

dv said:

I don’t know everything but is this person talking out his arse?

No, not really. Many manufacturers only put the wires in their cable, that their device needs.

Mind you, I don’t know whether the new standard includes the cable with a complete complement of wires. It should. If it doesn’t, that is a serious oversight. However it is easily fixed by regulation or legislation.

Michael V said:

Bubblecar said:

Probably the best aurora I’ve yet seen from this village, should be visible from many mainland sites.

Beams and curtains and bright pinkish light halfway up the sky.

You lucky ducks.

D’oh. I got invited out for aurora spotting last night and opted for an early night instead. It wouldn’t have been as good as in Tassie, but would have been fun looking.
I’m hoping my brother in Tassie went out for a look. He finally got to see some good bioluminescence the other night, and he was even happier as he had all his kids and grandkids along too.

Good morning forum.
I’m off to the Warhammer shop with the grandson today. Should be fun.
A lovely cool change overnight, but still no rain. I’m emptying my garden water tanks onto the fruit and coffee trees to keep them happy, and have given up on the vegies. Luckily the self sown cherry tomatoes don’t mind a lack of water, and are fruiting madly. A good harvest from my Davidsons plum trees this year, 3 kilos and still going.

The Sheik from Scrubby Creek has passed on the 1st of Jan.

Good morning everybody.

It’s 16.5° C, 97% RH, and mostly cloudy with light breezes. Everything outside is wet, so I suspect there has been some rain overnight. BoM forecasts a top of 26° C and a good chance of rain right throughout the day. Just to prove the point, rain has started as I write the “breakfast part of this post.

Agenda: I have at least one more bamboo shoot to harvest – it is growing too close to the shed. We may as well eat it. I know that there are several other new shoots in amongst the yellow bamboo patch. Whether or not I harvest them is still undecided. The rain that has started may kybosh harvest attempts. I made the nail-brush hook from thin brass rod yesterday and it turned out alright.

Food undecided, but may include fried ham and asparagus on toast with Hollandaise sauce. Lunch may include tabouli. Dinner will include bamboo shoot pieces, so I suspect I’ll be cooking an Asian stir-fry. I’d better get some meat out of the freezer.

Last night’s stuffed bamboo shoots turned out tasting good, but the meat filling didn’t cling together well. It was kind of mushy, like a paste, which I found a bit disappointing. I’ll have to work on that. I suspect I shouldn’t have made up the recipe myself. Ah well.

ruby said:

Michael V said:

Bubblecar said:

Probably the best aurora I’ve yet seen from this village, should be visible from many mainland sites.

Beams and curtains and bright pinkish light halfway up the sky.

You lucky ducks.

D’oh. I got invited out for aurora spotting last night and opted for an early night instead. It wouldn’t have been as good as in Tassie, but would have been fun looking.
I’m hoping my brother in Tassie went out for a look. He finally got to see some good bioluminescence the other night, and he was even happier as he had all his kids and grandkids along too.

Nice.

dv said:

I don’t know everything but is this person talking out his arse?

I have a Garmin dashcam. I download the update with one cable, USB-c, then I have to plug it into the cable in the car for the updates to take effect. They won’t do it using the update cable.

How much do you know about male health? Take the quiz and find out

Score: 18 / 20

Quiz Completed!

Hadn’t heard of Jocelyn Wildenstein until now, She passed away. She died of a pulmonary embolism in a luxury hotel in Paris.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-02/swiss-socialite-jocelyn-wildenstein-dies-aged-79/104778250

Morning pilgrims, bit of a wet old day in Brisbane town.

Peak Warming Man said:

Morning pilgrims, bit of a wet old day in Brisbane town.

Morning. Wet here, too. I won’t be harvesting bamboo today.

Chad Morgan has died, who could forget that smile.

Peak Warming Man said:

Chad Morgan has died, who could forget that smile.

eat an apple through a tennis racquet he could!

Peak Warming Man said:

Chad Morgan has died, who could forget that smile.

I’ve been trying for a long time.

Bogsnorkler said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Chad Morgan has died, who could forget that smile.

eat an apple through a tennis racquet he could!

Or at least, peel it.

Michael V said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Morning pilgrims, bit of a wet old day in Brisbane town.

Morning. Wet here, too. I won’t be harvesting bamboo today.

Beautiful sunny day. Max expected temp of 30C. Perfect weather for doing some work in the shed.

Hello

pics by pink.

sarahs mum said:

pics by pink.

That’s awesome.

sarahs mum said:

pics by pink.

Amazing !

It’s one thing I missed out on in my aviation career – I never got to see the auroras even though I have over 4,000 hours at night.

sarahs mum said:

pics by pink.

It was a damn good one, I knew there’d be fine pics :)

Vibrant aurora australis lights up vast areas from Tasmania to southern Australian mainland

Bubblecar said:

sarahs mum said:

pics by pink.

It was a damn good one, I knew there’d be fine pics :)

Vibrant aurora australis lights up vast areas from Tasmania to southern Australian mainland

pink is good with the camera.

sarahs mum said:

Bubblecar said:

sarahs mum said:

pics by pink.

It was a damn good one, I knew there’d be fine pics :)

Vibrant aurora australis lights up vast areas from Tasmania to southern Australian mainland

pink is good with the camera.

My cameras aren’t good enough to do justice to an aurora, I’ve given up trying. You really need suitable gear.

I’m back. I’ll just see what has been under discussion.

buffy said:

I’m back. I’ll just see what has been under discussion.

Not much happy news today

Anyway, I’m off clothes shopping. I have a couple of gift vouchers to spend. Normally I hate shopping for clothes, but this is like taking stuff for free so it lessens the pain.

couple hot day starts tomorrow, not scorching but hot, 40C, turns pressures up a bit on sheeps water lines, they comes in all thirsty later when cooling down, got a big thirst, argy-bargy they do takes it out on the ballcock cages and ballcocks if they can reach, further made worse if they senses not enough water, clean few more troughs later today when cools, so happy sheep, clean water and plenty of, how it goes in the land of happy sheep

party_pants said:

buffy said:

I’m back. I’ll just see what has been under discussion.

Not much happy news today

I wasn’t expecting that. But then neither was Arts, I’ll warrant.

transition said:

couple hot day starts tomorrow, not scorching but hot, 40C, turns pressures up a bit on sheeps water lines, they comes in all thirsty later when cooling down, got a big thirst, argy-bargy they do takes it out on the ballcock cages and ballcocks if they can reach, further made worse if they senses not enough water, clean few more troughs later today when cools, so happy sheep, clean water and plenty of, how it goes in the land of happy sheep

How many sheeps do you have to look after?

Peak Warming Man said:

transition said:

couple hot day starts tomorrow, not scorching but hot, 40C, turns pressures up a bit on sheeps water lines, they comes in all thirsty later when cooling down, got a big thirst, argy-bargy they do takes it out on the ballcock cages and ballcocks if they can reach, further made worse if they senses not enough water, clean few more troughs later today when cools, so happy sheep, clean water and plenty of, how it goes in the land of happy sheep

How many sheeps do you have to look after?

i’d need guess do mathematicalarythmatical abacus work 730 (as recall) ewes and from here I totally guess, looks like another 130 ewes in dump paddock, + 100 lambs front paddock, maybe 300+ or so in feedlots, possibly quite a few more in feedlots

there’s five of eight mains waterlines turned on at moment being used, another three of six private meters I read also, extracting totals and flows

transition said:

Peak Warming Man said:

transition said:

couple hot day starts tomorrow, not scorching but hot, 40C, turns pressures up a bit on sheeps water lines, they comes in all thirsty later when cooling down, got a big thirst, argy-bargy they do takes it out on the ballcock cages and ballcocks if they can reach, further made worse if they senses not enough water, clean few more troughs later today when cools, so happy sheep, clean water and plenty of, how it goes in the land of happy sheep

How many sheeps do you have to look after?

i’d need guess do mathematicalarythmatical abacus work 730 (as recall) ewes and from here I totally guess, looks like another 130 ewes in dump paddock, + 100 lambs front paddock, maybe 300+ or so in feedlots, possibly quite a few more in feedlots

there’s five of eight mains waterlines turned on at moment being used, another three of six private meters I read also, extracting totals and flows

Roger.

transition said:

Peak Warming Man said:

transition said:

couple hot day starts tomorrow, not scorching but hot, 40C, turns pressures up a bit on sheeps water lines, they comes in all thirsty later when cooling down, got a big thirst, argy-bargy they do takes it out on the ballcock cages and ballcocks if they can reach, further made worse if they senses not enough water, clean few more troughs later today when cools, so happy sheep, clean water and plenty of, how it goes in the land of happy sheep

How many sheeps do you have to look after?

i’d need guess do mathematicalarythmatical abacus work 730 (as recall) ewes and from here I totally guess, looks like another 130 ewes in dump paddock, + 100 lambs front paddock, maybe 300+ or so in feedlots, possibly quite a few more in feedlots

there’s five of eight mains waterlines turned on at moment being used, another three of six private meters I read also, extracting totals and flows

50 lambs mostly but bit of a mix in what’s bamboo west paddock, nearly forgot them

buffy said:

party_pants said:

buffy said:

I’m back. I’ll just see what has been under discussion.

Not much happy news today

I wasn’t expecting that. But then neither was Arts, I’ll warrant.

I suppose the good thing with heart related health issues is its usually treated urgently.
I was expecting months wait for mine once it was diagnosed and it was about a week.

31 deg C, 40% rel hum, 50% light cloud cover, not looking rainy

buffy said:

party_pants said:

buffy said:

I’m back. I’ll just see what has been under discussion.

Not much happy news today

I wasn’t expecting that. But then neither was Arts, I’ll warrant.

It certainly must have been a nasty surprise.

Bogsnorkler said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Chad Morgan has died, who could forget that smile.

eat an apple through a tennis racquet he could!

Wondai’s favourite son except for Hauritz

party_pants said:

Anyway, I’m off clothes shopping. I have a couple of gift vouchers to spend. Normally I hate shopping for clothes, but this is like taking stuff for free so it lessens the pain.

So can you guess which idiot got in the car and half-way down the street before relaising he’d left the vouchers inside?
Bet you can’t guess, I’ll give you 3 tries.

Geez Arts.

You’ll be fine, only the good die young. ;)

Can you do us a favour? Decline the anesthesia and live stream the procedure for science. It’ll be interesting to see if the doc uses WB&D.

sarahs mum said:

pics by pink.

Nice. Lucky ducks.

EEEEEK Aunty Arts!!!

A dickie ticker, hey what but!

A valve grind and a new head gasket!!

You’ll be like new and revvin’ to go in no time. 😁

HUGZ

Hoags Object

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoag’s_Object

party_pants said:

party_pants said:

Anyway, I’m off clothes shopping. I have a couple of gift vouchers to spend. Normally I hate shopping for clothes, but this is like taking stuff for free so it lessens the pain.

So can you guess which idiot got in the car and half-way down the street before relaising he’d left the vouchers inside?
Bet you can’t guess, I’ll give you 3 tries.

Twasn’t me.

OK, got December and January SciAms to read. They both arrived in the mail on the same day. I thought the December one was running a bit late. I usually get them before the month of issue starts.

Maybe we need a Dad Jokes thread…

party_pants said:

Maybe we need a Dad Jokes thread…

America had Johnny Cash, Bob Hope and Stevie Wonder…Australia has no Cash, no Hope and no bloody wonder!

roughbarked said:

party_pants said:

Maybe we need a Dad Jokes thread…

America had Johnny Cash, Bob Hope and Stevie Wonder…Australia has no Cash, no Hope and no bloody wonder!

I heard that years ago as a British joke. The last part being “… and no bloody wonder because we’ve got Thatcher”.

roughbarked said:

party_pants said:

Maybe we need a Dad Jokes thread…

America had Johnny Cash, Bob Hope and Stevie Wonder…Australia has no Cash, no Hope and no bloody wonder!

That is old, from high school days

party_pants said:

roughbarked said:

party_pants said:

Maybe we need a Dad Jokes thread…

America had Johnny Cash, Bob Hope and Stevie Wonder…Australia has no Cash, no Hope and no bloody wonder!

I heard that years ago as a British joke. The last part being “… and no bloody wonder because we’ve got Thatcher”.

Mind you Bob Hope was English by birth.

Bubblecar said:

party_pants said:

roughbarked said:

America had Johnny Cash, Bob Hope and Stevie Wonder…Australia has no Cash, no Hope and no bloody wonder!

I heard that years ago as a British joke. The last part being “… and no bloody wonder because we’ve got Thatcher”.

Mind you Bob Hope was English by birth.

Was it Malcolm Fraser times or Hawke for us, think it must be the later

Coles delivery will be some time in the next two hours.

Bubblecar said:

Coles delivery will be some time in the next two hours.

Excellent. I look forward to hearing news of substitutions. It’s like a lottery, sometimes you score an upgrade, sometimes it’s a downgrade, just depends on that the picker thought was a good idea at the time.

party_pants said:

Bubblecar said:

Coles delivery will be some time in the next two hours.

Excellent. I look forward to hearing news of substitutions. It’s like a lottery, sometimes you score an upgrade, sometimes it’s a downgrade, just depends on that the picker thought was a good idea at the time.

Well there’s been no email regarding substitutions, so it’s ostensibly all there.

But sometimes they just randomly omit things. So you have to tell them and they credit your account accordingly.

party_pants said:

Bubblecar said:

Coles delivery will be some time in the next two hours.

Excellent. I look forward to hearing news of substitutions. It’s like a lottery, sometimes you score an upgrade, sometimes it’s a downgrade, just depends on that the picker thought was a good idea at the time.

Your life must be quite boring, but you may be excited by my grocery order horror from the other day.
They sent me two crappy pizzas, 1 crappy lasagna and 1 box of dinosaur-shaped chicken nuggets. Missing were the bag of frozen chicken thighs, a packet of frozen spinach and 10 bags of frozen precooked rice and vegetables (on special!). Everything else was accounted for.
I caught the delivery woman before she ran away and she asked me if I was sure about the mistakes. I nearly said…do I look like someone who’d eat these crappy pizzas?

Bubblecar said:

party_pants said:

roughbarked said:

America had Johnny Cash, Bob Hope and Stevie Wonder…Australia has no Cash, no Hope and no bloody wonder!

I heard that years ago as a British joke. The last part being “… and no bloody wonder because we’ve got Thatcher”.

Mind you Bob Hope was English by birth.

and a former boxer.

From Chimps Eating Medicinal Plants to Footprints Tracking Our Early Relatives, Here Are the Most Significant Human Evolution Discoveries of 2024

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/from-chimps-eating-medicinal-plants-to-footprints-tracking-our-early-relatives-here-are-the-most-significant-human-evolution-discoveries-of-2024-180985756/

Coles truck is here. Name: Hudson.

Bubblecar said:

Coles truck is here. Name: Hudson.

Onya Huddo!

Bubblecar said:

Coles truck is here. Name: Hudson.

That truck Rocks.

…and all seems to be present and correct.

this stuff worth anything to anyone

¿

SCIENCE said:

this stuff worth anything to anyone

¿

I’m not really a film buff.

Michael V said:

SCIENCE said:

this stuff worth anything to anyone

¿

I’m not really a film buff.

on the roll it looks like clear plastic

SCIENCE said:

Michael V said:

SCIENCE said:

this stuff worth anything to anyone

¿

I’m not really a film buff.

on the roll it looks like clear plastic

So just industrial-size rolls of plastic wrap?

Michael V said:

SCIENCE said:

this stuff worth anything to anyone

¿

I’m not really a film buff.

LOL.

Bubblecar said:

SCIENCE said:

Michael V said:

I’m not really a film buff.

on the roll it looks like clear plastic

So just industrial-size rolls of plastic wrap?

Arts when she is well and needs to make a kill room ?

SCIENCE said:

this stuff worth anything to anyone

¿

School art department, artist, preschool.

kii said:

SCIENCE said:

this stuff worth anything to anyone

¿

School art department, artist, preschool.

Reverse garbage place, like the one that was in Marrickville, Sydney.

My Hobart brother brought the discs of “Lord Peter Wimsey: Clouds of Witness” and left them with us to watch. Starring Ian Carmichael. BBC 1972. I very vaguely remember seeing it on the ABC a very long time ago. We shall see how it holds up.

buffy said:

My Hobart brother brought the discs of “Lord Peter Wimsey: Clouds of Witness” and left them with us to watch. Starring Ian Carmichael. BBC 1972. I very vaguely remember seeing it on the ABC a very long time ago. We shall see how it holds up.

Goodo.

I’ll be reading Arthur Machen in the living room with some moody music on.

Then coming back in here to read old Flight magazines, with more music.

kii said:

kii said:

SCIENCE said:

this stuff worth anything to anyone

¿

School art department, artist, preschool.

Reverse garbage place, like the one that was in Marrickville, Sydney.

like we’d collect and redistribute it but it’s heavy and we don’t know how to use it for what, if it’s art material we could try to redirect it

Talking about American cars, here’s one from the days when they made some very pretty ones.

Crane-Simplex roadster from c.1916. Amongst the world’s most expensive cars at the time, the Crane-Simplex company only lasted a few years.

SCIENCE said:

kii said:

kii said:

School art department, artist, preschool.

Reverse garbage place, like the one that was in Marrickville, Sydney.

like we’d collect and redistribute it but it’s heavy and we don’t know how to use it for what, if it’s art material we could try to redirect it

Did you find it dumped somewhere?

Bubblecar said:

Talking about American cars, here’s one from the days when they made some very pretty ones.

Crane-Simplex roadster from c.1916. Amongst the world’s most expensive cars at the time, the Crane-Simplex company only lasted a few years.

Looks a bit ‘ahead of its time’.

Bubblecar said:

Talking about American cars, here’s one from the days when they made some very pretty ones.

Crane-Simplex roadster from c.1916. Amongst the world’s most expensive cars at the time, the Crane-Simplex company only lasted a few years.

Very nice. I could give that garage room.

SCIENCE said:

kii said:

kii said:

School art department, artist, preschool.

Reverse garbage place, like the one that was in Marrickville, Sydney.

like we’d collect and redistribute it but it’s heavy and we don’t know how to use it for what, if it’s art material we could try to redirect it

Do I have to do all the thinking?
Make phone calls.
Some people have cars.
Maybe.

captain_spalding said:

Bubblecar said:

Talking about American cars, here’s one from the days when they made some very pretty ones.

Crane-Simplex roadster from c.1916. Amongst the world’s most expensive cars at the time, the Crane-Simplex company only lasted a few years.

Looks a bit ‘ahead of its time’.

The Model 5 was fitted with a six-cylinder motor of 563 cubic inches piston displacement, developing a maximum of 110 h.p

kii said:

SCIENCE said:

kii said:

Reverse garbage place, like the one that was in Marrickville, Sydney.

like we’d collect and redistribute it but it’s heavy and we don’t know how to use it for what, if it’s art material we could try to redirect it

Do I have to do all the thinking?
Make phone calls.
Some people have cars.
Maybe.

Go ahead then we’re just looking at piles of stuff on the side of the road, if it’s not something we repurpose ourselves it’s not going to be any of our business.

roughbarked said:

SCIENCE said:

kii said:

Reverse garbage place, like the one that was in Marrickville, Sydney.

like we’d collect and redistribute it but it’s heavy and we don’t know how to use it for what, if it’s art material we could try to redirect it

Did you find it dumped somewhere?

probably a road side discard collection

Just got home from a weird callout. Some kids set off a couple of parachute flares over the bushy end of town. Multiple phone calls and notifications happened fast, we went out to see if they had set light to anything when they landed. I found one, as we were driving around, & the coppers, FRS and even Sea Rescue got involved. All we needed for the full set was for someone to get hurt and the Ambos would have turned up too.

No sign of the second flare, or smoke, but we got a spotter plane in to do a few circles anyway.

Kingy said:

Just got home from a weird callout. Some kids set off a couple of parachute flares over the bushy end of town. Multiple phone calls and notifications happened fast, we went out to see if they had set light to anything when they landed. I found one, as we were driving around, & the coppers, FRS and even Sea Rescue got involved. All we needed for the full set was for someone to get hurt and the Ambos would have turned up too.

No sign of the second flare, or smoke, but we got a spotter plane in to do a few circles anyway.

Sounds an expensive caper.

SCIENCE said:

kii said:

SCIENCE said:

like we’d collect and redistribute it but it’s heavy and we don’t know how to use it for what, if it’s art material we could try to redirect it

Do I have to do all the thinking?
Make phone calls.
Some people have cars.
Maybe.

Go ahead then we’re just looking at piles of stuff on the side of the road, if it’s not something we repurpose ourselves it’s not going to be any of our business.

Christmas video,Swiss police. (3min 18 sec)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BmhHyyzh9o

captain_spalding said:

Christmas video,Swiss police. (3min 18 sec)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BmhHyyzh9o

I like.

:)

roughbarked said:

captain_spalding said:

Bubblecar said:

Talking about American cars, here’s one from the days when they made some very pretty ones.

Crane-Simplex roadster from c.1916. Amongst the world’s most expensive cars at the time, the Crane-Simplex company only lasted a few years.

Looks a bit ‘ahead of its time’.

The Model 5 was fitted with a six-cylinder motor of 563 cubic inches piston displacement, developing a maximum of 110 h.p

Woulda been a thirsty bugger, hey what but!!

Woodie said:

roughbarked said:

captain_spalding said:

Looks a bit ‘ahead of its time’.

The Model 5 was fitted with a six-cylinder motor of 563 cubic inches piston displacement, developing a maximum of 110 h.p

Woulda been a thirsty bugger, hey what but!!

Probably suffered from petrol stations being too far apart.

Woodie said:

roughbarked said:

captain_spalding said:

Looks a bit ‘ahead of its time’.

The Model 5 was fitted with a six-cylinder motor of 563 cubic inches piston displacement, developing a maximum of 110 h.p

Woulda been a thirsty bugger, hey what but!!

These days an 8 cylinder motor of that size can produce around 10,000hp

It is even thirstier though.

Kingy said:

Woodie said:

roughbarked said:

The Model 5 was fitted with a six-cylinder motor of 563 cubic inches piston displacement, developing a maximum of 110 h.p

Woulda been a thirsty bugger, hey what but!!

These days an 8 cylinder motor of that size can produce around 10,000hp

It is even thirstier though.

Well, supercharging it and running a fuel with a stoichiometric ratio of about 1:1.6 will tend make an engine thirsty.

Oh, and the other problem is that the engine will only last a few seconds before requiring reconditioning, or it might irretrievably break in lesstime than that.

what are people’s opinions on the new LCC27 fittings?

Bogsnorkler said:

what are people’s opinions on the new LCC27 fittings?

No opinion

dv said:

Bogsnorkler said:

what are people’s opinions on the new LCC27 fittings?

No opinion

ditto….goes to google

Bogsnorkler said:

what are people’s opinions on the new LCC27 fittings?

I’m ag’in’ it!

Bogsnorkler said:

what are people’s opinions on the new LCC27 fittings?

Heresy.

Brindabellas said:

dv said:

Bogsnorkler said:

what are people’s opinions on the new LCC27 fittings?

No opinion

ditto….goes to google

Summary they are safer fittings.

https://www.elgas.com.au/elgas-knowledge-hub/residential-lpg/lcc27-gas-bottle-pol-gas-fittng-adaptor/

https://www.snowys.com.au/blog/pol-and-new-lcc27-gas-fitting/

Link

When people as what year is it, you can say its 9!^3

1^3 + 2^3 + 3^3 etc.

Kingy said:

When people as what year is it, you can say its 9!^3

1^3 + 2^3 + 3^3 etc.

or 45^2

Kingy said:

Kingy said:

When people as what year is it, you can say its 9!^3

1^3 + 2^3 + 3^3 etc.

or 45^2

Go the latter. No-one understands that factorial shit.

Kingy said:

When people as what year is it, you can say its 9!^3

1^3 + 2^3 + 3^3 etc.

9!^3 = 47784725839872000

sarahs mum said:

noice

Bogsnorkler said:

what are people’s opinions on the new LCC27 fittings?

NFI, sorry.

When is the op scheduled, Arts?

sarahs mum said:

Noice.

well, I am glad I brought up the topic of the new gas fittings. You are all up to speed now.

Bogsnorkler said:

well, I am glad I brought up the topic of the new gas fittings. You are all up to speed now.

Just because I’m against it doesn’t mean I know anything about it.

Witty Rejoinder said:

Bogsnorkler said:

well, I am glad I brought up the topic of the new gas fittings. You are all up to speed now.

Just because I’m against it doesn’t mean I know anything about it.

Hear, hear.

I don’t know a damn thing about it, so i condemn it.

You belt it out darling!!! BRAVO!!! BRAVO!! ENCORE ENCORE!!

watches Andrea Bocelli concert I recorded the other night

BTW, WTF put Russell Crowe on the same stage as Andrea Bocelli should be shot.

captain_spalding said:

Witty Rejoinder said:

Bogsnorkler said:

well, I am glad I brought up the topic of the new gas fittings. You are all up to speed now.

Just because I’m against it doesn’t mean I know anything about it.

Hear, hear.

I don’t know a damn thing about it, so i condemn it.

It’s outrageous!! I’m absolutely appalled!! The Minister must resign and the Ambassador recalled. This travesty is obviously based on inadequate community consultation and flawed environmental impact study. I cannot support such a decision that is tantamount to war crimes.

Woodie said:

captain_spalding said:

Witty Rejoinder said:

Just because I’m against it doesn’t mean I know anything about it.

Hear, hear.

I don’t know a damn thing about it, so i condemn it.

It’s outrageous!! I’m absolutely appalled!! The Minister must resign and the Ambassador recalled. This travesty is obviously based on inadequate community consultation and flawed environmental impact study. I cannot support such a decision that is tantamount to war crimes.

Mobilise the reserves. Officers sharpen swords.

We march at dawn.

Kingy said:

Kingy said:

When people as what year is it, you can say its 9!^3

1^3 + 2^3 + 3^3 etc.

or 45^2

9!^3 = 4.77847E+16

The Rev Dodgson said:

Kingy said:

Kingy said:

When people as what year is it, you can say its 9!^3

1^3 + 2^3 + 3^3 etc.

or 45^2

9!^3 = 4.77847E+16

I see am a little late.

At least we got about the same number.

The Rev Dodgson said:

Kingy said:

Kingy said:

When people as what year is it, you can say its 9!^3

1^3 + 2^3 + 3^3 etc.

or 45^2

9!^3 = 4.77847E+16

I could possibly understand that, but i gave up mathematics as soon as it was no longer necessary for me to avoid running sea-going vessels into various natural and man-made obstacles.

captain_spalding said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Kingy said:

or 45^2

9!^3 = 4.77847E+16

I could possibly understand that, but i gave up mathematics as soon as it was no longer necessary for me to avoid running sea-going vessels into various natural and man-made obstacles.

crosses the capt off the post apoplectic recruitment list.

Bogsnorkler said:

captain_spalding said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

9!^3 = 4.77847E+16

I could possibly understand that, but i gave up mathematics as soon as it was no longer necessary for me to avoid running sea-going vessels into various natural and man-made obstacles.

crosses the capt off the post apoplectic recruitment list.

Life is too short to spend on anxiety caused by arguments over how numbers are arranged.

https://www.ft.com/content/1c94c23a-90f1-465f-99c0-0c83f9b20b49

How climate change is redrawing Europe’s wine map
Extreme weather is pushing viticulture into colder northern territory and forcing traditional winemaking regions to adapt

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At Les 110 Taillevent, a Michelin-starred Paris restaurant that specialises in pairing dishes with wines at various price points, the wine list reflects a traditional European hierarchy: French labels dominate, then Italian, Spanish, plus the occasional Californian bottle. One entry stands out: a white wine from Denmark.

The Cuvée Frank, €28 for a small glass, hails from Stokkebye domaine in southern Denmark. Partially aged in oak, this fresh wine with flavours of green apple and pineapple also has “a certain nuttiness”, says Paul Robineau, executive head sommelier for the Taillevent group.

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Its presence signals something else, too: a redrawing of Europe’s wine map as climate change expands viticulture into territories long considered too cold, while challenging traditional winemaking regions to adapt.

“Ten years ago, you would never see a Danish wine on the list,” Robineau says. “But, with the climate changing, Denmark is on its way to make great wines.” 

Located on the island of Funen, two hours’ drive from Copenhagen, Stokkebye began in 2009 as an experiment. Jacob Stokkebye, a trained sommelier, and his wife Helle decided to see if the climate could sustain a serious vineyard. At that time, Danish wine was largely confined to a few hobbyists experimenting with cold-hardy vines.

buffy said:

My Hobart brother brought the discs of “Lord Peter Wimsey: Clouds of Witness” and left them with us to watch. Starring Ian Carmichael. BBC 1972. I very vaguely remember seeing it on the ABC a very long time ago. We shall see how it holds up.

And it’s not bad. Acted as if it’s a stage play. And obviously not to the standards today. But quite intriguing. We’ve watched two of the four episodes.

I hope Arts’s operation has gone well. I assume it was this afternoon.

So I bought one of these today – ShooAway fly repellant fan.

I think they work. Just two small plastic blades that spin around, and they wave the flies away.

My sister had a couple on the table outside on NYE because we all brough along heaps of food. I was impressed enough to buy my own.

Can recommend.

party_pants said:

So I bought one of these today – ShooAway fly repellant fan.

I think they work. Just two small plastic blades that spin around, and they wave the flies away.

My sister had a couple on the table outside on NYE because we all brough along heaps of food. I was impressed enough to buy my own.

Can recommend.

How much do they cost and how long soes the battery last?

roughbarked said:

party_pants said:

So I bought one of these today – ShooAway fly repellant fan.

I think they work. Just two small plastic blades that spin around, and they wave the flies away.

My sister had a couple on the table outside on NYE because we all brough along heaps of food. I was impressed enough to buy my own.

Can recommend.

How much do they cost and how long soes the battery last?

I bought mine from ALDI, it was $16-something (let’s say $17). 2 x AA Batteries, I’ll report back later on the battery life. Had it running about 2-3 hours this afternoon.

party_pants said:

roughbarked said:

party_pants said:

So I bought one of these today – ShooAway fly repellant fan.

I think they work. Just two small plastic blades that spin around, and they wave the flies away.

My sister had a couple on the table outside on NYE because we all brough along heaps of food. I was impressed enough to buy my own.

Can recommend.

How much do they cost and how long soes the battery last?

I bought mine from ALDI, it was $16-something (let’s say $17). 2 x AA Batteries, I’ll report back later on the battery life. Had it running about 2-3 hours this afternoon.

Looks a good idea.

I reckon it works for a bit over half a square metre of table space. My table is 800 × 1200 mm. i reckon it covers say 800 × 800 sort of area. The flies buzz around the table but they don’t land and settle near the food.

party_pants said:

roughbarked said:

party_pants said:

So I bought one of these today – ShooAway fly repellant fan.

I think they work. Just two small plastic blades that spin around, and they wave the flies away.

My sister had a couple on the table outside on NYE because we all brough along heaps of food. I was impressed enough to buy my own.

Can recommend.

How much do they cost and how long soes the battery last?

I bought mine from ALDI, it was $16-something (let’s say $17). 2 x AA Batteries, I’ll report back later on the battery life. Had it running about 2-3 hours this afternoon.

So it doesn’t have rechargeable batteries?

Bubblecar said:

party_pants said:

roughbarked said:

How much do they cost and how long soes the battery last?

I bought mine from ALDI, it was $16-something (let’s say $17). 2 x AA Batteries, I’ll report back later on the battery life. Had it running about 2-3 hours this afternoon.

Looks a good idea.

Yes but you’d likely need more than one at the average table.

roughbarked said:

party_pants said:

roughbarked said:

How much do they cost and how long soes the battery last?

I bought mine from ALDI, it was $16-something (let’s say $17). 2 x AA Batteries, I’ll report back later on the battery life. Had it running about 2-3 hours this afternoon.

So it doesn’t have rechargeable batteries?

No. Ordinary AAs.

party_pants said:

roughbarked said:

party_pants said:

I bought mine from ALDI, it was $16-something (let’s say $17). 2 x AA Batteries, I’ll report back later on the battery life. Had it running about 2-3 hours this afternoon.

So it doesn’t have rechargeable batteries?

No. Ordinary AAs.

not included, of course

roughbarked said:

Bubblecar said:

party_pants said:

I bought mine from ALDI, it was $16-something (let’s say $17). 2 x AA Batteries, I’ll report back later on the battery life. Had it running about 2-3 hours this afternoon.

Looks a good idea.

Yes but you’d likely need more than one at the average table.

My little outdoor table is just for one or two people.

roughbarked said:

party_pants said:

roughbarked said:

How much do they cost and how long soes the battery last?

I bought mine from ALDI, it was $16-something (let’s say $17). 2 x AA Batteries, I’ll report back later on the battery life. Had it running about 2-3 hours this afternoon.

So it doesn’t have rechargeable batteries?

would take NiMH probably.

Bogsnorkler said:

roughbarked said:

party_pants said:

I bought mine from ALDI, it was $16-something (let’s say $17). 2 x AA Batteries, I’ll report back later on the battery life. Had it running about 2-3 hours this afternoon.

So it doesn’t have rechargeable batteries?

would take NiMH probably.

SCIENCE said:

Bogsnorkler said:

roughbarked said:

So it doesn’t have rechargeable batteries?

would take NiMH probably.

Another fine old solution.

Bubblecar said:

SCIENCE said:

Bogsnorkler said:

would take NiMH probably.

Another fine old solution.

Have not seen one of those in years, like 1980s my Mum bought 2 or 3 of them.

The Rev Dodgson said:

Kingy said:

Kingy said:

When people as what year is it, you can say its 9!^3

1^3 + 2^3 + 3^3 etc.

or 45^2

9!^3 = 4.77847E+16

I just did it with a calculator and got 2025.

It must need brackets somewhere.

Kingy said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Kingy said:

or 45^2

9!^3 = 4.77847E+16

I just did it with a calculator and got 2025.

It must need brackets somewhere.

Brackets won’t help because factorial is not a sum, it’s the product of integers up to the given integer.

Maintenance and locker checks tonight.

SCIENCE said:

Bogsnorkler said:

roughbarked said:

So it doesn’t have rechargeable batteries?

would take NiMH probably.

That’s all right for keeping the flies off the chook.

dv said:

Kingy said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

9!^3 = 4.77847E+16

I just did it with a calculator and got 2025.

It must need brackets somewhere.

Brackets won’t help because factorial is not a sum, it’s the product of integers up to the given integer.

Ok, is there an easier way to write this?

1^3+2^3+3^3+4^3+5^3+6^3+7^3+8^3+9^3=2025

Kingy said:

dv said:

Kingy said:

I just did it with a calculator and got 2025.

It must need brackets somewhere.

Brackets won’t help because factorial is not a sum, it’s the product of integers up to the given integer.

Ok, is there an easier way to write this?

1^3+2^3+3^3+4^3+5^3+6^3+7^3+8^3+9^3=2025

₉
Σ i ³ = 2025
ⁱ⁼¹

fun fact, that sum of cubes up to any integer is a square number

e.g.

₁₀
Σ i ³ = 55 ^2
i=1

Moreover … you’ll see that it’s the square of the corresponding triangular number.

dv said:

Kingy said:

dv said:

Brackets won’t help because factorial is not a sum, it’s the product of integers up to the given integer.

Ok, is there an easier way to write this?

1^3+2^3+3^3+4^3+5^3+6^3+7^3+8^3+9^3=2025

₉
Σ i ³ = 2025
ⁱ⁼¹

Wow, that’s a bit out of my level of math. I’ll take your word for it though, ta.

Kingy said:

dv said:

Kingy said:

Ok, is there an easier way to write this?

1^3+2^3+3^3+4^3+5^3+6^3+7^3+8^3+9^3=2025

₉
Σ i ³ = 2025
ⁱ⁼¹

Wow, that’s a bit out of my level of math. I’ll take your word for it though, ta.

so what he means is it’s easier for sum