Look at that! March already – at least it is for those of us posting from the south-east corner of the country.
The rest of you will catch up in a short while.
Kingy said:
:)
I actually get a joke, for once
SCIENCE said:
AussieDJ said:
looks more like Bandura’s dog but what would we know
Certainly not Woodie’s dog, though. Of that we can be sure.
Good morning Holidayers. Presently 19 degrees at the back door and getting light. Going by the dishes outside the back door, last night’s rain might have been 2 or 3mm. Not raining at the moment. Today we are forecast 24 degrees and possible heavy rain. 20-50mm. We shall see.
No particular activities planned yet.
Showers this morning, then sunny and a top of 28.
Grocery shopping today. More uni assignment writing.
Been seeing a ton of “Visit Dubai” ads lately. Spose those will be taken off air for the foreseeable future.
20/50. I knew number 8, a couple more I had an inkling about and was right, another outright guess was right. I should probably have got the shampoo one, but I chose the wrong one of the two I was umming and ahing about.
buffy said:
Sunday Quiz20/50. I knew number 8, a couple more I had an inkling about and was right, another outright guess was right. I should probably have got the shampoo one, but I chose the wrong one of the two I was umming and ahing about.
25/50
I knew Gruen, shampoo, Cage & Fish, idolatry, and CBD for some reason. All my guesses were wrong.
buffy said:
Sunday Quiz20/50. I knew number 8, a couple more I had an inkling about and was right, another outright guess was right. I should probably have got the shampoo one, but I chose the wrong one of the two I was umming and ahing about.
30/50
all guesses
(except 1 maybe)
I’m up but slept badly so I’ll be going back to bed before long.
Bubblecar said:
I’m up but slept badly so I’ll be going back to bed before long.
My watch recorded a sleep score of 74 last night, because I went to bed later than usual. I’d had an afternoon nap, see. Stayed up watching a movie called The Comfort of Strangers, which was a bit weird and a bit dragged out.
Divine Angel said:
Bubblecar said:
I’m up but slept badly so I’ll be going back to bed before long.
My watch recorded a sleep score of 74 last night, because I went to bed later than usual. I’d had an afternoon nap, see. Stayed up watching a movie called The Comfort of Strangers, which was a bit weird and a bit dragged out.
I went to bed very late and only got about three hours sleep.
I’d like to go back in now but my nose is stuffed up.
Cup of tea might help.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-01/how-uni-life-has-changed-on-campus-utas-online-experience/106196352
I did an undergrad degree pre-Covid, 100% online. Met people through the course, and have actually met them IRL. Had a lot of positive experiences and a couple of negative ones, but that’s par for the course regardless of what you’re doing and where.
Obviously my current course is 100% online as well. I don’t have the time or energy to commute to campus, spend a day listening to lectures while frantically taking notes having forgotten the start of the sentence by the time I get to the end. My tutors have full-time teaching jobs at actual schools and do uni stuff on the side.
Didn’t go to uni straight after high school. Didn’t know what I would want to do, generally felt a bit lost in the world. I’ve never been one for drinking or partying or hanging round a bar anyway. Give me a library and I’m happy.
Good morning everybody.
It’s mostly cloudy, there are light breezes, it’s 25.5° C and 79% RH inside and a bit warmer outside. We’ve had showers on and off since around 9 pm. I haven’t measured the ORB yet, but I expect <5 mm. Forecast is a top of 28° C and more showers.
I didn’t cook the unfrozen chook bits yesterday, so that becomes top priority today.
Divine Angel said:
I did an undergrad degree pre-Covid, 100% online. Met people through the course, and have actually met them IRL. Had a lot of positive experiences and a couple of negative ones, but that’s par for the course regardless of what you’re doing and where.
Obviously my current course is 100% online as well. I don’t have the time or energy to commute to campus, spend a day listening to lectures while frantically taking notes having forgotten the start of the sentence by the time I get to the end. My tutors have full-time teaching jobs at actual schools and do uni stuff on the side.
Didn’t go to uni straight after high school. Didn’t know what I would want to do, generally felt a bit lost in the world. I’ve never been one for drinking or partying or hanging round a bar anyway. Give me a library and I’m happy.
so we(0,1,0) reckon these “the war’s started and child sex abusers are in charge so let’s just talk about socialising at school” distraction articles are ¿ just written by people who had whatever specific experience they had back in their day and decided everyone else needs to have the same experience
Michael V said:
Good morning everybody.It’s mostly cloudy, there are light breezes, it’s 25.5° C and 79% RH inside and a bit warmer outside. We’ve had showers on and off since around 9 pm. I haven’t measured the ORB yet, but I expect <5 mm. Forecast is a top of 28° C and more showers.
I didn’t cook the unfrozen chook bits yesterday, so that becomes top priority today.
0.5 mm yesterday. And we are now having another shower.
We had lightly spiced sliced mushrooms in butter sauce on toast for breakfast. Yummo.
sarahs mum would usually post these …
This one landed a little while ago
Olive and Mabel – Zen and Zoom
AussieDJ said:
sarahs mum would usually post these …This one landed a little while ago
Olive and Mabel – Zen and Zoom
:)
AussieDJ said:
sarahs mum would usually post these …This one landed a little while ago
Olive and Mabel – Zen and Zoom
Sarah’s Mum loved Olive and Mabel
Kelly Osbourne. One of the comments, “she looks like her dad, currently” 💀
A few of them were psychologically adept guesses.
Had a nap. Woke up with a start, panicking we were going to be late for Jesus Christ Superstar… which is next Saturday.
Divine Angel said:
Had a nap. Woke up with a start, panicking we were going to be late for Jesus Christ Superstar… which is next Saturday.
I thought you saw that recently?
Divine Angel said:
Kelly Osbourne. One of the comments, “she looks like her dad, currently” 💀
FMD… What is with celebrities who want to look like tricked up mannequins?
Bubblecar said:
Divine Angel said:
Had a nap. Woke up with a start, panicking we were going to be late for Jesus Christ Superstar… which is next Saturday.
I thought you saw that recently?
A big production last July. Local one next week.
Divine Angel said:
Bubblecar said:
Divine Angel said:
Had a nap. Woke up with a start, panicking we were going to be late for Jesus Christ Superstar… which is next Saturday.
I thought you saw that recently?
A big production last July. Local one next week.
Goodo.
Update on the burnt saucepan. Ultimately the answer was to use heavy duty oven cleaner. The “everyday” one was next to useless. And I sprayed it on, put the lid on the pot to stop the smell drifting, and left it for some days. Just cleaned it out now. Nearly there. I’ll spray again and it will be right. Sorry, blurry picture, but you get the idea.
buffy said:
Update on the burnt saucepan. Ultimately the answer was to use heavy duty oven cleaner. The “everyday” one was next to useless. And I sprayed it on, put the lid on the pot to stop the smell drifting, and left it for some days. Just cleaned it out now. Nearly there. I’ll spray again and it will be right. Sorry, blurry picture, but you get the idea.
The saucepan will probably be all gone tomorrow.
buffy said:
Update on the burnt saucepan. Ultimately the answer was to use heavy duty oven cleaner. The “everyday” one was next to useless. And I sprayed it on, put the lid on the pot to stop the smell drifting, and left it for some days. Just cleaned it out now. Nearly there. I’ll spray again and it will be right. Sorry, blurry picture, but you get the idea.
Not much left to clear, well done.
Divine Angel said:
Kelly Osbourne. One of the comments, “she looks like her dad, currently” 💀
Ha!
I just read on Facebook that Putin is about to bomb Port Philip Bay.
Don’t panic buy fuel.
DON’T PANIC
Peak Warming Man said:
Don’t panic buy fuel.
DON’T PANIC
0% of our lavatory paper comes from Iran so don’t even think about it.
Divine Angel said:
I just read on Facebook that Putin is about to bomb Port Philip Bay.
I see. Someone you trust?
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
I just read on Facebook that Putin is about to bomb Port Philip Bay.
I see. Someone you trust?
Nah, twas a suggested post by a RWNJ.
I cleared my friends list of RWNJs during covid.
I was going to ask this in here but AI knows everything so I’ll stick to my informed, inciteful and knowledgeable political missives and what I’m having to eat.
Yes, Formula 1 drivers are subject to regular, mandatory drug testing conducted by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the FIA. Testing occurs both in-competition (after races) and out-of-competition (randomly), with drivers required to provide their daily location for potential surprise visits.
Over.
Divine Angel said:
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
I just read on Facebook that Putin is about to bomb Port Philip Bay.
I see. Someone you trust?
Nah, twas a suggested post by a RWNJ.
I cleared my friends list of RWNJs during covid.
Reminds me of something an old bloke told me about when a Japanese submarine shelled Newcastle in WW2. Said that some of the Japanese shells went off and did some damage, but, as it was Newcastle, it was some time before anyone noticed the difference.
Divine Angel said:
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
I just read on Facebook that Putin is about to bomb Port Philip Bay.
I see. Someone you trust?
Nah, twas a suggested post by a RWNJ.
I cleared my friends list of RWNJs during covid.
(I should have added /TIC.)
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
Michael V said:I see. Someone you trust?
Nah, twas a suggested post by a RWNJ.
I cleared my friends list of RWNJs during covid.
(I should have added /TIC.)
Never do that Michael, sometimes you need to leave the car running though.
Also from social media:
SHORT WAVE RADIO: Radio Iran International (the audio signal from Iran International TV) can now be heard again on shortwave:
0300-1600 UTC on 9500 kHz
1600-0300 UTC on 5885 kHz
Peak Warming Man said:
Don’t panic buy fuel.
DON’T PANIC
I just drove to town to fill up.
roughbarked said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Don’t panic buy fuel.
DON’T PANIC
I just drove to town to fill up.
pretty sure electric vehicles fed by battery firmed local renewable microgrids would have rendered this problem irrelevant
SCIENCE said:
roughbarked said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Don’t panic buy fuel.
DON’T PANIC
I just drove to town to fill up.
pretty sure electric vehicles fed by battery firmed local renewable microgrids would have rendered this problem irrelevant
I’ll have to wiin the lottery for that.
https://youtu.be/q6SS9hz0iJc?si=NRUImTociiKW2tDJ
McDonalds CEO tries to eat McDonalds
They should have done some practice runs
I’m down the foreshore with 4 firetrucks being safety patrol for the fireworks.
It’s not quite dark enough yet, so just shooting the breeze with some of the punters.
I like the film ‘Ocean’s 8’. There I’ve said it!
Kingy said:
I’m down the foreshore with 4 firetrucks being safety patrol for the fireworks.It’s not quite dark enough yet, so just shooting the breeze with some of the punters.
What’s the occasion?
Kingy said:
I’m down the foreshore with 4 firetrucks being safety patrol for the fireworks.It’s not quite dark enough yet, so just shooting the breeze with some of the punters.
Jolly good but why are there fireworks tonight?
Witty Rejoinder said:
I like the film ‘Ocean’s 8’. There I’ve said it!
Looking it up, it doesn’t appear to be my cup of tea.
There are characters called Debbie Ocean and Danny Ocean, but unlike Billy they are white.
Code of Ur-Nammu reveals weird priorities.
Robbery is punished by death.
Cutting someone’s foot off is just a 10 shekel fine.
dv said:
Code of Ur-Nammu reveals weird priorities.Robbery is punished by death.
Cutting someone’s foot off is just a 10 shekel fine.
Does sound rather random.
Mind you in medieval England, seven-year-olds could be hanged for theft.
dv said:
Code of Ur-Nammu reveals weird priorities.Robbery is punished by death.
Cutting someone’s foot off is just a 10 shekel fine.
what if you cut off someone’s foot and then stole it?
Bubblecar said:
dv said:
Code of Ur-Nammu reveals weird priorities.Robbery is punished by death.
Cutting someone’s foot off is just a 10 shekel fine.
Does sound rather random.
Mind you in medieval England, seven-year-olds could be hanged for theft.
And in 20th century U. S. A. 14-year old black children could be hanged for speaking to white girls. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Stinney To be a bit fair, he was actually convicted of murder, but the trial was ruled unfair. And he was electrocuted, not hanged.
Bubblecar said:
Kingy said:
I’m down the foreshore with 4 firetrucks being safety patrol for the fireworks.It’s not quite dark enough yet, so just shooting the breeze with some of the punters.
Jolly good but why are there fireworks tonight?
Labor Day long weekend.
btm said:
Bubblecar said:
dv said:
Code of Ur-Nammu reveals weird priorities.Robbery is punished by death.
Cutting someone’s foot off is just a 10 shekel fine.
Does sound rather random.
Mind you in medieval England, seven-year-olds could be hanged for theft.
And in 20th century U. S. A. 14-year old black children could be hanged for speaking to white girls. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Stinney To be a bit fair, he was actually convicted of murder, but the trial was ruled unfair. And he was electrocuted, not hanged.
Madness is too mild a word.
Kingy said:
Bubblecar said:
Kingy said:
I’m down the foreshore with 4 firetrucks being safety patrol for the fireworks.It’s not quite dark enough yet, so just shooting the breeze with some of the punters.
Jolly good but why are there fireworks tonight?
Labor Day long weekend.
Ah.
Kingy said:
Bubblecar said:
Kingy said:
I’m down the foreshore with 4 firetrucks being safety patrol for the fireworks.It’s not quite dark enough yet, so just shooting the breeze with some of the punters.
Jolly good but why are there fireworks tonight?
Labor Day long weekend.
It is? In February?
This WAlien life is so strange to me.
Bubblecar said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
I like the film ‘Ocean’s 8’. There I’ve said it!
Looking it up, it doesn’t appear to be my cup of tea.
There are characters called Debbie Ocean and Danny Ocean, but unlike Billy they are white.
It has been compared unfavorably to the ‘Ocean’s 11’ film and it’s sequels owing to its largely female cast and is derisively labelled a chick-flick.
Witty Rejoinder said:
Bubblecar said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
I like the film ‘Ocean’s 8’. There I’ve said it!
Looking it up, it doesn’t appear to be my cup of tea.
There are characters called Debbie Ocean and Danny Ocean, but unlike Billy they are white.
It has been compared unfavorably to the ‘Ocean’s 11’ film and it’s sequels owing to its largely female cast and is derisively labelled a chick-flick.
I found it interesting to compare Ocean’s 11 (1960) to Ocean’s Eleven (2001). A lot changed in those 40 years.
Bubblecar said:
Kingy said:
Bubblecar said:Jolly good but why are there fireworks tonight?
Labor Day long weekend.
Ah.
Are you getting FFS? (Fee For Service).
in other words……
Have you sent them to bill yet?
roughbarked said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Don’t panic buy fuel.
DON’T PANIC
I just drove to town to fill up.
Bubblecar said:
btm said:
Bubblecar said:
Does sound rather random.
Mind you in medieval England, seven-year-olds could be hanged for theft.
And in 20th century U. S. A. 14-year old black children could be hanged for speaking to white girls. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Stinney To be a bit fair, he was actually convicted of murder, but the trial was ruled unfair. And he was electrocuted, not hanged.
Madness is too mild a word.
Law, Justice, Same, Different
kii said:
Kingy said:
Bubblecar said:Jolly good but why are there fireworks tonight?
Labor Day long weekend.
It is? In February?
This WAlien life is so strange to me.
It’s March now.
Just got home from the station. Town is packed, drunks everywhere, traffic gridlock.
Kingy said:
kii said:
Kingy said:Labor Day long weekend.
It is? In February?
This WAlien life is so strange to me.
It’s March now.
Just got home from the station. Town is packed, drunks everywhere, traffic gridlock.
March? Faaark…how did I miss that?
kii said:
What is happening to the water in this video?
https://www.reddit.com/r/blackmagicfuckery/comments/1m36zrz/laminar_flow_spread_out_from_a_spoon_with_fingers/
kii said:
kii said:
weird, back in those days before the internet and video streaming and social media and the like, we just played with this stuff growing up, yeah see running water off flat surfaces makes it smooth, didn’t make any big deal out of it, even if it was pretty cool
SCIENCE said:
kii said:
kii said:
weird, back in those days before the internet and video streaming and social media and the like, we just played with this stuff growing up, yeah see running water off flat surfaces makes it smooth, didn’t make any big deal out of it, even if it was pretty cool
When I worked with preschoolers water play was a great learning space. Pouring and measuring, mixing colours, adding oil etc., watching a kid get caught up in this type of reaction was so good. Just glad that none of them asked me wtf was happening.
kii said:
SCIENCE said:
kii said:
weird, back in those days before the internet and video streaming and social media and the like, we just played with this stuff growing up, yeah see running water off flat surfaces makes it smooth, didn’t make any big deal out of it, even if it was pretty cool
When I worked with preschoolers water play was a great learning space. Pouring and measuring, mixing colours, adding oil etc., watching a kid get caught up in this type of reaction was so good. Just glad that none of them asked me wtf was happening.
yeah still surprising to us just how long juvenile humans will sit in a cold bath going blue while playing with water toys
AussieDJ said:
roughbarked said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Don’t panic buy fuel.
DON’T PANIC
I just drove to town to fill up.
I’ve just done the same.
Feeling smug – got an EV
Good morning Holidayers. Presently 17 degrees at the back door and still dark. Sunup today is around 7.20am. We are forecast 21 degrees with a shower or two. The rest of the 7 day forecast has no more rain in it. Penshurst had 17mm over February and 6.4mm recorded yesterday (as that was recorded at 9.00am, I guess it really was from the day before. I’ll look later in the day to see how much we had yesterday, after the Post Master reads the gauge at 9.00am)
Still deciding on today’s activities. Yesterday I ended up just doing a lot of identifications on iNaturalist.
Mostly sunny, top of 28. Maybe a shower, not expecting anything dramatic.
Working today. I assume I’m 1:1 support for an autistic prep kid again. He responds very well to me.
Mini Me has viola ensemble after school. (Autocorrect changed it to “violated” LOL)
This is an interesting idea.
Playing before eating helps Central Coast public school students perform better in the classroom
buffy said:
This is an interesting idea.Playing before eating helps Central Coast public school students perform better in the classroom
Thanks, might pass that onto my principal.
buffy said:
This is an interesting idea.
Playing before eating helps Central Coast public school students perform better in the classroom
does it work for adults
Morning – raining in the Nation’s Capital – top of a cool 21C.
Dad’s GP is on maternity leave. He is now seeing Dr Matt Smith
OMG – my dad’s doctor is the doctor!
An latest blood tests dont look too good – my interpretation, according to google, is that he is in liver failure. Waiting to talk to his GP – after 1pm today
Divine Angel said:
Mostly sunny, top of 28. Maybe a shower, not expecting anything dramatic.Working today. I assume I’m 1:1 support for an autistic prep kid again. He responds very well to me.
Mini Me has viola ensemble after school. (Autocorrect changed it to “violated” LOL)
Viola is a smart move – too many violin players make it a huge competition to get into orchestras.
I learnt to play the violin with :
https://www.australianworldorchestra.com.au/712-margaret-blades/
https://www.danieldodds.net/biography
and
https://www.australianworldorchestra.com.au/887-stanley-dodds/
They all did a lot better than me!
SCIENCE said:
Bubblecar said:
btm said:
And in 20th century U. S. A. 14-year old black children could be hanged for speaking to white girls. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Stinney To be a bit fair, he was actually convicted of murder, but the trial was ruled unfair. And he was electrocuted, not hanged.
Madness is too mild a word.
Law, Justice, Same, Different
= insanity.
buffy said:
This is an interesting idea.Playing before eating helps Central Coast public school students perform better in the classroom
Sounds good.
Brindabellas said:
Morning – raining in the Nation’s Capital – top of a cool 21C.Dad’s GP is on maternity leave. He is now seeing Dr Matt Smith
OMG – my dad’s doctor is the doctor!
An latest blood tests dont look too good – my interpretation, according to google, is that he is in liver failure. Waiting to talk to his GP – after 1pm today
OH :(
Brindabellas said:
Divine Angel said:
Mostly sunny, top of 28. Maybe a shower, not expecting anything dramatic.Working today. I assume I’m 1:1 support for an autistic prep kid again. He responds very well to me.
Mini Me has viola ensemble after school. (Autocorrect changed it to “violated” LOL)
Viola is a smart move – too many violin players make it a huge competition to get into orchestras.
I learnt to play the violin with :
https://www.australianworldorchestra.com.au/712-margaret-blades/
https://www.danieldodds.net/biography
and
https://www.australianworldorchestra.com.au/887-stanley-dodds/
They all did a lot better than me!
Well, you would have to be better than me.
A close-up magician, doing amazing things with a Rubik’s Cube.
https://www.reddit.com/r/blackmagicfuckery/comments/1rhtpsq/slight_of_hand_or_what_and_how/
Morning pilgrims, got to go to Bunnings today and get a new trolly.
I think I’ll get one with solid wheels instead of the pneumatic ones.
Spiny Norman said:
A close-up magician, doing amazing things with a Rubik’s Cube.https://www.reddit.com/r/blackmagicfuckery/comments/1rhtpsq/slight_of_hand_or_what_and_how/
Pedantry: sleight /pedantry
Peak Warming Man said:
Morning pilgrims, got to go to Bunnings today and get a new trolly.
I think I’ll get one with solid wheels instead of the pneumatic ones.
Fill them with flat-proof.
Michael V said:
Spiny Norman said:
A close-up magician, doing amazing things with a Rubik’s Cube.https://www.reddit.com/r/blackmagicfuckery/comments/1rhtpsq/slight_of_hand_or_what_and_how/
Pedantry: sleight /pedantry
He wouldn’t fool Penn & Teller.
Michael V said:
Spiny Norman said:
A close-up magician, doing amazing things with a Rubik’s Cube.https://www.reddit.com/r/blackmagicfuckery/comments/1rhtpsq/slight_of_hand_or_what_and_how/
Pedantry: sleight /pedantry
Maybe it was a slight sleight.
How did I believe that? A cult survivor looks back at his lost years
Former sect members reflect on end times, warnings of ‘astral larvae’ lurking in nightclubs and being in thrall to charismatic leaders – and the embarrassment and shame they feel now
Bubblecar said:
How did I believe that? A cult survivor looks back at his lost yearsFormer sect members reflect on end times, warnings of ‘astral larvae’ lurking in nightclubs and being in thrall to charismatic leaders – and the embarrassment and shame they feel now
PeterT Ministries gave a sermon on this very topic not long ago, you can download it at the reduced price of $20, bargain.
Peak Warming Man said:
Bubblecar said:
How did I believe that? A cult survivor looks back at his lost years
Former sect members reflect on end times, warnings of ‘astral larvae’ lurking in nightclubs and being in thrall to charismatic leaders – and the embarrassment and shame they feel now
PeterT Ministries gave a sermon on this very topic not long ago, you can download it at the reduced price of $20, bargain.
you can have some nft
SCIENCE said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
SCIENCE said:
who are these journaliststrue but we argue that the framing is designed to divert attention
language chosen to leave the space wide open
dude
these journalists
The alleged murder and kidnapping of a Sydney grandfather has shocked the city, but experts insist such abductions remain “highly unusual” in Australia.
Well¿ Are the experts wrong¿ Are abductions usually in the news, or is it highly unusual for them to be¿ Do you have statistics¿ Are there fact checks¿
sorry we meant sensationalists
everything happens in bondi
SCIENCE said:
SCIENCE said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
true but we argue that the framing is designed to divert attention
language chosen to leave the space wide open
dude
these journalists
The alleged murder and kidnapping of a Sydney grandfather has shocked the city, but experts insist such abductions remain “highly unusual” in Australia.
Well¿ Are the experts wrong¿ Are abductions usually in the news, or is it highly unusual for them to be¿ Do you have statistics¿ Are there fact checks¿
sorry we meant sensationalists
“such” abductions, not all abductions – which are typically perpetrated by someone the person knows..
it’s a public holiday here.. so… I don’t know, people are out doing stuff I guess.
My son does not get the day off, but he was annoyed that he had to drive (because public transport is on public holiday hours) and that he had to take his lunch form home (the horror) because the cafe he normally buys lunch from wouldn’t be open.. and in fact isn’t open the whole week for some reason…
so he bought some food yesterday and meal prepped five meals for the week.
Arts said:
SCIENCE said:
SCIENCE said:
true but we argue that the framing is designed to divert attention
language chosen to leave the space wide open
dude
these journalists
The alleged murder and kidnapping of a Sydney grandfather has shocked the city, but experts insist such abductions remain “highly unusual” in Australia.
Well¿ Are the experts wrong¿ Are abductions usually in the news, or is it highly unusual for them to be¿ Do you have statistics¿ Are there fact checks¿
sorry we meant sensationalists
“such” abductions, not all abductions – which are typically perpetrated by someone the person knows..
yeah sorry we meant that — like when they say “experts insist” it’s as if they’re trying to insinuate that no, here’s some special information, actually such abductions aren’t unusual
but we do agree that they seem unusual so 🤷♂️ but we’re not journalists
so one of the the big bru ha ha moments in WA is around the use of cameras that are designed to specifically pick up people who don’t wear seat belts and/or use their mobile phones while driving.
the system issues fines to drivers whose passengers are not wearing seatbelts also.
drivers say they are not in control of their adult passengers and so they should be able to transfer their fines to them (and presumably points)… which I agree with..
another thing to consider is that some people have injuries that somehow prevent the proper use of seatbelts – but I have less of a problem with that, because using a seatbelt properly prevents injuries.. so maybe there should be another thing in place for cases like those..
I think it’s clear that we probably shouldn’t blanket rule shit and allow AI do to all the grunt work.
Arts said:
so one of the the big bru ha ha moments in WA is around the use of cameras that are designed to specifically pick up people who don’t wear seat belts and/or use their mobile phones while driving.the system issues fines to drivers whose passengers are not wearing seatbelts also.
drivers say they are not in control of their adult passengers and so they should be able to transfer their fines to them (and presumably points)… which I agree with..
another thing to consider is that some people have injuries that somehow prevent the proper use of seatbelts – but I have less of a problem with that, because using a seatbelt properly prevents injuries.. so maybe there should be another thing in place for cases like those..
I think it’s clear that we probably shouldn’t blanket rule shit and allow AI do to all the grunt work.
Yep it should be possible to ping the passenger for not wearing a seat belt, but that is hard to prove, so they ping the driver.
Fines are huge, I got pinged for not wearing a seat belt and the fine was north of $1000.
Arts said:
the system issues fines to drivers whose passengers are not wearing seatbelts also.
drivers say they are not in control of their adult passengers and so they should be able to transfer their fines to them (and presumably points)… which I agree with..
you, as the driver, are responsible for the safe operation of the vehicle. Say, if someone loads you ute and you don’t check to see if it is loaded and secured correctly and somethings happens, you are responsible not the loader.
There’s some significant flooding in SW QLD after the week long tropical low.
https://reg.bom.gov.au/fwo/IDQ65398/IDQ65398.038010.plt.shtml
This flood gauge on the Georgina River is about to go off the chart, and one that was heading off the chart last night is now offline.
I think a few towns downstream might be in a spot of bother.
Arts said:
so one of the the big bru ha ha moments in WA is around the use of cameras that are designed to specifically pick up people who don’t wear seat belts and/or use their mobile phones while driving.the system issues fines to drivers whose passengers are not wearing seatbelts also.
drivers say they are not in control of their adult passengers and so they should be able to transfer their fines to them (and presumably points)… which I agree with..
another thing to consider is that some people have injuries that somehow prevent the proper use of seatbelts – but I have less of a problem with that, because using a seatbelt properly prevents injuries.. so maybe there should be another thing in place for cases like those..
I think it’s clear that we probably shouldn’t blanket rule shit and allow AI do to all the grunt work.
I think the situation, the right approach is the driver is responsible for the vehicle and passenger contents – securing the load – and also remember that failure to wear a seat belt is a valid reason for a driver to refuse to drive passengers or potential passenger/s, also failure to wear a seat belt, as it is, is valid reason for anyone in a vehicle or that might enter a vehicle to decline to be a passenger, be driven, or for anyone in a vehicle or might get into a vehicle to refuse to travel in a vehicle. Ultimately the driver gives the vehicle kinetic energy, and puts it in proximity or the path of other vehicles with kinetic energy.
It’s the kinetic energy that does the damage, of bodies and vehicle.
It’s bad enough many people have NFI K=.5Mx(V^2), what that means, but there ya go.
Peak Warming Man said:
Arts said:
so one of the the big bru ha ha moments in WA is around the use of cameras that are designed to specifically pick up people who don’t wear seat belts and/or use their mobile phones while driving.the system issues fines to drivers whose passengers are not wearing seatbelts also.
drivers say they are not in control of their adult passengers and so they should be able to transfer their fines to them (and presumably points)… which I agree with..
another thing to consider is that some people have injuries that somehow prevent the proper use of seatbelts – but I have less of a problem with that, because using a seatbelt properly prevents injuries.. so maybe there should be another thing in place for cases like those..
I think it’s clear that we probably shouldn’t blanket rule shit and allow AI do to all the grunt work.
Yep it should be possible to ping the passenger for not wearing a seat belt, but that is hard to prove, so they ping the driver.
Fines are huge, I got pinged for not wearing a seat belt and the fine was north of $1000.
if the photo evidence shows it is an adult passenger, then transferring fines should not be difficult at all.
JudgeMental said:
Arts said:the system issues fines to drivers whose passengers are not wearing seatbelts also.
drivers say they are not in control of their adult passengers and so they should be able to transfer their fines to them (and presumably points)… which I agree with..
you, as the driver, are responsible for the safe operation of the vehicle. Say, if someone loads you ute and you don’t check to see if it is loaded and secured correctly and somethings happens, you are responsible not the loader.
yes we know that – the argument is that adult passengers have free will and there wont be too many people who are comfortable calling out their adult passengers for not wearing a seatbelt correctly – even if they notice.
The we can argue that some passengers might be malicious about the act.. knowing they will get away with it… I mean people be dicks sometimes.
Arts said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Arts said:
so one of the the big bru ha ha moments in WA is around the use of cameras that are designed to specifically pick up people who don’t wear seat belts and/or use their mobile phones while driving.the system issues fines to drivers whose passengers are not wearing seatbelts also.
drivers say they are not in control of their adult passengers and so they should be able to transfer their fines to them (and presumably points)… which I agree with..
another thing to consider is that some people have injuries that somehow prevent the proper use of seatbelts – but I have less of a problem with that, because using a seatbelt properly prevents injuries.. so maybe there should be another thing in place for cases like those..
I think it’s clear that we probably shouldn’t blanket rule shit and allow AI do to all the grunt work.
Yep it should be possible to ping the passenger for not wearing a seat belt, but that is hard to prove, so they ping the driver.
Fines are huge, I got pinged for not wearing a seat belt and the fine was north of $1000.
if the photo evidence shows it is an adult passenger, then transferring fines should not be difficult at all.
you’d need facial recognition and the passenger would need to be on a database somewhere. driver could just say they were a hitchhiker and don’t know their name. that is why the driver gets pinged with a reference to the rego.
Peak Warming Man said:
Arts said:
so one of the the big bru ha ha moments in WA is around the use of cameras that are designed to specifically pick up people who don’t wear seat belts and/or use their mobile phones while driving.the system issues fines to drivers whose passengers are not wearing seatbelts also.
drivers say they are not in control of their adult passengers and so they should be able to transfer their fines to them (and presumably points)… which I agree with..
another thing to consider is that some people have injuries that somehow prevent the proper use of seatbelts – but I have less of a problem with that, because using a seatbelt properly prevents injuries.. so maybe there should be another thing in place for cases like those..
I think it’s clear that we probably shouldn’t blanket rule shit and allow AI do to all the grunt work.
Yep it should be possible to ping the passenger for not wearing a seat belt, but that is hard to prove, so they ping the driver.
Fines are huge, I got pinged for not wearing a seat belt and the fine was north of $1000.
A fine for not wearing a seatbelt is the best stupidity tax out there.
Kingy said:
There’s some significant flooding in SW QLD after the week long tropical low.https://reg.bom.gov.au/fwo/IDQ65398/IDQ65398.038010.plt.shtml
This flood gauge on the Georgina River is about to go off the chart, and one that was heading off the chart last night is now offline.
I think a few towns downstream might be in a spot of bother.
Trevor-: The graph says that the bridge is well and truely under, Bluey.
Bluey-: She’ll be right Trev, I know this road.
Trevor-: Can’t see the bridge Trev, and it’s getting deep, I think we should turn around.
Bluey-: Nah, she’ll be right Trev………………fuck
Arts said:
JudgeMental said:
Arts said:the system issues fines to drivers whose passengers are not wearing seatbelts also.
drivers say they are not in control of their adult passengers and so they should be able to transfer their fines to them (and presumably points)… which I agree with..
you, as the driver, are responsible for the safe operation of the vehicle. Say, if someone loads you ute and you don’t check to see if it is loaded and secured correctly and somethings happens, you are responsible not the loader.
yes we know that – the argument is that adult passengers have free will and there wont be too many people who are comfortable calling out their adult passengers for not wearing a seatbelt correctly – even if they notice.
The we can argue that some passengers might be malicious about the act.. knowing they will get away with it… I mean people be dicks sometimes.
passengers don’t have freewill when I’m the driver.
Witty Rejoinder said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Arts said:
so one of the the big bru ha ha moments in WA is around the use of cameras that are designed to specifically pick up people who don’t wear seat belts and/or use their mobile phones while driving.the system issues fines to drivers whose passengers are not wearing seatbelts also.
drivers say they are not in control of their adult passengers and so they should be able to transfer their fines to them (and presumably points)… which I agree with..
another thing to consider is that some people have injuries that somehow prevent the proper use of seatbelts – but I have less of a problem with that, because using a seatbelt properly prevents injuries.. so maybe there should be another thing in place for cases like those..
I think it’s clear that we probably shouldn’t blanket rule shit and allow AI do to all the grunt work.
Yep it should be possible to ping the passenger for not wearing a seat belt, but that is hard to prove, so they ping the driver.
Fines are huge, I got pinged for not wearing a seat belt and the fine was north of $1000.
A fine for not wearing a seatbelt is the best stupidity tax out there.
yeah, it kind of amazes me that people don’t wear seatbelts… when I was a kid I remember Dad being pulled over for not wearing a seatbelt – but I was like six of seven or something and the laws had only been in effect for like five years* – I imagine that after 20 years of driving then adding a new law would take a moment to get used to.
the cop let my dad off with a warning.
Arts said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Arts said:
so one of the the big bru ha ha moments in WA is around the use of cameras that are designed to specifically pick up people who don’t wear seat belts and/or use their mobile phones while driving.the system issues fines to drivers whose passengers are not wearing seatbelts also.
drivers say they are not in control of their adult passengers and so they should be able to transfer their fines to them (and presumably points)… which I agree with..
another thing to consider is that some people have injuries that somehow prevent the proper use of seatbelts – but I have less of a problem with that, because using a seatbelt properly prevents injuries.. so maybe there should be another thing in place for cases like those..
I think it’s clear that we probably shouldn’t blanket rule shit and allow AI do to all the grunt work.
Yep it should be possible to ping the passenger for not wearing a seat belt, but that is hard to prove, so they ping the driver.
Fines are huge, I got pinged for not wearing a seat belt and the fine was north of $1000.
if the photo evidence shows it is an adult passenger, then transferring fines should not be difficult at all.
I think the administrative burden would be an issue. Much simpler to just penalise the driver and let them sort it out with the passengers later.
I foresee all sorts of issues with drivers dobbing in their passenger using false names. Or passengers disputing it was them in the car, and all sorts of stuff. Could also be situations where the driver might feel initimated or unable to name the passenger.
JudgeMental said:
Arts said:
JudgeMental said:you, as the driver, are responsible for the safe operation of the vehicle. Say, if someone loads you ute and you don’t check to see if it is loaded and secured correctly and somethings happens, you are responsible not the loader.
yes we know that – the argument is that adult passengers have free will and there wont be too many people who are comfortable calling out their adult passengers for not wearing a seatbelt correctly – even if they notice.
The we can argue that some passengers might be malicious about the act.. knowing they will get away with it… I mean people be dicks sometimes.
passengers don’t have freewill when I’m the driver.
for some reason I believe you
party_pants said:
Arts said:
Peak Warming Man said:Yep it should be possible to ping the passenger for not wearing a seat belt, but that is hard to prove, so they ping the driver.
Fines are huge, I got pinged for not wearing a seat belt and the fine was north of $1000.
if the photo evidence shows it is an adult passenger, then transferring fines should not be difficult at all.
I think the administrative burden would be an issue. Much simpler to just penalise the driver and let them sort it out with the passengers later.
I foresee all sorts of issues with drivers dobbing in their passenger using false names. Or passengers disputing it was them in the car, and all sorts of stuff. Could also be situations where the driver might feel initimated or unable to name the passenger.
I agree with your last sentence..
so I guess then there should be no points deduction – because getting those transferred would be difficult – just a heavy fine.. for friends and relative to fight out in some sort of reality cage match situation – Fights over Fines – it’ll be a hug success and not any more stupid that what currently passes for reality TV
Arts said:
JudgeMental said:
Arts said:
yes we know that – the argument is that adult passengers have free will and there wont be too many people who are comfortable calling out their adult passengers for not wearing a seatbelt correctly – even if they notice.
The we can argue that some passengers might be malicious about the act.. knowing they will get away with it… I mean people be dicks sometimes.
passengers don’t have freewill when I’m the driver.
for some reason I believe you
but in summary when total autonomous road driving becomes a thing then this will never be a problem again
SCIENCE said:
Arts said:
JudgeMental said:
passengers don’t have freewill when I’m the driver.
for some reason I believe you
but in summary when total autonomous road driving becomes a thing then this will never be a problem again
Yeah, if I’m sans belt in a Waymo, does the programmer get the fine?
SCIENCE said:
Arts said:
JudgeMental said:
passengers don’t have freewill when I’m the driver.
for some reason I believe you
but in summary when total autonomous road driving becomes a thing then this will never be a problem again
Because you won’t need to wear a seatbelt because there will never be any crashes any more?
buffy said:
Kingy said:
SCIENCE said:
Arts said:
for some reason I believe you
but in summary when total autonomous road driving becomes a thing then this will never be a problem again
Yeah, if I’m sans belt in a Waymo, does the programmer get the fine?
Because you won’t need to wear a seatbelt because there will never be any crashes any more?
nah we’re talking CHINA style the machine locks you inside and handcuffs you to the chair threatening to make you go back to school for 20 years if you misbehave
but seriously we mean everyone’s a passenger then right, the machine can just refuse to move until the seats are belted
whether people believe it’s a passive system that just requires conditions before operating, or it’s under foreign adversary control, is a separate matter
buffy said:
SCIENCE said:Arts said:
for some reason I believe you
but in summary when total autonomous road driving becomes a thing then this will never be a problem again
Because you won’t need to wear a seatbelt because there will never be any crashes any more?
if total recall has taught me anything – it is that autobots still can, and do, crash…
Arts said:
JudgeMental said:
Arts said:yes we know that – the argument is that adult passengers have free will and there wont be too many people who are comfortable calling out their adult passengers for not wearing a seatbelt correctly – even if they notice.
The we can argue that some passengers might be malicious about the act.. knowing they will get away with it… I mean people be dicks sometimes.
passengers don’t have freewill when I’m the driver.
for some reason I believe you
when I did vollie work I sometimes just sat there with the client. took them a little time to realise why we weren’t going anywhere.
SCIENCE said:
Arts said:
JudgeMental said:
passengers don’t have freewill when I’m the driver.
for some reason I believe you
but in summary when total autonomous road driving becomes a thing then this will never be a problem again
I would image the car won’t go if the seatbelts aren’t correct. well, that would happen if i had a hand in programming the car.
I thought modern cars don’t let you get away with no seatbelt without beeps and alarms and the release of noxious green gas.
JudgeMental said:
SCIENCE said:Arts said:
for some reason I believe you
but in summary when total autonomous road driving becomes a thing then this will never be a problem again
I would image the car won’t go if the seatbelts aren’t correct. well, that would happen if i had a hand in programming the car.
Imagine the level of intelligence needed to get past having to plug in a seatbelt security system.
Bubblecar said:
I thought modern cars don’t let you get away with no seatbelt without beeps and alarms and the release of noxious green gas.
the noxious green gas was an optional extra for my 2025 modern car
it’s an imperfect world
Bubblecar said:
I thought modern cars don’t let you get away with no seatbelt without beeps and alarms and the release of noxious green gas.
Yes. You now have to pay a monthly subscription to disable it.
I don’t know how prep teachers aren’t all alcoholics
Bubblecar said:
I thought modern cars don’t let you get away with no seatbelt without beeps and alarms and the release of noxious green gas.
My car has been known to want me to put a seatbelt on the sack of potatoes on the back seat. You can drive with the seatbelt light on though.
JudgeMental said:
Arts said:the system issues fines to drivers whose passengers are not wearing seatbelts also.
drivers say they are not in control of their adult passengers and so they should be able to transfer their fines to them (and presumably points)… which I agree with..
you, as the driver, are responsible for the safe operation of the vehicle. Say, if someone loads you ute and you don’t check to see if it is loaded and secured correctly and somethings happens, you are responsible not the loader.
It is the same thing if yoou allow them to drink alcohol while you are driving, in NSW.
Bubblecar said:
I thought modern cars don’t let you get away with no seatbelt without beeps and alarms and the release of noxious green gas.
My wife won’t start the car if the seatbelts are not on.
Me I start the car then put the seatbelt on.
buffy said:
Bubblecar said:
I thought modern cars don’t let you get away with no seatbelt without beeps and alarms and the release of noxious green gas.
My car has been known to want me to put a seatbelt on the sack of potatoes on the back seat. You can drive with the seatbelt light on though.
Tep put something slightly heavy on the seat and the warnings start.
buffy said:
Bubblecar said:
I thought modern cars don’t let you get away with no seatbelt without beeps and alarms and the release of noxious green gas.
My car has been known to want me to put a seatbelt on the sack of potatoes on the back seat. You can drive with the seatbelt light on though.
3L milk lol. But Jellybean at 30+ kgs, fine. (I do though, but sometimes she steps on the latch and accidentally releases it.)
Divine Angel said:
buffy said:
Bubblecar said:
I thought modern cars don’t let you get away with no seatbelt without beeps and alarms and the release of noxious green gas.
My car has been known to want me to put a seatbelt on the sack of potatoes on the back seat. You can drive with the seatbelt light on though.
3L milk lol. But Jellybean at 30+ kgs, fine. (I do though, but sometimes she steps on the latch and accidentally releases it.)
One of our Boxers learnt that if you step on the window button on the door – like magic! the window goes down and you can hang out! Another one found out how to step on the seat belt button to release the buckle.
Sumfin’ is goin’ on.
Diversions around that bridge are 45 – 60 mins. Trucks? cuppla hours.
There is no easy diversion for all the school buses as well..
Last time they closed that bridge, someone was trying to jump off it.
Woodie said:
Sumfin’ is goin’ on.Diversions around that bridge are 45 – 60 mins. Trucks? cuppla hours.
There is no easy diversion for all the school buses as well..
Last time they closed that bridge, someone was trying to jump off it.
Eyewitnesses report that police were speaking to a man on the bridge.
NSW Police said, “It is a mental health incident.
“We have not been advised as to when the bridge will reopen.”
https://indynr.com/bridge-closed-in-casino-as-police-deal-with-incident/
Bubblecar said:
Woodie said:
Sumfin’ is goin’ on.Diversions around that bridge are 45 – 60 mins. Trucks? cuppla hours.
There is no easy diversion for all the school buses as well..
Last time they closed that bridge, someone was trying to jump off it.
Eyewitnesses report that police were speaking to a man on the bridge.
NSW Police said, “It is a mental health incident.
“We have not been advised as to when the bridge will reopen.”
https://indynr.com/bridge-closed-in-casino-as-police-deal-with-incident/
The river is up a bit after recent rain (about 1 metre) when I came through yesterday. But it’s still and long way down if ya jump.
Woodie said:
Bubblecar said:
Woodie said:
Sumfin’ is goin’ on.Diversions around that bridge are 45 – 60 mins. Trucks? cuppla hours.
There is no easy diversion for all the school buses as well..
Last time they closed that bridge, someone was trying to jump off it.
Eyewitnesses report that police were speaking to a man on the bridge.
NSW Police said, “It is a mental health incident.
“We have not been advised as to when the bridge will reopen.”
https://indynr.com/bridge-closed-in-casino-as-police-deal-with-incident/
The river is up a bit after recent rain (about 1 metre) when I came through yesterday. But it’s still and long way down if ya jump.
pfft. it isn’t listed as a suicide bridge. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_bridge
roughbarked said:
Woodie said:
Bubblecar said:Eyewitnesses report that police were speaking to a man on the bridge.
NSW Police said, “It is a mental health incident.
“We have not been advised as to when the bridge will reopen.”
https://indynr.com/bridge-closed-in-casino-as-police-deal-with-incident/
The river is up a bit after recent rain (about 1 metre) when I came through yesterday. But it’s still and long way down if ya jump.
pfft. it isn’t listed as a suicide bridge. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_bridge
Geez, that’s dark to have a whole Wikipedia page dedicated to the phenomenon.
Been a fair few suicides off rail bridges here lately.
Woodie said:
Bubblecar said:
Woodie said:
Sumfin’ is goin’ on.Diversions around that bridge are 45 – 60 mins. Trucks? cuppla hours.
There is no easy diversion for all the school buses as well..
Last time they closed that bridge, someone was trying to jump off it.
Eyewitnesses report that police were speaking to a man on the bridge.
NSW Police said, “It is a mental health incident.
“We have not been advised as to when the bridge will reopen.”
https://indynr.com/bridge-closed-in-casino-as-police-deal-with-incident/
The river is up a bit after recent rain (about 1 metre) when I came through yesterday. But it’s still and long way down if ya jump.
But it can flood sometimes.
Woodie said:
Woodie said:
Bubblecar said:Eyewitnesses report that police were speaking to a man on the bridge.
NSW Police said, “It is a mental health incident.
“We have not been advised as to when the bridge will reopen.”
https://indynr.com/bridge-closed-in-casino-as-police-deal-with-incident/
The river is up a bit after recent rain (about 1 metre) when I came through yesterday. But it’s still and long way down if ya jump.
But it can flood sometimes.
Original bridge got washed away in 1954. Two days after The Queen visited. The bridge up the top left is the railway bridge. Which is still there today.
I saw on Reddit that some weather models show a cyclone skimming the coast all the way down to Brisbane next week. Ugh.
But also, probly not gonna happen.
Woodie said:
Woodie said:
Bubblecar said:Eyewitnesses report that police were speaking to a man on the bridge.
NSW Police said, “It is a mental health incident.
“We have not been advised as to when the bridge will reopen.”
https://indynr.com/bridge-closed-in-casino-as-police-deal-with-incident/
The river is up a bit after recent rain (about 1 metre) when I came through yesterday. But it’s still and long way down if ya jump.
But it can flood sometimes.
difficult to swim against that current.
Woodie said:
Woodie said:
Woodie said:The river is up a bit after recent rain (about 1 metre) when I came through yesterday. But it’s still and long way down if ya jump.
But it can flood sometimes.
Original bridge got washed away in 1954. Two days after The Queen visited. The bridge up the top left is the railway bridge. Which is still there today.
Looks wet.
Michael V said:
Woodie said:
Woodie said:But it can flood sometimes.
Original bridge got washed away in 1954. Two days after The Queen visited. The bridge up the top left is the railway bridge. Which is still there today.
Looks wet.
Farken wet.
roughbarked said:
JudgeMental said:
Arts said:the system issues fines to drivers whose passengers are not wearing seatbelts also.
drivers say they are not in control of their adult passengers and so they should be able to transfer their fines to them (and presumably points)… which I agree with..
you, as the driver, are responsible for the safe operation of the vehicle. Say, if someone loads you ute and you don’t check to see if it is loaded and secured correctly and somethings happens, you are responsible not the loader.
It is the same thing if yoou allow them to drink alcohol while you are driving, in NSW.
Doesn’t sound correct. Perhaps things have changed since I was in NSW.
I follow Julian Burnside’s wife on Instagram, she’s an artist. We were friends for a while in primary school. I think they might be stuck in Egypt.
kii said:
I follow Julian Burnside’s wife on Instagram, she’s an artist. We were friends for a while in primary school. I think they might be stuck in Egypt.
In d’Nile?
Neophyte said:
kii said:
I follow Julian Burnside’s wife on Instagram, she’s an artist. We were friends for a while in primary school. I think they might be stuck in Egypt.In d’Nile?
Hardy-har-har.
;)
“The flight was conducted under the US Department of Defense’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU). It utilized Rocket Lab’s HASTE (Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron) launch vehicle to get the Aussie aircraft into position.
During the mission, named ‘That’s Not A Knife’ in a classic nod to Aussie culture, HASTE carried DART AE to a specific deployment point in the upper atmosphere. From there, the aircraft executed its hypersonic mission, collecting vital technical data for the engineering team”
That name is a bit cringeworthy..
Neophyte said:
kii said:
I follow Julian Burnside’s wife on Instagram, she’s an artist. We were friends for a while in primary school. I think they might be stuck in Egypt.In d’Nile?
Lol…no. Though she did post a photo of the Nile few days ago.
Peak Warming Man said:
“The flight was conducted under the US Department of Defense’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU). It utilized Rocket Lab’s HASTE (Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron) launch vehicle to get the Aussie aircraft into position.
During the mission, named ‘That’s Not A Knife’ in a classic nod to Aussie culture, HASTE carried DART AE to a specific deployment point in the upper atmosphere. From there, the aircraft executed its hypersonic mission, collecting vital technical data for the engineering team”That name is a bit cringeworthy..
At least it wasn’t ‘Shrimp on a Barbie’.
Witty Rejoinder said:
Peak Warming Man said:
“The flight was conducted under the US Department of Defense’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU). It utilized Rocket Lab’s HASTE (Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron) launch vehicle to get the Aussie aircraft into position.
During the mission, named ‘That’s Not A Knife’ in a classic nod to Aussie culture, HASTE carried DART AE to a specific deployment point in the upper atmosphere. From there, the aircraft executed its hypersonic mission, collecting vital technical data for the engineering team”That name is a bit cringeworthy..
At least it wasn’t ‘Shrimp on a Barbie’.
or where the fuck are ya.
Another interesting way of displaying the time.
roughbarked said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
Peak Warming Man said:
“The flight was conducted under the US Department of Defense’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU). It utilized Rocket Lab’s HASTE (Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron) launch vehicle to get the Aussie aircraft into position.
During the mission, named ‘That’s Not A Knife’ in a classic nod to Aussie culture, HASTE carried DART AE to a specific deployment point in the upper atmosphere. From there, the aircraft executed its hypersonic mission, collecting vital technical data for the engineering team”That name is a bit cringeworthy..
At least it wasn’t ‘Shrimp on a Barbie’.
or where the fuck are ya.
What about Not Happy Jan?
Divine Angel said:
You can borrow my Trump Marker Pen if you want to move it.
Tau.Neutrino said:
Divine Angel said:
You can borrow my Trump Marker Pen if you want to move it.
Hey thanks, now in whose direction shall I point it?
Divine Angel said:
Tau.Neutrino said:
Divine Angel said:
You can borrow my Trump Marker Pen if you want to move it.
Hey thanks, now in whose direction shall I point it?
Witty Rejoinder said:
Divine Angel said:
Tau.Neutrino said:You can borrow my Trump Marker Pen if you want to move it.
Hey thanks, now in whose direction shall I point it?
Buffy wants some rain.
Cool, one deluge on its way.
Witty Rejoinder said:
Divine Angel said:
Tau.Neutrino said:You can borrow my Trump Marker Pen if you want to move it.
Hey thanks, now in whose direction shall I point it?
Buffy wants some rain.
So does Roughy.
Kingy said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
Divine Angel said:Hey thanks, now in whose direction shall I point it?
Buffy wants some rain.So does Roughy.
A push South East should get them both.
Witty Rejoinder said:
Kingy said:
Witty Rejoinder said:Buffy wants some rain.
So does Roughy.
A push South East should get them both.
Errrr… South West
Met a 5yo kid named Marlene today. Not name one hears much anymore.
Our back fence neighbour bought a new boat a month ago, and he is fitting it out for a trip in June.
I think he is sanding the inside of it for some reason, and has been using a power sander nearly every day for a month already.
We are fkn over it and have named him moaning myrtle due to the constant moan of a sander in a boat.
Divine Angel said:
Tau.Neutrino said:
Divine Angel said:
You can borrow my Trump Marker Pen if you want to move it.
Hey thanks, now in whose direction shall I point it?
Not West. The Georgina is currently “4.45m above Bridge” and rising rapidly.
Can you send an anticyclone instead and suck up some of the water?
Witty Rejoinder said:
Divine Angel said:
Tau.Neutrino said:You can borrow my Trump Marker Pen if you want to move it.
Hey thanks, now in whose direction shall I point it?
Buffy wants some rain.
roughbarked needs it more.
Witty Rejoinder said:
Kingy said:
Witty Rejoinder said:Buffy wants some rain.
So does Roughy.
A push South East should get them both.
We live a fair way apart. Maybe too far for us both to benefit from the same rain system.
Kingy said:
Divine Angel said:
Tau.Neutrino said:You can borrow my Trump Marker Pen if you want to move it.
Hey thanks, now in whose direction shall I point it?
Not West. The Georgina is currently “4.45m above Bridge” and rising rapidly.
Can you send an anticyclone instead and suck up some of the water?
ROFL my local councillor think cc on an email means “courtesy copy”
Kingy said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
Divine Angel said:Hey thanks, now in whose direction shall I point it?
Buffy wants some rain.So does Roughy.
what about me? I want some rain. you’ve had enough, now I want my share.
In any case, there’s a non-zero chance we get a cyclone, or remnants thereof, next week.
Kingy said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
Divine Angel said:Hey thanks, now in whose direction shall I point it?
Buffy wants some rain.So does Roughy.
Today Hay got 17mm, Wagga got 28mm, Mount Hope got 24mm, Narrandera got 24mm.
Oh, you want to know what I got?
Bugger all doesn’t seem to record in the gauge.
Divine Angel said:
ROFL my local councillor think cc on an email means “courtesy copy”
:)
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
ROFL my local councillor think cc on an email means “courtesy copy”
:)
I used to have a box of carbon paper, but I think I threw it out.
Michael V said:
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
ROFL my local councillor think cc on an email means “courtesy copy”
:)
I used to have a box of carbon paper, but I think I threw it out.
I used to print carbon panels on forms before NCR came out. shit job.
Pick a model.
JudgeMental said:
Michael V said:
Michael V said::)
I used to have a box of carbon paper, but I think I threw it out.
I used to print carbon panels on forms before NCR came out. shit job.
Yuck.
Divine Angel said:
Pick a model.
Bit concerned about the one of northern WA. My sister & Bil are heading up to Broome for a couple of weeks holiday on Wednesday. A few of the dirt roads and places they wanted to stay are closed and inaccessible because of the last Tropical Cyclone that went through last month.
Divine Angel said:
Pick a model.
:)
Divine Angel said:
In any case, there’s a non-zero chance we get a cyclone, or remnants thereof, next week.
There will be rain and rumors of rain.
Witty Rejoinder said:
Divine Angel said:
Tau.Neutrino said:You can borrow my Trump Marker Pen if you want to move it.
Hey thanks, now in whose direction shall I point it?
Buffy wants some rain.
We’ve managed 14mm over the last couple of days. When today’s drizzle amount goes up tomorrow morning, we might hit 20mm. Nothing in the forecast now though for the rest of the week.
JudgeMental said:
Michael V said:
Michael V said::)
I used to have a box of carbon paper, but I think I threw it out.
I used to print carbon panels on forms before NCR came out. shit job.
Between copies of the Gutenberg Bible?
Kingy said:
I think I read something like this a couple of years ago. Perhaps I was dreaming.
Witty Rejoinder said:
JudgeMental said:
Michael V said:I used to have a box of carbon paper, but I think I threw it out.
I used to print carbon panels on forms before NCR came out. shit job.
Between copies of the Gutenberg Bible?
I wish. I’d be a multimillionaire if I had a few of them. beautiful book to boot.
buffy said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
Divine Angel said:Hey thanks, now in whose direction shall I point it?
Buffy wants some rain.We’ve managed 14mm over the last couple of days. When today’s drizzle amount goes up tomorrow morning, we might hit 20mm. Nothing in the forecast now though for the rest of the week.
My personal home weather station has been taken over by spiders and no longer records rain because the little see-saw inside it is clogged with spider webs.
Divine Angel said:
ROFL my local councillor think cc on an email means “courtesy copy”
When you stop laughing at your local councillor you might check what it means.
Yes, surprise, surprise. It can mean “courtesy copy” AND “carbon copy”.
Kingy said:
buffy said:
Witty Rejoinder said:Buffy wants some rain.
We’ve managed 14mm over the last couple of days. When today’s drizzle amount goes up tomorrow morning, we might hit 20mm. Nothing in the forecast now though for the rest of the week.
My personal home weather station has been taken over by spiders and no longer records rain because the little see-saw inside it is clogged with spider webs.
My rain gauge is full of gunge and hasn’t been consulted in years. I really should take it down and put it in the rubbish bin. I’ve got a new one, still in the box about 5 years after mr buffy bought it. I’m having a crisis of decision making about where to put it. My garden doesn’t have so many open places now.
Kingy said:
buffy said:
Witty Rejoinder said:Buffy wants some rain.
We’ve managed 14mm over the last couple of days. When today’s drizzle amount goes up tomorrow morning, we might hit 20mm. Nothing in the forecast now though for the rest of the week.
My personal home weather station has been taken over by spiders and no longer records rain because the little see-saw inside it is clogged with spider webs.
Is his name Insy-Winsy?
buffy said:
Kingy said:
buffy said:We’ve managed 14mm over the last couple of days. When today’s drizzle amount goes up tomorrow morning, we might hit 20mm. Nothing in the forecast now though for the rest of the week.
My personal home weather station has been taken over by spiders and no longer records rain because the little see-saw inside it is clogged with spider webs.
My rain gauge is full of gunge and hasn’t been consulted in years. I really should take it down and put it in the rubbish bin. I’ve got a new one, still in the box about 5 years after mr buffy bought it. I’m having a crisis of decision making about where to put it. My garden doesn’t have so many open places now.
I don’t have a rain gauge. I’m feeling left out.
party_pants said:
buffy said:
Kingy said:My personal home weather station has been taken over by spiders and no longer records rain because the little see-saw inside it is clogged with spider webs.
My rain gauge is full of gunge and hasn’t been consulted in years. I really should take it down and put it in the rubbish bin. I’ve got a new one, still in the box about 5 years after mr buffy bought it. I’m having a crisis of decision making about where to put it. My garden doesn’t have so many open places now.
I don’t have a rain gauge. I’m feeling left out.
Get yourself an ORB. Few bucks at Bunnings
party_pants said:
buffy said:
Kingy said:My personal home weather station has been taken over by spiders and no longer records rain because the little see-saw inside it is clogged with spider webs.
My rain gauge is full of gunge and hasn’t been consulted in years. I really should take it down and put it in the rubbish bin. I’ve got a new one, still in the box about 5 years after mr buffy bought it. I’m having a crisis of decision making about where to put it. My garden doesn’t have so many open places now.
I don’t have a rain gauge. I’m feeling left out.
I lack one too. i have buckets though.
My dog Jasmine’s nickname was Rain Gauge because she loved sitting outside in the rain. Wasn’t much good at telling us how much precipitation we had though.
On the other end of the spectrum was Patchy who hated the rain. If it rained more than two days in a row she’d get UTIs and constipation from refusing to get her dainty little pawsies wet.
Witty Rejoinder said:
Kingy said:
buffy said:We’ve managed 14mm over the last couple of days. When today’s drizzle amount goes up tomorrow morning, we might hit 20mm. Nothing in the forecast now though for the rest of the week.
My personal home weather station has been taken over by spiders and no longer records rain because the little see-saw inside it is clogged with spider webs.
Is his name Insy-Winsy?
I have not consulted with the new resident so don’t know his/her name, and there is no downpipe from the weather station to see whether he goes back up it again.
kii said:
Divine Angel said:
ROFL my local councillor think cc on an email means “courtesy copy”
When you stop laughing at your local councillor you might check what it means.
Yes, surprise, surprise. It can mean “courtesy copy” AND “carbon copy”.
Shhhhh… DA’s stalker is back.
Witty Rejoinder said:
kii said:
Divine Angel said:
ROFL my local councillor think cc on an email means “courtesy copy”
When you stop laughing at your local councillor you might check what it means.
Yes, surprise, surprise. It can mean “courtesy copy” AND “carbon copy”.
Shhhhh… DA’s stalker is back.
Fuck off.
I’m just correcting her mistake. Do you remember Curve making comments about her poor editing skills when she had that business for whatever?
kii said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
kii said:When you stop laughing at your local councillor you might check what it means.
Yes, surprise, surprise. It can mean “courtesy copy” AND “carbon copy”.
Shhhhh… DA’s stalker is back.
Fuck off.
I’m just correcting her mistake. Do you remember Curve making comments about her poor editing skills when she had that business for whatever?
No you’re picking on people you don’t like because everyone ignores your other posts because they don’t want to engage with a toxic bitch.
Witty Rejoinder said:
kii said:
Witty Rejoinder said:Shhhhh… DA’s stalker is back.
Fuck off.
I’m just correcting her mistake. Do you remember Curve making comments about her poor editing skills when she had that business for whatever?
No you’re picking on people you don’t like because everyone ignores your other posts because they don’t want to engage with a toxic bitch.
I’ve noticed that I have been sent to Coventry, and I don’t care if you think I am a “toxic bitch”. I “pick on” people who annoy me, my tolerance levels have dropped considerably.
When are you going to ignore Bubblecar for the toxic shit he said about me? Hmmm…?
I particularly like how DA left the forum for ages, after he went nuts about trans people. Then she cosied up to Bubblecar upon her return. I’m not the only one who has noticed this.
Anyway…fuck off, Rejoined Wit.
Have you pre-ordered your Liza Minelli autobiography yet DA?
Kingy said:
buffy said:
Witty Rejoinder said:Buffy wants some rain.
We’ve managed 14mm over the last couple of days. When today’s drizzle amount goes up tomorrow morning, we might hit 20mm. Nothing in the forecast now though for the rest of the week.
My personal home weather station has been taken over by spiders and no longer records rain because the little see-saw inside it is clogged with spider webs.
Bummer.
My rain gauge is a 20 Litre bucket in the back yard.
Michael V said:
Kingy said:
buffy said:We’ve managed 14mm over the last couple of days. When today’s drizzle amount goes up tomorrow morning, we might hit 20mm. Nothing in the forecast now though for the rest of the week.
My personal home weather station has been taken over by spiders and no longer records rain because the little see-saw inside it is clogged with spider webs.
Bummer.
My rain gauge is a 20 Litre bucket in the back yard.
flat bottomed?
kii said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
kii said:Fuck off.
I’m just correcting her mistake. Do you remember Curve making comments about her poor editing skills when she had that business for whatever?
No you’re picking on people you don’t like because everyone ignores your other posts because they don’t want to engage with a toxic bitch.
I’ve noticed that I have been sent to Coventry, and I don’t care if you think I am a “toxic bitch”. I “pick on” people who annoy me, my tolerance levels have dropped considerably.
When are you going to ignore Bubblecar for the toxic shit he said about me? Hmmm…?
I particularly like how DA left the forum for ages, after he went nuts about trans people. Then she cosied up to Bubblecar upon her return. I’m not the only one who has noticed this.
Anyway…fuck off, Rejoined Wit.
Car gave you a perfectly reasonable apology but it doesn’t suit your victim status to acknowledge that so you can’t let it go.
DA did leave for a while but unlike yourself wasn’t going to let past disagreements control her, so choose to let bygones be bygones. It’s funny that you consider behaving in a civil manner to be cosying up: it says it all really.
Anyway when the matter came up recently DA was perfectly willing to take Car to task on the issue but he simply choose to let it drop. It’s how adults behave when they value relationships with others over their immense egos.
party_pants said:
Michael V said:
Kingy said:My personal home weather station has been taken over by spiders and no longer records rain because the little see-saw inside it is clogged with spider webs.
Bummer.
My rain gauge is a 20 Litre bucket in the back yard.
flat bottomed?
Pretty much. Anything less than 3 mm is a bit of an informed guess.
And pretty much straight-sided, so measuring the water depth with a tape-measure is fine. Just a normal 20 L paint-bucket-type thingo. One from Bunning would do, I guess. We are just about at the end of the second one in ten years. They get brittle from being outside in the sun.
party_pants said:
Michael V said:
Kingy said:My personal home weather station has been taken over by spiders and no longer records rain because the little see-saw inside it is clogged with spider webs.
Bummer.
My rain gauge is a 20 Litre bucket in the back yard.
flat bottomed?
Flat bottomed pails make the whirl go ‘round.
Witty Rejoinder said:
kii said:
Witty Rejoinder said:No you’re picking on people you don’t like because everyone ignores your other posts because they don’t want to engage with a toxic bitch.
I’ve noticed that I have been sent to Coventry, and I don’t care if you think I am a “toxic bitch”. I “pick on” people who annoy me, my tolerance levels have dropped considerably.
When are you going to ignore Bubblecar for the toxic shit he said about me? Hmmm…?
I particularly like how DA left the forum for ages, after he went nuts about trans people. Then she cosied up to Bubblecar upon her return. I’m not the only one who has noticed this.
Anyway…fuck off, Rejoined Wit.
Car gave you a perfectly reasonable apology but it doesn’t suit your victim status to acknowledge that so you can’t let it go.
DA did leave for a while but unlike yourself wasn’t going to let past disagreements control her, so choose to let bygones be bygones. It’s funny that you consider behaving in a civil manner to be cosying up: it says it all really.
Anyway when the matter came up recently DA was perfectly willing to take Car to task on the issue but he simply choose to let it drop. It’s how adults behave when they value relationships with others over their immense egos.
Um, his apology was not appropriate for the abuse he heaped on me. It didn’t address the issue at all. He skirted around what he had actually “diagnosed” me with.
Good on DA for taking the time to present Bubblecar with her research.
The difference between the two issues is he attacked me personally and with DA he disagreed with her views on trans people.
Very different.
Also my ego is not immense, it’s pretty wrecked after years of abuse, but you keep telling yourself that I see myself as a “victim”. I prefer “survivor”.
pretty sure as recent events have shown the correct response to people behaving badly is for other people to behave badly
Michael V said:
Kingy said:
I think I read something like this a couple of years ago. Perhaps I was dreaming.
so it’s good to know there are still white hats out there
Good morning Holidayers. Presently 10 degrees at the back door and still dark. We are forecast a partly cloudy 23 degrees.
Bakery Breakfast with our Hamilton archery friend. This afternoon I will reset one part of my veggie garden bed, planting out some capsicums and preparing for some broccoli to go in in a couple of weeks.
Warm and sunny.
Today’s plans depend on whether I get a phone call at 7am asking if I’m available to work today. Otherwise it’s revising my assignment and purchasing new earplugs.
JudgeMental said:
Kingy said:
Witty Rejoinder said:Buffy wants some rain.
So does Roughy.
what about me? I want some rain. you’ve had enough, now I want my share.
Yes.
Divine Angel said:
Pick a model.
either one as long as it actually happens.
Kingy said:
buffy said:
Witty Rejoinder said:Buffy wants some rain.
We’ve managed 14mm over the last couple of days. When today’s drizzle amount goes up tomorrow morning, we might hit 20mm. Nothing in the forecast now though for the rest of the week.
My personal home weather station has been taken over by spiders and no longer records rain because the little see-saw inside it is clogged with spider webs.
Well at least they are happy. I get dried spiders and the odd mummified gecko in mine.
JudgeMental said:
party_pants said:
buffy said:My rain gauge is full of gunge and hasn’t been consulted in years. I really should take it down and put it in the rubbish bin. I’ve got a new one, still in the box about 5 years after mr buffy bought it. I’m having a crisis of decision making about where to put it. My garden doesn’t have so many open places now.
I don’t have a rain gauge. I’m feeling left out.
I lack one too. i have buckets though.
There’s always that puddle out front. I’ve got it down to a fine degree of accuracy.
Good morning everybody.
Overcast and light rain a few minutes ago. Currently, it’s 23.2° C and 85% RH. There are light breezes. Forecast: top – 29° C, occasional showers in the morning, mostly sunny in the afternoon.
I am going to make a chicken, potato, celery and vegetable curry this morning. That should cover us for dinner tonight and tomorrow night. Breakfast and lunch are undecided.
New earplugs for DA. Has Mr Mutant gotten a lot louder at night?
Michael V said:
party_pants said:
Michael V said:Bummer.
My rain gauge is a 20 Litre bucket in the back yard.
flat bottomed?
Pretty much. Anything less than 3 mm is a bit of an informed guess.
And pretty much straight-sided, so measuring the water depth with a tape-measure is fine. Just a normal 20 L paint-bucket-type thingo. One from Bunning would do, I guess. We are just about at the end of the second one in ten years. They get brittle from being outside in the sun.
I’ve got an aluminium billy can. It never overflows.
Michael V said:
Good morning everybody.Overcast and light rain a few minutes ago. Currently, it’s 23.2° C and 85% RH. There are light breezes. Forecast: top – 29° C, occasional showers in the morning, mostly sunny in the afternoon.
I am going to make a chicken, potato, celery and vegetable curry this morning. That should cover us for dinner tonight and tomorrow night. Breakfast and lunch are undecided.
New earplugs for DA. Has Mr Mutant gotten a lot louder at night?
Divine Angel said:
Michael V said:
Good morning everybody.Overcast and light rain a few minutes ago. Currently, it’s 23.2° C and 85% RH. There are light breezes. Forecast: top – 29° C, occasional showers in the morning, mostly sunny in the afternoon.
I am going to make a chicken, potato, celery and vegetable curry this morning. That should cover us for dinner tonight and tomorrow night. Breakfast and lunch are undecided.
New earplugs for DA. Has Mr Mutant gotten a lot louder at night?
No, my old ones broke last night. My sleep score was only 75 lol.
My sleep has been quite erratic lately as well. A few times in the last couple of weeks I’d go to bed at about 10 pm, then wake up a bit before 8am, have breaky, then still felt tired so went back to bed. Then woke up again at 11:50 am. Did that three times i na row.
But I’ve also been going to bed again at about 10pm or so but then waking up at 3am to 4am.
It’s annoying.
Divine Angel said:
Michael V said:
Good morning everybody.Overcast and light rain a few minutes ago. Currently, it’s 23.2° C and 85% RH. There are light breezes. Forecast: top – 29° C, occasional showers in the morning, mostly sunny in the afternoon.
I am going to make a chicken, potato, celery and vegetable curry this morning. That should cover us for dinner tonight and tomorrow night. Breakfast and lunch are undecided.
New earplugs for DA. Has Mr Mutant gotten a lot louder at night?
No, my old ones broke last night. My sleep score was only 75 lol.
Well, there’s a first. I’ve never hear of anybody breaking earplugs before.
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
Michael V said:
Good morning everybody.Overcast and light rain a few minutes ago. Currently, it’s 23.2° C and 85% RH. There are light breezes. Forecast: top – 29° C, occasional showers in the morning, mostly sunny in the afternoon.
I am going to make a chicken, potato, celery and vegetable curry this morning. That should cover us for dinner tonight and tomorrow night. Breakfast and lunch are undecided.
New earplugs for DA. Has Mr Mutant gotten a lot louder at night?
No, my old ones broke last night. My sleep score was only 75 lol.Well, there’s a first. I’ve never hear of anybody breaking earplugs before.
I’ve broken hearing aids before.
roughbarked said:
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:No, my old ones broke last night. My sleep score was only 75 lol.
Well, there’s a first. I’ve never hear of anybody breaking earplugs before.
I’ve broken hearing aids before.
I’ve heard of that.
Spiny Norman said:
Divine Angel said:
Michael V said:
Good morning everybody.Overcast and light rain a few minutes ago. Currently, it’s 23.2° C and 85% RH. There are light breezes. Forecast: top – 29° C, occasional showers in the morning, mostly sunny in the afternoon.
I am going to make a chicken, potato, celery and vegetable curry this morning. That should cover us for dinner tonight and tomorrow night. Breakfast and lunch are undecided.
New earplugs for DA. Has Mr Mutant gotten a lot louder at night?
No, my old ones broke last night. My sleep score was only 75 lol.My sleep has been quite erratic lately as well. A few times in the last couple of weeks I’d go to bed at about 10 pm, then wake up a bit before 8am, have breaky, then still felt tired so went back to bed. Then woke up again at 11:50 am. Did that three times i na row.
But I’ve also been going to bed again at about 10pm or so but then waking up at 3am to 4am.
It’s annoying.
3-4am is the classic cortisol spike. Whatcha stressing about?
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
Michael V said:
Good morning everybody.Overcast and light rain a few minutes ago. Currently, it’s 23.2° C and 85% RH. There are light breezes. Forecast: top – 29° C, occasional showers in the morning, mostly sunny in the afternoon.
I am going to make a chicken, potato, celery and vegetable curry this morning. That should cover us for dinner tonight and tomorrow night. Breakfast and lunch are undecided.
New earplugs for DA. Has Mr Mutant gotten a lot louder at night?
No, my old ones broke last night. My sleep score was only 75 lol.Well, there’s a first. I’ve never hear of anybody breaking earplugs before.
I use this kind. The top part, the bit which makes it stay in your ear, broke off.
https://www.priceline.com.au/product/859192/otifleks-ultimate-comfort-sleeping-earplugs-medium-1-pair
I’ve tried Loops. Thousands swear by them, but I found them completely useless.
Divine Angel said:
Spiny Norman said:
Divine Angel said:No, my old ones broke last night. My sleep score was only 75 lol.
My sleep has been quite erratic lately as well. A few times in the last couple of weeks I’d go to bed at about 10 pm, then wake up a bit before 8am, have breaky, then still felt tired so went back to bed. Then woke up again at 11:50 am. Did that three times i na row.
But I’ve also been going to bed again at about 10pm or so but then waking up at 3am to 4am.
It’s annoying.
3-4am is the classic cortisol spike. Whatcha stressing about?
Not sure, I guess the house being fixed. We’re still waiting for the insurance dickheads to finish it all to an acceptable standard.
And a caravan we’re staying until then isn’t exactly built for taller people. I can’t use the bathroom at all except to wash my hands.
Spiny Norman said:
Divine Angel said:
Spiny Norman said:My sleep has been quite erratic lately as well. A few times in the last couple of weeks I’d go to bed at about 10 pm, then wake up a bit before 8am, have breaky, then still felt tired so went back to bed. Then woke up again at 11:50 am. Did that three times i na row.
But I’ve also been going to bed again at about 10pm or so but then waking up at 3am to 4am.
It’s annoying.
3-4am is the classic cortisol spike. Whatcha stressing about?
Not sure, I guess the house being fixed. We’re still waiting for the insurance dickheads to finish it all to an acceptable standard.
And a caravan we’re staying until then isn’t exactly built for taller people. I can’t use the bathroom at all except to wash my hands.
That would be stressful.
New battery breakthrough could double the range of electric cars
27 February 2026
Most people who drive EVs worry about a few things: how far the car can go on a full charge, how the battery works when it gets very cold outside, and how quickly it can recharge. A new research paper published in the journal Nature on February 25 shows that we might be close to solving two of those problems at once.
https://m.arenaev.com/new_battery_breakthrough_could_at_least_double_the_range_of_electric_cars-amp-5648.php
Witty Rejoinder said:
New battery breakthrough could double the range of electric cars
27 February 2026Most people who drive EVs worry about a few things: how far the car can go on a full charge, how the battery works when it gets very cold outside, and how quickly it can recharge. A new research paper published in the journal Nature on February 25 shows that we might be close to solving two of those problems at once.
https://m.arenaev.com/new_battery_breakthrough_could_at_least_double_the_range_of_electric_cars-amp-5648.php
Phenomenal performance!
Growing expectations Lake Eyre could reach full capacity for first time in decades
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-01/could-lake-eyre-finally-reach-capacity-after-decades/106395774
These two cosying up.
Witty Rejoinder said:
Growing expectations Lake Eyre could reach full capacity for first time in decadeshttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-01/could-lake-eyre-finally-reach-capacity-after-decades/106395774
Good for the interior.
As the price of intelligence collapses, agentic AI is replacing human workers
By Alan Kohler
Mon 2 Mar
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-02/agentic-ai-job-losses-australia/106397256
kii said:
Divine Angel said:
ROFL my local councillor think cc on an email means “courtesy copy”
When you stop laughing at your local councillor you might check what it means.
Yes, surprise, surprise. It can mean “courtesy copy” AND “carbon copy”.
Not round these parts it doesn’t :)
The Rev Dodgson said:
kii said:
Divine Angel said:
ROFL my local councillor think cc on an email means “courtesy copy”
When you stop laughing at your local councillor you might check what it means.
Yes, surprise, surprise. It can mean “courtesy copy” AND “carbon copy”.
Not round these parts it doesn’t :)
it’s a new, relatively, fangled expression.
JudgeMental said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
kii said:When you stop laughing at your local councillor you might check what it means.
Yes, surprise, surprise. It can mean “courtesy copy” AND “carbon copy”.
Not round these parts it doesn’t :)
it’s a new, relatively, fangled expression.
Having now read the rest of the crap that followed the original post, I’m sorry I mentioned it.
The Rev Dodgson said:
JudgeMental said:
The Rev Dodgson said:Not round these parts it doesn’t :)
it’s a new, relatively, fangled expression.
Having now read the rest of the crap that followed the original post, I’m sorry I mentioned it.
well, you shouldn’t read crap. you only have yourself to blame. I hope you’ve learnt you lesson.
ask me for more Living My best Life advice.
JudgeMental said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
JudgeMental said:it’s a new, relatively, fangled expression.
Having now read the rest of the crap that followed the original post, I’m sorry I mentioned it.
well, you shouldn’t read crap. you only have yourself to blame. I hope you’ve learnt you lesson.
ask me for more Living My best Life advice.
cc it.
Apparently someone pulled him from his seat and he left the scene. I believe that his seatbelt and the face bag, saved his life but I’d reckon that he’s badly shaken if not stirred.
Witty Rejoinder said:
New battery breakthrough could double the range of electric cars
27 February 2026Most people who drive EVs worry about a few things: how far the car can go on a full charge, how the battery works when it gets very cold outside, and how quickly it can recharge. A new research paper published in the journal Nature on February 25 shows that we might be close to solving two of those problems at once.
https://m.arenaev.com/new_battery_breakthrough_could_at_least_double_the_range_of_electric_cars-amp-5648.php
It might be a while before this makes it to vehicles, though – if it ever does. Also, haven’t we been banning fluorinated hydrocarbons, as we find out how damaging each one is?
The Nature abstract reads to me as: “We’ve made this interesting observation, and the notion around it warrants much more work.”
Witty Rejoinder said:
Growing expectations Lake Eyre could reach full capacity for first time in decadeshttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-01/could-lake-eyre-finally-reach-capacity-after-decades/106395774
Good.
The Rev Dodgson said:
JudgeMental said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
Not round these parts it doesn’t :)
it’s a new, relatively, fangled expression.
Having now read the rest of the crap that followed the original post, I’m sorry I mentioned it.
why, shouldn’t language be prescribed, not described
Michael V said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
New battery breakthrough could double the range of electric cars
27 February 2026Most people who drive EVs worry about a few things: how far the car can go on a full charge, how the battery works when it gets very cold outside, and how quickly it can recharge. A new research paper published in the journal Nature on February 25 shows that we might be close to solving two of those problems at once.
https://m.arenaev.com/new_battery_breakthrough_could_at_least_double_the_range_of_electric_cars-amp-5648.php
It might be a while before this makes it to vehicles, though – if it ever does. Also, haven’t we been banning fluorinated hydrocarbons, as we find out how damaging each one is?
The Nature abstract reads to me as: “We’ve made this interesting observation, and the notion around it warrants much more work.”
so in 20 years or so ¿ we reckon
SCIENCE said:
Michael V said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
New battery breakthrough could double the range of electric cars
27 February 2026Most people who drive EVs worry about a few things: how far the car can go on a full charge, how the battery works when it gets very cold outside, and how quickly it can recharge. A new research paper published in the journal Nature on February 25 shows that we might be close to solving two of those problems at once.
https://m.arenaev.com/new_battery_breakthrough_could_at_least_double_the_range_of_electric_cars-amp-5648.php
It might be a while before this makes it to vehicles, though – if it ever does. Also, haven’t we been banning fluorinated hydrocarbons, as we find out how damaging each one is?
The Nature abstract reads to me as: “We’ve made this interesting observation, and the notion around it warrants much more work.”
so in 20 years or so ¿ we reckon
Feance is thinking of locating nukes in the middle east so we mightn’t be here in 20.
roughbarked said:
SCIENCE said:Michael V said:
It might be a while before this makes it to vehicles, though – if it ever does. Also, haven’t we been banning fluorinated hydrocarbons, as we find out how damaging each one is?
The Nature abstract reads to me as: “We’ve made this interesting observation, and the notion around it warrants much more work.”
so in 20 years or so ¿ we reckon
Feance is thinking of locating nukes in the middle east so we mightn’t be here in 20.
Sorry, not the MR but all over Europe. In short:
President Emmanuel Macron has announced France will expand its nuclear arsenal and will potentially allow European partners to host its aircraft on nuclear deterrence missions.
Speaking at a submarine base in Brittany, France, Mr Macron has said he will increase its number of nuclear warheads.
European leaders have voiced growing doubts about US commitments to help defend Europe under the so-called nuclear umbrella,
SCIENCE said:
Michael V said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
New battery breakthrough could double the range of electric cars
27 February 2026Most people who drive EVs worry about a few things: how far the car can go on a full charge, how the battery works when it gets very cold outside, and how quickly it can recharge. A new research paper published in the journal Nature on February 25 shows that we might be close to solving two of those problems at once.
https://m.arenaev.com/new_battery_breakthrough_could_at_least_double_the_range_of_electric_cars-amp-5648.php
It might be a while before this makes it to vehicles, though – if it ever does. Also, haven’t we been banning fluorinated hydrocarbons, as we find out how damaging each one is?
The Nature abstract reads to me as: “We’ve made this interesting observation, and the notion around it warrants much more work.”
so in 20 years or so ¿ we reckon
Or maybe never, should the particular chemical or mixture (a 1,3-difluoro-propane (DFP)-based Li-ion electrolyte) be environmentally hazardous.
My water supply was cut off for non-payment. I just got a letter from the supplier saying “Get well soon.”
btm said:
My water supply was cut off for non-payment. I just got a letter from the supplier saying “Get well soon.”
we do have a dad joke thread
btm said:
My water supply was cut off for non-payment. I just got a letter from the supplier saying “Get well soon.”
Dear oh dear.
dv said:
btm said:
My water supply was cut off for non-payment. I just got a letter from the supplier saying “Get well soon.”
we do have a dad joke thread
I know, but then you’d have known it was a dad joke before you read it.
btm said:
dv said:
btm said:
My water supply was cut off for non-payment. I just got a letter from the supplier saying “Get well soon.”
we do have a dad joke thread
I know, but then you’d have known it was a dad joke before you read it.
You’re as cunning as a fox pretending to be a stoat
Hello
btm said:
My water supply was cut off for non-payment. I just got a letter from the supplier saying “Get well soon.”
The story of the three holes in the ground: well, well, well.
;)
Supposedly Australians saying thanks to bus drivers as they get off the bus is unusual
Isn’t it common courtesy to say thanks to people providing a service, any service
I always do
Cymek said:
Supposedly Australians saying thanks to bus drivers as they get off the bus is unusual
Isn’t it common courtesy to say thanks to people providing a service, any service
I always do
I don’t think it’s unusual, though I haven’t actually collected stats on it.
dv said:
Cymek said:
Supposedly Australians saying thanks to bus drivers as they get off the bus is unusual
Isn’t it common courtesy to say thanks to people providing a service, any service
I always do
I don’t think it’s unusual, though I haven’t actually collected stats on it.
^ ^^
Over.
dv said:
Cymek said:
Supposedly Australians saying thanks to bus drivers as they get off the bus is unusual
Isn’t it common courtesy to say thanks to people providing a service, any service
I always do
I don’t think it’s unusual, though I haven’t actually collected stats on it.
No I haven’t either
It was something supposedly only Australians do
I assumed it was just made up nonsense
Cymek said:
dv said:
Cymek said:
Supposedly Australians saying thanks to bus drivers as they get off the bus is unusual
Isn’t it common courtesy to say thanks to people providing a service, any service
I always do
I don’t think it’s unusual, though I haven’t actually collected stats on it.
No I haven’t either
It was something supposedly only Australians do
I assumed it was just made up nonsense
damn we must have met a whole heap of Australians overseas in those dirty ASIAN countries where they were thanking their bus drivers then
don’t know about made up nonsense, we suspect it was less common overseas say 30 years ago, we don’t remember seeing it as much
Cymek said:
dv said:
Cymek said:
Supposedly Australians saying thanks to bus drivers as they get off the bus is unusual
Isn’t it common courtesy to say thanks to people providing a service, any service
I always do
I don’t think it’s unusual, though I haven’t actually collected stats on it.
No I haven’t either
It was something supposedly only Australians do
I assumed it was just made up nonsense
It’s commonplace in Tasmania, at least in rural areas.
Bubblecar said:
Cymek said:
dv said:I don’t think it’s unusual, though I haven’t actually collected stats on it.
No I haven’t either
It was something supposedly only Australians do
I assumed it was just made up nonsense
It’s commonplace in Tasmania, at least in rural areas.
I always doff me cap and say thank ye sir, thank ye.
btm said:
My water supply was cut off for non-payment. I just got a letter from the supplier saying “Get well soon.”
——-> dad jokes.
dv said:
Cymek said:
Supposedly Australians saying thanks to bus drivers as they get off the bus is unusual
Isn’t it common courtesy to say thanks to people providing a service, any service
I always do
I don’t think it’s unusual, though I haven’t actually collected stats on it.
It’s not the done thing in the You-Kay, or (presumably) in You-Essay.
The Rev Dodgson said:
dv said:
Cymek said:
Supposedly Australians saying thanks to bus drivers as they get off the bus is unusual
Isn’t it common courtesy to say thanks to people providing a service, any service
I always do
I don’t think it’s unusual, though I haven’t actually collected stats on it.
It’s not the done thing in the You-Kay, or (presumably) in You-Essay.
is that because they’re so prosperous that their vehicles are autonomous and need no thanks
or because the economic slaves should be glad to have the privilege to cart people around and be happy with whatever tips they can scrounge
SCIENCE said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
dv said:
I don’t think it’s unusual, though I haven’t actually collected stats on it.
It’s not the done thing in the You-Kay, or (presumably) in You-Essay.
is that because they’re so prosperous that their vehicles are autonomous and need no thanks
or because the economic slaves should be glad to have the privilege to cart people around and be happy with whatever tips they can scrounge
You’d have to ask the upper class chaps who make the rules.
Cymek said:
dv said:
Cymek said:
Supposedly Australians saying thanks to bus drivers as they get off the bus is unusual
Isn’t it common courtesy to say thanks to people providing a service, any service
I always do
I don’t think it’s unusual, though I haven’t actually collected stats on it.
No I haven’t either
It was something supposedly only Australians do
I assumed it was just made up nonsense
When we used the trams in Melbourne last year we said thanks to the driver if we left by the front door. We weren’t the only ones. But we are country bumpkins, hadn’t used public transport for years.
roughbarked said:
btm said:
My water supply was cut off for non-payment. I just got a letter from the supplier saying “Get well soon.”
——-> dad jokes.
Some of these are so old they should be called “mummy jokes”.
Bubblecar said:
Cymek said:
dv said:I don’t think it’s unusual, though I haven’t actually collected stats on it.
No I haven’t either
It was something supposedly only Australians do
I assumed it was just made up nonsense
It’s commonplace in Tasmania, at least in rural areas.
I’ve always done it. Although it is only rare occcasions that you can manage to thank the Rex pilot.
SCIENCE said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
dv said:
I don’t think it’s unusual, though I haven’t actually collected stats on it.
It’s not the done thing in the You-Kay, or (presumably) in You-Essay.
is that because they’re so prosperous that their vehicles are autonomous and need no thanks
or because the economic slaves should be glad to have the privilege to cart people around and be happy with whatever tips they can scrounge
That was my thoughts in the USA and I often see Facebook posts on treating your server decently.
To have to be told this is a worry
Bubblecar said:
Cymek said:
dv said:I don’t think it’s unusual, though I haven’t actually collected stats on it.
No I haven’t either
It was something supposedly only Australians do
I assumed it was just made up nonsense
It’s commonplace in Tasmania, at least in rural areas.
I used to say thanks to the bus drivers in Brisbane when I was working in the city and caught the bus each way daily. I never took any notice of whether other people did it or not. I just wanted to make the driver feel appreciated.
roughbarked said:
Kingy said:
buffy said:We’ve managed 14mm over the last couple of days. When today’s drizzle amount goes up tomorrow morning, we might hit 20mm. Nothing in the forecast now though for the rest of the week.
My personal home weather station has been taken over by spiders and no longer records rain because the little see-saw inside it is clogged with spider webs.
Well at least they are happy. I get dried spiders and the odd mummified gecko in mine.
“A former Royal Navy officer will be court martialed after a New Zealand ship she was commanding hit a reef and sank after the crew failed to turn the autopilot off.
Commander Yvonne Gray, a former Royal Navy warfare officer, was commanding the HMNZS Manawanui when it hit the reef off Samoa on October 5 2024.”
They’re letting them drive ships now, shakes head.
Peak Warming Man said:
“A former Royal Navy officer will be court martialed after a New Zealand ship she was commanding hit a reef and sank after the crew failed to turn the autopilot off.
Commander Yvonne Gray, a former Royal Navy warfare officer, was commanding the HMNZS Manawanui when it hit the reef off Samoa on October 5 2024.”They’re letting them drive ships now, shakes head.
They let poms do anything these days.
Oh gawd, I woke up again. I’d love to just stay asleep foreverish, with tea’n‘toast served a decent intervals.
Strange dream, need tea, need kitten videos. Need a nap.
roughbarked said:
roughbarked said:
Kingy said:My personal home weather station has been taken over by spiders and no longer records rain because the little see-saw inside it is clogged with spider webs.
Well at least they are happy. I get dried spiders and the odd mummified gecko in mine.
But also, I’ve taken some nice photos of spider web in the gauge. This little one was vibrating the web.
Cymek said:
dv said:
Cymek said:
Supposedly Australians saying thanks to bus drivers as they get off the bus is unusual
Isn’t it common courtesy to say thanks to people providing a service, any service
I always do
I don’t think it’s unusual, though I haven’t actually collected stats on it.
No I haven’t either
It was something supposedly only Australians do
I assumed it was just made up nonsense
In NM the locals would say something to the driver, in Spanish. I couldn’t always hear what they said, but it definitely included the word “gracias”.
I’ve always said thanks to the driver.
It’s the start of tumbleweed season in NM. I had to leave my 4 small tumbleweeds behind when I left. They were perfect little spiky balls of pain. There are some things that I miss about that area.
I actually got the idea to use them as home decor from this woman.
Geninne Zlatkis
This photo is from her Facebook page…
The Rev Dodgson said:
JudgeMental said:
The Rev Dodgson said:Not round these parts it doesn’t :)
it’s a new, relatively, fangled expression.
Having now read the rest of the crap that followed the original post, I’m sorry I mentioned it.
Sometimes crap is necessary, at least it’s not boring like so many posts here.
kii said:
It’s the start of tumbleweed season in NM. I had to leave my 4 small tumbleweeds behind when I left. They were perfect little spiky balls of pain. There are some things that I miss about that area.
I actually got the idea to use them as home decor from this woman.
Geninne ZlatkisThis photo is from her Facebook page…
Reminds me of the depression and the Grapes of Wrath.
Peak Warming Man said:
kii said:
It’s the start of tumbleweed season in NM. I had to leave my 4 small tumbleweeds behind when I left. They were perfect little spiky balls of pain. There are some things that I miss about that area.
I actually got the idea to use them as home decor from this woman.
Geninne ZlatkisThis photo is from her Facebook page…
Reminds me of the depression and the Grapes of Wrath.
Tumbleweeds will do that to you.
It’s also the start of the windy season, hence the tumbleweeds. Small flying rocks and sand are the norm.
That building is a corner of her home, designed and built by her architect husband. Both are super creative people.
kii said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
JudgeMental said:
it’s a new, relatively, fangled expression.
Having now read the rest of the crap that followed the original post, I’m sorry I mentioned it.
Sometimes crap is necessary, at least it’s not boring like so many posts here.
sure it is
kii said:
It’s the start of tumbleweed season in NM. I had to leave my 4 small tumbleweeds behind when I left. They were perfect little spiky balls of pain. There are some things that I miss about that area.
I actually got the idea to use them as home decor from this woman.
Geninne ZlatkisThis photo is from her Facebook page…
See them tumbling down
Pledging their love to the ground
Lonely but free I’ll be found
Drifting along with the tumblin’ tumbleweeds…
kii said:
It’s the start of tumbleweed season in NM. I had to leave my 4 small tumbleweeds behind when I left. They were perfect little spiky balls of pain. There are some things that I miss about that area.
I actually got the idea to use them as home decor from this woman.
Geninne ZlatkisThis photo is from her Facebook page…
:)
kii said:
It’s the start of tumbleweed season in NM. I had to leave my 4 small tumbleweeds behind when I left. They were perfect little spiky balls of pain. There are some things that I miss about that area.
I actually got the idea to use them as home decor from this woman.
Geninne ZlatkisThis photo is from her Facebook page…
There is a house painted with very similar colours up the hill from us. But we don’t have tumbleweeds here.
We had tumbleweeds (different type) blow around when I was a kid in Wagga, and other tumbleweeds (bluebush, saltbush) that blew around at Walgett.
Don’t normally drink on a Tuesday, but thinking I might go and get a nice bottle of wine to welcome tonight’s Blood Pudding Moon.
Bubblecar said:
Don’t normally drink on a Tuesday, but thinking I might go and get a nice bottle of wine to welcome tonight’s Blood Pudding Moon.
And what libation is Sir thinking of negotiating the sale of?
Peak Warming Man said:
Bubblecar said:
Don’t normally drink on a Tuesday, but thinking I might go and get a nice bottle of wine to welcome tonight’s Blood Pudding Moon.
And what libation is Sir thinking of negotiating the sale of?
I don’t know, I’ll have a browse when I get there.
Bubblecar said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Bubblecar said:
Don’t normally drink on a Tuesday, but thinking I might go and get a nice bottle of wine to welcome tonight’s Blood Pudding Moon.
And what libation is Sir thinking of negotiating the sale of?
I don’t know, I’ll have a browse when I get there.
May I suggest that Sir have a nice ale or porter to help stimulate the palette, a robust red to have with dinner and fine scotch with the cheese board and a rousing mystery novel in the drawing before retiring.
https://www.threads.com/@robertsoeno/post/DVYpGuskhS3?xmt=AQF088vrMxEWAybRCPGVQTC9zF5aWBscIhmkgb433rOOLtOOSpUa1Y8NLkC8Lxpm0506Enw&slof=1
Satisfying
dv said:
https://www.threads.com/@robertsoeno/post/DVYpGuskhS3?xmt=AQF088vrMxEWAybRCPGVQTC9zF5aWBscIhmkgb433rOOLtOOSpUa1Y8NLkC8Lxpm0506Enw&slof=1Satisfying
Why can’t she speak English like everyone else.
It wasn’t in Altamira or France: the oldest cave painting on the planet (67,800 years old) appears in a remote cave in Asia and forever changes the map of human creativity
https://www.ecoticias.com/en/it-wasnt-in-altamira-or-france-the-oldest-cave-painting-on-the-planet-67800-years-old-appears-in-a-remote-cave-in-asia-and-forever-changes-the-map-of-human-creativity/28495/
Witty Rejoinder said:
It wasn’t in Altamira or France: the oldest cave painting on the planet (67,800 years old) appears in a remote cave in Asia and forever changes the map of human creativity
https://www.ecoticias.com/en/it-wasnt-in-altamira-or-france-the-oldest-cave-painting-on-the-planet-67800-years-old-appears-in-a-remote-cave-in-asia-and-forever-changes-the-map-of-human-creativity/28495/
It looks like a man on mechanised legs firing a laser at an animal
Cymek said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
It wasn’t in Altamira or France: the oldest cave painting on the planet (67,800 years old) appears in a remote cave in Asia and forever changes the map of human creativity
https://www.ecoticias.com/en/it-wasnt-in-altamira-or-france-the-oldest-cave-painting-on-the-planet-67800-years-old-appears-in-a-remote-cave-in-asia-and-forever-changes-the-map-of-human-creativity/28495/
It looks like a man on mechanised legs firing a laser at an animal
Bloke wearing a ballcap, riding on a crab, about to chuck a boomerang at a dog.
Anyway I’ll read the article when I come back from the shops.
Bubblecar said:
Cymek said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
It wasn’t in Altamira or France: the oldest cave painting on the planet (67,800 years old) appears in a remote cave in Asia and forever changes the map of human creativity
https://www.ecoticias.com/en/it-wasnt-in-altamira-or-france-the-oldest-cave-painting-on-the-planet-67800-years-old-appears-in-a-remote-cave-in-asia-and-forever-changes-the-map-of-human-creativity/28495/
It looks like a man on mechanised legs firing a laser at an animal
Bloke wearing a ballcap, riding on a crab, about to chuck a boomerang at a dog.
Anyway I’ll read the article when I come back from the shops.
…might just be throwing it for the dog to fetch.
Cymek said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
It wasn’t in Altamira or France: the oldest cave painting on the planet (67,800 years old) appears in a remote cave in Asia and forever changes the map of human creativity
https://www.ecoticias.com/en/it-wasnt-in-altamira-or-france-the-oldest-cave-painting-on-the-planet-67800-years-old-appears-in-a-remote-cave-in-asia-and-forever-changes-the-map-of-human-creativity/28495/
It looks like a man on mechanised legs firing a laser at an animal
I thought there was some very old painting in Australia, but the bingbot tells me that the oldest known is 17,300 years old.
So did the first Australians not do rock art, or have we just not found it yet?
Heard this song on my way home today. Have not heard it in a while. It’s a banger.
kii said:
It’s the start of tumbleweed season in NM. I had to leave my 4 small tumbleweeds behind when I left. They were perfect little spiky balls of pain. There are some things that I miss about that area.
I actually got the idea to use them as home decor from this woman.
Geninne ZlatkisThis photo is from her Facebook page…
No worries. We have them here too.
Peak Warming Man said:
kii said:
It’s the start of tumbleweed season in NM. I had to leave my 4 small tumbleweeds behind when I left. They were perfect little spiky balls of pain. There are some things that I miss about that area.
I actually got the idea to use them as home decor from this woman.
Geninne ZlatkisThis photo is from her Facebook page…
Reminds me of the depression and the Grapes of Wrath.
dustbowl.
Witty Rejoinder said:
It wasn’t in Altamira or France: the oldest cave painting on the planet (67,800 years old) appears in a remote cave in Asia and forever changes the map of human creativity
https://www.ecoticias.com/en/it-wasnt-in-altamira-or-france-the-oldest-cave-painting-on-the-planet-67800-years-old-appears-in-a-remote-cave-in-asia-and-forever-changes-the-map-of-human-creativity/28495/
A man on a horse with a boomerang?
The Rev Dodgson said:
Cymek said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
It wasn’t in Altamira or France: the oldest cave painting on the planet (67,800 years old) appears in a remote cave in Asia and forever changes the map of human creativity
https://www.ecoticias.com/en/it-wasnt-in-altamira-or-france-the-oldest-cave-painting-on-the-planet-67800-years-old-appears-in-a-remote-cave-in-asia-and-forever-changes-the-map-of-human-creativity/28495/
It looks like a man on mechanised legs firing a laser at an animal
I thought there was some very old painting in Australia, but the bingbot tells me that the oldest known is 17,300 years old.
So did the first Australians not do rock art, or have we just not found it yet?
We do have art older than that.
Bubblecar said:
Cymek said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
It wasn’t in Altamira or France: the oldest cave painting on the planet (67,800 years old) appears in a remote cave in Asia and forever changes the map of human creativity
https://www.ecoticias.com/en/it-wasnt-in-altamira-or-france-the-oldest-cave-painting-on-the-planet-67800-years-old-appears-in-a-remote-cave-in-asia-and-forever-changes-the-map-of-human-creativity/28495/
It looks like a man on mechanised legs firing a laser at an animal
Bloke wearing a ballcap, riding on a crab, about to chuck a boomerang at a dog.
Anyway I’ll read the article when I come back from the shops.
Witty Rejoinder said:
It wasn’t in Altamira or France: the oldest cave painting on the planet (67,800 years old) appears in a remote cave in Asia and forever changes the map of human creativity
https://www.ecoticias.com/en/it-wasnt-in-altamira-or-france-the-oldest-cave-painting-on-the-planet-67800-years-old-appears-in-a-remote-cave-in-asia-and-forever-changes-the-map-of-human-creativity/28495/
Well it’s no Michelangelo but I guess everyone’s gotta start somewhere. ~70,000 years is darn impressive.
SCIENCE said:
Bubblecar said:
Cymek said:It looks like a man on mechanised legs firing a laser at an animal
Bloke wearing a ballcap, riding on a crab, about to chuck a boomerang at a dog.
Anyway I’ll read the article when I come back from the shops.
Hahahahahahahahahahaha omg
They should spin off a Toy Story centring on Sid’s toys.
SCIENCE said:
Bubblecar said:
Cymek said:It looks like a man on mechanised legs firing a laser at an animal
Bloke wearing a ballcap, riding on a crab, about to chuck a boomerang at a dog.
Anyway I’ll read the article when I come back from the shops.
I went to Nature and downloaded the .pdf
Divine Angel said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
It wasn’t in Altamira or France: the oldest cave painting on the planet (67,800 years old) appears in a remote cave in Asia and forever changes the map of human creativity
https://www.ecoticias.com/en/it-wasnt-in-altamira-or-france-the-oldest-cave-painting-on-the-planet-67800-years-old-appears-in-a-remote-cave-in-asia-and-forever-changes-the-map-of-human-creativity/28495/
Well it’s no Michelangelo but I guess everyone’s gotta start somewhere. ~70,000 years is darn impressive.
Dispenses with the dumb caveman image
roughbarked said:
Divine Angel said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
It wasn’t in Altamira or France: the oldest cave painting on the planet (67,800 years old) appears in a remote cave in Asia and forever changes the map of human creativity
https://www.ecoticias.com/en/it-wasnt-in-altamira-or-france-the-oldest-cave-painting-on-the-planet-67800-years-old-appears-in-a-remote-cave-in-asia-and-forever-changes-the-map-of-human-creativity/28495/
Well it’s no Michelangelo but I guess everyone’s gotta start somewhere. ~70,000 years is darn impressive.
Dispenses with the dumb caveman image
I don’t think there’s ever been any doubt as to humanity’s creativity.
Can’t speak for the dinosaurs though. Maybe they had fantastic stories and cave paintings and movies.
Divine Angel said:
roughbarked said:
Divine Angel said:Well it’s no Michelangelo but I guess everyone’s gotta start somewhere. ~70,000 years is darn impressive.
Dispenses with the dumb caveman image
I don’t think there’s ever been any doubt as to humanity’s creativity.
Can’t speak for the dinosaurs though. Maybe they had fantastic stories and cave paintings and movies.
Maybe Fred Flinstone could tell you. ;)
BACK with some Shambles IPA and some nice wine for later.
Waiting in the letterbox was a parcel containing ten little bottles of fingernail glue.
Wacky doodle. We have had 0.6mm
roughbarked said:
Wacky doodle. We have had 0.6mm
🥳
Bubblecar said:
Bubblecar said:
Cymek said:It looks like a man on mechanised legs firing a laser at an animal
Bloke wearing a ballcap, riding on a crab, about to chuck a boomerang at a dog.
Anyway I’ll read the article when I come back from the shops.
…might just be throwing it for the dog to fetch.
Odd report. I’m finding it hard to see a handprint there (which is all they’re talking about – no-one is mentioning the darker, human and animal-like forms) but apparently it’s a light coloured area near the “dog”.
Bubblecar said:
Bubblecar said:
Bubblecar said:
Bloke wearing a ballcap, riding on a crab, about to chuck a boomerang at a dog.
Anyway I’ll read the article when I come back from the shops.
…might just be throwing it for the dog to fetch.
Odd report. I’m finding it hard to see a handprint there (which is all they’re talking about – no-one is mentioning the darker, human and animal-like forms) but apparently it’s a light coloured area near the “dog”.
looks pretty hand print like to us
SCIENCE said:
Bubblecar said:
Bubblecar said:
…might just be throwing it for the dog to fetch.
Odd report. I’m finding it hard to see a handprint there (which is all they’re talking about – no-one is mentioning the darker, human and animal-like forms) but apparently it’s a light coloured area near the “dog”.
looks pretty hand print like to us
In that enhanced image, yes.
Bubblecar said:
SCIENCE said:Bubblecar said:
Odd report. I’m finding it hard to see a handprint there (which is all they’re talking about – no-one is mentioning the darker, human and animal-like forms) but apparently it’s a light coloured area near the “dog”.
looks pretty hand print like to us
In that enhanced image, yes.
…but I don’t know why they’re ignoring the darker, presumably painted forms. Perhaps they’re much younger, but we’re not told.
Some Woolworths stores are trialing this things at their entry.
Kids getting whacked in the head. Not at all disability-friendly. Imagine these whacking on your arthritic knees or brand new scar or hurts-for-no-reason.
Bubblecar said:
Bubblecar said:
SCIENCE said:looks pretty hand print like to us
In that enhanced image, yes.
…but I don’t know why they’re ignoring the darker, presumably painted forms. Perhaps they’re much younger, but we’re not told.
I wonder if they were of significance back in the day or just a type of vandalism
Divine Angel said:
Some Woolworths stores are trialing this things at their entry.Kids getting whacked in the head. Not at all disability-friendly. Imagine these whacking on your arthritic knees or brand new scar or hurts-for-no-reason.
Does look like some kind of torture device.
Cymek said:
Bubblecar said:
Bubblecar said:In that enhanced image, yes.
…but I don’t know why they’re ignoring the darker, presumably painted forms. Perhaps they’re much younger, but we’re not told.
I wonder if they were of significance back in the day or just a type of vandalism
Pompeii had hand-drawn pictures of penises everywhere.
Divine Angel said:
Some Woolworths stores are trialing this things at their entry.Kids getting whacked in the head. Not at all disability-friendly. Imagine these whacking on your arthritic knees or brand new scar or hurts-for-no-reason.
Let alone getting wacked in the doodle
Bubblecar said:
Bubblecar said:
SCIENCE said:
looks pretty hand print like to us
In that enhanced image, yes.
…but I don’t know why they’re ignoring the darker, presumably painted forms. Perhaps they’re much younger, but we’re not told.
probably if this part of the article has anything to do with it
Liang Metanduno also contains paintings that appear to be much younger than the two dated hand stencils, based on the extent of weathering and other observations. These much fresher-looking artworks, executed using a brownish pigment, have been applied over existing speleothems and the ‘new’ cave wall surface exposed by the exfoliation of the older surface bearing the hand stencils, as well as over the dated hand stencils themselves. Among the images, a figurative representation of a bird, probably a chicken (Gallus sp.), measuring 13.5 cm × 12 cm, is located between the two dated hand stencils (Supplementary Information).
Divine Angel said:
Cymek said:
Bubblecar said:…but I don’t know why they’re ignoring the darker, presumably painted forms. Perhaps they’re much younger, but we’re not told.
I wonder if they were of significance back in the day or just a type of vandalism
Pompeii had hand-drawn pictures of penises everywhere.
I didn’t know that
Divine Angel said:
Cymek said:
Bubblecar said:…but I don’t know why they’re ignoring the darker, presumably painted forms. Perhaps they’re much younger, but we’re not told.
I wonder if they were of significance back in the day or just a type of vandalism
Pompeii had hand-drawn pictures of penises everywhere.
old el paso
Cymek said:
Divine Angel said:
Cymek said:I wonder if they were of significance back in the day or just a type of vandalism
Pompeii had hand-drawn pictures of penises everywhere.
I didn’t know that
weren’t they in brothels
Bubblecar said:
Divine Angel said:
Some Woolworths stores are trialing this things at their entry.
Kids getting whacked in the head. Not at all disability-friendly. Imagine these whacking on your arthritic knees or brand new scar or hurts-for-no-reason.
Does look like some kind of torture device.
can’t they just install those turnstiles they have at big stadiums and showgrounds
SCIENCE said:
Bubblecar said:
Bubblecar said:
In that enhanced image, yes.
…but I don’t know why they’re ignoring the darker, presumably painted forms. Perhaps they’re much younger, but we’re not told.
probably if this part of the article has anything to do with it
Liang Metanduno also contains paintings that appear to be much younger than the two dated hand stencils, based on the extent of weathering and other observations. These much fresher-looking artworks, executed using a brownish pigment, have been applied over existing speleothems and the ‘new’ cave wall surface exposed by the exfoliation of the older surface bearing the hand stencils, as well as over the dated hand stencils themselves. Among the images, a figurative representation of a bird, probably a chicken (Gallus sp.), measuring 13.5 cm × 12 cm, is located between the two dated hand stencils (Supplementary Information).
Ah, blame my speed-reading.
SCIENCE said:
Cymek said:
Divine Angel said:Pompeii had hand-drawn pictures of penises everywhere.
I didn’t know that
weren’t they in brothels
That would make sense, perhaps you paid by the inch
SCIENCE said:
Cymek said:
Divine Angel said:Pompeii had hand-drawn pictures of penises everywhere.
I didn’t know that
weren’t they in brothels
Ok this is more than I ever wanted to know. With pics!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erotic_art_in_Pompeii_and_Herculaneum
“ Maritimus licks your vulva for 4 As. He is ready to serve virgins as well. The amounts vary from one to two asses”
I know they mean the donkey asses but in context, it does make you think twice.
Divine Angel said:
“ Maritimus licks your vulva for 4 As. He is ready to serve virgins as well. The amounts vary from one to two asses”I know they mean the donkey asses but in context, it does make you think twice.
…and I was wrong about the donkeys, whoops.
well that’s our learning for the day, thanks
SCIENCE said:
well that’s our learning for the day, thanks
Was it the penises or the asses?
I was quite surprised when shopping this afternoon. Two people stopped me and asked about the mask I was wearing, so I told them. It’s a FloMask and pretty darn good.
I only very rarely get asked about it and having it happen twice in five minutes is a first.
Divine Angel said:
Some Woolworths stores are trialing this things at their entry.Kids getting whacked in the head. Not at all disability-friendly. Imagine these whacking on your arthritic knees or brand new scar or hurts-for-no-reason.
WTF???
Woodie said:
Divine Angel said:
Some Woolworths stores are trialing this things at their entry.Kids getting whacked in the head. Not at all disability-friendly. Imagine these whacking on your arthritic knees or brand new scar or hurts-for-no-reason.
WTF???
“For your convenience”, no doubt
Divine Angel said:
Cymek said:I wonder if they were of significance back in the day or just a type of vandalism
Pompeii had hand-drawn pictures of penises everywhere.
So do a lot of public dunnies.
Divine Angel said:
SCIENCE said:
well that’s our learning for the day, thanks
Was it the penises or the asses?
stigmas on the styles
Fucking excellent!
From the Mad Fucking Witches’s Facebook page…
*****HUGE BREAKING NEWS, WITCHES*****
WE DID IT, WITCHES.
WE FUCKING DID IT!
News has just broken this afternoon that Jackie has officially quit the Kyle and Jackie O show because she “cannot continue to work with Kyle”.
Here’s ARN Media’s statement on the matter:
“ARN Media Limited announces that Ms Jacqueline Henderson has given notice that she ‘cannot continue to work with Mr Kyle Sandilands,‘” the statement reads. “Accordingly, ARN has terminated the services agreement with Henderson Media Pty Ltd, under which Ms Henderson presents the Kyle and Jackie O show. Ms Henderson will cease to present the Kyle and Jackie O show. ARN has also offered to Ms Henderson the possibility of an alternative show on the ARN network.”
And in even more gob-smacking news, ARN have also announced that Kyle is in serious breach of his contract with ARN, because of his behaviour during the show:
ARN has also provided written notice to Mr Kyle Sandilands and Quasar Media Services Pty Ltd (Quasar Media) stating that it considers that Mr Sandilands’ behaviour during the show on 20 February 2026 is an act of serious misconduct which is in breach of ARN’s services agreement with Quasar Media, under which Mr Sandilands presents the Kyle and Jackie O show. Mr Sandilands has been given 14 days to remedy this breach. If it is not remedied, ARN will terminate the services agreement with Quasar Media, and in that event Mr Sandilands will cease to present the Kyle and Jackie O show. During the 14 day period, Mr Sandilands will not take part in the show.
The KIIS breakfast show will be taken off-air effective immediately, with interim arrangements made for the show.
https://au.variety.com/2026/radio/news/jackie-henderson-officially-quits-kyle-jackie-o-show-33799/
WE FUCKING DID IT!
WE CAN’T BELIEVE IT!
Rest assured, witches, the mainstream media won’t credit us with this win, but WE know the truth.
Because it’s been our hard, relentless pressure over the past (almost) 2 years which has led to this result.
Our ENORMOUS effort in recording all the foul things Kyle says, which has led to the relentless attention on him and him thus imploding on air and (allegedly) breaching his contract.
And we have reason to believe our involvement in this demise is even greater than we can currently say … but we hope to be soon able to do so. Rest assured the violent and disgraceful threats issued against us by Kyle in past months have NOT gone down well at ARN, and in conjunction with Jackie’s taking a stand against his treatment of her (as he treats ALL women he decides to treat like shit), the pressure on ARN to act became absolutely overwhelming.
We’ll have far more to say in coming days on this but for now, please celebrate with us.
BECAUSE WE FUCKING DID IT!!!
BRING ON THE FUCKING CHAMPAGNE AND WITCHY DANCING!!
kii said:
Fucking excellent!From the Mad Fucking Witches’s Facebook page…
*****HUGE BREAKING NEWS, WITCHES*****
WE DID IT, WITCHES.
WE FUCKING DID IT!
News has just broken this afternoon that Jackie has officially quit the Kyle and Jackie O show because she “cannot continue to work with Kyle”.
Here’s ARN Media’s statement on the matter:
“ARN Media Limited announces that Ms Jacqueline Henderson has given notice that she ‘cannot continue to work with Mr Kyle Sandilands,‘” the statement reads. “Accordingly, ARN has terminated the services agreement with Henderson Media Pty Ltd, under which Ms Henderson presents the Kyle and Jackie O show. Ms Henderson will cease to present the Kyle and Jackie O show. ARN has also offered to Ms Henderson the possibility of an alternative show on the ARN network.”And in even more gob-smacking news, ARN have also announced that Kyle is in serious breach of his contract with ARN, because of his behaviour during the show:
ARN has also provided written notice to Mr Kyle Sandilands and Quasar Media Services Pty Ltd (Quasar Media) stating that it considers that Mr Sandilands’ behaviour during the show on 20 February 2026 is an act of serious misconduct which is in breach of ARN’s services agreement with Quasar Media, under which Mr Sandilands presents the Kyle and Jackie O show. Mr Sandilands has been given 14 days to remedy this breach. If it is not remedied, ARN will terminate the services agreement with Quasar Media, and in that event Mr Sandilands will cease to present the Kyle and Jackie O show. During the 14 day period, Mr Sandilands will not take part in the show.
The KIIS breakfast show will be taken off-air effective immediately, with interim arrangements made for the show.
https://au.variety.com/2026/radio/news/jackie-henderson-officially-quits-kyle-jackie-o-show-33799/WE FUCKING DID IT!
WE CAN’T BELIEVE IT!
Rest assured, witches, the mainstream media won’t credit us with this win, but WE know the truth.
Because it’s been our hard, relentless pressure over the past (almost) 2 years which has led to this result.
Our ENORMOUS effort in recording all the foul things Kyle says, which has led to the relentless attention on him and him thus imploding on air and (allegedly) breaching his contract.
And we have reason to believe our involvement in this demise is even greater than we can currently say … but we hope to be soon able to do so. Rest assured the violent and disgraceful threats issued against us by Kyle in past months have NOT gone down well at ARN, and in conjunction with Jackie’s taking a stand against his treatment of her (as he treats ALL women he decides to treat like shit), the pressure on ARN to act became absolutely overwhelming.
We’ll have far more to say in coming days on this but for now, please celebrate with us.
BECAUSE WE FUCKING DID IT!!!
BRING ON THE FUCKING CHAMPAGNE AND WITCHY DANCING!!
He’s a disgusting person and a reflection of how atrocious behaviour is rewarded
…or it could be a stunt 🙄
Cymek said:
kii said:
Fucking excellent!From the Mad Fucking Witches’s Facebook page…
*****HUGE BREAKING NEWS, WITCHES*****
WE DID IT, WITCHES.
WE FUCKING DID IT!
News has just broken this afternoon that Jackie has officially quit the Kyle and Jackie O show because she “cannot continue to work with Kyle”.
Here’s ARN Media’s statement on the matter:
“ARN Media Limited announces that Ms Jacqueline Henderson has given notice that she ‘cannot continue to work with Mr Kyle Sandilands,‘” the statement reads. “Accordingly, ARN has terminated the services agreement with Henderson Media Pty Ltd, under which Ms Henderson presents the Kyle and Jackie O show. Ms Henderson will cease to present the Kyle and Jackie O show. ARN has also offered to Ms Henderson the possibility of an alternative show on the ARN network.”And in even more gob-smacking news, ARN have also announced that Kyle is in serious breach of his contract with ARN, because of his behaviour during the show:
ARN has also provided written notice to Mr Kyle Sandilands and Quasar Media Services Pty Ltd (Quasar Media) stating that it considers that Mr Sandilands’ behaviour during the show on 20 February 2026 is an act of serious misconduct which is in breach of ARN’s services agreement with Quasar Media, under which Mr Sandilands presents the Kyle and Jackie O show. Mr Sandilands has been given 14 days to remedy this breach. If it is not remedied, ARN will terminate the services agreement with Quasar Media, and in that event Mr Sandilands will cease to present the Kyle and Jackie O show. During the 14 day period, Mr Sandilands will not take part in the show.
The KIIS breakfast show will be taken off-air effective immediately, with interim arrangements made for the show.
https://au.variety.com/2026/radio/news/jackie-henderson-officially-quits-kyle-jackie-o-show-33799/WE FUCKING DID IT!
WE CAN’T BELIEVE IT!
Rest assured, witches, the mainstream media won’t credit us with this win, but WE know the truth.
Because it’s been our hard, relentless pressure over the past (almost) 2 years which has led to this result.
Our ENORMOUS effort in recording all the foul things Kyle says, which has led to the relentless attention on him and him thus imploding on air and (allegedly) breaching his contract.
And we have reason to believe our involvement in this demise is even greater than we can currently say … but we hope to be soon able to do so. Rest assured the violent and disgraceful threats issued against us by Kyle in past months have NOT gone down well at ARN, and in conjunction with Jackie’s taking a stand against his treatment of her (as he treats ALL women he decides to treat like shit), the pressure on ARN to act became absolutely overwhelming.
We’ll have far more to say in coming days on this but for now, please celebrate with us.
BECAUSE WE FUCKING DID IT!!!
BRING ON THE FUCKING CHAMPAGNE AND WITCHY DANCING!!
He’s a disgusting person and a reflection of how atrocious behaviour is rewarded
hasn’t she quit like 3 times in the last 5 years
Witty Rejoinder said:
Who pray tell are ‘these people’?
Having a chat with a 5yo today, as one does, and the kid says, “I’m not trying to be naughty. My brain tells me to be good, but the people in my ears tell me to be naughty”.
👀
Mr Mutant went to Costco an hour ago to get fuel. He’s only just at the front of the queue now.
Divine Angel said:
Mr Mutant went to Costco an hour ago to get fuel. He’s only just at the front of the queue now.
Blimey, I’m going up to redoubt tomorrow, it’s going to cost a bit.
Divine Angel said:
Mr Mutant went to Costco an hour ago to get fuel. He’s only just at the front of the queue now.
Spocky & I talked about getting fuel earlier today. I found some diesel for $1.55 in Nerang and she was heading there anyway so it worked out well – though by the time she got there it was $1.66 and that was still over $0.40 cheaper than pretty much everywhere else.
Divine Angel said:
Mr Mutant went to Costco an hour ago to get fuel. He’s only just at the front of the queue now.
Ahhh, I remember the fuel shortages from the 70s, the long queues, the punch ups, odds and evens days. I’m not looking forward to it all.
But I am glad I have 3 friends with electrickery powered cars.
waves & HUGZ for Cuz Roobs from my new wiz bang super dooper webernets connection!!
Woodie said:
waves & HUGZ for Cuz Roobs from my new wiz bang super dooper webernets connection!!
Hugs back
(((Woodie)))
Yay!
She’s complicit in every vile thing he’s done or said on-air. Whilst I applaud her for walking away from a toxic work relationship, she’s defended him for a very long time.
Divine Angel said:
She’s complicit in every vile thing he’s done or said on-air. Whilst I applaud her for walking away from a toxic work relationship, she’s defended him for a very long time.
Absolutely. He’s a revolting pig and up until very recently she did nothing about it.
Divine Angel said:
She’s complicit in every vile thing he’s done or said on-air. Whilst I applaud her for walking away from a toxic work relationship, she’s defended him for a very long time.
fair
Divine Angel said:
She’s complicit in every vile thing he’s done or said on-air. Whilst I applaud her for walking away from a toxic work relationship, she’s defended him for a very long time.
Yeah, it’s okay when he mouthes off at others, but when pointed at her, she is all woe is me…
Divine Angel said:
She’s complicit in every vile thing he’s done or said on-air. Whilst I applaud her for walking away from a toxic work relationship, she’s defended him for a very long time.
There’s a detailed Mad Fucking Witches post back there in chat, from me. They led the campaign against them.
kii said:
Divine Angel said:
She’s complicit in every vile thing he’s done or said on-air. Whilst I applaud her for walking away from a toxic work relationship, she’s defended him for a very long time.
There’s a detailed Mad Fucking Witches post back there in chat, from me. They led the campaign against them.
so it’s just cancel cultism
furious said:
Divine Angel said:
She’s complicit in every vile thing he’s done or said on-air. Whilst I applaud her for walking away from a toxic work relationship, she’s defended him for a very long time.
Yeah, it’s okay when he mouthes off at others, but when pointed at her, she is all woe is me…
so it’s just a stunt to drum up ratings
SCIENCE said:
kii said:
Divine Angel said:
She’s complicit in every vile thing he’s done or said on-air. Whilst I applaud her for walking away from a toxic work relationship, she’s defended him for a very long time.
There’s a detailed Mad Fucking Witches post back there in chat, from me. They led the campaign against them.
so it’s just cancel cultism
I don’t care how you want to frame this.
furious said:
Divine Angel said:
She’s complicit in every vile thing he’s done or said on-air. Whilst I applaud her for walking away from a toxic work relationship, she’s defended him for a very long time.
Yeah, it’s okay when he mouthes off at others, but when pointed at her, she is all woe is me…
Albo will be devastated.
kii said:
SCIENCE said:
kii said:
There’s a detailed Mad Fucking Witches post back there in chat, from me. They led the campaign against them.
so it’s just cancel cultism
I don’t care how you want to frame this.
neither do we
Peak Warming Man said:
furious said:
Divine Angel said:
She’s complicit in every vile thing he’s done or said on-air. Whilst I applaud her for walking away from a toxic work relationship, she’s defended him for a very long time.
Yeah, it’s okay when he mouthes off at others, but when pointed at her, she is all woe is me…
Albo will be devastated.
bring back john laws
Peak Warming Man said:
furious said:
Divine Angel said:
She’s complicit in every vile thing he’s done or said on-air. Whilst I applaud her for walking away from a toxic work relationship, she’s defended him for a very long time.
Yeah, it’s okay when he mouthes off at others, but when pointed at her, she is all woe is me…
Albo will be devastated.
He will be fine, someone will, tell him to not be devastated, and that’s what he will do…
If y’all didn’t catch the ABC documentary on the Epstein files last night on the ABC it’s being repeated right now on ABC News 24.
Divine Angel said:
Witty Rejoinder said:Who pray tell are ‘these people’?
Having a chat with a 5yo today, as one does, and the kid says, “I’m not trying to be naughty. My brain tells me to be good, but the people in my ears tell me to be naughty”.
👀
Ooh. There’s a warning.
Divine Angel said:
Mr Mutant went to Costco an hour ago to get fuel. He’s only just at the front of the queue now.
Far canal!
We pay a bit more at Ross Creek store as we go in to Gympie. Those other prices are even higher than here.
Divine Angel said:
She’s complicit in every vile thing he’s done or said on-air. Whilst I applaud her for walking away from a toxic work relationship, she’s defended him for a very long time.
$$$
It’s all about the dollars.
Witty Rejoinder said:
If y’all didn’t catch the ABC documentary on the Epstein files last night on the ABC it’s being repeated right now on ABC News 24.
Is it worth the effort?
Should I just get very drunk instead?
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
She’s complicit in every vile thing he’s done or said on-air. Whilst I applaud her for walking away from a toxic work relationship, she’s defended him for a very long time.
$$$
It’s all about the dollars.
And it’s very ironic that Kyle finally got Jackie to quit him because he insulted her about her belief in astrology when there’s not any MAGA woo that Kyle doesn’t believe hook, line and sinker. Stupid cnut loves Trump.
Michael V said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
If y’all didn’t catch the ABC documentary on the Epstein files last night on the ABC it’s being repeated right now on ABC News 24.
Is it worth the effort?
Should I just get very drunk instead?
I’m watching it to add to my depression and fucked up head.
Michael V said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
If y’all didn’t catch the ABC documentary on the Epstein files last night on the ABC it’s being repeated right now on ABC News 24.
Is it worth the effort?
Should I just get very drunk instead?
Yes it’s very good. Do both.
kii said:
Michael V said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
If y’all didn’t catch the ABC documentary on the Epstein files last night on the ABC it’s being repeated right now on ABC News 24.
Is it worth the effort?
Should I just get very drunk instead?
I’m watching it to add to my depression and fucked up head.
I have converted to Stoicism. Understand what is in my control and what is not. I am not letting myself get worked up over it.
Witty Rejoinder said:
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
She’s complicit in every vile thing he’s done or said on-air. Whilst I applaud her for walking away from a toxic work relationship, she’s defended him for a very long time.
$$$
It’s all about the dollars.
And it’s very ironic that Kyle finally got Jackie to quit him because he insulted her about her belief in astrology when there’s not any MAGA woo that Kyle doesn’t believe hook, line and sinker. Stupid cnut loves Trump.
Or pretends to. For the payday.
party_pants said:
kii said:
Michael V said:Is it worth the effort?
Should I just get very drunk instead?
I’m watching it to add to my depression and fucked up head.
I have converted to Stoicism. Understand what is in my control and what is not. I am not letting myself get worked up over it.
I’ve decided to emulate Zeno. It’s not going anywhere.
kii said:
Michael V said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
If y’all didn’t catch the ABC documentary on the Epstein files last night on the ABC it’s being repeated right now on ABC News 24.
Is it worth the effort?
Should I just get very drunk instead?
I’m watching it to add to my depression and fucked up head.
Nup. Not going to do that.
Witty Rejoinder said:
Michael V said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
If y’all didn’t catch the ABC documentary on the Epstein files last night on the ABC it’s being repeated right now on ABC News 24.
Is it worth the effort?
Should I just get very drunk instead?
Yes it’s very good. Do both.
Drunk FTW.
Witty Rejoinder said:
party_pants said:
kii said:I’m watching it to add to my depression and fucked up head.
I have converted to Stoicism. Understand what is in my control and what is not. I am not letting myself get worked up over it.
I’ve decided to emulate Zeno. It’s not going anywhere.
Zeno? Too complex.
At a pub trivia night.
They had a little prize comp based on Rooftop and Flats, where you have to pick the result of a cricket bat flipping.
I think Rooftops seems more likely.
dv said:
At a pub trivia night.They had a little prize comp based on Rooftop and Flats, where you have to pick the result of a cricket bat flipping.
I think Rooftops seems more likely.
Why?
Michael V said:
dv said:
At a pub trivia night.They had a little prize comp based on Rooftop and Flats, where you have to pick the result of a cricket bat flipping.
I think Rooftops seems more likely.
Why?
Seems to me that’s the orientation with the lowest centre of gravity, and also most positionally stable: you need more torque to turn it to the next stable position that you would with Flats.
Michael V said:
dv said:
At a pub trivia night.They had a little prize comp based on Rooftop and Flats, where you have to pick the result of a cricket bat flipping.
I think Rooftops seems more likely.
Why?
Seems to me that’s the orientation with the lowest centre of gravity, and also most positionally stable: you need more torque to turn it to the next stable position that you would with Flats.
Michael V said:
kii said:
Michael V said:Is it worth the effort?
Should I just get very drunk instead?
I’m watching it to add to my depression and fucked up head.
Nup. Not going to do that.
As someone who has survived sexual abuse as a child, watching and reading about this stuff helps in a weird way. It wasn’t just me, which is one of the weights you carry. It’s depressing that so many children are abused, but at least people are talking about it.
That weird toothless old guy was weird…
Also, Epstein was murdered, I’ve thought this from the beginning.
Most of the people at trivia were in their 20s, workmates of the boss lady.
One of the questions was “The 1973 song Candle In The Wind was written about the death of who?”
The kid with the pen wrote in Princess Diana, and I said “no one was writing songs about the death of Diana when she was a child. It’s Marilyn Monroe. Lock it in. 100%. No doubts. Gold-plated gold.”
I mean I suppose to these young people the 1970s and 1990s were both just “A Very Long Time Ago” so I suppose it was a reasonable mistake.
She made the correction. When we got the results back from being marked it emerged that she’d changed the answer back to Princess Diana.
I am not a spiteful man but I swear to God I will die angry about this.
This makes me feel better.
Dancing, boats, snow, overcast day, all the good things
dv said:
Most of the people at trivia were in their 20s, workmates of the boss lady.One of the questions was “The 1973 song Candle In The Wind was written about the death of who?”
The kid with the pen wrote in Princess Diana, and I said “no one was writing songs about the death of Diana when she was a child. It’s Marilyn Monroe. Lock it in. 100%. No doubts. Gold-plated gold.”
I mean I suppose to these young people the 1970s and 1990s were both just “A Very Long Time Ago” so I suppose it was a reasonable mistake.
She made the correction. When we got the results back from being marked it emerged that she’d changed the answer back to Princess Diana.
I am not a spiteful man but I swear to God I will die angry about this.
Make sure you remind that person every single time you see her that she fucked up.
kii said:
dv said:
Most of the people at trivia were in their 20s, workmates of the boss lady.One of the questions was “The 1973 song Candle In The Wind was written about the death of who?”
The kid with the pen wrote in Princess Diana, and I said “no one was writing songs about the death of Diana when she was a child. It’s Marilyn Monroe. Lock it in. 100%. No doubts. Gold-plated gold.”
I mean I suppose to these young people the 1970s and 1990s were both just “A Very Long Time Ago” so I suppose it was a reasonable mistake.
She made the correction. When we got the results back from being marked it emerged that she’d changed the answer back to Princess Diana.
I am not a spiteful man but I swear to God I will die angry about this.
Make sure you remind that person every single time you see her that she fucked up.
I mightn’t say anything.
It will just be a look.
dv said:
kii said:
dv said:
Most of the people at trivia were in their 20s, workmates of the boss lady.
One of the questions was “The 1973 song Candle In The Wind was written about the death of who?”
The kid with the pen wrote in Princess Diana, and I said “no one was writing songs about the death of Diana when she was a child. It’s Marilyn Monroe. Lock it in. 100%. No doubts. Gold-plated gold.”
I mean I suppose to these young people the 1970s and 1990s were both just “A Very Long Time Ago” so I suppose it was a reasonable mistake.
She made the correction. When we got the results back from being marked it emerged that she’d changed the answer back to Princess Diana.
I am not a spiteful man but I swear to God I will die angry about this.
Make sure you remind that person every single time you see her that she fucked up.
I mightn’t say anything.
It will just be a look.
but whose truth did the results reflect
dv said:
kii said:
dv said:
Most of the people at trivia were in their 20s, workmates of the boss lady.One of the questions was “The 1973 song Candle In The Wind was written about the death of who?”
The kid with the pen wrote in Princess Diana, and I said “no one was writing songs about the death of Diana when she was a child. It’s Marilyn Monroe. Lock it in. 100%. No doubts. Gold-plated gold.”
I mean I suppose to these young people the 1970s and 1990s were both just “A Very Long Time Ago” so I suppose it was a reasonable mistake.
She made the correction. When we got the results back from being marked it emerged that she’d changed the answer back to Princess Diana.
I am not a spiteful man but I swear to God I will die angry about this.
Make sure you remind that person every single time you see her that she fucked up.
I mightn’t say anything.
It will just be a look.
Looks can convey a reminder. Also start humming or whistling the disputed tune.
anyway we disagree with these vindictive types about the best way to go about this
yous should actually be trying to not remind them every time you meet them, keep it casual, act as if nothing ever happened
and then when you are not meeting them, that’s when you should have ensured their feed, their devices, their surroundings, their billboards, their rideshare radios, all that stuff, are arranged to remind them whenever you actually aren’t there
and when you meet them again, nothing happened
that’s the correct approach
dv said:
kii said:
dv said:
Most of the people at trivia were in their 20s, workmates of the boss lady.One of the questions was “The 1973 song Candle In The Wind was written about the death of who?”
The kid with the pen wrote in Princess Diana, and I said “no one was writing songs about the death of Diana when she was a child. It’s Marilyn Monroe. Lock it in. 100%. No doubts. Gold-plated gold.”
I mean I suppose to these young people the 1970s and 1990s were both just “A Very Long Time Ago” so I suppose it was a reasonable mistake.
She made the correction. When we got the results back from being marked it emerged that she’d changed the answer back to Princess Diana.
I am not a spiteful man but I swear to God I will die angry about this.
Make sure you remind that person every single time you see her that she fucked up.
I mightn’t say anything.
It will just be a look.
It’s raining. Showers will clear mid-morning for a sunny top of 29. I’ve just heard the mozziecopter taking off for its run along the mangroves.
I’m gonna assume I’m working today but we’ll see. Mini Me has early clarinet before school.
Not a great sleep score, half my nose is blocked so more than once, I woke myself up snoring. Add in some indigestion and toilet trips and my score is 71. The highest I’ve ever gotten is 99.
Good morning Holidayers. Presently 10 degrees at the back door and overcast. The sun is rising. We are forecast a sunny 25 degrees today.
Supermarketing and a haircut this morning. Archery in the late afternoon.
Buffy re: playing before eating.
I asked the prep teacher I’ve been working with for the past couple days. They did it at her last school and it worked well. She’s suggested it to this school and got shot down. Yesterday she spoke to the behavioural specialist teacher who said they trialled it for six months two or three years ago but found eating time stretched longer and longer, so they voted it out.
The prep teacher decided it was worth it so she’s implemented it for her class only.
Divine Angel said:
Cymek said:
Bubblecar said:…but I don’t know why they’re ignoring the darker, presumably painted forms. Perhaps they’re much younger, but we’re not told.
I wonder if they were of significance back in the day or just a type of vandalism
Pompeii had hand-drawn pictures of penises everywhere.
Not just drawings… Pompeii has carvings of penises everywhere.
I toured Pompeii once. The tour guide pointed out a penis carved into the pavement and told us it indicates this was an area where prostitution services could be procured… but…
I’ve just “done my own research”, and it seems that the people of Pompeii just really loved penises. They were carved above household doors, carved into bakery ovens, people had giant peni flanking the entry to their houses…
Seth MacFarlane‘s The Orville may be ready to take flight again.
MacFarlane, who is promoting Thursday’s launch for the second season of Peacock series Ted, tells The Hollywood Reporter that the writing team behind The Orville has penned 10 episodes for a potential fourth season. MacFarlane created and stars in the sci-fi series that aired its first two seasons on Fox before moving to Hulu for a third run that debuted in June 2022.
“I will be honest with you: Season four is written,” MacFarlane says of The Orville. “It’s just a question of when we have the time to produce it.
***
I’ll believe it when I see it. Paul Cinco had S3 of Schmigadoon written and Apple canned it. Although I’ve previously read that Disney-Hulu are ready when he is.
esselte said:
Divine Angel said:
Cymek said:
I wonder if they were of significance back in the day or just a type of vandalism
Pompeii had hand-drawn pictures of penises everywhere.
Not just drawings… Pompeii has carvings of penises everywhere.
I toured Pompeii once. The tour guide pointed out a penis carved into the pavement and told us it indicates this was an area where prostitution services could be procured… but…
I’ve just “done my own research”, and it seems that the people of Pompeii just really loved penises. They were carved above household doors, carved into bakery ovens, people had giant peni flanking the entry to their houses…
yeah guess it’s an obsession that never really disappeared from some cultures even to this day
Divine Angel said:
Cymek said:
Bubblecar said:…but I don’t know why they’re ignoring the darker, presumably painted forms. Perhaps they’re much younger, but we’re not told.
I wonder if they were of significance back in the day or just a type of vandalism
Pompeii had hand-drawn pictures of penises everywhere.
Maybe they had a leader who was a dick?
Oh noes, what am I to do?
Morning pilgrims.
Getting new tyres for the car today but first I’ve got a doctors appointment this morning, it’s just a check up, see how he’s going for money, that sort of thing.
JudgeMental said:
Oh noes, what am I to do?
protest in the streets
Good morning everybody.
Overcast, light breezes, 26.6° C and 61% RH. Forecast: top temp: 29° C, rain: a shower or two.
Nothing much to report. Except planned meals. We also have some flickering LED lights in the dining area, so I’ll have to drag a tall step-ladder out of the garage, and hope I can get up it and repair them without falling. Scary.
Breakfast: one sausage and fried tomato. Lunch: drunken chicken. Dinner: red curry and brown rice.
Tuesday 3 March 1662/63
(Shrove Tuesday). Up and walked to the Temple, and by promise calling Commissioner Pett, he and I to White Hall to give Mr. Coventry an account of what we did yesterday. Thence I to the Privy Seal Office, and there got a copy of Sir W. Pen’s grant to be assistant to Sir J. Minnes, Comptroller, which, though there be not much in it, yet I intend to stir up Sir J. Minnes to oppose, only to vex Sir W. Pen. Thence by water home, and at noon, by promise, Mrs. Turner and her daughter, and Mrs. Morrice, came along with Roger Pepys to dinner. We were as merry as I could be, having but a bad dinner for them; but so much the better, because of the dinner which I must have at the end of this month. And here Mrs. The. shewed me my name upon her breast as her Valentine, which will cost me 20s. After dinner I took them down into the wine-cellar, and broached my tierce of claret for them. Towards the evening we parted, and I to the office awhile, and then home to supper and to bed, the sooner having taken some cold yesterday upon the water, which brings me my usual pain. This afternoon Roger Pepys tells me, that for certain the King is for all this very highly incensed at the Parliament’s late opposing the Indulgence; which I am sorry for, and fear it will breed great discontent.
Peak Warming Man said:
Tuesday 3 March 1662/63
(Shrove Tuesday). Up and walked to the Temple, and by promise calling Commissioner Pett, he and I to White Hall to give Mr. Coventry an account of what we did yesterday. Thence I to the Privy Seal Office, and there got a copy of Sir W. Pen’s grant to be assistant to Sir J. Minnes, Comptroller, which, though there be not much in it, yet I intend to stir up Sir J. Minnes to oppose, only to vex Sir W. Pen. Thence by water home, and at noon, by promise, Mrs. Turner and her daughter, and Mrs. Morrice, came along with Roger Pepys to dinner. We were as merry as I could be, having but a bad dinner for them; but so much the better, because of the dinner which I must have at the end of this month. And here Mrs. The. shewed me my name upon her breast as her Valentine, which will cost me 20s. After dinner I took them down into the wine-cellar, and broached my tierce of claret for them. Towards the evening we parted, and I to the office awhile, and then home to supper and to bed, the sooner having taken some cold yesterday upon the water, which brings me my usual pain. This afternoon Roger Pepys tells me, that for certain the King is for all this very highly incensed at the Parliament’s late opposing the Indulgence; which I am sorry for, and fear it will breed great discontent.
What? No pancakes?
Michael V said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Tuesday 3 March 1662/63
(Shrove Tuesday). Up and walked to the Temple, and by promise calling Commissioner Pett, he and I to White Hall to give Mr. Coventry an account of what we did yesterday. Thence I to the Privy Seal Office, and there got a copy of Sir W. Pen’s grant to be assistant to Sir J. Minnes, Comptroller, which, though there be not much in it, yet I intend to stir up Sir J. Minnes to oppose, only to vex Sir W. Pen. Thence by water home, and at noon, by promise, Mrs. Turner and her daughter, and Mrs. Morrice, came along with Roger Pepys to dinner. We were as merry as I could be, having but a bad dinner for them; but so much the better, because of the dinner which I must have at the end of this month. And here Mrs. The. shewed me my name upon her breast as her Valentine, which will cost me 20s. After dinner I took them down into the wine-cellar, and broached my tierce of claret for them. Towards the evening we parted, and I to the office awhile, and then home to supper and to bed, the sooner having taken some cold yesterday upon the water, which brings me my usual pain. This afternoon Roger Pepys tells me, that for certain the King is for all this very highly incensed at the Parliament’s late opposing the Indulgence; which I am sorry for, and fear it will breed great discontent.
What? No pancakes?
pancakes hadn’t been invented then. nobody saw a point as golden syrup hadn’t been invented either.
JudgeMental said:
Michael V said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Tuesday 3 March 1662/63
(Shrove Tuesday). Up and walked to the Temple, and by promise calling Commissioner Pett, he and I to White Hall to give Mr. Coventry an account of what we did yesterday. Thence I to the Privy Seal Office, and there got a copy of Sir W. Pen’s grant to be assistant to Sir J. Minnes, Comptroller, which, though there be not much in it, yet I intend to stir up Sir J. Minnes to oppose, only to vex Sir W. Pen. Thence by water home, and at noon, by promise, Mrs. Turner and her daughter, and Mrs. Morrice, came along with Roger Pepys to dinner. We were as merry as I could be, having but a bad dinner for them; but so much the better, because of the dinner which I must have at the end of this month. And here Mrs. The. shewed me my name upon her breast as her Valentine, which will cost me 20s. After dinner I took them down into the wine-cellar, and broached my tierce of claret for them. Towards the evening we parted, and I to the office awhile, and then home to supper and to bed, the sooner having taken some cold yesterday upon the water, which brings me my usual pain. This afternoon Roger Pepys tells me, that for certain the King is for all this very highly incensed at the Parliament’s late opposing the Indulgence; which I am sorry for, and fear it will breed great discontent.
What? No pancakes?
pancakes hadn’t been invented then. nobody saw a point as golden syrup hadn’t been invented either.
Channelling Curve?
Seems like a factoid.
Michael V said:
JudgeMental said:
Michael V said:What? No pancakes?
pancakes hadn’t been invented then. nobody saw a point as golden syrup hadn’t been invented either.
Channelling Curve?
Seems like a factoid.
Yes, yes it is.
2,500 years ago, Greeks had breakfast pancakes with honey and curdled milk
Hello
https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/court-justice/fiavaai-galu-faletoi-woman-fined-for-hitting-mcdonalds-manager-with-an-ice-cream-c-21776205
I scream, you scream, we all scream for icecream
Cymek said:
Hello
Greetings.
dv said:
Michael V said:
dv said:
At a pub trivia night.They had a little prize comp based on Rooftop and Flats, where you have to pick the result of a cricket bat flipping.
I think Rooftops seems more likely.
Why?
Seems to me that’s the orientation with the lowest centre of gravity, and also most positionally stable: you need more torque to turn it to the next stable position that you would with Flats.
Thanks.
Somebody’s done the experiment, after a fashion.
https://theconversation.com/can-the-big-bash-leagues-backyard-cricket-bat-flip-truly-be-fair-108601
