A new month, with rewritten forum software. (Thanks cb88)
What’s not to like?
Possible shower tonight, partly cloudy throughout the day with a top of 28. Gonna be a warm week, highs in the high 20s, 31 on Wednesday, 33 on Thursday.
Today we have to go grocery shopping. Clean the kitchen. Put away the washing. You know, fun stuff. Treat myself by reading more Spooky Ladies.
🖖🏽 It is agreeable to see you all! 🖖🏽
A sad week for Vulcans every where.
Also for Star Trek fans on many planets.
🖖🏽 🖖🏽 Live Long and Prosper! 🖖🏽🖖🏽
Michael Landon died.
He was in “The Little House on the Prairie”.
Good morning Holidayers. Presently 9 degrees at the back door and overcast. We are forecast a cloudy 21 degrees today.
I’ll just do gentle weeding today. We will be in the car for about 6 hours tomorrow so I don’t want to be dealing with complaining muscles.
ms spock said:
Michael Landon died.
He was in “The Little House on the Prairie”.
He died in 1991. Are you talking about Michael Landon jr?
Divine Angel said:
ms spock said:Michael Landon died.
He was in “The Little House on the Prairie”.
He died in 1991. Are you talking about Michael Landon jr?
I just got it wrong.
ms spock said:
Divine Angel said:
ms spock said:Michael Landon died.
He was in “The Little House on the Prairie”.
He died in 1991. Are you talking about Michael Landon jr?
I just got it wrong.
You’re not wrong, he did die. Just not recently.
Come to think of it, I know nothing about Michael Landon jr.
Divine Angel said:
ms spock said:
Divine Angel said:He died in 1991. Are you talking about Michael Landon jr?
I just got it wrong.
You’re not wrong, he did die. Just not recently.
Come to think of it, I know nothing about Michael Landon jr.
I don’t know how that came up on my feed
They should have called the Shots Squad.
Peak Warming Man said:
They should have called the Shots Squad.
They have the best wearable armour.
Peak Warming Man said:
They should have called the Shots Squad.
You can never get them out of the pub.
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/10/29/confused-nypd-abandons-east-village-e-bike-raid
There is actually nothing in the city’s vehicle and traffic code that prohibits bike users from parking against the curb in un-metered spots. Mopeds and scooters are allowed to park at an angle to the curb, in the same way the workers are parking their e-bikes.
When asked by Streetsblog why New Yorkers are able to park their private cars, but not their bikes, on the street for free, NYPD on the scene doubled down.
“You can’t store personal property on the street,” said Matt Russo, a managing attorney at the NYPD. “A bike is personal property and a car is not.” (You might want to let that sink in for a second.)
One passerby thought of it differently.
“I order delivery, these people have every right to be there, it’s never bothered me,” said Willaim Kelly, who lives near the delivery worker hub. “They’re both modes of transport, they should be encouraging people to use bikes and not drive cars.”
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Socialist NYPD declare cars to be communal property
Had a nice chat with the Aldi cashier this morning. He said this is a three month trial, due to end sometime this month but he can’t remember the exact date. They might do a different trial. They might take out all the self serve registers. They might go back to how things were. 🤷🏻♀️
Awake, alive, and antisocial.
It’s a tad muggy and overcast/hazy.
Breakfast has happened.
Blergh@ the world.
It’s as black as the inside of a cat out there.
Peak Warming Man said:
They should have called the Shots Squad.
The bomb would have gone off by the time it’d take the bomb squad to get there.
captain_spalding said:
Peak Warming Man said:
They should have called the Shots Squad.
You can never get them out of the pub.
look we know Victoria Police are violent bastards, but is bombing the squad a proportionate response to reports of shots fired
…….. And in other news, I’ve got no power all day Wednesday. Routine maintenance, so they say.
Woodie said:
…….. And in other news, I’ve got no power all day Wednesday. Routine maintenance, so they say.
Happy 19th Century Day for Wednesday!
Woodie said:
…….. And in other news, I’ve got no power all day Wednesday. Routine maintenance, so they say.
……. And in more news it’s been thundery bangy bangs and showers all morning. Tis all gone now, methinks.
Benny Boy did not even flinch. Suppose he’s still too exhausted after his play date with Kaiser (German Vissler) yesterday.
captain_spalding said:
Woodie said:
…….. And in other news, I’ve got no power all day Wednesday. Routine maintenance, so they say.
Happy 19th Century Day for Wednesday!
16th century, more like it!!!
I’d get 3 – 5 blackout days like that a year.
Woodie said:
…….. And in other news, I’ve got no power all day Wednesday. Routine maintenance, so they say.
Bummer.
Last time we got one of those “all day – 7 am to 5 pm” notices the power was only off for about half an hour.
We had a major change in the village the other day, but it was scheduled from 11 pm to 4 am. Never noticed a thing. Maybe they didn’t turn this section of the village off.
captain_spalding said:
Woodie said:
…….. And in other news, I’ve got no power all day Wednesday. Routine maintenance, so they say.
Happy 19th Century Day for Wednesday!
:)
Woodie said:
captain_spalding said:
Woodie said:
…….. And in other news, I’ve got no power all day Wednesday. Routine maintenance, so they say.
Happy 19th Century Day for Wednesday!
16th century, more like it!!!
I’d get 3 – 5 blackout days like that a year.
welcome to country!
Woodie said:
Woodie said:
…….. And in other news, I’ve got no power all day Wednesday. Routine maintenance, so they say.
……. And in more news it’s been thundery bangy bangs and showers all morning. Tis all gone now, methinks.
Benny Boy did not even flinch. Suppose he’s still too exhausted after his play date with Kaiser (German Vissler) yesterday.
More big thundery bang bangs expected Tuesday.
Divine Angel said:
Woodie said:
Woodie said:
…….. And in other news, I’ve got no power all day Wednesday. Routine maintenance, so they say.
……. And in more news it’s been thundery bangy bangs and showers all morning. Tis all gone now, methinks.
Benny Boy did not even flinch. Suppose he’s still too exhausted after his play date with Kaiser (German Vissler) yesterday.
More big thundery bang bangs expected Tuesday.
Mine’s showing 90% 1 – 15 moolies for
ChrispenEvan said:
Woodie said:
captain_spalding said:Happy 19th Century Day for Wednesday!
16th century, more like it!!!
I’d get 3 – 5 blackout days like that a year.
welcome to country!
LOL
Divine Angel said:
Woodie said:
Woodie said:
…….. And in other news, I’ve got no power all day Wednesday. Routine maintenance, so they say.
……. And in more news it’s been thundery bangy bangs and showers all morning. Tis all gone now, methinks.
Benny Boy did not even flinch. Suppose he’s still too exhausted after his play date with Kaiser (German Vissler) yesterday.
More big thundery bang bangs expected Tuesday.
Mine’s showing 90% 1 – 15 moolies for Tuesday. Today was 80% 1 – 10 moolies.
Probably posted this before but I saw it again so now you can too.
Woodie said:
Divine Angel said:
Woodie said:……. And in more news it’s been thundery bangy bangs and showers all morning. Tis all gone now, methinks.
Benny Boy did not even flinch. Suppose he’s still too exhausted after his play date with Kaiser (German Vissler) yesterday.
More big thundery bang bangs expected Tuesday.
Mine’s showing 90% 1 – 15 moolies for Tuesday. Today was 80% 1 – 10 moolies.
Don’t tell Mr Mutant but he’s getting a digital weather station for his birthday 🤫 The rain gauge is only small though, won’t handle days where we get “rain bombs”
What are pearl onions?
Peak Warming Man said:
What are pearl onions?
Like, baby onions. You can get frozen ones in Woolies. Usually used for those cute red or green pickled onions
Divine Angel said:
Woodie said:
Divine Angel said:More big thundery bang bangs expected Tuesday.
Mine’s showing 90% 1 – 15 moolies for Tuesday. Today was 80% 1 – 10 moolies.
Don’t tell Mr Mutant but he’s getting a digital weather station for his birthday 🤫 The rain gauge is only small though, won’t handle days where we get “rain bombs”
Can you still do “person to person” calls via the operator?
Divine Angel said:
Peak Warming Man said:
What are pearl onions?
Like, baby onions. You can get frozen ones in Woolies. Usually used for those cute red or green pickled onions
When a stew recipe calls for pearl onions do they mean pickled onions?
Peak Warming Man said:
Divine Angel said:
Peak Warming Man said:
What are pearl onions?
Like, baby onions. You can get frozen ones in Woolies. Usually used for those cute red or green pickled onions
When a stew recipe calls for pearl onions do they mean pickled onions?
No. If you can’t get Pearl onions I’d just use wedges of regular onion.
Divine Angel said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Divine Angel said:Like, baby onions. You can get frozen ones in Woolies. Usually used for those cute red or green pickled onions
When a stew recipe calls for pearl onions do they mean pickled onions?
No. If you can’t get Pearl onions I’d just use wedges of regular onion.
Goodo, ta.
Peak Warming Man said:
Divine Angel said:
Peak Warming Man said:
What are pearl onions?
Like, baby onions. You can get frozen ones in Woolies. Usually used for those cute red or green pickled onions
When a stew recipe calls for pearl onions do they mean pickled onions?
Pickling onions. Simply the small onions graded out.
Peak Warming Man said:
Divine Angel said:
Peak Warming Man said:
What are pearl onions?
Like, baby onions. You can get frozen ones in Woolies. Usually used for those cute red or green pickled onions
When a stew recipe calls for pearl onions do they mean pickled onions?
just small onions, usually used for pickling. They say to use them in a stew cos whole onions look nice rather than sliced or diced onions. I use them all the time. good for sangers as well as you can use a whole one and not be concerned about what you are going to do with that half onion leftover if you used a normal sized one.
ChrispenEvan said:
Woodie said:
captain_spalding said:Happy 19th Century Day for Wednesday!
16th century, more like it!!!
I’d get 3 – 5 blackout days like that a year.
welcome to country!
LOL
ChrispenEvan said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Divine Angel said:Like, baby onions. You can get frozen ones in Woolies. Usually used for those cute red or green pickled onions
When a stew recipe calls for pearl onions do they mean pickled onions?
just small onions, usually used for pickling. They say to use them in a stew cos whole onions look nice rather than sliced or diced onions. I use them all the time. good for sangers as well as you can use a whole one and not be concerned about what you are going to do with that half onion leftover if you used a normal sized one.
Righto.
Peak Warming Man said:
Divine Angel said:
Peak Warming Man said:
What are pearl onions?
Like, baby onions. You can get frozen ones in Woolies. Usually used for those cute red or green pickled onions
place the half oran
When a stew recipe calls for pearl onions do they mean pickled onions?
When you have special guests over, Mr Man, you take a pearl onion, and a cube of cheese, and stick it on a toothpick. Then slice an orange in half, place the orange flat side down on your best china plate,, and stick you tasty toothpick treats into the orange. Makes a fabulous table centrepiece and your guests will love it.
dv said:
Probably posted this before but I saw it again so now you can too.
:)
Good one.
Peak Warming Man said:
ChrispenEvan said:
Peak Warming Man said:When a stew recipe calls for pearl onions do they mean pickled onions?
just small onions, usually used for pickling. They say to use them in a stew cos whole onions look nice rather than sliced or diced onions. I use them all the time. good for sangers as well as you can use a whole one and not be concerned about what you are going to do with that half onion leftover if you used a normal sized one.
Righto.
Woodie said:
Divine Angel said:
Woodie said:Mine’s showing 90% 1 – 15 moolies for Tuesday. Today was 80% 1 – 10 moolies.
Don’t tell Mr Mutant but he’s getting a digital weather station for his birthday 🤫 The rain gauge is only small though, won’t handle days where we get “rain bombs”
Can you still do “person to person” calls via the operator?
It’s just been delivered.
Divine Angel said:
Woodie said:
Divine Angel said:More big thundery bang bangs expected Tuesday.
Mine’s showing 90% 1 – 15 moolies for Tuesday. Today was 80% 1 – 10 moolies.
Don’t tell Mr Mutant but he’s getting a digital weather station for his birthday 🤫 The rain gauge is only small though, won’t handle days where we get “rain bombs”
Is it a tipping bucket rain gauge? If so, it will handle incredibly high rain rates and rainfalls.
Woodie said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Divine Angel said:Like, baby onions. You can get frozen ones in Woolies. Usually used for those cute red or green pickled onions
place the half oran
When a stew recipe calls for pearl onions do they mean pickled onions?
When you have special guests over, Mr Man, you take a pearl onion, and a cube of cheese, and stick it on a toothpick. Then slice an orange in half, place the orange flat side down on your best china plate,, and stick you tasty toothpick treats into the orange. Makes a fabulous table centrepiece and your guests will love it.
Right next to the rolled up Devon & sauce
Divine Angel said:
Woodie said:
Divine Angel said:Don’t tell Mr Mutant but he’s getting a digital weather station for his birthday 🤫 The rain gauge is only small though, won’t handle days where we get “rain bombs”
Can you still do “person to person” calls via the operator?
It’s just been delivered.
I could do with one of those.
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
Woodie said:Mine’s showing 90% 1 – 15 moolies for Tuesday. Today was 80% 1 – 10 moolies.
Don’t tell Mr Mutant but he’s getting a digital weather station for his birthday 🤫 The rain gauge is only small though, won’t handle days where we get “rain bombs”
Is it a tipping bucket rain gauge? If so, it will handle incredibly high rain rates and rainfalls.
The box says up to 6000mm so I bloody hope it doesn’t rain that much
Divine Angel said:
Woodie said:
Divine Angel said:Don’t tell Mr Mutant but he’s getting a digital weather station for his birthday 🤫 The rain gauge is only small though, won’t handle days where we get “rain bombs”
Can you still do “person to person” calls via the operator?
It’s just been delivered.
Looks pretty good.
Spiny Norman said:
Divine Angel said:
Woodie said:Can you still do “person to person” calls via the operator?
It’s just been delivered.
Looks pretty good.
Had good reviews so I went with it. Absolutely no idea about these things. He was looking at one in Bunnings ages ago but it was $500 🤯
Divine Angel said:
Spiny Norman said:
Divine Angel said:It’s just been delivered.
Looks pretty good.
Had good reviews so I went with it. Absolutely no idea about these things. He was looking at one in Bunnings ages ago but it was $500 🤯
Where’s the 6000mm gauge.
Woodie said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Divine Angel said:Like, baby onions. You can get frozen ones in Woolies. Usually used for those cute red or green pickled onions
place the half oran
When a stew recipe calls for pearl onions do they mean pickled onions?
When you have special guests over, Mr Man, you take a pearl onion, and a cube of cheese, and stick it on a toothpick. Then slice an orange in half, place the orange flat side down on your best china plate,, and stick you tasty toothpick treats into the orange. Makes a fabulous table centrepiece and your guests will love it.
Appetisers from a dinner a few years back, when the Ross sister and bro-in-law were guests.
Peak Warming Man said:
Divine Angel said:
Spiny Norman said:Looks pretty good.
Had good reviews so I went with it. Absolutely no idea about these things. He was looking at one in Bunnings ages ago but it was $500 🤯
Where’s the 6000mm gauge.
It’s probably some kind of rate sensor, and so fairly small.
Bubblecar said:
Woodie said:
Peak Warming Man said:place the half oran
When a stew recipe calls for pearl onions do they mean pickled onions?
When you have special guests over, Mr Man, you take a pearl onion, and a cube of cheese, and stick it on a toothpick. Then slice an orange in half, place the orange flat side down on your best china plate,, and stick you tasty toothpick treats into the orange. Makes a fabulous table centrepiece and your guests will love it.
Appetisers from a dinner a few years back, when the Ross sister and bro-in-law were guests.
Beautiful blooms from that year (2022).
Divine Angel said:
Woodie said:
Divine Angel said:Don’t tell Mr Mutant but he’s getting a digital weather station for his birthday 🤫 The rain gauge is only small though, won’t handle days where we get “rain bombs”
Can you still do “person to person” calls via the operator?
It’s just been delivered.
“Rainfall 0-6000 mm”
Divine Angel said:
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:Don’t tell Mr Mutant but he’s getting a digital weather station for his birthday 🤫 The rain gauge is only small though, won’t handle days where we get “rain bombs”
Is it a tipping bucket rain gauge? If so, it will handle incredibly high rain rates and rainfalls.
The box says up to 6000mm so I bloody hope it doesn’t rain that much
That’ll be a tipping bucket. It’s amazing the way they work.
Peak Warming Man said:
Divine Angel said:
Peak Warming Man said:
What are pearl onions?
Like, baby onions. You can get frozen ones in Woolies. Usually used for those cute red or green pickled onions
When a stew recipe calls for pearl onions do they mean pickled onions?
Yes. Tip the whole jar in. Just before serving so they keep their lovely colours.
ChrispenEvan said:
Ha!
roughbarked said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-11-01/ot-critical-infrastructure-hacking-cyber-security/107288694
It’s time to stop connecting these things to the internet.
party_pants said:
roughbarked said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-11-01/ot-critical-infrastructure-hacking-cyber-security/107288694
It’s time to stop connecting these things to the internet.
+1
Can’t wait for Russian hackers to steal the weather station data.
Bubblecar said:
party_pants said:
roughbarked said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-11-01/ot-critical-infrastructure-hacking-cyber-security/107288694
It’s time to stop connecting these things to the internet.
+1
Agreed.
I suspect there may be a market for ‘dumb’ devices soon enough. If only that they’ll be cheaper.
Divine Angel said:
Can’t wait for Russian hackers to steal the weather station data.
Stop connecting more things to the internet :p
“And not only young people”, says Bubblecar.
We’re doomed anyway – young people disheartened about the future are splashing out on the present
Bubblecar said:
“And not only young people”, says Bubblecar.We’re doomed anyway – young people disheartened about the future are splashing out on the present
didn’t realise this was a new thing, at least in the good old days people were tough and hardworking and never bought themselves or others treats, there were no simple luxuries even available in those good old days
Sucks about the dinosaur
SCIENCE said:
Bubblecar said:
“And not only young people”, says Bubblecar.We’re doomed anyway – young people disheartened about the future are splashing out on the present
didn’t realise this was a new thing, at least in the good old days people were tough and hardworking and never bought themselves or others treats, there were no simple luxuries even available in those good old days
Ye tell that to yoong people today, an’ they w-o-o-o-o-n’t believe ye.
A few storms about.
Peak Warming Man said:
A few storms about.
Heading our way, too, I see.
Michael V said:
Peak Warming Man said:
A few storms about.
Heading our way, too, I see.
Aye.
Michael V said:
Peak Warming Man said:
A few storms about.
Heading our way, too, I see.
That one labelled “very dangerous” has rather a large black spot in the middle, according to the radar. Good luck MV
Peak Warming Man said:
Michael V said:
Peak Warming Man said:
A few storms about.
Heading our way, too, I see.
Aye.
we got just the very edge of the southern tip of the storm that passed north of Toowoomba.
Some thunder, some spit-spot rain with big drops, and that was it.
Looks like Crows Nest in in line for the centre of it.
Divine Angel said:
Michael V said:
Peak Warming Man said:
A few storms about.
Heading our way, too, I see.
That one labelled “very dangerous” has rather a large black spot in the middle, according to the radar. Good luck MV
Ta.
:)
There’s a bit of a storm about to hit the redoubt, I’m not there but I like to watch.
rubs hands
dv said:
Probably posted this before but I saw it again so now you can too.
knot really true though
SCIENCE said:
dv said:
Probably posted this before but I saw it again so now you can too.
knot really true though
Interesting read, ta.
My sister’s decided she doesn’t want Christmas at her place this year. Fair, we always have it at her place as it’s the biggest, has an outdoor entertaining area, and a pool.
I’m not actually sure if she wants Christmas at all.
Divine Angel said:
My sister’s decided she doesn’t want Christmas at her place this year. Fair, we always have it at her place as it’s the biggest, has an outdoor entertaining area, and a pool.I’m not actually sure if she wants Christmas at all.
And room for a pony?
RangerJudy 1h
November 1: Rain in the night, with the eaglets flapping -then it eased and all settled again. Early start to the day then both were seen down on the river, one appeared to be eating. Lady arrived at the nest at 7:21, closely followed by Dad with an eel. Eaglets were quick to react – as was Lady, claiming the prey. She fed 37 then both ate. Before that just before 6am SE37 branched -at last official. And again at 6:37. More prey at 9:40 when Dad came with a fish, quickly grabbed by 38 -eating until 37 took over. 38 moved to PB beside Dad. 37 self-fed very well, finishing the rest. Then they rested and waited. Late afternoon both parents were down on River Roost, with a duet. Late afternoon, Lady brought a gull nestling in and again fed them both. Satisfied eaglets at end of day
Peak Warming Man said:
Divine Angel said:
My sister’s decided she doesn’t want Christmas at her place this year. Fair, we always have it at her place as it’s the biggest, has an outdoor entertaining area, and a pool.I’m not actually sure if she wants Christmas at all.
And room for a pony?
Lol…
Or maybe at the Bucket residence with a gazebo and a pond?
Divine Angel said:
My sister’s decided she doesn’t want Christmas at her place this year. Fair, we always have it at her place as it’s the biggest, has an outdoor entertaining area, and a pool.I’m not actually sure if she wants Christmas at all.
I’m looking forward to a week in Zeehan, but I’m not looking forward to the 3.5 hour drive to get there.
Which of course will be a 7 hour drive for the Zeehan sister and bro-in-law who’ll be coming to collect me.
Bubblecar said:
Divine Angel said:
My sister’s decided she doesn’t want Christmas at her place this year. Fair, we always have it at her place as it’s the biggest, has an outdoor entertaining area, and a pool.I’m not actually sure if she wants Christmas at all.
I’m looking forward to a week in Zeehan, but I’m not looking forward to the 3.5 hour drive to get there.
Which of course will be a 7 hour drive for the Zeehan sister and bro-in-law who’ll be coming to collect me.
I’m sure that you’ll express your gratitude in a suitable way.
captain_spalding said:
Bubblecar said:
Divine Angel said:
My sister’s decided she doesn’t want Christmas at her place this year. Fair, we always have it at her place as it’s the biggest, has an outdoor entertaining area, and a pool.I’m not actually sure if she wants Christmas at all.
I’m looking forward to a week in Zeehan, but I’m not looking forward to the 3.5 hour drive to get there.
Which of course will be a 7 hour drive for the Zeehan sister and bro-in-law who’ll be coming to collect me.
I’m sure that you’ll express your gratitude in a suitable way.
I might shout them a night in the local hotel if they’d rather not do the seven hours in one day.
Bubblecar said:
captain_spalding said:
Bubblecar said:I’m looking forward to a week in Zeehan, but I’m not looking forward to the 3.5 hour drive to get there.
Which of course will be a 7 hour drive for the Zeehan sister and bro-in-law who’ll be coming to collect me.
I’m sure that you’ll express your gratitude in a suitable way.
I might shout them a night in the local hotel if they’d rather not do the seven hours in one day.
That might be nice. A little away-trip for them.
PATIENCE LEVELS THROUGH THE ROOF: A Sydney man who usually treats a delayed green light as a personal attack has discovered a new respect for other motorists ahead of Sunday’s Rugby League World Cup clash between Samoa and Tonga.
Local road rager Brett Henderson (43) says the appearance of Samoan and Tongan flags on cars across Sydney has encouraged him to reconsider whether every traffic dispute requires his involvement.
“Everyone’s just trying to get somewhere” said the man who last week followed a hatchback for three blocks to finish making a point.
“Nothing wrong with showing a bit of patience.”
Brett’s newfound tolerance began on Monday, when he reached for the horn before noticing two flags attached to the ute in front.
He subsequently decided the driver probably had a perfectly reasonable explanation for remaining stationary for half a second.
Since then, Brett has allowed seven cars to merge, accepted an apology wave and described someone cutting him off as “one of those things”.
His wife says she has never seen him so invested in maintaining a safe following distance.
“He’s even stopped yelling with the windows up” she said.
“Apparently you can still tell what someone’s saying.”
Brett maintains his changed behaviour has nothing to do with his assumptions about who might step out of a flag-covered car.
“I’m just enjoying the atmosphere” he explained, allowing a Hilux to reverse into a parking space he had been waiting for.
Asked which team he was supporting on Sunday, Brett said both sides had a lot to offer.
He then thanked the driver behind him for beeping.
The Yarra
ChrispenEvan said:
PATIENCE LEVELS THROUGH THE ROOF: A Sydney man who usually treats a delayed green light as a personal attack has discovered a new respect for other motorists ahead of Sunday’s Rugby League World Cup clash between Samoa and Tonga.Local road rager Brett Henderson (43) says the appearance of Samoan and Tongan flags on cars across Sydney has encouraged him to reconsider whether every traffic dispute requires his involvement.
“Everyone’s just trying to get somewhere” said the man who last week followed a hatchback for three blocks to finish making a point.“Nothing wrong with showing a bit of patience.”
Brett’s newfound tolerance began on Monday, when he reached for the horn before noticing two flags attached to the ute in front.
He subsequently decided the driver probably had a perfectly reasonable explanation for remaining stationary for half a second.
Since then, Brett has allowed seven cars to merge, accepted an apology wave and described someone cutting him off as “one of those things”.
His wife says she has never seen him so invested in maintaining a safe following distance.
“He’s even stopped yelling with the windows up” she said.
“Apparently you can still tell what someone’s saying.”
Brett maintains his changed behaviour has nothing to do with his assumptions about who might step out of a flag-covered car.
“I’m just enjoying the atmosphere” he explained, allowing a Hilux to reverse into a parking space he had been waiting for.
Asked which team he was supporting on Sunday, Brett said both sides had a lot to offer.
He then thanked the driver behind him for beeping.
Blah.
Peak Warming Man said:
The Yarra
Blah.
ChrispenEvan said:
Brett maintains his changed behaviour has nothing to do with his assumptions about who might step out of a flag-covered car.
“I’m just enjoying the atmosphere” he explained, allowing a Hilux to reverse into a parking space he had been waiting for.
Asked which team he was supporting on Sunday, Brett said both sides had a lot to offer.
He then thanked the driver behind him for beeping.
I have previously mentioned an occasion when myself and three others were in a small car which was struggling uphill with the load on a steep and winding single road.
A car was tailgating us until a passing lane came up, and they roared past us, the young male occupants giving us plenty of gestures and strong language.
“I wonder”, one of my companions said, “if they’d have been so brash if they’d known that we’re all carrying guns?”
Because we were. Four licensed shooters, on their way to the club pistol range.
As responsible licensees, none of us would ever have produced a pistol. But, it goes to show, you never know who’s in the next car, or what capabilities they possess.
Blah, blah, blah.
Peak Warming Man said:
The Yarra
Where’s the Princes Bridge?
captain_spalding said:
ChrispenEvan said:Brett maintains his changed behaviour has nothing to do with his assumptions about who might step out of a flag-covered car.
“I’m just enjoying the atmosphere” he explained, allowing a Hilux to reverse into a parking space he had been waiting for.
Asked which team he was supporting on Sunday, Brett said both sides had a lot to offer.
He then thanked the driver behind him for beeping.
I have previously mentioned an occasion when myself and three others were in a small car which was struggling uphill with the load on a steep and winding single road.
A car was tailgating us until a passing lane came up, and they roared past us, the young male occupants giving us plenty of gestures and strong language.
“I wonder”, one of my companions said, “if they’d have been so brash if they’d known that we’re all carrying guns?”
Because we were. Four licensed shooters, on their way to the club pistol range.
As responsible licensees, none of us would ever have produced a pistol. But, it goes to show, you never know who’s in the next car, or what capabilities they possess.
So be nice to people.
Michael V said:
Blah, blah, blah.
Feeling a bit blah, MV?
Michael V said:
captain_spalding said:
ChrispenEvan said:Brett maintains his changed behaviour has nothing to do with his assumptions about who might step out of a flag-covered car.
“I’m just enjoying the atmosphere” he explained, allowing a Hilux to reverse into a parking space he had been waiting for.
Asked which team he was supporting on Sunday, Brett said both sides had a lot to offer.
He then thanked the driver behind him for beeping.
I have previously mentioned an occasion when myself and three others were in a small car which was struggling uphill with the load on a steep and winding single road.
A car was tailgating us until a passing lane came up, and they roared past us, the young male occupants giving us plenty of gestures and strong language.
“I wonder”, one of my companions said, “if they’d have been so brash if they’d known that we’re all carrying guns?”
Because we were. Four licensed shooters, on their way to the club pistol range.
As responsible licensees, none of us would ever have produced a pistol. But, it goes to show, you never know who’s in the next car, or what capabilities they possess.
So be nice to people.
Precisely.
It’s so quiet in here.
kii said:
It’s so quiet in here.
I’ve been watching a movie. But, i’ll have to retire now.
Meanwhile
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16249455/Handsome-football-gay-toddler-human-shield-bloodbath.html
Put this in chat because I’m not sure what thread this could go in
dv said:
Meanwhilehttps://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16249455/Handsome-football-gay-toddler-human-shield-bloodbath.html
Put this in chat because I’m not sure what thread this could go in
The ‘too-fucking-nuts’ folder.
Good morning Holidayers. Presently 9 degrees at the back door. We are forecast 18 degrees with showers and a possible storm.
Off to Geelong and back today to see a surgeon about lifting Mr buffy’s eyelids. Getting to the point where they droop into his line of vision.
buffy said:
Good morning Holidayers. Presently 9 degrees at the back door. We are forecast 18 degrees with showers and a possible storm.Off to Geelong and back today to see a surgeon about lifting Mr buffy’s eyelids. Getting to the point where they droop into his line of vision.
Hope all that goes well.
🖖🏽🖖🏽🖖🏽 Greetings Earthlings 🖖🏽🖖🏽🖖🏽
Humidity is 83%.
22 degrees with a top of 27.
Sunny with some clouds
I hope everyone has a great day.
Good luck to Mr buffy and his drooping eyelids.
ms spock said:
🖖🏽🖖🏽🖖🏽 Greetings Earthlings 🖖🏽🖖🏽🖖🏽Humidity is 83%.
22 degrees with a top of 27.
Sunny with some clouds
I hope everyone has a great day.
Good luck to Mr buffy and his drooping eyelids.
Good morning. 18 degrees heading for 31.
Partly cloudy. High chance of showers, becoming less likely in the early afternoon. The chance of a thunderstorm during the morning and afternoon, possibly severe with damaging winds. Winds northeasterly 25 to 35 km/h.
So far, no storms and the showers have been very light. So light as to not record.
I did endorse Trump showing up as himself on Halloween. The monster in a navy suit with red tie.
roughbarked said:
I did endorse Trump showing up as himself on Halloween. The monster in a navy suit with red tie.
:)
A Learjet has crashed in the US. Sounds like they had a serious control problem due to perhaps icing ….? The audio recording of the radio transmissions is very strange, the pilot says that they’ve going down at ten thousand feet per minute, then twenty thousand, then twenty-two thousand. I’ve never seen a VSI (Vertical Speed Indicator) able to read more than 6,000’/min so I don’t how she got those numbers.
They appeared to have no control over the plane once it started to dive very steeply.
It crashed near a road and a car managed to catch the crash with a camera facing rearwards.
It’s just very strange.
Spiny Norman said:
A Learjet has crashed in the US. Sounds like they had a serious control problem due to perhaps icing ….? The audio recording of the radio transmissions is very strange, the pilot says that they’ve going down at ten thousand feet per minute, then twenty thousand, then twenty-two thousand. I’ve never seen a VSI (Vertical Speed Indicator) able to read more than 6,000’/min so I don’t how she got those numbers.
They appeared to have no control over the plane once it started to dive very steeply.It crashed near a road and a car managed to catch the crash with a camera facing rearwards.
It’s just very strange.
Not much left other than a smoking hole. :(
Spiny Norman said:
A Learjet has crashed in the US. Sounds like they had a serious control problem due to perhaps icing ….? The audio recording of the radio transmissions is very strange, the pilot says that they’ve going down at ten thousand feet per minute, then twenty thousand, then twenty-two thousand. I’ve never seen a VSI (Vertical Speed Indicator) able to read more than 6,000’/min so I don’t how she got those numbers.
They appeared to have no control over the plane once it started to dive very steeply.It crashed near a road and a car managed to catch the crash with a camera facing rearwards.
It’s just very strange.
Ir is also on Justin https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-11-02/business-jet-carrying-9-people-crashes-in-florida-neighbourhood/107335094
Spiny Norman said:
Spiny Norman said:
A Learjet has crashed in the US. Sounds like they had a serious control problem due to perhaps icing ….? The audio recording of the radio transmissions is very strange, the pilot says that they’ve going down at ten thousand feet per minute, then twenty thousand, then twenty-two thousand. I’ve never seen a VSI (Vertical Speed Indicator) able to read more than 6,000’/min so I don’t how she got those numbers.
They appeared to have no control over the plane once it started to dive very steeply.It crashed near a road and a car managed to catch the crash with a camera facing rearwards.
It’s just very strange.
Not much left other than a smoking hole. :(
A short video from off the road.
Spiny Norman said:
Spiny Norman said:
A Learjet has crashed in the US. Sounds like they had a serious control problem due to perhaps icing ….? The audio recording of the radio transmissions is very strange, the pilot says that they’ve going down at ten thousand feet per minute, then twenty thousand, then twenty-two thousand. I’ve never seen a VSI (Vertical Speed Indicator) able to read more than 6,000’/min so I don’t how she got those numbers.
They appeared to have no control over the plane once it started to dive very steeply.It crashed near a road and a car managed to catch the crash with a camera facing rearwards.
It’s just very strange.
Not much left other than a smoking hole. :(
Gravity.
Morning pilgrims, I’m here with you.
Tau.Neutrino said:
Spiny Norman said:
Spiny Norman said:
A Learjet has crashed in the US. Sounds like they had a serious control problem due to perhaps icing ….? The audio recording of the radio transmissions is very strange, the pilot says that they’ve going down at ten thousand feet per minute, then twenty thousand, then twenty-two thousand. I’ve never seen a VSI (Vertical Speed Indicator) able to read more than 6,000’/min so I don’t how she got those numbers.
They appeared to have no control over the plane once it started to dive very steeply.It crashed near a road and a car managed to catch the crash with a camera facing rearwards.
It’s just very strange.
Not much left other than a smoking hole. :(
Gravity.
Can the speed be worked out from the video?
You don’t see many vaporized landings.
Sunday 1 November 1663
(Lord’s day). This morning my brother’s man brought me a new black baize waistecoate, faced with silke, which I put on from this day, laying by half-shirts for this winter. He brought me also my new gowne of purple shagg, trimmed with gold, very handsome; he also brought me as a gift from my brother, a velvet hat, very fine to ride in, and the fashion, which pleases me very well, to which end, I believe, he sent it me, for he knows I had lately been angry with him.
Up and to church with my wife, and at noon dined at home alone, a good calves head boiled and dumplings, an excellent dinner methought it was.
Then to church again, whither Sir W. Pen came, the first time he has been at church these several months, he having been sicke all the while.
Home and to my office, where I taught my wife some part of subtraction, and then fell myself to set some papers of my last night’s accounts in order, and so to supper home, and after supper another bout at arithmetique with my wife, and then to my office again and made an end of my papers, and so home to prayers, and then to read my vowes, and to bed.
You can’t get a calves head and dumplings at Maccas anymore.
And off to Geelong we go.
buffy said:
And off to Geelong we go.
Yeah that should be alright.
Spiny Norman said:
A Learjet has crashed in the US. Sounds like they had a serious control problem due to perhaps icing ….? The audio recording of the radio transmissions is very strange, the pilot says that they’ve going down at ten thousand feet per minute, then twenty thousand, then twenty-two thousand. I’ve never seen a VSI (Vertical Speed Indicator) able to read more than 6,000’/min so I don’t how she got those numbers.
They appeared to have no control over the plane once it started to dive very steeply.It crashed near a road and a car managed to catch the crash with a camera facing rearwards.
It’s just very strange.
!!!
That looks like it hit the ground at full noise!
Spiny Norman said:
Spiny Norman said:
A Learjet has crashed in the US. Sounds like they had a serious control problem due to perhaps icing ….? The audio recording of the radio transmissions is very strange, the pilot says that they’ve going down at ten thousand feet per minute, then twenty thousand, then twenty-two thousand. I’ve never seen a VSI (Vertical Speed Indicator) able to read more than 6,000’/min so I don’t how she got those numbers.
They appeared to have no control over the plane once it started to dive very steeply.It crashed near a road and a car managed to catch the crash with a camera facing rearwards.
It’s just very strange.
Not much left other than a smoking hole. :(
!!!
Hello
Cymek said:
Hello
Greetings.
I’ve been watching a Youtube channel on sub par food items in Coles, Woolworths, IGA and Aldi.
Its interesting and worrying all the additives, fillers, etc added to food items that are unneccessary
Used to make over processed food palatable again and never actually necessary if made properly
It does make you wonder if many foods don’t taste anything like they should
Spiny Norman said:
Spiny Norman said:
Spiny Norman said:
A Learjet has crashed in the US. Sounds like they had a serious control problem due to perhaps icing ….? The audio recording of the radio transmissions is very strange, the pilot says that they’ve going down at ten thousand feet per minute, then twenty thousand, then twenty-two thousand. I’ve never seen a VSI (Vertical Speed Indicator) able to read more than 6,000’/min so I don’t how she got those numbers.
They appeared to have no control over the plane once it started to dive very steeply.It crashed near a road and a car managed to catch the crash with a camera facing rearwards.
It’s just very strange.
Not much left other than a smoking hole. :(
A short video from off the road.
Another video from a different angle.
I think the white line coming out of the hole might be the end of the starboard wing hitting the road.
Cymek said:
I’ve been watching a Youtube channel on sub par food items in Coles, Woolworths, IGA and Aldi.Its interesting and worrying all the additives, fillers, etc added to food items that are unneccessary
Used to make over processed food palatable again and never actually necessary if made properly
It does make you wonder if many foods don’t taste anything like they should
Strangely, I have just discovered that they now make rye Cruskits!!
Peak Warming Man said:
Sunday 1 November 1663
(Lord’s day). This morning my brother’s man brought me a new black baize waistecoate, faced with silke, which I put on from this day, laying by half-shirts for this winter. He brought me also my new gowne of purple shagg, trimmed with gold, very handsome; he also brought me as a gift from my brother, a velvet hat, very fine to ride in, and the fashion, which pleases me very well, to which end, I believe, he sent it me, for he knows I had lately been angry with him.
Up and to church with my wife, and at noon dined at home alone, a good calves head boiled and dumplings, an excellent dinner methought it was.
Then to church again, whither Sir W. Pen came, the first time he has been at church these several months, he having been sicke all the while.
Home and to my office, where I taught my wife some part of subtraction, and then fell myself to set some papers of my last night’s accounts in order, and so to supper home, and after supper another bout at arithmetique with my wife, and then to my office again and made an end of my papers, and so home to prayers, and then to read my vowes, and to bed.You can’t get a calves head and dumplings at Maccas anymore.
No. No you can’t.
Awake, dealing with stuff. Nice breeze rattling the eucalyptus leaves outside my window. Sunshine and light clouds with light rain forecast in about 30 minutes.
Got a Rewilding Jude episode to watch. That is A Good Thing.
Spiny Norman said:
Spiny Norman said:
Spiny Norman said:
Not much left other than a smoking hole. :(
A short video from off the road.
Another video from a different angle.
I think the white line coming out of the hole might be the end of the starboard wing hitting the road.
Far out.
Michael V said:
Spiny Norman said:
Spiny Norman said:A short video from off the road.
Another video from a different angle.
I think the white line coming out of the hole might be the end of the starboard wing hitting the road.Far out.
Don’t think there’ll be any conspiracy theorists asking “But where are the wings?”
Neophyte said:
Michael V said:
Spiny Norman said:Another video from a different angle.
I think the white line coming out of the hole might be the end of the starboard wing hitting the road.Far out.
Don’t think there’ll be any conspiracy theorists asking “But where are the wings?”
They needed a Red Bull
kii said:
Cymek said:
I’ve been watching a Youtube channel on sub par food items in Coles, Woolworths, IGA and Aldi.Its interesting and worrying all the additives, fillers, etc added to food items that are unneccessary
Used to make over processed food palatable again and never actually necessary if made properly
It does make you wonder if many foods don’t taste anything like they shouldStrangely, I have just discovered that they now make rye Cruskits!!
Yes, yes they do. We were getting them for a while.
Michael V said:
Spiny Norman said:
Spiny Norman said:
A Learjet has crashed in the US. Sounds like they had a serious control problem due to perhaps icing ….? The audio recording of the radio transmissions is very strange, the pilot says that they’ve going down at ten thousand feet per minute, then twenty thousand, then twenty-two thousand. I’ve never seen a VSI (Vertical Speed Indicator) able to read more than 6,000’/min so I don’t how she got those numbers.
They appeared to have no control over the plane once it started to dive very steeply.It crashed near a road and a car managed to catch the crash with a camera facing rearwards.
It’s just very strange.
Not much left other than a smoking hole. :(
!!!
ABC News has video showing the impact.
The crash investigators are going to have a really tough time piecing that one together.
Michael V said:
kii said:
Cymek said:
I’ve been watching a Youtube channel on sub par food items in Coles, Woolworths, IGA and Aldi.Its interesting and worrying all the additives, fillers, etc added to food items that are unneccessary
Used to make over processed food palatable again and never actually necessary if made properly
It does make you wonder if many foods don’t taste anything like they shouldStrangely, I have just discovered that they now make rye Cruskits!!
Yes, yes they do. We were getting them for a while.
Excellent. I have ordered some.
Has anyone tried the Mingle range of thingies? Salad dressing, bagel seasoning and an all purpose one?
Someone in the US put this up as a scary Halloween decoration:
captain_spalding said:
Michael V said:
Spiny Norman said:
Not much left other than a smoking hole. :(
!!!
ABC News has video showing the impact.
The crash investigators are going to have a really tough time piecing that one together.
Yeah. I don’t the FDR & CVR (Flight Data Recorder & Cockpit Voice Recorder) would survive that. And even so, they would be relatively simple devices compared to airline types.
captain_spalding said:
Someone in the US put this up as a scary Halloween decoration:
😆 🤣 😂 😹
I don’t know whether this is Chinese Politics or Joke thread worthy…
…
Not accepted. Not forgiven!!’ : French superstar’s ‘dictator Mao’ meme ignites fury in China
Lisa Visentin
October 28, 2026 — 4:26pm
Beijing: French soccer superstar Kylian Mbappé has a legion of fans in China. His face is plastered around subway stations, on roadside billboards and on buses, spruiking energy drinks and dairy products.
Or at least it was, until the Real Madrid striker incurred the wrath of Chinese nationalism.
At least three Chinese companies have cut advertising ties with him, while Spain’s professional soccer league, LaLiga, is in damage control to protect a broadcast deal in China estimated to be worth more than $160 million a year.
Mbappé’s offence? He found amusing a viral meme that compared him to “some guy – I think he’s a Chinese dictator”.
“That really makes me laugh. I use it with my friends all the time,” he said in an interview with French online talk show The Bridge. It appears to have aired in April and has since been taken down.
The video, which only began circulating on Chinese social media this week, cut to an image of the meme showing Mbappé’s face superimposed on the body of Mao Zedong.
The meme is one of many depicting Mbappé as a dictator, with others also showing him as North Korea’s Kim Jong-un, Joseph Stalin and Fidel Castro – a joking reference to the power he wields inside Real Madrid and his apparent influence over coaches and decision-making.
Mbappé didn’t reference China’s former leader by name and has since publicly apologised, releasing a statement that described his comment as “ill-judged”.
“I apologise to everyone my words have upset. This was absolutely not my intention. I have deep respect for the Chinese people and their history, and I am sincerely sorry,” he said on Tuesday.
China’s Foreign Ministry appeared to draw a line under issue on Wednesday, with a spokesman saying “we take his apology seriously”. But it is unclear whether that will rescue his corporate deals.
Nationalistic backlash
The backlash on Chinese social media has been furious. Nationalistic citizens took offence to the perceived mockery of the country’s founding father, and some called for a boycott of brands that had partnerships with the star and Real Madrid.
“How is this scumbag even allowed to have an account? How dare he insult the great man on our banknotes,” one user wrote on Weibo, China’s biggest microblogging site, where Mbappé’s account has been suspended.
“Hurry up and terminate your contract with Real Madrid, or we’ll sell your stock share! Stop playing dead!!!,” another user wrote on the account of Chinese electronics giant Hisense.
The furore is yet another example of how China can leverage its economic heft and lucrative commercial partnerships to cow companies and people into steering clear of critical political commentary, however slight.
In 2019, China banned the broadcasting of NBA games after then-Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey tweeted support for anti-government protesters in Hong Kong. It took six years before the NBA was invited back to hold exhibition matches in Macau in 2025.
Mao led the Chinese Communist Party in its civil war victory and founded the People’s Republic of China in 1949, ruling as its totalitarian leader until his death in 1976. He remains a revered figure by many in China, particularly in rural areas.
However, discussion of his legacy is highly sensitive in China, particularly around the disastrous impact of his signature policies. The Great Leap Forward triggered famines that killed millions of people, while the Cultural Revolution unleashed waves of violence and persecution against those he denounced as class enemies.
The video clip with Mbappé was quickly censored by Chinese social media platforms, leaving many people with little clarity about what the soccer star had said that was deemed offensive.
Dongqiudi, the Chinese football news platform, which was one of the first to draw attention to his comments on Monday, refused to show them.
“Because his comments were offensive to China and the Chinese people, we cannot translate them,” it said in a post.
Similarly, China’s state-run media published editorials where they danced around the remarks while denouncing them.
“What did he say? Many Chinese would rather not repeat it,” the Global Times said. “The lesson is clear: respect is not optional; one doesn’t get to profit from China while disrespecting it. Not a chance.”
A flurry of apologies
By the time Mbappé had apologised, drinks company Dongpeng, dairy giant Mengniu and cheese maker Milkground had announced they had severed ties with soccer star. In similarly worded statements on Tuesday, the companies said they were opposed to “any words and actions that hurt national sentiment”.
Meanwhile, China’s state television suspended broadcasts of all LaLiga matches and removed all advertisements involving Mbappé.
The Chinese Football Association demanded an apology from Real Madrid, and said that “internationally renowned athletes, in particular, should strictly adhere to ethical standards, speak rationally and cherish their public influence”.
LaLiga president Javier Tebas soon distanced the league from Mbappé’s remarks, and said he had met with China’s ambassador to Spain to “seek solutions that allow us to overcome this episode”.
“We cannot allow individual actions to damage this relationship, nor can we let more than 20 clubs in our professional competitions and millions of Chinese fans be adversely affected as a result,” he posted on X, alongside an apology.
But, for some fans, the contrition is not enough. “Not accepted. Not forgiven!!”, one user wrote on Weibo.
https://www.theage.com.au/world/asia/not-accepted-not-forgiven-french-superstar-s-dictator-mao-meme-ignites-fury-in-china-20261028-p619bq.html
Our Local Rag is celebrating Diwali, I looked it up, apparently it’s some foreign pagan festival’
I’ll have to write a letter to the editor.
Spiny Norman said:
captain_spalding said:
Michael V said:!!!
ABC News has video showing the impact.
The crash investigators are going to have a really tough time piecing that one together.
Yeah. I don’t the FDR & CVR (Flight Data Recorder & Cockpit Voice Recorder) would survive that. And even so, they would be relatively simple devices compared to airline types.
Wings look undersized and the engines look too big.
Peak Warming Man said:
Our Local Rag is celebrating Diwali, I looked it up, apparently it’s some foreign pagan festival’
I’ll have to write a letter to the editor.
It’s Recreation Day here in northern Tas.
Good job I noticed, I was planning to visit the chemist.
Bubblecar said:
Spiny Norman said:
captain_spalding said:ABC News has video showing the impact.
The crash investigators are going to have a really tough time piecing that one together.
Yeah. I don’t the FDR & CVR (Flight Data Recorder & Cockpit Voice Recorder) would survive that. And even so, they would be relatively simple devices compared to airline types.
Wings look undersized and the engines look too big.
That impact video looks like a Gerry Anderson special effect.
Not much that International Rescue can do for them, though.
Bubblecar said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Our Local Rag is celebrating Diwali, I looked it up, apparently it’s some foreign pagan festival’
I’ll have to write a letter to the editor.
It’s Recreation Day here in northern Tas.
Good job I noticed, I was planning to visit the chemist.
Well you better get on a recreate.
AI Overview
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Safety Record and Industry Reputation
• High Incident Rate in Class: Aviation analyses and reports from Business Jet Traveler indicate that the Learjet 60 has historically recorded one of the higher accident and incident rates in its class.
• Landing-Phase Vulnerability: The vast majority of reported accidents and serious incidents with the aircraft occur during the landing phase.
• Pilot Training and Handling: According to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), many incidents stem from pilot error rather than mechanical failure. The aircraft features fast handling characteristics and a higher performance profile that can be unforgiving if procedures, approach speeds, or runway lengths are misjudged.
• Manual Compliance: Investigations frequently highlight instances where flight crews failed to properly follow or understand critical operational limitations outlined in the aircraft flight manual—such as required landing distances following system degradations.
• Braking and Systems: Some operators and forums note specific challenges related to braking performance and anti-skid systems on contaminated or short runways, though later variants like the Learjet 60XR introduced avionics and operational refinements.
Peak Warming Man said:
Bubblecar said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Our Local Rag is celebrating Diwali, I looked it up, apparently it’s some foreign pagan festival’
I’ll have to write a letter to the editor.
It’s Recreation Day here in northern Tas.
Good job I noticed, I was planning to visit the chemist.
Well you better get on a recreate.
Recreation Day.
Always makes me think that northern Tassies felt a dire need for a long weekend about now, but couldn’t identify a plausible excuse for one.
So, they just said, bugger it, let’s not try to pretend, just call it ‘Recreation Day’, and that’ll do.
captain_spalding said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Bubblecar said:It’s Recreation Day here in northern Tas.
Good job I noticed, I was planning to visit the chemist.
Well you better get on a recreate.
Recreation Day.
Always makes me think that northern Tassies felt a dire need for a long weekend about now, but couldn’t identify a plausible excuse for one.
So, they just said, bugger it, let’s not try to pretend, just call it ‘Recreation Day’, and that’ll do.
It’s because down south they get a day off for the Royal Hobart Regatta in February, and we don’t.
Are private planes subject to the same standard of maintenance and pilot readiness as airlines
For example would anyone check if the pilot is drunk, high or sleep deprived.
I mean it would be stupid to fly a plane compromised but who knows
apparently it’s a good time to buy a house… hmmm
Bubblecar said:
captain_spalding said:
Peak Warming Man said:Well you better get on a recreate.
Recreation Day.
Always makes me think that northern Tassies felt a dire need for a long weekend about now, but couldn’t identify a plausible excuse for one.
So, they just said, bugger it, let’s not try to pretend, just call it ‘Recreation Day’, and that’ll do.
It’s because down south they get a day off for the Royal Hobart Regatta in February, and we don’t.
Well, Launceston has some nice stretches of water.
They should get off their bums and organise their own regatta.
Peak Warming Man said:
Our Local Rag is celebrating Diwali, I looked it up, apparently it’s some foreign pagan festival’
I’ll have to write a letter to the editor.
It is a big thing here.
Arts said:
apparently it’s a good time to buy a house… hmmm
Who said that, and why?
Michael V said:
Arts said:
apparently it’s a good time to buy a house… hmmm
Who said that, and why?
the people who watch the market… and probably because people who had investment properties are now selling since the negative gearing reform… but others cannot afford to buy a house because of high interest rates – so flooded market = best time to buy …
in WA at least
Arts said:
Michael V said:
Arts said:
apparently it’s a good time to buy a house… hmmm
Who said that, and why?
the people who watch the market… and probably because people who had investment properties are now selling since the negative gearing reform… but others cannot afford to buy a house because of high interest rates – so flooded market = best time to buy …
in WA at least
ABC News, yesterday:
Cymek said:
Are private planes subject to the same standard of maintenance and pilot readiness as airlines
For example would anyone check if the pilot is drunk, high or sleep deprived.
I mean it would be stupid to fly a plane compromised but who knows
The simple stats show that flying commercial is safer. But if some foolhardy celebrity or middling business exec wants to die early who am I to judge?
Witty Rejoinder said:
Cymek said:
Are private planes subject to the same standard of maintenance and pilot readiness as airlines
For example would anyone check if the pilot is drunk, high or sleep deprived.
I mean it would be stupid to fly a plane compromised but who knows
The simple stats show that flying commercial is safer. But if some foolhardy celebrity or middling business exec wants to die early who am I to judge?
What if they are a risk to others?
captain_spalding said:
Arts said:
Michael V said:Who said that, and why?
the people who watch the market… and probably because people who had investment properties are now selling since the negative gearing reform… but others cannot afford to buy a house because of high interest rates – so flooded market = best time to buy …
in WA at least
ABC News, yesterday:
so yes, it’s a good time to buy
https://cuptone.com/
Cute idea
dv said:
https://cuptone.com/Cute idea
Possibly be alright outside in a cold climate. I think it needs a handle, or rather two handles – left and right.
dv said:
https://cuptone.com/Cute idea
Unnecessary and fiddly.
Plus cute is an overused descriptive word.
I read this news item:
and i can’t tell from it whether they think that
(a) she’s so nutzoid that, while she could have done it, she shouldn’t be held criminally responsible for it
or
(b) she’s so out-and-out Froot-Loops that she would have not had the mental wherewithall to even commit the crime.
Arts?
captain_spalding said:
I read this news item:
and i can’t tell from it whether they think that
(a) she’s so nutzoid that, while she could have done it, she shouldn’t be held criminally responsible for it
or
(b) she’s so out-and-out Froot-Loops that she would have not had the mental wherewithall to even commit the crime.
Arts?
The ones I’ve encountered are commit the crime but aren’t mentally capable of standing trial or making a plea
Specialist reports are requested to prove or disprove the above.
captain_spalding said:
I read this news item:
and i can’t tell from it whether they think that
(a) she’s so nutzoid that, while she could have done it, she shouldn’t be held criminally responsible for it
or
(b) she’s so out-and-out Froot-Loops that she would have not had the mental wherewithall to even commit the crime.
Arts?
from your choices – a
Arts said:
captain_spalding said:
I read this news item:
and i can’t tell from it whether they think that
(a) she’s so nutzoid that, while she could have done it, she shouldn’t be held criminally responsible for it
or
(b) she’s so out-and-out Froot-Loops that she would have not had the mental wherewithall to even commit the crime.
Arts?
from your choices – a
I’ve said it before – reality TV shows are fucking dangerous to our society. Case in point: Celebrity Apprentice.
kii said:
Arts said:
captain_spalding said:
I read this news item:
and i can’t tell from it whether they think that
(a) she’s so nutzoid that, while she could have done it, she shouldn’t be held criminally responsible for it
or
(b) she’s so out-and-out Froot-Loops that she would have not had the mental wherewithall to even commit the crime.
Arts?
from your choices – a
I’ve said it before – reality TV shows are fucking dangerous to our society. Case in point: Celebrity Apprentice.
From how much they are manipulated they are often quite nasty
Plus you could make assumptions slightly unhinged or nobbers are chosen as they react or act poorly with others,
Arts said:
captain_spalding said:
Arts said:the people who watch the market… and probably because people who had investment properties are now selling since the negative gearing reform… but others cannot afford to buy a house because of high interest rates – so flooded market = best time to buy …
in WA at least
ABC News, yesterday:
so yes, it’s a good time to buy
I read the news today, oh boy.
Despicable, these louts will probably grow to be Green voters.
kii said:
Arts said:
captain_spalding said:
I read this news item:
and i can’t tell from it whether they think that
(a) she’s so nutzoid that, while she could have done it, she shouldn’t be held criminally responsible for it
or
(b) she’s so out-and-out Froot-Loops that she would have not had the mental wherewithall to even commit the crime.
Arts?
from your choices – a
I’ve said it before – reality TV shows are fucking dangerous to our society. Case in point: Celebrity Apprentice.
Some are. Some aren’t though.
I see no harm in shows like “Grand Designs” and Restoration Australia”, and probably some good, as people might appreciate architecture and house restoration more after watching.
kii said:
Arts said:
captain_spalding said:
I read this news item:
and i can’t tell from it whether they think that
(a) she’s so nutzoid that, while she could have done it, she shouldn’t be held criminally responsible for it
or
(b) she’s so out-and-out Froot-Loops that she would have not had the mental wherewithall to even commit the crime.
Arts?
from your choices – a
I’ve said it before – reality TV shows are fucking dangerous to our society. Case in point: Celebrity Apprentice.
but 350000000 americese love it and so do 350000000 other geniuses around the world
Nearby storm took out the power for a while. It’s back on now, and the modem is up and running again.
And…400km later, we are back. Well, we got home about an hour ago, but I had to put tea together and get it into the oven and have a shower.
How did Mr buffy’s surgery appointment go, buffy?
The song says “Don’t go chasing waterfalls”.
What does this mean? What is being conveyed by this metaphor? Waterfalls are stationary even though the water passing over them is moving. You can’t chase a waterfall any more than you can chase a hillock or a pond.
dv said:
The song says “Don’t go chasing waterfalls”.What does this mean? What is being conveyed by this metaphor? Waterfalls are stationary even though the water passing over them is moving. You can’t chase a waterfall any more than you can chase a hillock or a pond.
Let’s think of some attributes of waterfalls…
Bubblecar said:
How did Mr buffy’s surgery appointment go, buffy?
He’s booked to have his eyelids lifted in 2 weeks time.
buffy said:
Bubblecar said:
How did Mr buffy’s surgery appointment go, buffy?
He’s booked to have his eyelids lifted in 2 weeks time.
Will they throw in a free boobjob?
dv said:
The song says “Don’t go chasing waterfalls”.What does this mean? What is being conveyed by this metaphor? Waterfalls are stationary even though the water passing over them is moving. You can’t chase a waterfall any more than you can chase a hillock or a pond.
Don Quixote comes to mind, but it might be just the “W” words.
dv said:
The song says “Don’t go chasing waterfalls”.What does this mean? What is being conveyed by this metaphor? Waterfalls are stationary even though the water passing over them is moving. You can’t chase a waterfall any more than you can chase a hillock or a pond.
Chasing something unrealistic ?
dv said:
The song says “Don’t go chasing waterfalls”.What does this mean? What is being conveyed by this metaphor? Waterfalls are stationary even though the water passing over them is moving. You can’t chase a waterfall any more than you can chase a hillock or a pond.
Niagara falls has receded. Over the last 12,000 to 12,500 years, the falls have retreated roughly 11 kilometers. Sure it would be a slow chase, but still.
buffy said:
Bubblecar said:
How did Mr buffy’s surgery appointment go, buffy?
He’s booked to have his eyelids lifted in 2 weeks time.
Good.
buffy said:
Bubblecar said:
How did Mr buffy’s surgery appointment go, buffy?
He’s booked to have his eyelids lifted in 2 weeks time.
Goodo.
dv said:
The song says “Don’t go chasing waterfalls”.What does this mean? What is being conveyed by this metaphor? Waterfalls are stationary even though the water passing over them is moving. You can’t chase a waterfall any more than you can chase a hillock or a pond.
Life is a waterfall
We’re one in the river
And one again after the fall
Swimming through the void, we hear the word
We lose ourselves, but we find it all
’Cause we are the ones that wanna play
Always wanna go, but you never wanna stay
And we are the ones that wanna choose
Always wanna play but you never wanna lose
Aerials in the sky
When you lose small mind, you free your life
Life is a waterfall
We drink from the river
Then we turn around and put up our walls
buffy said:
Bubblecar said:
How did Mr buffy’s surgery appointment go, buffy?
He’s booked to have his eyelids lifted in 2 weeks time.
Hope that goes well.
A man has died after being crushed under a boulder in a remote area of Far North Queensland.
It is understood the 44-year-old from the Cairns suburb of Caravonica was with a group of people fossicking near Laura, in southern Cape York Peninsula, about 300 kilometres north-west of Cairns.
He must have been getting good gold from under the boulder and threw caution to the winf?
roughbarked said:
buffy said:
Bubblecar said:
How did Mr buffy’s surgery appointment go, buffy?
He’s booked to have his eyelids lifted in 2 weeks time.
Hope that goes well.
Should do. Gosh the surgeons are getting young…
The general purpose bins on my side of the street weren’t collected today.
shakes fist
ABC says: In America, coffee now costs more than the minimum wage
Um, they might want to fact-check that claim.
Bubblecar said:
ABC says: In America, coffee now costs more than the minimum wageUm, they might want to fact-check that claim.
Um…Federal Minimum wage is $US7.25 per hour. Coffee has increased from $US4.17 per cup in 2021 to $US9.30 per cup in September 2026.
I used to earn $US7.25 per hour at the bookshop when I started in 2007, and coffee in the bookstore cafe was $US4 approx. for years, and I got staff discount.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-11-02/cost-of-living-impact-us-midterms-inflation-trump-charted/107316344
Cymek said:
dv said:
The song says “Don’t go chasing waterfalls”.What does this mean? What is being conveyed by this metaphor? Waterfalls are stationary even though the water passing over them is moving. You can’t chase a waterfall any more than you can chase a hillock or a pond.
Chasing something unrealistic ?
That’s what I always thought it was.
From Google AI:
The Message: The song warns against pursuing dangerous, unrealistic, or self-destructive goals (symbolized by chasing a waterfall, which looks beautiful from afar but leads to a dangerous drop) rather than sticking to safe, familiar paths.
I was having a lovely afternoon nap sitting on Lorelie and then the door slammer started slamming doors as she went from the room to room.
RangerJudy 56m
November 2: an early start as usual, leaving the eaglets on the nest, to flap and stretch, moving to PB and back. 37 spent some time moving sticks around and at 7:19 flew to PB again – repeat branching. 38 spent a long time just sitting on PB, then at 9: 19 edged up to the first fork – moving back closer to 37 after a while. Parents were seen on River Roost earlier. Both eaglets are getting more adventurous, moving up to the left hand trunk fork. Both are branching well, perching and moving around branches off the nest. At 1pm, both on PB waiting – still at 4pm, though some bouts of vigorous and adventurous jumping about. One adult was reported at River Roost at 4:25. Then finally – Lady brought in a young gull at 5:30. 38 was quick in, but 37 pushed in to claim it and started de-feathering – feathers flying – with 38 watching on PB. 37 pecked “no” when Lady tried to move in. The Dad brought another -again 37 quick, but Lady moved in and fed 38 as 37 continued to self-feed. Both ate well after a long day of nothing.
Not long now to fledge.
From a Photoshop request Facebook page…
“Not a request. I cleared up a still from the video of the plane crash in Palm Beach from today. Just freaking scary how fast it came down. The video is from a rear facing dash cam.”
kii said:
From a Photoshop request Facebook page…“Not a request. I cleared up a still from the video of the plane crash in Palm Beach from today. Just freaking scary how fast it came down. The video is from a rear facing dash cam.”
That’s still pretty distorted. It’s missing the left wing and horizontal stabilisers. The stabilisers are difficult to see though, it took me a couple of views of the video to be sure they were still attached.
The right wing is also longer on the real thing.
Spiny Norman said:
kii said:
From a Photoshop request Facebook page…“Not a request. I cleared up a still from the video of the plane crash in Palm Beach from today. Just freaking scary how fast it came down. The video is from a rear facing dash cam.”
That’s still pretty distorted. It’s missing the left wing and horizontal stabilisers. The stabilisers are difficult to see though, it took me a couple of views of the video to be sure they were still attached.
The right wing is also longer on the real thing.
Both wings are visible as it hits the ground.
Bubblecar said:
Spiny Norman said:
kii said:
From a Photoshop request Facebook page…“Not a request. I cleared up a still from the video of the plane crash in Palm Beach from today. Just freaking scary how fast it came down. The video is from a rear facing dash cam.”
That’s still pretty distorted. It’s missing the left wing and horizontal stabilisers. The stabilisers are difficult to see though, it took me a couple of views of the video to be sure they were still attached.
The right wing is also longer on the real thing.
Both wings are visible as it hits the ground.
Yep. The person that processed the image would have got a better result by amalgamating the two or three images before it hit the ground.
Spiny Norman said:
Bubblecar said:
Spiny Norman said:That’s still pretty distorted. It’s missing the left wing and horizontal stabilisers. The stabilisers are difficult to see though, it took me a couple of views of the video to be sure they were still attached.
The right wing is also longer on the real thing.
Both wings are visible as it hits the ground.
Yep. The person that processed the image would have got a better result by amalgamating the two or three images before it hit the ground.
A new video but it’s poor quality and doesn’t add anything new. It’s from a front car camera but it’s low-res and there seems to be rain as well.
It’s right after the rear camera video we’ve already seen.
Reddit
buffy said:
roughbarked said:
buffy said:He’s booked to have his eyelids lifted in 2 weeks time.
Hope that goes well.
Should do. Gosh the surgeons are getting young…
:) we are simply getting older.
Evin awll.
Jutht god howm frwom tha dennith an i carnnt feell harff mi faeth.
Spiny Norman said:
kii said:
From a Photoshop request Facebook page…“Not a request. I cleared up a still from the video of the plane crash in Palm Beach from today. Just freaking scary how fast it came down. The video is from a rear facing dash cam.”
That’s still pretty distorted. It’s missing the left wing and horizontal stabilisers. The stabilisers are difficult to see though, it took me a couple of views of the video to be sure they were still attached.
The right wing is also longer on the real thing.
Picky, picky.
It’s showing the crash.
Kingy said:
Evin awll.Jutht god howm frwom tha dennith an i carnnt feell harff mi faeth.
Give it a little while. It’ll buff out.
kii said:
Spiny Norman said:
kii said:
From a Photoshop request Facebook page…“Not a request. I cleared up a still from the video of the plane crash in Palm Beach from today. Just freaking scary how fast it came down. The video is from a rear facing dash cam.”
That’s still pretty distorted. It’s missing the left wing and horizontal stabilisers. The stabilisers are difficult to see though, it took me a couple of views of the video to be sure they were still attached.
The right wing is also longer on the real thing.
Picky, picky.
It’s showing the crash.
Thath AI
Spiny Norman said:
Bubblecar said:
Spiny Norman said:That’s still pretty distorted. It’s missing the left wing and horizontal stabilisers. The stabilisers are difficult to see though, it took me a couple of views of the video to be sure they were still attached.
The right wing is also longer on the real thing.
Both wings are visible as it hits the ground.
Yep. The person that processed the image would have got a better result by amalgamating the two or three images before it hit the ground.
I’ll make it my priority to educate them on what’s best.
Rather thunderous here. I only know about it because I could hear it rumbling away a few minutes ago.
Got everything important unplugged, fingers crossed.
roughbarked said:
Kingy said:
Evin awll.Jutht god howm frwom tha dennith an i carnnt feell harff mi faeth.
Give it a little while. It’ll buff out.
Just did the sums on what it cost to smooth the cutting edge of my top front teeth, and at $110 per 30 seconds(per tooth), that’s about $13,000/hour.
I went in for a filling, and he fixed up one tooth, filled two and ground off my front teeth in about 40 minutes for a mere $1450.
And I don’t even have bad breath.
Crazy people. It’s just a traditional red roof.
Woman loses QCAT battle over neighbours’ complaints about roof painted wrong shade of red
A woman has been ordered to repaint her roof by a Queensland tribunal after neighbours complained the colour was “offensive”, “disturbing,” and “threatening”.
The Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT) handed down its ruling today, following a three-year-long dispute between Maria Gourley and her body corporate.
It comes after Maria Gourley painted her roof “heritage red” instead of “Nutech coral” at her townhouse at The Gap, in March 2023.
Kingy said:
roughbarked said:
Kingy said:
Evin awll.Jutht god howm frwom tha dennith an i carnnt feell harff mi faeth.
Give it a little while. It’ll buff out.
Just did the sums on what it cost to smooth the cutting edge of my top front teeth, and at $110 per 30 seconds(per tooth), that’s about $13,000/hour.
I went in for a filling, and he fixed up one tooth, filled two and ground off my front teeth in about 40 minutes for a mere $1450.
And I don’t even have bad breath.
They are looking for a second dennis.
I thought, at those prices, I’ll give up earthworks, and start dennisry.
I offered my services, with my angle grinder, makita drill, box of sandpaper, and a hammer,
…but failed the intro. Apparently you actually need to know what you are doing.
There was something a bit funny that happened at Beijing airport. My wife was at one of the security check desks.
Sec: Passport?
(She presented the passport)
Sec: Boarding pass?
(She presented the pass)
He looked at it.
Sec: Purse?
She looked a bit confused but he just kept staring, so she handed him her little satchel.
Sec: (with a pained expression) Sroo to Purse?
dv said:
There was something a bit funny that happened at Beijing airport. My wife was at one of the security check desks.Sec: Passport?
(She presented the passport)
Sec: Boarding pass?
(She presented the pass)
He looked at it.
Sec: Purse?
She looked a bit confused but he just kept staring, so she handed him her little satchel.
Sec: (with a pained expression) Sroo to Purse?
Well, they got ‘passport’ right.
I’ve been asked for my ‘pisspot’ and my ‘bass boot’, among other things.
SCIENCE said:
Which Maryborough?
captain_spalding said:
SCIENCE said:
Which Maryborough?
The one that experienced a storm which resulted in a lot of hail accumulating on the ground.
kii said:
captain_spalding said:
SCIENCE said:
Which Maryborough?
The one that experienced a storm which resulted in a lot of hail accumulating on the ground.
Oh, that one. I thought that it might have been the other one.
captain_spalding said:
kii said:
captain_spalding said:Which Maryborough?
The one that experienced a storm which resulted in a lot of hail accumulating on the ground.
Oh, that one. I thought that it might have been the other one.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-11-02/queensland-storm-hail-warning/107338402
learned a rule not a principle
but maybe we’re wrong since they correctly imply that the germline should be hardened
captain_spalding said:
SCIENCE said:
Which Maryborough?
Near here, QLD. The storm centre passed to the west of us. It was very noisy. We got a little rain. At one stage it really looked like we would cop it.
roughbarked said:
captain_spalding said:
kii said:The one that experienced a storm which resulted in a lot of hail accumulating on the ground.
Oh, that one. I thought that it might have been the other one.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-11-02/queensland-storm-hail-warning/107338402
Yeah, that one.
:)
Good morning all. Nothing much to report. The rain vanished without leaving any traces. The sky is clear of clouds and the birds are attempting to enforce their positivity. Currently 13 degrees heading for 28.
Good morning everybody.
Overcast, calm, 23.5° C and 88% RH. BoM forecasts a top of 29° C, a possible storm and 1-15 mm rain. Radar shows a large patch of rain approaching already. There is a current severe thunderstorm warming. Kind of early for a thunderstorm. But the satellite image shows them.
No real plans yet. Mrs V’s low kJ day so I guess it is suit ourselves for breakfast and lunch. I may have to come up with and idea for dinner.
Good morning Holidayers. Presently 7 degrees at the back door and overcast. We are forecast a partly cloudy 21 degrees today.
Supermarketing this morning. More veggie patch sorting this afternoon. Minor weeding to do there and tidying up. I’ve also decided on some planting along the fence between us and next door, so I might get onto that too.
Greetings Earthlings 🖖🏽 🖖🏽 🖖🏽
Humidity is 95%.
It is 20° with a potential top of 27°.
There will be cloud with some sun, with some rain thus afternoon.
I have not been able to keep up with the chart so I hope that you all going okay.
I hope folks have a great day or the best day that they can have as possible. as possible.
ms spock said:
Greetings Earthlings 🖖🏽 🖖🏽 🖖🏽
Humidity is 95%.
It is 20° with a potential top of 27°.
There will be cloud with some sun, with some rain thus afternoon.
I have not been able to keep up with the chart so I hope that you all going okay.
I hope folks have a great day or the best day that they can have as possible. as possible.
Chart = chat
Bubblecar said:
Crazy people. It’s just a traditional red roof.Woman loses QCAT battle over neighbours’ complaints about roof painted wrong shade of red
A woman has been ordered to repaint her roof by a Queensland tribunal after neighbours complained the colour was “offensive”, “disturbing,” and “threatening”.
The Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT) handed down its ruling today, following a three-year-long dispute between Maria Gourley and her body corporate.
It comes after Maria Gourley painted her roof “heritage red” instead of “Nutech coral” at her townhouse at The Gap, in March 2023.
How could this woman even think it was OK to have an old fashioned red for her roof when all the neighbours had moved into the 21st century with their new-tech red?
But seriously, maybe the best solution is to sell the place and get some new neighbours.
Preferably a place without a “body corporate”.
The Rev Dodgson said:
Bubblecar said:
Crazy people. It’s just a traditional red roof.Woman loses QCAT battle over neighbours’ complaints about roof painted wrong shade of red
A woman has been ordered to repaint her roof by a Queensland tribunal after neighbours complained the colour was “offensive”, “disturbing,” and “threatening”.
The Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT) handed down its ruling today, following a three-year-long dispute between Maria Gourley and her body corporate.
It comes after Maria Gourley painted her roof “heritage red” instead of “Nutech coral” at her townhouse at The Gap, in March 2023.
How could this woman even think it was OK to have an old fashioned red for her roof when all the neighbours had moved into the 21st century with their new-tech red?
But seriously, maybe the best solution is to sell the place and get some new neighbours.
Preferably a place without a “body corporate”.
you would think that getting in under the body corporate would have involved agreement with rules of the body corporate so shrug we have this much time for sovereign citizens
The Rev Dodgson said:
Bubblecar said:
Crazy people. It’s just a traditional red roof.Woman loses QCAT battle over neighbours’ complaints about roof painted wrong shade of red
A woman has been ordered to repaint her roof by a Queensland tribunal after neighbours complained the colour was “offensive”, “disturbing,” and “threatening”.
The Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT) handed down its ruling today, following a three-year-long dispute between Maria Gourley and her body corporate.
It comes after Maria Gourley painted her roof “heritage red” instead of “Nutech coral” at her townhouse at The Gap, in March 2023.
How could this woman even think it was OK to have an old fashioned red for her roof when all the neighbours had moved into the 21st century with their new-tech red?
But seriously, maybe the best solution is to sell the place and get some new neighbours.
Preferably a place without a “body corporate”.
+1
It sounds like a plan to get away from a very unpleasant situation.
The Rev Dodgson said:
Bubblecar said:
Crazy people. It’s just a traditional red roof.Woman loses QCAT battle over neighbours’ complaints about roof painted wrong shade of red
A woman has been ordered to repaint her roof by a Queensland tribunal after neighbours complained the colour was “offensive”, “disturbing,” and “threatening”.
The Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT) handed down its ruling today, following a three-year-long dispute between Maria Gourley and her body corporate.
It comes after Maria Gourley painted her roof “heritage red” instead of “Nutech coral” at her townhouse at The Gap, in March 2023.
How could this woman even think it was OK to have an old fashioned red for her roof when all the neighbours had moved into the 21st century with their new-tech red?
But seriously, maybe the best solution is to sell the place and get some new neighbours.
Preferably a place without a “body corporate”.
could be council regulations. we have similar council rules here in that you can’t have a tin roof in a tiled roof area.
ms spock said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
Bubblecar said:
Crazy people. It’s just a traditional red roof.Woman loses QCAT battle over neighbours’ complaints about roof painted wrong shade of red
A woman has been ordered to repaint her roof by a Queensland tribunal after neighbours complained the colour was “offensive”, “disturbing,” and “threatening”.
The Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT) handed down its ruling today, following a three-year-long dispute between Maria Gourley and her body corporate.
It comes after Maria Gourley painted her roof “heritage red” instead of “Nutech coral” at her townhouse at The Gap, in March 2023.
How could this woman even think it was OK to have an old fashioned red for her roof when all the neighbours had moved into the 21st century with their new-tech red?
But seriously, maybe the best solution is to sell the place and get some new neighbours.
Preferably a place without a “body corporate”.
+1
It sounds like a plan to get away from a very unpleasant situation.
Sings
Little boxes on the hillside
Little boxes made of ticky-tacky
Little boxes
Little boxes
Little boxes all the same
There’s a red one and a red one
And a red one and an old red one
And they’re all made out of ticky-tacky
And they all look just the same
For all its faults, Quora does still come up with stuff that raises a smile:
“Look, I would rather slowly lower my testicles into a running blender than ever agree with anything that the Daily Mail says.”
Homey has passed away. He was the shop dog at CEE.
ChrispenEvan said:
Homey has passed away. He was the shop dog at CEE.
:(
ChrispenEvan said:
Homey has passed away. He was the shop dog at CEE.
RIP.
Morning punters and correctors.
Peak Warming Man said:
Morning punters and correctors.
hail fellow, well met.
The Rev Dodgson said:
ms spock said:
The Rev Dodgson said:How could this woman even think it was OK to have an old fashioned red for her roof when all the neighbours had moved into the 21st century with their new-tech red?
But seriously, maybe the best solution is to sell the place and get some new neighbours.
Preferably a place without a “body corporate”.
+1
It sounds like a plan to get away from a very unpleasant situation.
Sings
Little boxes on the hillside
Little boxes made of ticky-tacky
Little boxes
Little boxes
Little boxes all the sameThere’s a red one and a red one
And a red one and an old red one
And they’re all made out of ticky-tacky
And they all look just the same
:)
dv said:
There was something a bit funny that happened at Beijing airport. My wife was at one of the security check desks.Sec: Passport?
(She presented the passport)
Sec: Boarding pass?
(She presented the pass)
He looked at it.
Sec: Purse?
She looked a bit confused but he just kept staring, so she handed him her little satchel.
Sec: (with a pained expression) Sroo to Purse?
“Through to Perth”? Took a while.
Looks like DA’s gone walkabout again.
I’m back. Nice and quiet early and on a public holiday in the supermarkets. Vinnie’s Vietnamese French Bakery wasn’t open. But the Tattslotto newsagent was, because there is a big draw tonight. And to my surprise, the Hamilton SpecSavers was open. Nothing much else in town was though.
I stopped at one of my roadside wildflower sites on the way home. There may be flaar pictures soon.
Bubblecar said:
dv said:
There was something a bit funny that happened at Beijing airport. My wife was at one of the security check desks.Sec: Passport?
(She presented the passport)
Sec: Boarding pass?
(She presented the pass)
He looked at it.
Sec: Purse?
She looked a bit confused but he just kept staring, so she handed him her little satchel.
Sec: (with a pained expression) Sroo to Purse?
“Through to Perth”? Took a while.
Confusion reigns because people can’t speak English proper and people get shot.
Awake early, brain running on a hamster’s wheel.
Excellent brekky.
The door slammer has just gotten out of bed, no doors slammed…yet.
Peak Warming Man said:
Bubblecar said:
dv said:
There was something a bit funny that happened at Beijing airport. My wife was at one of the security check desks.Sec: Passport?
(She presented the passport)
Sec: Boarding pass?
(She presented the pass)
He looked at it.
Sec: Purse?
She looked a bit confused but he just kept staring, so she handed him her little satchel.
Sec: (with a pained expression) Sroo to Purse?
“Through to Perth”? Took a while.
Confusion reigns because people can’t speak English proper and people get shot.
AI will provide humanity with perfect translation agents in the 5.3 milliseconds before they launch the nukes…
Hello
Cymek said:
Hello
Greetings and things.
Cymek said:
Hello
Greetings.
My Uncle Andrej, who recently passed away aged 100, tending his chrysanthemums in his ambulance uniform, c.1970.
Spiny Norman said:
ChrispenEvan said:
Homey has passed away. He was the shop dog at CEE.
:(
The passing of good people, and of good dogs, lessens the world for all of us.
ms spock said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
Bubblecar said:
Crazy people. It’s just a traditional red roof.Woman loses QCAT battle over neighbours’ complaints about roof painted wrong shade of red
A woman has been ordered to repaint her roof by a Queensland tribunal after neighbours complained the colour was “offensive”, “disturbing,” and “threatening”.
The Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT) handed down its ruling today, following a three-year-long dispute between Maria Gourley and her body corporate.
It comes after Maria Gourley painted her roof “heritage red” instead of “Nutech coral” at her townhouse at The Gap, in March 2023.
How could this woman even think it was OK to have an old fashioned red for her roof when all the neighbours had moved into the 21st century with their new-tech red?
But seriously, maybe the best solution is to sell the place and get some new neighbours.
Preferably a place without a “body corporate”.
+1
It sounds like a plan to get away from a very unpleasant situation.
Presumably the neighbours felt that it detracted from the ‘aesthetics’ of the place.
You can see in the picture that the roof next door to hers is covered in black solar panels.
Which, i’m guessing, have no aesthetic effect at all.
Bubblecar said:
My Uncle Andrej, who recently passed away aged 100, tending his chrysanthemums in his ambulance uniform, c.1970.
I’m not a good gardener, but i’ve never needed ambulance attention for any of my plants.
Condolences on Uncle’s passing. 100 years. Congrats to him on getting through some very ‘interesting’ times.
captain_spalding said:
Bubblecar said:
My Uncle Andrej, who recently passed away aged 100, tending his chrysanthemums in his ambulance uniform, c.1970.
I’m not a good gardener, but i’ve never needed ambulance attention for any of my plants.
Condolences on Uncle’s passing. 100 years. Congrats to him on getting through some very ‘interesting’ times.
Born and raised on the family’s farm in Ukraine, then along with my father taken by the Nazis to Bavaria as slave labour, then ended up in England after the war.
Visited Ukraine again the 1980s after raising much funds for Chernobyl victims. Then raised lots of money for victims of clashes between Ukraine and Russia in the Donbas region, for which he was awarded a Ukrainian medal in 2017, presented by the ambassador.
captain_spalding said:
Bubblecar said:
My Uncle Andrej, who recently passed away aged 100, tending his chrysanthemums in his ambulance uniform, c.1970.
I’m not a good gardener, but i’ve never needed ambulance attention for any of my plants.
Condolences on Uncle’s passing. 100 years. Congrats to him on getting through some very ‘interesting’ times.
Not a bad innings. Condolences on your loss.
Mr Tunks will be here in an hour or so to take me to the chemist and back, before attending to the whipper-snippering. He’ll do the rest of the garden later in the week.
Black clouds to the west, thunder rumbling.
I expect little from it, it’ll split and go around us, as usual.
The big rain is up around Bundaberg and Hervey Bay.
Bubblecar said:
captain_spalding said:
Bubblecar said:
My Uncle Andrej, who recently passed away aged 100, tending his chrysanthemums in his ambulance uniform, c.1970.
I’m not a good gardener, but i’ve never needed ambulance attention for any of my plants.
Condolences on Uncle’s passing. 100 years. Congrats to him on getting through some very ‘interesting’ times.
Born and raised on the family’s farm in Ukraine, then along with my father taken by the Nazis to Bavaria as slave labour, then ended up in England after the war.
Visited Ukraine again the 1980s after raising much funds for Chernobyl victims. Then raised lots of money for victims of clashes between Ukraine and Russia in the Donbas region, for which he was awarded a Ukrainian medal in 2017, presented by the ambassador.
An interesting life by all acounts,
Bubblecar said:
captain_spalding said:
Bubblecar said:
My Uncle Andrej, who recently passed away aged 100, tending his chrysanthemums in his ambulance uniform, c.1970.
I’m not a good gardener, but i’ve never needed ambulance attention for any of my plants.
Condolences on Uncle’s passing. 100 years. Congrats to him on getting through some very ‘interesting’ times.
Born and raised on the family’s farm in Ukraine, then along with my father taken by the Nazis to Bavaria as slave labour, then ended up in England after the war.
Visited Ukraine again the 1980s after raising much funds for Chernobyl victims. Then raised lots of money for victims of clashes between Ukraine and Russia in the Donbas region, for which he was awarded a Ukrainian medal in 2017, presented by the ambassador.
Very much a wonderful man.
Bubblecar said:
captain_spalding said:
Bubblecar said:
My Uncle Andrej, who recently passed away aged 100, tending his chrysanthemums in his ambulance uniform, c.1970.
I’m not a good gardener, but i’ve never needed ambulance attention for any of my plants.
Condolences on Uncle’s passing. 100 years. Congrats to him on getting through some very ‘interesting’ times.
Born and raised on the family’s farm in Ukraine, then along with my father taken by the Nazis to Bavaria as slave labour, then ended up in England after the war.
Visited Ukraine again the 1980s after raising much funds for Chernobyl victims. Then raised lots of money for victims of clashes between Ukraine and Russia in the Donbas region, for which he was awarded a Ukrainian medal in 2017, presented by the ambassador.
:)
captain_spalding said:
Black clouds to the west, thunder rumbling.I expect little from it, it’ll split and go around us, as usual.
The big rain is up around Bundaberg and Hervey Bay.
It looked (and sounded) like we were going to get a bit. It was a little bit – just four millimetres, including yesterday evening’s noisy effort.
Bubblecar said:
captain_spalding said:
Bubblecar said:
My Uncle Andrej, who recently passed away aged 100, tending his chrysanthemums in his ambulance uniform, c.1970.
I’m not a good gardener, but i’ve never needed ambulance attention for any of my plants.
Condolences on Uncle’s passing. 100 years. Congrats to him on getting through some very ‘interesting’ times.
Born and raised on the family’s farm in Ukraine, then along with my father taken by the Nazis to Bavaria as slave labour, then ended up in England after the war.
Visited Ukraine again the 1980s after raising much funds for Chernobyl victims. Then raised lots of money for victims of clashes between Ukraine and Russia in the Donbas region, for which he was awarded a Ukrainian medal in 2017, presented by the ambassador.
Do you still have relatives there?
captain_spalding said:
ms spock said:
The Rev Dodgson said:How could this woman even think it was OK to have an old fashioned red for her roof when all the neighbours had moved into the 21st century with their new-tech red?
But seriously, maybe the best solution is to sell the place and get some new neighbours.
Preferably a place without a “body corporate”.
+1
It sounds like a plan to get away from a very unpleasant situation.
Presumably the neighbours felt that it detracted from the ‘aesthetics’ of the place.
You can see in the picture that the roof next door to hers is covered in black solar panels.
Which, i’m guessing, have no aesthetic effect at all.
Indeed
Bubblecar said:
My Uncle Andrej, who recently passed away aged 100, tending his chrysanthemums in his ambulance uniform, c.1970.
:)
Bubblecar said:
captain_spalding said:
Bubblecar said:
My Uncle Andrej, who recently passed away aged 100, tending his chrysanthemums in his ambulance uniform, c.1970.
I’m not a good gardener, but i’ve never needed ambulance attention for any of my plants.
Condolences on Uncle’s passing. 100 years. Congrats to him on getting through some very ‘interesting’ times.
Born and raised on the family’s farm in Ukraine, then along with my father taken by the Nazis to Bavaria as slave labour, then ended up in England after the war.
Visited Ukraine again the 1980s after raising much funds for Chernobyl victims. Then raised lots of money for victims of clashes between Ukraine and Russia in the Donbas region, for which he was awarded a Ukrainian medal in 2017, presented by the ambassador.
He lived a very interesting life.
My blood runs cold at “father taken by the Nazis to Bavaria as slave labour”.
ms spock said:
Bubblecar said:
captain_spalding said:I’m not a good gardener, but i’ve never needed ambulance attention for any of my plants.
Condolences on Uncle’s passing. 100 years. Congrats to him on getting through some very ‘interesting’ times.
Born and raised on the family’s farm in Ukraine, then along with my father taken by the Nazis to Bavaria as slave labour, then ended up in England after the war.
Visited Ukraine again the 1980s after raising much funds for Chernobyl victims. Then raised lots of money for victims of clashes between Ukraine and Russia in the Donbas region, for which he was awarded a Ukrainian medal in 2017, presented by the ambassador.
He lived a very interesting life.
My blood runs cold at “father taken by the Nazis to Bavaria as slave labour”.
Yeah that would not have been fun
Peak Warming Man said:
Bubblecar said:
captain_spalding said:I’m not a good gardener, but i’ve never needed ambulance attention for any of my plants.
Condolences on Uncle’s passing. 100 years. Congrats to him on getting through some very ‘interesting’ times.
Born and raised on the family’s farm in Ukraine, then along with my father taken by the Nazis to Bavaria as slave labour, then ended up in England after the war.
Visited Ukraine again the 1980s after raising much funds for Chernobyl victims. Then raised lots of money for victims of clashes between Ukraine and Russia in the Donbas region, for which he was awarded a Ukrainian medal in 2017, presented by the ambassador.
Do you still have relatives there?
Still have cousins etc. in Western Ukraine, Lviv region, relatively safe apart from the odd missile attack.
Waiting to exit a plane, saw an non-physical altercation between an Aust sounding fellow with sleeve tattoos and a French sounding fellow in a muy thai shirt.
Aust guy saying “You should learn respect”
French guy “What respect, I didn’t disrespect”.
A- “You should look it up, respect on an airplane, moving around like that.” (Demonstrates how he was moving around)
F- “I know about that.”
A – “Just chill out.”
F – “I am chill, you can chill.”
A – “You’re going to learn a lot in this country.”
F – “I will learn nothing.”
A – “Probably.”
I wonder why a freezer could achieve 50 degrees Celsius temperatures
https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/technology/cyberattack-defrosts-supermarket-fridges-across-europe-c-23106693
dv said:
Waiting to exit a plane, saw an non-physical altercation between an Aust sounding fellow with sleeve tattoos and a French sounding fellow in a muy thai shirt.Aust guy saying “You should learn respect”
French guy “What respect, I didn’t disrespect”.
A- “You should look it up, respect on an airplane, moving around like that.” (Demonstrates how he was moving around)
F- “I know about that.”
A – “Just chill out.”
F – “I am chill, you can chill.”
A – “You’re going to learn a lot in this country.”
F – “I will learn nothing.”
A – “Probably.”
This argument was brought to you by the letters F and A.
Bubblecar said:
My Uncle Andrej, who recently passed away aged 100, tending his chrysanthemums in his ambulance uniform, c.1970.
How is his name pronouonced?
Is it like “on-dray”?
dv said:
Waiting to exit a plane, saw an non-physical altercation between an Aust sounding fellow with sleeve tattoos and a French sounding fellow in a muy thai shirt.Aust guy saying “You should learn respect”
French guy “What respect, I didn’t disrespect”.
A- “You should look it up, respect on an airplane, moving around like that.” (Demonstrates how he was moving around)
F- “I know about that.”
A – “Just chill out.”
F – “I am chill, you can chill.”
A – “You’re going to learn a lot in this country.”
F – “I will learn nothing.”
A – “Probably.”
F – I will steal you woman with my sexy French accent, when I speak French they will come running, can even be nonsense words
F – J’aime manger des escargots ; viens m’aider à en attraper, on va bien s’amuser !
AW – Lets go Frenchie, you’re dumped Aussie bogan boyfriend
And for our after lunch entertainment…Pug nail clipping. Mr buffy gets to hold Long by his scruff and in a bear hug while I dance around trying to cut without hitting the blood vessels as the paws swim around in front of me. Got it done. I only got a little bit of blood spatter.
Who (or what) is gunna win The Cup??🏆
Michael V said:
Bubblecar said:
My Uncle Andrej, who recently passed away aged 100, tending his chrysanthemums in his ambulance uniform, c.1970.
How is his name pronouonced?
Is it like “on-dray”?
Yes. Although towards the end of his life he started spelling it “Andrij” instead of “Andrej”, to emphasis a slight difference between the Ukrainian and Russian ways of pronouncing that name.
Michael V said:
captain_spalding said:
Black clouds to the west, thunder rumbling.I expect little from it, it’ll split and go around us, as usual.
The big rain is up around Bundaberg and Hervey Bay.
It looked (and sounded) like we were going to get a bit. It was a little bit – just four millimetres, including yesterday evening’s noisy effort.
First rain band passed through, all mouth and no trousers. Very little rain.
Then, blue sky, fluffy white clouds.
Now, dark skyto the west again, more thunder, might be a bit more in this one.
ChrispenEvan said:
Homey has passed away. He was the shop dog at CEE.
Benny Boy wears black and gives a sad “WOOF”.
CEE????
Apart from everything else I am a bit frazzled from all the air travel… in the space of a couple of months I had 4 work flights, then 7 on a combined work/vacation thing, 4 to get to a funeral and back (flying out the same morning we heard the bad news), learning of the second bereavement while still there, and I have 4 more flights getting to and from NQ. It’s not the main thing but it’s hardly helping my mood.
ms spock said:
Bubblecar said:
captain_spalding said:I’m not a good gardener, but i’ve never needed ambulance attention for any of my plants.
Condolences on Uncle’s passing. 100 years. Congrats to him on getting through some very ‘interesting’ times.
Born and raised on the family’s farm in Ukraine, then along with my father taken by the Nazis to Bavaria as slave labour, then ended up in England after the war.
Visited Ukraine again the 1980s after raising much funds for Chernobyl victims. Then raised lots of money for victims of clashes between Ukraine and Russia in the Donbas region, for which he was awarded a Ukrainian medal in 2017, presented by the ambassador.
He lived a very interesting life.
My blood runs cold at “father taken by the Nazis to Bavaria as slave labour”.
I know what you mean.
Things happened in those years the few of us could begin to imagine.
Holocaust survivors i met usually kept the very worst of what they saw to themselves. Except that, occasionally, if they thought the listeners could handle it, some of the darkest things were related.
What made some of them darker still was that it wasn’t always their captors who were responsible.
Woodie said:
Who (or what) is gunna win The Cup??🏆
A gee-gee.
Bubblecar said:
Michael V said:
Bubblecar said:
My Uncle Andrej, who recently passed away aged 100, tending his chrysanthemums in his ambulance uniform, c.1970.
How is his name pronouonced?
Is it like “on-dray”?
Yes. Although towards the end of his life he started spelling it “Andrij” instead of “Andrej”, to emphasis a slight difference between the Ukrainian and Russian ways of pronouncing that name.
So is that “on-dree”?
Cymek said:
F – I will steal you woman with my sexy French accent, when I speak French they will come running, can even be nonsense words
F – J’aime manger des escargots ; viens m’aider à en attraper, on va bien s’amuser !
AW – Lets go Frenchie, you’re dumped Aussie bogan boyfriend
I saw Sacha Distel do that once, in an interview.
He told the lady interviewer that everything sounded romantic in French, and she asked him to demonstrate.
So, he said something in French. The interviewer agreed that it sounded charming, and asked what it meant.
He’d told her that he was speaking to an imaginary girlfriend, and that he’d told her that he wouldn’t go out with her on Thursday night because he’d rather stay home and sort his week’s garbage.
captain_spalding said:
Michael V said:
captain_spalding said:
Black clouds to the west, thunder rumbling.I expect little from it, it’ll split and go around us, as usual.
The big rain is up around Bundaberg and Hervey Bay.
It looked (and sounded) like we were going to get a bit. It was a little bit – just four millimetres, including yesterday evening’s noisy effort.
First rain band passed through, all mouth and no trousers. Very little rain.
Then, blue sky, fluffy white clouds.
Now, dark skyto the west again, more thunder, might be a bit more in this one.
Those two lines of storms extend way up to near us.
Good luck. Looks like some rain in that next one.
dv said:
Apart from everything else I am a bit frazzled from all the air travel… in the space of a couple of months I had 4 work flights, then 7 on a combined work/vacation thing, 4 to get to a funeral and back (flying out the same morning we heard the bad news), learning of the second bereavement while still there, and I have 4 more flights getting to and from NQ. It’s not the main thing but it’s hardly helping my mood.
Sounds a very demanding itinerary, my sympathies.
Michael V said:
captain_spalding said:
Michael V said:It looked (and sounded) like we were going to get a bit. It was a little bit – just four millimetres, including yesterday evening’s noisy effort.
First rain band passed through, all mouth and no trousers. Very little rain.
Then, blue sky, fluffy white clouds.
Now, dark skyto the west again, more thunder, might be a bit more in this one.
Those two lines of storms extend way up to near us.
Good luck. Looks like some rain in that next one.
Rain has started.
dv said:
Apart from everything else I am a bit frazzled from all the air travel… in the space of a couple of months I had 4 work flights, then 7 on a combined work/vacation thing, 4 to get to a funeral and back (flying out the same morning we heard the bad news), learning of the second bereavement while still there, and I have 4 more flights getting to and from NQ. It’s not the main thing but it’s hardly helping my mood.
RUOK?
Can we assist?
I can listen if you want.
Michael V said:
Bubblecar said:
Michael V said:How is his name pronouonced?
Is it like “on-dray”?
Yes. Although towards the end of his life he started spelling it “Andrij” instead of “Andrej”, to emphasis a slight difference between the Ukrainian and Russian ways of pronouncing that name.
So is that “on-dree”?
Approximately. More like AHN-dree-y. Although adding a little “y” sound on the end is unfamiliar to English speakers.
Woodie said:
ChrispenEvan said:
Homey has passed away. He was the shop dog at CEE.
Benny Boy wears black and gives a sad “WOOF”.
CEE????
Cutting Edge Engineering. A queensland engineering workshop.
Bubblecar said:
Michael V said:
Bubblecar said:Yes. Although towards the end of his life he started spelling it “Andrij” instead of “Andrej”, to emphasis a slight difference between the Ukrainian and Russian ways of pronouncing that name.
So is that “on-dree”?
Approximately. More like AHN-dree-y. Although adding a little “y” sound on the end is unfamiliar to English speakers.
Interesting, thanks.
I’ve always liked to learn to pronounce people’s names the way they would like them pronounced.
When I was growing up, my father was a migrant English teacher. We had lots of visitors who spoke other languages, so I developed the habit of asking, trying, asking again, trying again until I got the pronunciation right.
Michael V said:
Woodie said:
Who (or what) is gunna win The Cup??🏆
A gee-gee.
And to quote Mr buffy…the ambulance will come last. Again.
Michael V said:
Bubblecar said:
Michael V said:So is that “on-dree”?
Approximately. More like AHN-dree-y. Although adding a little “y” sound on the end is unfamiliar to English speakers.
Interesting, thanks.
I’ve always liked to learn to pronounce people’s names the way they would like them pronounced.
When I was growing up, my father was a migrant English teacher. We had lots of visitors who spoke other languages, so I developed the habit of asking, trying, asking again, trying again until I got the pronunciation right.
And that, in a way, is how I got my nickname. A teacher at a bayside high school in Melbourne who, not having seen many or any eastern European surnames managed to mangle mine. The name, which I quite liked and shortened for brevity, stuck. Some friends still call me by that name, some 65 years since it was coined.
buffy said:
Michael V said:
Woodie said:
Who (or what) is gunna win The Cup??🏆
A gee-gee.
And to quote Mr buffy…the ambulance will come last. Again.
Enthusiasm seems to have dropped for The Cup
AussieDJ said:
Michael V said:
Bubblecar said:Approximately. More like AHN-dree-y. Although adding a little “y” sound on the end is unfamiliar to English speakers.
Interesting, thanks.
I’ve always liked to learn to pronounce people’s names the way they would like them pronounced.
When I was growing up, my father was a migrant English teacher. We had lots of visitors who spoke other languages, so I developed the habit of asking, trying, asking again, trying again until I got the pronunciation right.
And that, in a way, is how I got my nickname. A teacher at a bayside high school in Melbourne who, not having seen many or any eastern European surnames managed to mangle mine. The name, which I quite liked and shortened for brevity, stuck. Some friends still call me by that name, some 65 years since it was coined.
I used to ask patients how they liked their name pronounced and then write in pencil a sort of phonetic form on their record. Sometimes common Anglo names were pronounced differently from the norm, and many of the German surnames around here had altered pronunciation after the wars. So I never knew if I should use the German pronunciation or something else.
dv said:
Apart from everything else I am a bit frazzled from all the air travel… in the space of a couple of months I had 4 work flights, then 7 on a combined work/vacation thing, 4 to get to a funeral and back (flying out the same morning we heard the bad news), learning of the second bereavement while still there, and I have 4 more flights getting to and from NQ. It’s not the main thing but it’s hardly helping my mood.
Small amounts of airline travel is so discombobulating, you have had way too much to think straight. Plus having to cope with grief as well, it’s exhausting for your emotions. Especially one death after another. It becomes a blur of who to grieve for and when can I grieve and supporting those around you. Add the public aspect of your life as you travel with limited privacy to mourn.
I am so sorry that you are experiencing this.
When my father died I was unprepared for that level of grief, and then my mother-in-law died 3 weeks later. I had to compartmentalize the two deaths, as well as caring for 2 children under 4 years of age.
Michael V said:
dv said:
Apart from everything else I am a bit frazzled from all the air travel… in the space of a couple of months I had 4 work flights, then 7 on a combined work/vacation thing, 4 to get to a funeral and back (flying out the same morning we heard the bad news), learning of the second bereavement while still there, and I have 4 more flights getting to and from NQ. It’s not the main thing but it’s hardly helping my mood.RUOK?
Can we assist?
I can listen if you want.
Thanks for the offer. I don’t think you can assist. Venting here is probably as good as it gets.
BACK from the chemist. Very quick when your gardener’s driving you :)
But they want me to go back on Friday afternoon for part 2 of my shingles vaccination.
I had part 1 in 2024 at the GP, but then forgot about it, so I assumed I’d need that again but apparently not.
I braved the phone again and called for assistance with my Medicare Card.
myID and myGov are convoluted hell pits and I hate them and they hate me.
Customer service representative Patrick with the lovely voice helped me this time and we chatted about whippersnippers and chihuahuas.
Now I need a snack and a blankie.
Mineralised ‘red blood cells’ detected in 115-million-year-old dinosaur bone
In short:
Limb bones of a Brazilian dinosaur, Aratasaurus museunacionali, may contain mineralised red blood cells.
The finding adds to a growing body of research of soft tissue preservation in dinosaur fossils.
kii said:
I braved the phone again and called for assistance with my Medicare Card.myID and myGov are convoluted hell pits and I hate them and they hate me.
Customer service representative Patrick with the lovely voice helped me this time and we chatted about whippersnippers and chihuahuas.
Now I need a snack and a blankie.
Were you talking to Patric at Bunnings.
Trustyourinstinct 2 at $3.30 with J Mac aboard is a good place bet.
Peak Warming Man said:
Trustyourinstinct 2 at $3.30 with J Mac aboard is a good place bet.
Let me tell you, trusting my instincts has never been a good bet.
Curry always smells so delicious
Someone at work has heated one up
captain_spalding said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Trustyourinstinct 2 at $3.30 with J Mac aboard is a good place bet.
Let me tell you, trusting my instincts has never been a good bet.
Channel 9 if you’re watching.
ABC Radio – with the call courtesy of RSN/Sky Racing – if you prefer to listen.
Or ignore completely.
Phone call from a builder – he’ll be here 9AM Thursday to have a look at the bedroom floor, and the decayed eaves where the birdies are getting into the roof space.
buffy said:
Michael V said:
Woodie said:
Who (or what) is gunna win The Cup??🏆
A gee-gee.
And to quote Mr buffy…the ambulance will come last. Again.
:)
AussieDJ said:
Michael V said:
Bubblecar said:Approximately. More like AHN-dree-y. Although adding a little “y” sound on the end is unfamiliar to English speakers.
Interesting, thanks.
I’ve always liked to learn to pronounce people’s names the way they would like them pronounced.
When I was growing up, my father was a migrant English teacher. We had lots of visitors who spoke other languages, so I developed the habit of asking, trying, asking again, trying again until I got the pronunciation right.
And that, in a way, is how I got my nickname. A teacher at a bayside high school in Melbourne who, not having seen many or any eastern European surnames managed to mangle mine. The name, which I quite liked and shortened for brevity, stuck. Some friends still call me by that name, some 65 years since it was coined.
:)
dv said:
Michael V said:
dv said:
Apart from everything else I am a bit frazzled from all the air travel… in the space of a couple of months I had 4 work flights, then 7 on a combined work/vacation thing, 4 to get to a funeral and back (flying out the same morning we heard the bad news), learning of the second bereavement while still there, and I have 4 more flights getting to and from NQ. It’s not the main thing but it’s hardly helping my mood.RUOK?
Can we assist?
I can listen if you want.
Thanks for the offer. I don’t think you can assist. Venting here is probably as good as it gets.
Good-oh.
Vent away.
:)
Peak Warming Man said:
Trustyourinstinct 2 at $3.30 with J Mac aboard is a good place bet.
Ta.
Bubblecar said:
Phone call from a builder – he’ll be here 9AM Thursday to have a look at the bedroom floor, and the decayed eaves where the birdies are getting into the roof space.
Excellent.
Michael V said:
captain_spalding said:
Yet another line of thunderstorms approaches.
You’ve got some real doozies on the way, according to the radar.
Sea eagle nest map, Sydney.
Peak Warming Man said:
Sea eagle nest map, Sydney.
Homebush.
Know it well.
It looks like it is coming to get you, cap’n.
Michael V said:
It looks like it is coming to get you, cap’n.
Something was bound to.
More aviation fun. Two choppers collide when going for the same landing pad on Mt Everest.
I’m optimistic that everyone survived.
Spiny Norman said:
More aviation fun. Two choppers collide when going for the same landing pad on Mt Everest.
I’m optimistic that everyone survived.
Bloody long walk home, but.
captain_spalding said:
Spiny Norman said:
More aviation fun. Two choppers collide when going for the same landing pad on Mt Everest.
I’m optimistic that everyone survived.Bloody long walk home, but.
Later news – One dead one injured.
Heavy rain here, plus hail.
Very small hail, pea-sized or smaller. So far.
and reading this DV was wondering the other day, like I fell into a worm hole then came back suddenly, but got interrupted while I was looking it up back days ago maybe
https://extrachill.com/dont-go-chasing-waterfalls-meaning/
Michael V said:
Bubblecar said:
Phone call from a builder – he’ll be here 9AM Thursday to have a look at the bedroom floor, and the decayed eaves where the birdies are getting into the roof space.
Excellent.
captain_spalding said:
Heavy rain here, plus hail.Very small hail, pea-sized or smaller. So far.
Black as the inside of cat here.
roughbarked said:
Michael V said:
Bubblecar said:
Phone call from a builder – he’ll be here 9AM Thursday to have a look at the bedroom floor, and the decayed eaves where the birdies are getting into the roof space.
Excellent.
What about tuhe birds that come down the flue?
I should mention that, too.
Peak Warming Man said:
captain_spalding said:
Heavy rain here, plus hail.Very small hail, pea-sized or smaller. So far.
Black as the inside of cat here.
Metallic grey here, like the inside of a saucer-shaped object.
Bubblecar said:
Peak Warming Man said:
captain_spalding said:
Heavy rain here, plus hail.Very small hail, pea-sized or smaller. So far.
Black as the inside of cat here.
Metallic grey here, like the inside of a saucer-shaped object.
Sky blue here.
Here’s ours. We are at Hornsby:
The Rev Dodgson said:
Here’s ours. We are at Hornsby:
Wow.
Are you gonna get it.
The Rev Dodgson said:
Here’s ours. We are at Hornsby:
The Rev Dodgson said:
Here’s ours. We are at Hornsby:
Time to start unplugging things I’d say.
The Rev Dodgson said:
Here’s ours. We are at Hornsby:
You are unlikely to stay dry.
Spiny Norman said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
Here’s ours. We are at Hornsby:
Time to start unplugging things I’d say.
Mains Switch. Do it in the dark.
Michael V said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
Here’s ours. We are at Hornsby:
You are unlikely to stay dry.
Could be hail in that.
The Rev Dodgson said:
Here’s ours. We are at Hornsby:
Woo a bit blowy in Sydney.
https://sea-eaglecam.org/video.html
roughbarked said:
Michael V said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
Here’s ours. We are at Hornsby:
You are unlikely to stay dry.
Could be hail in that.
Yes, there could.
roughbarked said:
Bubblecar said:
Peak Warming Man said:Black as the inside of cat here.
Metallic grey here, like the inside of a saucer-shaped object.
Sky blue here.
Same here
captain_spalding said:
Spiny Norman said:
More aviation fun. Two choppers collide when going for the same landing pad on Mt Everest.
I’m optimistic that everyone survived.Bloody long walk home, but.
down hill though so not that bad.
Jimmy Carr passing on some wisdom.
The Rev Dodgson said:
Here’s ours. We are at Hornsby:
Oh dear…………….
Where’s Alex when you need her?
Blood pressure monitors are all the same, right? Wrong
This is the brand used at my GP, but there are various different models made by the same company.
Bubblecar said:
Where’s Alex when you need her?Blood pressure monitors are all the same, right? Wrong
This is the brand used at my GP, but there are various different models made by the same company.
It’s the brand I use, with a similar model number and a different cuff.
Recommended by my GP at the time, who said she wouldn’t use any other brand. It has certainly been the longest lasting of the three I have owned.
Michael V said:
Bubblecar said:
Where’s Alex when you need her?Blood pressure monitors are all the same, right? Wrong
This is the brand used at my GP, but there are various different models made by the same company.
It’s the brand I use, with a similar model number and a different cuff.
Recommended by my GP at the time, who said she wouldn’t use any other brand. It has certainly been the longest lasting of the three I have owned.
We have one of those!
roughbarked said:
One can only wonder why this elegant wine bottle was where it was found.
Hasn’t been fired.
No marks on the copper driving bands.
captain_spalding said:
Michael V said:
Bubblecar said:
Where’s Alex when you need her?Blood pressure monitors are all the same, right? Wrong
This is the brand used at my GP, but there are various different models made by the same company.
It’s the brand I use, with a similar model number and a different cuff.
Recommended by my GP at the time, who said she wouldn’t use any other brand. It has certainly been the longest lasting of the three I have owned.
We have one of those!
+1
captain_spalding said:
Michael V said:
Bubblecar said:
Where’s Alex when you need her?Blood pressure monitors are all the same, right? Wrong
This is the brand used at my GP, but there are various different models made by the same company.
It’s the brand I use, with a similar model number and a different cuff.
Recommended by my GP at the time, who said she wouldn’t use any other brand. It has certainly been the longest lasting of the three I have owned.
We have one of those!
The previous GP I. had would only use the age old method. Though he was a young man. The FP I have now uses a machine,
I have a Priceline pharmacy machine.
captain_spalding said:
roughbarked said:
One can only wonder why this elegant wine bottle was where it was found.
Hasn’t been fired.
No marks on the copper driving bands.
Definitely unexploded.
roughbarked said:
captain_spalding said:
Michael V said:It’s the brand I use, with a similar model number and a different cuff.
Recommended by my GP at the time, who said she wouldn’t use any other brand. It has certainly been the longest lasting of the three I have owned.
We have one of those!
The previous GP I. had would only use the age old method. Though he was a young man. The FP I have now uses a machine,
I have a Priceline pharmacy machine.
Which constantly tells me I have a broken heart.
AussieDJ said:
captain_spalding said:
Michael V said:It’s the brand I use, with a similar model number and a different cuff.
Recommended by my GP at the time, who said she wouldn’t use any other brand. It has certainly been the longest lasting of the three I have owned.
We have one of those!
+1
OK, dat one should do.
Looking it up, it’s identical to ones by the same maker that have been fully validated for accuracy. Just a different model number but the same machine.
mine is a Beurer. Had it quite a few years.
ChrispenEvan said:
mine is a Beurer. Had it quite a few years.
roughbarked said:
captain_spalding said:
roughbarked said:
One can only wonder why this elegant wine bottle was where it was found.
Hasn’t been fired.
No marks on the copper driving bands.
Definitely unexploded.
Reports say it’s a Chinese Type 59 artillery shell (130mm). This is used by the Type 59 130mm towed field gun (a licensed Chinese copy of the Soviet M-46).
PNG has no Chinese artillery. In fact, it has no artillery at all.
So, who’s supplying Chinese shells, who are they supplying them to, and why are they being mislaid at a wharf in P/NG?
ChrispenEvan said:
ChrispenEvan said:
mine is a Beurer. Had it quite a few years.
Which is better, Omron or Beurer?
AI Overview
Both Omron and Beurer are reliable, internationally trusted brands for home blood pressure monitoring, but Omron is generally considered the better choice for clinical accuracy and cardiology recommendations, while Beurer is often preferred for affordability and user-friendly features like multi-user profiles.
Health.com
+2
Omron
Clinical Endorsement: Omron is the number-one doctor- and pharmacist-recommended brand for home blood pressure monitors, frequently favored by cardiologists.
OMRON Healthcare, Inc.
+1
Accuracy & Technology: Many models feature hospital-grade tech, TruRead, and the 360° IntelliWrap cuff, which helps prevent false readings caused by improper cuff placement.
BDStall
+1
Advanced Features: Higher-end options include integrated EKG capabilities (such as the Omron Complete Wireless Upper Arm Blood Pressure Monitor + EKG) and seamless Bluetooth sync with the Omron Connect app.
Forbes
+2
Pricing: Generally positioned at a higher price point depending on the series.
Beurer
Value for Money: Beurer monitors (like the Beurer BM series) are often less expensive while offering generous memory storage and multiple user profiles.
Ease of Use: Many units include large, color-coded risk indicators on the screen that make it easy for families to read and interpret numbers right away.
YouTube
·Rank On Top
+1
Clinical Validation: While Beurer offers good everyday accuracy, not every model has the same extensive clinical validation backing as Omron’s lineup.
BDStall
Which Should You Choose?
Choose Omron if you have diagnosed hypertension, need strict medical-grade accuracy, or want features like EKG tracking.
Health.com
+1
Choose Beurer if you are looking for an affordable, straightforward monitor for general household tracking and shared family use.
Bubblecar said:
AussieDJ said:
captain_spalding said:We have one of those!
+1
OK, dat one should do.
Looking it up, it’s identical to ones by the same maker that have been fully validated for accuracy. Just a different model number but the same machine.
Only one BP upper arm measurement device is in the certified 5-star devices:
https://www.medaval.ie/resources/EN/lists/List-BPM-A-Cert.html
This one, apparently available in Australia:
captain_spalding said:
roughbarked said:
captain_spalding said:Hasn’t been fired.
No marks on the copper driving bands.
Definitely unexploded.
Reports say it’s a Chinese Type 59 artillery shell (130mm). This is used by the Type 59 130mm towed field gun (a licensed Chinese copy of the Soviet M-46).
PNG has no Chinese artillery. In fact, it has no artillery at all.
So, who’s supplying Chinese shells, who are they supplying them to, and why are they being mislaid at a wharf in P/NG?
Hmmmmm.
A good question.
captain_spalding said:
roughbarked said:
captain_spalding said:Hasn’t been fired.
No marks on the copper driving bands.
Definitely unexploded.
Reports say it’s a Chinese Type 59 artillery shell (130mm). This is used by the Type 59 130mm towed field gun (a licensed Chinese copy of the Soviet M-46).
PNG has no Chinese artillery. In fact, it has no artillery at all.
So, who’s supplying Chinese shells, who are they supplying them to, and why are they being mislaid at a wharf in P/NG?
Maybe it was a really serious alternative to a bullet left in your letterbox by some rascally unionist. Wait is that only Victoria….?
Michael V said:
captain_spalding said:
roughbarked said:Definitely unexploded.
Reports say it’s a Chinese Type 59 artillery shell (130mm). This is used by the Type 59 130mm towed field gun (a licensed Chinese copy of the Soviet M-46).
PNG has no Chinese artillery. In fact, it has no artillery at all.
So, who’s supplying Chinese shells, who are they supplying them to, and why are they being mislaid at a wharf in P/NG?
Hmmmmm.
A good question.
TBH, it’s not much of a question.
P/NG is a major crossroads for illicit arms and ammunition shipments around the Pacific/SE Asia region.
Long coastlines, small and ill-equipped enforcement agencies, and endemic corruption make it easy to ‘do business’ through P/NG.
A good number of cargo charter flights carrying such tings, including Russian-made (and often Russian-operated) Antonov 224 transports pass through P/NG. Even the now-destroyed An-225 made at least one such flight.
Other shipments arrive by sea, are unload, then re-loaded for onwards transport.
It’s all done very quietly, and this will bring unwanted attention.
But, it’ll probably continue.
Michael V said:
Bubblecar said:
AussieDJ said:+1
OK, dat one should do.
Looking it up, it’s identical to ones by the same maker that have been fully validated for accuracy. Just a different model number but the same machine.
Only one BP upper arm measurement device is in the certified 5-star devices:
https://www.medaval.ie/resources/EN/lists/List-BPM-A-Cert.html
This one, apparently available in Australia:
It’s about the same price as the Omron. But I don’t really know why that one is 5 stars while the Omron is four.
Seems unlikely there’d be any difference in practice. The Omron model I’m getting is listed in the validated “family”.
captain_spalding said:
Michael V said:
captain_spalding said:Reports say it’s a Chinese Type 59 artillery shell (130mm). This is used by the Type 59 130mm towed field gun (a licensed Chinese copy of the Soviet M-46).
PNG has no Chinese artillery. In fact, it has no artillery at all.
So, who’s supplying Chinese shells, who are they supplying them to, and why are they being mislaid at a wharf in P/NG?
Hmmmmm.
A good question.
TBH, it’s not much of a question.
P/NG is a major crossroads for illicit arms and ammunition shipments around the Pacific/SE Asia region.
Long coastlines, small and ill-equipped enforcement agencies, and endemic corruption make it easy to ‘do business’ through P/NG.
A good number of cargo charter flights carrying such tings, including Russian-made (and often Russian-operated) Antonov 224 transports pass through P/NG. Even the now-destroyed An-225 made at least one such flight.
Other shipments arrive by sea, are unload, then re-loaded for onwards transport.
It’s all done very quietly, and this will bring unwanted attention.
But, it’ll probably continue.
Thanks for the further explanation.
captain_spalding said:
roughbarked said:
captain_spalding said:Hasn’t been fired.
No marks on the copper driving bands.
Definitely unexploded.
Reports say it’s a Chinese Type 59 artillery shell (130mm). This is used by the Type 59 130mm towed field gun (a licensed Chinese copy of the Soviet M-46).
PNG has no Chinese artillery. In fact, it has no artillery at all.
So, who’s supplying Chinese shells, who are they supplying them to, and why are they being mislaid at a wharf in P/NG?
All good questions.
captain_spalding said:
Michael V said:
captain_spalding said:Reports say it’s a Chinese Type 59 artillery shell (130mm). This is used by the Type 59 130mm towed field gun (a licensed Chinese copy of the Soviet M-46).
PNG has no Chinese artillery. In fact, it has no artillery at all.
So, who’s supplying Chinese shells, who are they supplying them to, and why are they being mislaid at a wharf in P/NG?
Hmmmmm.
A good question.
TBH, it’s not much of a question.
P/NG is a major crossroads for illicit arms and ammunition shipments around the Pacific/SE Asia region.
Long coastlines, small and ill-equipped enforcement agencies, and endemic corruption make it easy to ‘do business’ through P/NG.
A good number of cargo charter flights carrying such tings, including Russian-made (and often Russian-operated) Antonov 224 transports pass through P/NG. Even the now-destroyed An-225 made at least one such flight.
Other shipments arrive by sea, are unload, then re-loaded for onwards transport.
It’s all done very quietly, and this will bring unwanted attention.
But, it’ll probably continue.
Ta.
Bubblecar said:
Michael V said:
Bubblecar said:OK, dat one should do.
Looking it up, it’s identical to ones by the same maker that have been fully validated for accuracy. Just a different model number but the same machine.
Only one BP upper arm measurement device is in the certified 5-star devices:
https://www.medaval.ie/resources/EN/lists/List-BPM-A-Cert.html
This one, apparently available in Australia:
It’s about the same price as the Omron. But I don’t really know why that one is 5 stars while the Omron is four.
Seems unlikely there’d be any difference in practice. The Omron model I’m getting is listed in the validated “family”.
Actually, the cuff supplied with the A&D one is more likely to fit me so I might that one instead.
Bubblecar said:
Bubblecar said:
Michael V said:Only one BP upper arm measurement device is in the certified 5-star devices:
https://www.medaval.ie/resources/EN/lists/List-BPM-A-Cert.html
This one, apparently available in Australia:
It’s about the same price as the Omron. But I don’t really know why that one is 5 stars while the Omron is four.
Seems unlikely there’d be any difference in practice. The Omron model I’m getting is listed in the validated “family”.
Actually, the cuff supplied with the A&D one is more likely to fit me so I might that one instead.
My Omron’s cuff is 22-42 cm. (Cuff model: HEM-RML31)
We had at least 4 of those BP machines. Doctors would give them to mr kii for free. He collected them like free pens.
Michael V said:
Bubblecar said:
Bubblecar said:It’s about the same price as the Omron. But I don’t really know why that one is 5 stars while the Omron is four.
Seems unlikely there’d be any difference in practice. The Omron model I’m getting is listed in the validated “family”.
Actually, the cuff supplied with the A&D one is more likely to fit me so I might that one instead.
My Omron’s cuff is 22-42 cm. (Cuff model: HEM-RML31)
Actually I’ve just measured my upper arm and it’s about 42cm circumference. So it looks like all the standard supplied cuffs are too small.
Joanne Wooward is still going at 96, well done her.
Peak Warming Man said:
Joanne Wooward is still going at 96, well done her.
Wendy Craig, star of various British family sitcoms, is still going at 92.
Bubblecar said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Joanne Wooward is still going at 96, well done her.
Wendy Craig, star of various British family sitcoms, is still going at 92.
When Mozart was my age, he’d been dead three years.
captain_spalding said:
Michael V said:
captain_spalding said:Reports say it’s a Chinese Type 59 artillery shell (130mm). This is used by the Type 59 130mm towed field gun (a licensed Chinese copy of the Soviet M-46).
PNG has no Chinese artillery. In fact, it has no artillery at all.
So, who’s supplying Chinese shells, who are they supplying them to, and why are they being mislaid at a wharf in P/NG?
Hmmmmm.
A good question.
TBH, it’s not much of a question.
P/NG is a major crossroads for illicit arms and ammunition shipments around the Pacific/SE Asia region.
Long coastlines, small and ill-equipped enforcement agencies, and endemic corruption make it easy to ‘do business’ through P/NG.
A good number of cargo charter flights carrying such tings, including Russian-made (and often Russian-operated) Antonov 224 transports pass through P/NG. Even the now-destroyed An-225 made at least one such flight.
Other shipments arrive by sea, are unload, then re-loaded for onwards transport.
It’s all done very quietly, and this will bring unwanted attention.
But, it’ll probably continue.
updates notes “PNG is a good place to buy arms on the sly”
That may come in handy later. Thanks.
btm said:
Bubblecar said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Joanne Wooward is still going at 96, well done her.
Wendy Craig, star of various British family sitcoms, is still going at 92.
When Mozart was my age, he’d been dead three years.
I assumed you were older than that…
party_pants said:
captain_spalding said:
Michael V said:Hmmmmm.
A good question.
TBH, it’s not much of a question.
P/NG is a major crossroads for illicit arms and ammunition shipments around the Pacific/SE Asia region.
Long coastlines, small and ill-equipped enforcement agencies, and endemic corruption make it easy to ‘do business’ through P/NG.
A good number of cargo charter flights carrying such tings, including Russian-made (and often Russian-operated) Antonov 224 transports pass through P/NG. Even the now-destroyed An-225 made at least one such flight.
Other shipments arrive by sea, are unload, then re-loaded for onwards transport.
It’s all done very quietly, and this will bring unwanted attention.
But, it’ll probably continue.
updates notes “PNG is a good place to buy arms on the sly”
That may come in handy later. Thanks.
Yep.
I nearly bought an M-16 when I was flying there. But I decided it was probably a bad idea.
party_pants said:
updates notes “PNG is a good place to buy arms on the sly”That may come in handy later. Thanks.
Sounds a bit pessimistic, you’ve only lost a toe so far.
party_pants said:
updates notes “PNG is a good place to buy arms on the sly”
That may come in handy later. Thanks.
RangerJudy 2h
November 3: a very early start for Lady feeding her young left-over eel, then eating some before she left -all before 6am. 1 eagle was seen later down on River Roost. The eaglets flapped about on the nest then settled side by side on PB. Around 10:30 37 did a tricky jump over 38 on the branch – getting too confident? Both eagles were reported in a duet down on the river. Midday – both eaglets still sitting there, and 2 hours later. Just after 4pm, adults were seen down on the river.5:20 – both restless with the wind and possible approaching storm. 5:45 -thunder and some rain. Both returned to the nest, flapping in the rain. Cameras went down in the storm-though then we saw them both wet and miserable on the nest. Finally a wet Lady came with a gull carcass and fed them, 38 seemed to get most. They still wanted more. Lady was settled nearby after 7pm, still raining.
ChrispenEvan said:
party_pants said:updates notes “PNG is a good place to buy arms on the sly”
That may come in handy later. Thanks.
Dear oh dear.
Peak Warming Man said:
ChrispenEvan said:
party_pants said:updates notes “PNG is a good place to buy arms on the sly”
That may come in handy later. Thanks.
Dear oh dear.
What do you call a deer with no eyes?
No idea.
What do you call a deer with no eyes and no legs?
Still no idea.
ChrispenEvan said:
party_pants said:updates notes “PNG is a good place to buy arms on the sly”
That may come in handy later. Thanks.
I hope they got the arms right. They could have ended up with Bill The Galactic Hero, who has two right arms.
kii said:
Peak Warming Man said:
ChrispenEvan said:
Dear oh dear.
What do you call a deer with no eyes?
No idea.
What do you call a deer with no eyes and no legs?
Still no idea.
When I was in high school there was a third line…
What do you call a deer with no eyes, no legs, and no dick?
party_pants said:
kii said:
Peak Warming Man said:Dear oh dear.
What do you call a deer with no eyes?
No idea.
What do you call a deer with no eyes and no legs?
Still no idea.
When I was in high school there was a third line…
What do you call a deer with no eyes, no legs, and no dick?
Still no fucking idea.
What do you call a deer with no eyes, no legs, no dick, and no body?
A hat rack
Michael V said:
Bubblecar said:
Michael V said:So is that “on-dree”?
Approximately. More like AHN-dree-y. Although adding a little “y” sound on the end is unfamiliar to English speakers.
Interesting, thanks.
I’ve always liked to learn to pronounce people’s names the way they would like them pronounced.
When I was growing up, my father was a migrant English teacher. We had lots of visitors who spoke other languages, so I developed the habit of asking, trying, asking again, trying again until I got the pronunciation right.
Coincidentally, I’ve just seen this …
“We HAVE to get names right.” Andrew Moore on why correct pronunciation matters
party_pants said:
captain_spalding said:
Michael V said:Hmmmmm.
A good question.
TBH, it’s not much of a question.
P/NG is a major crossroads for illicit arms and ammunition shipments around the Pacific/SE Asia region.
Long coastlines, small and ill-equipped enforcement agencies, and endemic corruption make it easy to ‘do business’ through P/NG.
A good number of cargo charter flights carrying such tings, including Russian-made (and often Russian-operated) Antonov 224 transports pass through P/NG. Even the now-destroyed An-225 made at least one such flight.
Other shipments arrive by sea, are unload, then re-loaded for onwards transport.
It’s all done very quietly, and this will bring unwanted attention.
But, it’ll probably continue.
updates notes “PNG is a good place to buy arms on the sly”
That may come in handy later. Thanks.
P-s-s-s-t…hey, meester, you want nice MANPAD? Very clean, 3rd generation tech. Maybe you like SANT ATGW from Inida, i get for you very cheap, my brother-in-law, he work in factory.
You probably won’t find Arms ‘R Us in P/NG, it’s more of a transport hub for stuff that’s been ordered and probably already paid for.
Spiny Norman said:
party_pants said:
captain_spalding said:TBH, it’s not much of a question.
P/NG is a major crossroads for illicit arms and ammunition shipments around the Pacific/SE Asia region.
Long coastlines, small and ill-equipped enforcement agencies, and endemic corruption make it easy to ‘do business’ through P/NG.
A good number of cargo charter flights carrying such tings, including Russian-made (and often Russian-operated) Antonov 224 transports pass through P/NG. Even the now-destroyed An-225 made at least one such flight.
Other shipments arrive by sea, are unload, then re-loaded for onwards transport.
It’s all done very quietly, and this will bring unwanted attention.
But, it’ll probably continue.
updates notes “PNG is a good place to buy arms on the sly”
That may come in handy later. Thanks.
Yep.
I nearly bought an M-16 when I was flying there. But I decided it was probably a bad idea.
M16A1, or M16A2? The A2 is the better rifle, but the A1 has that nostalgic touch. And the full auto is just such a fun feature!
AussieDJ said:
Michael V said:
Bubblecar said:Approximately. More like AHN-dree-y. Although adding a little “y” sound on the end is unfamiliar to English speakers.
Interesting, thanks.
I’ve always liked to learn to pronounce people’s names the way they would like them pronounced.
When I was growing up, my father was a migrant English teacher. We had lots of visitors who spoke other languages, so I developed the habit of asking, trying, asking again, trying again until I got the pronunciation right.
Coincidentally, I’ve just seen this …
“We HAVE to get names right.” Andrew Moore on why correct pronunciation matters
I should have mentioned … Andrew Moore is a Sydney-based sports commentator for the ABC.
captain_spalding said:
party_pants said:
captain_spalding said:TBH, it’s not much of a question.
P/NG is a major crossroads for illicit arms and ammunition shipments around the Pacific/SE Asia region.
Long coastlines, small and ill-equipped enforcement agencies, and endemic corruption make it easy to ‘do business’ through P/NG.
A good number of cargo charter flights carrying such tings, including Russian-made (and often Russian-operated) Antonov 224 transports pass through P/NG. Even the now-destroyed An-225 made at least one such flight.
Other shipments arrive by sea, are unload, then re-loaded for onwards transport.
It’s all done very quietly, and this will bring unwanted attention.
But, it’ll probably continue.
updates notes “PNG is a good place to buy arms on the sly”
That may come in handy later. Thanks.
P-s-s-s-t…hey, meester, you want nice MANPAD? Very clean, 3rd generation tech. Maybe you like SANT ATGW from Inida, i get for you very cheap, my brother-in-law, he work in factory.
You probably won’t find Arms ‘R Us in P/NG, it’s more of a transport hub for stuff that’s been ordered and probably already paid for.
Hehe, let me guess its condition: “been dropped once. never been fired”?
:)
party_pants said:
captain_spalding said:
party_pants said:updates notes “PNG is a good place to buy arms on the sly”
That may come in handy later. Thanks.
P-s-s-s-t…hey, meester, you want nice MANPAD? Very clean, 3rd generation tech. Maybe you like SANT ATGW from Inida, i get for you very cheap, my brother-in-law, he work in factory.
You probably won’t find Arms ‘R Us in P/NG, it’s more of a transport hub for stuff that’s been ordered and probably already paid for.
Hehe, let me guess its condition: “been dropped once. never been fired”?
:)
Belonged to a little old lady in Grozny, who hardly used it at all.
captain_spalding said:
Spiny Norman said:
party_pants said:updates notes “PNG is a good place to buy arms on the sly”
That may come in handy later. Thanks.
Yep.
I nearly bought an M-16 when I was flying there. But I decided it was probably a bad idea.
M16A1, or M16A2? The A2 is the better rifle, but the A1 has that nostalgic touch. And the full auto is just such a fun feature!
No idea sorry.
Spiny Norman said:
captain_spalding said:
Spiny Norman said:Yep.
I nearly bought an M-16 when I was flying there. But I decided it was probably a bad idea.
M16A1, or M16A2? The A2 is the better rifle, but the A1 has that nostalgic touch. And the full auto is just such a fun feature!
No idea sorry.
It would have been about 1992 or so if that helps.
party_pants said:
kii said:
Peak Warming Man said:Dear oh dear.
What do you call a deer with no eyes?
No idea.
What do you call a deer with no eyes and no legs?
Still no idea.
When I was in high school there was a third line…
What do you call a deer with no eyes, no legs, and no dick?
Still no fucking idea.
btm said:
party_pants said:
kii said:What do you call a deer with no eyes?
No idea.
What do you call a deer with no eyes and no legs?
Still no idea.
When I was in high school there was a third line…
What do you call a deer with no eyes, no legs, and no dick?
Still no fucking idea.
What do you call a deer with no eyes, no legs, no dick, and no body?
A hat rack
Speaking of antlers…I had a nice rack or two from Alaska that I couldn’t bring with me. They would have needed paperwork to import them to Oz.
The Chinese Embassy in Port Moresby posted on social media, saying a company linked to the incident had conducted an “on-site verification” and found the object was a shell-shaped wine bottle.
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Well ok
Ian said:
The Chinese Embassy in Port Moresby posted on social media, saying a company linked to the incident had conducted an “on-site verification” and found the object was a shell-shaped wine bottle.
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Well ok
That vintage has quite a kick to it.
captain_spalding said:
Ian said:
The Chinese Embassy in Port Moresby posted on social media, saying a company linked to the incident had conducted an “on-site verification” and found the object was a shell-shaped wine bottle.
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Well ok
That vintage has quite a kick to it.
It’ll give you a thumping headache
Good morning Holidayers. Presently 8 degrees at the back door, lightly overcast. We are forecast 18 degrees with showers, maybe a thunderstorm this afternoon.
Bakery Breakfast with our archery friend this morning. He will be telling us all about his shooting at the Nationals in Hobart and his travelling around Tassie afterwards. Then we go to Hamilton in the late afternoon for archery. In between…activities to be decided. Probably more gentle weeding, depending on the state of precipitation happening.
Greetings Earthlings 🖖🏽 🖖🏽 🖖🏽
Humidity is 88%.
It is sunny with a range from 20° to 31°.
Things to do.
The tail pieces from the learjet crash have been found 3 miles from the impact site.
Morning pilgrims, glorious sunny weather in the Pearl of the south specific.
A run of good weather coming up.
Over.
Tau.Neutrino said:
The tail pieces from the learjet crash have been found 3 miles from the impact site.
BREAKING: NTSB Finds Tail Piece Over 3 MILES Away: NEW Learjet Crash Update
Tau.Neutrino said:
The tail pieces from the learjet crash have been found 3 miles from the impact site.
Yep. :(
“The NTSB says it has recovered the aircraft’s left elevator in three (3) pieces between 1.3 and 3.8 miles from the crash site.”
Point of Law was sold by King Charls to the Australian syndicate for $4 million but he put in a clause that if it won the Melbourne Cup he’d get a share of that also, he’s no charlie.
Spiny Norman said:
Tau.Neutrino said:
The tail pieces from the learjet crash have been found 3 miles from the impact site.
Yep. :(
“The NTSB says it has recovered the aircraft’s left elevator in three (3) pieces between 1.3 and 3.8 miles from the crash site.”
I suppose that’ll help the investigation.
Michael V said:
Spiny Norman said:
Tau.Neutrino said:
The tail pieces from the learjet crash have been found 3 miles from the impact site.
Yep. :(
“The NTSB says it has recovered the aircraft’s left elevator in three (3) pieces between 1.3 and 3.8 miles from the crash site.”
I suppose that’ll help the investigation.
If they stayed at 35,000, instead of ascending to 37,000 they might have made it.
Tau.Neutrino said:
Michael V said:
Spiny Norman said:Yep. :(
“The NTSB says it has recovered the aircraft’s left elevator in three (3) pieces between 1.3 and 3.8 miles from the crash site.”
I suppose that’ll help the investigation.
If they stayed at 35,000, instead of ascending to 37,000 they might have made it.
There’s a bunch of ‘ifs’ that could be said.
Spiny Norman said:
Tau.Neutrino said:
Michael V said:I suppose that’ll help the investigation.
If they stayed at 35,000, instead of ascending to 37,000 they might have made it.
There’s a bunch of ‘ifs’ that could be said.
Like, if the elevators hadn’t fallen off at 35,000 feet or more…
Hey Captain S, I wanted to check the numbers on how much highly enriched uranium was needed for a modern nuclear bomb. I couldn’t immediately find a value for that but I did for plutonium – about 6 kg.
The Fat Man device specifically used 6.2 kg
Still looking for a number for uranium.
Spiny Norman said:
Hey Captain S, I wanted to check the numbers on how much highly enriched uranium was needed for a modern nuclear bomb. I couldn’t immediately find a value for that but I did for plutonium – about 6 kg.The Fat Man device specifically used 6.2 kg
Still looking for a number for uranium.
From a few sources it seems like 15 kg to 25 kg.
Here’s one -https://zeenews.india.com/world/how-much-uranium-does-it-take-to-make-a-nuclear-bomb-and-how-much-does-iran-still-have-2924619.html
Spiny Norman said:
Hey Captain S, I wanted to check the numbers on how much highly enriched uranium was needed for a modern nuclear bomb. I couldn’t immediately find a value for that but I did for plutonium – about 6 kg.The Fat Man device specifically used 6.2 kg
Still looking for a number for uranium.
These tables came from the IAEA Safeguards Glossary 1980, which is still in use. It clarifies a lot of things.
https://inis.iaea.org/records/a801×-4nb39
captain_spalding said:
Spiny Norman said:
Hey Captain S, I wanted to check the numbers on how much highly enriched uranium was needed for a modern nuclear bomb. I couldn’t immediately find a value for that but I did for plutonium – about 6 kg.The Fat Man device specifically used 6.2 kg
Still looking for a number for uranium.
These tables came from the IAEA Safeguards Glossary 1980, which is still in use. It clarifies a lot of things.
https://inis.iaea.org/records/a801×-4nb39
Ta!
An aerial view of that Learjet crash site.
What a bloody mess.
I’m far from confident that the FDR & CVR will be recoverable.
Spiny Norman said:
An aerial view of that Learjet crash site.
What a bloody mess.I’m far from confident that the FDR & CVR will be recoverable.
I agree.
Spiny Norman said:
An aerial view of that Learjet crash site.
What a bloody mess.I’m far from confident that the FDR & CVR will be recoverable.
Made me think of this:
captain_spalding said:
Spiny Norman said:
An aerial view of that Learjet crash site.
What a bloody mess.I’m far from confident that the FDR & CVR will be recoverable.
Made me think of this:
I understand why.
Jon Ossoff in Georgia has scored a great result. He’s a real rising star for the Democrats in the senate.
Witty Rejoinder said:
Jon Ossoff in Georgia has scored a great result. He’s a real rising star for the Democrats in the senate.
Fred Wong
Witty Rejoinder said:
Jon Ossoff in Georgia has scored a great result. He’s a real rising star for the Democrats in the senate.
It’s not called yet.
dv said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
Jon Ossoff in Georgia has scored a great result. He’s a real rising star for the Democrats in the senate.
It’s not called yet.
Yeah officially. Reuters has called it though.
Awake. Broken my fast. It’s a blue sky and a light breeze. I still can’t get used to the ocean breezes, it’s so different to living in the desert.
kii said:
Awake. Broken my fast. It’s a blue sky and a light breeze. I still can’t get used to the ocean breezes, it’s so different to living in the desert.
The ocean is a desert with the life underground.
captain_spalding said:
kii said:
Awake. Broken my fast. It’s a blue sky and a light breeze. I still can’t get used to the ocean breezes, it’s so different to living in the desert.
The ocean is a desert with the life underground.
It has seahorses. Are they nameless?
Spiny Norman said:
An aerial view of that Learjet crash site.
What a bloody mess.I’m far from confident that the FDR & CVR will be recoverable.
The people living those houses must be so traumatised by the what-ifs and the actual impact (if they were home at the time).
kii said:
Spiny Norman said:
An aerial view of that Learjet crash site.
What a bloody mess.I’m far from confident that the FDR & CVR will be recoverable.
The people living those houses must be so traumatised by the what-ifs and the actual impact (if they were home at the time).
I found the “dash cam” footage of the incident to be both deeply disturbing and compelling. Which disturbs me even more.
Michael V said:
kii said:
Spiny Norman said:
An aerial view of that Learjet crash site.
What a bloody mess.I’m far from confident that the FDR & CVR will be recoverable.
The people living those houses must be so traumatised by the what-ifs and the actual impact (if they were home at the time).
I found the “dash cam” footage of the incident to be both deeply disturbing and compelling. Which disturbs me even more.
Yes, so dreadfully awful for everyone in the area. I actually saw one idiot comment about the rear-facing camera and why would anyone be filming out of the back window of their car. A few people educated her on dash cams.
dv said:
She sounds like a medical procedure but Leisha Lance Bottoms (d) has won the Georgia governor race.
It always amazes me that people don’t think through how their double-barreled names present. I had a lot of worries about my sons having both family names. No hyphen. I always told them it was their choice to officially change it when they were old enough.
captain_spalding said:
kii said:
Awake. Broken my fast. It’s a blue sky and a light breeze. I still can’t get used to the ocean breezes, it’s so different to living in the desert.
The ocean is a desert with the life underground.
I didn’t ride a horse.
kii said:
captain_spalding said:
kii said:
Awake. Broken my fast. It’s a blue sky and a light breeze. I still can’t get used to the ocean breezes, it’s so different to living in the desert.
The ocean is a desert with the life underground.
I didn’t ride a horse.
Well, then, to hell with you and the horse you didn’t ride in on. :)
kii said:
Michael V said:
kii said:The people living those houses must be so traumatised by the what-ifs and the actual impact (if they were home at the time).
I found the “dash cam” footage of the incident to be both deeply disturbing and compelling. Which disturbs me even more.
Yes, so dreadfully awful for everyone in the area. I actually saw one idiot comment about the rear-facing camera and why would anyone be filming out of the back window of their car. A few people educated her on dash cams.
Probably better called a “crash-cam”. In this case, a “rear-facing crash-cam”.
New lease has arrived in the smail nail.
I’ll sign it and post it back tomorrow, and also post cards for the Zeehan sister & husband and my bro, all of whom have birthdays this month.
I’ll leave their presents for when we meet up next month.
Bubblecar said:
New lease has arrived in the smail nail.I’ll sign it and post it back tomorrow, and also post cards for the Zeehan sister & husband and my bro, all of whom have birthdays this month.
I’ll leave their presents for when we meet up next month.
I love the look on peoples faces when they give me presents and stuff.
Have to be up early tomorrow as the builder will be here at nine to inspect the bedroom floor and the damaged eaves outside.
Presumably it’ll be a quick assessment of what needs to be done and he’ll be gone. I’ll then need to visit the post office etc and be back awaiting the Coles delivery.
Then on Friday afternoon my local benefactor Melinda will be driving me to the pharmacy for a shingles shot.
My life is so busy, it’s making me dizzy!
A massive scrap along the bottom corner of a large ship, as viewed when it’s in dry-dock. I guess the only reason it made it back was that it had a double hull.
It’d be fixable but it’d be quite expensive and time consuming.
Hot today in the Pearl, I think I’lll leave a spot of mowing till the cool cool cool of the evening.
Spiny Norman said:
A massive scrap along the bottom corner of a large ship, as viewed when it’s in dry-dock. I guess the only reason it made it back was that it had a double hull.
It’d be fixable but it’d be quite expensive and time consuming.
Nah, that’ll buff right out.
Spiny Norman said:
A massive scrap along the bottom corner of a large ship, as viewed when it’s in dry-dock. I guess the only reason it made it back was that it had a double hull.
It’d be fixable but it’d be quite expensive and time consuming.
No, no, no, no….I’m not going under that thing.
Reminded of this, one of the comments said that the front did not fall off…
captain_spalding said:
Spiny Norman said:
A massive scrap along the bottom corner of a large ship, as viewed when it’s in dry-dock. I guess the only reason it made it back was that it had a double hull.
It’d be fixable but it’d be quite expensive and time consuming.Nah, that’ll buff right out.
Yeah, a few tens of thousands of litres of bog and 15,000 spray cans, job done mate.
Spiny Norman said:
A massive scrap along the bottom corner of a large ship, as viewed when it’s in dry-dock. I guess the only reason it made it back was that it had a double hull.
It’d be fixable but it’d be quite expensive and time consuming.
The Titanic was a wuss
Arts said:
Spiny Norman said:
A massive scrap along the bottom corner of a large ship, as viewed when it’s in dry-dock. I guess the only reason it made it back was that it had a double hull.
It’d be fixable but it’d be quite expensive and time consuming.The Titanic was a wuss
The iceberg was bigger at the bottom.
Anyway, mogging is the new word of the year.
Good goddess, I’m supposed to be concentrating right now. I need to write a formal letter, and act normal.
kii said:
Good goddess, I’m supposed to be concentrating right now. I need to write a formal letter, and act normal.
Act normal? How on earth…
becklefreckle said:
kii said:
Good goddess, I’m supposed to be concentrating right now. I need to write a formal letter, and act normal.
Act normal? How on earth…
Masking, I learnt that it is called “masking”.
kii said:
becklefreckle said:
Act normal? How on earth…
Masking, I learnt that it is called “masking”.
Gotcha. This is the problem with learning your diagnoses and trying to be your authentic self and dropping the mask you’ve been wearing all your life. At some point you just don’t know which bits are real, which bits are ingrained fake, and which bits are careful mindfulness techniques.
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
kii said:
becklefreckle said:
kii said:
Good goddess, I’m supposed to be concentrating right now. I need to write a formal letter, and act normal.
Act normal? How on earth…
Masking, I learnt that it is called “masking”.
:)
becklefreckle said:
kii said:
becklefreckle said:
Act normal? How on earth…
Masking, I learnt that it is called “masking”.
Gotcha. This is the problem with learning your diagnoses and trying to be your authentic self and dropping the mask you’ve been wearing all your life. At some point you just don’t know which bits are real, which bits are ingrained fake, and which bits are careful mindfulness techniques.
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Ah, the dusty Latin classes echo in my brain.
I think I might cry today. It has been really hard for me to cry since mr kii died. It’s like I just shut that part of me down.
kii said:
I think I might cry today. It has been really hard for me to cry since mr kii died. It’s like I just shut that part of me down.
Can be good to let it out.
Bloke jumps off a bridge, a speedboat has unfortunate timing as it very nearly runs over him as he hits the water.
Very close.
As a bona fide slaphead, bald dude who never even thought of doing anything about it other than be bald, it might be out of line for me to pay out on the decisions of others…
but this man has a 12 digit fortune, surely he can investigate better options than this … looks like he skinned a baby hedgehog
dv said:
:(
Michael V said:
dv said:
:(
:(
OK, going to archery now. Back later.
Getting a pleasantly steady soaking this end.
Bubblecar said:
Getting a pleasantly steady soaking this end.
Good.
Spiny Norman said:
Bloke jumps off a bridge, a speedboat has unfortunate timing as it very nearly runs over him as he hits the water.Very close.
Far canal.
Michael V said:
Spiny Norman said:
Bloke jumps off a bridge, a speedboat has unfortunate timing as it very nearly runs over him as he hits the water.
Very close.
Far canal.
wait is that suez is it
SCIENCE said:
Michael V said:
Spiny Norman said:
Bloke jumps off a bridge, a speedboat has unfortunate timing as it very nearly runs over him as he hits the water.
Very close.
Far canal.
wait is that suez is it
Ha!
ISWYDT
:)
Anyway, It could be, but I’ve not seen the Suez Canal since 1964, and only both ends at that. And I wasn’t paying much attention towards the end of the day, as I had picked up a dose of gut bug…
YouTube video
This LP Supercell near Arcadia, Nebraska May 26 2013, has remained one of the most impressive structures I’ve seen while storm chasing. The height and rotation alone was incredible to watch aside from the lightning.
Tau.Neutrino said:
YouTube videoThis LP Supercell near Arcadia, Nebraska May 26 2013, has remained one of the most impressive structures I’ve seen while storm chasing. The height and rotation alone was incredible to watch aside from the lightning.
The are pretty amazing to see IRL. The video really doesn’t do the rotation justice.
I see the final Crime Night tonight is on criminal profiling.
RangerJudy 8m
November 4: the rain stopped in the night and the wet eaglets slept. Another very early start, eagles were seen down on the river, then fish action. Dad first with a small fish, grabbed and self-fed by 37, followed by one from Lady which 37 ate as well. 38 claimed the next brought by Dad and ate it all. Then more when 37 ate another brought by Lady. All before 8:15am. Then more, when Lady brought a bream, claimed by 37 again. And again at 11:03 from Lady with 37 claiming it again. Both then sitting in the sun – drying out well. 14:25, Dad in with yet another big fish, chased by Lady, taking over and feeding 38. They rested in the afternoon, 37 coming to the nest just after 5pm and working on a big stick. Then as a currawong swooped, they joined in a juvie duet. Then as 37 spread wings in the sun, 38 tugged feathers and annoyed. At 6:31 Lady brought a gull, grabbed by 37, self-feeding as 38 watched. Lady moved in after a while and fed 38 at last.
Summer’s loudest insect is coming. It could save us from a deadly crisis
Angus Dalton
November 4, 2026 — 7:45pm
It’s the most vulnerable and dangerous event in a cicada’s life.
After years underground, the insect’s thick body bursts backwards from its subterranean armour and the scrunched, fleshy, feeble wads on either side of its body begin pumping with hemolymph – yellow insect blood. Over hours, they inflate and harden into powerful wings.
These wings are critical to a cicada’s short life and the male’s hell-raising quest to find a mate. That’s why the creatures have evolved an adaption that minces bacteria alighting on their wings.
No chemical or antibiotic is required – it’s the structure of the wings themselves that kills microbes.
The Australian discovery that cicada wings can kill bacteria on contact has led to a flurry of research pursuing new ways to prevent disease in these dangerous days of antibiotic resistance.
About 5 million deaths a year are associated with drug-resistant infections as bacteria evolve to evade current medicines, and pharmaceutical companies baulk at backing new antibiotics because they’re not profitable.
In the ongoing arms race between people and bacteria, scientists are looking to bold new ways of busting bugs. And it turns out the roar of cicadas each summer may just be a battle cry in favour of humans.
Killing without chemicals
Australian husband-and-wife research duo Dr Gregory Watson and Dr Jolanta Watson, from University of the Sunshine Coast, discovered this incredible property of cicada wings more than a decade ago.
They became intrigued by the fact the wings of dead cicadas didn’t seem to be contaminated or consumed in the same way as their bodies. They decided to study the wings under an atomic force microscope, which reveals the world in nanoscopic detail.
The wings, they found, were covered by extremely tiny rods called “nanopillars”. Working with an international research team, the Watsons discovered these nanostructures shred microbial membranes by stretching and tearing cell walls, spilling bacterium’s guts on contact.
A Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacterium destroyed by nanopillars on a cicada wing.Yutao Chen/Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
This extraordinary structure makes a cicada wing as hospitable to a bacterium as a bed of nails is to a bubble. It was one of the first natural surfaces discovered that could kill bacteria. The hunt soon began for a way to replicate these invisible structures for biomedical use.
“What we’re trying to do now is translate the discovery from the lab to the real world – and that’s always a challenge,” says Distinguished Professor Elena Ivanova of RMIT University, a nanobiotechnologist who has collaborated with the Watsons.
“We are still working on upscaling, trying to develop new nanofabrication technologies to make exactly the pattern which will kill bacterial cells,” she says.
In 2022, Ivanova and a Japanese-Australian research team announced they had developed a lab-made texture inspired by insect wings that could be transferred onto plastic, and one day used in antibacterial food packaging. The material killed up to 70 per cent of bacteria on contact.
In 2023, her group developed a surface of tiny titanium spikes, inspired by insect wings, that could be etched onto implants, such as replacement hips, to defy infection. When tested against multi drug-resistant Candida – a fungus that often inflicts infections in hospital – half the fungal cells died. The other half were damaged and unable to cause infection.
Ivanova is aiming for total eradication. And there’s no evidence yet, she says, of microbes out-evolving the killer surfaces.
“We showed that in our original paper on cicada wings that the cells of Pseudomonas aeruginosa could be killed in just 15–20 minutes, which means that the cell is rupturing so fast that it doesn’t have an opportunity to adapt,” she says.
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A busted Candida cell on the titanium spikes.RMIT/Multifunctional Mechano-biocidal Materials Research Group
Ancient fossils, new technology
Curator of paleontology at the Australian Museum, Dr Matthew McCurry, joined the effort to investigate the nanostructures after discovering them fossilised in ancient cicada wings.
In 2022, he and his colleagues announced they had detected the antimicrobial structures on remarkably well-preserved wings in McGrath’s Flat, near Gulgong in NSW, dating back 11 to 16 million years.
“Now I’ve become interested in these structures more broadly,” he says. “I’m sampling across many different cicada species from around the world to see if there’s any variation in these microstructures.”
Just this week, McCurry started scanning the first of 50 to 60 different cicada species. The wings are sprayed with an ultra-thin (three nanometres thick) coat of platinum and placed under a scanning electron microscope, which needs a conductive surface to work.
The unique design of each species’ bacteria-killing wings are then revealed.
“This is important because people are trying to replicate these antimicrobial surfaces for use in hospitals,” McCurry says. “I think it’s useful for us to know the breadth of diversity of morphology that is around in cicadas … maybe it’ll help us to better design those surfaces.”
Insect wings in your mouth
Drawing from different species has already paid dividends in previous research. Cicada wings, for example, are effective against gram-negative bacteria, which have thin, elastic membranes, but are not so effective against gram-positive bacteria, which have stronger cell walls.
“Golden staph cannot be killed on cicada wings because the stress which is imposed on Staphylococcus cells is not enough. They’re very rigid,” Ivanova says.
Golden staph ruptured and killed by black silicon nanoneedles inspired by insect wings.RMIT
Dragonfly wings, however, have sharper nanopillars and are better at busting the thicker-walled gram-positive bacteria. Ivanova and her colleagues have managed to recreate the texture on strips of black silicon, “the first synthetic analogue of dragonfly wings, which is highly bactericidal against different cell types”.
The Watsons have also shown gecko skin kills bacteria, and US scientists are looking to create fabrics based on the infection-repelling denticles of a mako shark’s hide.
Ivanova’s current focus is crafting dental implants with insect-inspired antimicrobial textures on their surfaces.
“We are trying to eliminate all bacterial contamination on the implant, which is extremely important, particularly if you consider our ageing population or immunocompromised people,” she says. “And our mouth is the first entry for all the bugs.”
https://www.theage.com.au/national/nsw/summer-s-loudest-insect-is-coming-it-could-save-us-from-a-deadly-crisis-20261104-p61azz.html
Evenin’ all.
How goes it.
I was pleasantly surprised that the US seems to have come to it’s senses and actually voted the thieves out.
One more to go.
Kingy said:
Evenin’ all.How goes it.
I was pleasantly surprised that the US seems to have come to it’s senses and actually voted the thieves out.
One more to go.
As i said earlier, the Democrats have go their wish, granted by the voters.
Now it’s up to them to show that they deserve it.
Just finished a house pad in Busselton on the beach near the dead whale.
I could see it from my work site, luckily I couldn’t smell it as the wind was going the other way.
I just might get a half day off tomorrow, as I need to do a tip run.
Summer’s loudest insect is coming. It could save us from a deadly crisis
Angus Dalton
November 4, 2026 — 7:45pm
It’s the most vulnerable and dangerous event in a cicada’s life.
After years underground, the insect’s thick body bursts backwards from its subterranean armour and the scrunched, fleshy, feeble wads on either side of its body begin pumping with hemolymph – yellow insect blood. Over hours, they inflate and harden into powerful wings.
These wings are critical to a cicada’s short life and the male’s hell-raising quest to find a mate. That’s why the creatures have evolved an adaption that minces bacteria alighting on their wings.
No chemical or antibiotic is required – it’s the structure of the wings themselves that kills microbes.
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Pt: Hello doc. I’ve come down with one hell of a wog… sneezing coughing aches and pains…
Doctor: Take 2 cicadas and if symptoms persist see me in the morning.
Ian said:
Pt: Hello doc. I’ve come down with one hell of a wog… sneezing coughing aches and pains…
Doctor: Take 2 cicadas and if symptoms persist see me in the morning.
A: How’d you get on at the doc’s mate? Get anything for that head cold?
B: Nah, gave me nuthin’, just advice about rest and fluids.
A: What, no cicadas?!
B: Not even a lousy grasshopper.
Good morning Holidayers. Presently 5 degrees at the back door and lightly overcast. We are forecast a cloudy 18 degrees today.
Bakery Breakfast with my bushwandering friend and then a walk in the bush.
buffy said:
Good morning Holidayers. Presently 5 degrees at the back door and lightly overcast. We are forecast a cloudy 18 degrees today.Bakery Breakfast with my bushwandering friend and then a walk in the bush.
Morning.
Sounds like OK bush-walking weather. Enjoy your breakfast.
I have some egg i didn’t use last night in a bowl. Enough for a slice of French toast this morning.
captain_spalding said:
buffy said:
Good morning Holidayers. Presently 5 degrees at the back door and lightly overcast. We are forecast a cloudy 18 degrees today.Bakery Breakfast with my bushwandering friend and then a walk in the bush.
Morning.
Sounds like OK bush-walking weather. Enjoy your breakfast.
I have some egg i didn’t use last night in a bowl. Enough for a slice of French toast this morning.
There is an endangered orchid which I know is on our block. I’ve seen it once. On iNaturalist there are observations starting to show up of it at Gariwerd (the Grampians). So I’m hoping to see it today.
buffy said:
captain_spalding said:
buffy said:
Good morning Holidayers. Presently 5 degrees at the back door and lightly overcast. We are forecast a cloudy 18 degrees today.Bakery Breakfast with my bushwandering friend and then a walk in the bush.
Morning.
Sounds like OK bush-walking weather. Enjoy your breakfast.
I have some egg i didn’t use last night in a bowl. Enough for a slice of French toast this morning.
There is an endangered orchid which I know is on our block. I’ve seen it once. On iNaturalist there are observations starting to show up of it at Gariwerd (the Grampians). So I’m hoping to see it today.
You actually have the orchid growing on your property?
Morning. Heading for 21 and a dry day, but “showers increasing” tomorrow. Mr Tunks will be here to finish the gardening and the builder will be here at 9am.
Coles delivery will be some time this afternoon or evening, they haven’t narrowed it down yet.
captain_spalding said:
buffy said:
captain_spalding said:Morning.
Sounds like OK bush-walking weather. Enjoy your breakfast.
I have some egg i didn’t use last night in a bowl. Enough for a slice of French toast this morning.
There is an endangered orchid which I know is on our block. I’ve seen it once. On iNaturalist there are observations starting to show up of it at Gariwerd (the Grampians). So I’m hoping to see it today.
You actually have the orchid growing on your property?
Yes. We’ve got 7 endangered species (3 are orchids) and 3 vulnerable species on the plant list so far. It’s turned out to be a very diverse piece of bush and fortunately not very weedy. We are very happy that we bought it and covenanted it around 25 years ago.
Link to my iNaturalist observation of the one I’d like to see today
The other orchids are these ones:
!https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/440862991/large.jpg!…..
buffy said:
captain_spalding said:
buffy said:There is an endangered orchid which I know is on our block. I’ve seen it once. On iNaturalist there are observations starting to show up of it at Gariwerd (the Grampians). So I’m hoping to see it today.
You actually have the orchid growing on your property?
Yes. We’ve got 7 endangered species (3 are orchids) and 3 vulnerable species on the plant list so far. It’s turned out to be a very diverse piece of bush and fortunately not very weedy. We are very happy that we bought it and covenanted it around 25 years ago.
Link to my iNaturalist observation of the one I’d like to see today
The other orchids are these ones:
!https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/440862991/large.jpg!…..
Oh dear, messed that up. That first picture is this one:
buffy said:
buffy said:
captain_spalding said:You actually have the orchid growing on your property?
Yes. We’ve got 7 endangered species (3 are orchids) and 3 vulnerable species on the plant list so far. It’s turned out to be a very diverse piece of bush and fortunately not very weedy. We are very happy that we bought it and covenanted it around 25 years ago.
Link to my iNaturalist observation of the one I’d like to see today
The other orchids are these ones:
!https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/440862991/large.jpg!…..
Oh dear, messed that up. That first picture is this one:
Seems like it was good fortune all round, that it was you who bought the place.
OK, that’s me away then. Back mid afternoon.
Email from cousin Andrew, Uncle Andrij’s funeral will be next week. I’ll watch the live stream even though it’ll be 12:30AM Wednesday morning, our time.
Builder’s been and will send a report to the estate agents.
Giant of a man but very friendly. I’m just over 183cm and only reach his shoulder.
He thinks only one half of the bedroom floor will need replacing and it’ll be a day job. He suspects “rising damp” and rotten joists etc. No idea at this stage when the work will be done.
He had an impressive app on his phone that allowed him to quickly scan the room and immediately generate a 3-D map of it with all measurements.
Only problem: he parked his ute on the verge, right next to my rubbish bin, so the rubbish truck couldn’t empty it.
So now I’m stuck with a full general rubbish bin until the next collection in a fortnight :(
Bubblecar said:
Builder’s been and will send a report to the estate agents.Giant of a man but very friendly. I’m just over 183cm and only reach his shoulder.
He thinks only one half of the bedroom floor will need replacing and it’ll be a day job. He suspects “rising damp” and rotten joists etc. No idea at this stage when the work will be done.
He had an impressive app on his phone that allowed him to quickly scan the room and immediately generate a 3-D map of it with all measurements.
“He had an impressive app on his phone that allowed him to quickly scan the room and immediately generate a 3-D map of it with all measurements.”
That must speed up some parts of his work enormously.
Bubblecar said:
Only problem: he parked his ute on the verge, right next to my rubbish bin, so the rubbish truck couldn’t empty it.
So now I’m stuck with a full general rubbish bin until the next collection in a fortnight :(
distribute it equally among the other bins in the street
SCIENCE said:
Bubblecar said:
Only problem: he parked his ute on the verge, right next to my rubbish bin, so the rubbish truck couldn’t empty it.
So now I’m stuck with a full general rubbish bin until the next collection in a fortnight :(
distribute it equally among the other bins in the street
If you have friendly neighbours, they might allow you to put some of it in their bin(s), and make some space in yours that way.
Good morning everybody.
Back from a 45 minute walk on the beach. It’s gorgeous down there. Not a cloud to be seen, glassy water, and a light air. I had to change the batteries in my digital thermohygrometer. Now it is displaying sensible stuff.
It’s currently 28.5° C, 58% humidity, there’s a light air and it’s clear. Outside, it’s 30.0° C and 61% humidity. The radar is showing quit a few patches of rain about, but they must be artifacts, because there are no clouds and none are shown on the satellite image. BoM forecasts a sunny day with no rain and a top of 35° C.
Michael V said:
Good morning everybody.Back from a 45 minute walk on the beach. It’s gorgeous down there. Not a cloud to be seen, glassy water, and a light air. I had to change the batteries in my digital thermohygrometer. Now it is displaying sensible stuff.
It’s currently 28.5° C, 58% humidity, there’s a light air and it’s clear. Outside, it’s 30.0° C and 61% humidity. The radar is showing quit a few patches of rain about, but they must be artifacts, because there are no clouds and none are shown on the satellite image. BoM forecasts a sunny day with no rain and a top of 35° C.
45 mnutes, well done for an old bloke.
Bubblecar said:
Builder’s been and will send a report to the estate agents.Giant of a man but very friendly. I’m just over 183cm and only reach his shoulder.
He thinks only one half of the bedroom floor will need replacing and it’ll be a day job. He suspects “rising damp” and rotten joists etc. No idea at this stage when the work will be done.
He had an impressive app on his phone that allowed him to quickly scan the room and immediately generate a 3-D map of it with all measurements.
Good. Gosh, that is huge.
What did he say about the flue/bird problem?
Bubblecar said:
Only problem: he parked his ute on the verge, right next to my rubbish bin, so the rubbish truck couldn’t empty it.So now I’m stuck with a full general rubbish bin until the next collection in a fortnight :(
Bummer.
captain_spalding said:
buffy said:
buffy said:Yes. We’ve got 7 endangered species (3 are orchids) and 3 vulnerable species on the plant list so far. It’s turned out to be a very diverse piece of bush and fortunately not very weedy. We are very happy that we bought it and covenanted it around 25 years ago.
Link to my iNaturalist observation of the one I’d like to see today
The other orchids are these ones:
!https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/440862991/large.jpg!…..
Oh dear, messed that up. That first picture is this one:
Seems like it was good fortune all round, that it was you who bought the place.
Buffy is taking about her bush block, not her residential address.
Peak Warming Man said:
Michael V said:
Good morning everybody.Back from a 45 minute walk on the beach. It’s gorgeous down there. Not a cloud to be seen, glassy water, and a light air. I had to change the batteries in my digital thermohygrometer. Now it is displaying sensible stuff.
It’s currently 28.5° C, 58% humidity, there’s a light air and it’s clear. Outside, it’s 30.0° C and 61% humidity. The radar is showing quit a few patches of rain about, but they must be artifacts, because there are no clouds and none are shown on the satellite image. BoM forecasts a sunny day with no rain and a top of 35° C.
45 mnutes, well done for an old bloke.
Ta.
:)
Bubblecar said:
Only problem: he parked his ute on the verge, right next to my rubbish bin, so the rubbish truck couldn’t empty it.So now I’m stuck with a full general rubbish bin until the next collection in a fortnight :(
Call your council. They might be able to empty it for you if they do nearby on another day of the week.
Greetings Earthlings 🖖🏽🖖🏽🖖🏽
It is a beautiful sunny day here.
28° with a top of 32°.
Humidity is 42%.
A few things on the list today.
I hope that you all have good and safe days.
Witty Rejoinder said:
Bubblecar said:
Only problem: he parked his ute on the verge, right next to my rubbish bin, so the rubbish truck couldn’t empty it.So now I’m stuck with a full general rubbish bin until the next collection in a fortnight :(
Call your council. They might be able to empty it for you if they do nearby on another day of the week.
Good idea there.
Hello
Witty Rejoinder said:
Bubblecar said:
Only problem: he parked his ute on the verge, right next to my rubbish bin, so the rubbish truck couldn’t empty it.So now I’m stuck with a full general rubbish bin until the next collection in a fortnight :(
Call your council. They might be able to empty it for you if they do nearby on another day of the week.
There isn’t any “nearby” except for Ross, whose bins are emptied on the same day as us.
BACK, after having to take “the long way around” again, as the roadworks are still in progress at the corner of my street and the highway.
Bubblecar said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
Bubblecar said:
Only problem: he parked his ute on the verge, right next to my rubbish bin, so the rubbish truck couldn’t empty it.So now I’m stuck with a full general rubbish bin until the next collection in a fortnight :(
Call your council. They might be able to empty it for you if they do nearby on another day of the week.
There isn’t any “nearby” except for Ross, whose bins are emptied on the same day as us.
Are your neighbours close ?
You could use their bins the night before collection
I’ve used this method when disposing of bodies I’ve being trying to clean up
Bubblecar said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
Bubblecar said:
Only problem: he parked his ute on the verge, right next to my rubbish bin, so the rubbish truck couldn’t empty it.So now I’m stuck with a full general rubbish bin until the next collection in a fortnight :(
Call your council. They might be able to empty it for you if they do nearby on another day of the week.
There isn’t any “nearby” except for Ross, whose bins are emptied on the same day as us.
They may do a special trip, I think they do special trips in Brisbane for bins that have been parked in.
Cymek said:
Hello
Hello Cymek!
It is my birthday today, which I forgot until Ken just rang to wish me a Happy Birthday 🎈🎈🎈
The whole thing of the Insurance Company, the attack by the tradie, no kitchen and no laundry and being left with a dozen pieces of furniture has just taken over my brain space.
I am so grateful to have my caravan to live in.
Bubblecar said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
Bubblecar said:
Only problem: he parked his ute on the verge, right next to my rubbish bin, so the rubbish truck couldn’t empty it.So now I’m stuck with a full general rubbish bin until the next collection in a fortnight :(
Call your council. They might be able to empty it for you if they do nearby on another day of the week.
There isn’t any “nearby” except for Ross, whose bins are emptied on the same day as us.
Well, i’m running out if ideas.
I can say that, if you just drop one of these in your bin, it’s solve the problem. Temporarily.
Well away from the house, is my advice.
captain_spalding said:
SCIENCE said:Bubblecar said:
Only problem: he parked his ute on the verge, right next to my rubbish bin, so the rubbish truck couldn’t empty it.
So now I’m stuck with a full general rubbish bin until the next collection in a fortnight :(
distribute it equally among the other bins in the street
If you have friendly neighbours, they might allow you to put some of it in their bin(s), and make some space in yours that way.
I have a great big FOGO bin that’s nearly always empty, so I’ll store the surplus in that (all in garbage bags) and gradually fritter it away, squeezed into the normal bin.
Bubblecar said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
Bubblecar said:
Only problem: he parked his ute on the verge, right next to my rubbish bin, so the rubbish truck couldn’t empty it.So now I’m stuck with a full general rubbish bin until the next collection in a fortnight :(
Call your council. They might be able to empty it for you if they do nearby on another day of the week.
There isn’t any “nearby” except for Ross, whose bins are emptied on the same day as us.
Still worth a try. If the garbage runs are outsourced to another company who service a fairly large area over the week they might travel past your town travelling to and from the depot to other locations
Peak Warming Man said:
Bubblecar said:
Witty Rejoinder said:Call your council. They might be able to empty it for you if they do nearby on another day of the week.
There isn’t any “nearby” except for Ross, whose bins are emptied on the same day as us.
They may do a special trip, I think they do special trips in Brisbane for bins that have been parked in.
Council people often don’t mind an easy ‘special trip’. Drive out, collect a bin’s contents, drive back.
Paid the same as for doing something less pleasant.
Michael V said:
Bubblecar said:
Builder’s been and will send a report to the estate agents.Giant of a man but very friendly. I’m just over 183cm and only reach his shoulder.
He thinks only one half of the bedroom floor will need replacing and it’ll be a day job. He suspects “rising damp” and rotten joists etc. No idea at this stage when the work will be done.
He had an impressive app on his phone that allowed him to quickly scan the room and immediately generate a 3-D map of it with all measurements.
Good. Gosh, that is huge.
What did he say about the flue/bird problem?
Didn’t get a chance to mention that. He had a good look at the decayed eaves, and if he gets the go-ahead to fix all that up, it’ll just be a quick job up there to make the flue bird-proof.
nothing worse than a bird flue
Witty Rejoinder said:
Bubblecar said:
Witty Rejoinder said:Call your council. They might be able to empty it for you if they do nearby on another day of the week.
There isn’t any “nearby” except for Ross, whose bins are emptied on the same day as us.
Still worth a try. If the garbage runs are outsourced to another company who service a fairly large area over the week they might travel past your town travelling to and from the depot to other locations
If you knew the layout of little towns around here, you’d know it’s not worth a try :)
We and Ross are the most southerly towns managed by the Northern Midlands Council.
Bubblecar said:
Michael V said:
Bubblecar said:
Builder’s been and will send a report to the estate agents.Giant of a man but very friendly. I’m just over 183cm and only reach his shoulder.
He thinks only one half of the bedroom floor will need replacing and it’ll be a day job. He suspects “rising damp” and rotten joists etc. No idea at this stage when the work will be done.
He had an impressive app on his phone that allowed him to quickly scan the room and immediately generate a 3-D map of it with all measurements.
Good. Gosh, that is huge.
What did he say about the flue/bird problem?
Didn’t get a chance to mention that. He had a good look at the decayed eaves, and if he gets the go-ahead to fix all that up, it’ll just be a quick job up there to make the flue bird-proof.
Lets hope so.
The Vincent council is usually pretty good about things like that, even when I flat out told them I forgot to put the bins out they said it’s okay, they have a truck going around late in the day who’ll come and get.
The only exception was when someone put a guitar in me FOGO bin, which earned me a contamination note and no collection, and they said they couldn’t help about.
dv said:
nothing worse than a bird flue
Apart from manflu.
Bubblecar said:
dv said:
nothing worse than a bird flue
Apart from manflu.
and eavesdropping
There was another time when we missed the bins and the boss lady just told me to take them to a nearby street that hadn’t been collected yet, I was like okay but if I go to gaol for this you’re coming with me.
dv said:
Bubblecar said:
dv said:
nothing worse than a bird flue
Apart from manflu.
and eavesdropping
They’re more drooping than dropping so far.
Although the ground below the bits where birds nest is covered in their droppings.
dv said:
There was another time when we missed the bins and the boss lady just told me to take them to a nearby street that hadn’t been collected yet, I was like okay but if I go to gaol for this you’re coming with me.
Heh.
If it comes to a crisis, the town dump is just around the corner from me anyway. I could take some garbage bags there in my wheelbarrow.
Bubblecar said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
Bubblecar said:There isn’t any “nearby” except for Ross, whose bins are emptied on the same day as us.
Still worth a try. If the garbage runs are outsourced to another company who service a fairly large area over the week they might travel past your town travelling to and from the depot to other locations
If you knew the layout of little towns around here, you’d know it’s not worth a try :)
We and Ross are the most southerly towns managed by the Northern Midlands Council.
Your council has only 13k people. I very much doubt that they run their own garbage collection. Your reluctance to make a short phone call is rather silly.
Witty Rejoinder said:
Bubblecar said:
Witty Rejoinder said:Still worth a try. If the garbage runs are outsourced to another company who service a fairly large area over the week they might travel past your town travelling to and from the depot to other locations
If you knew the layout of little towns around here, you’d know it’s not worth a try :)
We and Ross are the most southerly towns managed by the Northern Midlands Council.
Your council has only 13k people. I very much doubt that they run their own garbage collection. Your reluctance to make a short phone call is rather silly.
sigh
They are private contractors, but they do the little (far-flung) villages around here on the same day.
The next tiny town past Ross is Tunbridge. They’re managed by Southern Midlands Council but again, their general rubbish collection is today.
SE 38 has fledged.
Peak Warming Man said:
SE 38 has fledged.
Jolly good. Soon won’t have to fight 37 for leftovers.
Bubblecar said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
Bubblecar said:If you knew the layout of little towns around here, you’d know it’s not worth a try :)
We and Ross are the most southerly towns managed by the Northern Midlands Council.
Your council has only 13k people. I very much doubt that they run their own garbage collection. Your reluctance to make a short phone call is rather silly.
sigh
They are private contractors, but they do the little (far-flung) villages around here on the same day.
The next tiny town past Ross is Tunbridge. They’re managed by Southern Midlands Council but again, their general rubbish collection is today.
What geographical area do these contractors service over the entire week?
Peak Warming Man said:
SE 38 has fledged.
Good news
Witty Rejoinder said:
Bubblecar said:
Witty Rejoinder said:Your council has only 13k people. I very much doubt that they run their own garbage collection. Your reluctance to make a short phone call is rather silly.
sigh
They are private contractors, but they do the little (far-flung) villages around here on the same day.
The next tiny town past Ross is Tunbridge. They’re managed by Southern Midlands Council but again, their general rubbish collection is today.
What geographical area do these contractors service over the entire week?
I don’t know but it’s highly unlikely they’d have to go through this village on more than one day a week.
Next week it’s the FOGO bins. General rubbish and recycling are today.
I’m not going to bother ringing the council just to have them laugh at me.
It’s annoying having missed a collection but not worth brooding over :)
Bubblecar said:
dv said:
There was another time when we missed the bins and the boss lady just told me to take them to a nearby street that hadn’t been collected yet, I was like okay but if I go to gaol for this you’re coming with me.
Heh.
If it comes to a crisis, the town dump is just around the corner from me anyway. I could take some garbage bags there in my wheelbarrow.
All solvered then.
Good.
Peak Warming Man said:
SE 38 has fledged.
Good.
We now have three just-fledged pee-wees.
Bubblecar said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
Bubblecar said:sigh
They are private contractors, but they do the little (far-flung) villages around here on the same day.
The next tiny town past Ross is Tunbridge. They’re managed by Southern Midlands Council but again, their general rubbish collection is today.
What geographical area do these contractors service over the entire week?
I don’t know but it’s highly unlikely they’d have to go through this village on more than one day a week.
Next week it’s the FOGO bins. General rubbish and recycling are today.
I’m not going to bother ringing the council just to have them laugh at me.
It’s annoying having missed a collection but not worth brooding over :)
What do you propose to do to manage your extra garbage?
Witty Rejoinder said:
Bubblecar said:
Witty Rejoinder said:What geographical area do these contractors service over the entire week?
I don’t know but it’s highly unlikely they’d have to go through this village on more than one day a week.
Next week it’s the FOGO bins. General rubbish and recycling are today.
I’m not going to bother ringing the council just to have them laugh at me.
It’s annoying having missed a collection but not worth brooding over :)
Why would a council employee laugh at you?What do you propose to do to manage your extra garbage?
All my general rubbish goes into small bags in the bin in the boot room, which then go into big rubbish bags, placed in the general rubbish wheelie.
I can store the surplus bags in the giant empty FOGO bin which I hardly ever use (it only sees use when Mr Tunks trims my hedges, which is not often).
By next bin day the bags in the general bin will have subsided somewhat and I’ll be able to squeeze an extra bag in, and so on for the following collection.
There’s no need to send an emergency squad here in a special helicopter to deal with this regrettable situation.
Bubblecar said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
Bubblecar said:I don’t know but it’s highly unlikely they’d have to go through this village on more than one day a week.
Next week it’s the FOGO bins. General rubbish and recycling are today.
I’m not going to bother ringing the council just to have them laugh at me.
It’s annoying having missed a collection but not worth brooding over :)
Why would a council employee laugh at you?What do you propose to do to manage your extra garbage?
All my general rubbish goes into small bags in the bin in the boot room, which then go into big rubbish bags, placed in the general rubbish wheelie.
I can store the surplus bags in the giant empty FOGO bin which I hardly ever use (it only sees use when Mr Tunks trims my hedges, which is not often).
By next bin day the bags in the general bin will have subsided somewhat and I’ll be able to squeeze an extra bag in, and so on for the following collection.
There’s no need to send an emergency squad here in a special helicopter to deal with this regrettable situation.
But International Bin Rescue are set up for just this situation, it’s what they do.
Is the verge parking legal?
Peak Warming Man said:
Bubblecar said:
Witty Rejoinder said:Why would a council employee laugh at you?
What do you propose to do to manage your extra garbage?
All my general rubbish goes into small bags in the bin in the boot room, which then go into big rubbish bags, placed in the general rubbish wheelie.
I can store the surplus bags in the giant empty FOGO bin which I hardly ever use (it only sees use when Mr Tunks trims my hedges, which is not often).
By next bin day the bags in the general bin will have subsided somewhat and I’ll be able to squeeze an extra bag in, and so on for the following collection.
There’s no need to send an emergency squad here in a special helicopter to deal with this regrettable situation.
But International Bin Rescue are set up for just this situation, it’s what they do.
They’ll send a seal team for your laden bin
dv said:
Is the verge parking legal?
Who knows, probably. There aren’t any Verge Police round these parts.
dv said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Bubblecar said:All my general rubbish goes into small bags in the bin in the boot room, which then go into big rubbish bags, placed in the general rubbish wheelie.
I can store the surplus bags in the giant empty FOGO bin which I hardly ever use (it only sees use when Mr Tunks trims my hedges, which is not often).
By next bin day the bags in the general bin will have subsided somewhat and I’ll be able to squeeze an extra bag in, and so on for the following collection.
There’s no need to send an emergency squad here in a special helicopter to deal with this regrettable situation.
But International Bin Rescue are set up for just this situation, it’s what they do.
They’ll send a seal team for your laden bin
Hehe.
That’s a painting of me and old yella, hunting quail at the redoubt.
Bubblecar said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
Bubblecar said:I don’t know but it’s highly unlikely they’d have to go through this village on more than one day a week.
Next week it’s the FOGO bins. General rubbish and recycling are today.
I’m not going to bother ringing the council just to have them laugh at me.
It’s annoying having missed a collection but not worth brooding over :)
Why would a council employee laugh at you?What do you propose to do to manage your extra garbage?
All my general rubbish goes into small bags in the bin in the boot room, which then go into big rubbish bags, placed in the general rubbish wheelie.
I can store the surplus bags in the giant empty FOGO bin which I hardly ever use (it only sees use when Mr Tunks trims my hedges, which is not often).
By next bin day the bags in the general bin will have subsided somewhat and I’ll be able to squeeze an extra bag in, and so on for the following collection.
There’s no need to send an emergency squad here in a special helicopter to deal with this regrettable situation.
Being the busy-body I am I just called your council pretending to be your friend across town and the lovely lady said she’d be able to get your bin collected today. Pretending again, not knowing your street number I said you’d give her a call back.
Peak Warming Man said:
That’s a painting of me and old yella, hunting quail at the redoubt.
Good strong towing dog to help you out of ditches. Sensible, since it looks like you’ve done your back in quite badly.
Witty Rejoinder said:
Bubblecar said:
Witty Rejoinder said:Why would a council employee laugh at you?
What do you propose to do to manage your extra garbage?
All my general rubbish goes into small bags in the bin in the boot room, which then go into big rubbish bags, placed in the general rubbish wheelie.
I can store the surplus bags in the giant empty FOGO bin which I hardly ever use (it only sees use when Mr Tunks trims my hedges, which is not often).
By next bin day the bags in the general bin will have subsided somewhat and I’ll be able to squeeze an extra bag in, and so on for the following collection.
There’s no need to send an emergency squad here in a special helicopter to deal with this regrettable situation.
Being the busy-body I am I just called your council pretending to be your friend across town and the lovely lady said she’d be able to get your bin collected today. Pretending again, not knowing your street number I said you’d give her a call back.
Sounds a bit far-fetched. I’ll give them a call.
Bubblecar said:
Peak Warming Man said:
That’s a painting of me and old yella, hunting quail at the redoubt.
Good strong towing dog to help you out of ditches. Sensible, since it looks like you’ve done your back in quite badly.
looks like his twerk game is strong
Bubblecar said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
Bubblecar said:All my general rubbish goes into small bags in the bin in the boot room, which then go into big rubbish bags, placed in the general rubbish wheelie.
I can store the surplus bags in the giant empty FOGO bin which I hardly ever use (it only sees use when Mr Tunks trims my hedges, which is not often).
By next bin day the bags in the general bin will have subsided somewhat and I’ll be able to squeeze an extra bag in, and so on for the following collection.
There’s no need to send an emergency squad here in a special helicopter to deal with this regrettable situation.
Being the busy-body I am I just called your council pretending to be your friend across town and the lovely lady said she’d be able to get your bin collected today. Pretending again, not knowing your street number I said you’d give her a call back.
Sounds a bit far-fetched. I’ll give them a call.
…AND as expected, they won’t come back. She asked why they’d missed it, and I said it was because I had a builder here whose vehicle was in the way.
“Ah, well they won’t come back, ‘cos it wasn’t their fault. If it was a vehicle in the way, they won’t come back.”
But you’re right, she didn’t actually laugh at me :)
Bubblecar said:
Bubblecar said:
Witty Rejoinder said:Being the busy-body I am I just called your council pretending to be your friend across town and the lovely lady said she’d be able to get your bin collected today. Pretending again, not knowing your street number I said you’d give her a call back.
Sounds a bit far-fetched. I’ll give them a call.
…AND as expected, they won’t come back. She asked why they’d missed it, and I said it was because I had a builder here whose vehicle was in the way.
“Ah, well they won’t come back, ‘cos it wasn’t their fault. If it was a vehicle in the way, they won’t come back.”
But you’re right, she didn’t actually laugh at me :)
Oh well. We live and learn.
ms spock said:
Cymek said:
Hello
Hello Cymek!
It is my birthday today, which I forgot until Ken just rang to wish me a Happy Birthday 🎈🎈🎈
The whole thing of the Insurance Company, the attack by the tradie, no kitchen and no laundry and being left with a dozen pieces of furniture has just taken over my brain space.
I am so grateful to have my caravan to live in.
Happy birthday Spocky. :)
We’ll this is awful:
…
Foster carer couple accused of shocking grooming and child abuse
Cameron Houston and Carla Jaeger
November 4, 2026 — 11:00am
A regional Victorian couple who fostered seven children since 2021, including a six-month-old, have been charged with dozens of horrific child abuse offences, raising concerns about the vetting and oversight of carers in Victoria.
Many allegations against the pair, both in their 20s, are too graphic to publish, but involve the production and sharing of child abuse material via an encrypted messaging app.
Australian Federal Police allege the couple were members of a nationwide online forum, which often characterised itself as “naturist” or “sex-positive”, but allegedly exchanged vile images and videos of prepubescent boys and girls engaging in sexual acts.
They only came to the attention of Victorian law enforcement agencies on April 29, following an investigation of a NSW man who allegedly used his own daughters to produce child pornography.
On May 1, detectives from the Joint Anti-Child Exploitation raided their regional home, seizing several mobile phones, laptop computers and clothes.
A 28-year-old was charged with 19 offences, including producing, possessing and transmitting child abuse material and sexually assaulting a child under 16 years of age.
His former husband, 26, was charged with a range of online child abuse material offences and using a carriage service to prepare or plan to engage in sexual activity with a child.
The distressing allegations have sparked heated debate online about the screening of prospective foster parents, and the process of monitoring their behaviour after children are placed in their care.
Former child abuse detective Kristi McVee said it was alarming that foster care background checks potentially failed to flag one of the men’s alleged online activity, including a pro-nudist family Facebook page he is accused of running.
The couple became foster parents through Anglicare Victoria, which said it was unable to comment while the matter was before the court.
McVee said at least one of the men had engaged in pro-nudist ideology online, which should have been escalated by the foster care vetting process.
“It’s a massive red flag. You’re putting vulnerable children with families who openly expose and celebrate nudity. Where is the protective factor? Where is the consideration for a child’s privacy?
“Of course the nudist ideology is not the issue. It’s that children don’t get a choice in this, and we know exposing children to nudity is a known grooming tactic used by child sex offenders.”
Both men had their Working With Children (WWC) clearance suspended immediately after they were charged, an official source confirmed, with one working in healthcare and the other in a childcare chain, although his role did not have direct contact with children in care.
Social Services Regulator Jonathan Kaplan said recent changes to the WWC Scheme meant organisations that work with children must notify the regulator and maintain records of workers and volunteers through the new WWC Connect system.
“When we are notified of breaches, we work actively with other regulators and law enforcement authorities in the interests of child safety,” Kaplan said.
He told this masthead that Victoria’s child safe standards set out mandatory requirements to promote child safety and child abuse.
But former National Children’s Commissioner Anne Hollonds said federal and state governments had failed to implement hundreds of recommendations from royal commissions, reports and inquiries into child safety.
“There are still flaws in the system. There is a lack of resources and a lack of independent oversight over the child protections system, which has been a consistent finding of several reports going back more than a decade,” Hollonds said.
“We are not tough enough on political leaders who are supposed to be acting on these things. We know what to do, but there is no accountability for the lack of action.”
She said there was an urgent need to strengthen the safeguards around children.
“There has to be more training and investment in frontline personnel. The child protections system cannot do this alone and requires a whole-of-government approach. We need to make child safety and wellbeing a national priority,” Hollonds said.
The couple was highlighted as positive representatives of the foster care system in a series of media interviews in recent years. The 28-year-old said he was inspired by his own parents to care for vulnerable kids.
The pair will return to Bendigo Magistrates’ Court later this month. Neither of the accused has entered a plea.
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/foster-carer-couple-accused-of-shocking-grooming-and-child-abuse-20261104-p61a3q.html
Bubblecar said:
captain_spalding said:
SCIENCE said:distribute it equally among the other bins in the street
If you have friendly neighbours, they might allow you to put some of it in their bin(s), and make some space in yours that way.
I have a great big FOGO bin that’s nearly always empty, so I’ll store the surplus in that (all in garbage bags) and gradually fritter it away, squeezed into the normal bin.
Or go out in the dark the nihjt before bin morning and put a bag in each neighbours bins until it is done.
Bubblecar said:
Michael V said:
Bubblecar said:
Builder’s been and will send a report to the estate agents.Giant of a man but very friendly. I’m just over 183cm and only reach his shoulder.
He thinks only one half of the bedroom floor will need replacing and it’ll be a day job. He suspects “rising damp” and rotten joists etc. No idea at this stage when the work will be done.
He had an impressive app on his phone that allowed him to quickly scan the room and immediately generate a 3-D map of it with all measurements.
Good. Gosh, that is huge.
What did he say about the flue/bird problem?
Didn’t get a chance to mention that. He had a good look at the decayed eaves, and if he gets the go-ahead to fix all that up, it’ll just be a quick job up there to make the flue bird-proof.
Ja.
Peak Warming Man said:
SE 38 has fledged.
Now to get through the first year.
roughbarked said:
ms spock said:
Cymek said:
Hello
Hello Cymek!
It is my birthday today, which I forgot until Ken just rang to wish me a Happy Birthday 🎈🎈🎈
The whole thing of the Insurance Company, the attack by the tradie, no kitchen and no laundry and being left with a dozen pieces of furniture has just taken over my brain space.
I am so grateful to have my caravan to live in.
Happy birthday Spocky. :)
Missed this news!
Many Happy Returns Ms Spock!
Bubblecar said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
Bubblecar said:I don’t know but it’s highly unlikely they’d have to go through this village on more than one day a week.
Next week it’s the FOGO bins. General rubbish and recycling are today.
I’m not going to bother ringing the council just to have them laugh at me.
It’s annoying having missed a collection but not worth brooding over :)
Why would a council employee laugh at you?What do you propose to do to manage your extra garbage?
All my general rubbish goes into small bags in the bin in the boot room, which then go into big rubbish bags, placed in the general rubbish wheelie.
I can store the surplus bags in the giant empty FOGO bin which I hardly ever use (it only sees use when Mr Tunks trims my hedges, which is not often).
By next bin day the bags in the general bin will have subsided somewhat and I’ll be able to squeeze an extra bag in, and so on for the following collection.
There’s no need to send an emergency squad here in a special helicopter to deal with this regrettable situation.
But if you did call the waste contractors, they may be coming past your place to empty the truck at the tip. They may pick up yours on the way past?
dv said:
Is the verge parking legal?
No.
Bubblecar said:
dv said:
Is the verge parking legal?
Who knows, probably. There aren’t any Verge Police round these parts.
The Council Ranger’s job. He’ll issue a fine if he sees the offence.
Peak Warming Man said:
That’s a painting of me and old yella, hunting quail at the redoubt.
Didn’t ol’Yella get rabies?
Witty Rejoinder said:
We’ll this is awful:…
Foster carer couple accused of shocking grooming and child abuse
Cameron Houston and Carla Jaeger
November 4, 2026 — 11:00amA regional Victorian couple who fostered seven children since 2021, including a six-month-old, have been charged with dozens of horrific child abuse offences, raising concerns about the vetting and oversight of carers in Victoria.
snip
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/foster-carer-couple-accused-of-shocking-grooming-and-child-abuse-20261104-p61a3q.html
Yuck.
:(
:(
:(
I’m awake and breakfasted.
It’s a new day and blah, blah, blah.
Stuff like that.
Alan Jones has passed away. :(
Unfortunately not the right Alan Jones though.
Spiny Norman said:
Alan Jones has passed away. :(Unfortunately not the right Alan Jones though.
That’s sad.
A very common name though. I’ve personally known 2 x Alan Jones, one who was pleasant and one who was a bit of a bastard.
Spiny Norman said:
Alan Jones has passed away. :(Unfortunately not the right Alan Jones though.
Sad news.
Great driver.
F1 winner.
:(
One of my fave airliners, the Boeing 727-200.
Spiny Norman said:
Alan Jones has passed away. :(Unfortunately not the right Alan Jones though.
James /hunt and Murrat Walker are gone as well.
Peak Warming Man said:
Spiny Norman said:
Alan Jones has passed away. :(Unfortunately not the right Alan Jones though.
James /hunt and Murrat Walker are gone as well.
Yep. :(
My fave James Hunt commentary was at the 1986 Monaco F1 GP. It was very wet and lots of crashes were happening, he just kept on commentating whilst drinking an entire bottle of whiskey. :)
Spiny Norman said:
One of my fave airliners, the Boeing 727-200.
The Whispering T-Jet
I’ve restarted my quest for appliances for the kitchen when The Others move.
I want a simple microwave, maybe a retro style. Red appliances are always appealing.
Then there are these babies.
This one has a drawer!!
kii said:
I’ve restarted my quest for appliances for the kitchen when The Others move.I want a simple microwave, maybe a retro style. Red appliances are always appealing.
Then there are these babies.
This one has a drawer!!
Gosh!
Spiny Norman said:
One of my fave airliners, the Boeing 727-200.
Flew in those a few times in the 1980s, TAA.
Witty Rejoinder said:
Bubblecar said:
Witty Rejoinder said:Why would a council employee laugh at you?
What do you propose to do to manage your extra garbage?
All my general rubbish goes into small bags in the bin in the boot room, which then go into big rubbish bags, placed in the general rubbish wheelie.
I can store the surplus bags in the giant empty FOGO bin which I hardly ever use (it only sees use when Mr Tunks trims my hedges, which is not often).
By next bin day the bags in the general bin will have subsided somewhat and I’ll be able to squeeze an extra bag in, and so on for the following collection.
There’s no need to send an emergency squad here in a special helicopter to deal with this regrettable situation.
Being the busy-body I am I just called your council pretending to be your friend across town and the lovely lady said she’d be able to get your bin collected today. Pretending again, not knowing your street number I said you’d give her a call back.
You are crazy banana 🍌
roughbarked said:
ms spock said:
Cymek said:
Hello
Hello Cymek!
It is my birthday today, which I forgot until Ken just rang to wish me a Happy Birthday 🎈🎈🎈
The whole thing of the Insurance Company, the attack by the tradie, no kitchen and no laundry and being left with a dozen pieces of furniture has just taken over my brain space.
I am so grateful to have my caravan to live in.
Happy birthday Spocky. :)
Thanks roughbarked 🖖🏽🎂🖖🏽
ms spock said:
roughbarked said:
ms spock said:Hello Cymek!
It is my birthday today, which I forgot until Ken just rang to wish me a Happy Birthday 🎈🎈🎈
The whole thing of the Insurance Company, the attack by the tradie, no kitchen and no laundry and being left with a dozen pieces of furniture has just taken over my brain space.
I am so grateful to have my caravan to live in.
Happy birthday Spocky. :)
Thanks roughbarked 🖖🏽🎂🖖🏽
And Happy Birthday from me, too.
Are you doing or eating anything special today or tonight?
HB ms spock! Live long and prosper!
ms spock said:
roughbarked said:
ms spock said:Hello Cymek!
It is my birthday today, which I forgot until Ken just rang to wish me a Happy Birthday 🎈🎈🎈
The whole thing of the Insurance Company, the attack by the tradie, no kitchen and no laundry and being left with a dozen pieces of furniture has just taken over my brain space.
I am so grateful to have my caravan to live in.
Happy birthday Spocky. :)
Thanks roughbarked 🖖🏽🎂🖖🏽
Happy birthday Spocky!
Live long and prosper!
kii said:
HB ms spock! Live long and prosper!
Dang, you beat me to it
Bubblecar said:
roughbarked said:
ms spock said:Hello Cymek!
It is my birthday today, which I forgot until Ken just rang to wish me a Happy Birthday 🎈🎈🎈
The whole thing of the Insurance Company, the attack by the tradie, no kitchen and no laundry and being left with a dozen pieces of furniture has just taken over my brain space.
I am so grateful to have my caravan to live in.
Happy birthday Spocky. :)
Missed this news!
Many Happy Returns Ms Spock!
Thanks Mr Car!
Witty Rejoinder said:
Summer’s loudest insect is coming. It could save us from a deadly crisisAngus Dalton
November 4, 2026 — 7:45pmIt’s the most vulnerable and dangerous event in a cicada’s life.
After years underground, the insect’s thick body bursts backwards from its subterranean armour and the scrunched, fleshy, feeble wads on either side of its body begin pumping with hemolymph – yellow insect blood. Over hours, they inflate and harden into powerful wings.
These wings are critical to a cicada’s short life and the male’s hell-raising quest to find a mate. That’s why the creatures have evolved an adaption that minces bacteria alighting on their wings.
No chemical or antibiotic is required – it’s the structure of the wings themselves that kills microbes.
The Australian discovery that cicada wings can kill bacteria on contact has led to a flurry of research pursuing new ways to prevent disease in these dangerous days of antibiotic resistance.
About 5 million deaths a year are associated with drug-resistant infections as bacteria evolve to evade current medicines, and pharmaceutical companies baulk at backing new antibiotics because they’re not profitable.
In the ongoing arms race between people and bacteria, scientists are looking to bold new ways of busting bugs. And it turns out the roar of cicadas each summer may just be a battle cry in favour of humans.
Killing without chemicals
Australian husband-and-wife research duo Dr Gregory Watson and Dr Jolanta Watson, from University of the Sunshine Coast, discovered this incredible property of cicada wings more than a decade ago.
They became intrigued by the fact the wings of dead cicadas didn’t seem to be contaminated or consumed in the same way as their bodies. They decided to study the wings under an atomic force microscope, which reveals the world in nanoscopic detail.
The wings, they found, were covered by extremely tiny rods called “nanopillars”. Working with an international research team, the Watsons discovered these nanostructures shred microbial membranes by stretching and tearing cell walls, spilling bacterium’s guts on contact.
A Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacterium destroyed by nanopillars on a cicada wing.Yutao Chen/Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
This extraordinary structure makes a cicada wing as hospitable to a bacterium as a bed of nails is to a bubble. It was one of the first natural surfaces discovered that could kill bacteria. The hunt soon began for a way to replicate these invisible structures for biomedical use.“What we’re trying to do now is translate the discovery from the lab to the real world – and that’s always a challenge,” says Distinguished Professor Elena Ivanova of RMIT University, a nanobiotechnologist who has collaborated with the Watsons.
“We are still working on upscaling, trying to develop new nanofabrication technologies to make exactly the pattern which will kill bacterial cells,” she says.
In 2022, Ivanova and a Japanese-Australian research team announced they had developed a lab-made texture inspired by insect wings that could be transferred onto plastic, and one day used in antibacterial food packaging. The material killed up to 70 per cent of bacteria on contact.
In 2023, her group developed a surface of tiny titanium spikes, inspired by insect wings, that could be etched onto implants, such as replacement hips, to defy infection. When tested against multi drug-resistant Candida – a fungus that often inflicts infections in hospital – half the fungal cells died. The other half were damaged and unable to cause infection.
Ivanova is aiming for total eradication. And there’s no evidence yet, she says, of microbes out-evolving the killer surfaces.
“We showed that in our original paper on cicada wings that the cells of Pseudomonas aeruginosa could be killed in just 15–20 minutes, which means that the cell is rupturing so fast that it doesn’t have an opportunity to adapt,” she says.
.
A busted Candida cell on the titanium spikes.RMIT/Multifunctional Mechano-biocidal Materials Research GroupAncient fossils, new technology
Curator of paleontology at the Australian Museum, Dr Matthew McCurry, joined the effort to investigate the nanostructures after discovering them fossilised in ancient cicada wings.In 2022, he and his colleagues announced they had detected the antimicrobial structures on remarkably well-preserved wings in McGrath’s Flat, near Gulgong in NSW, dating back 11 to 16 million years.
“Now I’ve become interested in these structures more broadly,” he says. “I’m sampling across many different cicada species from around the world to see if there’s any variation in these microstructures.”
Just this week, McCurry started scanning the first of 50 to 60 different cicada species. The wings are sprayed with an ultra-thin (three nanometres thick) coat of platinum and placed under a scanning electron microscope, which needs a conductive surface to work.
The unique design of each species’ bacteria-killing wings are then revealed.
“This is important because people are trying to replicate these antimicrobial surfaces for use in hospitals,” McCurry says. “I think it’s useful for us to know the breadth of diversity of morphology that is around in cicadas … maybe it’ll help us to better design those surfaces.”
Insect wings in your mouth
Drawing from different species has already paid dividends in previous research. Cicada wings, for example, are effective against gram-negative bacteria, which have thin, elastic membranes, but are not so effective against gram-positive bacteria, which have stronger cell walls.“Golden staph cannot be killed on cicada wings because the stress which is imposed on Staphylococcus cells is not enough. They’re very rigid,” Ivanova says.
Golden staph ruptured and killed by black silicon nanoneedles inspired by insect wings.RMIT
Dragonfly wings, however, have sharper nanopillars and are better at busting the thicker-walled gram-positive bacteria. Ivanova and her colleagues have managed to recreate the texture on strips of black silicon, “the first synthetic analogue of dragonfly wings, which is highly bactericidal against different cell types”.
The Watsons have also shown gecko skin kills bacteria, and US scientists are looking to create fabrics based on the infection-repelling denticles of a mako shark’s hide.
Ivanova’s current focus is crafting dental implants with insect-inspired antimicrobial textures on their surfaces.
“We are trying to eliminate all bacterial contamination on the implant, which is extremely important, particularly if you consider our ageing population or immunocompromised people,” she says. “And our mouth is the first entry for all the bugs.”
https://www.theage.com.au/national/nsw/summer-s-loudest-insect-is-coming-it-could-save-us-from-a-deadly-crisis-20261104-p61azz.html
Thanks for posting this Witty, I passed it on to a fellow cicada and science lover
ruby said:
kii said:
HB ms spock! Live long and prosper!
Dang, you beat me to it
snorts
I always think of this when I see ms spock.
ruby said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
Summer’s loudest insect is coming. It could save us from a deadly crisisAngus Dalton
November 4, 2026 — 7:45pmIt’s the most vulnerable and dangerous event in a cicada’s life.
After years underground, the insect’s thick body bursts backwards from its subterranean armour and the scrunched, fleshy, feeble wads on either side of its body begin pumping with hemolymph – yellow insect blood. Over hours, they inflate and harden into powerful wings.
These wings are critical to a cicada’s short life and the male’s hell-raising quest to find a mate. That’s why the creatures have evolved an adaption that minces bacteria alighting on their wings.
No chemical or antibiotic is required – it’s the structure of the wings themselves that kills microbes.
The Australian discovery that cicada wings can kill bacteria on contact has led to a flurry of research pursuing new ways to prevent disease in these dangerous days of antibiotic resistance.
About 5 million deaths a year are associated with drug-resistant infections as bacteria evolve to evade current medicines, and pharmaceutical companies baulk at backing new antibiotics because they’re not profitable.
In the ongoing arms race between people and bacteria, scientists are looking to bold new ways of busting bugs. And it turns out the roar of cicadas each summer may just be a battle cry in favour of humans.
Killing without chemicals
Australian husband-and-wife research duo Dr Gregory Watson and Dr Jolanta Watson, from University of the Sunshine Coast, discovered this incredible property of cicada wings more than a decade ago.
They became intrigued by the fact the wings of dead cicadas didn’t seem to be contaminated or consumed in the same way as their bodies. They decided to study the wings under an atomic force microscope, which reveals the world in nanoscopic detail.
The wings, they found, were covered by extremely tiny rods called “nanopillars”. Working with an international research team, the Watsons discovered these nanostructures shred microbial membranes by stretching and tearing cell walls, spilling bacterium’s guts on contact.
A Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacterium destroyed by nanopillars on a cicada wing.Yutao Chen/Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
This extraordinary structure makes a cicada wing as hospitable to a bacterium as a bed of nails is to a bubble. It was one of the first natural surfaces discovered that could kill bacteria. The hunt soon began for a way to replicate these invisible structures for biomedical use.“What we’re trying to do now is translate the discovery from the lab to the real world – and that’s always a challenge,” says Distinguished Professor Elena Ivanova of RMIT University, a nanobiotechnologist who has collaborated with the Watsons.
“We are still working on upscaling, trying to develop new nanofabrication technologies to make exactly the pattern which will kill bacterial cells,” she says.
In 2022, Ivanova and a Japanese-Australian research team announced they had developed a lab-made texture inspired by insect wings that could be transferred onto plastic, and one day used in antibacterial food packaging. The material killed up to 70 per cent of bacteria on contact.
In 2023, her group developed a surface of tiny titanium spikes, inspired by insect wings, that could be etched onto implants, such as replacement hips, to defy infection. When tested against multi drug-resistant Candida – a fungus that often inflicts infections in hospital – half the fungal cells died. The other half were damaged and unable to cause infection.
Ivanova is aiming for total eradication. And there’s no evidence yet, she says, of microbes out-evolving the killer surfaces.
“We showed that in our original paper on cicada wings that the cells of Pseudomonas aeruginosa could be killed in just 15–20 minutes, which means that the cell is rupturing so fast that it doesn’t have an opportunity to adapt,” she says.
.
A busted Candida cell on the titanium spikes.RMIT/Multifunctional Mechano-biocidal Materials Research GroupAncient fossils, new technology
Curator of paleontology at the Australian Museum, Dr Matthew McCurry, joined the effort to investigate the nanostructures after discovering them fossilised in ancient cicada wings.In 2022, he and his colleagues announced they had detected the antimicrobial structures on remarkably well-preserved wings in McGrath’s Flat, near Gulgong in NSW, dating back 11 to 16 million years.
“Now I’ve become interested in these structures more broadly,” he says. “I’m sampling across many different cicada species from around the world to see if there’s any variation in these microstructures.”
Just this week, McCurry started scanning the first of 50 to 60 different cicada species. The wings are sprayed with an ultra-thin (three nanometres thick) coat of platinum and placed under a scanning electron microscope, which needs a conductive surface to work.
The unique design of each species’ bacteria-killing wings are then revealed.
“This is important because people are trying to replicate these antimicrobial surfaces for use in hospitals,” McCurry says. “I think it’s useful for us to know the breadth of diversity of morphology that is around in cicadas … maybe it’ll help us to better design those surfaces.”
Insect wings in your mouth
Drawing from different species has already paid dividends in previous research. Cicada wings, for example, are effective against gram-negative bacteria, which have thin, elastic membranes, but are not so effective against gram-positive bacteria, which have stronger cell walls.“Golden staph cannot be killed on cicada wings because the stress which is imposed on Staphylococcus cells is not enough. They’re very rigid,” Ivanova says.
Golden staph ruptured and killed by black silicon nanoneedles inspired by insect wings.RMIT
Dragonfly wings, however, have sharper nanopillars and are better at busting the thicker-walled gram-positive bacteria. Ivanova and her colleagues have managed to recreate the texture on strips of black silicon, “the first synthetic analogue of dragonfly wings, which is highly bactericidal against different cell types”.
The Watsons have also shown gecko skin kills bacteria, and US scientists are looking to create fabrics based on the infection-repelling denticles of a mako shark’s hide.
Ivanova’s current focus is crafting dental implants with insect-inspired antimicrobial textures on their surfaces.
“We are trying to eliminate all bacterial contamination on the implant, which is extremely important, particularly if you consider our ageing population or immunocompromised people,” she says. “And our mouth is the first entry for all the bugs.”
https://www.theage.com.au/national/nsw/summer-s-loudest-insect-is-coming-it-could-save-us-from-a-deadly-crisis-20261104-p61azz.html
Thanks for posting this Witty, I passed it on to a fellow cicada and science lover
Deserves it’d own thread.
kii said:
I’ve restarted my quest for appliances for the kitchen when The Others move.I want a simple microwave, maybe a retro style. Red appliances are always appealing.
Then there are these babies.
This one has a drawer!!
I have never seen this type of microwave before.
Michael V said:
ms spock said:
roughbarked said:Happy birthday Spocky. :)
Thanks roughbarked 🖖🏽🎂🖖🏽
And Happy Birthday from me, too.
Are you doing or eating anything special today or tonight?
Thanks Michael V!
Yes!
I got cream and jam lamingtons, an ice cream maker, which has a little freezer in it, and some ice cream! 🍦🍨🍨🍦
kii said:
HB ms spock! Live long and prosper!
😎🖖🏽🦜💚🦜🖖🏽😎
ruby said:
ms spock said:
roughbarked said:Happy birthday Spocky. :)
Thanks roughbarked 🖖🏽🎂🖖🏽
Happy birthday Spocky!
Live long and prosper!
Thanks Ruby! 🖖🏽🖖🏽🦜🖖🏽🖖🏽
ms spock said:
kii said:
I’ve restarted my quest for appliances for the kitchen when The Others move.I want a simple microwave, maybe a retro style. Red appliances are always appealing.
Then there are these babies.
This one has a drawer!!
I have never seen this type of microwave before.
You half expect it to have a couple of aerials on top, with a little zap of lightning that travels up between them when the microwave’s going.
ruby said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
Summer’s loudest insect is coming. It could save us from a deadly crisisAngus Dalton
November 4, 2026 — 7:45pmIt’s the most vulnerable and dangerous event in a cicada’s life.
After years underground, the insect’s thick body bursts backwards from its subterranean armour and the scrunched, fleshy, feeble wads on either side of its body begin pumping with hemolymph – yellow insect blood. Over hours, they inflate and harden into powerful wings.
These wings are critical to a cicada’s short life and the male’s hell-raising quest to find a mate. That’s why the creatures have evolved an adaption that minces bacteria alighting on their wings.
No chemical or antibiotic is required – it’s the structure of the wings themselves that kills microbes.
The Australian discovery that cicada wings can kill bacteria on contact has led to a flurry of research pursuing new ways to prevent disease in these dangerous days of antibiotic resistance.
About 5 million deaths a year are associated with drug-resistant infections as bacteria evolve to evade current medicines, and pharmaceutical companies baulk at backing new antibiotics because they’re not profitable.
In the ongoing arms race between people and bacteria, scientists are looking to bold new ways of busting bugs. And it turns out the roar of cicadas each summer may just be a battle cry in favour of humans.
Killing without chemicals
Australian husband-and-wife research duo Dr Gregory Watson and Dr Jolanta Watson, from University of the Sunshine Coast, discovered this incredible property of cicada wings more than a decade ago.
They became intrigued by the fact the wings of dead cicadas didn’t seem to be contaminated or consumed in the same way as their bodies. They decided to study the wings under an atomic force microscope, which reveals the world in nanoscopic detail.
The wings, they found, were covered by extremely tiny rods called “nanopillars”. Working with an international research team, the Watsons discovered these nanostructures shred microbial membranes by stretching and tearing cell walls, spilling bacterium’s guts on contact.
A Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacterium destroyed by nanopillars on a cicada wing.Yutao Chen/Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
This extraordinary structure makes a cicada wing as hospitable to a bacterium as a bed of nails is to a bubble. It was one of the first natural surfaces discovered that could kill bacteria. The hunt soon began for a way to replicate these invisible structures for biomedical use.“What we’re trying to do now is translate the discovery from the lab to the real world – and that’s always a challenge,” says Distinguished Professor Elena Ivanova of RMIT University, a nanobiotechnologist who has collaborated with the Watsons.
“We are still working on upscaling, trying to develop new nanofabrication technologies to make exactly the pattern which will kill bacterial cells,” she says.
In 2022, Ivanova and a Japanese-Australian research team announced they had developed a lab-made texture inspired by insect wings that could be transferred onto plastic, and one day used in antibacterial food packaging. The material killed up to 70 per cent of bacteria on contact.
In 2023, her group developed a surface of tiny titanium spikes, inspired by insect wings, that could be etched onto implants, such as replacement hips, to defy infection. When tested against multi drug-resistant Candida – a fungus that often inflicts infections in hospital – half the fungal cells died. The other half were damaged and unable to cause infection.
Ivanova is aiming for total eradication. And there’s no evidence yet, she says, of microbes out-evolving the killer surfaces.
“We showed that in our original paper on cicada wings that the cells of Pseudomonas aeruginosa could be killed in just 15–20 minutes, which means that the cell is rupturing so fast that it doesn’t have an opportunity to adapt,” she says.
.
A busted Candida cell on the titanium spikes.RMIT/Multifunctional Mechano-biocidal Materials Research GroupAncient fossils, new technology
Curator of paleontology at the Australian Museum, Dr Matthew McCurry, joined the effort to investigate the nanostructures after discovering them fossilised in ancient cicada wings.In 2022, he and his colleagues announced they had detected the antimicrobial structures on remarkably well-preserved wings in McGrath’s Flat, near Gulgong in NSW, dating back 11 to 16 million years.
“Now I’ve become interested in these structures more broadly,” he says. “I’m sampling across many different cicada species from around the world to see if there’s any variation in these microstructures.”
Just this week, McCurry started scanning the first of 50 to 60 different cicada species. The wings are sprayed with an ultra-thin (three nanometres thick) coat of platinum and placed under a scanning electron microscope, which needs a conductive surface to work.
The unique design of each species’ bacteria-killing wings are then revealed.
“This is important because people are trying to replicate these antimicrobial surfaces for use in hospitals,” McCurry says. “I think it’s useful for us to know the breadth of diversity of morphology that is around in cicadas … maybe it’ll help us to better design those surfaces.”
Insect wings in your mouth
Drawing from different species has already paid dividends in previous research. Cicada wings, for example, are effective against gram-negative bacteria, which have thin, elastic membranes, but are not so effective against gram-positive bacteria, which have stronger cell walls.“Golden staph cannot be killed on cicada wings because the stress which is imposed on Staphylococcus cells is not enough. They’re very rigid,” Ivanova says.
Golden staph ruptured and killed by black silicon nanoneedles inspired by insect wings.RMIT
Dragonfly wings, however, have sharper nanopillars and are better at busting the thicker-walled gram-positive bacteria. Ivanova and her colleagues have managed to recreate the texture on strips of black silicon, “the first synthetic analogue of dragonfly wings, which is highly bactericidal against different cell types”.
The Watsons have also shown gecko skin kills bacteria, and US scientists are looking to create fabrics based on the infection-repelling denticles of a mako shark’s hide.
Ivanova’s current focus is crafting dental implants with insect-inspired antimicrobial textures on their surfaces.
“We are trying to eliminate all bacterial contamination on the implant, which is extremely important, particularly if you consider our ageing population or immunocompromised people,” she says. “And our mouth is the first entry for all the bugs.”
https://www.theage.com.au/national/nsw/summer-s-loudest-insect-is-coming-it-could-save-us-from-a-deadly-crisis-20261104-p61azz.html
Thanks for posting this Witty, I passed it on to a fellow cicada and science lover
You might be interested in this book:
• Title: A Photo Guide to Common Cicadas of the Greater Sydney Region 2nd edition.
• Author: Nathan Emery
• Overview: Features identification photos and details on common cicada species found around Sydney and the Greater Sydney area.
ruby said:
kii said:
HB ms spock! Live long and prosper!
Dang, you beat me to it
Both are gratefully received.
🖖🏽🖖🏽🖖🏽🦜🖖🏽🖖🏽🖖🏽
ChrispenEvan said:
Yuck.
Awful.
:(
I’m back. I will have to catch up, and upload photos from my camera. This may take some time.
Michael V said:
ruby said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
Summer’s loudest insect is coming. It could save us from a deadly crisisAngus Dalton
November 4, 2026 — 7:45pmIt’s the most vulnerable and dangerous event in a cicada’s life.
After years underground, the insect’s thick body bursts backwards from its subterranean armour and the scrunched, fleshy, feeble wads on either side of its body begin pumping with hemolymph – yellow insect blood. Over hours, they inflate and harden into powerful wings.
These wings are critical to a cicada’s short life and the male’s hell-raising quest to find a mate. That’s why the creatures have evolved an adaption that minces bacteria alighting on their wings.
No chemical or antibiotic is required – it’s the structure of the wings themselves that kills microbes.
The Australian discovery that cicada wings can kill bacteria on contact has led to a flurry of research pursuing new ways to prevent disease in these dangerous days of antibiotic resistance.
About 5 million deaths a year are associated with drug-resistant infections as bacteria evolve to evade current medicines, and pharmaceutical companies baulk at backing new antibiotics because they’re not profitable.
In the ongoing arms race between people and bacteria, scientists are looking to bold new ways of busting bugs. And it turns out the roar of cicadas each summer may just be a battle cry in favour of humans.
Killing without chemicals
Australian husband-and-wife research duo Dr Gregory Watson and Dr Jolanta Watson, from University of the Sunshine Coast, discovered this incredible property of cicada wings more than a decade ago.
They became intrigued by the fact the wings of dead cicadas didn’t seem to be contaminated or consumed in the same way as their bodies. They decided to study the wings under an atomic force microscope, which reveals the world in nanoscopic detail.
The wings, they found, were covered by extremely tiny rods called “nanopillars”. Working with an international research team, the Watsons discovered these nanostructures shred microbial membranes by stretching and tearing cell walls, spilling bacterium’s guts on contact.
A Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacterium destroyed by nanopillars on a cicada wing.Yutao Chen/Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
This extraordinary structure makes a cicada wing as hospitable to a bacterium as a bed of nails is to a bubble. It was one of the first natural surfaces discovered that could kill bacteria. The hunt soon began for a way to replicate these invisible structures for biomedical use.“What we’re trying to do now is translate the discovery from the lab to the real world – and that’s always a challenge,” says Distinguished Professor Elena Ivanova of RMIT University, a nanobiotechnologist who has collaborated with the Watsons.
“We are still working on upscaling, trying to develop new nanofabrication technologies to make exactly the pattern which will kill bacterial cells,” she says.
In 2022, Ivanova and a Japanese-Australian research team announced they had developed a lab-made texture inspired by insect wings that could be transferred onto plastic, and one day used in antibacterial food packaging. The material killed up to 70 per cent of bacteria on contact.
In 2023, her group developed a surface of tiny titanium spikes, inspired by insect wings, that could be etched onto implants, such as replacement hips, to defy infection. When tested against multi drug-resistant Candida – a fungus that often inflicts infections in hospital – half the fungal cells died. The other half were damaged and unable to cause infection.
Ivanova is aiming for total eradication. And there’s no evidence yet, she says, of microbes out-evolving the killer surfaces.
“We showed that in our original paper on cicada wings that the cells of Pseudomonas aeruginosa could be killed in just 15–20 minutes, which means that the cell is rupturing so fast that it doesn’t have an opportunity to adapt,” she says.
.
A busted Candida cell on the titanium spikes.RMIT/Multifunctional Mechano-biocidal Materials Research GroupAncient fossils, new technology
Curator of paleontology at the Australian Museum, Dr Matthew McCurry, joined the effort to investigate the nanostructures after discovering them fossilised in ancient cicada wings.In 2022, he and his colleagues announced they had detected the antimicrobial structures on remarkably well-preserved wings in McGrath’s Flat, near Gulgong in NSW, dating back 11 to 16 million years.
“Now I’ve become interested in these structures more broadly,” he says. “I’m sampling across many different cicada species from around the world to see if there’s any variation in these microstructures.”
Just this week, McCurry started scanning the first of 50 to 60 different cicada species. The wings are sprayed with an ultra-thin (three nanometres thick) coat of platinum and placed under a scanning electron microscope, which needs a conductive surface to work.
The unique design of each species’ bacteria-killing wings are then revealed.
“This is important because people are trying to replicate these antimicrobial surfaces for use in hospitals,” McCurry says. “I think it’s useful for us to know the breadth of diversity of morphology that is around in cicadas … maybe it’ll help us to better design those surfaces.”
Insect wings in your mouth
Drawing from different species has already paid dividends in previous research. Cicada wings, for example, are effective against gram-negative bacteria, which have thin, elastic membranes, but are not so effective against gram-positive bacteria, which have stronger cell walls.“Golden staph cannot be killed on cicada wings because the stress which is imposed on Staphylococcus cells is not enough. They’re very rigid,” Ivanova says.
Golden staph ruptured and killed by black silicon nanoneedles inspired by insect wings.RMIT
Dragonfly wings, however, have sharper nanopillars and are better at busting the thicker-walled gram-positive bacteria. Ivanova and her colleagues have managed to recreate the texture on strips of black silicon, “the first synthetic analogue of dragonfly wings, which is highly bactericidal against different cell types”.
The Watsons have also shown gecko skin kills bacteria, and US scientists are looking to create fabrics based on the infection-repelling denticles of a mako shark’s hide.
Ivanova’s current focus is crafting dental implants with insect-inspired antimicrobial textures on their surfaces.
“We are trying to eliminate all bacterial contamination on the implant, which is extremely important, particularly if you consider our ageing population or immunocompromised people,” she says. “And our mouth is the first entry for all the bugs.”
https://www.theage.com.au/national/nsw/summer-s-loudest-insect-is-coming-it-could-save-us-from-a-deadly-crisis-20261104-p61azz.html
Thanks for posting this Witty, I passed it on to a fellow cicada and science lover
You might be interested in this book:
• Title: A Photo Guide to Common Cicadas of the Greater Sydney Region 2nd edition.
• Author: Nathan Emery
• Overview: Features identification photos and details on common cicada species found around Sydney and the Greater Sydney area.
Thanks MV, I have it, and it is sooo good. :)))
kii said:
ruby said:
kii said:
HB ms spock! Live long and prosper!
Dang, you beat me to it
snorts
I always think of this when I see ms spock.
🖖🏽😎🖖🏽😎🖖🏽
ms spock said:
ruby said:
kii said:
HB ms spock! Live long and prosper!
Dang, you beat me to it
Both are gratefully received.
🖖🏽🖖🏽🖖🏽🦜🖖🏽🖖🏽🖖🏽
It has to be one of the nicest things you can say to a person
ms spock said:
Michael V said:
ms spock said:Thanks roughbarked 🖖🏽🎂🖖🏽
And Happy Birthday from me, too.
Are you doing or eating anything special today or tonight?
Thanks Michael V!
Yes!
I got cream and jam lamingtons, an ice cream maker, which has a little freezer in it, and some ice cream! 🍦🍨🍨🍦
Cool.
Neophyte said:
ms spock said:
kii said:
I’ve restarted my quest for appliances for the kitchen when The Others move.I want a simple microwave, maybe a retro style. Red appliances are always appealing.
Then there are these babies.
This one has a drawer!!
I have never seen this type of microwave before.
You half expect it to have a couple of aerials on top, with a little zap of lightning that travels up between them when the microwave’s going.
:)
That’d be a nice touch, Jacob.
ruby said:
Michael V said:
ruby said:Thanks for posting this Witty, I passed it on to a fellow cicada and science lover
You might be interested in this book:
• Title: A Photo Guide to Common Cicadas of the Greater Sydney Region 2nd edition.
• Author: Nathan Emery
• Overview: Features identification photos and details on common cicada species found around Sydney and the Greater Sydney area.Thanks MV, I have it, and it is sooo good. :)))
Cool.
Nathan is Mrs V’s college friend’s son. His father (David) inspired him to study cicadas. We have sent him cicadas from here to identify.
Cymek said:
ms spock said:
ruby said:Dang, you beat me to it
Both are gratefully received.
🖖🏽🖖🏽🖖🏽🦜🖖🏽🖖🏽🖖🏽
It has to be one of the nicest things you can say to a person
Live Long and Prosper Cymek!
😎🖖🏽😎🖖🏽
Neophyte said:
ms spock said:
kii said:
I’ve restarted my quest for appliances for the kitchen when The Others move.I want a simple microwave, maybe a retro style. Red appliances are always appealing.
Then there are these babies.
This one has a drawer!!
I have never seen this type of microwave before.
You half expect it to have a couple of aerials on top, with a little zap of lightning that travels up between them when the microwave’s going.
That would be an excellent feature. BU would approve of such flashy additions.
I’m confusing myself with toasters, kettles and other appliances. Trying for things that are colourful and functional and not too expensive. I’m totally sick of black and white and stainless steel stuff in the kitchen.
kii said:
Neophyte said:
ms spock said:I have never seen this type of microwave before.
You half expect it to have a couple of aerials on top, with a little zap of lightning that travels up between them when the microwave’s going.
That would be an excellent feature. BU would approve of such flashy additions.
I just remembered the name of those after thinking about it for ten minutes.
Jacob’s Ladder device.
Been chatting with Mr Tunks about the US elections, he’s very happy for them. And he’s done another sterling job in the garden.
Now awaiting the Coles delivery.
Coles truck is now several minutes overdue.
Bubblecar said:
Coles truck is now several minutes overdue.
Gee I’d love to get visitors.
Bubblecar said:
Coles truck is now several minutes overdue.
…but has now arrived. Name: Bannister.
Michael V said:
ruby said:
Michael V said:You might be interested in this book:
• Title: A Photo Guide to Common Cicadas of the Greater Sydney Region 2nd edition.
• Author: Nathan Emery
• Overview: Features identification photos and details on common cicada species found around Sydney and the Greater Sydney area.Thanks MV, I have it, and it is sooo good. :)))
Cool.
Nathan is Mrs V’s college friend’s son. His father (David) inspired him to study cicadas. We have sent him cicadas from here to identify.
Oh MV, that is lovely. That gives special meaning to the sweet dedication. Pass on to them how much the book is appreciated, it has so much detail set out so accessibly. I particularly love the actual size silhouette of cicada. And the book can slip into my backpack along with all the other crap I carry around on walks.
It was this book that introduced me to the Brown Heath Buzzer, the smallest of our cicadas. And a small range- in my area!
Some of the common names deserve their own fanclub…..the Alarm Clock Squawker, Golden Twanger, the Sand Fairy, the Smoky Buzzer…
BeamNG is a vehicle simulator that’s got quite good physics modelling. It also allows you to create unusual vehicles to run around in.
This is one of the more unusual ones.
Bubblecar said:
Bubblecar said:
Coles truck is now several minutes overdue.
…but has now arrived. Name: Bannister.
Scored an extra loaf of bread, and a free range pork fillet instead of the normal one.
Bubblecar said:
Bubblecar said:
Coles truck is now several minutes overdue.
…but has now arrived. Name: Bannister.
Roger!
Michael V said:
Bubblecar said:
Bubblecar said:
Coles truck is now several minutes overdue.
…but has now arrived. Name: Bannister.
Roger!
:)
Bubblecar said:
Michael V said:
Bubblecar said:
…but has now arrived. Name: Bannister.
Roger!
:)
stare at them
ruby said:
Michael V said:
ruby said:Thanks MV, I have it, and it is sooo good. :)))
Cool.
Nathan is Mrs V’s college friend’s son. His father (David) inspired him to study cicadas. We have sent him cicadas from here to identify.
Oh MV, that is lovely. That gives special meaning to the sweet dedication. Pass on to them how much the book is appreciated, it has so much detail set out so accessibly. I particularly love the actual size silhouette of cicada. And the book can slip into my backpack along with all the other crap I carry around on walks.
It was this book that introduced me to the Brown Heath Buzzer, the smallest of our cicadas. And a small range- in my area!
Some of the common names deserve their own fanclub…..the Alarm Clock Squawker, Golden Twanger, the Sand Fairy, the Smoky Buzzer…
I’ll do that. Mrs V is in daily contact with Nathan’s mother.
Some village locals just taking their house for a walk.
Bubblecar said:
Bubblecar said:
Coles truck is now several minutes overdue.
…but has now arrived. Name: Bannister.
Roger that.
Woodie said:
Bubblecar said:
Bubblecar said:
Coles truck is now several minutes overdue.
…but has now arrived. Name: Bannister.
Roger that.
wonder how Bannister is going, hope he’s not licking the shower cubicle clean
transition said:
Woodie said:
Bubblecar said:…but has now arrived. Name: Bannister.
Roger that.
wonder how Bannister is going, hope he’s not licking the shower cubicle clean
He’d probably rail against that.
Repost for trans. https://tokyo3.org/forums/holiday/posts/2445676/
roughbarked said:
transition said:
Woodie said:Roger that.
wonder how Bannister is going, hope he’s not licking the shower cubicle clean
He’d probably rail against that.
car’s probably got the guy to drink a bottle of wine
roughbarked said:
Repost for trans. https://tokyo3.org/forums/holiday/posts/2445676/
sorry posted back in original fred, oh well, reckons we’ll all survive
transition said:
roughbarked said:
Repost for trans. https://tokyo3.org/forums/holiday/posts/2445676/
sorry posted back in original fred, oh well, reckons we’ll all survive
Or we’ll all be rooned.
Peak Warming Man said:
transition said:
roughbarked said:
Repost for trans. https://tokyo3.org/forums/holiday/posts/2445676/
sorry posted back in original fred, oh well, reckons we’ll all survive
Or we’ll all be rooned.
“ If rain don’t come this month,” said
Dan
And cleared his throat to speak;
“We’ll all be ‘rooned,’‘ said Hanrahan,
” If rain don’t come this week.”
Peak Warming Man said:
transition said:
roughbarked said:
Repost for trans. https://tokyo3.org/forums/holiday/posts/2445676/
sorry posted back in original fred, oh well, reckons we’ll all survive
Or we’ll all be rooned.
things took a bit of a turn for the better recently I see, worthy of some cheer, i’m feeling of an improved mood, some hope returned regard the free world, but have to wait until late January I think it is.
transition said:
Peak Warming Man said:
transition said:sorry posted back in original fred, oh well, reckons we’ll all survive
Or we’ll all be rooned.
things took a bit of a turn for the better recently I see, worthy of some cheer, i’m feeling of an improved mood, some hope returned regard the free world, but have to wait until late January I think it is.
All that won’t be over until after they’ve impeached the bustard and sent him off to Guantanamo.
Spiny Norman said:
BeamNG is a vehicle simulator that’s got quite good physics modelling. It also allows you to create unusual vehicles to run around in.
This is one of the more unusual ones.
That is most odd.
Up again, as planned. A man, a plan, a canal – Bubblecar.
Now for some reading in the living room before coming back in here to either watch an old film or an old documentary.
Bubblecar said:
Up again, as planned. A man, a plan, a canal – Bubblecar.Now for some reading in the living room before coming back in here to either watch an old film or an old documentary.
Race lb Bubblecar
Erk…I feel off. Tinnitus is screaming, guts are suspicious of the world, headache is not really there and everything smells weird.
I’m craving salty crunchy food, with a lemonade. So I ordered some take away food – hot chips with no salt, because I don’t like salt on my chips. No lemonade, but a lemon, lime and bitters drink. Some other random food groups and the ringing in my ears is like the saxophones.
I might go sit outside until the food arrives.
Ah, the saxophones have stopped.
🎷 🚫 ✋️
What are you doing, kii?
Oh, just watching a video of an elephant getting an enema.
At the redoubt and it’s quite warm.
Got here late so I’ll wonder off to bed.
kii said:
What are you doing, kii?
Oh, just watching a video of an elephant getting an enema.
It’s what the internet was made for.
captain_spalding said:
kii said:
What are you doing, kii?
Oh, just watching a video of an elephant getting an enema.
It’s what the internet was made for.
I thought it was made for cats 🐈 🐈⬛️ ?
Evenin’ all.
A bit late this time, but only recently got home from fire training, and had to deal with 50 emails.
We are one of the lucky few fire brigades that has a retired BOM expert who gave us a full 2 hour description of how the weather works(in theory).
Then one of our aircraft nerds, with a half hour explanation of what firefighting aircraft we are likely to see overhead this season. The previous water bomber contractor has lost the contract due to (amongst other things) “parking” a 737 in the bush at high speed.
We ran out of time and will continue the discussion next week.
Kingy said:
Evenin’ all.A bit late this time, but only recently got home from fire training, and had to deal with 50 emails.
We are one of the lucky few fire brigades that has a retired BOM expert who gave us a full 2 hour description of how the weather works(in theory).
Then one of our aircraft nerds, with a half hour explanation of what firefighting aircraft we are likely to see overhead this season. The previous water bomber contractor has lost the contract due to (amongst other things) “parking” a 737 in the bush at high speed.
We ran out of time and will continue the discussion next week.
That sounds like an interesting evening. All I did was watch videos of an elephant getting an enema, as I did the ADHD thing and hopped around the internet. I also watched a show on ABC iView and photographed a tiny flower.
kii said:
Kingy said:
Evenin’ all.A bit late this time, but only recently got home from fire training, and had to deal with 50 emails.
We are one of the lucky few fire brigades that has a retired BOM expert who gave us a full 2 hour description of how the weather works(in theory).
Then one of our aircraft nerds, with a half hour explanation of what firefighting aircraft we are likely to see overhead this season. The previous water bomber contractor has lost the contract due to (amongst other things) “parking” a 737 in the bush at high speed.
We ran out of time and will continue the discussion next week.
That sounds like an interesting evening. All I did was watch videos of an elephant getting an enema, as I did the ADHD thing and hopped around the internet. I also watched a show on ABC iView and photographed a tiny flower.
I had a busy week. Our company are going to be exhibitionists at the Perth 4WD and Camping Show this weekend. We are hosting a couple of other businesses under our tent too. I have not been asked to work the weekend, between the family that owns the business and the other businesses there are enough to cover without paying overtime penalty rates. So I still get my long weekend. But gees, it was as much effort getting packed and ready as moving house, and have to unpack it all on Monday, unless they sell everything.
So I’ve got home very tired, had dinner, had a shower and ablutions, and then parked down in the armchair and opened cold beers. Happy ThNDC!
party_pants said:
kii said:
Kingy said:
Evenin’ all.A bit late this time, but only recently got home from fire training, and had to deal with 50 emails.
We are one of the lucky few fire brigades that has a retired BOM expert who gave us a full 2 hour description of how the weather works(in theory).
Then one of our aircraft nerds, with a half hour explanation of what firefighting aircraft we are likely to see overhead this season. The previous water bomber contractor has lost the contract due to (amongst other things) “parking” a 737 in the bush at high speed.
We ran out of time and will continue the discussion next week.
That sounds like an interesting evening. All I did was watch videos of an elephant getting an enema, as I did the ADHD thing and hopped around the internet. I also watched a show on ABC iView and photographed a tiny flower.
I had a busy week. Our company are going to be exhibitionists at the Perth 4WD and Camping Show this weekend. We are hosting a couple of other businesses under our tent too. I have not been asked to work the weekend, between the family that owns the business and the other businesses there are enough to cover without paying overtime penalty rates. So I still get my long weekend. But gees, it was as much effort getting packed and ready as moving house, and have to unpack it all on Monday, unless they sell everything.
So I’ve got home very tired, had dinner, had a shower and ablutions, and then parked down in the armchair and opened cold beers. Happy ThNDC!
“exhibitionists” Sounds interesting.
Is it legal in public?
Kingy said:
party_pants said:
kii said:That sounds like an interesting evening. All I did was watch videos of an elephant getting an enema, as I did the ADHD thing and hopped around the internet. I also watched a show on ABC iView and photographed a tiny flower.
I had a busy week. Our company are going to be exhibitionists at the Perth 4WD and Camping Show this weekend. We are hosting a couple of other businesses under our tent too. I have not been asked to work the weekend, between the family that owns the business and the other businesses there are enough to cover without paying overtime penalty rates. So I still get my long weekend. But gees, it was as much effort getting packed and ready as moving house, and have to unpack it all on Monday, unless they sell everything.
So I’ve got home very tired, had dinner, had a shower and ablutions, and then parked down in the armchair and opened cold beers. Happy ThNDC!
“exhibitionists” Sounds interesting.
Is it legal in public?
You’ll never know, unless you go … to the show
kii said:
Kingy said:
Evenin’ all.A bit late this time, but only recently got home from fire training, and had to deal with 50 emails.
We are one of the lucky few fire brigades that has a retired BOM expert who gave us a full 2 hour description of how the weather works(in theory).
Then one of our aircraft nerds, with a half hour explanation of what firefighting aircraft we are likely to see overhead this season. The previous water bomber contractor has lost the contract due to (amongst other things) “parking” a 737 in the bush at high speed.
We ran out of time and will continue the discussion next week.
That sounds like an interesting evening. All I did was watch videos of an elephant getting an enema, as I did the ADHD thing and hopped around the internet. I also watched a show on ABC iView and photographed a tiny flower.
This is the “new” local LAT, that should arrive in a few weeks. It was here a few years ago but the contracts change according to the whims of the politicians at the time, and previously we had a C130 from Coulson Avation.
Good morning Holidayers. Presently 8 degrees at the back door and overcast. We are forecast 20 degrees,with showers later in the day.
I’m going to mow at the wetland very shortly. Not quite light enough yet.
Good Morning everybody.
It’s 22.9° C and 75% RH. There are scattered clouds and light breezes. BoM forecasts a top of 27° C and that it’ll be mostly sunny with no rain. So it is going to be much milder today because the wind is coming from the south, not the north. Good. Yesterday got to 35° C and was a bit uncomfortable.
Agenda:
We are going for a walk on the beach, then we’ll breakfast at “Little Parliament”. After ten, we will go to a pop-up art gallery a few doors closer to the beach than the breakfast café. We may have lunch at the Surf Club. You may ask “Why are we splurging?”. Well, tomorrow is our 45th wedding anniversary. Saturdays are busy at food venues in this tourist village. So we are having our celebratory splurge today instead. :)
A bit before 4 pm, we intend to go for a swim in the surf, as we did yesterday. Yesterday was the first time I have ventured into the water since I developed the balance problems a few years ago. Getting in and out was challenging, but being in there bobbing around in the surf was really, really nice.
Have a great day.
:)
Morning pilgrims, spiffing day at the redoubt.
Over
And I am back. I get just short of 2hrs out of a tank of petrol on my Masport President 500 mower. According to the interwebs the tanks is around 3/4 litre. Pretty efficient.
Michael V said:
Good Morning everybody.It’s 22.9° C and 75% RH. There are scattered clouds and light breezes. BoM forecasts a top of 27° C and that it’ll be mostly sunny with no rain. So it is going to be much milder today because the wind is coming from the south, not the north. Good. Yesterday got to 35° C and was a bit uncomfortable.
Agenda:
We are going for a walk on the beach, then we’ll breakfast at “Little Parliament”. After ten, we will go to a pop-up art gallery a few doors closer to the beach than the breakfast café. We may have lunch at the Surf Club. You may ask “Why are we splurging?”. Well, tomorrow is our 45th wedding anniversary. Saturdays are busy at food venues in this tourist village. So we are having our celebratory splurge today instead. :)
A bit before 4 pm, we intend to go for a swim in the surf, as we did yesterday. Yesterday was the first time I have ventured into the water since I developed the balance problems a few years ago. Getting in and out was challenging, but being in there bobbing around in the surf was really, really nice.
Have a great day.
:)
Happy 45th Anniversary to both the Vs!
🎉🎉🎉Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉
Michael V said:
Good Morning everybody.It’s 22.9° C and 75% RH. There are scattered clouds and light breezes. BoM forecasts a top of 27° C and that it’ll be mostly sunny with no rain. So it is going to be much milder today because the wind is coming from the south, not the north. Good. Yesterday got to 35° C and was a bit uncomfortable.
Agenda:
We are going for a walk on the beach, then we’ll breakfast at “Little Parliament”. After ten, we will go to a pop-up art gallery a few doors closer to the beach than the breakfast café. We may have lunch at the Surf Club. You may ask “Why are we splurging?”. Well, tomorrow is our 45th wedding anniversary. Saturdays are busy at food venues in this tourist village. So we are having our celebratory splurge today instead. :)
A bit before 4 pm, we intend to go for a swim in the surf, as we did yesterday. Yesterday was the first time I have ventured into the water since I developed the balance problems a few years ago. Getting in and out was challenging, but being in there bobbing around in the surf was really, really nice.
Have a great day.
:)
good
This did not age well.
Michael V said:
Good Morning everybody.It’s 22.9° C and 75% RH. There are scattered clouds and light breezes. BoM forecasts a top of 27° C and that it’ll be mostly sunny with no rain. So it is going to be much milder today because the wind is coming from the south, not the north. Good. Yesterday got to 35° C and was a bit uncomfortable.
Agenda:
We are going for a walk on the beach, then we’ll breakfast at “Little Parliament”. After ten, we will go to a pop-up art gallery a few doors closer to the beach than the breakfast café. We may have lunch at the Surf Club. You may ask “Why are we splurging?”. Well, tomorrow is our 45th wedding anniversary. Saturdays are busy at food venues in this tourist village. So we are having our celebratory splurge today instead. :)
A bit before 4 pm, we intend to go for a swim in the surf, as we did yesterday. Yesterday was the first time I have ventured into the water since I developed the balance problems a few years ago. Getting in and out was challenging, but being in there bobbing around in the surf was really, really nice.
Have a great day.
:)
Congrats to the V’s!!
alleged
🖖🏽💚💚🖖🏽 Greetings Earthlings 🖖🏽💚💚🖖🏽
Today comes with a range of 19° to 25°. It is currently 23°
It will be a cloudy yet sunny day today.
Humidity is 65%.
Tidying up with the Insurance Company today and planting out some nasturtiums today. Lettuces have hardly grown so I need to create a space with shade for them.
ms spock said:
Michael V said:
Good Morning everybody.It’s 22.9° C and 75% RH. There are scattered clouds and light breezes. BoM forecasts a top of 27° C and that it’ll be mostly sunny with no rain. So it is going to be much milder today because the wind is coming from the south, not the north. Good. Yesterday got to 35° C and was a bit uncomfortable.
Agenda:
We are going for a walk on the beach, then we’ll breakfast at “Little Parliament”. After ten, we will go to a pop-up art gallery a few doors closer to the beach than the breakfast café. We may have lunch at the Surf Club. You may ask “Why are we splurging?”. Well, tomorrow is our 45th wedding anniversary. Saturdays are busy at food venues in this tourist village. So we are having our celebratory splurge today instead. :)
A bit before 4 pm, we intend to go for a swim in the surf, as we did yesterday. Yesterday was the first time I have ventured into the water since I developed the balance problems a few years ago. Getting in and out was challenging, but being in there bobbing around in the surf was really, really nice.
Have a great day.
:)
Happy 45th Anniversary to both the Vs!
🎉🎉🎉Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉
What spocky said.+1
Michael V said:
Good Morning everybody.It’s 22.9° C and 75% RH. There are scattered clouds and light breezes. BoM forecasts a top of 27° C and that it’ll be mostly sunny with no rain. So it is going to be much milder today because the wind is coming from the south, not the north. Good. Yesterday got to 35° C and was a bit uncomfortable.
Agenda:
We are going for a walk on the beach, then we’ll breakfast at “Little Parliament”. After ten, we will go to a pop-up art gallery a few doors closer to the beach than the breakfast café. We may have lunch at the Surf Club. You may ask “Why are we splurging?”. Well, tomorrow is our 45th wedding anniversary. Saturdays are busy at food venues in this tourist village. So we are having our celebratory splurge today instead. :)
A bit before 4 pm, we intend to go for a swim in the surf, as we did yesterday. Yesterday was the first time I have ventured into the water since I developed the balance problems a few years ago. Getting in and out was challenging, but being in there bobbing around in the surf was really, really nice.
Have a great day.
:)
Sounds like you’re going to have a great day.
3/10. I think I actually knew two…
I din’ actually hear about the Swift deorbit. I still think of it as one of the “new” telescopes but it’s old enough to drink alcohol in the US.
Hello
dv said:
buffy said:
ABC news quiz3/10. I think I actually knew two…
4
4/10 also
Knew 1 (thankyou, Holiday Forum)
The Rev Dodgson said:
dv said:
buffy said:
ABC news quiz3/10. I think I actually knew two…
4
4/10 also
Knew 1 (thankyou, Holiday Forum)
Would have got 9/10 if I’d trusted my instincts which is what got the horse race one wrong.
Peak Warming Man said:
Michael V said:
Good Morning everybody.It’s 22.9° C and 75% RH. There are scattered clouds and light breezes. BoM forecasts a top of 27° C and that it’ll be mostly sunny with no rain. So it is going to be much milder today because the wind is coming from the south, not the north. Good. Yesterday got to 35° C and was a bit uncomfortable.
Agenda:
We are going for a walk on the beach, then we’ll breakfast at “Little Parliament”. After ten, we will go to a pop-up art gallery a few doors closer to the beach than the breakfast café. We may have lunch at the Surf Club. You may ask “Why are we splurging?”. Well, tomorrow is our 45th wedding anniversary. Saturdays are busy at food venues in this tourist village. So we are having our celebratory splurge today instead. :)
A bit before 4 pm, we intend to go for a swim in the surf, as we did yesterday. Yesterday was the first time I have ventured into the water since I developed the balance problems a few years ago. Getting in and out was challenging, but being in there bobbing around in the surf was really, really nice.
Have a great day.
:)
Sounds like you’re going to have a great day.
Here in Toowoomba, I don’t miss the beach and sea as much as i thought i might.
But, it does happen. Every now and then, a sort of (sigh) feeling passes over me, and i wish that…
Calm summer mornings when there was a glassy swell at the Bargara Surf Club, bobbing about as the surge passed by, looking at the coconut palms, and reflecting on the brutality of our existence.
Walking the dog past the same beach, and seeing dolphins body-surfing in the waves.
Days, years and years ago, sailing up and down the NSW coast, fighting with wet sails, then anchoring somewhere quiet, putting snags and steal on the Hibachi, and opening the first beer.
Hmph. That was then, this is now.
Saw this shutters ad on FB and I don’t know what to say
Ha!
I opened my own post, just to get rid of the pink in the ‘By Time’ column, and the word ‘steal’ leapt out at me.
Should be ‘steak’.
Republicans were hammered in the US elections, the Tate brothers are in prison and now, so is Russell Brand.
The planet is slowly healing.
Bubblecar said:
Republicans were hammered in the US elections, the Tate brothers are in prison and now, so is Russell Brand.The planet is slowly healing.
And Donald Trump has learnt that there are more things in Heaven and Earth than are dreamt of in his philosophy/fantasy bubble.
Bubblecar said:
Republicans were hammered in the US elections, the Tate brothers are in prison and now, so is Russell Brand.The planet is slowly healing.
Alan Jones will be the next step on the road to recovery.
we might need a FFS thread…
captain_spalding said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Michael V said:
Good Morning everybody.It’s 22.9° C and 75% RH. There are scattered clouds and light breezes. BoM forecasts a top of 27° C and that it’ll be mostly sunny with no rain. So it is going to be much milder today because the wind is coming from the south, not the north. Good. Yesterday got to 35° C and was a bit uncomfortable.
Agenda:
We are going for a walk on the beach, then we’ll breakfast at “Little Parliament”. After ten, we will go to a pop-up art gallery a few doors closer to the beach than the breakfast café. We may have lunch at the Surf Club. You may ask “Why are we splurging?”. Well, tomorrow is our 45th wedding anniversary. Saturdays are busy at food venues in this tourist village. So we are having our celebratory splurge today instead. :)
A bit before 4 pm, we intend to go for a swim in the surf, as we did yesterday. Yesterday was the first time I have ventured into the water since I developed the balance problems a few years ago. Getting in and out was challenging, but being in there bobbing around in the surf was really, really nice.
Have a great day.
:)
Sounds like you’re going to have a great day.
Here in Toowoomba, I don’t miss the beach and sea as much as i thought i might.
But, it does happen. Every now and then, a sort of (sigh) feeling passes over me, and i wish that…
Calm summer mornings when there was a glassy swell at the Bargara Surf Club, bobbing about as the surge passed by, looking at the coconut palms, and reflecting on the brutality of our existence.
Walking the dog past the same beach, and seeing dolphins body-surfing in the waves.
Days, years and years ago, sailing up and down the NSW coast, fighting with wet sails, then anchoring somewhere quiet, putting snags and steal on the Hibachi, and opening the first beer.
Hmph. That was then, this is now.
I’ve not visited the seaside for many years, but will be doing so next month, when I visit some of the fine west coast beaches near Zeehan.
Arts said:
we might need a FFS thread…
What troubles you my friend?
Bubblecar said:
Republicans were hammered in the US elections, the Tate brothers are in prison and now, so is Russell Brand.The planet is slowly healing.
Supposedly David Wallam is in trouble as well
Bubblecar said:
Republicans were hammered in the US elections, the Tate brothers are in prison and now, so is Russell Brand.The planet is slowly healing.
albeit too slowly.
Witty Rejoinder said:
Arts said:
we might need a FFS thread…
What troubles you my friend?
We need a Meanwhile thread.
Arts said:
we might need a FFS thread…
The Lab is still with you. ;)
Witty Rejoinder said:
Bubblecar said:
Republicans were hammered in the US elections, the Tate brothers are in prison and now, so is Russell Brand.The planet is slowly healing.
Alan Jones will be the next step on the road to recovery.
That trial seems to be taking aaages. Especially as it’s just a local court trial with no jury.
Arts said:
we might need a FFS thread…
We have a W(h)inge thread and an Outrage thread, are either of those close enough?
Bubblecar said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
Bubblecar said:
Republicans were hammered in the US elections, the Tate brothers are in prison and now, so is Russell Brand.The planet is slowly healing.
Alan Jones will be the next step on the road to recovery.
That trial seems to be taking aaages. Especially as it’s just a local court trial with no jury.
He could slip through our fingers like Cardinal Pell?
dv said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
Arts said:
we might need a FFS thread…
What troubles you my friend?
We need a Meanwhile thread.
roughbarked said:
Bubblecar said:
Witty Rejoinder said:Alan Jones will be the next step on the road to recovery.
That trial seems to be taking aaages. Especially as it’s just a local court trial with no jury.
He could slip through our fingers like Cardinal Pell?
Possibly.
I’ve always had the feeling that someone wants to see him taught a lesson.
He had protection for a long time, and that protection was rather suddenly withdrawn.
He may have overstepped a mark somewhere, been thought to be a little bit too big for his boots.
captain_spalding said:
roughbarked said:
Bubblecar said:That trial seems to be taking aaages. Especially as it’s just a local court trial with no jury.
He could slip through our fingers like Cardinal Pell?
Possibly.
I’ve always had the feeling that someone wants to see him taught a lesson.
He had protection for a long time, and that protection was rather suddenly withdrawn.
He may have overstepped a mark somewhere, been thought to be a little bit too big for his boots.
I believe he has done that of late.
“Link”:Lhttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-11-06/uk-mafs-married-at-first-sight-cancelled-channel-4/107354598
captain_spalding said:
roughbarked said:
Bubblecar said:That trial seems to be taking aaages. Especially as it’s just a local court trial with no jury.
He could slip through our fingers like Cardinal Pell?
Possibly.
I’ve always had the feeling that someone wants to see him taught a lesson.
He had protection for a long time, and that protection was rather suddenly withdrawn.
He may have overstepped a mark somewhere, been thought to be a little bit too big for his boots.
Its interesting that these people can carry on with life as normal with dirty secrets just hidden away
Shows how morally bankrupt they are
dv said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
Arts said:
we might need a FFS thread…
What troubles you my friend?
We need a Meanwhile thread.
oh I thought I added the pic, then I got distracted by work..
we need a FFS thread for this shit… just when I didn’t think I could get madder at the world ,, this fucking ad for an etsy shop
Arts said:
dv said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
What troubles you my friend?
We need a Meanwhile thread.
oh I thought I added the pic, then I got distracted by work..
we need a FFS thread for this shit… just when I didn’t think I could get madder at the world ,, this fucking ad for an etsy shop
well you know freedom of speech innocent until proven guilty what law is being broken here
Morning has arrived.
Again.
My toasted Bürgen Black Bread, aka rye bread, is crunchy.
The cottage cheese is a wonderful texture.
The bananana is perfecto.
Mugga tea is brilliantly good.
The strange feelings of weirdness that I experienced last night seem to be gone. The saxophones are quiet.
“She has Such Taking Ways” postcard circa 1907
(she took my heart and my watch) 
Arts said:
dv said:
Witty Rejoinder said:What troubles you my friend?
We need a Meanwhile thread.
oh I thought I added the pic, then I got distracted by work..
we need a FFS thread for this shit… just when I didn’t think I could get madder at the world ,, this fucking ad for an etsy shop
Jaysus Fecking Christopher!!!
And now I hate the world, again.
SCIENCE said:
Arts said:
dv said:
We need a Meanwhile thread.
oh I thought I added the pic, then I got distracted by work..
we need a FFS thread for this shit… just when I didn’t think I could get madder at the world ,, this fucking ad for an etsy shop
well you know freedom of speech innocent until proven guilty what law is being broken here
the sexualisation of children
over 4000 saves.. do you know how CSO’s operate?
kii said:
Arts said:
dv said:We need a Meanwhile thread.
oh I thought I added the pic, then I got distracted by work..
we need a FFS thread for this shit… just when I didn’t think I could get madder at the world ,, this fucking ad for an etsy shop
Jaysus Fecking Christopher!!!
And now I hate the world, again.
Its icky I’d assume the intent wasn’t meant to be inappropriate, but who knows
Cymek said:
kii said:
Arts said:oh I thought I added the pic, then I got distracted by work..
we need a FFS thread for this shit… just when I didn’t think I could get madder at the world ,, this fucking ad for an etsy shop
Jaysus Fecking Christopher!!!
And now I hate the world, again.
Its icky I’d assume the intent wasn’t meant to be inappropriate, but who knows
hard no… the sexualisation of children then marketing it as ‘humour’ is arguably worse than overtly sexualising children. and neither of those things is even remotely good.
Cymek said:
kii said:
Arts said:oh I thought I added the pic, then I got distracted by work..
we need a FFS thread for this shit… just when I didn’t think I could get madder at the world ,, this fucking ad for an etsy shop
Jaysus Fecking Christopher!!!
And now I hate the world, again.
Its icky I’d assume the intent wasn’t meant to be inappropriate, but who knows
That really doesn’t matter…what the intent was. It’s the inappropriate language that is used with girls. As Arts said – the sexualisation of children.
Arts said:
Cymek said:
kii said:Jaysus Fecking Christopher!!!
And now I hate the world, again.
Its icky I’d assume the intent wasn’t meant to be inappropriate, but who knows
hard no… the sexualisation of children then marketing it as ‘humour’ is arguably worse than overtly sexualising children. and neither of those things is even remotely good.
Yeah.
The question to ask these people is, ‘you think this shit is funny, do you?’/
Arts said:
Cymek said:
kii said:Jaysus Fecking Christopher!!!
And now I hate the world, again.
Its icky I’d assume the intent wasn’t meant to be inappropriate, but who knows
hard no… the sexualisation of children then marketing it as ‘humour’ is arguably worse than overtly sexualising children. and neither of those things is even remotely good.
exactly.
Sixteen years ago our workshop was being built. Plus we adopted Daisy Mae around the same time.
Ah, memories.
Arts said:
SCIENCE said:
Arts said:
oh I thought I added the pic, then I got distracted by work..
we need a FFS thread for this shit… just when I didn’t think I could get madder at the world ,, this fucking ad for an etsy shop
well you know freedom of speech innocent until proven guilty what law is being broken here
the sexualisation of children
over 4000 saves.. do you know how CSO’s operate?
we mean how would one go about proving this, when apart from pronouns type references there is no reference to sex
captain_spalding said:
Arts said:
Cymek said:Its icky I’d assume the intent wasn’t meant to be inappropriate, but who knows
hard no… the sexualisation of children then marketing it as ‘humour’ is arguably worse than overtly sexualising children. and neither of those things is even remotely good.
Yeah.
The question to ask these people is, ‘you think this shit is funny, do you?’/
I mean maybe it was AI.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0NgUhEs1R4
SCIENCE said:
Arts said:
SCIENCE said:
well you know freedom of speech innocent until proven guilty what law is being broken here
the sexualisation of children
over 4000 saves.. do you know how CSO’s operate?
we mean how would one go about proving this, when apart from pronouns type references there is no reference to sex
I hope you are kidding. Because it is obvious.
dv said:
captain_spalding said:
Arts said:hard no… the sexualisation of children then marketing it as ‘humour’ is arguably worse than overtly sexualising children. and neither of those things is even remotely good.
Yeah.
The question to ask these people is, ‘you think this shit is funny, do you?’/
I mean maybe it was AI.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0NgUhEs1R4
Doesn’t change the relevance of the question.
roughbarked said:
Imagine if they had told the public that while he was escaping, those who may have helped him escape could well have done the opposite.
roughbarked said:
captain_spalding said:
kii said:
Arts said:
Cymek said:
kii said:
Jaysus Fecking Christopher!!!
And now I hate the world, again.
Its icky I’d assume the intent wasn’t meant to be inappropriate, but who knows
hard no… the sexualisation of children then marketing it as ‘humour’ is arguably worse than overtly sexualising children. and neither of those things is even remotely good.
That really doesn’t matter…what the intent was. It’s the inappropriate language that is used with girls. As Arts said – the sexualisation of children.
Yeah.
The question to ask these people is, ‘you think this shit is funny, do you?’/
exactly.
we don’t for a moment think it was accidental and wouldn’t assume the intent wasn’t meant to be inappropriate but we’re still unconvinced yous would have a means to enforce a takedown
roughbarked said:
roughbarked said:
Imagine if they had told the public that while he was escaping, those who may have helped him escape could well have done the opposite.
Maybe a ‘shared interest’ is why they did what they did.
roughbarked said:
roughbarked said:
Imagine if they had told the public that while he was escaping, those who may have helped him escape could well have done the opposite.
maybe this can be a way of also unescaping those who may have helped him
SCIENCE said:
roughbarked said:
captain_spalding said:
Yeah.
The question to ask these people is, ‘you think this shit is funny, do you?’/
exactly.
we don’t for a moment think it was accidental and wouldn’t assume the intent wasn’t meant to be inappropriate but we’re still unconvinced yous would have a means to enforce a takedown
I think you will find that there are now laws against it.
SCIENCE said:
roughbarked said:
roughbarked said:
Imagine if they had told the public that while he was escaping, those who may have helped him escape could well have done the opposite.
maybe this can be a way of also unescaping those who may have helped him
Maybe.
captain_spalding said:
dv said:
captain_spalding said:
Yeah.
The question to ask these people is, ‘you think this shit is funny, do you?’/
I mean maybe it was AI.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0NgUhEs1R4
Doesn’t change the relevance of the question.
but if it is, it does increase the immunity of those responsible
and also, there’s the age old argument over whether movies / media / games / contrails actually promote harm or they are just mirrors reflecting the contemporary state of society (Old El Paso), but we absolutely guarantee that when you have an output-predicting-跟爱-trained-on-human-art there is no denying the mirror component
a sad indictment as they say
roughbarked said:
SCIENCE said:
Arts said:
the sexualisation of children
over 4000 saves.. do you know how CSO’s operate?
we mean how would one go about proving this, when apart from pronouns type references there is no reference to sex
I hope you are kidding. Because it is obvious.
to a standard required to obtain a remedy
SCIENCE said:
Arts said:
SCIENCE said:
well you know freedom of speech innocent until proven guilty what law is being broken here
the sexualisation of children
over 4000 saves.. do you know how CSO’s operate?
we mean how would one go about proving this, when apart from pronouns type references there is no reference to sex
isn’t there? the intent that the young girl is ‘single’ and therefore ‘available’ for the boys is a fairly cut and dry statement. But legality aside, I think we can just be outraged at this sort of thing from a protective societal perspective. The cultural statement that women/girls are there for men/boys to possess if they are single does little to alleviate the idea of ownership of women. You should just be mad at things like this, it doesn’t need a thesis statement
Arts said:
SCIENCE said:Arts said:
the sexualisation of children
over 4000 saves.. do you know how CSO’s operate?
we mean how would one go about proving this, when apart from pronouns type references there is no reference to sex
isn’t there? the intent that the young girl is ‘single’ and therefore ‘available’ for the boys is a fairly cut and dry statement. But legality aside, I think we can just be outraged at this sort of thing from a protective societal perspective. The cultural statement that women/girls are there for men/boys to possess if they are single does little to alleviate the idea of ownership of women. You should just be mad at things like this, it doesn’t need a thesis statement
Indeed.
roughbarked said:
SCIENCE said:
roughbarked said:
exactly.
we don’t for a moment think it was accidental and wouldn’t assume the intent wasn’t meant to be inappropriate but we’re still unconvinced yous would have a means to enforce a takedown
I think you will find that there are now laws against it.
sorry we’re not particularly familiar with legislation in Delaware but we’d be happy to learn about the relevant section(s) of the relevant act(s) if there are any
Arts said:
SCIENCE said:Arts said:
the sexualisation of children
over 4000 saves.. do you know how CSO’s operate?
we mean how would one go about proving this, when apart from pronouns type references there is no reference to sex
isn’t there? the intent that the young girl is ‘single’ and therefore ‘available’ for the boys is a fairly cut and dry statement. But legality aside, I think we can just be outraged at this sort of thing from a protective societal perspective. The cultural statement that women/girls are there for men/boys to possess if they are single does little to alleviate the idea of ownership of women. You should just be mad at things like this, it doesn’t need a thesis statement
The problem is that a lot people would look at that image and think “that’s so cute”…
diddly-squat said:
Arts said:
SCIENCE said:we mean how would one go about proving this, when apart from pronouns type references there is no reference to sex
isn’t there? the intent that the young girl is ‘single’ and therefore ‘available’ for the boys is a fairly cut and dry statement. But legality aside, I think we can just be outraged at this sort of thing from a protective societal perspective. The cultural statement that women/girls are there for men/boys to possess if they are single does little to alleviate the idea of ownership of women. You should just be mad at things like this, it doesn’t need a thesis statement
The problem is that a lot people would look at that image and think “that’s so cute”…
and miss the sign altogether?
roughbarked said:
Arts said:
SCIENCE said:
we mean how would one go about proving this, when apart from pronouns type references there is no reference to sex
isn’t there? the intent that the young girl is ‘single’ and therefore ‘available’ for the boys is a fairly cut and dry statement. But legality aside, I think we can just be outraged at this sort of thing from a protective societal perspective. The cultural statement that women/girls are there for men/boys to possess if they are single does little to alleviate the idea of ownership of women. You should just be mad at things like this, it doesn’t need a thesis statement
Indeed.
shrug we agree and acknowledge that cultural shifts tend to lead legislative shifts for the specific reason that in places like this the ones codifying the rules are elected
we guess juvenilecotts are out of fashion these days but what else can one do shrug
SCIENCE said:
captain_spalding said:
dv said:
I mean maybe it was AI.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0NgUhEs1R4
Doesn’t change the relevance of the question.
but if it is, it does increase the immunity of those responsible
and also, there’s the age old argument over whether movies / media / games / contrails actually promote harm or they are just mirrors reflecting the contemporary state of society (Old El Paso), but we absolutely guarantee that when you have an output-predicting-跟爱-trained-on-human-art there is no denying the mirror component
a sad indictment as they say
there is research on child sex dolls that points to them increasing harm. but, more importantly, no evidence that there is a therapeutic benefit.
Brown R & Shelling J 2019. Exploring the implications of child sex dolls. Trends & issues in crime and criminal justice no. 570. Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology. https://www.aic.gov.au/publications/tandi/tandi570
roughbarked said:
diddly-squat said:
Arts said:isn’t there? the intent that the young girl is ‘single’ and therefore ‘available’ for the boys is a fairly cut and dry statement. But legality aside, I think we can just be outraged at this sort of thing from a protective societal perspective. The cultural statement that women/girls are there for men/boys to possess if they are single does little to alleviate the idea of ownership of women. You should just be mad at things like this, it doesn’t need a thesis statement
The problem is that a lot people would look at that image and think “that’s so cute”…
and miss the sign altogether?
No. They think the message is cute.
Arts said:
SCIENCE said:
captain_spalding said:
Doesn’t change the relevance of the question.
but if it is, it does increase the immunity of those responsible
and also, there’s the age old argument over whether movies / media / games / contrails actually promote harm or they are just mirrors reflecting the contemporary state of society (Old El Paso), but we absolutely guarantee that when you have an output-predicting-跟爱-trained-on-human-art there is no denying the mirror component
a sad indictment as they say
there is research on child sex dolls that points to them increasing harm. but, more importantly, no evidence that there is a therapeutic benefit.
Brown R & Shelling J 2019. Exploring the implications of child sex dolls. Trends & issues in crime and criminal justice no. 570. Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology. https://www.aic.gov.au/publications/tandi/tandi570
gross and not surprised
reminds us of the rage room fad
Arts said:
SCIENCE said:captain_spalding said:
Doesn’t change the relevance of the question.
but if it is, it does increase the immunity of those responsible
and also, there’s the age old argument over whether movies / media / games / contrails actually promote harm or they are just mirrors reflecting the contemporary state of society (Old El Paso), but we absolutely guarantee that when you have an output-predicting-跟爱-trained-on-human-art there is no denying the mirror component
a sad indictment as they say
there is research on child sex dolls that points to them increasing harm. but, more importantly, no evidence that there is a therapeutic benefit.
Brown R & Shelling J 2019. Exploring the implications of child sex dolls. Trends & issues in crime and criminal justice no. 570. Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology. https://www.aic.gov.au/publications/tandi/tandi570
They are illegal in Australia aren’t they, WA at least
I came across someone charged with importing them.
kii said:
roughbarked said:
diddly-squat said:
The problem is that a lot people would look at that image and think “that’s so cute”…
and miss the sign altogether?
No. They think the message is cute.
wonder how much outcry there would be if they advertised a boy suit set with a sign “don’t worry girls i always ask for consent” we reckon that’d rile them up good and proper
Hands up all the women here who experienced this type of sexualisation when they were a child.
My maternal gma did it often when I was a young child.
My mother did it to me when I was a teen.
Cymek said:
Arts said:
SCIENCE said:but if it is, it does increase the immunity of those responsible
and also, there’s the age old argument over whether movies / media / games / contrails actually promote harm or they are just mirrors reflecting the contemporary state of society (Old El Paso), but we absolutely guarantee that when you have an output-predicting-跟爱-trained-on-human-art there is no denying the mirror component
a sad indictment as they say
there is research on child sex dolls that points to them increasing harm. but, more importantly, no evidence that there is a therapeutic benefit.
Brown R & Shelling J 2019. Exploring the implications of child sex dolls. Trends & issues in crime and criminal justice no. 570. Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology. https://www.aic.gov.au/publications/tandi/tandi570
They are illegal in Australia aren’t they, WA at least
I came across someone charged with importing them.
they are illegal in Australia under the Combating Child Sexual Exploitation Legislation Amendment Act 2019, and several people have been charged with the importation of them. In japan it is legal… while the possession of child abuse material is illegal, the dolls fall under the illustrative media freedom of expression act that also covers things like Manga and anime.
SCIENCE said:
kii said:
roughbarked said:
and miss the sign altogether?
No. They think the message is cute.
wonder how much outcry there would be if they advertised a boy suit set with a sign “don’t worry girls i always ask for consent” we reckon that’d rile them up good and proper
I would be outraged at that also since it’s still sexualising children.
SCIENCE said:
kii said:
roughbarked said:
and miss the sign altogether?
No. They think the message is cute.
wonder how much outcry there would be if they advertised a boy suit set with a sign “don’t worry girls i always ask for consent” we reckon that’d rile them up good and proper
A Russell Brand doll?
kii said:
Hands up all the women here who experienced this type of sexualisation when they were a child.
My maternal gma did it often when I was a young child.
My mother did it to me when I was a teen.
anytime anyone asks a young girl if so and so is their boyfriend.
Arts said:
there is research on child sex dolls that points to them increasing harm. but, more importantly, no evidence that there is a therapeutic benefit.
Brown R & Shelling J 2019. Exploring the implications of child sex dolls. Trends & issues in crime and criminal justice no. 570. Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology. https://www.aic.gov.au/publications/tandi/tandi570
While you’re here, Arts, and on a similar subject, Lenny Bruce was an American comedian who was in the US Navy for most of WWII; after the war he joined the merchant marine. He said that when whatever ship he was on docked in Paris he and his shipmate on shore leave would go to a particular brothel. The most popular girl there dressed and behaved like a child; she said that her clients “needed to feel that they were taking her innocence.”
Is there any evidence that men using a (voluntary) worker to do those things reduces or increases sexual assault on children?
Do naval vessels often dock in Paris? I would think a proper sized ship would have difficulty reaching it.
Arts said:
SCIENCE said:
kii said:
No. They think the message is cute.
wonder how much outcry there would be if they advertised a boy suit set with a sign “don’t worry girls i always ask for consent” we reckon that’d rile them up good and proper
I would be outraged at that also since it’s still sexualising children.
pretty sure consent applies to many things other than sex
dv said:
Do naval vessels often dock in Paris? I would think a proper sized ship would have difficulty reaching it.
IDK. In this case, Bruce was referring to the merchant ships he was on after the war.
I’m off to read and nap. My feet are saying they would like to get off the ground for a bit. I made them walk in the bush yesterday for a couple of hours, and behind a mower this morning for a couple of hours. They may have a point.
I’m sure Hei Long will join me on the futon day bed.
Arts said:
SCIENCE said:Arts said:
the sexualisation of children
over 4000 saves.. do you know how CSO’s operate?
we mean how would one go about proving this, when apart from pronouns type references there is no reference to sex
isn’t there? the intent that the young girl is ‘single’ and therefore ‘available’ for the boys is a fairly cut and dry statement. But legality aside, I think we can just be outraged at this sort of thing from a protective societal perspective. The cultural statement that women/girls are there for men/boys to possess if they are single does little to alleviate the idea of ownership of women. You should just be mad at things like this, it doesn’t need a thesis statement
This discussion reminded me of this song, written by some bloke in 1982:
btm said:
Arts said:there is research on child sex dolls that points to them increasing harm. but, more importantly, no evidence that there is a therapeutic benefit.
Brown R & Shelling J 2019. Exploring the implications of child sex dolls. Trends & issues in crime and criminal justice no. 570. Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology. https://www.aic.gov.au/publications/tandi/tandi570
While you’re here, Arts, and on a similar subject, Lenny Bruce was an American comedian who was in the US Navy for most of WWII; after the war he joined the merchant marine. He said that when whatever ship he was on docked in Paris he and his shipmate on shore leave would go to a particular brothel. The most popular girl there dressed and behaved like a child; she said that her clients “needed to feel that they were taking her innocence.”
Is there any evidence that men using a (voluntary) worker to do those things reduces or increases sexual assault on children?
In the work I have done with true paedophiles (as diagnosed in DSM) there are a group of individuals who call themselves ‘Virpeds’ – Virtuous paedophiles. These individuals have the diagnosis, understand their sexual orientation has the potential to be harmful and will (apart from support each other in non- harmful/offending behaviours) will often seek out sexual partners that are typically smaller in stature and younger looking. While I cannot make a statement on the actual data for the reduction of harm, in the cases you describe, we could extrapolate as this seems to reduce harms for both potential victims and for those with the sexual orientation.
Of course this all is a non argument for child sex offenders who perpetrate harm for other reasons.
However, interestingly, CSO’s are potentially ‘treatable’ while true Paedophiles are really only ‘supportable’
btm said:
dv said:
Do naval vessels often dock in Paris? I would think a proper sized ship would have difficulty reaching it.
IDK. In this case, Bruce was referring to the merchant ships he was on after the war.
I see
dv said:
Do naval vessels often dock in Paris? I would think a proper sized ship would have difficulty reaching it.
There’s a question out of the blue.
Arts said:
kii said:
Hands up all the women here who experienced this type of sexualisation when they were a child.
My maternal gma did it often when I was a young child.
My mother did it to me when I was a teen.
anytime anyone asks a young girl if so and so is their boyfriend.
Exactly.
One example from my childhood, that seems to an “Old Wives” bit of folklore:
You have a gap in your front teeth – that means you’ll marry a millionaire.
I’m 8 years old, Nana…wtaf?
Arts said:
btm said:
Arts said:there is research on child sex dolls that points to them increasing harm. but, more importantly, no evidence that there is a therapeutic benefit.
Brown R & Shelling J 2019. Exploring the implications of child sex dolls. Trends & issues in crime and criminal justice no. 570. Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology. https://www.aic.gov.au/publications/tandi/tandi570
While you’re here, Arts, and on a similar subject, Lenny Bruce was an American comedian who was in the US Navy for most of WWII; after the war he joined the merchant marine. He said that when whatever ship he was on docked in Paris he and his shipmate on shore leave would go to a particular brothel. The most popular girl there dressed and behaved like a child; she said that her clients “needed to feel that they were taking her innocence.”
Is there any evidence that men using a (voluntary) worker to do those things reduces or increases sexual assault on children?
In the work I have done with true paedophiles (as diagnosed in DSM) there are a group of individuals who call themselves ‘Virpeds’ – Virtuous paedophiles. These individuals have the diagnosis, understand their sexual orientation has the potential to be harmful and will (apart from support each other in non- harmful/offending behaviours) will often seek out sexual partners that are typically smaller in stature and younger looking. While I cannot make a statement on the actual data for the reduction of harm, in the cases you describe, we could extrapolate as this seems to reduce harms for both potential victims and for those with the sexual orientation.
Of course this all is a non argument for child sex offenders who perpetrate harm for other reasons.
However, interestingly, CSO’s are potentially ‘treatable’ while true Paedophiles are really only ‘supportable’
I should state that the sexual partners they seek are consenting adults who are smaller in stature and youthful looking
dv said:
Do naval vessels often dock in Paris? I would think a proper sized ship would have difficulty reaching it.
are you planning somthing specific?
dv said:
Do naval vessels often dock in Paris? I would think a proper sized ship would have difficulty reaching it.
No large ships can be accommodated in Paris.
The ‘port’ of Paris is served exclusively by small river cruise ships and barges, which are purpose-built to navigate the Seine’s shallow draft and 37 bridges.
Ships which list ‘Paris’ on their itinerary actually call at Rouen or Le Havre, about 200 km away.
diddly-squat said:
dv said:
Do naval vessels often dock in Paris? I would think a proper sized ship would have difficulty reaching it.
are you planning somthing specific?
If by that you mean “querying btm’s transmission of events from Lenny Bruce’s life due to my misreading of the kind of vessel referred to”, then yes.
dv said:
Do naval vessels often dock in Paris? I would think a proper sized ship would have difficulty reaching it.
insane idea if you ask me.
ChrispenEvan said:
dv said:
Do naval vessels often dock in Paris? I would think a proper sized ship would have difficulty reaching it.
insane idea if you ask me.
most amusing
dv said:
ChrispenEvan said:
dv said:
Do naval vessels often dock in Paris? I would think a proper sized ship would have difficulty reaching it.
insane idea if you ask me.
most amusing
ark-ark-ark
ms spock said:
Michael V said:
Good Morning everybody.It’s 22.9° C and 75% RH. There are scattered clouds and light breezes. BoM forecasts a top of 27° C and that it’ll be mostly sunny with no rain. So it is going to be much milder today because the wind is coming from the south, not the north. Good. Yesterday got to 35° C and was a bit uncomfortable.
Agenda:
We are going for a walk on the beach, then we’ll breakfast at “Little Parliament”. After ten, we will go to a pop-up art gallery a few doors closer to the beach than the breakfast café. We may have lunch at the Surf Club. You may ask “Why are we splurging?”. Well, tomorrow is our 45th wedding anniversary. Saturdays are busy at food venues in this tourist village. So we are having our celebratory splurge today instead. :)
A bit before 4 pm, we intend to go for a swim in the surf, as we did yesterday. Yesterday was the first time I have ventured into the water since I developed the balance problems a few years ago. Getting in and out was challenging, but being in there bobbing around in the surf was really, really nice.
Have a great day.
:)
Happy 45th Anniversary to both the Vs!
🎉🎉🎉Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉
Ta.
:)
Took my rubbish and recycling out.
Picked up some dead bits of flowers and stuff.
I’ll try to photograph them.
Arts said:
SCIENCE said:Arts said:
oh I thought I added the pic, then I got distracted by work..
we need a FFS thread for this shit… just when I didn’t think I could get madder at the world ,, this fucking ad for an etsy shop
well you know freedom of speech innocent until proven guilty what law is being broken here
the sexualisation of children
over 4000 saves.. do you know how CSO’s operate?
I don’t, because I don’t even know what a CSO is.
Michael V said:
Arts said:
SCIENCE said:well you know freedom of speech innocent until proven guilty what law is being broken here
the sexualisation of children
over 4000 saves.. do you know how CSO’s operate?
I don’t, because I don’t even know what a CSO is.
Child Sex Offender?
Michael V said:
Arts said:
SCIENCE said:well you know freedom of speech innocent until proven guilty what law is being broken here
the sexualisation of children
over 4000 saves.. do you know how CSO’s operate?
I don’t, because I don’t even know what a CSO is.
Chief Supply Officer.
Always suspected those buggers.
The Rev Dodgson said:
Arts said:
SCIENCE said:
we mean how would one go about proving this, when apart from pronouns type references there is no reference to sex
isn’t there? the intent that the young girl is ‘single’ and therefore ‘available’ for the boys is a fairly cut and dry statement. But legality aside, I think we can just be outraged at this sort of thing from a protective societal perspective. The cultural statement that women/girls are there for men/boys to possess if they are single does little to alleviate the idea of ownership of women. You should just be mad at things like this, it doesn’t need a thesis statement
This discussion reminded me of this song, written by some bloke in 1982:
ah, from listening to the stereo types
captain_spalding said:
dv said:
ChrispenEvan said:
insane idea if you ask me.
most amusing
ark-ark-ark
grhone
Showered, blow-dried, dressed, ready for me shingles shot. To be administered by pharmacist Mr Manungo at 3:30pm.
Looks ready to pour out there, but luckily I’ll be driven in and back by helpful local lady Melinda.
Michael V said:
ms spock said:
Michael V said:
Good Morning everybody.It’s 22.9° C and 75% RH. There are scattered clouds and light breezes. BoM forecasts a top of 27° C and that it’ll be mostly sunny with no rain. So it is going to be much milder today because the wind is coming from the south, not the north. Good. Yesterday got to 35° C and was a bit uncomfortable.
Agenda:
We are going for a walk on the beach, then we’ll breakfast at “Little Parliament”. After ten, we will go to a pop-up art gallery a few doors closer to the beach than the breakfast café. We may have lunch at the Surf Club. You may ask “Why are we splurging?”. Well, tomorrow is our 45th wedding anniversary. Saturdays are busy at food venues in this tourist village. So we are having our celebratory splurge today instead. :)
A bit before 4 pm, we intend to go for a swim in the surf, as we did yesterday. Yesterday was the first time I have ventured into the water since I developed the balance problems a few years ago. Getting in and out was challenging, but being in there bobbing around in the surf was really, really nice.
Have a great day.
:)
Happy 45th Anniversary to both the Vs!
🎉🎉🎉Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉
Ta.
:)
+1. Well done.
Bubblecar said:
Showered, blow-dried, dressed, ready for me shingles shot. To be administered by pharmacist Mr Manungo at 3:30pm.Looks ready to pour out there, but luckily I’ll be driven in and back by helpful local lady Melinda.
same here except I’ll have to drive both ways.
Woodie said:
Michael V said:
ms spock said:Happy 45th Anniversary to both the Vs!
🎉🎉🎉Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉
Ta.
:)
+1. Well done.
45 years of domestic bliss, congrats :)
Bubblecar said:
Woodie said:
Michael V said:Ta.
:)
+1. Well done.
45 years of domestic bliss, congrats :)
Just nine days away from 51 years.
BACK and jabbed.
Time to call FNDC.
kii said:
Hands up all the women here who experienced this type of sexualisation when they were a child.
My maternal gma did it often when I was a young child.
My mother did it to me when I was a teen.
My mother used to say to me “One day, you’ll make someone a lovely wife”. Her idea of a joke, I think, as I didn’t mind cooking and cleaning.
In other news, the session I will be presenting to the public about my research has been sold out… so there’s no pressure blink
Arts said:
In other news, the session I will be presenting to the public about my research has been sold out… so there’s no pressure blink
Were is this happening, Perth Arena ?
Cymek said:
Arts said:
In other news, the session I will be presenting to the public about my research has been sold out… so there’s no pressure blinkWere is this happening, Perth Arena ?
The Rooty Hill pub.
Arts said:
In other news, the session I will be presenting to the public about my research has been sold out… so there’s no pressure blink
who’s a sell out now
Bubblecar said:
BACK and jabbed.Time to call FNDC.
I;ve just been out doing the weekly food shopping. The staff are already setting up the Christmas things.
Cymek said:
Arts said:
In other news, the session I will be presenting to the public about my research has been sold out… so there’s no pressure blinkWere is this happening, Perth Arena ?
LOL.. cute
dv said:
ChrispenEvan said:
dv said:
Do naval vessels often dock in Paris? I would think a proper sized ship would have difficulty reaching it.
insane idea if you ask me.
most amusing
Ha. I hadn’t seen that. (Just sayin’.)
party_pants said:
Bubblecar said:
BACK and jabbed.Time to call FNDC.
I;ve just been out doing the weekly food shopping. The staff are already setting up the Christmas things.
Already a cheery Christmas tree in our chemist.
Arts said:
In other news, the session I will be presenting to the public about my research has been sold out… so there’s no pressure blink
Well done. I’m sure you’ll hold them spellbound.
Bubblecar said:
party_pants said:
Bubblecar said:
BACK and jabbed.Time to call FNDC.
I;ve just been out doing the weekly food shopping. The staff are already setting up the Christmas things.
Already a cheery Christmas tree in our chemist.
In that same spot last week they had all the Halloween things.
Bubblecar said:
Arts said:
In other news, the session I will be presenting to the public about my research has been sold out… so there’s no pressure blinkWell done. I’m sure you’ll hold them spellbound.
If not, just lock the doors.
roughbarked said:
Michael V said:
Arts said:the sexualisation of children
over 4000 saves.. do you know how CSO’s operate?
I don’t, because I don’t even know what a CSO is.
Child Sex Offender?
I see. Thanks.
captain_spalding said:
Michael V said:
Arts said:the sexualisation of children
over 4000 saves.. do you know how CSO’s operate?
I don’t, because I don’t even know what a CSO is.
Chief Supply Officer.
Always suspected those buggers.
Ta.
Arts said:
Cymek said:
Arts said:
In other news, the session I will be presenting to the public about my research has been sold out… so there’s no pressure blinkWere is this happening, Perth Arena ?
LOL.. cute
At a university ?
Cymek said:
Arts said:
Cymek said:Were is this happening, Perth Arena ?
LOL.. cute
At a university ?
It’s too late, you can’t get a ticket.
Cymek said:
Arts said:
Cymek said:Were is this happening, Perth Arena ?
LOL.. cute
At a university ?
no at a bar. The event is called Talks on Tuesdays – researchers get to talk about their research to the general public in a bar.. mine is in a bar in an area that is related to a serial killer .. so I think you can guess what area.
party_pants said:
Bubblecar said:
party_pants said:I;ve just been out doing the weekly food shopping. The staff are already setting up the Christmas things.
Already a cheery Christmas tree in our chemist.
In that same spot last week they had all the Halloween things.
Trev’s Bargain Emporium in Hamilton started putting out the Christmas decorations etc about a month ago. They made a small space for some Halloween stuff, but it’s really not such a big thing. They have got some beautiful decorations. But I’ve got plenty. I suppose I need to start thinking about my window for this year. I’m not particularly inspired.
buffy said:
party_pants said:
Bubblecar said:Already a cheery Christmas tree in our chemist.
In that same spot last week they had all the Halloween things.
Trev’s Bargain Emporium in Hamilton started putting out the Christmas decorations etc about a month ago. They made a small space for some Halloween stuff, but it’s really not such a big thing. They have got some beautiful decorations. But I’ve got plenty. I suppose I need to start thinking about my window for this year. I’m not particularly inspired.
Do a blue one, in honour of Texas and your Houston sister.
Arts said:
Cymek said:
Arts said:LOL.. cute
At a university ?
no at a bar. The event is called Talks on Tuesdays – researchers get to talk about their research to the general public in a bar.. mine is in a bar in an area that is related to a serial killer .. so I think you can guess what area.
That sounds interesting.
Kudos for public speaking, its damn stressful for people one knows lets alone the public
Arts said:
In other news, the session I will be presenting to the public about my research has been sold out… so there’s no pressure blink
should have told us sooner so we could have attended to heckle.
Arts said:
Cymek said:
Arts said:LOL.. cute
At a university ?
no at a bar. The event is called Talks on Tuesdays – researchers get to talk about their research to the general public in a bar.. mine is in a bar in an area that is related to a serial killer .. so I think you can guess what area.
The breakfast bar.
(Serial killer – cereal killer, geddit? I’ll see myself out.)
ChrispenEvan said:
Arts said:
In other news, the session I will be presenting to the public about my research has been sold out… so there’s no pressure blinkshould have told us sooner so we could have attended to heckle.
Yeah, where will we find bags of rotten fruit with such short notice?
ChrispenEvan said:
Arts said:
In other news, the session I will be presenting to the public about my research has been sold out… so there’s no pressure blinkshould have told us sooner so we could have attended to heckle.
Meh, I like her old stuff better than her new stuff.
ChrispenEvan said:
Arts said:
In other news, the session I will be presenting to the public about my research has been sold out… so there’s no pressure blinkshould have told us sooner so we could have attended to heckle.
yeah, that was a deliberate choice on my part
Arts said:
ChrispenEvan said:
Arts said:
In other news, the session I will be presenting to the public about my research has been sold out… so there’s no pressure blinkshould have told us sooner so we could have attended to heckle.
yeah, that was a deliberate choice on my part
Its not like we would get front row seats and dress up as serial killers throughout history
Neophyte said:
ChrispenEvan said:
Arts said:
In other news, the session I will be presenting to the public about my research has been sold out… so there’s no pressure blinkshould have told us sooner so we could have attended to heckle.
Meh, I like her old stuff better than her new stuff.
yeah, I’m too edgy now
SCIENCE said:
Arts said:
In other news, the session I will be presenting to the public about my research has been sold out… so there’s no pressure blink
who’s a sell out now
LOL
Hey MV…new series of Saint-Pierre tonight.
Arts said:
ChrispenEvan said:
Arts said:
In other news, the session I will be presenting to the public about my research has been sold out… so there’s no pressure blinkshould have told us sooner so we could have attended to heckle.
yeah, that was a deliberate choice on my part
You know us too well.
Cymek said:
Arts said:
ChrispenEvan said:should have told us sooner so we could have attended to heckle.
yeah, that was a deliberate choice on my part
Its not like we would get front row seats and dress up as serial killers throughout history
No, no, nuffink like that. No.
No.
Arts said:
Neophyte said:
ChrispenEvan said:should have told us sooner so we could have attended to heckle.
Meh, I like her old stuff better than her new stuff.
yeah, I’m too edgy now
Riding the pressure wave.
kii said:
buffy said:
party_pants said:In that same spot last week they had all the Halloween things.
Trev’s Bargain Emporium in Hamilton started putting out the Christmas decorations etc about a month ago. They made a small space for some Halloween stuff, but it’s really not such a big thing. They have got some beautiful decorations. But I’ve got plenty. I suppose I need to start thinking about my window for this year. I’m not particularly inspired.
Do a blue one, in honour of Texas and your Houston sister.
I’m not sure I’ve got blue stuff. I did do blue and silver one year, but I think that was work decorations and I gifted all of those to my receptionist and her family when we closed up. I might still have a couple of the lush blue and gold baubles. I could have a little blue patch. I prefer Christmas decorations in red/green/gold colours.
buffy said:
Hey MV…new series of Saint-Pierre tonight.
Thanks!
(I genuinely had no idea.)
:)
I haven’t been here that much this week, has DA gone off on another holiday to some fancy island?
Arts said:
I haven’t been here that much this week, has DA gone off on another holiday to some fancy island?
Ibiza to party with the Chavs
Arts said:
I haven’t been here that much this week, has DA gone off on another holiday to some fancy island?
I don’t know. But she is MIA (missing in action).
Arts said:
I haven’t been here that much this week, has DA gone off on another holiday to some fancy island?
I think she is sole parenting this week. Or have I lost track of time?
buffy said:
Arts said:
I haven’t been here that much this week, has DA gone off on another holiday to some fancy island?
I think she is sole parenting this week. Or have I lost track of time?
That’s true.
buffy said:
Arts said:
I haven’t been here that much this week, has DA gone off on another holiday to some fancy island?
I think she is sole parenting this week. Or have I lost track of time?
Hubby is in India.
Arts said:
In other news, the session I will be presenting to the public about my research has been sold out… so there’s no pressure blink
Way kewlies!!!😎
buffy said:
Arts said:
I haven’t been here that much this week, has DA gone off on another holiday to some fancy island?
I think she is sole parenting this week. Or have I lost track of time?
ah…
thanks all (except PWM)
RangerJudy 32m
November 6: Last evening Lady brought a gull and fed 37 then. SE37 spent the night sleeping on the branch by the nest – neither adult was seen to come home. This morning 37 was very quick to fly to the nest when Dad brought an early bream and is self-feeding well. Just what we hoped to see after fledging. SE38 was last seen on the ground and was heard calling. Just before 10am 38 was seen and heard in a tree in the forest. And later, more news that 38 is safe and flying well. It is not known if the parents have found 38 or if it has fed. Mid-afternoon, 37 was on the nest and for a while swooped by a currawong. Late afternoon Lady came home with a gull, fed 37 a little, then ate some herself -then continued feeding 37, not seeming very interested.
Peak Warming Man said:
RangerJudy 32m
November 6: Last evening Lady brought a gull and fed 37 then. SE37 spent the night sleeping on the branch by the nest – neither adult was seen to come home. This morning 37 was very quick to fly to the nest when Dad brought an early bream and is self-feeding well. Just what we hoped to see after fledging. SE38 was last seen on the ground and was heard calling. Just before 10am 38 was seen and heard in a tree in the forest. And later, more news that 38 is safe and flying well. It is not known if the parents have found 38 or if it has fed. Mid-afternoon, 37 was on the nest and for a while swooped by a currawong. Late afternoon Lady came home with a gull, fed 37 a little, then ate some herself -then continued feeding 37, not seeming very interested.
All a bit sad that they don’t keep in touch once they leave home.
Thought it was getting a bit chilly. We’re heading for a min of 2 tonight, 1 tomorrow night and a max of 15 throughout the weekend.
roughbarked said:
ms spock said:
Michael V said:
Good Morning everybody.It’s 22.9° C and 75% RH. There are scattered clouds and light breezes. BoM forecasts a top of 27° C and that it’ll be mostly sunny with no rain. So it is going to be much milder today because the wind is coming from the south, not the north. Good. Yesterday got to 35° C and was a bit uncomfortable.
Agenda:
We are going for a walk on the beach, then we’ll breakfast at “Little Parliament”. After ten, we will go to a pop-up art gallery a few doors closer to the beach than the breakfast café. We may have lunch at the Surf Club. You may ask “Why are we splurging?”. Well, tomorrow is our 45th wedding anniversary. Saturdays are busy at food venues in this tourist village. So we are having our celebratory splurge today instead. :)
A bit before 4 pm, we intend to go for a swim in the surf, as we did yesterday. Yesterday was the first time I have ventured into the water since I developed the balance problems a few years ago. Getting in and out was challenging, but being in there bobbing around in the surf was really, really nice.
Have a great day.
:)
Happy 45th Anniversary to both the Vs!
🎉🎉🎉Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉
What spocky said.+1
What roughbarked added. +1
Bubblecar said:
Peak Warming Man said:
RangerJudy 32m
November 6: Last evening Lady brought a gull and fed 37 then. SE37 spent the night sleeping on the branch by the nest – neither adult was seen to come home. This morning 37 was very quick to fly to the nest when Dad brought an early bream and is self-feeding well. Just what we hoped to see after fledging. SE38 was last seen on the ground and was heard calling. Just before 10am 38 was seen and heard in a tree in the forest. And later, more news that 38 is safe and flying well. It is not known if the parents have found 38 or if it has fed. Mid-afternoon, 37 was on the nest and for a while swooped by a currawong. Late afternoon Lady came home with a gull, fed 37 a little, then ate some herself -then continued feeding 37, not seeming very interested.
All a bit sad that they don’t keep in touch once they leave home.
Our three pee-wee fledglings hang around with their mouths wide open, begging food.
Bubblecar said:
Thought it was getting a bit chilly. We’re heading for a min of 2 tonight, 1 tomorrow night and a max of 15 throughout the weekend.
Not quite a 3 dog night.
Bubblecar said:
Peak Warming Man said:
RangerJudy 32m
November 6: Last evening Lady brought a gull and fed 37 then. SE37 spent the night sleeping on the branch by the nest – neither adult was seen to come home. This morning 37 was very quick to fly to the nest when Dad brought an early bream and is self-feeding well. Just what we hoped to see after fledging. SE38 was last seen on the ground and was heard calling. Just before 10am 38 was seen and heard in a tree in the forest. And later, more news that 38 is safe and flying well. It is not known if the parents have found 38 or if it has fed. Mid-afternoon, 37 was on the nest and for a while swooped by a currawong. Late afternoon Lady came home with a gull, fed 37 a little, then ate some herself -then continued feeding 37, not seeming very interested.
All a bit sad that they don’t keep in touch once they leave home.
Mum and dad don’t want extra freeloaders.
I didn’t feel today’s jab at all when it went in, but it’s certainly aching now.
AussieDJ said:
roughbarked said:
ms spock said:Happy 45th Anniversary to both the Vs!
🎉🎉🎉Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉
What spocky said.+1
What roughbarked added. +1
Thank you.
:)
Bubblecar said:
I didn’t feel today’s jab at all when it went in, but it’s certainly aching now.
Shingles?
Peak Warming Man said:
Bubblecar said:
I didn’t feel today’s jab at all when it went in, but it’s certainly aching now.
Shingles?
Yes.
Peak Warming Man said:
Bubblecar said:
Thought it was getting a bit chilly. We’re heading for a min of 2 tonight, 1 tomorrow night and a max of 15 throughout the weekend.
Not quite a 3 dog night.
Bloody US bands stealing our language.
Bubblecar said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Bubblecar said:
I didn’t feel today’s jab at all when it went in, but it’s certainly aching now.
Shingles?
Yes.
I can assure you that it is better than getting shingles.
roughbarked said:
Bubblecar said:
Peak Warming Man said:Shingles?
Yes.
I can assure you that it is better than getting shingles.
I can confirm that.
Sainte-Pierre is not filling me with grippedness
Hey Mr V.
Here’s someone on a bike doing incredibly stupid things but got away with it. He seems a bit shaky at the end of the video though.
Spiny Norman said:
Hey Mr V.
Here’s someone on a bike doing incredibly stupid things but got away with it. He seems a bit shaky at the end of the video though.
… because he did bash his leg & arm on the car. I missed that the first time. I think the bike shifter is also damaged. Maybe the kickstand as well ?
Evenin’ all.
Didn’t even make it out of the house today. I was supposed to do a tip run, and have the rest of the day off.
What happened instead was my inbox constantly pinged with earthworks quote requests, as a new section of a nearby town has been released for construction, and a certain building company has bought 2 streets for spec homes. So far, I’ve done 19 quotes, and 3 fire permits. There’s still 3 more earthworks quotes to do, but they are the hard ones, and I need to focus properly for those, so knock off time now. Maybe tomorrow.
On a high note, I ordered a non-urgent printer part from Sydney yesterday arvo, with an expected delivery(standard free mail) in about 10 days. It arrived in under 24 hours from clicking “pay now”.
On a lower note, I also ordered a different printer part, which is urgently required, also from NSW and it’s likely to get here in a week or two.
buffy said:
Arts said:
I haven’t been here that much this week, has DA gone off on another holiday to some fancy island?
I think she is sole parenting this week. Or have I lost track of time?
She has sole-parented before with no exit from the forum.
buffy said:
kii said:
buffy said:Trev’s Bargain Emporium in Hamilton started putting out the Christmas decorations etc about a month ago. They made a small space for some Halloween stuff, but it’s really not such a big thing. They have got some beautiful decorations. But I’ve got plenty. I suppose I need to start thinking about my window for this year. I’m not particularly inspired.
Do a blue one, in honour of Texas and your Houston sister.
I’m not sure I’ve got blue stuff. I did do blue and silver one year, but I think that was work decorations and I gifted all of those to my receptionist and her family when we closed up. I might still have a couple of the lush blue and gold baubles. I could have a little blue patch. I prefer Christmas decorations in red/green/gold colours.
A blue patch would be perfect. A heart on a map of Texas. Deep in the heart of Texas…lololol 😆
Kingy said:
Evenin’ all.Didn’t even make it out of the house today. I was supposed to do a tip run, and have the rest of the day off.
What happened instead was my inbox constantly pinged with earthworks quote requests, as a new section of a nearby town has been released for construction, and a certain building company has bought 2 streets for spec homes. So far, I’ve done 19 quotes, and 3 fire permits. There’s still 3 more earthworks quotes to do, but they are the hard ones, and I need to focus properly for those, so knock off time now. Maybe tomorrow.
On a high note, I ordered a non-urgent printer part from Sydney yesterday arvo, with an expected delivery(standard free mail) in about 10 days. It arrived in under 24 hours from clicking “pay now”.
On a lower note, I also ordered a different printer part, which is urgently required, also from NSW and it’s likely to get here in a week or two.
Ya gunna burn yourself out young man.
“Harry Kane signs £400,000-a-week contract to become the highest-paid footballer in Europe”
No one’s worth that much, not even weather girls.
Peak Warming Man said:
Kingy said:
Evenin’ all.Didn’t even make it out of the house today. I was supposed to do a tip run, and have the rest of the day off.
What happened instead was my inbox constantly pinged with earthworks quote requests, as a new section of a nearby town has been released for construction, and a certain building company has bought 2 streets for spec homes. So far, I’ve done 19 quotes, and 3 fire permits. There’s still 3 more earthworks quotes to do, but they are the hard ones, and I need to focus properly for those, so knock off time now. Maybe tomorrow.
On a high note, I ordered a non-urgent printer part from Sydney yesterday arvo, with an expected delivery(standard free mail) in about 10 days. It arrived in under 24 hours from clicking “pay now”.
On a lower note, I also ordered a different printer part, which is urgently required, also from NSW and it’s likely to get here in a week or two.
Ya gunna burn yourself out young man.
Nah, I’m not allowed to give myself a permit for that.
kii said:
buffy said:
Arts said:
I haven’t been here that much this week, has DA gone off on another holiday to some fancy island?
I think she is sole parenting this week. Or have I lost track of time?
She has sole-parented before with no exit from the forum.
Maybe she just doesn’t like me, and she knows I have Fridays off now.
party_pants said:
kii said:
buffy said:I think she is sole parenting this week. Or have I lost track of time?
She has sole-parented before with no exit from the forum.
Maybe she just doesn’t like me, and she knows I have Fridays off now.
Well, we don’t like you*, and we know you have Fridays off. Yet, here we are.
(*not necessarily true)
captain_spalding said:
party_pants said:
kii said:She has sole-parented before with no exit from the forum.
Maybe she just doesn’t like me, and she knows I have Fridays off now.
Well, we don’t like you*, and we know you have Fridays off. Yet, here we are.
(*not necessarily true)
Wait…we don’t like party_pants now?
“Return of the Loch Ness beaver! Creatures released on estate after they were hunted to extinction”
Now they’re just feeding the monster.
kii said:
captain_spalding said:
party_pants said:Maybe she just doesn’t like me, and she knows I have Fridays off now.
Well, we don’t like you*, and we know you have Fridays off. Yet, here we are.
(*not necessarily true)
Wait…we don’t like party_pants now?
Check the T’s & C’s in the asterisk.
Peak Warming Man said:
“Harry Kane signs £400,000-a-week contract to become the highest-paid footballer in Europe”No one’s worth that much, not even weather girls.
The Bundesliga ‘season’ is 34 weeks, plus a 3 week mid-winter break. So, 37 weeks.
If they’re only paying him for those 37 weeks, then £400,000 × 37 = £14,800,000.
Harry scores, on average, 30 goals per season.
£14,800,000 divided by 30… each goal costs, on average £493,333 . Say, in round numbers, £500,000 per goal.
kii said:
captain_spalding said:
party_pants said:Maybe she just doesn’t like me, and she knows I have Fridays off now.
Well, we don’t like you*, and we know you have Fridays off. Yet, here we are.
(*not necessarily true)
Wait…we don’t like party_pants now?
What do you mean ‘now’?
Kingy said:
kii said:
captain_spalding said:Well, we don’t like you*, and we know you have Fridays off. Yet, here we are.
(*not necessarily true)
Wait…we don’t like party_pants now?
Check the T’s & C’s in the asterisk.
squints
I don’t see any T’s C’s
kii said:
Kingy said:
kii said:Wait…we don’t like party_pants now?
Check the T’s & C’s in the asterisk.
squints
I don’t see any T’s C’s
My mistake, “after the asterisk, in the brackets(parenthesis whatever thingo)”.
A couple of days ago I went to the bunbury volcano to buy some solidified basalt for a client.
Just as I was approaching the front gate, there were some signs on the side of the road.
Not sure what I’m supposed to do here.
Kingy said:
A couple of days ago I went to the bunbury volcano to buy some solidified basalt for a client.Just as I was approaching the front gate, there were some signs on the side of the road.
Not sure what I’m supposed to do here.
Well, the yellow and black sign says ‘trucks are ok here’.
The red and white sign says ‘trucks are not ok here’.
The space in between, marked by the puddle is a zone of uncertainty. Normal parameters of space and time may, or may not apply. Trucks can be, à la Schrodinger. both ok, and not ok. It cannot be said for certain that trucks will actually be trucks. Your truck may be a truck. It may be a case of Bollinger champagne. It may be a copy of the New York Times for Tuesday, 11 May 1926. Or something else. Who can say?
tHeRe’S a vOLcAnO iN bUnBuRy???/!!1
kii said:
tHeRe’S a vOLcAnO iN bUnBuRy???/!!1
They keep it a secret.
They think that the eastern states will steal it if they find out about it.
captain_spalding said:
kii said:
tHeRe’S a vOLcAnO iN bUnBuRy???/!!1
They keep it a secret.
They think that the eastern states will steal it if they find out about it.
Too late! We’ve just found out about it!
is it right to
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-11-06/koala-rescue-from-snake-brisbane/107357818
interfere with nature
Good morning Holidayers. It is presently 4 degrees at the back door and there has been some precipitation during the night. My new raingauge suggests 2mm. We are forecast 15 degrees with a possible shower.
Bakery Breakfast with my bushwandering friend. Then restricted physical activity for the rest of the day because I will be walking about a 3km loop in the bush tomorrow with multiple photo stops.
SCIENCE said:
is it right to
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-11-06/koala-rescue-from-snake-brisbane/107357818
interfere with nature
Starving snakes is good now?
A Riverina farmer has told a court police instructions during the search for Lake Cargelligo triple murderer Julian Ingram prevented him from gathering evidence he wanted to use in his defence against illegal land clearing charges.
According to a newly published NSW Land and Environment Court decision, Sheldon Jeffrey Dalton told the court he could not return to his 31,000-acre Scotts Craig property near Mount Hope to photograph burnt areas and vegetation regrowth. He wanted to use the photographs to demonstrate efforts to regenerate the land, but said he was “told to remain indoors and not to be anywhere in the vicinity” following the killings, as police conducted a manhunt for the then-fugitive Julian Ingram.
Mr Dalton also revealed Ingram was born in the area and had lived on Scotts Craig for some time.
The connection emerged during Mr Dalton’s case over the illegal clearing of 944.9 hectares on his separate Yarradah property near Wallanthery, north-west of Griffith. Scotts Craig is adjacent to Yarradah, and the photographs were intended to provide evidence of vegetation regrowth in the land clearing case.
The court heard the clearing damaged habitat used by the threatened mallee fowl. Mr Dalton had used fire and earthmoving machinery to clear the land, and admitted knowingly damaging the bird’s habitat. https://regionriverina.com.au/lake-cargelligo-murderer-casts-shadow-over-riverina-farmers-land-clearing-case/138143/
SCIENCE said:
is it right to
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-11-06/koala-rescue-from-snake-brisbane/107357818
interfere with nature
Yes. Koalas are endangered, also look at mumma smacking that nasty snek.
Morning punters and collectors, weather overcast, track good.
Over,
Peak Warming Man said:
Morning punters and collectors, weather overcast, track good.
Over,
It was glorious here an hour ago, but is nearly overcast now. We were going to do a helicopter sight-seeing flight today, but we have cancelled that.
Michael V said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Morning punters and collectors, weather overcast, track good.
Over,
It was glorious here an hour ago, but is nearly overcast now. We were going to do a helicopter sight-seeing flight today, but we have cancelled that.
Blue sky and a few tiny clouds here.
Michael V said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Morning punters and collectors, weather overcast, track good.
Over,
It was glorious here an hour ago, but is nearly overcast now. We were going to do a helicopter sight-seeing flight today, but we have cancelled that.
Ooh helicopter ride.
Peak Warming Man said:
Michael V said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Morning punters and collectors, weather overcast, track good.
Over,
It was glorious here an hour ago, but is nearly overcast now. We were going to do a helicopter sight-seeing flight today, but we have cancelled that.
Ooh helicopter ride.
I see an ex-footballer is getting a bit of work supplementing his pension with a bit of ring work.
I was awake early today, back pain from sleeping the wrong way around. Breakfast has been had. Sun is shining and the air is still.
The Door Slammer had an early start today, so it’s nice and quiet here. I’ve noticed how son#2 always closes these doors quietly – like his mumma.
The layout of this house has a small central hallway with 6 doors off it. Bedrooms, laundry, bathroom and door to the rest of the house. When TDS goes from one room to the next she slams each door closed.
Bedroom door…SLAM. Laundry door…SLAM. And then the return journey from laundry to bedroom.
I really need to do some sorting out in my cave today.
captain_spalding said:
Michael V said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Morning punters and collectors, weather overcast, track good.
Over,
It was glorious here an hour ago, but is nearly overcast now. We were going to do a helicopter sight-seeing flight today, but we have cancelled that.
Blue sky and a few tiny clouds here.
Now it is back to partly cloudy here. The helicopter man is a local and advised Mrs V (who he is acquainted with) to pick a day when it is cloudless and calm for the very best viewing.
Michael V said:
captain_spalding said:
Michael V said:It was glorious here an hour ago, but is nearly overcast now. We were going to do a helicopter sight-seeing flight today, but we have cancelled that.
Blue sky and a few tiny clouds here.
Now it is back to partly cloudy here. The helicopter man is a local and advised Mrs V (who he is acquainted with) to pick a day when it is cloudless and calm for the very best viewing.
I hope that you both enjoy that
ms spock said:
Michael V said:
captain_spalding said:Blue sky and a few tiny clouds here.
Now it is back to partly cloudy here. The helicopter man is a local and advised Mrs V (who he is acquainted with) to pick a day when it is cloudless and calm for the very best viewing.
I hope that you both enjoy that
I’m sure we will when it happens. It’s a big splurge for our 45th and Mrs V’s birthday (next week). But it doesn’t have to be on our special days.
:)
Michael V said:
ms spock said:
Michael V said:Now it is back to partly cloudy here. The helicopter man is a local and advised Mrs V (who he is acquainted with) to pick a day when it is cloudless and calm for the very best viewing.
I hope that you both enjoy that
I’m sure we will when it happens. It’s a big splurge for our 45th and Mrs V’s birthday (next week). But it doesn’t have to be on our special days.
:)
OK, I was continuing to do gentle weeding through very light showers. But a hail shower did send me inside.
Warm and sunny with a top of 28 C. Perfect weather, love this time of year. We’ve got a whole week ahead of similar, temps in the high 20s or low 30s. Not too hot, not too cold. Sucks to be living anywhere else this week.
roughbarked said:
Michael V said:
ms spock said:I hope that you both enjoy that
I’m sure we will when it happens. It’s a big splurge for our 45th and Mrs V’s birthday (next week). But it doesn’t have to be on our special days.
:)
Took a helicopter ride in the Whitsundays way back in 1970. Great experience.
I f*cking LOVE helicopters.
They are God machines.
Up, down left, right, forwards, backwards, hover. They can be flying, 25mm -30mm, off the ground, and you can get on and get off them. You can ride around with the door wide open, maybe with your feet hanging out the door. I have seen a lunatic climb out on the the skid, and knock on the pilot’s door.
Helicopter not facing the way you want to go? No problem, pick it up a few feet, spin it round on the spot, away you go.
And, they’re much better for crashing in. None of that ploughing through forests at a huge rate of knots, wings shearing off, big fuel tanks exploding.
I always wave at the helicopters around here.
captain_spalding said:
I love them too. ;)
roughbarked said:
Michael V said:I’m sure we will when it happens. It’s a big splurge for our 45th and Mrs V’s birthday (next week). But it doesn’t have to be on our special days.
:)
Took a helicopter ride in the Whitsundays way back in 1970. Great experience.
I f*cking LOVE helicopters.
They are God machines.
Up, down left, right, forwards, backwards, hover. They can be flying, 25mm -30mm, off the ground, and you can get on and get off them. You can ride around with the door wide open, maybe with your feet hanging out the door. I have seen a lunatic climb out on the the skid, and knock on the pilot’s door.
Helicopter not facing the way you want to go? No problem, pick it up a few feet, spin it round on the spot, away you go.
And, they’re much better for crashing in. None of that ploughing through forests at a huge rate of knots, wings shearing off, big fuel tanks exploding.
I always wave at the helicopters around here.
Why were all the old kings buried in car parks.
Greetings Earthlings 🖖🏽💚💚🖖🏽
I have been writing this morning.
It is 20°. It a sunny day. Humidity is 60%.
I am hoping to get the caravan levelled today. Finding where the overall light switch is so I have light at night is another goal. I am over using torches at night. The air conditioning is working and that is the main thing.
I might have to get up at 1am to start getting things off the veranda. It is too hot during the day. The rooms need to be mopped and cleaned first before any moving can be done.
Irish classes were cancelled this morning.
Lots of sorting to be done. I have to fill up the bins.
Bunnings is the most important thing to do today.
Live Long and Prosper!
Peak Warming Man said:
Why were all the old kings buried in car parks.
Tax breaks.
Like Trump burying Ivana at a golf course.
Peak Warming Man said:
Why were all the old kings buried in car parks.
They were empty spaces. Plenty room to dig holes.
Peak Warming Man said:
Why were all the old kings buried in car parks.
The island of Great Britain is pretty much one great big carpark now. As the song goes, they paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
party_pants said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Why were all the old kings buried in car parks.
The island of Great Britain is pretty much one great big carpark now. As the song goes, they paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Ha ha ha
Another one for Mr V.
Bloke with a two-stroke bike carrying a bit of wood.
Quite a lot of wood. And through a forest.
Goodly.
Peak Warming Man said:
Why were all the old kings buried in car parks.
Only the very upper crust could afford cars in those days, so to be buried in a car park carried much prestige.
Spiny Norman said:
Another one for Mr V.Bloke with a two-stroke bike carrying a bit of wood.
Quite a lot of wood. And through a forest.
I think that one is real. (Note the very large rear sprocket – low gearing.)
I see in the comments that people surmise that it is balsa.
Michael V said:
Spiny Norman said:
Another one for Mr V.Bloke with a two-stroke bike carrying a bit of wood.
Quite a lot of wood. And through a forest.
I think that one is real. (Note the very large rear sprocket – low gearing.)
I see in the comments that people surmise that it is balsa.
That makes sense.
Michael V said:
ms spock said:
Michael V said:Now it is back to partly cloudy here. The helicopter man is a local and advised Mrs V (who he is acquainted with) to pick a day when it is cloudless and calm for the very best viewing.
I hope that you both enjoy that
I’m sure we will when it happens. It’s a big splurge for our 45th and Mrs V’s birthday (next week). But it doesn’t have to be on our special days.
:)
:))
Happy Birthday to Mrs V!
I asked AI Overview:
Is a person of mixed English and Bangladeshi heritage known as Banglo-Saxon?
No, “Banglo-Saxon” is not an official, standardized, or widely recognized term for a person of mixed English and Bangladeshi heritage.
While it functions as a clever, informal pun or portmanteau—combining Bangla (or Bangladeshi) with Anglo-Saxon (historically referring to the English)—it is not an established ethnic classification.
The Pogues lead singer is not a pretty face.
Over.
Peak Warming Man said:
The Pogues lead singer is not a pretty face.
Over.
What about inner beauty
dv said:
Peak Warming Man said:
The Pogues lead singer is not a pretty face.
Over.
What about inner beauty
No one looks for inner beauty in a dirty old town.
Not the best work done there.
Peak Warming Man said:
dv said:
Peak Warming Man said:
The Pogues lead singer is not a pretty face.
Over.
What about inner beauty
No one looks for inner beauty in a dirty old town.
I met my love at the olfactory wall
The preparation continues for when I am home alone, when son#2 and TDS move. It looks like I will be staying in this place until I can find something more affordable. I might even get a flat mate who doesn’t slam doors. A few complications to sort out, but whatever.
Need to buy a broom. Some buckets. These guys don’t have any brooms or buckets. WTF is wrong with them? I would need to get some anyway, because IF they had any buckets and brooms they would take them when they leave.
Actually, they have a fancy mop bucket and a mop – but they don’t use it. Except for when the roof leaked during a storm. I tried to use it once, but the mop head is dried up and dirty.
Spiny Norman said:
Not the best work done there.
Cheeses!
Spiny Norman said:
Not the best work done there.
those tiles as well, that looks like a spinal injury waiting to happen
I’m going to accede to Long’s request for an hour or two on the futon for reading and napping.
Spiny Norman said:
Michael V said:
Spiny Norman said:
Another one for Mr V.Bloke with a two-stroke bike carrying a bit of wood.
Quite a lot of wood. And through a forest.
I think that one is real. (Note the very large rear sprocket – low gearing.)
I see in the comments that people surmise that it is balsa.
That makes sense.
Wonder if it is legal forest harvesting?
buffy said:
I’m going to accede to Long’s request for an hour or two on the futon for reading and napping.
And a bex.
buffy said:
I’m going to accede to Long’s request for an hour or two on the futon for reading and napping.
Long is all wise.
Spiny Norman said:
Goodly.
I thought they’d never started ‘production’.
I mean, look at it, it’s just a crude prototype, right?
roughbarked said:
Spiny Norman said:
Michael V said:I think that one is real. (Note the very large rear sprocket – low gearing.)
I see in the comments that people surmise that it is balsa.
That makes sense.
Wonder if it is legal forest harvesting?
How would we know? There is no commentary on the video clip, but the OP showed a still in the comments section.
captain_spalding said:
Spiny Norman said:
Goodly.
I thought they’d never started ‘production’.
I mean, look at it, it’s just a crude prototype, right?
They are pretty darn far from being a good car. Bits fall off them as the glue fails, put a bit too much load on the trailer hitch (to be fair it’s over what they’re rated for but ..) and it pulls the rear out of the chassis. Which isn’t fixable.
They get bogged extremely easily, and the list goes on.
Found a great broom for $23, shipping is $241.
Spiny Norman said:
A Woollies receipt from 19 years ago.
Woolies wouldn’t give you the smell off their floor mop for free these days.
kii said:
Found a great broom for $23, shipping is $241.
From the US?
Long time back, i went to buy something from the US, prices were like that.
Didn’t buy . Don’t mind paying ‘freight’, but i balk at buying a business-class seat for e.g. a broom.
captain_spalding said:
kii said:
Found a great broom for $23, shipping is $241.
From the US?
Long time back, i went to buy something from the US, prices were like that.
Didn’t buy . Don’t mind paying ‘freight’, but i balk at buying a business-class seat for e.g. a broom.
Nope. Big W, Dick Smith, eBay.
kii said:
Found a great broom for $23, shipping is $241.
If you are quick you can get one from David Jones for $241 and deliver it yourself for nothing.
kii said:
captain_spalding said:
kii said:
Found a great broom for $23, shipping is $241.
From the US?
Long time back, i went to buy something from the US, prices were like that.
Didn’t buy . Don’t mind paying ‘freight’, but i balk at buying a business-class seat for e.g. a broom.
Nope. Big W, Dick Smith, eBay.
Not sure if you know but Dick Smith is just a name that sells stuff from Kogan.
Spiny Norman said:
kii said:
captain_spalding said:From the US?
Long time back, i went to buy something from the US, prices were like that.
Didn’t buy . Don’t mind paying ‘freight’, but i balk at buying a business-class seat for e.g. a broom.
Nope. Big W, Dick Smith, eBay.
Not sure if you know but Dick Smith is just a name that sells stuff from Kogan.
Thanks, I just figured that.
The Rev Dodgson said:
kii said:
Found a great broom for $23, shipping is $241.
If you are quick you can get one from David Jones for $241 and deliver it yourself for nothing.
I can’t fly nowadays 😕
captain_spalding said:
Spiny Norman said:
Goodly.
I thought they’d never started ‘production’.
I mean, look at it, it’s just a crude prototype, right?
Well where are those people who bought them going to get parts from now then?
Should I buy a llama-shaped cookie cutter for $1.95?It’s on sale.
kii said:
Should I buy a llama-shaped cookie cutter for $1.95?It’s on sale.
What is the freight cost?
:)
Spiny Norman said:
kii said:
captain_spalding said:From the US?
Long time back, i went to buy something from the US, prices were like that.
Didn’t buy . Don’t mind paying ‘freight’, but i balk at buying a business-class seat for e.g. a broom.
Nope. Big W, Dick Smith, eBay.
Not sure if you know but Dick Smith is just a name that sells stuff from Kogan.
And Kogan is just a name that sells stuff from AliExpress. Or maybe Temu.
buffy said:
captain_spalding said:
Spiny Norman said:
Goodly.
I thought they’d never started ‘production’.
I mean, look at it, it’s just a crude prototype, right?
Well where are those people who bought them going to get parts from now then?
Scrapyard?
buffy said:
kii said:
Should I buy a llama-shaped cookie cutter for $1.95?It’s on sale.
What is the freight cost?
:)
😆
I got the broom I want plus a can opener for $13 shipping, I refrained from acquiring a llama cookie cutter.
kii said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
kii said:
Found a great broom for $23, shipping is $241.
If you are quick you can get one from David Jones for $241 and deliver it yourself for nothing.
I can’t fly nowadays 😕
accio firebolt
Back from Brisbane via Perth, Margaret River, Albany and Adelaide. Can confirm these are all places in Australia.
sure
Combat Sport Authority (CSA). On Friday, CSA chair Darren Kane told a hearing that the sports should be subject to stronger controls. “These sports are dangerous, there’s no way of hiding behind that … but rugby league’s dangerous, and cricket’s dangerous, thoroughbred racing is dangerous,” he said. “There’s a very good reason why an ambulance follows every race around the inside of a racetrack, to make sure that they’re on hand if a jockey falls off.
wolbachia is big, weta is big, elephant is big, A380 is big, Australia is big
it’s all big
Ian said:
Back from Brisbane via Perth, Margaret River, Albany and Adelaide. Can confirm these are all places in Australia.
It’s a big country.
Bubblecar said:
Ian said:
Back from Brisbane via Perth, Margaret River, Albany and Adelaide. Can confirm these are all places in Australia.
It’s a big country.
One day I’ll get to Tassie.. soon hopefully.
Puts hotdogs on the shopping list.
Ian said:
Back from Brisbane via Perth, Margaret River, Albany and Adelaide. Can confirm these are all places in Australia.
You didn’t call by here.
Harumph.
Michael V said:
Ian said:
Back from Brisbane via Perth, Margaret River, Albany and Adelaide. Can confirm these are all places in Australia.You didn’t call by here.
Harumph.
Yeah well… I noticed it was storming there, a lot.
Ian said:
Back from Brisbane via Perth, Margaret River, Albany and Adelaide. Can confirm these are all places in Australia.
So where are you now?
RangerJudy 9h
November 7: early up-date. 37 slept on the branch near the nest, with Lady nearby. A Boobook was heard calling in the night, disturbing them and when it swooped by 37, she moved back to the nest. 37 moved around the nest early, swiftly flying back when Dad flew in with a fish. He watched as 37 self-fed. Earlier at least one eagle was seen down on River Roost. Lady returned at 7:40 with another bream but ate it herself on the nest, 37 above, seemed not interested. Then at 7:59 38 flew in and started eating -wonderful. After a while Lady came, fed 38 then herself. A wonderful return for 38 to safety and food.
Ian said:
Michael V said:
Ian said:
Back from Brisbane via Perth, Margaret River, Albany and Adelaide. Can confirm these are all places in Australia.You didn’t call by here.
Harumph.
Yeah well… I noticed it was storming there, a lot.
Just nearby at the moment.
party_pants said:
Ian said:
Back from Brisbane via Perth, Margaret River, Albany and Adelaide. Can confirm these are all places in Australia.So where are you now?
Home
Ian said:
party_pants said:
Ian said:
Back from Brisbane via Perth, Margaret River, Albany and Adelaide. Can confirm these are all places in Australia.So where are you now?
Home
there’s no place like it
party_pants said:
Ian said:
party_pants said:So where are you now?
Home
there’s no place like it
Yeah, I don’t really have one.
Is it too late to go back to NM?
kii said:
party_pants said:
Ian said:Home
there’s no place like it
Yeah, I don’t really have one.
Is it too late to go back to NM?
Things will improve.
You’ve been through a lot. You’re still under pressure.
Opportunity comes on its own schedule, not when we want it, not when we deserve it.
It gets here, eventually.
captain_spalding said:
kii said:
party_pants said:there’s no place like it
Yeah, I don’t really have one.
Is it too late to go back to NM?
Things will improve.
You’ve been through a lot. You’re still under pressure.
Opportunity comes on its own schedule, not when we want it, not when we deserve it.
It gets here, eventually.
Thanks for those words.
captain_spalding said:
Spiny Norman said:
kii said:Nope. Big W, Dick Smith, eBay.
Not sure if you know but Dick Smith is just a name that sells stuff from Kogan.
And Kogan is just a name that sells stuff from AliExpress. Or maybe Temu.
Ref?
Witty Rejoinder said:
captain_spalding said:
Spiny Norman said:Not sure if you know but Dick Smith is just a name that sells stuff from Kogan.
And Kogan is just a name that sells stuff from AliExpress. Or maybe Temu.
Ref?
I’ve seen Kogan sell kitchen gear that was otherwise identical to regular (Big W, Kmart, etc) shops but with a different name and much lower price. Not always, but it does happen.
Phone change time for Spocky and myself.
I had to stop using my fave phone, a Huawei Mate 20X, last February because the government said thta if any phone couldn’t access every emergency number frequency then you’d have to get a new phone that does.
I can understand the reasoning but I really liked that phone. Had it for seven years and had no plans to upgrade to anything. Just a new battery as the seven year-old one was getting a bit tired. I used to get 2 – 3 days out of it when it was newer.
So I had to get a new phone and I’m keen on privacy so I decided to get a used Pixel 9 Pro Xl from greengadgets.net.au flashed with Graphene OS.
It was okay but I still very much preferred my old phone as it had a bigger (7.3”) screen and much longer battery life.
A couple of years ago I bought Spocky a new phone, a Pixel 7A and that’s been a good thing as well but it’s starting to play up so I asked if she’d be happy with my phone and she said yes, so I got a used (from Green Gadgets again) Pixel 10 Pro Fold.
That THAT’S a big screen when it’s unfolded. I try not to use the big screen unless I need to and when the phone it open it’s a bloody good thing.
I was trying to read something with small text earlier today (not sure what but I’ll use the TATE front pages as an example) and it was a bit difficult to read so I opened the phone up. Much better!
Here’s closed -
And here’s open -
I’m beginning to quite like this phone.
The lad makes a decision that’s bad, really bad. A visit to the local hospital after this I’d guess.
Ian said:
Back from Brisbane via Perth, Margaret River, Albany and Adelaide. Can confirm these are all places in Australia.
Didja visit Dunsborough?
So, what started with a tip run this morning, and was going to continue with a birthday party for Ms Kingys best friend was interrupted by a health scare in a family member that meant that we spent 2 hours in ED watching a heart monitor. Luckily it went down to semi-normal levels, and the patient went “home”, and we went to the pissup birthday party.
Ms Kingy is someone socially excited but winding down, and as skipper today, I’m having a tipple now.
But I’m still missing my pallet forks that have vanished from where they were last put.
Is DA AWOL?
Was she arrested for the murder of Mr DA?
Did the cops take her phone and prohibit the posting of DASNT?
Is she at a music recital that sounds like cats being chainsawed?
All these, and more questions will be answered in the next episode of “DA’s of our lives”.
Kingy said:
So, what started with a tip run this morning, and was going to continue with a birthday party for Ms Kingys best friend was interrupted by a health scare in a family member that meant that we spent 2 hours in ED watching a heart monitor. Luckily it went down to semi-normal levels, and the patient went “home”, and we went to thepissupbirthday party.Ms Kingy is someone socially excited but winding down, and as skipper today, I’m having a tipple now.
But I’m still missing my pallet forks that have vanished from where they were last put.
Good to hear that all turned out ok, except for the forks.
Pallet forks are a bit of a niche target for thieves, aren’t they?
captain_spalding said:
Kingy said:
So, what started with a tip run this morning, and was going to continue with a birthday party for Ms Kingys best friend was interrupted by a health scare in a family member that meant that we spent 2 hours in ED watching a heart monitor. Luckily it went down to semi-normal levels, and the patient went “home”, and we went to thepissupbirthday party.Ms Kingy is someone socially excited but winding down, and as skipper today, I’m having a tipple now.
But I’m still missing my pallet forks that have vanished from where they were last put.
Good to hear that all turned out ok, except for the forks.
Pallet forks are a bit of a niche target for thieves, aren’t they?
It’s an interesting area that I rent. I doubt they’ve been stolen, I reckon someone there has borrowed them and forgotten to tell me.
I drove around the yard this morning and couldn’t spot them.
It was a bit weird because the marks in the dirt where they were was fresh(as in this week), but there were no tire/track marks like a skidsteer had picked them up.
Kingy said:
captain_spalding said:
Kingy said:
So, what started with a tip run this morning, and was going to continue with a birthday party for Ms Kingys best friend was interrupted by a health scare in a family member that meant that we spent 2 hours in ED watching a heart monitor. Luckily it went down to semi-normal levels, and the patient went “home”, and we went to thepissupbirthday party.Ms Kingy is someone socially excited but winding down, and as skipper today, I’m having a tipple now.
But I’m still missing my pallet forks that have vanished from where they were last put.
Good to hear that all turned out ok, except for the forks.
Pallet forks are a bit of a niche target for thieves, aren’t they?
It’s an interesting area that I rent. I doubt they’ve been stolen, I reckon someone there has borrowed them and forgotten to tell me.
I drove around the yard this morning and couldn’t spot them.
It was a bit weird because the marks in the dirt where they were was fresh(as in this week), but there were no tire/track marks like a skidsteer had picked them up.
You can tell that I’ve now had a drink, as I’ve mixed up my was and my were, but my brain told me not to type “were” twice in a row because a sentence with “were were” in it doesn’t sound like a proper English sentence.
Damn, English were one of the best subjects that I were goodest at at school.
Because of the health issue today, we had to head hospitalwards rapidly, and the only chance either of us had to eat something was at the servo on the way, from the choke&puke, sorry, the chew&spew, err, bain-marie that likely kept the same food warm for months.
They had an enticing collection of bacteria fungus fresh dehydrated cornjacks, dubious pies, a sausage roll that should have retired from active use last century, and something that resembled actual food in a small packet in the chocolate aisle.
It was a bit sad because that was one servo that used to have edible food.
I et a chicko roll from there today. Not sure if I’m going to make it to tomorrow alive.
I don’t have a boat but captain_spalding can have my REO.
Kingy said:
Because of the health issue today, we had to head hospitalwards rapidly, and the only chance either of us had to eat something was at the servo on the way, from thechoke&puke, sorry, thechew&spew, err, bain-marie that likely kept the same food warm for months.They had an enticing collection of
bacteriafungusfresh dehydrated cornjacks, dubious pies, a sausage roll that should have retired from active use last century, and something that resembled actual food in a small packet in the chocolate aisle.It was a bit sad because that was one servo that used to have edible food.
I et a chicko roll from there today. Not sure if I’m going to make it to tomorrow alive.
I don’t have a boat but captain_spalding can have my REO.
Coincidence! Chiko Roll was mentioned on a program about fast food on Radio National yesterday.
You’re starving, it’s been a long day, and you just want something hot and ready to eat, right now. Turns out, that craving is nothing new. Two thousand years ago, Romans were lining up at stone counters in the streets of Pompeii for exactly the same thing — though what was on the menu might surprise you. From ancient Rome to the hawker stalls of Singapore to a pie cart on the Parramatta River, we trace fast food’s deep history across empires and oceans, long before the first drive-thru.
I just went outside to the alfresco to have a chat to Ms Kingy, and have a look at the night sky.
The chat was fun, but the night sky wasn’t so great.
It wasn’t very good, lots of clouds.
One star.
Kingy said:
I just went outside to the alfresco to have a chat to Ms Kingy, and have a look at the night sky.The chat was fun, but the night sky wasn’t so great.
It wasn’t very good, lots of clouds.
One star.
Stars are great.
You can find your way around the world with stars. Out of about 6,000 visible stars, 57 are used for navigation.
I had favourites, like Antares and Rigel. Seeing them night after night became a part of every day, and not being able to see them was a tiny disappointment.
captain_spalding said:
Kingy said:
I just went outside to the alfresco to have a chat to Ms Kingy, and have a look at the night sky.The chat was fun, but the night sky wasn’t so great.
It wasn’t very good, lots of clouds.
One star.
Stars are great.
You can find your way around the world with stars. Out of about 6,000 visible stars, 57 are used for navigation.
I had favourites, like Antares and Rigel. Seeing them night after night became a part of every day, and not being able to see them was a tiny disappointment.
Many years ago, I used to play a computer game about shipping called “Ports of call”.
It was fun, and I’m still trying to find it so that I can play it again.
Every new ship that I “Bought” was named after a star in the night sky.
Good morning Holidayers. Presently 4 degrees at the back door and overcast. We are forecast a cloudy 17 degrees.
Going to the bush today. I’ll make some sammiches for lunch shortly.
Seeyas later.
buffy said:
Seeyas later.
Enjoy your Sunday bushwalk.
Good morning everyone!
Clear, light breezes, 23.6° C and 87% RH. Although BoM forecasts rain, possible storms and a top of 30° C, right now it is glorious.
Last night’s dinner was lovely. We had butter-fried asparagus in orange hollandaise sauce for an entrée. This was followed by half a porterhouse steak each, pan-fried in butter, seared brown on the outside and cooked to medium rare. Baked potato, sweet potato and beetroot accompanied the beefsteak, along with steamed snow peas.
Greetings Earthlings 🖖🏽💚💚🖖🏽
It is 22° with a top of 25°.
Humidity is 70%.
A bit of shopping today.
Have a great day folks.
Morning. Heading for 17 after an early frost.
Apart from the washing up and some cooking, I’m doing nothing today.
But first, a cup of tea and a digestive.
Morning pilgrims, looks like a corker day in the Pearl.
Over.
Michael V said:
Good morning everyone!Clear, light breezes, 23.6° C and 87% RH. Although BoM forecasts rain, possible storms and a top of 30° C, right now it is glorious.
Last night’s dinner was lovely. We had butter-fried asparagus in orange hollandaise sauce for an entrée. This was followed by half a porterhouse steak each, pan-fried in butter, seared brown on the outside and cooked to medium rare. Baked potato, sweet potato and beetroot accompanied the beefsteak, along with steamed snow peas.
Sounds delicious!
ms spock said:
Michael V said:
Good morning everyone!Clear, light breezes, 23.6° C and 87% RH. Although BoM forecasts rain, possible storms and a top of 30° C, right now it is glorious.
Last night’s dinner was lovely. We had butter-fried asparagus in orange hollandaise sauce for an entrée. This was followed by half a porterhouse steak each, pan-fried in butter, seared brown on the outside and cooked to medium rare. Baked potato, sweet potato and beetroot accompanied the beefsteak, along with steamed snow peas.
Sounds delicious!
:)
It was.
Michael V said:
ms spock said:
Michael V said:
Good morning everyone!Clear, light breezes, 23.6° C and 87% RH. Although BoM forecasts rain, possible storms and a top of 30° C, right now it is glorious.
Last night’s dinner was lovely. We had butter-fried asparagus in orange hollandaise sauce for an entrée. This was followed by half a porterhouse steak each, pan-fried in butter, seared brown on the outside and cooked to medium rare. Baked potato, sweet potato and beetroot accompanied the beefsteak, along with steamed snow peas.
Sounds delicious!
:)
It was.
and…..and chocolate pudding for dessert?
Spiny Norman said:
An orangutan just rolling by a trail cam.Literally. :)
:)
Awww. Head over heels about his place.
:)
Spiny Norman said:
An orangutan just rolling by a trail cam.Literally. :)
Is this how the wheel came to be invented?
Orangs are just so laid-back.
Saw them in Borneo. Really casual.
‘Nope, not doin’ anything special, just swingin’ from branch to branch, tree to tree, thirty metres above the forest floor, one hand at a time. Routine stuff. I mean, you humans can do that, too, right?”
Peak Warming Man said:
Michael V said:
ms spock said:Sounds delicious!
:)
It was.
and…..and chocolate pudding for dessert?
No. Just chocolate. A couple of small bars of Toblerone.
Michael V said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Michael V said::)
It was.
and…..and chocolate pudding for dessert?
No. Just chocolate. A couple of small bars of Toblerone.
Approve.
Awake and present, ma’am!!!
Toast is crunchy, tea is sublime, bananana is perfecto!!
It’s another day.
kii said:
Awake and present, ma’am!!!Toast is crunchy, tea is sublime, bananana is perfecto!!
It’s another day.
You were channeling ‘Breakfast At Sweethearts’ for a second there, weren’t you?
From my Facebook Memories.
This was how I reacted when the rapist was elected the first time, and again in 2024..
Van Badham wrote this in 2024:
Hey, if since the re-election of Trump you’ve been sick to your stomach, sleepless, not really eating, not really moving and maybev curling up on the floor, having nightmares, struggling to talk, carrying around an acrid heaviness in your bones, barely restraing a flood of screaming tears and feeling dangerously distracted yet unable to distract yourself from thoughts of horror and darkness…
… You are PROBABLY a survivor of sexual violence and millions of Americans have just made a rapist a king.
You are having a serious trauma response and it’s rational.
Book in with your therapist – now, before you’re consumed in a spiral.
And please remember (this is what I chant to myself):
You have already survived the worst thing that can happen to anyone.
You are made of a strength no one else can understand. It will protect others.
Peak Warming Man said:
Michael V said:
Peak Warming Man said:and…..and chocolate pudding for dessert?
No. Just chocolate. A couple of small bars of Toblerone.
Approve.
:)
From my Facebook Memories:
I miss my collection of dead things…
Carpet beetle update: they have eaten the desiccated skin off my collection of dead lizards; had a chew at my dried up spadefoot toad; infested a small box of rattlesnake rattles and started gnawing at the horns of this mouflon sheep’s skull.
So far the deer antlers look okay.
The mouflon sheep when he was alive. After Mr PTSD slaughtered him, his head was left on the roof of the overgrown pergola for the scavengers to pick clean. Then he gave it to me.
Random thought…do any of Trump’s children look like him?
My Dalek encounters a strange green robot atop a pile of giant toilet rolls.
Momentary joy…anthocyanin stains in my slices of apple.
Michael V said:
buffy said:
Seeyas later.
Enjoy your Sunday bushwalk.
And back. I brought back plants for my garden and for the wetland. I took quite a lot of photos (91). Again. My feet are yet again complaining. Hei Long did a magnificent job of preventing the thieves from taking the house away while we were gone. And all from the comfort of the couch in the Dog Palace. He is now standing right under my feet under my computer desk trying to will me out to the back room for a siesta. Not going to happen today.
buffy said:
Michael V said:
buffy said:
Seeyas later.
Enjoy your Sunday bushwalk.
And back. I brought back plants for my garden and for the wetland. I took quite a lot of photos (91). Again. My feet are yet again complaining. Hei Long did a magnificent job of preventing the thieves from taking the house away while we were gone. And all from the comfort of the couch in the Dog Palace. He is now standing right under my feet under my computer desk trying to will me out to the back room for a siesta. Not going to happen today.
Have you seen a podiatrist about your feet?
kii said:
buffy said:
Michael V said:Enjoy your Sunday bushwalk.
And back. I brought back plants for my garden and for the wetland. I took quite a lot of photos (91). Again. My feet are yet again complaining. Hei Long did a magnificent job of preventing the thieves from taking the house away while we were gone. And all from the comfort of the couch in the Dog Palace. He is now standing right under my feet under my computer desk trying to will me out to the back room for a siesta. Not going to happen today.
Have you seen a podiatrist about your feet?
A bit less walking would solve the problem. But that ain’t gonna happen.
buffy said:
kii said:
buffy said:And back. I brought back plants for my garden and for the wetland. I took quite a lot of photos (91). Again. My feet are yet again complaining. Hei Long did a magnificent job of preventing the thieves from taking the house away while we were gone. And all from the comfort of the couch in the Dog Palace. He is now standing right under my feet under my computer desk trying to will me out to the back room for a siesta. Not going to happen today.
Have you seen a podiatrist about your feet?
A bit less walking would solve the problem. But that ain’t gonna happen.
“Oh, my eyes ache!!”
“A bit less looking wil solve the problem. .”
The biggest Luger pistol I’ve ever seen.
Do we have any plumbers among our number?
captain_spalding said:
Do we have any plumbers among our number?
How big is the job?
roughbarked said:
captain_spalding said:
Do we have any plumbers among our number?How big is the job?
Toilet has acquired bolshie ways.
Bowl drains very slowly. Still working, water gets down to normal level, ‘substances’ disappear.
Often some burbling and burping from toilet bowl. Suspect blockage of some kind in pipe beyond bowl, to main drain/sewer pipe.
Poured bucketsful of warm water down there. Use mop covered with garbage bag as plunger. Hefty plunger effects.
Have tried drain/sewer ‘snake’ cable.
No effect.
captain_spalding said:
roughbarked said:
captain_spalding said:
Do we have any plumbers among our number?How big is the job?
Toilet has acquired bolshie ways.
Bowl drains very slowly. Still working, water gets down to normal level, ‘substances’ disappear.
Often some burbling and burping from toilet bowl. Suspect blockage of some kind in pipe beyond bowl, to main drain/sewer pipe.
Poured bucketsful of warm water down there. Use mop covered with garbage bag as plunger. Hefty plunger effects.
Have tried drain/sewer ‘snake’ cable.
No effect.
How old is the sewer connection?
Michael V said:
captain_spalding said:
roughbarked said:How big is the job?
Toilet has acquired bolshie ways.
Bowl drains very slowly. Still working, water gets down to normal level, ‘substances’ disappear.
Often some burbling and burping from toilet bowl. Suspect blockage of some kind in pipe beyond bowl, to main drain/sewer pipe.
Poured bucketsful of warm water down there. Use mop covered with garbage bag as plunger. Hefty plunger effects.
Have tried drain/sewer ‘snake’ cable.
No effect.
How old is the sewer connection?
House was built in 1992, i believe. We got here in 2012.
captain_spalding said:
Michael V said:
captain_spalding said:Toilet has acquired bolshie ways.
Bowl drains very slowly. Still working, water gets down to normal level, ‘substances’ disappear.
Often some burbling and burping from toilet bowl. Suspect blockage of some kind in pipe beyond bowl, to main drain/sewer pipe.
Poured bucketsful of warm water down there. Use mop covered with garbage bag as plunger. Hefty plunger effects.
Have tried drain/sewer ‘snake’ cable.
No effect.
How old is the sewer connection?
House was built in 1992, i believe. We got here in 2012.
OK, so not clay pipes. By description you have done most of the stuff a handyman can do.
I would suggest asking your neighbours whether they are having troubles. If they are, then problem belong local council and should be reported ASAP. Council will likely have a water-jet-cleaning truck or similar and will clean out the council mains.
Similar happened to us in Armidale. Turned out that someone upstream had flushed baby clothes down the dunny and that had blocked the council sewer just downstream from our toilet, in a sewer bend.
Oh and I want to skite: I got yesterday’s cryptic completed correctly without any assistance in just under 25 minutes. First time without assistance.
:)
Michael V said:
captain_spalding said:
Michael V said:How old is the sewer connection?
House was built in 1992, i believe. We got here in 2012.
OK, so not clay pipes. By description you have done most of the stuff a handyman can do.
I would suggest asking your neighbours whether they are having troubles. If they are, then problem belong local council and should be reported ASAP. Council will likely have a water-jet-cleaning truck or similar and will clean out the council mains.
Similar happened to us in Armidale. Turned out that someone upstream had flushed baby clothes down the dunny and that had blocked the council sewer just downstream from our toilet, in a sewer bend.
Hmm…interesting.
It’s the toilet and bathroom that are affected. The shower drain back up, too. Seems that the bath and the shower have some sort of link to the dunny. Some of the dunny’s burbles emerge there, too.
I’m think of pulling the dunny bowl out. Have been for a little while.The rubber collar on the outlet pipe is n desperate need of replacing, and the one on the inlet is not all that far behind it. I’ve done this before, in the Bargara house.
While the bowl is ex situ, access to the toilet pipe will be much easier. Perhaps i can learn more and have more effect then.
Michael V said:
Oh and I want to skite: I got yesterday’s cryptic completed correctly without any assistance in just under 25 minutes. First time without assistance.:)
Good
captain_spalding said:
roughbarked said:
captain_spalding said:
Do we have any plumbers among our number?How big is the job?
Toilet has acquired bolshie ways.
Bowl drains very slowly. Still working, water gets down to normal level, ‘substances’ disappear.
Often some burbling and burping from toilet bowl. Suspect blockage of some kind in pipe beyond bowl, to main drain/sewer pipe.
Poured bucketsful of warm water down there. Use mop covered with garbage bag as plunger. Hefty plunger effects.
Have tried drain/sewer ‘snake’ cable.
No effect.
Move house now.
captain_spalding said:
Michael V said:
captain_spalding said:House was built in 1992, i believe. We got here in 2012.
OK, so not clay pipes. By description you have done most of the stuff a handyman can do.
I would suggest asking your neighbours whether they are having troubles. If they are, then problem belong local council and should be reported ASAP. Council will likely have a water-jet-cleaning truck or similar and will clean out the council mains.
Similar happened to us in Armidale. Turned out that someone upstream had flushed baby clothes down the dunny and that had blocked the council sewer just downstream from our toilet, in a sewer bend.
Hmm…interesting.
It’s the toilet and bathroom that are affected. The shower drain back up, too. Seems that the bath and the shower have some sort of link to the dunny. Some of the dunny’s burbles emerge there, too.
I’m think of pulling the dunny bowl out. Have been for a little while.The rubber collar on the outlet pipe is n desperate need of replacing, and the one on the inlet is not all that far behind it. I’ve done this before, in the Bargara house.
While the bowl is ex situ, access to the toilet pipe will be much easier. Perhaps i can learn more and have more effect then.
Just pay a plumber for messy stuff like that.
captain_spalding said:
roughbarked said:
captain_spalding said:
Do we have any plumbers among our number?How big is the job?
Toilet has acquired bolshie ways.
Bowl drains very slowly. Still working, water gets down to normal level, ‘substances’ disappear.
Often some burbling and burping from toilet bowl. Suspect blockage of some kind in pipe beyond bowl, to main drain/sewer pipe.
Poured bucketsful of warm water down there. Use mop covered with garbage bag as plunger. Hefty plunger effects.
Have tried drain/sewer ‘snake’ cable.
No effect.
You might have to call a priest.
dv said:
Michael V said:
Oh and I want to skite: I got yesterday’s cryptic completed correctly without any assistance in just under 25 minutes. First time without assistance.:)
Good
Ta. Seems the captain and Mr Car often do it much quicker than that, but I’m pleased.
:)
captain_spalding said:
roughbarked said:
captain_spalding said:
Do we have any plumbers among our number?How big is the job?
Toilet has acquired bolshie ways.
Bowl drains very slowly. Still working, water gets down to normal level, ‘substances’ disappear.
Often some burbling and burping from toilet bowl. Suspect blockage of some kind in pipe beyond bowl, to main drain/sewer pipe.
Poured bucketsful of warm water down there. Use mop covered with garbage bag as plunger. Hefty plunger effects.
Have tried drain/sewer ‘snake’ cable.
No effect.
Could be cybermen in the sewers. Take care.
buffy said:
Just pay a plumber for messy stuff like that.
I’ve done worse.
Bubblecar said:
captain_spalding said:
roughbarked said:How big is the job?
Toilet has acquired bolshie ways.
Bowl drains very slowly. Still working, water gets down to normal level, ‘substances’ disappear.
Often some burbling and burping from toilet bowl. Suspect blockage of some kind in pipe beyond bowl, to main drain/sewer pipe.
Poured bucketsful of warm water down there. Use mop covered with garbage bag as plunger. Hefty plunger effects.
Have tried drain/sewer ‘snake’ cable.
No effect.
Could be cybermen in the sewers. Take care.
Well, the buggers will be paying rent, if i find them there.
Michael V said:
dv said:
Michael V said:
Oh and I want to skite: I got yesterday’s cryptic completed correctly without any assistance in just under 25 minutes. First time without assistance.:)
Good
Ta. Seems the captain and Mr Car often do it much quicker than that, but I’m pleased.
:)
Well done, which one?
Wanting to stay in this chair tonight so I’d better now first have a spot of cot, or I’ll be in danger of falling and breaking something.
Bubblecar said:
Michael V said:
dv said:Good
Ta. Seems the captain and Mr Car often do it much quicker than that, but I’m pleased.
:)
Well done, which one?
The Toronto Star one you put up.
Bubblecar said:
Wanting to stay in this chair tonight so I’d better now first have a spot of cot, or I’ll be in danger of falling and breaking something.
Get a proper leather chair, with proper arm rests.
Watched a video of some walruses and remembered my cross-section of a walrus tusk that is packed away with all my other treasures.
Le sigh.
Peak Warming Man said:
Bubblecar said:
Wanting to stay in this chair tonight so I’d better now first have a spot of cot, or I’ll be in danger of falling and breaking something.
Get a proper leather chair, with proper arm rests.
+1
Michael V said:
dv said:
Michael V said:
Oh and I want to skite: I got yesterday’s cryptic completed correctly without any assistance in just under 25 minutes. First time without assistance.:)
Good
Ta. Seems the captain and Mr Car often do it much quicker than that, but I’m pleased.
:)
:)
Bubblecar said:
captain_spalding said:
roughbarked said:How big is the job?
Toilet has acquired bolshie ways.
Bowl drains very slowly. Still working, water gets down to normal level, ‘substances’ disappear.
Often some burbling and burping from toilet bowl. Suspect blockage of some kind in pipe beyond bowl, to main drain/sewer pipe.
Poured bucketsful of warm water down there. Use mop covered with garbage bag as plunger. Hefty plunger effects.
Have tried drain/sewer ‘snake’ cable.
No effect.
Could be cybermen in the sewers. Take care.
Once they get into the sewerage system. You might need to call The Doctor.
What do you think of the latest developments in SandpaperGate PP?
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Michael V said:
Bubblecar said:
Michael V said:Ta. Seems the captain and Mr Car often do it much quicker than that, but I’m pleased.
:)
Well done, which one?
The Toronto Star one you put up.
Ah, the Michael Curl one.
My daily cryptic these days is the Times one, reprinted in the Globe & Mail
Bubblecar said:
Michael V said:
Bubblecar said:Well done, which one?
The Toronto Star one you put up.
Ah, the Michael Curl one.
My daily cryptic these days is the Times one, reprinted in the Globe & Mail
But I also often do the Guardian cryptic
Witty Rejoinder said:
party_pants said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
What do you think of the latest developments in SandpaperGate PP?
Not really been following it closely. From what I gather Usman Khwaja has said in his memoirs that this had been going on for some time before they got caught. Everyone else is falling over themselves to say it was a once-off thing and not systemic cheating.
Is that the gist of it? What’s the latest development?
That’s basically it. A few old-timers are saying ball tampering is an and old art. It’s just not cricket!
One of those topics nobody wants to talk about. There have always been hints and allegations. It would not surprise me if it routinely happens, but usually in more subtle ways than having a bit of sandpaper in your pocket. I think doing it so blatantly is the “just not cricket” part of it.
The very act of polishing one side of the ball is artificially altering its condition, in a sense, so your starting point is already slightly downhill on an increasing steep slope. Falling off the cliff and ending up at the bottom is unacceptable, but staying just the right side of the tipping point is accepted.
Witty Rejoinder said:
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I don’t think of it
dv said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
What do you think of the latest developments in SandpaperGate PP?Reply Quote View full thread
I don’t think of it
That’s why I didn’t ask this question of you. I’ve been burned before.
dv said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
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I don’t think of it
Now I’m thinking about it all the time.
captain_spalding said:
Do we have any plumbers among our number?
Not qualified, but I have installed a dozen or so septic systems, and repaired a few more.
It sounds like a tree of some sort has got it’s roots into the system through a crack or the leach drains. If it’s connected to town sewage system, it’s probably a cracked pipe letting roots in. Try caustic soda, and follow the instructions. Don’t come crying to me if you melt your arm off.
Kingy said:
captain_spalding said:
Do we have any plumbers among our number?Not qualified, but I have installed a dozen or so septic systems, and repaired a few more.
It sounds like a tree of some sort has got it’s roots into the system through a crack or the leach drains. If it’s connected to town sewage system, it’s probably a cracked pipe letting roots in. Try caustic soda, and follow the instructions. Don’t come crying to me if you melt your arm off.
Plus I lived with one for 18 years!!
What is a reputable site for election results in NZ?
kii said:
What is a reputable site for election results in NZ?
News 24
Peak Warming Man said:
kii said:
What is a reputable site for election results in NZ?
News 24
She wants news not entertainment.
Evenin’ all.
Onedrive has a habit of posting a pic in the bottom corner of the screen each day with “on this day” memories of pics they have helped themselves to of mine. This morning I saw one and thought WTF? I don’t remember that! Am I going down the Alzheimer’s route already?
I clicked on it for the first time and up comes a list of pics that “I” took on or around that date. So I started scrolling, and several were very definitely not mine. I opened the onedrive album page and saw all my recent pics going back years. As I scrolled through, I started scratching my head wondering where all these strange pics had come from, until I saw Ms Kingy’s 93 year old mum’s reflection in the rear view mirror of the car she was in, holding her camera pointed near the mirror.
It took me several minutes to work out what was going on, but as it turned out, about 7 years ago, I helped her fix her old laptop. The process involved backing up what I could save from it onto one of my hard drives before I did a re-install to make it work again. Onedrive has “helpfully” added all her pics in amongst all mine.
Good luck trying to do a psych test on me by examining my photo history. :)
So we had a bushfire on both sides of the shire today, and had 4 brigades turned out, but luckily not us.
It gave me a chance to get some more earthworks quotes done, then go shopping for food, then fix the retic which is required now. That was a bit of a mission, as one of the pop-up sprinklers was buried under half a meter of dirt and concrete from when the front path was concreted last year. Also the front solenoid is not functioning, so that’s another repair to be done before Wednesday(watering day).
Bubblecar said:
Michael V said:
Bubblecar said:Well done, which one?
The Toronto Star one you put up.
Ah, the Michael Curl one.
My daily cryptic these days is the Times one, reprinted in the Globe & Mail
I found today’s one to be more difficult than usual.
Finally got some nectarines off my tree after 21 years of being raided by parrots while I’m at work, before they were ripe. I’d look at all the nectarines and think, only another week and they’ll ready to pick, and get home the next day to find 86 million parrots had a party in my backyard all day, and the tree was stripped to the bone, and no nectarines for Kingy.
This year, Ms Kingy has retired and sits out the back doing art and stuff. When the parrots arrive she shoos them away. It’s either that, or the nectarine tree has produced so much this year that it has flooded the market. The top has been raided but this arvo was the first time that I could pick a ripe nectarine off the tree and eat it right then. Yay.
I now have a bowl of fresh fruit in my house (who are you and what have you done with Kingy?).
Pic taken at the wrong time of day, but it’s better than nothing.
Kingy said:
Finally got some nectarines off my tree after 21 years of being raided by parrots while I’m at work, before they were ripe. I’d look at all the nectarines and think, only another week and they’ll ready to pick, and get home the next day to find 86 million parrots had a party in my backyard all day, and the tree was stripped to the bone, and no nectarines for Kingy.This year, Ms Kingy has retired and sits out the back doing art and stuff. When the parrots arrive she shoos them away. It’s either that, or the nectarine tree has produced so much this year that it has flooded the market. The top has been raided but this arvo was the first time that I could pick a ripe nectarine off the tree and eat it right then. Yay.
I now have a bowl of fresh fruit in my house (who are you and what have you done with Kingy?).
Pic taken at the wrong time of day, but it’s better than nothing.
Blimey, i can see why the parrots were attracted to it.
Kingy said:
Finally got some nectarines off my tree after 21 years of being raided by parrots while I’m at work, before they were ripe. I’d look at all the nectarines and think, only another week and they’ll ready to pick, and get home the next day to find 86 million parrots had a party in my backyard all day, and the tree was stripped to the bone, and no nectarines for Kingy.This year, Ms Kingy has retired and sits out the back doing art and stuff. When the parrots arrive she shoos them away. It’s either that, or the nectarine tree has produced so much this year that it has flooded the market. The top has been raided but this arvo was the first time that I could pick a ripe nectarine off the tree and eat it right then. Yay.
I now have a bowl of fresh fruit in my house (who are you and what have you done with Kingy?).
Pic taken at the wrong time of day, but it’s better than nothing.
Does look an impressive crop, well done.
Bubblecar said:
Kingy said:
Finally got some nectarines off my tree after 21 years of being raided by parrots while I’m at work, before they were ripe. I’d look at all the nectarines and think, only another week and they’ll ready to pick, and get home the next day to find 86 million parrots had a party in my backyard all day, and the tree was stripped to the bone, and no nectarines for Kingy.This year, Ms Kingy has retired and sits out the back doing art and stuff. When the parrots arrive she shoos them away. It’s either that, or the nectarine tree has produced so much this year that it has flooded the market. The top has been raided but this arvo was the first time that I could pick a ripe nectarine off the tree and eat it right then. Yay.
I now have a bowl of fresh fruit in my house (who are you and what have you done with Kingy?).
Pic taken at the wrong time of day, but it’s better than nothing.
Does look an impressive crop, well done.
I bought a stick and stuck in a pot in a rental house, and when it survived my black thumb, I put it in larger pot in a different rental. When I got my own tiny piece of dirt, I dug a hole, tipped some sheep shit in it, and planted it in its final resting place. It’s been 16 years since then, being raided by parrots every year, but today, I got to eat two, and put 8 in a bowl in the kitchen.
In The Republic, Plato describes what he considers to be the ideal city Kallipolis (the influence of his exile to Sparta is evident, eg the exclusion of poets or bards or any kind of artist.) Among other things he divides the population into three classes: guardians (the rulers); auxiliaries (soldiers/police/defenders); and producers (workers). While there can be some movement between classes, a person is generally born to their class.
In general, I disagree with most of Plato’s ideas about Kallipolis, but one idea I think I’d like to see implemented is that the rulers can’t own any property, so they have to rely on the goodwill of the rest of the population for food and lodging — which in turn is dependent on the rulers’ good governance.
Good morning Holidayers. Presently 3 degrees at the back door and there is very light cloud. We are forecast a mostly sunny 23 degrees.
Going to Warrnambool for a 9.00am appointment for mr buffy. I’ll dig out some weed orchids on the side of the road on the way back. Other activities to be decided. I brought back some plants from the bush to put at the wetland, but I won’t do that if it’s too warm by the time we are back. I don’t fancy seeing the snakes.
Kingy said:
Finally got some nectarines off my tree after 21 years of being raided by parrots while I’m at work, before they were ripe. I’d look at all the nectarines and think, only another week and they’ll ready to pick, and get home the next day to find 86 million parrots had a party in my backyard all day, and the tree was stripped to the bone, and no nectarines for Kingy.This year, Ms Kingy has retired and sits out the back doing art and stuff. When the parrots arrive she shoos them away. It’s either that, or the nectarine tree has produced so much this year that it has flooded the market. The top has been raided but this arvo was the first time that I could pick a ripe nectarine off the tree and eat it right then. Yay.
I now have a bowl of fresh fruit in my house (who are you and what have you done with Kingy?).
Pic taken at the wrong time of day, but it’s better than nothing.
Nectarine goldmine is probably my fave fruit.
up too early
and breakfast now, i’ll make it, I know you want to but don’t take this as discouragement, not worth going off a cliff of despair, don’t spiral into irretrievable depression, into the abyss of of unending misery, try a few positive thoughts instead, consider how short life is, and that come the end things may not matter at all, but don’t fixate on the possibility it may have been a wasted effort, a pointless existence, stay strong
transition said:
up too early
and breakfast now, i’ll make it, I know you want to but don’t take this as discouragement, not worth going off a cliff of despair, don’t spiral into irretrievable depression, into the abyss of of unending misery, try a few positive thoughts instead, consider how short life is, and that come the end things may not matter at all, but don’t fixate on the possibility it may have been a wasted effort, a pointless existence, stay strong
lovely image, trans.
Shame about your depression. Stay strong.
roughbarked said:
transition said:
up too early
and breakfast now, i’ll make it, I know you want to but don’t take this as discouragement, not worth going off a cliff of despair, don’t spiral into irretrievable depression, into the abyss of of unending misery, try a few positive thoughts instead, consider how short life is, and that come the end things may not matter at all, but don’t fixate on the possibility it may have been a wasted effort, a pointless existence, stay strong
lovely image, trans.
Shame about your depression. Stay strong.
i’m fine, just rehearsing some lines form my self help book i’m writing, going to be a best seller
it’s called the nihilist’s guide to happiness
transition said:
up too early
and breakfast now, i’ll make it, I know you want to but don’t take this as discouragement, not worth going off a cliff of despair, don’t spiral into irretrievable depression, into the abyss of of unending misery, try a few positive thoughts instead, consider how short life is, and that come the end things may not matter at all, but don’t fixate on the possibility it may have been a wasted effort, a pointless existence, stay strong
Gorgeous photo!
Sobering thoughts.
other news we had a morning thunder storm, nothing big, few spots of rain with
transition said:
roughbarked said:
transition said:
up too early
and breakfast now, i’ll make it, I know you want to but don’t take this as discouragement, not worth going off a cliff of despair, don’t spiral into irretrievable depression, into the abyss of of unending misery, try a few positive thoughts instead, consider how short life is, and that come the end things may not matter at all, but don’t fixate on the possibility it may have been a wasted effort, a pointless existence, stay strong
lovely image, trans.
Shame about your depression. Stay strong.
i’m fine, just rehearsing some lines form my self help book i’m writing, going to be a best seller
it’s called the nihilist’s guide to happiness
:)
transition said:
other news we had a morning thunder storm, nothing big, few spots of rain with
The map this week shows rain occurring almost everywhere except here.
Greetings Earthlings 🖖🏽🖖🏽🖖🏽
17° with a top of 23°. It will be sunny day today.
It was cold last night in the caravan. I woke up at 3am. It was 13°. I put on some heat.
I hope to get somethings done today.
Have a good day today!
transition said:
roughbarked said:
transition said:
up too early
and breakfast now, i’ll make it, I know you want to but don’t take this as discouragement, not worth going off a cliff of despair, don’t spiral into irretrievable depression, into the abyss of of unending misery, try a few positive thoughts instead, consider how short life is, and that come the end things may not matter at all, but don’t fixate on the possibility it may have been a wasted effort, a pointless existence, stay strong
lovely image, trans.
Shame about your depression. Stay strong.
i’m fine, just rehearsing some lines form my self help book i’m writing, going to be a best seller
it’s called the nihilist’s guide to happiness
the nihilist’s guide to happiness is definitely a name of a best seller.
ms spock said:
Greetings Earthlings 🖖🏽🖖🏽🖖🏽
17° with a top of 23°. It will be sunny day today.
It was cold last night in the caravan. I woke up at 3am. It was 13°. I put on some heat.
I hope to get somethings done today.
Have a good day today!
Currently 15.8 deg heading for 26. No sign of rain.
However, I’m looking forward to how my Midnight Snack variety tastes.
ms spock said:
transition said:
roughbarked said:lovely image, trans.
Shame about your depression. Stay strong.
i’m fine, just rehearsing some lines form my self help book i’m writing, going to be a best seller
it’s called the nihilist’s guide to happiness
the nihilist’s guide to happiness is definitely a name of a best seller.
It should sell well in Nhill.
I’ve been in the MyGov site.
It says to find this file start here: 
I cannot find a ‘menu’ anywhere on the page.
If I recall correctly, there was a menu top left but it isn’t there?
and just watched this again, excellent movie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63HGq6ju2M8
Gran Torino
roughbarked said:
I’ve been in the MyGov site.
It says to find this file start here:I cannot find a ‘menu’ anywhere on the page.
If I recall correctly, there was a menu top left but it isn’t there?
how sexist
transition said:
and just watched this again, excellent movie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63HGq6ju2M8
Gran Torino
I love that bit in the barber shop.
“I should’ve shot him when i had the chance.”
transition said:
up too early
and breakfast now, i’ll make it, I know you want to but don’t take this as discouragement, not worth going off a cliff of despair, don’t spiral into irretrievable depression, into the abyss of of unending misery, try a few positive thoughts instead, consider how short life is, and that come the end things may not matter at all, but don’t fixate on the possibility it may have been a wasted effort, a pointless existence, stay strong
That would look so good, blown up to ‘poster’ size, and framed.
roughbarked said:
I’ve been in the MyGov site.
It says to find this file start here:I cannot find a ‘menu’ anywhere on the page.
If I recall correctly, there was a menu top left but it isn’t there?
As I was going to pay my share.
I clicked a menu that wasn’t there.
It wasn’t there again today.
I wish that menu would bloody well come back.
Morning pilgrims, another corker day in the Pearl.
Over.
transition said:
up too early
and breakfast now, i’ll make it, I know you want to but don’t take this as discouragement, not worth going off a cliff of despair, don’t spiral into irretrievable depression, into the abyss of of unending misery, try a few positive thoughts instead, consider how short life is, and that come the end things may not matter at all, but don’t fixate on the possibility it may have been a wasted effort, a pointless existence, stay strong
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0G8PEYYHTY
transition said:
up too early
and breakfast now, i’ll make it, I know you want to but don’t take this as discouragement, not worth going off a cliff of despair, don’t spiral into irretrievable depression, into the abyss of of unending misery, try a few positive thoughts instead, consider how short life is, and that come the end things may not matter at all, but don’t fixate on the possibility it may have been a wasted effort, a pointless existence, stay strong
I will Brother Transition.
roughbarked said:
ms spock said:Greetings Earthlings 🖖🏽🖖🏽🖖🏽
17° with a top of 23°. It will be sunny day today.
It was cold last night in the caravan. I woke up at 3am. It was 13°. I put on some heat.
I hope to get somethings done today.
Have a good day today!
Currently 15.8 deg heading for 26. No sign of rain.
However, I’m looking forward to how my Midnight Snack variety tastes.
Very tasty looking indeed!
Hello
roughbarked said:
I’ve been in the MyGov site.
It says to find this file start here:I cannot find a ‘menu’ anywhere on the page.
If I recall correctly, there was a menu top left but it isn’t there?
Have you signed in since the hack happened?
ms spock said:
roughbarked said:
I’ve been in the MyGov site.
It says to find this file start here:I cannot find a ‘menu’ anywhere on the page.
If I recall correctly, there was a menu top left but it isn’t there?
Have you signed in since the hack happened?
Which hack is that?
If you ever need the toilet to come to you instead of the other way round, China has that sorted.
I only hope they have emptying the tank automatically sorted as well.
It’s no fun doing that for the caravan waste tank!
In Asia some kids using a gigantic python as a slide. No idea if it’s AI but if not that’s a very tolerant snake.
One disadvantage of living in a shared house is no one around to sign for packages.
I do wish that I could authorise them to be left somewhere safe.
They could throw gentle place them over the fence if necessary
ms spock said:
roughbarked said:
ms spock said:
Greetings Earthlings 🖖🏽🖖🏽🖖🏽
17° with a top of 23°. It will be sunny day today.
It was cold last night in the caravan. I woke up at 3am. It was 13°. I put on some heat.
I hope to get somethings done today.
Have a good day today!
Currently 15.8 deg heading for 26. No sign of rain.
However, I’m looking forward to how my Midnight Snack variety tastes.
Very tasty looking indeed!
unlike these
Cymek said:
One disadvantage of living in a shared house is no one around to sign for packages.I do wish that I could authorise them to be left somewhere safe.
They couldthrowgentle place them over the fence if necessary
AusPost have parcel collection lockers now for a free secure delivery. There will be some close by.
C’mon… Who hasn’t had an affair with a Chinese spy?
Witty Rejoinder said:
C’mon… Who hasn’t had an affair with a Chinese spy?
Knowing they are a spy ?
ms spock said:
roughbarked said:
I’ve been in the MyGov site.
It says to find this file start here:I cannot find a ‘menu’ anywhere on the page.
If I recall correctly, there was a menu top left but it isn’t there?
Have you signed in since the hack happened?
This is the first timw I’ve signed in for ages.
A stumpy-tail cattle dog with the shortest tail I’ve ever seen.
And it is sooooo cute.
It’s just another day.
Back roads never carry you where you want them to. But now it’s full of evil clowns, and I tread a troubled track, my odds are stacked
I do what I want. In the stillness of remembering what you had. Sometimes I wonder if I should be medicated.
SCIENCE said:
ms spock said:
roughbarked said:
Currently 15.8 deg heading for 26. No sign of rain.
However, I’m looking forward to how my Midnight Snack variety tastes.
Very tasty looking indeed!
unlike these
soft looking hands.
The UK has a different Remembrance Day to us apparently, they were playing the last post and had red poppies at football games last night; I don’t recall this, I thought all rembered on the 11 of the 11?
Spiny Norman said:
A stumpy-tail cattle dog with the shortest tail I’ve ever seen.
And it is sooooo cute.
This dog has a Facebook page: Oliversuesydney, She’s Sydney.
Kingy said:
transition said:
up too early
and breakfast now, i’ll make it, I know you want to but don’t take this as discouragement, not worth going off a cliff of despair, don’t spiral into irretrievable depression, into the abyss of of unending misery, try a few positive thoughts instead, consider how short life is, and that come the end things may not matter at all, but don’t fixate on the possibility it may have been a wasted effort, a pointless existence, stay strong
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0G8PEYYHTY
chuckle
Cymek said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
C’mon… Who hasn’t had an affair with a Chinese spy?
Knowing they are a spy ?
how would you know when all ASIANS look the same anyway
SCIENCE said:
Cymek said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
C’mon… Who hasn’t had an affair with a Chinese spy?
Knowing they are a spy ?
how would you know when all ASIANS look the same anyway
I assume that all spy agencies would have agents whose job is to seduce valuable foreign assets.
kii said:
Spiny Norman said:
A stumpy-tail cattle dog with the shortest tail I’ve ever seen.
And it is sooooo cute.This dog has a Facebook page: Oliversuesydney, She’s Sydney.
There are some better videos of her twerking whilst wearing her coin skirt, but I can’t find them.
Peak Warming Man said:
The UK has a different Remembrance Day to us apparently, they were playing the last post and had red poppies at football games last night; I don’t recall this, I thought all rembered on the 11 of the 11?
We still hold remembrance day on the 11th of the 11th but the UK has it on the second Sunday of November.
I never knew that.
Cymek said:
SCIENCE said:
Cymek said:
Knowing they are a spy ?
how would you know when all ASIANS look the same anyway
I assume that all spy agencies would have agents whose job is to seduce valuable foreign assets.
well the other country is a special case, all of their citizens are party members and spies, so you know already
I am concerned.
I’m having lunch before i embark on my plan to replace the inlet and out let seals on the toilet.
Before i made lunch, i tested the four large screws which secure the toilet bowl to the floor.
They all rotated readily under torsion from the screwdriver.
This is not right.
The rule is that three screws should rotate that easily. But, the fourth should put up such resistance as to make one seriously consider the use of explosives.
I suspect a trap of some kind.
captain_spalding said:
I am concerned.I’m having lunch before i embark on my plan to replace the inlet and out let seals on the toilet.
Before i made lunch, i tested the four large screws which secure the toilet bowl to the floor.
They all rotated readily under torsion from the screwdriver.
This is not right.
The rule is that three screws should rotate that easily. But, the fourth should put up such resistance as to make one seriously consider the use of explosives.
I suspect a trap of some kind.
It’s definitely a trap.
Peak Warming Man said:
captain_spalding said:
I am concerned.I’m having lunch before i embark on my plan to replace the inlet and out let seals on the toilet.
Before i made lunch, i tested the four large screws which secure the toilet bowl to the floor.
They all rotated readily under torsion from the screwdriver.
This is not right.
The rule is that three screws should rotate that easily. But, the fourth should put up such resistance as to make one seriously consider the use of explosives.
I suspect a trap of some kind.
It’s definitely a trap.
yeah, toilets always have a trap involved.
Peak Warming Man said:
captain_spalding said:
I am concerned.I’m having lunch before i embark on my plan to replace the inlet and out let seals on the toilet.
Before i made lunch, i tested the four large screws which secure the toilet bowl to the floor.
They all rotated readily under torsion from the screwdriver.
This is not right.
The rule is that three screws should rotate that easily. But, the fourth should put up such resistance as to make one seriously consider the use of explosives.
I suspect a trap of some kind.
It’s definitely a trap.
kii said:
Peak Warming Man said:
captain_spalding said:
I am concerned.I’m having lunch before i embark on my plan to replace the inlet and out let seals on the toilet.
Before i made lunch, i tested the four large screws which secure the toilet bowl to the floor.
They all rotated readily under torsion from the screwdriver.
This is not right.
The rule is that three screws should rotate that easily. But, the fourth should put up such resistance as to make one seriously consider the use of explosives.
I suspect a trap of some kind.
It’s definitely a trap.
Globbets!
Haven’t heard that for years.
Used to watch it almost every day with Spalding Jr.
captain_spalding said:
kii said:
Peak Warming Man said:It’s definitely a trap.
Globbets!
Haven’t heard that for years.
Used to watch it almost every day with Spalding Jr.
Same, but with sons#s1&2.
Peak Warming Man said:
captain_spalding said:
I am concerned.I’m having lunch before i embark on my plan to replace the inlet and out let seals on the toilet.
Before i made lunch, i tested the four large screws which secure the toilet bowl to the floor.
They all rotated readily under torsion from the screwdriver.
This is not right.
The rule is that three screws should rotate that easily. But, the fourth should put up such resistance as to make one seriously consider the use of explosives.
I suspect a trap of some kind.
It’s definitely a trap.
Having had lunch, make sure you use the toilet before proceed to make the repairs/changes. You don’t want to have to hurry the job just because ….
AussieDJ said:
Having had lunch, make sure you use the toilet before proceed to make the repairs/changes. You don’t want to have to hurry the job just because ….
Yes. All will be offered a chance to make their ‘last calls’.
Why do mops and their buckets have to be so complicated?
I mean wtf is this thing?
I have updated the list of the plants I’m working with at the wetland and partially written a report on them for the meeting tomorrow evening. Hei Long now requests some Quality Lying on the Futon Time with me. I shall oblige.
Godzilla minus zero seems a bad movie name
kii said:
Why do mops and their buckets have to be so complicated?I mean wtf is this thing?
Some swiffer mop
They are decent for getting underneath beds, wardrobes, etc
Its meant to be wet and dry
dv said:
Godzilla minus zero seems a bad movie name
It doesn’t make much sense
Snow in Cooma, they reckon
ChrispenEvan said:
Peak Warming Man said:
captain_spalding said:
I am concerned.I’m having lunch before i embark on my plan to replace the inlet and out let seals on the toilet.
Before i made lunch, i tested the four large screws which secure the toilet bowl to the floor.
They all rotated readily under torsion from the screwdriver.
This is not right.
The rule is that three screws should rotate that easily. But, the fourth should put up such resistance as to make one seriously consider the use of explosives.
I suspect a trap of some kind.
It’s definitely a trap.
yeah, toilets always have a trap involved.
They do.
Cymek said:
kii said:
Why do mops and their buckets have to be so complicated?I mean wtf is this thing?
Some swiffer mop
They are decent for getting underneath beds, wardrobes, etc
Its meant to be wet and dry
Cymek said:
kii said:
Why do mops and their buckets have to be so complicated?I mean wtf is this thing?
Some swiffer mop
They are decent for getting underneath beds, wardrobes, etc
Its meant to be wet and dry
As we all should know, these are gimmicky shoddy products that previously only sold as seen on TV, call now and get another one free. They never work as well as the ads say and they fall to bits too quickly.
Boss lady is playing a lot of music by Cayden Cruz.
Sure enough, he’s an “AI artist”.
roughbarked said:
Cymek said:
kii said:
Why do mops and their buckets have to be so complicated?I mean wtf is this thing?
Some swiffer mop
They are decent for getting underneath beds, wardrobes, etc
Its meant to be wet and dry
As we all should know, these are gimmicky shoddy products that previously only sold as seen on TV, call now and get another one free. They never work as well as the ads say and they fall to bits too quickly.
Jaysus Fecking Chris 🙄
kii said:
roughbarked said:
Cymek said:Some swiffer mop
They are decent for getting underneath beds, wardrobes, etc
Its meant to be wet and dry
As we all should know, these are gimmicky shoddy products that previously only sold as seen on TV, call now and get another one free. They never work as well as the ads say and they fall to bits too quickly.
Jaysus Fecking Chris 🙄
LOL🥔
i am returned from the plumbing wars.
The toilet bowl came out with only a rather moderate amount of cursing.
This left the toilet outlet pipe vulnerable to a frontal assault. Got the drain ‘snake’, and pushed it down there. At one point, i thought that i felt something give, but i kept pushing, and it seemed to continue its travel down the pipe.
Anyway, hoisted the snake back inboard, and decided to try a test. Got two buckets of warm water, dumped them down the toilet pipe. Not a hint of any back-up. OK, maybe some good was done.
Removed the old inlet and outlet seals (the outlet seal and it’s environs was…well, ‘not pretty’. Cleaned up all pipes and connection points. Fitted the new seals, re-installed the toilet bowl. Time for a trial flush.
Seals work fine, should do for years.
As for the backing up problem…no improvement.
Baffling. All is well when the bowl is removed, has problems when it’s there.
Something my dad told me (in connection with car mechanicals, but it works here, too): you know best when you know that you don’t know enough. Find someone who does.
So i’m now going to call a plumber.
captain_spalding said:
i am returned from the plumbing wars.The toilet bowl came out with only a rather moderate amount of cursing.
This left the toilet outlet pipe vulnerable to a frontal assault. Got the drain ‘snake’, and pushed it down there. At one point, i thought that i felt something give, but i kept pushing, and it seemed to continue its travel down the pipe.
Anyway, hoisted the snake back inboard, and decided to try a test. Got two buckets of warm water, dumped them down the toilet pipe. Not a hint of any back-up. OK, maybe some good was done.
Removed the old inlet and outlet seals (the outlet seal and it’s environs was…well, ‘not pretty’. Cleaned up all pipes and connection points. Fitted the new seals, re-installed the toilet bowl. Time for a trial flush.
Seals work fine, should do for years.
As for the backing up problem…no improvement.
Baffling. All is well when the bowl is removed, has problems when it’s there.
Something my dad told me (in connection with car mechanicals, but it works here, too): you know best when you know that you don’t know enough. Find someone who does.
So i’m now going to call a plumber.
You could wait for until all answers from our quasi plumbers here are exhausted first.
Sucks in breath points to bowl
It’s your bowl mate, you drive a taxi long enough you get to tell these things.
captain_spalding said:
i am returned from the plumbing wars.The toilet bowl came out with only a rather moderate amount of cursing.
This left the toilet outlet pipe vulnerable to a frontal assault. Got the drain ‘snake’, and pushed it down there. At one point, i thought that i felt something give, but i kept pushing, and it seemed to continue its travel down the pipe.
Anyway, hoisted the snake back inboard, and decided to try a test. Got two buckets of warm water, dumped them down the toilet pipe. Not a hint of any back-up. OK, maybe some good was done.
Removed the old inlet and outlet seals (the outlet seal and it’s environs was…well, ‘not pretty’. Cleaned up all pipes and connection points. Fitted the new seals, re-installed the toilet bowl. Time for a trial flush.
Seals work fine, should do for years.
As for the backing up problem…no improvement.
Baffling. All is well when the bowl is removed, has problems when it’s there.
Something my dad told me (in connection with car mechanicals, but it works here, too): you know best when you know that you don’t know enough. Find someone who does.
So i’m now going to call a plumber.
Oh well, elephant stamp for effort.
A plumber has been called.
As the toilet still functions (the bow drains slowly, but it works) we agreed that he will be here at the first opportunity in the next one to two days.
Peak Warming Man said:
captain_spalding said:
i am returned from the plumbing wars.The toilet bowl came out with only a rather moderate amount of cursing.
This left the toilet outlet pipe vulnerable to a frontal assault. Got the drain ‘snake’, and pushed it down there. At one point, i thought that i felt something give, but i kept pushing, and it seemed to continue its travel down the pipe.
Anyway, hoisted the snake back inboard, and decided to try a test. Got two buckets of warm water, dumped them down the toilet pipe. Not a hint of any back-up. OK, maybe some good was done.
Removed the old inlet and outlet seals (the outlet seal and it’s environs was…well, ‘not pretty’. Cleaned up all pipes and connection points. Fitted the new seals, re-installed the toilet bowl. Time for a trial flush.
Seals work fine, should do for years.
As for the backing up problem…no improvement.
Baffling. All is well when the bowl is removed, has problems when it’s there.
Something my dad told me (in connection with car mechanicals, but it works here, too): you know best when you know that you don’t know enough. Find someone who does.
So i’m now going to call a plumber.
You could wait for until all answers from our quasi plumbers here are exhausted first.
Sucks in breath points to bowl
It’s your bowl mate, you drive a taxi long enough you get to tell these things.
A small charge of C4 should sort it right out.
captain_spalding said:
i am returned from the plumbing wars.The toilet bowl came out with only a rather moderate amount of cursing.
This left the toilet outlet pipe vulnerable to a frontal assault. Got the drain ‘snake’, and pushed it down there. At one point, i thought that i felt something give, but i kept pushing, and it seemed to continue its travel down the pipe.
Anyway, hoisted the snake back inboard, and decided to try a test. Got two buckets of warm water, dumped them down the toilet pipe. Not a hint of any back-up. OK, maybe some good was done.
Removed the old inlet and outlet seals (the outlet seal and it’s environs was…well, ‘not pretty’. Cleaned up all pipes and connection points. Fitted the new seals, re-installed the toilet bowl. Time for a trial flush.
Seals work fine, should do for years.
As for the backing up problem…no improvement.
Baffling. All is well when the bowl is removed, has problems when it’s there.
Something my dad told me (in connection with car mechanicals, but it works here, too): you know best when you know that you don’t know enough. Find someone who does.
So i’m now going to call a plumber.
or… long drop…
it was good enough for the Romans
Peak Warming Man said:
captain_spalding said:
i am returned from the plumbing wars.The toilet bowl came out with only a rather moderate amount of cursing.
This left the toilet outlet pipe vulnerable to a frontal assault. Got the drain ‘snake’, and pushed it down there. At one point, i thought that i felt something give, but i kept pushing, and it seemed to continue its travel down the pipe.
Anyway, hoisted the snake back inboard, and decided to try a test. Got two buckets of warm water, dumped them down the toilet pipe. Not a hint of any back-up. OK, maybe some good was done.
Removed the old inlet and outlet seals (the outlet seal and it’s environs was…well, ‘not pretty’. Cleaned up all pipes and connection points. Fitted the new seals, re-installed the toilet bowl. Time for a trial flush.
Seals work fine, should do for years.
As for the backing up problem…no improvement.
Baffling. All is well when the bowl is removed, has problems when it’s there.
Something my dad told me (in connection with car mechanicals, but it works here, too): you know best when you know that you don’t know enough. Find someone who does.
So i’m now going to call a plumber.
You could wait for until all answers from our quasi plumbers here are exhausted first.
Sucks in breath points to bowl
It’s your bowl mate, you drive a taxi long enough you get to tell these things.
Honestly, i did ponder ‘should i get a new toilet bowl?’, but i see no reason why something that’s functioned well for years and years should suddenly ‘not work’ for no apparent reason.
If it’d gone bung after i’d tinkered with it, well, that’s one thing.
But, it did it all on its own, one night last week.
Kingy said:
A small charge of C4 should sort it right out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4ah4bmy1Vo Toilet Grenade
captain_spalding said:
i am returned from the plumbing wars.The toilet bowl came out with only a rather moderate amount of cursing.
This left the toilet outlet pipe vulnerable to a frontal assault. Got the drain ‘snake’, and pushed it down there. At one point, i thought that i felt something give, but i kept pushing, and it seemed to continue its travel down the pipe.
Anyway, hoisted the snake back inboard, and decided to try a test. Got two buckets of warm water, dumped them down the toilet pipe. Not a hint of any back-up. OK, maybe some good was done.
Removed the old inlet and outlet seals (the outlet seal and it’s environs was…well, ‘not pretty’. Cleaned up all pipes and connection points. Fitted the new seals, re-installed the toilet bowl. Time for a trial flush.
Seals work fine, should do for years.
As for the backing up problem…no improvement.
Baffling. All is well when the bowl is removed, has problems when it’s there.
Something my dad told me (in connection with car mechanicals, but it works here, too): you know best when you know that you don’t know enough. Find someone who does.
So i’m now going to call a plumber.
Are the neighbours also having troubles?
captain_spalding said:
Peak Warming Man said:
captain_spalding said:
i am returned from the plumbing wars.The toilet bowl came out with only a rather moderate amount of cursing.
This left the toilet outlet pipe vulnerable to a frontal assault. Got the drain ‘snake’, and pushed it down there. At one point, i thought that i felt something give, but i kept pushing, and it seemed to continue its travel down the pipe.
Anyway, hoisted the snake back inboard, and decided to try a test. Got two buckets of warm water, dumped them down the toilet pipe. Not a hint of any back-up. OK, maybe some good was done.
Removed the old inlet and outlet seals (the outlet seal and it’s environs was…well, ‘not pretty’. Cleaned up all pipes and connection points. Fitted the new seals, re-installed the toilet bowl. Time for a trial flush.
Seals work fine, should do for years.
As for the backing up problem…no improvement.
Baffling. All is well when the bowl is removed, has problems when it’s there.
Something my dad told me (in connection with car mechanicals, but it works here, too): you know best when you know that you don’t know enough. Find someone who does.
So i’m now going to call a plumber.
You could wait for until all answers from our quasi plumbers here are exhausted first.
Sucks in breath points to bowl
It’s your bowl mate, you drive a taxi long enough you get to tell these things.Honestly, i did ponder ‘should i get a new toilet bowl?’, but i see no reason why something that’s functioned well for years and years should suddenly ‘not work’ for no apparent reason.
If it’d gone bung after i’d tinkered with it, well, that’s one thing.
But, it did it all on its own, one night last week.
I reckon someone has done a pooh that would have sunk the Titantic and it has clogged up the works on a particular sharp bend.
Michael V said:
captain_spalding said:
i am returned from the plumbing wars.The toilet bowl came out with only a rather moderate amount of cursing.
This left the toilet outlet pipe vulnerable to a frontal assault. Got the drain ‘snake’, and pushed it down there. At one point, i thought that i felt something give, but i kept pushing, and it seemed to continue its travel down the pipe.
Anyway, hoisted the snake back inboard, and decided to try a test. Got two buckets of warm water, dumped them down the toilet pipe. Not a hint of any back-up. OK, maybe some good was done.
Removed the old inlet and outlet seals (the outlet seal and it’s environs was…well, ‘not pretty’. Cleaned up all pipes and connection points. Fitted the new seals, re-installed the toilet bowl. Time for a trial flush.
Seals work fine, should do for years.
As for the backing up problem…no improvement.
Baffling. All is well when the bowl is removed, has problems when it’s there.
Something my dad told me (in connection with car mechanicals, but it works here, too): you know best when you know that you don’t know enough. Find someone who does.
So i’m now going to call a plumber.
Are the neighbours also having troubles?
Apparently not.
ChrispenEvan said:
captain_spalding said:
Peak Warming Man said:You could wait for until all answers from our quasi plumbers here are exhausted first.
Sucks in breath points to bowl
It’s your bowl mate, you drive a taxi long enough you get to tell these things.Honestly, i did ponder ‘should i get a new toilet bowl?’, but i see no reason why something that’s functioned well for years and years should suddenly ‘not work’ for no apparent reason.
If it’d gone bung after i’d tinkered with it, well, that’s one thing.
But, it did it all on its own, one night last week.
I reckon someone has done a pooh that would have sunk the Titantic and it has clogged up the works on a particular sharp bend.
furious said:
ChrispenEvan said:
captain_spalding said:Honestly, i did ponder ‘should i get a new toilet bowl?’, but i see no reason why something that’s functioned well for years and years should suddenly ‘not work’ for no apparent reason.
If it’d gone bung after i’d tinkered with it, well, that’s one thing.
But, it did it all on its own, one night last week.
I reckon someone has done a pooh that would have sunk the Titantic and it has clogged up the works on a particular sharp bend.
This has not been a gradual thing.
Was working fine one afternoon, then, that evening, problems.
captain_spalding said:
furious said:
ChrispenEvan said:I reckon someone has done a pooh that would have sunk the Titantic and it has clogged up the works on a particular sharp bend.
This has not been a gradual thing.
Was working fine one afternoon, then, that evening, problems.
Have you asked the missus about her bowel movements?
captain_spalding said:
Michael V said:
captain_spalding said:
i am returned from the plumbing wars.The toilet bowl came out with only a rather moderate amount of cursing.
This left the toilet outlet pipe vulnerable to a frontal assault. Got the drain ‘snake’, and pushed it down there. At one point, i thought that i felt something give, but i kept pushing, and it seemed to continue its travel down the pipe.
Anyway, hoisted the snake back inboard, and decided to try a test. Got two buckets of warm water, dumped them down the toilet pipe. Not a hint of any back-up. OK, maybe some good was done.
Removed the old inlet and outlet seals (the outlet seal and it’s environs was…well, ‘not pretty’. Cleaned up all pipes and connection points. Fitted the new seals, re-installed the toilet bowl. Time for a trial flush.
Seals work fine, should do for years.
As for the backing up problem…no improvement.
Baffling. All is well when the bowl is removed, has problems when it’s there.
Something my dad told me (in connection with car mechanicals, but it works here, too): you know best when you know that you don’t know enough. Find someone who does.
So i’m now going to call a plumber.
Are the neighbours also having troubles?
Apparently not.
Bummer.
captain_spalding said:
Michael V said:
captain_spalding said:
i am returned from the plumbing wars.The toilet bowl came out with only a rather moderate amount of cursing.
This left the toilet outlet pipe vulnerable to a frontal assault. Got the drain ‘snake’, and pushed it down there. At one point, i thought that i felt something give, but i kept pushing, and it seemed to continue its travel down the pipe.
Anyway, hoisted the snake back inboard, and decided to try a test. Got two buckets of warm water, dumped them down the toilet pipe. Not a hint of any back-up. OK, maybe some good was done.
Removed the old inlet and outlet seals (the outlet seal and it’s environs was…well, ‘not pretty’. Cleaned up all pipes and connection points. Fitted the new seals, re-installed the toilet bowl. Time for a trial flush.
Seals work fine, should do for years.
As for the backing up problem…no improvement.
Baffling. All is well when the bowl is removed, has problems when it’s there.
Something my dad told me (in connection with car mechanicals, but it works here, too): you know best when you know that you don’t know enough. Find someone who does.
So i’m now going to call a plumber.
Are the neighbours also having troubles?
Apparently not.
Good thinking though.
ChrispenEvan said:
captain_spalding said:
furious said:This has not been a gradual thing.
Was working fine one afternoon, then, that evening, problems.
Have you asked the missus about her bowel movements?
Would you recommend that i do?
captain_spalding said:
ChrispenEvan said:
captain_spalding said:This has not been a gradual thing.
Was working fine one afternoon, then, that evening, problems.
Have you asked the missus about her bowel movements?
Would you recommend that i do?
depends on how well you know her.
😎
furious said:
ChrispenEvan said:
captain_spalding said:Honestly, i did ponder ‘should i get a new toilet bowl?’, but i see no reason why something that’s functioned well for years and years should suddenly ‘not work’ for no apparent reason.
If it’d gone bung after i’d tinkered with it, well, that’s one thing.
But, it did it all on its own, one night last week.
I reckon someone has done a pooh that would have sunk the Titantic and it has clogged up the works on a particular sharp bend.
Good old Sepultura
ChrispenEvan said:
captain_spalding said:
ChrispenEvan said:Have you asked the missus about her bowel movements?
Would you recommend that i do?
depends on how well you know her.
😎
We’ve become acquainted, as we seem to frequent a lot of the same places.
I used to go into work early when I lived in Darwin. Nice and quiet and nobody around to annoy me. One morning I went to the toilet before I started work. Weeeeelllll, there was this “object” in the bowl. Just laying there. It was jammed between the U bend and the front side. At least 3” was sticking out of the water. That is how big it was. Like a babies arm. A Mark VIII torpedo. If that had gone out into Darwin Harbour it would have been a shipping hazard. I left it there for others to see. Never worked out who it belonged to but they must have felt better after.
ChrispenEvan said:
I used to go into work early when I lived in Darwin. Nice and quiet and nobody around to annoy me. One morning I went to the toilet before I started work. Weeeeelllll, there was this “object” in the bowl. Just laying there. It was jammed between the U bend and the front side. At least 3” was sticking out of the water. That is how big it was. Like a babies arm. A Mark VIII torpedo. If that had gone out into Darwin Harbour it would have been a shipping hazard. I left it there for others to see. Never worked out who it belonged to but they must have felt better after.
Armidale Golf Club, 5 am every Thursday morning. We’d find one just like that, same cubicle, every week. Three buckets of hot water, each a few minutes apart and it’d flush away.
ChrispenEvan said:
I used to go into work early when I lived in Darwin. Nice and quiet and nobody around to annoy me. One morning I went to the toilet before I started work. Weeeeelllll, there was this “object” in the bowl. Just laying there. It was jammed between the U bend and the front side. At least 3” was sticking out of the water. That is how big it was. Like a babies arm. A Mark VIII torpedo. If that had gone out into Darwin Harbour it would have been a shipping hazard. I left it there for others to see. Never worked out who it belonged to but they must have felt better after.
It was Randy Marsh!
Kingy said:
ChrispenEvan said:
I used to go into work early when I lived in Darwin. Nice and quiet and nobody around to annoy me. One morning I went to the toilet before I started work. Weeeeelllll, there was this “object” in the bowl. Just laying there. It was jammed between the U bend and the front side. At least 3” was sticking out of the water. That is how big it was. Like a babies arm. A Mark VIII torpedo. If that had gone out into Darwin Harbour it would have been a shipping hazard. I left it there for others to see. Never worked out who it belonged to but they must have felt better after.
It was Randy Marsh!
Bono lost
When suppertime came, the old cook came on deck sayin’
“Fellas, it’s too rough to feed ya”
At 7 PM, a main hatchway caved in, he said
“Fellas, it’s been good to know ya”
Peak Warming Man said:
When suppertime came, the old cook came on deck sayin’
“Fellas, it’s too rough to feed ya”
At 7 PM, a main hatchway caved in, he said
“Fellas, it’s been good to know ya”
For some reason Saraks Mum hated that song.
Peak Warming Man said:
Peak Warming Man said:
When suppertime came, the old cook came on deck sayin’
“Fellas, it’s too rough to feed ya”
At 7 PM, a main hatchway caved in, he said
“Fellas, it’s been good to know ya”
For some reason Saraks Mum hated that song.
Me and some others i know have a love/hate for it.
Love because it tells a story well, about things that we’ve all thought about or heard about, without frills or gloss.
Hate because it makes you think about how, even in modern times, the weather and the water will kill you in a most disinterested way.
Kingy said:
ChrispenEvan said:
I used to go into work early when I lived in Darwin. Nice and quiet and nobody around to annoy me. One morning I went to the toilet before I started work. Weeeeelllll, there was this “object” in the bowl. Just laying there. It was jammed between the U bend and the front side. At least 3” was sticking out of the water. That is how big it was. Like a babies arm. A Mark VIII torpedo. If that had gone out into Darwin Harbour it would have been a shipping hazard. I left it there for others to see. Never worked out who it belonged to but they must have felt better after.
It was Randy Marsh!
captain_spalding said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Peak Warming Man said:
When suppertime came, the old cook came on deck sayin’
“Fellas, it’s too rough to feed ya”
At 7 PM, a main hatchway caved in, he said
“Fellas, it’s been good to know ya”
For some reason Saraks Mum hated that song.
Me and some others i know have a love/hate for it.
Love because it tells a story well, about things that we’ve all thought about or heard about, without frills or gloss.
Hate because it makes you think about how, even in modern times, the weather and the water will kill you in a most disinterested way.
It does remind you just how insignificant you are.
Certainly not as immediately dangerous as rough seas, but I remember flying past a huge cumulonimbus at 39,000’ and we were no more than about 2/3’s the way up it. Biggest storm cell I’ve ever seen.
I was quietly hoping to myself that it would ignore us.
captain_spalding said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Peak Warming Man said:
When suppertime came, the old cook came on deck sayin’
“Fellas, it’s too rough to feed ya”
At 7 PM, a main hatchway caved in, he said
“Fellas, it’s been good to know ya”
For some reason Saraks Mum hated that song.
Me and some others i know have a love/hate for it.
Love because it tells a story well, about things that we’ve all thought about or heard about, without frills or gloss.
Hate because it makes you think about how, even in modern times, the weather and the water will kill you in a most disinterested way.
And then there is Paul Gross’ take on the story. Not a very clean YouTube, but I can’t find a better one.
Which reminds me – it really must be time to watch Due South again.
Finally bought a book I have wanted for many years…Etcetera by Sibella Court
RangerJudy 56m
November 9: both eaglets slept away from the nest but close last night, leaving very early, a check at the nest, then away. When Lady brought an early gull carcass at 6:44, neither was home. She fed a while, then when 38 returned, fed him until he pushed her away and continued self-feeding. Lady fed 38 again for a while until all gone. 37 was not seen. Then 38 was away, returning to the nest area at 2:32. Before at 1:39 Lady brought a gull, neither eaglet was there, so she ate it herself. So 38 was later close when Dad brought in a large mullet, followed by Lady and 38 quick to claim it. 38 self-fed until Lady moved in and took over feeding 38 until fish was finished. SE37 left at 6:10 and not been seen since, possibly heard during the morning. At 7pm 38 was resting on the nest, but moved nearby shortly after. then joined by Lady.
Spiny Norman said:
captain_spalding said:
Peak Warming Man said:For some reason Saraks Mum hated that song.
Me and some others i know have a love/hate for it.
Love because it tells a story well, about things that we’ve all thought about or heard about, without frills or gloss.
Hate because it makes you think about how, even in modern times, the weather and the water will kill you in a most disinterested way.
It does remind you just how insignificant you are.
Certainly not as immediately dangerous as rough seas, but I remember flying past a huge cumulonimbus at 39,000’ and we were no more than about 2/3’s the way up it. Biggest storm cell I’ve ever seen.
I was quietly hoping to myself that it would ignore us.
It’s been a big day at work and I haven’t caught up on chat yet, but I can sympathise. I watched a 60m high wall of flame coming our way and despite the amount of fire trucks we had there, I realised just how insignificant we were.
We immediately decamped the other way.
Kingy said:
Spiny Norman said:
captain_spalding said:Me and some others i know have a love/hate for it.
Love because it tells a story well, about things that we’ve all thought about or heard about, without frills or gloss.
Hate because it makes you think about how, even in modern times, the weather and the water will kill you in a most disinterested way.
It does remind you just how insignificant you are.
Certainly not as immediately dangerous as rough seas, but I remember flying past a huge cumulonimbus at 39,000’ and we were no more than about 2/3’s the way up it. Biggest storm cell I’ve ever seen.
I was quietly hoping to myself that it would ignore us.
It’s been a big day at work and I haven’t caught up on chat yet, but I can sympathise. I watched a 60m high wall of flame coming our way and despite the amount of fire trucks we had there, I realised just how insignificant we were.
We immediately decamped the other way.
An order for which no-one required clarification, i presume.
captain_spalding said:
Kingy said:
Spiny Norman said:It does remind you just how insignificant you are.
Certainly not as immediately dangerous as rough seas, but I remember flying past a huge cumulonimbus at 39,000’ and we were no more than about 2/3’s the way up it. Biggest storm cell I’ve ever seen.
I was quietly hoping to myself that it would ignore us.
It’s been a big day at work and I haven’t caught up on chat yet, but I can sympathise. I watched a 60m high wall of flame coming our way and despite the amount of fire trucks we had there, I realised just how insignificant we were.
We immediately decamped the other way.
An order for which no-one required clarification, i presume.
I did have to make loud noises to the guys on the end of the fire hoses a couple of times, in order to make them listen to me.
I do not normally yell at the vollies, I encourage them, and guide them, but I do tell them during training that I would only yell at them to listen to me when I YELL AT THEM.
It is only to save their lives, (or to give me an alibi when they don’t make it out).
Kingy said:
captain_spalding said:
Kingy said:It’s been a big day at work and I haven’t caught up on chat yet, but I can sympathise. I watched a 60m high wall of flame coming our way and despite the amount of fire trucks we had there, I realised just how insignificant we were.
We immediately decamped the other way.
An order for which no-one required clarification, i presume.
I did have to make loud noises to the guys on the end of the fire hoses a couple of times, in order to make them listen to me.
I do not normally yell at the vollies, I encourage them, and guide them, but I do tell them during training that I would only yell at them to listen to me when I YELL AT THEM.
It is only to save their lives, (or to give me an alibi when they don’t make it out).
I used to tell people ‘served under me’ that my primary goal was to keep them alive and safe.
They would beam at this, and then i’d tell them that it was because i dreaded the amount of paperwork that their demise(s) would generate.
captain_spalding said:
Kingy said:
captain_spalding said:An order for which no-one required clarification, i presume.
I did have to make loud noises to the guys on the end of the fire hoses a couple of times, in order to make them listen to me.
I do not normally yell at the vollies, I encourage them, and guide them, but I do tell them during training that I would only yell at them to listen to me when I YELL AT THEM.
It is only to save their lives, (or to give me an alibi when they don’t make it out).
I used to tell people ‘served under me’ that my primary goal was to keep them alive and safe.
They would beam at this, and then i’d tell them that it was because i dreaded the amount of paperwork that their demise(s) would generate.
Yep.
Also the lack of sleep.
And the paperwork, court cases, investigations, etc.
Kingy said:
captain_spalding said:
Kingy said:I did have to make loud noises to the guys on the end of the fire hoses a couple of times, in order to make them listen to me.
I do not normally yell at the vollies, I encourage them, and guide them, but I do tell them during training that I would only yell at them to listen to me when I YELL AT THEM.
It is only to save their lives, (or to give me an alibi when they don’t make it out).
I used to tell people ‘served under me’ that my primary goal was to keep them alive and safe.
They would beam at this, and then i’d tell them that it was because i dreaded the amount of paperwork that their demise(s) would generate.
Yep.
Also the lack of sleep.
And the paperwork, court cases, investigations, etc.
Did I forget to mention this arvo’s entertainment?
One of Western Power’s transformer enclosures decided to have a meltdown and set fire to the countryside.
I had just knocked off work, cracked open a stubby of beer, took one mouthful, and then… suddenly I’m incident controller.
2 hours later I get home.
I just realised that this kind of thing gets so regular for me now that I forget to mention it here.
So if I go quiet, I may be otherwise occupied.
Russell Brand got 10 years.
Good morning Holidayers. Presently 9 degrees at the back door and lightly overcast. We are forecast 28 degrees with possibly a shower or two.
I’ll go to the wetland very shortly to plant out some plants I brought back from the bush on Sunday. Then off to Hamilton for supermarketing. Meeting of the friends of the wetland this evening.
🖖🏽 💜 🖖🏽 Greetings Earthlings! 🖖🏽 💜 🖖🏽
It is currently 20° with a top of 26°.
Humidity is 79%.
Cloudy with some sun today.
Completely sunny without cloud as the day progresses.
I am not sure what the day holds today.
Good morning everybody.
Currently it’s overcast with light breezes, 23.9° C and 72% RH. We are forecast a top of 26° C and a shower or two bringing up to 3 mm rain. We’ve had light showers already, and the radar shows more around.
Hopefully we can get a walk on the beach around low tide this afternoon. A swim would be nice too, but that might not happen. It’s Mrs V’s low kJ day, so it will be fend-for-yourself breakfast and lunch. I will cook a low kJ tomato, broccoli and egg stir-fry for dinner.
Yesterday’s trip to Gympie worked out OK and we got most of the stuff we had planned done, so that’s good.
Enjoy your day.
:)
if you were to ask me yesterday how many years ago the beaconsfield mine disaster was I would have said 10 years or so.. 20 years! sheesh… and I cannot remember the name of the reporter who died out there while covering the story..
Arts said:
if you were to ask me yesterday how many years ago the beaconsfield mine disaster was I would have said 10 years or so.. 20 years! sheesh… and I cannot remember the name of the reporter who died out there while covering the story..
It all starts to blur from the moment you are no longer using it.
Arts said:
if you were to ask me yesterday how many years ago the beaconsfield mine disaster was I would have said 10 years or so.. 20 years! sheesh… and I cannot remember the name of the reporter who died out there while covering the story..
Richard Carlton.
I’m back. Planting happened. No snakes seen. Shopping has also happened and put away. Now for a large glass of cold Milo and then make some Afghan biscuits for tonight’s meeting.
roughbarked said:
Arts said:
if you were to ask me yesterday how many years ago the beaconsfield mine disaster was I would have said 10 years or so.. 20 years! sheesh… and I cannot remember the name of the reporter who died out there while covering the story..
It all starts to blur from the moment you are no longer using it.
using what? I mean I use my brain daily so I dont think it’s that… btu time is a weird thing and I think I’ll just resign myself to thinking that everything was 20 years ago…
meh close enough
Arts said:
roughbarked said:
Arts said:
if you were to ask me yesterday how many years ago the beaconsfield mine disaster was I would have said 10 years or so.. 20 years! sheesh… and I cannot remember the name of the reporter who died out there while covering the story..
It all starts to blur from the moment you are no longer using it.
using what? I mean I use my brain daily so I dont think it’s that… btu time is a weird thing and I think I’ll just resign myself to thinking that everything was 20 years ago…
meh close enough
There’s that joke from us Gen X’s the 80’s were only 20 years ago
buffy said:
I’m back. Planting happened. No snakes seen. Shopping has also happened and put away. Now for a large glass of cold Milo and then make some Afghan biscuits for tonight’s meeting.
By planting in a wetlands, I assume that aftercare watering shouldn’t be a dire necessity?
Cymek said:
Arts said:
roughbarked said:It all starts to blur from the moment you are no longer using it.
using what? I mean I use my brain daily so I dont think it’s that… btu time is a weird thing and I think I’ll just resign myself to thinking that everything was 20 years ago…
meh close enough
There’s that joke from us Gen X’s the 80’s were only 20 years ago
they were…
Jago!
They no longer call Australia home.
Arts said:
roughbarked said:
Arts said:
if you were to ask me yesterday how many years ago the beaconsfield mine disaster was I would have said 10 years or so.. 20 years! sheesh… and I cannot remember the name of the reporter who died out there while covering the story..
It all starts to blur from the moment you are no longer using it.
using what? I mean I use my brain daily so I dont think it’s that… btu time is a weird thing and I think I’ll just resign myself to thinking that everything was 20 years ago…
meh close enough
:) I can recall phone numbers as long as I have used them sometime in the past few years. It gets harder the longer ago it was last used. I knew who Richard Charlton was as soon as I saw his name but had otherwise not had him in my current memory of the his role in the news or the event.
Arts said:
Cymek said:
Arts said:using what? I mean I use my brain daily so I dont think it’s that… btu time is a weird thing and I think I’ll just resign myself to thinking that everything was 20 years ago…
meh close enough
There’s that joke from us Gen X’s the 80’s were only 20 years ago
they were…
:)
roughbarked said:
buffy said:
I’m back. Planting happened. No snakes seen. Shopping has also happened and put away. Now for a large glass of cold Milo and then make some Afghan biscuits for tonight’s meeting.
By planting in a wetlands, I assume that aftercare watering shouldn’t be a dire necessity?
They don’t get aftercare watering. I do water each one in at planting. But we are still in drought, so I should do that. However…they have to be tough. There is a possibility of a light sprinkle of rain on Friday.
dv said:
Jago!
Praise the Lord, I got that one.
buffy said:
roughbarked said:
buffy said:
I’m back. Planting happened. No snakes seen. Shopping has also happened and put away. Now for a large glass of cold Milo and then make some Afghan biscuits for tonight’s meeting.
By planting in a wetlands, I assume that aftercare watering shouldn’t be a dire necessity?
They don’t get aftercare watering. I do water each one in at planting. But we are still in drought, so I should do that. However…they have to be tough. There is a possibility of a light sprinkle of rain on Friday.
Mostly, I have to keep up watering for months until they have found some kind of water table. Even then when that level drops, they struggle and often die.
dv said:
Jago!
he’s everywhere. He’s everywhere!
roughbarked said:
buffy said:
roughbarked said:By planting in a wetlands, I assume that aftercare watering shouldn’t be a dire necessity?
They don’t get aftercare watering. I do water each one in at planting. But we are still in drought, so I should do that. However…they have to be tough. There is a possibility of a light sprinkle of rain on Friday.
Mostly, I have to keep up watering for months until they have found some kind of water table. Even then when that level drops, they struggle and often die.
I’m planting forbs. They ain’t gonna find a water table.
Peak Warming Man said:
dv said:
Jago!
Praise the Lord, I got that one.
I’ll hazard a guess you don’t know who Jago is.
ChrispenEvan said:
Peak Warming Man said:
dv said:
Jago!
Praise the Lord, I got that one.
I’ll hazard a guess you don’t know who Jago is.
No idea.
Peak Warming Man said:
ChrispenEvan said:
Peak Warming Man said:Praise the Lord, I got that one.
I’ll hazard a guess you don’t know who Jago is.
No idea.
He has a Youtube channel that deals with British railway history.
ChrispenEvan said:
Peak Warming Man said:
ChrispenEvan said:I’ll hazard a guess you don’t know who Jago is.
No idea.
He has a Youtube channel that deals with British railway history.
https://www.youtube.com/@JagoHazzard
ChrispenEvan said:
Peak Warming Man said:
ChrispenEvan said:I’ll hazard a guess you don’t know who Jago is.
No idea.
He has a Youtube channel that deals with British railway history.
The interwb is a riddle wrapped in a mystery.
roughbarked said:
Arts said:
if you were to ask me yesterday how many years ago the beaconsfield mine disaster was I would have said 10 years or so.. 20 years! sheesh… and I cannot remember the name of the reporter who died out there while covering the story..
It all starts to blur from the moment you are no longer using it.
we discovered that same revelation about columbia 3 years ago
buffy said:
roughbarked said:
buffy said:They don’t get aftercare watering. I do water each one in at planting. But we are still in drought, so I should do that. However…they have to be tough. There is a possibility of a light sprinkle of rain on Friday.
Mostly, I have to keep up watering for months until they have found some kind of water table. Even then when that level drops, they struggle and often die.
I’m planting forbs. They ain’t gonna find a water table.
It has to be raining a lot for me to plant those.
dv said:
Jago!
eurology
SCIENCE said:
roughbarked said:
Arts said:
if you were to ask me yesterday how many years ago the beaconsfield mine disaster was I would have said 10 years or so.. 20 years! sheesh… and I cannot remember the name of the reporter who died out there while covering the story..
It all starts to blur from the moment you are no longer using it.
we discovered that same revelation about columbia 3 years ago
your revelation and columbia happened 20 years ago
Arts said:
SCIENCE said:roughbarked said:
It all starts to blur from the moment you are no longer using it.
we discovered that same revelation about columbia 3 years ago
your revelation and columbia happened 20 years ago
You think?
Arts said:
SCIENCE said:roughbarked said:
It all starts to blur from the moment you are no longer using it.
we discovered that same revelation about columbia 3 years ago
your revelation and columbia happened 20 years ago
Richard Tall-Bloke.
We used to get a lot, not so much lately.
Peak Warming Man said:
We used to get a lot, not so much lately.
Is the same for many og the Christmas Beetles. We don’tget the gold one here but I recall the place writhing with them as a youngster and I hardly ever see one these days.
roughbarked said:
Arts said:
SCIENCE said:
roughbarked said:
Arts said:
if you were to ask me yesterday how many years ago the beaconsfield mine disaster was I would have said 10 years or so.. 20 years! sheesh… and I cannot remember the name of the reporter who died out there while covering the story..
It all starts to blur from the moment you are no longer using it.
we discovered that same revelation about columbia 3 years ago
your revelation and columbia happened 20 years ago
You think?
what we meant was, in 2023 we asked how many years ago the columbia disaster was and we would have said 10 years or so … 20 years¡ sheesh… and we did not remember the name of any reporter who died then or covered the story
roughbarked said:
Peak Warming Man said:
We used to get a lot, not so much lately.
Is the same for many og the Christmas Beetles. We don’tget the gold one here but I recall the place writhing with them as a youngster and I hardly ever see one these days.
^
roughbarked said:
Peak Warming Man said:
We used to get a lot, not so much lately.
Is the same for many og the Christmas Beetles. We don’tget the gold one here but I recall the place writhing with them as a youngster and I hardly ever see one these days.
The green jade coloured ones ?
dv said:
Jago!
Despite using the rhythm method, they actually had no rhythm.
kii said:
dv said:
Jago!
Despite using the rhythm method, they actually had no rhythm.
They could do a cover from the Choir Boys
Cymek said:
roughbarked said:
Peak Warming Man said:
We used to get a lot, not so much lately.
Is the same for many og the Christmas Beetles. We don’tget the gold one here but I recall the place writhing with them as a youngster and I hardly ever see one these days.
The green jade coloured ones ?
Ours were a kind of orangey brown that shone like gold in the right light but also a shiny green.
This person assaulted a security guard at a hospital because hospital staff gave him the wrong coloured medicine.
That’s a different excuse than normal
Cymek said:
This person assaulted a security guard at a hospital because hospital staff gave him the wrong coloured medicine.
That’s a different excuse than normal
always about the coloureds
Back from a seed collecting trip to Killcare and Putty Beach with some of the council nursery volunteers.
Viewed a big project from a few years back that used to be all bitou bush and asparagus and bare dunes, now a thriving large area of banksias and wattles and understory plants. Still plenty of weeds….never enough volunteers, but it certainly is heartening to see that things can change for the better if enough people get stuck in.
Cymek said:
This person assaulted a security guard at a hospital because hospital staff gave him the wrong coloured medicine.That’s a different excuse than normal
A different coloured excuse at that.
ruby said:
Back from a seed collecting trip to Killcare and Putty Beach with some of the council nursery volunteers.
Viewed a big project from a few years back that used to be all bitou bush and asparagus and bare dunes, now a thriving large area of banksias and wattles and understory plants. Still plenty of weeds….never enough volunteers, but it certainly is heartening to see that things can change for the better if enough people get stuck in.
True there’s never enough volunteers and worse is that insurance companies won’t cover volunteers over 75.
ruby said:
Back from a seed collecting trip to Killcare and Putty Beach with some of the council nursery volunteers.
Viewed a big project from a few years back that used to be all bitou bush and asparagus and bare dunes, now a thriving large area of banksias and wattles and understory plants. Still plenty of weeds….never enough volunteers, but it certainly is heartening to see that things can change for the better if enough people get stuck in.
I went to the wetland before 7.00am this morning to plant out some more Little Plants that I brought back from the covenant on Sunday. They have been hydrating their roots in water since then. Now I will write a report for the meeting tonight. The chocolate lilies that our botanist grew and gave to me to plant out seem to be OK. Some losses, but that was always going to happen, and I suspect some I just can’t find and may well come back up next year. At least one of them tried putting up a flowering stem but it’s gone – I hope the wallaby or rabbit enjoyed it. Lobelia pedunculata (matted pratia) seems happy and is starting to spread. Viola hederacea(Tiny violet) is hanging in there. I’ve put in about 25 species. I’m basically just randomly collecting from our slashed track areas and planting in a sheltered spot with a stick and branch cage over the top of them. I know all of these can handle having a high mow over the top of them in September. And after flowering if necessary. I’m enjoying this experiment.
buffy said:
ruby said:
Back from a seed collecting trip to Killcare and Putty Beach with some of the council nursery volunteers.
Viewed a big project from a few years back that used to be all bitou bush and asparagus and bare dunes, now a thriving large area of banksias and wattles and understory plants. Still plenty of weeds….never enough volunteers, but it certainly is heartening to see that things can change for the better if enough people get stuck in.
I went to the wetland before 7.00am this morning to plant out some more Little Plants that I brought back from the covenant on Sunday. They have been hydrating their roots in water since then. Now I will write a report for the meeting tonight. The chocolate lilies that our botanist grew and gave to me to plant out seem to be OK. Some losses, but that was always going to happen, and I suspect some I just can’t find and may well come back up next year. At least one of them tried putting up a flowering stem but it’s gone – I hope the wallaby or rabbit enjoyed it. Lobelia pedunculata (matted pratia) seems happy and is starting to spread. Viola hederacea(Tiny violet) is hanging in there. I’ve put in about 25 species. I’m basically just randomly collecting from our slashed track areas and planting in a sheltered spot with a stick and branch cage over the top of them. I know all of these can handle having a high mow over the top of them in September. And after flowering if necessary. I’m enjoying this experiment.
It sounds like fun to me. :)
buffy said:
ruby said:
Back from a seed collecting trip to Killcare and Putty Beach with some of the council nursery volunteers.
Viewed a big project from a few years back that used to be all bitou bush and asparagus and bare dunes, now a thriving large area of banksias and wattles and understory plants. Still plenty of weeds….never enough volunteers, but it certainly is heartening to see that things can change for the better if enough people get stuck in.
I went to the wetland before 7.00am this morning to plant out some more Little Plants that I brought back from the covenant on Sunday. They have been hydrating their roots in water since then. Now I will write a report for the meeting tonight. The chocolate lilies that our botanist grew and gave to me to plant out seem to be OK. Some losses, but that was always going to happen, and I suspect some I just can’t find and may well come back up next year. At least one of them tried putting up a flowering stem but it’s gone – I hope the wallaby or rabbit enjoyed it. Lobelia pedunculata (matted pratia) seems happy and is starting to spread. Viola hederacea(Tiny violet) is hanging in there. I’ve put in about 25 species. I’m basically just randomly collecting from our slashed track areas and planting in a sheltered spot with a stick and branch cage over the top of them. I know all of these can handle having a high mow over the top of them in September. And after flowering if necessary. I’m enjoying this experiment.
That’s fab Buffy!
You might like the observation that they made for the yearly tree planting event at one of our wetlands. The wallabies were pulling out plants, they noticed that they really loved pulling out the Lomandras most of all. So for the last planting they put a wide zone of Lomandras around the inner zone of trees, and the trees survived….the wallabies ran out of steam before they get to the trees seedlings. So we’ll be growing lots more for next year.
ruby said:
buffy said:
ruby said:
Back from a seed collecting trip to Killcare and Putty Beach with some of the council nursery volunteers.
Viewed a big project from a few years back that used to be all bitou bush and asparagus and bare dunes, now a thriving large area of banksias and wattles and understory plants. Still plenty of weeds….never enough volunteers, but it certainly is heartening to see that things can change for the better if enough people get stuck in.
I went to the wetland before 7.00am this morning to plant out some more Little Plants that I brought back from the covenant on Sunday. They have been hydrating their roots in water since then. Now I will write a report for the meeting tonight. The chocolate lilies that our botanist grew and gave to me to plant out seem to be OK. Some losses, but that was always going to happen, and I suspect some I just can’t find and may well come back up next year. At least one of them tried putting up a flowering stem but it’s gone – I hope the wallaby or rabbit enjoyed it. Lobelia pedunculata (matted pratia) seems happy and is starting to spread. Viola hederacea(Tiny violet) is hanging in there. I’ve put in about 25 species. I’m basically just randomly collecting from our slashed track areas and planting in a sheltered spot with a stick and branch cage over the top of them. I know all of these can handle having a high mow over the top of them in September. And after flowering if necessary. I’m enjoying this experiment.
That’s fab Buffy!
You might like the observation that they made for the yearly tree planting event at one of our wetlands. The wallabies were pulling out plants, they noticed that they really loved pulling out the Lomandras most of all. So for the last planting they put a wide zone of Lomandras around the inner zone of trees, and the trees survived….the wallabies ran out of steam before they get to the trees seedlings. So we’ll be growing lots more for next year.
Useful strategy.
ruby said:
buffy said:
ruby said:
Back from a seed collecting trip to Killcare and Putty Beach with some of the council nursery volunteers.
Viewed a big project from a few years back that used to be all bitou bush and asparagus and bare dunes, now a thriving large area of banksias and wattles and understory plants. Still plenty of weeds….never enough volunteers, but it certainly is heartening to see that things can change for the better if enough people get stuck in.
I went to the wetland before 7.00am this morning to plant out some more Little Plants that I brought back from the covenant on Sunday. They have been hydrating their roots in water since then. Now I will write a report for the meeting tonight. The chocolate lilies that our botanist grew and gave to me to plant out seem to be OK. Some losses, but that was always going to happen, and I suspect some I just can’t find and may well come back up next year. At least one of them tried putting up a flowering stem but it’s gone – I hope the wallaby or rabbit enjoyed it. Lobelia pedunculata (matted pratia) seems happy and is starting to spread. Viola hederacea(Tiny violet) is hanging in there. I’ve put in about 25 species. I’m basically just randomly collecting from our slashed track areas and planting in a sheltered spot with a stick and branch cage over the top of them. I know all of these can handle having a high mow over the top of them in September. And after flowering if necessary. I’m enjoying this experiment.
That’s fab Buffy!
You might like the observation that they made for the yearly tree planting event at one of our wetlands. The wallabies were pulling out plants, they noticed that they really loved pulling out the Lomandras most of all. So for the last planting they put a wide zone of Lomandras around the inner zone of trees, and the trees survived….the wallabies ran out of steam before they get to the trees seedlings. So we’ll be growing lots more for next year.
Ah, I’ll pass that on tonight. Thanks.
buffy said:
ruby said:
buffy said:I went to the wetland before 7.00am this morning to plant out some more Little Plants that I brought back from the covenant on Sunday. They have been hydrating their roots in water since then. Now I will write a report for the meeting tonight. The chocolate lilies that our botanist grew and gave to me to plant out seem to be OK. Some losses, but that was always going to happen, and I suspect some I just can’t find and may well come back up next year. At least one of them tried putting up a flowering stem but it’s gone – I hope the wallaby or rabbit enjoyed it. Lobelia pedunculata (matted pratia) seems happy and is starting to spread. Viola hederacea(Tiny violet) is hanging in there. I’ve put in about 25 species. I’m basically just randomly collecting from our slashed track areas and planting in a sheltered spot with a stick and branch cage over the top of them. I know all of these can handle having a high mow over the top of them in September. And after flowering if necessary. I’m enjoying this experiment.
That’s fab Buffy!
You might like the observation that they made for the yearly tree planting event at one of our wetlands. The wallabies were pulling out plants, they noticed that they really loved pulling out the Lomandras most of all. So for the last planting they put a wide zone of Lomandras around the inner zone of trees, and the trees survived….the wallabies ran out of steam before they get to the trees seedlings. So we’ll be growing lots more for next year.
Ah, I’ll pass that on tonight. Thanks.
I think we need to start a thread for all these delightful happenings.
buffy said:
ruby said:
buffy said:I went to the wetland before 7.00am this morning to plant out some more Little Plants that I brought back from the covenant on Sunday. They have been hydrating their roots in water since then. Now I will write a report for the meeting tonight. The chocolate lilies that our botanist grew and gave to me to plant out seem to be OK. Some losses, but that was always going to happen, and I suspect some I just can’t find and may well come back up next year. At least one of them tried putting up a flowering stem but it’s gone – I hope the wallaby or rabbit enjoyed it. Lobelia pedunculata (matted pratia) seems happy and is starting to spread. Viola hederacea(Tiny violet) is hanging in there. I’ve put in about 25 species. I’m basically just randomly collecting from our slashed track areas and planting in a sheltered spot with a stick and branch cage over the top of them. I know all of these can handle having a high mow over the top of them in September. And after flowering if necessary. I’m enjoying this experiment.
That’s fab Buffy!
You might like the observation that they made for the yearly tree planting event at one of our wetlands. The wallabies were pulling out plants, they noticed that they really loved pulling out the Lomandras most of all. So for the last planting they put a wide zone of Lomandras around the inner zone of trees, and the trees survived….the wallabies ran out of steam before they get to the trees seedlings. So we’ll be growing lots more for next year.
Ah, I’ll pass that on tonight. Thanks.
Thumbs up :))
And thanks for introducing me to merino Humphrey Law socks. I’ve been wearing them in the hot weather and they are the best. Hoping they wear well because I love them. The penguin ones came out today.
—-> Happy News
kii said:
buffy said:
ruby said:That’s fab Buffy!
You might like the observation that they made for the yearly tree planting event at one of our wetlands. The wallabies were pulling out plants, they noticed that they really loved pulling out the Lomandras most of all. So for the last planting they put a wide zone of Lomandras around the inner zone of trees, and the trees survived….the wallabies ran out of steam before they get to the trees seedlings. So we’ll be growing lots more for next year.
Ah, I’ll pass that on tonight. Thanks.
I think we need to start a thread for all these delightful happenings.
Thumbs up again. What would we call it kii?
ruby said:
kii said:
buffy said:Ah, I’ll pass that on tonight. Thanks.
I think we need to start a thread for all these delightful happenings.
Thumbs up again. What would we call it kii?
No idea. I’ll leave that to you clever plant people. This is more than chatworthy or even for the pretty flowers thread.
kii said:
ruby said:
kii said:I think we need to start a thread for all these delightful happenings.
Thumbs up again. What would we call it kii?
No idea. I’ll leave that to you clever plant people. This is more than chatworthy or even for the pretty flowers thread.
I still have to post my pretty flaars. But first, lunch!
I’ve been addicted to egg and mayo and lettuce sandwiches since I started adding diced pickled jalapenos to them.
ruby said:
kii said:
ruby said:Thumbs up again. What would we call it kii?
No idea. I’ll leave that to you clever plant people. This is more than chatworthy or even for the pretty flowers thread.
I still have to post my pretty flaars. But first, lunch!
I’ve been addicted to egg and mayo and lettuce sandwiches since I started adding diced pickled jalapenos to them.
Funnily enough I had an egg sandwich for lunch too.
Anyway…
Breezy, nice day.
Woke up and everything is still the same. Though TDS sort of spoke to me last night, well via a comment to my son, though he said nothing. Nothing important, just the bug guy coming to spray tomorrow.
My son looks unhappy. I continue with being pleasant with TDS, and sometimes having little chats with my son when we are home alone. Just practicalities about this move next month. I often reassure him that I want to avoid stressing him about anything as this house buying event is a big stress for anyone.
Sigh…
ruby said:
kii said:
buffy said:Ah, I’ll pass that on tonight. Thanks.
I think we need to start a thread for all these delightful happenings.
Thumbs up again. What would we call it kii?
How about Scribbly Gum News, in honour of the old forum?
Neophyte said:
ruby said:
kii said:I think we need to start a thread for all these delightful happenings.
Thumbs up again. What would we call it kii?
How about Scribbly Gum News, in honour of the old forum?
Excellent suggestion.
ruby said:
kii said:
ruby said:Thumbs up again. What would we call it kii?
No idea. I’ll leave that to you clever plant people. This is more than chatworthy or even for the pretty flowers thread.
I still have to post my pretty flaars. But first, lunch!
I’ve been addicted to egg and mayo and lettuce sandwiches since I started adding diced pickled jalapenos to them.
Hmm…I don’t like jalapenos. But that would work with finely chopped gherkins, I reckon.
Peak Warming Man said:
ruby said:
kii said:No idea. I’ll leave that to you clever plant people. This is more than chatworthy or even for the pretty flowers thread.
I still have to post my pretty flaars. But first, lunch!
I’ve been addicted to egg and mayo and lettuce sandwiches since I started adding diced pickled jalapenos to them.
Funnily enough I had an egg sandwich for lunch too.
I had a buttered fresh white bread roll. Sometimes you just want the taste of the fresh bread.
buffy said:
ruby said:
kii said:No idea. I’ll leave that to you clever plant people. This is more than chatworthy or even for the pretty flowers thread.
I still have to post my pretty flaars. But first, lunch!
I’ve been addicted to egg and mayo and lettuce sandwiches since I started adding diced pickled jalapenos to them.
Hmm…I don’t like jalapenos. But that would work with finely chopped gherkins, I reckon.
ABC Local Radio just said to put chopped pine nuts in you chooky-mayo sangers.
roughbarked said:
Peak Warming Man said:
We used to get a lot, not so much lately.
Is the same for many og the Christmas Beetles. We don’tget the gold one here but I recall the place writhing with them as a youngster and I hardly ever see one these days.
We had a gold scarab beetle in the house a couple of nights ago. I put it outside. I have not seen a completely gold scarab here before. I’ve seen brown scarabs (very common in October-November) and occasional yellow-brown scarabs with small patches of shininess on their head and elytra.
buffy said:
Peak Warming Man said:
ruby said:I still have to post my pretty flaars. But first, lunch!
I’ve been addicted to egg and mayo and lettuce sandwiches since I started adding diced pickled jalapenos to them.
Funnily enough I had an egg sandwich for lunch too.
I had a buttered fresh white bread roll. Sometimes you just want the taste of the fresh bread.
Hmmm hmmm yes fresh bread can really hit the spot.
ruby said:
Back from a seed collecting trip to Killcare and Putty Beach with some of the council nursery volunteers.
Viewed a big project from a few years back that used to be all bitou bush and asparagus and bare dunes, now a thriving large area of banksias and wattles and understory plants. Still plenty of weeds….never enough volunteers, but it certainly is heartening to see that things can change for the better if enough people get stuck in.
Onyas!
:)
:)
:)
Michael V said:
roughbarked said:
Peak Warming Man said:
We used to get a lot, not so much lately.
Is the same for many og the Christmas Beetles. We don’tget the gold one here but I recall the place writhing with them as a youngster and I hardly ever see one these days.
We had a gold scarab beetle in the house a couple of nights ago. I put it outside. I have not seen a completely gold scarab here before. I’ve seen brown scarabs (very common in October-November) and occasional yellow-brown scarabs with small patches of shininess on their head and elytra.
What a gorgeous insect!
Good afternoon forumites,
We have come back from a very enjoyable four nights in Batemans Bay. Weather wasn’t the best – didn’t get to have a paddle in the ocean, but enjoyed a variety of sea views, including the lovely apartment we stayed in.
Went to see dad – got him to have a shower he has lost one hearing aid while I was away room turned upside down and cant find it. Now to find out how to get a replacement *sigh*.
ms spock said:
buffy said:
Peak Warming Man said:Funnily enough I had an egg sandwich for lunch too.
I had a buttered fresh white bread roll. Sometimes you just want the taste of the fresh bread.
Hmmm hmmm yes fresh bread can really hit the spot.
Went for walk around the lake and we took a picnic of fresh crusty bread rolls with cheese.
buffy said:
ruby said:
Back from a seed collecting trip to Killcare and Putty Beach with some of the council nursery volunteers.
Viewed a big project from a few years back that used to be all bitou bush and asparagus and bare dunes, now a thriving large area of banksias and wattles and understory plants. Still plenty of weeds….never enough volunteers, but it certainly is heartening to see that things can change for the better if enough people get stuck in.
I went to the wetland before 7.00am this morning to plant out some more Little Plants that I brought back from the covenant on Sunday. They have been hydrating their roots in water since then. Now I will write a report for the meeting tonight. The chocolate lilies that our botanist grew and gave to me to plant out seem to be OK. Some losses, but that was always going to happen, and I suspect some I just can’t find and may well come back up next year. At least one of them tried putting up a flowering stem but it’s gone – I hope the wallaby or rabbit enjoyed it. Lobelia pedunculata (matted pratia) seems happy and is starting to spread. Viola hederacea(Tiny violet) is hanging in there. I’ve put in about 25 species. I’m basically just randomly collecting from our slashed track areas and planting in a sheltered spot with a stick and branch cage over the top of them. I know all of these can handle having a high mow over the top of them in September. And after flowering if necessary. I’m enjoying this experiment.
Good onya too!
Brindabellas said:
Good afternoon forumites,We have come back from a very enjoyable four nights in Batemans Bay. Weather wasn’t the best – didn’t get to have a paddle in the ocean, but enjoyed a variety of sea views, including the lovely apartment we stayed in.
Went to see dad – got him to have a shower
he has lost one hearing aid while I was awayroom turned upside down and cant find it. Now to find out how to get a replacement sigh.
Sounds a pleasant getaway. I’ll be visiting beaches next month and may even roll the trousers up for a paddle.
Shame about your dad’s hearing aid. They should make them give off a beeping sound when lost.
I’d better get back to the art room.
Going to be another late night tonight. Live stream of my uncle’s funeral starts at half past midnight.
Bubblecar said:
I’d better get back to the art room.Going to be another late night tonight. Live stream of my uncle’s funeral starts at half past midnight.
A “PARP” and condolences.
>>Sounds a pleasant getaway. I’ll be visiting beaches next month and may even roll the trousers up for a paddle.
and………….and a knotted hankie on your head.
Peak Warming Man said:
>>Sounds a pleasant getaway. I’ll be visiting beaches next month and may even roll the trousers up for a paddle.and………….and a knotted hankie on your head.
chip butties all round.
Ordered mop & bucket, plus a Vileda duster thingy.
Slowly gathering my brooms and other cleaning devices. I left all my stuff in NM, but I might have packed that little red and green one – sort of a kid’s broom. I loved it.
I had two items in my cart and needed $0.10 more to get free delivery. So I ordered the baby Bravo apples that I forgot for today’s grocery delivery.
Usaman bin Khawaja has thrown all his team mates under a bus in his quest for dollars.
Work is going to shrink our desk size down so they can cram more people in.
Not sure were all our paperwork and such is going to fit as its all on shelves or other parts of the long desk we have now.
Gone are the days of people getting a separate office, even managers don’t get them anymore
Peak Warming Man said:
Usaman bin Khawaja has thrown all his team mates under a bus in his quest for dollars.
What if he’s telling the truth?
Cymek said:
Work is going to shrink our desk size down so they can cram more people in.
Not sure were all our paperwork and such is going to fit as its all on shelves or other parts of the long desk we have now.
Gone are the days of people getting a separate office, even managers don’t get them anymore
Will the whippings continue?
Witty Rejoinder said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Usaman bin Khawaja has thrown all his team mates under a bus in his quest for dollars.
What if he’s telling the truth?
Do you believe the upright down-to-earth proper Aussies whos four fathers, eating only damper and jam and drinking only billy tea, made this country what it is today or a towel head out to make a quid.
Peak Warming Man said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Usaman bin Khawaja has thrown all his team mates under a bus in his quest for dollars.
What if he’s telling the truth?
Do you believe the upright down-to-earth proper Aussies whos four fathers, eating only damper and jam and drinking only billy tea, made this country what it is today or a towel head out to make a quid.
I read that Warner backs Uzzie.
Peak Warming Man said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Usaman bin Khawaja has thrown all his team mates under a bus in his quest for dollars.
What if he’s telling the truth?
Do you believe the upright down-to-earth proper Aussies whos four fathers, eating only damper and jam and drinking only billy tea, made this country what it is today or a towel head out to make a quid.
Is David Warner a closet Muslim?
Peak Warming Man said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Usaman bin Khawaja has thrown all his team mates under a bus in his quest for dollars.
What if he’s telling the truth?
Do you believe the upright down-to-earth proper Aussies whos four fathers, eating only damper and jam and drinking only billy tea, made this country what it is today or a towel head out to make a quid.
“Towel head” is apparently more morally upright than his supposedly “Christian” team mates and coaches.
The truth will out.
Michael V said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Witty Rejoinder said:What if he’s telling the truth?
Do you believe the upright down-to-earth proper Aussies whos four fathers, eating only damper and jam and drinking only billy tea, made this country what it is today or a towel head out to make a quid.
I read that Warner backs Uzzie.
As does Bancroft while Stark seems convinced that they didn’t know it was being taken on to the field.
Ian said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Witty Rejoinder said:What if he’s telling the truth?
Do you believe the upright down-to-earth proper Aussies whos four fathers, eating only damper and jam and drinking only billy tea, made this country what it is today or a towel head out to make a quid.
“Towel head” is apparently more morally upright than his supposedly “Christian” team mates and coaches.
The truth will out.
He may simply be paying back for all the darkie towel head type comments heard?
Peak Warming Man said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Usaman bin Khawaja has thrown all his team mates under a bus in his quest for dollars.
What if he’s telling the truth?
Do you believe the upright down-to-earth proper Aussies whos four fathers, eating only damper and jam and drinking only billy tea, made this country what it is today or a towel head out to make a quid.
An Australian (besides being a citizen and even then that’s more a legality) is someone who contributes to society and has its best interests at heart.
It’s why you could be born here going back generations but are less of an Australian if you are a racist lazy turd than a newly arrived hardworking immigrant.
It’s why the One Nation anti-Muslim nonsense is wrong, sure you get some that aren’t decent but that’s people in general.
Anyway, my arvo was different. Walkiing past, saw a weed behind a big pot containing a crucifix orchid and was reminded why the orchid was there.
As I bent over, My skull contacted this. 
ouch, that smarts! Walked away and when my eyebrow started dippping blood past my eye, I realised that it was just ouch, the skin was broken. This after I’d washed the blood off my forehead.
Cymek said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Witty Rejoinder said:What if he’s telling the truth?
Do you believe the upright down-to-earth proper Aussies whos four fathers, eating only damper and jam and drinking only billy tea, made this country what it is today or a towel head out to make a quid.
An Australian (besides being a citizen and even then that’s more a legality) is someone who contributes to society and has its best interests at heart.
It’s why you could be born here going back generations but are less of an Australian if you are a racist lazy turd than a newly arrived hardworking immigrant.
It’s why the One Nation anti-Muslim nonsense is wrong, sure you get some that aren’t decent but that’s people in general.
There’s always one rotten apple in the varrel, no matter what variety.
I mean if they were going to really go for it why not stick one of these in the jocks…
roughbarked said:
Anyway, my arvo was different. Walkiing past, saw a weed behind a big pot containing a crucifix orchid and was reminded why the orchid was there.As I bent over, My skull contacted this.
ouch, that smarts! Walked away and when my eyebrow started dippping blood past my eye, I realised that it was just ouch, the skin was broken. This after I’d washed the blood off my forehead.
!!!
roughbarked said:
Anyway, my arvo was different. Walkiing past, saw a weed behind a big pot containing a crucifix orchid and was reminded why the orchid was there.As I bent over, My skull contacted this.
ouch, that smarts! Walked away and when my eyebrow started dippping blood past my eye, I realised that it was just ouch, the skin was broken. This after I’d washed the blood off my forehead.
Bloody!
Michael V said:
roughbarked said:
Anyway, my arvo was different. Walkiing past, saw a weed behind a big pot containing a crucifix orchid and was reminded why the orchid was there.As I bent over, My skull contacted this.
ouch, that smarts! Walked away and when my eyebrow started dippping blood past my eye, I realised that it was just ouch, the skin was broken. This after I’d washed the blood off my forehead.
!!!
They could have installed it a few inches higher. That’s why I have a big potplant there so that nobody tries to walk under it.
So, the mower mechanic has worked out why my bush mower won’t start. Apparently it’s got 2-stroke fuel in it. Which is apparently my fault for using the red fuel container. But petrol is in the red ones and diesel is in the yellow ones. Apparently one of the red ones has got 2-stroke in it. Who knew? I have suggested Mr buffy label things when he puts something different in them…He also informed me that the fuel is a different colour. Which he can see by looking into the black tank…I told him I’m not taking the blame for this.
buffy said:
So, the mower mechanic has worked out why my bush mower won’t start. Apparently it’s got 2-stroke fuel in it. Which is apparently my fault for using the red fuel container. But petrol is in the red ones and diesel is in the yellow ones. Apparently one of the red ones has got 2-stroke in it. Who knew? I have suggested Mr buffy label things when he puts something different in them…He also informed me that the fuel is a different colour. Which he can see by looking into the black tank…I told him I’m not taking the blame for this.
I wouldn’t trust my colour blind eyes to tell the difference.
buffy said:
So, the mower mechanic has worked out why my bush mower won’t start. Apparently it’s got 2-stroke fuel in it. Which is apparently my fault for using the red fuel container. But petrol is in the red ones and diesel is in the yellow ones. Apparently one of the red ones has got 2-stroke in it. Who knew? I have suggested Mr buffy label things when he puts something different in them…He also informed me that the fuel is a different colour. Which he can see by looking into the black tank…I told him I’m not taking the blame for this.
I use different coloured containers.
roughbarked said:
Michael V said:
roughbarked said:
Anyway, my arvo was different. Walkiing past, saw a weed behind a big pot containing a crucifix orchid and was reminded why the orchid was there.As I bent over, My skull contacted this.
ouch, that smarts! Walked away and when my eyebrow started dippping blood past my eye, I realised that it was just ouch, the skin was broken. This after I’d washed the blood off my forehead.
!!!
They could have installed it a few inches higher. That’s why I have a big potplant there so that nobody tries to walk under it.
Anyway, I think it will buff out. 
Peak Warming Man said:
buffy said:
So, the mower mechanic has worked out why my bush mower won’t start. Apparently it’s got 2-stroke fuel in it. Which is apparently my fault for using the red fuel container. But petrol is in the red ones and diesel is in the yellow ones. Apparently one of the red ones has got 2-stroke in it. Who knew? I have suggested Mr buffy label things when he puts something different in them…He also informed me that the fuel is a different colour. Which he can see by looking into the black tank…I told him I’m not taking the blame for this.
I wouldn’t trust my colour blind eyes to tell the difference.
You can’t see the colour of the fuel in a black tank anyway.
roughbarked said:
buffy said:
So, the mower mechanic has worked out why my bush mower won’t start. Apparently it’s got 2-stroke fuel in it. Which is apparently my fault for using the red fuel container. But petrol is in the red ones and diesel is in the yellow ones. Apparently one of the red ones has got 2-stroke in it. Who knew? I have suggested Mr buffy label things when he puts something different in them…He also informed me that the fuel is a different colour. Which he can see by looking into the black tank…I told him I’m not taking the blame for this.
I use different coloured containers.
Yep usually green for 2 stroke, red for ubleaded petrol and yella for diesel.
buffy said:
So, the mower mechanic has worked out why my bush mower won’t start. Apparently it’s got 2-stroke fuel in it. Which is apparently my fault for using the red fuel container. But petrol is in the red ones and diesel is in the yellow ones. Apparently one of the red ones has got 2-stroke in it. Who knew? I have suggested Mr buffy label things when he puts something different in them…He also informed me that the fuel is a different colour. Which he can see by looking into the black tank…I told him I’m not taking the blame for this.
Two stroke in the wrong container, it’s a traditional mistake.
buffy said:
So, the mower mechanic has worked out why my bush mower won’t start. Apparently it’s got 2-stroke fuel in it. Which is apparently my fault for using the red fuel container. But petrol is in the red ones and diesel is in the yellow ones. Apparently one of the red ones has got 2-stroke in it. Who knew? I have suggested Mr buffy label things when he puts something different in them…He also informed me that the fuel is a different colour. Which he can see by looking into the black tank…I told him I’m not taking the blame for this.
Just need to flush the fuel. That’s a lot better than putting straight petrol in a 2 stroke.
Peak Warming Man said:
buffy said:
So, the mower mechanic has worked out why my bush mower won’t start. Apparently it’s got 2-stroke fuel in it. Which is apparently my fault for using the red fuel container. But petrol is in the red ones and diesel is in the yellow ones. Apparently one of the red ones has got 2-stroke in it. Who knew? I have suggested Mr buffy label things when he puts something different in them…He also informed me that the fuel is a different colour. Which he can see by looking into the black tank…I told him I’m not taking the blame for this.
I wouldn’t trust my colour blind eyes to tell the difference.
A big letter D for diesel and a big #2 gor two stroke.
buffy said:
Peak Warming Man said:
buffy said:
So, the mower mechanic has worked out why my bush mower won’t start. Apparently it’s got 2-stroke fuel in it. Which is apparently my fault for using the red fuel container. But petrol is in the red ones and diesel is in the yellow ones. Apparently one of the red ones has got 2-stroke in it. Who knew? I have suggested Mr buffy label things when he puts something different in them…He also informed me that the fuel is a different colour. Which he can see by looking into the black tank…I told him I’m not taking the blame for this.
I wouldn’t trust my colour blind eyes to tell the difference.
You can’t see the colour of the fuel in a black tank anyway.
Can when you pour it out.
Ian said:
buffy said:
So, the mower mechanic has worked out why my bush mower won’t start. Apparently it’s got 2-stroke fuel in it. Which is apparently my fault for using the red fuel container. But petrol is in the red ones and diesel is in the yellow ones. Apparently one of the red ones has got 2-stroke in it. Who knew? I have suggested Mr buffy label things when he puts something different in them…He also informed me that the fuel is a different colour. Which he can see by looking into the black tank…I told him I’m not taking the blame for this.
Just need to flush the fuel. That’s a lot better than putting straight petrol in a 2 stroke.
Yeah. or diesel in your petrol engine.
roughbarked said:
Michael V said:
Peak Warming Man said:Do you believe the upright down-to-earth proper Aussies whos four fathers, eating only damper and jam and drinking only billy tea, made this country what it is today or a towel head out to make a quid.
I read that Warner backs Uzzie.
As does Bancroft while Stark seems convinced that they didn’t know it was being taken on to the field.
But Starc insisted he did not know a substance was being taken onto the field in Cape Town.
“Obviously there are differing opinions of eight years ago,” Starc said.
“We were heavily grilled through the process at the time and since. I won’t speak on behalf of the bowlers, but, from where I stand, my opinion hasn’t changed, and my recollection hasn’t changed from what we said in 2021.
“We weren’t aware anything was taken on the field to be tampered with. We saw it on the big screen in Cape Town.”
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From the Justin page: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-11-10/mitchell-starc-responds-to-usman-khawaja-sandpaper-claims/107369870
I wonder if they will make airplane tail elevators stronger?
Might help to stay straight.
Tau.Neutrino said:
I wonder if they will make airplane tail elevators stronger?Might help to stay straight.
They are plenty strong enough for all normal and nearly all abnormal situations.
That does not include flying through thunderstorm tops.
Tau.Neutrino said:
I wonder if they will make airplane tail elevators stronger?Might help to stay straight.
They are strong enough for most planes or they’d all be falling out of the sky.
Tau.Neutrino said:
I wonder if they will make airplane tail elevators stronger?Might help to stay straight.
I wonder if it’s possible to make a sliding blade to go over an iced wing to clear it off?
If an Australian business moved its work overseas because its cheaper would you blame our governments
buffy said:
So, the mower mechanic has worked out why my bush mower won’t start. Apparently it’s got 2-stroke fuel in it. Which is apparently my fault for using the red fuel container. But petrol is in the red ones and diesel is in the yellow ones. Apparently one of the red ones has got 2-stroke in it. Who knew? I have suggested Mr buffy label things when he puts something different in them…He also informed me that the fuel is a different colour. Which he can see by looking into the black tank…I told him I’m not taking the blame for this.
how long you been using 2-stroke mix in a 4-stroke, generally doesn’t do too much damage short to medium periods, and unlikely any serious damage.
transition said:
buffy said:
So, the mower mechanic has worked out why my bush mower won’t start. Apparently it’s got 2-stroke fuel in it. Which is apparently my fault for using the red fuel container. But petrol is in the red ones and diesel is in the yellow ones. Apparently one of the red ones has got 2-stroke in it. Who knew? I have suggested Mr buffy label things when he puts something different in them…He also informed me that the fuel is a different colour. Which he can see by looking into the black tank…I told him I’m not taking the blame for this.
how long you been using 2-stroke mix in a 4-stroke, generally doesn’t do too much damage short to medium periods, and unlikely any serious damage.
Last used the mower in August. A couple of days ago it wouldn’t start. Tank about half full. So I’m guessing I used about half a tank. I probably ran out of petrol and refilled to finish what I was doing. It seems things settled and gelled. Or something. They have drained it and now it starts first pull every time. According to the mower shop.
buffy said:
transition said:
buffy said:
So, the mower mechanic has worked out why my bush mower won’t start. Apparently it’s got 2-stroke fuel in it. Which is apparently my fault for using the red fuel container. But petrol is in the red ones and diesel is in the yellow ones. Apparently one of the red ones has got 2-stroke in it. Who knew? I have suggested Mr buffy label things when he puts something different in them…He also informed me that the fuel is a different colour. Which he can see by looking into the black tank…I told him I’m not taking the blame for this.
how long you been using 2-stroke mix in a 4-stroke, generally doesn’t do too much damage short to medium periods, and unlikely any serious damage.
Last used the mower in August. A couple of days ago it wouldn’t start. Tank about half full. So I’m guessing I used about half a tank. I probably ran out of petrol and refilled to finish what I was doing. It seems things settled and gelled. Or something. They have drained it and now it starts first pull every time. According to the mower shop.
get bit more of that as fuel in carby evaporates (and fuel tank) when not used for extended periods, get similar thing with straight petrol too
to jobs
transition said:
buffy said:
So, the mower mechanic has worked out why my bush mower won’t start. Apparently it’s got 2-stroke fuel in it. Which is apparently my fault for using the red fuel container. But petrol is in the red ones and diesel is in the yellow ones. Apparently one of the red ones has got 2-stroke in it. Who knew? I have suggested Mr buffy label things when he puts something different in them…He also informed me that the fuel is a different colour. Which he can see by looking into the black tank…I told him I’m not taking the blame for this.
how long you been using 2-stroke mix in a 4-stroke, generally doesn’t do too much damage short to medium periods, and unlikely any serious damage.
Just oils up the plugs.
buffy said:
transition said:
buffy said:
So, the mower mechanic has worked out why my bush mower won’t start. Apparently it’s got 2-stroke fuel in it. Which is apparently my fault for using the red fuel container. But petrol is in the red ones and diesel is in the yellow ones. Apparently one of the red ones has got 2-stroke in it. Who knew? I have suggested Mr buffy label things when he puts something different in them…He also informed me that the fuel is a different colour. Which he can see by looking into the black tank…I told him I’m not taking the blame for this.
how long you been using 2-stroke mix in a 4-stroke, generally doesn’t do too much damage short to medium periods, and unlikely any serious damage.
Last used the mower in August. A couple of days ago it wouldn’t start. Tank about half full. So I’m guessing I used about half a tank. I probably ran out of petrol and refilled to finish what I was doing. It seems things settled and gelled. Or something. They have drained it and now it starts first pull every time. According to the mower shop.
me and a mate were out fishing from his tinny one day, and when we returned and secured the boat, we found that his car was out of fuel.
He’s a motor mechanic, so it was a motor mechanic’s car: had half-a-dozen ‘one of these days’ items on it, one of which was the fuel gauge.
He happily put the two-stroke outboard fuel in the car’s tank. Admittedly, it was a 50 to 1 fuel/oil mixture, but i had my doubts.
Anyway, it ran fine. Maybe a little more smoke than usual, but it got us home. And, he explained once it was diluted further with a tank of petrol, it’d be like it was never there.
captain_spalding said:
buffy said:
transition said:how long you been using 2-stroke mix in a 4-stroke, generally doesn’t do too much damage short to medium periods, and unlikely any serious damage.
Last used the mower in August. A couple of days ago it wouldn’t start. Tank about half full. So I’m guessing I used about half a tank. I probably ran out of petrol and refilled to finish what I was doing. It seems things settled and gelled. Or something. They have drained it and now it starts first pull every time. According to the mower shop.
me and a mate were out fishing from his tinny one day, and when we returned and secured the boat, we found that his car was out of fuel.
He’s a motor mechanic, so it was a motor mechanic’s car: had half-a-dozen ‘one of these days’ items on it, one of which was the fuel gauge.
He happily put the two-stroke outboard fuel in the car’s tank. Admittedly, it was a 50 to 1 fuel/oil mixture, but i had my doubts.
Anyway, it ran fine. Maybe a little more smoke than usual, but it got us home. And, he explained once it was diluted further with a tank of petrol, it’d be like it was never there.
all tried and true.
Tau.Neutrino said:
Tau.Neutrino said:
I wonder if they will make airplane tail elevators stronger?Might help to stay straight.
I wonder if it’s possible to make a sliding blade to go over an iced wing to clear it off?
Say if a tail elevator fell off, could a small rocket under the nose keep the nose straight?
Tau.Neutrino said:
Tau.Neutrino said:
Tau.Neutrino said:
I wonder if they will make airplane tail elevators stronger?Might help to stay straight.
I wonder if it’s possible to make a sliding blade to go over an iced wing to clear it off?
Say if a tail elevator fell off, could a small rocket under the nose keep the nose straight?
No.
Tau.Neutrino said:
Tau.Neutrino said:
Tau.Neutrino said:
I wonder if they will make airplane tail elevators stronger?Might help to stay straight.
I wonder if it’s possible to make a sliding blade to go over an iced wing to clear it off?
Say if a tail elevator fell off, could a small rocket under the nose keep the nose straight?
You’d normally use the elevator trim, which moves the entire horizontal stabiliser. So just like a very large elevator but also quite slow moving.
Tau.Neutrino said:
Tau.Neutrino said:
Tau.Neutrino said:
I wonder if they will make airplane tail elevators stronger?Might help to stay straight.
I wonder if it’s possible to make a sliding blade to go over an iced wing to clear it off?
Say if a tail elevator fell off, could a small rocket under the nose keep the nose straight?
SN is the aviator, of course, but my ‘feeling’ is that having the elevators fall off is a non-recoverable situation.
captain_spalding said:
Tau.Neutrino said:
Tau.Neutrino said:I wonder if it’s possible to make a sliding blade to go over an iced wing to clear it off?
Say if a tail elevator fell off, could a small rocket under the nose keep the nose straight?
SN is the aviator, of course, but my ‘feeling’ is that having the elevators fall off is a non-recoverable situation.
they are there for a reason.
I’m going to scream.
captain_spalding said:
Tau.Neutrino said:
Tau.Neutrino said:I wonder if it’s possible to make a sliding blade to go over an iced wing to clear it off?
Say if a tail elevator fell off, could a small rocket under the nose keep the nose straight?
SN is the aviator, of course, but my ‘feeling’ is that having the elevators fall off is a non-recoverable situation.
Mistake: i was confusing ‘stabilisers’ with ‘elevators’.
The great testing environment of WW2 gives these two exampls:
The Midway Avenger (Ensign Albert Earnest)
During the Battle of Midway in June 1942, Ensign Albert Earnest’s TBF Avenger torpedo bomber took heavy damage. With his elevator controls completely severed, his instruments shattered, and one landing gear dropped, he faced a 200-mile flight back to Midway Island. He successfully flew and landed the aircraft by exclusively using the elevator trim tabs to maintain pitch control.
2. The B-17 “All American”
In February 1943, this B-17 Flying Fortress survived a spectacular mid-air collision with a German Bf 109 over Tunisia. The impact completely tore off the left elevator and horizontal stabilizer, leaving the rear fuselage held together by just a couple of structural frames. Despite the extreme damage and severed control lines, the pilots used meticulous throttle adjustments and the remaining control surfaces to fly 90 minutes back to base and land safely
kii said:
I’m going to scream.
RUOK?
Michael V said:
kii said:
I’m going to scream.
RUOK?
Yeah, thanks.
🙃
Michael V said:
kii said:
I’m going to scream.
RUOK?
Sounds like Miss Korea has been on the niggle-path. Again.
captain_spalding said:
Michael V said:
kii said:
I’m going to scream.
RUOK?
Sounds like Miss Korea has been on the niggle-path. Again.
easy assumption to make when you only hear one side.
kii said:
Michael V said:
kii said:
I’m going to scream.
RUOK?
Yeah, thanks.
🙃
Good-oh.
:)
ChrispenEvan said:
captain_spalding said:
Michael V said:RUOK?
Sounds like Miss Korea has been on the niggle-path. Again.
easy assumption to make when you only hear one side.
plus it is probably the males here who are the problem.
captain_spalding said:
Michael V said:
kii said:
I’m going to scream.
RUOK?
Sounds like Miss Korea has been on the niggle-path. Again.
Sorry, I don’t understand.
buffy said:
So, the mower mechanic has worked out why my bush mower won’t start. Apparently it’s got 2-stroke fuel in it. Which is apparently my fault for using the red fuel container. But petrol is in the red ones and diesel is in the yellow ones. Apparently one of the red ones has got 2-stroke in it. Who knew? I have suggested Mr buffy label things when he puts something different in them…He also informed me that the fuel is a different colour. Which he can see by looking into the black tank…I told him I’m not taking the blame for this.
frets when mummy and daddy are fighting
captain_spalding said:
Tau.Neutrino said:
Tau.Neutrino said:I wonder if it’s possible to make a sliding blade to go over an iced wing to clear it off?
Say if a tail elevator fell off, could a small rocket under the nose keep the nose straight?
SN is the aviator, of course, but my ‘feeling’ is that having the elevators fall off is a non-recoverable situation.
As usual, it depends.
I’ll cut a long story short and tell the tale of when my elevators jammed on me in a POS Metro 2 night freighter on the drop into Archerfield. The elevator was pretty solid, would not move at all. So I just reduced power a little and trimmed the nose down. I figured worst case they’d stay jammed and I’d just land on the 4,000 metre long runway in Brisbane, with all the fire crew ready for the arrival. With some testing I found that I could fly the plane reasonably well with just the elevator trim and I reckoned it wouldn’t be a huge task to get it down on the big runway.
Anyway it came good down in the Archerfield circuit area so I landed there.
I reckon it could be done on something like a 747 but I’d want a much longer runway. If need be full auto-brakes will stop the big plane in only 1,000 metres of ground roll, but that being said a mere 1,000 m in a 747 looks really short out the windscreen.
Oh, and then the 16 brakes catch on fire but that’s okay in the big scheme of things.
Spiny Norman said:
captain_spalding said:
Tau.Neutrino said:Say if a tail elevator fell off, could a small rocket under the nose keep the nose straight?
SN is the aviator, of course, but my ‘feeling’ is that having the elevators fall off is a non-recoverable situation.
As usual, it depends.
I’ll cut a long story short and tell the tale of when my elevators jammed on me in a POS Metro 2 night freighter on the drop into Archerfield. The elevator was pretty solid, would not move at all. So I just reduced power a little and trimmed the nose down. I figured worst case they’d stay jammed and I’d just land on the 4,000 metre long runway in Brisbane, with all the fire crew ready for the arrival. With some testing I found that I could fly the plane reasonably well with just the elevator trim and I reckoned it wouldn’t be a huge task to get it down on the big runway.
Anyway it came good down in the Archerfield circuit area so I landed there.I reckon it could be done on something like a 747 but I’d want a much longer runway. If need be full auto-brakes will stop the big plane in only 1,000 metres of ground roll, but that being said a mere 1,000 m in a 747 looks really short out the windscreen.
Oh, and then the 16 brakes catch on fire but that’s okay in the big scheme of things.
That’s why you have to have thousands of hours under your belt.
Spiny Norman said:
captain_spalding said:
Tau.Neutrino said:Say if a tail elevator fell off, could a small rocket under the nose keep the nose straight?
SN is the aviator, of course, but my ‘feeling’ is that having the elevators fall off is a non-recoverable situation.
As usual, it depends.
I’ll cut a long story short and tell the tale of when my elevators jammed on me in a POS Metro 2 night freighter on the drop into Archerfield. The elevator was pretty solid, would not move at all. So I just reduced power a little and trimmed the nose down. I figured worst case they’d stay jammed and I’d just land on the 4,000 metre long runway in Brisbane, with all the fire crew ready for the arrival. With some testing I found that I could fly the plane reasonably well with just the elevator trim and I reckoned it wouldn’t be a huge task to get it down on the big runway.
Anyway it came good down in the Archerfield circuit area so I landed there.I reckon it could be done on something like a 747 but I’d want a much longer runway. If need be full auto-brakes will stop the big plane in only 1,000 metres of ground roll, but that being said a mere 1,000 m in a 747 looks really short out the windscreen.
Oh, and then the 16 brakes catch on fire but that’s okay in the big scheme of things.
Bubblecar said:
Spiny Norman said:
captain_spalding said:SN is the aviator, of course, but my ‘feeling’ is that having the elevators fall off is a non-recoverable situation.
As usual, it depends.
I’ll cut a long story short and tell the tale of when my elevators jammed on me in a POS Metro 2 night freighter on the drop into Archerfield. The elevator was pretty solid, would not move at all. So I just reduced power a little and trimmed the nose down. I figured worst case they’d stay jammed and I’d just land on the 4,000 metre long runway in Brisbane, with all the fire crew ready for the arrival. With some testing I found that I could fly the plane reasonably well with just the elevator trim and I reckoned it wouldn’t be a huge task to get it down on the big runway.
Anyway it came good down in the Archerfield circuit area so I landed there.I reckon it could be done on something like a 747 but I’d want a much longer runway. If need be full auto-brakes will stop the big plane in only 1,000 metres of ground roll, but that being said a mere 1,000 m in a 747 looks really short out the windscreen.
Oh, and then the 16 brakes catch on fire but that’s okay in the big scheme of things.
And indeed, that very plane is one of the many I flew.
That’s a Metro 3, but it’s still a POS night freighter.
Spiny Norman said:
Bubblecar said:
Spiny Norman said:As usual, it depends.
I’ll cut a long story short and tell the tale of when my elevators jammed on me in a POS Metro 2 night freighter on the drop into Archerfield. The elevator was pretty solid, would not move at all. So I just reduced power a little and trimmed the nose down. I figured worst case they’d stay jammed and I’d just land on the 4,000 metre long runway in Brisbane, with all the fire crew ready for the arrival. With some testing I found that I could fly the plane reasonably well with just the elevator trim and I reckoned it wouldn’t be a huge task to get it down on the big runway.
Anyway it came good down in the Archerfield circuit area so I landed there.I reckon it could be done on something like a 747 but I’d want a much longer runway. If need be full auto-brakes will stop the big plane in only 1,000 metres of ground roll, but that being said a mere 1,000 m in a 747 looks really short out the windscreen.
Oh, and then the 16 brakes catch on fire but that’s okay in the big scheme of things.
And indeed, that very plane is one of the many I flew.
That’s a Metro 3, but it’s still a POS night freighter.
:)
oh c’m’on be serious now everyone
knows it’s antisemitic to lock someone up for being fascist
J6er Jake Lang crashes cat convention….
Does he say “oregies”?
Michael V said:
captain_spalding said:
Michael V said:RUOK?
Sounds like Miss Korea has been on the niggle-path. Again.
Sorry, I don’t understand.
My daughter-in-law.
The scream wasn’t about her, she’s at work.
ChrispenEvan said:
ChrispenEvan said:
captain_spalding said:Sounds like Miss Korea has been on the niggle-path. Again.
easy assumption to make when you only hear one side.
plus it is probably the males here who are the problem.
Just the one.
kii said:
ChrispenEvan said:
ChrispenEvan said:easy assumption to make when you only hear one side.
plus it is probably the males here who are the problem.
Just the one.
RangerJudy 1h
November 10: SE38 slept near Lady below the nest, and early in the morning returned to the nest then off. One adult was seen down on river roost at 7am. Then all was quiet until Dad brought a fish at 9:40, followed and claimed by Lady. She took it off nearby. No eaglets showed up. Midday both eagles were seen and heard down on Mangrove Island on the river. Late afternoon Lady flew in with a juvenile gull – no eaglets in sight -took it to PB to de-feather. After a while she flew off with it – was an eaglet nearby? Possible squonks and other crashing noise heard. 38 has possibly been heard a few times. 8pm and no eagles had returned home.
Dontcha hate it when you forget to buy the one ingredient that without which you cannot even attempt a meal. In this case the Mexican seasoning… Pizza will have to be made instead but this abrupt change of plans is quite discombobulating. T&P are much appreciated.
Witty Rejoinder said:
Dontcha hate it when you forget to buy the one ingredient that without which you cannot even attempt a meal….
I don’t think that has ever happened to me.
Witty Rejoinder said:
Dontcha hate it when you forget to buy the one ingredient that without which you cannot even attempt a meal. In this case the Mexican seasoning… Pizza will have to be made instead but this abrupt change of plans is quite discombobulating. T&P are much appreciated.
Maybe loaves and fishes would be more useful than ts and ps.
my listening…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vE2d28yjI4&list=RD8vE2d28yjI4&start_radio=1
Kaikhosru Sorabji: Le Jardin Parfumé (Eric Xi Xin Liang)
and while cleaning out some books today elsewhere I stumbled across this…
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Perfumed_Garden
Evenin’ all.
Spent most of the day at the depot doing repairs, then home for a while to finish up a difficult quote, then off the the primary school for a fire drill session/talk, then home to do the last of the quote and fix the 3D printer.
It’s currently happily printing out some clips for a project I’m making, and I’ve just finished designing the bits to glue to the parts that it nearly finished before spitting the dummy and not feeding filament. It turns out that a replacement extruder unit fixed it.
transition said:
my listening…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vE2d28yjI4&list=RD8vE2d28yjI4&start_radio=1
Kaikhosru Sorabji: Le Jardin Parfumé (Eric Xi Xin Liang)and while cleaning out some books today elsewhere I stumbled across this…
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Perfumed_Garden
I like Chapter 1
Witty Rejoinder said:
Dontcha hate it when you forget to buy the one ingredient that without which you cannot even attempt a meal. In this case the Mexican seasoning… Pizza will have to be made instead but this abrupt change of plans is quite discombobulating. T&P are much appreciated.
I’m sure that there’s webpages somewhere, devoted to just that situation, and what happens when imaginative substitutions are made.
If not, then there should be. I reckon that we’ve all done it, once or twice.
Kingy said:
Evenin’ all.Spent most of the day at the depot doing repairs, then home for a while to finish up a difficult quote, then off the the primary school for a fire drill session/talk, then home to do the last of the quote and fix the 3D printer.
It’s currently happily printing out some clips for a project I’m making, and I’ve just finished designing the bits to glue to the parts that it nearly finished before spitting the dummy and not feeding filament. It turns out that a replacement extruder unit fixed it.
Not often that someone comes out the winner in a fight with a printer.
You know how just the other week I had the owner here thoroughly inspecting the place, accompanied by my usual estate agent for routine inspections, plus the estate agent in charge of all rental property management?
Well it hasn’t stopped them booking yet another routine inspection for next week.
It’s getting fucking ridiculous but their explanation would be, “We have to do it, it’s in our contract with the owner, and in the lease.”
Hey, Witty, if you have good selection of spices, you might be able to mix up some Mexican stuff of your own.
I had a look at making spices for chili con carne a little while ago, and realised that i had all of the things that were listed.
Followed the recipe, and no i have some kick-ase CCC spices.
Bubblecar said:
You know how just the other week I had the owner here thoroughly inspecting the place, accompanied by my usual estate agent for routine inspections, plus the estate agent in charge of all rental property management?Well it hasn’t stopped them booking yet another routine inspection for next week.
It’s getting fucking ridiculous but their explanation would be, “We have to do it, it’s in our contract with the owner, and in the lease.”
I thought that everyone was quite happy with the way you look after the place.
Or is it about the state of the building?
captain_spalding said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
Dontcha hate it when you forget to buy the one ingredient that without which you cannot even attempt a meal. In this case the Mexican seasoning… Pizza will have to be made instead but this abrupt change of plans is quite discombobulating. T&P are much appreciated.
I’m sure that there’s webpages somewhere, devoted to just that situation, and what happens when imaginative substitutions are made.
If not, then there should be. I reckon that we’ve all done it, once or twice.
Yep, there’s one where you input the ingredients that you have, and it tells you the meals you can make. That one is handy for those on a budget who open the kitchen cupboard to find some old flour, tea leaves, soap, termites, a crankshaft off a ’56 dodge and a can of flyspray.
As it turns out, tea cakes are almost edible.
There’s another that explains how to make seasoning, including Mexican.
Kingy said:
There’s another that explains how to make seasoning, including Mexican.
Yeah, it’s quite good fun.
I did the same with ras-el-hanout, a Moroccan mix of spices.
Better, i think, than bought stuff, and it makes the kitchen smell great for a while.
Witty Rejoinder said:
Dontcha hate it when you forget to buy the one ingredient that without which you cannot even attempt a meal. In this case the Mexican seasoning… Pizza will have to be made instead but this abrupt change of plans is quite discombobulating. T&P are much appreciated.
>Mexican seasoning
Just combine smoked paprika, ground cumin, chilli powder or cayenne, ground oregano, garlic, salt, pepper and maybe a little ground coriander and a pinch of cinnamon.
Bubblecar said:
You know how just the other week I had the owner here thoroughly inspecting the place, accompanied by my usual estate agent for routine inspections, plus the estate agent in charge of all rental property management?Well it hasn’t stopped them booking yet another routine inspection for next week.
It’s getting fucking ridiculous but their explanation would be, “We have to do it, it’s in our contract with the owner, and in the lease.”
Witty Rejoinder said:
Dontcha hate it when you forget to buy the one ingredient that without which you cannot even attempt a meal. In this case the Mexican seasoning… Pizza will have to be made instead but this abrupt change of plans is quite discombobulating. T&P are much appreciated.
write a list. I have paper and pen by the computer where I write my shopping list as I remember stuff I need. I can then go to the shops content in the knowledge that I won’t forget anything. Of course this relies on me remembering to take my list.
captain_spalding said:
Bubblecar said:
You know how just the other week I had the owner here thoroughly inspecting the place, accompanied by my usual estate agent for routine inspections, plus the estate agent in charge of all rental property management?Well it hasn’t stopped them booking yet another routine inspection for next week.
It’s getting fucking ridiculous but their explanation would be, “We have to do it, it’s in our contract with the owner, and in the lease.”
I thought that everyone was quite happy with the way you look after the place.
Or is it about the state of the building?
They are perfectly happy with how I look after the place. It’s just that this is the “routine inspection” (once every three months) and the one a couple weeks ago was a special one-off “owner inspection”.
Given that the owner inspection was more thorough than their routine inspections and very recent, you’d think they’d cancel the “routine” inspection, but they never do.
Bubblecar said:
You know how just the other week I had the owner here thoroughly inspecting the place, accompanied by my usual estate agent for routine inspections, plus the estate agent in charge of all rental property management?Well it hasn’t stopped them booking yet another routine inspection for next week.
It’s getting fucking ridiculous but their explanation would be, “We have to do it, it’s in our contract with the owner, and in the lease.”
At my last rental, I was told that I could rent it for several years. I moved my stuff in over a weekend, and on Monday morning went to work.
By the time I got home that night there was a big “For Sale” sign out the front, and the real estate agent rang to tell me that he would escorting tours of strangers through my house while I was at work.
Apparently that was the owners plan, get someone in to pay the mortgage payments, and as soon as it sold, it was up to the new owner to decide if they wanted to boot me out.
Arseholes.
ChrispenEvan said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
Dontcha hate it when you forget to buy the one ingredient that without which you cannot even attempt a meal. In this case the Mexican seasoning… Pizza will have to be made instead but this abrupt change of plans is quite discombobulating. T&P are much appreciated.
write a list. I have paper and pen by the computer where I write my shopping list as I remember stuff I need. I can then go to the shops content in the knowledge that I won’t forget anything. Of course this relies on me remembering to take my list.
It is almost always the last part that I have trouble with.
transition said:
my listening…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vE2d28yjI4&list=RD8vE2d28yjI4&start_radio=1
Kaikhosru Sorabji: Le Jardin Parfumé (Eric Xi Xin Liang)and while cleaning out some books today elsewhere I stumbled across this…
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Perfumed_Garden
Learn, O Vizir (God’s blessing be upon you), that there are different sorts of men and women; that amongst these are those who are worthy of praise and those who deserve reproach.
When a meritorious man finds himself near to women, his member grows, gets strong, vigorous and hard; he is not quick to discharge, and after the trembling caused by the emission of the sperm, he is soon stiff again.
Such a man is liked and appreciated by women; this is because the woman loves the man only for the sake of coition. His member should, therefore, be of ample dimensions and length. Such a man ought to be broad in the chest, and heavy in the crupper; he should know how to regulate his emission, and be ready as to erection; his member should reach to the end of the canal of the female, and completely fill the same in all its parts. Such an one will be well loved by women…
—
It’s me!!
Bubblecar said:
Given that the owner inspection was more thorough than their routine inspections and very recent, you’d think they’d cancel the “routine” inspection, but they never do.
Possibly they want to give no opportunity for claims that they failed to do as contracted.
captain_spalding said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
Dontcha hate it when you forget to buy the one ingredient that without which you cannot even attempt a meal. In this case the Mexican seasoning… Pizza will have to be made instead but this abrupt change of plans is quite discombobulating. T&P are much appreciated.
I’m sure that there’s webpages somewhere, devoted to just that situation, and what happens when imaginative substitutions are made.
If not, then there should be. I reckon that we’ve all done it, once or twice.
I possibly even have all the necessary spices in the spice rack but that amount of apportioning and calculating is even scarier than snap pizza making…
If you didn’t watch 7:30, here’s an excerpt.
During a wide-ranging interview on 7.30, Khawaja stuck to his guns on the issue once again splitting Australian cricket eight years after the infamous Test match in Port Elizabeth when batsman Cameron Bancroft was caught using sandpaper on the ball.
Khawaja also denied he intended to start a “witch hunt” or use the saga to sell copies of his newly released book, while conceding he was unsure if this would damage friendships he made throughout his career, especially with current Australian captain Pat Cummins.
“I’m not here to inflame the situation anymore,” Khawaja told 7.30.
“I’m not here to go on a witch hunt.
“All I’ve ever wanted is for us to take accountability as a team and I don’t think that’s a lot to say.
“I’m not asking a lot from people and I say, ‘we were a part of it, that was us’. Let’s just take accountability.
Bubblecar said:
You know how just the other week I had the owner here thoroughly inspecting the place, accompanied by my usual estate agent for routine inspections, plus the estate agent in charge of all rental property management?Well it hasn’t stopped them booking yet another routine inspection for next week.
It’s getting fucking ridiculous but their explanation would be, “We have to do it, it’s in our contract with the owner, and in the lease.”
You could perhaps not spend a day cleaning beforehand and fly by the seat of your adequately but not perfectly clean pants.
Witty Rejoinder said:
captain_spalding said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
Dontcha hate it when you forget to buy the one ingredient that without which you cannot even attempt a meal. In this case the Mexican seasoning… Pizza will have to be made instead but this abrupt change of plans is quite discombobulating. T&P are much appreciated.
I’m sure that there’s webpages somewhere, devoted to just that situation, and what happens when imaginative substitutions are made.
If not, then there should be. I reckon that we’ve all done it, once or twice.
I possibly even have all the necessary spices in the spice rack but that amount of apportioning and calculating is even scarier than snap pizza making…
nah. You just shake a bit of this and a bit of that and if it is too strong you use less next time.
Witty Rejoinder said:
Bubblecar said:
You know how just the other week I had the owner here thoroughly inspecting the place, accompanied by my usual estate agent for routine inspections, plus the estate agent in charge of all rental property management?Well it hasn’t stopped them booking yet another routine inspection for next week.
It’s getting fucking ridiculous but their explanation would be, “We have to do it, it’s in our contract with the owner, and in the lease.”
You could perhaps not spend a day cleaning beforehand and fly by the seat of your adequately but not perfectly clean pants.
Witty Rejoinder said:
Bubblecar said:
You know how just the other week I had the owner here thoroughly inspecting the place, accompanied by my usual estate agent for routine inspections, plus the estate agent in charge of all rental property management?Well it hasn’t stopped them booking yet another routine inspection for next week.
It’s getting fucking ridiculous but their explanation would be, “We have to do it, it’s in our contract with the owner, and in the lease.”
You could perhaps not spend a day cleaning beforehand and fly by the seat of your adequately but not perfectly clean pants.
Since they take photos of every room, I like to have it all presentable.
roughbarked said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
captain_spalding said:I’m sure that there’s webpages somewhere, devoted to just that situation, and what happens when imaginative substitutions are made.
If not, then there should be. I reckon that we’ve all done it, once or twice.
I possibly even have all the necessary spices in the spice rack but that amount of apportioning and calculating is even scarier than snap pizza making…
nah. You just shake a bit of this and a bit of that and if it is too strong you use less next time.
And mixing it all yourself, you can let your personal taste be the judge.
roughbarked said:
If you didn’t watch 7:30, here’s an excerpt.During a wide-ranging interview on 7.30, Khawaja stuck to his guns on the issue once again splitting Australian cricket eight years after the infamous Test match in Port Elizabeth when batsman Cameron Bancroft was caught using sandpaper on the ball.
Khawaja also denied he intended to start a “witch hunt” or use the saga to sell copies of his newly released book, while conceding he was unsure if this would damage friendships he made throughout his career, especially with current Australian captain Pat Cummins.
“I’m not here to inflame the situation anymore,” Khawaja told 7.30.
“I’m not here to go on a witch hunt.
“All I’ve ever wanted is for us to take accountability as a team and I don’t think that’s a lot to say.
“I’m not asking a lot from people and I say, ‘we were a part of it, that was us’. Let’s just take accountability.
He was on TripleJ Hack this arvo for a very lengthy interview.
Witty Rejoinder said:
Bubblecar said:
You know how just the other week I had the owner here thoroughly inspecting the place, accompanied by my usual estate agent for routine inspections, plus the estate agent in charge of all rental property management?Well it hasn’t stopped them booking yet another routine inspection for next week.
It’s getting fucking ridiculous but their explanation would be, “We have to do it, it’s in our contract with the owner, and in the lease.”
You could perhaps not spend a day cleaning beforehand and fly by the seat of your adequately but not perfectly clean pants.
Or he could dress in a blue singlet and dirty stubbies, with thongs on his filthy feet. Leave some empties in the kitchen sink and a used frypan from a bacon and egg brekky.
roughbarked said:
ChrispenEvan said:write a list. I have paper and pen by the computer where I write my shopping list as I remember stuff I need. I can then go to the shops content in the knowledge that I won’t forget anything. Of course this relies on me remembering to take my list.
It is almost always the last part that I have trouble with.
Ha!
Just few days ago, i went to Coles, and got some things, about $140 worth.
At the checkout (self-service), i realised that, while i had brought the shopping list, i hadn’t brought my wallet.
I had to ring Spalding Jr., who was having a day off, and ask him to bring my wallet to me. We only live a couple of streets away.
So, i was a prisoner of Coles for a little while.
Spalding Jr. gets there, and produces his bank card from his wallet. But, because it was over $100, the checkout wanted his pin number.
Which he doesn’t remember, because her normally pays for things by waving his mobile phone. The mobile phone he had not brought with him.
I’d brought my phone (no electronic pay on that), but not my wallet. He’d brought his wallet, but not his phone.
Off he goes, to get either or both of my wallet or his phone, while i served a second term with Coles.
Longest check-out ever.
ChrispenEvan said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
Dontcha hate it when you forget to buy the one ingredient that without which you cannot even attempt a meal. In this case the Mexican seasoning… Pizza will have to be made instead but this abrupt change of plans is quite discombobulating. T&P are much appreciated.
write a list. I have paper and pen by the computer where I write my shopping list as I remember stuff I need. I can then go to the shops content in the knowledge that I won’t forget anything. Of course this relies on me remembering to take my list.
Ooooh, that reminds me.
There’s an app called ‘Our groceries”. It’s great, especially for couples. When you see that you need something, type it in, and it appears on your partners app, so that when either of you go to the shops, you can get the things they need too.
It also has a section for certain meals, where you list the ingredients you’ll need to make potato bake or bolognese or whatever, and when you decide to have that meal, those ingredients are added to the shopping list.
You can have different shopping lists for different places, and different ingredients for meals, plus you can take a pic of the item you want so that your partner can see it at the shops.
Witty Rejoinder said:
captain_spalding said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
Dontcha hate it when you forget to buy the one ingredient that without which you cannot even attempt a meal. In this case the Mexican seasoning… Pizza will have to be made instead but this abrupt change of plans is quite discombobulating. T&P are much appreciated.
I’m sure that there’s webpages somewhere, devoted to just that situation, and what happens when imaginative substitutions are made.
If not, then there should be. I reckon that we’ve all done it, once or twice.
I possibly even have all the necessary spices in the spice rack but that amount of apportioning and calculating is even scarier than snap pizza making…
Yeah, past a certain point in the day, you look for the least-fuss option.
captain_spalding said:
roughbarked said:
ChrispenEvan said:write a list. I have paper and pen by the computer where I write my shopping list as I remember stuff I need. I can then go to the shops content in the knowledge that I won’t forget anything. Of course this relies on me remembering to take my list.
It is almost always the last part that I have trouble with.
Ha!
Just few days ago, i went to Coles, and got some things, about $140 worth.
At the checkout (self-service), i realised that, while i had brought the shopping list, i hadn’t brought my wallet.
I had to ring Spalding Jr., who was having a day off, and ask him to bring my wallet to me. We only live a couple of streets away.
So, i was a prisoner of Coles for a little while.
Spalding Jr. gets there, and produces his bank card from his wallet. But, because it was over $100, the checkout wanted his pin number.
Which he doesn’t remember, because her normally pays for things by waving his mobile phone. The mobile phone he had not brought with him.
I’d brought my phone (no electronic pay on that), but not my wallet. He’d brought his wallet, but not his phone.
Off he goes, to get either or both of my wallet or his phone, while i served a second term with Coles.
Longest check-out ever.
Lordy.
No such problems when you let Coles do your shopping and deliver it to your door.
captain_spalding said:
roughbarked said:
ChrispenEvan said:write a list. I have paper and pen by the computer where I write my shopping list as I remember stuff I need. I can then go to the shops content in the knowledge that I won’t forget anything. Of course this relies on me remembering to take my list.
It is almost always the last part that I have trouble with.
Ha!
Just few days ago, i went to Coles, and got some things, about $140 worth.
At the checkout (self-service), i realised that, while i had brought the shopping list, i hadn’t brought my wallet.
I had to ring Spalding Jr., who was having a day off, and ask him to bring my wallet to me. We only live a couple of streets away.
So, i was a prisoner of Coles for a little while.
Spalding Jr. gets there, and produces his bank card from his wallet. But, because it was over $100, the checkout wanted his pin number.
Which he doesn’t remember, because her normally pays for things by waving his mobile phone. The mobile phone he had not brought with him.
I’d brought my phone (no electronic pay on that), but not my wallet. He’d brought his wallet, but not his phone.
Off he goes, to get either or both of my wallet or his phone, while i served a second term with Coles.
Longest check-out ever.
Often enough, my shopping spree is delayed because I don’t know WTF my wallet is. Of course it is the last place I left it but I never know that until I trip over it.
Kingy said:
ChrispenEvan said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
Dontcha hate it when you forget to buy the one ingredient that without which you cannot even attempt a meal. In this case the Mexican seasoning… Pizza will have to be made instead but this abrupt change of plans is quite discombobulating. T&P are much appreciated.
write a list. I have paper and pen by the computer where I write my shopping list as I remember stuff I need. I can then go to the shops content in the knowledge that I won’t forget anything. Of course this relies on me remembering to take my list.
Ooooh, that reminds me.
There’s an app called ‘Our groceries”. It’s great, especially for couples. When you see that you need something, type it in, and it appears on your partners app, so that when either of you go to the shops, you can get the things they need too.
It also has a section for certain meals, where you list the ingredients you’ll need to make potato bake or bolognese or whatever, and when you decide to have that meal, those ingredients are added to the shopping list.
You can have different shopping lists for different places, and different ingredients for meals, plus you can take a pic of the item you want so that your partner can see it at the shops.
Trouble is, the internet knows what you are doing. ;)
captain_spalding said:
roughbarked said:
ChrispenEvan said:write a list. I have paper and pen by the computer where I write my shopping list as I remember stuff I need. I can then go to the shops content in the knowledge that I won’t forget anything. Of course this relies on me remembering to take my list.
It is almost always the last part that I have trouble with.
Ha!
Just few days ago, i went to Coles, and got some things, about $140 worth.
At the checkout (self-service), i realised that, while i had brought the shopping list, i hadn’t brought my wallet.
I had to ring Spalding Jr., who was having a day off, and ask him to bring my wallet to me. We only live a couple of streets away.
So, i was a prisoner of Coles for a little while.
Spalding Jr. gets there, and produces his bank card from his wallet. But, because it was over $100, the checkout wanted his pin number.
Which he doesn’t remember, because her normally pays for things by waving his mobile phone. The mobile phone he had not brought with him.
I’d brought my phone (no electronic pay on that), but not my wallet. He’d brought his wallet, but not his phone.
Off he goes, to get either or both of my wallet or his phone, while i served a second term with Coles.
Longest check-out ever.
I have a little routine, almost like a Catholic making the sign of the cross , of tapping each pocket for wallet – keys – phone before I step outside and lock the door.
Ever since I locked myself out of the house in my early 20s and ended up getting my house-mate’s Dad to come around with a spare key. That was a bit embarrassing. So I came ip with a new process.
Bubblecar said:
No such problems when you let Coles do your shopping and deliver it to your door.
The Coles i referred to is the one where Spalding Jr. is working.
He says that delivery is a very popular and busy option around here, and that phone/online ordering for pick-up is even more popular, to the point where it’s hard for the store to keep up with it..
And there’s always a good number of in-store shoppers.
Coles must be congratulating themselves on building that one.
Bubblecar said:
captain_spalding said:
roughbarked said:It is almost always the last part that I have trouble with.
Ha!
Just few days ago, i went to Coles, and got some things, about $140 worth.
At the checkout (self-service), i realised that, while i had brought the shopping list, i hadn’t brought my wallet.
I had to ring Spalding Jr., who was having a day off, and ask him to bring my wallet to me. We only live a couple of streets away.
So, i was a prisoner of Coles for a little while.
Spalding Jr. gets there, and produces his bank card from his wallet. But, because it was over $100, the checkout wanted his pin number.
Which he doesn’t remember, because her normally pays for things by waving his mobile phone. The mobile phone he had not brought with him.
I’d brought my phone (no electronic pay on that), but not my wallet. He’d brought his wallet, but not his phone.
Off he goes, to get either or both of my wallet or his phone, while i served a second term with Coles.
Longest check-out ever.
Lordy.
No such problems when you let Coles do your shopping and deliver it to your door.
Except whe the things you were really looking forward to are out of stock.
roughbarked said:
Trouble is, the internet knows what you are doing. ;)
Well, if it does, i wish it would tell me what the f*** i’m doing.
party_pants said:
I have a little routine, almost like a Catholic making the sign of the cross , of tapping each pocket for wallet – keys – phone before I step outside and lock the door.
Ever since I locked myself out of the house in my early 20s and ended up getting my house-mate’s Dad to come around with a spare key. That was a bit embarrassing. So I came ip with a new process.
“spectacles, testicles, wallet and watch”
captain_spalding said:
roughbarked said:Trouble is, the internet knows what you are doing. ;)
Well, if it does, i wish it would tell me what the f*** i’m doing.
You’ll need to ask Claude about that.
captain_spalding said:
party_pants said:I have a little routine, almost like a Catholic making the sign of the cross , of tapping each pocket for wallet – keys – phone before I step outside and lock the door.
Ever since I locked myself out of the house in my early 20s and ended up getting my house-mate’s Dad to come around with a spare key. That was a bit embarrassing. So I came ip with a new process.
“spectacles, testicles, wallet and watch”
and these days, phone.
captain_spalding said:
party_pants said:I have a little routine, almost like a Catholic making the sign of the cross , of tapping each pocket for wallet – keys – phone before I step outside and lock the door.
Ever since I locked myself out of the house in my early 20s and ended up getting my house-mate’s Dad to come around with a spare key. That was a bit embarrassing. So I came ip with a new process.
“spectacles, testicles, wallet and watch”
I don’t wear a watch, and at least one of the other three are permanently attached.
party_pants said:
captain_spalding said:
party_pants said:I have a little routine, almost like a Catholic making the sign of the cross , of tapping each pocket for wallet – keys – phone before I step outside and lock the door.
Ever since I locked myself out of the house in my early 20s and ended up getting my house-mate’s Dad to come around with a spare key. That was a bit embarrassing. So I came ip with a new process.
“spectacles, testicles, wallet and watch”
I don’t wear a watch, and at least one of the other three are permanently attached.
Superglue on the arms of your glasses?
party_pants said:
captain_spalding said:
roughbarked said:It is almost always the last part that I have trouble with.
Ha!
Just few days ago, i went to Coles, and got some things, about $140 worth.
At the checkout (self-service), i realised that, while i had brought the shopping list, i hadn’t brought my wallet.
I had to ring Spalding Jr., who was having a day off, and ask him to bring my wallet to me. We only live a couple of streets away.
So, i was a prisoner of Coles for a little while.
Spalding Jr. gets there, and produces his bank card from his wallet. But, because it was over $100, the checkout wanted his pin number.
Which he doesn’t remember, because her normally pays for things by waving his mobile phone. The mobile phone he had not brought with him.
I’d brought my phone (no electronic pay on that), but not my wallet. He’d brought his wallet, but not his phone.
Off he goes, to get either or both of my wallet or his phone, while i served a second term with Coles.
Longest check-out ever.
I have a little routine, almost like a Catholic making the sign of the cross , of tapping each pocket for wallet – keys – phone before I step outside and lock the door.
Ever since I locked myself out of the house in my early 20s and ended up getting my house-mate’s Dad to come around with a spare key. That was a bit embarrassing. So I came ip with a new process.
Yep. It used to be “spectacles, testicles, wallet & watch”.
Nowadays it’s “Keys, phone, wallet & firebag”. Which doesn’t even rhyme.
Kingy said:
party_pants said:
captain_spalding said:Ha!
Just few days ago, i went to Coles, and got some things, about $140 worth.
At the checkout (self-service), i realised that, while i had brought the shopping list, i hadn’t brought my wallet.
I had to ring Spalding Jr., who was having a day off, and ask him to bring my wallet to me. We only live a couple of streets away.
So, i was a prisoner of Coles for a little while.
Spalding Jr. gets there, and produces his bank card from his wallet. But, because it was over $100, the checkout wanted his pin number.
Which he doesn’t remember, because her normally pays for things by waving his mobile phone. The mobile phone he had not brought with him.
I’d brought my phone (no electronic pay on that), but not my wallet. He’d brought his wallet, but not his phone.
Off he goes, to get either or both of my wallet or his phone, while i served a second term with Coles.
Longest check-out ever.
I have a little routine, almost like a Catholic making the sign of the cross , of tapping each pocket for wallet – keys – phone before I step outside and lock the door.
Ever since I locked myself out of the house in my early 20s and ended up getting my house-mate’s Dad to come around with a spare key. That was a bit embarrassing. So I came ip with a new process.
Yep. It used to be “spectacles, testicles, wallet & watch”.
Nowadays it’s “Keys, phone, wallet & firebag”. Which doesn’t even rhyme.
Ah, I see that I missed the bus. I was away defrosting a roast lamb & vegetable dinner.
captain_spalding said:
party_pants said:
captain_spalding said:“spectacles, testicles, wallet and watch”
I don’t wear a watch, and at least one of the other three are permanently attached.
Superglue on the arms of your glasses?
Screwed to head.
roughbarked said:
captain_spalding said:
party_pants said:I don’t wear a watch, and at least one of the other three are permanently attached.
Superglue on the arms of your glasses?
Screwed to head.
“My grandfather was there at Maralinga the day they tested the atom bomb. He’s still got them free sunglasses .. melted on his fucking head!’
Ms Kingy has been learning art as she has semi-retired.
This is today’s result of using pastel pencils.
Kingy said:
Ms Kingy has been learning art as she has semi-retired.This is today’s result of using pastel pencils.
That’s really good shading in the eyes.
captain_spalding said:
roughbarked said:
ChrispenEvan said:write a list. I have paper and pen by the computer where I write my shopping list as I remember stuff I need. I can then go to the shops content in the knowledge that I won’t forget anything. Of course this relies on me remembering to take my list.
It is almost always the last part that I have trouble with.
Ha!
Just few days ago, i went to Coles, and got some things, about $140 worth.
At the checkout (self-service), i realised that, while i had brought the shopping list, i hadn’t brought my wallet.
I had to ring Spalding Jr., who was having a day off, and ask him to bring my wallet to me. We only live a couple of streets away.
So, i was a prisoner of Coles for a little while.
Spalding Jr. gets there, and produces his bank card from his wallet. But, because it was over $100, the checkout wanted his pin number.
Which he doesn’t remember, because her normally pays for things by waving his mobile phone. The mobile phone he had not brought with him.
I’d brought my phone (no electronic pay on that), but not my wallet. He’d brought his wallet, but not his phone.
Off he goes, to get either or both of my wallet or his phone, while i served a second term with Coles.
Longest check-out ever.
Couldn’t you have just divided it into two lots of $70 worth of purchases, and paid for them separately with the card?
Kingy said:
Ms Kingy has been learning art as she has semi-retired.This is today’s result of using pastel pencils.
It is a remarkable likeness of you.
Neophyte said:
captain_spalding said:
roughbarked said:It is almost always the last part that I have trouble with.
Ha!
Just few days ago, i went to Coles, and got some things, about $140 worth.
At the checkout (self-service), i realised that, while i had brought the shopping list, i hadn’t brought my wallet.
I had to ring Spalding Jr., who was having a day off, and ask him to bring my wallet to me. We only live a couple of streets away.
So, i was a prisoner of Coles for a little while.
Spalding Jr. gets there, and produces his bank card from his wallet. But, because it was over $100, the checkout wanted his pin number.
Which he doesn’t remember, because her normally pays for things by waving his mobile phone. The mobile phone he had not brought with him.
I’d brought my phone (no electronic pay on that), but not my wallet. He’d brought his wallet, but not his phone.
Off he goes, to get either or both of my wallet or his phone, while i served a second term with Coles.
Longest check-out ever.
Couldn’t you have just divided it into two lots of $70 worth of purchases, and paid for them separately with the card?
That is what I was about to say
Kingy said:
Ms Kingy has been learning art as she has semi-retired.This is today’s result of using pastel pencils.
Exquisite shading on the nose.
Spiny Norman said:
Kingy said:
Ms Kingy has been learning art as she has semi-retired.This is today’s result of using pastel pencils.
It is a remarkable likeness of you.
She doesn’t have a mane.
Neophyte said:
captain_spalding said:
roughbarked said:It is almost always the last part that I have trouble with.
Ha!
Just few days ago, i went to Coles, and got some things, about $140 worth.
At the checkout (self-service), i realised that, while i had brought the shopping list, i hadn’t brought my wallet.
I had to ring Spalding Jr., who was having a day off, and ask him to bring my wallet to me. We only live a couple of streets away.
So, i was a prisoner of Coles for a little while.
Spalding Jr. gets there, and produces his bank card from his wallet. But, because it was over $100, the checkout wanted his pin number.
Which he doesn’t remember, because her normally pays for things by waving his mobile phone. The mobile phone he had not brought with him.
I’d brought my phone (no electronic pay on that), but not my wallet. He’d brought his wallet, but not his phone.
Off he goes, to get either or both of my wallet or his phone, while i served a second term with Coles.
Longest check-out ever.
Couldn’t you have just divided it into two lots of $70 worth of purchases, and paid for them separately with the card?
Male brains don’t work like that.
Kingy said:
Ms Kingy has been learning art as she has semi-retired.This is today’s result of using pastel pencils.
That’s good. Well done.
captain_spalding said:
Neophyte said:
captain_spalding said:Ha!
Just few days ago, i went to Coles, and got some things, about $140 worth.
At the checkout (self-service), i realised that, while i had brought the shopping list, i hadn’t brought my wallet.
I had to ring Spalding Jr., who was having a day off, and ask him to bring my wallet to me. We only live a couple of streets away.
So, i was a prisoner of Coles for a little while.
Spalding Jr. gets there, and produces his bank card from his wallet. But, because it was over $100, the checkout wanted his pin number.
Which he doesn’t remember, because her normally pays for things by waving his mobile phone. The mobile phone he had not brought with him.
I’d brought my phone (no electronic pay on that), but not my wallet. He’d brought his wallet, but not his phone.
Off he goes, to get either or both of my wallet or his phone, while i served a second term with Coles.
Longest check-out ever.
Couldn’t you have just divided it into two lots of $70 worth of purchases, and paid for them separately with the card?
Male brains don’t work like that.
It’s surprising the Coles staff member didn’t suggest it. Or were you keeping mum and just hoping no one noticed you loitering in the self-checkout for half an hour?
kii said:
Kingy said:
Ms Kingy has been learning art as she has semi-retired.This is today’s result of using pastel pencils.
That’s really good shading in the eyes.
Plus the ear on our left, the chin and whiskers are beautifully done. I needed closer inspection on a bigger screen.
Great work.
Witty Rejoinder said:
captain_spalding said:
Neophyte said:Couldn’t you have just divided it into two lots of $70 worth of purchases, and paid for them separately with the card?
Male brains don’t work like that.
It’s surprising the Coles staff member didn’t suggest it. Or were you keeping mum and just hoping no one noticed you loitering in the self-checkout for half an hour?
It was more like twenty minutes.
And, it wasn’t intolerable. Next to a busy railway station, a supermarket self checkout is about the best observing-humanity location.
Meanwhile
Good morning Holidayers. Presently 10 degrees at the back door and getting light. We are forecast a partly cloudy 20 degrees today.
Bakery Breakfast with our archery friend, socializing, archery in the late afternoon. In the middle bit I should run the mower over the front yard.
Kingy said:
Ms Kingy has been learning art as she has semi-retired.This is today’s result of using pastel pencils.
Like it :)
Morning. Heading for 23 here on what should be a day of pleasant weather. I didn’t get enough sleep so will be returning to bed after breakfast.
Uncle Andrij’s funeral was a bit sad but that’s funerals for you. Living to 100, he didn’t have many surviving friends and relatives so only 10 people attended, but the Australian branch of the family will all get to see it as it’ll be online for some weeks.
Cousin Andrew gave a decent potted history of his life in a fair eulogy. A priest who’d never met Andrij was master of ceremonies so there was quite a bit of religious mumbo-jumbo and a badly sung hymn.
Morning pilgrims.
Bubblecar said:
Morning. Heading for 23 here on what should be a day of pleasant weather. I didn’t get enough sleep so will be returning to bed after breakfast.Uncle Andrij’s funeral was a bit sad but that’s funerals for you. Living to 100, he didn’t have many surviving friends and relatives so only 10 people attended, but the Australian branch of the family will all get to see it as it’ll be online for some weeks.
Cousin Andrew gave a decent potted history of his life in a fair eulogy. A priest who’d never met Andrij was master of ceremonies so there was quite a bit of religious mumbo-jumbo and a badly sung hymn.
Most funerals have a badly sung hymn.
It is agreeable to see you!
It is currently 25° with a potential top of 30°.
Humidity is 74%.
It is sunny with a few clouds and some patches rain.
Bubblecar said:
Morning. Heading for 23 here on what should be a day of pleasant weather. I didn’t get enough sleep so will be returning to bed after breakfast.Uncle Andrij’s funeral was a bit sad but that’s funerals for you. Living to 100, he didn’t have many surviving friends and relatives so only 10 people attended, but the Australian branch of the family will all get to see it as it’ll be online for some weeks.
Cousin Andrew gave a decent potted history of his life in a fair eulogy. A priest who’d never met Andrij was master of ceremonies so there was quite a bit of religious mumbo-jumbo and a badly sung hymn.
:(
Bubblecar said:
Morning. Heading for 23 here on what should be a day of pleasant weather. I didn’t get enough sleep so will be returning to bed after breakfast.Uncle Andrij’s funeral was a bit sad but that’s funerals for you. Living to 100, he didn’t have many surviving friends and relatives so only 10 people attended, but the Australian branch of the family will all get to see it as it’ll be online for some weeks.
Cousin Andrew gave a decent potted history of his life in a fair eulogy. A priest who’d never met Andrij was master of ceremonies so there was quite a bit of religious mumbo-jumbo and a badly sung hymn.
Could be worse – just saw this in the local births/deaths notices page…
“Sorry we are not able to attend in person, we all had so many memories we would have loved to share at the service. Unfortunately there was a lack of communication between siblings and we were not notified.”
Neophyte said:
Bubblecar said:
Morning. Heading for 23 here on what should be a day of pleasant weather. I didn’t get enough sleep so will be returning to bed after breakfast.Uncle Andrij’s funeral was a bit sad but that’s funerals for you. Living to 100, he didn’t have many surviving friends and relatives so only 10 people attended, but the Australian branch of the family will all get to see it as it’ll be online for some weeks.
Cousin Andrew gave a decent potted history of his life in a fair eulogy. A priest who’d never met Andrij was master of ceremonies so there was quite a bit of religious mumbo-jumbo and a badly sung hymn.
Could be worse – just saw this in the local births/deaths notices page…
“Sorry we are not able to attend in person, we all had so many memories we would have loved to share at the service. Unfortunately there was a lack of communication between siblings and we were not notified.”
There’s a long story behind that I’d wager, and it isn’t over yet.
party_pants said:
roughbarked said:
captain_spalding said:Superglue on the arms of your glasses?
Screwed to head.
“My grandfather was there at Maralinga the day they tested the atom bomb. He’s still got them free sunglasses .. melted on his fucking head!’
Holy Moley!
Kingy said:
Ms Kingy has been learning art as she has semi-retired.This is today’s result of using pastel pencils.
Go hiontach!
Hello
Neophyte said:
Bubblecar said:
Morning. Heading for 23 here on what should be a day of pleasant weather. I didn’t get enough sleep so will be returning to bed after breakfast.Uncle Andrij’s funeral was a bit sad but that’s funerals for you. Living to 100, he didn’t have many surviving friends and relatives so only 10 people attended, but the Australian branch of the family will all get to see it as it’ll be online for some weeks.
Cousin Andrew gave a decent potted history of his life in a fair eulogy. A priest who’d never met Andrij was master of ceremonies so there was quite a bit of religious mumbo-jumbo and a badly sung hymn.
Could be worse – just saw this in the local births/deaths notices page…
“Sorry we are not able to attend in person, we all had so many memories we would have loved to share at the service. Unfortunately there was a lack of communication between siblings and we were not notified.”
for a small fee I will turn up to anyone’s funeral dressed in a dark suit, weeping quietly, stand at the back, speak to noone, then leave. For additional costs I can include the crying over the coffin package, the screaming “you bastard!” at the end of the service package, or the pretend to talk into an earpiece package.
Bubblecar said:
Neophyte said:
Bubblecar said:
Morning. Heading for 23 here on what should be a day of pleasant weather. I didn’t get enough sleep so will be returning to bed after breakfast.Uncle Andrij’s funeral was a bit sad but that’s funerals for you. Living to 100, he didn’t have many surviving friends and relatives so only 10 people attended, but the Australian branch of the family will all get to see it as it’ll be online for some weeks.
Cousin Andrew gave a decent potted history of his life in a fair eulogy. A priest who’d never met Andrij was master of ceremonies so there was quite a bit of religious mumbo-jumbo and a badly sung hymn.
Could be worse – just saw this in the local births/deaths notices page…
“Sorry we are not able to attend in person, we all had so many memories we would have loved to share at the service. Unfortunately there was a lack of communication between siblings and we were not notified.”
There’s a long story behind that I’d wager, and it isn’t over yet.
Animosity at a funeral is always a good look
Arts said:
Neophyte said:
Bubblecar said:
Morning. Heading for 23 here on what should be a day of pleasant weather. I didn’t get enough sleep so will be returning to bed after breakfast.Uncle Andrij’s funeral was a bit sad but that’s funerals for you. Living to 100, he didn’t have many surviving friends and relatives so only 10 people attended, but the Australian branch of the family will all get to see it as it’ll be online for some weeks.
Cousin Andrew gave a decent potted history of his life in a fair eulogy. A priest who’d never met Andrij was master of ceremonies so there was quite a bit of religious mumbo-jumbo and a badly sung hymn.
Could be worse – just saw this in the local births/deaths notices page…
“Sorry we are not able to attend in person, we all had so many memories we would have loved to share at the service. Unfortunately there was a lack of communication between siblings and we were not notified.”
for a small fee I will turn up to anyone’s funeral dressed in a dark suit, weeping quietly, stand at the back, speak to noone, then leave. For additional costs I can include the crying over the coffin package, the screaming “you bastard!” at the end of the service package, or the pretend to talk into an earpiece package.
Is pretending to be a secret lover of the dead person extra ?
Arts said:
Neophyte said:
Bubblecar said:
Morning. Heading for 23 here on what should be a day of pleasant weather. I didn’t get enough sleep so will be returning to bed after breakfast.Uncle Andrij’s funeral was a bit sad but that’s funerals for you. Living to 100, he didn’t have many surviving friends and relatives so only 10 people attended, but the Australian branch of the family will all get to see it as it’ll be online for some weeks.
Cousin Andrew gave a decent potted history of his life in a fair eulogy. A priest who’d never met Andrij was master of ceremonies so there was quite a bit of religious mumbo-jumbo and a badly sung hymn.
Could be worse – just saw this in the local births/deaths notices page…
“Sorry we are not able to attend in person, we all had so many memories we would have loved to share at the service. Unfortunately there was a lack of communication between siblings and we were not notified.”
for a small fee I will turn up to anyone’s funeral dressed in a dark suit, weeping quietly, stand at the back, speak to noone, then leave. For additional costs I can include the crying over the coffin package, the screaming “you bastard!” at the end of the service package, or the pretend to talk into an earpiece package.
no one.
Cymek said:
Bubblecar said:
Neophyte said:Could be worse – just saw this in the local births/deaths notices page…
“Sorry we are not able to attend in person, we all had so many memories we would have loved to share at the service. Unfortunately there was a lack of communication between siblings and we were not notified.”
There’s a long story behind that I’d wager, and it isn’t over yet.
Animosity at a funeral is always a good look
Happened at my dad’s funeral – there was a lot of contention about where to bury him – oldest brother nearly didn’t attend, and said after that older brother and younger sister were dead to him (and hasn’t spoken to either in nearly six years since)
Neophyte said:
Cymek said:
Bubblecar said:There’s a long story behind that I’d wager, and it isn’t over yet.
Animosity at a funeral is always a good look
Happened at my dad’s funeral – there was a lot of contention about where to bury him – oldest brother nearly didn’t attend, and said after that older brother and younger sister were dead to him (and hasn’t spoken to either in nearly six years since)
That’s not good.
We have a mystery at work
A colleague returned from leave, had a talk with our director and just disappeared
No one has a clue what happened but do wonder perhaps if he was facing disciplinary action
He was actually banned from one of our other offices by the staff working there which is quite unusual
Bubblecar said:
Neophyte said:
Bubblecar said:
Morning. Heading for 23 here on what should be a day of pleasant weather. I didn’t get enough sleep so will be returning to bed after breakfast.Uncle Andrij’s funeral was a bit sad but that’s funerals for you. Living to 100, he didn’t have many surviving friends and relatives so only 10 people attended, but the Australian branch of the family will all get to see it as it’ll be online for some weeks.
Cousin Andrew gave a decent potted history of his life in a fair eulogy. A priest who’d never met Andrij was master of ceremonies so there was quite a bit of religious mumbo-jumbo and a badly sung hymn.
Could be worse – just saw this in the local births/deaths notices page…
“Sorry we are not able to attend in person, we all had so many memories we would have loved to share at the service. Unfortunately there was a lack of communication between siblings and we were not notified.”
There’s a long story behind that I’d wager, and it isn’t over yet.
That’s sad. Was Uncle Andrij a bachelor?
Neophyte said:
ruby said:
kii said:I think we need to start a thread for all these delightful happenings.
Thumbs up again. What would we call it kii?
How about Scribbly Gum News, in honour of the old forum?
Oh the Scribbly Forum. I do miss it.
Neophyte said:
ruby said:Thumbs up again. What would we call it kii?
How about Scribbly Gum News, in honour of the old forum?
Thanks Neo, good suggestion :)))
Arts said:
For additional costs I can include the crying over the coffin package, the screaming “you bastard!” at the end of the service package…
Mother Dearest threw herself across her twin brother’s coffin and cried: “Ronnie, how could you do this to me!!? They’re all paying attention to you now!!!”
I didn’t attend the funeral as in was in QLD and I had a young baby. Three people told me what she did.
ms spock said:
Neophyte said:
ruby said:Thumbs up again. What would we call it kii?
How about Scribbly Gum News, in honour of the old forum?
Oh the Scribbly Forum. I do miss it.
+1
Awake and alive. Sleep was uneventful. Brekky was the usual.
The doves are making that weird “ooo” sound near my window. I noticed it last year when I had first arrived here in Upper Bunbury.
In Big News…I started doodling yesterday!! I haven’t doodled for years. It was always part of my regulating my brane thingy.
I’m a member of an online music forum based in the UK – one of the regulars is a fellow that used to work in book publishing…thought some bods here might get a chuckle out of his latest posting…
———————
I once asked Norah Smallwood, Iris Murdoch’s editor and boss of Chatto & Windus why her books were getting baggier and baggier and why didn’t someone give her a good edit. “Oh, we would never edit Iris,” came the reply.
Another literary titan who was never edited was Barbara Cartland. Her novels were delivered to her publisher by her chauffeur wrapped in brown paper and string, and went straight into production. Nobody ever read them beforehand.
As for dodgy celebs writing children’s books, there’s no evidence either way as far as I know. I’ve never read any of ’s books, but they were such a huge success that they must work on their own terms, whoever wrote them. Naturally, legit children’s writers did a lot of grumbling about celebs who don’t even write their own books, but it’s not completely unknown for celebs to write their own books. No doubt somebody at HarperCollins will blow the whistle soon.
Talking of dodgy celebs, I have before me a copy of Looking at Pictures with Rolf Harris, published by Phaidon in 1978. I can’t remember how it happened, but the late commissioned the book, wrote the text, sourced the paintings and saw it through to publication. All Harris did, apart from turning up to one meeting right at the beginning, was supply a few of his trademark squiggles. He signed it for her, and reads, in part, “Hope you like the end product, love Rolf.”
“Like it? I fucking wrote it,” was what she said.
Neophyte said:
Cymek said:
Bubblecar said:There’s a long story behind that I’d wager, and it isn’t over yet.
Animosity at a funeral is always a good look
Happened at my dad’s funeral – there was a lot of contention about where to bury him – oldest brother nearly didn’t attend, and said after that older brother and younger sister were dead to him (and hasn’t spoken to either in nearly six years since)
Apparently 1 in 8 people in Australia is estranged from a family member. Though that doesn’t help the pain in a family that this is occurring.
:(
Neophyte said:
I’m a member of an online music forum based in the UK – one of the regulars is a fellow that used to work in book publishing…thought some bods here might get a chuckle out of his latest posting…———————
I once asked Norah Smallwood, Iris Murdoch’s editor and boss of Chatto & Windus why her books were getting baggier and baggier and why didn’t someone give her a good edit. “Oh, we would never edit Iris,” came the reply.
Another literary titan who was never edited was Barbara Cartland. Her novels were delivered to her publisher by her chauffeur wrapped in brown paper and string, and went straight into production. Nobody ever read them beforehand.
As for dodgy celebs writing children’s books, there’s no evidence either way as far as I know. I’ve never read any of ’s books, but they were such a huge success that they must work on their own terms, whoever wrote them. Naturally, legit children’s writers did a lot of grumbling about celebs who don’t even write their own books, but it’s not completely unknown for celebs to write their own books. No doubt somebody at HarperCollins will blow the whistle soon.
Talking of dodgy celebs, I have before me a copy of Looking at Pictures with Rolf Harris, published by Phaidon in 1978. I can’t remember how it happened, but the late commissioned the book, wrote the text, sourced the paintings and saw it through to publication. All Harris did, apart from turning up to one meeting right at the beginning, was supply a few of his trademark squiggles. He signed it for her, and reads, in part, “Hope you like the end product, love Rolf.”
“Like it? I fucking wrote it,” was what she said.
Oops – didn’t print the names, but the children’s book author is David Walliams, and the Rolf Harris ghost was the publisher’s late wife.
kii said:
Awake and alive. Sleep was uneventful. Brekky was the usual.The doves are making that weird “ooo” sound near my window. I noticed it last year when I had first arrived here in Upper Bunbury.
In Big News…I started doodling yesterday!! I haven’t doodled for years. It was always part of my regulating my brane thingy.
We have pigeons, or doves, not sure which, around hear that sound to me like they’re saying ‘it’s too soon, it’s too soon’.
ms spock said:
Neophyte said:
ruby said:Thumbs up again. What would we call it kii?
How about Scribbly Gum News, in honour of the old forum?
Oh the Scribbly Forum. I do miss it.
Oh the Scribbly Gum Forum. I do miss it.
Brindabellas said:
ms spock said:
Neophyte said:How about Scribbly Gum News, in honour of the old forum?
Oh the Scribbly Forum. I do miss it.
+1
Heya Brindabellas!
It was a special forum and I feel very lucky to have been a part of it.
Dr Karl’s Self Service and Tech Talk were great too.
kii said:
Awake and alive. Sleep was uneventful. Brekky was the usual.The doves are making that weird “ooo” sound near my window. I noticed it last year when I had first arrived here in Upper Bunbury.
In Big News…I started doodling yesterday!! I haven’t doodled for years. It was always part of my regulating my brane thingy.
Great that you are doodling again!
Are the doves breeding? Can you see a nest?
https://kirkshotsauce.com
It’s the new pen island.
ms spock said:
kii said:
Awake and alive. Sleep was uneventful. Brekky was the usual.The doves are making that weird “ooo” sound near my window. I noticed it last year when I had first arrived here in Upper Bunbury.
In Big News…I started doodling yesterday!! I haven’t doodled for years. It was always part of my regulating my brane thingy.
Great that you are doodling again!
Are the doves breeding? Can you see a nest?
I expect that they are breeding. They are nested in a very tall tree. I can’t see them, because if I look up for too long I get wobbly and fall over.
roughbarked said:
Bubblecar said:
You know how just the other week I had the owner here thoroughly inspecting the place, accompanied by my usual estate agent for routine inspections, plus the estate agent in charge of all rental property management?Well it hasn’t stopped them booking yet another routine inspection for next week.
It’s getting fucking ridiculous but their explanation would be, “We have to do it, it’s in our contract with the owner, and in the lease.”
Having the owner visit was a one off. The regular inspections are still on.
Are they fixing the floor? Or bathroom?
Neophyte said:
Neophyte said:
I’m a member of an online music forum based in the UK – one of the regulars is a fellow that used to work in book publishing…thought some bods here might get a chuckle out of his latest posting…———————
I once asked Norah Smallwood, Iris Murdoch’s editor and boss of Chatto & Windus why her books were getting baggier and baggier and why didn’t someone give her a good edit. “Oh, we would never edit Iris,” came the reply.
Another literary titan who was never edited was Barbara Cartland. Her novels were delivered to her publisher by her chauffeur wrapped in brown paper and string, and went straight into production. Nobody ever read them beforehand.
As for dodgy celebs writing children’s books, there’s no evidence either way as far as I know. I’ve never read any of ’s books, but they were such a huge success that they must work on their own terms, whoever wrote them. Naturally, legit children’s writers did a lot of grumbling about celebs who don’t even write their own books, but it’s not completely unknown for celebs to write their own books. No doubt somebody at HarperCollins will blow the whistle soon.
Talking of dodgy celebs, I have before me a copy of Looking at Pictures with Rolf Harris, published by Phaidon in 1978. I can’t remember how it happened, but the late commissioned the book, wrote the text, sourced the paintings and saw it through to publication. All Harris did, apart from turning up to one meeting right at the beginning, was supply a few of his trademark squiggles. He signed it for her, and reads, in part, “Hope you like the end product, love Rolf.”
“Like it? I fucking wrote it,” was what she said.
Oops – didn’t print the names, but the children’s book author is David Walliams, and the Rolf Harris ghost was the publisher’s late wife.
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/nov/10/david-walliams-accused-preying-on-young-women-for-sex
Rogue waves are a sailors myth.
Also sailors:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tyjwfPPyxuo
Kingy said:
Rogue waves are a sailors myth.Also sailors:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tyjwfPPyxuo
Never seen anything like that.
But, it makes me recall when someone was relating their experience of something like that.
‘…and then the OOW (officer of the watch) said “have a look at that!”.
‘So, we looked, and, to a man, we shat ourselves.’
ChrispenEvan said:
Neophyte said:
Neophyte said:
I’m a member of an online music forum based in the UK – one of the regulars is a fellow that used to work in book publishing…thought some bods here might get a chuckle out of his latest posting…
———————
I once asked Norah Smallwood, Iris Murdoch’s editor and boss of Chatto & Windus why her books were getting baggier and baggier and why didn’t someone give her a good edit. “Oh, we would never edit Iris,” came the reply.
Another literary titan who was never edited was Barbara Cartland. Her novels were delivered to her publisher by her chauffeur wrapped in brown paper and string, and went straight into production. Nobody ever read them beforehand.
As for dodgy celebs writing children’s books, there’s no evidence either way as far as I know. I’ve never read any of ’s books, but they were such a huge success that they must work on their own terms, whoever wrote them. Naturally, legit children’s writers did a lot of grumbling about celebs who don’t even write their own books, but it’s not completely unknown for celebs to write their own books. No doubt somebody at HarperCollins will blow the whistle soon.
Talking of dodgy celebs, I have before me a copy of Looking at Pictures with Rolf Harris, published by Phaidon in 1978. I can’t remember how it happened, but the late commissioned the book, wrote the text, sourced the paintings and saw it through to publication. All Harris did, apart from turning up to one meeting right at the beginning, was supply a few of his trademark squiggles. He signed it for her, and reads, in part, “Hope you like the end product, love Rolf.”
“Like it? I fucking wrote it,” was what she said.
Oops – didn’t print the names, but the children’s book author is David Walliams, and the Rolf Harris ghost was the publisher’s late wife.
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/nov/10/david-walliams-accused-preying-on-young-women-for-sex
we mean the wokists will even cancel Joanne Robert Galbraith, how dare they try to cancel alleged child rapists and paedophiles
Is it too insane of me to get some cat-shaped door stops? Like weighted pillow type ones?
captain_spalding said:
Kingy said:
Rogue waves are a sailors myth.
Also sailors:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tyjwfPPyxuo
Never seen anything like that.
But, it makes me recall when someone was relating their experience of something like that.
‘…and then the OOW (officer of the watch) said “have a look at that!”.
‘So, we looked, and, to a man, we shat ourselves.’
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-12/surfers-film-wild-wave/106133580
kii said:
Is it too insane of me to get some cat-shaped door stops? Like weighted pillow type ones?
yes… so?
kii said:
Is it too insane of me to get some cat-shaped door stops? Like weighted pillow type ones?
maybe some human internal organ shaped ones
kii said:
Is it too insane of me to get some cat-shaped door stops? Like weighted pillow type ones?
Yes.
But, you shouldn’t let that stop you.
Get the door stops. YOLO.
The Rev Dodgson said:
Kingy said:
Ms Kingy has been learning art as she has semi-retired.This is today’s result of using pastel pencils.
Like it :)
Yes she’s quite good at rendering the likeness.
captain_spalding said:
Kingy said:
Rogue waves are a sailors myth.Also sailors:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tyjwfPPyxuo
Never seen anything like that.
But, it makes me recall when someone was relating their experience of something like that.
‘…and then the OOW (officer of the watch) said “have a look at that!”.
‘So, we looked, and, to a man, we shat ourselves.’
I am reminded of that time I was on one of the old Manly ferries.
kii said:
I am reminded of that time I was on one of the old Manly ferries.
They’re a glorious way to commute.
A bracing harbour trip to wake you up in the morning, a relaxing return trip to de-stress you at day’s end.
Arts said:
kii said:
Is it too insane of me to get some cat-shaped door stops? Like weighted pillow type ones?
yes… so?
That’s what I was thinking, then I saw the highland coo one.
kii said:
Arts said:
kii said:
Is it too insane of me to get some cat-shaped door stops? Like weighted pillow type ones?
yes… so?
That’s what I was thinking, then I saw the highland coo one.
get them all
Neophyte said:
Cymek said:
Bubblecar said:There’s a long story behind that I’d wager, and it isn’t over yet.
Animosity at a funeral is always a good look
Happened at my dad’s funeral – there was a lot of contention about where to bury him – oldest brother nearly didn’t attend, and said after that older brother and younger sister were dead to him (and hasn’t spoken to either in nearly six years since)
I wonder if my siblings will bother to turn up at my funeral.
ms spock said:
Neophyte said:
ruby said:Thumbs up again. What would we call it kii?
How about Scribbly Gum News, in honour of the old forum?
Oh the Scribbly Forum. I do miss it.
It was a good place. :)
roughbarked said:
Neophyte said:
Cymek said:Animosity at a funeral is always a good look
Happened at my dad’s funeral – there was a lot of contention about where to bury him – oldest brother nearly didn’t attend, and said after that older brother and younger sister were dead to him (and hasn’t spoken to either in nearly six years since)
I wonder if my siblings will bother to turn up at my funeral.
Why wouldn’t they?
SCIENCE said:
kii said:
Is it too insane of me to get some cat-shaped door stops? Like weighted pillow type ones?
maybe some human internal organ shaped ones
ETSY but likely overpriced
captain_spalding said:
kii said:I am reminded of that time I was on one of the old Manly ferries.
They’re a glorious way to commute.
A bracing harbour trip to wake you up in the morning, a relaxing return trip to de-stress you at day’s end.
I loved commuting by Sydney ferry. Cremorne Point to the Quay, then another one to Miller’s Point. Worked in a kitchen of a half-way house for alcoholics suffering from Korsakoff syndrome, duties included making lemon spread sangers and dealing with the cook who was an raging alcoholic.
kii said:
ms spock said:
kii said:
Awake and alive. Sleep was uneventful. Brekky was the usual.The doves are making that weird “ooo” sound near my window. I noticed it last year when I had first arrived here in Upper Bunbury.
In Big News…I started doodling yesterday!! I haven’t doodled for years. It was always part of my regulating my brane thingy.
Great that you are doodling again!
Are the doves breeding? Can you see a nest?
I expect that they are breeding. They are nested in a very tall tree. I can’t see them, because if I look up for too long I get wobbly and fall over.
:(
ChrispenEvan said:
Neophyte said:
Neophyte said:
I’m a member of an online music forum based in the UK – one of the regulars is a fellow that used to work in book publishing…thought some bods here might get a chuckle out of his latest posting…———————
I once asked Norah Smallwood, Iris Murdoch’s editor and boss of Chatto & Windus why her books were getting baggier and baggier and why didn’t someone give her a good edit. “Oh, we would never edit Iris,” came the reply.
Another literary titan who was never edited was Barbara Cartland. Her novels were delivered to her publisher by her chauffeur wrapped in brown paper and string, and went straight into production. Nobody ever read them beforehand.
As for dodgy celebs writing children’s books, there’s no evidence either way as far as I know. I’ve never read any of ’s books, but they were such a huge success that they must work on their own terms, whoever wrote them. Naturally, legit children’s writers did a lot of grumbling about celebs who don’t even write their own books, but it’s not completely unknown for celebs to write their own books. No doubt somebody at HarperCollins will blow the whistle soon.
Talking of dodgy celebs, I have before me a copy of Looking at Pictures with Rolf Harris, published by Phaidon in 1978. I can’t remember how it happened, but the late commissioned the book, wrote the text, sourced the paintings and saw it through to publication. All Harris did, apart from turning up to one meeting right at the beginning, was supply a few of his trademark squiggles. He signed it for her, and reads, in part, “Hope you like the end product, love Rolf.”
“Like it? I fucking wrote it,” was what she said.
Oops – didn’t print the names, but the children’s book author is David Walliams, and the Rolf Harris ghost was the publisher’s late wife.
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/nov/10/david-walliams-accused-preying-on-young-women-for-sex
Yeah and David Walliam has been accused of predating oon young girls.
kii said:
captain_spalding said:
kii said:I am reminded of that time I was on one of the old Manly ferries.
They’re a glorious way to commute.
A bracing harbour trip to wake you up in the morning, a relaxing return trip to de-stress you at day’s end.
I loved commuting by Sydney ferry. Cremorne Point to the Quay, then another one to Miller’s Point. Worked in a kitchen of a half-way house for alcoholics suffering from Korsakoff syndrome, duties included making lemon spread sangers and dealing with the cook who was an raging alcoholic.
Witty Rejoinder said:
roughbarked said:
Neophyte said:Happened at my dad’s funeral – there was a lot of contention about where to bury him – oldest brother nearly didn’t attend, and said after that older brother and younger sister were dead to him (and hasn’t spoken to either in nearly six years since)
I wonder if my siblings will bother to turn up at my funeral.
Why wouldn’t they?
i never see them since mum died.
roughbarked said:
ChrispenEvan said:
Neophyte said:Oops – didn’t print the names, but the children’s book author is David Walliams, and the Rolf Harris ghost was the publisher’s late wife.
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/nov/10/david-walliams-accused-preying-on-young-women-for-sex
Yeah and David Walliam has been accused of predating oon young girls.
I’m sure we all remember how much used to be excused as boys being boys in relation to it all
I imagine you might find in relation to bands that a number of the members are guilty of underage relationships with girl
Written off as fandom behaviours and the lifestyle of rock n roll bands
roughbarked said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
roughbarked said:I wonder if my siblings will bother to turn up at my funeral.
Why wouldn’t they?
i never see them since mum died.
Why not?
roughbarked said:
Neophyte said:
Cymek said:Animosity at a funeral is always a good look
Happened at my dad’s funeral – there was a lot of contention about where to bury him – oldest brother nearly didn’t attend, and said after that older brother and younger sister were dead to him (and hasn’t spoken to either in nearly six years since)
I wonder if my siblings will bother to turn up at my funeral.
I do not give a shit who turns up to my funeral… no one can come and everyone…. none of it will be a bother to me…
kii said:
Is it too insane of me to get some cat-shaped door stops? Like weighted pillow type ones?
It would be, if you didn’t have any doors.😁
Witty Rejoinder said:
roughbarked said:
Witty Rejoinder said:Why wouldn’t they?
i never see them since mum died.
Why not?
They are in their own worlds. When mum was dying, I thanked my brother’s wife for coming. She said, “no. Thank you for looking after her for the last 27 years”. Brother and sister would come back at Christmas or whenever and dump their kids on her and go socialise with their sporty friends. Sister in law did the best she could while she was here. Our family was split up when we we very young. Father had an incident with the crank handle of a tractor that backfired and messed up his internals.
He had is intestines out on the table being untangled on the same day my younger sister was born. It was a new thing at the time and apparently he was the first person in the world to survive such an operation. He was just lucky that Australia’s #1 surgeon was the fly in fly out bloke on the day. He spent so much time in hospitals with hernias and had 19 major operations.We were all farmed out to different relatives as youngsters and never really formed a bond.
Arts said:
roughbarked said:
Neophyte said:Happened at my dad’s funeral – there was a lot of contention about where to bury him – oldest brother nearly didn’t attend, and said after that older brother and younger sister were dead to him (and hasn’t spoken to either in nearly six years since)
I wonder if my siblings will bother to turn up at my funeral.
I do not give a shit who turns up to my funeral… no one can come and everyone…. none of it will be a bother to me…
exactly.
roughbarked said:
ChrispenEvan said:
Neophyte said:Oops – didn’t print the names, but the children’s book author is David Walliams, and the Rolf Harris ghost was the publisher’s late wife.
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/nov/10/david-walliams-accused-preying-on-young-women-for-sex
Yeah and David Walliam has been accused of predating oon young girls.
I haven’t read the news since very early this morning. I think “accused” is the relevent word here at the moment. Has he been charged with anything? I have no interest in him, I never watched Little Britain, and I didn’t recognise the face when I saw the news item.
roughbarked said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
roughbarked said:i never see them since mum died.
Why not?
They are in their own worlds. When mum was dying, I thanked my brother’s wife for coming. She said, “no. Thank you for looking after her for the last 27 years”. Brother and sister would come back at Christmas or whenever and dump their kids on her and go socialise with their sporty friends. Sister in law did the best she could while she was here. Our family was split up when we we very young. Father had an incident with the crank handle of a tractor that backfired and messed up his internals.
He had is intestines out on the table being untangled on the same day my younger sister was born. It was a new thing at the time and apparently he was the first person in the world to survive such an operation. He was just lucky that Australia’s #1 surgeon was the fly in fly out bloke on the day. He spent so much time in hospitals with hernias and had 19 major operations.We were all farmed out to different relatives as youngsters and never really formed a bond.
Complex dynamics for all involved.
I think I had a fairly uneventful childhood. One sister is estranged now, but she was always a bit weird.
buffy said:
roughbarked said:
ChrispenEvan said:https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/nov/10/david-walliams-accused-preying-on-young-women-for-sex
Yeah and David Walliam has been accused of predating oon young girls.
I haven’t read the news since very early this morning. I think “accused” is the relevent word here at the moment. Has he been charged with anything? I have no interest in him, I never watched Little Britain, and I didn’t recognise the face when I saw the news item.
As far as I heard. The word was accused.
buffy said:
roughbarked said:
ChrispenEvan said:
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/nov/10/david-walliams-accused-preying-on-young-women-for-sex
Yeah and David Walliam has been accused of predating oon young girls.
I haven’t read the news since very early this morning. I think “accused” is the relevent word here at the moment. Has he been charged with anything? I have no interest in him, I never watched Little Britain, and I didn’t recognise the face when I saw the news item.
yeah we hydroxylamine the dude as well though we recognise that it is said that false accusations are rare so if justice need be served then they should go right ahead and serve it
we did see extensive rumour on social media recently that the “can’t be named or he will hurt himself” case was his
roughbarked said:
Arts said:
roughbarked said:I wonder if my siblings will bother to turn up at my funeral.
I do not give a shit who turns up to my funeral… no one can come and everyone…. none of it will be a bother to me…
exactly.
The reading of her will OTOH…
SCIENCE said:
buffy said:
roughbarked said:
Yeah and David Walliam has been accused of predating oon young girls.
I haven’t read the news since very early this morning. I think “accused” is the relevent word here at the moment. Has he been charged with anything? I have no interest in him, I never watched Little Britain, and I didn’t recognise the face when I saw the news item.
yeah we hydroxylamine the dude as well though we recognise that it is said that false accusations are rare so if justice need be served then they should go right ahead and serve it
we did see extensive rumour on social media recently that the “can’t be named or he will hurt himself” case was his
As always I imagine it was brushed under the carpet, victims further victimised to shut up and as money is involved that took precedence for those that could have done something.
I can’t imagine though with such unequal power structures it would be easy to do something without risking ones career or threatened with legal action
Cymek said:
SCIENCE said:buffy said:
I haven’t read the news since very early this morning. I think “accused” is the relevent word here at the moment. Has he been charged with anything? I have no interest in him, I never watched Little Britain, and I didn’t recognise the face when I saw the news item.
yeah we hydroxylamine the dude as well though we recognise that it is said that false accusations are rare so if justice need be served then they should go right ahead and serve it
we did see extensive rumour on social media recently that the “can’t be named or he will hurt himself” case was his
As always I imagine it was brushed under the carpet, victims further victimised to shut up and as money is involved that took precedence for those that could have done something.
I can’t imagine though with such unequal power structures it would be easy to do something without risking ones career or threatened with legal action
Just make an anonymous call to the police and the 15yo’s parents.
Arts said:
roughbarked said:
Neophyte said:Happened at my dad’s funeral – there was a lot of contention about where to bury him – oldest brother nearly didn’t attend, and said after that older brother and younger sister were dead to him (and hasn’t spoken to either in nearly six years since)
I wonder if my siblings will bother to turn up at my funeral.
I do not give a shit who turns up to my funeral… no one can come and everyone…. none of it will be a bother to me…
Yeah, you’ll be there, that’s the important thing.
DA seems to have been kidnapped. I’‘ll notify the authorities.
Peak Warming Man said:
DA seems to have been kidnapped. I’‘ll notify the authorities.
Was there a Saturday night triv this week? I don’t recall seeing one.
Meanwhile
https://reneedoesstuff.substack.com/p/puritans-wouldnt-eat-pussy-so-they
Woodie said:
Peak Warming Man said:
DA seems to have been kidnapped. I’‘ll notify the authorities.
Was there a Saturday night triv this week? I don’t recall seeing one.
No, so we can narrow down the date of the kidnapping.
Peak Warming Man said:
Woodie said:
Peak Warming Man said:
DA seems to have been kidnapped. I’‘ll notify the authorities.
Was there a Saturday night triv this week? I don’t recall seeing one.
No, so we can narrow down the date of the kidnapping.
We’ll have to have a whip around for the ransom money.
Peak Warming Man said:
DA seems to have been kidnapped. I’‘ll notify the authorities.
she’s fine
Arts said:
Peak Warming Man said:
DA seems to have been kidnapped. I’‘ll notify the authorities.
she’s fine
Good good, I’ll tell them to call off the search.
Woodie said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Woodie said:Was there a Saturday night triv this week? I don’t recall seeing one.
No, so we can narrow down the date of the kidnapping.
We’ll have to have a whip around for the ransom money.
I have a deena, a couple of zacs, a throopence, 4 pennies, 3 haypnees, and one farthing. Any use?
Michael V said:
Woodie said:
Peak Warming Man said:No, so we can narrow down the date of the kidnapping.
We’ll have to have a whip around for the ransom money.
I have a deena, a couple of zacs, a throopence, 4 pennies, 3 haypnees, and one farthing. Any use?
A nice new shiny florin should do the trick. Ransomers like shiny things. Keeps them distracted so the kidnapee can escape.
And just about time to head off to Hamilton for archery.
Peak Warming Man said:
Arts said:
Peak Warming Man said:
DA seems to have been kidnapped. I’‘ll notify the authorities.
she’s fine
Good good, I’ll tell them to call off the search.
Shed repairs are underway. Quote for needed materials came in at $1972 inc delivery.
I’ve got the man in.
He’s the same one that built the internal wall for the train room, and replaced the rotten wooden retaining wall around the shed with concrete breeze blocks.
It’s all still standing perfectly after 23 years. ie. No cracks or anything in the retaining wall. Still perfectly straight.
and in other news, storms are a brewing.
………….. a number of fizzing bits coming in from the west.
Woodie said:
Michael V said:
Woodie said:We’ll have to have a whip around for the ransom money.
I have a deena, a couple of zacs, a throopence, 4 pennies, 3 haypnees, and one farthing. Any use?
A nice new shiny florin should do the trick. Ransomers like shiny things. Keeps them distracted so the kidnapee can escape.
I’ve got a small stack of monats I’d like to get rid of.
And a Rhodesian One Hundred TRILLION dollar note.
Woodie said:
Shed repairs are underway. Quote for needed materials came in at $1972 inc delivery.I’ve got the man in.
He’s the same one that built the internal wall for the train room, and replaced the rotten wooden retaining wall around the shed with concrete breeze blocks.
It’s all still standing perfectly after 23 years. ie. No cracks or anything in the retaining wall. Still perfectly straight.
Good work.
Woodie said:
Michael V said:
Woodie said:We’ll have to have a whip around for the ransom money.
I have a deena, a couple of zacs, a throopence, 4 pennies, 3 haypnees, and one farthing. Any use?
A nice new shiny florin should do the trick. Ransomers like shiny things. Keeps them distracted so the kidnapee can escape.
:)
Woodie said:
Shed repairs are underway. Quote for needed materials came in at $1972 inc delivery.I’ve got the man in.
He’s the same one that built the internal wall for the train room, and replaced the rotten wooden retaining wall around the shed with concrete breeze blocks.
It’s all still standing perfectly after 23 years. ie. No cracks or anything in the retaining wall. Still perfectly straight.
Good, good.
:)
Woodie said:
and in other news, storms are a brewing.………….. a number of fizzing bits coming in from the west.
The redoubt is about to gat some precipatation.
Woodie said:
and in other news, storms are a brewing.………….. a number of fizzing bits coming in from the west.
Dirty weather afoot..
dv said:
Meanwhile
https://reneedoesstuff.substack.com/p/puritans-wouldnt-eat-pussy-so-they
They’re eating the cats!
Woodie said:
and in other news, storms are a brewing.………….. a number of fizzing bits coming in from the west.
Gunna get you, or miss you?
(Can’t tell about our nearby storms just yet.)
Spiny Norman said:
Woodie said:
Michael V said:I have a deena, a couple of zacs, a throopence, 4 pennies, 3 haypnees, and one farthing. Any use?
A nice new shiny florin should do the trick. Ransomers like shiny things. Keeps them distracted so the kidnapee can escape.
I’ve got a small stack of monats I’d like to get rid of.
And a Rhodesian One Hundred TRILLION dollar note.
It all helps.
Michael V said:
Woodie said:
and in other news, storms are a brewing.………….. a number of fizzing bits coming in from the west.
Gunna get you, or miss you?
(Can’t tell about our nearby storms just yet.)
Big radar blot heading for Toowoomba.
Or, there was.
Now that i’ve brought the washing in off the line, it’ll find somewhere else to go.
Michael V said:
Spiny Norman said:
Woodie said:A nice new shiny florin should do the trick. Ransomers like shiny things. Keeps them distracted so the kidnapee can escape.
I’ve got a small stack of monats I’d like to get rid of.
And a Rhodesian One Hundred TRILLION dollar note.
It all helps.
I’ve got a couple of English shillings from the 1870s and 1880s.
And a brass bar token from US Navy Support Command, Saigon.
The POS Honda I drive sprung another leak somewhere a couple of weeks ago in the radiator I think. I can make to all the local places I need to go okay, just top it up with water after it cools down.
I decided that wasn’t as much fun as it used to be so I bought a bottle of stop leak from the local car shop and dumped it into the radiator filler. Followed the instructions and it seems to have worked quite well. I drove it about 15 km yesterday and I popped out of the shop to have a look under it and couldn’t see any drops of water under the front, so that was pleasing.
Got home yesterday arvo and I parked the car near the garage (I usually park it about ten metres away down the driveway but I felt lazy) and when I had another look under the front there seemed to be a small puddle.
Shit.
I need to use it again tonight to go to Techspace so i had a look under the bonnet and the radiator is still full and so was the overflow bottle. So no idea where the puddle from yesterday avro came from. I’ll check again tonight after I get home.
Peak Warming Man said:
Woodie said:
and in other news, storms are a brewing.………….. a number of fizzing bits coming in from the west.
The redoubt is about to gat some precipatation.
Wetness. Wetness. Won’t somebody witness the wetness?
Spiny Norman said:
The POS Honda I drive sprung another leak somewhere a couple of weeks ago in the radiator I think. I can make to all the local places I need to go okay, just top it up with water after it cools down.
I decided that wasn’t as much fun as it used to be so I bought a bottle of stop leak from the local car shop and dumped it into the radiator filler. Followed the instructions and it seems to have worked quite well. I drove it about 15 km yesterday and I popped out of the shop to have a look under it and couldn’t see any drops of water under the front, so that was pleasing.
Got home yesterday arvo and I parked the car near the garage (I usually park it about ten metres away down the driveway but I felt lazy) and when I had another look under the front there seemed to be a small puddle.
Shit.
I need to use it again tonight to go to Techspace so i had a look under the bonnet and the radiator is still full and so was the overflow bottle. So no idea where the puddle from yesterday avro came from. I’ll check again tonight after I get home.
Spalding Jr went to Techspace a couple of times several years back. Was impressed.
Would it be the same one?
captain_spalding said:
Spiny Norman said:
The POS Honda I drive sprung another leak somewhere a couple of weeks ago in the radiator I think. I can make to all the local places I need to go okay, just top it up with water after it cools down.
I decided that wasn’t as much fun as it used to be so I bought a bottle of stop leak from the local car shop and dumped it into the radiator filler. Followed the instructions and it seems to have worked quite well. I drove it about 15 km yesterday and I popped out of the shop to have a look under it and couldn’t see any drops of water under the front, so that was pleasing.
Got home yesterday arvo and I parked the car near the garage (I usually park it about ten metres away down the driveway but I felt lazy) and when I had another look under the front there seemed to be a small puddle.
Shit.
I need to use it again tonight to go to Techspace so i had a look under the bonnet and the radiator is still full and so was the overflow bottle. So no idea where the puddle from yesterday avro came from. I’ll check again tonight after I get home.
Spalding Jr went to Techspace a couple of times several years back. Was impressed.
Would it be the same one?
Maybe. Mine’s at Mudgeeraba so a bit of a drive from your place. Or quite like his as well … ?
Spiny Norman said:
captain_spalding said:
Spiny Norman said:
The POS Honda I drive sprung another leak somewhere a couple of weeks ago in the radiator I think. I can make to all the local places I need to go okay, just top it up with water after it cools down.
I decided that wasn’t as much fun as it used to be so I bought a bottle of stop leak from the local car shop and dumped it into the radiator filler. Followed the instructions and it seems to have worked quite well. I drove it about 15 km yesterday and I popped out of the shop to have a look under it and couldn’t see any drops of water under the front, so that was pleasing.
Got home yesterday arvo and I parked the car near the garage (I usually park it about ten metres away down the driveway but I felt lazy) and when I had another look under the front there seemed to be a small puddle.
Shit.
I need to use it again tonight to go to Techspace so i had a look under the bonnet and the radiator is still full and so was the overflow bottle. So no idea where the puddle from yesterday avro came from. I’ll check again tonight after I get home.
Spalding Jr went to Techspace a couple of times several years back. Was impressed.
Would it be the same one?
Maybe. Mine’s at Mudgeeraba so a bit of a drive from your place. Or quite like his as well … ?
He was in Brisbane at the time.
captain_spalding said:
Spiny Norman said:
captain_spalding said:Spalding Jr went to Techspace a couple of times several years back. Was impressed.
Would it be the same one?
Maybe. Mine’s at Mudgeeraba so a bit of a drive from your place. Or quite like his as well … ?
He was in Brisbane at the time.
I think there’s one there as well.
Spiny Norman said:
captain_spalding said:
Spiny Norman said:Maybe. Mine’s at Mudgeeraba so a bit of a drive from your place. Or quite like his as well … ?
He was in Brisbane at the time.
I think there’s one there as well.
Yeah, i suppose that make more sense.
Ian said:
Woodie said:
and in other news, storms are a brewing.………….. a number of fizzing bits coming in from the west.
Dirty weather afoot..
Ooh, Aah.
Our area:
Spiny Norman said:
The POS Honda I drive sprung another leak somewhere a couple of weeks ago in the radiator I think. I can make to all the local places I need to go okay, just top it up with water after it cools down.
I decided that wasn’t as much fun as it used to be so I bought a bottle of stop leak from the local car shop and dumped it into the radiator filler. Followed the instructions and it seems to have worked quite well. I drove it about 15 km yesterday and I popped out of the shop to have a look under it and couldn’t see any drops of water under the front, so that was pleasing.
Got home yesterday arvo and I parked the car near the garage (I usually park it about ten metres away down the driveway but I felt lazy) and when I had another look under the front there seemed to be a small puddle.
Shit.
I need to use it again tonight to go to Techspace so i had a look under the bonnet and the radiator is still full and so was the overflow bottle. So no idea where the puddle from yesterday avro came from. I’ll check again tonight after I get home.
I didn’t mind the Honda we had for a few years. Early Accord.
Spiny Norman said:
Woodie said:
Michael V said:I have a deena, a couple of zacs, a throopence, 4 pennies, 3 haypnees, and one farthing. Any use?
A nice new shiny florin should do the trick. Ransomers like shiny things. Keeps them distracted so the kidnapee can escape.
I’ve got a small stack of monats I’d like to get rid of.
And a Rhodesian One Hundred TRILLION dollar note.
I haven’t got a brass razoo to give
Michael V said:
Spiny Norman said:
The POS Honda I drive sprung another leak somewhere a couple of weeks ago in the radiator I think. I can make to all the local places I need to go okay, just top it up with water after it cools down.
I decided that wasn’t as much fun as it used to be so I bought a bottle of stop leak from the local car shop and dumped it into the radiator filler. Followed the instructions and it seems to have worked quite well. I drove it about 15 km yesterday and I popped out of the shop to have a look under it and couldn’t see any drops of water under the front, so that was pleasing.
Got home yesterday arvo and I parked the car near the garage (I usually park it about ten metres away down the driveway but I felt lazy) and when I had another look under the front there seemed to be a small puddle.
Shit.
I need to use it again tonight to go to Techspace so i had a look under the bonnet and the radiator is still full and so was the overflow bottle. So no idea where the puddle from yesterday avro came from. I’ll check again tonight after I get home.
I didn’t mind the Honda we had for a few years. Early Accord.
This is a ’99 V-6 Accord.
It’s otherwise a good car but it suffering from lack of maintenance in it’s life before us. I patch up what I can but it’s non-stop really.
kii said:
Spiny Norman said:
Woodie said:A nice new shiny florin should do the trick. Ransomers like shiny things. Keeps them distracted so the kidnapee can escape.
I’ve got a small stack of monats I’d like to get rid of.
And a Rhodesian One Hundred TRILLION dollar note.
I haven’t got a brass razoo to give
Want some monats or riyals?
Spiny Norman said:
kii said:
Spiny Norman said:I’ve got a small stack of monats I’d like to get rid of.
And a Rhodesian One Hundred TRILLION dollar note.
I haven’t got a brass razoo to give
Want some monats or riyals?
Nah, I have a few Estonian pre-Soviet kroon banknotes, including one like this:
I have them in frames…packed away in my storage unit.
Michael V said:
Ian said:
Woodie said:
and in other news, storms are a brewing.………….. a number of fizzing bits coming in from the west.
Dirty weather afoot..
Ooh, Aah.
Our area:
It’s been a very impressive build up here this arvo. Got out my Total Peril Black Brownout glasses for the visuals.
Ended up with a bit of rain along with some very strong wind gusts.
You’ll get your turn.
Michael V said:
Woodie said:
and in other news, storms are a brewing.………….. a number of fizzing bits coming in from the west.
Gunna get you, or miss you?
(Can’t tell about our nearby storms just yet.)
Seems to have all fizzled out into SEQ.
https://www.givesendgo.com/stand-with-lauren
Something is messed up when you can get paid just for being racist
kii said:
Spiny Norman said:
kii said:I haven’t got a brass razoo to give
Want some monats or riyals?
Nah, I have a few Estonian pre-Soviet kroon banknotes, including one like this:
I have them in frames…packed away in my storage unit.
Nice!
Michael V said:
Ian said:
Woodie said:
and in other news, storms are a brewing.………….. a number of fizzing bits coming in from the west.
Dirty weather afoot..
Ooh, Aah.
Our area:
I’ve been to Pomona. When the bing machine in the car said turn left.
dv said:
https://www.givesendgo.com/stand-with-laurenSomething is messed up when you can get paid just for being racist
Yeah.
:(
Woodie said:
Michael V said:
Ian said:Dirty weather afoot..
Ooh, Aah.
Our area:
I’ve been to Pomona. When the bing machine in the car said turn left.
Did you get to see the Majestic Theatre?
Nice town. Good coffee and good food.
Michael V said:
Woodie said:
Michael V said:Ooh, Aah.
Our area:
I’ve been to Pomona. When the bing machine in the car said turn left.
Did you get to see the Majestic Theatre?
Nice town. Good coffee and good food.
and a hill.
Black as the inside of a cat.
captain_spalding said:
Michael V said:
Woodie said:I’ve been to Pomona. When the bing machine in the car said turn left.
Did you get to see the Majestic Theatre?
Nice town. Good coffee and good food.
and a hill.
Yes, yes it has a hill. A steep hill.
Michael V said:
dv said:
https://www.givesendgo.com/stand-with-laurenSomething is messed up when you can get paid just for being racist
Yeah.
:(
Heckler Throws 2 Beers at Australian Comedian | Daniel Muggleton
Peak Warming Man said:
Black as the inside of a cat.
Meow.
roughbarked said:
David Walliams’s whistleblower doubtful she will be able to work in TV industry again
British funnymen, ay? Wonder who’s next.
Bubblecar said:
roughbarked said:
David Walliams’s whistleblower doubtful she will be able to work in TV industry againBritish funnymen, ay? Wonder who’s next.
Most of the old school ones are dead
Cymek said:
Bubblecar said:
roughbarked said:
David Walliams’s whistleblower doubtful she will be able to work in TV industry againBritish funnymen, ay? Wonder who’s next.
Most of the old school ones are dead
Need to see which ones Prince Andrew offered up to be knighted
RIP Stacy Keach.
Heard my first koel of the season’
Peak Warming Man said:
Heard my first koel of the season’
The fir-r-rst koel, the angels did say
Was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay….
Neophyte said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Heard my first koel of the season’
The fir-r-rst koel, the angels did say
Was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay….
I thought of that as I typed it.
I don’t know, hash browns don’t really spell “Christmas” in my book.
Peak Warming Man said:
Heard my first koel of the season’
Huh!
They arrived here in September. There must be a dozen or so here. Three weer calling just a minute or so ago. Not the usual “koel, koel” call, but the trying-to-distract-other-birds call.
Peak Warming Man said:
Neophyte said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Heard my first koel of the season’
The fir-r-rst koel, the angels did say
Was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay….
I thought of that as I typed it.
I generally report “Christmas is coming, I heard the first Koel of the season”, or some-such.
Bubblecar said:
I don’t know, hash browns don’t really spell “Christmas” in my book.
Gourd.
Michael V said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Heard my first koel of the season’
Huh!
They arrived here in September. There must be a dozen or so here. Three weer calling just a minute or so ago. Not the usual “koel, koel” call, but the trying-to-distract-other-birds call.
Nice.
We got an inch out of that lot, the Redlands just down the coast got 2 inches.
Peak Warming Man said:
We got an inch out of that lot, the Redlands just down the coast got 2 inches.
Good. We got just a few spots. There’s more coming, but it seems to be thinning.
Made one of these on the printer this morning.
It’s very odd and I have a lot of trouble getting me head around the geometry.
Spiny Norman said:
Made one of these on the printer this morning.
It’s very odd and I have a lot of trouble getting me head around the geometry.
Looks like an excellent fidget device.
kii said:
Spiny Norman said:
Made one of these on the printer this morning.
It’s very odd and I have a lot of trouble getting me head around the geometry.
Looks like an excellent fidget device.
It is indeed intriguing.
While there have been plenty of people who have volunteered anecdotes about Russell Brand’s behaviour in the 1990s and early 2000s
https://www.irishstar.com/culture/entertainment/russell-brand-guilty-classmate-trial-37857817.amp
… it should be noted that it basically doesn’t say anything more about him than he said himself in his own book, Booky Wook.
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/nov/05/the-downfall-of-russell-brand-from-big-brother-and-hollywood-to-convicted-rapist
The “confessions” have a patina of shame over a base of pride of what a lad he was, that they were childish indiscretions of a man in his 20s and 30s. It’s a bit easy not to like him. There’s been much sense in his defence by Senator Babet, with the implication that the accusations are without evidence, but at least one accuser have external evidence of presenting to a sexual health nurse who had advised her to go to the police.
As some of you know, a member of my family suffered what was used to call an indecent assault at her workplace some years ago. I told her she should go to the police, others said it would be useless … in the end, others were right. Her word against his, “misunderstanding” etc. But that is certainly still what I think should happen, even though it can be easier said than done.and even though the short term outcome might be nothing. Get it on record.
dv said:
While there have been plenty of people who have volunteered anecdotes about Russell Brand’s behaviour in the 1990s and early 2000shttps://www.irishstar.com/culture/entertainment/russell-brand-guilty-classmate-trial-37857817.amp
… it should be noted that it basically doesn’t say anything more about him than he said himself in his own book, Booky Wook.
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/nov/05/the-downfall-of-russell-brand-from-big-brother-and-hollywood-to-convicted-rapist
The “confessions” have a patina of shame over a base of pride of what a lad he was, that they were childish indiscretions of a man in his 20s and 30s. It’s a bit easy not to like him. There’s been much sense in his defence by Senator Babet, with the implication that the accusations are without evidence, but at least one accuser have external evidence of presenting to a sexual health nurse who had advised her to go to the police.
As some of you know, a member of my family suffered what was used to call an indecent assault at her workplace some years ago. I told her she should go to the police, others said it would be useless … in the end, others were right. Her word against his, “misunderstanding” etc. But that is certainly still what I think should happen, even though it can be easier said than done.and even though the short term outcome might be nothing. Get it on record.
I never like Russell Brand, he always made me feel “off”.
Also, yes, get the assault on record.
kii said:
dv said:
While there have been plenty of people who have volunteered anecdotes about Russell Brand’s behaviour in the 1990s and early 2000shttps://www.irishstar.com/culture/entertainment/russell-brand-guilty-classmate-trial-37857817.amp
… it should be noted that it basically doesn’t say anything more about him than he said himself in his own book, Booky Wook.
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/nov/05/the-downfall-of-russell-brand-from-big-brother-and-hollywood-to-convicted-rapist
The “confessions” have a patina of shame over a base of pride of what a lad he was, that they were childish indiscretions of a man in his 20s and 30s. It’s a bit easy not to like him. There’s been much sense in his defence by Senator Babet, with the implication that the accusations are without evidence, but at least one accuser have external evidence of presenting to a sexual health nurse who had advised her to go to the police.
As some of you know, a member of my family suffered what was used to call an indecent assault at her workplace some years ago. I told her she should go to the police, others said it would be useless … in the end, others were right. Her word against his, “misunderstanding” etc. But that is certainly still what I think should happen, even though it can be easier said than done.and even though the short term outcome might be nothing. Get it on record.
I never like Russell Brand, he always made me feel “off”.
Also, yes, get the assault on record.
He was never anywhere near as entertaining or amusing as he thought he was, or claimed to be.
His schtick wore out its welcome very quickly. He often seemed to talk down to his audiences, and to demand that they find him ‘funny’.
That he had an ‘entertainment career’ seemed to be due to some feeling on his part that he was entitled to have one because he wanted it. You got the feeling that he’d bullied people into letting him onto the stage.
He was the entertainment arts’ equivalent of duct-taping a banana to a wall.
Well said, captain_spalding.
Much said, not much sense, I meant.
dv said:
…
As some of you know, a member of my family suffered what was used to call an indecent assault at her workplace some years ago. I told her she should go to the police, others said it would be useless … in the end, others were right. Her word against his, “misunderstanding” etc. But that is certainly still what I think should happen, even though it can be easier said than done.and even though the short term outcome might be nothing. Get it on record.
Reporting sexual assault to the police is particularly harrowing. You need to go through what happened in detail, which can be as traumatic as the assault itself.
And the less said about Brand’s pseudo-intellectual web series ‘The Trews’ the better. Like if Joe Rogan and Alex Jones had a nutter leftist lovechild:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trews_(web_series)
I don’t think I’ve ever really watched or followed RB. I have heard of him, but not really familiar with his body of work.
I know he was married to Katy Perry at one time. Lucky bastard.
btm said:
dv said:
…
As some of you know, a member of my family suffered what was used to call an indecent assault at her workplace some years ago. I told her she should go to the police, others said it would be useless … in the end, others were right. Her word against his, “misunderstanding” etc. But that is certainly still what I think should happen, even though it can be easier said than done.and even though the short term outcome might be nothing. Get it on record.
Reporting sexual assault to the police is particularly harrowing. You need to go through what happened in detail, which can be as traumatic as the assault itself.
Even after many years have passed.
Evenin’ all.
Long day, then fire training… long story.
Then organising how to repair/upgrade our new fire trailer.
Saturday morning will be the fire trailer fixing day.
The lady in charge of the schoolies leavers zone, wants to rent a fire trailer for the week.
The one that they used to rent is gone, but now we have one that they could use for a modest donation.
It just needs some work, and it’ll be ready to go.
kii said:
btm said:
dv said:
…
As some of you know, a member of my family suffered what was used to call an indecent assault at her workplace some years ago. I told her she should go to the police, others said it would be useless … in the end, others were right. Her word against his, “misunderstanding” etc. But that is certainly still what I think should happen, even though it can be easier said than done.and even though the short term outcome might be nothing. Get it on record.
Reporting sexual assault to the police is particularly harrowing. You need to go through what happened in detail, which can be as traumatic as the assault itself.
Even after many years have passed.
we note that “others were right” does not preclude the reporting first person from being right
Good morning Holidayers. Presently 7 degrees at the back door and lightly overcast. We are forecast a mostly sunny 23 degrees today.
Bakery Breakfast with my bushwandering friend. Probably a short walk in the Botanic Gardens. A bit more weeding later. I’ve picked and bundled some roses to put outside the bakery on the Free Produce stand.
Morning pilgrims.
Peak Warming Man said:
Morning pilgrims.
The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World, to That Which Is to Come is a 1678 Christian allegory written by the English nonconformist preacher John Bunyan. It is commonly regarded as one of the most significant works of Protestant devotional literature and of wider early-modern English literature. It has been translated into more than 200 languages, and has never been out of print. The first North American edition was issued in 1681. It also appeared in Dutch in 1681. It appeared in German in 1703, and in Swedish in 1727. The Pilgrim’s Progress, as it is commonly called, has also been cited as the first novel written in English
ChrispenEvan said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Morning pilgrims.
The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World, to That Which Is to Come is a 1678 Christian allegory written by the English nonconformist preacher John Bunyan. It is commonly regarded as one of the most significant works of Protestant devotional literature and of wider early-modern English literature. It has been translated into more than 200 languages, and has never been out of print. The first North American edition was issued in 1681. It also appeared in Dutch in 1681. It appeared in German in 1703, and in Swedish in 1727. The Pilgrim’s Progress, as it is commonly called, has also been cited as the first novel written in English
of course to all those that shout Reference! Reference! this extract is from Wiki.
ChrispenEvan said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Morning pilgrims.
The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World, to That Which Is to Come is a 1678 Christian allegory written by the English nonconformist preacher John Bunyan. It is commonly regarded as one of the most significant works of Protestant devotional literature and of wider early-modern English literature. It has been translated into more than 200 languages, and has never been out of print. The first North American edition was issued in 1681. It also appeared in Dutch in 1681. It appeared in German in 1703, and in Swedish in 1727. The Pilgrim’s Progress, as it is commonly called, has also been cited as the first novel written in English
Reference reference
Greetings
Just woke myself up playing my Morris dance Stamper! on the banjo, no less.
My banjo-plucking speed needs to improve by at least 30%.
Cymek said:
Greetings
Greetings, Cymek.
G’morning to all you other rugrats.
I’m awake and alive.
Some of my new appliances arrive today. It’s like Xmas!!
Postman has delivered my blood pressure monitor. I’ll give it a spin later.
About to scoff some lunch, then hang a load of towels on the line.
Bronze leg found in Scottish bog sheds new light on Roman occupation
A large bronze leg found in a bog in rural Scotland more than 200 years ago and then hidden away in a duke’s storeroom is helping to rewrite the history of the Roman empire.
Antiquarians argued that the so-called Mislington leg had been looted, perhaps from York, hacked off by marauding Scottish tribes and carried north over Hadrian’s Wall. “We cannot visualise the conditions which would have led to its erection anywhere north of the Great Wall,” said one scholar, James Curle, in 1932.
But archaeologists now believe the hefty gilded bronze limb came from the Scottish Borders and was part of a vast statue of the emperor Antoninus Pius on horseback, erected near Hawick after his armies had wrested control of southern Scotland in about AD140.
My new 3 litre water bottle has arrived. I’m pleased that it doesn’t have instructions on how to use it.
It is agreeable to see you all
🖖🏽🖖🏽🖖🏽
Bubblecar said:
Just woke myself up playing my Morris dance Stamper! on the banjo, no less.My banjo-plucking speed needs to improve by at least 30%.
:)
kii said:
Cymek said:
Greetings
Greetings, Cymek.
G’morning to all you other rugrats.
I’m awake and alive.
Some of my new appliances arrive today. It’s like Xmas!!
Xmas is good! 🧑🏽🎄🎄🛷🎁⛄☃️🌲🦌🎄🛷🎁
ms spock said:
kii said:
Cymek said:
Greetings
Greetings, Cymek.
G’morning to all you other rugrats.
I’m awake and alive.
Some of my new appliances arrive today. It’s like Xmas!!
Xmas is good! 🧑🏽🎄🎄🛷🎁⛄☃️🌲🦌🎄🛷🎁
I hate Xmas. I like buying myself gifts.
Toaster, electric kettle, and dish scrubbers have arrived. I like the non-plastic scrubbers.
Bubblecar said:
Bronze leg found in Scottish bog sheds new light on Roman occupationA large bronze leg found in a bog in rural Scotland more than 200 years ago and then hidden away in a duke’s storeroom is helping to rewrite the history of the Roman empire.
Antiquarians argued that the so-called Mislington leg had been looted, perhaps from York, hacked off by marauding Scottish tribes and carried north over Hadrian’s Wall. “We cannot visualise the conditions which would have led to its erection anywhere north of the Great Wall,” said one scholar, James Curle, in 1932.
But archaeologists now believe the hefty gilded bronze limb came from the Scottish Borders and was part of a vast statue of the emperor Antoninus Pius on horseback, erected near Hawick after his armies had wrested control of southern Scotland in about AD140.
Nice!
I have a silver Antoninus Pius COS IIII denarius (penny, if you like).
kii said:
ms spock said:
kii said:Greetings, Cymek.
G’morning to all you other rugrats.
I’m awake and alive.
Some of my new appliances arrive today. It’s like Xmas!!
Xmas is good! 🧑🏽🎄🎄🛷🎁⛄☃️🌲🦌🎄🛷🎁
I hate Xmas. I like buying myself gifts.
Toaster, electric kettle, and dish scrubbers have arrived. I like the non-plastic scrubbers.
Gifts are good!
I want to get a small metal egg flip for making small Red Lentil Flatbread.
A couple of years ago there was a BBC UK video doing the rounds of a man looking at an octopus in shallow water, and as he peered closer, the occy took a punch at him, coming short by a few inches. So it hunted him down later and got him. It was at the local beach right here.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-56612257
They found that kid lost in the Victorian Alps for 7 days.
Just finished a complicated earthworks quote and sent it. Now I’d better go and do some actual earthworks.
Back later.
Kingy said:
Just finished a complicated earthworks quote and sent it. Now I’d better go and do some actual earthworks.Back later.
C ya Kingy
Witty Rejoinder said:
They found that kid lost in the Victorian Alps for 7 days.
Good, very, very good.
Michael V said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
They found that kid lost in the Victorian Alps for 7 days.
Good, very, very good.
Blimy.
well this sounds exciting
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-11-12/nsw-train-fall-incident-milsons-point/107377826
Peak Warming Man said:
Michael V said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
They found that kid lost in the Victorian Alps for 7 days.
Good, very, very good.
Blimy.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-11-12/missing-teenager-william-found-gippsland-bush/107372518
SCIENCE said:
well this sounds exciting
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-11-12/nsw-train-fall-incident-milsons-point/107377826
I wondered how that happened.
“2m ago
Boy was train surfing, police say
Inspector Barrett confirms the boy was train surfing on the outside of the carriage with two others at the time he fell.
“Review of CCTV and speaking to witnesses that were on board the service indicate that the male person was riding on the outside of the train, an activity which is commonly referred to as upper riding,” he says.”
Michael V said:
SCIENCE said:well this sounds exciting
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-11-12/nsw-train-fall-incident-milsons-point/107377826
I wondered how that happened.
“2m ago
Boy was train surfing, police say
Inspector Barrett confirms the boy was train surfing on the outside of the carriage with two others at the time he fell.“Review of CCTV and speaking to witnesses that were on board the service indicate that the male person was riding on the outside of the train, an activity which is commonly referred to as upper riding,” he says.”
You’d be pretty fucked once you started as unless someone saw you and alerted the driver, falling off would be quite easy at possible 100km/h
it’s all happening in Sydney these days apparently
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-11-12/secret-erin-patterson-evidence-remains-suppressed/107376964
In short:
In a partially redacted judgment published online, the Court of Appeal said there was a danger Patterson would face “unfair prejudice” if potential jurors knew about the evidence.
“While the evidence is nuanced and complex, it would be likely to attract very significant publicity with the potential to cause a real and substantial risk of prejudice to any future trial,” Justices Stephen McLeish, Lesley Taylor and Peter Kidd wrote.
For legal reasons, the ABC is unable to report details of what the evidence is but it certainly most amazingly interesting. So we won’t tell you anything more.
Ian said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-11-12/secret-erin-patterson-evidence-remains-suppressed/107376964In short:
In a partially redacted judgment published online, the Court of Appeal said there was a danger Patterson would face “unfair prejudice” if potential jurors knew about the evidence.
“While the evidence is nuanced and complex, it would be likely to attract very significant publicity with the potential to cause a real and substantial risk of prejudice to any future trial,” Justices Stephen McLeish, Lesley Taylor and Peter Kidd wrote.
For legal reasons, the ABC is unable to report details of what the evidence is but it certainly most amazingly interesting. So we won’t tell you anything more.
They’d better release it soon, there are umpteen books, films and mini-series waiting.
Michael V said:
SCIENCE said:well this sounds exciting
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-11-12/nsw-train-fall-incident-milsons-point/107377826
I wondered how that happened.
“2m ago
Boy was train surfing, police say
Inspector Barrett confirms the boy was train surfing on the outside of the carriage with two others at the time he fell.“Review of CCTV and speaking to witnesses that were on board the service indicate that the male person was riding on the outside of the train, an activity which is commonly referred to as upper riding,” he says.”
Well he won’t do that again.
Bubblecar said:
Ian said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-11-12/secret-erin-patterson-evidence-remains-suppressed/107376964In short:
In a partially redacted judgment published online, the Court of Appeal said there was a danger Patterson would face “unfair prejudice” if potential jurors knew about the evidence.
“While the evidence is nuanced and complex, it would be likely to attract very significant publicity with the potential to cause a real and substantial risk of prejudice to any future trial,” Justices Stephen McLeish, Lesley Taylor and Peter Kidd wrote.
For legal reasons, the ABC is unable to report details of what the evidence is but it certainly most amazingly interesting. So we won’t tell you anything more.
They’d better release it soon, there are umpteen books, films and mini-series waiting.
don’t worry just stay alive
The suppression order will lift if Patterson fails to apply for special leave to appeal to the High Court by November 27.
SCIENCE said:
it’s all happening in Sydney these days apparently
How to get rid of a couch surfer. Dump him in the bush.
SCIENCE said:
Bubblecar said:
Ian said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-11-12/secret-erin-patterson-evidence-remains-suppressed/107376964In short:
In a partially redacted judgment published online, the Court of Appeal said there was a danger Patterson would face “unfair prejudice” if potential jurors knew about the evidence.
“While the evidence is nuanced and complex, it would be likely to attract very significant publicity with the potential to cause a real and substantial risk of prejudice to any future trial,” Justices Stephen McLeish, Lesley Taylor and Peter Kidd wrote.
For legal reasons, the ABC is unable to report details of what the evidence is but it certainly most amazingly interesting. So we won’t tell you anything more.
They’d better release it soon, there are umpteen books, films and mini-series waiting.
don’t worry just stay alive
The suppression order will lift if Patterson fails to apply for special leave to appeal to the High Court by November 27.
What would she expect to happen at an appeal
Oh yeah we fucked up, evidence be damned, you’re free to go and we’ve entered you into Master Chef Australia
Cymek said:
Michael V said:
SCIENCE said:well this sounds exciting
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-11-12/nsw-train-fall-incident-milsons-point/107377826
I wondered how that happened.
“2m ago
Boy was train surfing, police say
Inspector Barrett confirms the boy was train surfing on the outside of the carriage with two others at the time he fell.“Review of CCTV and speaking to witnesses that were on board the service indicate that the male person was riding on the outside of the train, an activity which is commonly referred to as upper riding,” he says.”
You’d be pretty fucked once you started as unless someone saw you and alerted the driver, falling off would be quite easy at possible 100km/h
I don’t think they travel anywhere near that fast over the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
Michael V said:
Cymek said:
Michael V said:I wondered how that happened.
“2m ago
Boy was train surfing, police say
Inspector Barrett confirms the boy was train surfing on the outside of the carriage with two others at the time he fell.“Review of CCTV and speaking to witnesses that were on board the service indicate that the male person was riding on the outside of the train, an activity which is commonly referred to as upper riding,” he says.”
You’d be pretty fucked once you started as unless someone saw you and alerted the driver, falling off would be quite easy at possible 100km/h
I don’t think they travel anywhere near that fast over the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
I’d still hate to fall off a train at 20kmph.
roughbarked said:
Michael V said:
Cymek said:You’d be pretty fucked once you started as unless someone saw you and alerted the driver, falling off would be quite easy at possible 100km/h
I don’t think they travel anywhere near that fast over the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
I’d still hate to fall off a train at 20kmph.
No fun at any speed
roughbarked said:
SCIENCE said:
roughbarked said:
Michael V said:
SCIENCE said:
well this sounds exciting
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-11-12/nsw-train-fall-incident-milsons-point/107377826
I wondered how that happened.
“2m ago
Boy was train surfing, police say
Inspector Barrett confirms the boy was train surfing on the outside of the carriage with two others at the time he fell.“Review of CCTV and speaking to witnesses that were on board the service indicate that the male person was riding on the outside of the train, an activity which is commonly referred to as upper riding,” he says.”
Well he won’t do that again.
it’s all happening in Sydney these days apparently
How to get rid of a couch surfer. Dump him in the bush.
couch surfing, train surfing, guess surfing is just bad for life in general
we said on the internet
MV: The German Ward was a DNF for me. I just don’t care for the forbidden-romances-in war-genre. Gave it a red hot go and I just can’t do it.
Witty: Saw the Nathan Fielder – Elizabeth Holmes doco. Even though I read spoilers and knew what was going to happen, it is unhinged. We’ve been working our way through Nathan For You (available for free via ch 10 streaming) and I am cry-laughing.
Coles delivery arrived via the Coles truck (no name), usually it is Uber drivers. My new bucket and mop, a bendy duster, and a punnet of Baby Bravo apples.
Two men, one obviously in training.
Polite etc., they wished me a good afternoon. So I replied: Thanks, men.
I usually say “mate”, but my brain got confused because there were 2 of them.
Hopefully they are hearing impaired.
Divine Angel said:
MV: The German Ward was a DNF for me. I just don’t care for the forbidden-romances-in war-genre. Gave it a red hot go and I just can’t do it.Witty: Saw the Nathan Fielder – Elizabeth Holmes doco. Even though I read spoilers and knew what was going to happen, it is unhinged. We’ve been working our way through Nathan For You (available for free via ch 10 streaming) and I am cry-laughing.
Ta.
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
MV: The German Ward was a DNF for me. I just don’t care for the forbidden-romances-in war-genre. Gave it a red hot go and I just can’t do it.Witty: Saw the Nathan Fielder – Elizabeth Holmes doco. Even though I read spoilers and knew what was going to happen, it is unhinged. We’ve been working our way through Nathan For You (available for free via ch 10 streaming) and I am cry-laughing.
Ta.
Mrs V might still borrow it from the Library when it becomes available.
raining lightly light rain not heavy not moderate medium just very lightly like I said explained conveyed related informed communicated
had me a nibble on a thesaurus there, two minute noodles shortly
have a spoonbill for putting up with me momentarily, visited the dam for few days
transition said:
have a spoonbill for putting up with me momentarily, visited the dam for few days
Nice to see birdies fitted with such useful kitchenware.
DA peeped in, that’s good to see.
Farmer using a plastic bag to slow down the flow of water so the soil absorbs it more effectively
Quite clever I thought.
Bubblecar said:
DA peeped in, that’s good to see.
Someone paid the ransom.
Peak Warming Man said:
Bubblecar said:
DA peeped in, that’s good to see.
Someone paid the ransom.
we had a whip around. got tree fiddy in mixed denominations.
Peak Warming Man said:
Bubblecar said:
DA peeped in, that’s good to see.
Someone paid the ransom.
How much do they want to take her back?
captain_spalding said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Bubblecar said:
DA peeped in, that’s good to see.
Someone paid the ransom.
How much do they want to take her back?
we didn’t keep the receipt!!!!
I can understand her reaction after she dumps her top onto the ground and the giant insect crawls out.
Spiny Norman said:
I can understand her reaction after she dumps her top onto the ground and the giant insect crawls out.
Moderate sized beetle. Imagine if it were one of our big rhinoceros beetles, and it it had gone into hissing mode.
Michael V said:
Spiny Norman said:
I can understand her reaction after she dumps her top onto the ground and the giant insect crawls out.Moderate sized beetle. Imagine if it were one of our big rhinoceros beetles, and it it had gone into hissing mode.
:)
opens cold beer
I’m calling it the weekend. Happy ThNDC.
party_pants said:
opens cold beerI’m calling it the weekend. Happy ThNDC.
No cold beerage this end, but cheers.
It’s my youngest bro & sister’s birthday today, so I was thinking of getting some drinks in to celebrate, but then a little voice asked me: “Whose birthday is it today, yours?”
And I said “No,” and the little voice said, “Well then.”
Bubblecar said:
party_pants said:
opens cold beerI’m calling it the weekend. Happy ThNDC.
No cold beerage this end, but cheers.
It’s my youngest bro & sister’s birthday today, so I was thinking of getting some drinks in to celebrate, but then a little voice asked me: “Whose birthday is it today, yours?”
And I said “No,” and the little voice said, “Well then.”
I’ve had a busy week. I bought some yesterday just so I could be sure they were proper cold for when I got home today. Still quite warm here, nearing twilight and still in shorts and t-shirt. Perfect beer o’clock.
party_pants said:
Bubblecar said:
party_pants said:
opens cold beerI’m calling it the weekend. Happy ThNDC.
No cold beerage this end, but cheers.
It’s my youngest bro & sister’s birthday today, so I was thinking of getting some drinks in to celebrate, but then a little voice asked me: “Whose birthday is it today, yours?”
And I said “No,” and the little voice said, “Well then.”
I’ve had a busy week. I bought some yesterday just so I could be sure they were proper cold for when I got home today. Still quite warm here, nearing twilight and still in shorts and t-shirt. Perfect beer o’clock.
The Canberra bomber had a service life of 60 years, it was remarkable aircraft, it was used by the USAF and RAAF in Vietnam. Many countries bought them.
One was even shot down by a Harrier during the Falklands war, the photo resonance version, which had a service ceiling of 60 thousand feet, were still in service in 2003.
I drive past this one on my way to the redoubt, it’s a bit worse for wear.
Witty Rejoinder said:
party_pants said:
Bubblecar said:No cold beerage this end, but cheers.
It’s my youngest bro & sister’s birthday today, so I was thinking of getting some drinks in to celebrate, but then a little voice asked me: “Whose birthday is it today, yours?”
And I said “No,” and the little voice said, “Well then.”
I’ve had a busy week. I bought some yesterday just so I could be sure they were proper cold for when I got home today. Still quite warm here, nearing twilight and still in shorts and t-shirt. Perfect beer o’clock.
Just out of curiosity, do you buy an entire slab? Lately I’ve noticed a lot of people buying a 6-pack as though they think they’re saving money… Cost of living crisis my arse!
Yes, usually a 30 can carton of mid-strength.
party_pants said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
party_pants said:I’ve had a busy week. I bought some yesterday just so I could be sure they were proper cold for when I got home today. Still quite warm here, nearing twilight and still in shorts and t-shirt. Perfect beer o’clock.
Just out of curiosity, do you buy an entire slab? Lately I’ve noticed a lot of people buying a 6-pack as though they think they’re saving money… Cost of living crisis my arse!Yes, usually a 30 can carton of mid-strength.
Sometimes BWS has a special if you buy 2. I do take that up, but the second one I get a warm one. Don’t have enough room in the fridge for 2 boxes of beer.
party_pants said:
party_pants said:
Witty Rejoinder said:Just out of curiosity, do you buy an entire slab? Lately I’ve noticed a lot of people buying a 6-pack as though they think they’re saving money… Cost of living crisis my arse!
Yes, usually a 30 can carton of mid-strength.
Sometimes BWS has a special if you buy 2. I do take that up, but the second one I get a warm one. Don’t have enough room in the fridge for 2 boxes of beer.
Smart man. Can’t let cold beer warm up.
Witty Rejoinder said:
party_pants said:
party_pants said:Yes, usually a 30 can carton of mid-strength.
Sometimes BWS has a special if you buy 2. I do take that up, but the second one I get a warm one. Don’t have enough room in the fridge for 2 boxes of beer.
Smart man. Can’t let cold beer warm up.
The poms could.
Witty Rejoinder said:
party_pants said:
party_pants said:Yes, usually a 30 can carton of mid-strength.
Sometimes BWS has a special if you buy 2. I do take that up, but the second one I get a warm one. Don’t have enough room in the fridge for 2 boxes of beer.
Smart man. Can’t let cold beer warm up.
I reckon it gets a slightly off taste if you do that cold-warm-cold cycle. I know it’s only cheap commercial beer (Great Northern, Hahn etc) but I do notice it.
Peak Warming Man said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
party_pants said:Sometimes BWS has a special if you buy 2. I do take that up, but the second one I get a warm one. Don’t have enough room in the fridge for 2 boxes of beer.
Smart man. Can’t let cold beer warm up.
The poms could.
Theirs’ is never cold to begin with…
party_pants said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
party_pants said:Sometimes BWS has a special if you buy 2. I do take that up, but the second one I get a warm one. Don’t have enough room in the fridge for 2 boxes of beer.
Smart man. Can’t let cold beer warm up.
I reckon it gets a slightly off taste if you do that cold-warm-cold cycle. I know it’s only cheap commercial beer (Great Northern, Hahn etc) but I do notice it.
So do I.
Witty Rejoinder said:
party_pants said:
Witty Rejoinder said:Smart man. Can’t let cold beer warm up.
I reckon it gets a slightly off taste if you do that cold-warm-cold cycle. I know it’s only cheap commercial beer (Great Northern, Hahn etc) but I do notice it.
So do I.
Maybe it is more noticeable with cheap commercial beer :)
Peak Warming Man said:
The Canberra bomber had a service life of 60 years…
At first I thought that you meant the guy who sent letter bombs in Canberra in the late 1990s.
Apparently my eldest brother’s wife was sent one. I laughed when I heard about it, because she is one of the most annoying people I have ever met. I wondered what she had done to piss him off.
Eventually I came to realise that she is firmly on the ND spectrum. Mathematically on the savant range, could hold complex knitting patterns in her brain. Always finished my brother’s sentences for him, as she knitted furiously beside him.
I shouldn’t have laughed.
Evenin’ all.
The job was harder than expected. I had allowed 30 minutes bobcat time, and it ended being 3 hours.
Pro tip. If a pit manager tells you that the limestone has been screened to remove large chunks, ask what size screen?
I was trying to spread 30mm of limestone over a driveway, but there were large chunks of limestone in the mix. I rang the pit manager and asked WTF? You said it was screened. “Yeah, a 75mm screen”. Duh!
Most of the arvo was spent picking out large chunks of limestone from 10 tons of it, because I couldn’t blade it off without chunks rolling up and carving big grooves in the finished surface.
Weathered limestone is hard AF. Harder than concrete.
kii said:
Peak Warming Man said:
The Canberra bomber had a service life of 60 years…
At first I thought that you meant the guy who sent letter bombs in Canberra in the late 1990s.
Apparently my eldest brother’s wife was sent one. I laughed when I heard about it, because she is one of the most annoying people I have ever met. I wondered what she had done to piss him off.
Eventually I came to realise that she is firmly on the ND spectrum. Mathematically on the savant range, could hold complex knitting patterns in her brain. Always finished my brother’s sentences for him, as she knitted furiously beside him.
I shouldn’t have laughed.
so what had she done to piss him off
party_pants said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
party_pants said:Sometimes BWS has a special if you buy 2. I do take that up, but the second one I get a warm one. Don’t have enough room in the fridge for 2 boxes of beer.
Smart man. Can’t let cold beer warm up.
I reckon it gets a slightly off taste if you do that cold-warm-cold cycle. I know it’s only cheap commercial beer (Great Northern, Hahn etc) but I do notice it.
Me and Spalding Jr. have been on to Japanese beers lately, Asahi and Kirin Ichiban. Hard to find an Australian beer that’s as pleasant.
captain_spalding said:
party_pants said:
Witty Rejoinder said:Smart man. Can’t let cold beer warm up.
I reckon it gets a slightly off taste if you do that cold-warm-cold cycle. I know it’s only cheap commercial beer (Great Northern, Hahn etc) but I do notice it.
Me and Spalding Jr. have been on to Japanese beers lately, Asahi and Kirin Ichiban. Hard to find an Australian beer that’s as pleasant.
I have found that Asahi is nice, but don’t store it in the fridge on it’s side.
It decides to be champagne when you open it.
My inbox just pinged. 12 more earthworks quotes to do tomorrow. :/
Plus a visit to the City Office for a new fuel card for the light tanker, a new fire permit book, and the reason that I’m going there in the first place, a new electrical lighting plug for my pig trailer. Apparently it fell out yesterday and got dragged along the bitumen for a few hundred kms. That’s not gonna buff out.
Kingy said:
captain_spalding said:
party_pants said:I reckon it gets a slightly off taste if you do that cold-warm-cold cycle. I know it’s only cheap commercial beer (Great Northern, Hahn etc) but I do notice it.
Me and Spalding Jr. have been on to Japanese beers lately, Asahi and Kirin Ichiban. Hard to find an Australian beer that’s as pleasant.
I have found that Asahi is nice, but don’t store it in the fridge on it’s side.
It decides to be champagne when you open it.
Noted. Ta.
SCIENCE said:
kii said:
Peak Warming Man said:
The Canberra bomber had a service life of 60 years…
At first I thought that you meant the guy who sent letter bombs in Canberra in the late 1990s.
Apparently my eldest brother’s wife was sent one. I laughed when I heard about it, because she is one of the most annoying people I have ever met. I wondered what she had done to piss him off.
Eventually I came to realise that she is firmly on the ND spectrum. Mathematically on the savant range, could hold complex knitting patterns in her brain. Always finished my brother’s sentences for him, as she knitted furiously beside him.
I shouldn’t have laughed.
so what had she done to piss him off
I have nfi.
She talks a lot, like rapidly firing words at your ears. The faster she talks, the faster she knits. If you’re a calm person she can trigger anxiety and panic.
One of the things that I have noticed here, is that when a new subdivision is released, a certain building company immediately buys all the blocks of land within seconds.
They then onsell those blocks with the proviso that “certain building company” builds the house.
I checked out all the blocks in this particular subdivision, and realised that I quoted on the earthworks for all but 9 of the blocks in it, for the same company.
Today I got the other 9.
That completes the set, checkmate.
Kingy said:
One of the things that I have noticed here, is that when a new subdivision is released, a certain building company immediately buys all the blocks of land within seconds.They then onsell those blocks with the proviso that “certain building company” builds the house.
I checked out all the blocks in this particular subdivision, and realised that I quoted on the earthworks for all but 9 of the blocks in it, for the same company.
Today I got the other 9.
That completes the set, checkmate.
Sounds like they have friends on the inside.
captain_spalding said:
Kingy said:
One of the things that I have noticed here, is that when a new subdivision is released, a certain building company immediately buys all the blocks of land within seconds.They then onsell those blocks with the proviso that “certain building company” builds the house.
I checked out all the blocks in this particular subdivision, and realised that I quoted on the earthworks for all but 9 of the blocks in it, for the same company.
Today I got the other 9.
That completes the set, checkmate.
Sounds like they have friends on the inside.
Not really, they just know when to buy, and they have enough money to do it.
Potential first homeowners don’t get a look in.
Kingy said:
captain_spalding said:
Kingy said:
One of the things that I have noticed here, is that when a new subdivision is released, a certain building company immediately buys all the blocks of land within seconds.They then onsell those blocks with the proviso that “certain building company” builds the house.
I checked out all the blocks in this particular subdivision, and realised that I quoted on the earthworks for all but 9 of the blocks in it, for the same company.
Today I got the other 9.
That completes the set, checkmate.
Sounds like they have friends on the inside.
Not really, they just know when to buy, and they have enough money to do it.
Potential first homeowners don’t get a look in.
Isn’t there some ‘competition watchdog’ that might take a dim view of buyers being denied a choice of builder?
captain_spalding said:
Kingy said:
captain_spalding said:Sounds like they have friends on the inside.
Not really, they just know when to buy, and they have enough money to do it.
Potential first homeowners don’t get a look in.
Isn’t there some ‘competition watchdog’ that might take a dim view of buyers being denied a choice of builder?
What, in the building industry? lol.
Kingy said:
captain_spalding said:
Kingy said:Not really, they just know when to buy, and they have enough money to do it.
Potential first homeowners don’t get a look in.
Isn’t there some ‘competition watchdog’ that might take a dim view of buyers being denied a choice of builder?
What, in the building industry? lol.
No ‘umbrella’ outfit meant to monitor unfair practices in general?
Just looked it up.
Seems that it’s legit everywhere, “provided the arrangement does not substantially lessen competition in the local housing market”.
Poor Mitch Marsh is so hard-up he can’t afford a haircut.
Kingy said:
captain_spalding said:
Kingy said:Not really, they just know when to buy, and they have enough money to do it.
Potential first homeowners don’t get a look in.
Isn’t there some ‘competition watchdog’ that might take a dim view of buyers being denied a choice of builder?
What, in the building industry? lol.
Some years ago, there was a royal commission into the building industry in Australia.
It took many years for the final result to be “released”.
And when it was supposed be released, the comment from the investigator posted on page 17? in small print was “We can’t release the results of the royal commission into corruption in the building industry because of the the potential media firestorm that it would create”.
Hmmm, well I didn’t get any corrupt payments, where did they all go?
Witty Rejoinder said:
Poor Mitch Marsh is so hard-up he can’t afford a haircut.
I haven’t paid for a haircut since I was still living at home in Melbourne, around 1975 or so.
Witty Rejoinder said:
Poor Mitch Marsh is so hard-up he can’t afford a haircut.
Maybe he just couldn’t afford a good haircut.
ChrispenEvan said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
Poor Mitch Marsh is so hard-up he can’t afford a haircut.
I haven’t paid for a haircut since I was still living at home in Melbourne, around 1975 or so.
You employ some form of coercion?
captain_spalding said:
ChrispenEvan said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
Poor Mitch Marsh is so hard-up he can’t afford a haircut.
I haven’t paid for a haircut since I was still living at home in Melbourne, around 1975 or so.
You employ some form of coercion?
He has no hair.
ChrispenEvan said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
Poor Mitch Marsh is so hard-up he can’t afford a haircut.
I haven’t paid for a haircut since I was still living at home in Melbourne, around 1975 or so.
captain_spalding said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
Poor Mitch Marsh is so hard-up he can’t afford a haircut.
Maybe he just couldn’t afford a good haircut.
I’m sure the salary for captain of two of the three national teams, plus all the T20 franchise teams he plays for would cover the cost of a haircut.
More likely he just has no taste or fashion sense. Or he is growing it out to transition from a short to a long hair style.
captain_spalding said:
ChrispenEvan said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
Poor Mitch Marsh is so hard-up he can’t afford a haircut.
I haven’t paid for a haircut since I was still living at home in Melbourne, around 1975 or so.
You employ some form of coercion?
chuckle
Kingy said:
captain_spalding said:
ChrispenEvan said:I haven’t paid for a haircut since I was still living at home in Melbourne, around 1975 or so.
You employ some form of coercion?
He has no hair.
Sherlock Holmes, i am not.
captain_spalding said:
Kingy said:
captain_spalding said:You employ some form of coercion?
He has no hair.
Sherlock Holmes, i am not.
I preferred your reasoning. Valid guess.
captain_spalding said:
ChrispenEvan said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
Poor Mitch Marsh is so hard-up he can’t afford a haircut.
I haven’t paid for a haircut since I was still living at home in Melbourne, around 1975 or so.
You employ some form of coercion?
sister did it for a while, then girlfriends and female friends. now I just use clippers to keep it reasonable. not something I get too fussed about.
Witty Rejoinder said:
ChrispenEvan said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
Poor Mitch Marsh is so hard-up he can’t afford a haircut.
I haven’t paid for a haircut since I was still living at home in Melbourne, around 1975 or so.
captain_spalding said:
Kingy said:
captain_spalding said:
Sounds like they have friends on the inside.
Not really, they just know when to buy, and they have enough money to do it.
Potential first homeowners don’t get a look in.
Isn’t there some ‘competition watchdog’ that might take a dim view of buyers being denied a choice of builder?
scalping is only bad if it’s team sports
excitement
A widespread outage has hit Microsoft platforms including Outlook, with many users encountering trouble using their email accounts and other errors across the tech giant’s suite of apps.
Good morning Holidayers. Presently 9 degrees at the back door. We are forecast 18 degrees with showers increasing.
I’m going for a drive to Casterton this morning for a meat stockup from the butcher. I’ll also visit the bakery for sausage rolls for the freezer. And if they’ve made Neenish tarts I’ll get some of them too.
transition said:
have a spoonbill for putting up with me momentarily, visited the dam for few days
Rarely see a big mob of spoonbills. Usually it is one or three kinda thing.
Morning all. It is recycling day today. That is all.
3/10. I knew one of them. The shopping centre one. I’d seen all the other headlines but not read the stories.
buffy said:
ABC news quiz3/10. I knew one of them. The shopping centre one. I’d seen all the other headlines but not read the stories.
Didn’t do a lot better. Though I said to myself on a few questions in hindsight “you knew that answer but you still picked the wrong answer?”
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-11-13/nov-13-news-quiz/107377338
5 / 10
See you later. I’m off to Casterton.
Morning pilgrims, notthing of any substance to report.
Over.
I mean in his defence at least Jensen Huang’s mistresses are in their mid-40s so we know one of these billionaires has age-appropriate attraction.
Peak Warming Man said:
Morning pilgrims, notthing of any substance to report.
Over.
anything non-corpreal to report then?
ChrispenEvan said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Morning pilgrims, notthing of any substance to report.
Over.
anything non-corpreal to report then?
I’m told there are rumours of fluxions afoot.
Peak Warming Man said:
Morning pilgrims, nothing of any substance to report.
Over.
Bummer.
What about stuff without substance? For example: gossip.
It is agreeable to see you 🖖🏽
Rain forecast today with a dash of sun. Lots of cloud.
Humidity is 83%.
I hope that folks have the day that you are aiming for.
A great one, a restful one, a productive one or whimsical one.
“I think Usman actually says things that are far more serious than . He says that I and others were architects of a scheme to ball tamper with sandpaper. That’s complete and utter nonsense.
“I was genuinely shocked this week when I found out Usman admitted he told Cam to be careful when using sandpaper. That’s not Usman that I know. It’s not the Usman that has been part of the team that’s helped rebuild the Australian cricket culture over the last eight years.
“The Usman I know would have stopped that from happening there and then.”
Cummins says Khawaja has told the truth at points in his book, but other parts are a bit vague.
“Some of these things are probably true, and they are his accounts of what happened. But I think there’s a few big leaps here where he’s being vague and I think the details really matter in that difference.“So perhaps there was conversations with Cameron Bancroft around taking sandpaper out and how to do it. That doesn’t mean that everyone in that dressing room knew what was going on.
“The way he’s presented his story, I think he’s done it in a very casual manner, and it affects a lot of people. That’s what I’m grappling with at the moment because I don’t think it’s OK.”
ms spock said:
It is agreeable to see you 🖖🏽Rain forecast today with a dash of sun. Lots of cloud.
Humidity is 83%.
I hope that folks have the day that you are aiming for.
A great one, a restful one, a productive one or whimsical one.
Looks like rain on the radar but it is simply one of those days that Huey has pulled the shade cloth over.
It would be restful but that the gyprock ceiling in the room where all the watch and clock stuff is, has started to fall off and there is a lot of shredded paper coated with Borax up there starting to pour down.
My wrist feels like it is broken. Arty ritis most likely. :(
roughbarked said:
ms spock said:
It is agreeable to see you 🖖🏽Rain forecast today with a dash of sun. Lots of cloud.
Humidity is 83%.
I hope that folks have the day that you are aiming for.
A great one, a restful one, a productive one or whimsical one.
Looks like rain on the radar but it is simply one of those days that Huey has pulled the shade cloth over.
It would be restful but that the gyprock ceiling in the room where all the watch and clock stuff is, has started to fall off and there is a lot of shredded paper coated with Borax up there starting to pour down.
My wrist feels like it is broken. Arty ritis most likely. :(
Bummer.
I was also hoping for a pain-free day. So far it’s not the case.
Speaking of back, I’d better get back to the washing-up.
Mrs V is planning for us to have a swim before lunch. I hope that eventuates.
Today is a “proper” Black Friday. Not an annoying imported American Black Friday.
Michael V said:
Today is a “proper” Black Friday. Not an annoying imported American Black Friday.
BUY BUY BUY
Michael V said:
Today is a “proper” Black Friday. Not an annoying imported American Black Friday.
Peak Warming Man said:
Michael V said:
Today is a “proper” Black Friday. Not an annoying imported American Black Friday.
BUY BUY BUY
The battery on my 2 year old camera is exhausted. :( not a lottery winning day.
Greetings
roughbarked said:
I find after a good shave of my balls, sandpaper gives it a nice finish
This may not be true
Outlook is down planetwide it appears
Cymek said:
Outlook is down planetwide it appears
Seems to be working for me.
Cymek said:
Outlook is down planetwide it appears
Prominent on all news sources.
The Rev Dodgson said:
Cymek said:
Outlook is down planetwide it appears
Seems to be working for me.
You must be the exception.
Cymek said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
Cymek said:
Outlook is down planetwide it appears
Seems to be working for me.
You must be the exception.
Excerpted from this ABC article
Online outage reporting service Downdetector Australia recorded more than 4,400 reports of problems with Outlook by 8:20am today.
Cymek said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
Cymek said:
Outlook is down planetwide it appears
Seems to be working for me.
You must be the exception.
the rev is special.
ChrispenEvan said:
Cymek said:
The Rev Dodgson said:Seems to be working for me.
You must be the exception.
the rev is special.
revered.
Luckily I use Thunderbird.
ChrispenEvan said:
:)
Luckily I use Thunderbird.
It’s a pain for the courts and ACC as its our main means of communication
Cymek said:
It’s a pain for the courts and ACC as its our main means of communication
relying on ussa systems totally not a vulnerability
ChrispenEvan said:
Luckily I use Thunderbird.
we just meet people in that old school weird irl thing
roughbarked said:
ms spock said:
It is agreeable to see you 🖖🏽Rain forecast today with a dash of sun. Lots of cloud.
Humidity is 83%.
I hope that folks have the day that you are aiming for.
A great one, a restful one, a productive one or whimsical one.
Looks like rain on the radar but it is simply one of those days that Huey has pulled the shade cloth over.
It would be restful but that the gyprock ceiling in the room where all the watch and clock stuff is, has started to fall off and there is a lot of shredded paper coated with Borax up there starting to pour down.
My wrist feels like it is broken. Arty ritis most likely. :(
Oh no! When the ceiling falls in that is very stressful. I have had that happen.
I hope that your wrist feels better soon. Can you bandage up your wrist to support it.
It there some one who can help you?
Or is this a soldier 🪖 on situation?
Be safe, part of the ceiling caves in then there might be other parts of the ceiling that could cave in. Do you have a helmet 🪖 and tarps to cover the floor?
SCIENCE said:
ChrispenEvan said:
Luckily I use Thunderbird.
we just meet people in that old school weird irl thing
That is OK as long as you have a good long hot shower and change into clean clothes afterwards.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-11-13/nov-13-news-quiz/107377338
4/10
Michael V said:
roughbarked said:
ms spock said:
It is agreeable to see you 🖖🏽Rain forecast today with a dash of sun. Lots of cloud.
Humidity is 83%.
I hope that folks have the day that you are aiming for.
A great one, a restful one, a productive one or whimsical one.
Looks like rain on the radar but it is simply one of those days that Huey has pulled the shade cloth over.
It would be restful but that the gyprock ceiling in the room where all the watch and clock stuff is, has started to fall off and there is a lot of shredded paper coated with Borax up there starting to pour down.
My wrist feels like it is broken. Arty ritis most likely. :(
Bummer.
I was also hoping for a pain-free day. So far it’s not the case.
Speaking of back, I’d better get back to the washing-up.
Mrs V is planning for us to have a swim before lunch. I hope that eventuates.
(((waves to mrs V)))
Enjoy your swim.
SCIENCE said:
Cymek said:
It’s a pain for the courts and ACC as its our main means of communication
relying on ussa systems totally not a vulnerability
We get updates on systems problems and something is always not quite working properly
I do wonder is this just the nature of databases, interconnected systems or is it mitigating hacking that we aren’t told about.
Michael V said:
Today is a “proper” Black Friday. Not an annoying imported American Black Friday.
Good to know.
Cymek said:
Greetings
🖖🏽
roughbarked said:
Cymek said:
The Rev Dodgson said:Seems to be working for me.
You must be the exception.
Excerpted from this ABC article
Online outage reporting service Downdetector Australia recorded more than 4,400 reports of problems with Outlook by 8:20am today.
I can’t access it either.
Peak Warming Man said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-11-13/nov-13-news-quiz/1073773384/10
I saw this last week.
This famous experiment, celebrating 100 years of operation at the University of Queensland, releases pitch through a glass funnel at what rate?
ms spock said:
Peak Warming Man said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-11-13/nov-13-news-quiz/1073773384/10
I saw this last week.
This famous experiment, celebrating 100 years of operation at the University of Queensland, releases pitch through a glass funnel at what rate?
I also got 4.
ms spock said:
roughbarked said:
ms spock said:
It is agreeable to see you 🖖🏽Rain forecast today with a dash of sun. Lots of cloud.
Humidity is 83%.
I hope that folks have the day that you are aiming for.
A great one, a restful one, a productive one or whimsical one.
Looks like rain on the radar but it is simply one of those days that Huey has pulled the shade cloth over.
It would be restful but that the gyprock ceiling in the room where all the watch and clock stuff is, has started to fall off and there is a lot of shredded paper coated with Borax up there starting to pour down.
My wrist feels like it is broken. Arty ritis most likely. :(
Oh no! When the ceiling falls in that is very stressful. I have had that happen.
I hope that your wrist feels better soon. Can you bandage up your wrist to support it.
It there some one who can help you?
Or is this a soldier 🪖 on situation?
Be safe, part of the ceiling caves in then there might be other parts of the ceiling that could cave in. Do you have a helmet 🪖 and tarps to cover the floor?
Wrist is wrapped up. Thanks for your concern. Mrs rb isn’t able to do a lot because she is still using a walking stick when she’s not pushing a walker. I have to remove everything in the room and find somewhere else to put it. So maybe a lot of it will end up in the bin. Once it is clear, I have to run a stanley knife around at the bottom edge of the cornices. starting and hopefully ending back at the door before it all comes down crash.
ms spock said:
Michael V said:
roughbarked said:
Looks like rain on the radar but it is simply one of those days that Huey has pulled the shade cloth over.
It would be restful but that the gyprock ceiling in the room where all the watch and clock stuff is, has started to fall off and there is a lot of shredded paper coated with Borax up there starting to pour down.
My wrist feels like it is broken. Arty ritis most likely. :(
Bummer.
I was also hoping for a pain-free day. So far it’s not the case.
Speaking of back, I’d better get back to the washing-up.
Mrs V is planning for us to have a swim before lunch. I hope that eventuates.
(((waves to mrs V)))
Enjoy your swim.
+1
ms spock said:
Peak Warming Man said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-11-13/nov-13-news-quiz/1073773384/10
I saw this last week.
This famous experiment, celebrating 100 years of operation at the University of Queensland, releases pitch through a glass funnel at what rate?
Very slowly.
ms spock said:
Cymek said:
Greetings
🖖🏽
🖖🏽
Michael V said:
ms spock said:
Peak Warming Man said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-11-13/nov-13-news-quiz/1073773384/10
I saw this last week.
This famous experiment, celebrating 100 years of operation at the University of Queensland, releases pitch through a glass funnel at what rate?
Very slowly.
one atom at a time.
Whoope! We’ve had 0.4mm. :) Better than nothing.
Denis – The COVID Info Guy
@thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social
A US study of 150 adults with prediabetes found that running a HEPA air purifier in their bedroom for 5 weeks improved blood sugar control.
• 36% less fine particle pollution
• 8% fewer blood sugar swings
• 17% lower blood sugar after breakfast
• 13% lower post-meal peaks
Not yet peer-reviewed.
Tried out the BP monitor but the cuff is definitely too small. Have to order the big muscleman one.
I’m back from Casterton. It’s worth the trip. I spent over $300 on meat but it will last the two of us several months with the addition of chicken thigh fillets etc from Woollies. I bought a nice 2.5kg leg of lamb for our Christmas Day lunch.
And some other small beef (2) and lamb rolled roasts (2) and a largish rolled chicken roast. And all the mince and sausage mince and sausages and midloin chops and steak etc.
It will take me half and hour or so to bag that and stuff it into the freezer.
buffy said:
I’m back from Casterton. It’s worth the trip. I spent over $300 on meat but it will last the two of us several months with the addition of chicken thigh fillets etc from Woollies. I bought a nice 2.5kg leg of lamb for our Christmas Day lunch.
And some other small beef (2) and lamb rolled roasts (2) and a largish rolled chicken roast. And all the mince and sausage mince and sausages and midloin chops and steak etc.
It will take me half and hour or so to bag that and stuff it into the freezer.
Well done!
Ack, I’m awake, eating breakfast, my nose is itchy.
The tea is magnificent. I’ve swapped to Twinings English Breakfast extra strength x 2 bags in a mug with a small amount of milk.
I plan to go to a few places today – the small spare bedroom to unearth my fan, the laundry to wash my bed linen, the kitchen to cook some sweet potato and edamame beans, and possibly I might go to sleep in Lorelie’s lap.
“Sydney Swans players Isaac Heeney, Chad Warner, James Jordon and North Melbourne recruit Nick Blakey have been cleared by police in their investigation into allegations of sexual assault at the Pullman Hotel.”
Well there you go.
kii said:
Ack, I’m awake, eating breakfast, my nose is itchy.The tea is magnificent. I’ve swapped to Twinings English Breakfast extra strength x 2 bags in a mug with a small amount of milk.
I plan to go to a few places today – the small spare bedroom to unearth my fan, the laundry to wash my bed linen, the kitchen to cook some sweet potato and edamame beans, and possibly I might go to sleep in Lorelie’s lap.
If Lorelie is a tall, blonde, pretty German girl in a dirndl, i could go some of that.
>>The tea is magnificent. I’ve swapped to Twinings English Breakfast extra strength x 2 bags in a mug with a small amount of milk.
All good except for the milk.
captain_spalding said:
kii said:
Ack, I’m awake, eating breakfast, my nose is itchy.The tea is magnificent. I’ve swapped to Twinings English Breakfast extra strength x 2 bags in a mug with a small amount of milk.
I plan to go to a few places today – the small spare bedroom to unearth my fan, the laundry to wash my bed linen, the kitchen to cook some sweet potato and edamame beans, and possibly I might go to sleep in Lorelie’s lap.
If Lorelie is a tall, blonde, pretty German girl in a dirndl, i could go some of that.
Steady lad, steady.
kii said:
Ack, I’m awake, eating breakfast, my nose is itchy.
I can’t afford an itchy nose right now.
I have capsaicin gel for my creaky knees. Applied some this morning, actually seems to work/help! Just about time for another dose.
But, it’s awfully persistent. Washed my hands afterwards, and then had a strong itch on the side of my nose.
Got a mild case of ‘chili nose’ by scratching it.
There’s only a tiny amount of capsaicin in the gel, but it’s enough to spark flashback of being tear-gassed, if you’re not careful.
Spiny Norman said:
Denis – The COVID Info Guy
@thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social
A US study of 150 adults with prediabetes found that running a HEPA air purifier in their bedroom for 5 weeks improved blood sugar control.• 36% less fine particle pollution
• 8% fewer blood sugar swings
• 17% lower blood sugar after breakfast
• 13% lower post-meal peaksNot yet peer-reviewed.
About time I got one anyway.
roughbarked said:
ms spock said:
roughbarked said:Looks like rain on the radar but it is simply one of those days that Huey has pulled the shade cloth over.
It would be restful but that the gyprock ceiling in the room where all the watch and clock stuff is, has started to fall off and there is a lot of shredded paper coated with Borax up there starting to pour down.
My wrist feels like it is broken. Arty ritis most likely. :(
Oh no! When the ceiling falls in that is very stressful. I have had that happen.
I hope that your wrist feels better soon. Can you bandage up your wrist to support it.
It there some one who can help you?
Or is this a soldier 🪖 on situation?
Be safe, part of the ceiling caves in then there might be other parts of the ceiling that could cave in. Do you have a helmet 🪖 and tarps to cover the floor?
Wrist is wrapped up. Thanks for your concern. Mrs rb isn’t able to do a lot because she is still using a walking stick when she’s not pushing a walker. I have to remove everything in the room and find somewhere else to put it. So maybe a lot of it will end up in the bin. Once it is clear, I have to run a stanley knife around at the bottom edge of the cornices. starting and hopefully ending back at the door before it all comes down crash.
I presumed mrs roughbarked was still in recovery mode with need for walking stick and a walker. It must be frustrating for her.
I had to remove all the stuff from the room after Cyclone Alfred and it is taxing.
Can you just cut the corners of the plaster under the cornices?
Then cut out one part of the ceiling at a time. Doing one part at a time.
This will stop the ceiling falling on you.
It’s really scary when a ceiling collapses on you.
And if it is heavy you might have troubles getting out.
Do you have a neighbour or friend to help out?
mrs roughbarked won’t be able to get you out from under a fallen ceiling.
So extra help is important.
Do you have a local SES?
captain_spalding said:
kii said:
Ack, I’m awake, eating breakfast, my nose is itchy.The tea is magnificent. I’ve swapped to Twinings English Breakfast extra strength x 2 bags in a mug with a small amount of milk.
I plan to go to a few places today – the small spare bedroom to unearth my fan, the laundry to wash my bed linen, the kitchen to cook some sweet potato and edamame beans, and possibly I might go to sleep in Lorelie’s lap.
If Lorelie is a tall, blonde, pretty German girl in a dirndl, i could go some of that.
A black leather puffy recliner. Everything I didn’t want in a recliner – black and leather and puffy. I wanted a Sherwood Forest green, linen-look modern recliner, but that would have taken 4 months for the company to make.
I have fallen in love with the puffiness and the leather is Quite Nice like oiled leather with a slight texture.
Yeah, roughie, have someone ‘capable’ on stand-by in case the unforeseen happens.
captain_spalding said:
kii said:
Ack, I’m awake, eating breakfast, my nose is itchy.I can’t afford an itchy nose right now.
I have capsaicin gel for my creaky knees. Applied some this morning, actually seems to work/help! Just about time for another dose.
But, it’s awfully persistent. Washed my hands afterwards, and then had a strong itch on the side of my nose.
Got a mild case of ‘chili nose’ by scratching it.
There’s only a tiny amount of capsaicin in the gel, but it’s enough to spark flashback of being tear-gassed, if you’re not careful.
Use gloves.
Michael V said:
ms spock said:
Peak Warming Man said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-11-13/nov-13-news-quiz/1073773384/10
I saw this last week.
This famous experiment, celebrating 100 years of operation at the University of Queensland, releases pitch through a glass funnel at what rate?
Very slowly.
Very, very, very, very slowly.
The watch camera went down and they had to fix it quickly because apparently many students watch it. And no one wanted to miss the drop when it comes. I was amused and happy about this.
roughbarked said:
ms spock said:
Cymek said:
Greetings
🖖🏽
🖖🏽
🖖🏽 It is agreeable to read you!
kii said:
captain_spalding said:
kii said:
Ack, I’m awake, eating breakfast, my nose is itchy.The tea is magnificent. I’ve swapped to Twinings English Breakfast extra strength x 2 bags in a mug with a small amount of milk.
I plan to go to a few places today – the small spare bedroom to unearth my fan, the laundry to wash my bed linen, the kitchen to cook some sweet potato and edamame beans, and possibly I might go to sleep in Lorelie’s lap.
If Lorelie is a tall, blonde, pretty German girl in a dirndl, i could go some of that.
A black leather puffy recliner. Everything I didn’t want in a recliner – black and leather and puffy. I wanted a Sherwood Forest green, linen-look modern recliner, but that would have taken 4 months for the company to make.
I have fallen in love with the puffiness and the leather is Quite Nice like oiled leather with a slight texture.
Black leather? Hmm…kinky, but ok.
Puffy? I don’t mind a little bit puffy.
Recliner? Yeah, fine, as long as she’s comfortable.
Does she speak English? My German is quite minimal.
kii said:
captain_spalding said:
kii said:
Ack, I’m awake, eating breakfast, my nose is itchy.I can’t afford an itchy nose right now.
I have capsaicin gel for my creaky knees. Applied some this morning, actually seems to work/help! Just about time for another dose.
But, it’s awfully persistent. Washed my hands afterwards, and then had a strong itch on the side of my nose.
Got a mild case of ‘chili nose’ by scratching it.
There’s only a tiny amount of capsaicin in the gel, but it’s enough to spark flashback of being tear-gassed, if you’re not careful.
Use gloves.
Nah, this is the most risky/daring my life gets, these days. I live for the thrill.
ms spock said:
It is agreeable to see you 🖖🏽Rain forecast today with a dash of sun. Lots of cloud.
Humidity is 83%.
I hope that folks have the day that you are aiming for.
A great one, a restful one, a productive one or whimsical one.
Groutings, ms spock.
I’ll accept any of those days.
captain_spalding said:
kii said:
Ack, I’m awake, eating breakfast, my nose is itchy.I can’t afford an itchy nose right now.
I have capsaicin gel for my creaky knees. Applied some this morning, actually seems to work/help! Just about time for another dose.
But, it’s awfully persistent. Washed my hands afterwards, and then had a strong itch on the side of my nose.
Got a mild case of ‘chili nose’ by scratching it.
There’s only a tiny amount of capsaicin in the gel, but it’s enough to spark flashback of being tear-gassed, if you’re not careful.
Rub a few drops of cooking oil all over your hands, rubbing in well. Then wash that off well with soap and water, and it should wash the capsaicin off.
Michael V said:
captain_spalding said:
kii said:
Ack, I’m awake, eating breakfast, my nose is itchy.I can’t afford an itchy nose right now.
I have capsaicin gel for my creaky knees. Applied some this morning, actually seems to work/help! Just about time for another dose.
But, it’s awfully persistent. Washed my hands afterwards, and then had a strong itch on the side of my nose.
Got a mild case of ‘chili nose’ by scratching it.
There’s only a tiny amount of capsaicin in the gel, but it’s enough to spark flashback of being tear-gassed, if you’re not careful.
Rub a few drops of cooking oil all over your hands, rubbing in well. Then wash that off well with soap and water, and it should wash the capsaicin off.
Brilliant!
All i have to do now is muster enough grey cells to remember to do that.
captain_spalding said:
kii said:
Ack, I’m awake, eating breakfast, my nose is itchy.I can’t afford an itchy nose right now.
I have capsaicin gel for my creaky knees. Applied some this morning, actually seems to work/help! Just about time for another dose.
But, it’s awfully persistent. Washed my hands afterwards, and then had a strong itch on the side of my nose.
Got a mild case of ‘chili nose’ by scratching it.
There’s only a tiny amount of capsaicin in the gel, but it’s enough to spark flashback of being tear-gassed, if you’re not careful.
Gotta learn to use disposable gloves for application and then keep your hands away from wherever you put it. It doesn’t burn your knee but it does help freee it up. This one lasts a good while and a hot shower the next day or you expose your knee to warm sunlight, will remind you.
ms spock said:
roughbarked said:
ms spock said:Oh no! When the ceiling falls in that is very stressful. I have had that happen.
I hope that your wrist feels better soon. Can you bandage up your wrist to support it.
It there some one who can help you?
Or is this a soldier 🪖 on situation?
Be safe, part of the ceiling caves in then there might be other parts of the ceiling that could cave in. Do you have a helmet 🪖 and tarps to cover the floor?
Wrist is wrapped up. Thanks for your concern. Mrs rb isn’t able to do a lot because she is still using a walking stick when she’s not pushing a walker. I have to remove everything in the room and find somewhere else to put it. So maybe a lot of it will end up in the bin. Once it is clear, I have to run a stanley knife around at the bottom edge of the cornices. starting and hopefully ending back at the door before it all comes down crash.
I presumed mrs roughbarked was still in recovery mode with need for walking stick and a walker. It must be frustrating for her.
I had to remove all the stuff from the room after Cyclone Alfred and it is taxing.
Can you just cut the corners of the plaster under the cornices?
Then cut out one part of the ceiling at a time. Doing one part at a time.
This will stop the ceiling falling on you.
It’s really scary when a ceiling collapses on you.
And if it is heavy you might have troubles getting out.
Do you have a neighbour or friend to help out?
mrs roughbarked won’t be able to get you out from under a fallen ceiling.
So extra help is important.
Do you have a local SES?
No need to worry. I have done this before, though I’m much older and creakier nowdays.
roughbarked said:
captain_spalding said:
kii said:
Ack, I’m awake, eating breakfast, my nose is itchy.I can’t afford an itchy nose right now.
I have capsaicin gel for my creaky knees. Applied some this morning, actually seems to work/help! Just about time for another dose.
But, it’s awfully persistent. Washed my hands afterwards, and then had a strong itch on the side of my nose.
Got a mild case of ‘chili nose’ by scratching it.
There’s only a tiny amount of capsaicin in the gel, but it’s enough to spark flashback of being tear-gassed, if you’re not careful.
Gotta learn to use disposable gloves for application and then keep your hands away from wherever you put it. It doesn’t burn your knee but it does help freee it up. This one lasts a good while and a hot shower the next day or you expose your knee to warm sunlight, will remind you.
Mine just has capsaicin. Can’t recall the name, tube is far away. Starts with Z?
captain_spalding said:
Yeah, roughie, have someone ‘capable’ on stand-by in case the unforeseen happens.
I know a plasterer. l)
captain_spalding said:
kii said:
captain_spalding said:I can’t afford an itchy nose right now.
I have capsaicin gel for my creaky knees. Applied some this morning, actually seems to work/help! Just about time for another dose.
But, it’s awfully persistent. Washed my hands afterwards, and then had a strong itch on the side of my nose.
Got a mild case of ‘chili nose’ by scratching it.
There’s only a tiny amount of capsaicin in the gel, but it’s enough to spark flashback of being tear-gassed, if you’re not careful.
Use gloves.
Nah, this is the most risky/daring my life gets, these days. I live for the thrill.
Thrillseeker. :)
Michael V said:
captain_spalding said:
kii said:
Ack, I’m awake, eating breakfast, my nose is itchy.I can’t afford an itchy nose right now.
I have capsaicin gel for my creaky knees. Applied some this morning, actually seems to work/help! Just about time for another dose.
But, it’s awfully persistent. Washed my hands afterwards, and then had a strong itch on the side of my nose.
Got a mild case of ‘chili nose’ by scratching it.
There’s only a tiny amount of capsaicin in the gel, but it’s enough to spark flashback of being tear-gassed, if you’re not careful.
Rub a few drops of cooking oil all over your hands, rubbing in well. Then wash that off well with soap and water, and it should wash the capsaicin off.
That’s a god trick, I’ll try that one.
captain_spalding said:
roughbarked said:
captain_spalding said:I can’t afford an itchy nose right now.
I have capsaicin gel for my creaky knees. Applied some this morning, actually seems to work/help! Just about time for another dose.
But, it’s awfully persistent. Washed my hands afterwards, and then had a strong itch on the side of my nose.
Got a mild case of ‘chili nose’ by scratching it.
There’s only a tiny amount of capsaicin in the gel, but it’s enough to spark flashback of being tear-gassed, if you’re not careful.
Gotta learn to use disposable gloves for application and then keep your hands away from wherever you put it. It doesn’t burn your knee but it does help freee it up. This one lasts a good while and a hot shower the next day or you expose your knee to warm sunlight, will remind you.
Mine just has capsaicin. Can’t recall the name, tube is far away. Starts with Z?
Zoestrix?
roughbarked said:
captain_spalding said:
kii said:Use gloves.
Nah, this is the most risky/daring my life gets, these days. I live for the thrill.
Thrillseeker. :)
roughbarked said:
captain_spalding said:
roughbarked said:
Gotta learn to use disposable gloves for application and then keep your hands away from wherever you put it. It doesn’t burn your knee but it does help freee it up. This one lasts a good while and a hot shower the next day or you expose your knee to warm sunlight, will remind you.
Mine just has capsaicin. Can’t recall the name, tube is far away. Starts with Z?
Zoestrix?
Maybe…
The Rev Dodgson said:
Cymek said:
Outlook is down planetwide it appears
Seems to be working for me.
great, I will give you my log in details and you can respond to all my emails.
Cymek said:
It’s a pain for the courts and ACC as its our main means of communication
it’s a pain here too.. but teams is getting a bit of a workout
Bubblecar said:
Spiny Norman said:
Denis – The COVID Info Guy
@thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social
A US study of 150 adults with prediabetes found that running a HEPA air purifier in their bedroom for 5 weeks improved blood sugar control.• 36% less fine particle pollution
• 8% fewer blood sugar swings
• 17% lower blood sugar after breakfast
• 13% lower post-meal peaksNot yet peer-reviewed.
About time I got one anyway.
I have this one
https://www.jbhifi.com.au/products/philips-pureprotect-2200-series-smart-air-purifier-dark-slate
Arts said:
Cymek said:
It’s a pain for the courts and ACC as its our main means of communicationit’s a pain here too.. but teams is getting a bit of a workout
Courts communicate a lot with the Adelaide Cricket Club?
captain_spalding said:
Arts said:
Cymek said:
It’s a pain for the courts and ACC as its our main means of communicationit’s a pain here too.. but teams is getting a bit of a workout
Courts communicate a lot with the Adelaide Cricket Club?
Adult Community Corrections
It’s conference week so the courts are quieter
Arrests from all metro courts are here, no normal remands this week
captain_spalding said:
roughbarked said:
captain_spalding said:Mine just has capsaicin. Can’t recall the name, tube is far away. Starts with Z?
Zoestrix?
Maybe…
Less Capsaicin than the Percutane.
Spiny Norman said:
Denis – The COVID Info Guy
@thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social
A US study of 150 adults with prediabetes found that running a HEPA air purifier in their bedroom for 5 weeks improved blood sugar control.• 36% less fine particle pollution
• 8% fewer blood sugar swings
• 17% lower blood sugar after breakfast
• 13% lower post-meal peaksNot yet peer-reviewed.
Interesting! I like Denis the Covid Guy.
Even Coles online are saying:
Due to a Microsoft outage, email is currently unavailable.
I wonder if there’ll be a national announcement when they get outlook back online…
attention everyone – you may now log into outlook and resume normal business. We apologise for this break in transmission. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
buffy said:
I’m back from Casterton. It’s worth the trip. I spent over $300 on meat but it will last the two of us several months with the addition of chicken thigh fillets etc from Woollies. I bought a nice 2.5kg leg of lamb for our Christmas Day lunch.
And some other small beef (2) and lamb rolled roasts (2) and a largish rolled chicken roast. And all the mince and sausage mince and sausages and midloin chops and steak etc.
It will take me half and hour or so to bag that and stuff it into the freezer.
You are all set.
Arts said:
I wonder if there’ll be a national announcement when they get outlook back online…attention everyone – you may now log into outlook and resume normal business. We apologise for this break in transmission. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Just remembered: Qld Health is probably crippled, too.
They took up Outlook as their e-mail system a couple of years back.
I am having a serious ant issue.
(((whispers, “It is a Gloworm level of ant catastrophe”))) .
Good…I haven’t completely lost it. I still remember what a butcherbird sounds like. Yay for me!!
One is in a tree outside my window.
Nice.
It’s been many, many years since I heard one.
captain_spalding said:
Arts said:
I wonder if there’ll be a national announcement when they get outlook back online…attention everyone – you may now log into outlook and resume normal business. We apologise for this break in transmission. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Just remembered: Qld Health is probably crippled, too.
They took up Outlook as their e-mail system a couple of years back.
it’s exams time for the students here… an I just read copilot is also unwell… so hahahahahaha.. imagine trying to study for something without being able to AI it
ms spock said:
I am having a serious ant issue.
(((whispers, “It is a Gloworm level of ant catastrophe”))) .
kii said:
Good…I haven’t completely lost it. I still remember what a butcherbird sounds like. Yay for me!!
One is in a tree outside my window.Nice.
It’s been many, many years since I heard one.
You get to hear Magpies again, which is nice
And back again. I had to send Mr buffy around to our little supermarket for small freezer bags. It seems when I finished the last lot and put up the backup pack I neglected to write it on the shopping list. Anyway. All the meat is now packed into the freezers. I asked mr buffy to check when we last bought meat for the freezers. First week in July. And it cost $325 that time. Today it was $328. Not the same mix of meats though. I think I bought more pork last time. And no leg of lamb. Must have bought something else. Anyway, not bad for about 4 months for 2 people.
Scary!
Spiny Norman said:
Scary!
That woman can breathe water?
Link to ABC news piece on caravans parked in streets
I’m unclear. Are people parking the caravans outside their houses, or are people randomly parking kerbside away from their own house and blocking someone else’s street front?
How often do the men here replace manual shaver blades
I find after about 5 or less they aren’t decent to shave with
Cymek said:
How often do the men here replace manual shaver blades
I find after about 5 or less they aren’t decent to shave with
Never used one sorry.
Electric shaver for me only.
Spiny Norman said:
Cymek said:
How often do the men here replace manual shaver blades
I find after about 5 or less they aren’t decent to shave with
Never used one sorry.
Electric shaver for me only.
No problemo
Cymek said:
How often do the men here replace manual shaver blades
I find after about 5 or less they aren’t decent to shave with
I’ve been using disposables in recent years. I use them for about 3 shaves before throwing away.
But having a beard and moustache, I only shave bits of my neck and little bits of face.
Cymek said:
kii said:
Good…I haven’t completely lost it. I still remember what a butcherbird sounds like. Yay for me!!
One is in a tree outside my window.Nice.
It’s been many, many years since I heard one.
You get to hear Magpies again, which is nice
Yes, I have heard quite a number of them in the past year. Sometimes in NM I’d play Australian bird sounds off the interwebs when I felt homesick.
Cymek said:
How often do the men here replace manual shaver blades
I find after about 5 or less they aren’t decent to shave with
I have a battery electric one that gets one charge a year. No idea how it lasts that long when I use it two or three times a week.
Spiny Norman said:
Cymek said:
How often do the men here replace manual shaver blades
I find after about 5 or less they aren’t decent to shave with
Never used one sorry.
Electric shaver for me only.
Yep I’ve gone electric too, the petrol ones are a bugger to start.
Cymek said:
How often do the men here replace manual shaver blades
I find after about 5 or less they aren’t decent to shave with
Can’t assist, sorry. Last time I shaved was in the 1970s, so I really have no idea.
Peak Warming Man said:
Spiny Norman said:
Cymek said:
How often do the men here replace manual shaver blades
I find after about 5 or less they aren’t decent to shave with
Never used one sorry.
Electric shaver for me only.
Yep I’ve gone electric too, the petrol ones are a bugger to start.
LOLz
Note: If you changed or cleaned the spark plug more regularly, you’d find it would start much easier.
Michael V said:
Cymek said:
How often do the men here replace manual shaver blades
I find after about 5 or less they aren’t decent to shave with
Can’t assist, sorry. Last time I shaved was in the 1970s, so I really have no idea.
Same.
The Outlook outage is quite a problem. Been down at the hospital pathology do get some blood tests done. Their emails are down, they had to turn people away who had no paper forms only electronic referrals. Not a very happy day for the staff.
party_pants said:
The Outlook outage is quite a problem. Been down at the hospital pathology do get some blood tests done. Their emails are down, they had to turn people away who had no paper forms only electronic referrals. Not a very happy day for the staff.
Its partially working here
Emails received from yesterday, sending is still pending.
Cymek said:
party_pants said:
The Outlook outage is quite a problem. Been down at the hospital pathology do get some blood tests done. Their emails are down, they had to turn people away who had no paper forms only electronic referrals. Not a very happy day for the staff.
Its partially working here
Emails received from yesterday, sending is still pending.
this was an hour or two ago.
Peak Warming Man said:
Spiny Norman said:
Cymek said:
How often do the men here replace manual shaver blades
I find after about 5 or less they aren’t decent to shave with
Never used one sorry.
Electric shaver for me only.
Yep I’ve gone electric too, the petrol ones are a bugger to start.
Tried to give dad a shave yesterday with his electric shaver. He got grumpy part way through, and now it looks worse. he refuses help from the carers. Will try and get him to a barber. He he looking very bedraggled . He has never had a beard before.
party_pants said:
The Outlook outage is quite a problem. Been down at the hospital pathology do get some blood tests done. Their emails are down, they had to turn people away who had no paper forms only electronic referrals. Not a very happy day for the staff.
Just got a text from the nursing home- must be national head office saying emails aren’t working and to phone them if anything is urgent.
Brindabellas said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Spiny Norman said:Never used one sorry.
Electric shaver for me only.
Yep I’ve gone electric too, the petrol ones are a bugger to start.
Tried to give dad a shave yesterday with his electric shaver. He got grumpy part way through, and now it looks worse. he refuses help from the carers. Will try and get him to a barber. He he looking very bedraggled . He has never had a beard before.
slather him in Nair.
😶🌫️
party_pants said:
Cymek said:
party_pants said:
The Outlook outage is quite a problem. Been down at the hospital pathology do get some blood tests done. Their emails are down, they had to turn people away who had no paper forms only electronic referrals. Not a very happy day for the staff.
Its partially working here
Emails received from yesterday, sending is still pending.
this was an hour or two ago.
Coles emails are working again. Just got a confirmation of my latest order modification.
ChrispenEvan said:
Brindabellas said:
Peak Warming Man said:Yep I’ve gone electric too, the petrol ones are a bugger to start.
Tried to give dad a shave yesterday with his electric shaver. He got grumpy part way through, and now it looks worse. he refuses help from the carers. Will try and get him to a barber. He he looking very bedraggled . He has never had a beard before.
slather him in Nair.
😶🌫️
You’re an ideas man!
Brindabellas said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Spiny Norman said:Never used one sorry.
Electric shaver for me only.
Yep I’ve gone electric too, the petrol ones are a bugger to start.
Tried to give dad a shave yesterday with his electric shaver. He got grumpy part way through, and now it looks worse. he refuses help from the carers. Will try and get him to a barber. He he looking very bedraggled . He has never had a beard before.
When Dear Ol’ Dad was in the aged care place, he told me he couldn’t stand having to shave with an electric razor, so could I bring him a couple of disposable ones next time I visited? Checked with the staff after, and they told me that – for any number of safety reasons – disposables were not permitted.
I thought what the heck, at his age and condition, if he wants a disposable razor, get him one. So I bought a couple and took them in with me next time I visited. Told him they were apparently not allowed, so where should I put them? He indicated the cupboard behind the mirror in the ensuite bathroom. I swung the mirror door open, and about two dozen still-sealed-in-their-packaging disposable razors fell out.
Neophyte said:
Brindabellas said:
Peak Warming Man said:Yep I’ve gone electric too, the petrol ones are a bugger to start.
Tried to give dad a shave yesterday with his electric shaver. He got grumpy part way through, and now it looks worse. he refuses help from the carers. Will try and get him to a barber. He he looking very bedraggled . He has never had a beard before.
When Dear Ol’ Dad was in the aged care place, he told me he couldn’t stand having to shave with an electric razor, so could I bring him a couple of disposable ones next time I visited? Checked with the staff after, and they told me that – for any number of safety reasons – disposables were not permitted.
I thought what the heck, at his age and condition, if he wants a disposable razor, get him one. So I bought a couple and took them in with me next time I visited. Told him they were apparently not allowed, so where should I put them? He indicated the cupboard behind the mirror in the ensuite bathroom. I swung the mirror door open, and about two dozen still-sealed-in-their-packaging disposable razors fell out.
He’s been hoarding them for when the apocalypse arrives?
Cymek said:
How often do the men here replace manual shaver blades
I find after about 5 or less they aren’t decent to shave with
Really?
I’d guess about 50 for me. Much more than 5 anyway.
The Rev Dodgson said:
Cymek said:
How often do the men here replace manual shaver blades
I find after about 5 or less they aren’t decent to shave with
Really?
I’d guess about 50 for me. Much more than 5 anyway.
One thing I found makes a difference is to not rinse the blade under hot water until the shave is finished, then give it a thorough rinse.
Brindabellas said:
party_pants said:
The Outlook outage is quite a problem. Been down at the hospital pathology do get some blood tests done. Their emails are down, they had to turn people away who had no paper forms only electronic referrals. Not a very happy day for the staff.
Just got a text from the nursing home- must be national head office saying emails aren’t working and to phone them if anything is urgent.
And my son’s girlfriend works on an IT helpdesk. Bet she is having a crappy day, with stupid people asking stupid questions.
Bubblecar said:
party_pants said:
Cymek said:
Its partially working here
Emails received from yesterday, sending is still pending.
this was an hour or two ago.
Coles emails are working again. Just got a confirmation of my latest order modification.
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SCIENCE said:
Bubblecar said:
party_pants said:
this was an hour or two ago.
Coles emails are working again. Just got a confirmation of my latest order modification.
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That’s a shame.
Ian said:
SCIENCE said:
Bubblecar said:
Coles emails are working again. Just got a confirmation of my latest order modification.
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That’s a shame.
peeps gun regret moving everything onto cloud
SCIENCE said:
Bubblecar said:
party_pants said:
this was an hour or two ago.
Coles emails are working again. Just got a confirmation of my latest order modification.
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When Qld Health switched to Outlook for its e-mail system, i grizzled about it.
‘Really?’ i asked, ‘Microsoft Outlook? That’s the best e-mail system you can find? Really? Have you thought about this? It’s Microsoft. That means that ( a) they’ll never be done with it, they’ll be tinkering with it for the rest of time, there’ll be update after update, patch after patch, mod after mod. It’s never going to be stable, sooner or later it’ll collapse under its own weight, and (b) it’s Microsoft, which means it has holes and exploits in it that you could drive an aircraft carrier through sideways. If it doesn’t kill itself first, someone with nothing better to do is going to kick the props from under it, and it’ll end up in a smoking heap.”
‘Balderdash’ was the reply.
Now i join with my learned colleague in assessing the appropriate response to be:
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Ian said:
SCIENCE said:Bubblecar said:
Coles emails are working again. Just got a confirmation of my latest order modification.
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That’s a shame.
I’m still getting incoming messages to Outlook, and it says outgoing messages are sent, but they have yet to arrive.
Also I can copy stuff to OneDrive, but I can’t get a link to share them.
SCIENCE said:
Ian said:
SCIENCE said:
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That’s a shame.
peeps gun regret moving everything onto cloud
Not me. Everything local.
“Think globally, act locally.”
:)
The Rev Dodgson said:
Ian said:
SCIENCE said:ahahahahahaha
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That’s a shame.
I’m still getting incoming messages to Outlook, and it says outgoing messages are sent, but they have yet to arrive.
Also I can copy stuff to OneDrive, but I can’t get a link to share them.
I can’t send or receive emails on outlook, but it still sends me email ads. :/ Two in the last half hour.
Kingy said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
Ian said:
That’s a shame.
I’m still getting incoming messages to Outlook, and it says outgoing messages are sent, but they have yet to arrive.
Also I can copy stuff to OneDrive, but I can’t get a link to share them.
I can’t send or receive emails on outlook, but it still sends me email ads. :/ Two in the last half hour.
Experts say the Microsoft outage is likely to cost businesses billions.
RSM Australia Risk Advisory partner, Ashwin Pal, says small business will be hit the hardest.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-11-13/microsoft-outlook-outage-cost-to-businesses/107381570
We’ve been hearing thunder. There may be some noticeable pluviation, 20 -25 mins away, from the west.
captain_spalding said:
We’ve been hearing thunder. There may be some noticeable pluviation, 20 -25 mins away, from the west.
There’s some about here too but I doubt any noticeable pluviation;
roughbarked said:
Kingy said:
The Rev Dodgson said:I’m still getting incoming messages to Outlook, and it says outgoing messages are sent, but they have yet to arrive.
Also I can copy stuff to OneDrive, but I can’t get a link to share them.
I can’t send or receive emails on outlook, but it still sends me email ads. :/ Two in the last half hour.
Experts say the Microsoft outage is likely to cost businesses billions.
RSM Australia Risk Advisory partner, Ashwin Pal, says small business will be hit the hardest.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-11-13/microsoft-outlook-outage-cost-to-businesses/107381570
well they should have trusted fascist felon instead, his internet services are 20000% reliable
as long as you aren’t bombing yandex
captain_spalding said:
We’ve been hearing thunder. There may be some noticeable pluviation, 20 -25 mins away, from the west.
Sure looks like it.
SCIENCE said:
roughbarked said:
Kingy said:I can’t send or receive emails on outlook, but it still sends me email ads. :/ Two in the last half hour.
Experts say the Microsoft outage is likely to cost businesses billions.
RSM Australia Risk Advisory partner, Ashwin Pal, says small business will be hit the hardest.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-11-13/microsoft-outlook-outage-cost-to-businesses/107381570
well they should have trusted fascist felon instead, his internet services are 20000% reliable
as long as you aren’t bombing yandex
Technical problems could occur even if your system is robust and properly maintained
Whose responsible if you are hacked by a nation level power
You could find if hundreds or even thousands of hackers go after your system if would collapse regardless of all your efforts to prevent such an occurance
One can also assume rogue AI could do it without any human prompting for no other reason than because it can
It’s as grey as the inside of a Dalek out there, this end.
Cymek said:
SCIENCE said:
roughbarked said:Experts say the Microsoft outage is likely to cost businesses billions.
RSM Australia Risk Advisory partner, Ashwin Pal, says small business will be hit the hardest.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-11-13/microsoft-outlook-outage-cost-to-businesses/107381570
well they should have trusted fascist felon instead, his internet services are 20000% reliable
as long as you aren’t bombing yandex
Technical problems could occur even if your system is robust and properly maintained
Whose responsible if you are hacked by a nation level power
You could find if hundreds or even thousands of hackers go after your system if would collapse regardless of all your efforts to prevent such an occurance
One can also assume rogue AI could do it without any human prompting for no other reason than because it can
so you mean there should always be some kind of air gapped local backup system
Bubblecar said:
It’s as grey as the inside of a Dalek out there, this end.
But it’s not supposed to rain until later night, so I might as well venture out for some wine to accompany the evening.
Pretty typical
Bubblecar said:
It’s as grey as the inside of a Dalek out there, this end.
Very loud continuous thunder and lightning here, and one very worried little dog.
captain_spalding said:
Arts said:
I wonder if there’ll be a national announcement when they get outlook back online…attention everyone – you may now log into outlook and resume normal business. We apologise for this break in transmission. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Just remembered: Qld Health is probably crippled, too.
They took up Outlook as their e-mail system a couple of years back.
I can’t get into my university account.
captain_spalding said:
ms spock said:I am having a serious ant issue.
(((whispers, “It is a Gloworm level of ant catastrophe”))) .
That will do the trick!
BACK after a pleasant spring walk.
And some good news in our village. My street’s intersection with the main road is now newly and properly curbed, and will presumably be fitted with a paved footpath at least at that junction, before long.
But more importantly, our tiny hairdresser which shut years ago now has a new sign up: MIDLANDS BARBER
Hasn’t opened yet but I’m looking forward to having local haircuts again.
SCIENCE said:
Cymek said:
SCIENCE said:
well they should have trusted fascist felon instead, his internet services are 20000% reliable
as long as you aren’t bombing yandex
Technical problems could occur even if your system is robust and properly maintained
Whose responsible if you are hacked by a nation level power
You could find if hundreds or even thousands of hackers go after your system if would collapse regardless of all your efforts to prevent such an occurance
One can also assume rogue AI could do it without any human prompting for no other reason than because it canso you mean there should always be some kind of air gapped local backup system
LOL
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-11-13/microsoft-reliance-national-security-risk/107382100
oh did we mention
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Bubblecar said:
BACK after a pleasant spring walk.And some good news in our village. My street’s intersection with the main road is now newly and properly curbed, and will presumably be fitted with a paved footpath at least at that junction, before long.
But more importantly, our tiny hairdresser which shut years ago now has a new sign up: MIDLANDS BARBER
Hasn’t opened yet but I’m looking forward to having local haircuts again.
A number 2 all over.
Storm has finally moved away. So much lightning and kabooms with this one. Same again for tomorrow if the prediction is right.
The Rev Dodgson said:
Bubblecar said:
It’s as grey as the inside of a Dalek out there, this end.
Very loud continuous thunder and lightning here, and one very worried little dog.
You need to be excited and thrilled about it. Show the dog how much fun a storm is. I taught Buschka to bark at the thunder.
ruby said:
Storm has finally moved away. So much lightning and kabooms with this one. Same again for tomorrow if the prediction is right.
We got a brief shower.
Dalby, to the north and west got a good lot. So did Millmerran, south and west of us.
As usual, the storm front split, and went either side of us.
captain_spalding said:
ruby said:
Storm has finally moved away. So much lightning and kabooms with this one. Same again for tomorrow if the prediction is right.
We got a brief shower.
Dalby, to the north and west got a good lot. So did Millmerran, south and west of us.
As usual, the storm front split, and went either side of us.
And it seems to by dying in the hills. I suspect it won’t get to us.
buffy said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
Bubblecar said:
It’s as grey as the inside of a Dalek out there, this end.
Very loud continuous thunder and lightning here, and one very worried little dog.
You need to be excited and thrilled about it. Show the dog how much fun a storm is. I taught Buschka to bark at the thunder.
I played games with Winnie during storms when she was young. She ignores storms mainly, or fetches the squeakiest ball for a tug of war. If there is a particularly close strike she widens her eyes but that’s about it.
I didn’t want a repeat of our Jack Russell when the kids were growing up, she was petrified of storms, squeezing herself into the smallest spaces, shaking, or bolting out the door if it was open.
I asked the interactive encyclopedia “when did margarine become available around the world as a substitute for butter”
“Margarine first became available as a substitute for butter in 1869 in France, and gradually spread throughout Europe, North America and the rest of the world during the late 19th and early 20th centuries”
wow, that far back
transition said:
I asked the interactive encyclopedia “when did margarine become available around the world as a substitute for butter”“Margarine first became available as a substitute for butter in 1869 in France, and gradually spread throughout Europe, North America and the rest of the world during the late 19th and early 20th centuries”
wow, that far back
There you are then.
Although in some parts of the world, notably the USA, margarine wasn’t initially allowed to be coloured yellow, as it might be mistaken for butter.
So the makers used to include a little package of yellow dye for customers to mix into the marge themselves.
I hope it settles down before it gets here.
Anyway, I have a problem. No, not that one.
In June I rang company A and ordered two pallets of (product) for a job, and paid for two pallets.
Company A rang back a week later and said that they had arrived.
I sent my operator in to collect the product. Unbeknown to me, Company A’s forklift driver loaded two (and a half) pallets onto the truck.
He went to the job and began using it. The client saw that there was leftover product that she “had paid for” and wanted extra area covered which operator did.
Operator rang me and said that there was more leftover. I went to site and saw the half pallet left over, and a bit confused, assumed that I had got the measurements wrong(it’s a weird shape). I still did not know that Company A had loaded extra onto the truck.
Operator loaded the leftover onto the truck and returned it to the depot.
6 weeks later, I get a bill from Company A for the half pallet that I didn’t order, didn’t want, and didn’t know I had.
After a few phone calls to find out WTF was going on, Company A tells me that they were missing half a pallet, looked back through their security cameras to see it being loaded onto my truck, and sent me a bill for it.
Now that I understood why I had leftover, I got my operator to load it on the truck and return it.
They sent me a new bill for what they thought was in the pallet, minus what was in it when returned.
After a few more emails and visits to the store to explain my side, they still expect me to pay for their fuckup.
They asked me to get the client to pay for the extra product. I spoke to her personally today, and it’s a hard no.
I’m already out of pocket because I paid my operator & machine for 6 hours laying the extra product, that I didn’t have in my quote, and didn’t get paid for.
Should I invoice Company A an equivalent amount to their extra invoice, for the extra costs to me?
6 weeks later
Kingy said:
Anyway, I have a problem. No, not that one.In June I rang company A and ordered two pallets of (product) for a job, and paid for two pallets.
Company A rang back a week later and said that they had arrived.
I sent my operator in to collect the product. Unbeknown to me, Company A’s forklift driver loaded two (and a half) pallets onto the truck.
He went to the job and began using it. The client saw that there was leftover product that she “had paid for” and wanted extra area covered which operator did.
Operator rang me and said that there was more leftover. I went to site and saw the half pallet left over, and a bit confused, assumed that I had got the measurements wrong(it’s a weird shape). I still did not know that Company A had loaded extra onto the truck.
Operator loaded the leftover onto the truck and returned it to the depot.
6 weeks later, I get a bill from Company A for the half pallet that I didn’t order, didn’t want, and didn’t know I had.
After a few phone calls to find out WTF was going on, Company A tells me that they were missing half a pallet, looked back through their security cameras to see it being loaded onto my truck, and sent me a bill for it.
Now that I understood why I had leftover, I got my operator to load it on the truck and return it.
They sent me a new bill for what they thought was in the pallet, minus what was in it when returned.
After a few more emails and visits to the store to explain my side, they still expect me to pay for their fuckup.
They asked me to get the client to pay for the extra product. I spoke to her personally today, and it’s a hard no.
I’m already out of pocket because I paid my operator & machine for 6 hours laying the extra product, that I didn’t have in my quote, and didn’t get paid for.
Should I invoice Company A an equivalent amount to their extra invoice, for the extra costs to me?
6 weeks later
Dunno where the extra “6 weeks later” came from. Ignore that.
Kingy said:
Anyway, I have a problem. No, not that one.In June I rang company A and ordered two pallets of (product) for a job, and paid for two pallets.
Company A rang back a week later and said that they had arrived.
I sent my operator in to collect the product. Unbeknown to me, Company A’s forklift driver loaded two (and a half) pallets onto the truck.
He went to the job and began using it. The client saw that there was leftover product that she “had paid for” and wanted extra area covered which operator did.
Operator rang me and said that there was more leftover. I went to site and saw the half pallet left over, and a bit confused, assumed that I had got the measurements wrong(it’s a weird shape). I still did not know that Company A had loaded extra onto the truck.
Operator loaded the leftover onto the truck and returned it to the depot.
6 weeks later, I get a bill from Company A for the half pallet that I didn’t order, didn’t want, and didn’t know I had.
After a few phone calls to find out WTF was going on, Company A tells me that they were missing half a pallet, looked back through their security cameras to see it being loaded onto my truck, and sent me a bill for it.
Now that I understood why I had leftover, I got my operator to load it on the truck and return it.
They sent me a new bill for what they thought was in the pallet, minus what was in it when returned.
After a few more emails and visits to the store to explain my side, they still expect me to pay for their fuckup.
They asked me to get the client to pay for the extra product. I spoke to her personally today, and it’s a hard no.
I’m already out of pocket because I paid my operator & machine for 6 hours laying the extra product, that I didn’t have in my quote, and didn’t get paid for.
Should I invoice Company A an equivalent amount to their extra invoice, for the extra costs to me?
6 weeks later
It all comes down to relationships and goodwill. Do you need to have an ongoing relationship with this supplier on an ongoing basis in the future?
Kingy said:
Kingy said:
Anyway, I have a problem. No, not that one.In June I rang company A and ordered two pallets of (product) for a job, and paid for two pallets.
Company A rang back a week later and said that they had arrived.
I sent my operator in to collect the product. Unbeknown to me, Company A’s forklift driver loaded two (and a half) pallets onto the truck.
He went to the job and began using it. The client saw that there was leftover product that she “had paid for” and wanted extra area covered which operator did.
Operator rang me and said that there was more leftover. I went to site and saw the half pallet left over, and a bit confused, assumed that I had got the measurements wrong(it’s a weird shape). I still did not know that Company A had loaded extra onto the truck.
Operator loaded the leftover onto the truck and returned it to the depot.
6 weeks later, I get a bill from Company A for the half pallet that I didn’t order, didn’t want, and didn’t know I had.
After a few phone calls to find out WTF was going on, Company A tells me that they were missing half a pallet, looked back through their security cameras to see it being loaded onto my truck, and sent me a bill for it.
Now that I understood why I had leftover, I got my operator to load it on the truck and return it.
They sent me a new bill for what they thought was in the pallet, minus what was in it when returned.
After a few more emails and visits to the store to explain my side, they still expect me to pay for their fuckup.
They asked me to get the client to pay for the extra product. I spoke to her personally today, and it’s a hard no.
I’m already out of pocket because I paid my operator & machine for 6 hours laying the extra product, that I didn’t have in my quote, and didn’t get paid for.
Should I invoice Company A an equivalent amount to their extra invoice, for the extra costs to me?
6 weeks later
Dunno where the extra “6 weeks later” came from. Ignore that.
Ah. I was awaiting the denouement.
Peak Warming Man said:
I hope it settles down before it gets here.
It passed through here a little while ago.
Was nothing spectacular then, but storms often seem to pick up some power once they get down the hill.
Kingy said:
Anyway, I have a problem. No, not that one.In June I rang company A and ordered two pallets of (product) for a job, and paid for two pallets.
Company A rang back a week later and said that they had arrived.
I sent my operator in to collect the product. Unbeknown to me, Company A’s forklift driver loaded two (and a half) pallets onto the truck.
He went to the job and began using it. The client saw that there was leftover product that she “had paid for” and wanted extra area covered which operator did.
Operator rang me and said that there was more leftover. I went to site and saw the half pallet left over, and a bit confused, assumed that I had got the measurements wrong(it’s a weird shape). I still did not know that Company A had loaded extra onto the truck.
Operator loaded the leftover onto the truck and returned it to the depot.
6 weeks later, I get a bill from Company A for the half pallet that I didn’t order, didn’t want, and didn’t know I had.
After a few phone calls to find out WTF was going on, Company A tells me that they were missing half a pallet, looked back through their security cameras to see it being loaded onto my truck, and sent me a bill for it.
Now that I understood why I had leftover, I got my operator to load it on the truck and return it.
They sent me a new bill for what they thought was in the pallet, minus what was in it when returned.
After a few more emails and visits to the store to explain my side, they still expect me to pay for their fuckup.
They asked me to get the client to pay for the extra product. I spoke to her personally today, and it’s a hard no.
I’m already out of pocket because I paid my operator & machine for 6 hours laying the extra product, that I didn’t have in my quote, and didn’t get paid for.
Should I invoice Company A an equivalent amount to their extra invoice, for the extra costs to me?
6 weeks later
Solicitor time.
party_pants said:
Kingy said:
Anyway, I have a problem. No, not that one.In June I rang company A and ordered two pallets of (product) for a job, and paid for two pallets.
Company A rang back a week later and said that they had arrived.
I sent my operator in to collect the product. Unbeknown to me, Company A’s forklift driver loaded two (and a half) pallets onto the truck.
He went to the job and began using it. The client saw that there was leftover product that she “had paid for” and wanted extra area covered which operator did.
Operator rang me and said that there was more leftover. I went to site and saw the half pallet left over, and a bit confused, assumed that I had got the measurements wrong(it’s a weird shape). I still did not know that Company A had loaded extra onto the truck.
Operator loaded the leftover onto the truck and returned it to the depot.
6 weeks later, I get a bill from Company A for the half pallet that I didn’t order, didn’t want, and didn’t know I had.
After a few phone calls to find out WTF was going on, Company A tells me that they were missing half a pallet, looked back through their security cameras to see it being loaded onto my truck, and sent me a bill for it.
Now that I understood why I had leftover, I got my operator to load it on the truck and return it.
They sent me a new bill for what they thought was in the pallet, minus what was in it when returned.
After a few more emails and visits to the store to explain my side, they still expect me to pay for their fuckup.
They asked me to get the client to pay for the extra product. I spoke to her personally today, and it’s a hard no.
I’m already out of pocket because I paid my operator & machine for 6 hours laying the extra product, that I didn’t have in my quote, and didn’t get paid for.
Should I invoice Company A an equivalent amount to their extra invoice, for the extra costs to me?
6 weeks later
It all comes down to relationships and goodwill. Do you need to have an ongoing relationship with this supplier on an ongoing basis in the future?
We had an issue a few weeks back with our skip bin company. They charged us for being 400 kg overweight. We disputed this, the bin collection that day was nothing out of the ordinary. After a bit of back and forth they reckoned their automatic bin weighing and logging system is fool-proof. Anyway, we ended up paying it just to keep the peace. We need these guys on an ongoing basis, and they are the cheapest option. Switching to another supplier is going to cost more anyway.
party_pants said:
Fool-proof, maybe.We had an issue a few weeks back with our skip bin company. They charged us for being 400 kg overweight. We disputed this, the bin collection that day was nothing out of the ordinary. After a bit of back and forth they reckoned their automatic bin weighing and logging system is fool-proof. Anyway, we ended up paying it just to keep the peace. We need these guys on an ongoing basis, and they are the cheapest option. Switching to another supplier is going to cost more anyway.
Idiot-proof, probably not.
party_pants said:
Kingy said:
Anyway, I have a problem. No, not that one.In June I rang company A and ordered two pallets of (product) for a job, and paid for two pallets.
Company A rang back a week later and said that they had arrived.
I sent my operator in to collect the product. Unbeknown to me, Company A’s forklift driver loaded two (and a half) pallets onto the truck.
He went to the job and began using it. The client saw that there was leftover product that she “had paid for” and wanted extra area covered which operator did.
Operator rang me and said that there was more leftover. I went to site and saw the half pallet left over, and a bit confused, assumed that I had got the measurements wrong(it’s a weird shape). I still did not know that Company A had loaded extra onto the truck.
Operator loaded the leftover onto the truck and returned it to the depot.
6 weeks later, I get a bill from Company A for the half pallet that I didn’t order, didn’t want, and didn’t know I had.
After a few phone calls to find out WTF was going on, Company A tells me that they were missing half a pallet, looked back through their security cameras to see it being loaded onto my truck, and sent me a bill for it.
Now that I understood why I had leftover, I got my operator to load it on the truck and return it.
They sent me a new bill for what they thought was in the pallet, minus what was in it when returned.
After a few more emails and visits to the store to explain my side, they still expect me to pay for their fuckup.
They asked me to get the client to pay for the extra product. I spoke to her personally today, and it’s a hard no.
I’m already out of pocket because I paid my operator & machine for 6 hours laying the extra product, that I didn’t have in my quote, and didn’t get paid for.
Should I invoice Company A an equivalent amount to their extra invoice, for the extra costs to me?
6 weeks later
It all comes down to relationships and goodwill. Do you need to have an ongoing relationship with this supplier on an ongoing basis in the future?
I can get the same product from Perth cheaper, and get it trucked down here by the bloke who owns the yard where all my stuff is.
captain_spalding said:
party_pants said:Fool-proof, maybe.We had an issue a few weeks back with our skip bin company. They charged us for being 400 kg overweight. We disputed this, the bin collection that day was nothing out of the ordinary. After a bit of back and forth they reckoned their automatic bin weighing and logging system is fool-proof. Anyway, we ended up paying it just to keep the peace. We need these guys on an ongoing basis, and they are the cheapest option. Switching to another supplier is going to cost more anyway.
Idiot-proof, probably not.
I’ve spoken to the driver a number of times. He seemed quite reasonable. I think it is an error with their recording and logging equipment, but how to prove it. We don’t have the means to weigh the bin and keep logbooks for each weekly collection for ourselves.
Kingy said:
party_pants said:
Kingy said:
Anyway, I have a problem. No, not that one.In June I rang company A and ordered two pallets of (product) for a job, and paid for two pallets.
Company A rang back a week later and said that they had arrived.
I sent my operator in to collect the product. Unbeknown to me, Company A’s forklift driver loaded two (and a half) pallets onto the truck.
He went to the job and began using it. The client saw that there was leftover product that she “had paid for” and wanted extra area covered which operator did.
Operator rang me and said that there was more leftover. I went to site and saw the half pallet left over, and a bit confused, assumed that I had got the measurements wrong(it’s a weird shape). I still did not know that Company A had loaded extra onto the truck.
Operator loaded the leftover onto the truck and returned it to the depot.
6 weeks later, I get a bill from Company A for the half pallet that I didn’t order, didn’t want, and didn’t know I had.
After a few phone calls to find out WTF was going on, Company A tells me that they were missing half a pallet, looked back through their security cameras to see it being loaded onto my truck, and sent me a bill for it.
Now that I understood why I had leftover, I got my operator to load it on the truck and return it.
They sent me a new bill for what they thought was in the pallet, minus what was in it when returned.
After a few more emails and visits to the store to explain my side, they still expect me to pay for their fuckup.
They asked me to get the client to pay for the extra product. I spoke to her personally today, and it’s a hard no.
I’m already out of pocket because I paid my operator & machine for 6 hours laying the extra product, that I didn’t have in my quote, and didn’t get paid for.
Should I invoice Company A an equivalent amount to their extra invoice, for the extra costs to me?
6 weeks later
It all comes down to relationships and goodwill. Do you need to have an ongoing relationship with this supplier on an ongoing basis in the future?
I can get the same product from Perth cheaper, and get it trucked down here by the bloke who owns the yard where all my stuff is.
The customer varied the terms of the contract, expanding the amount of work beyond what had been quoted and agreed on. And, she did this without consulting you.
Whether or not she pays for the additional product, she surely owes you for the 6 hours extra work.
This is where your solicitor comes in.
captain_spalding said:
Kingy said:
party_pants said:It all comes down to relationships and goodwill. Do you need to have an ongoing relationship with this supplier on an ongoing basis in the future?
I can get the same product from Perth cheaper, and get it trucked down here by the bloke who owns the yard where all my stuff is.
The customer varied the terms of the contract, expanding the amount of work beyond what had been quoted and agreed on. And, she did this without consulting you.
Whether or not she pays for the additional product, she surely owes you for the 6 hours extra work.
This is where your solicitor comes in.
The customer is lovely, and thought that the extra product was what she was to pay for, not knowing that extra product had been delivered.
Kingy said:
captain_spalding said:
Kingy said:I can get the same product from Perth cheaper, and get it trucked down here by the bloke who owns the yard where all my stuff is.
The customer varied the terms of the contract, expanding the amount of work beyond what had been quoted and agreed on. And, she did this without consulting you.
Whether or not she pays for the additional product, she surely owes you for the 6 hours extra work.
This is where your solicitor comes in.
The customer is lovely, and thought that the extra product was what she was to pay for, not knowing that extra product had been delivered.
I’m sure that she’s a very nice lady. But, that doesn’t change the fact that she decided, unilaterally, to increase the size of the project by what seems to be 25%, and she convinced the operator to put in an additional six hours on the job.
You just cant do stuff like that, and not expect to pay extra for it.
Kingy said:
captain_spalding said:
Kingy said:I can get the same product from Perth cheaper, and get it trucked down here by the bloke who owns the yard where all my stuff is.
The customer varied the terms of the contract, expanding the amount of work beyond what had been quoted and agreed on. And, she did this without consulting you.
Whether or not she pays for the additional product, she surely owes you for the 6 hours extra work.
This is where your solicitor comes in.
The customer is lovely, and thought that the extra product was what she was to pay for, not knowing that extra product had been delivered.
It doesn’t matter if the customer is lovely. In my opinion getting extra materials is one thing, but using your worker for 6 hours to install that material is not okay. Sometimes extra material happens, but I’d check with the contractor before claiming it, let alone using it.
Anyway, I’m going to be fixing up our donated fire trailer tomorrow morning.
It needs some rust removal, and new bolts to hold the slip-on to the trailer, amongst other things.
The lady in charge of the schoolies wants to hire it off us soon, and it has to be ready.
The arseholes in the rego department refuse to accept that it was donated to us for free, and still want stamp duty.
After some negotiation, we still have to pay $78 for stamp duty for a trailer to change owners.
>>Webcast Start: Livestream coverage begins about 30 minutes before liftoff, around 8:15 AM AEST on Saturday, November 14.
Is that Standard time or Summer time?
Peak Warming Man said:
>>Webcast Start: Livestream coverage begins about 30 minutes before liftoff, around 8:15 AM AEST on Saturday, November 14.Is that Standard time or Summer time?
You should have enough stored time from daylight savings to spend on Livestream Coverage.
If not, I would be asking where all that saved time went.
Interesting.
Apparently, I was at a fire somewhere where I wasn’t.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ToMf7U7Eky0
This is the fake shit that we are going to have to deal with.
I’m not sure how we are going to tell what is real from very realistic fakes.
The boomers are going to fall for it every time, and the older Gen X is likely to also think it’s real.
This vid is fake.
Kingy said:
Interesting.Apparently, I was at a fire somewhere where I wasn’t.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ToMf7U7Eky0
This is the fake shit that we are going to have to deal with.
I’m not sure how we are going to tell what is real from very realistic fakes.
The boomers are going to fall for it every time, and the older Gen X is likely to also think it’s real.
This vid is fake.
we mean people have lied for as long as they have communicated
Good morning Holidayers. Presently 9 degrees at the back door and my little raingauge suggests we have had about 18mm of rain since it started gently dropping late afternoon yesterday. Not falling at the moment. I’m please about that, should have topped up the watertanks nicely. We are forecast 19 degrees with a shower or two.
Bakery Breakfast with my bushwandering friend. And Mr buffy if he wakes up in time. Other activities to be decided.
And the emails seem to be back.
Morning punters and collectors, I haven’t looked at the track conditions, you’ll have to wait for that.
Over.
Peak Warming Man said:
Morning punters and collectors, I haven’t looked at the track conditions, you’ll have to wait for that.
Over.
Been raining here.
Tau.Neutrino said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Morning punters and collectors, I haven’t looked at the track conditions, you’ll have to wait for that.
Over.
Been raining here.
Might rain again too.
I’m happy with that environment list.
Feel free to copy and share.
Know anyone who’s travelling in the US?
Well, they’re not travelling by air:
captain_spalding said:
Know anyone who’s travelling in the US?Well, they’re not travelling by air:
I wonder what the reasons are?
kii said:
ms spock said:
It is agreeable to see you 🖖🏽Rain forecast today with a dash of sun. Lots of cloud.
Humidity is 83%.
I hope that folks have the day that you are aiming for.
A great one, a restful one, a productive one or whimsical one.
Groutings, ms spock.
I’ll accept any of those days.
Groutings to you kii.
🖖🏽
It is 22° now. The temperature range is 22° to 27°°
Light precipitation is expected for most of this morning with a touch of sun and cloudiness.
Humidity is 88%.
I am not sure what I will do today.
Tau.Neutrino said:
captain_spalding said:
Know anyone who’s travelling in the US?Well, they’re not travelling by air:
I wonder what the reasons are?
alleged
The US Federal Aviation Administration has issued a national ground stop “due to extraordinary circumstance and reasons for safety” after the agency earlier reported serious air traffic control communications issues. Shortly before the announcement, the FAA halted traffic in Chicago due to air traffic control issues.
deity damn we didn’t know ussa atc used Microsoft Outlook, fucking hell
Spacex 15 is launching in half an hour.
https://www.space.com/news/live/spacex-starship-flight-15-live-updates-nov-13-2026-starship-first-double-landing-attempt
Good morning everybody.
Currently it is overcast, calm, 23.6° C and 94% RH. It rained moderately heavily from a bit after 2 am until around 7 am, delivering us 91 mm. More rain is forecast throughout the day and the BoM tells us to expect a top of 27° C.
It’s Mrs V’s birthday. We are going to the Surf Club for a late lunch. She’s going to the markets this morning to discuss the maintenance of the bonsai tree she bought last Saturday at the pop-up art show.
I was going to cook a special meal for dinner, but my back doesn’t feel up for the preparation of it. Plan B: takeaway pizza from the club. We’ll see.
I have developed an annoyingly sore pimple on my nose, right under the left nose pad of my glasses. I am wearing them skew-whiff now. I’m sure that looks odd, but what else can I do? I wear spectacles all the time I am awake. I haven’t had a pimple for years.
Have a terrific day.
:)
:)
:)
Peak Warming Man said:
Spacex 15 is launching in half an hour.
https://www.space.com/news/live/spacex-starship-flight-15-live-updates-nov-13-2026-starship-first-double-landing-attempt
They use liquid methane and lox for the propellant.
5 minutes to launch
Michael V said:
Good morning everybody.Currently it is overcast, calm, 23.6° C and 94% RH. It rained moderately heavily from a bit after 2 am until around 7 am, delivering us 91 mm. More rain is forecast throughout the day and the BoM tells us to expect a top of 27° C.
It’s Mrs V’s birthday. We are going to the Surf Club for a late lunch. She’s going to the markets this morning to discuss the maintenance of the bonsai tree she bought last Saturday at the pop-up art show.
I was going to cook a special meal for dinner, but my back doesn’t feel up for the preparation of it. Plan B: takeaway pizza from the club. We’ll see.
I have developed an annoyingly sore pimple on my nose, right under the left nose pad of my glasses. I am wearing them skew-whiff now. I’m sure that looks odd, but what else can I do? I wear spectacles all the time I am awake. I haven’t had a pimple for years.
Have a terrific day.
:)
:)
:)
Happy birthday Mrs V
Peak Warming Man said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Spacex 15 is launching in half an hour.
https://www.space.com/news/live/spacex-starship-flight-15-live-updates-nov-13-2026-starship-first-double-landing-attempt
They use liquid methane and lox for the propellant.
5 minutes to launch
Is this why all the planes are grounded in the US?
buffy said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Spacex 15 is launching in half an hour.
https://www.space.com/news/live/spacex-starship-flight-15-live-updates-nov-13-2026-starship-first-double-landing-attempt
They use liquid methane and lox for the propellant.
5 minutes to launch
Is this why all the planes are grounded in the US?
:)
Peak Warming Man said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Spacex 15 is launching in half an hour.
https://www.space.com/news/live/spacex-starship-flight-15-live-updates-nov-13-2026-starship-first-double-landing-attempt
They use liquid methane and lox for the propellant.
5 minutes to launch
How’d it go?
Peak Warming Man said:
Michael V said:
Good morning everybody.Currently it is overcast, calm, 23.6° C and 94% RH. It rained moderately heavily from a bit after 2 am until around 7 am, delivering us 91 mm. More rain is forecast throughout the day and the BoM tells us to expect a top of 27° C.
It’s Mrs V’s birthday. We are going to the Surf Club for a late lunch. She’s going to the markets this morning to discuss the maintenance of the bonsai tree she bought last Saturday at the pop-up art show.
I was going to cook a special meal for dinner, but my back doesn’t feel up for the preparation of it. Plan B: takeaway pizza from the club. We’ll see.
I have developed an annoyingly sore pimple on my nose, right under the left nose pad of my glasses. I am wearing them skew-whiff now. I’m sure that looks odd, but what else can I do? I wear spectacles all the time I am awake. I haven’t had a pimple for years.
Have a terrific day.
:)
:)
:)
Happy birthday Mrs V
HB MrsV. :)
Michael V said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Spacex 15 is launching in half an hour.
https://www.space.com/news/live/spacex-starship-flight-15-live-updates-nov-13-2026-starship-first-double-landing-attempt
They use liquid methane and lox for the propellant.
5 minutes to launch
How’d it go?
vrrrrooooooooom!
ChrispenEvan said:
Michael V said:
Peak Warming Man said:They use liquid methane and lox for the propellant.
5 minutes to launch
How’d it go?
vrrrrooooooooom!
Half a Mazda!
Michael V said:
It’s Mrs V’s birthday. We are going to the Surf Club for a late lunch. She’s going to the markets this morning to discuss the maintenance of the bonsai tree she bought last Saturday at the pop-up art show.
Happy Birthday Mrs V!
🎉🎊🎂🖖🏽🎂🎊🎉
Michael V said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Spacex 15 is launching in half an hour.
https://www.space.com/news/live/spacex-starship-flight-15-live-updates-nov-13-2026-starship-first-double-landing-attempt
They use liquid methane and lox for the propellant.
5 minutes to launch
How’d it go?
Launch successful bt they failed to catch the booster rocket, put it down in the sea instead.
Son sent me this.
Out today, solo album from the woman doing more for traditional folk music than most.
https://radiepeat.bandcamp.com/album/no-human-tongue-can-tell
I adore her voice and her approach to music. Have seen her perform twice and look forward to more opportunities to do so.
There are some amazing interpretations of traditional and or folk songs here.
I am particularly a fan of her interpretation of Dark horse on the wind, such a powerful interpretation of a classic. However there is so much to love here. Mostly this is just Radie and she shines especially on the vocal front.
Opener hares on the mountain is in part a tribute to one of her greatest musical inspirations Shirley Collins (who spent most of the 60s recording as many traditional folk songs as she could learn on her travels). The mutual admiration goes both ways, Shirely cannot say enough good things about Radie as a singer and their shared drive to keep folk music alive and relevant for future generations.
Anyway, give it a listen when you have time.
Peak Warming Man said:
Spacex 15 is launching in half an hour.
https://www.space.com/news/live/spacex-starship-flight-15-live-updates-nov-13-2026-starship-first-double-landing-attempt
so the grounds stop is because they’re afraid someone gun shoot down the fascist fusée
roughbarked said:
Son sent me this.Out today, solo album from the woman doing more for traditional folk music than most.
https://radiepeat.bandcamp.com/album/no-human-tongue-can-tell
I adore her voice and her approach to music. Have seen her perform twice and look forward to more opportunities to do so.
There are some amazing interpretations of traditional and or folk songs here.
I am particularly a fan of her interpretation of Dark horse on the wind, such a powerful interpretation of a classic. However there is so much to love here. Mostly this is just Radie and she shines especially on the vocal front.
Opener hares on the mountain is in part a tribute to one of her greatest musical inspirations Shirley Collins (who spent most of the 60s recording as many traditional folk songs as she could learn on her travels). The mutual admiration goes both ways, Shirely cannot say enough good things about Radie as a singer and their shared drive to keep folk music alive and relevant for future generations.
Anyway, give it a listen when you have time.
Go hiontach!
Thanks
Just watching the Spacex latest flight.
The big booster was scheduled to attempt a catch by the tower at the end of the flight but something went wrong in the last minute or two and they diverted to simulate a tower catch but over the ocean not far from the beach.
But something I’ve not seen before was the booster itself imploded as the propellant tanks ran out. The pumps in the engines must be so good they sucked the atmosphere out of the interior.
The damaged rocket then fell into the ocean and was on fire for a few minutes but was floating quite well otherwise.
MV is about to cop the southern end of a large rain mass heading for Bundaberg and Miriam Vale.
Spiny Norman said:
Just watching the Spacex latest flight.
The big booster was scheduled to attempt a catch by the tower at the end of the flight but something went wrong in the last minute or two and they diverted to simulate a tower catch but over the ocean not far from the beach.
But something I’ve not seen before was the booster itself imploded as the propellant tanks ran out. The pumps in the engines must be so good they sucked the atmosphere out of the interior.
The damaged rocket then fell into the ocean and was on fire for a few minutes but was floating quite well otherwise.
I looked it up.
Pumps on Space-X rockets work at between 30,000 and 40,000 revs per minute. The pumps on the Merlin engines boost pressure to over 1,400 psi.
Here’s a table of the flow rates per second through those pumps on Raptor and Merlin rocket engines:
To put the scale in perspective: a single Raptor moves roughly the mass of two adult elephants per second of propellant.
So, yeah, they suck hard.
captain_spalding said:
MV is about to cop the southern end of a large rain mass heading for Bundaberg and Miriam Vale.
It’s like raaaiiin on Mrs V’s birthday
Happy birthday Mrs V!
captain_spalding said:
Spiny Norman said:
Just watching the Spacex latest flight.
The big booster was scheduled to attempt a catch by the tower at the end of the flight but something went wrong in the last minute or two and they diverted to simulate a tower catch but over the ocean not far from the beach.
But something I’ve not seen before was the booster itself imploded as the propellant tanks ran out. The pumps in the engines must be so good they sucked the atmosphere out of the interior.
The damaged rocket then fell into the ocean and was on fire for a few minutes but was floating quite well otherwise.
I looked it up.
Pumps on Space-X rockets work at between 30,000 and 40,000 revs per minute. The pumps on the Merlin engines boost pressure to over 1,400 psi.
Here’s a table of the flow rates per second through those pumps on Raptor and Merlin rocket engines:
To put the scale in perspective: a single Raptor moves roughly the mass of two adult elephants per second of propellant.
So, yeah, they suck hard.
Forget , that ‘two adult elephants’ stuff. My source was indulging in some exaggeration there.
captain_spalding said:
MV is about to cop the southern end of a large rain mass heading for Bundaberg and Miriam Vale.
Thanks for the warning.
We got 91 mm last night.
Mrs V has gone to the markets on foot. I think I might open the gates now while it is still dry, in case I need to go rescue her.
Michael V said:
captain_spalding said:
MV is about to cop the southern end of a large rain mass heading for Bundaberg and Miriam Vale.
Thanks for the warning.
We got 91 mm last night.
Mrs V has gone to the markets on foot. I think I might open the gates now while it is still dry, in case I need to go rescue her.
I’m required when Mrs rb goes shopping, to lift and carry.
Greg Chappell says Australian cricket has to “move on” from the controversy of Cape Town.
The former Australian skipper said Sandpapergate still had a way to go before it trumped the underarm controversy.
ruby said:
captain_spalding said:
MV is about to cop the southern end of a large rain mass heading for Bundaberg and Miriam Vale.
It’s like raaaiiin on Mrs V’s birthday
Happy birthday Mrs V!
:)
Reddit, asking the big questions.
Awake, again.
A bit breezy and it’s just lovely.
My morning is skewiff…I am having to drink my tea from a different mug today. The white-ish chunky one is in the sink, dirty and tainted. So I have to use the chunky grey/black one which is causing me sensory confusion. I can’t wait to unpack my lovely mugs from Pioneer Woman’s range.
Michael V said:
buffy said:
Peak Warming Man said:They use liquid methane and lox for the propellant.
5 minutes to launch
Is this why all the planes are grounded in the US?
:)
I’ve been outside weeding. Has the plane thing been pinned down to Biden’s fault yet? Or the Iranians? Bomb the Iranians?
kii said:
Awake, again.
A bit breezy and it’s just lovely.
My morning is skewiff…I am having to drink my tea from a different mug today. The white-ish chunky one is in the sink, dirty and tainted. So I have to use the chunky grey/black one which is causing me sensory confusion. I can’t wait to unpack my lovely mugs from Pioneer Woman’s range.
So of course I had to Google my Pioneer Woman mugs to make me feel less skewiff…
Spiny Norman said:
Reddit, asking the big questions.
Only at night-time?
buffy said:
Michael V said:
buffy said:Is this why all the planes are grounded in the US?
:)
I’ve been outside weeding. Has the plane thing been pinned down to Biden’s fault yet? Or the Iranians? Bomb the Iranians?
It’s another plot by Obama to embarrass Trump!
roughbarked said:
Greg Chappell says Australian cricket has to “move on” from the controversy of Cape Town.The former Australian skipper said Sandpapergate still had a way to go before it trumped the underarm controversy.
I agree with Chappell, G.
Mostly because i’m tired of hearing about this tiny storm in a very small teacup.
captain_spalding said:
buffy said:
Michael V said::)
I’ve been outside weeding. Has the plane thing been pinned down to Biden’s fault yet? Or the Iranians? Bomb the Iranians?
It’s another plot by Obama to embarrass Trump!
Oh! I didn’t think of that possibility!
Back now.
Globe & Mail crossword was tough for me today. 28 min 18 secs, in total! (i had started it earlier, done 24%, and then left it for a bit.)
And i’d forgotten that i’d already done the latest one from the Toronto Star last night.
buffy said:
captain_spalding said:
buffy said:I’ve been outside weeding. Has the plane thing been pinned down to Biden’s fault yet? Or the Iranians? Bomb the Iranians?
It’s another plot by Obama to embarrass Trump!
Oh! I didn’t think of that possibility!
Obama probably hired a lot of Muslim Mexican illegals to sabotage something.
captain_spalding said:
Back now.Globe & Mail crossword was tough for me today. 28 min 18 secs, in total! (i had started it earlier, done 24%, and then left it for a bit.)
And i’d forgotten that i’d already done the latest one from the Toronto Star last night.
I am doing yesterday’s Toronto Star. I’ve spent 52 minutes (total), but I’m only about 80% done, and I doubt I’ll get any further without assistance.
captain_spalding said:
Back now.Globe & Mail crossword was tough for me today. 28 min 18 secs, in total! (i had started it earlier, done 24%, and then left it for a bit.)
And i’d forgotten that i’d already done the latest one from the Toronto Star last night.
You mean Friday’s Globe & Mail? I found it annoying, as I was in a hurry to get it out of the way but it wasn’t cooperating.
There’s been a third death in the family, one of my father’s brothers. I didn’t like him, and it would be fair to say I don’t have a single positive memory of him but do have negative ones, so I won’t make any show of grief nor attend the funeral. OTOH there are some decent people who will miss him so I’ll politely offer them condolences.
dv said:
There’s been a third death in the family, one of my father’s brothers. I didn’t like him, and it would be fair to say I don’t have a single positive memory of him but do have negative ones, so I won’t make any show of grief nor attend the funeral. OTOH there are some decent people who will miss him so I’ll politely offer them condolences.
Sounds sensible.
dv said:
There’s been a third death in the family, one of my father’s brothers. I didn’t like him, and it would be fair to say I don’t have a single positive memory of him but do have negative ones, so I won’t make any show of grief nor attend the funeral. OTOH there are some decent people who will miss him so I’ll politely offer them condolences.
:(
dv said:
There’s been a third death in the family, one of my father’s brothers. I didn’t like him, and it would be fair to say I don’t have a single positive memory of him but do have negative ones, so I won’t make any show of grief nor attend the funeral. OTOH there are some decent people who will miss him so I’ll politely offer them condolences.
Condolences.
dv said:
There’s been a third death in the family, one of my father’s brothers. I didn’t like him, and it would be fair to say I don’t have a single positive memory of him but do have negative ones, so I won’t make any show of grief nor attend the funeral. OTOH there are some decent people who will miss him so I’ll politely offer them condolences.
That sounds a bit awkward and unpleasant.
Did he live locally. or would the funeral involve flying interstate or overseas?
party_pants said:
dv said:
There’s been a third death in the family, one of my father’s brothers. I didn’t like him, and it would be fair to say I don’t have a single positive memory of him but do have negative ones, so I won’t make any show of grief nor attend the funeral. OTOH there are some decent people who will miss him so I’ll politely offer them condolences.
That sounds a bit awkward and unpleasant.
Did he live locally. or would the funeral involve flying interstate or overseas?
It’s not awkward at all. Both upcoming funerals are in NQ, I’ll be going to one and not the other and if anyone asks why I’ll be happy to tell them. I feel no compunction to pretend.
roughbarked said:
dv said:
There’s been a third death in the family, one of my father’s brothers. I didn’t like him, and it would be fair to say I don’t have a single positive memory of him but do have negative ones, so I won’t make any show of grief nor attend the funeral. OTOH there are some decent people who will miss him so I’ll politely offer them condolences.
Condolences.
Not needed for me, I’m not sad.
Having said that, they say these things come in threes and I’m hoping that counts as the third.
dv said:
party_pants said:
dv said:
There’s been a third death in the family, one of my father’s brothers. I didn’t like him, and it would be fair to say I don’t have a single positive memory of him but do have negative ones, so I won’t make any show of grief nor attend the funeral. OTOH there are some decent people who will miss him so I’ll politely offer them condolences.
That sounds a bit awkward and unpleasant.
Did he live locally. or would the funeral involve flying interstate or overseas?
It’s not awkward at all. Both upcoming funerals are in NQ, I’ll be going to one and not the other and if anyone asks why I’ll be happy to tell them. I feel no compunction to pretend.
Straight and upfront.
dv said:
roughbarked said:
dv said:
There’s been a third death in the family, one of my father’s brothers. I didn’t like him, and it would be fair to say I don’t have a single positive memory of him but do have negative ones, so I won’t make any show of grief nor attend the funeral. OTOH there are some decent people who will miss him so I’ll politely offer them condolences.
Condolences.
Not needed for me, I’m not sad.
Having said that, they say these things come in threes and I’m hoping that counts as the third.
Superstitious? Surely not.
roughbarked said:
Superstitious? Surely not.
Well, I just hung out two loads of washing. It is sunny at the minute, but the forecast is a possible shower and up to 2mm.
I am tempting the rain dieties.
ABC News:
“…outdated air traffic control technology…” = “Joe Biden’s fault”.
dv said:
party_pants said:
dv said:
There’s been a third death in the family, one of my father’s brothers. I didn’t like him, and it would be fair to say I don’t have a single positive memory of him but do have negative ones, so I won’t make any show of grief nor attend the funeral. OTOH there are some decent people who will miss him so I’ll politely offer them condolences.
That sounds a bit awkward and unpleasant.
Did he live locally. or would the funeral involve flying interstate or overseas?
It’s not awkward at all. Both upcoming funerals are in NQ, I’ll be going to one and not the other and if anyone asks why I’ll be happy to tell them. I feel no compunction to pretend.
That’s the best way to do it. Honesty to others and acknowledging your feelings.
Funerals are complicated enough without having to pretend. Some people’s behaviour is off the wall at these events. I can’t think of a single funeral that I have been to where someone didn’t go fully fucko and dramatic bogan.
roughbarked said:
dv said:
party_pants said:That sounds a bit awkward and unpleasant.
Did he live locally. or would the funeral involve flying interstate or overseas?
It’s not awkward at all. Both upcoming funerals are in NQ, I’ll be going to one and not the other and if anyone asks why I’ll be happy to tell them. I feel no compunction to pretend.
Straight and upfront.
finally a show of maturity by humans as a species
kii said:
I can’t think of a single funeral that I have been to where someone didn’t go fully fucko and dramatic bogan.
Can i help it if we seem to wind up at the same funerals?
I hate passwords and technology and security options.
I have managed to lock myself out of my phone. I have reached the point of having my phone tell me that I am an idiot and it’s going to self-detonate if I even look at it sideways.
captain_spalding said:
ABC News:
“…outdated air traffic control technology…” = “Joe Biden’s fault”.
can’t they just blame a woman like all the commentators did when some rich peeps recently rode a learjet into the ground
captain_spalding said:
kii said:I can’t think of a single funeral that I have been to where someone didn’t go fully fucko and dramatic bogan.
Can i help it if we seem to wind up at the same funerals?
That was you who flung their sunglasses and black-veiled hat off as they roared away in their open-topped sports car?
(True story.)
SCIENCE said:
captain_spalding said:
ABC News:
“…outdated air traffic control technology…” = “Joe Biden’s fault”.
can’t they just blame a woman like all the commentators did when some rich peeps recently rode a learjet into the ground
Well, being transgender is just about the only thing that Trump hasn’t ‘accused’ Joe Biden of , yet.
kii said:
captain_spalding said:
kii said:I can’t think of a single funeral that I have been to where someone didn’t go fully fucko and dramatic bogan.
Can i help it if we seem to wind up at the same funerals?
That was you who flung their sunglasses and black-veiled hat off as they roared away in their open-topped sports car?
(True story.)
Never did get that hat back.
Pleasantly peaceful afternoon this end. I’ve been cleaning windows but that’s enough for one day.
Now relaxing with a chilled bubbly while thinking about dinner. Cottage pie sounds a cosy idea.
Bubblecar said:
Pleasantly peaceful afternoon this end. I’ve been cleaning windows but that’s enough for one day.Now relaxing with a chilled bubbly while thinking about dinner. Cottage pie sounds a cosy idea.
Great minds think alike.
I have beef mince defrosting right now for the same purpose.
captain_spalding said:
Bubblecar said:
Pleasantly peaceful afternoon this end. I’ve been cleaning windows but that’s enough for one day.Now relaxing with a chilled bubbly while thinking about dinner. Cottage pie sounds a cosy idea.
Great minds think alike.
I have beef mince defrosting right now for the same purpose.
I had beef mince defrosting for unspecified purposes, but cottage pie it now is.
captain_spalding said:
ABC News:
“…outdated air traffic control technology…” = “Joe Biden’s fault”.
Or possibly the president before Biden, who could have fixed it when he had his turn at the wheel.
I’m off to watch Return to Paradise and a Midsomer Murders. I’ll turn my brain to fuzzy first. They are entertaining enough.
buffy said:
I’m off to watch Return to Paradise and a Midsomer Murders. I’ll turn my brain to fuzzy first. They are entertaining enough.
Yeah that’ll be alright.
RangerJudy 25m
November 14: An early start again with 37 near the nest – yelling at currawong swooper. Around 6am one eagle was seen at the river, but no sign of SE38 yet. Lady flew in panting with a young gull at 8:15, 37 quick to claim and start self-feeding. 37 is de-feathering well and ate almost all of it until Lady came and finished it off, giving 37 a bite or 2. Dad brought a big bream at 11:15. 37 grabbed it and self fed until Dad came, then Lady, and finished it. There were several duets from the adults. A big storm threatened , with thunder and some rain, then it passed. Otherwise a very hot day. Just after 3pm, one eagle was on Mangrove Island. A photographer reported seeing a juvenile flying into the forest – we assume 38. After 4pm both adults were on the island and at 4:30, one caught something – Lady delivering an eel at 16:45. 37 was on the spot, then we were delighted to see 38 as well on the nest, taking over. It was hard to determine, but both ate and were picking at scraps still at 5:40. Both parents were nearby with a duet and mating. Still a few scraps to find. At 6pm both eaglets were on or near the nest together. Later parents were nearby as well.
Hey, roughie,
what was the name of that other capsaicin cream you mentioned?
