Are there any psychic mediums here?

I need to ask Beethoven an question

Skeptic Pete said:

Why are you chatting in last month?

Wasn’t chatting much at all Sir.

Skeptic Pete said:

Are there any psychic mediums here?

I need to ask Beethoven an question

Ask away. Somebody might know.

Skeptic Pete said:

Are there any psychic mediums here?

I need to ask Beethoven an question

What question do you wish to ask?

AussieDJ said:

Skeptic Pete said:

Are there any psychic mediums here?

I need to ask Beethoven an question

Ask away. Somebody might know.

I doubt it.

There is a discrepancy in the 7th bar of Fur Elise (with the little dots over the u)

Skeptic Pete said:

Are there any psychic mediums here?

only the dwarf psychic who escaped from jail…

Skeptic Pete said:

AussieDJ said:

Skeptic Pete said:

Are there any psychic mediums here?

I need to ask Beethoven an question

Ask away. Somebody might know.

I doubt it.

There is a discrepancy in the 7th bar of Fur Elise (with the little dots over the u)

Doesn’t help but it did remind me of one of my favourite songs, Violent Soho and Fur Eyes. No umlauts though.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AazTavKYvUc

Skeptic Pete said:

I doubt it.

There is a discrepancy in the 7th bar of Fur Elise (with the little dots over the u)

Umlaut.

What discrepancy?

Victoria’s first female premier, Labor stalwart Joan Kirner, has died at age 76 after a brave battle with cancer.

aww rip Joan

http://www.pianoworld.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/1157691/Fur%20Elise%20-%20bar%207.html

i know nothing about music but does this help?

Skeptic Pete said:

AussieDJ said:

Skeptic Pete said:

Are there any psychic mediums here?

I need to ask Beethoven an question

Ask away. Somebody might know.

I doubt it.

There is a discrepancy in the 7th bar of Fur Elise (with the little dots over the u)

I’m usually pretty wasted after the 6th bar, Elise or no Elise.

AwesomeO said:

Doesn’t help but it did remind me of one of my favourite songs, Violent Soho and Fur Eyes. No umlauts though.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AazTavKYvUc

yeah they don’t really know why its called For Elise, it could be a mistranslation as there is no original manuscript.

His girlfriend was Therese.

If you ever wanted to listen to it (only goes for 3 minutes) Valentina Lisitsa is the one to listen to, and quite easy on the eye too.

I am unsure why the audience start laughing at the beginning of the piece though

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

Arts said:

Victoria’s first female premier, Labor stalwart Joan Kirner, has died at age 76 after a brave battle with cancer.
aww rip Joan

That’s sad. I didn’t realise she was that old.

Arts said:

Victoria’s first female premier, Labor stalwart Joan Kirner, has died at age 76 after a brave battle with cancer.

aww rip Joan

76, really?? I thought she was much younger than that.

RIP and condolences etc.

Bubblecar said:

Skeptic Pete said:

I doubt it.

There is a discrepancy in the 7th bar of Fur Elise (with the little dots over the u)

Umlaut.

What discrepancy?

Well my version which was downloaded from a site called forelise.com (dedicated to this song) has one different note to every other version including Valentina Lisitsa’s.

Bar 7 first note in triplet is D-C-B

Every other version I can find has E-C-B

So in my version it is an E7th chord

I would love to know which way Beethoven wanted it.

JudgeMental said:

http://www.pianoworld.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/1157691/Fur%20Elise%20-%20bar%207.html

i know nothing about music but does this help?

Thanks Judgy that is EXACTLY what I wanted

see guys, i’m better than medium.

Skeptic Pete said:

JudgeMental said:

http://www.pianoworld.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/1157691/Fur%20Elise%20-%20bar%207.html

i know nothing about music but does this help?

Thanks Judgy that is EXACTLY what I wanted

Interesting consensus on that site that the D is in fact correct, but yet Valentina obviously doesn’t agree.

JudgeMental said:

see guys, i’m better than medium.

Slightly above average

D is probably correct. The autograph, which Beethoven wrote and gave as a gift to the countess Theresa von Malfatti in April of 1810, was never published in his lifetime, and was mis-titled when it was eventually published because the musicologist who was given the score misread “Therese” for “Elise”, has a D because it’s part of the V7 chord of a minor.

And according to this commenter, that single note can actually change the whole feel of the piece.

What an interesting debate … whether the D (subdominant) instead of the E (dominant) to the m7 (RH) of Beethoven’s Fur Elise in A minor.

My natural gait has been to use the fast-flowing E … and go hurtling (how we need to discipline our tempo!) through the familiar masterpiece … but trying out the subdominant D in the 7th measure brought the inclination for a slight slowing retardando … a welcome reminder to “hold one’s horses!”.

Thanks chaps for the new insight.

Pete loves the D

Skeptic Pete said:

D is probably correct. The autograph, which Beethoven wrote and gave as a gift to the countess Theresa von Malfatti in April of 1810, was never published in his lifetime, and was mis-titled when it was eventually published because the musicologist who was given the score misread “Therese” for “Elise”, has a D because it’s part of the V7 chord of a minor.

Use whichever you prefer, Beethoven’s not going to complain.

And here’s the ultimate answer. Thanks again Judgy

I prefer E throughout then D in the penultimate bar. My two favourite interpretations; Ivo Pogorelich and Valentina Lisitsa, both findable on youtube, play it this way

So that’s how the professionals deal with the dilemma :-)

I do prefer the D.

With guitar or piano I always prefer to play a seventh chord if it will fit.

Helps to have a perfect cadence to finalise the passage.

Dominant and subdominant.

Skeptic Pete said:

Bubblecar said:

Skeptic Pete said:

I doubt it.

There is a discrepancy in the 7th bar of Fur Elise (with the little dots over the u)

Umlaut.

What discrepancy?

Well my version which was downloaded from a site called forelise.com (dedicated to this song) has one different note to every other version including Valentina Lisitsa’s.

Bar 7 first note in triplet is D-C-B

Every other version I can find has E-C-B

So in my version it is an E7th chord

I would love to know which way Beethoven wanted it.

Ahh, you’re talking about Feral Lisa..

now i’m up to speed…

Skeptic Pete said:

I do prefer the D.

With guitar or piano I always prefer to play a seventh chord if it will fit.

Helps to have a perfect cadence to finalise the passage.

Dominant and subdominant.

Just don’t end on g#, that would be really irritating.

Skeptic Pete said:

I do prefer the D.

With guitar or piano I always prefer to play a seventh chord if it will fit.

Helps to have a perfect cadence to finalise the passage.

Dominant and subdominant.

Look at you, talking like a musician :) it’s like you don’t even play the Bass anymore

Dropbear said:

Skeptic Pete said:

I do prefer the D.

With guitar or piano I always prefer to play a seventh chord if it will fit.

Helps to have a perfect cadence to finalise the passage.

Dominant and subdominant.

Look at you, talking like a musician :) it’s like you don’t even play the Bass anymore

I don’t :-(

Can’t seem to find any bass player vacancies at the moment.

Skeptic Pete said:

Dropbear said:

Skeptic Pete said:

I do prefer the D.

With guitar or piano I always prefer to play a seventh chord if it will fit.

Helps to have a perfect cadence to finalise the passage.

Dominant and subdominant.

Look at you, talking like a musician :) it’s like you don’t even play the Bass anymore

I don’t :-(

Can’t seem to find any bass player vacancies at the moment.

Yeh ever since they introduced work for the dole….

Skeptic Pete said:

Dropbear said:

Skeptic Pete said:

I do prefer the D.

With guitar or piano I always prefer to play a seventh chord if it will fit.

Helps to have a perfect cadence to finalise the passage.

Dominant and subdominant.

Look at you, talking like a musician :) it’s like you don’t even play the Bass anymore

I don’t :-(

Can’t seem to find any bass player vacancies at the moment.

Skeptic Pete said:

Dropbear said:

Skeptic Pete said:

I do prefer the D.

With guitar or piano I always prefer to play a seventh chord if it will fit.

Helps to have a perfect cadence to finalise the passage.

Dominant and subdominant.

Look at you, talking like a musician :) it’s like you don’t even play the Bass anymore

I don’t :-(

Can’t seem to find any bass player vacancies at the moment.

I put in the order to repossess all my gear from a stepson. Nothing has shown up yet… not impressed Jan.

I hadn’t heard of most of them:

10 of the world’s best natural wonders … that you’ve probably never heard of

http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2015/jun/01/10-best-worlds-natural-wonders-us-canada-new-zealand

Interesting………

Lisitsa has received criticism for her opposition to the Ukrainian government and support to pro-Russian separatists since the 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine and the ensuing armed conflict. In April 2015 the Toronto Symphony Orchestra cancelled concerts with Lisitsa citing her “provocative” online remarks on her Twitter account; the orchestra initially did not specify which Tweets or other commentary it believed crossed a line.[18

E before D except after C.
Even I know that and I haven’t played the piano for over 20 years.

Skeptic Pete said:

Interesting………

Lisitsa has received criticism for her opposition to the Ukrainian government and support to pro-Russian separatists since the 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine and the ensuing armed conflict. In April 2015 the Toronto Symphony Orchestra cancelled concerts with Lisitsa citing her “provocative” online remarks on her Twitter account; the orchestra initially did not specify which Tweets or other commentary it believed crossed a line.

Silly woman. She must surely have known that Canadian fans would have been very disappointed in her (Canada has long been a centre of Ukrainian expat culture etc).

For those interested top gear is showing an autonomous truck working its way around rugged terrain and figuring its own way.

Finally made it in to see Vivid. It was well worth the 3 attempts. Decided to drive in and park at the Domain but found that, with the new roof tray on, the clearance was not high enough. Parked elsewhere.

Saw the shows at:

Martin Place
Customs House – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjRDEg04F7s
Museum of Contemporary Arts – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0ejqrQWdQM
Opera House – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hl-gZVOCo8M
Argyle Cut (which we didn’t know about but found only on our return to the car)

… then drove to Kirribilli and saw the back of the Harbour Bridge from near the (unremarkable) Luna Park entrance and looked back at the crazy city from across the harbour.

:)

Speedy said:

Finally made it in to see Vivid. It was well worth the 3 attempts. Decided to drive in and park at the Domain but found that, with the new roof tray on, the clearance was not high enough. Parked elsewhere.

Saw the shows at:

Martin Place
Customs House – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjRDEg04F7s
Museum of Contemporary Arts – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0ejqrQWdQM
Opera House – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hl-gZVOCo8M
Argyle Cut (which we didn’t know about but found only on our return to the car)

… then drove to Kirribilli and saw the back of the Harbour Bridge from near the (unremarkable) Luna Park entrance and looked back at the crazy city from across the harbour.

:)

I don’t understand.

Skeptic Pete said:

AussieDJ said:

Skeptic Pete said:

Are there any psychic mediums here?

I need to ask Beethoven an question

Ask away. Somebody might know.

I doubt it.

There is a discrepancy in the 7th bar of Fur Elise (with the little dots over the u)

Apparently there’s a psychic dog here, which might be handy if it’s a question about “Fur Elise, (with dots). Or was that a psychotic bitch? I get those things confused.

Bubblecar said:

I hadn’t heard of most of them:

10 of the world’s best natural wonders … that you’ve probably never heard of

http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2015/jun/01/10-best-worlds-natural-wonders-us-canada-new-zealand

I did some canyoning at Waitomo Caves. It started with a climb down a ladder, then we were told to take an inner tube and jump 4m off a ledge into a pool. The float down the river in darkness was quite pleasant, despite being told that there were eels lurking there. The climb out was a little claustrophobic.

The only other natural wonder on that list that I have heard of is the jellyfish lake.

Peak Warming Man said:

I don’t understand.

Light shows in Sydney City, PWM.

Customs House
Museum of Contemporary Arts
Opera House

Speedy said:

Finally made it in to see Vivid.

Excellent! I was hoping to be in Sydney for this, but plans changed.

kii said:

Speedy said:

Finally made it in to see Vivid.

Excellent! I was hoping to be in Sydney for this, but plans changed.

I think they are running it every year now. Maybe another year will work out better for you.

Speedy said:

I think they are running it every year now. Maybe another year will work out better for you.

Yep, since 2009. I was home in 2010, but I think I missed it by a few days. I do hope to be home sometime this year, waiting on the sons’ work to ease off a bit.

kii said:

Speedy said:

I think they are running it every year now. Maybe another year will work out better for you.

Yep, since 2009. I was home in 2010, but I think I missed it by a few days. I do hope to be home sometime this year, waiting on the sons’ work to ease off a bit.

I didn’t realise that it started in 2009 and thought it was only 2 or 3 years ago.

Do your sons live in Sydney?

We’re from Sydney, but they are living south of Perth right now.

kii said:

We’re from Sydney, but they are living south of Perth right now.

Okay, I think I’m getting this. So you would fly into Sydney and they would meet you here. They would need some time off work in order to do so?

Speedy said:

kii said:

We’re from Sydney, but they are living south of Perth right now.

Okay, I think I’m getting this. So you would fly into Sydney and they would meet you here. They would need some time off work in order to do so?

Nup.

I like to see Sydney, we’re old friends. She’s changed, but I still love the old thing. I’ve only been to Pwerf once when 1 son was there in 2010, with his father. Then son#2 joined them. The boys work with their father.

kii will probably come over here and want a pud. her son is my neighbour. kinda.

Happy Southern Winter

and Happy Northern Summer to people like kii.

JudgeMental said:

kii will probably come over here and want a pud. her son is my neighbour. kinda.

Maybe not…puds are so 2010.

Both of them are sort of near you….with their mad man father.

dv said:

Happy Southern Winter

and Happy Northern Summer to people like kii.

Not yet. The Seppos recognise it on the solstice. Which might be one of the few things they do right.

kii said:

dv said:

Happy Southern Winter

and Happy Northern Summer to people like kii.

Not yet. The Seppos recognise it on the solstice. Which might be one of the few things they do right.

So … they believe summer starts at midsummer.

dv said:

kii said:

dv said:

Happy Southern Winter

and Happy Northern Summer to people like kii.

Not yet. The Seppos recognise it on the solstice. Which might be one of the few things they do right.

So … they believe summer starts at midsummer.

I think that’s buffy’s thing. All those murders!

So if someone was getting all their kilojoules from potatoes, how many square metres of dirt would they need to meet their needs?

A good yield is 40 tonnes per hectare per annum.
Potatoes are about 2.6 kJ per gram, cooked.
An adult man needs about 9500 kJ per day.

(9500 kJ per day)/(2.6 kJ per gram) /(40 tonnes per hectare per year)=333 square metres

dv said:

So if someone was getting all their kilojoules from potatoes, how many square metres of dirt would they need to meet their needs?

A good yield is 40 tonnes per hectare per annum.
Potatoes are about 2.6 kJ per gram, cooked.
An adult man needs about 9500 kJ per day.

(9500 kJ per day)/(2.6 kJ per gram) /(40 tonnes per hectare per year)=333 square metres

—-

weird man asks a question and then answers it.

dv said:

So if someone was getting all their kilojoules from potatoes, how many square metres of dirt would they need to meet their needs?

A good yield is 40 tonnes per hectare per annum.
Potatoes are about 2.6 kJ per gram, cooked.
An adult man needs about 9500 kJ per day.

(9500 kJ per day)/(2.6 kJ per gram) /(40 tonnes per hectare per year)=333 square metres

Allowing for the fact that a lot of humans are children or women, the average would be more like 210 square metres. This would mean about 1.5 million square kilometres for the world’s population. That’s an area about the size of NSW.

tauto said:

dv said:

So if someone was getting all their kilojoules from potatoes, how many square metres of dirt would they need to meet their needs?

A good yield is 40 tonnes per hectare per annum.
Potatoes are about 2.6 kJ per gram, cooked.
An adult man needs about 9500 kJ per day.

(9500 kJ per day)/(2.6 kJ per gram) /(40 tonnes per hectare per year)=333 square metres

—-

weird man asks a question and then answers it.

As a quick aside it is a real deal, not a national stereotype in regard to spuds. My dad doesn’t feel comfortable without a supply of spuds in his house. He was however poor when young and frequently went hungry, that behaviour is coming to the fore especially as he ages, for example as soon as he gets up and has breakfast he wants to know details of what is for dinner. It is not an option to leave it open and decide later, he wants to know details if going out or what is going to be made from what is in the fridge.

tauto said:

dv said:

So if someone was getting all their kilojoules from potatoes, how many square metres of dirt would they need to meet their needs?

A good yield is 40 tonnes per hectare per annum.
Potatoes are about 2.6 kJ per gram, cooked.
An adult man needs about 9500 kJ per day.

(9500 kJ per day)/(2.6 kJ per gram) /(40 tonnes per hectare per year)=333 square metres

—-

weird man asks a question and then answers it.

—-

Of course it is known as “avatartitis” , whereby former avatars feel left out if no questions are asked within their field.:)

dv said:

dv said:

So if someone was getting all their kilojoules from potatoes, how many square metres of dirt would they need to meet their needs?

A good yield is 40 tonnes per hectare per annum.
Potatoes are about 2.6 kJ per gram, cooked.
An adult man needs about 9500 kJ per day.

(9500 kJ per day)/(2.6 kJ per gram) /(40 tonnes per hectare per year)=333 square metres

Allowing for the fact that a lot of humans are children or women, the average would be more like 210 square metres. This would mean about 1.5 million square kilometres for the world’s population. That’s an area about the size of NSW.

I think the Irish tried that mono culture idea. It didn’t work out particularly well. Saying that, if it had I wouldn’t be here.

My Great – G -G -Grandfather landed hers in 1851. Being Irish he thought he was on a boat to America and was a bit surprised how long it took.

Reading back that sounds bad, he doesn’t want details in a passive way, he just want a decision early in the to go out for dinner, to go shopping, or that a meal can me made up from what is in the fridge. It is the certainty of an evening meal he is after.

He must have gone hungry many times me thinks.

sibeen said:

dv said:

dv said:

So if someone was getting all their kilojoules from potatoes, how many square metres of dirt would they need to meet their needs?

A good yield is 40 tonnes per hectare per annum.
Potatoes are about 2.6 kJ per gram, cooked.
An adult man needs about 9500 kJ per day.

(9500 kJ per day)/(2.6 kJ per gram) /(40 tonnes per hectare per year)=333 square metres

Allowing for the fact that a lot of humans are children or women, the average would be more like 210 square metres. This would mean about 1.5 million square kilometres for the world’s population. That’s an area about the size of NSW.

I think the Irish tried that mono culture idea. It didn’t work out particularly well. Saying that, if it had I wouldn’t be here.

My Great – G -G -Grandfather landed hers in 1851. Being Irish he thought he was on a boat to America and was a bit surprised how long it took.

I agree but presumably some of these other high carb crops have similar stats.

I would like to read a book about how much a potato disease on a small island changed the world. It would be pretty frigging significant.

AwesomeO said:

I would like to read a book about how much a potato disease on a small island changed the world. It would be pretty frigging significant.

I dare say such books can be obtained.

dv said:

AwesomeO said:

I would like to read a book about how much a potato disease on a small island changed the world. It would be pretty frigging significant.

I dare say such books can be obtained.

It isn’t like they are cold war documents.

tauto said:

Of course it is known as “avatartitis” , whereby former avatars feel left out if no questions are asked within their field.:)

Like….a…potato field?
*runs*

Arvo from a cold and damp London. I now understand why these people established such a large empire. They needed to escape. Walked a long way today, but I am still quite cool.

what would it the literal opposite stateless
be it stateful, citizen in the regular English

whateva ‘m wander ‘way maybe captured
or shot, all is simpler if none’s of home lot

so become battle field rules that uncitizen
emphasisin’, illegitimate nasty aspirations

morning folks

Skeptic Pete said:

There is a discrepancy in the 7th bar of Fur Elise (with the little dots over the u)

Well my version which was downloaded from a site called forelise.com (dedicated to this song) has one different note to every other version including Valentina Lisitsa’s.

Bar 7 first note in triplet is D-C-B

Every other version I can find has E-C-B

So in my version it is an E7th chord

I would love to know which way Beethoven wanted it.

Quoting from the link given above:

“I think this is one of those questions to which there is no “right” answer. In fact, Beethoven himself may have played it either way, depending upon his mental state at the time of a performance. The literature is awash with stories about this situation with Chopin, for instance.

Having said that, in general the Henle editions are considered to be more accurate than most others.

D is probably correct. The autograph, which Beethoven wrote and gave as a gift to the countess Theresa von Malfatti in April of 1810, was never published in his lifetime, and was mis-titled when it was eventually published because the musicologist who was given the score misread “Therese” for “Elise”, has a D because it’s part of the V7 chord of a minor.”

Brilliant question, I’ll have to try it out both ways, or get my wife to.

Good morning Holidayers. It is around minus one here and very still. Dark. Not sure if it’s frosty, but I expect it probably is.

tauto said:

Of course it is known as “avatartitis” , whereby former avatars feel left out if no questions are asked within their field.:)

LOL OMG, that is so true.

gday moll, buffy

buffy said:

Good morning Holidayers. It is around minus one here and very still. Dark. Not sure if it’s frosty, but I expect it probably is.

Well, second day of winter, what do you expect?

“
So if someone was getting all their kilojoules from potatoes, how many square metres of dirt would they need to meet their needs?
A good yield is 40 tonnes per hectare per annum.
Potatoes are about 2.6 kJ per gram, cooked.
An adult man needs about 9500 kJ per day.

(9500 kJ per day)/(2.6 kJ per gram) /(40 tonnes per hectare per year)=333 square metres
“

DV’s estimated 40 tons per hectare for potatoes is spot on.

It’d be interesting to compare that with other plants. Sugar cane, soy, canola, corn, rice.

Sugar cane yields 80 to 100 tons per hectare per annum. (82 in Australia). At 17 kJ/g
Soy about 2.5 tons per hectare
Canola/Rapeseed about about 2.5 to 3.5 tons per hectare. (1.3 in Australia)
Corn about 10 tons per hectare
Rice about 6 to 7 tons per hectare. (Australia has world’s highest yield with 10)

Approximate kJ/g
Potato 3.2
Sugar 17
Soy oil 37
Canola/Rapeseed oil 37
Corn 4.1 (not sure if that includes the inedible part)
Brown rice 4.7

Michael V said:

Arvo from a cold and damp London. I now understand why these people established such a large empire. They needed to escape. Walked a long way today, but I am still quite cool.

And it’s summer over there!

The egg in Little Miss’ room is glowing blue, which means “too frigging cold”.

Morning. Froze car thrice this morning, once before swimming, once after swimming and again when heading off to work…at least it’s warmed up to -0.6 and is sunny and clear.

poikilotherm said:

at least it’s warmed up to -0.6 and is sunny and clear.

Yeah… you can keep that.

poikilotherm said:

Morning. Froze car thrice this morning, once before swimming, once after swimming and again when heading off to work…at least it’s warmed up to -0.6 and is sunny and clear.

that’ll make dancing naked under the mead moon tonight rather interesting…

Anybody who goes swimming when it’s under 20 degrees deserves all the frozen windscreens they get.

Peak Warming Man said:

Anybody who goes swimming when it’s under 20 degrees deserves all the frozen windscreens they get.

Even if the pool is indoors and heated to 32?

Divine Angel said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Anybody who goes swimming when it’s under 20 degrees deserves all the frozen windscreens they get.

Even if the pool is indoors and heated to 32?

I’m afraid so, yes.

nom nom nom

poikilotherm said:

nom nom nom

Is the lion proudly displaying the kill on social media? #hunting

The car thermometer said it was between 0 and 2 between Penshurst and Hamilton this morning. I didn’t see any frost, and the car did not flick up a “there might be ice! there might be ice! there might be ice!” warning at all that I noticed. Still, I’m not used to my car giving me a weather report, I’m used to using my eyes. So I don’t look at the console much. I often don’t even remember it has a temperature readout.

Just warming up the practice a bit now.

And I’ve found the record for the patient we couldn’t find the record for on Friday when we were preparing today. Bowman was filed as if it was Bawman.

didn’t get below 4.3 here, but the fire has taken 2 hours to get going…

poikilotherm said:

nom nom nom

A lot of crocodile fatalities in northern Oz involve Americans. Is this a coincidence?

Tamb said:

poikilotherm said:

nom nom nom

A lot of crocodile fatalities in northern Oz involve Americans. Is this a coincidence?

Must be all the HF corn syrup they eat that makes them attractive to animals.

My dad, sister, BIL and some of their friends are going to Japan in February. I figured I didn’t get invited because she knew my answer when informed the temperature would be minus 20C.

Divine Angel said:

poikilotherm said:

nom nom nom

Is the lion proudly displaying the kill on social media? #hunting

Heh.

I can see the outrage now… ‘We’re only supposed to eat them, not play with them. What’s wrong with you? Ewwww… And we all know the white ones have no meat on them…’

Rule 303 said:

Divine Angel said:

poikilotherm said:

nom nom nom

Is the lion proudly displaying the kill on social media? #hunting

Heh.

I can see the outrage now… ‘We’re only supposed to eat them, not play with them. What’s wrong with you? Ewwww… And we all know the white ones have no meat on them…’

That lion is eating an over fatty diet & is in danger of severe heart trouble.

Tamb said:

That lion is eating an over fatty diet & is in danger of severe heart trouble.

Lion Nutrition advice column…

Are white chicks Paleo?
Is it OK to combine white chick with Rabbit for breakfast?
Is there a way to eat a white chick without getting gastric reflux ? Always keeps me awake…

Rule 303 said:

Tamb said:

That lion is eating an over fatty diet & is in danger of severe heart trouble.

Lion Nutrition advice column…

Are white chicks Paleo?
Is it OK to combine white chick with Rabbit for breakfast?
Is there a way to eat a white chick without getting gastric reflux ? Always keeps me awake…

Do clowns taste funny?

Rule 303 said:

Tamb said:

That lion is eating an over fatty diet & is in danger of severe heart trouble.

Lion Nutrition advice column…

Are white chicks Paleo?
Is it OK to combine white chick with Rabbit for breakfast?
Is there a way to eat a white chick without getting gastric reflux ? Always keeps me awake…

>> Is there a way to eat a white chick without getting gastric reflux ?
It’s OK if you have a Biafran for entrée.

Divine Angel said:

Rule 303 said:

Tamb said:

That lion is eating an over fatty diet & is in danger of severe heart trouble.

Lion Nutrition advice column…

Are white chicks Paleo?
Is it OK to combine white chick with Rabbit for breakfast?
Is there a way to eat a white chick without getting gastric reflux ? Always keeps me awake…

Do clowns taste funny?

Not if you suffer from Coulrophobia.

Question for the social media savvy people ( I guess that’s you DA )

Are there any disadvantages to people you’ve never heard of from Eastern Europe liking your facebook business page?
Is there some scam they can pull or am I just popular with people in Tiblisi?

Divine Angel said:

Do clowns taste funny?

Of course they do!

The only thing worse than having to bury your own daughter would be burying your own daughter because she had done something completely moronic and got other people injured in the act.

pommiejohn said:

Question for the social media savvy people ( I guess that’s you DA )

Are there any disadvantages to people you’ve never heard of from Eastern Europe liking your facebook business page?
Is there some scam they can pull or am I just popular with people in Tiblisi?

They can spam other likers of your page, because they know those likers are real people and not fake pages. They can also post spam to your page. If you’re a big name, they might try to gain new followers by impersonating or hacking your page.

Divine Angel said:

pommiejohn said:

Question for the social media savvy people ( I guess that’s you DA )

Are there any disadvantages to people you’ve never heard of from Eastern Europe liking your facebook business page?
Is there some scam they can pull or am I just popular with people in Tiblisi?

They can spam other likers of your page, because they know those likers are real people and not fake pages. They can also post spam to your page. If you’re a big name, they might try to gain new followers by impersonating or hacking your page.

OK thanks. No one’s going to get new followers by pretending to be me :)

Rule 303 said:

Divine Angel said:

Do clowns taste funny?

Of course they do!

The only thing worse than having to bury your own daughter would be burying your own daughter because she had done something completely moronic and got other people injured in the act.

Sorry Rule. I don’t get the connection between clowns & daughters. (Unless your daughter is a moronic clown of course)

Divine Angel said:

pommiejohn said:

Question for the social media savvy people ( I guess that’s you DA )

Are there any disadvantages to people you’ve never heard of from Eastern Europe liking your facebook business page?
Is there some scam they can pull or am I just popular with people in Tiblisi?

They can spam other likers of your page, because they know those likers are real people and not fake pages. They can also post spam to your page. If you’re a big name, they might try to gain new followers by impersonating or hacking your page.

What do you reckon, scammer/spammer or real person?

https://www.facebook.com/LAL777

Rule 303 said:

Divine Angel said:

Do clowns taste funny?

Of course they do!

The only thing worse than having to bury your own daughter would be burying your own daughter because she had done something completely moronic and got other people injured in the act.

Burying your own daughter and then having to chop her head off because she’s risen as the walking dead would be worse

So, Netflix is testing ads now…

• So, Netflix is testing ads now…

The thin end of the wedge…

Tamb said:

Sorry Rule. I don’t get the connection between clowns & daughters. (Unless your daughter is a moronic clown of course)

You don’t get it because there is none. The two paragraphs in the post were about different thoughts.

pommiejohn said:

Divine Angel said:

pommiejohn said:

Question for the social media savvy people ( I guess that’s you DA )

Are there any disadvantages to people you’ve never heard of from Eastern Europe liking your facebook business page?
Is there some scam they can pull or am I just popular with people in Tiblisi?

They can spam other likers of your page, because they know those likers are real people and not fake pages. They can also post spam to your page. If you’re a big name, they might try to gain new followers by impersonating or hacking your page.

What do you reckon, scammer/spammer or real person?

https://www.facebook.com/LAL777

Spammer. They have no friends.

Dropbear said:

Burying your own daughter and then having to chop her head off because she’s risen as the walking dead would be worse

Dropbear… Always with the Zombie scenario…

:-)

Divine Angel said:

pommiejohn said:

Divine Angel said:

They can spam other likers of your page, because they know those likers are real people and not fake pages. They can also post spam to your page. If you’re a big name, they might try to gain new followers by impersonating or hacking your page.

What do you reckon, scammer/spammer or real person?

https://www.facebook.com/LAL777

Spammer. They have no friends.

Thanks, she’s gawn!

Divine Angel said:

pommiejohn said:

Divine Angel said:

They can spam other likers of your page, because they know those likers are real people and not fake pages. They can also post spam to your page. If you’re a big name, they might try to gain new followers by impersonating or hacking your page.

What do you reckon, scammer/spammer or real person?

https://www.facebook.com/LAL777

Spammer. They have no friends.

heh. This is why I couldn’t get onto any of the Facebook pages rule was giving me – I have no FB friends and only wanted it to see for sale stuff.

If you’ve got no photos, or photos not showing your face, and no (or very few) friends, it’s a red flag.

Rule 303 said:

Tamb said:

Sorry Rule. I don’t get the connection between clowns & daughters. (Unless your daughter is a moronic clown of course)

You don’t get it because there is none. The two paragraphs in the post were about different thoughts.

Right. Thanks.

Winter is Icumen in,
Lhude sing Goddamm.

btm said:

Winter is Icumen in,
Lhude sing Goddamm.

Certainly is. I had to put socks on this morning.

Tamb said:

btm said:

Winter is Icumen in,
Lhude sing Goddamm.

Certainly is. I had to put socks on this morning.

That’s the sort of thing Morrie would say.

Divine Angel said:

If you’ve got no photos, or photos not showing your face, and no (or very few) friends, it’s a red flag.

Yea, I added picture of me riding a bike, that seemed to make everyone happy. Although, I could have googled searched a similar image and nowuncouldanood

poikilotherm said:

heh. This is why I couldn’t get onto any of the Facebook pages rule was giving me – I have no FB friends and only wanted it to see for sale stuff.

Bugger. You should have told me! I’ll be your friend…

poikilotherm said:

So, Netflix is testing ads now…

Only their own shows and only between shows

poikilotherm said:

Divine Angel said:

If you’ve got no photos, or photos not showing your face, and no (or very few) friends, it’s a red flag.

Yea, I added picture of me riding a bike, that seemed to make everyone happy. Although, I could have googled searched a similar image and nowuncouldanood

oh, that’s you…

I thought it must’ve been bubblecar…

stumpy_seahorse said:

poikilotherm said:

Divine Angel said:

If you’ve got no photos, or photos not showing your face, and no (or very few) friends, it’s a red flag.

Yea, I added picture of me riding a bike, that seemed to make everyone happy. Although, I could have googled searched a similar image and nowuncouldanood

oh, that’s you…

I thought it must’ve been bubblecar…

Almost, I’m particularly follicularly challenged compared to Mr Car. Does away with the need for a swimming cap though…

Rule 303 said:

Dropbear said:

Burying your own daughter and then having to chop her head off because she’s risen as the walking dead would be worse

Dropbear… Always with the Zombie scenario…

:-)

Gotta be prepared youse

Moaning

Rule 303 said:

poikilotherm said:

heh. This is why I couldn’t get onto any of the Facebook pages rule was giving me – I have no FB friends and only wanted it to see for sale stuff.

Bugger. You should have told me! I’ll be your friend…

:) – eventually got on by adding a pic.

• Only their own shows and only between shows

That’s how it starts…

Dropbear said:

poikilotherm said:

So, Netflix is testing ads now…

Only their own shows and only between shows

didn’t foxtel say that a few years back?…

Dropbear said:

poikilotherm said:

So, Netflix is testing ads now…

Only their own shows and only between shows

That’s how SBS started.

btm said:

Dropbear said:

poikilotherm said:

So, Netflix is testing ads now…

Only their own shows and only between shows

That’s how SBS started.

They are still the best FTA station so I suppose they are somewhat forgiven, at least they don’t have any yammering sphincter ads promoting some reality tv crap

stumpy_seahorse said:

Dropbear said:

poikilotherm said:

So, Netflix is testing ads now…

Only their own shows and only between shows

didn’t foxtel say that a few years back?…

Shrug. If they piss people off, they’ll leave. Just like they left Foxtel

Twas an effort to come to work today, had a four day weekend

Cymek said:

Twas an effort to come to work today, had a four day weekend

I imagine I’ll feel similar when I go back to work in 5 weeks.

Divine Angel said:

Cymek said:

Twas an effort to come to work today, had a four day weekend

I imagine I’ll feel similar when I go back to work in 5 weeks.

pfft… amateurs….

465 days here…

Divine Angel said:

Cymek said:

Twas an effort to come to work today, had a four day weekend

I imagine I’ll feel similar when I go back to work in 5 weeks.

I feel like that on Tuesdays as I seem to be having Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Mondays off.

SS wins

Divine Angel said:

SS wins

woot! do i get a prize? :P

stumpy_seahorse said:

Divine Angel said:

SS wins

woot! do i get a prize? :P

Yeah…a job :P

kii said:

stumpy_seahorse said:

Divine Angel said:

SS wins

woot! do i get a prize? :P

Yeah…a job :P

sweet!

stumpy_seahorse said:

kii said:

stumpy_seahorse said:

woot! do i get a prize? :P

Yeah…a job :P

sweet!

Are you available Feb 20 next year? I need a babysitter.

Divine Angel said:

stumpy_seahorse said:

kii said:

Yeah…a job :P

sweet!

Are you available Feb 20 next year? I need a babysitter.

so do i… so it’s probably best not to entrust your firstborn with me…

Divine Angel said:

stumpy_seahorse said:

kii said:

Yeah…a job :P

sweet!

Are you available Feb 20 next year? I need a babysitter.

For my 59th birthday party that you’re organising for me?!!

Divine Angel said:

Are you available Feb 20 next year? I need a babysitter.

The girl child will be old enough to look after herself by then.

She’ll be fine, just plonk her where she can see Anzac.

kii said:

Divine Angel said:

stumpy_seahorse said:

sweet!

Are you available Feb 20 next year? I need a babysitter.

For my 59th birthday party that you’re organising for me?!!

D’oh, it was supposed to be a surprise party!

Divine Angel said:

kii said:

Divine Angel said:

Are you available Feb 20 next year? I need a babysitter.

For my 59th birthday party that you’re organising for me?!!

D’oh, it was supposed to be a surprise party!

hve Kingy and Tamb on standby for the candles on the cake…

stumpy_seahorse said:

Divine Angel said:

kii said:

For my 59th birthday party that you’re organising for me?!!

D’oh, it was supposed to be a surprise party!

hve Kingy and Tamb on standby for the candles on the cake…

Why would I want Kingy near my cake?

Though I do have some tiny lizard feet soaking in wax atm…..a bit dessicated prior to the wax bath :P

kii said:

Though I do have some tiny lizard feet soaking in wax atm…..a bit dessicated prior to the wax bath :P

I found a baby gecko apparently fried by the electric frypan. Maybe I should wax him too.

kii said:

stumpy_seahorse said:

Divine Angel said:

D’oh, it was supposed to be a surprise party!

hve Kingy and Tamb on standby for the candles on the cake…

Why would I want Kingy near my cake?

Though I do have some tiny lizard feet soaking in wax atm…..a bit dessicated prior to the wax bath :P

A bit of heel balm should clear up that scaling problem…

It was just a case of saving them before they crumbled. I had them on the window ledge in my room and when I opened the window the breeze blew them off, so I dropped them into the glass with the melting candle. Teeny weeny little things.

I have a wax warmer that I melt scented wax in. I found a dead fly in it last week.

Just reading about Caitlyn Jenner and I’m reminded again about the person who transitioned when I worked at Sydney College of the Arts in the late ’80s. All staff received a letter from the person – introducing herself and explaining why etc. IIRC she said she was open to any questions from any staff members That was Katherine Cummings who is quite well known in Oz.

Divine Angel said:

I have a wax warmer that I melt scented wax in. I found a dead fly in it last week.

ooo…add the gecko!

Divine Angel said:

I have a wax warmer that I melt scented wax in. I found a dead fly in it last week.

wax on… wax off…

I burnt my fricking wrist cooking dinner :(

kii said:

I burnt my fricking wrist cooking dinner :(

Sipping the cooking wine too much eh

Cymek said:

kii said:

I burnt my fricking wrist cooking dinner :(

Sipping the cooking wine too much eh

Nup…stopped drinking last year because of The Gerd Monster.

I find gender identity very interesting.

kii said:

Cymek said:

kii said:

I burnt my fricking wrist cooking dinner :(

Sipping the cooking wine too much eh

Nup…stopped drinking last year because of The Gerd Monster.

I’m not a drinker normally, but last night Mr Mutant suggested I should drink more!

Divine Angel said:

I find gender identity very interesting.

In what way ?

Divine Angel said:

kii said:

Cymek said:

Sipping the cooking wine too much eh

Nup…stopped drinking last year because of The Gerd Monster.

I’m not a drinker normally, but last night Mr Mutant suggested I should drink more!

Did he offer you ‘mother’s little helper’?

Divine Angel said:

kii said:

Cymek said:

Sipping the cooking wine too much eh

Nup…stopped drinking last year because of The Gerd Monster.

I’m not a drinker normally, but last night Mr Mutant suggested I should drink more!

I’ve stopped drinking completely, for no real reason, other than I no longer enjoy it. SWMBO seems to make up for me though.

Cymek said:

Divine Angel said:

I find gender identity very interesting.

In what way ?

I’ve never thought I wanted to be a boy; I don’t know what it’s like to not be comfortable with the gender one is assigned. I’m fascinated by people identifying with another gender, or none at all.

I wonder if it would be possible to have completely genderblind laws.

poikilotherm said:

I’ve stopped drinking completely, for no real reason, other than I no longer enjoy it. SWMBO seems to make up for me though.

I’ve been drunk exactly once in my life. A few forumers were there to witness it.

Divine Angel said:

Cymek said:

Divine Angel said:

I find gender identity very interesting.

In what way ?

I’ve never thought I wanted to be a boy; I don’t know what it’s like to not be comfortable with the gender one is assigned. I’m fascinated by people identifying with another gender, or none at all.

It would be hard to be that way, hopefully they have supportive people in their lives.

dv said:

I wonder if it would be possible to have completely genderblind laws.

I don’t think it is. Society likes to put labels on people; every form has a box to tick indicating whether you’re male or female.

Divine Angel said:

dv said:

I wonder if it would be possible to have completely genderblind laws.

I don’t think it is. Society likes to put labels on people; every form has a box to tick indicating whether you’re male or female.

We do like to label anything and everthing, it has its place scientifically and cul

Divine Angel said:

poikilotherm said:

I’ve stopped drinking completely, for no real reason, other than I no longer enjoy it. SWMBO seems to make up for me though.

I’ve been drunk exactly once in my life. A few forumers were there to witness it.

O RLY

Oh dear. The fuckwit across the road is playing his rap doof doof music nice and loud. Again. He’s been doing this for months, but I had enough on Saturday and called the cops. Twice. He plays it in his pickup, so I have no idea if he plays it that loud so he can hear it in the apartment or if he’s outside.

I also called this morning.

He’s turned it down again…or off. I think it’s a little game he’s devised. I wish a large rock would fall from the sky and squash him.

Dropbear said:

Divine Angel said:

poikilotherm said:

I’ve stopped drinking completely, for no real reason, other than I no longer enjoy it. SWMBO seems to make up for me though.

I’ve been drunk exactly once in my life. A few forumers were there to witness it.

O RLY

I think she was with Allllllllex and at Woodie’s, IIRC.

kii said:

Oh dear. The fuckwit across the road is playing his rap doof doof music nice and loud. Again. He’s been doing this for months, but I had enough on Saturday and called the cops. Twice. He plays it in his pickup, so I have no idea if he plays it that loud so he can hear it in the apartment or if he’s outside.

I also called this morning.

He’s turned it down again…or off. I think it’s a little game he’s devised. I wish a large rock would fall from the sky and squash him.

Can’t you make a hex bag or something ?

Cymek said:

Divine Angel said:

dv said:

I wonder if it would be possible to have completely genderblind laws.

I don’t think it is. Society likes to put labels on people; every form has a box to tick indicating whether you’re male or female.

We do like to label anything and everything, it has its place scientifically and cultrally but we are people first and whatever second

Divine Angel said:

Cymek said:

Divine Angel said:

I find gender identity very interesting.

In what way ?

I’ve never thought I wanted to be a boy; I don’t know what it’s like to not be comfortable with the gender one is assigned. I’m fascinated by people identifying with another gender, or none at all.

i have a few friends who identify as the opposite gender to what nature assigned them, one is post-op, some identify as ‘genderfluid’

kii said:

Dropbear said:

Divine Angel said:

I’ve been drunk exactly once in my life. A few forumers were there to witness it.

O RLY

I think she was with Allllllllex and at Woodie’s, IIRC.

Sorta. Allllllllllex, Woodie and MV were at my house. It was my 30th birfday. Alex loaded ABBA’s back catalogue onto my puter.

Dropbear said:

kii said:

Oh dear. The fuckwit across the road is playing his rap doof doof music nice and loud. Again. He’s been doing this for months, but I had enough on Saturday and called the cops. Twice. He plays it in his pickup, so I have no idea if he plays it that loud so he can hear it in the apartment or if he’s outside.

I also called this morning.

He’s turned it down again…or off. I think it’s a little game he’s devised. I wish a large rock would fall from the sky and squash him.

Can’t you make a hex bag or something ?

Why do you think I had lizard feet drying out on my window sill?

Being drunk is OK, its the next day that isn’t always pleasant, its more fun to go tripping on LSD

Divine Angel said:

kii said:

Dropbear said:

O RLY

I think she was with Allllllllex and at Woodie’s, IIRC.

Sorta. Allllllllllex, Woodie and MV were at my house. It was my 30th birfday. Alex loaded ABBA’s back catalogue onto my puter.

Ah, yes. The ABBA night.

Divine Angel said:

kii said:

Dropbear said:

O RLY

I think she was with Allllllllex and at Woodie’s, IIRC.

Sorta. Allllllllllex, Woodie and MV were at my house. It was my 30th birfday. Alex loaded ABBA’s back catalogue onto my puter.

that’s enough reason to turn to alcohol…

kii said:

Dropbear said:

kii said:

Oh dear. The fuckwit across the road is playing his rap doof doof music nice and loud. Again. He’s been doing this for months, but I had enough on Saturday and called the cops. Twice. He plays it in his pickup, so I have no idea if he plays it that loud so he can hear it in the apartment or if he’s outside.

I also called this morning.

He’s turned it down again…or off. I think it’s a little game he’s devised. I wish a large rock would fall from the sky and squash him.

Can’t you make a hex bag or something ?

Why do you think I had lizard feet drying out on my window sill?

;) I can see doof doof man coming down with a bad case of boils soon

Divine Angel said:

kii said:

Dropbear said:

O RLY

I think she was with Allllllllex and at Woodie’s, IIRC.

Sorta. Allllllllllex, Woodie and MV were at my house. It was my 30th birfday. Alex loaded ABBA’s back catalogue onto my puter.

Wow, and you’re still on speaking terms ?

Dropbear said:

kii said:

Dropbear said:

Can’t you make a hex bag or something ?

Why do you think I had lizard feet drying out on my window sill?

;) I can see doof doof man coming down with a bad case of boils soon

I’m aiming for a bad case of rock falling from sky.

Dropbear said:

Divine Angel said:

kii said:

I think she was with Allllllllex and at Woodie’s, IIRC.

Sorta. Allllllllllex, Woodie and MV were at my house. It was my 30th birfday. Alex loaded ABBA’s back catalogue onto my puter.

Wow, and you’re still on speaking terms ?

We’re kindred spirits. She sent Little Miss this

Divine Angel said:

Dropbear said:

Divine Angel said:

Sorta. Allllllllllex, Woodie and MV were at my house. It was my 30th birfday. Alex loaded ABBA’s back catalogue onto my puter.

Wow, and you’re still on speaking terms ?

We’re kindred spirits. She sent Little Miss this

I sent Little Miss – Essential Skills For The Modern Miss

I have shithouse letters, kii.

I’ve noticed a really annoying trait on Internet forums. Doesn’t matter if you’re discussing a TV show or game or band.. You may be in the middle of a great discussion on how much you’re enjoying something – some twat walks in and says “oh I hate this because of X”… Suddenly everyone clamours to tell twat he is wrong and this is why he should love X.

FFS. Who cares if they hate it. It’s not my job to change your mind. I don’t give a shit if you hate X and that fact doesn’t lessen my enjoyment of it.

Every FN forum …

Have you seen the movie CHAPPiE Dropbear, its pretty good, from the same director who did District 9

Yeah,. so stop having a whinge when I proclaim my love for Adam Lambert :p

Divine Angel said:

Yeah,. so stop having a whinge when I proclaim my love for Adam Lambert :p

And Delta

Cymek said:

Have you seen the movie CHAPPiE Dropbear, its pretty good, from the same director who did District 9

Is it like an extended Die Antwood music video?

Cymek said:

Have you seen the movie CHAPPiE Dropbear, its pretty good, from the same director who did District 9

Nope

Divine Angel said:

Yeah,. so stop having a whinge when I proclaim my love for Adam Lambert :p

lol.

Cymek said:

Divine Angel said:

Yeah,. so stop having a whinge when I proclaim my love for Adam Lambert :p

And Delta

Hey Id do DA doing Delta. I like delta

Nothing wrong with X or even x, it useful and we’d be rogered without it, no XBOX or zilafone.
No, there’s no good argument to be had against X, people who hate X are arseclowns.

poikilotherm said:

Cymek said:

Have you seen the movie CHAPPiE Dropbear, its pretty good, from the same director who did District 9

Is it like an extended Die Antwood music video?

+r

Dropbear said:

Cymek said:

Divine Angel said:

Yeah,. so stop having a whinge when I proclaim my love for Adam Lambert :p

And Delta

Hey Id do DA doing Delta. I like delta

They’d both be flattered

Never had a complaint yet *

.
.
.

• may not strictly be true

That Helen Keller never heard any complaints.

dv said:

That Helen Keller never heard any complaints.

Didn’t see them either

Dr. Grumpy: “Are you right or left handed?”

Mr. Vocab: “I can write with either, I’m bisexual.”

Dr. Grumpy: “Um, you mean ambidextrous?”

Mr. Vocab: “Yeah, whatever it’s called.”

No time to count beetles this end, I’ve still got hours of housework to clear. Just choosing some energetic drudgery music and off I go…

Divine Angel said:

I have shithouse letters, kii.

Huh?

There are 50% less kinds of beatle now.

dv said:

There are 50% less kinds of beatle now.

Damn. I was going to call you up on that but Sutcliffe died early

Going offline again to search around and see if I can get my other email address onto the program too. I’m not very good at this stuff because in the back of my mind it is filed as “wasting time”. I’d rather be doing other things.

kii said:

Divine Angel said:

I have shithouse letters, kii.

Huh?

Oh…in Sqwabble?

buffy said:

Going offline again to search around and see if I can get my other email address onto the program too. I’m not very good at this stuff because in the back of my mind it is filed as “wasting time”. I’d rather be doing other things.

Oh. My. Goddess!!!

You are me!

buffy said:

I’m not very good at this stuff because in the back of my mind it is filed as “wasting time”. I’d rather be doing other things.

I think that’s call procrastination…

poikilotherm said:

buffy said:

I’m not very good at this stuff because in the back of my mind it is filed as “wasting time”. I’d rather be doing other things.

I think that’s call procrastination…

No, no…that’s another thing all together. Some of us have it down to a fine art.

poikilotherm said:

buffy said:

I’m not very good at this stuff because in the back of my mind it is filed as “wasting time”. I’d rather be doing other things.

I think that’s call procrastination…

Any time spent on setting up a system so you never have to “waste time” ever again is not wasted.

buffy said:

Going offline again to search around and see if I can get my other email address onto the program too. I’m not very good at this stuff because in the back of my mind it is filed as “wasting time”. I’d rather be doing other things.

This might take you a while to watch, buffy, but just do it! :)

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

>…I don’t give a shit if you hate X and that fact doesn’t lessen my enjoyment of it.

probably rubs off from all those out there that have an X, you know people talk about there X (wife, partner, whatever), sort of relationship algebra that went bad.

Tamb said:

poikilotherm said:

buffy said:

I’m not very good at this stuff because in the back of my mind it is filed as “wasting time”. I’d rather be doing other things.

I think that’s call procrastination…

Any time spent on setting up a system so you never have to “waste time” ever again is not wasted.

One can just ignore this stuff and go dig holes, bake biscuits, frolic with dogs, prepare soups, make things and let the wind ruffle your hair. Will this Outlook thing matter tomorrow? No! Will it still want your time and will it try sucking it out of your brain? YES! So run away! Run away!*

*Not literally, of course.

transition said:

>…I don’t give a shit if you hate X and that fact doesn’t lessen my enjoyment of it.

probably rubs off from all those out there that have an X, you know people talk about there X (wife, partner, whatever), sort of relationship algebra that went bad.

Yeah, but Tom is kind of unlikable.

kii said:

Tamb said:

poikilotherm said:

I think that’s call procrastination…

Any time spent on setting up a system so you never have to “waste time” ever again is not wasted.

One can just ignore this stuff and go dig holes, bake biscuits, frolic with dogs, prepare soups, make things and let the wind ruffle your hair. Will this Outlook thing matter tomorrow? No! Will it still want your time and will it try sucking it out of your brain? YES! So run away! Run away!*

*Not literally, of course.

It will matter because tomorrow you will still have the same problem. Fix it properly once then forget it.

Quick break. Still to come over the course of the afternoon & evening:

a) Rest of the kitchen surfaces.
b) Studio surfaces that matter.
c) Most surfaces here in the pooter room.
d) Ditto bedroom.
e) Back to the kitchen, full cleaning of fridge interior.
f) Cutting rake handle to size to serve as curtain rail for the kitchen alcove curtains the younger sister has made.
g) Sanding and hanging curtain rail (I’ve already put hooks in the ceiling).

Speedy said:

transition said:

>…I don’t give a shit if you hate X and that fact doesn’t lessen my enjoyment of it.

probably rubs off from all those out there that have an X, you know people talk about there X (wife, partner, whatever), sort of relationship algebra that went bad.

Yeah, but Tom is kind of unlikable.

Not all Toms :/

Tamb said:

kii said:

Tamb said:

Any time spent on setting up a system so you never have to “waste time” ever again is not wasted.

One can just ignore this stuff and go dig holes, bake biscuits, frolic with dogs, prepare soups, make things and let the wind ruffle your hair. Will this Outlook thing matter tomorrow? No! Will it still want your time and will it try sucking it out of your brain? YES! So run away! Run away!*

*Not literally, of course.

It will matter because tomorrow you will still have the same problem. Fix it properly once then forget it.

Not me….I don’t give a shit about Outlook. There’s more lovely things to play with.

kii said:

Speedy said:

transition said:

>…I don’t give a shit if you hate X and that fact doesn’t lessen my enjoyment of it.

probably rubs off from all those out there that have an X, you know people talk about there X (wife, partner, whatever), sort of relationship algebra that went bad.

Yeah, but Tom is kind of unlikable.

!https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BtKmVVLCQAAYdDR.jpg:large

Not all Toms :/

Tom will begin to care after the third balloon pops.

kii said:

Tamb said:

kii said:

One can just ignore this stuff and go dig holes, bake biscuits, frolic with dogs, prepare soups, make things and let the wind ruffle your hair. Will this Outlook thing matter tomorrow? No! Will it still want your time and will it try sucking it out of your brain? YES! So run away! Run away!*

*Not literally, of course.

It will matter because tomorrow you will still have the same problem. Fix it properly once then forget it.

Not me….I don’t give a shit about Outlook. There’s more lovely things to play with.

OK kii. I take your point but if you have to use it then it will save time to fix it.

kii said:

Speedy said:

transition said:

>…I don’t give a shit if you hate X and that fact doesn’t lessen my enjoyment of it.

probably rubs off from all those out there that have an X, you know people talk about there X (wife, partner, whatever), sort of relationship algebra that went bad.

Yeah, but Tom is kind of unlikable.

!https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BtKmVVLCQAAYdDR.jpg:large

Not all Toms :/

:)

The thing is that most people who come into a discussion like the ones mentioned by Dropbear are simply trolls. Trolls aren’t very nice.

Unfortunately, there are more gullible people around than there are trolls.

Of course, there are many who simply hop on the outrage bus when someone doesn’t share the same opinion. Something as simple as Ar someone not liking cauliflower attracted an enormous backlash defence of it here (including from me) :).

Bubblecar said:

Quick break. Still to come over the course of the afternoon & evening:

a) Rest of the kitchen surfaces.
b) Studio surfaces that matter.
c) Most surfaces here in the pooter room.
d) Ditto bedroom.
e) Back to the kitchen, full cleaning of fridge interior.
f) Cutting rake handle to size to serve as curtain rail for the kitchen alcove curtains the younger sister has made.
g) Sanding and hanging curtain rail (I’ve already put hooks in the ceiling).

Tomorrow:

a) Full hoovering of old part of the house.
b) Make sure space is cleared in passageway for the smoke alarm inspector who’s coming tomorrow.
c) More tidying of sunroom to make it look less like a random collection of hoarded bits & pieces.
d) Full hoovering of sunroom/laundry/back passageway/toilet/bathroom.
e) All bathroom surfaces + toilet.
f) Glue fallen tiles back onto bathroom wall.
g) Touch up decayed patches of bathroom floor paintwork.
h) Write shopping list for Thursday’s epic shopping trips.

Future historians will read those lists and marvel at how people lived in the days before robots did all that shit for us.

Tamb said:

kii said:

Tamb said:

It will matter because tomorrow you will still have the same problem. Fix it properly once then forget it.

Not me….I don’t give a shit about Outlook. There’s more lovely things to play with.

OK kii. I take your point but if you have to use it then it will save time to fix it.

Don’t take my point!!! It’s the last one I have!!!!

Dammit :/

Bubblecar said:

Future historians will read those lists and marvel at how people lived in the days before robots did all that shit for us.

All this data will be lost as there will be no way to read it. You should inscribe your list into a stone in the backyard if you want it to last for any length of time.

kii said:

Tamb said:

kii said:

Not me….I don’t give a shit about Outlook. There’s more lovely things to play with.

OK kii. I take your point but if you have to use it then it will save time to fix it.

Don’t take my point!!! It’s the last one I have!!!!

Dammit :/

I have confidence in your almost infinite capacity to make points. :)

Bubblecar said:

Future historians will read those lists and marvel at how people lived in the days before robots did all that shit for us.

I had one thing on my To Do List today. Make that brine-soaked chook that you and buffy talked about. It’s very yummo.

I’m off to sleep, I hope. Another day looms with skies and clouds and possibly some other stuff.

kii said:

Bubblecar said:

Future historians will read those lists and marvel at how people lived in the days before robots did all that shit for us.

I had one thing on my To Do List today. Make that brine-soaked chook that you and buffy talked about. It’s very yummo.

I’m off to sleep, I hope. Another day looms with skies and clouds and possibly some other stuff.

And moons. There’s a full moon for my birthday tomorrow.

Speedy said:

Bubblecar said:

Future historians will read those lists and marvel at how people lived in the days before robots did all that shit for us.

All this data will be lost as there will be no way to read it. You should inscribe your list into a stone in the backyard if you want it to last for any length of time.

I’ll email it to the SETI people to broadcast into outer space.

Ute 4/5ths packed… now to figure out how to fit the rest in…?!

stumpy_seahorse said:

Ute 4/5ths packed… now to figure out how to fit the rest in…?!

Tetris.

Stuggling to our forecast max today, a warm 6.4 atm.

Alex must be running around giddily, it’s 10 bloody degrees.

Will have to talk to Torrence about GoT, looks like the most recent episode is worth watching.

Hey DA our local Jesters now stocks KK doughnuts

poikilotherm said:

Will have to talk to Torrence about GoT, looks like the most recent episode is worth watching.

I will watch some of it on the way home from work on the train, its one of those somewhat risqué shows to watch it public because of the sex scenes.

Cymek said:

Hey DA our local Jesters now stocks KK doughnuts

AFAIK that was the original plan before the store was approved. I hear there’s another store being built, couldn’t tell you where though.

poikilotherm said:

Will have to talk to Torrence about GoT, looks like the most recent episode is worth watching.

I finished watching it a half hour ago. Winter is coming!

It was a great episode.

Divine Angel said:

Cymek said:

Hey DA our local Jesters now stocks KK doughnuts

AFAIK that was the original plan before the store was approved. I hear there’s another store being built, couldn’t tell you where though.

It gives me time to pop in get some after work, I have a 15 minute time frame between the train arriving and getting the bus home

Cymek said:

Hey DA our local Jesters now stocks KK doughnuts

The one at Madurah Forum does as well.

sibeen said:

poikilotherm said:

Will have to talk to Torrence about GoT, looks like the most recent episode is worth watching.

I finished watching it a half hour ago. Winter is coming!

It was a great episode.

Cool, I’ve been waiting for it to happen, does it have any white walker action ?

jjjust moi said:

Cymek said:

Hey DA our local Jesters now stocks KK doughnuts

The one at Madurah Forum does as well.

They seem to be popular, I saw half a dozen people ask for some in the short times I have been there.

Bubblecar said:

Speedy said:

Bubblecar said:

Future historians will read those lists and marvel at how people lived in the days before robots did all that shit for us.

All this data will be lost as there will be no way to read it. You should inscribe your list into a stone in the backyard if you want it to last for any length of time.

I’ll email it to the SETI people to broadcast into outer space.

That will last a long time, millions / billions of years

but the information will eventually be lost.

Cymek said:

sibeen said:

poikilotherm said:

Will have to talk to Torrence about GoT, looks like the most recent episode is worth watching.

I finished watching it a half hour ago. Winter is coming!

It was a great episode.

Cool, I’ve been waiting for it to happen, does it have any white walker action ?

I can’t be giving away story lines.

YES!!!

I have some good news.

The Department of Human Services has a house available for me in Creswick

I could be moving from here in a few weeks

not sure about internet connection there, but I have a 3g tablet

sibeen said:

Cymek said:

sibeen said:

I finished watching it a half hour ago. Winter is coming!

It was a great episode.

Cool, I’ve been waiting for it to happen, does it have any white walker action ?

I can’t be giving away story lines.

YES!!!

A yes is fine, no spoilers but a confirmation, thanks

accounts they are all done
day see’s gone nearly
I maybe do music session
last of the sun enjoy it

sibeen said:

poikilotherm said:

Will have to talk to Torrence about GoT, looks like the most recent episode is worth watching.

I finished watching it a half hour ago. Winter is coming!

It was a great episode.

We can’t all be at home ‘working’ now can we…

poikilotherm said:

sibeen said:

poikilotherm said:

Will have to talk to Torrence about GoT, looks like the most recent episode is worth watching.

I finished watching it a half hour ago. Winter is coming!

It was a great episode.

We can’t all be at home ‘working’ now can we…

places pinky at side of mouth

sibeen said:

Cymek said:

sibeen said:

I finished watching it a half hour ago. Winter is coming!

It was a great episode.

Cool, I’ve been waiting for it to happen, does it have any white walker action ?

I can’t be giving away story lines.

YES!!!

Oh my glob oh my glob oh my glob

Divine Angel said:

stumpy_seahorse said:

Ute 4/5ths packed… now to figure out how to fit the rest in…?!

Tetris.

downloaded the tetris theme, been playing it on repeat.. :P

You’re welcome.

OK, making an early dinner then it’s back to the grind.

Hippy tucker tonight (chick peas, lentils, rice, vegetables)

Bubblecar said:

OK, making an early dinner then it’s back to the grind.

Hippy tucker tonight (chick peas, lentils, rice, vegetables)

Neil, neil orange peel

CrazyNeutrino said:

I have some good news.

The Department of Human Services has a house available for me in Creswick

I could be moving from here in a few weeks

not sure about internet connection there, but I have a 3g tablet

I wish you a smooth move and more importantly, good neighbours :)

I’m making slow cookered beef and potato. ‘Cept I’m pulling the taters early and finishing them in the oven so they’re roasty toasty.

#The Marshall Tucker Band Blue Ridge Mountain Sky (live)

chill sittin’ here kitchen, 15.4C the instrument’s tellin’ me
lookin’ at radar be cloud blowin’ in maybe’ll rain we’ll see

CrazyNeutrino said:

I have some good news.

The Department of Human Services has a house available for me in Creswick

I could be moving from here in a few weeks

not sure about internet connection there, but I have a 3g tablet

Good luck and God speed, CN.

AirDog’s auto-following camera drone launches on August 31st

an auto following drone for sports athletes

could be used by parents to follow their kids to and from school

could be used in domestic violence situations where a spouse uses one to spy / follow their partner

Peak Warming Man said:

CrazyNeutrino said:

I have some good news.

The Department of Human Services has a house available for me in Creswick

I could be moving from here in a few weeks

not sure about internet connection there, but I have a 3g tablet

Good luck and God speed, CN.

I have already rang and have made an appointment to see them at the property later this week

:)

What do you get the narcissist who has everything? Himself, of course!

MV is probably having cucumber sandwiches and a gin and tonic at his club right now, chatting with the chaps and reading The Times, bastard.

Peak Warming Man said:

MV is probably having cucumber sandwiches and a gin and tonic at his club right now, chatting with the chaps and reading The Times, bastard.

I’d be worried if he was holding a conversation with Chaps.

or even wearing them.

I just hope that rubbing shoulders with the likes of Mrs V’s friend doesn’t change him, when you move in those circles you can sometimes think you’re a big wheel.
I’m sure he’ll remain unaffected

everything loaded except me, the dog and the beer fridge///

>everything loaded except me, the dog and the beer fridge///

heading off first thing..

stumpy_seahorse said:

everything loaded except me, the dog and the beer fridge///

Good luck and God speed.

transition said:

>everything loaded except me, the dog and the beer fridge///

heading off first thing..

lunchtime tomorrow

Peak Warming Man said:

stumpy_seahorse said:

everything loaded except me, the dog and the beer fridge///

Good luck and God speed.

he better not… and if he does, it better be on the lemon tree like the rest of us civilised folk…

>lunchtime tomorrow

have safe trip, expect you’ll log in sometime and let us know all’s good.

transition said:

>lunchtime tomorrow

have safe trip, expect you’ll log in sometime and let us know all’s good.

will try.. will be afk till friday night and just depends how quickly I can sort internet access out as monday is a PH

Peak Warming Man said:

stumpy_seahorse said:

everything loaded except me, the dog and the beer fridge///

Good luck and God speed.

How fast is “God speed”? When you’re going so fast you scream “Jesus Christ!”? I can’t remember reading in the bible the bit where JC said to his followers “Quick, it’s the rozzers! Scarper! At God speed!” But it’s been a long time since I read it.

Damn dog, smashed his cone of shame off and then chewed off the dressing on the leg.

btm said:

Peak Warming Man said:

stumpy_seahorse said:

everything loaded except me, the dog and the beer fridge///

Good luck and God speed.

How fast is “God speed”? When you’re going so fast you scream “Jesus Christ!”? I can’t remember reading in the bible the bit where JC said to his followers “Quick, it’s the rozzers! Scarper! At God speed!” But it’s been a long time since I read it.

Not as fast as ludicrous speed

Peak Warming Man said:

I just hope that rubbing shoulders with the likes of Mrs V’s friend doesn’t change him, when you move in those circles you can sometimes think you’re a big wheel.
I’m sure he’ll remain unaffected

It didn’t affect you, meeting me

btm said:

Peak Warming Man said:

stumpy_seahorse said:

everything loaded except me, the dog and the beer fridge///

Good luck and God speed.

How fast is “God speed”? When you’re going so fast you scream “Jesus Christ!”? I can’t remember reading in the bible the bit where JC said to his followers “Quick, it’s the rozzers! Scarper! At God speed!” But it’s been a long time since I read it.

It’s as fast as a horse and chariot.

Stumpy is faster than that.

Well that was tasty tucker. Now a couple of hours to digest it, then back on with the housework until midnight.

poikilotherm said:

Damn dog, smashed his cone of shame off and then chewed off the dressing on the leg.

It was probably itching like nobody’s business.

poikilotherm said:

Damn dog, smashed his cone of shame off and then chewed off the dressing on the leg.

put a tougher cone of shame on

fake bluetooth antenna

why bother?

http://i.imgur.com/eIuHT8a.jpg

Dropbear said:

btm said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Good luck and God speed.

How fast is “God speed”? When you’re going so fast you scream “Jesus Christ!”? I can’t remember reading in the bible the bit where JC said to his followers “Quick, it’s the rozzers! Scarper! At God speed!” But it’s been a long time since I read it.

Not as fast as ludicrous speed

they’ve gone plaid,,,

Name something you would find in NASA’s rubbish tip

Speedy said:

btm said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Good luck and God speed.

How fast is “God speed”? When you’re going so fast you scream “Jesus Christ!”? I can’t remember reading in the bible the bit where JC said to his followers “Quick, it’s the rozzers! Scarper! At God speed!” But it’s been a long time since I read it.

It’s as fast as a horse and chariot.

Stumpy is faster than that.

nah, i got my short leg on, gan’t push the accelerator as far…

Divine Angel said:

Name something you would find in NASA’s rubbish tip

props from the ‘moon landing’ set…

stumpy_seahorse said:

Divine Angel said:

Name something you would find in NASA’s rubbish tip

props from the ‘moon landing’ set…

bent pieces of tin

stumpy_seahorse said:

Divine Angel said:

Name something you would find in NASA’s rubbish tip

props from the ‘moon landing’ set…

Gold.

The arse has fallen out of the thermometer.

Divine Angel said:

Name something you would find in NASA’s rubbish tip

57 years worth of obsolete hardware.

Peak Warming Man said:

The arse has fallen out of the thermometer.

Going to be -2 here tonight & tomorrow night. Max 10 tomorrow.

Bubblecar said:

Peak Warming Man said:

The arse has fallen out of the thermometer.

Going to be -2 here tonight & tomorrow night. Max 10 tomorrow.

damn… my snow chains are packed near the bottom…

Bubblecar said:

Divine Angel said:

Name something you would find in NASA’s rubbish tip

57 years worth of obsolete hardware.

Working out lunar orbits with a blackboard and old IBM computer:

Bubblecar said:

Peak Warming Man said:

The arse has fallen out of the thermometer.

Going to be -2 here tonight & tomorrow night. Max 10 tomorrow.

Heating has been getting a flogging here today.

Old Mission Control display & control panel, from early Shuttle missions.

I’ve always wondered about space exploration without the ability to draw accurate plots except by hand. I imagine tables of figures would have been used a lot more than is now the case.

IBM’s Real-Time Computer Complex at NASA, for the Apollo missions.

Divine Angel said:

Name something you would find in NASA’s rubbish tip

rolls of aluminum foil

underpants from the Apollo 13 mission

Hello Holidayers.

I have been looking for things on the ATO website. It was quicker to Google my specific question….

buffy said:

Hello Holidayers.

I have been looking for things on the ATO website. It was quicker to Google my specific question….

Imagine all the committees the ATO website had to go through to have it sufficiently hard to navigate so as to be as useless as the staff.

I should think they might have tidied up their auditing after this:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-02/fraudsters-use-defence-fuel-card-to-steal-more-than-500000/6516216

That’s a hell of a lot of petrol/diesel….

poikilotherm said:

buffy said:

Hello Holidayers.

I have been looking for things on the ATO website. It was quicker to Google my specific question….

Imagine all the committees the ATO website had to go through to have it sufficiently hard to navigate so as to be as useless as the staff.

Actually, on the two or three occasions I’ve had to phone them with a query, they’ve been helpful and polite. Mostly I just tell my accountant to deal with things for me. But I did think I might be able to find out for myself if I had to include my mini-pension at T1 on my BAS. I did find out. (No) But not because the website could find it. Google found it. On the ATO website…

Looks like suicide – former Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy, who lost his seat in the recent UK election, found dead at 55:

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/bba466e2-08e9-11e5-b643-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3btVlNmZj

Bubblecar said:

Looks like suicide – former Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy, who lost his seat in the recent UK election, found dead at 55:

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/bba466e2-08e9-11e5-b643-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3btVlNmZj

I get a paywall. Can you post the article here?

Former Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy dies

Charles Kennedy, former leader of the UK Liberal Democrat party and longtime MP, has died, his family has announced.

Kennedy, 55, was leader of the Lib Dems between 1999 and 2006 — guiding the party to its greatest postwar electoral success — and one of the few high-profile British politicians to oppose the 2003 Iraq war.

An MP for 32 years, he became one of the casualties of the Scottish National party’s landslide in last month’s general election.

A statement released on behalf of his family said: “It is with great sadness, and an enormous sense of shock, that we announce the death of Charles Kennedy.

“Charles died at home in Fort William yesterday. He was 55. We are obviously devastated at the loss. Charles was a fine man, a talented politician and a loving father to his young son.

“There will be a postmortem and we will issue a further statement when funeral arrangements are made.”

No cause of death was given but Kennedy was known to have struggled with alcohol problems, which contributed to his demise as party leader.

The son of a crofter, Kennedy was elected to parliament for the Ross, Cromarty and Skye constituency for the Social Democratic party in 1983, when he became the UK’s youngest MP. Studying in the US at the time, he had not expected to win the seat and had flown back to America when the polls closed.

In the 1997 boundary changes the constituency was changed to Ross, Skye and Inverness West then in 2005 Kennedy fought, and won the newly created Ross, Skye and Lochaber seat.

He described the role as “the greatest privilege of my adult and public life” in a piece written after losing his seat last month.

“I am very fond of political history. If nothing else, we can all reflect on and perhaps tell our grandchildren that we were there on “the night of long sgian dubhs!”,” he wrote in Liberal Democrat Voice.

Nick Clegg, who stood down as Lib Dem leader following the party’s dismal election performance last month, said the country had been robbed “of one of the most gifted politicians of his generation”.

“Charles devoted his life to public service, yet he had an unusual gift for speaking about politics with humour and humility which touched people well beyond the world of politics.

“He was a staunch internationalist and passionate believer in Britain’s role in Europe, yet he was a proud Highlander, Scot and British parliamentarian.”

Mr Clegg also described him as “one of the most gentle and unflappable politicians I have ever known, yet he was immensely courageous too”.

“He led the Liberal Democrats to our party’s greatest electoral successes, yet he always remained modest about his huge achievements.”

Paddy Ashdown, Kennedy’s predecessor as Lib Dem leader, tweeted that “in a political age not overburdened with gaiety and good sense, he brought us wit, charm, judgment, principle and decency”.

Nicola Sturgeon, SNP leader and Scotland’s first minister, said Kennedy was a “hugely well-respected and well-liked man”.

“He was without doubt one of the towering political talents of his generation — a sharp debater, who deployed knowledge, experience and wit to wonderful effect,” she said in a statement. “He will be remembered — amongst his many other achievements — for his principled opposition to the war in Iraq and leading his party to its best-ever election result. Charles devoted his life to serving Scotland and his beloved Highlands.”

David Cameron, the prime minister, said he was “deeply saddened” by the news. “He was a talented politician who has died too young,” he said.

Harriet Harman, acting Labour leader, said Kennedy “was someone who fought for social justice and brought courage, wit and humour to everything he did”.

Kennedy joined most of the SDP in merging with the Liberals in 1988 to form the Lib Dems, by which time he had already held a number of front bench posts. Two years later he became party president.

On becoming Lib Dem leader in 1999 Kennedy said he wanted to build on its local council strength to take it into government.

Arguably his most prominent moment came in 2003 the run-up to the US-led invasion of Iraq. A vocal opponent of military action, the Scot became the unofficial leader of the anti-war movement, speaking at a huge rally in Hyde Park as well as in the House of Commons.

John Prescott, Labour deputy leader and deputy prime minister at the time, tweeted on Tuesday that Kennedy “proved to be right on Iraq. History will be as kind to him as he was to others. A great loss.”

The Lib Dems reaped the benefits in the 2005 election, when the party won 62 seats — its highest total since the 1920s.

His meteoric rise and earlier energy later gave way to a feeling of exasperation among senior MPs that he had failed to give the party a sense of purpose and momentum.

Frustration boiled over at the 2005 party conference in Blackpool, where the leader failed to speak out in favour of his own proposal for a partial privatisation of Royal Mail, a touchstone issue for the modernisers.

Colleagues had long harboured concerns about his drinking. In March 2004, Kennedy missed the Budget statement, officially because of a stomach bug. Many MPs suspected any illness was alcohol-induced.

But in January 2006, after being confronted by ITV journalists that he had received treatment for alcohol addiction, Kennedy admitted he had a problem and announced a leadership contest. He initially intended to run in the race but, faced with the threat of a walkout by many of the Lib Dem front bench, he resigned.

Forever a man of principle, in 2010 Kennedy was one of the few Lib Dem MPs who did not support entering into coalition with the Conservatives.

Kennedy married Sarah Gurling in 2002 and they had one son, Donald. The couple divorced in 2010.

One of my teeth just fell out, great it was a support for my plate, this is going to be expensive.

Ta.

Peak Warming Man said:

One of my teeth just fell out, great it was a support for my plate, this is going to be expensive.

Can’t you glue it back in?

Bubblecar said:

Looks like suicide – former Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy, who lost his seat in the recent UK election, found dead at 55:

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/bba466e2-08e9-11e5-b643-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3btVlNmZj

seems extreme, I could have sent him a chair

Bubblecar said:

Peak Warming Man said:

One of my teeth just fell out, great it was a support for my plate, this is going to be expensive.

Can’t you glue it back in?

No

Peak Warming Man said:

Bubblecar said:

Peak Warming Man said:

One of my teeth just fell out, great it was a support for my plate, this is going to be expensive.

Can’t you glue it back in?

No

My sympathies. I wonder what caused it to fall out.

Bubblecar said:

Peak Warming Man said:

One of my teeth just fell out, great it was a support for my plate, this is going to be expensive.

Can’t you glue it back in?

some poor young girl put superglue in her mouth, made a mess

I haven’t had any teeth fall out since losing the baby set.

OK, back on with the housework.

Bubblecar said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Bubblecar said:

Can’t you glue it back in?

No

My sympathies. I wonder what caused it to fall out.

Zombies have the same problem.

BLACK OPS
Assault on Al Qaeda

8.30pm – 9.30pmONETonight

Al-Zarqawi, the most wanted man in Iraq, is proving a formidable enemy. Responsible for bombings, beheadings and attacks, the coalition’s only hope lies with a top secret task force.

I’m going to bed…..slow as a wet week here on the interwebs. Everyone must be using up the electrons with Netflix or something.

Every letter of the alphabet is in here

And the first test was actually slower than that at 0.54….

After I waited and waited and waited to load Speedtest.

Peak Warming Man said:

One of my teeth just fell out, great it was a support for my plate, this is going to be expensive.

This is the stuff of nightmares :(

Evening all.

Operation Instant Success has been renamed Operation Piss-Farter, and has been put on hold for a fortnight owing to technical difficulties.

Mine’s slower than buffy, as usual:

Bubblecar said:

Mine’s slower than buffy, as usual:

Slightly faster download speed though.

party_pants said:

Evening all.

Operation Instant Success has been renamed Operation Piss-Farter, and has been put on hold for a fortnight owing to technical difficulties.

That sounds like bad news.

Dropbear said:

Every letter of the alphabet is in here

!http://i.imgur.com/mkJHqkE.gif

The stupid brown fox jumps over the playful dog

Missing a few, but if you add “fake” it’s not so bad :)

Bubblecar said:

party_pants said:

Evening all.

Operation Instant Success has been renamed Operation Piss-Farter, and has been put on hold for a fortnight owing to technical difficulties.

That sounds like bad news.

I might have to work on it during the week, le Tour starts on Sunday already.

I have crappy of CRT TV and set-top box in the bedroom, the picture in letterbox format is very small. I have a nice computer monitor that will be much better, if only I could get the configuration right. I’ve bought cables and adaptors and such, but they don’t want to talk to each other.

Bubblecar said:

Bubblecar said:

Mine’s slower than buffy, as usual:

Slightly faster download speed though.

There are some advantages to suburbia:

party_pants said:

I might have to work on it during the week, le Tour starts on Sunday already.

I have crappy of CRT TV and set-top box in the bedroom, the picture in letterbox format is very small. I have a nice computer monitor that will be much better, if only I could get the configuration right. I’ve bought cables and adaptors and such, but they don’t want to talk to each other.

I thought le Tour starts next month.

Luckily my TV set top box is working again, although I don’t know how reliable it will be. The telly is flat-screen CRT but quite a big one.

pommiejohn said:

There are some advantages to suburbia:

Yeah, rub it in :)

Lord knows when our service out here will be upgraded. No point changing ISPs, it’s just the infrastructure.

Well, that’s crap, no wonder my nets slow this evening.

Bubblecar said:

party_pants said:

I might have to work on it during the week, le Tour starts on Sunday already.

I have crappy of CRT TV and set-top box in the bedroom, the picture in letterbox format is very small. I have a nice computer monitor that will be much better, if only I could get the configuration right. I’ve bought cables and adaptors and such, but they don’t want to talk to each other.

I thought le Tour starts next month.

Luckily my TV set top box is working again, although I don’t know how reliable it will be. The telly is flat-screen CRT but quite a big one.

You’re right. Their official website is giving dates for that Dolphin Hay race.

Running from Saturday July 4th to Sunday July 26th 2015, the 102th Tour de France will be made up of 21 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,360 kilometres.

http://www.letour.com/le-tour/2015/us/overall-route.html

party_pants said:

Bubblecar said:

party_pants said:

I might have to work on it during the week, le Tour starts on Sunday already.

I have crappy of CRT TV and set-top box in the bedroom, the picture in letterbox format is very small. I have a nice computer monitor that will be much better, if only I could get the configuration right. I’ve bought cables and adaptors and such, but they don’t want to talk to each other.

I thought le Tour starts next month.

Luckily my TV set top box is working again, although I don’t know how reliable it will be. The telly is flat-screen CRT but quite a big one.

You’re right. Their official website is giving dates for that Dolphin Hay race.

Thank god for that. I need at least three weeks training in before it kicks off.

>..slow this evening.

NSA etc have to check all’s Team Australica

• There are some advantages to suburbia

82?! My word…

A married couple in Florida, Tito and Amanda Watts, were arrested a few days ago for selling “golden tickets to heaven” to hundreds of people.

They sold the tickets on the street for $99.99 per ticket, told buyers the tickets were made from solid gold, and that each ticket reserved the buyer a spot in heaven — simply present the ticket at the pearly gates and you’re in.

Tito Watts said in his police statement: “I don’t care what the police say. The tickets are solid gold… And it was Jesus who give them to me behind the KFC and said to sell them so I could get me some money to go to outer space. I met an alien named Stevie who said if I got the cash together he’d take me and my wife on his flying saucer to his planet that’s made entirely of drugs. You should arrest Jesus because he’s the one that gave me the golden tickets and said to sell them. I’m willing to wear a wire and set Jesus up….”

Amanda Watts said in her police statement:” “We just wanted to leave earth and go to space and do drugs. I didn’t do nothing. Tito sold the golden tickets to heaven. I just watched.”

Police said they confiscated over $10,000 in cash, drug paraphernalia, and a baby alligator.

.. I hope the baby alligator is being well looked after.

Aaaah….nup….I got nuthin’ except Tito’s in the shit with Amanda.

100 people gave away their money

CrazyNeutrino said:

100 people gave away their money

Yeah, but…Florida. I think they’re a bit like that in the swamplands.

UPDATE: This story turned out to be an April Fool’s joke, and unfortunately we fell for it. The story, which several other websites also reported as fact, originated on March 31 with the website Stuppid.com, and the photos of the fictional “Tito and Amanda Watts” came from this 2011 collection of bizarre mug shots. We apologize for publishing false information and regret this error.

http://jacksonville.suntimes.com/jax-news/7/115/146332/couple-arrested-selling-golden-tickets-heaven

OK that’s enough drudgery for one night. Going to brew & guzzle a pot of coffee then have a bath.

Much more housework tomorrow.

Bubblecar said:

UPDATE: This story turned out to be an April Fool’s joke, and unfortunately we fell for it. The story, which several other websites also reported as fact, originated on March 31 with the website Stuppid.com, and the photos of the fictional “Tito and Amanda Watts” came from this 2011 collection of bizarre mug shots. We apologize for publishing false information and regret this error.

http://jacksonville.suntimes.com/jax-news/7/115/146332/couple-arrested-selling-golden-tickets-heaven

I recognise them!

kii said:

I recognise them!

Neighbours?

Bubblecar said:

kii said:

I recognise them!

Neighbours?

Not quite. Seen the ‘article’ before.

I will wake up in a minute or two….groggy start today :/

Roads are all open.
I’ll be off to White Cliffs for a bit.

testing (#~>hello)
(/#~>/)

transition said:

testing (#~>hello)
(/#~>/)

test failed.

i see sepp is going.

Apparent temp 1.8 this morning. mother of god

ha, you certainly notice it when you’re used to balmy temps. remember when it got down to 16 in darwin. bloody freezing. ugg boots and a jumper. at least until about 8.

ChrispenEvan said:

ha, you certainly notice it when you’re used to balmy temps. remember when it got down to 16 in darwin. bloody freezing. ugg boots and a jumper. at least until about 8.

Yeh the house isn’t set up for those kinds of temps..

Morning folks

Good morning Holidayers. We have 3 degrees at the moment, Still dark. It as 5 around 2.00am. Still, it will drop more as dawn breaks. Might be a frost.

5am and 16 here. almost barmy it is.

Morning everyone :)

It’s drizzly and a cool 22 degrees out on the back deck this morning.. I’m wanting the rain to cease!

I had a toasted chicken and avocado sandwich on Monday for lunch. Within half an hour of me eating said sandwich I took a dive into stomach gurgling/cramping land. I am only just starting to come good but still have a gurgly stomach, at least I have managed breakfast this morning… That was not fun :(

2.5 here, dark and overcast

OK, I’d better get dressed and off to work. I’ll need to light the woodheater in Casterton when I get there and I suppose I’d better do that before the first patient is due to roll up.

Spider Lily said:

Morning everyone :)

It’s drizzly and a cool 22 degrees out on the back deck this morning.. I’m wanting the rain to cease!

I had a toasted chicken and avocado sandwich on Monday for lunch. Within half an hour of me eating said sandwich I took a dive into stomach gurgling/cramping land. I am only just starting to come good but still have a gurgly stomach, at least I have managed breakfast this morning… That was not fun :(

I’ve been sick with food poisoning for a day as well – suspected subway

Leaving for greener pastures, stumps ?

Dropbear said:

Leaving for greener pastures, stumps ?

yeah, adelaide tonight, ferry tomorrow night

stumpy_seahorse said:

Dropbear said:

Leaving for greener pastures, stumps ?

yeah, adelaide tonight, ferry tomorrow night

Got the road trip soundtrack sorted?

Dropbear said:

stumpy_seahorse said:

Dropbear said:

Leaving for greener pastures, stumps ?

yeah, adelaide tonight, ferry tomorrow night

Got the road trip soundtrack sorted?

3 mp3 players sorted
(although Anzac is riding shotgun, so it’s his duty to keep the music happening…)

stumpy_seahorse said:

Dropbear said:

stumpy_seahorse said:

yeah, adelaide tonight, ferry tomorrow night

Got the road trip soundtrack sorted?

3 mp3 players sorted
(although Anzac is riding shotgun, so it’s his duty to keep the music happening…)

That’s the right sort of road trip company.. No problems with dogs on the ferry?

Dropbear said:

stumpy_seahorse said:

Dropbear said:

Got the road trip soundtrack sorted?

3 mp3 players sorted
(although Anzac is riding shotgun, so it’s his duty to keep the music happening…)

That’s the right sort of road trip company.. No problems with dogs on the ferry?

no, they have kennels on a ventilated level, $22.
You can leave pets in the car, but if you get a cage, the staff will check on them and give them water overnight…

Cool. That’s a good set-up

-3.6 ‘ere this morning. Clear and sunny…

poikilotherm said:

-3.6 ‘ere this morning. Clear and sunny…

😳 Inhuman!!!

Spider Lily said:

poikilotherm said:

-3.6 ‘ere this morning. Clear and sunny…

😳 Inhuman!!!

Was interesting having ice on my back during the morning run.

OOOPPPS.

Someone, I won’t say who, forgot a wedding anniversary.

sibeen said:

OOOPPPS.

Someone, I won’t say who, forgot a wedding anniversary.

I imagine over time they get like birthdays, recurring annoyances for others…

Jeez, gotta feel sorry for Johnny Depp…

Looking at the unfortunates that make up the fan group out waiting for him to emerge for filming…

poikilotherm said:

Spider Lily said:

poikilotherm said:

-3.6 ‘ere this morning. Clear and sunny…

😳 Inhuman!!!

Was interesting having ice on my back during the morning run.

Get help!!