Dunno what I’m still doing up.
Oh yes. Posting here, of course.
Happy May Day!
May already?
Currently 15, heading for sunny and 24. Slight chance of rain mid afternoon.
Skipping walkies today due to lung issues. Dr appt this afternoon, I want to ask if an asthma preventative is suitable for me. I expect tests to see what exactly is going on with my lungs. Damn covid!
Good morning Holidayers. Presently 8 degrees at the back door, still dark. We are forecast a partly cloudy 17 today.
My bushwandering friend is bringing her washing here at 8.00am and we will put it on for our machine to do its thing while we go to breakfast at the bakery. She is on tank water only and is very very low. Then she will pick up the wet washing and go home because she is having her house painted at the moment. She knows the guy doing it well, but she wants to be there.
Undecided about what I will do for the rest of the day. Gardening. Maybe mowing. The Great Aussie Fungi Hunt is over. It was only for April. I should go and see how many observations we ended up with. I will still be doing more identifications though because I’m sure I haven’t looked at all of them.
Must been slow news night
who cares celebrities attracting attention and sledging each other who fn cares…
Nice, next just put some beacons on the trees that signal when moved far and see what happens.
SCIENCE said:
Nice, next just put some beacons on the trees that signal when moved far and see what happens.
I’m quite enjoying Claire Hooper’s House of Games, but I am rather annoyed that they misspelled Caribbean as “carribean”.
Divine Angel said:
I’m quite enjoying Claire Hooper’s House of Games, but I am rather annoyed that they misspelled Caribbean as “carribean”.
Maybe Carri Bean is one of the characters?
captain_spalding said:
Divine Angel said:
I’m quite enjoying Claire Hooper’s House of Games, but I am rather annoyed that they misspelled Caribbean as “carribean”.
Maybe Carri Bean is one of the characters?
Not in Pirates of the carribean
I mean, it’s not as bad as this atrocity.
How did nobody get Leather Tuscadero?
Divine Angel said:
How did nobody get Leather Tuscadero?
What are you talking about…
dv said:
Divine Angel said:
How did nobody get Leather Tuscadero?
What are you talking about…
Claire Hooper’s House of Games
Divine Angel said:
dv said:
Divine Angel said:
How did nobody get Leather Tuscadero?
What are you talking about…
Claire Hooper’s House of Games
On ABC iview
Divine Angel said:
Divine Angel said:
dv said:What are you talking about…
Claire Hooper’s House of Games
On ABC iview
Leather Tuscadero, younger sister of Pinky Tuscadero, an old flame of Fonzie’s, appears in seven episodes of Happy Days in Seasons 5 and 6.
Divine Angel said:
dv said:
Divine Angel said:
How did nobody get Leather Tuscadero?
What are you talking about…
Claire Hooper’s House of Games
That looked interesting but I haven’t been able to catch it. What did you think of ‘The Floor’ after viewing it?
Witty Rejoinder said:
Divine Angel said:
dv said:What are you talking about…
Claire Hooper’s House of Games
That looked interesting but I haven’t been able to catch it. What did you think of ‘The Floor’ after viewing it?
I thought my brain doesn’t work that fast 🙂
I like the concept
Divine Angel said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
Divine Angel said:Claire Hooper’s House of Games
That looked interesting but I haven’t been able to catch it. What did you think of ‘The Floor’ after viewing it?
I thought my brain doesn’t work that fast 🙂
I like the concept
:-)
Games shows have really lost their edge since the downfall of Sale of the Century… they stopped finding people smart enough to be champions, spent a bucket load on bringing in the guy from Different strokes, who lost in the first game and then spent the rest of the week ‘co hosting’ or being adjudicator or something because contracultural agreements required him to be aired…
the Australian public could not understand the concept of my favourite Game show Jeopardy… so that tanked.. and that was it (beside mastermind which most people had never heard of) for game shows that really demonstrated the great divide of knowledge amongst Australian people. We need that sort of elitism back again..
Arts said:
Games shows have really lost their edge since the downfall of Sale of the Century… they stopped finding people smart enough to be champions, spent a bucket load on bringing in the guy from Different strokes, who lost in the first game and then spent the rest of the week ‘co hosting’ or being adjudicator or something because contracultural agreements required him to be aired…the Australian public could not understand the concept of my favourite Game show Jeopardy… so that tanked.. and that was it (beside mastermind which most people had never heard of) for game shows that really demonstrated the great divide of knowledge amongst Australian people. We need that sort of elitism back again..
Jeopardy is still goiing strog on SBS.
Arts said:
Games shows have really lost their edge since the downfall of Sale of the Century… they stopped finding people smart enough to be champions, spent a bucket load on bringing in the guy from Different strokes, who lost in the first game and then spent the rest of the week ‘co hosting’ or being adjudicator or something because contracultural agreements required him to be aired…the Australian public could not understand the concept of my favourite Game show Jeopardy… so that tanked.. and that was it (beside mastermind which most people had never heard of) for game shows that really demonstrated the great divide of knowledge amongst Australian people. We need that sort of elitism back again..
What is ‘a stupid concept’?
runs away
House of Games is mostly trivia, but twisted. Like Smash. You get a photo and a clue, and you have to smash the answers together. Example:
Photo of potato. Clue, “Bonnie Tyler’s hit song.”
Answer: Potatotal Eclipse of the Heart.
roughbarked said:
Arts said:
Games shows have really lost their edge since the downfall of Sale of the Century… they stopped finding people smart enough to be champions, spent a bucket load on bringing in the guy from Different strokes, who lost in the first game and then spent the rest of the week ‘co hosting’ or being adjudicator or something because contracultural agreements required him to be aired…the Australian public could not understand the concept of my favourite Game show Jeopardy… so that tanked.. and that was it (beside mastermind which most people had never heard of) for game shows that really demonstrated the great divide of knowledge amongst Australian people. We need that sort of elitism back again..
Jeopardy is still goiing strog on SBS.
the American Version…
Witty Rejoinder said:
Arts said:
Games shows have really lost their edge since the downfall of Sale of the Century… they stopped finding people smart enough to be champions, spent a bucket load on bringing in the guy from Different strokes, who lost in the first game and then spent the rest of the week ‘co hosting’ or being adjudicator or something because contracultural agreements required him to be aired…the Australian public could not understand the concept of my favourite Game show Jeopardy… so that tanked.. and that was it (beside mastermind which most people had never heard of) for game shows that really demonstrated the great divide of knowledge amongst Australian people. We need that sort of elitism back again..
What is ‘a stupid concept’?
runs away
I like the idea of cognitive flexibility. I tell my students all the time that when you are trying to learn something you should think about the problem in both ways.. find the answers to the questions and also the questions to the answers…
in teaching someone to spell you not only ask “How do you Spell potato” you also ask “What does p-o-t-a-t-o spell”
What is tiger’s milk, in this context? Is it aptly named?
Divine Angel said:
How did nobody get Leather Tuscadero?
Fonzies girlfriend wasn’t she ?
Witty Rejoinder said:
Divine Angel said:
Witty Rejoinder said:That looked interesting but I haven’t been able to catch it. What did you think of ‘The Floor’ after viewing it?
I thought my brain doesn’t work that fast 🙂
I like the concept
:-)
Drinking to excess helps me view the floor
dv said:
What is tiger’s milk, in this context? Is it aptly named?
A quick binge tells me that it is milk made from tiger’s nuts, but they also say it is vegan, which doesn’t make sense, so I just don’t know.
dv said:
What is tiger’s milk, in this context? Is it aptly named?
It’s a type of dressing. Usually with lime juice and seasonings to go on fish
puts new radiator in little car, filled with coolant, runs and temperature stabilized at usual thermostat temperature
gold star for me
quite easy job on that car
deserves a coffee does yours truly
other news our water bill is $1220
dv said:
What is tiger’s milk, in this context? Is it aptly named?
https://cevicheceviche.nl/?cevichepedia=what-is-tigers-milk/#:~:text=‘Leche%20de%20tigre’%20or%20’,add%20garlic%2C%20celery%20or%20ginger.
Divine Angel said:
dv said:
What is tiger’s milk, in this context? Is it aptly named?
It’s a type of dressing. Usually with lime juice and seasonings to go on fish
Cheers
Michael V said:
dv said:
What is tiger’s milk, in this context? Is it aptly named?
https://cevicheceviche.nl/?cevichepedia=what-is-tigers-milk/#:~:text=‘Leche%20de%20tigre’%20or%20’,add%20garlic%2C%20celery%20or%20ginger.
What kind of world do we live in where there is a domain called cevicheceviche.nl?
dv said:
Divine Angel said:
dv said:
What is tiger’s milk, in this context? Is it aptly named?
It’s a type of dressing. Usually with lime juice and seasonings to go on fish
Cheers
dv said:
Michael V said:
dv said:
What is tiger’s milk, in this context? Is it aptly named?
https://cevicheceviche.nl/?cevichepedia=what-is-tigers-milk/#:~:text=‘Leche%20de%20tigre’%20or%20’,add%20garlic%2C%20celery%20or%20ginger.
What kind of world do we live in where there is a domain called cevicheceviche.nl?
Amazing, hey.
Tamb said:
dv said:
Divine Angel said:It’s a type of dressing. Usually with lime juice and seasonings to go on fish
Cheers
Same naming thing as buffalo wings.
I thought Buffalo Wings were named after the place in New York where they were invented.
Michael V said:
Tamb said:
dv said:Cheers
Same naming thing as buffalo wings.I thought Buffalo Wings were named after the place in New York where they were invented.
That was my understanding…
dv said:
Michael V said:
dv said:
What is tiger’s milk, in this context? Is it aptly named?
https://cevicheceviche.nl/?cevichepedia=what-is-tigers-milk/#:~:text=‘Leche%20de%20tigre’%20or%20’,add%20garlic%2C%20celery%20or%20ginger.
What kind of world do we live in where there is a domain called cevicheceviche.nl?
It’s a digitalicious world.
Michael V said:
Tamb said:
dv said:Cheers
Same naming thing as buffalo wings.I thought Buffalo Wings were named after the place in New York where they were invented.
What has four letters, sometimes has nine letters, but always has six letters
btm said:
What has four letters, sometimes has nine letters, but always has six letters
True.
Tamb said:
Michael V said:
Tamb said:Same naming thing as buffalo wings.
I thought Buffalo Wings were named after the place in New York where they were invented.
They were. Just me being slack.
Oh. No worries.
;)
I need to shop for some bathroom taps.
Anyone else having troubles with Bunnings website?
captain_spalding said:
I need to shop for some bathroom taps.Anyone else having troubles with Bunnings website?
No. (One test.)
captain_spalding said:
I need to shop for some bathroom taps.Anyone else having troubles with Bunnings website?
Bunnings website is crap, it’s worse than early voting and store bought ravioli combined…
Michael V said:
captain_spalding said:
I need to shop for some bathroom taps.Anyone else having troubles with Bunnings website?
No. (One test.)
I had my VPN location as San Francisco. Changed it to an Australian location, works OK now.
captain_spalding said:
Michael V said:
captain_spalding said:
I need to shop for some bathroom taps.Anyone else having troubles with Bunnings website?
No. (One test.)
I had my VPN location as San Francisco. Changed it to an Australian location, works OK now.
No worries.
https://theshovel.com.au/2025/05/01/mushroom-recipe-allegedly-plagiarised-from-recipetin-eats/
As if things couldn’t get worse for the Victorian woman accused of murdering her relatives by serving them Beef Wellington laced with death cap mushrooms, she now faces fresh allegations that the lethal recipe was plagiarised.
In a bombshell courtroom twist, Erin Patterson was accused of directly lifting the delicious but deadly recipe from the popular food website RecipeTin Eats.
The Crown Prosecutor noted the “uncanny similarities” between the two recipes, particularly the instruction on the RecipeTin Eats site to “carefully dispose of the mushroom dehydrator immediately after use”.
The founder of the RecipeTin Eats website, Nagi Maehashi, says the poisonous Beef Wellington dish is one of her signature recipes, and was even included in her recent cookbook in a section titled “Showstoppers and Heartstoppers”.
Maehashi says it beggars belief that Patterson independently came up with ideas, such as serving her own slice on a different coloured plate, or claiming to have bought the mushrooms from an unspecified Asian grocer. “Both of those are straight from my recipe – Steps 4 and 9 -it’s there in black and white, right after the instruction to gently brush the pastry with egg wash and arsenic”.
The bestselling author said all she expected from Patterson, and from other would-be murderers, was a simple acknowledgement of the recipe’s origins. “Just a small attribution,” Maehashi said. “It’s such an easy, polite thing to do before sending your lunch guests to their certain deaths.”
Patterson has denied the allegations, insisting that she’s been making her lethal Beef Wellingtons since 2014, long before RecipeTin Eats first published its recipe. “I might be a murderer, but I’m not a plagiarist,” she told the court yesterday. “Even I wouldn’t stoop that low.”
Patterson said she has personally reached out to Maehashi, inviting her to a special lunch at her house so the two of them can resolve the dispute in private.
ruby said:
https://theshovel.com.au/2025/05/01/mushroom-recipe-allegedly-plagiarised-from-recipetin-eats/As if things couldn’t get worse for the Victorian woman accused of murdering her relatives by serving them Beef Wellington laced with death cap mushrooms, she now faces fresh allegations that the lethal recipe was plagiarised.
In a bombshell courtroom twist, Erin Patterson was accused of directly lifting the delicious but deadly recipe from the popular food website RecipeTin Eats.
The Crown Prosecutor noted the “uncanny similarities” between the two recipes, particularly the instruction on the RecipeTin Eats site to “carefully dispose of the mushroom dehydrator immediately after use”.
The founder of the RecipeTin Eats website, Nagi Maehashi, says the poisonous Beef Wellington dish is one of her signature recipes, and was even included in her recent cookbook in a section titled “Showstoppers and Heartstoppers”.
Maehashi says it beggars belief that Patterson independently came up with ideas, such as serving her own slice on a different coloured plate, or claiming to have bought the mushrooms from an unspecified Asian grocer. “Both of those are straight from my recipe – Steps 4 and 9 -it’s there in black and white, right after the instruction to gently brush the pastry with egg wash and arsenic”.
The bestselling author said all she expected from Patterson, and from other would-be murderers, was a simple acknowledgement of the recipe’s origins. “Just a small attribution,” Maehashi said. “It’s such an easy, polite thing to do before sending your lunch guests to their certain deaths.”
Patterson has denied the allegations, insisting that she’s been making her lethal Beef Wellingtons since 2014, long before RecipeTin Eats first published its recipe. “I might be a murderer, but I’m not a plagiarist,” she told the court yesterday. “Even I wouldn’t stoop that low.”
Patterson said she has personally reached out to Maehashi, inviting her to a special lunch at her house so the two of them can resolve the dispute in private.
giggle
Michael V said:
ruby said:
https://theshovel.com.au/2025/05/01/mushroom-recipe-allegedly-plagiarised-from-recipetin-eats/As if things couldn’t get worse for the Victorian woman accused of murdering her relatives by serving them Beef Wellington laced with death cap mushrooms, she now faces fresh allegations that the lethal recipe was plagiarised.
In a bombshell courtroom twist, Erin Patterson was accused of directly lifting the delicious but deadly recipe from the popular food website RecipeTin Eats.
The Crown Prosecutor noted the “uncanny similarities” between the two recipes, particularly the instruction on the RecipeTin Eats site to “carefully dispose of the mushroom dehydrator immediately after use”.
The founder of the RecipeTin Eats website, Nagi Maehashi, says the poisonous Beef Wellington dish is one of her signature recipes, and was even included in her recent cookbook in a section titled “Showstoppers and Heartstoppers”.
Maehashi says it beggars belief that Patterson independently came up with ideas, such as serving her own slice on a different coloured plate, or claiming to have bought the mushrooms from an unspecified Asian grocer. “Both of those are straight from my recipe – Steps 4 and 9 -it’s there in black and white, right after the instruction to gently brush the pastry with egg wash and arsenic”.
The bestselling author said all she expected from Patterson, and from other would-be murderers, was a simple acknowledgement of the recipe’s origins. “Just a small attribution,” Maehashi said. “It’s such an easy, polite thing to do before sending your lunch guests to their certain deaths.”
Patterson has denied the allegations, insisting that she’s been making her lethal Beef Wellingtons since 2014, long before RecipeTin Eats first published its recipe. “I might be a murderer, but I’m not a plagiarist,” she told the court yesterday. “Even I wouldn’t stoop that low.”
Patterson said she has personally reached out to Maehashi, inviting her to a special lunch at her house so the two of them can resolve the dispute in private.
giggle
Next thing we know, is she’ll be a “wild card” contestant on Masterchef.
Woodie said:
Michael V said:
ruby said:
https://theshovel.com.au/2025/05/01/mushroom-recipe-allegedly-plagiarised-from-recipetin-eats/As if things couldn’t get worse for the Victorian woman accused of murdering her relatives by serving them Beef Wellington laced with death cap mushrooms, she now faces fresh allegations that the lethal recipe was plagiarised.
In a bombshell courtroom twist, Erin Patterson was accused of directly lifting the delicious but deadly recipe from the popular food website RecipeTin Eats.
The Crown Prosecutor noted the “uncanny similarities” between the two recipes, particularly the instruction on the RecipeTin Eats site to “carefully dispose of the mushroom dehydrator immediately after use”.
The founder of the RecipeTin Eats website, Nagi Maehashi, says the poisonous Beef Wellington dish is one of her signature recipes, and was even included in her recent cookbook in a section titled “Showstoppers and Heartstoppers”.
Maehashi says it beggars belief that Patterson independently came up with ideas, such as serving her own slice on a different coloured plate, or claiming to have bought the mushrooms from an unspecified Asian grocer. “Both of those are straight from my recipe – Steps 4 and 9 -it’s there in black and white, right after the instruction to gently brush the pastry with egg wash and arsenic”.
The bestselling author said all she expected from Patterson, and from other would-be murderers, was a simple acknowledgement of the recipe’s origins. “Just a small attribution,” Maehashi said. “It’s such an easy, polite thing to do before sending your lunch guests to their certain deaths.”
Patterson has denied the allegations, insisting that she’s been making her lethal Beef Wellingtons since 2014, long before RecipeTin Eats first published its recipe. “I might be a murderer, but I’m not a plagiarist,” she told the court yesterday. “Even I wouldn’t stoop that low.”
Patterson said she has personally reached out to Maehashi, inviting her to a special lunch at her house so the two of them can resolve the dispute in private.
giggle
Next thing we know, is she’ll be a “wild card” contestant on Masterchef.
She’ll have her own movie deal with the working title: “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner”
Woodie said:
Michael V said:
ruby said:
https://theshovel.com.au/2025/05/01/mushroom-recipe-allegedly-plagiarised-from-recipetin-eats/As if things couldn’t get worse for the Victorian woman accused of murdering her relatives by serving them Beef Wellington laced with death cap mushrooms, she now faces fresh allegations that the lethal recipe was plagiarised.
In a bombshell courtroom twist, Erin Patterson was accused of directly lifting the delicious but deadly recipe from the popular food website RecipeTin Eats.
The Crown Prosecutor noted the “uncanny similarities” between the two recipes, particularly the instruction on the RecipeTin Eats site to “carefully dispose of the mushroom dehydrator immediately after use”.
The founder of the RecipeTin Eats website, Nagi Maehashi, says the poisonous Beef Wellington dish is one of her signature recipes, and was even included in her recent cookbook in a section titled “Showstoppers and Heartstoppers”.
Maehashi says it beggars belief that Patterson independently came up with ideas, such as serving her own slice on a different coloured plate, or claiming to have bought the mushrooms from an unspecified Asian grocer. “Both of those are straight from my recipe – Steps 4 and 9 -it’s there in black and white, right after the instruction to gently brush the pastry with egg wash and arsenic”.
The bestselling author said all she expected from Patterson, and from other would-be murderers, was a simple acknowledgement of the recipe’s origins. “Just a small attribution,” Maehashi said. “It’s such an easy, polite thing to do before sending your lunch guests to their certain deaths.”
Patterson has denied the allegations, insisting that she’s been making her lethal Beef Wellingtons since 2014, long before RecipeTin Eats first published its recipe. “I might be a murderer, but I’m not a plagiarist,” she told the court yesterday. “Even I wouldn’t stoop that low.”
Patterson said she has personally reached out to Maehashi, inviting her to a special lunch at her house so the two of them can resolve the dispute in private.
giggle
Next thing we know, is she’ll be a “wild card” contestant on Masterchef.
Special guest on A Bite To Eat With Alice.
C’mon Alice, eat up….
At the redoubt, it’s cold, I’m having a black cup of tea with half an orange squeezed into it.
Over.
Peak Warming Man said:
At the redoubt, it’s cold, I’m having a black cup of tea with half an orange squeezed into it.
Over.
Orange Pekoe?
Peak Warming Man said:
At the redoubt, it’s cold, I’m having a black cup of tea with half an orange squeezed into it.
Over.
Bangers and mash with green peas and gravy. Cold mid-strength beer.
Still warmish, about 23C outside. Expecting rain tomorrow.
Over.
party_pants said:
Peak Warming Man said:
At the redoubt, it’s cold, I’m having a black cup of tea with half an orange squeezed into it.
Over.
Bangers and mash with green peas and gravy. Cold mid-strength beer.
Still warmish, about 23C outside. Expecting rain tomorrow.Over.
Do you prick your snags before tossing them in the fry pan?
19, “feels like” 14. I’ve got slippers on so my toesies are toasty.
Woodie said:
Peak Warming Man said:
At the redoubt, it’s cold, I’m having a black cup of tea with half an orange squeezed into it.
Over.
Orange Pekoe?
What colour is the tea in the dark?
Woodie said:
party_pants said:
Peak Warming Man said:
At the redoubt, it’s cold, I’m having a black cup of tea with half an orange squeezed into it.
Over.
Bangers and mash with green peas and gravy. Cold mid-strength beer.
Still warmish, about 23C outside. Expecting rain tomorrow.Over.
Do you prick your snags before tossing them in the fry pan?
No. I buy good snags at the local potato emporium.
Neophyte said:
Woodie said:
Peak Warming Man said:
At the redoubt, it’s cold, I’m having a black cup of tea with half an orange squeezed into it.
Over.
Orange Pekoe?
What colour is the tea in the dark?
Black as the inside of a cat.
Peak Warming Man said:
At the redoubt, it’s cold, I’m having a black cup of tea with half an orange squeezed into it.
Over.
Does your new wireless machine gadget work well at The Redoubt, Mr Man?
Woodie said:
Peak Warming Man said:
At the redoubt, it’s cold, I’m having a black cup of tea with half an orange squeezed into it.
Over.
Does your new wireless machine gadget work well at The Redoubt, Mr Man?
It’s a bit hit and miss.
Peak Warming Man said:
Woodie said:
Peak Warming Man said:
At the redoubt, it’s cold, I’m having a black cup of tea with half an orange squeezed into it.
Over.
Does your new wireless machine gadget work well at The Redoubt, Mr Man?
It’s a bit hit and miss.
Pastor Chuck’s ratings must plummet when you can’t tune in.
Woodie said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Woodie said:Does your new wireless machine gadget work well at The Redoubt, Mr Man?
It’s a bit hit and miss.
Pastor Chuck’s ratings must plummet when you can’t tune in.
Pasta Chuck is playing repeats, he’s pretty old, he might be poorly.
Divine Angel said:
19, “feels like” 14. I’ve got slippers on so my toesies are toasty.
That’s what R Kelly says
dv said:
Divine Angel said:
19, “feels like” 14. I’ve got slippers on so my toesies are toasty.
That’s what R Kelly says
Dude
Divine Angel said:
dv said:
Divine Angel said:
19, “feels like” 14. I’ve got slippers on so my toesies are toasty.
That’s what R Kelly says
Dude
Ma’am
Resuming my viewing of Turning Point: The Vietnam War. Currently covering the years 1966/67.
I have many memories of my parents discussing this war around the kitchen table, the same table that is just to the left of where I am sitting now.
Mum took to the streets in protest and sometimes took some of my older brothers with her.
My eldest brother was approaching the age where he could be drafted, but he had very poor vision and would probably avoid the draft. My other older brother had severe asthma, and would probably get a medical exemption. I remember sitting in the kitchen and wondering if my younger brother might be fit enough for the draft.
Watching the films of the racist crap that Americans yelled at Black anti-war protesters, and Mohammad Ali telling the draft to fuck off. I cried.
Good morning Holidayers. Presently 4 degrees at the back door, still dark. We are forecast a sunny 19 today.
I will finish resetting the little Winter house for my capsicum plants. They are in pots and need cover from the cold. The frame with shadecloth over it is still ready, but I need to retie the shadecloth in places and them put in the other covering and the glass panel. I remembered to bring the pot of capsicum plants into the covered area yesterday, so the 4 degrees this morning should not bother them too much. I might also put in some more snap peas. The last lot have germinated.
ruby said:
https://theshovel.com.au/2025/05/01/mushroom-recipe-allegedly-plagiarised-from-recipetin-eats/As if things couldn’t get worse for the Victorian woman accused of murdering her relatives by serving them Beef Wellington laced with death cap mushrooms, she now faces fresh allegations that the lethal recipe was plagiarised.
In a bombshell courtroom twist, Erin Patterson was accused of directly lifting the delicious but deadly recipe from the popular food website RecipeTin Eats.
The Crown Prosecutor noted the “uncanny similarities” between the two recipes, particularly the instruction on the RecipeTin Eats site to “carefully dispose of the mushroom dehydrator immediately after use”.
The founder of the RecipeTin Eats website, Nagi Maehashi, says the poisonous Beef Wellington dish is one of her signature recipes, and was even included in her recent cookbook in a section titled “Showstoppers and Heartstoppers”.
Maehashi says it beggars belief that Patterson independently came up with ideas, such as serving her own slice on a different coloured plate, or claiming to have bought the mushrooms from an unspecified Asian grocer. “Both of those are straight from my recipe – Steps 4 and 9 -it’s there in black and white, right after the instruction to gently brush the pastry with egg wash and arsenic”.
The bestselling author said all she expected from Patterson, and from other would-be murderers, was a simple acknowledgement of the recipe’s origins. “Just a small attribution,” Maehashi said. “It’s such an easy, polite thing to do before sending your lunch guests to their certain deaths.”
Patterson has denied the allegations, insisting that she’s been making her lethal Beef Wellingtons since 2014, long before RecipeTin Eats first published its recipe. “I might be a murderer, but I’m not a plagiarist,” she told the court yesterday. “Even I wouldn’t stoop that low.”
Patterson said she has personally reached out to Maehashi, inviting her to a special lunch at her house so the two of them can resolve the dispute in private.
This is really not funny. People died, another was seriously ill, she’s on trial. How is this funny?
Showers and a top of 23 today. Attending a funeral via livestream for a friend who died Easter night, then a dr appt this arvo for the results of yesterday’s tests.
kii said:
ruby said:
https://theshovel.com.au/2025/05/01/mushroom-recipe-allegedly-plagiarised-from-recipetin-eats/
As if things couldn’t get worse for the Victorian woman accused of murdering her relatives by serving them Beef Wellington laced with death cap mushrooms, she now faces fresh allegations that the lethal recipe was plagiarised.
In a bombshell courtroom twist, Erin Patterson was accused of directly lifting the delicious but deadly recipe from the popular food website RecipeTin Eats.
The Crown Prosecutor noted the “uncanny similarities” between the two recipes, particularly the instruction on the RecipeTin Eats site to “carefully dispose of the mushroom dehydrator immediately after use”.
The founder of the RecipeTin Eats website, Nagi Maehashi, says the poisonous Beef Wellington dish is one of her signature recipes, and was even included in her recent cookbook in a section titled “Showstoppers and Heartstoppers”.
Maehashi says it beggars belief that Patterson independently came up with ideas, such as serving her own slice on a different coloured plate, or claiming to have bought the mushrooms from an unspecified Asian grocer. “Both of those are straight from my recipe – Steps 4 and 9 -it’s there in black and white, right after the instruction to gently brush the pastry with egg wash and arsenic”.
The bestselling author said all she expected from Patterson, and from other would-be murderers, was a simple acknowledgement of the recipe’s origins. “Just a small attribution,” Maehashi said. “It’s such an easy, polite thing to do before sending your lunch guests to their certain deaths.”
Patterson has denied the allegations, insisting that she’s been making her lethal Beef Wellingtons since 2014, long before RecipeTin Eats first published its recipe. “I might be a murderer, but I’m not a plagiarist,” she told the court yesterday. “Even I wouldn’t stoop that low.”
Patterson said she has personally reached out to Maehashi, inviting her to a special lunch at her house so the two of them can resolve the dispute in private.
This is really not funny. People died, another was seriously ill, she’s on trial. How is this funny?
LOL
Arts said:
roughbarked said:
Arts said:
Games shows have really lost their edge since the downfall of Sale of the Century… they stopped finding people smart enough to be champions, spent a bucket load on bringing in the guy from Different strokes, who lost in the first game and then spent the rest of the week ‘co hosting’ or being adjudicator or something because contracultural agreements required him to be aired…the Australian public could not understand the concept of my favourite Game show Jeopardy… so that tanked.. and that was it (beside mastermind which most people had never heard of) for game shows that really demonstrated the great divide of knowledge amongst Australian people. We need that sort of elitism back again..
Jeopardy is still goiing strog on SBS.
the American Version…
Ah. I don’t recall an Australian version. Probably from the time when we didn’t have a TV.
transition said:
other news our water bill is $1220
and you are watering a lot of xeriscaping plants.
Hanrahan where are you?
there were droughts
and fires no doubt
then there’s been flooding rains
plagues of locusts to add to the pain.
i’ll makes me own breakfast, stay seated
roughbarked said:
transition said:other news our water bill is $1220
and you are watering a lot of xeriscaping plants.
been lot wetting down keeps dust down
transition said:
roughbarked said:
transition said:other news our water bill is $1220
and you are watering a lot of xeriscaping plants.
been lot wetting down keeps dust down
ah.
First frost of the season in the low part of the Botanic Gardens this morning. My hands are a bit cold from walking Bruna.
buffy said:
First frost of the season in the low part of the Botanic Gardens this morning. My hands are a bit cold from walking Bruna.
I saw some partially frosted bean leaves in the garden this morning.
I got a phone call while I was driving home from school drop off (skipped walkies today). I thought, oh shit, the dr has bad news… but it was only the car place reminding me my car is due for a service.
Divine Angel said:
I got a phone call while I was driving home from school drop off (skipped walkies today). I thought, oh shit, the dr has bad news… but it was only the car place reminding me my car is due for a service.
That’s nice of them.
While I was getting my flu shot at the aboriginal medical service, where I followed my GP to, the nurse was looking at my hands and suggested I try Black Magic. Sourced from Eremophila out back of Ivanhoe NSW. Emu Bush Oil, she said.
I looked it up. Jyelah mind and body
Fuggin dear stuff. Might try making it myself. I’ve already got Eremophila from out back of Ivanhoe growing here.
How’s your infection going?
Divine Angel said:
How’s your infection going?
Almost entirely cleaned up. Thank Florey.
roughbarked said:
Divine Angel said:
How’s your infection going?
Almost entirely cleaned up. Thank Florey.
and TIL apparently Dr. Ernst Chain.
roughbarked said:
Divine Angel said:
How’s your infection going?
Almost entirely cleaned up. Thank Florey.
What happened?
Michael V said:
roughbarked said:
Divine Angel said:
How’s your infection going?
Almost entirely cleaned up. Thank Florey.
What happened?
You mean you didn’t see all the blurry photos of his naked shoulder?
kii said:
Michael V said:
roughbarked said:Almost entirely cleaned up. Thank Florey.
What happened?
You mean you didn’t see all the blurry photos of his naked shoulder?
I saw a couple of photos, but I couldn’t make any sense of them.
Was roughy bitten?
walked the larry, little four legged decrepit ambulator, shakes and sometimes falls over these days, out there having a roll in favorite chair this moment, blissing out, grunting joy and occasional yap, not an unhappy canine
i’m going to go sharpen the chainsaw, if nobody has any objections, if you do have an objection submit it to roughbarked, i’ve deemed roughbarked authority to assess the validity of objections, seemed the perfect guy for such an important job, not much gets past master roughbarked, the central scrutinizer
kii said:
Michael V said:
roughbarked said:Almost entirely cleaned up. Thank Florey.
What happened?
You mean you didn’t see all the blurry photos of his naked shoulder?
I didn’t even see the naked photos of his blurry shoulder.
captain_spalding said:
kii said:
Michael V said:What happened?
You mean you didn’t see all the blurry photos of his naked shoulder?
I didn’t even see the naked photos of his blurry shoulder.
I saw them but then I couldn’t post for ten minutes.
captain_spalding said:
kii said:
Michael V said:What happened?
You mean you didn’t see all the blurry photos of his naked shoulder?
I didn’t even see the naked photos of his blurry shoulder.
Hello
kii said:
captain_spalding said:
kii said:You mean you didn’t see all the blurry photos of his naked shoulder?
I didn’t even see the naked photos of his blurry shoulder.
It’s National No Pants Day.
Cymek said:
Hello
Hey just heard The Rev Dodgson laid caltrops down the highway on the way to town today how’s the traffic¿
You find out the most interesting things about people at funerals. Where and how their beliefs were formed, what shaped their personality, the laws at the time of their birth…
An excerpt from Discworld was read, the part about not really being dead until the ripples you caused have ceased. I knew she was heavily into the arts, I did not expect heavy metal to be played over the photographic montage. Surprised to see myself in one of the pics: an engagement photo of my high school best friend (through whom I knew Margaret). She was a staunch Labor supporter who lived in Albo’s electorate so the service finished with “preference Labor on the weekend!” because that’s what she’d be plastering all over Facebook today.
the abc weekly quiz is now online.
JudgeMental said:
the abc weekly quiz is now online.
Score: 7 / 10
⭐⭐️ Nice job!
But we think you can do even better next time. You’ve scored 2% better than average.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-02/weekly-news-quiz-friday-abc-news/105239830
JudgeMental said:
the abc weekly quiz is now online.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-02/weekly-news-quiz-friday-abc-news/105239830
8/10. Missed the painting one, and the tourism ad one. Knew the rest.
dv said:
JudgeMental said:
the abc weekly quiz is now online.
Score: 7 / 10
⭐⭐️ Nice job!
But we think you can do even better next time. You’ve scored 2% better than average.https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-02/weekly-news-quiz-friday-abc-news/105239830
Copy cat!
I wonder if my recorded call has ever been used for training or quality purposes?
kii said:
dv said:
JudgeMental said:
the abc weekly quiz is now online.
Score: 7 / 10
⭐⭐️ Nice job!
But we think you can do even better next time. You’ve scored 2% better than average.https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-02/weekly-news-quiz-friday-abc-news/105239830
Copy cat!
pardon?
JudgeMental said:
I wonder if my recorded call has ever been used for training or quality purposes?
they only do that if you cause a ruckus… that’s why you should be difficult, so it provides the company with training opportunities.. in effect your Kareness is helping.
The real question is, did the options recently change?
There’s an election in Singapore tomorrow an’ all, but uh, I think PAP will probably scrape home.
Divine Angel said:
The real question is, did the options recently change?
Hmm could you elaborate?
dv said:
kii said:
dv said:Score: 7 / 10
⭐⭐️ Nice job!
But we think you can do even better next time. You’ve scored 2% better than average.https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-02/weekly-news-quiz-friday-abc-news/105239830
Copy cat!
pardon?
Score: 7 / 10
⭐⭐️ Nice job!
But we think you can do even better next time. You’ve scored 2% better than average.
today is only a half day in the trial.. I think the defence will finish its cross examination of the estranged husband and that will be it.
Certainly it’s enough for the jury to think about over the weekend.
there are plates that are mismatched – with the four victims having one style of plate and EP having a different one. The defence made a point of asking SP about the mismatched plates (as this was a conversation that he had with one victim on the car trip to the hospital) he said that EP had a number of small sets..
so if the victims got a matching plate.. and EP got her own plate.. I wonder what sort of plate SP would have gotten if he had attended the lunch.. I also wonder if the police took note of the plates and the number of them and that might be something the prosecution tells us about later.
If she had another plate in the same colour as the victims, then why didn’t she use it for herself? the lunch was ‘special’ to her (as evidenced by her texts messages trying to convince SP to attend) and if she doesn’t have more than four of the same coloured plate – what plate would she have given SP if he had attended…
also each of the plates contained a one portion sized beef wellington – that is EP did not make a large log and cut slices, she made individual mini wellingtons for everyone… which is a lot of work and interesting in itself.
the trial continues…
kii said:
dv said:
kii said:Copy cat!
pardon?
Score: 7 / 10
⭐⭐️ Nice job!But we think you can do even better next time. You’ve scored 2% better than average.
Twinnies!
dv said:
kii said:
dv said:pardon?
Score: 7 / 10
⭐⭐️ Nice job!But we think you can do even better next time. You’ve scored 2% better than average.
Twinnies!
dv said:
Divine Angel said:
The real question is, did the options recently change?
Hmm could you elaborate?
When you get to the menu and need to press a number to direct your call, it often tells you to pay attention because the options have recently changed.
Bloody hell, I overpaid for that box of mandarins. I paid $3, they’re now $2. Rude.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2025-05-02/election-2025-australians-struggling-to-afford-oral-healthcare/105239740
In short:
A survey of Australian dental practitioners has found roughly two-thirds support the idea of expanding Medicare to include more dental services.
The vast majority of dental care in Australia is provided by the private sector and predominantly funded out of patients’ own pockets.
What’s next?
The Australian Dental Association, which is advocating for a Seniors Dental Benefits Scheme, hopes the next government will increase funding for oral health care to address “significant gaps”.
JudgeMental said:
to address “significant gaps”.
lol
Divine Angel said:
dv said:
Divine Angel said:
The real question is, did the options recently change?
Hmm could you elaborate?
When you get to the menu and need to press a number to direct your call, it often tells you to pay attention because the options have recently changed.
One thing that does NOT regularly change is the hold music
JudgeMental said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2025-05-02/election-2025-australians-struggling-to-afford-oral-healthcare/105239740In short:
A survey of Australian dental practitioners has found roughly two-thirds support the idea of expanding Medicare to include more dental services.The vast majority of dental care in Australia is provided by the private sector and predominantly funded out of patients’ own pockets.
What’s next?
The Australian Dental Association, which is advocating for a Seniors Dental Benefits Scheme, hopes the next government will increase funding for oral health care to address “significant gaps”.
Yeah, significant gaps between the teeth
kii said:
dv said:
JudgeMental said:
the abc weekly quiz is now online.
Score: 7 / 10
⭐⭐️ Nice job!
But we think you can do even better next time. You’ve scored 2% better than average.https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-02/weekly-news-quiz-friday-abc-news/105239830
Copy cat!
5/10. I knew hardly any of those. I knew Q2 (thanks Holidayers), Q6,Q9 and Q10. And I educated guessed Q5. I must have been spending too much time looking at fungi this last week.
dv said:
Divine Angel said:
dv said:Hmm could you elaborate?
When you get to the menu and need to press a number to direct your call, it often tells you to pay attention because the options have recently changed.
One thing that does NOT regularly change is the hold music
There’s an old Jimeoin sketch where he’s on hold and someone picks up. He says, “hey, I was listening to that!”
JudgeMental said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2025-05-02/election-2025-australians-struggling-to-afford-oral-healthcare/105239740In short:
A survey of Australian dental practitioners has found roughly two-thirds support the idea of expanding Medicare to include more dental services.The vast majority of dental care in Australia is provided by the private sector and predominantly funded out of patients’ own pockets.
What’s next?
The Australian Dental Association, which is advocating for a Seniors Dental Benefits Scheme, hopes the next government will increase funding for oral health care to address “significant gaps”.
Private health insurance seems to pay out more for the dentist compared to other services
Divine Angel said:
JudgeMental said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2025-05-02/election-2025-australians-struggling-to-afford-oral-healthcare/105239740In short:
A survey of Australian dental practitioners has found roughly two-thirds support the idea of expanding Medicare to include more dental services.The vast majority of dental care in Australia is provided by the private sector and predominantly funded out of patients’ own pockets.
What’s next?
The Australian Dental Association, which is advocating for a Seniors Dental Benefits Scheme, hopes the next government will increase funding for oral health care to address “significant gaps”.
Yeah, significant gaps between the teeth
all i want for christmas is my two front teeth.
Arts said:
today is only a half day in the trial.. I think the defence will finish its cross examination of the estranged husband and that will be it.Certainly it’s enough for the jury to think about over the weekend.
there are plates that are mismatched – with the four victims having one style of plate and EP having a different one. The defence made a point of asking SP about the mismatched plates (as this was a conversation that he had with one victim on the car trip to the hospital) he said that EP had a number of small sets..
so if the victims got a matching plate.. and EP got her own plate.. I wonder what sort of plate SP would have gotten if he had attended the lunch.. I also wonder if the police took note of the plates and the number of them and that might be something the prosecution tells us about later.
If she had another plate in the same colour as the victims, then why didn’t she use it for herself? the lunch was ‘special’ to her (as evidenced by her texts messages trying to convince SP to attend) and if she doesn’t have more than four of the same coloured plate – what plate would she have given SP if he had attended…also each of the plates contained a one portion sized beef wellington – that is EP did not make a large log and cut slices, she made individual mini wellingtons for everyone… which is a lot of work and interesting in itself.
the trial continues…
Hey Arts…I assume at some point they will call a mycology expert witness? I’ll be interested to see who that is.
JudgeMental said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2025-05-02/election-2025-australians-struggling-to-afford-oral-healthcare/105239740In short:
A survey of Australian dental practitioners has found roughly two-thirds support the idea of expanding Medicare to include more dental services.The vast majority of dental care in Australia is provided by the private sector and predominantly funded out of patients’ own pockets.
What’s next?
The Australian Dental Association, which is advocating for a Seniors Dental Benefits Scheme, hopes the next government will increase funding for oral health care to address “significant gaps”.
I’m old enough to know the story of Medibank (original version). Optometry was in Medicare because we agreed to not charge more than schedule fees. Doctors were not prepared to do that, but we couldn’t be in unless we did. Dentists refused to do so, so were not in Medibank at the beginning.
big chainsaw sharpened, chain on its last, not as tight as want it, so takes little with also, has blocked idle jet keeps things interesting, conjure that a chainsaw that doesn’t idle and runs lean in lower RPM
i’ll make coffee, buffy promised earlier but she’s unreliable, her yard is littered with skeletons of coffee addicts
buffy said:
Arts said:
today is only a half day in the trial.. I think the defence will finish its cross examination of the estranged husband and that will be it.Certainly it’s enough for the jury to think about over the weekend.
there are plates that are mismatched – with the four victims having one style of plate and EP having a different one. The defence made a point of asking SP about the mismatched plates (as this was a conversation that he had with one victim on the car trip to the hospital) he said that EP had a number of small sets..
so if the victims got a matching plate.. and EP got her own plate.. I wonder what sort of plate SP would have gotten if he had attended the lunch.. I also wonder if the police took note of the plates and the number of them and that might be something the prosecution tells us about later.
If she had another plate in the same colour as the victims, then why didn’t she use it for herself? the lunch was ‘special’ to her (as evidenced by her texts messages trying to convince SP to attend) and if she doesn’t have more than four of the same coloured plate – what plate would she have given SP if he had attended…also each of the plates contained a one portion sized beef wellington – that is EP did not make a large log and cut slices, she made individual mini wellingtons for everyone… which is a lot of work and interesting in itself.
the trial continues…
Hey Arts…I assume at some point they will call a mycology expert witness? I’ll be interested to see who that is.
Some man with a sense of humour, a fun guy
I noticed yesterday my dr’s fees have gone up by $5. Out of pocket is now $32. At least the X-rays and blood tests were covered by Medicare.
buffy said:
Arts said:
today is only a half day in the trial.. I think the defence will finish its cross examination of the estranged husband and that will be it.Certainly it’s enough for the jury to think about over the weekend.
there are plates that are mismatched – with the four victims having one style of plate and EP having a different one. The defence made a point of asking SP about the mismatched plates (as this was a conversation that he had with one victim on the car trip to the hospital) he said that EP had a number of small sets..
so if the victims got a matching plate.. and EP got her own plate.. I wonder what sort of plate SP would have gotten if he had attended the lunch.. I also wonder if the police took note of the plates and the number of them and that might be something the prosecution tells us about later.
If she had another plate in the same colour as the victims, then why didn’t she use it for herself? the lunch was ‘special’ to her (as evidenced by her texts messages trying to convince SP to attend) and if she doesn’t have more than four of the same coloured plate – what plate would she have given SP if he had attended…also each of the plates contained a one portion sized beef wellington – that is EP did not make a large log and cut slices, she made individual mini wellingtons for everyone… which is a lot of work and interesting in itself.
the trial continues…
Hey Arts…I assume at some point they will call a mycology expert witness? I’ll be interested to see who that is.
you would think… or the expert witness can also write a report that is given as evidence.
I was listening to a podcast talking about death cap mushrooms and the expert was Dr Kylie Agnew-Francis who is a medical chemist and mycologist in Brisbane… but I doubt she will be called.. they, no doubt, have their own expert witnesses..
Divine Angel said:
I noticed yesterday my dr’s fees have gone up by $5. Out of pocket is now $32. At least the X-rays and blood tests were covered by Medicare.
In Perth CBD I pay either $75 or $100 to see the doctor, depends on what for with the price difference.
Divine Angel said:
I noticed yesterday my dr’s fees have gone up by $5. Out of pocket is now $32. At least the X-rays and blood tests were covered by Medicare.
I think I pay about $98 per visit now and get almost half of that back…
the angiogram I had last week was $900 but Medicare covered all of that…
JudgeMental said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2025-05-02/election-2025-australians-struggling-to-afford-oral-healthcare/105239740In short:
A survey of Australian dental practitioners has found roughly two-thirds support the idea of expanding Medicare to include more dental services.The vast majority of dental care in Australia is provided by the private sector and predominantly funded out of patients’ own pockets.
What’s next?
The Australian Dental Association, which is advocating for a Seniors Dental Benefits Scheme, hopes the next government will increase funding for oral health care to address “significant gaps”.
Will they certainly do not have a vested interest.
SCIENCE said:
Hey just heard The Rev Dodgson laid caltrops down the highway on the way to town today how’s the traffic¿
Wasn’t me gov, and I can prove it.
I was sitting in a Service NSW office, having my picture taken.
The Rev Dodgson said:
SCIENCE said:Hey just heard The Rev Dodgson laid caltrops down the highway on the way to town today how’s the traffic¿
Wasn’t me gov, and I can prove it.
I was sitting in a Service NSW office, having my picture taken.
aka mug shot.
Witty Rejoinder said:
JudgeMental said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2025-05-02/election-2025-australians-struggling-to-afford-oral-healthcare/105239740In short:
A survey of Australian dental practitioners has found roughly two-thirds support the idea of expanding Medicare to include more dental services.The vast majority of dental care in Australia is provided by the private sector and predominantly funded out of patients’ own pockets.
What’s next?
The Australian Dental Association, which is advocating for a Seniors Dental Benefits Scheme, hopes the next government will increase funding for oral health care to address “significant gaps”.
Will they certainly do not have a vested interest.
That’s the tooth
transition said:
big chainsaw sharpened, chain on its last, not as tight as want it, so takes little with also, has blocked idle jet keeps things interesting, conjure that a chainsaw that doesn’t idle and runs lean in lower RPMi’ll make coffee, buffy promised earlier but she’s unreliable, her yard is littered with skeletons of coffee addicts
buffy hasn’t made coffee in years. I’ve got a couple of plungers in the back of the cupboard. Haven’t got any in the house. I do have loose leaf tea and teabags, but very rarely make tea either.
buffy said:
transition said:
big chainsaw sharpened, chain on its last, not as tight as want it, so takes little with also, has blocked idle jet keeps things interesting, conjure that a chainsaw that doesn’t idle and runs lean in lower RPMi’ll make coffee, buffy promised earlier but she’s unreliable, her yard is littered with skeletons of coffee addicts
buffy hasn’t made coffee in years. I’ve got a couple of plungers in the back of the cupboard. Haven’t got any in the house. I do have loose leaf tea and teabags, but very rarely make tea either.
Hmm, those sentences are arse about. I’ve got plungers, haven’t got any coffee in the house.
JudgeMental said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
SCIENCE said:Hey just heard The Rev Dodgson laid caltrops down the highway on the way to town today how’s the traffic¿
Wasn’t me gov, and I can prove it.
I was sitting in a Service NSW office, having my picture taken.
aka mug shot.
Convicted Snowtown murderer James Vlassakis has applied to be released on parole, the Parole Board has told the ABC.
Vlassakis was the youngest of the four perpetrators involved in South Australia’s “bodies-in-the-barrels murders” between 1992 and 1999, and was the key prosecution witness.
His testimony helped convict John Bunting and Robert Wagner, who were jailed for 11 and 10 murders respectively, as well as accomplice Mark Ray Haydon, who was released into the community last year after serving a 25-year sentence.
Tamb said:
JudgeMental said:
The Rev Dodgson said:Wasn’t me gov, and I can prove it.
I was sitting in a Service NSW office, having my picture taken.
aka mug shot.
Anyone you know?
Not me.
I’m not that tall.
Morning pilgrims, just.
Arts said:
Divine Angel said:
I noticed yesterday my dr’s fees have gone up by $5. Out of pocket is now $32. At least the X-rays and blood tests were covered by Medicare.
I think I pay about $98 per visit now and get almost half of that back…
the angiogram I had last week was $900 but Medicare covered all of that…
It would be good if they introduced a free medical system.
It costs me 84 dollars yesterday to get a medical for my license of which I got 42 dollars back.
It would blow a dog off a chain at the redoubt.
Peak Warming Man said:
Arts said:
Divine Angel said:
I noticed yesterday my dr’s fees have gone up by $5. Out of pocket is now $32. At least the X-rays and blood tests were covered by Medicare.
I think I pay about $98 per visit now and get almost half of that back…
the angiogram I had last week was $900 but Medicare covered all of that…
It would be good if they introduced a free medical system.
It costs me 84 dollars yesterday to get a medical for my license of which I got 42 dollars back.
Yesterday I had a 5 minute chat with a specialist doc which cost me $140 of which I’ll get about $70 back.
Luckily my GP does bulk billing for old folks, and for some reason they include me in that category.
Peak Warming Man said:
It would blow a dog off a chain at the redoubt.
The Rev Dodgson said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Arts said:I think I pay about $98 per visit now and get almost half of that back…
the angiogram I had last week was $900 but Medicare covered all of that…
It would be good if they introduced a free medical system.
It costs me 84 dollars yesterday to get a medical for my license of which I got 42 dollars back.
Yesterday I had a 5 minute chat with a specialist doc which cost me $140 of which I’ll get about $70 back.
Luckily my GP does bulk billing for old folks, and for some reason they include me in that category.
What I’m hearing is we’re all unhealthy right now.
Peak Warming Man said:
Arts said:
Divine Angel said:
I noticed yesterday my dr’s fees have gone up by $5. Out of pocket is now $32. At least the X-rays and blood tests were covered by Medicare.
I think I pay about $98 per visit now and get almost half of that back…
the angiogram I had last week was $900 but Medicare covered all of that…
It would be good if they introduced a free medical system.
It costs me 84 dollars yesterday to get a medical for my license of which I got 42 dollars back.
Double A is going to fix it next term. Don’t know why he didn’t do it this term, but there you go…
Peak Warming Man said:
It would blow a dog off a chain at the redoubt.
It’s not even ruffling the curtains here at Le Cosy Country Comfort Cottage.
Australia saw twelve tropical cyclones develop in its waters during the 2024/25 tropical cyclone season, the most in a season since 2005/06.
The 2024/25 tropical cyclone season, which runs from November to April, was overall a busy one but was a tale of two halves. The Western Region (extending from the NT-WA border to 90°E) had its most active season in 41 years, with eleven tropical cyclones.
In contrast, the Northern Region (NT plus the Gulf of Carpentaria) did not record a single tropical cyclone, the first time that has occurred since the 2008/09 season. The Eastern Region (Tip of Cape York to 160°E) only recorded one; the infamous Tropical Cyclone Alfred.
Severe Tropical Cyclones
This season saw a high number of severe tropical cyclones, with eight cyclones reaching at least category 3, the most since the 2005/06 season, although this season saw more systems reach categories 4 and 5. From mid-January to late February, there was a run where all six of the tropical cyclones that formed during that period became severe. The high number of severe tropical cyclones is likely correlated with the record-high ocean temperatures during the season.
Severe Tropical Cyclone Zelia was the strongest tropical cyclone of the season, reaching category 5, packing sustained winds of 205km/h, and a central pressure of 927hPa. Severe Tropical Cyclone Courtney also made it to category 5, with similar wind strengths, but a slightly higher pressure of 933hPa.
Low number of coastal crossings
Despite the huge number of cyclones this season, only two tropical cyclones made landfall over the Australian mainland at cyclone strength: Zelia and Dianne. Alfred and Errol weakened below tropical cyclone strength just before landfall but may be reevaluated post-season. These four systems produced estimated insured losses exceeding $1.55 billion AUD, primarily from Zelia and Alfred, making it the most expensive season since the 2017/18 season with Tropical Cyclone Debbie.
Two tropical cyclones, designated Tropical Lows 09U and 25U, were declared to have reached tropical cyclone status during post-event analysis by the BoM. Since the BoM are the designated authority for tropical cyclones in the Australian region, each system is reevaluated afterwards to finalise tracks and strengths. There is also a review whether to permanently retire some names from the list of tropical cyclone names. Another area of interest will be evaluating the peak strength of Severe Tropical Cyclone Errol, as some sources suggest it briefly reached category 5.
https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/australias-most-active-tropical-cyclone-season-in-19-years/1890553
Divine Angel said:
Australia saw twelve tropical cyclones develop in its waters during the 2024/25 tropical cyclone season, the most in a season since 2005/06.The 2024/25 tropical cyclone season, which runs from November to April, was overall a busy one but was a tale of two halves. The Western Region (extending from the NT-WA border to 90°E) had its most active season in 41 years, with eleven tropical cyclones.
In contrast, the Northern Region (NT plus the Gulf of Carpentaria) did not record a single tropical cyclone, the first time that has occurred since the 2008/09 season. The Eastern Region (Tip of Cape York to 160°E) only recorded one; the infamous Tropical Cyclone Alfred.
Severe Tropical Cyclones
This season saw a high number of severe tropical cyclones, with eight cyclones reaching at least category 3, the most since the 2005/06 season, although this season saw more systems reach categories 4 and 5. From mid-January to late February, there was a run where all six of the tropical cyclones that formed during that period became severe. The high number of severe tropical cyclones is likely correlated with the record-high ocean temperatures during the season.
Severe Tropical Cyclone Zelia was the strongest tropical cyclone of the season, reaching category 5, packing sustained winds of 205km/h, and a central pressure of 927hPa. Severe Tropical Cyclone Courtney also made it to category 5, with similar wind strengths, but a slightly higher pressure of 933hPa.
Low number of coastal crossings
Despite the huge number of cyclones this season, only two tropical cyclones made landfall over the Australian mainland at cyclone strength: Zelia and Dianne. Alfred and Errol weakened below tropical cyclone strength just before landfall but may be reevaluated post-season. These four systems produced estimated insured losses exceeding $1.55 billion AUD, primarily from Zelia and Alfred, making it the most expensive season since the 2017/18 season with Tropical Cyclone Debbie.
Two tropical cyclones, designated Tropical Lows 09U and 25U, were declared to have reached tropical cyclone status during post-event analysis by the BoM. Since the BoM are the designated authority for tropical cyclones in the Australian region, each system is reevaluated afterwards to finalise tracks and strengths. There is also a review whether to permanently retire some names from the list of tropical cyclone names. Another area of interest will be evaluating the peak strength of Severe Tropical Cyclone Errol, as some sources suggest it briefly reached category 5.
https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/australias-most-active-tropical-cyclone-season-in-19-years/1890553
I don’t remember Errol.
Woodie said:
Peak Warming Man said:
It would blow a dog off a chain at the redoubt.
It’s not even ruffling the curtains here at Le Cosy Country Comfort Cottage.
Is the snake wintering at the cottage.
TC Errol was off the coast of WA a week or so before Easter.
Peak Warming Man said:
Divine Angel said:
Australia saw twelve tropical cyclones develop in its waters during the 2024/25 tropical cyclone season, the most in a season since 2005/06.The 2024/25 tropical cyclone season, which runs from November to April, was overall a busy one but was a tale of two halves. The Western Region (extending from the NT-WA border to 90°E) had its most active season in 41 years, with eleven tropical cyclones.
In contrast, the Northern Region (NT plus the Gulf of Carpentaria) did not record a single tropical cyclone, the first time that has occurred since the 2008/09 season. The Eastern Region (Tip of Cape York to 160°E) only recorded one; the infamous Tropical Cyclone Alfred.
Severe Tropical Cyclones
This season saw a high number of severe tropical cyclones, with eight cyclones reaching at least category 3, the most since the 2005/06 season, although this season saw more systems reach categories 4 and 5. From mid-January to late February, there was a run where all six of the tropical cyclones that formed during that period became severe. The high number of severe tropical cyclones is likely correlated with the record-high ocean temperatures during the season.
Severe Tropical Cyclone Zelia was the strongest tropical cyclone of the season, reaching category 5, packing sustained winds of 205km/h, and a central pressure of 927hPa. Severe Tropical Cyclone Courtney also made it to category 5, with similar wind strengths, but a slightly higher pressure of 933hPa.
Low number of coastal crossings
Despite the huge number of cyclones this season, only two tropical cyclones made landfall over the Australian mainland at cyclone strength: Zelia and Dianne. Alfred and Errol weakened below tropical cyclone strength just before landfall but may be reevaluated post-season. These four systems produced estimated insured losses exceeding $1.55 billion AUD, primarily from Zelia and Alfred, making it the most expensive season since the 2017/18 season with Tropical Cyclone Debbie.
Two tropical cyclones, designated Tropical Lows 09U and 25U, were declared to have reached tropical cyclone status during post-event analysis by the BoM. Since the BoM are the designated authority for tropical cyclones in the Australian region, each system is reevaluated afterwards to finalise tracks and strengths. There is also a review whether to permanently retire some names from the list of tropical cyclone names. Another area of interest will be evaluating the peak strength of Severe Tropical Cyclone Errol, as some sources suggest it briefly reached category 5.
https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/australias-most-active-tropical-cyclone-season-in-19-years/1890553
I don’t remember Errol.
Errol? I would give everything, Just to be like him…
Excellent. My neighbour is using 2 leaf blowers at once.
I hate people.
Arts said:
today is only a half day in the trial.. I think the defence will finish its cross examination of the estranged husband and that will be it.Certainly it’s enough for the jury to think about over the weekend.
there are plates that are mismatched – with the four victims having one style of plate and EP having a different one. The defence made a point of asking SP about the mismatched plates (as this was a conversation that he had with one victim on the car trip to the hospital) he said that EP had a number of small sets..
so if the victims got a matching plate.. and EP got her own plate.. I wonder what sort of plate SP would have gotten if he had attended the lunch.. I also wonder if the police took note of the plates and the number of them and that might be something the prosecution tells us about later.
If she had another plate in the same colour as the victims, then why didn’t she use it for herself? the lunch was ‘special’ to her (as evidenced by her texts messages trying to convince SP to attend) and if she doesn’t have more than four of the same coloured plate – what plate would she have given SP if he had attended…also each of the plates contained a one portion sized beef wellington – that is EP did not make a large log and cut slices, she made individual mini wellingtons for everyone… which is a lot of work and interesting in itself.
the trial continues…
We make individual beef Wellingtons – the pastry cooks better.
Michael V said:
Arts said:
today is only a half day in the trial.. I think the defence will finish its cross examination of the estranged husband and that will be it.Certainly it’s enough for the jury to think about over the weekend.
there are plates that are mismatched – with the four victims having one style of plate and EP having a different one. The defence made a point of asking SP about the mismatched plates (as this was a conversation that he had with one victim on the car trip to the hospital) he said that EP had a number of small sets..
so if the victims got a matching plate.. and EP got her own plate.. I wonder what sort of plate SP would have gotten if he had attended the lunch.. I also wonder if the police took note of the plates and the number of them and that might be something the prosecution tells us about later.
If she had another plate in the same colour as the victims, then why didn’t she use it for herself? the lunch was ‘special’ to her (as evidenced by her texts messages trying to convince SP to attend) and if she doesn’t have more than four of the same coloured plate – what plate would she have given SP if he had attended…also each of the plates contained a one portion sized beef wellington – that is EP did not make a large log and cut slices, she made individual mini wellingtons for everyone… which is a lot of work and interesting in itself.
the trial continues…
We make individual beef Wellingtons – the pastry cooks better.
If I control plates and cutlery, I will go out of my way to ensure everyone has matching sets, except me. I’ve not poisoned anyone, it’s just a thing that I have…
buffy said:
JudgeMental said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2025-05-02/election-2025-australians-struggling-to-afford-oral-healthcare/105239740In short:
A survey of Australian dental practitioners has found roughly two-thirds support the idea of expanding Medicare to include more dental services.The vast majority of dental care in Australia is provided by the private sector and predominantly funded out of patients’ own pockets.
What’s next?
The Australian Dental Association, which is advocating for a Seniors Dental Benefits Scheme, hopes the next government will increase funding for oral health care to address “significant gaps”.
I’m old enough to know the story of Medibank (original version). Optometry was in Medicare because we agreed to not charge more than schedule fees. Doctors were not prepared to do that, but we couldn’t be in unless we did. Dentists refused to do so, so were not in Medibank at the beginning.
My dentist owns an MV Agusta motorbike.
We are definitely paying too much.
Peak Warming Man said:
It would blow a dog off a chain at the redoubt.
How are the crows flying?
Woodie said:
Peak Warming Man said:
It would blow a dog off a chain at the redoubt.
It’s not even ruffling the curtains here at Le Cosy Country Comfort Cottage.
Lucky you.
Michael V said:
Woodie said:
Peak Warming Man said:
It would blow a dog off a chain at the redoubt.
It’s not even ruffling the curtains here at Le Cosy Country Comfort Cottage.
Lucky you.
Anyone heard from Alex lately?
Peak Warming Man said:
Anyone heard from Alex lately?
I talked to her last week. About books.
furious said:
Michael V said:
Arts said:
today is only a half day in the trial.. I think the defence will finish its cross examination of the estranged husband and that will be it.Certainly it’s enough for the jury to think about over the weekend.
there are plates that are mismatched – with the four victims having one style of plate and EP having a different one. The defence made a point of asking SP about the mismatched plates (as this was a conversation that he had with one victim on the car trip to the hospital) he said that EP had a number of small sets..
so if the victims got a matching plate.. and EP got her own plate.. I wonder what sort of plate SP would have gotten if he had attended the lunch.. I also wonder if the police took note of the plates and the number of them and that might be something the prosecution tells us about later.
If she had another plate in the same colour as the victims, then why didn’t she use it for herself? the lunch was ‘special’ to her (as evidenced by her texts messages trying to convince SP to attend) and if she doesn’t have more than four of the same coloured plate – what plate would she have given SP if he had attended…also each of the plates contained a one portion sized beef wellington – that is EP did not make a large log and cut slices, she made individual mini wellingtons for everyone… which is a lot of work and interesting in itself.
the trial continues…
We make individual beef Wellingtons – the pastry cooks better.
If I control plates and cutlery, I will go out of my way to ensure everyone has matching sets, except me. I’ve not poisoned anyone, it’s just a thing that I have…
As the host you would take the mismatched ones
Divine Angel said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Anyone heard from Alex lately?
I talked to her last week. About books.
How’s she going?
Peak Warming Man said:
Divine Angel said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Anyone heard from Alex lately?
I talked to her last week. About books.
How’s she going?
She hasn’t bought any new books for a while.
She’s not around much because reading on screens is too much for her migraines.
Cymek said:
furious said:
Michael V said:We make individual beef Wellingtons – the pastry cooks better.
If I control plates and cutlery, I will go out of my way to ensure everyone has matching sets, except me. I’ve not poisoned anyone, it’s just a thing that I have…
As the host you would take the mismatched ones
good grief, who has mismatched dining sets?
Divine Angel said:
TC Errol was off the coast of WA a week or so before Easter.
JudgeMental said:
Cymek said:
furious said:If I control plates and cutlery, I will go out of my way to ensure everyone has matching sets, except me. I’ve not poisoned anyone, it’s just a thing that I have…
As the host you would take the mismatched ones
good grief, who has mismatched dining sets?
The kind of people who can’t afford to buy mushrooms. Although, if your set only has four, but five people are having lunch…
Arts said:
Divine Angel said:
TC Errol was off the coast of WA a week or so before Easter.
:)
furious said:
Michael V said:
Arts said:
today is only a half day in the trial.. I think the defence will finish its cross examination of the estranged husband and that will be it.Certainly it’s enough for the jury to think about over the weekend.
there are plates that are mismatched – with the four victims having one style of plate and EP having a different one. The defence made a point of asking SP about the mismatched plates (as this was a conversation that he had with one victim on the car trip to the hospital) he said that EP had a number of small sets..
so if the victims got a matching plate.. and EP got her own plate.. I wonder what sort of plate SP would have gotten if he had attended the lunch.. I also wonder if the police took note of the plates and the number of them and that might be something the prosecution tells us about later.
If she had another plate in the same colour as the victims, then why didn’t she use it for herself? the lunch was ‘special’ to her (as evidenced by her texts messages trying to convince SP to attend) and if she doesn’t have more than four of the same coloured plate – what plate would she have given SP if he had attended…also each of the plates contained a one portion sized beef wellington – that is EP did not make a large log and cut slices, she made individual mini wellingtons for everyone… which is a lot of work and interesting in itself.
the trial continues…
We make individual beef Wellingtons – the pastry cooks better.
If I control plates and cutlery, I will go out of my way to ensure everyone has matching sets, except me. I’ve not poisoned anyone, it’s just a thing that I have…
just know that they talk about that in the car on the way home.
Time to pack up and head down the mountain.
Arts said:
furious said:
Michael V said:We make individual beef Wellingtons – the pastry cooks better.
If I control plates and cutlery, I will go out of my way to ensure everyone has matching sets, except me. I’ve not poisoned anyone, it’s just a thing that I have…
just know that they talk about that in the car on the way home.
if they make it that far
Tara C. Smith
This is another Kennedy proposal that seems on the surface to be “common sense” or have a grain
of truth to it. It’s only if you understand vaccine testing processes that it becomes clear why this
would absolutely screw us over. Let’s discuss.
New vaccines absolutely do go through trials with a placebo control. We saw this in 2020 with the
COVID (SARS-CoV-2) vaccines, where there was a group that received the placebo (generally saline)
and the test group that received the vaccine. This is to monitor any potential adverse events that may
happen in the trial and to see if they are more common in the test group than the placebo group.
If they are, that suggests they may have been caused by the vaccination. Straightforward, right?
But for those trials, it was a completely new pathogen with no existing vaccine. What about cases
where we have existing vaccines but want to release one that may be improved over what is
currently available? For example, the current mess with approvals of reformulated COVID or flu
vaccines to account for viral evolution—this previously did not require new large-scale clinical
trials because it’s just a minor tweak to the formulation.
So if we do now require full clinical trials for each reformulated vaccine, you’re left with a tricky
situation. If you require a placebo, you run into ethical issues. We know COVID and flu vaccines
are imperfect, but are overall safe and effective. So to recruit folks into a placebo-controlled
study, you’re requiring that some of the population (generally half) are left with no protection
against these viruses for the duration of the study. Is this ethical when we know the alternatives
can help to protect people?
As a general rule, no.
That’s why the “common sense” idea of always having a placebo control doesn’t work. When
you already have an effective vaccine, but are looking into developing an alternative, often it’s
tested against the old vaccine so that no one is left completely vulnerable to infection. Then
you can compare safety and efficacy between the groups receiving the different vaccines to
see if the new one is as good as or better than the prior one. For the yearly COVID and flu
vaccines, no full clinical trial was ever required in the past, since each year’s new vaccine
was
just a minor tweak to the last one.
There may be a middle ground, doing a small, placebo-controlled trial to examine antibody
responses and any potential adverse events (eg, a few hundred people over a short time
period instead of the thousands and months of follow-up required for a full trial). However,
doubtful in my opinion that Kennedy would approve of such a compromise. I hope I’m wrong.
This new rule is going to make it incredibly challenging to develop new vaccines where existing
ones are already on the market. Which, with Kennedy at the helm, is almost certainly the end goal.
Peak Warming Man said:
Time to pack up and head down the mountain.
he’ll be heading down the mountain when he comes. (Gi- yap!) he’ll be heading
down the mountain when he comes. (Gi- yap!) he’ll be heading down the mountain,
he’ll be heading down the mountain, he’ll be heading down the mountain when he
comes.
I’ve seen a number of Black Mirror eps over the years but I’m going to go back and watch them from the start now
JudgeMental said:
Tara C. Smith
This is another Kennedy proposal that seems on the surface to be “common sense” or have a grain
of truth to it. It’s only if you understand vaccine testing processes that it becomes clear why this
would absolutely screw us over. Let’s discuss.New vaccines absolutely do go through trials with a placebo control. We saw this in 2020 with the
COVID (SARS-CoV-2) vaccines, where there was a group that received the placebo (generally saline)
and the test group that received the vaccine. This is to monitor any potential adverse events that may
happen in the trial and to see if they are more common in the test group than the placebo group.
If they are, that suggests they may have been caused by the vaccination. Straightforward, right?But for those trials, it was a completely new pathogen with no existing vaccine. What about cases
where we have existing vaccines but want to release one that may be improved over what is
currently available? For example, the current mess with approvals of reformulated COVID or flu
vaccines to account for viral evolution—this previously did not require new large-scale clinical
trials because it’s just a minor tweak to the formulation.So if we do now require full clinical trials for each reformulated vaccine, you’re left with a tricky
situation. If you require a placebo, you run into ethical issues. We know COVID and flu vaccines
are imperfect, but are overall safe and effective. So to recruit folks into a placebo-controlled
study, you’re requiring that some of the population (generally half) are left with no protection
against these viruses for the duration of the study. Is this ethical when we know the alternatives
can help to protect people?As a general rule, no.
That’s why the “common sense” idea of always having a placebo control doesn’t work. When
you already have an effective vaccine, but are looking into developing an alternative, often it’s
tested against the old vaccine so that no one is left completely vulnerable to infection. Then
you can compare safety and efficacy between the groups receiving the different vaccines to
see if the new one is as good as or better than the prior one. For the yearly COVID and flu
vaccines, no full clinical trial was ever required in the past, since each year’s new vaccine
was
just a minor tweak to the last one.There may be a middle ground, doing a small, placebo-controlled trial to examine antibody
responses and any potential adverse events (eg, a few hundred people over a short time
period instead of the thousands and months of follow-up required for a full trial). However,
doubtful in my opinion that Kennedy would approve of such a compromise. I hope I’m wrong.This new rule is going to make it incredibly challenging to develop new vaccines where existing
ones are already on the market. Which, with Kennedy at the helm, is almost certainly the end goal.
‘ken eedjot.
dv said:
I’ve seen a number of Black Mirror eps over the years but I’m going to go back and watch them from the start now
They are all decent if I remember correctly.
I started watching the first episode of the latest season
Love, Death and Robots is a good series if you haven’t seen it.
Today SP continued on the witness stand. Defence called into question his recall – this started yesterday when they pedantically mentioned that he didn’t use certain words in his police statement as he has here on the stand.
Today they bought into question that conversation he had with his father (while his father was sick in hospital) about the cancer diagnosis that EP allegedly used to bring them together for lunch. Defence intimated that SP’s recall wasn’t that accurate and he was possibly mistaken. SP countered that the defence was cray cray and they should move on to something else.
A lot of today was on the text and message exchanges over the years between SP and EP. I guess in an attempt to establish relationship patterns, but also bringing up some hospital exchanges and the fat that EP didn’t like hospitals (which could explain why she checked herself out early)
Trying to discredit a witness is a common tactic.. but SP seems to be able to stand up against it pretty well.. he stops to consider the questions before answering and seems to respond in an even way (he showed emotion when talking about his father yesterday ad some emotion when a video of his son and his dad played showing them doing some backyard science) but in general he is considered and thoughtful when responding.At the end of the day the Judge warned the jurors to ignore conversations abut the trial and media over the weekend.
SP will be back on the witness stand on monday
Arts said:
At the end of the day the Judge warned the jurors to ignore conversations abut the trial and media over the weekend.
Which instructions I’m sure every one of them will follow to the letter.
dv said:
I’ve seen a number of Black Mirror eps over the years but I’m going to go back and watch them from the start now
They’re not as good as I’d remembered. And this past season was a snore fest, but I liked the first episode
Divine Angel said:
dv said:
I’ve seen a number of Black Mirror eps over the years but I’m going to go back and watch them from the start now
They’re not as good as I’d remembered. And this past season was a snore fest, but I liked the first episode
some are great, other are meh
The other show that is similar is Secret Level
This was good, two seasons, I think…
In good news, Wednesday’s little episode wasn’t a heart attack. But what it was is still unknown. Probably viral. Maybe.
The Rev Dodgson said:
Arts said:At the end of the day the Judge warned the jurors to ignore conversations abut the trial and media over the weekend.
Which instructions I’m sure every one of them will follow to the letter.
that’s the hope. But either way they cannot bring in anything to the deliberation room apart from what has been heard in court.. so even if an individual juror decides something based on an outside influence, they cannot convince the others using that… Interestingly they will be sequestered during the deliberation stage. so I guess the powers that be think that this will take a while for the jury to decide…
in other news Jill Sobule is dead at 66
Divine Angel said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Divine Angel said:I talked to her last week. About books.
How’s she going?
She hasn’t bought any new books for a while.
we thought she was posting as The__Queen these days
Divine Angel said:
In good news, Wednesday’s little episode wasn’t a heart attack. But what it was is still unknown. Probably viral. Maybe.
What happened?
Arts said:
Today SP continued on the witness stand. Defence called into question his recall – this started yesterday when they pedantically mentioned that he didn’t use certain words in his police statement as he has here on the stand.
Today they bought into question that conversation he had with his father (while his father was sick in hospital) about the cancer diagnosis that EP allegedly used to bring them together for lunch. Defence intimated that SP’s recall wasn’t that accurate and he was possibly mistaken. SP countered that the defence was cray cray and they should move on to something else.A lot of today was on the text and message exchanges over the years between SP and EP. I guess in an attempt to establish relationship patterns, but also bringing up some hospital exchanges and the fat that EP didn’t like hospitals (which could explain why she checked herself out early)
Trying to discredit a witness is a common tactic.. but SP seems to be able to stand up against it pretty well.. he stops to consider the questions before answering and seems to respond in an even way (he showed emotion when talking about his father yesterday ad some emotion when a video of his son and his dad played showing them doing some backyard science) but in general he is considered and thoughtful when responding.At the end of the day the Judge warned the jurors to ignore conversations abut the trial and media over the weekend.
SP will be back on the witness stand on monday
I read through the ABC minute by minute rundown and thought he sounded like he is very much in control of himself.
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
In good news, Wednesday’s little episode wasn’t a heart attack. But what it was is still unknown. Probably viral. Maybe.
What happened?
Walking through Westfield, lungs felt like someone was squeezing them hard, couldn’t breathe. Worst it’s ever been.
SCIENCE said:
Divine Angel said:
Peak Warming Man said:How’s she going?
She hasn’t bought any new books for a while.
we thought she was posting as The__Queen these days
No, that’s us. And we’re dead, anyway.
The_Queen said:
SCIENCE said:
Divine Angel said:She hasn’t bought any new books for a while.
we thought she was posting as The__Queen these days
No, that’s us. And we’re dead, anyway.
“If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.”
Also May 4th is Sunday.
Arts, are you still lurking?
Divine Angel said:
Arts, are you still lurking?
yep
We are still in fire restrictions. A lot of Victoria is not. But we are. Another 10 days. And where the bush block is doesn’t come off restrictions until the 19th. It’s been a long dry time.
A new mini-drill was delivered today. I already have one but it’s in the redback-infested garage somewhere, and I was too scared to search through all the spidery boxes.
Bubblecar said:
A new mini-drill was delivered today. I already have one but it’s in the redback-infested garage somewhere, and I was too scared to search through all the spidery boxes.
…and by coincidence, just heard someone drilling into my outside wall.
It’s a technician from Aurora, fitting a new modem into my meter box thingy. Apparently my usage hasn’t been transmitted for a month.
Arts said:
Divine Angel said:
Arts, are you still lurking?
yep
Are police lineups a thing?
Divine Angel said:
Arts said:
Divine Angel said:
Arts, are you still lurking?
yep
Are police lineups a thing?
I did one, it was a while ago though. And before assumptions are made, I wasn’t in the line up, I was the one identifying a perpetrator…
Divine Angel said:
Arts said:
Divine Angel said:
Arts, are you still lurking?
yep
Are police lineups a thing?
yeah.. although they are more likely to do it via pictures these days..
I even heard of one cop making the guys in the line up sing one line each of I Want it that way…
wait…
Arts said:
Divine Angel said:
Arts said:yep
Are police lineups a thing?
yeah.. although they are more likely to do it via pictures these days..
I even heard of one cop making the guys in the line up sing one line each of I Want it that way…
wait…
It’s such an overused trope in tv and movies, I wondered if it was actually still something they did.
Divine Angel said:
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
In good news, Wednesday’s little episode wasn’t a heart attack. But what it was is still unknown. Probably viral. Maybe.
What happened?
Walking through Westfield, lungs felt like someone was squeezing them hard, couldn’t breathe. Worst it’s ever been.
Oh. Bugger. I hope they can figure it out.
Michael V said:
JudgeMental said:
Tara C. Smith
This is another Kennedy proposal that seems on the surface to be “common sense” or have a grain
of truth to it. It’s only if you understand vaccine testing processes that it becomes clear why this
would absolutely screw us over. Let’s discuss.New vaccines absolutely do go through trials with a placebo control. We saw this in 2020 with the
COVID (SARS-CoV-2) vaccines, where there was a group that received the placebo (generally saline)
and the test group that received the vaccine. This is to monitor any potential adverse events that may
happen in the trial and to see if they are more common in the test group than the placebo group.
If they are, that suggests they may have been caused by the vaccination. Straightforward, right?But for those trials, it was a completely new pathogen with no existing vaccine. What about cases
where we have existing vaccines but want to release one that may be improved over what is
currently available? For example, the current mess with approvals of reformulated COVID or flu
vaccines to account for viral evolution—this previously did not require new large-scale clinical
trials because it’s just a minor tweak to the formulation.So if we do now require full clinical trials for each reformulated vaccine, you’re left with a tricky
situation. If you require a placebo, you run into ethical issues. We know COVID and flu vaccines
are imperfect, but are overall safe and effective. So to recruit folks into a placebo-controlled
study, you’re requiring that some of the population (generally half) are left with no protection
against these viruses for the duration of the study. Is this ethical when we know the alternatives
can help to protect people?As a general rule, no.
That’s why the “common sense” idea of always having a placebo control doesn’t work. When
you already have an effective vaccine, but are looking into developing an alternative, often it’s
tested against the old vaccine so that no one is left completely vulnerable to infection. Then
you can compare safety and efficacy between the groups receiving the different vaccines to
see if the new one is as good as or better than the prior one. For the yearly COVID and flu
vaccines, no full clinical trial was ever required in the past, since each year’s new vaccine
was
just a minor tweak to the last one.There may be a middle ground, doing a small, placebo-controlled trial to examine antibody
responses and any potential adverse events (eg, a few hundred people over a short time
period instead of the thousands and months of follow-up required for a full trial). However,
doubtful in my opinion that Kennedy would approve of such a compromise. I hope I’m wrong.This new rule is going to make it incredibly challenging to develop new vaccines where existing
ones are already on the market. Which, with Kennedy at the helm, is almost certainly the end goal.
‘ken eedjot.
or clever strategist
sorry our bad miscounted the under scores
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
Michael V said:What happened?
Walking through Westfield, lungs felt like someone was squeezing them hard, couldn’t breathe. Worst it’s ever been.
Oh. Bugger. I hope they can figure it out.
I’ve felt like I’m coming down with something for the past few days, but it’s just sitting there not getting worse (or better). Bloods showed some sort of infection, so it’s wait and see at the moment.
Divine Angel said:
Arts said:
Divine Angel said:Are police lineups a thing?
yeah.. although they are more likely to do it via pictures these days..
I even heard of one cop making the guys in the line up sing one line each of I Want it that way…
wait…
It’s such an overused trope in tv and movies, I wondered if it was actually still something they did.
in person line up are good because movement nuances help someone identify them.. but they are also bad because of revictimization issues.. and the idea that if there is a line up then one of them has to be the offender, so false accusations get made because of human obedience behaviours.
best practice is to show the photo sequentially where the person makes a choice, yes or no, before moving on to the next photo
Movement nuances, now that’s an interesting idea
Divine Angel said:
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:Walking through Westfield, lungs felt like someone was squeezing them hard, couldn’t breathe. Worst it’s ever been.
Oh. Bugger. I hope they can figure it out.
I’ve felt like I’m coming down with something for the past few days, but it’s just sitting there not getting worse (or better). Bloods showed some sort of infection, so it’s wait and see at the moment.
Sounds awful, hope it soon passes and don’t come back.
Divine Angel said:
Movement nuances, now that’s an interesting idea
Rachael Raygun would be easy to pick.
Divine Angel said:
Movement nuances, now that’s an interesting idea
I recognize voices. Not so good on faces.
Divine Angel said:
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:Walking through Westfield, lungs felt like someone was squeezing them hard, couldn’t breathe. Worst it’s ever been.
Oh. Bugger. I hope they can figure it out.
I’ve felt like I’m coming down with something for the past few days, but it’s just sitting there not getting worse (or better). Bloods showed some sort of infection, so it’s wait and see at the moment.
Well, let’s hope it can be figured out.
Arts said:
in person line up are good because movement nuances help someone identify them.. but they are also bad because of revictimization issues.. and … false accusations get made because of human obedience behaviours.
best practice is to show the photo sequentially where the person makes a choice, yes or no, before moving on
deity damn just show them a motion picture then wtf
buffy said:
Divine Angel said:
Movement nuances, now that’s an interesting idea
I recognize voices. Not so good on faces.
I recognise dogs, not people.
Crunch time for the proposed AFL stadium:
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/abc-tassiecast/abc-tassiecast-macquarie-point-stadium-afl/105239374
Divine Angel said:
buffy said:
Divine Angel said:
Movement nuances, now that’s an interesting idea
I recognize voices. Not so good on faces.
I recognise dogs, not people.
Dogs should be recognized.
Peak Warming Man said:
Divine Angel said:
buffy said:I recognize voices. Not so good on faces.
I recognise dogs, not people.
Dogs should be recognized.
Cats on the other hand………
You donts see many seeing eye cats
Sorry to the parched areas of Australia, the Central Coast has been stealing your rain. 100 mls last Tuesday, 145 over the weekend, another 100 on Tuesday/Wednesday and 40 over the last two days. It’s a squelch and leech fest outside.
So my afternoon was spent at the local gin distillery. A tough gig but someone’s got to do it.
Ya settled in front of the tele, Mr Panty Parts? Beanie and scarf?
Ize has tipped ‘em, ya know. They’d better not let me down.
Woodie said:
Ya settled in front of the tele, Mr Panty Parts? Beanie and scarf?Ize has tipped ‘em, ya know. They’d better not let me down.
Nup. Not beanie and scarf weather here yet, too early in the year.
I tipped ‘em too, but with no great confidence/ It’s like I almost don’t dare to watch.
Cymek said:
dv said:
I’ve seen a number of Black Mirror eps over the years but I’m going to go back and watch them from the start now
They are all decent if I remember correctly.
I started watching the first episode of the latest seasonLove, Death and Robots is a good series if you haven’t seen it.
Okay I’ll queue that.
The episode 15 Million Merits seems a bit … self-reflective.
Like it might have been written by someone who is thinking about the fact that they have now.attained a comfortable lifestyle by pointing out very troubling things about the real world.
Dear Mr Panty Parts,
I hereby give you permission to set fire to your beanie and scarf.
Signed,
Woodie.
Woodie said:
Dear Mr Panty Parts,I hereby give you permission to set fire to your beanie and scarf.
Signed,
Woodie.
Stick a fork in ‘em. Don’t tip unless playing at home against a bottom 5 or 6 ranked team.
Time to sack this coach, he’s going nowhere with this team.
So Ms Kingy reckons I have to make the bed tonight.
Kingy said:
So Ms Kingy reckons I have to make the bed tonight.
—
Ah… the delights of testing a new bed..
tauto said:
Kingy said:
So Ms Kingy reckons I have to make the bed tonight.
—
Ah… the delights of testing a new bed..
This is the first bit of actual new furniture that I have ever had, and I’m too knackered after work to assemble it.
I’ll probably sleep in the spare room, or on the floor on the new mattress.
Tomorrow is Firefighters memorial day and I have to go to Busselton by 10 am to be part of it, and then I have 3 site meetings in the arvo. At some point I have to find somewhere to vote.
heavy rain on the roof now
party_pants said:
heavy rain on the roof now
Yeah it was a bit interesting this arvo here.
Despite requesting a direct deposit for my state tax refund, I received a cheque. IIRC it’s been like that for years, but the option is still on the free filing tax return program and no explanation about why not.
Good that I can deposit the refund via an app for my bank, Yay for taking photos of the cheque with no hiccups. Previous attempts at this have been painful.
Anyway…
My back is really bothering me today, and my brain is running loops around the anxiety track.
My new Birkenstocks arrive today – 2 pairs, Arizona style in the waterproof option. Colours – Metallic Anthracite and Khaki.
So exciting.
Good morning Holidayers. Presently 4 degrees at the back door, still dark. We are forecast a mostly sunny 20 degrees today.
We will go and vote at 8.00am, then go to the bakery for breakfast. My bushwandering friend will meet us at the polling booth. She lives about 15 minutes out of town. I’ve got more little gardening tasks for later in the day. I might start on the rose pruning.
fuck this statistical genius
“I really don’t like the claim that Australia has the world’s most dangerous snakes,” Dr Jackson said.
“If snakes kill two people every year, and snakes in India kill 40,000 to 60,000 people every year, do we have the world’s most dangerous snakes? Clearly not.”
Mnrnig
Scattered showers 23C tops
Vote early and vote often
SCIENCE said:
fuck this statistical genius
“I really don’t like the claim that Australia has the world’s most dangerous snakes,” Dr Jackson said.
“If snakes kill two people every year, and snakes in India kill 40,000 to 60,000 people every year, do we have the world’s most dangerous snakes? Clearly not.”
What a dsck. Australia has the most venomous. Not the most dangerous. The inland taipan is way more venomous than the eastern brown but the eastern brown is the most dangerous. Because it kills more people.
Michael V said:
roughbarked said:
Divine Angel said:
How’s your infection going?
Almost entirely cleaned up. Thank Florey.
What happened?
Infected spider bite.
transition said:
i’m going to go sharpen the chainsaw, if nobody has any objections, if you do have an objection submit it to roughbarked, i’ve deemed roughbarked authority to assess the validity of objections, seemed the perfect guy for such an important job, not much gets past master roughbarked, the central scrutinizer
Well, I saw this.
Ooh, I’ve slept in! The forecast keeps saying showers but I’m yet to see any. Top of 23 today and a medium chance of showers from late morning.
SCIENCE said:
fuck this statistical genius
“I really don’t like the claim that Australia has the world’s most dangerous snakes,” Dr Jackson said.
“If snakes kill two people every year, and snakes in India kill 40,000 to 60,000 people every year, do we have the world’s most dangerous snakes? Clearly not.”
This ok then¿…
“The World Health Organization (WHO) listed snakebite envenoming as a neglected tropical disease in June 2017”
Otherwise interesting..
“For 18 years, Wisconsin man Tim Friede has injected increasing amounts of venom into his body from the world’s most deadly snakes.
His strange quest has today yielded results, with a team of US researchers claiming to have created “the most broadly effective” snake antivenom to date.”
https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2025-05-03/universal-antivenom-snake-research/105233130
Morning Pilgrims.
Corker of a day in the Pearl, a zephyr of a breeze from the SW, cool but sunny.
Over.
Divine Angel said:
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:Walking through Westfield, lungs felt like someone was squeezing them hard, couldn’t breathe. Worst it’s ever been.
Oh. Bugger. I hope they can figure it out.
I’ve felt like I’m coming down with something for the past few days, but it’s just sitting there not getting worse (or better). Bloods showed some sort of infection, so it’s wait and see at the moment.
Hope they find it. Mrs rb had shingles in the lungs.
Ian said:
SCIENCE said:fuck this statistical genius
“I really don’t like the claim that Australia has the world’s most dangerous snakes,” Dr Jackson said.
“If snakes kill two people every year, and snakes in India kill 40,000 to 60,000 people every year, do we have the world’s most dangerous snakes? Clearly not.”
This ok then¿…
“The World Health Organization (WHO) listed snakebite envenoming as a neglected tropical disease in June 2017”
Otherwise interesting..
“For 18 years, Wisconsin man Tim Friede has injected increasing amounts of venom into his body from the world’s most deadly snakes.
His strange quest has today yielded results, with a team of US researchers claiming to have created “the most broadly effective” snake antivenom to date.”
https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2025-05-03/universal-antivenom-snake-research/105233130
RFK will ban it.
Wow. Had no idea the holiday forum still existed.
Langy said:
Wow. Had no idea the holiday forum still existed.
I had no idea you still existed.
Langy said:
Wow. Had no idea the holiday forum still existed.
we’re all AI now. or chickens.
Peak Warming Man said:
Langy said:
Wow. Had no idea the holiday forum still existed.
I had no idea you still existed.
Maybe I don’t.
Langy said:
Wow. Had no idea the holiday forum still existed.
Gosh!
What’s happening?
Langy said:
Wow. Had no idea the holiday forum still existed.
Wow. A blast from the past. Welcome back.
Michael V said:
Langy said:
Wow. Had no idea the holiday forum still existed.
Gosh!
What’s happening?
Well, apparently my phone remembers my password better than I do.
Langy said:
Michael V said:
Langy said:
Wow. Had no idea the holiday forum still existed.
Gosh!
What’s happening?
Well, apparently my phone remembers my password better than I do.
Thanks AI. ;)
Langy said:
Michael V said:
Langy said:
Wow. Had no idea the holiday forum still existed.
Gosh!
What’s happening?
Well, apparently my phone remembers my password better than I do.
Ha!
:)
Langy said:
Wow. Had no idea the holiday forum still existed.
It’s like Hotel California – you can check out any time you like, but you can never leave…
https://youtu.be/x6rjEpPamKc
Some AI work.
Speaking of planes, for a sunny weekend morning close to an aerodrome, there’s a distinct lack of activity in the sky.
Divine Angel said:
Speaking of planes, for a sunny weekend morning close to an aerodrome, there’s a distinct lack of activity in the sky.
Plenty going on at the one up the road from us.
captain_spalding said:
Divine Angel said:
Speaking of planes, for a sunny weekend morning close to an aerodrome, there’s a distinct lack of activity in the sky.
Plenty going on at the one up the road from us.
Maybe there’s a local ban on brainwashing chemicals here.
Oh no, wait, I’m in a safe LNP seat. No need for brainwashing.
Divine Angel said:
captain_spalding said:
Divine Angel said:
Speaking of planes, for a sunny weekend morning close to an aerodrome, there’s a distinct lack of activity in the sky.
Plenty going on at the one up the road from us.
Maybe there’s a local ban on brainwashing chemicals here.
So, if Bobby Brainworm gets ‘chemtrails’ banned, he’ll just have explain that the contrails that continue to be seen in the sky are OK, because he told them to take out the naughty stuff, and it’s all fine now, settle down, forget about it, it’s fixed, because he says so, OK, got it?
Divine Angel said:
Oh no, wait, I’m in a safe LNP seat. No need for brainwashing.
Same here. Fews brains around here to wash.
captain_spalding said:
Divine Angel said:
captain_spalding said:Plenty going on at the one up the road from us.
Maybe there’s a local ban on brainwashing chemicals here.
So, if Bobby Brainworm gets ‘chemtrails’ banned, he’ll just have explain that the contrails that continue to be seen in the sky are OK, because he told them to take out the naughty stuff, and it’s all fine now, settle down, forget about it, it’s fixed, because he says so, OK, got it?
I guess all those workers at the chemtrail factories will be out of work now? Thanks Donald.
captain_spalding said:
Divine Angel said:
captain_spalding said:Plenty going on at the one up the road from us.
Maybe there’s a local ban on brainwashing chemicals here.
So, if Bobby Brainworm gets ‘chemtrails’ banned, he’ll just have explain that the contrails that continue to be seen in the sky are OK, because he told them to take out the naughty stuff, and it’s all fine now, settle down, forget about it, it’s fixed, because he says so, OK, got it?
Oh…..O…..K…..
Firefighters memorial day today, gonna go to Busselton to stand in the rain to pay my respects. Then find somewhere to vote, then come home get changed, go out for 3 building site visits/meetings, then home again to assemble my bedroom.
Tomorrow is a tip run to get rid of all the packaging and other miscellaneous crap, then take a truck to a fundraiser at a local surfboard shop. They are doing a podcast so I’ve been brushing up on my surfie speak, like radical man. Dropped in and it was gnarly chop, nearly came off the lip but like had an epic tube ride then cut back over the top, dude.
Kingy said:
Firefighters memorial day today, gonna go to Busselton to stand in the rain to pay my respects. Then find somewhere to vote, then come home get changed, go out for 3 building site visits/meetings, then home again to assemble my bedroom.Tomorrow is a tip run to get rid of all the packaging and other miscellaneous crap, then take a truck to a fundraiser at a local surfboard shop. They are doing a podcast so I’ve been brushing up on my surfie speak, like radical man. Dropped in and it was gnarly chop, nearly came off the lip but like had an epic tube ride then cut back over the top, dude.
Steady.
Kingy said:
Firefighters memorial day today, gonna go to Busselton to stand in the rain to pay my respects. Then find somewhere to vote, then come home get changed, go out for 3 building site visits/meetings, then home again to assemble my bedroom.Tomorrow is a tip run to get rid of all the packaging and other miscellaneous crap, then take a truck to a fundraiser at a local surfboard shop. They are doing a podcast so I’ve been brushing up on my surfie speak, like radical man. Dropped in and it was gnarly chop, nearly came off the lip but like had an epic tube ride then cut back over the top, dude.
Approved.
(Red stamp, gold star.)
Bogsnorkler said:
captain_spalding said:
Divine Angel said:Maybe there’s a local ban on brainwashing chemicals here.
So, if Bobby Brainworm gets ‘chemtrails’ banned, he’ll just have explain that the contrails that continue to be seen in the sky are OK, because he told them to take out the naughty stuff, and it’s all fine now, settle down, forget about it, it’s fixed, because he says so, OK, got it?
I guess all those workers at the chemtrail factories will be out of work now? Thanks Donald.
I was told that the contrail chemical was in the fuel and has been there since the 1910s.
Interesting. A local high school’s Mother’s Day stall is run by year 10 business students and proceeds go to the RSPCA.
(I don’t expect many people know that high schools get more funding per student than primary schools do. It’s freely available information on https://myschool.edu.au/ )
Comedic actor Ruth Buzzi has died.
I remember her from Lost Saucer when I was a kid, alongside Jim Nabors.
dv said:
Comedic actor Ruth Buzzi has died.I remember her from Lost Saucer when I was a kid, alongside Jim Nabors.
She was also on Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In, IIRC.
Tamb said:
Bogsnorkler said:
captain_spalding said:So, if Bobby Brainworm gets ‘chemtrails’ banned, he’ll just have explain that the contrails that continue to be seen in the sky are OK, because he told them to take out the naughty stuff, and it’s all fine now, settle down, forget about it, it’s fixed, because he says so, OK, got it?
I guess all those workers at the chemtrail factories will be out of work now? Thanks Donald.
I was told that the contrail chemical was in the fuel and has been there since the 1910s.
Credit where it’s due:
If Bobby says , it’s OK, i fixed it, there’s no more chemtrails, then he will have got the MAGA chemtrail-fans to shut up about it, which is something no-one else could do.
They simply won’t be able to persist wth the notion that such things are happening, because that would imply that President Trump’s government is telling them lies.
“I can see the chemtails, but i can’t say that they’re there, because that would be heresy.”
captain_spalding said:
Divine Angel said:
Oh no, wait, I’m in a safe LNP seat. No need for brainwashing.
Same here. Fews brains around here to wash.
I was in that position for many, many years. This election and the last one is actually quite exciting and we will get mentions on the broadcast tonight. It’s close here, where it’s been Liberal for a long, long time.
dv said:
Comedic actor Ruth Buzzi has died.I remember her from Lost Saucer when I was a kid, alongside Jim Nabors.
I remember her from a dreadful Schwarzenegger film called The Villain. Her character was named Damsel in Distress, which should give you an idea about the rest of the film.
buffy said:
captain_spalding said:
Divine Angel said:
Oh no, wait, I’m in a safe LNP seat. No need for brainwashing.
Same here. Fews brains around here to wash.
I was in that position for many, many years. This election and the last one is actually quite exciting and we will get mentions on the broadcast tonight. It’s close here, where it’s been Liberal for a long, long time.
Good. I’ll watch that one when they are counting tonight.
btm said:
dv said:
Comedic actor Ruth Buzzi has died.I remember her from Lost Saucer when I was a kid, alongside Jim Nabors.
I remember her from a dreadful Schwarzenegger film called The Villain. Her character was named Damsel in Distress, which should give you an idea about the rest of the film.
and along came Jones.
captain_spalding said:
dv said:
Comedic actor Ruth Buzzi has died.I remember her from Lost Saucer when I was a kid, alongside Jim Nabors.
She was also on Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In, IIRC.
Alongside Goldie Hawn?
roughbarked said:
captain_spalding said:
dv said:
Comedic actor Ruth Buzzi has died.I remember her from Lost Saucer when I was a kid, alongside Jim Nabors.
She was also on Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In, IIRC.
Alongside Goldie Hawn?
and that Illinois nazi guy.
Ruth Buzzi died yesterday.
Spiny Norman said:
Ruth Buzzi died yesterday.
do you believe in the hereafter?
yes
then you know what i’m here after.
Bogsnorkler said:
roughbarked said:
captain_spalding said:She was also on Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In, IIRC.
Alongside Goldie Hawn?
and that Illinois nazi guy.
And Arte Johnson.
It was all v-e-r-r-ry interesting.
captain_spalding said:
Tamb said:
Bogsnorkler said:I guess all those workers at the chemtrail factories will be out of work now? Thanks Donald.
I was told that the contrail chemical was in the fuel and has been there since the 1910s.
Credit where it’s due:
If Bobby says , it’s OK, i fixed it, there’s no more chemtrails, then he will have got the MAGA chemtrail-fans to shut up about it, which is something no-one else could do.
They simply won’t be able to persist wth the notion that such things are happening, because that would imply that President Trump’s government is telling them lies.
“I can see the chemtails, but i can’t say that they’re there, because that would be heresy.”
:)
roughbarked said:
captain_spalding said:
dv said:
Comedic actor Ruth Buzzi has died.I remember her from Lost Saucer when I was a kid, alongside Jim Nabors.
She was also on Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In, IIRC.
Alongside Goldie Hawn?
Very interesting. But stupid.
Peter Gare vying to be president of the DMC
Woodie said:
roughbarked said:
captain_spalding said:She was also on Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In, IIRC.
Alongside Goldie Hawn?
Very interesting. But stupid.
A flower, by Henry Gibson.
“You got that bed made yet?
Even more important, did the old car start?”
Haven’t started on my bed yet, still cleaning up the mess from the other one.
And the old car isn’t getting a spark to the plugs, I ran out of time to check if it was the coil or the distributor.
Kingy said:
“You got that bed made yet?
Even more important, did the old car start?”
Haven’t started on my bed yet, still cleaning up the mess from the other one.
And the old car isn’t getting a spark to the plugs, I ran out of time to check if it was the coil or the distributor.
Good luck…
Kingy said:
“You got that bed made yet?
Even more important, did the old car start?”
Haven’t started on my bed yet, still cleaning up the mess from the other one.
And the old car isn’t getting a spark to the plugs, I ran out of time to check if it was the coil or the distributor.
So you are saying the leads are new and tested?
dv said:
F’real?
dv said:
It is farken difficult.
dv said:
Looks like Sanitarium™ canned sausages made from peanuts.
Michael V said:
dv said:
F’real?
I doubt US airforce is taking it’s riding instructions from Twitter feeds.
Michael V said:
dv said:
F’real?
It’s real that @VleckieHond identified the site, and it is real that it was attacked and that there were civ casualties.
Whether the Pentagon relied on @VleckieHond’s assessment, I don’t know. I also don’t know about the 500 euro thing.
dv said:
Michael V said:
dv said:
F’real?
It’s real that @VleckieHond identified the site, and it is real that it was attacked and that there were civ casualties.
Whether the Pentagon relied on @VleckieHond’s assessment, I don’t know. I also don’t know about the 500 euro thing.
Well, at least partly true then. Maybe even fully true. Bloody.
Michael V said:
dv said:
Michael V said:F’real?
It’s real that @VleckieHond identified the site, and it is real that it was attacked and that there were civ casualties.
Whether the Pentagon relied on @VleckieHond’s assessment, I don’t know. I also don’t know about the 500 euro thing.
Well, at least partly true then. Maybe even fully true. Bloody.
Even partly… is bloody!
dv said:
You wouldn’t f***ing dare.
Been at a kids’ birthday party. Chatted with a school mum I haven’t seen for a while as she’s been undergoing cancer treatment. She’s from the Netherlands and their voting system is interesting.
Oh, and as I was driving through Dutton country, I saw a rainbow.
Divine Angel said:
Oh, and as I was driving through Dutton country, I saw a rainbow.
Pot of gold?
Divine Angel said:
Oh, and as I was driving through Dutton country, I saw a rainbow.
Were the ends of the rainbow out of the electorate?
roughbarked said:
Divine Angel said:
Oh, and as I was driving through Dutton country, I saw a rainbow.
Were the ends of the rainbow out of the electorate?
It’s a biiiiig electorate
Divine Angel said:
roughbarked said:
Divine Angel said:
Oh, and as I was driving through Dutton country, I saw a rainbow.
Were the ends of the rainbow out of the electorate?
It’s a biiiiig electorate
I thought it might be a ridiculous question.
Also drove past Dutton’s office but it was graffiti free
Divine Angel said:
Also drove past Dutton’s office but it was graffiti free
No bullet holes in the windows?
I suppose I’d better struggle into some village togs and waddle down to the off-licence.
Bubblecar said:
I suppose I’d better struggle into some village togs and waddle down to the off-licence.
How terribly British of you.
In Australia, alcohol stores are commonly known as bottle-ohs, shortened from “bottle shops”.
Michael V said:
Bubblecar said:
I suppose I’d better struggle into some village togs and waddle down to the off-licence.
How terribly British of you.
In Australia, alcohol stores are commonly known as bottle-ohs, shortened from “bottle shops”.
Around here, It’s the local Billabong.
My mom was helping someone clear out a house in Virginia and
she was given this old footstool. The legs are metal and have faces
on them. She then gave it to me recently but with the request that
I have Raymond stand on it to take a photos to send to her. I sent
her the photo and now present the same photos to you all.
I bought some Guinness for tonight’s election count. I decided it was a special enough occasion.
party_pants said:
I bought some Guinness for tonight’s election count. I decided it was a special enough occasion.
I very nearly bought a six pack of Coopers best extra but decided against.
Curried chicken and rice tonight.
Peak Warming Man said:
Curried chicken and rice tonight.
What type of curry?
Michael V said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Curried chicken and rice tonight.
What type of curry?
Keens
Just back from the Wolf’s perambulatiions.
Rain has just started here, coming from the east. It was preceded by a magnificent rainbow, bright enough to be a double rainbow, with quite vibrant colours on the main rainbow.
There’s a big camp-draft event on at the showgrounds, has been going since the middle of the week, with the main arena set up with fences and pens, and some cattle penned there for events. Quite a metropolis of horse floats and caravans over most of the showground area, and horses, horses, and more horses everywhere.
Michael V said:
Bubblecar said:
I suppose I’d better struggle into some village togs and waddle down to the off-licence.
How terribly British of you.
In Australia, alcohol stores are commonly known as bottle-ohs, shortened from “bottle shops”.
“Off-licence” is also occasionally heard amongst older Tasmanians.
Bubblecar said:
Michael V said:
Bubblecar said:
I suppose I’d better struggle into some village togs and waddle down to the off-licence.
How terribly British of you.
In Australia, alcohol stores are commonly known as bottle-ohs, shortened from “bottle shops”.
“Off-licence” is also occasionally heard amongst older Tasmanians.
….and is still the official term:
https://ablis.business.gov.au/service/tas/liquor-licence-off-licence/7319
Peak Warming Man said:
Michael V said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Curried chicken and rice tonight.
What type of curry?
Keens
Ha!
captain_spalding said:
Just back from the Wolf’s perambulatiions.Rain has just started here, coming from the east. It was preceded by a magnificent rainbow, bright enough to be a double rainbow, with quite vibrant colours on the main rainbow.
There’s a big camp-draft event on at the showgrounds, has been going since the middle of the week, with the main arena set up with fences and pens, and some cattle penned there for events. Quite a metropolis of horse floats and caravans over most of the showground area, and horses, horses, and more horses everywhere.
Good.
Peak Warming Man said:
Curried chicken and rice tonight.
We’ve found ourselves unexpectedly child-free tonight so the culinary world is our oyster.
Divine Angel said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Curried chicken and rice tonight.
We’ve found ourselves unexpectedly child-free tonight so the culinary world is our oyster.
I thought you weren’t fond of seafood.
Bubblecar said:
Michael V said:
Bubblecar said:
I suppose I’d better struggle into some village togs and waddle down to the off-licence.
How terribly British of you.
In Australia, alcohol stores are commonly known as bottle-ohs, shortened from “bottle shops”.
“Off-licence” is also occasionally heard amongst older Tasmanians.
:)
Bubblecar said:
Bubblecar said:
Michael V said:How terribly British of you.
In Australia, alcohol stores are commonly known as bottle-ohs, shortened from “bottle shops”.
“Off-licence” is also occasionally heard amongst older Tasmanians.
….and is still the official term:
https://ablis.business.gov.au/service/tas/liquor-licence-off-licence/7319
TIL
Bubblecar said:
Divine Angel said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Curried chicken and rice tonight.
We’ve found ourselves unexpectedly child-free tonight so the culinary world is our oyster.
I thought you weren’t fond of seafood.
Correct
Back from my building site visits and meetings, time to make my bed.
Bloody hell, there’s a fkn lot of packaging. There’s enough cardboard, styrofoam and plastic to entirely fill a standard bedroom to the ceiling.
I should probably watch the ABC news, which is at 5.30 today…whoops, missed it. I’ve been watching JustIn during the day. We’ll watch the election coverage and do other things as well. Good chance to do a bit more knitting. And iNaturalist IDs.
Kingy said:
Back from my building site visits and meetings, time to make my bed.Bloody hell, there’s a fkn lot of packaging. There’s enough cardboard, styrofoam and plastic to entirely fill a standard bedroom to the ceiling.
Once you’re done, you’ll look at all the packaging and wonder how they fit it all in the box, plus the object.
Kingy said:
Back from my building site visits and meetings, time to make my bed.Bloody hell, there’s a fkn lot of packaging. There’s enough cardboard, styrofoam and plastic to entirely fill a standard bedroom to the ceiling.
Good luck with that. You may need a few swearwords.
Divine Angel said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Curried chicken and rice tonight.
We’ve found ourselves unexpectedly child-free tonight so the culinary world is our oyster.
And… What will be your choice?
If I had a choice, it might be Coffin Bay.
party_pants said:
Kingy said:
Back from my building site visits and meetings, time to make my bed.Bloody hell, there’s a fkn lot of packaging. There’s enough cardboard, styrofoam and plastic to entirely fill a standard bedroom to the ceiling.
Once you’re done, you’ll look at all the packaging and wonder how they fit it all in the box, plus the object.
the boxes are bigger on the inside.
Bubblecar said:
Kingy said:
Back from my building site visits and meetings, time to make my bed.Bloody hell, there’s a fkn lot of packaging. There’s enough cardboard, styrofoam and plastic to entirely fill a standard bedroom to the ceiling.
Good luck with that. You may need a few swearwords.
Time to open and pour a Guinness.
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Curried chicken and rice tonight.
We’ve found ourselves unexpectedly child-free tonight so the culinary world is our oyster.
And… What will be your choice?
If I had a choice, it might be Coffin Bay.
mine would be cobourg peninsula. free. just sit on the rocks at low tide and chip them off. feed the little fish around your feet and sip on your gin and tonic.
Bogsnorkler said:
party_pants said:
Kingy said:
Back from my building site visits and meetings, time to make my bed.Bloody hell, there’s a fkn lot of packaging. There’s enough cardboard, styrofoam and plastic to entirely fill a standard bedroom to the ceiling.
Once you’re done, you’ll look at all the packaging and wonder how they fit it all in the box, plus the object.
the boxes are bigger on the inside.
When I got the aircon installed, they left all the packaing behind. I ended up filling the boot and taking it all to work to dump in the skip bin.
Honest 2 Betsy, ‘The Big Bamboo’
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/YY1u—MIIfY
I love this lass, she’s pure entertainment.
Bogsnorkler said:
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:We’ve found ourselves unexpectedly child-free tonight so the culinary world is our oyster.
And… What will be your choice?
If I had a choice, it might be Coffin Bay.
mine would be cobourg peninsula. free. just sit on the rocks at low tide and chip them off. feed the little fish around your feet and sip on your gin and tonic.
We used to get them at Bobbin Head on Cowan Creek in Sydney.
captain_spalding said:
Honest 2 Betsy, ‘The Big Bamboo’https://www.youtube.com/shorts/YY1u—MIIfY
I love this lass, she’s pure entertainment.
Heh.
Bubblecar said:
captain_spalding said:
Honest 2 Betsy, ‘The Big Bamboo’https://www.youtube.com/shorts/YY1u—MIIfY
I love this lass, she’s pure entertainment.
Heh.
Much, much more here:
Black mirror Hated in the Nation…
I think they should have just given that Meades woman some head and body armour.
dv said:
Black mirror Hated in the Nation…I think they should have just given that Meades woman some head and body armour.
We rewatched the entire series last year. I have rated that episode a 9 out of 10.
I tend to rate things on IMDb so I know whether I’ve watched it or not, but I rarely rate entire series episode by episode.
Bubblecar said:
Kingy said:
Back from my building site visits and meetings, time to make my bed.Bloody hell, there’s a fkn lot of packaging. There’s enough cardboard, styrofoam and plastic to entirely fill a standard bedroom to the ceiling.
Good luck with that. You may need a few swearwords.
Not many swearwords so far…
Kingy said:
Bubblecar said:
Kingy said:
Back from my building site visits and meetings, time to make my bed.Bloody hell, there’s a fkn lot of packaging. There’s enough cardboard, styrofoam and plastic to entirely fill a standard bedroom to the ceiling.
Good luck with that. You may need a few swearwords.
Not many swearwords so far…
Careful with that drew scriver. It could jump up and poke you in the nether regions when you least expect it.
captain_spalding said:
Bubblecar said:
captain_spalding said:
Honest 2 Betsy, ‘The Big Bamboo’https://www.youtube.com/shorts/YY1u—MIIfY
I love this lass, she’s pure entertainment.
Heh.
Much, much more here:
Anything like this one?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUr7fu-LXj4
Kingy said:
Bubblecar said:
Kingy said:
Back from my building site visits and meetings, time to make my bed.Bloody hell, there’s a fkn lot of packaging. There’s enough cardboard, styrofoam and plastic to entirely fill a standard bedroom to the ceiling.
Good luck with that. You may need a few swearwords.
Not many swearwords so far…
Gosh that’s complicated.
Michael V said:
Kingy said:
Bubblecar said:Good luck with that. You may need a few swearwords.
Not many swearwords so far…
Gosh that’s complicated.
Getting closer. Just stopped to give my back a rest.
Kingy said:
Michael V said:
Kingy said:Not many swearwords so far…
Gosh that’s complicated.
Getting closer. Just stopped to give my back a rest.
It’s a complicated looking bed.
Bubblecar said:
Kingy said:
Michael V said:Gosh that’s complicated.
Getting closer. Just stopped to give my back a rest.
It’s a complicated looking bed.
It’s got gas struts so you can lift up the slats & mattress and use the storage space underneath. There’s even a large “drawer” at the end that you can put blankies & pillows in. I’ve never owned new furniture before, it’s quite interesting. Ms Kingy bought it for me.
Kingy said:
Michael V said:
Kingy said:Not many swearwords so far…
Gosh that’s complicated.
Getting closer. Just stopped to give my back a rest.
You’re gunna need a good night’s sleep to help the back recover.
Should I make my popcorn now?
buffy said:
Should I make my popcorn now?
Go ahead. I’m eating French vanilla ice cream with a few prunes.
buffy said:
Should I make my popcorn now?
Use ghee instead of butter on popcorn 👍🏼
Bubblecar said:
buffy said:
Should I make my popcorn now?
Go ahead. I’m eating French vanilla ice cream with a few prunes.
Re the prunes to get you moving on your thoughts of Peter Dutton? 😮
Divine Angel said:
buffy said:
Should I make my popcorn now?
Use ghee instead of butter on popcorn 👍🏼
Strap yourself in and taste the ghees.
Divine Angel said:
buffy said:
Should I make my popcorn now?
Use ghee instead of butter on popcorn 👍🏼
I pop it in a saucepan with peanut oil (has no flavour) and then drop some icing sugar on the popped corn and toss it.
Woodie said:
Bubblecar said:
buffy said:
Should I make my popcorn now?
Go ahead. I’m eating French vanilla ice cream with a few prunes.
Re the prunes to get you moving on your thoughts of Peter Dutton? 😮
I try not to imagine butt plugs when seated on the throne.
Kingy said:
Bubblecar said:
Kingy said:Getting closer. Just stopped to give my back a rest.
It’s a complicated looking bed.
It’s got gas struts so you can lift up the slats & mattress and use the storage space underneath. There’s even a large “drawer” at the end that you can put blankies & pillows in. I’ve never owned new furniture before, it’s quite interesting. Ms Kingy bought it for me.
Democracy bed made, Democracy quilt(by sister) spread over it. Democracy whiskey being consumed. LNP voted out.
It’s a good day today..
Kingy said:
Kingy said:
Bubblecar said:
It’s a complicated looking bed.
It’s got gas struts so you can lift up the slats & mattress and use the storage space underneath. There’s even a large “drawer” at the end that you can put blankies & pillows in. I’ve never owned new furniture before, it’s quite interesting. Ms Kingy bought it for me.
Democracy bed made, Democracy quilt(by sister) spread over it. Democracy whiskey being consumed. LNP voted out.
It’s a good day today..
oh wow nice
Kingy said:
Kingy said:
Bubblecar said:It’s a complicated looking bed.
It’s got gas struts so you can lift up the slats & mattress and use the storage space underneath. There’s even a large “drawer” at the end that you can put blankies & pillows in. I’ve never owned new furniture before, it’s quite interesting. Ms Kingy bought it for me.
Democracy bed made, Democracy quilt(by sister) spread over it. Democracy whiskey being consumed. LNP voted out.
It’s a good day today..
Very impressive, cheers :)
Can it travel through space and time?
remember once in the NT catching a snake that was 3.14 metres long. It was a python.
Having trouble getting to sleep so I’m taking up Capt Spalding’s suggestion and reading The African Queen.
Kingy said:
Kingy said:
Bubblecar said:It’s a complicated looking bed.
It’s got gas struts so you can lift up the slats & mattress and use the storage space underneath. There’s even a large “drawer” at the end that you can put blankies & pillows in. I’ve never owned new furniture before, it’s quite interesting. Ms Kingy bought it for me.
Democracy bed made, Democracy quilt(by sister) spread over it. Democracy whiskey being consumed. LNP voted out.
It’s a good day today..
Congrats.
Doing some detective work. I was checking an old email from my younger brother about some papers that I inherited from our father. There was an old QLD driving license dated April1955 with a Brisbane address on it.
I know that he met our mother when he inquired about a room at a boarding house in Brisbane. Mum’s mother and stepfather were running the place, and she was staying there as she had left her husband – she had 2 toddlers and was heavily pregnant. That baby was born in June 1955.
The place is still listed as a boarding house. Current real estate photos show stairs at the front, side and back of the house. Mum always mentioned the stairs when she talked about living there. Apparently she answered the door and found a gorgeous man wanting a room.
It’s nice to be able to track some things down.
Good morning Holidayers. Presently 13 degrees at the back door. Still dark. We are forecast a windy and sunny 23 degrees today.
I intend to go to the wetland reserve with the light first thing to mow some of the trackside. There is a local small market and town garage sale here today. I won’t bother with those, but the bakery is open (they don’t usually open on a Sunday) so I will have something sweet for morning tea.
25/50. But I really couldn’t claim to have known any of those. I had to guess them all.
buffy said:
ABC Sunday quiz25/50. But I really couldn’t claim to have known any of those. I had to guess them all.
Some educated guesses, a few I knew. Missed the Tom one and Q8
Showers today, top of 24. No real plans but I have to pick up Mini Me from her friend’s place at some point, and I think Mr Mutant wants to go to Bunnings. And the cat just threw up.
buffy said:
ABC Sunday quiz25/50. But I really couldn’t claim to have known any of those. I had to guess them all.
Yay, I’m an even better guesser than buffy.
30/50
The Rev Dodgson said:
buffy said:
ABC Sunday quiz25/50. But I really couldn’t claim to have known any of those. I had to guess them all.
Yay, I’m an even better guesser than buffy.
30/50
Oops, blank post there.
Anyway, those questions are, indeed, trivial.
Even if i’d heard of any of the matters raised in them, i wouldn’t have bothered to retain the knowledge.
captain_spalding said:
Oops, blank post there.Anyway, those questions are, indeed, trivial.
Even if i’d heard of any of the matters raised in them, i wouldn’t have bothered to retain the knowledge.
There’s a reason my mum calls me the Queen of Useless Trivia.
Divine Angel said:
captain_spalding said:
Oops, blank post there.
Anyway, those questions are, indeed, trivial.
Even if i’d heard of any of the matters raised in them, i wouldn’t have bothered to retain the knowledge.
There’s a reason my mum calls me the Queen of Useless Trivia.
Queensland University of Technology
kii said:
Doing some detective work. I was checking an old email from my younger brother about some papers that I inherited from our father. There was an old QLD driving license dated April1955 with a Brisbane address on it.I know that he met our mother when he inquired about a room at a boarding house in Brisbane. Mum’s mother and stepfather were running the place, and she was staying there as she had left her husband – she had 2 toddlers and was heavily pregnant. That baby was born in June 1955.
The place is still listed as a boarding house. Current real estate photos show stairs at the front, side and back of the house. Mum always mentioned the stairs when she talked about living there. Apparently she answered the door and found a gorgeous man wanting a room.
It’s nice to be able to track some things down.
Huh!
:)
Morning Pilgrims.
Good turnout at mass this morning.
And at Churchill Downs Sovereignty won the Kentucky Derby.
Over.
Michael V said:
kii said:
Doing some detective work. I was checking an old email from my younger brother about some papers that I inherited from our father. There was an old QLD driving license dated April1955 with a Brisbane address on it.I know that he met our mother when he inquired about a room at a boarding house in Brisbane. Mum’s mother and stepfather were running the place, and she was staying there as she had left her husband – she had 2 toddlers and was heavily pregnant. That baby was born in June 1955.
The place is still listed as a boarding house. Current real estate photos show stairs at the front, side and back of the house. Mum always mentioned the stairs when she talked about living there. Apparently she answered the door and found a gorgeous man wanting a room.
It’s nice to be able to track some things down.
Huh!
:)
It’s a really mind-blowing adventure delving into his papers, and being able to link up certain things via the internet.
kii said:
Michael V said:
kii said:
Doing some detective work. I was checking an old email from my younger brother about some papers that I inherited from our father. There was an old QLD driving license dated April1955 with a Brisbane address on it.I know that he met our mother when he inquired about a room at a boarding house in Brisbane. Mum’s mother and stepfather were running the place, and she was staying there as she had left her husband – she had 2 toddlers and was heavily pregnant. That baby was born in June 1955.
The place is still listed as a boarding house. Current real estate photos show stairs at the front, side and back of the house. Mum always mentioned the stairs when she talked about living there. Apparently she answered the door and found a gorgeous man wanting a room.
It’s nice to be able to track some things down.
Huh!
:)
It’s a really mind-blowing adventure delving into his papers, and being able to link up certain things via the internet.
It would be great to have such a good history to delve into.
Um…I think there was a small earthquake. Local dogs were yipping, then I felt a strange wobble in my back.
kii said:
Um…I think there was a small earthquake. Local dogs were yipping, then I felt a strange wobble in my back.
Fun!
:)
There is one shown in Texas:
Michael V said:
kii said:
Um…I think there was a small earthquake. Local dogs were yipping, then I felt a strange wobble in my back.
Fun!
:)
There is one shown in Texas:
Cool, thanks. The UTC thing…my brain can’t make sense of that.
Michael V said:
kii said:
Um…I think there was a small earthquake. Local dogs were yipping, then I felt a strange wobble in my back.
Fun!
:)
There is one shown in Texas:
On that map: 
This is Night in the Yoshiwara by Hokusai’s daughter, Katsushika Ōi. Hokusai
is famous for the Great Wave, but did you know that his child was also a great artist?
This was rare for a female in the days of Old Edo. This scene shows the brothel
district and courtesans behind a grille.
Bogsnorkler said:
This is Night in the Yoshiwara by Hokusai’s daughter, Katsushika Ōi. Hokusai
is famous for the Great Wave, but did you know that his child was also a great artist?
This was rare for a female in the days of Old Edo. This scene shows the brothel
district and courtesans behind a grille.
I like.
kii said:
Michael V said:
kii said:
Um…I think there was a small earthquake. Local dogs were yipping, then I felt a strange wobble in my back.
Fun!
:)
There is one shown in Texas:
Cool, thanks. The UTC thing…my brain can’t make sense of that.
Figured it out. I really shouldn’t try to read things in the dark while I watch TV
On women in the workforce. Women and Horology
Went to Costco for eggs, ended up with a jar of taco seasoning and a jar of chicken salt as well. Bunnings to get fertiliser, and make up our snags deficiency from missing out on democracy sausages yesterday. Also picked up child from sleepover.
kii said:
Michael V said:
kii said:
Um…I think there was a small earthquake. Local dogs were yipping, then I felt a strange wobble in my back.
Fun!
:)
There is one shown in Texas:
Cool, thanks. The UTC thing…my brain can’t make sense of that.
I can for here, but for you? Too much concentration necessary…
UTC is effectively Greenwich Mean Time.
Saw this in Costco, I didn’t know mustard oil was a thing.
outside windy’n dusty
I wets down
so me breathes easy
been no fun
p2 mask’s necessary
‘re not done
the butcherbird noisy
lots of talkin’
insects be plenty ‘em
finds excitin’
best go back to jobsy
few not one
more to do’n out farm
Divine Angel said:
Saw this in Costco, I didn’t know mustard oil was a thing.
It’s a flavouring oil, like sesame oil. A small amount goes a long way. It’ll give you a hint of India. I use it on some simple soups. About one eighth of a teaspoon per bowl of soup.
I got up too early (6.00am), mowed rough ground, washed sheets, hung them out, brought them in, washed a blanket, hung that out. I have decided a siesta is in order.
Thunder, smell of rain, 81% chance of 🌧
kii said:
Thunder, smell of rain, 81% chance of 🌧
Nice. Love that smell.
:)
Michael V said:
kii said:
Thunder, smell of rain, 81% chance of 🌧
Nice. Love that smell.
:)
The desert smells are different. It’s the mesquite, and another plant that I can’t remember right now.
kii said:
Michael V said:
kii said:
Thunder, smell of rain, 81% chance of 🌧
Nice. Love that smell.
:)
The desert smells are different. It’s the mesquite, and another plant that I can’t remember right now.
Creosote bush.
Divine Angel said:
Saw this in Costco, I didn’t know mustard oil was a thing.
Golly they grow a lot of it at or near Young NSW. Have been gottling it for decades.
Michael V said:
kii said:
Thunder, smell of rain, 81% chance of 🌧
Nice. Love that smell.
:)
A bit of petrichlor alongside the herbal aromatic oils that permeate the air.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-04/think-you-re-a-trivia-guru-prove-it/105234294
25/50 in the hard quiz
dv said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-04/think-you-re-a-trivia-guru-prove-it/10523429425/50 in the hard quiz
Slightly better I got 30/50.
dv said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-04/think-you-re-a-trivia-guru-prove-it/10523429425/50 in the hard quiz
35 including 3 lucky guesses.
A more recent aftershock in NM. 
dv said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-04/think-you-re-a-trivia-guru-prove-it/10523429425/50 in the hard quiz
The same.
dv said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-04/think-you-re-a-trivia-guru-prove-it/10523429425/50 in the hard quiz
6/10 mostly educated guesses.
Over.
dry as a chip what stumpy would say from jamestown
dusty fucken hellhole, the end times
what’s with these little flies, sent to torture me, the work of the devil
transition said:
dry as a chip what stumpy would say from jamestowndusty fucken hellhole, the end times
what’s with these little flies, sent to torture me, the work of the devil
Nothing but dust and flies.
We’ll all be rooned said Hanrahan.
transition said:
dry as a chip what stumpy would say from jamestowndusty fucken hellhole, the end times
what’s with these little flies, sent to torture me, the work of the devil
Tamb said:
transition said:
dry as a chip what stumpy would say from jamestowndusty fucken hellhole, the end times
what’s with these little flies, sent to torture me, the work of the devil
I have to wear wraparound safety glasses to keep the little beasties from getting in my eyes.
what about those ones that go in ya ear and you’re not sure if it came out
Tamb said:
transition said:
dry as a chip what stumpy would say from jamestowndusty fucken hellhole, the end times
what’s with these little flies, sent to torture me, the work of the devil
I have to wear wraparound safety glasses to keep the little beasties from getting in my eyes.
Me too.
transition said:
Tamb said:
transition said:
dry as a chip what stumpy would say from jamestowndusty fucken hellhole, the end times
what’s with these little flies, sent to torture me, the work of the devil
I have to wear wraparound safety glasses to keep the little beasties from getting in my eyes.what about those ones that go in ya ear and you’re not sure if it came out
Don’t get them anymore now the ears are plugged.
I’ve been chemtrailed. I knew no good would come from doing that ABC political questionaire.
kii said:
Michael V said:
kii said:
Thunder, smell of rain, 81% chance of 🌧
Nice. Love that smell.
:)
The desert smells are different. It’s the mesquite, and another plant that I can’t remember right now.
I’ve never smelt mesquite, nor a wet US desert.
Just Australian petrichor and geosmin. And wet Australian deserts.
Is Mesquite smell reminiscent of anything else?
could be gunna explode
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uturuncu
“Uturuncu is a dormant volcano in the Sur Lípez Province of Bolivia. It is 6,008 metres (19,711 ft) high, has two summit peaks, and consists of a complex of lava domes and lava flows with a total volume estimated to be 50–85 km3. It bears traces of a former glaciation, even though it does not currently carry glaciers. Volcanic activity took place during the Pleistocene epoch and the last eruption was 250,000 years ago; since then Uturuncu has not erupted but active fumaroles occur in the summit region, between the two summits.”
kii said:
kii said:
Michael V said:Nice. Love that smell.
:)
The desert smells are different. It’s the mesquite, and another plant that I can’t remember right now.
Creosote bush.
Ah ta.
transition said:
Tamb said:
transition said:
dry as a chip what stumpy would say from jamestowndusty fucken hellhole, the end times
what’s with these little flies, sent to torture me, the work of the devil
I have to wear wraparound safety glasses to keep the little beasties from getting in my eyes.what about those ones that go in ya ear and you’re not sure if it came out
roughbarked said:
I’ve been chemtrailed. I knew no good would come from doing that ABC political questionaire.
Tamb said:
roughbarked said:
I’ve been chemtrailed. I knew no good would come from doing that ABC political questionaire.
Ooh look. They’re playing noughts & crosses.
The planes to Adelaide Mebourne and Perth. Darwin Brisbane Sydney, All crossover here.
roughbarked said:
I’ve been chemtrailed. I knew no good would come from doing that ABC political questionaire.
It’s OK. Nearly at the end. RFK Jr’s getting rid of them.
Or perhaps that’s only in his country. Perhaps he intends to make them more mind-numbing in our country.
Bugger. Which is it?
Michael V said:
roughbarked said:
I’ve been chemtrailed. I knew no good would come from doing that ABC political questionaire.
It’s OK. Nearly at the end. RFK Jr’s getting rid of them.
Or perhaps that’s only in his country. Perhaps he intends to make them more mind-numbing in our country.
Bugger. Which is it?
Doubt that RFK jnr., knows who or where I am exists at all.
Bit chilly outside, surprised Mini Me hasn’t asked for fire pit. Not that we have any wood, mind you.
Divine Angel said:
Bit chilly outside, surprised Mini Me hasn’t asked for fire pit. Not that we have any wood, mind you.
I picked up three hardwood logs from the pony club rubbish heap while on the Wolf’s walk.
Chainsaw tomorrow.
roughbarked said:
Michael V said:
roughbarked said:
I’ve been chemtrailed. I knew no good would come from doing that ABC political questionaire.
It’s OK. Nearly at the end. RFK Jr’s getting rid of them.
Or perhaps that’s only in his country. Perhaps he intends to make them more mind-numbing in our country.
Bugger. Which is it?
Doubt that RFK jnr., knows who or where I am exists at all.
spreading aluminum powder to give you dementia so big pharma can sell you a vaccine for dementia, all part of the worldist plan to destroy the earth and force migration and colonization of other planets, starting with mars, it all starts with a reverse terraforming of earth, is how you are initiated, all being run by a clandestine black ops operation out of the world health organization, the deep antistate, a cabal of artificial intelligence that hides in the noise of modern communications, well into the noise, below the noise threshold, totally undetectable
transition said:
roughbarked said:
Michael V said:It’s OK. Nearly at the end. RFK Jr’s getting rid of them.
Or perhaps that’s only in his country. Perhaps he intends to make them more mind-numbing in our country.
Bugger. Which is it?
Doubt that RFK jnr., knows who or where I am exists at all.
spreading aluminum powder to give you dementia so big pharma can sell you a vaccine for dementia, all part of the worldist plan to destroy the earth and force migration and colonization of other planets, starting with mars, it all starts with a reverse terraforming of earth, is how you are initiated, all being run by a clandestine black ops operation out of the world health organization, the deep antistate, a cabal of artificial intelligence that hides in the noise of modern communications, well into the noise, below the noise threshold, totally undetectable
It’s a broad church.
Did a tip run this arvo. FMD there is a lot of packaging in flat pack(not Ikea) furniture these days.
Partypants posted that I would be amazed that so much shit could even be packed into the boxes, let alone the actual furniture, and yes I was. Tick.
The packaging from two beds, one “highboy”(drawers), and a chest freezer filled a 8 × 4 trailer, and there is still one to go.
Oh, I just discovered why it’s called a chest freezer. Each time I reach into it, it freezes my chest.
To help me deal with my current ADHD-fueled anxiety I have ordered some fidget spinners etc.
We’ll see what happens.
If Wes Anderson made a film about ADHD.
LOLOLOL….
Yet another public holiday in Qld today, Labour Day. Although Labor Day was Saturday, amiright?
Top of 25 with a few morning showers.
kii said:
To help me deal with my current ADHD-fueled anxiety I have ordered some fidget spinners etc.
We’ll see what happens.
I have an emotional support crocheted avocado for days like that. He holds a little sign saying “You’ve totally guac this!” The sensory input from running my fingers over the crochet stitches works better than fidgeting for me.
Divine Angel said:
kii said:
To help me deal with my current ADHD-fueled anxiety I have ordered some fidget spinners etc.
We’ll see what happens.
I have an emotional support crocheted avocado for days like that. He holds a little sign saying “You’ve totally guac this!” The sensory input from running my fingers over the crochet stitches works better than fidgeting for me.
Those words would irritate me.
I’m getting two of these for textural input. Easy to wash.
Plus two different fidget spinners.
Good morning Holidayers. Presently 13 degrees at the back door and there is light on the Eastern horizon. It’s gusty…into the 40s/50s for about 24 hours now. We are still in fire danger period.
Dental checkup at 9.00am, then I haven’t decided what else is on today after that.
Flashback: “that’s not how you make porridge!”
https://youtu.be/WADdeYZYmrE?si=PxRBiMClvZnaw-Mf
Maybe Boris shouldn’t look at this.
https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/05/02/multimedia/00xp-tomb-jpcv/00xp-tomb-jpcv-superJumbo.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp
Arts said:
Maybe Boris shouldn’t look at this.https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/05/02/multimedia/00xp-tomb-jpcv/00xp-tomb-jpcv-superJumbo.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp
Arts said:
Arts said:
Maybe Boris shouldn’t look at this.https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/05/02/multimedia/00xp-tomb-jpcv/00xp-tomb-jpcv-superJumbo.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp
I did look but at what i haven’t the foggiest.
Bogsnorkler said:
Arts said:
Arts said:
Maybe Boris shouldn’t look at this.https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/05/02/multimedia/00xp-tomb-jpcv/00xp-tomb-jpcv-superJumbo.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp
I did look but at what i haven’t the foggiest.
The box they buried Pope Francis in?
roughbarked said:
Bogsnorkler said:
Arts said:
I did look but at what i haven’t the foggiest.
The box they buried Pope Francis in?
he must have lost a lot of weight to fit in that thin a box, or did the squish him up?
any way, off to bunbury to get my dressing changed. hope i get the blue light and the ointment from the tube and not the green gel on the gauze.
Bogsnorkler said:
any way, off to bunbury to get my dressing changed. hope i get the blue light and the ointment from the tube and not the green gel on the gauze.
Make sure you don’t get the Caesar dressing.
Divine Angel said:
Bogsnorkler said:
any way, off to bunbury to get my dressing changed. hope i get the blue light and the ointment from the tube and not the green gel on the gauze.
Make sure you don’t get the Caesar dressing.
Tamb said:
Divine Angel said:
Bogsnorkler said:
any way, off to bunbury to get my dressing changed. hope i get the blue light and the ointment from the tube and not the green gel on the gauze.
Make sure you don’t get the Caesar dressing.
Would that be a toga?
Applied with knives
Any word on what’s wrong with your lungs, DA?
Morning Pilgrims, it’s a rainy day in old Brisbane town.
Over.
Peak Warming Man said:
Morning Pilgrims, it’s a rainy day in old Brisbane town.
Over.
btm said:
Any word on what’s wrong with your lungs, DA?
Nope. Went for a 15 minute walk in the rain this morning, they were fine. Didn’t need Ventolin at all.
This part is called Elf Forest, because the walk behind me is called Fairy Way.
Divine Angel said:
btm said:
Any word on what’s wrong with your lungs, DA?
Nope. Went for a 15 minute walk in the rain this morning, they were fine. Didn’t need Ventolin at all.
This part is called Elf Forest, because the walk behind me is called Fairy Way.
Elfs are made up.
I’ve never seen elves there, plenty of kangaroos though.
Divine Angel said:
btm said:
Any word on what’s wrong with your lungs, DA?
Nope. Went for a 15 minute walk in the rain this morning, they were fine. Didn’t need Ventolin at all.
This part is called Elf Forest, because the walk behind me is called Fairy Way.
Looks like country gnomes and orcs would stay away from.
Peak Warming Man said:
Divine Angel said:
btm said:
Any word on what’s wrong with your lungs, DA?
Nope. Went for a 15 minute walk in the rain this morning, they were fine. Didn’t need Ventolin at all.
This part is called Elf Forest, because the walk behind me is called Fairy Way.
Elfs are made up.
Mary Quant style?
Divine Angel said:
I’ve never seen elves there, plenty of kangaroos though.
At least they have pointy ears. ;)
Damn, I missed out on saying May the 4th be with you by that much.
Peak Warming Man said:
Damn, I missed out on saying May the 4th be with you by that much.
Today reminds me of the Dave Clak Five for reasons unfathomable.
Peak Warming Man said:
Damn, I missed out on saying May the 4th be with you by that much.
I’m still experiencing May the 4th.
Peak Warming Man said:
Damn, I missed out on saying May the 4th be with you by that much.
And also with you.
Greetings
Peak Warming Man said:
Damn, I missed out on saying May the 4th be with you by that much.
Today’s revenge of the fifth
Divine Angel said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Damn, I missed out on saying May the 4th be with you by that much.
Today’s revenge of the fifth
Yeah. Got the washing out, only for it to be rained on half an hour later. Nothing obvious on the radar when the washing was started.
Bogsnorkler said:
Arts said:
Arts said:
Maybe Boris shouldn’t look at this.https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/05/02/multimedia/00xp-tomb-jpcv/00xp-tomb-jpcv-superJumbo.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp
I did look but at what i haven’t the foggiest.
the kerning sends typography types into a spin…
Divine Angel said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Damn, I missed out on saying May the 4th be with you by that much.
Today’s revenge of the fifth
Arts said:
Bogsnorkler said:
Arts said:
I did look but at what i haven’t the foggiest.
the kerning sends typography types into a spin…
Trump and his Jr want to reopen Alcatraz to house illegal immigrants
you know, because it makes perfect sense… it’s only being used for tourism, which should be in the downslide anyway, and who needs modern facilities for people to be detained no-one, that’s who…
Tamb said:
Divine Angel said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Damn, I missed out on saying May the 4th be with you by that much.
Today’s revenge of the fifth
And the firth of forth
I somehow missed that there was now a third fifth of fourth bridge:
https://www.theforthbridges.org/about-the-forth-bridges/queensferry-crossing/
The Rev Dodgson said:
Tamb said:
Divine Angel said:Today’s revenge of the fifth
And the firth of forthI somehow missed that there was now a third fifth of fourth bridge:
https://www.theforthbridges.org/about-the-forth-bridges/queensferry-crossing/
Nowhere near as iconic as the Nessie lookalike.
Tamb said:
Divine Angel said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Damn, I missed out on saying May the 4th be with you by that much.
Today’s revenge of the fifth
And the firth of forth
The red bridge is an astonshing bit of engineering, when you consider that, in the time that it was built, your land transport options in Scotland were (1) railway train, (2) horse and cart.
kii said:
Arts said:
Bogsnorkler said:I did look but at what i haven’t the foggiest.
the kerning sends typography types into a spin…
LOLOL….he missed the obvious. Such a wanker.
I want to know…Francisc vs. who?
they are telling us that all 15 jurors have returned… lol who would want to miss this? I can understand if someone got sick, but wow.. it makes me wonder what the normal attrition rate is for jurors once a trial has started. (I know about illness or family issues)
I dont know why they insist on telling us what each person is wearing… seems like a bring detail to me… anyway, EP’s family is in today.
I heard that the cafes and restaurants in town are doing a great trade.. some even feature mushroom dishes (not beef wellington) but things like mushroom toasties and steak and mushroom pie.
no fear these country types….
Arts said:
they are telling us that all 15 jurors have returned… lol who would want to miss this? I can understand if someone got sick, but wow.. it makes me wonder what the normal attrition rate is for jurors once a trial has started. (I know about illness or family issues)I dont know why they insist on telling us what each person is wearing… seems like a bring detail to me… anyway, EP’s family is in today.
I heard that the cafes and restaurants in town are doing a great trade.. some even feature mushroom dishes (not beef wellington) but things like mushroom toasties and steak and mushroom pie.
no fear these country types….
It’s like the Japanese with fugu fish.
The dish itself is not all that exceptional, it’s the frisson of danger that’s associated with it.
Arts said:
they are telling us that all 15 jurors have returned… lol who would want to miss this? I can understand if someone got sick, but wow.. it makes me wonder what the normal attrition rate is for jurors once a trial has started. (I know about illness or family issues)I dont know why they insist on telling us what each person is wearing… seems like a bring detail to me… anyway, EP’s family is in today.
I heard that the cafes and restaurants in town are doing a great trade.. some even feature mushroom dishes (not beef wellington) but things like mushroom toasties and steak and mushroom pie.
no fear these country types….
Arts – bringing you the important details…food more important than clothes!
captain_spalding said:
Arts said:
they are telling us that all 15 jurors have returned… lol who would want to miss this? I can understand if someone got sick, but wow.. it makes me wonder what the normal attrition rate is for jurors once a trial has started. (I know about illness or family issues)I dont know why they insist on telling us what each person is wearing… seems like a bring detail to me… anyway, EP’s family is in today.
I heard that the cafes and restaurants in town are doing a great trade.. some even feature mushroom dishes (not beef wellington) but things like mushroom toasties and steak and mushroom pie.
no fear these country types….
It’s like the Japanese with fugu fish.
The dish itself is not all that exceptional, it’s the frisson of danger that’s associated with it.
Oooh, Captain said frisson.
buffy said:
Arts said:
they are telling us that all 15 jurors have returned… lol who would want to miss this? I can understand if someone got sick, but wow.. it makes me wonder what the normal attrition rate is for jurors once a trial has started. (I know about illness or family issues)I dont know why they insist on telling us what each person is wearing… seems like a bring detail to me… anyway, EP’s family is in today.
I heard that the cafes and restaurants in town are doing a great trade.. some even feature mushroom dishes (not beef wellington) but things like mushroom toasties and steak and mushroom pie.
no fear these country types….
Arts – bringing you the important details…food more important than clothes!
yes, obviously… :)
Hey DA, there will be a hundred books written on this.. wanna write a book with me? make it 101?
Mrs S says that she wants to go on a cruise from Singapore to Hong Kong.
Well, i’ll go back to South East Asia, but i’d bet the answer sure ain’t there.
captain_spalding said:
Mrs S says that she wants to go on a cruise from Singapore to Hong Kong.Well, i’ll go back to South East Asia, but i’d bet the answer sure ain’t there.
hit the word ‘check’ harder and change cruise to flight and it’ll land better…
Peak Warming Man said:
captain_spalding said:
Arts said:
they are telling us that all 15 jurors have returned… lol who would want to miss this? I can understand if someone got sick, but wow.. it makes me wonder what the normal attrition rate is for jurors once a trial has started. (I know about illness or family issues)I dont know why they insist on telling us what each person is wearing… seems like a bring detail to me… anyway, EP’s family is in today.
I heard that the cafes and restaurants in town are doing a great trade.. some even feature mushroom dishes (not beef wellington) but things like mushroom toasties and steak and mushroom pie.
no fear these country types….
It’s like the Japanese with fugu fish.
The dish itself is not all that exceptional, it’s the frisson of danger that’s associated with it.
Oooh, Captain said frisson.
Arts said:
buffy said:
Arts said:
they are telling us that all 15 jurors have returned… lol who would want to miss this? I can understand if someone got sick, but wow.. it makes me wonder what the normal attrition rate is for jurors once a trial has started. (I know about illness or family issues)I dont know why they insist on telling us what each person is wearing… seems like a bring detail to me… anyway, EP’s family is in today.
I heard that the cafes and restaurants in town are doing a great trade.. some even feature mushroom dishes (not beef wellington) but things like mushroom toasties and steak and mushroom pie.
no fear these country types….
Arts – bringing you the important details…food more important than clothes!
yes, obviously… :)
Hey DA, there will be a hundred books written on this.. wanna write a book with me? make it 101?
Last night I watched a movie called The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer, so sure.
Peak Warming Man said:
captain_spalding said:
Arts said:
they are telling us that all 15 jurors have returned… lol who would want to miss this? I can understand if someone got sick, but wow.. it makes me wonder what the normal attrition rate is for jurors once a trial has started. (I know about illness or family issues)I dont know why they insist on telling us what each person is wearing… seems like a bring detail to me… anyway, EP’s family is in today.
I heard that the cafes and restaurants in town are doing a great trade.. some even feature mushroom dishes (not beef wellington) but things like mushroom toasties and steak and mushroom pie.
no fear these country types….
It’s like the Japanese with fugu fish.
The dish itself is not all that exceptional, it’s the frisson of danger that’s associated with it.
Oooh, Captain said frisson.
Removing the Taipan gave me a years supply of frissons.
Arts said:
buffy said:
Arts said:
they are telling us that all 15 jurors have returned… lol who would want to miss this? I can understand if someone got sick, but wow.. it makes me wonder what the normal attrition rate is for jurors once a trial has started. (I know about illness or family issues)I dont know why they insist on telling us what each person is wearing… seems like a bring detail to me… anyway, EP’s family is in today.
I heard that the cafes and restaurants in town are doing a great trade.. some even feature mushroom dishes (not beef wellington) but things like mushroom toasties and steak and mushroom pie.
no fear these country types….
Arts – bringing you the important details…food more important than clothes!
yes, obviously… :)
Hey DA, there will be a hundred books written on this.. wanna write a book with me? make it 101?
I think you two need to watch The Man Who Died. We had just finished watching it when the Paterson story broke.
Tamb said:
Peak Warming Man said:
captain_spalding said:It’s like the Japanese with fugu fish.
The dish itself is not all that exceptional, it’s the frisson of danger that’s associated with it.
Oooh, Captain said frisson.
Removing the Taipan gave me a years supply of frissons.
That’ll do it.
Peak Warming Man said:
Tamb said:
Peak Warming Man said:Oooh, Captain said frisson.
Removing the Taipan gave me a years supply of frissons.
That’ll do it.
.410 shotgun. All over and done with, just like that, minimal collateral damage.
captain_spalding said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Tamb said:Removing the Taipan gave me a years supply of frissons.
That’ll do it.
.410 shotgun. All over and done with, just like that, minimal collateral damage.
Too much gun.
Peak Warming Man said:
captain_spalding said:
Peak Warming Man said:That’ll do it.
.410 shotgun. All over and done with, just like that, minimal collateral damage.
Too much gun.
Close-range accuracy with a .22 rifle is harder than most people imagine, and comparatively few have access to pistols in that minimal calibre.
buffy said:
Arts said:
buffy said:Arts – bringing you the important details…food more important than clothes!
yes, obviously… :)
Hey DA, there will be a hundred books written on this.. wanna write a book with me? make it 101?
I think you two need to watch The Man Who Died. We had just finished watching it when the Paterson story broke.
*adds to list
captain_spalding said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Tamb said:Removing the Taipan gave me a years supply of frissons.
That’ll do it.
.410 shotgun. All over and done with, just like that, minimal collateral damage.
Tamb said:
captain_spalding said:
Peak Warming Man said:That’ll do it.
.410 shotgun. All over and done with, just like that, minimal collateral damage.
I didn’t want to harm it.
Differing tactical viewpoints.
captain_spalding said:
Tamb said:
captain_spalding said:.410 shotgun. All over and done with, just like that, minimal collateral damage.
I didn’t want to harm it.Differing tactical viewpoints.
Divine Angel said:
Arts said:
buffy said:Arts – bringing you the important details…food more important than clothes!
yes, obviously… :)
Hey DA, there will be a hundred books written on this.. wanna write a book with me? make it 101?
Last night I watched a movie called The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer, so sure.
perfect… if found guilty EP will be a family annihilator or mass murderer… so brush up
Tamb said:
captain_spalding said:
Tamb said:I didn’t want to harm it.
Differing tactical viewpoints.
Lots of plastic water pipes & electrical stuff under the deck with Mr snake coiled through it.
>This is a stock image. It was too difficult to get an image of hers.
Arts said:
buffy said:
Arts said:
they are telling us that all 15 jurors have returned… lol who would want to miss this? I can understand if someone got sick, but wow.. it makes me wonder what the normal attrition rate is for jurors once a trial has started. (I know about illness or family issues)I dont know why they insist on telling us what each person is wearing… seems like a bring detail to me… anyway, EP’s family is in today.
I heard that the cafes and restaurants in town are doing a great trade.. some even feature mushroom dishes (not beef wellington) but things like mushroom toasties and steak and mushroom pie.
no fear these country types….
Arts – bringing you the important details…food more important than clothes!
yes, obviously… :)
Hey DA, there will be a hundred books written on this.. wanna write a book with me? make it 101?
Are you ever going to let me know which of my family anecdotes, about one of my sisters iirc, you used in a book you wrote?
kii said:
Arts said:
buffy said:Arts – bringing you the important details…food more important than clothes!
yes, obviously… :)
Hey DA, there will be a hundred books written on this.. wanna write a book with me? make it 101?
Are you ever going to let me know which of my family anecdotes, about one of my sisters iirc, you used in a book you wrote?
me? never happened
Arts said:
Bogsnorkler said:
Arts said:
I did look but at what i haven’t the foggiest.
the kerning sends typography types into a spin…
I see now. What can you expect from chiselers?
Arts said:
kii said:
Arts said:yes, obviously… :)
Hey DA, there will be a hundred books written on this.. wanna write a book with me? make it 101?
Are you ever going to let me know which of my family anecdotes, about one of my sisters iirc, you used in a book you wrote?
me? never happened
That would be directed to DA. She used some of my family information in the book too.
Tamb said:
Tamb said:
captain_spalding said:Differing tactical viewpoints.
Lots of plastic water pipes & electrical stuff under the deck with Mr snake coiled through it.
Very sad today.
A Grevillia which mz Tamb planted bloomed today.
>This is a stock image. It was too difficult to get an image of hers.
Oh.
:(
kii said:
Arts said:
buffy said:Arts – bringing you the important details…food more important than clothes!
yes, obviously… :)
Hey DA, there will be a hundred books written on this.. wanna write a book with me? make it 101?
Are you ever going to let me know which of my family anecdotes, about one of my sisters iirc, you used in a book you wrote?
No, because I haven’t the slightest idea what I might have written where.
buffy said:
Arts said:
kii said:Are you ever going to let me know which of my family anecdotes, about one of my sisters iirc, you used in a book you wrote?
me? never happened
That would be directed to DA. She used some of my family information in the book too.
K was definitely inspiration. I’d always thought it was an interesting thought process, but when I was actually writing it I had a very young child so the decision was unfathomable.
Pretty much all anecdotes I hear end up lost in the forgotten memories part of my brain. Not that I’ve written anything for a while, certainly nothing worth publishing.
Divine Angel said:
kii said:
Arts said:yes, obviously… :)
Hey DA, there will be a hundred books written on this.. wanna write a book with me? make it 101?
Are you ever going to let me know which of my family anecdotes, about one of my sisters iirc, you used in a book you wrote?
No, because I haven’t the slightest idea what I might have written where.
The question was directed at Arts.
Arts said:
kii said:
Arts said:yes, obviously… :)
Hey DA, there will be a hundred books written on this.. wanna write a book with me? make it 101?
Are you ever going to let me know which of my family anecdotes, about one of my sisters iirc, you used in a book you wrote?
me? never happened
Oh? You’ve hinted at it at least twice over the years, and you tried to dismiss my request the last time I asked by saying that you were joking.
kii said:
Arts said:
kii said:Are you ever going to let me know which of my family anecdotes, about one of my sisters iirc, you used in a book you wrote?
me? never happened
Oh? You’ve hinted at it at least twice over the years, and you tried to dismiss my request the last time I asked by saying that you were joking.
I haven’t written any books… so I really don’t know what you are talking about.. it most certainly wasn’t me.
Arts said:
kii said:
Arts said:me? never happened
Oh? You’ve hinted at it at least twice over the years, and you tried to dismiss my request the last time I asked by saying that you were joking.
I haven’t written any books… so I really don’t know what you are talking about.. it most certainly wasn’t me.
books of fiction
well sounds good we would love to write a book or 20 about the lot of yous if yous just send us your bank account login details and your device passwords and identity documents we’ll happily compile them and
SCIENCE said:
well sounds good we would love to write a book or 20 about the lot of yous if yous just send us your bank account login details and your device passwords and identity documents we’ll happily compile them and
you could title it – the most gullible people on the internet…
SCIENCE said:
well sounds good we would love to write a book or 20 about the lot of yous if yous just send us your bank account login details and your device passwords and identity documents we’ll happily compile them and
I’ll need your email addy for that.
Arts said:
kii said:
Arts said:me? never happened
Oh? You’ve hinted at it at least twice over the years, and you tried to dismiss my request the last time I asked by saying that you were joking.
I haven’t written any books… so I really don’t know what you are talking about.. it most certainly wasn’t me.
A short story, written under a pseudonym.
If you were joking about it, then that was in very bad taste.
kii said:
Arts said:
kii said:
Oh? You’ve hinted at it at least twice over the years, and you tried to dismiss my request the last time I asked by saying that you were joking.
I haven’t written any books… so I really don’t know what you are talking about.. it most certainly wasn’t me.
A short story, written under a pseudonym.
If you were joking about it, then that was in very bad taste.
Only Some Of Us Are Allowed To Joke
ABC News:
Drowned?
Someone he ate disagreed with him?
Where is Arts’ opinion piece on the Mushroom Trial for today?
buffy said:
Where is Arts’ opinion piece on the Mushroom Trial for today?
she’s keeping us in the dark…
Bogsnorkler said:
buffy said:
Where is Arts’ opinion piece on the Mushroom Trial for today?
she’s keeping us in the dark…
Should keep it all in one Mushroom Trial thread.
Spocky & I went to have a walk around the local dam. We were talking to an elderly lady that had a couple of dogs and after a couple of minutes her husband showed up in another car.
Got out and had a MAGA hat on.
About ten seconds later I said to Spocky that we “had a roast in the oven so we’d best get going.” She knew what I meant so we buggered off in the car.
Shakes head why do some people think it’s a good idea to advertise they are morons?
buffy said:
Where is Arts’ opinion piece on the Mushroom Trial for today?
oh sorry I got distracted with work..
today we saw the end of SP cross examination which really just revolved around the messages to the group chat. He was upset that EP had included some comments in the family chat rather than just to him – saying that he didn’t want his mum to be upset.. or that EP was deliberately provoking some tension or stress for his mum.
Then three facebook friends were called as witnesses. All had met on a Keli Lane true crime facebook page but they splintered off to another private chat page where they talked about life and stuff.
Lots of recipes were discussed too.. which is not unlike this forum. They talked about beef wellingtons and EP was excited to tell them that she purchased a food dehydrator and would dehydrate mushrooms and put them into the cooking she did for her kids including some brownies – she was delighted that her kids didn’t seem to know that they were eating mushrooms.
A couple of them seemed to focus on the food aspect while one talked about her relationship issues with SP as EP told it. (so one sided)
I always wonder why people think that private chat rooms are private.. or that privacy settings on your social media actually mean people cant see things…
EP had at least three facebook profiles… Erin Patterson, Erin Erin and Erin Erin Erin so that’s fun.
the courtroom today was apparently not full to the brim… with a few chairs empty.
Arts said:
buffy said:
Where is Arts’ opinion piece on the Mushroom Trial for today?
oh sorry I got distracted with work..
today we saw the end of SP cross examination which really just revolved around the messages to the group chat. He was upset that EP had included some comments in the family chat rather than just to him – saying that he didn’t want his mum to be upset.. or that EP was deliberately provoking some tension or stress for his mum.
Then three facebook friends were called as witnesses. All had met on a Keli Lane true crime facebook page but they splintered off to another private chat page where they talked about life and stuff.
Lots of recipes were discussed too.. which is not unlike this forum. They talked about beef wellingtons and EP was excited to tell them that she purchased a food dehydrator and would dehydrate mushrooms and put them into the cooking she did for her kids including some brownies – she was delighted that her kids didn’t seem to know that they were eating mushrooms.
A couple of them seemed to focus on the food aspect while one talked about her relationship issues with SP as EP told it. (so one sided)I always wonder why people think that private chat rooms are private.. or that privacy settings on your social media actually mean people cant see things…
EP had at least three facebook profiles… Erin Patterson, Erin Erin and Erin Erin Erin so that’s fun.
the courtroom today was apparently not full to the brim… with a few chairs empty.
the bombshell moment in courts was when SP said that he never accused EP of poisoning his parents using the food dehydrator (as was widely reported in all papers) the courtroom was silent after that.
don’t know wtf is going on these days, first the dirty communists win the election, now there’s chemtrails everywhere it’s like the end times
Spiny Norman said:
Spocky & I went to have a walk around the local dam. We were talking to an elderly lady that had a couple of dogs and after a couple of minutes her husband showed up in another car.
Got out and had a MAGA hat on.About ten seconds later I said to Spocky that we “had a roast in the oven so we’d best get going.” She knew what I meant so we buggered off in the car.
Shakes head why do some people think it’s a good idea to advertise they are morons?
Dunning Kruger, they aren’t aware they is morons.
Arts said:
buffy said:
Where is Arts’ opinion piece on the Mushroom Trial for today?
oh sorry I got distracted with work..
today we saw the end of SP cross examination which really just revolved around the messages to the group chat. He was upset that EP had included some comments in the family chat rather than just to him – saying that he didn’t want his mum to be upset.. or that EP was deliberately provoking some tension or stress for his mum.
Then three facebook friends were called as witnesses. All had met on a Keli Lane true crime facebook page but they splintered off to another private chat page where they talked about life and stuff.
Lots of recipes were discussed too.. which is not unlike this forum. They talked about beef wellingtons and EP was excited to tell them that she purchased a food dehydrator and would dehydrate mushrooms and put them into the cooking she did for her kids including some brownies – she was delighted that her kids didn’t seem to know that they were eating mushrooms.
A couple of them seemed to focus on the food aspect while one talked about her relationship issues with SP as EP told it. (so one sided)I always wonder why people think that private chat rooms are private.. or that privacy settings on your social media actually mean people cant see things…
EP had at least three facebook profiles… Erin Patterson, Erin Erin and Erin Erin Erin so that’s fun.
the courtroom today was apparently not full to the brim… with a few chairs empty.
Met on a Keli Lane group… I see.
Divine Angel said:
Arts said:
buffy said:
Where is Arts’ opinion piece on the Mushroom Trial for today?
oh sorry I got distracted with work..
today we saw the end of SP cross examination which really just revolved around the messages to the group chat. He was upset that EP had included some comments in the family chat rather than just to him – saying that he didn’t want his mum to be upset.. or that EP was deliberately provoking some tension or stress for his mum.
Then three facebook friends were called as witnesses. All had met on a Keli Lane true crime facebook page but they splintered off to another private chat page where they talked about life and stuff.
Lots of recipes were discussed too.. which is not unlike this forum. They talked about beef wellingtons and EP was excited to tell them that she purchased a food dehydrator and would dehydrate mushrooms and put them into the cooking she did for her kids including some brownies – she was delighted that her kids didn’t seem to know that they were eating mushrooms.
A couple of them seemed to focus on the food aspect while one talked about her relationship issues with SP as EP told it. (so one sided)I always wonder why people think that private chat rooms are private.. or that privacy settings on your social media actually mean people cant see things…
EP had at least three facebook profiles… Erin Patterson, Erin Erin and Erin Erin Erin so that’s fun.
the courtroom today was apparently not full to the brim… with a few chairs empty.
Met on a Keli Lane group… I see.
meh every man and their dog is on a true crime group of some sort… this is not seen as unusual these days…
Divine Angel said:
Spiny Norman said:
Spocky & I went to have a walk around the local dam. We were talking to an elderly lady that had a couple of dogs and after a couple of minutes her husband showed up in another car.
Got out and had a MAGA hat on.About ten seconds later I said to Spocky that we “had a roast in the oven so we’d best get going.” She knew what I meant so we buggered off in the car.
Shakes head why do some people think it’s a good idea to advertise they are morons?
Dunning Kruger, they aren’t aware they is morons.
I ‘fraid to be in America!
Prisoner me in America!
Nobody free in America
held in a cell in America!
Auto-da-fe in America,
Bars of steel in America,
Barbe-wirefence in America,
Very big deal in America!
Immigrants held to America,
Many hells in America;
Nobody knows in America
Export Latinos America!
I leave the shores of America!
Shutting the doors on America!
Locks on the doors in America,
Wall-to-wall flaws in America
captain_spalding said:
Divine Angel said:
Spiny Norman said:
Spocky & I went to have a walk around the local dam. We were talking to an elderly lady that had a couple of dogs and after a couple of minutes her husband showed up in another car.
Got out and had a MAGA hat on.About ten seconds later I said to Spocky that we “had a roast in the oven so we’d best get going.” She knew what I meant so we buggered off in the car.
Shakes head why do some people think it’s a good idea to advertise they are morons?
Dunning Kruger, they aren’t aware they is morons.
I ‘fraid to be in America!
Prisoner me in America!
Nobody free in America
held in a cell in America!Auto-da-fe in America,
Bars of steel in America,
Barbe-wirefence in America,
Very big deal in America!Immigrants held to America,
Many hells in America;
Nobody knows in America
Export Latinos America!I leave the shores of America!
Shutting the doors on America!
Locks on the doors in America,
Wall-to-wall flaws in America
West Side Story…
Arts said:
Divine Angel said:
Arts said:
oh sorry I got distracted with work..
today we saw the end of SP cross examination which really just revolved around the messages to the group chat. He was upset that EP had included some comments in the family chat rather than just to him – saying that he didn’t want his mum to be upset.. or that EP was deliberately provoking some tension or stress for his mum.
Then three facebook friends were called as witnesses. All had met on a Keli Lane true crime facebook page but they splintered off to another private chat page where they talked about life and stuff.
Lots of recipes were discussed too.. which is not unlike this forum. They talked about beef wellingtons and EP was excited to tell them that she purchased a food dehydrator and would dehydrate mushrooms and put them into the cooking she did for her kids including some brownies – she was delighted that her kids didn’t seem to know that they were eating mushrooms.
A couple of them seemed to focus on the food aspect while one talked about her relationship issues with SP as EP told it. (so one sided)I always wonder why people think that private chat rooms are private.. or that privacy settings on your social media actually mean people cant see things…
EP had at least three facebook profiles… Erin Patterson, Erin Erin and Erin Erin Erin so that’s fun.
the courtroom today was apparently not full to the brim… with a few chairs empty.
Met on a Keli Lane group… I see.
meh every man and their dog is on a true crime group of some sort… this is not seen as unusual these days…
… every man and their dog in yousr circle maybe …
today I learned about the other than honourable discharge.. so there are honourable discharges, dishonourable discharges and now this one..
This category is for a variety of reasons, including misconduct or failure to meet military standards, but not as serious as Bad Conduct or Dishonorable.
sheesh
Arts said:
today I learned about the other than honourable discharge.. so there are honourable discharges, dishonourable discharges and now this one..This category is for a variety of reasons, including misconduct or failure to meet military standards, but not as serious as Bad Conduct or Dishonorable.
sheesh
Lenny Bruce joined the US Navy when the US entered WWII; after the war ended he applied to leave but was refused. He read the military regulations and discovered that he could be discharged for not having the right attitude so started wearing women’s clothes at every opportunity. He was discharged under Section 8 (the Klinger character in the M*A*S*H TV show was modelled on him.) It was neither an honourable nor dishonourable discharge. I find it laughable that the Navy could send Bruce to fight in four (or five — no-one’s really sure) invasions, but wearing women’s clothing is inexcusable.
btm said:
Arts said:
today I learned about the other than honourable discharge.. so there are honourable discharges, dishonourable discharges and now this one..This category is for a variety of reasons, including misconduct or failure to meet military standards, but not as serious as Bad Conduct or Dishonorable.
sheesh
Lenny Bruce joined the US Navy when the US entered WWII; after the war ended he applied to leave but was refused. He read the military regulations and discovered that he could be discharged for not having the right attitude so started wearing women’s clothes at every opportunity. He was discharged under Section 8 (the Klinger character in the M*A*S*H TV show was modelled on him.) It was neither an honourable nor dishonourable discharge. I find it laughable that the Navy could send Bruce to fight in four (or five — no-one’s really sure) invasions, but wearing women’s clothing is inexcusable.
Didn’t know that :)
SCIENCE said:
don’t know wtf is going on these days, first the dirty communists win the election, now there’s chemtrails everywhere it’s like the end times
You too?
They’ve spread the stuff all over my sky and are no even raining the stuff down on me.
Damp down your way sarahs mum? Heavy rain and wind here.
Bubblecar said:
Damp down your way sarahs mum? Heavy rain and wind here.
a bit. on and off.
Not looking good for her so far:
‘I’ve been hiding powdered mushrooms in everything’: Erin Patterson’s Facebook messages revealed
Rolling thunder approaching here now.
Bubblecar said:
Not looking good for her so far:‘I’ve been hiding powdered mushrooms in everything’: Erin Patterson’s Facebook messages revealed
She had been giving the kids all sorts of foods with dried and powdered mushroom and they couldn’t tell there was mushrooms in it. The poor dears were her guinea pigs. She was working out how to hide the taste of the mushrooms.
Doing my Coles order for this week.
They have no blackcurrant jam in any shape or form.
Bubblecar said:
Doing my Coles order for this week.They have no blackcurrant jam in any shape or form.
There was probably this conversation at Coles Kings Meadows just a few days ago:
Senior Manager: I have a hunch Bubblecar will be wanting to include blackcurrant jam on his next online order. Make sure we don’t have any in stock. Throw it in the skip, if necessary.
Junior Manager: Righto sir, you can rely on me.
Bubblecar said:
Bubblecar said:
Doing my Coles order for this week.They have no blackcurrant jam in any shape or form.
There was probably this conversation at Coles Kings Meadows just a few days ago:
Senior Manager: I have a hunch Bubblecar will be wanting to include blackcurrant jam on his next online order. Make sure we don’t have any in stock. Throw it in the skip, if necessary.
Junior Manager: Righto sir, you can rely on me.
A quick online search of a couple of my local colesworths stores suggest that blackcurrant jam is out of stock.
roughbarked said:
Bubblecar said:
Not looking good for her so far:‘I’ve been hiding powdered mushrooms in everything’: Erin Patterson’s Facebook messages revealed
She had been giving the kids all sorts of foods with dried and powdered mushroom and they couldn’t tell there was mushrooms in it. The poor dears were her guinea pigs. She was working out how to hide the taste of the mushrooms.
You don’t need to do that in beef Wellington. There’s nothing suspicious about what she said in her Facebook groups. Remember they are cherry picking comments amount a bunch of comments because of the context of the case. We could pick out some individual comments people have said here which could make us all look suspicious.
AussieDJ said:
Bubblecar said:
Bubblecar said:
Doing my Coles order for this week.They have no blackcurrant jam in any shape or form.
There was probably this conversation at Coles Kings Meadows just a few days ago:
Senior Manager: I have a hunch Bubblecar will be wanting to include blackcurrant jam on his next online order. Make sure we don’t have any in stock. Throw it in the skip, if necessary.
Junior Manager: Righto sir, you can rely on me.
A quick online search of a couple of my local colesworths stores suggest that blackcurrant jam is out of stock.
I blame Donald Trump, and he is blaming Joe Biden.
party_pants said:
AussieDJ said:
Bubblecar said:There was probably this conversation at Coles Kings Meadows just a few days ago:
Senior Manager: I have a hunch Bubblecar will be wanting to include blackcurrant jam on his next online order. Make sure we don’t have any in stock. Throw it in the skip, if necessary.
Junior Manager: Righto sir, you can rely on me.
A quick online search of a couple of my local colesworths stores suggest that blackcurrant jam is out of stock.
I blame Donald Trump, and he is blaming Joe Biden.
Apparently the world’s biggest producers of blackcurrants are Russia, Ukraine and Poland, so there might be a shortage.
Bubblecar said:
party_pants said:
AussieDJ said:A quick online search of a couple of my local colesworths stores suggest that blackcurrant jam is out of stock.
I blame Donald Trump, and he is blaming Joe Biden.
Apparently the world’s biggest producers of blackcurrants are Russia, Ukraine and Poland, so there might be a shortage.
I can’t think why…
Arts said:
roughbarked said:
Bubblecar said:
Not looking good for her so far:
‘I’ve been hiding powdered mushrooms in everything’: Erin Patterson’s Facebook messages revealed
She had been giving the kids all sorts of foods with dried and powdered mushroom and they couldn’t tell there was mushrooms in it. The poor dears were her guinea pigs. She was working out how to hide the taste of the mushrooms.
You don’t need to do that in beef Wellington. There’s nothing suspicious about what she said in her Facebook groups. Remember they are cherry picking comments amount a bunch of comments because of the context of the case. We could pick out some individual comments people have said here which could make us all look suspicious.
Fair enough people planning a crime never mix their suspicious activity with a bunch of innocuous activity.
Arts said:
roughbarked said:
Bubblecar said:
Not looking good for her so far:‘I’ve been hiding powdered mushrooms in everything’: Erin Patterson’s Facebook messages revealed
She had been giving the kids all sorts of foods with dried and powdered mushroom and they couldn’t tell there was mushrooms in it. The poor dears were her guinea pigs. She was working out how to hide the taste of the mushrooms.
You don’t need to do that in beef Wellington. There’s nothing suspicious about what she said in her Facebook groups. Remember they are cherry picking comments amount a bunch of comments because of the context of the case. We could pick out some individual comments people have said here which could make us all look suspicious.
OK. I’ve never had Beef Wellington. It sounds a bit like old rubber.
Good morning Holidayers. Presently 11 degrees at the back door and still dark. The wind has dropped, thankfully. We are forecast 20 degrees with showers. Maybe we will actually get 1mm or 2!
Bakery breakfast with Hamilton archery friend this morning and our usual walk around the Botanic Gardens. Other activities to be decided.
roughbarked said:
Arts said:
roughbarked said:She had been giving the kids all sorts of foods with dried and powdered mushroom and they couldn’t tell there was mushrooms in it. The poor dears were her guinea pigs. She was working out how to hide the taste of the mushrooms.
You don’t need to do that in beef Wellington. There’s nothing suspicious about what she said in her Facebook groups. Remember they are cherry picking comments amount a bunch of comments because of the context of the case. We could pick out some individual comments people have said here which could make us all look suspicious.
OK. I’ve never had Beef Wellington. It sounds a bit like old rubber.
Why would you say that?
Top of 25 with morning showers and a sunny afternoon, bit of a breeze.
Another blood test today, dr just wants to check iron, kidney, liver, thyroid etc. Exciting stuff.
Divine Angel said:
Top of 25 with morning showers and a sunny afternoon, bit of a breeze.Another blood test today, dr just wants to check iron, kidney, liver, thyroid etc. Exciting stuff.
Getting a needle stuck in your arm is mildly exciting I suppose.
R/H 86% wind 2 km/h,10 degrees now. Maximum of 27 expected.kii said:
roughbarked said:
Arts said:You don’t need to do that in beef Wellington. There’s nothing suspicious about what she said in her Facebook groups. Remember they are cherry picking comments amount a bunch of comments because of the context of the case. We could pick out some individual comments people have said here which could make us all look suspicious.
OK. I’ve never had Beef Wellington. It sounds a bit like old rubber.
Why would you say that?
Not one of my recipe books has a recipe for beef wellington (even the antique ones or Margaret Fulton or Mrs Beetons), but I presume you would use something like eye fillet. Shouldn’t be tough at all.
buffy said:
kii said:
roughbarked said:OK. I’ve never had Beef Wellington. It sounds a bit like old rubber.
Why would you say that?
Not one of my recipe books has a recipe for beef wellington (even the antique ones or Margaret Fulton or Mrs Beetons), but I presume you would use something like eye fillet. Shouldn’t be tough at all.
It was a joke attached to the wellington boot.
roughbarked said:
Arts said:
roughbarked said:She had been giving the kids all sorts of foods with dried and powdered mushroom and they couldn’t tell there was mushrooms in it. The poor dears were her guinea pigs. She was working out how to hide the taste of the mushrooms.
You don’t need to do that in beef Wellington. There’s nothing suspicious about what she said in her Facebook groups. Remember they are cherry picking comments amount a bunch of comments because of the context of the case. We could pick out some individual comments people have said here which could make us all look suspicious.
OK. I’ve never had Beef Wellington. It sounds a bit like old rubber.
that is what i said about my mum’s attempt. which of course was untrue as mum never made it.
There was a young lass from Madras
Who had a most wonderful ass
It was not round and pink
As someone might think
But was grey, had long ears, and ate grass.
At the redoubt and there is a heavy fog cuddling the shack.
Peak Warming Man said:
At the redoubt and there is a heavy fog cuddling the shack.
The love shack.
roughbarked said:
buffy said:
kii said:
Why would you say that?
Not one of my recipe books has a recipe for beef wellington (even the antique ones or Margaret Fulton or Mrs Beetons), but I presume you would use something like eye fillet. Shouldn’t be tough at all.
It was a joke attached to the wellington boot.
tough like the crowd
buffy said:
kii said:
roughbarked said:OK. I’ve never had Beef Wellington. It sounds a bit like old rubber.
Why would you say that?
Not one of my recipe books has a recipe for beef wellington (even the antique ones or Margaret Fulton or Mrs Beetons), but I presume you would use something like eye fillet. Shouldn’t be tough at all.
One could Google that.
roughbarked said:
buffy said:
kii said:Why would you say that?
Not one of my recipe books has a recipe for beef wellington (even the antique ones or Margaret Fulton or Mrs Beetons), but I presume you would use something like eye fillet. Shouldn’t be tough at all.
It was a joke attached to the wellington boot.
Pardon me, went right over my head. I can’t multitask like the old days. I did manage to get through to the local council on the phone and organise something something, then set up an online account to do something something else.
roughbarked said:
Peak Warming Man said:
At the redoubt and there is a heavy fog cuddling the shack.
The love shack.
“Tin roof…rusted!”
Went to Woolies after my blood test, an elderly gentleman sees the gauze on my elbow and says, “You’ve had a blood test! I never let them take my blood, that’s how you get AIDS.”
Divine Angel said:
Went to Woolies after my blood test, an elderly gentleman sees the gauze on my elbow and says, “You’ve had a blood test! I never let them take my blood, that’s how you get AIDS.”
band-AIDS that is.
Divine Angel said:
Went to Woolies after my blood test, an elderly gentleman sees the gauze on my elbow and says, “You’ve had a blood test! I never let them take my blood, that’s how you get AIDS.”
With one remark, he manages to insult phlebotomists everywhere.
He started talking about his mate who got AIDS back in 1985 and I tactfully said I didn’t have time for this, and walked off.
Divine Angel said:
He started talking about his mate who got AIDS back in 1985 and I tactfully said I didn’t have time for this, and walked off.
Very polite of you :)
Divine Angel said:
He started talking about his mate who got AIDS back in 1985 and I tactfully said I didn’t have time for this, and walked off.
I’d call that a missed opportunity.
The Rev Dodgson said:
Divine Angel said:
He started talking about his mate who got AIDS back in 1985 and I tactfully said I didn’t have time for this, and walked off.
Very polite of you :)
He was apparently an elderly gent lost in his mind somewhere.
buffy said:
kii said:
roughbarked said:OK. I’ve never had Beef Wellington. It sounds a bit like old rubber.
Why would you say that?
Not one of my recipe books has a recipe for beef wellington (even the antique ones or Margaret Fulton or Mrs Beetons), but I presume you would use something like eye fillet. Shouldn’t be tough at all.
apparently the splinter group that EP participated in used to spruik that Tineats book a lot.. which is the book that has been in the news recently with the plagiarism allegations.
Divine Angel said:
He started talking about his mate who got AIDS back in 1985 and I tactfully said I didn’t have time for this, and walked off.
he’s running off fear
The Rev Dodgson said:
Divine Angel said:
He started talking about his mate who got AIDS back in 1985 and I tactfully said I didn’t have time for this, and walked off.
Very polite of you :)
I’m not normally rude to people these days. There are exceptions of course, such as people who don’t belong to the SSSF Excellent Drivers Club. Bigots, racists, etc.
More than 1,000 drivers have come forward reporting tyre damage after shards of scrap metal spilt from a truck over the southbound lanes of the M1 motorway on the NSW Central Coast.
This will upset a lot of people lol
“Adam Lambert joins Jesus Christ Superstar at the Hollywood Bowl this summer, playing Judas alongside Cynthia Erivo as Jesus”
roughbarked said:
More than 1,000 drivers have come forward reporting tyre damage after shards of scrap metal spilt from a truck over the southbound lanes of the M1 motorway on the NSW Central Coast.
it was a scrap of metal that bought down the Concord…
roughbarked said:
More than 1,000 drivers have come forward reporting tyre damage after shards of scrap metal spilt from a truck over the southbound lanes of the M1 motorway on the NSW Central Coast.
Verdant green there.
Greetings
Arts said:
roughbarked said:
More than 1,000 drivers have come forward reporting tyre damage after shards of scrap metal spilt from a truck over the southbound lanes of the M1 motorway on the NSW Central Coast.
it was a scrap of metal that bought down the Concord…
Indeed it was.
Cynthia Erivo played Mary in an all-female JCS a few years back, but now that people have actually heard of her, it’ll cause some upset. Not that JCS wasn’t controversial to begin with…
roughbarked said:
Arts said:
roughbarked said:
More than 1,000 drivers have come forward reporting tyre damage after shards of scrap metal spilt from a truck over the southbound lanes of the M1 motorway on the NSW Central Coast.
it was a scrap of metal that bought down the Concord…
Indeed it was.
and now it’s ruining the morning commute…
Divine Angel said:
Cynthia Erivo played Mary in an all-female JCS a few years back, but now that people have actually heard of her, it’ll cause some upset. Not that JCS wasn’t controversial to begin with…
I dont know how to love (that show)
Divine Angel said:
This will upset a lot of people lol“Adam Lambert joins Jesus Christ Superstar at the Hollywood Bowl this summer, playing Judas alongside Cynthia Erivo as Jesus”
JFC!!!
Cymek said:
Greetings
Divine Angel said:
This will upset a lot of people lol“Adam Lambert joins Jesus Christ Superstar at the Hollywood Bowl this summer, playing Judas alongside Cynthia Erivo as Jesus”
Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ,
Folks don’t even get your gender right.
The Rev Dodgson said:
Divine Angel said:
This will upset a lot of people lol“Adam Lambert joins Jesus Christ Superstar at the Hollywood Bowl this summer, playing Judas alongside Cynthia Erivo as Jesus”
Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ,
Folks don’t even get your gender right.
gone woke they have.
old yoda saying.
Tamb said:
Cymek said:
Greetings
Good moaning.
Morn’.
The rest of the cast are yet to be announced. Are they going to have a bloke play Mary?
roughbarked said:
roughbarked said:
More than 1,000 drivers have come forward reporting tyre damage after shards of scrap metal spilt from a truck over the southbound lanes of the M1 motorway on the NSW Central Coast.
Verdant green there.
It’s pretty green around Toowoomba, too, after some good rain, and regular showers.
Arts said:
roughbarked said:
Arts said:it was a scrap of metal that bought down the Concord…
Indeed it was.
and now it’s ruining the morning commute…
If only The Scrap would use its powers for good, instead of evil…
captain_spalding said:
roughbarked said:
roughbarked said:
More than 1,000 drivers have come forward reporting tyre damage after shards of scrap metal spilt from a truck over the southbound lanes of the M1 motorway on the NSW Central Coast.
Verdant green there.
It’s pretty green around Toowoomba, too, after some good rain, and regular showers.
roughbarked said:
captain_spalding said:
roughbarked said:Verdant green there.
It’s pretty green around Toowoomba, too, after some good rain, and regular showers.
So dry the trees are struggling.
Yeah, it’s been like that around here, too, a few years back.
I’ll do a rain dance for you, a bit later.
captain_spalding said:
roughbarked said:
captain_spalding said:It’s pretty green around Toowoomba, too, after some good rain, and regular showers.
So dry the trees are struggling.
Yeah, it’s been like that around here, too, a few years back.
I’ll do a rain dance for you, a bit later.
Just don’t cause a late season cyclone.
Divine Angel said:
Went to Woolies after my blood test, an elderly gentleman sees the gauze on my elbow and says, “You’ve had a blood test! I never let them take my blood, that’s how you get AIDS.”
Gosh!
Divine Angel said:
He started talking about his mate who got AIDS back in 1985 and I tactfully said I didn’t have time for this, and walked off.
Uh-oh.
kii said:
buffy said:
kii said:Why would you say that?
Not one of my recipe books has a recipe for beef wellington (even the antique ones or Margaret Fulton or Mrs Beetons), but I presume you would use something like eye fillet. Shouldn’t be tough at all.
One could Google that.
I did that and didn’t recognized the cut that was mentioned.
captain_spalding said:
roughbarked said:
captain_spalding said:It’s pretty green around Toowoomba, too, after some good rain, and regular showers.
So dry the trees are struggling.
Yeah, it’s been like that around here, too, a few years back.
I’ll do a rain dance for you, a bit later.
Thanks. Yours may be more effective than mine.
Divine Angel said:
captain_spalding said:
roughbarked said:So dry the trees are struggling.
Yeah, it’s been like that around here, too, a few years back.
I’ll do a rain dance for you, a bit later.
Just don’t cause a late season cyclone.
cHemTraiLZ
https://www.reddit.com/r/oddlysatisfying/s/5c6MCiWhb9
Divine Angel said:
cHemTraiLZ
which landing zone what coded message is this
Divine Angel said:
cHemTraiLZhttps://www.reddit.com/r/oddlysatisfying/s/5c6MCiWhb9
they must have the dispersal rate knob set to 11!
The cattle are yarded and I sit
Beside the fire and poke at it
Glad, I’m glad I’m back again
Back at the redoubt with my traps
And fencing wire and tanks and taps
I turn the slip jack make the tea
All’s as still as still can be
And the old black Billy winks at me.
Peak Warming Man said:
The cattle are yarded and I sit
Beside the fire and poke at it
Glad, I’m glad I’m back again
Back at the redoubt with my traps
And fencing wire and tanks and taps
I turn the slip jack make the tea
All’s as still as still can be
And the old black Billy winks at me.
Going to trap something for supper?
Bubblecar said:
Peak Warming Man said:
The cattle are yarded and I sit
Beside the fire and poke at it
Glad, I’m glad I’m back again
Back at the redoubt with my traps
And fencing wire and tanks and taps
I turn the slip jack make the tea
All’s as still as still can be
And the old black Billy winks at me.
Going to trap something for supper?
Next season on Alone Australia…
day five was interesting – the most interesting by far.
We have only surviving guest arrive at court today Ian Wilkinson… I rubbed my hand together as I have been waiting to hear from this one.
but first we had the very short testimony of a manger at the store that EP bought the food dehydrator.. which cost her $229
IW talked about his relationship with EP as friendly but distant – they just didn’t really have much reason to interact with each other – though he said he was happy to go to the lunch when his wife told him about it.
He talked about the lunch – how EP wasn’t very keen to allow his wife to see her pantry, how he couldnt remember how the Beef wellington was served but his wife and his wifes sister brought the grey plates to the table and EP brought her plate. The ladies offered to help with the plating but EP said ‘nah, I’ve got this”
The males scoffed all their meal, GP only ate half and DP ate the rest of hers (he would pay for this later)
There was a short conversation followed by some prayers for the cancer diagnosis that EP said was the reason for the lunch.
That night he and his wife were fighting over the bathroom. but they decided to take a toilet each and give it a hug. The next day they called SP and he took them to hospital.
In the mean time DP and GP were also on their way to hospital (a different one – because, I don’t know country towns are weird)
The very astute HW talked about the plates in between vomits.. her suspicions immediately aroused and she wasn’t having it let go or forgotten. ..
Defence took a moment to ask IW about EP and her house proudness – he said Meh I didn’t think so.. they said sure she was house proud.. he said nah… they said yeah and there was a moment in the court that finally IW conceded that she probably was… who knows… that bit was weird.. because if she was why wouldn’t she show her pantry.. and why not get matching dinner sets??
IW said he didnt remember the Beef wellingtons being served forma tray but that’s what he apparently told the police in september 2023.. so he said I guess I did then..
everyone went to hospital and so they bought in a couple of doctorbs and other folks to establish timeline.
Doctorbs said hey we didn’t know it was Death Cap mushroom poisoning for ages so we took a while to administer the antidote – silibinin.. and poor old DP was having a shitty time of it… (having eaten a lot of the beef wellington) .
Eventually some toxicologists said you know what it might be? and so they gave the antidote, but this was like two days later… and then they also found out that EP had presented to hospital, but then noped her way out of there.
Prosecution wanted to call another witness (the toxicologist) but the judge called a time out and stopped everything and so the tox dude will have to wait until another time.
and so day five is done.
Been chessing like shit lately. Won 2 of my last 10 games.
Today’s mess: I’m black here, we are both a move away from conversion… only decent moves are rook f1 or rook c1. Instead I went with the conversion to Q, he takes it with his rook, I take his rook with mine, then he converts and I’m down a queen versus a rook.
Why bring in the manager of the place she bought the dehydrator?
Divine Angel said:
Why bring in the manager of the place she bought the dehydrator?
Just a bit of padding.
dv said:
Been chessing like shit lately. Won 2 of my last 10 games.Today’s mess: I’m black here, we are both a move away from conversion… only decent moves are rook f1 or rook c1. Instead I went with the conversion to Q, he takes it with his rook, I take his rook with mine, then he converts and I’m down a queen versus a rook.
sounds like our moba days
Divine Angel said:
Why bring in the manager of the place she bought the dehydrator?
to establish the timeline of when she bought it… you know.. did she do it a long time before or did she buy ti special for this purpose
dv said:
Been chessing like shit lately. Won 2 of my last 10 games.Today’s mess: I’m black here, we are both a move away from conversion… only decent moves are rook f1 or rook c1. Instead I went with the conversion to Q, he takes it with his rook, I take his rook with mine, then he converts and I’m down a queen versus a rook.
Not a lot of thought went into that…
Bubblecar said:
Divine Angel said:
Why bring in the manager of the place she bought the dehydrator?
Just a bit of padding.
courts don’t really want to waste time, especially when they know it’s going to be a long trial..
I wonder what the end game was in relation to the poisonings
I wouldn’t think it would be something you would do and then believe you would not get caught.
Cymek said:
I wonder what the end game was in relation to the poisonings
I wouldn’t think it would be something you would do and then believe you would not get caught.
It doesn’t look like she thought that far ahead.
Arts said:
Bubblecar said:
Divine Angel said:
Why bring in the manager of the place she bought the dehydrator?
Just a bit of padding.
courts don’t really want to waste time, especially when they know it’s going to be a long trial..
I wasn’t being serious :)
But it’s the kind of little scene that would be regarded as padding if it was a film.
Cymek said:
I wonder what the end game was in relation to the poisonings
I wouldn’t think it would be something you would do and then believe you would not get caught.
motive does nto need to be establish.. the jury only have to determine:
She caused the deaths by serving the meal.
Her actions were conscious, voluntary, and deliberate
At the time of conduct she intended to kill or cause serious injury.
She wasn’t acting in self-defence.
Arts said:
Cymek said:
I wonder what the end game was in relation to the poisonings
I wouldn’t think it would be something you would do and then believe you would not get caught.motive does nto need to be establish.. the jury only have to determine:
She caused the deaths by serving the meal.
Her actions were conscious, voluntary, and deliberate
At the time of conduct she intended to kill or cause serious injury.
She wasn’t acting in self-defence.
having said that there has been a bit of alluding to her and how she feels about having nice things.. and her behaviour when she doesn’t get money she thinks she deserves ..
Arts said:
Cymek said:
I wonder what the end game was in relation to the poisonings
I wouldn’t think it would be something you would do and then believe you would not get caught.motive does nto need to be establish.. the jury only have to determine:
She caused the deaths by serving the meal.
Her actions were conscious, voluntary, and deliberate
At the time of conduct she intended to kill or cause serious injury.
She wasn’t acting in self-defence.
No
Just wondering was murder all that occupied her mind and any consequences not even thought of.
Arts said:
Cymek said:
I wonder what the end game was in relation to the poisonings
I wouldn’t think it would be something you would do and then believe you would not get caught.motive does nto need to be establish.. the jury only have to determine:
She caused the deaths by serving the meal.
Her actions were conscious, voluntary, and deliberate
At the time of conduct she intended to kill or cause serious injury.
She wasn’t acting in self-defence.
Beyond reasonable doubt.
Cymek said:
I wonder what the end game was in relation to the poisonings
I wouldn’t think it would be something you would do and then believe you would not get caught.
She doesn’t appear to be terribly bright.
Arts said:
Arts said:
Cymek said:
I wonder what the end game was in relation to the poisonings
I wouldn’t think it would be something you would do and then believe you would not get caught.motive does nto need to be establish.. the jury only have to determine:
She caused the deaths by serving the meal.
Her actions were conscious, voluntary, and deliberate
At the time of conduct she intended to kill or cause serious injury.
She wasn’t acting in self-defence.having said that there has been a bit of alluding to her and how she feels about having nice things.. and her behaviour when she doesn’t get money she thinks she deserves ..
and apparently there’s a lot of money to be had.
Bubblecar said:
Cymek said:
I wonder what the end game was in relation to the poisonings
I wouldn’t think it would be something you would do and then believe you would not get caught.
She doesn’t appear to be terribly bright.
Probably not.
When I read some of the facts for serious crimes it’s not usually well thought out.
Even if they are you have the police to contend with and all the resources they have access to.
Bubblecar said:
Cymek said:
I wonder what the end game was in relation to the poisonings
I wouldn’t think it would be something you would do and then believe you would not get caught.
She doesn’t appear to be terribly bright.
she has studies vet science courses and some legal courses, and worked as an air traffic controller and as a qualified accountant in a local law department.
Arts said:
Bubblecar said:
Cymek said:
I wonder what the end game was in relation to the poisonings
I wouldn’t think it would be something you would do and then believe you would not get caught.
She doesn’t appear to be terribly bright.
she has studies vet science courses and some legal courses, and worked as an air traffic controller and as a qualified accountant in a local law department.
She still doesn’t appear to be terribly bright :)
Or maybe she just has her heart set on notoriety. But you’d think in that case she’s plead guilty.
Bubblecar said:
Arts said:
Bubblecar said:She doesn’t appear to be terribly bright.
she has studies vet science courses and some legal courses, and worked as an air traffic controller and as a qualified accountant in a local law department.
She still doesn’t appear to be terribly bright :)
Or maybe she just has her heart set on notoriety. But you’d think in that case she’s plead guilty.
she’s = she’d
https://youtube.com/shorts/Z4xG0UwBWeY?si=Arpxi7vvJQ3ofofv
“Yeah we told you you have 7 beta hydroxysteroid hydrogenase deficiency. “
Bubblecar said:
Arts said:
Bubblecar said:She doesn’t appear to be terribly bright.
she has studies vet science courses and some legal courses, and worked as an air traffic controller and as a qualified accountant in a local law department.
She still doesn’t appear to be terribly bright :)
Or maybe she just has her heart set on notoriety. But you’d think in that case she’s plead guilty.
It comes across as a simplistic way to take people out.
I’ll poison them and that’s it.
Arts said:
Bubblecar said:
Cymek said:
I wonder what the end game was in relation to the poisonings
I wouldn’t think it would be something you would do and then believe you would not get caught.
She doesn’t appear to be terribly bright.
she has studies vet science courses and some legal courses, and worked as an air traffic controller and as a qualified accountant in a local law department.
I used to work with someone who appeared very bright… as long as she learned it from a textbook. When presented with a problem where she needed to think for herself, she had no freaking idea.
Cymek said:
Bubblecar said:
Arts said:she has studies vet science courses and some legal courses, and worked as an air traffic controller and as a qualified accountant in a local law department.
She still doesn’t appear to be terribly bright :)
Or maybe she just has her heart set on notoriety. But you’d think in that case she’s plead guilty.
It comes across as a simplistic way to take people out.
I’ll poison them and that’s it.
It’s possible she was conflicted about it. Her first reaction might have been, “Doh, now look what you’ve done!”
Bubblecar said:
Cymek said:
Bubblecar said:She still doesn’t appear to be terribly bright :)
Or maybe she just has her heart set on notoriety. But you’d think in that case she’s plead guilty.
It comes across as a simplistic way to take people out.
I’ll poison them and that’s it.
It’s possible she was conflicted about it. Her first reaction might have been, “Doh, now look what you’ve done!”
Doh, I should have poisoned myself too, I should have had those mushrooms as well.
Doh, I’ve poisoned other people but not myself.
Doh, what will that look like to other people.
Cymek said:
Bubblecar said:
Arts said:she has studies vet science courses and some legal courses, and worked as an air traffic controller and as a qualified accountant in a local law department.
She still doesn’t appear to be terribly bright :)
Or maybe she just has her heart set on notoriety. But you’d think in that case she’s plead guilty.
It comes across as a simplistic way to take people out.
I’ll poison them and that’s it.
very common method for women
I’m not saying she is smart or she isn’t the truth is that best laid plans can fuck up, or people think only in terms of what an individual can achieve, and forget that despite popular TV shows about criminal events, investigations include a lot of unthought of factors, including the sheer amount of human resources available to the investigative team. The lead investigator might go get some sleep, but while they are doing that, others are doing ground work, analytical work, lab work… people forget about these things because they think that investigations are one guy who doesn’t get paid enough and runs on coffee and nicotine.
but also she might just be innocent.
Arts said:
I’m not saying she is smart or she isn’t the truth is that best laid plans can fuck up, or people think only in terms of what an individual can achieve, and forget that despite popular TV shows about criminal events, investigations include a lot of unthought of factors, including the sheer amount of human resources available to the investigative team. The lead investigator might go get some sleep, but while they are doing that, others are doing ground work, analytical work, lab work… people forget about these things because they think that investigations are one guy who doesn’t get paid enough and runs on coffee and nicotine.but also she might just be innocent.
As foreperson of the Forum Jury, I sayeth we needs more evidence before raising a conclusion.
ABC News:
I do not, for one second, deny that button batteries are genuine problem when it comes to small children. Whatever steps can be taken to avoid such disastrous situations are well and good.
I am puzzled as to how children seem to have changed over the decades.
I was as curious and ‘adventurous’ as any other small child, in my day, but i honestly cannot recall any time in my infancy where i was tempted to swallow small metal objects, no matter how lovely and shiny. They were, and are,i think, quite obviously not food.
Threepenny bits, cufflinks or collar studs, small hexagonal nuts, ball bearings, whatever. I honestly don’t recall ever being possessed by an urge to ingest anything of the sort.
Why is it a thing these days?
Divine Angel said:
Arts said:
I’m not saying she is smart or she isn’t the truth is that best laid plans can fuck up, or people think only in terms of what an individual can achieve, and forget that despite popular TV shows about criminal events, investigations include a lot of unthought of factors, including the sheer amount of human resources available to the investigative team. The lead investigator might go get some sleep, but while they are doing that, others are doing ground work, analytical work, lab work… people forget about these things because they think that investigations are one guy who doesn’t get paid enough and runs on coffee and nicotine.but also she might just be innocent.
As foreperson of the Forum Jury, I sayeth we needs more evidence before raising a conclusion.
wise.
captain_spalding said:
ABC News:
I do not, for one second, deny that button batteries are genuine problem when it comes to small children. Whatever steps can be taken to avoid such disastrous situations are well and good.
I am puzzled as to how children seem to have changed over the decades.
I was as curious and ‘adventurous’ as any other small child, in my day, but i honestly cannot recall any time in my infancy where i was tempted to swallow small metal objects, no matter how lovely and shiny. They were, and are,i think, quite obviously not food.
Threepenny bits, cufflinks or collar studs, small hexagonal nuts, ball bearings, whatever. I honestly don’t recall ever being possessed by an urge to ingest anything of the sort.
Why is it a thing these days?
it’s not it’s always been a thing… some kids have oral fixations, some have pica, some have sensory issues where behaviours like sucking or licking can be calming. there are a number of reasons that other children might put thing in their mouths.. it’s not a new thing.
but button batteries are quite dangerous.. and these types of recalls and accountability for large companies pumping out useless items that end up in landfill is never a waste of time.
captain_spalding said:
ABC News:
I do not, for one second, deny that button batteries are genuine problem when it comes to small children. Whatever steps can be taken to avoid such disastrous situations are well and good.
I am puzzled as to how children seem to have changed over the decades.
I was as curious and ‘adventurous’ as any other small child, in my day, but i honestly cannot recall any time in my infancy where i was tempted to swallow small metal objects, no matter how lovely and shiny. They were, and are,i think, quite obviously not food.
Threepenny bits, cufflinks or collar studs, small hexagonal nuts, ball bearings, whatever. I honestly don’t recall ever being possessed by an urge to ingest anything of the sort.
Why is it a thing these days?
I accidentally swallowed a two-shilling piece that was meant to pay for my school lunch when I was maybe seven or so. Lots of things went into my mouth to taste and feel them.
I didn’t tell my parents about the swallowing, as I knew they’d be pretty cross. It took several weeks, but I eventually passed it. I remember not feeling hungry during that time. Dad found it in the toilet bowl, and boy did I get into trouble then.
Several weeks to pass???
Mini Me swallowed a $2 coin when she six. We took her to the ED, and luckily the coun wasn’t stuck anyway. Coupla days, bewdfiful.
It was a good chance for her to learn the difference between getting in trouble, and consequences. We weren’t mad at her for swallowing the coin, but the consequence was a trip to hospital.
Yes, i see that, as in all things, people can be varied in the ‘oral behaviour’.
I suppose that some kids are quite mouth-oriented, and that button batteries present a hazard which is a comparatively recent arrival. No-one was going to be hurt by swallowing a threepenny bit or a small ball bearing.
Michael V said:
captain_spalding said:
ABC News:
I do not, for one second, deny that button batteries are genuine problem when it comes to small children. Whatever steps can be taken to avoid such disastrous situations are well and good.
I am puzzled as to how children seem to have changed over the decades.
I was as curious and ‘adventurous’ as any other small child, in my day, but i honestly cannot recall any time in my infancy where i was tempted to swallow small metal objects, no matter how lovely and shiny. They were, and are,i think, quite obviously not food.
Threepenny bits, cufflinks or collar studs, small hexagonal nuts, ball bearings, whatever. I honestly don’t recall ever being possessed by an urge to ingest anything of the sort.
Why is it a thing these days?
I accidentally swallowed a two-shilling piece that was meant to pay for my school lunch when I was maybe seven or so. Lots of things went into my mouth to taste and feel them.
I didn’t tell my parents about the swallowing, as I knew they’d be pretty cross. It took several weeks, but I eventually passed it. I remember not feeling hungry during that time. Dad found it in the toilet bowl, and boy did I get into trouble then.
So, strictly speaking, you may have been the world’s first ATM
when the boy was little I gave him one tic tac in the car.. a second later I asked him where the tic tac was and he pointed to his nose.. so I looked and thought I saw the tic tac shoved up there.. after several moments of trying to get him to blow it out I took him to the emergency place which (thankfully) was not that full and we didn’t have to wait long.
The doctorbs looked up his nose and said “Oh yeah I can see it” .. so they used this bellows type thing to try to blow it out via his mouth.. a few puffs, it cant have been comfortable and… nothing… so they tried some forceps but ‘couldn’t get a grip of it” eventually they said “It’ll probably just dissolve and then fall out on its own. so we left..
as I was strapping him into the car I saw the tic tack on the floor…
captain_spalding said:
Yes, i see that, as in all things, people can be varied in the ‘oral behaviour’.I suppose that some kids are quite mouth-oriented, and that button batteries present a hazard which is a comparatively recent arrival. No-one was going to be hurt by swallowing a threepenny bit or a small ball bearing.
there was a kid in the UK who swallowed two magnets… but one at a time.. and that caused him some issues as they moved through his system at different times and then somehow found their way back to each other with his bowel in between… ouch
Arts said:
when the boy was little I gave him one tic tac in the car.. a second later I asked him where the tic tac was and he pointed to his nose.. so I looked and thought I saw the tic tac shoved up there.. after several moments of trying to get him to blow it out I took him to the emergency place which (thankfully) was not that full and we didn’t have to wait long.
The doctorbs looked up his nose and said “Oh yeah I can see it” .. so they used this bellows type thing to try to blow it out via his mouth.. a few puffs, it cant have been comfortable and… nothing… so they tried some forceps but ‘couldn’t get a grip of it” eventually they said “It’ll probably just dissolve and then fall out on its own. so we left..as I was strapping him into the car I saw the tic tack on the floor…
And looking back up his nose, you thought “Snot there” and went on with your day…
Neophyte said:
Arts said:
when the boy was little I gave him one tic tac in the car.. a second later I asked him where the tic tac was and he pointed to his nose.. so I looked and thought I saw the tic tac shoved up there.. after several moments of trying to get him to blow it out I took him to the emergency place which (thankfully) was not that full and we didn’t have to wait long.
The doctorbs looked up his nose and said “Oh yeah I can see it” .. so they used this bellows type thing to try to blow it out via his mouth.. a few puffs, it cant have been comfortable and… nothing… so they tried some forceps but ‘couldn’t get a grip of it” eventually they said “It’ll probably just dissolve and then fall out on its own. so we left..as I was strapping him into the car I saw the tic tack on the floor…
And looking back up his nose, you thought “Snot there” and went on with your day…
I have always wondered what it was that the doctor ‘saw’… but the bottom line is – kids are stupid.
The local hospital ED recently got split into an adult section and a paeds section which cuts down on waiting times for kids.
Divine Angel said:
Several weeks to pass???Mini Me swallowed a $2 coin when she six. We took her to the ED, and luckily the coun wasn’t stuck anyway. Coupla days, bewdfiful.
It was a good chance for her to learn the difference between getting in trouble, and consequences. We weren’t mad at her for swallowing the coin, but the consequence was a trip to hospital.
My memory is three weeks – but I am not completely sure. The coin was the same size as a 20 cent piece. It was very tarnished when it re-emerged. It was a silver coin – not cupro-nickel.
Well done with Miss MM.
Neophyte said:
Arts said:
when the boy was little I gave him one tic tac in the car.. a second later I asked him where the tic tac was and he pointed to his nose.. so I looked and thought I saw the tic tac shoved up there.. after several moments of trying to get him to blow it out I took him to the emergency place which (thankfully) was not that full and we didn’t have to wait long.
The doctorbs looked up his nose and said “Oh yeah I can see it” .. so they used this bellows type thing to try to blow it out via his mouth.. a few puffs, it cant have been comfortable and… nothing… so they tried some forceps but ‘couldn’t get a grip of it” eventually they said “It’ll probably just dissolve and then fall out on its own. so we left..as I was strapping him into the car I saw the tic tack on the floor…
And looking back up his nose, you thought “Snot there” and went on with your day…
:)
With one of my nephews it was a raw pea up the nose. Can’t remember how his parents eventually got it out.
Arts said:
Divine Angel said:
Arts said:
I’m not saying she is smart or she isn’t the truth is that best laid plans can fuck up, or people think only in terms of what an individual can achieve, and forget that despite popular TV shows about criminal events, investigations include a lot of unthought of factors, including the sheer amount of human resources available to the investigative team. The lead investigator might go get some sleep, but while they are doing that, others are doing ground work, analytical work, lab work… people forget about these things because they think that investigations are one guy who doesn’t get paid enough and runs on coffee and nicotine.but also she might just be innocent.
As foreperson of the Forum Jury, I sayeth we needs more evidence before raising a conclusion.
wise.
why is it such a big deal anyway is it just the equipoise we don’t remember people obsessing so much about Skripal affair
Michael V said:
captain_spalding said:
ABC News:
I do not, for one second, deny that button batteries are genuine problem when it comes to small children. Whatever steps can be taken to avoid such disastrous situations are well and good.
I am puzzled as to how children seem to have changed over the decades.
I was as curious and ‘adventurous’ as any other small child, in my day, but i honestly cannot recall any time in my infancy where i was tempted to swallow small metal objects, no matter how lovely and shiny. They were, and are,i think, quite obviously not food.
Threepenny bits, cufflinks or collar studs, small hexagonal nuts, ball bearings, whatever. I honestly don’t recall ever being possessed by an urge to ingest anything of the sort.
Why is it a thing these days?
I accidentally swallowed a two-shilling piece that was meant to pay for my school lunch when I was maybe seven or so. Lots of things went into my mouth to taste and feel them.
I didn’t tell my parents about the swallowing, as I knew they’d be pretty cross. It took several weeks, but I eventually passed it. I remember not feeling hungry during that time. Dad found it in the toilet bowl, and boy did I get into trouble then.
why, couldn’t you just have told them it fell in from your pocket
captain_spalding said:
Yes, i see that, as in all things, people can be varied in the ‘oral behaviour’.I suppose that some kids are quite mouth-oriented, and that button batteries present a hazard which is a comparatively recent arrival. No-one was going to be hurt by swallowing a threepenny bit or a small ball bearing.
we suggest there’s survivorship bias going on
An email I have been waiting for all day has finally come through except now I’m too tired to deal with it.
SCIENCE said:
Michael V said:
captain_spalding said:
ABC News:
I do not, for one second, deny that button batteries are genuine problem when it comes to small children. Whatever steps can be taken to avoid such disastrous situations are well and good.
I am puzzled as to how children seem to have changed over the decades.
I was as curious and ‘adventurous’ as any other small child, in my day, but i honestly cannot recall any time in my infancy where i was tempted to swallow small metal objects, no matter how lovely and shiny. They were, and are,i think, quite obviously not food.
Threepenny bits, cufflinks or collar studs, small hexagonal nuts, ball bearings, whatever. I honestly don’t recall ever being possessed by an urge to ingest anything of the sort.
Why is it a thing these days?
I accidentally swallowed a two-shilling piece that was meant to pay for my school lunch when I was maybe seven or so. Lots of things went into my mouth to taste and feel them.
I didn’t tell my parents about the swallowing, as I knew they’d be pretty cross. It took several weeks, but I eventually passed it. I remember not feeling hungry during that time. Dad found it in the toilet bowl, and boy did I get into trouble then.
why, couldn’t you just have told them it fell in from your pocket
I’ve never been a quick thinker.
Woke up feeling very, very depressed. No energy.
Finally figured that no one was coming to check on the laundry situation, so I got up and tried to become enthusiastic. I began the journey to the laundry to check the washing and see if it has become sentient, and walked off in disgust. I keep leaving washed loads in the machine, I’m averaging 1 a week.
The laundry can only be accessed via the backdoor. I have to walk through the (small) house and take the key off the desk, open the French doors, open the laundry door and then walk back about the same length as half the distance I just walked. That is – the laundry is a long room that takes up half the length of the house.
So on my way to the laundry I got distracted by the main computer on the desk, which is near the back doors, and decided to check various streaming subscriptions etc.
I have now cleaned up a spare gmail email account that my dog Daisy Mae used for her Facebook profile, every email is now deleted. It is also connected to an Amazon account I made so we could cheat on 7 day free trials.
The laundry situation is unresolved, at this point.
After familiarising myself with the state of the laundry and the cleaning up of the old email account my brain is now full blown bllllerph. This seems normal.
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Sunny, top of 25, bit breezy, low humidity, slim chance of rain.
BOM forecasts a drier winter after well-above-average rainfall totals for March and April in Qld and northern NSW. Redcliffe recorded nearly triple its average rainfall for April.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-06/queensland-record-wet-april-2025-drier-conditions-ahead/105260274
Good morning Holidayers. Presently 11 degrees at the back door, starting to get light. We are forecast 16 degrees with showers easing. Which is interesting, as there haven’t been any showers for hours now and yesterday wasn’t really what you would call showers – a bit of mist.
Supermarketing this morning. Archery late afternoon.
Morning. 12 degrees 71% R/H, 9km/h NW, 0.0 rain.
LOLWTF
They likewise failed to find any evidence of a … But in a quirky finding, one of the 11 studies concluded that … Tara Cain, a research assistant and lead author on the project, admits this is difficult to interpret.
no you disinformation agent it’s fucking easy to interpret, it means the null hypothesis is correct
I should get dressed and head in to Hamilton. Back later.
Arts said:
I’m not saying she is smart or she isn’t the truth is that best laid plans can fuck up, or people think only in terms of what an individual can achieve, and forget that despite popular TV shows about criminal events, investigations include a lot of unthought of factors, including the sheer amount of human resources available to the investigative team. The lead investigator might go get some sleep, but while they are doing that, others are doing ground work, analytical work, lab work… people forget about these things because they think that investigations are one guy who doesn’t get paid enough and runs on coffee and nicotine.but also she might just be innocent.
She may be innocent but it is difficult to believe that someone who is ‘obsessed by mushrooms’, could mistake the death cap as something else.
Arts said:
captain_spalding said:
ABC News:
I do not, for one second, deny that button batteries are genuine problem when it comes to small children. Whatever steps can be taken to avoid such disastrous situations are well and good.
I am puzzled as to how children seem to have changed over the decades.
I was as curious and ‘adventurous’ as any other small child, in my day, but i honestly cannot recall any time in my infancy where i was tempted to swallow small metal objects, no matter how lovely and shiny. They were, and are,i think, quite obviously not food.
Threepenny bits, cufflinks or collar studs, small hexagonal nuts, ball bearings, whatever. I honestly don’t recall ever being possessed by an urge to ingest anything of the sort.
Why is it a thing these days?
it’s not it’s always been a thing… some kids have oral fixations, some have pica, some have sensory issues where behaviours like sucking or licking can be calming. there are a number of reasons that other children might put thing in their mouths.. it’s not a new thing.
but button batteries are quite dangerous.. and these types of recalls and accountability for large companies pumping out useless items that end up in landfill is never a waste of time.
Agree. There should be legislation about the pumping out of useless items.
Our across the road favourite neighbours had a small dog.. I think it was a dachshund or something similar… good length, height challenged. Sweetest little dog with a great temperament. Great for their kids who are 6 and 9.
Last night around sixish I heard this terrible noise of a dog in distress, at first I thought it was my dog… mr arts was outside having just come home from work chatting to our neighbour and the kids were hanging out in front of our house… this is a common occurrence. Our street is a designated cycle street so 30km/hr. This is great for the family and small children packed street.
Cue distressing noises, son and I rush outside, chaos. Small dog had been hit by a car. Children in distress, favourite neighbours scooping up dog while other is pulling out their car. I gather up small children and tell them to come to my house. Favourite neighbour rush off to the emergency vet.
We calm children down, son goes back to neighbour house (we have a key) and collects the dinner that was in the middle of being prepared. So we feed and play card games with the kids. Favourite neighbours text to say they are at vet waiting. My daughter gets home. My daughter has been the girls’ babysitter since they were actual babies… we take the girls home and they shower and get ready for bed… we keep them entertained until their parents get home. I take one look at my friends face and know… the girls fall into heap and are hysterical. holy shit that was heavy. That poor family.
We discretely leave and lock up the house and let them grieve as a family.
What an shitty afternoon.
It is currently 6.15am. I am thinking of heading to the bakery and getting them muffins and breakfast type things and flowers…. Is this appropriate? (Because I am terrible at this stuff).
Yes, it’s appropriate.
What an awful thing to happen
Arts said:
Our across the road favourite neighbours had a small dog.. I think it was a dachshund or something similar… good length, height challenged. Sweetest little dog with a great temperament. Great for their kids who are 6 and 9.
Last night around sixish I heard this terrible noise of a dog in distress, at first I thought it was my dog… mr arts was outside having just come home from work chatting to our neighbour and the kids were hanging out in front of our house… this is a common occurrence. Our street is a designated cycle street so 30km/hr. This is great for the family and small children packed street.
Cue distressing noises, son and I rush outside, chaos. Small dog had been hit by a car. Children in distress, favourite neighbours scooping up dog while other is pulling out their car. I gather up small children and tell them to come to my house. Favourite neighbour rush off to the emergency vet.
We calm children down, son goes back to neighbour house (we have a key) and collects the dinner that was in the middle of being prepared. So we feed and play card games with the kids. Favourite neighbours text to say they are at vet waiting. My daughter gets home. My daughter has been the girls’ babysitter since they were actual babies… we take the girls home and they shower and get ready for bed… we keep them entertained until their parents get home. I take one look at my friends face and know… the girls fall into heap and are hysterical. holy shit that was heavy. That poor family.We discretely leave and lock up the house and let them grieve as a family.
What an shitty afternoon.
It is currently 6.15am. I am thinking of heading to the bakery and getting them muffins and breakfast type things and flowers…. Is this appropriate? (Because I am terrible at this stuff).
It is up to you what you do. If you feel it is appropriate, then do it.
Divine Angel said:
Yes, it’s appropriate.What an awful thing to happen
Yes, this type of compassion for others is always appropriate.
Once again trying to line up replacement lids for Pyrex containers.
Today, after the drama of the laundry and the email account clean up, I sorted through a few already-packed boxes to find all the various ones without lids.
In the haze of clearing out cupboards a few years ago I got overwhelmed, gave a few away and kept others – with no recognisable reasoning why. We had a good collection of them that I bought for leftovers – mr kii’s favourite food, then I added a few smaller ones when he got sick and needed soupy mush stuff.
My brain hurts.
Arts said:
Our across the road favourite neighbours had a small dog.. I think it was a dachshund or something similar… good length, height challenged. Sweetest little dog with a great temperament. Great for their kids who are 6 and 9.
Last night around sixish I heard this terrible noise of a dog in distress, at first I thought it was my dog… mr arts was outside having just come home from work chatting to our neighbour and the kids were hanging out in front of our house… this is a common occurrence. Our street is a designated cycle street so 30km/hr. This is great for the family and small children packed street.
Cue distressing noises, son and I rush outside, chaos. Small dog had been hit by a car. Children in distress, favourite neighbours scooping up dog while other is pulling out their car. I gather up small children and tell them to come to my house. Favourite neighbour rush off to the emergency vet.
We calm children down, son goes back to neighbour house (we have a key) and collects the dinner that was in the middle of being prepared. So we feed and play card games with the kids. Favourite neighbours text to say they are at vet waiting. My daughter gets home. My daughter has been the girls’ babysitter since they were actual babies… we take the girls home and they shower and get ready for bed… we keep them entertained until their parents get home. I take one look at my friends face and know… the girls fall into heap and are hysterical. holy shit that was heavy. That poor family.We discretely leave and lock up the house and let them grieve as a family.
What an shitty afternoon.
It is currently 6.15am. I am thinking of heading to the bakery and getting them muffins and breakfast type things and flowers…. Is this appropriate? (Because I am terrible at this stuff).
Oh.
Bugger.
Yes. Do it. Is good.
Arts said:
Our across the road favourite neighbours had a small dog.. I think it was a dachshund or something similar… good length, height challenged. Sweetest little dog with a great temperament. Great for their kids who are 6 and 9.
Last night around sixish I heard this terrible noise of a dog in distress, at first I thought it was my dog… mr arts was outside having just come home from work chatting to our neighbour and the kids were hanging out in front of our house… this is a common occurrence. Our street is a designated cycle street so 30km/hr. This is great for the family and small children packed street.
Cue distressing noises, son and I rush outside, chaos. Small dog had been hit by a car. Children in distress, favourite neighbours scooping up dog while other is pulling out their car. I gather up small children and tell them to come to my house. Favourite neighbour rush off to the emergency vet.
We calm children down, son goes back to neighbour house (we have a key) and collects the dinner that was in the middle of being prepared. So we feed and play card games with the kids. Favourite neighbours text to say they are at vet waiting. My daughter gets home. My daughter has been the girls’ babysitter since they were actual babies… we take the girls home and they shower and get ready for bed… we keep them entertained until their parents get home. I take one look at my friends face and know… the girls fall into heap and are hysterical. holy shit that was heavy. That poor family.We discretely leave and lock up the house and let them grieve as a family.
What an shitty afternoon.
It is currently 6.15am. I am thinking of heading to the bakery and getting them muffins and breakfast type things and flowers…. Is this appropriate? (Because I am terrible at this stuff).
Bugger.
Morning pilgrims, another spiffing autumn in the pearl.
Over.
kii said:
Once again trying to line up replacement lids for Pyrex containers.Today, after the drama of the laundry and the email account clean up, I sorted through a few already-packed boxes to find all the various ones without lids.
In the haze of clearing out cupboards a few years ago I got overwhelmed, gave a few away and kept others – with no recognisable reasoning why. We had a good collection of them that I bought for leftovers – mr kii’s favourite food, then I added a few smaller ones when he got sick and needed soupy mush stuff.
My brain hurts.
I’ve checked Walmart, Amazon and the Pyrex website. I now remember why I gave up last time. This one is what stumped me. Same issue I had a few years ago. This size is the stumbling block to my continuing fragile sanity. Glad to see another person saying: WTF??!!
Meanwhile I have found one set of lids for the smaller sized dish at Walmart. I need 3, but can only purchase a pack of 4 for $13.99 free shipping.
From the Pyrex Website for the larger bowls – I need 2:
“How it is possible that just the replacement lid costs $12. 50 + shipping when I can order a new 7cup glass storage container with a brand new lid for $7. 99?!
Wed Mar 26 2025
Store Owner
Hello Greg, we apologize for any inconvenience caused by the cost of the replacement lid. Our popular glass storage dishes and covers are provided in sets (dish and cover together) at prices lower than individual item cost (dish and or cover sold separately). This ensures more value and efficient shopping for the consumer.
However, we can appreciate your feelings regarding pricing on individual pieces and thank you for your feedback. Your comments have been forwarded to the appropriate departments for future consideration. In the meantime, we advise watching for promotions that we may have on our covers, or may include our covers. Thanks!”
Michael V said:
Arts said:
Our across the road favourite neighbours had a small dog.. I think it was a dachshund or something similar… good length, height challenged. Sweetest little dog with a great temperament. Great for their kids who are 6 and 9.
Last night around sixish I heard this terrible noise of a dog in distress, at first I thought it was my dog… mr arts was outside having just come home from work chatting to our neighbour and the kids were hanging out in front of our house… this is a common occurrence. Our street is a designated cycle street so 30km/hr. This is great for the family and small children packed street.
Cue distressing noises, son and I rush outside, chaos. Small dog had been hit by a car. Children in distress, favourite neighbours scooping up dog while other is pulling out their car. I gather up small children and tell them to come to my house. Favourite neighbour rush off to the emergency vet.
We calm children down, son goes back to neighbour house (we have a key) and collects the dinner that was in the middle of being prepared. So we feed and play card games with the kids. Favourite neighbours text to say they are at vet waiting. My daughter gets home. My daughter has been the girls’ babysitter since they were actual babies… we take the girls home and they shower and get ready for bed… we keep them entertained until their parents get home. I take one look at my friends face and know… the girls fall into heap and are hysterical. holy shit that was heavy. That poor family.We discretely leave and lock up the house and let them grieve as a family.
What an shitty afternoon.
It is currently 6.15am. I am thinking of heading to the bakery and getting them muffins and breakfast type things and flowers…. Is this appropriate? (Because I am terrible at this stuff).
Oh.
Bugger.
Yes. Do it. Is good.
Fresh baked muffins delivered. Could not source flowers
Thanks team.
kii said:
kii said:
Once again trying to line up replacement lids for Pyrex containers.Today, after the drama of the laundry and the email account clean up, I sorted through a few already-packed boxes to find all the various ones without lids.
In the haze of clearing out cupboards a few years ago I got overwhelmed, gave a few away and kept others – with no recognisable reasoning why. We had a good collection of them that I bought for leftovers – mr kii’s favourite food, then I added a few smaller ones when he got sick and needed soupy mush stuff.
My brain hurts.
I’ve checked Walmart, Amazon and the Pyrex website. I now remember why I gave up last time. This one is what stumped me. Same issue I had a few years ago. This size is the stumbling block to my continuing fragile sanity. Glad to see another person saying: WTF??!!
Meanwhile I have found one set of lids for the smaller sized dish at Walmart. I need 3, but can only purchase a pack of 4 for $13.99 free shipping.
From the Pyrex Website for the larger bowls – I need 2:
“How it is possible that just the replacement lid costs $12. 50 + shipping when I can order a new 7cup glass storage container with a brand new lid for $7. 99?!
Wed Mar 26 2025Store Owner
Hello Greg, we apologize for any inconvenience caused by the cost of the replacement lid. Our popular glass storage dishes and covers are provided in sets (dish and cover together) at prices lower than individual item cost (dish and or cover sold separately). This ensures more value and efficient shopping for the consumer.However, we can appreciate your feelings regarding pricing on individual pieces and thank you for your feedback. Your comments have been forwarded to the appropriate departments for future consideration. In the meantime, we advise watching for promotions that we may have on our covers, or may include our covers. Thanks!”
This is why I just gifted all my old unlidded ones and bought a whole new ‘set’. Life is too short to stress out over this
Arts said:
Michael V said:
Arts said:
Our across the road favourite neighbours had a small dog.. I think it was a dachshund or something similar… good length, height challenged. Sweetest little dog with a great temperament. Great for their kids who are 6 and 9.
Last night around sixish I heard this terrible noise of a dog in distress, at first I thought it was my dog… mr arts was outside having just come home from work chatting to our neighbour and the kids were hanging out in front of our house… this is a common occurrence. Our street is a designated cycle street so 30km/hr. This is great for the family and small children packed street.
Cue distressing noises, son and I rush outside, chaos. Small dog had been hit by a car. Children in distress, favourite neighbours scooping up dog while other is pulling out their car. I gather up small children and tell them to come to my house. Favourite neighbour rush off to the emergency vet.
We calm children down, son goes back to neighbour house (we have a key) and collects the dinner that was in the middle of being prepared. So we feed and play card games with the kids. Favourite neighbours text to say they are at vet waiting. My daughter gets home. My daughter has been the girls’ babysitter since they were actual babies… we take the girls home and they shower and get ready for bed… we keep them entertained until their parents get home. I take one look at my friends face and know… the girls fall into heap and are hysterical. holy shit that was heavy. That poor family.We discretely leave and lock up the house and let them grieve as a family.
What an shitty afternoon.
It is currently 6.15am. I am thinking of heading to the bakery and getting them muffins and breakfast type things and flowers…. Is this appropriate? (Because I am terrible at this stuff).
Oh.
Bugger.
Yes. Do it. Is good.
Fresh baked muffins delivered. Could not source flowers
Thanks team.
:)
Hello
Cymek said:
Hello
Lo
Cymek said:
Hello
Greetings.
Arts said:
This is why I just gifted all my old unlidded ones and bought a whole new ‘set’. Life is too short to stress out over this
Yes.
Cymek said:
Hello
Greetings. Want some Pyrex dishes?
kii said:
Cymek said:
Hello
Greetings. Want some Pyrex dishes?
I’m good
I don’t need any dishes, thanks though
I’m back. Got the shopping done a bit more quickly this morning. Picked up the tax papers for last year for the super fund from the accountant. The Pug and Bruna want to go to the bakery, but it is closed today. The dogs have been trained (or trained themselves) that when I come home from shopping, we go to the bakery for party pie! party pie! party pie!
Have cleaned the oven and pulled all the basil plants after collecting a bagful of seed. Have hung the washing and now I might pick capsicums and eggplants and by then the washing will be dry and I can attempt to use a lawnmower for the first time in months.
roughbarked said:
Have cleaned the oven and pulled all the basil plants after collecting a bagful of seed. Have hung the washing and now I might pick capsicums and eggplants and by then the washing will be dry and I can attempt to use a lawnmower for the first time in months.
Look at you being productive!
I’m just over here recovering from a humiliating experience and wondering what I can have for lunch.
Divine Angel said:
roughbarked said:
Have cleaned the oven and pulled all the basil plants after collecting a bagful of seed. Have hung the washing and now I might pick capsicums and eggplants and by then the washing will be dry and I can attempt to use a lawnmower for the first time in months.
Look at you being productive!
I’m just over here recovering from a humiliating experience and wondering what I can have for lunch.
Comfort food.
roughbarked said:
Have cleaned the oven and pulled all the basil plants after collecting a bagful of seed. Have hung the washing and now I might pick capsicums and eggplants and by then the washing will be dry and I can attempt to use a lawnmower for the first time in months.
Ah. Before lawn mowing, pick up the walnuts.
roughbarked said:
Divine Angel said:
roughbarked said:
Have cleaned the oven and pulled all the basil plants after collecting a bagful of seed. Have hung the washing and now I might pick capsicums and eggplants and by then the washing will be dry and I can attempt to use a lawnmower for the first time in months.
Look at you being productive!
I’m just over here recovering from a humiliating experience and wondering what I can have for lunch.
Comfort food.
I rabbitholed…Looked at Facebook for the Victorian Field Naturalists and there was a post about Dr Robert Parsons who has died and was a lecturer in plants at La Trobe Uni. So I looked him up. And I looked at his publications. I got waylaid at the second one from the top, which was about Taraxacum (dandelions) in Australia. Very interesting. I had picked up quite a bit of the info, but it never hurts to consolidate it.
roughbarked said:
roughbarked said:
Have cleaned the oven and pulled all the basil plants after collecting a bagful of seed. Have hung the washing and now I might pick capsicums and eggplants and by then the washing will be dry and I can attempt to use a lawnmower for the first time in months.
Ah. Before lawn mowing, pick up the walnuts.
I mow them in with the recycle mower.
Divine Angel said:
roughbarked said:
Have cleaned the oven and pulled all the basil plants after collecting a bagful of seed. Have hung the washing and now I might pick capsicums and eggplants and by then the washing will be dry and I can attempt to use a lawnmower for the first time in months.
Look at you being productive!
I’m just over here recovering from a humiliating experience and wondering what I can have for lunch.
I suspect we shouldn’t ask…
buffy said:
roughbarked said:
Divine Angel said:Look at you being productive!
I’m just over here recovering from a humiliating experience and wondering what I can have for lunch.
Comfort food.
I rabbitholed…Looked at Facebook for the Victorian Field Naturalists and there was a post about Dr Robert Parsons who has died and was a lecturer in plants at La Trobe Uni. So I looked him up. And I looked at his publications. I got waylaid at the second one from the top, which was about Taraxacum (dandelions) in Australia. Very interesting. I had picked up quite a bit of the info, but it never hurts to consolidate it.
But will you remember it.
buffy said:
roughbarked said:
Divine Angel said:Look at you being productive!
I’m just over here recovering from a humiliating experience and wondering what I can have for lunch.
Comfort food.
I rabbitholed…Looked at Facebook for the Victorian Field Naturalists and there was a post about Dr Robert Parsons who has died and was a lecturer in plants at La Trobe Uni. So I looked him up. And I looked at his publications. I got waylaid at the second one from the top, which was about Taraxacum (dandelions) in Australia. Very interesting. I had picked up quite a bit of the info, but it never hurts to consolidate it.
Sounds like one of those useful rabbit holes.
buffy said:
Divine Angel said:
roughbarked said:
Have cleaned the oven and pulled all the basil plants after collecting a bagful of seed. Have hung the washing and now I might pick capsicums and eggplants and by then the washing will be dry and I can attempt to use a lawnmower for the first time in months.
Look at you being productive!
I’m just over here recovering from a humiliating experience and wondering what I can have for lunch.
I suspect we shouldn’t ask…
… comfort food. ;)
Peak Warming Man said:
buffy said:
roughbarked said:Comfort food.
I rabbitholed…Looked at Facebook for the Victorian Field Naturalists and there was a post about Dr Robert Parsons who has died and was a lecturer in plants at La Trobe Uni. So I looked him up. And I looked at his publications. I got waylaid at the second one from the top, which was about Taraxacum (dandelions) in Australia. Very interesting. I had picked up quite a bit of the info, but it never hurts to consolidate it.
But will you remember it.
Surprisingly, I do seem to be remembering at least some of what I read. But I still can’t make names stick. I can pick the correct name out of a list of suggestions, but can’t always drag it up out of my brain.
:)
buffy said:
Divine Angel said:
roughbarked said:
Have cleaned the oven and pulled all the basil plants after collecting a bagful of seed. Have hung the washing and now I might pick capsicums and eggplants and by then the washing will be dry and I can attempt to use a lawnmower for the first time in months.
Look at you being productive!
I’m just over here recovering from a humiliating experience and wondering what I can have for lunch.
I suspect we shouldn’t ask…
hope you are ok DA..
I had a cardiologist appt this morning.. my angiogram came back perfect.. absolutely nothing wrong with my arteries, they strong and clear. Heart good, everything still in place… monitoring came back perfect… sternum going well. I still get pain sporadically at the ‘bottom’ of my heart… cardiologist said he doesn’t know why that would be, but there’s absolutely nothing that he can see, so push through it… and I am allowed to go back to the gym.. but have to avoid doing dips (which I dont like doing anyway so I’m not upset by that) . small medication change to combat my fatigue .. otherwise see you in six months…
Peak Warming Man said:
buffy said:
roughbarked said:Comfort food.
I rabbitholed…Looked at Facebook for the Victorian Field Naturalists and there was a post about Dr Robert Parsons who has died and was a lecturer in plants at La Trobe Uni. So I looked him up. And I looked at his publications. I got waylaid at the second one from the top, which was about Taraxacum (dandelions) in Australia. Very interesting. I had picked up quite a bit of the info, but it never hurts to consolidate it.
But will you remember it.
If ever called upon, perhaps. Having it in the mental library at least means it can be found if looking for it.
buffy said:
Peak Warming Man said:
buffy said:I rabbitholed…Looked at Facebook for the Victorian Field Naturalists and there was a post about Dr Robert Parsons who has died and was a lecturer in plants at La Trobe Uni. So I looked him up. And I looked at his publications. I got waylaid at the second one from the top, which was about Taraxacum (dandelions) in Australia. Very interesting. I had picked up quite a bit of the info, but it never hurts to consolidate it.
But will you remember it.
Surprisingly, I do seem to be remembering at least some of what I read. But I still can’t make names stick. I can pick the correct name out of a list of suggestions, but can’t always drag it up out of my brain.
:)
I’m having trouble with names as well. Mrs rb tries to encourage me to remember tthe names because I used to use them.
Arts said:
buffy said:
Divine Angel said:Look at you being productive!
I’m just over here recovering from a humiliating experience and wondering what I can have for lunch.
I suspect we shouldn’t ask…
hope you are ok DA..
I had a cardiologist appt this morning.. my angiogram came back perfect.. absolutely nothing wrong with my arteries, they strong and clear. Heart good, everything still in place… monitoring came back perfect… sternum going well. I still get pain sporadically at the ‘bottom’ of my heart… cardiologist said he doesn’t know why that would be, but there’s absolutely nothing that he can see, so push through it… and I am allowed to go back to the gym.. but have to avoid doing dips (which I dont like doing anyway so I’m not upset by that) . small medication change to combat my fatigue .. otherwise see you in six months…
Excellent. Now, get back to watching that trial.
Arts said:
hope you are ok DA..
I had a cardiologist appt this morning.. my angiogram came back perfect.. absolutely nothing wrong with my arteries, they strong and clear. Heart good, everything still in place… monitoring came back perfect… sternum going well. I still get pain sporadically at the ‘bottom’ of my heart… cardiologist said he doesn’t know why that would be, but there’s absolutely nothing that he can see, so push through it… and I am allowed to go back to the gym.. but have to avoid doing dips (which I dont like doing anyway so I’m not upset by that) . small medication change to combat my fatigue .. otherwise see you in six months…
Good news. things take a while to heal as you get older especially big ops.
Arts said:
buffy said:
Divine Angel said:Look at you being productive!
I’m just over here recovering from a humiliating experience and wondering what I can have for lunch.
I suspect we shouldn’t ask…
hope you are ok DA..
I had a cardiologist appt this morning.. my angiogram came back perfect.. absolutely nothing wrong with my arteries, they strong and clear. Heart good, everything still in place… monitoring came back perfect… sternum going well. I still get pain sporadically at the ‘bottom’ of my heart… cardiologist said he doesn’t know why that would be, but there’s absolutely nothing that he can see, so push through it… and I am allowed to go back to the gym.. but have to avoid doing dips (which I dont like doing anyway so I’m not upset by that) . small medication change to combat my fatigue .. otherwise see you in six months…
Hey that’s fantastic news!
Divine Angel said:
Arts said:
buffy said:I suspect we shouldn’t ask…
hope you are ok DA..
I had a cardiologist appt this morning.. my angiogram came back perfect.. absolutely nothing wrong with my arteries, they strong and clear. Heart good, everything still in place… monitoring came back perfect… sternum going well. I still get pain sporadically at the ‘bottom’ of my heart… cardiologist said he doesn’t know why that would be, but there’s absolutely nothing that he can see, so push through it… and I am allowed to go back to the gym.. but have to avoid doing dips (which I dont like doing anyway so I’m not upset by that) . small medication change to combat my fatigue .. otherwise see you in six months…
Hey that’s fantastic news!
Sure is. :)
buffy said:
Divine Angel said:
roughbarked said:
Have cleaned the oven and pulled all the basil plants after collecting a bagful of seed. Have hung the washing and now I might pick capsicums and eggplants and by then the washing will be dry and I can attempt to use a lawnmower for the first time in months.
Look at you being productive!
I’m just over here recovering from a humiliating experience and wondering what I can have for lunch.
I suspect we shouldn’t ask…
But she wants you to ask.
Those that haven’t already been burned. 
kii said:
buffy said:
Divine Angel said:Look at you being productive!
I’m just over here recovering from a humiliating experience and wondering what I can have for lunch.
I suspect we shouldn’t ask…
But she wants you to ask.
She may be away having lunch.
roughbarked said:
kii said:
buffy said:I suspect we shouldn’t ask…
But she wants you to ask.
She may be away having lunch.
You missed the point.
Divine Angel said:
roughbarked said:
Have cleaned the oven and pulled all the basil plants after collecting a bagful of seed. Have hung the washing and now I might pick capsicums and eggplants and by then the washing will be dry and I can attempt to use a lawnmower for the first time in months.
Look at you being productive!
I’m just over here recovering from a humiliating experience and wondering what I can have for lunch.
What happened?
Arts said:
buffy said:
Divine Angel said:Look at you being productive!
I’m just over here recovering from a humiliating experience and wondering what I can have for lunch.
I suspect we shouldn’t ask…
hope you are ok DA..
I had a cardiologist appt this morning.. my angiogram came back perfect.. absolutely nothing wrong with my arteries, they strong and clear. Heart good, everything still in place… monitoring came back perfect… sternum going well. I still get pain sporadically at the ‘bottom’ of my heart… cardiologist said he doesn’t know why that would be, but there’s absolutely nothing that he can see, so push through it… and I am allowed to go back to the gym.. but have to avoid doing dips (which I dont like doing anyway so I’m not upset by that) . small medication change to combat my fatigue .. otherwise see you in six months…
Excellent news.
kii said:
roughbarked said:
kii said:But she wants you to ask.
She may be away having lunch.
You missed the point.
I doubt that. Do I have to acknowledge my definition of the context every time so that you don’t have to think I missed the point and therefore feel compelled to remind me?
roughbarked said:
kii said:
roughbarked said:She may be away having lunch.
You missed the point.
I doubt that. Do I have to acknowledge my definition of the context every time so that you don’t have to think I missed the point and therefore feel compelled to remind me?
Sometimes people hint at something and want to elicit responses. There’s a name for it, but I can’t think of it right now.
ABC News:
I’m not Tasmanian.
But, if i were, my response to Mr. Rockliff would be, ‘yeah, so what?’.
She won the DFC for this.
https://youtu.be/yXsPV4XTZAI
Peak Warming Man said:
She won the DFC for this.
https://youtu.be/yXsPV4XTZAI
Is that fair?
Black Mirror: Common People is some serious feel-bad viewing. Close enough to a real circumstances to be genuinely troubling.
Peak Warming Man said:
She won the DFC for this.
https://youtu.be/yXsPV4XTZAI
14 minutes. hard to believe.
roughbarked said:
kii said:
buffy said:I suspect we shouldn’t ask…
But she wants you to ask.
She may be away having lunch.
LOL
kii said:
roughbarked said:
kii said:But she wants you to ask.
She may be away having lunch.
You missed the point.
LOL
roughbarked said:
kii said:
roughbarked said:She may be away having lunch.
You missed the point.
I doubt that. Do I have to acknowledge my definition of the context every time so that you don’t have to think I missed the point and therefore feel compelled to remind me?
LOL
kii said:
roughbarked said:
kii said:You missed the point.
I doubt that. Do I have to acknowledge my definition of the context every time so that you don’t have to think I missed the point and therefore feel compelled to remind me?
Sometimes people hint at something and want to elicit responses. There’s a name for it, but I can’t think of it right now.
LOL
I pronounce moths with a ths sound and paths with a dhz sound if you see what I mean. Is this standard?
dv said:
I pronounce moths with a ths sound and paths with a dhz sound if you see what I mean. Is this standard?
I would do the same
Cymek said:
dv said:
I pronounce moths with a ths sound and paths with a dhz sound if you see what I mean. Is this standard?
I would do the same
we say ths ths
dv said:
I pronounce moths with a ths sound and paths with a dhz sound if you see what I mean. Is this standard?
See a speech specialist and take your mate Cymek with you.
Bloody retards,
dv said:
I pronounce moths with a ths sound and paths with a dhz sound if you see what I mean. Is this standard?
I assume you mean /θ/ vs /ð/. It’s very common in your above example.
I’ll tell you what’s a clumsy sounding but correct word: mutinying. Used in today’s Times cryptic.
Bubblecar said:
I’ll tell you what’s a clumsy sounding but correct word: mutinying. Used in today’s Times cryptic.
I’d avoid it and use something like “the music is in the process of being turned off”
Peak Warming Man said:
dv said:
I pronounce moths with a ths sound and paths with a dhz sound if you see what I mean. Is this standard?
See a speech specialist and take your mate Cymek with you.
Bloody retards,
POINTS
HEY! WE FOUND THE EMBARRASSING PERSON!!
Peak Warming Man said:
dv said:
I pronounce moths with a ths sound and paths with a dhz sound if you see what I mean. Is this standard?
See a speech specialist and take your mate Cymek with you.
Bloody retards,
That’s not very nice.
Victor ! wase elected Bishop of Rome in 189, he as a Berber, I don’t know if he can be described as the first black Pope.
Peak Warming Man said:
Victor ! wase elected Bishop of Rome in 189, he as a Berber, I don’t know if he can be described as the first black Pope.
While it’s difficult to say definitively whether Pope Victor I was Black, historical records indicate he was of African descent, specifically from the Roman province of Africa, which is believed to have been Berber. Some sources, like Black Catholic Messenger and a pdf document, even state that he was the first Black Pope. However, the term “Black” is a modern construct, and it’s not clear how accurately that term applies to the population of the Roman province of Africa in the 2nd century.
Generative AI is experimental.
Peak Warming Man said:
Victor ! wase elected Bishop of Rome in 189, he as a Berber, I don’t know if he can be described as the first black Pope.
Eh seems a stretch.
Bubblecar said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Victor ! wase elected Bishop of Rome in 189, he as a Berber, I don’t know if he can be described as the first black Pope.
While it’s difficult to say definitively whether Pope Victor I was Black, historical records indicate he was of African descent, specifically from the Roman province of Africa, which is believed to have been Berber. Some sources, like Black Catholic Messenger and a pdf document, even state that he was the first Black Pope. However, the term “Black” is a modern construct, and it’s not clear how accurately that term applies to the population of the Roman province of Africa in the 2nd century.
Generative AI is experimental.
I was thinking myself what would black mean back then.
I’ll wait for Kanye to weigh in.
Witty Rejoinder said:
I’ll wait for Kanye to weigh in.
Ask him, “Kanye no spare a moment to settle a wee dispute?”
Bubblecar said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
I’ll wait for Kanye to weigh in.
Ask him, “Kanye no spare a moment to settle a wee dispute?”
I think we should hear Ye
Bubblecar said:
dv said:
I pronounce moths with a ths sound and paths with a dhz sound if you see what I mean. Is this standard?
I assume you mean /θ/ vs /ð/. It’s very common in your above example.
I think that’s the way I pronounce those two words.
dv said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Victor ! wase elected Bishop of Rome in 189, he as a Berber, I don’t know if he can be described as the first black Pope.
Eh seems a stretch.
Could he have been a carpet?
Michael V said:
Bubblecar said:
dv said:
I pronounce moths with a ths sound and paths with a dhz sound if you see what I mean. Is this standard?
I assume you mean /θ/ vs /ð/. It’s very common in your above example.
I think that’s the way I pronounce those two words.
I think I even say baths. I wonder why paths is so special.
captain_spalding said:
dv said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Victor ! wase elected Bishop of Rome in 189, he as a Berber, I don’t know if he can be described as the first black Pope.
Eh seems a stretch.
Could he have been a carpet?
I had Berber carpet in the house in Armidale. It was a long way from being black.
Michael V said:
captain_spalding said:
dv said:Eh seems a stretch.
Could he have been a carpet?
I had Berber carpet in the house in Armidale. It was a long way from being black.
And that singer Justin he isn’t black
dv said:
Michael V said:
Bubblecar said:I assume you mean /θ/ vs /ð/. It’s very common in your above example.
I think that’s the way I pronounce those two words.
I think I even say baths. I wonder why paths is so special.
Convention?
an interesting array of witnesses in court today…
first up is the medical registrar who creates management plans for patients that have suffered poisoning – he saw DP and GP and knew of the other two at another hospital. At first they didnt know what the hell was going on but eventually they realised it was poisoning from liver function tests and things were happening to the four patients where functions were deteriorating and not getting better (remember this for later)
then we had a couple of friend of IW and HW who had met them the afternoon of the lunch, they said they were just fine and talked about how delicious the meal was.
A daughter of GP & DP was called and she cried a lot.. clearly emotional from recalling the lead up to the lunch in the moment before she knew they were the last with her parents.. even EP showed some emotions at this time (she has been pretty stoic up to now)
The defence, in an effort to still show EP is a nice person talked abut the loans she gave out to the family…
Some other health people .. one form the Department of health that talked about a mandatory registry where a diagnosis of cancer has to be recorded… she looked for Erins name and it turned up nothing… so EP saying that she had been diagnosed with cancer was either not recorded or her pants are actually on fire.
then the Daughter of IW & HW she was just surprised that EP had invited anyone anywhere and said as much (I dont think she like EP too much)
Then the Patterson’s son is called,… he said that he asked EP where the mushrooms had come from and she said “Woolies’
Defence again talked about the loan the EP gave to family… but also said that Ep’s relationship with his parents was ‘good’.
then a bunch of doctors… they went through diagnostic tests on the four vicitms and the toxicologist said that he asked EP where she got the mushrooms and she said Woolies.
Another doctor later asked EP where she got the mushrooms and EP told her “Safeways and some Asian Grocer” so that’s a lot of shopping for someone.
One of the doctors calls the cops because EP decides she’s fine and wants to go home to ‘do some stuff’ but then she returns later and the doctors says.. hey you know what would be helpful? the leftovers.. can the police go get them… EP had nothing to say to that, so the police go to the house and dig through her two day old garbage and fish out the left over beef wellington (I wonder how much she made??)
EP tells the doctor that she had given her kids the leftovers (but not the mushrooms) the next day so the doctor says.. you should probably bring them in to get checked out and EP says Nah, she’ll be right.
then another doctor is called and she asks Ep to not leave, because you might be poisoned… EP says nah and stands at the door to leave… the doctor says to the court that all vital signs were normal, but Heart rate a little high on first check then it got into the fine range on subsequent checks… unlike the other patients who seemed to not be getting better., this doctors said that she didnt see EP vomit or have diarrhoea… meanwhile the others were constantly going to the bathroom and using up vomit bags like crazy. So doctor get EP to sign a discharge against medical advice form. EP says – I’ll be back in 30 I just gotta do some things at home… and she doesn’t come back
the leftovers make their way to the hospital and the Doctor take a photo of things.. all CCTV footage of this was played so there’s no question of if the doctor did anything suspicious..
the doctors that dealt with EP will have to come back tomorrow to continue.. as the judge decides that the defence begins their cross with a difficult questions… so he pulls the pin and said later gators…
see ya for day seven…
We figured out where gold comes from. The answer is explosive.
A new study has found that such heavy metals may have formed through eruptions on a rare type of star called a magnetar.
Updated May 4, 2025
By Kasha Patel
Even if early Earth had water and oxygen, the planet would still have needed another ingredient for life to flourish: heavy metals. Our cellphones, Earth’s core and even human metabolism would otherwise be nonexistent. But scientists have long wondered how these elements originated and spread in our universe.
New research has found that heavier elements from iron to uranium may have been formed through eruptions on a rare type of star called a magnetar. Magnetars, which have been around since before the solar system was created, could have been an early source of precious metals — like gold — on our planet, according to the study published Tuesday in The Astrophysical Journal Letters.
“If you think about the basic ingredients of what everything’s made of, it’s just neutrons, protons, electrons,” said Anirudh Patel, lead author of the study. “The question is how does nature forge these basic building blocks into the complex matter that we see all around us.”
Probing the densest object in our universe
Over the years, scientists have come up with a list of requirements for what can make heavy metals: first, a lot of neutrons and protons in a dense area that can smash into each other. Second, a lot more neutrons than protons are needed; otherwise the protons would repel each other and the internal bonds within the nucleus would break apart.
An obvious answer (if you’re an astrophysicist) is neutron stars. They’re the densest object known in our universe and literally packed with neutrons. When a massive star undergoes a supernova explosion and collapses its core, the remaining collapsed core is the neutron star. It can be about twice the mass of our sun but squeezed into an object about the size of Washington, D.C.
“If you disrupt the neutron star, you have now freed the densest matter in the universe that’s mostly comprised of neutrons,” said Eric Burns, a co-author on the study and astrophysicist at Louisiana State University.
In 2017, scientists detected two neutron stars merging for the first time, which proved to be quite the metal factory. The amount of gold created from the event was several times the mass of Earth.
“That was really the first time we were able to observationally confirm that these heavy elements can be produced in the merger of two neutron stars,” said Patel, a doctoral student at Columbia University.
But neutron star mergers couldn’t be the only source, he said. For one, these events occur relatively late in galactic history, which doesn’t explain how stars formed earlier in the universe had these heavy metals. Second, the mergers were also very rare — once every 100,000 years or so — and couldn’t be the sole supplier of heavy metals across the universe.
Lurking in the abyss of space, another possible source came to light — literally.
A brilliant flare of gamma rays
Neutron stars come in different flavors. Take a basic neutron star, place the most extreme magnetic field over it and you get a magnetar. Now, watch that magnetar burst. That eruption, the team suspected, would probably be enough to create a literal gold rush.
“You’re taking the densest object in the universe, the strongest magnetic fields, and you’re breaking it,” Burns said. “That energy release is just enormous.”
Magnetars are rare in the universe, but they do flare quite often and are thought to have been around early in our galaxy — occurring earlier and more often than neutron star merger events. But scientists still had to observe whether a magnetar giant flare could create heavy metals.
Only three of these impressive “magnetar giant flares” have been documented in the past 60 years, but the king event was observed in 2004. A magnetar erupted with so much energy that it affected Earth’s ionosphere, even though it was located 30,000 light-years away. (You can imagine a different doomsday scenario for Earth if a flare happened closer to us, but the team assured us that no magnetar is close enough to wipe us out.)
“A flare from basically the other side of our galaxy was able to have such a huge impact on the Earth,” said Brian Metzger, a study co-author and astrophysicist at Columbia University. The flare “was probably the brightest electromagnetic thing that we’ve ever seen outside of our solar system.”
The magnetar gave off a powerful burst of light. But it also ejected material from the surface of the neutron star.
As material from the star was ejected, expanded and cooled, Patel said the protons and neutrons basically recombined to form heavier and heavier elements like gold, platinum and uranium — a process called rapid-neutron capture. As these heavy elements are produced, they are radioactive and unstable. They then decay to their stable forms, releasing energy in the form of gamma rays in the process.
Patel and the team predicted what elements may have been produced and the total amount of gamma ray energy released from the decaying elements. When the team saw the actual gamma ray data from the flare, they were astounded at how closely their predictions matched the observation. The flare produced a huge amount of heavier elements, surpassing the mass of Mars.
“This is a very exciting development,” said Hsin-Yu Chen, an astrophysicist at the University of Texas at Austin who was not involved in the study. “It shows new observational evidence for another way heavy elements can form in the universe.”
Scientists have long suspected that heavier elements were formed in multiple ways, “but were not able to conclusively show until now,” added Anna Frebel, professor of physics and head of astrophysics at MIT, who also was not involved in the study.
Both agreed the findings can help explain how heavy elements were formed early in the universe in ways that neutron star mergers can’t.
On a more immediate level, Frebel said, we can say now that our gold and platinum jewelry probably came from explosively flaring and merging neutron stars “that operated in the billion or so years before the birth of the sun.”
Overall, all magnetar giant flares could contribute from 1 to 10 percent of all the elements heavier than iron in the galaxy, the team found. Neutron star mergers contribute as well, but that still probably leaves a gap to account for the remaining quantities of heavy metals.
Any further exploration will require continued investment, Patel said. A big leap could occur with the potential launch in 2027 of NASA’s Compton Spectrometer and Imager (COSI), a gamma ray telescope that will be able to identify individual elements formed from events like magnetar giant flares.
“We want to eventually complete the picture of the origin of heavy elements,” said Patel, who said his research incorporated knowledge and resources from the National Science Foundation, NASA and Department of Energy, among others. “There are other astrophysical sites that produce heavy elements out there that we haven’t yet discovered.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025/05/04/first-gold-universe-heavy-metals-magnetar/?
Witty Rejoinder said:
We figured out where gold comes from. The answer is explosive.
A new study has found that such heavy metals may have formed through eruptions on a rare type of star called a magnetar.Updated May 4, 2025
By Kasha PatelEven if early Earth had water and oxygen, the planet would still have needed another ingredient for life to flourish: heavy metals. Our cellphones, Earth’s core and even human metabolism would otherwise be nonexistent. But scientists have long wondered how these elements originated and spread in our universe.
New research has found that heavier elements from iron to uranium may have been formed through eruptions on a rare type of star called a magnetar. Magnetars, which have been around since before the solar system was created, could have been an early source of precious metals — like gold — on our planet, according to the study published Tuesday in The Astrophysical Journal Letters.
“If you think about the basic ingredients of what everything’s made of, it’s just neutrons, protons, electrons,” said Anirudh Patel, lead author of the study. “The question is how does nature forge these basic building blocks into the complex matter that we see all around us.”
Probing the densest object in our universe
Over the years, scientists have come up with a list of requirements for what can make heavy metals: first, a lot of neutrons and protons in a dense area that can smash into each other. Second, a lot more neutrons than protons are needed; otherwise the protons would repel each other and the internal bonds within the nucleus would break apart.An obvious answer (if you’re an astrophysicist) is neutron stars. They’re the densest object known in our universe and literally packed with neutrons. When a massive star undergoes a supernova explosion and collapses its core, the remaining collapsed core is the neutron star. It can be about twice the mass of our sun but squeezed into an object about the size of Washington, D.C.
“If you disrupt the neutron star, you have now freed the densest matter in the universe that’s mostly comprised of neutrons,” said Eric Burns, a co-author on the study and astrophysicist at Louisiana State University.
In 2017, scientists detected two neutron stars merging for the first time, which proved to be quite the metal factory. The amount of gold created from the event was several times the mass of Earth.
“That was really the first time we were able to observationally confirm that these heavy elements can be produced in the merger of two neutron stars,” said Patel, a doctoral student at Columbia University.
But neutron star mergers couldn’t be the only source, he said. For one, these events occur relatively late in galactic history, which doesn’t explain how stars formed earlier in the universe had these heavy metals. Second, the mergers were also very rare — once every 100,000 years or so — and couldn’t be the sole supplier of heavy metals across the universe.
Lurking in the abyss of space, another possible source came to light — literally.
A brilliant flare of gamma rays
Neutron stars come in different flavors. Take a basic neutron star, place the most extreme magnetic field over it and you get a magnetar. Now, watch that magnetar burst. That eruption, the team suspected, would probably be enough to create a literal gold rush.“You’re taking the densest object in the universe, the strongest magnetic fields, and you’re breaking it,” Burns said. “That energy release is just enormous.”
Magnetars are rare in the universe, but they do flare quite often and are thought to have been around early in our galaxy — occurring earlier and more often than neutron star merger events. But scientists still had to observe whether a magnetar giant flare could create heavy metals.
Only three of these impressive “magnetar giant flares” have been documented in the past 60 years, but the king event was observed in 2004. A magnetar erupted with so much energy that it affected Earth’s ionosphere, even though it was located 30,000 light-years away. (You can imagine a different doomsday scenario for Earth if a flare happened closer to us, but the team assured us that no magnetar is close enough to wipe us out.)
“A flare from basically the other side of our galaxy was able to have such a huge impact on the Earth,” said Brian Metzger, a study co-author and astrophysicist at Columbia University. The flare “was probably the brightest electromagnetic thing that we’ve ever seen outside of our solar system.”
The magnetar gave off a powerful burst of light. But it also ejected material from the surface of the neutron star.
As material from the star was ejected, expanded and cooled, Patel said the protons and neutrons basically recombined to form heavier and heavier elements like gold, platinum and uranium — a process called rapid-neutron capture. As these heavy elements are produced, they are radioactive and unstable. They then decay to their stable forms, releasing energy in the form of gamma rays in the process.
Patel and the team predicted what elements may have been produced and the total amount of gamma ray energy released from the decaying elements. When the team saw the actual gamma ray data from the flare, they were astounded at how closely their predictions matched the observation. The flare produced a huge amount of heavier elements, surpassing the mass of Mars.
“This is a very exciting development,” said Hsin-Yu Chen, an astrophysicist at the University of Texas at Austin who was not involved in the study. “It shows new observational evidence for another way heavy elements can form in the universe.”
Scientists have long suspected that heavier elements were formed in multiple ways, “but were not able to conclusively show until now,” added Anna Frebel, professor of physics and head of astrophysics at MIT, who also was not involved in the study.
Both agreed the findings can help explain how heavy elements were formed early in the universe in ways that neutron star mergers can’t.
On a more immediate level, Frebel said, we can say now that our gold and platinum jewelry probably came from explosively flaring and merging neutron stars “that operated in the billion or so years before the birth of the sun.”
Overall, all magnetar giant flares could contribute from 1 to 10 percent of all the elements heavier than iron in the galaxy, the team found. Neutron star mergers contribute as well, but that still probably leaves a gap to account for the remaining quantities of heavy metals.
Any further exploration will require continued investment, Patel said. A big leap could occur with the potential launch in 2027 of NASA’s Compton Spectrometer and Imager (COSI), a gamma ray telescope that will be able to identify individual elements formed from events like magnetar giant flares.
“We want to eventually complete the picture of the origin of heavy elements,” said Patel, who said his research incorporated knowledge and resources from the National Science Foundation, NASA and Department of Energy, among others. “There are other astrophysical sites that produce heavy elements out there that we haven’t yet discovered.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025/05/04/first-gold-universe-heavy-metals-magnetar/?
Hmm
Do you think EP will be allowed in the prison kitchen to cook for fellow inmates?
Witty Rejoinder said:
We figured out where gold comes from. The answer is explosive.
A new study has found that such heavy metals may have formed through eruptions on a rare type of star called a magnetar.Updated May 4, 2025
By Kasha PatelEven if early Earth had water and oxygen, the planet would still have needed another ingredient for life to flourish: heavy metals. Our cellphones, Earth’s core and even human metabolism would otherwise be nonexistent. But scientists have long wondered how these elements originated and spread in our universe.
New research has found that heavier elements from iron to uranium may have been formed through eruptions on a rare type of star called a magnetar. Magnetars, which have been around since before the solar system was created, could have been an early source of precious metals — like gold — on our planet, according to the study published Tuesday in The Astrophysical Journal Letters.
“If you think about the basic ingredients of what everything’s made of, it’s just neutrons, protons, electrons,” said Anirudh Patel, lead author of the study. “The question is how does nature forge these basic building blocks into the complex matter that we see all around us.”
Probing the densest object in our universe
Over the years, scientists have come up with a list of requirements for what can make heavy metals: first, a lot of neutrons and protons in a dense area that can smash into each other. Second, a lot more neutrons than protons are needed; otherwise the protons would repel each other and the internal bonds within the nucleus would break apart.An obvious answer (if you’re an astrophysicist) is neutron stars. They’re the densest object known in our universe and literally packed with neutrons. When a massive star undergoes a supernova explosion and collapses its core, the remaining collapsed core is the neutron star. It can be about twice the mass of our sun but squeezed into an object about the size of Washington, D.C.
“If you disrupt the neutron star, you have now freed the densest matter in the universe that’s mostly comprised of neutrons,” said Eric Burns, a co-author on the study and astrophysicist at Louisiana State University.
In 2017, scientists detected two neutron stars merging for the first time, which proved to be quite the metal factory. The amount of gold created from the event was several times the mass of Earth.
“That was really the first time we were able to observationally confirm that these heavy elements can be produced in the merger of two neutron stars,” said Patel, a doctoral student at Columbia University.
But neutron star mergers couldn’t be the only source, he said. For one, these events occur relatively late in galactic history, which doesn’t explain how stars formed earlier in the universe had these heavy metals. Second, the mergers were also very rare — once every 100,000 years or so — and couldn’t be the sole supplier of heavy metals across the universe.
Lurking in the abyss of space, another possible source came to light — literally.
A brilliant flare of gamma rays
Neutron stars come in different flavors. Take a basic neutron star, place the most extreme magnetic field over it and you get a magnetar. Now, watch that magnetar burst. That eruption, the team suspected, would probably be enough to create a literal gold rush.“You’re taking the densest object in the universe, the strongest magnetic fields, and you’re breaking it,” Burns said. “That energy release is just enormous.”
Magnetars are rare in the universe, but they do flare quite often and are thought to have been around early in our galaxy — occurring earlier and more often than neutron star merger events. But scientists still had to observe whether a magnetar giant flare could create heavy metals.
Only three of these impressive “magnetar giant flares” have been documented in the past 60 years, but the king event was observed in 2004. A magnetar erupted with so much energy that it affected Earth’s ionosphere, even though it was located 30,000 light-years away. (You can imagine a different doomsday scenario for Earth if a flare happened closer to us, but the team assured us that no magnetar is close enough to wipe us out.)
“A flare from basically the other side of our galaxy was able to have such a huge impact on the Earth,” said Brian Metzger, a study co-author and astrophysicist at Columbia University. The flare “was probably the brightest electromagnetic thing that we’ve ever seen outside of our solar system.”
The magnetar gave off a powerful burst of light. But it also ejected material from the surface of the neutron star.
As material from the star was ejected, expanded and cooled, Patel said the protons and neutrons basically recombined to form heavier and heavier elements like gold, platinum and uranium — a process called rapid-neutron capture. As these heavy elements are produced, they are radioactive and unstable. They then decay to their stable forms, releasing energy in the form of gamma rays in the process.
Patel and the team predicted what elements may have been produced and the total amount of gamma ray energy released from the decaying elements. When the team saw the actual gamma ray data from the flare, they were astounded at how closely their predictions matched the observation. The flare produced a huge amount of heavier elements, surpassing the mass of Mars.
“This is a very exciting development,” said Hsin-Yu Chen, an astrophysicist at the University of Texas at Austin who was not involved in the study. “It shows new observational evidence for another way heavy elements can form in the universe.”
Scientists have long suspected that heavier elements were formed in multiple ways, “but were not able to conclusively show until now,” added Anna Frebel, professor of physics and head of astrophysics at MIT, who also was not involved in the study.
Both agreed the findings can help explain how heavy elements were formed early in the universe in ways that neutron star mergers can’t.
On a more immediate level, Frebel said, we can say now that our gold and platinum jewelry probably came from explosively flaring and merging neutron stars “that operated in the billion or so years before the birth of the sun.”
Overall, all magnetar giant flares could contribute from 1 to 10 percent of all the elements heavier than iron in the galaxy, the team found. Neutron star mergers contribute as well, but that still probably leaves a gap to account for the remaining quantities of heavy metals.
Any further exploration will require continued investment, Patel said. A big leap could occur with the potential launch in 2027 of NASA’s Compton Spectrometer and Imager (COSI), a gamma ray telescope that will be able to identify individual elements formed from events like magnetar giant flares.
“We want to eventually complete the picture of the origin of heavy elements,” said Patel, who said his research incorporated knowledge and resources from the National Science Foundation, NASA and Department of Energy, among others. “There are other astrophysical sites that produce heavy elements out there that we haven’t yet discovered.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025/05/04/first-gold-universe-heavy-metals-magnetar/?
Nice.
Will the program get the bullet from Trump?
Divine Angel said:
Do you think EP will be allowed in the prison kitchen to cook for fellow inmates?
I’d be more concerned about her tending the vegetable patch.
Divine Angel said:
Do you think EP will be allowed in the prison kitchen to cook for fellow inmates?
I doubt it, he’s been dead for 48 years.
Chappell Roan has a hint of eighties glam going at the Met Gala:
Witty Rejoinder said:
Chappell Roan has a hint of eighties glam going at the Met Gala:
NHOH
Peak Warming Man said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
Chappell Roan has a hint of eighties glam going at the Met Gala:
NHOH
She sings Pink Pony Club. Look up her performance from the Grammys.
What a week to send your cardinal’s cassock to the dry-cleaners:
Witty Rejoinder said:
What a week to send your cardinal’s cassock to the dry-cleaners:
That’s a lovely photo, though. Might have been a painting.
dv said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
What a week to send your cardinal’s cassock to the dry-cleaners:
That’s a lovely photo, though. Might have been a painting.
probably 爱 then
Divine Angel said:
Do you think EP will be allowed in the prison kitchen to cook for fellow inmates?
She can cook all she wants.
Let’s see her get someone to eat any of it.
captain_spalding said:
Divine Angel said:
Do you think EP will be allowed in the prison kitchen to cook for fellow inmates?
She can cook all she wants.
Let’s see her get someone to eat any of it.
Magic mushrooms 🍄 🍄 🍄 yum.
Sir David Attenborough has a new doco out called Oceans.
He’s 99 and still working.
Peak Warming Man said:
Sir David Attenborough has a new doco out called Oceans.
He’s 99 and still working.
Damn cost of living, what hope for the rest of us?
Peak Warming Man said:
Sir David Attenborough has a new doco out called Oceans.
He’s 99 and still working.
Good
“Poachers have killed more than 100 rhinos in South Africa this year, most of them in national parks”
But think of all the good that it’s doing, think of all the Chinese men that are having trouble rogering.
Peak Warming Man said:
“Poachers have killed more than 100 rhinos in South Africa this year, most of them in national parks”But think of all the good that it’s doing, think of all the Chinese men that are having trouble rogering.
They should just get implants
Just walking past the woodheap and noticed a dim glow on a piece of wood close to the ground. The glow is roughly circular and about the size of a 20 cent piece. When I touched it (it felt hard, maybe chitinous, possibly metallic) the glow switched off and whatever it was moved off the wood and onto the ground. I looked over the area with a torch, but nothing I found matches what I saw.
Peak Warming Man said:
Sir David Attenborough has a new doco out called Oceans.
He’s 99 and still working.
No he’s not. This docco is his last.
btm said:
Just walking past the woodheap and noticed a dim glow on a piece of wood close to the ground. The glow is roughly circular and about the size of a 20 cent piece. When I touched it (it felt hard, maybe chitinous, possibly metallic) the glow switched off and whatever it was moved off the wood and onto the ground. I looked over the area with a torch, but nothing I found matches what I saw.
Scorpion?
Hi all, just got home from work.
I hope everything is going ok.
Kingy said:
Hi all, just got home from work.I hope everything is going ok.
Me too
Kingy said:
Hi all, just got home from work.I hope everything is going ok.
No fires here, you can stand down.
roughbarked said:
btm said:
Just walking past the woodheap and noticed a dim glow on a piece of wood close to the ground. The glow is roughly circular and about the size of a 20 cent piece. When I touched it (it felt hard, maybe chitinous, possibly metallic) the glow switched off and whatever it was moved off the wood and onto the ground. I looked over the area with a torch, but nothing I found matches what I saw.
Scorpion?
Possibly, but I don’t know of any local scorpions (inner Melbourne), I don’t know of any nearby scorpion with a body that size and shape, and I don’t know of any scorpions that glow in the dark.
btm said:
Just walking past the woodheap and noticed a dim glow on a piece of wood close to the ground. The glow is roughly circular and about the size of a 20 cent piece. When I touched it (it felt hard, maybe chitinous, possibly metallic) the glow switched off and whatever it was moved off the wood and onto the ground. I looked over the area with a torch, but nothing I found matches what I saw.
btm said:
roughbarked said:
btm said:
Just walking past the woodheap and noticed a dim glow on a piece of wood close to the ground. The glow is roughly circular and about the size of a 20 cent piece. When I touched it (it felt hard, maybe chitinous, possibly metallic) the glow switched off and whatever it was moved off the wood and onto the ground. I looked over the area with a torch, but nothing I found matches what I saw.
Scorpion?
Possibly, but I don’t know of any local scorpions (inner Melbourne), I don’t know of any nearby scorpion with a body that size and shape, and I don’t know of any scorpions that glow in the dark.
Maybe some type of firefly.
Bubblecar said:
btm said:
roughbarked said:Scorpion?
Possibly, but I don’t know of any local scorpions (inner Melbourne), I don’t know of any nearby scorpion with a body that size and shape, and I don’t know of any scorpions that glow in the dark.
Maybe some type of firefly.
“The most popular Pope in modern times was Pope John Paul. That’s why I really hope the new Pope takes the name Pope George Ringo.”
LOLOL…..it’s silly, but I needed a giggle.
kii said:
“The most popular Pope in modern times was Pope John Paul. That’s why I really hope the new Pope takes the name Pope George Ringo.”LOLOL…..it’s silly, but I needed a giggle.
Ringo played the Pope in Ken Russell’s “Lisztomania” back in 1976.
Good morning Holidayers. Presently 5 degrees at the back door. There is a slight lightening on the Eastern horizon. We are forecast a cloudy 15 degrees today.
Bakery breakfast with my bushwandering friend but no wandering. Still nothing to see (no rain) and she’s still got the bloke painting her house yellow at the moment so she likes to be at home.
Mostly sunny with a top of 27 today.
Me n Mr Mutant are celebrating our anniversary today, together 17 years, married for four.
Some days I doubt my ability to read at all because I keep losing focus, but yesterday I binge-read Ione Skye’s memoir in a whole day.
Neophyte said:
kii said:
“The most popular Pope in modern times was Pope John Paul. That’s why I really hope the new Pope takes the name Pope George Ringo.”LOLOL…..it’s silly, but I needed a giggle.
Ringo played the Pope in Ken Russell’s “Lisztomania” back in 1976.
Brain cells remember that.
I received my package of Bob’s Red Mill Nutritional Yeast today. I love it.
https://boingboing.net/2018/09/17/spiders-blamed-after-broken-si.html
Spiders blamed after broken siren played creepy nursery rhymes randomly at night to UK townsfolk
Bogsnorkler said:
https://boingboing.net/2018/09/17/spiders-blamed-after-broken-si.htmlSpiders blamed after broken siren played creepy nursery rhymes randomly at night to UK townsfolk
And people laugh at my phobia, when really, the little fuckers are out to get us for reals.
Divine Angel said:
Bogsnorkler said:
https://boingboing.net/2018/09/17/spiders-blamed-after-broken-si.htmlSpiders blamed after broken siren played creepy nursery rhymes randomly at night to UK townsfolk
And people laugh at my phobia, when really, the little fuckers are out to get us for reals.
I’ve never laughed.
Two of Mini Me’s friends have come home with a rash on their arms from the school’s playground equipment, so today me and walkies friend investigated. We found something we suspected was the culprit, a plastic joint which sparkled in the sun. Walkies friend rubbed her arm against it, and I’m like, what the hell, I will too. Almost immediately, her arm broke out in a rash, which she poked and prodded. A few minutes later, my arm felt tingly but I didn’t touch it. She complained her arm felt nasty, so we reported it to the school office. After our morning walk when we got back to her house, I rested my arm on her steps, and holy moley, it was painful.
She’s used duct tape to try and pull off anything stuck in her arm, and I’ve run my arm under water. Her arm seems to be better, my arm is still sore so I’m using tape too.
Well you know, we did the experiment!
Divine Angel said:
Two of Mini Me’s friends have come home with a rash on their arms from the school’s playground equipment, so today me and walkies friend investigated. We found something we suspected was the culprit, a plastic joint which sparkled in the sun. Walkies friend rubbed her arm against it, and I’m like, what the hell, I will too. Almost immediately, her arm broke out in a rash, which she poked and prodded. A few minutes later, my arm felt tingly but I didn’t touch it. She complained her arm felt nasty, so we reported it to the school office. After our morning walk when we got back to her house, I rested my arm on her steps, and holy moley, it was painful.She’s used duct tape to try and pull off anything stuck in her arm, and I’ve run my arm under water. Her arm seems to be better, my arm is still sore so I’m using tape too.
Well you know, we did the experiment!
Did you go back and take samples?
roughbarked said:
Divine Angel said:
Two of Mini Me’s friends have come home with a rash on their arms from the school’s playground equipment, so today me and walkies friend investigated. We found something we suspected was the culprit, a plastic joint which sparkled in the sun. Walkies friend rubbed her arm against it, and I’m like, what the hell, I will too. Almost immediately, her arm broke out in a rash, which she poked and prodded. A few minutes later, my arm felt tingly but I didn’t touch it. She complained her arm felt nasty, so we reported it to the school office. After our morning walk when we got back to her house, I rested my arm on her steps, and holy moley, it was painful.She’s used duct tape to try and pull off anything stuck in her arm, and I’ve run my arm under water. Her arm seems to be better, my arm is still sore so I’m using tape too.
Well you know, we did the experiment!
Did you go back and take samples?
The school is sending out the groundsman to have a look, and the BM will follow up. Surely the first aid person has had kids come through with symptoms after playing on the equipment.
Divine Angel said:
Mostly sunny with a top of 27 today.Me n Mr Mutant are celebrating our anniversary today, together 17 years, married for four.
Gosh!
Well done.
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
Mostly sunny with a top of 27 today.Me n Mr Mutant are celebrating our anniversary today, together 17 years, married for four.
Gosh!
Well done.
+1
Divine Angel said:
Two of Mini Me’s friends have come home with a rash on their arms from the school’s playground equipment, so today me and walkies friend investigated. We found something we suspected was the culprit, a plastic joint which sparkled in the sun. Walkies friend rubbed her arm against it, and I’m like, what the hell, I will too. Almost immediately, her arm broke out in a rash, which she poked and prodded. A few minutes later, my arm felt tingly but I didn’t touch it. She complained her arm felt nasty, so we reported it to the school office. After our morning walk when we got back to her house, I rested my arm on her steps, and holy moley, it was painful.She’s used duct tape to try and pull off anything stuck in her arm, and I’ve run my arm under water. Her arm seems to be better, my arm is still sore so I’m using tape too.
Well you know, we did the experiment!
Bloody!
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
Two of Mini Me’s friends have come home with a rash on their arms from the school’s playground equipment, so today me and walkies friend investigated. We found something we suspected was the culprit, a plastic joint which sparkled in the sun. Walkies friend rubbed her arm against it, and I’m like, what the hell, I will too. Almost immediately, her arm broke out in a rash, which she poked and prodded. A few minutes later, my arm felt tingly but I didn’t touch it. She complained her arm felt nasty, so we reported it to the school office. After our morning walk when we got back to her house, I rested my arm on her steps, and holy moley, it was painful.She’s used duct tape to try and pull off anything stuck in her arm, and I’ve run my arm under water. Her arm seems to be better, my arm is still sore so I’m using tape too.
Well you know, we did the experiment!
Bloody!
Sounds like it might be micro-fibres of some sort.
Like the fine hairs that you can get stuck in your skin from some cactus plants.
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
Mostly sunny with a top of 27 today.Me n Mr Mutant are celebrating our anniversary today, together 17 years, married for four.
Gosh!
Well done.
Happy anniversary.
Bloke 3D printed some titanium pens then anodised them. I think they look rather good indeed.
ABC News:
I suppose that, just like with eggs, (a) the supermarket chains will start diverting other states’ supplies of oysters to those areas deprived of the molluscs by this disaster, and (b) this will prompt some form of panic-buying whch leads to some rather odd people to descend on the supermarkets at opening time, and strip their shelves bare of oysters in minutes, every bloody day.
Divine Angel said:
Bogsnorkler said:
https://boingboing.net/2018/09/17/spiders-blamed-after-broken-si.htmlSpiders blamed after broken siren played creepy nursery rhymes randomly at night to UK townsfolk
And people laugh at my phobia, when really, the little fuckers are out to get us for reals.
Have you ever sought therapy about this?
kii said:
Divine Angel said:
Bogsnorkler said:
https://boingboing.net/2018/09/17/spiders-blamed-after-broken-si.htmlSpiders blamed after broken siren played creepy nursery rhymes randomly at night to UK townsfolk
And people laugh at my phobia, when really, the little fuckers are out to get us for reals.
Have you ever sought therapy about this?
She has, but the docs all say that she’s too crazy to deal with.
Hello
Eh we went to see Thunderbolts*.
Pretty fun.
“We’re brought up with this belief that there are good guys and there are bad guys. But eventually, you come to realize that there are bad guys and there are worse guys, and nothing else.”
dv said:
Eh we went to see Thunderbolts*.
Pretty fun.“We’re brought up with this belief that there are good guys and there are bad guys. But eventually, you come to realize that there are bad guys and there are worse guys, and nothing else.”
optimistic
roughbarked said:
Divine Angel said:
Bogsnorkler said:
https://boingboing.net/2018/09/17/spiders-blamed-after-broken-si.htmlSpiders blamed after broken siren played creepy nursery rhymes randomly at night to UK townsfolk
And people laugh at my phobia, when really, the little fuckers are out to get us for reals.
I’ve never laughed.
bug
dv said:
Eh we went to see Thunderbolts*.
Pretty fun.“We’re brought up with this belief that there are good guys and there are bad guys. But eventually, you come to realize that there are bad guys and there are worse guys, and nothing else.”
ROFLMAO
Peak Warming Man said:
dv said:
Eh we went to see Thunderbolts*.
Pretty fun.“We’re brought up with this belief that there are good guys and there are bad guys. But eventually, you come to realize that there are bad guys and there are worse guys, and nothing else.”
ROFLMAO
Saw it the other days and keep typing responses, but have to delete them as they might be considered spoilers.
SCIENCE said:
roughbarked said:
Divine Angel said:And people laugh at my phobia, when really, the little fuckers are out to get us for reals.
I’ve never laughed.
bug
The automatic doors at the Visitor Centre kept opening & closing. The Electricians couldn’t diagnose the cause until we found a spider in the sensor casing. Little blighter was walking across the sensor lens.
captain_spalding said:
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
Two of Mini Me’s friends have come home with a rash on their arms from the school’s playground equipment, so today me and walkies friend investigated. We found something we suspected was the culprit, a plastic joint which sparkled in the sun. Walkies friend rubbed her arm against it, and I’m like, what the hell, I will too. Almost immediately, her arm broke out in a rash, which she poked and prodded. A few minutes later, my arm felt tingly but I didn’t touch it. She complained her arm felt nasty, so we reported it to the school office. After our morning walk when we got back to her house, I rested my arm on her steps, and holy moley, it was painful.She’s used duct tape to try and pull off anything stuck in her arm, and I’ve run my arm under water. Her arm seems to be better, my arm is still sore so I’m using tape too.
Well you know, we did the experiment!
Bloody!
Sounds like it might be micro-fibres of some sort.
Like the fine hairs that you can get stuck in your skin from some cactus plants.
fibreglass does that.
Neophyte said:
Peak Warming Man said:
dv said:
Eh we went to see Thunderbolts*.
Pretty fun.“We’re brought up with this belief that there are good guys and there are bad guys. But eventually, you come to realize that there are bad guys and there are worse guys, and nothing else.”
ROFLMAO
Saw it the other days and keep typing responses, but have to delete them as they might be considered spoilers.
Just write “spoiler” first sheesh…
Cymek said:
Hello
Good morning sir.
roughbarked said:
captain_spalding said:
Michael V said:Bloody!
Sounds like it might be micro-fibres of some sort.
Like the fine hairs that you can get stuck in your skin from some cactus plants.
fibreglass does that.
roughbarked said:
Cymek said:
Hello
Good morning sir.
Tamb said:
SCIENCE said:
roughbarked said:I’ve never laughed.
bug
The automatic doors at the Visitor Centre kept opening & closing. The Electricians couldn’t diagnose the cause until we found a spider in the sensor casing. Little blighter was walking across the sensor lens.
Paper wasps were turning my sensor lights on over and over. I had to go and spray them because it is 300W burning each time.
Divine Angel said:
Bogsnorkler said:
https://boingboing.net/2018/09/17/spiders-blamed-after-broken-si.htmlSpiders blamed after broken siren played creepy nursery rhymes randomly at night to UK townsfolk
And people laugh at my phobia, when really, the little fuckers are out to get us for reals.
About 18 months ago something crawled up my trouser leg and bit me in three places. I didn’t feel the bites but the following day I had three itchy spots on my calf and shin. It didn’t bother me too much and I expected them to go away. After about 3 months of the spots not going away, but growing, I saw the doc, who gave me some cream to rub on them.
I ran out of cream about a month ago and went to see the doc again. He was surprised to see how they had changed. One has turned into a dark circle about 10mm across, and the other two are a raised lump with a white crust. I had a biopsy on Monday to find out what the fuck they are, and now have half a dozen stitches on my calf. It’ll be about a week before the results come back.
Kingy said:
Divine Angel said:
Bogsnorkler said:
https://boingboing.net/2018/09/17/spiders-blamed-after-broken-si.html
Spiders blamed after broken siren played creepy nursery rhymes randomly at night to UK townsfolk
And people laugh at my phobia, when really, the little fuckers are out to get us for reals.
About 18 months ago something crawled up my trouser leg and bit me in three places. I didn’t feel the bites but the following day I had three itchy spots on my calf and shin. It didn’t bother me too much and I expected them to go away. After about 3 months of the spots not going away, but growing, I saw the doc, who gave me some cream to rub on them.
I ran out of cream about a month ago and went to see the doc again. He was surprised to see how they had changed. One has turned into a dark circle about 10mm across, and the other two are a raised lump with a white crust. I had a biopsy on Monday to find out what the fuck they are, and now have half a dozen stitches on my calf. It’ll be about a week before the results come back.
weird
might be cool to discover something
https://edition.cnn.com/2013/08/19/health/snail-in-knee/index.html
like this
Kingy said:
Divine Angel said:
Bogsnorkler said:
https://boingboing.net/2018/09/17/spiders-blamed-after-broken-si.htmlSpiders blamed after broken siren played creepy nursery rhymes randomly at night to UK townsfolk
And people laugh at my phobia, when really, the little fuckers are out to get us for reals.
About 18 months ago something crawled up my trouser leg and bit me in three places. I didn’t feel the bites but the following day I had three itchy spots on my calf and shin. It didn’t bother me too much and I expected them to go away. After about 3 months of the spots not going away, but growing, I saw the doc, who gave me some cream to rub on them.
I ran out of cream about a month ago and went to see the doc again. He was surprised to see how they had changed. One has turned into a dark circle about 10mm across, and the other two are a raised lump with a white crust. I had a biopsy on Monday to find out what the fuck they are, and now have half a dozen stitches on my calf. It’ll be about a week before the results come back.
Ouch. Do you have ticks over there?
SCIENCE said:
Kingy said:
Divine Angel said:
And people laugh at my phobia, when really, the little fuckers are out to get us for reals.
About 18 months ago something crawled up my trouser leg and bit me in three places. I didn’t feel the bites but the following day I had three itchy spots on my calf and shin. It didn’t bother me too much and I expected them to go away. After about 3 months of the spots not going away, but growing, I saw the doc, who gave me some cream to rub on them.
I ran out of cream about a month ago and went to see the doc again. He was surprised to see how they had changed. One has turned into a dark circle about 10mm across, and the other two are a raised lump with a white crust. I had a biopsy on Monday to find out what the fuck they are, and now have half a dozen stitches on my calf. It’ll be about a week before the results come back.
weird
might be cool to discover something
https://edition.cnn.com/2013/08/19/health/snail-in-knee/index.html
like this
Turbo snail.
roughbarked said:
Kingy said:
Divine Angel said:And people laugh at my phobia, when really, the little fuckers are out to get us for reals.
About 18 months ago something crawled up my trouser leg and bit me in three places. I didn’t feel the bites but the following day I had three itchy spots on my calf and shin. It didn’t bother me too much and I expected them to go away. After about 3 months of the spots not going away, but growing, I saw the doc, who gave me some cream to rub on them.
I ran out of cream about a month ago and went to see the doc again. He was surprised to see how they had changed. One has turned into a dark circle about 10mm across, and the other two are a raised lump with a white crust. I had a biopsy on Monday to find out what the fuck they are, and now have half a dozen stitches on my calf. It’ll be about a week before the results come back.
Ouch. Do you have ticks over there?
ew
SCIENCE said:
roughbarked said:
Kingy said:About 18 months ago something crawled up my trouser leg and bit me in three places. I didn’t feel the bites but the following day I had three itchy spots on my calf and shin. It didn’t bother me too much and I expected them to go away. After about 3 months of the spots not going away, but growing, I saw the doc, who gave me some cream to rub on them.
I ran out of cream about a month ago and went to see the doc again. He was surprised to see how they had changed. One has turned into a dark circle about 10mm across, and the other two are a raised lump with a white crust. I had a biopsy on Monday to find out what the fuck they are, and now have half a dozen stitches on my calf. It’ll be about a week before the results come back.
Ouch. Do you have ticks over there?
ew
Does sound a bit like a spider without a toothbrush. But a weirder result than I’ve seen before.
Tamb said:
SCIENCE said:
roughbarked said:I’ve never laughed.
bug
The automatic doors at the Visitor Centre kept opening & closing. The Electricians couldn’t diagnose the cause until we found a spider in the sensor casing. Little blighter was walking across the sensor lens.
Also: smoke alarms can be triggered by spiders, spider webs and insects. Very difficult to clean. IME, compressed air is the best.
roughbarked said:
Kingy said:
Divine Angel said:And people laugh at my phobia, when really, the little fuckers are out to get us for reals.
About 18 months ago something crawled up my trouser leg and bit me in three places. I didn’t feel the bites but the following day I had three itchy spots on my calf and shin. It didn’t bother me too much and I expected them to go away. After about 3 months of the spots not going away, but growing, I saw the doc, who gave me some cream to rub on them.
I ran out of cream about a month ago and went to see the doc again. He was surprised to see how they had changed. One has turned into a dark circle about 10mm across, and the other two are a raised lump with a white crust. I had a biopsy on Monday to find out what the fuck they are, and now have half a dozen stitches on my calf. It’ll be about a week before the results come back.
Ouch. Do you have ticks over there?
I know we have kangaroo ticks, coz one got me some years back.
roughbarked said:
SCIENCE said:
roughbarked said:Ouch. Do you have ticks over there?
ew
Does sound a bit like a spider without a toothbrush. But a weirder result than I’ve seen before.
My calf.
Kingy said:
roughbarked said:
SCIENCE said:ew
Does sound a bit like a spider without a toothbrush. But a weirder result than I’ve seen before.
My calf.
That’s nasty looking. If the flesh dies in and around the bite area from necrosis, it seems to keep doing that until it is excised.
And the voice is now filled with icy cold rage.
As expected, Ocean is about the glory of the watery world — which feeds us, cleans our air and could save us from climate catastrophe.
But it is also about how we are killing it.
The day of the film’s release, May 8, is David Attenborough’s 99th birthday — and he has come to the party ready to fight.
Today the old chap turns 99.
I suppose I should go get some work done, since that’s how I get paid.
Seeyers later.
Once upon a time when I lived in Mittagong, I came across a lady who’d been bitten by a white tail. She’d seen it on her ankle and it bit her when she tried to flick it away. She was positive on the ID, but you know, people can be wrong and don’t let the truth get in the way of a good story etc.
Her whole leg looked like it was ready for amputation. Red, swollen, puffy, patchy, hot to touch (but not infected according to the many doctors she claims to have seen). You could clearly see the puncture marks on her ankle. She was on medications for it, which I thought may be causing or exacerbating symptoms, but holy hell.
Dreamt I’d developed an egg substitute that was made of eggs.
So really entirely pointless, and I’d like to lodge a complaint with whoever is issuing such dumb dreams.
Bubblecar said:
Dreamt I’d developed an egg substitute that was made of eggs.So really entirely pointless, and I’d like to lodge a complaint with whoever is issuing such dumb dreams.
lights pipe
Bubblecar said:
Dreamt I’d developed an egg substitute that was made of eggs.So really entirely pointless, and I’d like to lodge a complaint with whoever is issuing such dumb dreams.
As you might have surmised, I’m getting up rather late these days.
Skipping breakfast so there’ll be nil by mouth until lunch, which will be about when the Coles delivery arrives, between 4:35 and 5:35pm.
Bubblecar said:
Bubblecar said:
Dreamt I’d developed an egg substitute that was made of eggs.So really entirely pointless, and I’d like to lodge a complaint with whoever is issuing such dumb dreams.
As you might have surmised, I’m getting up rather late these days.
Skipping breakfast so there’ll be nil by mouth until lunch, which will be about when the Coles delivery arrives, between 4:35 and 5:35pm.
….aaand Coles have no eggs :(
Sorry, Bubblecar
Some items you ordered are out of stock
What you ordered: Pure Foods Devil Appeal Free Range X Large Eggs 12 pack 700g
Ordered: 2 | Supplied: 0
No substitute available
Tamb said:
Bubblecar said:
Bubblecar said:
Dreamt I’d developed an egg substitute that was made of eggs.So really entirely pointless, and I’d like to lodge a complaint with whoever is issuing such dumb dreams.
As you might have surmised, I’m getting up rather late these days.
Skipping breakfast so there’ll be nil by mouth until lunch, which will be about when the Coles delivery arrives, between 4:35 and 5:35pm.
Had an early get-up this morning so I could have a blood test (Chem 20 & FBC).
I hope the results are satisfactory.
Bubblecar said:
….aaand Coles have no eggs :(Sorry, Bubblecar
Some items you ordered are out of stock
What you ordered: Pure Foods Devil Appeal Free Range X Large Eggs 12 pack 700g
Ordered: 2 | Supplied: 0
No substitute available
I’ll be visiting the IGA this afternoon before the Coles delivery. See if they have any.
Tamb said:
Bubblecar said:
Bubblecar said:
Dreamt I’d developed an egg substitute that was made of eggs.So really entirely pointless, and I’d like to lodge a complaint with whoever is issuing such dumb dreams.
As you might have surmised, I’m getting up rather late these days.
Skipping breakfast so there’ll be nil by mouth until lunch, which will be about when the Coles delivery arrives, between 4:35 and 5:35pm.
Had an early get-up this morning so I could have a blood test (Chem 20 & FBC).
I get my blood test results tomorrow. I bet I get A+
Bubblecar said:
Tamb said:
Bubblecar said:As you might have surmised, I’m getting up rather late these days.
Skipping breakfast so there’ll be nil by mouth until lunch, which will be about when the Coles delivery arrives, between 4:35 and 5:35pm.
Had an early get-up this morning so I could have a blood test (Chem 20 & FBC).
I hope the results are satisfactory.
Bubblecar said:
….aaand Coles have no eggs :(Sorry, Bubblecar
Some items you ordered are out of stock
What you ordered: Pure Foods Devil Appeal Free Range X Large Eggs 12 pack 700g
Ordered: 2 | Supplied: 0
No substitute available
Bugger. It’s been happening a lot here.
Bubblecar said:
Bubblecar said:
….aaand Coles have no eggs :(Sorry, Bubblecar
Some items you ordered are out of stock
What you ordered: Pure Foods Devil Appeal Free Range X Large Eggs 12 pack 700g
Ordered: 2 | Supplied: 0
No substitute available
I’ll be visiting the IGA this afternoon before the Coles delivery. See if they have any.
My bushwandering friend’s chooks have gone off the lay, but I’ve still got a dozen eggs in the fridge. I think there are eggs on the roadside stalls around here though.
Divine Angel said:
Once upon a time when I lived in Mittagong, I came across a lady who’d been bitten by a white tail. She’d seen it on her ankle and it bit her when she tried to flick it away. She was positive on the ID, but you know, people can be wrong and don’t let the truth get in the way of a good story etc.Her whole leg looked like it was ready for amputation. Red, swollen, puffy, patchy, hot to touch (but not infected according to the many doctors she claims to have seen). You could clearly see the puncture marks on her ankle. She was on medications for it, which I thought may be causing or exacerbating symptoms, but holy hell.
White tails get blamed for many bites that aren’t theirs.
Ordered a good original edition of this fine book, published in 1979 and long out of print. I remember borrowing it from the library in the 1980s.
Vanden Plas Coachbuilders.
“The name Vanden Plas must for ever be linked to that of Bentley and Brian Smith’s excellent treatise on this famous coachbuilder shows just why. Hundreds of vintage photographs. The entire story from 1870-1979.”
Divine Angel said:
Tamb said:
Bubblecar said:As you might have surmised, I’m getting up rather late these days.
Skipping breakfast so there’ll be nil by mouth until lunch, which will be about when the Coles delivery arrives, between 4:35 and 5:35pm.
Had an early get-up this morning so I could have a blood test (Chem 20 & FBC).I get my blood test results tomorrow. I bet I get A+
That’s what I got.
poikilotherm said:
Divine Angel said:
Tamb said:Had an early get-up this morning so I could have a blood test (Chem 20 & FBC).
I get my blood test results tomorrow. I bet I get A+
That’s what I got.
*high five
Divine Angel said:
poikilotherm said:
Divine Angel said:I get my blood test results tomorrow. I bet I get A+
That’s what I got.
*high five
Me too. But let’s not jump to any conclusions.
Don’t know what blood type I am. I can’t find it on My Health Record anywhere.
Kingy said:
roughbarked said:
SCIENCE said:ew
Does sound a bit like a spider without a toothbrush. But a weirder result than I’ve seen before.
My calf.
skin cancers, squamous.
Better head for the IGA.
Had to wash my hair with dishwashing liquid ‘cos there was no shampoo left. Luckily there was still plenty of conditioner.
Bubblecar said:
Better head for the IGA.Had to wash my hair with dishwashing liquid ‘cos there was no shampoo left. Luckily there was still plenty of conditioner.
Have you got a clean pirate shirt.
Peak Warming Man said:
Bubblecar said:
Better head for the IGA.Had to wash my hair with dishwashing liquid ‘cos there was no shampoo left. Luckily there was still plenty of conditioner.
Have you got a clean pirate shirt.
I’m wearing a white dress shirt with dark blue/grey floral pattern.
Bubblecar said:
Better head for the IGA.Had to wash my hair with dishwashing liquid ‘cos there was no shampoo left. Luckily there was still plenty of conditioner.
Gentle on your hands while you do your hair?
SCIENCE said:
Kingy said:
Divine Angel said:
And people laugh at my phobia, when really, the little fuckers are out to get us for reals.
About 18 months ago something crawled up my trouser leg and bit me in three places. I didn’t feel the bites but the following day I had three itchy spots on my calf and shin. It didn’t bother me too much and I expected them to go away. After about 3 months of the spots not going away, but growing, I saw the doc, who gave me some cream to rub on them.
I ran out of cream about a month ago and went to see the doc again. He was surprised to see how they had changed. One has turned into a dark circle about 10mm across, and the other two are a raised lump with a white crust. I had a biopsy on Monday to find out what the fuck they are, and now have half a dozen stitches on my calf. It’ll be about a week before the results come back.
weird
might be cool to discover something
https://edition.cnn.com/2013/08/19/health/snail-in-knee/index.html
like this
Ha!
I’ve had to submit an email to the ABC about proofreading their TV shows.
In last night’s episode of Claire Hooper’s House of Games, the clue read “Judy Bloom” but of course her name is Judy Blume.
I know, I know, it’s an absolutely shocking oversight.
Pietro is firm favourite, Mitre is in good shape and cassock is immaculate, but lack of recent miracles could be a drawback.
BACK and the IGA had plenty of eggs.
Jacqui Lambie’s official Senator car was outside the BWS, and as I passed she pulled out straight into oncoming traffic, scoring an extended BEEEEEP!!
Bubblecar said:
BACK and the IGA had plenty of eggs.Jacqui Lambie’s official Senator car was outside the BWS, and as I passed she pulled out straight into oncoming traffic, scoring an extended BEEEEEP!!
LOL
Vague post…that’s the term I was trying to remember.
Peak Warming Man said:
Pietro is firm favourite, Mitre is in good shape and cassock is immaculate, but lack of recent miracles could be a drawback.
Peter Erdo could be a smokey, he has no conviction for rogering altar boys, could be a plus but hard to say.
One to watch.
Matteo Zuppi is a glorious name.
Divine Angel said:
Matteo Zuppi is a glorious name.
Can imagine him running a popular Autentica Pizza Italiana joint.
Bubblecar said:
Divine Angel said:
Matteo Zuppi is a glorious name.
Can imagine him running a popular Autentica Pizza Italiana joint.
That’s a job for Pierbarrista Pizzaballer.
Kingy said:
Bubblecar said:
Divine Angel said:
Matteo Zuppi is a glorious name.
Can imagine him running a popular Autentica Pizza Italiana joint.
That’s a job for Pierbarrista Pizzaballer.
Pizza + Coffee shoppe
Coles truck will be here some time within the next hour.
Time to mix a brandy old-fashioned.
Bubblecar said:
Coles truck will be here some time within the next hour.Time to mix a brandy old-fashioned.
Make mine a large one, please.
captain_spalding said:
Bubblecar said:
Coles truck will be here some time within the next hour.Time to mix a brandy old-fashioned.
Make mine a large one, please.
Cheers.
Work has a lecture coming up on the use of therapy dogs in the courts.
Sounds interesting
They would have to have doggies there wouldn’t they
That would be a travesty otherwise
day 7 of proceedings started a bit meh but picked up as the day went on…
the doctor who treated EP. until EP noped out of there, still on the stand.
She said on first presentation EP was ‘upset’ had high HR and BP and did an abdominal exam, because EP told her she had gastro. I reckon doctors love it when you present equipped with a diagnosis. it must make their job so much easier.
Anyway, The doctor said “Girl you should bring the kids, but we will send you to one hospital and the kids will go to another (what the hell country towns!!!) EP did not like that at all.
Doc said ‘Ez… girl you might need a liver transplant if you’ve been exposed to the mushrooms, but, whatever… oh and also I cant tell you how bad your lunch guests are.”
After a bit the high readings were fine again and the doc conceded that EP could have just had stress, or run a few laps around the carpark before she came in.
then they got rid of the doctor and bought in a nurse… nurse also tells EP that shits serious, but Ep also told her she’s gotta go and then left saying she’ll be back for the viatl treatment to save her liver later.
EP finally tells everyone that she’s leaving because she came to hospital not expecting to stay and she’s gotta go get some clean underwear and her night mask…
the nurse said – fine, sign the form and Ill see you later, expecting to see EP and her children who she may or may not have poisoned.
Defence gets up and says – So EP didn’t want to not be treated, just she didn’t want to be admitted at that time… which is code for.. we got nothing but threads to hold on to.
Another nurse was called.. who said EP on second presentation looked fit while the other patients were in struggle town.
She also told EP that even though she scraped the mushrooms off the meal for the kids, the toxins could have seeped into the meat. EP made a phone call and then used the bathroom and then went into the ambulance for transfer..
The cop who had to rifle through the rubbish bin was called he said that EP knew exactly where the leftovers were and there was enough for one or two beef wellingtons… in a brown paper woollies bag.. so he brought that to the hospital but stuff was leaking out of it and the rookie cop had to clean the car when he got back to the station.
Then the daughter in law of GP & IP was called… she said sure EP loaned them money and sure, she attended a couple fo family gatherings, but the relationship between EP and her brother in law was going downhill. she also said that after GP & DP & HW died, EP emailed her asking her to look after the children if CPS got involved. – so that’s interesting.
A tox doctor is called. He was told about EP’s slightly high pH reading and slightly low potassium level .. the hospital doctors told him that EP said he has had diarrhoea for 36 hours, but it miraculously hasn’t shown at the hospital.
The tox doctors asked EP where she got the mushrooms from and EP said they were “unbranded, presliced button mushrooms from Safeway and a Chinese food store in Oakleigh’. She also said she no longer has the packaging and would not be able to find them.
The kind doctor, for fear of a public health issue, said he would list all the Chinese food supply stores in Oakleigh, and EP said “Dude I bought these mushrooms in April… no-one could remember back that far”
So doc said “I got you.. We can go through the list together” and EP said actually I think I bought them in Glen Waverly… of course, no-one could possibly make two lists so she’s covered herself there.
The paramedic that took EP from Leongatha to Monash said that EP told her that she had diarrhoea up to 30 times before going to hospital, but noted that EP did not need the toilet for the whole 100 minutes they were in the ambulance. EP did have a headache and they gave her fentanyl because which EP took happily and was calm and nonchalant through the uneventful journey.
The police interview of EP & SP’s daughter (9 at the time) is played. She confirms that she was told her and her brother would go to the movies while her mother, grandparent and ‘Heather and Ian’ had lunch.
She confirms that her and her brother ate the left overs the next day
She confirms that mum was sick and went to the toilet at least 10 times.
Ep cries when the video is played.. she is visibly upset and when the judge calls the end of the day EP take a moment to compose herself and then walks out.
The judge at the beginning of the day told the jurors that Monday will be a public holiday and court will not be in session.. during the day the jurors slipped the judge a note asking if every Monday would be a court holiday – judge says nice try.. yesterday the Judge made a joke when IW’s chair kept sinking… dude thinks he’s a comedian.
Arts said:
day 7 of proceedings started a bit meh but picked up as the day went on…the doctor who treated EP. until EP noped out of there, still on the stand.
She said on first presentation EP was ‘upset’ had high HR and BP and did an abdominal exam, because EP told her she had gastro. I reckon doctors love it when you present equipped with a diagnosis. it must make their job so much easier.
Anyway, The doctor said “Girl you should bring the kids, but we will send you to one hospital and the kids will go to another (what the hell country towns!!!) EP did not like that at all.
Doc said ‘Ez… girl you might need a liver transplant if you’ve been exposed to the mushrooms, but, whatever… oh and also I cant tell you how bad your lunch guests are.”
After a bit the high readings were fine again and the doc conceded that EP could have just had stress, or run a few laps around the carpark before she came in.then they got rid of the doctor and bought in a nurse… nurse also tells EP that shits serious, but Ep also told her she’s gotta go and then left saying she’ll be back for the viatl treatment to save her liver later.
EP finally tells everyone that she’s leaving because she came to hospital not expecting to stay and she’s gotta go get some clean underwear and her night mask…
the nurse said – fine, sign the form and Ill see you later, expecting to see EP and her children who she may or may not have poisoned.
Defence gets up and says – So EP didn’t want to not be treated, just she didn’t want to be admitted at that time… which is code for.. we got nothing but threads to hold on to.Another nurse was called.. who said EP on second presentation looked fit while the other patients were in struggle town.
She also told EP that even though she scraped the mushrooms off the meal for the kids, the toxins could have seeped into the meat. EP made a phone call and then used the bathroom and then went into the ambulance for transfer..The cop who had to rifle through the rubbish bin was called he said that EP knew exactly where the leftovers were and there was enough for one or two beef wellingtons… in a brown paper woollies bag.. so he brought that to the hospital but stuff was leaking out of it and the rookie cop had to clean the car when he got back to the station.
Then the daughter in law of GP & IP was called… she said sure EP loaned them money and sure, she attended a couple fo family gatherings, but the relationship between EP and her brother in law was going downhill. she also said that after GP & DP & HW died, EP emailed her asking her to look after the children if CPS got involved. – so that’s interesting.
A tox doctor is called. He was told about EP’s slightly high pH reading and slightly low potassium level .. the hospital doctors told him that EP said he has had diarrhoea for 36 hours, but it miraculously hasn’t shown at the hospital.
The tox doctors asked EP where she got the mushrooms from and EP said they were “unbranded, presliced button mushrooms from Safeway and a Chinese food store in Oakleigh’. She also said she no longer has the packaging and would not be able to find them.
The kind doctor, for fear of a public health issue, said he would list all the Chinese food supply stores in Oakleigh, and EP said “Dude I bought these mushrooms in April… no-one could remember back that far”
So doc said “I got you.. We can go through the list together” and EP said actually I think I bought them in Glen Waverly… of course, no-one could possibly make two lists so she’s covered herself there.The paramedic that took EP from Leongatha to Monash said that EP told her that she had diarrhoea up to 30 times before going to hospital, but noted that EP did not need the toilet for the whole 100 minutes they were in the ambulance. EP did have a headache and they gave her fentanyl because which EP took happily and was calm and nonchalant through the uneventful journey.
The police interview of EP & SP’s daughter (9 at the time) is played. She confirms that she was told her and her brother would go to the movies while her mother, grandparent and ‘Heather and Ian’ had lunch.
She confirms that her and her brother ate the left overs the next day
She confirms that mum was sick and went to the toilet at least 10 times.Ep cries when the video is played.. she is visibly upset and when the judge calls the end of the day EP take a moment to compose herself and then walks out.
The judge at the beginning of the day told the jurors that Monday will be a public holiday and court will not be in session.. during the day the jurors slipped the judge a note asking if every Monday would be a court holiday – judge says nice try.. yesterday the Judge made a joke when IW’s chair kept sinking… dude thinks he’s a comedian.
I’m sure the jury understands that “alleged diarrhoea” is a long way short of death from mushroom poisoning, for someone who supposedly served herself the same ingredients.
Coles truck is here. Name: Santa again.
Some more Amanita muscaria photos from iNaturalist. Showing the stages of development, nice set. (These are not deathcaps, but they will make you sick)
I’ve missed something here. So EP has presented to the ED with gastro. The bit I’m missing is, did the docs know she’d been at the poisoned mushroom lunch or did the tests show liver damage already?
buffy said:
Some more Amanita muscaria photos from iNaturalist. Showing the stages of development, nice set. (These are not deathcaps, but they will make you sick)
Pretty mushrooms.
The red is supposed to mean “don’t eat me!” but I’m sure for many toddlers it would mean “eat me!”
Bubblecar said:
Arts said:
day 7 of proceedings started a bit meh but picked up as the day went on…the doctor who treated EP. until EP noped out of there, still on the stand.
She said on first presentation EP was ‘upset’ had high HR and BP and did an abdominal exam, because EP told her she had gastro. I reckon doctors love it when you present equipped with a diagnosis. it must make their job so much easier.
Anyway, The doctor said “Girl you should bring the kids, but we will send you to one hospital and the kids will go to another (what the hell country towns!!!) EP did not like that at all.
Doc said ‘Ez… girl you might need a liver transplant if you’ve been exposed to the mushrooms, but, whatever… oh and also I cant tell you how bad your lunch guests are.”
After a bit the high readings were fine again and the doc conceded that EP could have just had stress, or run a few laps around the carpark before she came in.then they got rid of the doctor and bought in a nurse… nurse also tells EP that shits serious, but Ep also told her she’s gotta go and then left saying she’ll be back for the viatl treatment to save her liver later.
EP finally tells everyone that she’s leaving because she came to hospital not expecting to stay and she’s gotta go get some clean underwear and her night mask…
the nurse said – fine, sign the form and Ill see you later, expecting to see EP and her children who she may or may not have poisoned.
Defence gets up and says – So EP didn’t want to not be treated, just she didn’t want to be admitted at that time… which is code for.. we got nothing but threads to hold on to.Another nurse was called.. who said EP on second presentation looked fit while the other patients were in struggle town.
She also told EP that even though she scraped the mushrooms off the meal for the kids, the toxins could have seeped into the meat. EP made a phone call and then used the bathroom and then went into the ambulance for transfer..The cop who had to rifle through the rubbish bin was called he said that EP knew exactly where the leftovers were and there was enough for one or two beef wellingtons… in a brown paper woollies bag.. so he brought that to the hospital but stuff was leaking out of it and the rookie cop had to clean the car when he got back to the station.
Then the daughter in law of GP & IP was called… she said sure EP loaned them money and sure, she attended a couple fo family gatherings, but the relationship between EP and her brother in law was going downhill. she also said that after GP & DP & HW died, EP emailed her asking her to look after the children if CPS got involved. – so that’s interesting.
A tox doctor is called. He was told about EP’s slightly high pH reading and slightly low potassium level .. the hospital doctors told him that EP said he has had diarrhoea for 36 hours, but it miraculously hasn’t shown at the hospital.
The tox doctors asked EP where she got the mushrooms from and EP said they were “unbranded, presliced button mushrooms from Safeway and a Chinese food store in Oakleigh’. She also said she no longer has the packaging and would not be able to find them.
The kind doctor, for fear of a public health issue, said he would list all the Chinese food supply stores in Oakleigh, and EP said “Dude I bought these mushrooms in April… no-one could remember back that far”
So doc said “I got you.. We can go through the list together” and EP said actually I think I bought them in Glen Waverly… of course, no-one could possibly make two lists so she’s covered herself there.The paramedic that took EP from Leongatha to Monash said that EP told her that she had diarrhoea up to 30 times before going to hospital, but noted that EP did not need the toilet for the whole 100 minutes they were in the ambulance. EP did have a headache and they gave her fentanyl because which EP took happily and was calm and nonchalant through the uneventful journey.
The police interview of EP & SP’s daughter (9 at the time) is played. She confirms that she was told her and her brother would go to the movies while her mother, grandparent and ‘Heather and Ian’ had lunch.
She confirms that her and her brother ate the left overs the next day
She confirms that mum was sick and went to the toilet at least 10 times.Ep cries when the video is played.. she is visibly upset and when the judge calls the end of the day EP take a moment to compose herself and then walks out.
The judge at the beginning of the day told the jurors that Monday will be a public holiday and court will not be in session.. during the day the jurors slipped the judge a note asking if every Monday would be a court holiday – judge says nice try.. yesterday the Judge made a joke when IW’s chair kept sinking… dude thinks he’s a comedian.
I’m sure the jury understands that “alleged diarrhoea” is a long way short of death from mushroom poisoning, for someone who supposedly served herself the same ingredients.
It’s becoming increasingly clear that EP’s version of event isn’t really lining up with everyone else’s version… there are some nuggets of truth, but it’s wrapped in a layer of lies… some of which she has admitted to and others that look like last minute coverups and still others that she thought no one would notice.. I have to say, I dont think it’s looking good for her…
the interesting thing about this trial is that if she is found guilty of one murder charge, then she has to be found guilty of all of them. I have been thinking about the attempted murder charge and I suspect that that one has to follow a guilty verdict for the murder charges…
unlike other cases where you can be found guilty of one and not the other/s this case is different..
I also think the defence is playing an interesting game… like they are just trying to insert nuggets of doubt…
Bogsnorkler said:
Kingy said:
roughbarked said:
Does sound a bit like a spider without a toothbrush. But a weirder result than I’ve seen before.
My calf.
skin cancers, squamous.
why not basal
Divine Angel said:
I’ve missed something here. So EP has presented to the ED with gastro. The bit I’m missing is, did the docs know she’d been at the poisoned mushroom lunch or did the tests show liver damage already?
the tests didn’t show anything terribly elevated. From what I can gather (because the evidence goes back and forth in time) is that by the time EP presented they already had the other four across two hospitals… some already in ICU… this is why they wanted to keep her in overnight… IIRC the toxins for death caps wokrs after a period of time.. so you get sick, then seemingly better then much much worse EP presented well after the others..
SCIENCE said:
Bogsnorkler said:
Kingy said:
My calf.
skin cancers, squamous.
why not basal
that is what mine looked like and iirc they said squamous. but i will ask my doc who cut them out what they were tomorrow when I see her.
Arts said:
Divine Angel said:
I’ve missed something here. So EP has presented to the ED with gastro. The bit I’m missing is, did the docs know she’d been at the poisoned mushroom lunch or did the tests show liver damage already?
the tests didn’t show anything terribly elevated. From what I can gather (because the evidence goes back and forth in time) is that by the time EP presented they already had the other four across two hospitals… some already in ICU… this is why they wanted to keep her in overnight… IIRC the toxins for death caps wokrs after a period of time.. so you get sick, then seemingly better then much much worse EP presented well after the others..
for clarity
July 30 (Sunday – the day after the lunch) the four guests present to different hospitals.
EP tells her kids she feels sick but spend the day running errands with the kids and serves them the meal she says are leftovers from lunch.
July 31 (monday) the others are in bad shape at other hospitals and being transferred to hospitals that can cope better.
EP takes kids to school then gets herself to hospital after SP says he wasn’t going to take her
First hospital she declines a full examination – so by this time the doctors in the area are all talking to each other
EP returns to the hospital then goes to another hospital where she stays overnight
August 1
All other guests get worse..
EP appears clinically well and she is discharged by 1pm
Arts said:
Divine Angel said:
I’ve missed something here. So EP has presented to the ED with gastro. The bit I’m missing is, did the docs know she’d been at the poisoned mushroom lunch or did the tests show liver damage already?
the tests didn’t show anything terribly elevated. From what I can gather (because the evidence goes back and forth in time) is that by the time EP presented they already had the other four across two hospitals… some already in ICU… this is why they wanted to keep her in overnight… IIRC the toxins for death caps wokrs after a period of time.. so you get sick, then seemingly better then much much worse EP presented well after the others..
for clarity
July 30 (Sunday – the day after the lunch) the four guests present to different hospitals.
EP tells her kids she feels sick but spend the day running errands with the kids and serves them the meal she says are leftovers from lunch.
July 31 (monday) the others are in bad shape at other hospitals and being transferred to hospitals that can cope better.
EP takes kids to school then gets herself to hospital after SP says he wasn’t going to take her
First hospital she declines a full examination – so by this time the doctors in the area are all talking to each other
EP returns to the hospital then goes to another hospital where she stays overnight
August 1
All other guests get worse..
EP appears clinically well and she is discharged by 1pm
The men who murdered the Aboriginal boy were found guilty
Being sentenced next month.
Something I didn’t think of but its true.
People are a bit hesitant to do the pre-sentence reports due to nature of the crimes.
We keep them here and apparently they are easy as because the only option is prison.
Arts said:
Arts said:
Divine Angel said:
I’ve missed something here. So EP has presented to the ED with gastro. The bit I’m missing is, did the docs know she’d been at the poisoned mushroom lunch or did the tests show liver damage already?
the tests didn’t show anything terribly elevated. From what I can gather (because the evidence goes back and forth in time) is that by the time EP presented they already had the other four across two hospitals… some already in ICU… this is why they wanted to keep her in overnight… IIRC the toxins for death caps wokrs after a period of time.. so you get sick, then seemingly better then much much worse EP presented well after the others..
for clarity
July 30 (Sunday – the day after the lunch) the four guests present to different hospitals.
EP tells her kids she feels sick but spend the day running errands with the kids and serves them the meal she says are leftovers from lunch.July 31 (monday) the others are in bad shape at other hospitals and being transferred to hospitals that can cope better.
EP takes kids to school then gets herself to hospital after SP says he wasn’t going to take her
First hospital she declines a full examination – so by this time the doctors in the area are all talking to each otherEP returns to the hospital then goes to another hospital where she stays overnight
August 1
All other guests get worse..
EP appears clinically well and she is discharged by 1pm
It would make some sense if murder by poisoning was your option to partial poison yourself to throw suspicion it being an accident.
And she’s up on murder, which means premeditation with an intent to end their lives. Is that right?
Cymek said:
Arts said:
Arts said:the tests didn’t show anything terribly elevated. From what I can gather (because the evidence goes back and forth in time) is that by the time EP presented they already had the other four across two hospitals… some already in ICU… this is why they wanted to keep her in overnight… IIRC the toxins for death caps wokrs after a period of time.. so you get sick, then seemingly better then much much worse EP presented well after the others..
for clarity
July 30 (Sunday – the day after the lunch) the four guests present to different hospitals.
EP tells her kids she feels sick but spend the day running errands with the kids and serves them the meal she says are leftovers from lunch.July 31 (monday) the others are in bad shape at other hospitals and being transferred to hospitals that can cope better.
EP takes kids to school then gets herself to hospital after SP says he wasn’t going to take her
First hospital she declines a full examination – so by this time the doctors in the area are all talking to each otherEP returns to the hospital then goes to another hospital where she stays overnight
August 1
All other guests get worse..
EP appears clinically well and she is discharged by 1pmIt would make some sense if murder by poisoning was your option to partial poison yourself to throw suspicion it being an accident.
She’s acting all weird about it though. If you’re going to pretend to be sick, you gotta put some effort into it.
Arts said:
Divine Angel said:
I’ve missed something here. So EP has presented to the ED with gastro. The bit I’m missing is, did the docs know she’d been at the poisoned mushroom lunch or did the tests show liver damage already?
the tests didn’t show anything terribly elevated. From what I can gather (because the evidence goes back and forth in time) is that by the time EP presented they already had the other four across two hospitals… some already in ICU… this is why they wanted to keep her in overnight… IIRC the toxins for death caps wokrs after a period of time.. so you get sick, then seemingly better then much much worse EP presented well after the others..
I’m pretty sure you are right about the effects. That is what is so concerning about it. You can think you are over the “food poisoning” bit and then your liver starts packing it in after a delay.
so polonium would have been a far better choice
SCIENCE said:
so polonium would have been a far better choice
Maybe just get a cheap version from Temu. What can go wrong?
“The country has great and imperative obligations to the weak, the sick, the unfortunate. It must give to them all the sustenance and support it can. We look forward to social and unemployment insurances, to improved health services, to a wiser control of our economy to avert if possible all booms and slumps which tend to convert labour into a commodity, to a better distribution of wealth, to a keener sense of social justice and social responsibility. We not only look forward to these things, we shall demand and obtain them.”
Without Googling (or Binging) … who said this?
dv said:
“The country has great and imperative obligations to the weak, the sick, the unfortunate. It must give to them all the sustenance and support it can. We look forward to social and unemployment insurances, to improved health services, to a wiser control of our economy to avert if possible all booms and slumps which tend to convert labour into a commodity, to a better distribution of wealth, to a keener sense of social justice and social responsibility. We not only look forward to these things, we shall demand and obtain them.”Without Googling (or Binging) … who said this?
Since you’re setting it up as an apparent surprise, I’ll say some well-known conservative figure. But I don’t know which one.
dv said:
“The country has great and imperative obligations to the weak, the sick, the unfortunate. It must give to them all the sustenance and support it can. We look forward to social and unemployment insurances, to improved health services, to a wiser control of our economy to avert if possible all booms and slumps which tend to convert labour into a commodity, to a better distribution of wealth, to a keener sense of social justice and social responsibility. We not only look forward to these things, we shall demand and obtain them.”Without Googling (or Binging) … who said this?
Hmm, too long for fit on the Statue of Liberty, and probably an Aussie pollie, let’s pick a PM… Menzies.
Divine Angel said:
And she’s up on murder, which means premeditation with an intent to end their lives. Is that right?
sort of the jury has to determine
so the deliberate bit covers intent…
Divine Angel said:
dv said:
“The country has great and imperative obligations to the weak, the sick, the unfortunate. It must give to them all the sustenance and support it can. We look forward to social and unemployment insurances, to improved health services, to a wiser control of our economy to avert if possible all booms and slumps which tend to convert labour into a commodity, to a better distribution of wealth, to a keener sense of social justice and social responsibility. We not only look forward to these things, we shall demand and obtain them.”Without Googling (or Binging) … who said this?
Hmm, too long for fit on the Statue of Liberty, and probably an Aussie pollie, let’s pick a PM… Menzies.
But it also sounds like a sentiment Bob Hawke would have said, but his speeches tended to be less elegant.
Arts said:
Divine Angel said:
And she’s up on murder, which means premeditation with an intent to end their lives. Is that right?
sort of the jury has to determine
- She caused the deaths by serving the meal.
Her actions were conscious, voluntary, and deliberate
At the time of conduct she intended to kill or cause serious injury.
She wasn’t acting in self-defence.so the deliberate bit covers intent…
Righto
Arts said:
It’s becoming increasingly clear that EP’s version of event isn’t really lining up with everyone else’s version… there are some nuggets of truth, but it’s wrapped in a layer of lies… some of which she has admitted to and others that look like last minute coverups and still others that she thought no one would notice.. I have to say, I dont think it’s looking good for her…
the interesting thing about this trial is that if she is found guilty of one murder charge, then she has to be found guilty of all of them. I have been thinking about the attempted murder charge and I suspect that that one has to follow a guilty verdict for the murder charges…
unlike other cases where you can be found guilty of one and not the other/s this case is different..
I also think the defence is playing an interesting game… like they are just trying to insert nuggets of doubt…
My understanding is that the courts have dropped the attempted murder charge?
dv said:
“The country has great and imperative obligations to the weak, the sick, the unfortunate. It must give to them all the sustenance and support it can. We look forward to social and unemployment insurances, to improved health services, to a wiser control of our economy to avert if possible all booms and slumps which tend to convert labour into a commodity, to a better distribution of wealth, to a keener sense of social justice and social responsibility. We not only look forward to these things, we shall demand and obtain them.”Without Googling (or Binging) … who said this?
Maybe Gough?
roughbarked said:
Arts said:It’s becoming increasingly clear that EP’s version of event isn’t really lining up with everyone else’s version… there are some nuggets of truth, but it’s wrapped in a layer of lies… some of which she has admitted to and others that look like last minute coverups and still others that she thought no one would notice.. I have to say, I dont think it’s looking good for her…
the interesting thing about this trial is that if she is found guilty of one murder charge, then she has to be found guilty of all of them. I have been thinking about the attempted murder charge and I suspect that that one has to follow a guilty verdict for the murder charges…
unlike other cases where you can be found guilty of one and not the other/s this case is different..
I also think the defence is playing an interesting game… like they are just trying to insert nuggets of doubt…
My understanding is that the courts have dropped the attempted murder charge?
the ones that were against her husband.. the historical ones have been dropped.. there’s still one for the surviving lunch guest
Bubblecar said:
dv said:
“The country has great and imperative obligations to the weak, the sick, the unfortunate. It must give to them all the sustenance and support it can. We look forward to social and unemployment insurances, to improved health services, to a wiser control of our economy to avert if possible all booms and slumps which tend to convert labour into a commodity, to a better distribution of wealth, to a keener sense of social justice and social responsibility. We not only look forward to these things, we shall demand and obtain them.”Without Googling (or Binging) … who said this?
Since you’re setting it up as an apparent surprise, I’ll say some well-known conservative figure. But I don’t know which one.
You’ve played knify spoony before.
But yeah DA got it, it’s Ming the Merciless
dv said:
Bubblecar said:
dv said:
“The country has great and imperative obligations to the weak, the sick, the unfortunate. It must give to them all the sustenance and support it can. We look forward to social and unemployment insurances, to improved health services, to a wiser control of our economy to avert if possible all booms and slumps which tend to convert labour into a commodity, to a better distribution of wealth, to a keener sense of social justice and social responsibility. We not only look forward to these things, we shall demand and obtain them.”Without Googling (or Binging) … who said this?
Since you’re setting it up as an apparent surprise, I’ll say some well-known conservative figure. But I don’t know which one.
You’ve played knify spoony before.
But yeah DA got it, it’s Ming the Merciless
From the Flash Gordon movie
Arts said:
roughbarked said:
Arts said:It’s becoming increasingly clear that EP’s version of event isn’t really lining up with everyone else’s version… there are some nuggets of truth, but it’s wrapped in a layer of lies… some of which she has admitted to and others that look like last minute coverups and still others that she thought no one would notice.. I have to say, I dont think it’s looking good for her…
the interesting thing about this trial is that if she is found guilty of one murder charge, then she has to be found guilty of all of them. I have been thinking about the attempted murder charge and I suspect that that one has to follow a guilty verdict for the murder charges…
unlike other cases where you can be found guilty of one and not the other/s this case is different..
I also think the defence is playing an interesting game… like they are just trying to insert nuggets of doubt…
My understanding is that the courts have dropped the attempted murder charge?
the ones that were against her husband.. the historical ones have been dropped.. there’s still one for the surviving lunch guest
Ah. Thanks.
buffy said:
Some more Amanita muscaria photos from iNaturalist. Showing the stages of development, nice set. (These are not deathcaps, but they will make you sick)
Nice images.
Bubblecar said:
dv said:
“The country has great and imperative obligations to the weak, the sick, the unfortunate. It must give to them all the sustenance and support it can. We look forward to social and unemployment insurances, to improved health services, to a wiser control of our economy to avert if possible all booms and slumps which tend to convert labour into a commodity, to a better distribution of wealth, to a keener sense of social justice and social responsibility. We not only look forward to these things, we shall demand and obtain them.”Without Googling (or Binging) … who said this?
Since you’re setting it up as an apparent surprise, I’ll say some well-known conservative figure. But I don’t know which one.
On the same basis, and also guessing it must have been quite some time ago, I’ll go for Menzies.
dv said:
“The country has great and imperative obligations to the weak, the sick, the unfortunate. It must give to them all the sustenance and support it can. We look forward to social and unemployment insurances, to improved health services, to a wiser control of our economy to avert if possible all booms and slumps which tend to convert labour into a commodity, to a better distribution of wealth, to a keener sense of social justice and social responsibility. We not only look forward to these things, we shall demand and obtain them.”Without Googling (or Binging) … who said this?
NFI, sorry.
The Rev Dodgson said:
Bubblecar said:
dv said:
“The country has great and imperative obligations to the weak, the sick, the unfortunate. It must give to them all the sustenance and support it can. We look forward to social and unemployment insurances, to improved health services, to a wiser control of our economy to avert if possible all booms and slumps which tend to convert labour into a commodity, to a better distribution of wealth, to a keener sense of social justice and social responsibility. We not only look forward to these things, we shall demand and obtain them.”Without Googling (or Binging) … who said this?
Since you’re setting it up as an apparent surprise, I’ll say some well-known conservative figure. But I don’t know which one.
On the same basis, and also guessing it must have been quite some time ago, I’ll go for Menzies.
I see DA beat me to it :)
The Rev Dodgson said:
Bubblecar said:
dv said:
“The country has great and imperative obligations to the weak, the sick, the unfortunate. It must give to them all the sustenance and support it can. We look forward to social and unemployment insurances, to improved health services, to a wiser control of our economy to avert if possible all booms and slumps which tend to convert labour into a commodity, to a better distribution of wealth, to a keener sense of social justice and social responsibility. We not only look forward to these things, we shall demand and obtain them.”Without Googling (or Binging) … who said this?
Since you’re setting it up as an apparent surprise, I’ll say some well-known conservative figure. But I don’t know which one.
On the same basis, and also guessing it must have been quite some time ago, I’ll go for Menzies.
Clement Attlee? Ernest Bevan?
Michael V said:
dv said:
“The country has great and imperative obligations to the weak, the sick, the unfortunate. It must give to them all the sustenance and support it can. We look forward to social and unemployment insurances, to improved health services, to a wiser control of our economy to avert if possible all booms and slumps which tend to convert labour into a commodity, to a better distribution of wealth, to a keener sense of social justice and social responsibility. We not only look forward to these things, we shall demand and obtain them.”Without Googling (or Binging) … who said this?
NFI, sorry.
There are at least two or three who say it was Menzies.
https://www.threads.com/@political.satirical/post/DJYaGYttwEW?xmt=AQF0Rjoi5rX3eIwXfTJ91518-5T-WOW8UJVf_YJxPUOX6Q
1980s … Grump on Sesame St, played by Joe Pesci
roughbarked said:
Michael V said:
dv said:
“The country has great and imperative obligations to the weak, the sick, the unfortunate. It must give to them all the sustenance and support it can. We look forward to social and unemployment insurances, to improved health services, to a wiser control of our economy to avert if possible all booms and slumps which tend to convert labour into a commodity, to a better distribution of wealth, to a keener sense of social justice and social responsibility. We not only look forward to these things, we shall demand and obtain them.”Without Googling (or Binging) … who said this?
NFI, sorry.
There are at least two or three who say it was Menzies.
Yes, well I hadn’t got to the spoilers when I replied.
Michael V said:
roughbarked said:
Michael V said:NFI, sorry.
There are at least two or three who say it was Menzies.
Yes, well I hadn’t got to the spoilers when I replied.
Same here when I said Gough.
Michael V said:
roughbarked said:
Michael V said:NFI, sorry.
There are at least two or three who say it was Menzies.
Yes, well I hadn’t got to the spoilers when I replied.
You should have Yahooed :)
roughbarked said:
These 9 myths about mushrooms aren’t true
TL;DW. (Started, though.)
What are the nine myths?
Michael V said:
roughbarked said:
Michael V said:NFI, sorry.
There are at least two or three who say it was Menzies.
Yes, well I hadn’t got to the spoilers when I replied.
Now that Menzies is mentioned, i do recall that it was him who said it.
Odd that i didn’t rememeber it, because i do remember that when i first read of it, i recall thinking that the Liberal Party seemed to have drifted quite a long way from what Bob said when it was the United Australia Party.
Michael V said:
roughbarked said:
These 9 myths about mushrooms aren’t trueTL;DW. (Started, though.)
What are the nine myths?
Mundane really.
Myth one is titled ‘No real science’/ Basically says that yes there is science being done on mushrooms. That sort of thing.
roughbarked said:
Michael V said:
roughbarked said:
TL;DW. (Started, though.)
What are the nine myths?
Mundane really.
Myth one is titled ‘No real science’/ Basically says that yes there is science being done on mushrooms. That sort of thing.
Intro
one or the other you actually look at
the science or you don’t
when it comes to mushrooms have you ever
heard sayings like this there’s bold
mushroom hunters and there’s old
mushroom hunters but there’s no old bold
mushroom hunters we’re sayings like this
Myths about mushrooms
you can eat any mushroom once if you’re
into nature people have probably sent
you things like that and in some ways
it’s kind of funny but the problem is a
lot of those stem from a basic
misunderstanding of mushrooms something
that a lot of us share there’s a lot of
myths which we’re going to break today
that have permeated our culture and our
tv shows in fact here is a clip from one
of my favorite shows norseman
and this guy which one did he eat
first he ate one of these and then he
took a big bite out of one of these okay
so that one is deadly then
it’s hard to tell it could just as well
been the first one
can’t you just eat that okay and we’ll
see
what i love in particular about that
clip is that it gives this illusion that
at some point in history we knew nothing
about the edibility of mushrooms and
then some brave souls decided they were
going to systematically classify them
sacrifice a few people write down which
ones you could eat and which ones you
couldn’t my feel is that today
many of us who come from western
european descent have less knowledge of
mushrooms than most of our ancestors did
going back into history
and i say western european because
there’s a little bit of microphobia that
is associated with ancestors of say
england and some of the people in the
western part of europe it’s not so in
the east or in other parts of the world
and that’s probably the reason that when
i grew up almost nobody had this feeling
that you could go out and eat mushrooms
in the wild in fact you were taught the
opposite you were taught don’t at all
touch mushrooms in the wild let alone
try to pick them and maybe eat them that
just wasn’t a thing
we’re learning now we are in the
mushroom revolution which is such a fun
time to be in
and we are going to break and debunk
some of the myths that a lot of you
probably have and by the way to help me
with this i have a few people who are
experts in the field robert rogers who
i’m very lucky to get to spend time with
who’s arguably the leading expert in the
science behind medicinal mushrooms and
then other mycology friends who you’ve
seen in the past including trad and
irene tony amonita dreamer just a lot of
people who are very knowledgeable to
help us get this information right let’s
get started myth number one there’s no
Myth 1 No real science
real science behind the health benefits
of mushrooms
that is not true i hear it all the time
though
both of these two books walk through the
current science as we know it for
medicinal and just general mushrooms
this one has over 220 species this is
the human clinical trials robert rogers
wrote both of these books who i’m out
here with today so that he can help me
understand the specifics because i have
lots of questions i wanted him to give
me his best example the study that i
often cite that i think is useful is
they took several hundred patients who
had colorectal cancer they did surgery
they cut out the cancerous part
resected up the intestine and then sent
them home and
half the group they gave uh turkey tail
extract very small one gram twice a day
the other group they gave a placebo and
then they followed them for the rest of
their lives and the group that received
the control placebo lived an average of
4.6 years after the surgery which is
right under that five-year survival rate
that is always bragged about by cancer
centers the other group who actually
received the turkey tail lived an
average of 10.6 years fully six years
more we should know that i think people
who are undergoing cancer therapy should
know that kind of information oncology
centers should know it oncologists
should know it because they will often
say don’t take any supplement
while you’re taking a chemotherapy or
radiation session and that is absolutely
unscientifically true
you can’t say that you’re practicing
evidence-based medicine and then ignore
it
right it’s one or the other you actually
look at the science or you don’t why
aren’t oncologists telling people to
take mushrooms like what’s the problem
the point is they’re not trained to look
at integrative therapies and
part of the reason i wrote the book was
specifically i’ve given a whole swac of
those books away to oncology centers
hoping people will read them
Myth 2 The famous Amanita Muscaria
myth two the famous amanita muscaria the
flyagric is deadly poisonous we’ve
probably all heard that it has the
potential to be deadly poisonous and
many of us have probably repeated that
information to others we definitely have
ourselves although you cannot pick it
and you should never eat it however i
recently did a deep dive into the
science and practical use of it from
people who use it every single day i
think it’s the limitless drug and if you
take it in the right doses you will see
for yourself that it is i’ve been on it
i know what it does it’s helped me find
a way to navigate the world through my
neurodiversity still be me but not with
the anxiety anymore and this is part one
of a two-part series on amanita muscaria
that if you want to check out i think
it’s one of the more fun videos we’ve
made myth three magic mushrooms will
Myth 3 Magic mushrooms will melt your brain
melt your brain
it’s definitely not gonna melt your
brain cells absolutely not and there is
a proof for that we have
you know so many years experience in the
clinical research and we know how it
works we know for sure we’re not
guessing if you’re like me and you grew
up in the 80s and 90s
you might have thought that the problem
is it’s not at all true this spring we
actually went to jamaica we went to a
psilocybin retreat so we got to explore
philosophy mushrooms and their use in
therapy and mental health
fascinating that myth is definitely
broken it’s not true you can watch that
longer video which i would highly
recommend you do if you’re all
interested
right here and i i would go to that link
afterwards because you’re not gonna get
it into your feed unfortunately youtube
is has shadow banned that content for me
Myth 4 Cooking mushrooms is totally optional
myth four cooking mushrooms is totally
optional i’m not sure why people think
that you can just go out into the forest
pick a mushroom
and then have a gourmet meal it’s not
really how it works never eat raw
mushrooms because they’re not good for
you
mushrooms are composed of chitin
so it’s like it’s like you’re eating
that a chemically component identical to
what’s in a crab shell
if you eat a raw mushroom is passing
through you
if you cook a mushroom
you’re actually getting access your body
can access the protein that i just
talked about the medicinal properties
i’m going to talk about i would just
maybe not eat raw mushrooms there’s not
that many you can eat raw i think the
reason for that misunderstanding is that
you often see those common button
mushrooms in the store and that’s one of
the few exceptions where you just chop
it up and you put it on your salad myth
Myth 5 touching deadly mushrooms is extremely dangerous
5 touching deadly mushrooms is extremely
dangerous and you should never do it now
the reason i say it like that is that i
recently went on a walk in sweden with
jonas who is a biologist of course
he had his young son with him and he had
this understanding that i think a lot of
people share that not only should he not
touch any of the mushrooms especially
the ones that he saw that were deadly
but he shouldn’t let his son touch them
or anyone else and that you should wash
your hands right away when you get back
which probably for hygiene is good but i
think it was just this idea that even
just a little bit of it on your hands
like maybe poison ivy or something does
could spread the toxin into your body i
mean i can understand the parental
caution but i didn’t know how to address
that that’s why i asked robert rogers so
do you encourage people to
touch and feel and pick and like smell
and lick yeah i think you can do any of
those i mean
people go some of the amanita are quite
deadly poison
but you can handle them and and you can
taste them
don’t ingest them but i think the
sensory part particularly
many mushrooms have a particular smell
if you don’t do the smell test i think
you’re missing a lot of
how you learn about mushrooms yeah and
are mushrooms safe to
taste with the tip of your tongue
yeah like like a lot of the russell is a
lot of these you know gilled waxy kind
of but red capped there’s hundreds of
them if you taste it a little bit and it
starts to get quite hot fairly quickly
you probably know that you’re dealing it
with something that is not edible this
one’s gonna get huge this is awesome
it’s big
that’s a big one yeah you’re sweaty
Myth 6 poisonous mushrooms can be identified by their bright color
f6 poisonous mushrooms can be identified
by their bright showy color just like
you would frogs or insects there’s
almost nothing true about this although
you can bring that information with you
to other things like insects and
reptiles and amphibians
that bright showiness says hey don’t eat
me i will mess you up
in the mushroom world that myth may be
exacerbated by the fact that the most
famous one the red and white amanita
muscaria the fly agaric the mario
brothers mushroom there that one
while it’s not deadly poisonous which we
talked about in myth two
it can cause you to get sick but some of
the deadliest ones have no color at all
like this pure white destroying angel
this thing will kill you if you eat it
and others like the deadly gallerinas
well they’re just little brown mushrooms
nothing showy about them at all
so there’s really no rule of thumb when
it comes to the color
and the deadliness of mushrooms myth
seven functional and medicinal mushrooms
Myth 7 Functional and medicinal mushrooms are adaptogens
are adaptogens
it’s such a fun word to say
but the problem is there’s a little more
nuance to it so i had my friend tony
from freshcap explain
what it really means to be an adaptogen
hey rob so adaptogens we hear this term
tossed around a lot believe it or not
adaptogen is a very specific scientific
term a natural substance considered to
help the body adapt stress and to exert
a normalizing effect upon bodily
processes the only mushroom that is
known to be a proven adaptogen is
actually cordyceps
this is cordyceps militarist and it’s
typically used for energy and endurance
but it is a powerful adaptogen there is
another mushroom that is considered to
be a probable adaptogen and that is
reishi
a lot of people do use reishi for stress
already and maybe one day it will be
considered a proven adaptogen all the
other functional mushrooms might be
adaptogens but the truth is we really
don’t know yet
Myth 8 You can eat all medicinal mushrooms
myth 8 you can eat all medicinal
mushrooms you’d think you could right
it’s it’s actually not true i found that
out just a second ago from robert rogers
all medicinal mushrooms are edible we
know that’s not true if you’ve ever
chewed on a tricky tail
the other is that all medicinal
mushrooms can be taken safely with
pharmaceuticals
i mean even reishi tend to have some
blood thinning
properties
and shouldn’t be taken with you know
coumadin or warfarin they should not be
taken at the same time
due to danger of bleeding out how do you
know which ones you should take and
which ones you shouldn’t
well you could read my book
read your book okay but do you have a
list in your book or something yeah and
and you should look it up because uh
there are a lot of great medicinal
mushrooms and they do have little condor
indications for example
uh one of my favorites is turkey tail
uh and taken over a period of time the
melanin
pigmentation will increase and and turn
your fingernails a dark brown
which is not really harmful and goes
away once you stop taking them but for
people who don’t know that’s a big issue
myth nine is that if we find out
Myth 9 If we find out mushrooms are good for us well use them
mushrooms are good for us
we’ll start using them one of the key
questions i wanted to ask robert rogers
about was
even though the science is there
we know from the studies that these
mushrooms are beneficial
why aren’t people using them why aren’t
clinicians recommending them to people
education
the way they’re educated in medical
school feel like we’re at the time where
it’s changing it is changing
absolutely and i think some of the
younger physicians that i talk to and do
courses for and with they’re way more
open and they’re understanding a lot
that there is a place for very strong
pharmaceuticals
but there’s also a place for helping
people learn how to take care and
educate
so that they
they eat better and they they look at
what they
surround their lifestyle with so that
they actually
don’t have to rely on end-of-life kind
of medications they can actually promote
their own well-being through the use of
good foods
adding mushrooms into your diet i’m
going to stop right here and say if you
are interested in the longer interview
everything that i asked robert rogers
about medicinal mushrooms and generally
how mushrooms relate to modern medicine
and natural medicines then i would
encourage you to go over to the patreon
page where i have links to all of that
down below i also have a link to some of
the extra work that irene and trad are
doing in psychedelic psychotherapy super
interesting stuff they’re using
mushrooms
and then also what tony is doing with
functional mushrooms i’m gonna leave
links to all of that there also i’m
going to take just a second to say all
of you out there should take advantage
of mushrooms in your diet add them to
your diet no matter if you’re young or
if you’re old you can get some benefits
you can start with oyster mushrooms like
robert rogers suggests two meals of
oyster mushrooms a week is as good as
any of the statin drugs for keeping
cholesterol levels low and they’re
delicious right so why not or you can
get the benefits from various powders
like this i feel incredibly lucky to
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matter how you do it i think it’s really
important to start getting mushrooms in
your diet and by the way if you’re
actually curious what the medicinal
benefits are of these individual
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on right here highly encourage that
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roughbarked said:
Michael V said:
roughbarked said:
These 9 myths about mushrooms aren’t trueTL;DW. (Started, though.)
What are the nine myths?
Mundane really.
Myth one is titled ‘No real science’/ Basically says that yes there is science being done on mushrooms. That sort of thing.
Ta.
Michael V said:
roughbarked said:
These 9 myths about mushrooms aren’t trueTL;DW. (Started, though.)
What are the nine myths?
I learned nothing from that video
A few fungi from the weekend.
dv said:
Michael V said:
roughbarked said:
TL;DW. (Started, though.)
What are the nine myths?
I learned nothing from that video
so they’re basically just debunking a bunch of dried anthropomorphic poaceae then
dv said:
Michael V said:
roughbarked said:
These 9 myths about mushrooms aren’t trueTL;DW. (Started, though.)
What are the nine myths?
I learned nothing from that video
Mundane stuff.
fsm said:
A few fungi from the weekend.
Awesome photos as usual. :)
fsm said:
A few fungi from the weekend.
Nice photos. A couple of Amanita in there (neither are deathcaps).
SCIENCE said:
dv said:
Michael V said:
TL;DW. (Started, though.)
What are the nine myths?
I learned nothing from that video
so they’re basically just debunking a bunch of dried anthropomorphic poaceae then
Pretty much.
SCIENCE said:
roughbarked said:
Michael V said:
TL;DW. (Started, though.)
What are the nine myths?
Mundane really.
Myth one is titled ‘No real science’/ Basically says that yes there is science being done on mushrooms. That sort of thing.
Intro
one or the other you actually look at
the science or you don’t
when it comes to mushrooms have you ever
heard sayings like this there’s bold
mushroom hunters and there’s old
mushroom hunters but there’s no old bold
mushroom hunters we’re sayings like this
Myths about mushrooms
you can eat any mushroom once if you’re
into nature people have probably sent
you things like that and in some ways
it’s kind of funny but the problem is a
lot of those stem from a basic
misunderstanding of mushrooms something
that a lot of us share there’s a lot of
myths which we’re going to break today
that have permeated our culture and our
tv shows in fact here is a clip from one
of my favorite shows norseman————————————————-cut—————————————————
Thanks.
SCIENCE said:
Your photos? Is there something you want to know about them?
SCIENCE said:
That’s not an Amanita! It’s a bolete of some sort. There are lots of problems IDing boletes in Australia. (The gum leaves suggest that photo was taken in Australia, but…there are Eucs in a lot of places these days)
roughbarked said:
SCIENCE said:
Your photos? Is there something you want to know about them?
Looks like a bolete.
fsm said:
A few fungi from the weekend.
:)
buffy said:
SCIENCE said:
That’s not an Amanita! It’s a bolete of some sort. There are lots of problems IDing boletes in Australia. (The gum leaves suggest that photo was taken in Australia, but…there are Eucs in a lot of places these days)
Doen’t mean it is a native Bolete either.
roughbarked said:
buffy said:
SCIENCE said:
That’s not an Amanita! It’s a bolete of some sort. There are lots of problems IDing boletes in Australia. (The gum leaves suggest that photo was taken in Australia, but…there are Eucs in a lot of places these days)
Doen’t mean it is a native Bolete either.
Ya can’t trust anything these days!
buffy said:
fsm said:
A few fungi from the weekend.
Nice photos. A couple of Amanita in there (neither are deathcaps).
I think the top one is a Cruentomycena (ruby bonnet), the second may be a chanterelle, an Amanita, then a Ramaria, a Rickenella, then an LBM (little brown mushroom, maybe a webcap, maybe a Laccaria) and another (different) Amanita. My brain goes automatically into ID mode after about 6 weeks of hours and hours of fungi IDing.
buffy said:
buffy said:
fsm said:
A few fungi from the weekend.
Nice photos. A couple of Amanita in there (neither are deathcaps).
I think the top one is a Cruentomycena (ruby bonnet), the second may be a chanterelle, an Amanita, then a Ramaria, a Rickenella, then an LBM (little brown mushroom, maybe a webcap, maybe a Laccaria) and another (different) Amanita. My brain goes automatically into ID mode after about 6 weeks of hours and hours of fungi IDing.
Cool knowledge. Wish I could rattle off Fungi ID’s like that.
roughbarked said:
buffy said:
buffy said:Nice photos. A couple of Amanita in there (neither are deathcaps).
I think the top one is a Cruentomycena (ruby bonnet), the second may be a chanterelle, an Amanita, then a Ramaria, a Rickenella, then an LBM (little brown mushroom, maybe a webcap, maybe a Laccaria) and another (different) Amanita. My brain goes automatically into ID mode after about 6 weeks of hours and hours of fungi IDing.
Cool knowledge. Wish I could rattle off Fungi ID’s like that.
Repetition, repetition, repetition. And then more repetition. It takes time to stick. And I’ve never been good at names (of people, animals, plants, fungi) so I really do have to think hard. As I’ve been doing fungi pretty solidly, when I went to do a plant list this morning, I had to have a list beside me to work from. During the wildflower season, the fungi names go into the attic and I have to pull them out when we come round to fungi again.
buffy said:
roughbarked said:
buffy said:I think the top one is a Cruentomycena (ruby bonnet), the second may be a chanterelle, an Amanita, then a Ramaria, a Rickenella, then an LBM (little brown mushroom, maybe a webcap, maybe a Laccaria) and another (different) Amanita. My brain goes automatically into ID mode after about 6 weeks of hours and hours of fungi IDing.
Cool knowledge. Wish I could rattle off Fungi ID’s like that.
Repetition, repetition, repetition. And then more repetition. It takes time to stick. And I’ve never been good at names (of people, animals, plants, fungi) so I really do have to think hard. As I’ve been doing fungi pretty solidly, when I went to do a plant list this morning, I had to have a list beside me to work from. During the wildflower season, the fungi names go into the attic and I have to pull them out when we come round to fungi again.
Yes for the repetition. I could rattle off plant names once but because I’m not using them all the time now, I have to think for a while before I can drag the names up.
roughbarked said:
buffy said:
buffy said:Nice photos. A couple of Amanita in there (neither are deathcaps).
I think the top one is a Cruentomycena (ruby bonnet), the second may be a chanterelle, an Amanita, then a Ramaria, a Rickenella, then an LBM (little brown mushroom, maybe a webcap, maybe a Laccaria) and another (different) Amanita. My brain goes automatically into ID mode after about 6 weeks of hours and hours of fungi IDing.
Cool knowledge. Wish I could rattle off Fungi ID’s like that.
Yeah but she knows nothing about the Rolls Royce Avon engines that powered the Lightning interceptor.
Peak Warming Man said:
roughbarked said:
buffy said:I think the top one is a Cruentomycena (ruby bonnet), the second may be a chanterelle, an Amanita, then a Ramaria, a Rickenella, then an LBM (little brown mushroom, maybe a webcap, maybe a Laccaria) and another (different) Amanita. My brain goes automatically into ID mode after about 6 weeks of hours and hours of fungi IDing.
Cool knowledge. Wish I could rattle off Fungi ID’s like that.
Yeah but she knows nothing about the Rolls Royce Avon engines that powered the Lightning interceptor.
You are quite right about that. Maybe next life. (Or maybe not)
Went to the bank today, as one does when one has a shed load of shrapnel to cash in.
They have an ATM type machine where you just chuck it all in and it goes “gurgle gurgle clank clunk” and adds it all up and puts it in your bank account.
I am now $974 richer in my bank account. 💰💰💲💲😎😁
WOO HOO!!!
Woodie said:
Went to the bank today, as one does when one has a shed load of shrapnel to cash in.They have an ATM type machine where you just chuck it all in and it goes “gurgle gurgle clank clunk” and adds it all up and puts it in your bank account.
I am now $974 richer in my bank account. 💰💰💲💲😎😁
WOO HOO!!!
That’s a shedload of 5c pieces.
Woodie said:
Went to the bank today, as one does when one has a shed load of shrapnel to cash in.They have an ATM type machine where you just chuck it all in and it goes “gurgle gurgle clank clunk” and adds it all up and puts it in your bank account.
I am now $974 richer in my bank account. 💰💰💲💲😎😁
WOO HOO!!!
Ha.
Bubblecar said:
Woodie said:
Went to the bank today, as one does when one has a shed load of shrapnel to cash in.They have an ATM type machine where you just chuck it all in and it goes “gurgle gurgle clank clunk” and adds it all up and puts it in your bank account.
I am now $974 richer in my bank account. 💰💰💲💲😎😁
WOO HOO!!!
That’s a shedload of 5c pieces.
I reckon there might have been a lot of gold coins in that lot.
Woodie said:
Went to the bank today, as one does when one has a shed load of shrapnel to cash in.They have an ATM type machine where you just chuck it all in and it goes “gurgle gurgle clank clunk” and adds it all up and puts it in your bank account.
I am now $974 richer in my bank account. 💰💰💲💲😎😁
WOO HOO!!!
Awesome.
I must Google for the closest one near me.
Woodie said:
Went to the bank today, as one does when one has a shed load of shrapnel to cash in.They have an ATM type machine where you just chuck it all in and it goes “gurgle gurgle clank clunk” and adds it all up and puts it in your bank account.
I am now $974 richer in my bank account. 💰💰💲💲😎😁
WOO HOO!!!
Should I trust the “gurgle gurgle clank clunk” of the machine that it added it all up correctly? Should I of added it all up first?
Since the Tooth Fairy retired, I haven’t any shrapnel lying around.
Michael V said:
Bubblecar said:
Woodie said:
Went to the bank today, as one does when one has a shed load of shrapnel to cash in.They have an ATM type machine where you just chuck it all in and it goes “gurgle gurgle clank clunk” and adds it all up and puts it in your bank account.
I am now $974 richer in my bank account. 💰💰💲💲😎😁
WOO HOO!!!
That’s a shedload of 5c pieces.
I reckon there might have been a lot of gold coins in that lot.
A US 1c piece, and a damaged 50c piece got spat out. And a cuppla small screws jammed the machine up. Not sure where all the bits of grit from the bottom of the ice cream container went though hey what but.
Woodie said:
Woodie said:
Went to the bank today, as one does when one has a shed load of shrapnel to cash in.They have an ATM type machine where you just chuck it all in and it goes “gurgle gurgle clank clunk” and adds it all up and puts it in your bank account.
I am now $974 richer in my bank account. 💰💰💲💲😎😁
WOO HOO!!!
Should I trust the “gurgle gurgle clank clunk” of the machine that it added it all up correctly? Should I of added it all up first?
That would have taken some time, and you may have made an error at some point. So trust the machine. You can’t really ask it to spit it all out again anyway.
party_pants said:
Woodie said:
Went to the bank today, as one does when one has a shed load of shrapnel to cash in.They have an ATM type machine where you just chuck it all in and it goes “gurgle gurgle clank clunk” and adds it all up and puts it in your bank account.
I am now $974 richer in my bank account. 💰💰💲💲😎😁
WOO HOO!!!
Awesome.
I must Google for the closest one near me.
I had to get some cash out when last in Lismore and saw the machine then. So I took all my shrapnel today on this visit. NAB it is. I’d never seen a machine for that sorta thing before in a bank.
Woodie said:
party_pants said:
Woodie said:
Went to the bank today, as one does when one has a shed load of shrapnel to cash in.They have an ATM type machine where you just chuck it all in and it goes “gurgle gurgle clank clunk” and adds it all up and puts it in your bank account.
I am now $974 richer in my bank account. 💰💰💲💲😎😁
WOO HOO!!!
Awesome.
I must Google for the closest one near me.
I had to get some cash out when last in Lismore and saw the machine then. So I took all my shrapnel today on this visit. NAB it is. I’d never seen a machine for that sorta thing before in a bank.
I bet the tellers are mighty glad that technology has caught up with such a tedious task.
I’ve changed me tip. Now tipping the Collingscum.
……. and apologies for Mr Panty Parts. But I ain’t tipped them Shockers tonight. As much as I hate tippin’ them Pies, I need the tip. I’m well down the list of tipsters ATM.
party_pants said:
I’ve changed me tip. Now tipping the Collingscum.
Shockers have started well though, hey what but.
Woodie said:
party_pants said:
I’ve changed me tip. Now tipping the Collingscum.
Shockers have started well though, hey what but.
Now that I changed my tip they’ll win by 10 goals….
Woodie said:
Woodie said:
Went to the bank today, as one does when one has a shed load of shrapnel to cash in.They have an ATM type machine where you just chuck it all in and it goes “gurgle gurgle clank clunk” and adds it all up and puts it in your bank account.
I am now $974 richer in my bank account. 💰💰💲💲😎😁
WOO HOO!!!
Should I trust the “gurgle gurgle clank clunk” of the machine that it added it all up correctly? Should I of added it all up first?
Trust it.
Michael V said:
Woodie said:
Woodie said:
Went to the bank today, as one does when one has a shed load of shrapnel to cash in.They have an ATM type machine where you just chuck it all in and it goes “gurgle gurgle clank clunk” and adds it all up and puts it in your bank account.
I am now $974 richer in my bank account. 💰💰💲💲😎😁
WOO HOO!!!
Should I trust the “gurgle gurgle clank clunk” of the machine that it added it all up correctly? Should I of added it all up first?
Trust it.
I think it is not worth the time for the reward.
party_pants said:
Michael V said:
Woodie said:Should I trust the “gurgle gurgle clank clunk” of the machine that it added it all up correctly? Should I of added it all up first?
Trust it.
I think it is not worth the time for the reward.
I did get a printed receipt of how many of each coin (and $$ sub-total) it clunked and gurgled.
Bubblecar said:
Woodie said:
party_pants said:Awesome.
I must Google for the closest one near me.
I had to get some cash out when last in Lismore and saw the machine then. So I took all my shrapnel today on this visit. NAB it is. I’d never seen a machine for that sorta thing before in a bank.
I bet the tellers are mighty glad that technology has caught up with such a tedious task.
They’ve had the multi-coin-type counting machines for yonks. Prior to that it was plastic tubes. Before that it was counting, which was pretty easy. Much easier than counting notes.
Michael V said:
Bubblecar said:
Woodie said:I had to get some cash out when last in Lismore and saw the machine then. So I took all my shrapnel today on this visit. NAB it is. I’d never seen a machine for that sorta thing before in a bank.
I bet the tellers are mighty glad that technology has caught up with such a tedious task.
They’ve had the multi-coin-type counting machines for yonks. Prior to that it was plastic tubes. Before that it was counting, which was pretty easy. Much easier than counting notes.
Ah. I rarely handle cash and haven’t had big pots of coins since the copper days.
Michael V said:
Bubblecar said:
Woodie said:I had to get some cash out when last in Lismore and saw the machine then. So I took all my shrapnel today on this visit. NAB it is. I’d never seen a machine for that sorta thing before in a bank.
I bet the tellers are mighty glad that technology has caught up with such a tedious task.
They’ve had the multi-coin-type counting machines for yonks. Prior to that it was plastic tubes. Before that it was counting, which was pretty easy. Much easier than counting notes.
If it was all sorted by coin type, they used to just weigh it as well. They’d also do that at casinos and clubs with what the pokies would spit out when they did spit out coins.
A 1966 1c coin in choice condition is now worth $5.
Woodie said:
party_pants said:
Woodie said:
Went to the bank today, as one does when one has a shed load of shrapnel to cash in.They have an ATM type machine where you just chuck it all in and it goes “gurgle gurgle clank clunk” and adds it all up and puts it in your bank account.
I am now $974 richer in my bank account. 💰💰💲💲😎😁
WOO HOO!!!
Awesome.
I must Google for the closest one near me.
I had to get some cash out when last in Lismore and saw the machine then. So I took all my shrapnel today on this visit. NAB it is. I’d never seen a machine for that sorta thing before in a bank.
We had a charity tin on the counter at Krispy Kreme which I took to one of those machines. The one at Comm Bank required a fee for non-Comm Bank accounts, which this charity was, but waived for charities.
Woodie said:
Went to the bank today, as one does when one has a shed load of shrapnel to cash in.They have an ATM type machine where you just chuck it all in and it goes “gurgle gurgle clank clunk” and adds it all up and puts it in your bank account.
I am now $974 richer in my bank account. 💰💰💲💲😎😁
WOO HOO!!!
Ar our Westpac they’ve got a not counting machine…which played up so much they gave up using it and just relearnt to count the cash. I think coins are weighed.
buffy said:
Woodie said:
Went to the bank today, as one does when one has a shed load of shrapnel to cash in.They have an ATM type machine where you just chuck it all in and it goes “gurgle gurgle clank clunk” and adds it all up and puts it in your bank account.
I am now $974 richer in my bank account. 💰💰💲💲😎😁
WOO HOO!!!
Ar our Westpac they’ve got a not counting machine…which played up so much they gave up using it and just relearnt to count the cash. I think coins are weighed.
Oh dear: At our Westpac they’ve got a note counting machine…
Bubblecar said:
A 1966 1c coin in choice condition is now worth $5.
I should think that would almost cover inflation since then.
The Rev Dodgson said:
Bubblecar said:
A 1966 1c coin in choice condition is now worth $5.
I should think that would almost cover inflation since then.
Heh.
But yes, hold onto it for another 500 years or so.
Bubblecar said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
Bubblecar said:
A 1966 1c coin in choice condition is now worth $5.
I should think that would almost cover inflation since then.
Heh.
But yes, hold onto it for another 500 years or so.
By which time it would be worth infinitely more than I would.
Cymek said:
Arts said:
Arts said:the tests didn’t show anything terribly elevated. From what I can gather (because the evidence goes back and forth in time) is that by the time EP presented they already had the other four across two hospitals… some already in ICU… this is why they wanted to keep her in overnight… IIRC the toxins for death caps wokrs after a period of time.. so you get sick, then seemingly better then much much worse EP presented well after the others..
for clarity
July 30 (Sunday – the day after the lunch) the four guests present to different hospitals.
EP tells her kids she feels sick but spend the day running errands with the kids and serves them the meal she says are leftovers from lunch.July 31 (monday) the others are in bad shape at other hospitals and being transferred to hospitals that can cope better.
EP takes kids to school then gets herself to hospital after SP says he wasn’t going to take her
First hospital she declines a full examination – so by this time the doctors in the area are all talking to each otherEP returns to the hospital then goes to another hospital where she stays overnight
August 1
All other guests get worse..
EP appears clinically well and she is discharged by 1pmIt would make some sense if murder by poisoning was your option to partial poison yourself to throw suspicion it being an accident.
I think it’s kind of hard to slightly poison yourself using mushrooms… if she had diarrhoea there are other ways to induce that than to slightly suck on a deadly mushroom.
Arts said:
Cymek said:
Arts said:
for clarity
July 30 (Sunday – the day after the lunch) the four guests present to different hospitals.
EP tells her kids she feels sick but spend the day running errands with the kids and serves them the meal she says are leftovers from lunch.July 31 (monday) the others are in bad shape at other hospitals and being transferred to hospitals that can cope better.
EP takes kids to school then gets herself to hospital after SP says he wasn’t going to take her
First hospital she declines a full examination – so by this time the doctors in the area are all talking to each otherEP returns to the hospital then goes to another hospital where she stays overnight
August 1
All other guests get worse..
EP appears clinically well and she is discharged by 1pmIt would make some sense if murder by poisoning was your option to partial poison yourself to throw suspicion it being an accident.
I think it’s kind of hard to slightly poison yourself using mushrooms… if she had diarrhoea there are other ways to induce that than to slightly suck on a deadly mushroom.
hey why not just go all the way, if they think you’re criminally responsible and want you fit to stand trial then maybe they’ll go even harder to try to save your life
Arts said:
Cymek said:
Arts said:for clarity
July 30 (Sunday – the day after the lunch) the four guests present to different hospitals.
EP tells her kids she feels sick but spend the day running errands with the kids and serves them the meal she says are leftovers from lunch.July 31 (monday) the others are in bad shape at other hospitals and being transferred to hospitals that can cope better.
EP takes kids to school then gets herself to hospital after SP says he wasn’t going to take her
First hospital she declines a full examination – so by this time the doctors in the area are all talking to each otherEP returns to the hospital then goes to another hospital where she stays overnight
August 1
All other guests get worse..
EP appears clinically well and she is discharged by 1pmIt would make some sense if murder by poisoning was your option to partial poison yourself to throw suspicion it being an accident.
I think it’s kind of hard to slightly poison yourself using mushrooms… if she had diarrhoea there are other ways to induce that than to slightly suck on a deadly mushroom.
You really don’t need much at all of Amanita phalloides (or Galerina, Funeral Bells, same poison) to cause very serious trouble. One of the identifying things for fungi is taste – but all references say to never taste any Amanita. Not even a nibble. I don’t taste. I sometimes remember to smell, but you have to make sure you don’t hoover up the spores by smelling the gills/pores. Mostly I go on looks.
waves to Parpyone.
Ou et le big boys bicyclettes de la Italiano de le grande tour commencement et le noir nuit.
Woodie said:
waves to Parpyone.Ou et le big boys bicyclettes de la Italiano de le grande tour commencement et le noir nuit.
Goodo. Which night does the coverage start?
Bubblecar said:
Woodie said:
waves to Parpyone.Ou et le big boys bicyclettes de la Italiano de le grande tour commencement et le noir nuit.
Goodo. Which night does the coverage start?
Woodie said:
Bubblecar said:
Woodie said:
waves to Parpyone.Ou et le big boys bicyclettes de la Italiano de le grande tour commencement et le noir nuit.
Goodo. Which night does the coverage start?
…seems to be 9pm tomorrow night.
Bubblecar said:
Woodie said:
waves to Parpyone.Ou et le big boys bicyclettes de la Italiano de le grande tour commencement et le noir nuit.
Goodo. Which night does the coverage start?
Ou et le nuit immediatement!! 21 etapes pour le GIro del le Italiano. 🚴🚴♂️🚴♀️🚴🚴♂️🚴♀️
Bubblecar said:
Woodie said:
Bubblecar said:Goodo. Which night does the coverage start?
…seems to be 9pm tomorrow night.
They’ve had the day tours on over the last three weeks or so but the full 3 week tours (Giro, Tour, La Vuelta) starts tomorrow night.
Giro is a bit better for us. as it is further east than the others, so starts/ends here at reasonable hours than the others.
BTW……. it’s Eurovision next week as well.
They’re in there with a wiff, Mr Panty Parts.
Woodie said:
Bubblecar said:
Woodie said:…seems to be 9pm tomorrow night.
They’ve had the day tours on over the last three weeks or so but the full 3 week tours (Giro, Tour, La Vuelta) starts tomorrow night.
Giro is a bit better for us. as it is further east than the others, so starts/ends here at reasonable hours than the others.
BTW……. it’s Eurovision next week as well.
So lots of telly ahead, ta for reminding me :)
Today’s Quora quote:
“Absolutely right. Aussies have no idea what takeout means. The fools!
(Sorry, I meant the idiots!)
Clearly, takeaway is way too confusing for rational, literal-minded intelligentsia.
We cause problems with other nouns too.
We say garbage when we mean trash, we say bin when we mean wastepaper basket, boot when we mean trunk, horse-riding when we mean horseback riding, petrol when we mean gas, glasses when we mean eyeglasses, footpath when we mean sidewalk, toilet when we mean restroom/powder-room, main course when we mean entree (??!!), indicator when we mean turn signal, railway when we mean railroad, chips when we mean French fries (which came from Belgium, btw), biscuit when we mean cookie, roll when we mean sandwich, muffin when we mean English muffin, soft drink when we mean soda, aluminium when we mean aluminum, solder when we mean sodder (I think), lift when we mean elevator, tram when we mean streetcar, first floor when we mean level two,
…
and wanker when we mean president.”
The Rev Dodgson said:
Today’s Quora quote:“Absolutely right. Aussies have no idea what takeout means. The fools!
(Sorry, I meant the idiots!)
Clearly, takeaway is way too confusing for rational, literal-minded intelligentsia.
We cause problems with other nouns too.
We say garbage when we mean trash, we say bin when we mean wastepaper basket, boot when we mean trunk, horse-riding when we mean horseback riding, petrol when we mean gas, glasses when we mean eyeglasses, footpath when we mean sidewalk, toilet when we mean restroom/powder-room, main course when we mean entree (??!!), indicator when we mean turn signal, railway when we mean railroad, chips when we mean French fries (which came from Belgium, btw), biscuit when we mean cookie, roll when we mean sandwich, muffin when we mean English muffin, soft drink when we mean soda, aluminium when we mean aluminum, solder when we mean sodder (I think), lift when we mean elevator, tram when we mean streetcar, first floor when we mean level two,
…
and wanker when we mean president.”
I think it is time to abandon quora for the sake of your sanity.
Woodie said:
They’re in there with a wiff, Mr Panty Parts.
They were in with a wiff, Mr Panty Parts. But they haven’t been disgraced. Not like last week.
Woodie said:
They’re in there with a wiff, Mr Panty Parts.
Nah, only the margin is the point of interest now.
Woodie said:
Woodie said:
They’re in there with a wiff, Mr Panty Parts.
They were in with a wiff, Mr Panty Parts. But they haven’t been disgraced. Not like last week.
Well, the scored more in the first half than they did the entire game last week.
The Rev Dodgson said:
Today’s Quora quote:“Absolutely right. Aussies have no idea what takeout means. The fools!
(Sorry, I meant the idiots!)
Clearly, takeaway is way too confusing for rational, literal-minded intelligentsia.
We cause problems with other nouns too.
We say garbage when we mean trash, we say bin when we mean wastepaper basket, boot when we mean trunk, horse-riding when we mean horseback riding, petrol when we mean gas, glasses when we mean eyeglasses, footpath when we mean sidewalk, toilet when we mean restroom/powder-room, main course when we mean entree (??!!), indicator when we mean turn signal, railway when we mean railroad, chips when we mean French fries (which came from Belgium, btw), biscuit when we mean cookie, roll when we mean sandwich, muffin when we mean English muffin, soft drink when we mean soda, aluminium when we mean aluminum, solder when we mean sodder (I think), lift when we mean elevator, tram when we mean streetcar, first floor when we mean level two,
…
and wanker when we mean president.”
Americans tend top be a bit aggressive when it comes to their distortion of language. It’s a bit like when Putin declared that the term “champagne” shall henceforth only be used for Russian sparkling wine, not the French stuff.
party_pants said:
Woodie said:
They’re in there with a wiff, Mr Panty Parts.
Nah, only the margin is the point of interest now.
My margin was 26.
Woodie said:
party_pants said:
Woodie said:
They’re in there with a wiff, Mr Panty Parts.
Nah, only the margin is the point of interest now.
My margin was 26.
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SCIENCE said:
Arts said:
Cymek said:
It would make some sense if murder by poisoning was your option to partial poison yourself to throw suspicion it being an accident.
I think it’s kind of hard to slightly poison yourself using mushrooms… if she had diarrhoea there are other ways to induce that than to slightly suck on a deadly mushroom.
hey why not just go all the way, if they think you’re criminally responsible and want you fit to stand trial then maybe they’ll go even harder to try to save your life
You should write motivational posters.
The Rev Dodgson said:
Today’s Quora quote:“Absolutely right. Aussies have no idea what takeout means. The fools!
(Sorry, I meant the idiots!)
Clearly, takeaway is way too confusing for rational, literal-minded intelligentsia.
We cause problems with other nouns too.
We say garbage when we mean trash, we say bin when we mean wastepaper basket, boot when we mean trunk, horse-riding when we mean horseback riding, petrol when we mean gas, glasses when we mean eyeglasses, footpath when we mean sidewalk, toilet when we mean restroom/powder-room, main course when we mean entree (??!!), indicator when we mean turn signal, railway when we mean railroad, chips when we mean French fries (which came from Belgium, btw), biscuit when we mean cookie, roll when we mean sandwich, muffin when we mean English muffin, soft drink when we mean soda, aluminium when we mean aluminum, solder when we mean sodder (I think), lift when we mean elevator, tram when we mean streetcar, first floor when we mean level two,
…
and wanker when we mean president.”
Years ago I was running a story time/craft activity at the bookstore. As the kids were finishing I told them to put their bits of leftover paper in the bin. I had put it near the table and I probably gestured towards it. Some really uptight man said to his daughter: She means trash can. The child was already putting her stuff in the bin.
Wanker.
Solder is just pronounced “sodder”.
The soft drink issue is different in each state. Some states actually call them “fountain drinks” – referring to the dispensing machine.
Also “car park” and “parking lot”.
The toilet one includes “bathroom” which is often used in public places like malls etc, I’m not bathing or resting or powdering (generally) anything in those spaces.. I trained the bookstore staff to understand “loo”
Apparently they’ve sent white smoke up the chimlee.
Woodie said:
Apparently they’ve sent white smoke up the chimlee.
It’s lots of “habemus papums” all round apparently.
My mysterious bioluminescent critter was back tonight, but more skittish than last night; when I reached for it it scampered away before I even touched it. It;s a soft, dim blue-white light about the size and shape of a 20 cent piece.
The bells are ringin’ and the bands, they are a playin’ 😮
Woodie said:
Apparently they’ve sent white smoke up the chimlee.
Hoping it’s Pope Pizzaballa.
“Matildas captain Sam Kerr and partner Kristie Mewis announce birth of son
Sam Kerr has welcomed her first child with partner Kristie Mewis.
The couple announced the birth of their son, Jagger Mewis-Kerr, on Thursday.”
This!!
There’s no need to use “baby boy” or the even more stoopid one “new baby boy”.
Then Kerr fucks it up by saying “Our little man is here, Jagger Mewis-Kerr,”
When it’s a girl do we say “little woman”?
kii said:
“Matildas captain Sam Kerr and partner Kristie Mewis announce birth of sonSam Kerr has welcomed her first child with partner Kristie Mewis.
The couple announced the birth of their son, Jagger Mewis-Kerr, on Thursday.”
This!!
There’s no need to use “baby boy” or the even more stoopid one “new baby boy”.
Then Kerr fucks it up by saying “Our little man is here, Jagger Mewis-Kerr,”
When it’s a girl do we say “little woman”?
Poor kid is gonna hear this all his life
https://youtu.be/iEPTlhBmwRg?si=6o5FMUxSjN87Oqv9
kii said:
Years ago I was running a story time/craft activity at the bookstore. As the kids were finishing I told them to put their bits of leftover paper in the bin. I had put it near the table and I probably gestured towards it. Some really uptight man said to his daughter: She means trash can. The child was already putting her stuff in the bin.
Wanker.
Solder is just pronounced “sodder”.
The soft drink issue is different in each state. Some states actually call them “fountain drinks” – referring to the dispensing machine.
Also “car park” and “parking lot”.
The toilet one includes “bathroom” which is often used in public places like malls etc, I’m not bathing or resting or powdering (generally) anything in those spaces.. I trained the bookstore staff to understand “loo”
Americans have problems understanding when we say “water”. To them it needs to be more like “Wodder”.
“Fountain drinks” confused me for years. I’d read the term in novels and think of actual fountains spewing out cola, like a chocolate fountain. I think it was Reddit where I learned what it actually referred to, causing different confusion because the dispenser is hardly fountain-like at all.
Divine Angel said:
kii said:
Years ago I was running a story time/craft activity at the bookstore. As the kids were finishing I told them to put their bits of leftover paper in the bin. I had put it near the table and I probably gestured towards it. Some really uptight man said to his daughter: She means trash can. The child was already putting her stuff in the bin.
Wanker.
Solder is just pronounced “sodder”.
The soft drink issue is different in each state. Some states actually call them “fountain drinks” – referring to the dispensing machine.
Also “car park” and “parking lot”.
The toilet one includes “bathroom” which is often used in public places like malls etc, I’m not bathing or resting or powdering (generally) anything in those spaces.. I trained the bookstore staff to understand “loo”
Americans have problems understanding when we say “water”. To them it needs to be more like “Wodder”.
“Fountain drinks” confused me for years. I’d read the term in novels and think of actual fountains spewing out cola, like a chocolate fountain. I think it was Reddit where I learned what it actually referred to, causing different confusion because the dispenser is hardly fountain-like at all.
what if you put a sugar dusted lolly in it
Divine Angel said:
kii said:
“Matildas captain Sam Kerr and partner Kristie Mewis announce birth of son
Sam Kerr has welcomed her first child with partner Kristie Mewis.
The couple announced the birth of their son, Jagger Mewis-Kerr, on Thursday.”
This!!
There’s no need to use “baby boy” or the even more stoopid one “new baby boy”.
Then Kerr fucks it up by saying “Our little man is here, Jagger Mewis-Kerr,”
When it’s a girl do we say “little woman”?
Poor kid is gonna hear this all his life
we suppose this place is filled with prescriptivists but in fact it turns out that language is full of redundancy and sometimes it’s a total waste but sometimes it seems to contribute to rapid understanding which we suppose is the general purpose of language so shrug
and we believe that for the old girls here some really would say little lady so shrug
Good morning Holidayers. Presently 7 degrees at the back door, a little light starting in the East. We are forecast a partly cloudy 18 degrees.
We are off to Warrnambool this morning for Mr buffy to have a scan prior to his review appointment next week with the kidney specialist. We will pick up some roadside potatoes in Koroit on the way, and book the train to Melbourne for the week after next for Mr buffy to have a different scan for the other specialist.
what the fuck
OpenAI’s website states that ChatGPT is “not meant for” people younger than 13, even though it’s free on the open web. But Google’s Gemini tool is one of the few mainstream tools explicitly targeted at users that age.
Mostly cloudy with morning showers, top of 23. I have a dr appointment to get the results of the blood test. It’s just checking liver, kidneys, thyroid, iron, and a slightly elevated CRP detected last week.
party_pants said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
Today’s Quora quote:“Absolutely right. Aussies have no idea what takeout means. The fools!
(Sorry, I meant the idiots!)
Clearly, takeaway is way too confusing for rational, literal-minded intelligentsia.
We cause problems with other nouns too.
We say garbage when we mean trash, we say bin when we mean wastepaper basket, boot when we mean trunk, horse-riding when we mean horseback riding, petrol when we mean gas, glasses when we mean eyeglasses, footpath when we mean sidewalk, toilet when we mean restroom/powder-room, main course when we mean entree (??!!), indicator when we mean turn signal, railway when we mean railroad, chips when we mean French fries (which came from Belgium, btw), biscuit when we mean cookie, roll when we mean sandwich, muffin when we mean English muffin, soft drink when we mean soda, aluminium when we mean aluminum, solder when we mean sodder (I think), lift when we mean elevator, tram when we mean streetcar, first floor when we mean level two,
…
and wanker when we mean president.”
I think it is time to abandon quora for the sake of your sanity.
It can be a bit depressing at times, but I thought that one was quite amusing.
btm said:
My mysterious bioluminescent critter was back tonight, but more skittish than last night; when I reached for it it scampered away before I even touched it. It;s a soft, dim blue-white light about the size and shape of a 20 cent piece.
I hope you can discover what it is.
buffy said:
Good morning Holidayers. Presently 7 degrees at the back door, a little light starting in the East. We are forecast a partly cloudy 18 degrees.We are off to Warrnambool this morning for Mr buffy to have a scan prior to his review appointment next week with the kidney specialist. We will pick up some roadside potatoes in Koroit on the way, and book the train to Melbourne for the week after next for Mr buffy to have a different scan for the other specialist.
Good luck.
Divine Angel said:
Mostly cloudy with morning showers, top of 23. I have a dr appointment to get the results of the blood test. It’s just checking liver, kidneys, thyroid, iron, and a slightly elevated CRP detected last week.
Good luck.
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
Mostly cloudy with morning showers, top of 23. I have a dr appointment to get the results of the blood test. It’s just checking liver, kidneys, thyroid, iron, and a slightly elevated CRP detected last week.
Good luck.
Bloods good. ECG good. Booked in for spirometer next week, go from there.
Greetings
Cymek said:
Greetings
Hello.
Cymek said:
Greetings
Are you the new Pope?
Divine Angel said:
Cymek said:
Greetings
Are you the new Pope?
No, I’m the new Poop though
In Wednesday’s episode of Claire Hooper’s House of Games, the question was, “What does AM stand for?”
I know PM is post meridiem but I did not know AM. (More likely, I had forgotten.) At least I knew it wasn’t “after midnight” as the contestants guessed.
Don’t you just hate it when there is a major spelling mistake in the credits of a movie?
kii said:
Don’t you just hate it when there is a major spelling mistake in the credits of a movie?
Well, every American film has lots of those. :)
captain_spalding said:
kii said:
Don’t you just hate it when there is a major spelling mistake in the credits of a movie?
Well, every American film has lots of those. :)
servere instead of severe?
Divine Angel said:
In Wednesday’s episode of Claire Hooper’s House of Games, the question was, “What does AM stand for?”I know PM is post meridiem but I did not know AM. (More likely, I had forgotten.) At least I knew it wasn’t “after midnight” as the contestants guessed.
In the 12-hour clock system, AM stands for ante meridiem, which means “before midday”.
Divine Angel said:
In Wednesday’s episode of Claire Hooper’s House of Games, the question was, “What does AM stand for?”I know PM is post meridiem but I did not know AM. (More likely, I had forgotten.) At least I knew it wasn’t “after midnight” as the contestants guessed.
I would never have got that, I would have said anti meridiem.
Anyway…
More ads on various streaming services are mentioning “made in the USA” or “assembled in the USA”. I think there was an ad for a medication that said “compounded in the USA”.
kii said:
captain_spalding said:
kii said:
Don’t you just hate it when there is a major spelling mistake in the credits of a movie?
Well, every American film has lots of those. :)
servere instead of severe?
I saw a sign yesterday with “origianl” instead of “original”. the rest of the sign looked AI generated but still, how do you let that go to the printers?
captain_spalding said:
Divine Angel said:
In Wednesday’s episode of Claire Hooper’s House of Games, the question was, “What does AM stand for?”I know PM is post meridiem but I did not know AM. (More likely, I had forgotten.) At least I knew it wasn’t “after midnight” as the contestants guessed.
In the 12-hour clock system, AM stands for ante meridiem, which means “before midday”.
Well I know that now thanks to the show.
In French, ‘AM’ could mean either morning or afternoon.
It could stand for avant-midi (before middday), or for après-midi (after midday).
In practice, the term is not used. Before noon is referred to as du matin (morning), and after noon is après-midi (until about 6:00 pm, when it becomes du soir (evening)).
But, you may hear people use AM and PM in conversation, as examples of the infiltration of English into the French language (‘Freanglais’) e.g. ‘le weekend’.
captain_spalding said:
In French, ‘AM’ could mean either morning or afternoon.It could stand for avant-midi (before middday), or for après-midi (after midday).
In practice, the term is not used. Before noon is referred to as du matin (morning), and after noon is après-midi (until about 6:00 pm, when it becomes du soir (evening)).
But, you may hear people use AM and PM in conversation, as examples of the infiltration of English into the French language (‘Freanglais’) e.g. ‘le weekend’.
I knew i’d bugger up the HTML.
captain_spalding said:
In French, ‘AM’ could mean either morning or afternoon.It could stand for avant-midi (before middday), or for après-midi (after midday).
In practice, the term is not used. Before noon is referred to as du matin (morning), and after noon is après-midi (until about 6:00 pm, when it becomes du soir (evening)).
But, you may hear people use AM and PM in conversation, as examples of the infiltration of English into the French language (‘Freanglais’) e.g. ‘le weekend’.
As long as no one says, “10am in the morning” because that shits me. Unless you’re French, apparently, where it could mean either before or after midday.
Divine Angel said:
kii said:
captain_spalding said:Well, every American film has lots of those. :)
servere instead of severe?
I saw a sign yesterday with “origianl” instead of “original”. the rest of the sign looked AI generated but still, how do you let that go to the printers?
This was directed by Angelina Jolie, it’s about a WWII veteran’s experiences as a POW. The guy was an Olympian. Unbroken. Based on a true story.
Students always get the AM and PM thing mixed up…
I usually have assessments due at 12pm.. then I write the word Midday because they think 12pm is midnight… but that’s not the way I was taught.. but they still didn’t get it correct . even with Midday .. so I started to make the assessment due 11.59am
guess what?
They still don’t know… so now I say 11pm on a Sunday night so when you get home from the Sunday Session – hit submit.
that works better… time telling skills are waning
Divine Angel said:
kii said:
captain_spalding said:Well, every American film has lots of those. :)
servere instead of severe?
I saw a sign yesterday with “origianl” instead of “original”. the rest of the sign looked AI generated but still, how do you let that go to the printers?
You’d be surprised, or not, at some of the things that we (ex) printers see. Usually we proofread the copy, compared to what they supplied, before the client sees it then the client signs off on that proof. I used to give the first prints a proofread before starting the full run. Used to pick up errors everyone else missed. Boss hated it, she was the main proofreader. Told me not to do it. so I didn’t. got into trouble for printing stuff with errors.
Divine Angel said:
As long as no one says, “10am in the morning” because that shits me. Unless you’re French, apparently, where it could mean either before or after midday.
A lot of the time, people will use the 24-hour clock when referring to time. So, instead of saying ’huit heures du soir’ (eight o’clock in the evening), they’ll say ’vingt heures’ (i.e. 20:00, in the 24-hour system).
sooooo is midday AM or PM? and is midnight PM or AM? Neither are before or after AM or PM. it’s a paradox.
Arts said:
Students always get the AM and PM thing mixed up…I usually have assessments due at 12pm.. then I write the word Midday because they think 12pm is midnight… but that’s not the way I was taught.. but they still didn’t get it correct . even with Midday .. so I started to make the assessment due 11.59am
guess what?
They still don’t know… so now I say 11pm on a Sunday night so when you get home from the Sunday Session – hit submit.
that works better… time telling skills are waning
All my assessments were due at 11.59pm, and the number of people who still thought they had until midday was astonishing. Me? I’d submit two days early. Just in case of tech problems.
Divine Angel said:
As long as no one says, “10am in the morning” because that shits me. Unless you’re French, apparently, where it could mean either before or after midday.
I have noticed people saying that a lot more lately, It annoys me too.
Arts said:
Students always get the AM and PM thing mixed up…I usually have assessments due at 12pm.. then I write the word Midday because they think 12pm is midnight… but that’s not the way I was taught.. but they still didn’t get it correct . even with Midday .. so I started to make the assessment due 11.59am
guess what?
They still don’t know… so now I say 11pm on a Sunday night so when you get home from the Sunday Session – hit submit.
that works better… time telling skills are waning
Start deducting marks for people who can’t tell the time.
Bogsnorkler said:
sooooo is midday AM or PM? and is midnight PM or AM? Neither are before or after AM or PM. it’s a paradox.
I think midday is PM and midnight is AM – that’s the way I’ve always been taught it…
but I am increasingly using 24 hr time because it saves confusion.
Divine Angel said:
As long as no one says, “10am in the morning” because that shits me. Unless you’re French, apparently, where it could mean either before or after midday.
Would “10 in the morning” be alright Miss.
Arts said:
Students always get the AM and PM thing mixed up…I usually have assessments due at 12pm.. then I write the word Midday because they think 12pm is midnight… but that’s not the way I was taught.. but they still didn’t get it correct . even with Midday .. so I started to make the assessment due 11.59am
guess what?
They still don’t know… so now I say 11pm on a Sunday night so when you get home from the Sunday Session – hit submit.
that works better… time telling skills are waning
In the 24 hour clock in the military, there’s no such time as midnight. That is, there’s deemed to be no such time as ’00:00’.
For record keeping (e.g. a ship’s log book), things can be noted up to 23:59:59, if necessary. The next ‘recordable’ time is 00:00:01.
kii said:
Arts said:
Students always get the AM and PM thing mixed up…I usually have assessments due at 12pm.. then I write the word Midday because they think 12pm is midnight… but that’s not the way I was taught.. but they still didn’t get it correct . even with Midday .. so I started to make the assessment due 11.59am
guess what?
They still don’t know… so now I say 11pm on a Sunday night so when you get home from the Sunday Session – hit submit.
that works better… time telling skills are waning
Start deducting marks for people who can’t tell the time.
nah, it’s not their fault someone failed to teach them time properly
Peak Warming Man said:
Divine Angel said:
As long as no one says, “10am in the morning” because that shits me. Unless you’re French, apparently, where it could mean either before or after midday.
Would “10 in the morning” be alright Miss.
Acceptable. Also, 10am yesterday.
Divine Angel said:
As long as no one says, “10am in the morning” because that shits me. Unless you’re French, apparently, where it could mean either before or after midday.
How does a phrase like ‘10am in the morning at the ATM machine’ affect you?
Arts said:
Bogsnorkler said:
sooooo is midday AM or PM? and is midnight PM or AM? Neither are before or after AM or PM. it’s a paradox.
I think midday is PM and midnight is AM – that’s the way I’ve always been taught it…
but I am increasingly using 24 hr time because it saves confusion.
24 hour time is the only one to use when communicating a time to someone.
captain_spalding said:
Divine Angel said:
As long as no one says, “10am in the morning” because that shits me. Unless you’re French, apparently, where it could mean either before or after midday.
How does a phrase like ‘10am in the morning at the ATM machine’ affect you?
And you put in your PIN number
captain_spalding said:
Arts said:
Students always get the AM and PM thing mixed up…I usually have assessments due at 12pm.. then I write the word Midday because they think 12pm is midnight… but that’s not the way I was taught.. but they still didn’t get it correct . even with Midday .. so I started to make the assessment due 11.59am
guess what?
They still don’t know… so now I say 11pm on a Sunday night so when you get home from the Sunday Session – hit submit.
that works better… time telling skills are waning
In the 24 hour clock in the military, there’s no such time as midnight. That is, there’s deemed to be no such time as ’00:00’.
For record keeping (e.g. a ship’s log book), things can be noted up to 23:59:59, if necessary. The next ‘recordable’ time is 00:00:01.
in printing we had a 23:59 Black.
captain_spalding said:
Arts said:
Students always get the AM and PM thing mixed up…I usually have assessments due at 12pm.. then I write the word Midday because they think 12pm is midnight… but that’s not the way I was taught.. but they still didn’t get it correct . even with Midday .. so I started to make the assessment due 11.59am
guess what?
They still don’t know… so now I say 11pm on a Sunday night so when you get home from the Sunday Session – hit submit.
that works better… time telling skills are waning
In the 24 hour clock in the military, there’s no such time as midnight. That is, there’s deemed to be no such time as ’00:00’.
For record keeping (e.g. a ship’s log book), things can be noted up to 23:59:59, if necessary. The next ‘recordable’ time is 00:00:01.
Would 00:00:00 be alright Sir.
captain_spalding said:
Arts said:
Students always get the AM and PM thing mixed up…I usually have assessments due at 12pm.. then I write the word Midday because they think 12pm is midnight… but that’s not the way I was taught.. but they still didn’t get it correct . even with Midday .. so I started to make the assessment due 11.59am
guess what?
They still don’t know… so now I say 11pm on a Sunday night so when you get home from the Sunday Session – hit submit.
that works better… time telling skills are waning
In the 24 hour clock in the military, there’s no such time as midnight. That is, there’s deemed to be no such time as ’00:00’.
For record keeping (e.g. a ship’s log book), things can be noted up to 23:59:59, if necessary. The next ‘recordable’ time is 00:00:01.
yes.. and since we use 24 hour indicators in evidence gathering I have always wondered if forensic peeps just use 1159 or 0001 as the time of gathered evidence at a crime scene.
Divine Angel said:
captain_spalding said:
Divine Angel said:
As long as no one says, “10am in the morning” because that shits me. Unless you’re French, apparently, where it could mean either before or after midday.
How does a phrase like ‘10am in the morning at the ATM machine’ affect you?
And you put in your PIN number
Of course. :)
Peak Warming Man said:
captain_spalding said:
Arts said:
Students always get the AM and PM thing mixed up…I usually have assessments due at 12pm.. then I write the word Midday because they think 12pm is midnight… but that’s not the way I was taught.. but they still didn’t get it correct . even with Midday .. so I started to make the assessment due 11.59am
guess what?
They still don’t know… so now I say 11pm on a Sunday night so when you get home from the Sunday Session – hit submit.
that works better… time telling skills are waning
In the 24 hour clock in the military, there’s no such time as midnight. That is, there’s deemed to be no such time as ’00:00’.
For record keeping (e.g. a ship’s log book), things can be noted up to 23:59:59, if necessary. The next ‘recordable’ time is 00:00:01.
Would 00:00:00 be alright Sir.
Not. At. All.
captain_spalding said:
Divine Angel said:
As long as no one says, “10am in the morning” because that shits me. Unless you’re French, apparently, where it could mean either before or after midday.
How does a phrase like ‘10am in the morning at the ATM machine’ affect you?
Especially if you are withdrawing dollarbucks.
Arts said:
kii said:
Arts said:
Students always get the AM and PM thing mixed up…I usually have assessments due at 12pm.. then I write the word Midday because they think 12pm is midnight… but that’s not the way I was taught.. but they still didn’t get it correct . even with Midday .. so I started to make the assessment due 11.59am
guess what?
They still don’t know… so now I say 11pm on a Sunday night so when you get home from the Sunday Session – hit submit.
that works better… time telling skills are waning
Start deducting marks for people who can’t tell the time.
nah, it’s not their fault someone failed to teach them time properly
Hold them accountable for basic skills, fucking spoonfed dorks.
Also do a unit on how to tell the time. How are they able to function in the real world?
Arts said:
kii said:
Arts said:
Students always get the AM and PM thing mixed up…I usually have assessments due at 12pm.. then I write the word Midday because they think 12pm is midnight… but that’s not the way I was taught.. but they still didn’t get it correct . even with Midday .. so I started to make the assessment due 11.59am
guess what?
They still don’t know… so now I say 11pm on a Sunday night so when you get home from the Sunday Session – hit submit.
that works better… time telling skills are waning
Start deducting marks for people who can’t tell the time.
nah, it’s not their fault someone failed to teach them time properly
damn schooling system
shakes fist
Bogsnorkler said:
Arts said:
Bogsnorkler said:
sooooo is midday AM or PM? and is midnight PM or AM? Neither are before or after AM or PM. it’s a paradox.
I think midday is PM and midnight is AM – that’s the way I’ve always been taught it…
but I am increasingly using 24 hr time because it saves confusion.
24 hour time is the only one to use when communicating a time to someone.
Tamb said:
captain_spalding said:
Divine Angel said:
As long as no one says, “10am in the morning” because that shits me. Unless you’re French, apparently, where it could mean either before or after midday.
How does a phrase like ‘10am in the morning at the ATM machine’ affect you?
Especially if you are withdrawing dollarbucks.
“Dollarbucks” Is common vernacular now thanks to Bluey.
Arts said:
kii said:
Arts said:
Students always get the AM and PM thing mixed up…I usually have assessments due at 12pm.. then I write the word Midday because they think 12pm is midnight… but that’s not the way I was taught.. but they still didn’t get it correct . even with Midday .. so I started to make the assessment due 11.59am
guess what?
They still don’t know… so now I say 11pm on a Sunday night so when you get home from the Sunday Session – hit submit.
that works better… time telling skills are waning
Start deducting marks for people who can’t tell the time.
nah, it’s not their fault someone failed to teach them time properly
learnt to tell the time in primary school. we were lucky though as we learnt zulu time. the gold standard of time keeping.
Divine Angel said:
Tamb said:
captain_spalding said:How does a phrase like ‘10am in the morning at the ATM machine’ affect you?
Especially if you are withdrawing dollarbucks.
“Dollarbucks” Is common vernacular now thanks to Bluey.
Are we really sure that issues with telling the difference between AM and PM are a new thing?
Bogsnorkler said:
Arts said:
kii said:Start deducting marks for people who can’t tell the time.
nah, it’s not their fault someone failed to teach them time properly
learnt to tell the time in primary school. we were lucky though as we learnt zulu time. the gold standard of time keeping.
I learned through Play School like normal kids back then.
Bogsnorkler said:
Arts said:
kii said:Start deducting marks for people who can’t tell the time.
nah, it’s not their fault someone failed to teach them time properly
learnt to tell the time in primary school. we were lucky though as we learnt zulu time. the gold standard of time keeping.
You’d be on india time now, though, wouldn’t you?
Bogsnorkler said:
Arts said:
kii said:Start deducting marks for people who can’t tell the time.
nah, it’s not their fault someone failed to teach them time properly
learnt to tell the time in primary school. we were lucky though as we learnt zulu time. the gold standard of time keeping.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-09/new-caledonia-gecko-poaching-social-media-pet-trade-crisis/105233778
snip…..New Caledonia’s giant geckos are the latest sensation in the global pet trade. But conservationists warn their social media-fuelled popularity is putting the endangered species at risk… snip
Some enterprising person should paint up some baby goannas and sell them to the influencers. Several years down the track, ‘omg, this gecko is huge and has its scary claws hooked in my leg’
Divine Angel said:
Bogsnorkler said:
Arts said:nah, it’s not their fault someone failed to teach them time properly
learnt to tell the time in primary school. we were lucky though as we learnt zulu time. the gold standard of time keeping.
It’s in the year 1 curriculum.I learned through Play School like normal kids back then.
maybe we just need to bring back playschool
Bogsnorkler said:
Arts said:
kii said:Start deducting marks for people who can’t tell the time.
nah, it’s not their fault someone failed to teach them time properly
learnt to tell the time in primary school. we were lucky though as we learnt zulu time. the gold standard of time keeping.
I had a dog that could tell the time, I think he was some sort of watch dog.
Bogsnorkler said:
Arts said:
Bogsnorkler said:
sooooo is midday AM or PM? and is midnight PM or AM? Neither are before or after AM or PM. it’s a paradox.
I think midday is PM and midnight is AM – that’s the way I’ve always been taught it…
but I am increasingly using 24 hr time because it saves confusion.
24 hour time is the only one to use when communicating a time to someone.
bullshit we use Unix time
kii said:
Don’t you just hate it when there is a major spelling mistake in the credits of a movie?
no
Divine Angel said:
captain_spalding said:
Divine Angel said:
SCIENCE said:
Divine Angel said:
kii said:
“Matildas captain Sam Kerr and partner Kristie Mewis announce birth of son
Sam Kerr has welcomed her first child with partner Kristie Mewis.
The couple announced the birth of their son, Jagger Mewis-Kerr, on Thursday.”
This!!
There’s no need to use “baby boy” or the even more stoopid one “new baby boy”.
Then Kerr fucks it up by saying “Our little man is here, Jagger Mewis-Kerr,”
When it’s a girl do we say “little woman”?
Poor kid is gonna hear this all his life
we suppose this place is filled with prescriptivists but in fact it turns out that language is full of redundancy and sometimes it’s a total waste but sometimes it seems to contribute to rapid understanding which we suppose is the general purpose of language so shrug
and we believe that for the old girls here some really would say little lady so shrug
As long as no one says, “10am in the morning” because that shits me. Unless you’re French, apparently, where it could mean either before or after midday.
How does a phrase like ‘10am in the morning at the ATM machine’ affect you?
And you put in your PIN number
we suppose this place is filled with prescriptivists but in fact it turns out that language is full of redundancy and sometimes it’s a total waste but sometimes it seems to contribute to rapid understanding which we suppose is the general purpose of language so shrug
Sam Kerr has become a father.
Peak Warming Man said:
Sam Kerr has become a father.
Fuck off.
diddly-squat said:
Are we really sure that issues with telling the difference between AM and PM are a new thing?
yes, they didn’t have this problem 40000 years ago
Peak Warming Man said:
Bogsnorkler said:
Arts said:nah, it’s not their fault someone failed to teach them time properly
learnt to tell the time in primary school. we were lucky though as we learnt zulu time. the gold standard of time keeping.
I had a dog that could tell the time, I think he was some sort of watch dog.
A Clocker Spaniel?
captain_spalding said:
Peak Warming Man said:
captain_spalding said:
In the 24 hour clock in the military, there’s no such time as midnight. That is, there’s deemed to be no such time as ’00:00’.
For record keeping (e.g. a ship’s log book), things can be noted up to 23:59:59, if necessary. The next ‘recordable’ time is 00:00:01.
Would 00:00:00 be alright Sir.
Not. At. All.
maybe people can just be cognitively skilled and handle times like 2600 as equivalent to 0200 the next day and so forth
kii said:
Arts said:
kii said:Start deducting marks for people who can’t tell the time.
nah, it’s not their fault someone failed to teach them time properly
Hold them accountable for basic skills, fucking spoonfed dorks.
Also do a unit on how to tell the time. How are they able to function in the real world?
have you ever tried to use a sundial at night sheesh
Tamb said:
Bogsnorkler said:
Arts said:
I think midday is PM and midnight is AM – that’s the way I’ve always been taught it…
but I am increasingly using 24 hr time because it saves confusion.
24 hour time is the only one to use when communicating a time to someone.
AM is confusing to some people as they think the A means after.
like antifa and antefa and antiantifa and antiantefa and anteantifa and anteantefa and ah fa kit
kii said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Sam Kerr has become a father.
Fuck off.
^
Arts said:
Divine Angel said:
Bogsnorkler said:
learnt to tell the time in primary school. we were lucky though as we learnt zulu time. the gold standard of time keeping.
It’s in the year 1 curriculum.
I learned through Play School like normal kids back then.
maybe we just need to bring back playschool
we watch it all the time
SCIENCE said:
kii said:
Arts said:nah, it’s not their fault someone failed to teach them time properly
Hold them accountable for basic skills, fucking spoonfed dorks.
Also do a unit on how to tell the time. How are they able to function in the real world?
have you ever tried to use a sundial at night sheesh
SCIENCE said:
Tamb said:
Bogsnorkler said:
24 hour time is the only one to use when communicating a time to someone.
AM is confusing to some people as they think the A means after.like antifa and antefa and antiantifa and antiantefa and anteantifa and anteantefa and ah fa kit
Tamb said:
SCIENCE said:
kii said:Hold them accountable for basic skills, fucking spoonfed dorks.
Also do a unit on how to tell the time. How are they able to function in the real world?
have you ever tried to use a sundial at night sheesh
Use a torch or the moon.
BTW I live in the tropics where sundials have two gnomons.
thumb thumb g thumb thumb thumb n……………..just talk among yourselves
SCIENCE said:
kii said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Sam Kerr has become a father.
Fuck off.
^
This is the Sammy Kerr I remember
Bubblecar said:
Woodie said:
party_pants said:Awesome.
I must Google for the closest one near me.
I had to get some cash out when last in Lismore and saw the machine then. So I took all my shrapnel today on this visit. NAB it is. I’d never seen a machine for that sorta thing before in a bank.
I bet the tellers are mighty glad that technology has caught up with such a tedious task.
Tellers haven’t coounted change dor decades. They weigh it.
The Rev Dodgson said:
Bubblecar said:
A 1966 1c coin in choice condition is now worth $5.
I should think that would almost cover inflation since then.
To think I melted the new ones(fill bigger holes) to do a brazing job on an exhaust system for a generator.
Peak Warming Man said:
Sam Kerr has become a father.
Didn’t know she had it in her.
roughbarked said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
Bubblecar said:
A 1966 1c coin in choice condition is now worth $5.
I should think that would almost cover inflation since then.
To think I melted the new ones(fill bigger holes) to do a brazing job on an exhaust system for a generator.
Tamb said:
roughbarked said:
The Rev Dodgson said:I should think that would almost cover inflation since then.
To think I melted the new ones(fill bigger holes) to do a brazing job on an exhaust system for a generator.
The 5 cent coin is due for the chop soon
Probably have $10 worth of those.
roughbarked said:
Tamb said:
roughbarked said:To think I melted the new ones(fill bigger holes) to do a brazing job on an exhaust system for a generator.
The 5 cent coin is due for the chop soonProbably have $10 worth of those.
I saw my lawyers yesterday; my pseudonym has been approved and assigned, and it’s a really normal-sounding name. I was hoping for something weird or strange.
btm said:
I saw my lawyers yesterday; my pseudonym has been approved and assigned, and it’s a really normal-sounding name. I was hoping for something weird or strange.
Who choose this pseudonym if not yourself?
Witty Rejoinder said:
btm said:
I saw my lawyers yesterday; my pseudonym has been approved and assigned, and it’s a really normal-sounding name. I was hoping for something weird or strange.
Who choose this pseudonym if not yourself?
The Supreme Court of Victoria.
btm said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
btm said:
I saw my lawyers yesterday; my pseudonym has been approved and assigned, and it’s a really normal-sounding name. I was hoping for something weird or strange.
Who choose this pseudonym if not yourself?
The Supreme Court of Victoria.
And why did they need to do so?
Witty Rejoinder said:
btm said:
Witty Rejoinder said:Who choose this pseudonym if not yourself?
The Supreme Court of Victoria.
And why did they need to do so?
I’m involved in a legal case and I and my lawyers thought my real name should not be revealed. The court has now agreed.
btm said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
btm said:The Supreme Court of Victoria.
And why did they need to do so?
I’m involved in a legal case and I and my lawyers thought my real name should not be revealed. The court has now agreed.
Is this a civil or criminal action?
btm said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
btm said:The Supreme Court of Victoria.
And why did they need to do so?
I’m involved in a legal case and I and my lawyers thought my real name should not be revealed. The court has now agreed.
It’s ok, we won’t tell anyone we know you.
Bogsnorkler said:
sooooo is midday AM or PM? and is midnight PM or AM? Neither are before or after AM or PM. it’s a paradox.
most amusing.
Hope MV isn’t around Gympie today.
Witty Rejoinder said:
btm said:
Witty Rejoinder said:And why did they need to do so?
I’m involved in a legal case and I and my lawyers thought my real name should not be revealed. The court has now agreed.
Is this a civil or criminal action?
This part of it’s civil. There’s some criminal stuff involved too, but this part’s the civil part. And no, I’m not the defendant.
Tamb said:
Bogsnorkler said:
Arts said:I think midday is PM and midnight is AM – that’s the way I’ve always been taught it…
but I am increasingly using 24 hr time because it saves confusion.
24 hour time is the only one to use when communicating a time to someone.
AM is confusing to some people as they think the A means after.
No problem.
We have After-Midnight and Pre-Midnight.
Divine Angel said:
btm said:
Witty Rejoinder said:And why did they need to do so?
I’m involved in a legal case and I and my lawyers thought my real name should not be revealed. The court has now agreed.
It’s ok, we won’t tell anyone we know you.
I knew I could rely on you. Would you like some field mushrooms I found?
btm said:
Divine Angel said:
btm said:I’m involved in a legal case and I and my lawyers thought my real name should not be revealed. The court has now agreed.
It’s ok, we won’t tell anyone we know you.
I knew I could rely on you. Would you like some field mushrooms I found?
That’s one way to segue yourself into a criminal trial
some of you ghouls wanted to see my cancer op wound. next post will have a pic. so don’t open if you don’t want to see it.
I’m not going to quote the pic for those who choose not to view.
How’s it healing? Do you need medical maggots to clear it out?
Divine Angel said:
I’m not going to quote the pic for those who choose not to view.How’s it healing? Do you need medical maggots to clear it out?
The people who know, surgeon and nurses, reckon it is coming along nicely. I reckon it looks horrible. There was quite a big chunk taken out and not in a good spot to heal quickly. no maggotd. I have had red light, blue light, green gel on gauze, brown paste and yellowish paste.
Not a fan.
Bogsnorkler said:
Divine Angel said:
I’m not going to quote the pic for those who choose not to view.How’s it healing? Do you need medical maggots to clear it out?
The people who know, surgeon and nurses, reckon it is coming along nicely. I reckon it looks horrible. There was quite a big chunk taken out and not in a good spot to heal quickly. no maggotd. I have had red light, blue light, green gel on gauze, brown paste and yellowish paste.
I’ll ask the surgeon to try kissing it better next time I’m in.
Bogsnorkler said:
Divine Angel said:
I’m not going to quote the pic for those who choose not to view.How’s it healing? Do you need medical maggots to clear it out?
The people who know, surgeon and nurses, reckon it is coming along nicely. I reckon it looks horrible. There was quite a big chunk taken out and not in a good spot to heal quickly. no maggotd. I have had red light, blue light, green gel on gauze, brown paste and yellowish paste.
Just from the photo, it looks like it’s healing well. No obvious signs of infection, no weeping. It’s a large wound, but the edges seem to be growing in on it.
Bogsnorkler said:
Bogsnorkler said:
Divine Angel said:
I’m not going to quote the pic for those who choose not to view.How’s it healing? Do you need medical maggots to clear it out?
The people who know, surgeon and nurses, reckon it is coming along nicely. I reckon it looks horrible. There was quite a big chunk taken out and not in a good spot to heal quickly. no maggotd. I have had red light, blue light, green gel on gauze, brown paste and yellowish paste.
I’ll ask the surgeon to try kissing it better next time I’m in.
It needs some healing sunshine.
Bogsnorkler said:
Bogsnorkler said:
some of you ghouls wanted to see my cancer op wound. next post will have a pic. so don’t open if you don’t want to see it.
what if we were reading backward through the time listing
Peak Warming Man said:
Not a fan.
you never like the Archibald prize winner
Peak Warming Man said:
Bogsnorkler said:
Bogsnorkler said:The people who know, surgeon and nurses, reckon it is coming along nicely. I reckon it looks horrible. There was quite a big chunk taken out and not in a good spot to heal quickly. no maggotd. I have had red light, blue light, green gel on gauze, brown paste and yellowish paste.
I’ll ask the surgeon to try kissing it better next time I’m in.
It needs some healing sunshine.
Failing that, some black salve, colloidal silver and/or ivermectin.
(and as a last resort, urine)
SCIENCE said:
Bogsnorkler said:
Bogsnorkler said:
some of you ghouls wanted to see my cancer op wound. next post will have a pic. so don’t open if you don’t want to see it.
what if we were reading backward through the time listing
then you deserve everything you get!!!
Divine Angel said:
If there is anything to get I don’t think I got it.
I’ve never seen doge hiding under a table because it’s windy before. I shoulda checked it when Alfred was happening.
Divine Angel said:
I’ve never seen doge hiding under a table because it’s windy before. I shoulda checked it when Alfred was happening.
Doh. I really should have got that. How come it’s not in the meme thread though?
Witty Rejoinder said:
Divine Angel said:
I’ve never seen doge hiding under a table because it’s windy before. I shoulda checked it when Alfred was happening.
Doh. I really should have got that. How come it’s not in the meme thread though?
I don’t have an answer for that.
Arts…they’ve finished a the mushroom trial for today. It was only a half day. But I’ve read the ABC live blog and as I spent some hours in the car today, I’ve heard most of the detail.
Day 8 was filled with the recorded police interviews of EP’s children.
They finished the recoding from yesterday of EP& SP’s daughter who was 9 at the time of the interview in late 2023
She just basically goes through the days following the lunch.. with not much information she said her mum was a ‘good cook’
She said she doesnt like mushroom, she’s never been mushroom picking and she does not recall seeing mushroom in Mt Waverly (where they spent the easter break)
The son (14yrs old) interview was also played.. again a lot of confirming the timeline which coincided with his sisters testimony.. but he added that the next day even though EP said she was too unwell to go to church and had been going to the bathroom.. she drove him out to his flying lesson (about 70mins away) with no stops, then just before they got there the flying instructor bailed and cancelled the lesson, so they turned around and drove home. They stopped for dimsims and hotdog but EP did not use the bathroom at all on the entire trip.
Son then said she ‘raced to get inside’ to the bathroom once they got home.. but I don’t think that means she was sick, it just means she spent about three ours in the car without going.
He also helped to pack the dishwasher after the lunch and confirms the plates were ‘white and about 15cm diameter” and said they were the plates mum uses to serve dinner.
he mentioned a salad he saw being prepared – but this is the first mention of a salad I have seen… so the kid could be wrong or maybe no one else noticed it (the dinner is said to have been mashed potato, beef wellington and green beans) so the salad is interesting.
Son also said that when he went upstairs to ask his mum to take his friend home she was playing lego…
she also had her morning coffees on monday and Sunday.. and another coffee on that drive from the flying lesson…
He said that the ‘leftover’ steak he had was ‘some of the best meat I have eaten’ and it was eye fillet and he saw it the day before.. and that it was a block that he cut up and ate.
At 6.30 monday morning EP drove him to the bus stop and had said she was up through the night to go to the toilet and she felt dizzy… but she still had her morning coffee..
the last semi interesting point was that the child said he remembers being on a walk with his mother during covid and she took a pic of a mushroom because ‘it looked nice’
EP herself went through a lot of emotions during this listen. She nodded along to parts of the testimony at other times she dabbed her eyes with a tissue. I can imagine that she hasn’t seen much of her kids since she was arrested, so I understand that their voices would have an emotional effect on her..
or maybe she’s thinking something else..
in all it was a quieter day in court, and not a lot of revelation but we cant expect everyday to be interesting.
They wont resume until Tuesday…
Maybe she popped a couple of Imodium before the drive.
Divine Angel said:
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
Mostly cloudy with morning showers, top of 23. I have a dr appointment to get the results of the blood test. It’s just checking liver, kidneys, thyroid, iron, and a slightly elevated CRP detected last week.
Good luck.
Bloods good. ECG good. Booked in for spirometer next week, go from there.
Good-oh.
:)
Divine Angel said:
Maybe she popped a couple of Imodium before the drive.
then went wild with the coffee…
Bogsnorkler said:
sooooo is midday AM or PM? and is midnight PM or AM? Neither are before or after AM or PM. it’s a paradox.
It’s something that can’t be worked out from first principles, unfortunately.
I often get it wrong. Which makes it very annoying.
Arts said:
Day 8 was filled with the recorded police interviews of EP’s children.
They finished the recoding from yesterday of EP& SP’s daughter who was 9 at the time of the interview in late 2023
She just basically goes through the days following the lunch.. with not much information she said her mum was a ‘good cook’
She said she doesnt like mushroom, she’s never been mushroom picking and she does not recall seeing mushroom in Mt Waverly (where they spent the easter break)The son (14yrs old) interview was also played.. again a lot of confirming the timeline which coincided with his sisters testimony.. but he added that the next day even though EP said she was too unwell to go to church and had been going to the bathroom.. she drove him out to his flying lesson (about 70mins away) with no stops, then just before they got there the flying instructor bailed and cancelled the lesson, so they turned around and drove home. They stopped for dimsims and hotdog but EP did not use the bathroom at all on the entire trip.
Son then said she ‘raced to get inside’ to the bathroom once they got home.. but I don’t think that means she was sick, it just means she spent about three ours in the car without going.He also helped to pack the dishwasher after the lunch and confirms the plates were ‘white and about 15cm diameter” and said they were the plates mum uses to serve dinner.
he mentioned a salad he saw being prepared – but this is the first mention of a salad I have seen… so the kid could be wrong or maybe no one else noticed it (the dinner is said to have been mashed potato, beef wellington and green beans) so the salad is interesting.Son also said that when he went upstairs to ask his mum to take his friend home she was playing lego…
she also had her morning coffees on monday and Sunday.. and another coffee on that drive from the flying lesson…He said that the ‘leftover’ steak he had was ‘some of the best meat I have eaten’ and it was eye fillet and he saw it the day before.. and that it was a block that he cut up and ate.
At 6.30 monday morning EP drove him to the bus stop and had said she was up through the night to go to the toilet and she felt dizzy… but she still had her morning coffee..
the last semi interesting point was that the child said he remembers being on a walk with his mother during covid and she took a pic of a mushroom because ‘it looked nice’
EP herself went through a lot of emotions during this listen. She nodded along to parts of the testimony at other times she dabbed her eyes with a tissue. I can imagine that she hasn’t seen much of her kids since she was arrested, so I understand that their voices would have an emotional effect on her..
or maybe she’s thinking something else..
in all it was a quieter day in court, and not a lot of revelation but we cant expect everyday to be interesting.
They wont resume until Tuesday…
What’s with taking Monday off? No official PH in Victoria.
Witty Rejoinder said:
Justice Beale just told the jury yesterday that Monday would not have proceedings due to the PH… but halfway through the Jury sent the judge a note asking if they could have every monday off.. to which Justice Beale said – sure if you want to go to work every monday… the jury were not on board with that…
Arts said:
Day 8 was filled with the recorded police interviews of EP’s children.
They finished the recoding from yesterday of EP& SP’s daughter who was 9 at the time of the interview in late 2023
She just basically goes through the days following the lunch.. with not much information she said her mum was a ‘good cook’
She said she doesnt like mushroom, she’s never been mushroom picking and she does not recall seeing mushroom in Mt Waverly (where they spent the easter break)The son (14yrs old) interview was also played.. again a lot of confirming the timeline which coincided with his sisters testimony.. but he added that the next day even though EP said she was too unwell to go to church and had been going to the bathroom.. she drove him out to his flying lesson (about 70mins away) with no stops, then just before they got there the flying instructor bailed and cancelled the lesson, so they turned around and drove home. They stopped for dimsims and hotdog but EP did not use the bathroom at all on the entire trip.
Son then said she ‘raced to get inside’ to the bathroom once they got home.. but I don’t think that means she was sick, it just means she spent about three ours in the car without going.He also helped to pack the dishwasher after the lunch and confirms the plates were ‘white and about 15cm diameter” and said they were the plates mum uses to serve dinner.
he mentioned a salad he saw being prepared – but this is the first mention of a salad I have seen… so the kid could be wrong or maybe no one else noticed it (the dinner is said to have been mashed potato, beef wellington and green beans) so the salad is interesting.Son also said that when he went upstairs to ask his mum to take his friend home she was playing lego…
she also had her morning coffees on monday and Sunday.. and another coffee on that drive from the flying lesson…He said that the ‘leftover’ steak he had was ‘some of the best meat I have eaten’ and it was eye fillet and he saw it the day before.. and that it was a block that he cut up and ate.
At 6.30 monday morning EP drove him to the bus stop and had said she was up through the night to go to the toilet and she felt dizzy… but she still had her morning coffee..
the last semi interesting point was that the child said he remembers being on a walk with his mother during covid and she took a pic of a mushroom because ‘it looked nice’
EP herself went through a lot of emotions during this listen. She nodded along to parts of the testimony at other times she dabbed her eyes with a tissue. I can imagine that she hasn’t seen much of her kids since she was arrested, so I understand that their voices would have an emotional effect on her..
or maybe she’s thinking something else..
in all it was a quieter day in court, and not a lot of revelation but we cant expect everyday to be interesting.
They wont resume until Tuesday…
What’s with taking Monday off? No official PH in Victoria.
Witty Rejoinder said:
Arts said:
Day 8 was filled with the recorded police interviews of EP’s children.
They finished the recoding from yesterday of EP& SP’s daughter who was 9 at the time of the interview in late 2023
She just basically goes through the days following the lunch.. with not much information she said her mum was a ‘good cook’
She said she doesnt like mushroom, she’s never been mushroom picking and she does not recall seeing mushroom in Mt Waverly (where they spent the easter break)The son (14yrs old) interview was also played.. again a lot of confirming the timeline which coincided with his sisters testimony.. but he added that the next day even though EP said she was too unwell to go to church and had been going to the bathroom.. she drove him out to his flying lesson (about 70mins away) with no stops, then just before they got there the flying instructor bailed and cancelled the lesson, so they turned around and drove home. They stopped for dimsims and hotdog but EP did not use the bathroom at all on the entire trip.
Son then said she ‘raced to get inside’ to the bathroom once they got home.. but I don’t think that means she was sick, it just means she spent about three ours in the car without going.He also helped to pack the dishwasher after the lunch and confirms the plates were ‘white and about 15cm diameter” and said they were the plates mum uses to serve dinner.
he mentioned a salad he saw being prepared – but this is the first mention of a salad I have seen… so the kid could be wrong or maybe no one else noticed it (the dinner is said to have been mashed potato, beef wellington and green beans) so the salad is interesting.Son also said that when he went upstairs to ask his mum to take his friend home she was playing lego…
she also had her morning coffees on monday and Sunday.. and another coffee on that drive from the flying lesson…He said that the ‘leftover’ steak he had was ‘some of the best meat I have eaten’ and it was eye fillet and he saw it the day before.. and that it was a block that he cut up and ate.
At 6.30 monday morning EP drove him to the bus stop and had said she was up through the night to go to the toilet and she felt dizzy… but she still had her morning coffee..
the last semi interesting point was that the child said he remembers being on a walk with his mother during covid and she took a pic of a mushroom because ‘it looked nice’
EP herself went through a lot of emotions during this listen. She nodded along to parts of the testimony at other times she dabbed her eyes with a tissue. I can imagine that she hasn’t seen much of her kids since she was arrested, so I understand that their voices would have an emotional effect on her..
or maybe she’s thinking something else..
in all it was a quieter day in court, and not a lot of revelation but we cant expect everyday to be interesting.
They wont resume until Tuesday…
What’s with taking Monday off? No official PH in Victoria.
Rest and recouperation.
Arts said:
Witty Rejoinder said:Justice Beale just told the jury yesterday that Monday would not have proceedings due to the PH… but halfway through the Jury sent the judge a note asking if they could have every monday off.. to which Justice Beale said – sure if you want to go to work every monday… the jury were not on board with that…
Arts said:
Day 8 was filled with the recorded police interviews of EP’s children.
They finished the recoding from yesterday of EP& SP’s daughter who was 9 at the time of the interview in late 2023
She just basically goes through the days following the lunch.. with not much information she said her mum was a ‘good cook’
She said she doesnt like mushroom, she’s never been mushroom picking and she does not recall seeing mushroom in Mt Waverly (where they spent the easter break)The son (14yrs old) interview was also played.. again a lot of confirming the timeline which coincided with his sisters testimony.. but he added that the next day even though EP said she was too unwell to go to church and had been going to the bathroom.. she drove him out to his flying lesson (about 70mins away) with no stops, then just before they got there the flying instructor bailed and cancelled the lesson, so they turned around and drove home. They stopped for dimsims and hotdog but EP did not use the bathroom at all on the entire trip.
Son then said she ‘raced to get inside’ to the bathroom once they got home.. but I don’t think that means she was sick, it just means she spent about three ours in the car without going.He also helped to pack the dishwasher after the lunch and confirms the plates were ‘white and about 15cm diameter” and said they were the plates mum uses to serve dinner.
he mentioned a salad he saw being prepared – but this is the first mention of a salad I have seen… so the kid could be wrong or maybe no one else noticed it (the dinner is said to have been mashed potato, beef wellington and green beans) so the salad is interesting.Son also said that when he went upstairs to ask his mum to take his friend home she was playing lego…
she also had her morning coffees on monday and Sunday.. and another coffee on that drive from the flying lesson…He said that the ‘leftover’ steak he had was ‘some of the best meat I have eaten’ and it was eye fillet and he saw it the day before.. and that it was a block that he cut up and ate.
At 6.30 monday morning EP drove him to the bus stop and had said she was up through the night to go to the toilet and she felt dizzy… but she still had her morning coffee..
the last semi interesting point was that the child said he remembers being on a walk with his mother during covid and she took a pic of a mushroom because ‘it looked nice’
EP herself went through a lot of emotions during this listen. She nodded along to parts of the testimony at other times she dabbed her eyes with a tissue. I can imagine that she hasn’t seen much of her kids since she was arrested, so I understand that their voices would have an emotional effect on her..
or maybe she’s thinking something else..
in all it was a quieter day in court, and not a lot of revelation but we cant expect everyday to be interesting.
They wont resume until Tuesday…
What’s with taking Monday off? No official PH in Victoria.
I think he said that time was needed for preparation of more stuff to be given to the jury.
I had a bit of annoyance at some of the ABC reporting today. (I sat in the car for several hours, I heard a lot of this stuff multiple times) One of the reporters said something along the lines of the children’s interviews were being done remotely. No. The interviews shown were remote in time, not happening today, because they were the police interviews of the children back near the actual incident. If you weren’t listening carefully, you could very easily have thought the kids were on video link to the court or something.
I am supposed to go to a party tonight of one of our good friends.. its a 50 birthday party..
I’ve had a chaotic week at work, the incident that happened on tuesday (or monday – I cant remember now) night – which i still haven’t mentally reconciled.. and i have to get up and be at the zoo for 6.30am on saturday…
I really do not feel like going out..
but we have known this person for like 35 years, they are part of our friend group, it’s 50th all socially mandated signs say I should absolutely attend..
but I really just want to curl up in bed with the ipad and watch something mindless and go to sleep early
Arts said:
I am supposed to go to a party tonight of one of our good friends.. its a 50 birthday party..I’ve had a chaotic week at work, the incident that happened on tuesday (or monday – I cant remember now) night – which i still haven’t mentally reconciled.. and i have to get up and be at the zoo for 6.30am on saturday…
I really do not feel like going out..
but we have known this person for like 35 years, they are part of our friend group, it’s 50th all socially mandated signs say I should absolutely attend..
but I really just want to curl up in bed with the ipad and watch something mindless and go to sleep early
“I’m so sorry, I can’t make it tonight, we’ll catch up next week.”
Don’t run on an empty tank. It’s ok not to go.
Arts said:
I am supposed to go to a party tonight of one of our good friends.. its a 50 birthday party..I’ve had a chaotic week at work, the incident that happened on tuesday (or monday – I cant remember now) night – which i still haven’t mentally reconciled.. and i have to get up and be at the zoo for 6.30am on saturday…
I really do not feel like going out..
but we have known this person for like 35 years, they are part of our friend group, it’s 50th all socially mandated signs say I should absolutely attend..
but I really just want to curl up in bed with the ipad and watch something mindless and go to sleep early
Can you organise a semi emergency phone call from family and leave early
Arts said:
I am supposed to go to a party tonight of one of our good friends.. its a 50 birthday party..I’ve had a chaotic week at work, the incident that happened on tuesday (or monday – I cant remember now) night – which i still haven’t mentally reconciled.. and i have to get up and be at the zoo for 6.30am on saturday…
I really do not feel like going out..
but we have known this person for like 35 years, they are part of our friend group, it’s 50th all socially mandated signs say I should absolutely attend..
but I really just want to curl up in bed with the ipad and watch something mindless and go to sleep early
Have a nap beforehand and be fashionably late.
buffy said:
Arts said:
Witty Rejoinder said:Justice Beale just told the jury yesterday that Monday would not have proceedings due to the PH… but halfway through the Jury sent the judge a note asking if they could have every monday off.. to which Justice Beale said – sure if you want to go to work every monday… the jury were not on board with that…What’s with taking Monday off? No official PH in Victoria.
I think he said that time was needed for preparation of more stuff to be given to the jury.
I had a bit of annoyance at some of the ABC reporting today. (I sat in the car for several hours, I heard a lot of this stuff multiple times) One of the reporters said something along the lines of the children’s interviews were being done remotely. No. The interviews shown were remote in time, not happening today, because they were the police interviews of the children back near the actual incident. If you weren’t listening carefully, you could very easily have thought the kids were on video link to the court or something.
the reporting style changes depending on who writes the article.. but I have an insider who send me snippits throughout also… that I am adding to my document… so I use the live updates to get the basics, then use the inside word to clarify, reject or sustain… then I fill in other bits as I hear from other sources…
It is a very information heavy trial (I mean they all are but this one is hugely dependant on the timeline) the timeline is sometimes difficult to establish because the defence keep going back over things.. and the recorded interviews aren’t in chronological order either… I have created a timeline of what I believe is correct, but will change it as I get more info… in the end I think I’ll have a fairly accurate document.. then will see if I can get the court transcript at some point.
Divine Angel said:
Arts said:
I am supposed to go to a party tonight of one of our good friends.. its a 50 birthday party..I’ve had a chaotic week at work, the incident that happened on tuesday (or monday – I cant remember now) night – which i still haven’t mentally reconciled.. and i have to get up and be at the zoo for 6.30am on saturday…
I really do not feel like going out..
but we have known this person for like 35 years, they are part of our friend group, it’s 50th all socially mandated signs say I should absolutely attend..
but I really just want to curl up in bed with the ipad and watch something mindless and go to sleep early
“I’m so sorry, I can’t make it tonight, we’ll catch up next week.”
Don’t run on an empty tank. It’s ok not to go.
“I’ve got the trots from a dodgy sausage roll, can’t go anywhere, sincere apologies.”
Bubblecar said:
Divine Angel said:
Arts said:
I am supposed to go to a party tonight of one of our good friends.. its a 50 birthday party..I’ve had a chaotic week at work, the incident that happened on tuesday (or monday – I cant remember now) night – which i still haven’t mentally reconciled.. and i have to get up and be at the zoo for 6.30am on saturday…
I really do not feel like going out..
but we have known this person for like 35 years, they are part of our friend group, it’s 50th all socially mandated signs say I should absolutely attend..
but I really just want to curl up in bed with the ipad and watch something mindless and go to sleep early
“I’m so sorry, I can’t make it tonight, we’ll catch up next week.”
Don’t run on an empty tank. It’s ok not to go.
“I’ve got the trots from a dodgy
sausage rollbeef Wellington, can’t go anywhere, sincere apologies.”
FIFY
Arts said:
buffy said:
Arts said:Justice Beale just told the jury yesterday that Monday would not have proceedings due to the PH… but halfway through the Jury sent the judge a note asking if they could have every monday off.. to which Justice Beale said – sure if you want to go to work every monday… the jury were not on board with that…I think he said that time was needed for preparation of more stuff to be given to the jury.
I had a bit of annoyance at some of the ABC reporting today. (I sat in the car for several hours, I heard a lot of this stuff multiple times) One of the reporters said something along the lines of the children’s interviews were being done remotely. No. The interviews shown were remote in time, not happening today, because they were the police interviews of the children back near the actual incident. If you weren’t listening carefully, you could very easily have thought the kids were on video link to the court or something.
the reporting style changes depending on who writes the article.. but I have an insider who send me snippits throughout also… that I am adding to my document… so I use the live updates to get the basics, then use the inside word to clarify, reject or sustain… then I fill in other bits as I hear from other sources…
It is a very information heavy trial (I mean they all are but this one is hugely dependant on the timeline) the timeline is sometimes difficult to establish because the defence keep going back over things.. and the recorded interviews aren’t in chronological order either… I have created a timeline of what I believe is correct, but will change it as I get more info… in the end I think I’ll have a fairly accurate document.. then will see if I can get the court transcript at some point.
Does the transcript become public once the trial is over or do you have contacts who can get it.
they are all great excuses or reasons.. but Mr Arts will definitely go, so I don’t want to make him lie either.. I might just bail early. By the time everyone gets a few drinks into them they wont notice if I slip away…
or, as per DA solution, I might just give myself permission to stay home. ..
Divine Angel said:
Bubblecar said:
Divine Angel said:“I’m so sorry, I can’t make it tonight, we’ll catch up next week.”
Don’t run on an empty tank. It’s ok not to go.
“I’ve got the trots from a dodgy
sausage rollbeef Wellington, can’t go anywhere, sincere apologies.”FIFY
Yeah I was thinking something similar
Arts “Hi everyone, got a basket of mushroom I foraged for in semi daylight”
Divine Angel said:
Arts said:
I am supposed to go to a party tonight of one of our good friends.. its a 50 birthday party..I’ve had a chaotic week at work, the incident that happened on tuesday (or monday – I cant remember now) night – which i still haven’t mentally reconciled.. and i have to get up and be at the zoo for 6.30am on saturday…
I really do not feel like going out..
but we have known this person for like 35 years, they are part of our friend group, it’s 50th all socially mandated signs say I should absolutely attend..
but I really just want to curl up in bed with the ipad and watch something mindless and go to sleep early
“I’m so sorry, I can’t make it tonight, we’ll catch up next week.”
Don’t run on an empty tank. It’s ok not to go.
Witty Rejoinder said:
Divine Angel said:
Arts said:
I am supposed to go to a party tonight of one of our good friends.. its a 50 birthday party..I’ve had a chaotic week at work, the incident that happened on tuesday (or monday – I cant remember now) night – which i still haven’t mentally reconciled.. and i have to get up and be at the zoo for 6.30am on saturday…
I really do not feel like going out..
but we have known this person for like 35 years, they are part of our friend group, it’s 50th all socially mandated signs say I should absolutely attend..
but I really just want to curl up in bed with the ipad and watch something mindless and go to sleep early
“I’m so sorry, I can’t make it tonight, we’ll catch up next week.”
Don’t run on an empty tank. It’s ok not to go.
I’d make a token assistance and leave early. Ideally 50th birthday celebrations of very close friends are something you should arrange your week around.
assistance=appearance
Cymek said:
Arts said:
buffy said:I think he said that time was needed for preparation of more stuff to be given to the jury.
I had a bit of annoyance at some of the ABC reporting today. (I sat in the car for several hours, I heard a lot of this stuff multiple times) One of the reporters said something along the lines of the children’s interviews were being done remotely. No. The interviews shown were remote in time, not happening today, because they were the police interviews of the children back near the actual incident. If you weren’t listening carefully, you could very easily have thought the kids were on video link to the court or something.
the reporting style changes depending on who writes the article.. but I have an insider who send me snippits throughout also… that I am adding to my document… so I use the live updates to get the basics, then use the inside word to clarify, reject or sustain… then I fill in other bits as I hear from other sources…
It is a very information heavy trial (I mean they all are but this one is hugely dependant on the timeline) the timeline is sometimes difficult to establish because the defence keep going back over things.. and the recorded interviews aren’t in chronological order either… I have created a timeline of what I believe is correct, but will change it as I get more info… in the end I think I’ll have a fairly accurate document.. then will see if I can get the court transcript at some point.
Does the transcript become public once the trial is over or do you have contacts who can get it.
court transcripts usually become public through FOI… sometimes they aren’t public or, more often, they are heavily redacted.. especially if there are children or certain offences involved.. but I don’t see this one as falling into any of those categories. sometimes you have to pay a fee (like an admin fee) to get the transcripts .. but yes, I have contacts so usually can get them sent to me for nothing.
Divine Angel said:
Hope MV isn’t around Gympie today.
No. Woolies, Cooloola Cove…
Witty Rejoinder said:
Divine Angel said:
Arts said:
I am supposed to go to a party tonight of one of our good friends.. its a 50 birthday party..I’ve had a chaotic week at work, the incident that happened on tuesday (or monday – I cant remember now) night – which i still haven’t mentally reconciled.. and i have to get up and be at the zoo for 6.30am on saturday…
I really do not feel like going out..
but we have known this person for like 35 years, they are part of our friend group, it’s 50th all socially mandated signs say I should absolutely attend..
but I really just want to curl up in bed with the ipad and watch something mindless and go to sleep early
“I’m so sorry, I can’t make it tonight, we’ll catch up next week.”
Don’t run on an empty tank. It’s ok not to go.
I’d make a token assistance and leave early. Ideally 50th birthday celebrations of very close friends are something you should arrange your week around.
usually I’d agree, but two weeks ago when I asked this person what they were doing. they said they didn’t want a party.. we got the message on Sunday night that now there was going to be a party… so …
Arts said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
Divine Angel said:“I’m so sorry, I can’t make it tonight, we’ll catch up next week.”
Don’t run on an empty tank. It’s ok not to go.
I’d make a token assistance and leave early. Ideally 50th birthday celebrations of very close friends are something you should arrange your week around.usually I’d agree, but two weeks ago when I asked this person what they were doing. they said they didn’t want a party.. we got the message on Sunday night that now there was going to be a party… so …
if they are good friends then telling them you just don’t feel like partying, give the reasons, then that should be OK. On the other hand I have gone to partys that I really didn’t want to and had a great time.
Arts said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
Divine Angel said:“I’m so sorry, I can’t make it tonight, we’ll catch up next week.”
Don’t run on an empty tank. It’s ok not to go.
I’d make a token assistance and leave early. Ideally 50th birthday celebrations of very close friends are something you should arrange your week around.usually I’d agree, but two weeks ago when I asked this person what they were doing. they said they didn’t want a party.. we got the message on Sunday night that now there was going to be a party… so …
Yeah that is annoying.
You could always go with this tops excuse
https://youtu.be/lttyeNpMh0k?si=618m3RAPWAmN87rF
deity damn have yous boomers never heard of online video conferencing sheesh
Divine Angel said:
You could always go with this tops excusehttps://youtu.be/lttyeNpMh0k?si=618m3RAPWAmN87rF
LOL… I would also reject a dinner with Tom Cruise, roast or not… but it was fun to the young Naomi Watts again.
SCIENCE said:
deity damn have yous boomers never heard of online video conferencing sheesh
what are you yelling at us for now?
Arts said:
Divine Angel said:
You could always go with this tops excusehttps://youtu.be/lttyeNpMh0k?si=618m3RAPWAmN87rF
LOL… I would also reject a dinner with Tom Cruise, roast or not… but it was fun to the young Naomi Watts again.
This was back when Tom Cruises was cool, before he jumped on couches, before the deep spiral into Scientology (although he was into it then).
Arts said:
SCIENCE said:
deity damn have yous boomers never heard of online video conferencing sheesh
what are you yelling at us for now?
we’d‘ve thought yous modern technology geniuses would have the virtual LAN party down pat, who needs to attend a old hominid’s party in person anyway
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
Hope MV isn’t around Gympie today.
No. Woolies, Cooloola Cove…
But while I was in Woolies, I had some weird visual disturbances. Lasted 10 or 15 minutes. It was a bit like I was looking through a kaleidoscope. Bits were moving around and disappearing. I couldn’t read. And it was sparkly (like looking through a diamond) in areas. Both eyes were affected (but each was different). I didn’t feel unwell in any other way. But was expecting to pass out or vomit or something. It was quite distressing.
Enjoying a brandy cocktail* then I’ll be heading to the BWS for some nice red wine.
So I’d better call FNDC.
*few slivers of pickled ginger, sliced baby mandarin, ice, big shot of French brandy, splash of lime juice, dry ginger ale.
Michael V said:
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
Hope MV isn’t around Gympie today.
No. Woolies, Cooloola Cove…
But while I was in Woolies, I had some weird visual disturbances. Lasted 10 or 15 minutes. It was a bit like I was looking through a kaleidoscope. Bits were moving around and disappearing. I couldn’t read. And it was sparkly (like looking through a diamond) in areas. Both eyes were affected (but each was different). I didn’t feel unwell in any other way. But was expecting to pass out or vomit or something. It was quite distressing.
Certainly sounds distressing. Seek medical advice asap.
Divine Angel said:
You could always go with this tops excusehttps://youtu.be/lttyeNpMh0k?si=618m3RAPWAmN87rF
Heh!
:)
Michael V said:
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
Hope MV isn’t around Gympie today.
No. Woolies, Cooloola Cove…
But while I was in Woolies, I had some weird visual disturbances. Lasted 10 or 15 minutes. It was a bit like I was looking through a kaleidoscope. Bits were moving around and disappearing. I couldn’t read. And it was sparkly (like looking through a diamond) in areas. Both eyes were affected (but each was different). I didn’t feel unwell in any other way. But was expecting to pass out or vomit or something. It was quite distressing.
That is not good, hopefully nothing serious
Michael V said:
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
Hope MV isn’t around Gympie today.
No. Woolies, Cooloola Cove…
But while I was in Woolies, I had some weird visual disturbances. Lasted 10 or 15 minutes. It was a bit like I was looking through a kaleidoscope. Bits were moving around and disappearing. I couldn’t read. And it was sparkly (like looking through a diamond) in areas. Both eyes were affected (but each was different). I didn’t feel unwell in any other way. But was expecting to pass out or vomit or something. It was quite distressing.
That sounds a lot like the aura phase of a migraine. I get it occasionally, but not the headache.
Michael V said:
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
Hope MV isn’t around Gympie today.
No. Woolies, Cooloola Cove…
But while I was in Woolies, I had some weird visual disturbances. Lasted 10 or 15 minutes. It was a bit like I was looking through a kaleidoscope. Bits were moving around and disappearing. I couldn’t read. And it was sparkly (like looking through a diamond) in areas. Both eyes were affected (but each was different). I didn’t feel unwell in any other way. But was expecting to pass out or vomit or something. It was quite distressing.
Oh MV! That sounds awful! Agree with btm about the aura phase of a migraine, but also have your dr check your BP and medication dosages.
Has Mrs V had any other funny turns?
btm said:
Michael V said:
Michael V said:No. Woolies, Cooloola Cove…
But while I was in Woolies, I had some weird visual disturbances. Lasted 10 or 15 minutes. It was a bit like I was looking through a kaleidoscope. Bits were moving around and disappearing. I couldn’t read. And it was sparkly (like looking through a diamond) in areas. Both eyes were affected (but each was different). I didn’t feel unwell in any other way. But was expecting to pass out or vomit or something. It was quite distressing.
That sounds a lot like the aura phase of a migraine. I get it occasionally, but not the headache.
Thanks for that. No headache with or after this.
I get migraines irregularly, but not at all like this. The visual disturbances with my migraines tend to be jagged black edges around the outside of the eye and with moving solid (as opposed to transparent – as today) colour shapes, that react to sound. And any sound is intensely painful and may cause vomiting. If anything, I couldn’t hear as well as I normally would, but who can tell with Woolies music playing?
Michael V said:
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
Hope MV isn’t around Gympie today.
No. Woolies, Cooloola Cove…
But while I was in Woolies, I had some weird visual disturbances. Lasted 10 or 15 minutes. It was a bit like I was looking through a kaleidoscope. Bits were moving around and disappearing. I couldn’t read. And it was sparkly (like looking through a diamond) in areas. Both eyes were affected (but each was different). I didn’t feel unwell in any other way. But was expecting to pass out or vomit or something. It was quite distressing.
Oh dear…… HUGZ.
Keep us updated.
btm said:
Michael V said:
Michael V said:No. Woolies, Cooloola Cove…
But while I was in Woolies, I had some weird visual disturbances. Lasted 10 or 15 minutes. It was a bit like I was looking through a kaleidoscope. Bits were moving around and disappearing. I couldn’t read. And it was sparkly (like looking through a diamond) in areas. Both eyes were affected (but each was different). I didn’t feel unwell in any other way. But was expecting to pass out or vomit or something. It was quite distressing.
That sounds a lot like the aura phase of a migraine. I get it occasionally, but not the headache.
This. Any headache at all? Usually would be one sided. Report it to your GP though. It would be a bit unusual to start having migraines now. (Note I didn’t say “at your age”…)
buffy said:
btm said:
Michael V said:But while I was in Woolies, I had some weird visual disturbances. Lasted 10 or 15 minutes. It was a bit like I was looking through a kaleidoscope. Bits were moving around and disappearing. I couldn’t read. And it was sparkly (like looking through a diamond) in areas. Both eyes were affected (but each was different). I didn’t feel unwell in any other way. But was expecting to pass out or vomit or something. It was quite distressing.
That sounds a lot like the aura phase of a migraine. I get it occasionally, but not the headache.
This. Any headache at all? Usually would be one sided. Report it to your GP though. It would be a bit unusual to start having migraines now. (Note I didn’t say “at your age”…)
I see you do have migraines. It’s not impossible that your migraines are changing. That does happen. Nice not to get the vomitting bit.
SCIENCE said:
Arts said:
SCIENCE said:
deity damn have yous boomers never heard of online video conferencing sheesh
what are you yelling at us for now?
we’d‘ve thought yous modern technology geniuses would have the virtual LAN party down pat, who needs to attend a old hominid’s party in person anyway
well I am not a boomer, but I think virtual parties went out in 2021…
Overpopulation, Underpopulation
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/RJj7R4Xi9dM?feature=share
1 min 30 sec
Michael V said:
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
Hope MV isn’t around Gympie today.
No. Woolies, Cooloola Cove…
But while I was in Woolies, I had some weird visual disturbances. Lasted 10 or 15 minutes. It was a bit like I was looking through a kaleidoscope. Bits were moving around and disappearing. I couldn’t read. And it was sparkly (like looking through a diamond) in areas. Both eyes were affected (but each was different). I didn’t feel unwell in any other way. But was expecting to pass out or vomit or something. It was quite distressing.
sounds like the pre aura thing I get before a migraine… or it could be a tooma.
Divine Angel said:
Michael V said:
Michael V said:No. Woolies, Cooloola Cove…
But while I was in Woolies, I had some weird visual disturbances. Lasted 10 or 15 minutes. It was a bit like I was looking through a kaleidoscope. Bits were moving around and disappearing. I couldn’t read. And it was sparkly (like looking through a diamond) in areas. Both eyes were affected (but each was different). I didn’t feel unwell in any other way. But was expecting to pass out or vomit or something. It was quite distressing.
Oh MV! That sounds awful! Agree with btm about the aura phase of a migraine, but also have your dr check your BP and medication dosages.
Has Mrs V had any other funny turns?
No she hasn’t.
Dr and I are going through a review of medications. All were stopped except one, and some have been re-introduced one-by-one, as necessary. I measure and record my BP daily. My BP meds are now 20 mg (were 80 mg) and the readings are mostly in the “good” range.
SCIENCE said:
Arts said:
SCIENCE said:
deity damn have yous boomers never heard of online video conferencing sheesh
what are you yelling at us for now?
we’d‘ve thought yous modern technology geniuses would have the virtual LAN party down pat, who needs to attend a old hominid’s party in person anyway
Stay here and have a forum party with us fine peoples
captain_spalding said:
Overpopulation, Underpopulationhttps://www.youtube.com/shorts/RJj7R4Xi9dM?feature=share
1 min 30 sec
Heh.
Woodie said:
Michael V said:
Michael V said:No. Woolies, Cooloola Cove…
But while I was in Woolies, I had some weird visual disturbances. Lasted 10 or 15 minutes. It was a bit like I was looking through a kaleidoscope. Bits were moving around and disappearing. I couldn’t read. And it was sparkly (like looking through a diamond) in areas. Both eyes were affected (but each was different). I didn’t feel unwell in any other way. But was expecting to pass out or vomit or something. It was quite distressing.
Oh dear…… HUGZ.
Keep us updated.
Ta. Will do.
:)
buffy said:
buffy said:
btm said:That sounds a lot like the aura phase of a migraine. I get it occasionally, but not the headache.
This. Any headache at all? Usually would be one sided. Report it to your GP though. It would be a bit unusual to start having migraines now. (Note I didn’t say “at your age”…)
I see you do have migraines. It’s not impossible that your migraines are changing. That does happen. Nice not to get the vomitting bit.
And the dreadful pounding headache.
Divine Angel said:
SCIENCE said:Arts said:
what are you yelling at us for now?
we’d‘ve thought yous modern technology geniuses would have the virtual LAN party down pat, who needs to attend a old hominid’s party in person anyway
Stay here and have a forum party with us fine peoples
*Mixes a cocktail for SCIENCE.
Bubblecar said:
Divine Angel said:
SCIENCE said:we’d‘ve thought yous modern technology geniuses would have the virtual LAN party down pat, who needs to attend a old hominid’s party in person anyway
Stay here and have a forum party with us fine peoples
*Mixes a cocktail for SCIENCE.
AI?
Thanks for the ideas everybody.
And for Arts: I recently had a Brain MRI – all was pretty good for an old geezer…
Michael V said:
Bubblecar said:
Divine Angel said:Stay here and have a forum party with us fine peoples
*Mixes a cocktail for SCIENCE.
AI?
If not, a clever imitation.
;)
Bubblecar said:
Michael V said:
Bubblecar said:*Mixes a cocktail for SCIENCE.
AI?
If not, a clever imitation.
;)
There’s definitely something wrong with that lady in blue.
Divine Angel said:
Bubblecar said:
Michael V said:AI?
If not, a clever imitation.
;)
There’s definitely something wrong with that lady in blue.
It’s not often they let her out of the showroom window to attend parties.
Bubblecar said:
Divine Angel said:
SCIENCE said:we’d‘ve thought yous modern technology geniuses would have the virtual LAN party down pat, who needs to attend a old hominid’s party in person anyway
Stay here and have a forum party with us fine peoples
*Mixes a cocktail for SCIENCE.
Oh man, the more I look, the worse it gets! Especially the hands.
Bubblecar said:
Divine Angel said:
SCIENCE said:we’d‘ve thought yous modern technology geniuses would have the virtual LAN party down pat, who needs to attend a old hominid’s party in person anyway
Stay here and have a forum party with us fine peoples
*Mixes a cocktail for SCIENCE.
I haven’t been to a pre black tie dinner drinks for ages.
Michael V said:
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
Hope MV isn’t around Gympie today.
No. Woolies, Cooloola Cove…
But while I was in Woolies, I had some weird visual disturbances. Lasted 10 or 15 minutes. It was a bit like I was looking through a kaleidoscope. Bits were moving around and disappearing. I couldn’t read. And it was sparkly (like looking through a diamond) in areas. Both eyes were affected (but each was different). I didn’t feel unwell in any other way. But was expecting to pass out or vomit or something. It was quite distressing.
Had Buffy been sending you mushroom samples?
Divine Angel said:
Arts said:
SCIENCE said:
Arts said:
SCIENCE said:
deity damn have yous boomers never heard of online video conferencing sheesh
what are you yelling at us for now?
we’d‘ve thought yous modern technology geniuses would have the virtual LAN party down pat, who needs to attend a old hominid’s party in person anyway
well I am not a boomer, but I think virtual parties went out in 2021…
Stay here and have a forum party with us fine peoples
exactly isn’t that the beauty of the virtual party you can attend 10 of them simultaneously and still be in your pyjamas
Bubblecar said:
Michael V said:
Bubblecar said:*Mixes a cocktail for SCIENCE.
AI?
If not, a clever imitation.
;)
we could enjoy a Rick Astley party true
Michael V said:
buffy said:
buffy said:This. Any headache at all? Usually would be one sided. Report it to your GP though. It would be a bit unusual to start having migraines now. (Note I didn’t say “at your age”…)
I see you do have migraines. It’s not impossible that your migraines are changing. That does happen. Nice not to get the vomitting bit.
And the dreadful pounding headache.
I used to describe classis migraine as “ooh look, sparkly things!” followed by “ooh, I’m going to vomit – yep, vomitting now” followed by “my head is falling apart and I really want to crawl into the dark and die – and please don’t make any noises”. You can get any individual part of this lovely group. I may have told you lot that I had one patient many years ago that really stumped the doctors. His prodromal (most commonly the sparkly, castle ramparts, kaleidescope bit) was tingling down one arm. They did work it out eventually.
Witty Rejoinder said:
Michael V said:
Michael V said:No. Woolies, Cooloola Cove…
But while I was in Woolies, I had some weird visual disturbances. Lasted 10 or 15 minutes. It was a bit like I was looking through a kaleidoscope. Bits were moving around and disappearing. I couldn’t read. And it was sparkly (like looking through a diamond) in areas. Both eyes were affected (but each was different). I didn’t feel unwell in any other way. But was expecting to pass out or vomit or something. It was quite distressing.
Had Buffy been sending you mushroom samples?
Taps nose.
buffy said:
Michael V said:
buffy said:I see you do have migraines. It’s not impossible that your migraines are changing. That does happen. Nice not to get the vomitting bit.
And the dreadful pounding headache.
I used to describe classis migraine as “ooh look, sparkly things!” followed by “ooh, I’m going to vomit – yep, vomitting now” followed by “my head is falling apart and I really want to crawl into the dark and die – and please don’t make any noises”. You can get any individual part of this lovely group. I may have told you lot that I had one patient many years ago that really stumped the doctors. His prodromal (most commonly the sparkly, castle ramparts, kaleidescope bit) was tingling down one arm. They did work it out eventually.
classis=classic
LOL we thought doctors ruled out everything else before they can just dump the diagnosis of migraine on something so if course it’ll take them lots of dead ends LOL
SCIENCE said:
LOL we thought doctors ruled out everything else before they can just dump the diagnosis of migraine on something so if course it’ll take them lots of dead ends LOL
If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck – it’s probably a duck. Clinical pearls version of Ockham’s Razor.
buffy said:
buffy said:
Michael V said:And the dreadful pounding headache.
I used to describe classis migraine as “ooh look, sparkly things!” followed by “ooh, I’m going to vomit – yep, vomitting now” followed by “my head is falling apart and I really want to crawl into the dark and die – and please don’t make any noises”. You can get any individual part of this lovely group. I may have told you lot that I had one patient many years ago that really stumped the doctors. His prodromal (most commonly the sparkly, castle ramparts, kaleidescope bit) was tingling down one arm. They did work it out eventually.
classis=classic
I had migraines when i was 11 years old.
Felt like i’d been whacked around the head with a fence paling.
Needed rest in a quiet, dark space.
Never had them before or after that year.
Witty Rejoinder said:
Michael V said:
Michael V said:No. Woolies, Cooloola Cove…
But while I was in Woolies, I had some weird visual disturbances. Lasted 10 or 15 minutes. It was a bit like I was looking through a kaleidoscope. Bits were moving around and disappearing. I couldn’t read. And it was sparkly (like looking through a diamond) in areas. Both eyes were affected (but each was different). I didn’t feel unwell in any other way. But was expecting to pass out or vomit or something. It was quite distressing.
Had Buffy been sending you mushroom samples?
LOL
:)
captain_spalding said:
buffy said:
buffy said:I used to describe classis migraine as “ooh look, sparkly things!” followed by “ooh, I’m going to vomit – yep, vomitting now” followed by “my head is falling apart and I really want to crawl into the dark and die – and please don’t make any noises”. You can get any individual part of this lovely group. I may have told you lot that I had one patient many years ago that really stumped the doctors. His prodromal (most commonly the sparkly, castle ramparts, kaleidescope bit) was tingling down one arm. They did work it out eventually.
classis=classic
I had migraines when i was 11 years old.
Felt like i’d been whacked around the head with a fence paling.
Needed rest in a quiet, dark space.
Never had them before or after that year.
Well, you’ve experienced almost everything else at least once, so why not migraines too…
captain_spalding said:
buffy said:
buffy said:I used to describe classis migraine as “ooh look, sparkly things!” followed by “ooh, I’m going to vomit – yep, vomitting now” followed by “my head is falling apart and I really want to crawl into the dark and die – and please don’t make any noises”. You can get any individual part of this lovely group. I may have told you lot that I had one patient many years ago that really stumped the doctors. His prodromal (most commonly the sparkly, castle ramparts, kaleidescope bit) was tingling down one arm. They did work it out eventually.
classis=classic
I had migraines when i was 11 years old.
Felt like i’d been whacked around the head with a fence paling.
Needed rest in a quiet, dark space.
Never had them before or after that year.
I used to get what they called “cluster headaches” occasionally as a young adult. Excruciating pain. Haven’t had any since.
captain_spalding said:
buffy said:
buffy said:
I used to describe classis migraine as “ooh look, sparkly things!” followed by “ooh, I’m going to vomit – yep, vomitting now” followed by “my head is falling apart and I really want to crawl into the dark and die – and please don’t make any noises”. You can get any individual part of this lovely group. I may have told you lot that I had one patient many years ago that really stumped the doctors. His prodromal (most commonly the sparkly, castle ramparts, kaleidescope bit) was tingling down one arm. They did work it out eventually.
classis=classic
I had migraines when i was 11 years old.
Felt like i’d been whacked around the head with a fence paling.
Needed rest in a quiet, dark space.
Never had them before or after that year.
damn turns out we’re captain_spalding who would have thought
furious said:
captain_spalding said:
buffy said:classis=classic
I had migraines when i was 11 years old.
Felt like i’d been whacked around the head with a fence paling.
Needed rest in a quiet, dark space.
Never had them before or after that year.
Well, you’ve experienced almost everything else at least once, so why not migraines too…
I’m genuinely puzzled as to why i was afflicted with them at that particular age, and thennever again.
SCIENCE said:
captain_spalding said:
buffy said:
classis=classic
I had migraines when i was 11 years old.
Felt like i’d been whacked around the head with a fence paling.
Needed rest in a quiet, dark space.
Never had them before or after that year.
damn turns out we’re captain_spalding who would have thought
Look at it from my viewpoint: it turns out that i’m SCIENCE!
captain_spalding said:
furious said:
captain_spalding said:I had migraines when i was 11 years old.
Felt like i’d been whacked around the head with a fence paling.
Needed rest in a quiet, dark space.
Never had them before or after that year.
Well, you’ve experienced almost everything else at least once, so why not migraines too…
I’m genuinely puzzled as to why i was afflicted with them at that particular age, and thennever again.
Is this around the time your home had a poltergeist?
Witty Rejoinder said:
captain_spalding said:
furious said:Well, you’ve experienced almost everything else at least once, so why not migraines too…
I’m genuinely puzzled as to why i was afflicted with them at that particular age, and thennever again.
Is this around the time your home had a poltergeist?
We had (and the house still has) a set of floorboards in a high-traffic area which ‘relax’at night.
To the uninitiated, it sounds just like a sequence of footsteps through the house.
captain_spalding said:
buffy said:
buffy said:I used to describe classis migraine as “ooh look, sparkly things!” followed by “ooh, I’m going to vomit – yep, vomitting now” followed by “my head is falling apart and I really want to crawl into the dark and die – and please don’t make any noises”. You can get any individual part of this lovely group. I may have told you lot that I had one patient many years ago that really stumped the doctors. His prodromal (most commonly the sparkly, castle ramparts, kaleidescope bit) was tingling down one arm. They did work it out eventually.
classis=classic
I had migraines when i was 11 years old.
Felt like i’d been whacked around the head with a fence paling.
Needed rest in a quiet, dark space.
Never had them before or after that year.
Sounds like a (thankfully) one-off experience I had at around the same age.
captain_spalding said:
furious said:
captain_spalding said:I had migraines when i was 11 years old.
Felt like i’d been whacked around the head with a fence paling.
Needed rest in a quiet, dark space.
Never had them before or after that year.
Well, you’ve experienced almost everything else at least once, so why not migraines too…
I’m genuinely puzzled as to why i was afflicted with them at that particular age, and thennever again.
Growing pains, a my mum would say.
Woodie said:
captain_spalding said:
furious said:Well, you’ve experienced almost everything else at least once, so why not migraines too…
I’m genuinely puzzled as to why i was afflicted with them at that particular age, and thennever again.
Growing pains, a my mum would say.
Yes, quite possibly something along those lines.
Neophyte said:
captain_spalding said:
buffy said:classis=classic
I had migraines when i was 11 years old.
Felt like i’d been whacked around the head with a fence paling.
Needed rest in a quiet, dark space.
Never had them before or after that year.
Sounds like a (thankfully) one-off experience I had at around the same age.
interesting there’s probably some pattern the doctors should investigate there
Anyway, did Arts go to the party?
BACK, with the moon guiding me at times as some of the streetlights are out.
As I left the BWS, a white-haired lady entering said “Oh what a lovely shirt, really beautiful.”
I replied “Oh thank you.”
We’re now down to ‘single digit’ days until Mrs S’s back surgery, i.e. 9 days, counting tomorrow.
She’s going to have L3 and L4 lumbar fusion/replacement.
The earnest hope is that this will provide significant relief to her debilitating nerve-compression pain.
I have developed some kind of chest cold ijn the last few days, and am very keen to not pass on to Mrs S anything which might possibly delay the surgery.
I’ve seen the GP, who has diagnosed it as some sort of viral thing, and given me drugs to suppress its development (not ‘cure’ it).
I wear a mask almost continuously while getting about the house, and, as that makes you aware of your potentially infectious state, also when i go to the supermarket and similar. Hand washing is currently a staggeringly frequent activity.
Bubblecar said:
BACK, with the moon guiding me at times as some of the streetlights are out.As I left the BWS, a white-haired lady entering said “Oh what a lovely shirt, really beautiful.”
I replied “Oh thank you.”
Pirate shirt?
Best wishes to Mrs S.
captain_spalding said:
We’re now down to ‘single digit’ days until Mrs S’s back surgery, i.e. 9 days, counting tomorrow.She’s going to have L3 and L4 lumbar fusion/replacement.
The earnest hope is that this will provide significant relief to her debilitating nerve-compression pain.
I have developed some kind of chest cold ijn the last few days, and am very keen to not pass on to Mrs S anything which might possibly delay the surgery.
I’ve seen the GP, who has diagnosed it as some sort of viral thing, and given me drugs to suppress its development (not ‘cure’ it).
I wear a mask almost continuously while getting about the house, and, as that makes you aware of your potentially infectious state, also when i go to the supermarket and similar. Hand washing is currently a staggeringly frequent activity.
Looks like a delicate operation.
Peak Warming Man said:
Bubblecar said:
BACK, with the moon guiding me at times as some of the streetlights are out.As I left the BWS, a white-haired lady entering said “Oh what a lovely shirt, really beautiful.”
I replied “Oh thank you.”
Pirate shirt?
Leafy autumnal dress shirt, worn with a navy blue waistcoat & trousers.
Bubblecar said:
BACK, with the moon guiding me at times as some of the streetlights are out.As I left the BWS, a white-haired lady entering said “Oh what a lovely shirt, really beautiful.”
I replied “Oh thank you.”
I did something similar not long ago.
At the nearest supermarket, i saw two young women, in their twenties, who were superbly dressed in ‘casual business’ attire.
I said to them, ‘i don’t want to sound creepy, but you young ladies are the best dressed people i’ve ever seen in this shop’.
‘They smiled, blushed, and said ‘thank you, that’s lovely of you’.
captain_spalding said:
We’re now down to ‘single digit’ days until Mrs S’s back surgery, i.e. 9 days, counting tomorrow.She’s going to have L3 and L4 lumbar fusion/replacement.
The earnest hope is that this will provide significant relief to her debilitating nerve-compression pain.
I have developed some kind of chest cold ijn the last few days, and am very keen to not pass on to Mrs S anything which might possibly delay the surgery.
I’ve seen the GP, who has diagnosed it as some sort of viral thing, and given me drugs to suppress its development (not ‘cure’ it).
I wear a mask almost continuously while getting about the house, and, as that makes you aware of your potentially infectious state, also when i go to the supermarket and similar. Hand washing is currently a staggeringly frequent activity.
Best of luck to Mrs S and good work keeping your infection at bay.
Bubblecar said:
Sounds like my aunt Cinderella. She loves dressing well.
Peak Warming Man said:
Bubblecar said:
BACK, with the moon guiding me at times as some of the streetlights are out.As I left the BWS, a white-haired lady entering said “Oh what a lovely shirt, really beautiful.”
I replied “Oh thank you.”
Pirate shirt?
Leafy autumnal dress shirt, worn with a navy blue waistcoat & trousers.
Peak Warming Man said:
Looks like a delicate operation.
It is major surgery.
She was scheduled to have it back in December, but the day before the scheduled day, she collapsed with a pulmonary embolism.
The surgeon, the clinical physician, and the GP all agree that, had she not collapsed when she did, the undetected embolism would have ensured that she did not survive the surgery. Dead for a ducat.
captain_spalding said:
Peak Warming Man said:Looks like a delicate operation.
It is major surgery.
She was scheduled to have it back in December, but the day before the scheduled day, she collapsed with a pulmonary embolism.
The surgeon, the clinical physician, and the GP all agree that, had she not collapsed when she did, the undetected embolism would have ensured that she did not survive the surgery. Dead for a ducat.
Blimey
captain_spalding said:
Bubblecar said:
BACK, with the moon guiding me at times as some of the streetlights are out.As I left the BWS, a white-haired lady entering said “Oh what a lovely shirt, really beautiful.”
I replied “Oh thank you.”
I did something similar not long ago.
At the nearest supermarket, i saw two young women, in their twenties, who were superbly dressed in ‘casual business’ attire.
I said to them, ‘i don’t want to sound creepy, but you young ladies are the best dressed people i’ve ever seen in this shop’.
‘They smiled, blushed, and said ‘thank you, that’s lovely of you’.
:)
Time to get the lamb shanks & veg underway.
With the slow cooker on high, should be ready by midnight.
Bubblecar said:
Time to get the lamb shanks & veg underway.With the slow cooker on high, should be ready by midnight.
That’s way past my bedtime.
Divine Angel said:
Bubblecar said:
Time to get the lamb shanks & veg underway.With the slow cooker on high, should be ready by midnight.
That’s way past my bedtime.
I got up about 3pm today. Sleeping cycle going walkabout again.
Bubblecar said:
Time to get the lamb shanks & veg underway.With the slow cooker on high, should be ready by midnight.
That’s right, you’re currently working on GMT+ 6 / ‘Sierra’ time zone hours, aren’t you?
captain_spalding said:
Bubblecar said:
Time to get the lamb shanks & veg underway.With the slow cooker on high, should be ready by midnight.
That’s right, you’re currently working on GMT+ 6 / ‘Sierra’ time zone hours, aren’t you?
Something like that.
captain_spalding said:
Peak Warming Man said:Looks like a delicate operation.
It is major surgery.
She was scheduled to have it back in December, but the day before the scheduled day, she collapsed with a pulmonary embolism.
The surgeon, the clinical physician, and the GP all agree that, had she not collapsed when she did, the undetected embolism would have ensured that she did not survive the surgery. Dead for a ducat.
Oh goodness. Good to hear that her collapse turned out to be a Good Thing. Wishing Mrs S all the best for successful surgery and speedy recovery
Buffy musta been busy today.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-09/abc-weekly-news-quiz-friday/105268684
I missed Q4 and 10.
captain_spalding said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Looks like a delicate operation.
It is major surgery.
She was scheduled to have it back in December, but the day before the scheduled day, she collapsed with a pulmonary embolism.
The surgeon, the clinical physician, and the GP all agree that, had she not collapsed when she did, the undetected embolism would have ensured that she did not survive the surgery. Dead for a ducat.
what no words from the anaesthetist what did they want to go ahead what
Divine Angel said:
Buffy musta been busy today.https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-09/abc-weekly-news-quiz-friday/105268684
I missed Q4 and 10.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-09/abc-weekly-news-quiz-friday/105268684?utm_content=link&utm_medium=content_shared
Buffy asked me
to do the quiz for her today9/10 and didn’t read the answers correctly on the button battery question
kryten said:
Divine Angel said:
Buffy musta been busy today.https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-09/abc-weekly-news-quiz-friday/105268684
I missed Q4 and 10.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-09/abc-weekly-news-quiz-friday/105268684?utm_content=link&utm_medium=content_shared
Buffy asked me
to do the quiz for her today9/10 and didn’t read the answers correctly on the button battery question
8/10. Got 3 and 7 wrong. Knew a lot this week.
Hi kryten, hope your scans show everything’s hunky dory
Hi DA. should be, I won’t find out til next Friday when I have a final check up with the urology surgeon.
Giro d’Italia kicks off in Albania this year, should be an interesting ride. On SBS now.
Hi all,
Just finished work, and as usual I am the last person to join in chat before buffy wakes up a couple of hours after I go to bed.My day at work was ok, I dug a hole, and filled it in again. I got paid for it, so that’s ok.
Apparently there is a new pope.
Pope Leo Wanker, Thrillseeker.
I’m expecting him to do a world record jump in the popemobile, in front of the Vatican, just like Evel Knievel.
I wanted to use AI to make an image of him doing this, but it’s late, I’m tired and hungry.
Meanwhile I am going to find something to eat.
Kingy said:
Hi all, Just finished work, and as usual I am the last person to join in chat before buffy wakes up a couple of hours after I go to bed.My day at work was ok, I dug a hole, and filled it in again. I got paid for it, so that’s ok.
Apparently there is a new pope.
Pope Leo Wanker, Thrillseeker.
I’m expecting him to do a world record jump in the popemobile, in front of the Vatican, just like Evel Knievel.
I wanted to use AI to make an image of him doing this, but it’s late, I’m tired and hungry.
Meanwhile I am going to find something to eat.
Cheers :)
Bubblecar said:
Giro d’Italia kicks off in Albania this year, should be an interesting ride. On SBS now.
I’ll be switching over after the footy. Just fetching fluffy slippers, doona and cosy snood for the evening’s couch comfort and snugginess. 😁
Kingy said:
Hi all, Just finished work, and as usual I am the last person to join in chat before buffy wakes up a couple of hours after I go to bed.My day at work was ok, I dug a hole, and filled it in again. I got paid for it, so that’s ok.
Apparently there is a new pope.
Pope Leo Wanker, Thrillseeker.
I’m expecting him to do a world record jump in the popemobile, in front of the Vatican, just like Evel Knievel.
I wanted to use AI to make an image of him doing this, but it’s late, I’m tired and hungry.
Meanwhile I am going to find something to eat.
Sounds like you work too hard. I’ve been sitting outside having a few cold beers watching the sunset because it is still warm and calm outside. Last week or so of fine weather before winter really kicks in I reckon.
Woodie said:
Bubblecar said:
Giro d’Italia kicks off in Albania this year, should be an interesting ride. On SBS now.
I’ll be switching over after the footy. Just fetching fluffy slippers, doona and cosy snood for the evening’s couch comfort and snugginess. 😁
:)
SCIENCE said:
captain_spalding said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Looks like a delicate operation.
It is major surgery.
She was scheduled to have it back in December, but the day before the scheduled day, she collapsed with a pulmonary embolism.
The surgeon, the clinical physician, and the GP all agree that, had she not collapsed when she did, the undetected embolism would have ensured that she did not survive the surgery. Dead for a ducat.
what no words from the anaesthetist what did they want to go ahead what
Anaesthetists are the most sanguine of people.
As one of them once saidto me, ‘anaesthsia is the finely-developed art of not quite killing someone’.
Has to be said, Albania is a pretty drab-looking country.
In all the various stats they’re giving of Albania, they haven’t yet pointed out that it’s a tiny place, less than half the size of Tasmania.
Bubblecar said:
Has to be said, Albania is a pretty drab-looking country.
doesn’t look that drab to me:
The Rev Dodgson said:
Bubblecar said:
Has to be said, Albania is a pretty drab-looking country.
doesn’t look that drab to me:
Doubtless there are some nice bits :)
But the ride so far has been through fairly drab regions with very uninspiring architecture.
Bubblecar said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
Bubblecar said:
Has to be said, Albania is a pretty drab-looking country.
doesn’t look that drab to me:
Doubtless there are some nice bits :)
But the ride so far has been through fairly drab regions with very uninspiring architecture.
I’m off to bed, so I’ll leave you to enjoy the drab cyclists ploughing their way through the drab scenes of Albania :)
Bubblecar said:
In all the various stats they’re giving of Albania, they haven’t yet pointed out that it’s a tiny place, less than half the size of Tasmania.
Looks like you’d get some fabulous property bargains there. Ripe for renovation into a Tuscany style villas, hey what but.
Where’s Biniam, Parpyone. I haven’t seen Biniam yet.
I’m twofa, Mr Panty Parts. twofa outa twofa!!!
Woodie said:
I’m twofa, Mr Panty Parts. twofa outa twofa!!!
braggart.
party_pants said:
Woodie said:
I’m twofa, Mr Panty Parts. twofa outa twofa!!!
braggart.
That Kingy bloke is shittin’ it in.
Woodie said:
party_pants said:
Woodie said:
I’m twofa, Mr Panty Parts. twofa outa twofa!!!
braggart.
That Kingy bloke is shittin’ it in.
I think he cheats, his missus does his tips for him :)
(common complaint at work tipping comps when some female is doing well in the comp: “her husband must be doing her tips)
Slow-cooking shanks nowhere near ready yet. Will need another couple of hours at least.
Bubblecar said:
Slow-cooking shanks nowhere near ready yet. Will need another couple of hours at least.
Done in a red jus, Parpyone?
Woodie said:
Bubblecar said:
Slow-cooking shanks nowhere near ready yet. Will need another couple of hours at least.
Done in a red jus, Parpyone?
There’s red wine in it and lots of other stuff. Maybe too much.
SCIENCE said:
kii said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Sam Kerr has become a father.
Fuck off.
^
Why does no one else call him out for these frequent comments?
Arts said:
Students always get the AM and PM thing mixed up…I usually have assessments due at 12pm.. then I write the word Midday because they think 12pm is midnight… but that’s not the way I was taught.. but they still didn’t get it correct . even with Midday .. so I started to make the assessment due 11.59am
guess what?
They still don’t know… so now I say 11pm on a Sunday night so when you get home from the Sunday Session – hit submit.
that works better… time telling skills are waning
Further to this discussion…
Man: You need to be back in by 9am. In the morning.
Woman: Yes, I know when the morning is.
LOLOLOL……
kii said:
Arts said:
Students always get the AM and PM thing mixed up…I usually have assessments due at 12pm.. then I write the word Midday because they think 12pm is midnight… but that’s not the way I was taught.. but they still didn’t get it correct . even with Midday .. so I started to make the assessment due 11.59am
guess what?
They still don’t know… so now I say 11pm on a Sunday night so when you get home from the Sunday Session – hit submit.
that works better… time telling skills are waning
Further to this discussion…
Man: You need to be back in by 9am. In the morning.
Woman: Yes, I know when the morning is.LOLOLOL……
we mean she could just give them a countdown timer and bring able to compute it is part of the project
kii said:
SCIENCE said:
kii said:Fuck off.
^
Why does no one else call him out for these frequent comments?
First time we saw them make that comment tbh but sure we do.
SCIENCE said:
kii said:
SCIENCE said:^
Why does no one else call him out for these frequent comments?
First time we saw them make that comment tbh but sure we do.
PWM often makes homophobic comments.
kii said:
SCIENCE said:
kii said:
Why does no one else call him out for these frequent comments?
First time we saw them make that comment tbh but sure we do.
PWM often makes homophobic comments.
well as dv say we’ren’t forum completists but sure if there are vilification then they should be addressed
Good morning Holidayers. Presently 5 degrees at the back door and getting light. We are forecast a mostly sunny 19 degrees today.
Bakery breakfast with my bushwandering friend this morning. Then she is coming to our house to pick up a bag of shredded paper for chook bedding and her towels which I washed for her. She has only tank water and it’s getting very low. She uses the laundromat in town, but I suggested she just leave her washing with me as I see her twice a week and I put it in with ours. We will also fill some bottles with tank water for drinking water for her. Then she will go home and I’ll probably do some gardening.
Top of 23 with a few showers and wind. Due to the wind chill, it’ll feel colder than 23 so I think it’s time to pull out the long pants and find my Looney Tunes jacket.
Mini Me has basketball this morning. This afternoon sister, Mini Me, and I are going to an early Mother’s Day thing with mum.
I’ve done something nice for walkies friend. She’s a single mum running on money fumes at the moment. I happen to know there’s a particular book she wants to read so I bought it, gave it to her eldest kid with the instructions to give it to her on Mother’s Day. The kids want to give her something other than the junk from the school’s mother’s day stall but she doesn’t have cash to spare.
Divine Angel said:
Top of 23 with a few showers and wind. Due to the wind chill, it’ll feel colder than 23 so I think it’s time to pull out the long pants and find my Looney Tunes jacket.Mini Me has basketball this morning. This afternoon sister, Mini Me, and I are going to an early Mother’s Day thing with mum.
I’ve done something nice for walkies friend. She’s a single mum running on money fumes at the moment. I happen to know there’s a particular book she wants to read so I bought it, gave it to her eldest kid with the instructions to give it to her on Mother’s Day. The kids want to give her something other than the junk from the school’s mother’s day stall but she doesn’t have cash to spare.
That’s a great thing to do.
buffy said:
Divine Angel said:
Top of 23 with a few showers and wind. Due to the wind chill, it’ll feel colder than 23 so I think it’s time to pull out the long pants and find my Looney Tunes jacket.Mini Me has basketball this morning. This afternoon sister, Mini Me, and I are going to an early Mother’s Day thing with mum.
I’ve done something nice for walkies friend. She’s a single mum running on money fumes at the moment. I happen to know there’s a particular book she wants to read so I bought it, gave it to her eldest kid with the instructions to give it to her on Mother’s Day. The kids want to give her something other than the junk from the school’s mother’s day stall but she doesn’t have cash to spare.
That’s a great thing to do.
+1
Hey Capt, since you’re a connoisseur of the French language, I have a question.
I don’t understand gendered language. Like German, where all dogs are male even when they’re female. When learning such languages, is this just something one remembers, or is there a trick to gauging what gender an eraser is?
kii said:
SCIENCE said:
kii said:Why does no one else call him out for these frequent comments?
First time we saw them make that comment tbh but sure we do.
PWM often makes homophobic comments.
He’s internalized a lot of self loathing.
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
Michael V said:But while I was in Woolies, I had some weird visual disturbances. Lasted 10 or 15 minutes. It was a bit like I was looking through a kaleidoscope. Bits were moving around and disappearing. I couldn’t read. And it was sparkly (like looking through a diamond) in areas. Both eyes were affected (but each was different). I didn’t feel unwell in any other way. But was expecting to pass out or vomit or something. It was quite distressing.
Oh MV! That sounds awful! Agree with btm about the aura phase of a migraine, but also have your dr check your BP and medication dosages.
Has Mrs V had any other funny turns?
No she hasn’t.
Dr and I are going through a review of medications. All were stopped except one, and some have been re-introduced one-by-one, as necessary. I measure and record my BP daily. My BP meds are now 20 mg (were 80 mg) and the readings are mostly in the “good” range.
Hope you get that one sorted mate. Freaky.
Morning Pilgrims, weather fine, track a heavy 8
Over.
How ya feeling today, Mr V?
Woodie said:
How ya feeling today, Mr V?
Fine thanks, and the symptoms haven’t recurred.
In fact I was fine once the visual disturbances stopped. And during them too really, except for feeling like something bad was just about to happen.
Michael V said:
Woodie said:
How ya feeling today, Mr V?
Fine thanks, and the symptoms haven’t recurred.
In fact I was fine once the visual disturbances stopped. And during them too really, except for feeling like something bad was just about to happen.
Did you have issues breathing? Sorta like you’d “forgotten” how to breath?
Michael V said:
Woodie said:
How ya feeling today, Mr V?
Fine thanks, and the symptoms haven’t recurred.
In fact I was fine once the visual disturbances stopped. And during them too really, except for feeling like something bad was just about to happen.
Take it easy for a while Michael.
Woodie said:
Michael V said:
Woodie said:
How ya feeling today, Mr V?
Fine thanks, and the symptoms haven’t recurred.
In fact I was fine once the visual disturbances stopped. And during them too really, except for feeling like something bad was just about to happen.
Did you have issues breathing? Sorta like you’d “forgotten” how to breath?
No, not at all.
I was slightly more unsteady than normal, but I suspect that that might be because of me not concentrating, because of the new symptoms. And I felt like I couldn’t hear quite as well, but that might have been because Mrs V was a fair way further down the aisle, so I couldn’t hear anyway over the Woolies loud music.
Woodie said:
Michael V said:
Woodie said:
How ya feeling today, Mr V?
Fine thanks, and the symptoms haven’t recurred.
In fact I was fine once the visual disturbances stopped. And during them too really, except for feeling like something bad was just about to happen.
Did you have issues breathing? Sorta like you’d “forgotten” how to breath?
No.
What are you thinking of?
Michael V said:
Woodie said:
Michael V said:Fine thanks, and the symptoms haven’t recurred.
In fact I was fine once the visual disturbances stopped. And during them too really, except for feeling like something bad was just about to happen.
Did you have issues breathing? Sorta like you’d “forgotten” how to breath?
No.
What are you thinking of?
Panic attacks. We’ve chatted about this before.
Woodie said:
Michael V said:
Woodie said:Did you have issues breathing? Sorta like you’d “forgotten” how to breath?
No.
What are you thinking of?
Panic attacks. We’ve chatted about this before.
Ah. Yes, I see. I doubt it was a panic attack, nor do I think it caused a panic attack.
How are things going sarahs mum?
Eating some slivers of Dutch edam that have just the right amount of isovaleric acid (stinky feet odour).
And yes, it is exactly the same compound found in both cheese and sweaty feet.
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has either a marketing department trolling him, or some creative critics.
2C tonight, don’t panic got more wood, good solid wood, be two weeks of wood here now, about fourteen days of wood, depending on how cold it was, if it stayed really cold it may not last that long, or of it was warmer it might last three weeks or twenty-one days, there’s some uncertainty, variability, unknowns, some known unknowns and there are also unknown unknowns, the latter have the greatest uncertainty, but also are probably less likely, anyway might at this point very shortly get around to terminating this sentence, it seems quite long, more like a bloated paragraph, so how about a full stop now at this point.
transition said:
2C tonight, don’t panic got more wood, good solid wood, be two weeks of wood here now, about fourteen days of wood, depending on how cold it was, if it stayed really cold it may not last that long, or of it was warmer it might last three weeks or twenty-one days, there’s some uncertainty, variability, unknowns, some known unknowns and there are also unknown unknowns, the latter have the greatest uncertainty, but also are probably less likely, anyway might at this point very shortly get around to terminating this sentence, it seems quite long, more like a bloated paragraph, so how about a full stop now at this point.
So it’s cold but you’ve got some wood.
transition said:
2C tonight, don’t panic got more wood, good solid wood, be two weeks of wood here now, about fourteen days of wood, depending on how cold it was, if it stayed really cold it may not last that long, or of it was warmer it might last three weeks or twenty-one days, there’s some uncertainty, variability, unknowns, some known unknowns and there are also unknown unknowns, the latter have the greatest uncertainty, but also are probably less likely, anyway might at this point very shortly get around to terminating this sentence, it seems quite long, more like a bloated paragraph, so how about a full stop now at this point.
I do miss the wood fire but I don’t miss the smoke and ashes.
transition said:
2C tonight, don’t panic got more wood, good solid wood, be two weeks of wood here now, about fourteen days of wood, depending on how cold it was, if it stayed really cold it may not last that long, or of it was warmer it might last three weeks or twenty-one days, there’s some uncertainty, variability, unknowns, some known unknowns and there are also unknown unknowns, the latter have the greatest uncertainty, but also are probably less likely, anyway might at this point very shortly get around to terminating this sentence, it seems quite long, more like a bloated paragraph, so how about a full stop now at this point.
Heading for 2 here tonight, too.
Peak Warming Man said:
transition said:
2C tonight, don’t panic got more wood, good solid wood, be two weeks of wood here now, about fourteen days of wood, depending on how cold it was, if it stayed really cold it may not last that long, or of it was warmer it might last three weeks or twenty-one days, there’s some uncertainty, variability, unknowns, some known unknowns and there are also unknown unknowns, the latter have the greatest uncertainty, but also are probably less likely, anyway might at this point very shortly get around to terminating this sentence, it seems quite long, more like a bloated paragraph, so how about a full stop now at this point.
So it’s cold but you’ve got some wood.
It’s also a bit nippy in the Pearl.
Peak Warming Man said:
Peak Warming Man said:
transition said:
2C tonight, don’t panic got more wood, good solid wood, be two weeks of wood here now, about fourteen days of wood, depending on how cold it was, if it stayed really cold it may not last that long, or of it was warmer it might last three weeks or twenty-one days, there’s some uncertainty, variability, unknowns, some known unknowns and there are also unknown unknowns, the latter have the greatest uncertainty, but also are probably less likely, anyway might at this point very shortly get around to terminating this sentence, it seems quite long, more like a bloated paragraph, so how about a full stop now at this point.
So it’s cold but you’ve got some wood.
It’s also a bit nippy in the Pearl.
Peak Warming Man said:
Peak Warming Man said:
transition said:
2C tonight, don’t panic got more wood, good solid wood, be two weeks of wood here now, about fourteen days of wood, depending on how cold it was, if it stayed really cold it may not last that long, or of it was warmer it might last three weeks or twenty-one days, there’s some uncertainty, variability, unknowns, some known unknowns and there are also unknown unknowns, the latter have the greatest uncertainty, but also are probably less likely, anyway might at this point very shortly get around to terminating this sentence, it seems quite long, more like a bloated paragraph, so how about a full stop now at this point.
So it’s cold but you’ve got some wood.
It’s also a bit nippy in the Pearl.
There’s also isolated showers marching up the coast.
18 degrees here ✌🏼 not exactly balmy but not winter pyjamas weather either. I’ll get the other blanket from the closet though.
Bubblecar said:
transition said:
2C tonight, don’t panic got more wood, good solid wood, be two weeks of wood here now, about fourteen days of wood, depending on how cold it was, if it stayed really cold it may not last that long, or of it was warmer it might last three weeks or twenty-one days, there’s some uncertainty, variability, unknowns, some known unknowns and there are also unknown unknowns, the latter have the greatest uncertainty, but also are probably less likely, anyway might at this point very shortly get around to terminating this sentence, it seems quite long, more like a bloated paragraph, so how about a full stop now at this point.
Heading for 2 here tonight, too.
copycat, get ya own temperature
transition said:
Bubblecar said:
transition said:
2C tonight, don’t panic got more wood, good solid wood, be two weeks of wood here now, about fourteen days of wood, depending on how cold it was, if it stayed really cold it may not last that long, or of it was warmer it might last three weeks or twenty-one days, there’s some uncertainty, variability, unknowns, some known unknowns and there are also unknown unknowns, the latter have the greatest uncertainty, but also are probably less likely, anyway might at this point very shortly get around to terminating this sentence, it seems quite long, more like a bloated paragraph, so how about a full stop now at this point.
Heading for 2 here tonight, too.
copycat, get ya own temperature
I’m in tshirt and shorts.
Peak Warming Man said:
Peak Warming Man said:
transition said:
2C tonight, don’t panic got more wood, good solid wood, be two weeks of wood here now, about fourteen days of wood, depending on how cold it was, if it stayed really cold it may not last that long, or of it was warmer it might last three weeks or twenty-one days, there’s some uncertainty, variability, unknowns, some known unknowns and there are also unknown unknowns, the latter have the greatest uncertainty, but also are probably less likely, anyway might at this point very shortly get around to terminating this sentence, it seems quite long, more like a bloated paragraph, so how about a full stop now at this point.
So it’s cold but you’ve got some wood.
It’s also a bit nippy in the Pearl.
Here, too. I’ve had to put my cardigan on. It’s just 20.0° C and getting colder.
Brrrrr.
roughbarked said:
transition said:
Bubblecar said:Heading for 2 here tonight, too.
copycat, get ya own temperature
I’m in tshirt and shorts.
getting life too easy
may a blizzard visit you, and freeze your testicles off
transition said:
roughbarked said:
transition said:copycat, get ya own temperature
I’m in tshirt and shorts.
getting life too easy
may a blizzard visit you, and freeze your testicles off
Won’t be far off. We have often had frosts in April. Not this year though.
Michael V said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Peak Warming Man said:So it’s cold but you’ve got some wood.
It’s also a bit nippy in the Pearl.
Here, too. I’ve had to put my cardigan on. It’s just 20.0° C and getting colder.
Brrrrr.
Yep, I might go to bed and listen to NQ play Penrith and then listen to the BBC overseas service before drifting off to the land of nod.
Over.
Mum knitted me some oven mitts but I can’t be sure she hasn’t used an acrylic blend. What else can I use them for?
Peak Warming Man said:
Michael V said:
Peak Warming Man said:It’s also a bit nippy in the Pearl.
Here, too. I’ve had to put my cardigan on. It’s just 20.0° C and getting colder.
Brrrrr.
Yep, I might go to bed and listen to NQ play Penrith and then listen to the BBC overseas service before drifting off to the land of nod.
Over.
Nonsense, you don’t have go to bed before 8pm like a three year old.
Divine Angel said:
Mum knitted me some oven mitts but I can’t be sure she hasn’t used an acrylic blend. What else can I use them for?
Doesn’t she know?
Bubblecar said:
Divine Angel said:
Mum knitted me some oven mitts but I can’t be sure she hasn’t used an acrylic blend. What else can I use them for?
Doesn’t she know?
She says it’s fine, we are not so sure.
Divine Angel said:
Bubblecar said:
Divine Angel said:
Mum knitted me some oven mitts but I can’t be sure she hasn’t used an acrylic blend. What else can I use them for?
Doesn’t she know?
She says it’s fine, we are not so sure.
Just test a small patch of it with a cigarette lighter or gas stive lighter etc… while not wearing it of course. See if it melts.
party_pants said:
Divine Angel said:
Bubblecar said:Doesn’t she know?
She says it’s fine, we are not so sure.
Just test a small patch of it with a cigarette lighter or gas stive lighter etc… while not wearing it of course. See if it melts.
I already have perfectly good oven gloves so I don’t need these anyway. Might make a hat for the cat. Unpick the other one and make booties for him too.
party_pants said:
Divine Angel said:
Bubblecar said:Doesn’t she know?
She says it’s fine, we are not so sure.
Just test a small patch of it with a cigarette lighter or gas stive lighter etc… while not wearing it of course. See if it melts.
Yes.
There’s an awful lot of secret squirrel business going on in my house tonight. I suspect the 3D printer is being put to use.
someone is going to have popcorn, guess who, not saying
leave the popcornless lowlifes in a state NFI so they die of envy, slowly, emotional turmoil, conflict, death by dissonance, something like that, the conflict of wanting to know and not knowing, it’s ripping you apart, there’s no way out, crawl over into the bushes and feed the worms
salt’s going on
smells good
transition said:
someone is going to have popcorn, guess who, not sayingleave the popcornless lowlifes in a state NFI so they die of envy, slowly, emotional turmoil, conflict, death by dissonance, something like that, the conflict of wanting to know and not knowing, it’s ripping you apart, there’s no way out, crawl over into the bushes and feed the worms
salt’s going on
smells good
Popcorn is one of the most overated snacks ever,
I’ve got crackers and cheese for ron. I’ve only just finished dinner.
party_pants said:
transition said:
someone is going to have popcorn, guess who, not sayingleave the popcornless lowlifes in a state NFI so they die of envy, slowly, emotional turmoil, conflict, death by dissonance, something like that, the conflict of wanting to know and not knowing, it’s ripping you apart, there’s no way out, crawl over into the bushes and feed the worms
salt’s going on
smells good
Popcorn is one of the most overated snacks ever,
I’ve got crackers and cheese for ron. I’ve only just finished dinner.
I didn’t like it until couple weeks ago, something happened, head injury maybe, my phrenologist was a bit rough with the examination last visit, could have been that
You gotta have the right seasoning for popcorn. And the ones without kernels are the best.
Divine Angel said:
You gotta have the right seasoning for popcorn. And the ones without kernels are the best.
Hulls, I meant hulls.
and now lady is making scones, square scones these days, no bullshit round scones
party_pants said:
Popcorn is one of the most overated snacks ever,
yep, packing peanuts with some flavouring.
transition said:
party_pants said:
transition said:
someone is going to have popcorn, guess who, not sayingleave the popcornless lowlifes in a state NFI so they die of envy, slowly, emotional turmoil, conflict, death by dissonance, something like that, the conflict of wanting to know and not knowing, it’s ripping you apart, there’s no way out, crawl over into the bushes and feed the worms
salt’s going on
smells good
Popcorn is one of the most overated snacks ever,
I’ve got crackers and cheese for ron. I’ve only just finished dinner.
I didn’t like it until couple weeks ago, something happened, head injury maybe, my phrenologist was a bit rough with the examination last visit, could have been that
I might eat a packet of popcorn every couple of years.
And ghee, not butter.
Divine Angel said:
Mum knitted me some oven mitts but I can’t be sure she hasn’t used an acrylic blend. What else can I use them for?
Polishing the dog.
I bet arts is doing a bit of phrenology on the side
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrenology
“..Phrenology was one of the first to bring about the idea of rehabilitation of criminals instead of vindictive punishments that would not stop criminals, only with the reorganizing a disorganized brain would bring about change. Voisin believed along with others the accuracy of phrenology in diagnosing criminal tendencies. Diagnosis could point to the type of offender, the insane, an idiot or brute, and by knowing this an appropriate course of action could be taken..”
transition said:
and now lady is making scones, square scones these days, no bullshit round scones
I thought you may have desiccated by now, dried up into a pile of dust.
Is the bush showing signs of distress?
Kingy said:
transition said:
and now lady is making scones, square scones these days, no bullshit round scones
I thought you may have desiccated by now, dried up into a pile of dust.
Is the bush showing signs of distress?
yeah’s shit
i’ve gone past the madness, the depressed madness, now I just giggle at nothing, talk to myself a lot, i’m finding the happiness in imaginary friends that never talk about the weather, built an entire alternate reality, detached myself
anyways things will turn around with a good rain, perhaps even this year, or this season
buffy said:
Divine Angel said:
Mum knitted me some oven mitts but I can’t be sure she hasn’t used an acrylic blend. What else can I use them for?
Polishing the dog.
Coin purse…
Divine Angel said:
Bubblecar said:
Divine Angel said:
Mum knitted me some oven mitts but I can’t be sure she hasn’t used an acrylic blend. What else can I use them for?
Doesn’t she know?
She says it’s fine, we are not so sure.
A lovely handmade present from your mother.
It’s a big fortnight for the family. I have officially retired, bought an new car ( a Geely EV) and husband has knee surgery on Monday
Brindabellas said:
It’s a big fortnight for the family. I have officially retired, bought an new car ( a Geely EV) and husband has knee surgery on Monday
Woo hoo! Hope the knee surgery goes well
Showers and a top of 23.
I don’t know what these two secret squirrels have planned but I want to go to the Forgotten Fairytales markets. There’s a bunch of quirky arty and crafty things there.
Good morning Holidayers. Presently 6 degrees at the back door, still dark. We are forecast a mostly sunny 21 degrees.
Going to the bush for firewood and a wander.
Poik’s Styx looks set to have a population boom.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-11/city-of-orange-hoping-to-become-next-silicon-valley/105004412
30/50, mostly guesses. I’d be surprised if anyone here actually knows Q7 (I guessed wrong).
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-11/hard-quiz-weekly-trivia/105259896
Divine Angel said:
30/50, mostly guesses. I’d be surprised if anyone here actually knows Q7 (I guessed wrong).https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-11/hard-quiz-weekly-trivia/105259896
25/50. I knew 4 and 6 and I made a reasonable guess at 5. A couple of guesses came in as correct. Most of the questions were about things I’d never heard of. My stab at 7 was wrong too.
buffy said:
Divine Angel said:
30/50, mostly guesses. I’d be surprised if anyone here actually knows Q7 (I guessed wrong).https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-11/hard-quiz-weekly-trivia/105259896
25/50. I knew 4 and 6 and I made a reasonable guess at 5. A couple of guesses came in as correct. Most of the questions were about things I’d never heard of. My stab at 7 was wrong too.
25/50 here as well. Had no idea about Q7. I should have gone for the one I’d never heard of.
The chicken dance question I got wrong because I pressed the wrong answer by mistake. Jellybean shoved her face under my arm as I was about to lock in the right answer, so my finger came down on an incorrect answer.
Divine Angel said:
30/50, mostly guesses. I’d be surprised if anyone here actually knows Q7 (I guessed wrong).https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-11/hard-quiz-weekly-trivia/105259896
A worthy 50% here.
50% of DA that is.
Started off well then got 0/6.
Divine Angel said:
The chicken dance question I got wrong because I pressed the wrong answer by mistake. Jellybean shoved her face under my arm as I was about to lock in the right answer, so my finger came down on an incorrect answer.
Bloody kids :)
Divine Angel said:
Poik’s Styx looks set to have a population boom.https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-11/city-of-orange-hoping-to-become-next-silicon-valley/105004412
Interesting…one good drought and it all collapses, probably.
Morning, cool in the styx, feels like 5.6, currently 10 and windy.
poikilotherm said:
Divine Angel said:
Poik’s Styx looks set to have a population boom.https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-11/city-of-orange-hoping-to-become-next-silicon-valley/105004412
Interesting…one good drought and it all collapses, probably.
I like the bit where they talk about Orange’s “proximity to Sydney”. It’s not exactly a day trip.
Divine Angel said:
poikilotherm said:
Divine Angel said:
Poik’s Styx looks set to have a population boom.https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-11/city-of-orange-hoping-to-become-next-silicon-valley/105004412
Interesting…one good drought and it all collapses, probably.
I like the bit where they talk about Orange’s “proximity to Sydney”. It’s not exactly a day trip.
A mere 3 1/2 hours from Sydney.
But they did say the silicon valley thing was a running joke.
Divine Angel said:
poikilotherm said:
Divine Angel said:
Poik’s Styx looks set to have a population boom.https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-11/city-of-orange-hoping-to-become-next-silicon-valley/105004412
Interesting…one good drought and it all collapses, probably.
I like the bit where they talk about Orange’s “proximity to Sydney”. It’s not exactly a day trip.
I’ve done a trip down to Sydney to see Eddie Vedder after work on a Saturday, then driven back that night/morning and worked the Sunday….working on Sunday was an unpleasant experience.
poikilotherm said:
Divine Angel said:
poikilotherm said:Interesting…one good drought and it all collapses, probably.
I like the bit where they talk about Orange’s “proximity to Sydney”. It’s not exactly a day trip.
I’ve done a trip down to Sydney to see Eddie Vedder after work on a Saturday, then driven back that night/morning and worked the Sunday….working on Sunday was an unpleasant experience.
Not a lot of sleep involved there.
Walkies friend thanked me for the book. No idea what’s she’s talking about
Found an interesting movie – The Rule of Jenny Pen. With John Lithgow and Geoffery Rush. Featuring one of my favourite sayings: You don’t stop playing when you get old, you get old when you stop playing.
Nothing is simple.
I ordered 2 replacement Pyrex storage dishes – I have the lids, because at some point I seem to have given away the original dishes during a mental fart of clearing out my possessions for shipping.
The listing definitely states 2 dishes for $17.00 and they are 2 cups in size.
I received 1 dish today. I wrote an email to the shipping company and said – WTF?
So, very quickly, they replied – send us photos of everything and we can help you with a replacement lid for the one you have not received.
Fucking nimrods.
Is there really a difference between male and female brains
Note that in spite of extensive study, science has yet to find much in the way of significant differences in male and female brains.
So, as George Bernard Shaw responded, when asked to compare men and women, “Which man? Which woman?”
roughbarked said:
Is there really a difference between male and female brainsNote that in spite of extensive study, science has yet to find much in the way of significant differences in male and female brains.
So, as George Bernard Shaw responded, when asked to compare men and women, “Which man? Which woman?”
are there differences between male and female cells
Morning Pilgrims.
Bob Cowper has died, the first Australian to score 300 in a test against England in Australia in Melbourne on a Wednesday.
an avian bird little dinosaur feathered thing to keeps ya company, over the dam shortly ago, insisted wanted a picture and be on the internet, some of its thug friends came up behind me with persuasive tweets, yeah threats, mafia talk, said ya gotta do it, or else, I said take it easy, consider it done
transition said:
an avian bird little dinosaur feathered thing to keeps ya company, over the dam shortly ago, insisted wanted a picture and be on the internet, some of its thug friends came up behind me with persuasive tweets, yeah threats, mafia talk, said ya gotta do it, or else, I said take it easy, consider it done
I love grey fantails dancing in their waistcoat and vest.
roughbarked said:
transition said:
an avian bird little dinosaur feathered thing to keeps ya company, over the dam shortly ago, insisted wanted a picture and be on the internet, some of its thug friends came up behind me with persuasive tweets, yeah threats, mafia talk, said ya gotta do it, or else, I said take it easy, consider it done
I love grey fantails dancing in their waistcoat and vest.
Ummm…
…i notice that you’ve used two ‘English’ terms there.
‘Waistcoat’ and ‘vest’
When The Goodies were about to visit Australia, their agent here messaged Tim Brooke-Taylor to ‘not forget to bring his vest’.
Tim was confused by this , because, to the English, this is a ‘vest’ (as worn by Onslow, in ‘Keeping Up Appearances’):
after some puzzlement, and further messages, it was established that the agent meant Tim’s famous ‘Union Jack’ waistcoat’.
‘Vest’ used to mean ‘waistcoat’ is an Americanism, and one which has established itself in Australian English to a good extent.
captain_spalding said:
roughbarked said:
transition said:
an avian bird little dinosaur feathered thing to keeps ya company, over the dam shortly ago, insisted wanted a picture and be on the internet, some of its thug friends came up behind me with persuasive tweets, yeah threats, mafia talk, said ya gotta do it, or else, I said take it easy, consider it done
I love grey fantails dancing in their waistcoat and vest.
Ummm…
…i notice that you’ve used two ‘English’ terms there.
‘Waistcoat’ and ‘vest’
When The Goodies were about to visit Australia, their agent here messaged Tim Brooke-Taylor to ‘not forget to bring his vest’.
Tim was confused by this , because, to the English, this is a ‘vest’ (as worn by Onslow, in ‘Keeping Up Appearances’):
after some puzzlement, and further messages, it was established that the agent meant Tim’s famous ‘Union Jack’ waistcoat’.
‘Vest’ used to mean ‘waistcoat’ is an Americanism, and one which has established itself in Australian English to a good extent.
A fine specimen of English manhood.
It’s a cool rainified day in old Brisbane town.
The perils of being exceptional, for both oneself and others:
…
NationalBondi Junction attack
From treated to tragic: The deterioration of a killer
By Miklos Bolza
May 10, 2025 — 12.35pm
Top of his class at university and able to speak three languages, the future looked bright for Joel Cauchi.
But a series of fateful decisions would lead to him being overlooked by authorities and detached from the mental health system before he became one of Australia’s worst mass killers.
The 40-year-old armed himself with a pigging knife when he killed six people and injured 10 others at Sydney’s Westfield Bondi Junction shopping centre while experiencing a psychotic episode in April 2024.
Details about his history and mental health decline were revealed during an inquest into the tragedy, which ended when the knife-wielding Cauchi was shot dead by a senior police officer.
The Toowoomba man had been diagnosed with schizophrenia as a teen after experiencing hallucinations.
He was successfully treated for decades through a combination of anti-psychotic medication and psychiatric treatment in the public and later private systems.
Cauchi was a “high-functioning” schizophrenic who had a university degree – coming top in his class – and could speak German and Mandarin, his mother later told Queensland police.
By June 2019, he had been weaned off the two drugs he was taking after he complained about their side effects.
Eight months later, he moved to Brisbane to study to become an English teacher, but as COVID-19 swept the world, he was cut off from his psychiatric sessions.
From that point, he fell off the radar of mental health professionals.
But numerous interactions with Queensland police between 2021 and 2023 should have signalled something was wrong, the inquest into the mass stabbing heard.
Three times – in October 2020, November 2020 and May 2021 – Cauchi was pulled over by Brisbane highway patrol officers when they witnessed his erratic driving.
This included rapidly braking and accelerating, and swerving into adjacent lanes.
On each occasion, he told officers he was schizophrenic but unmedicated.
In May 2021, he told a senior constable he didn’t realise he was driving dangerously.
“You didn’t realise you were braking and then accelerating and then braking and then accelerating?” the officer asked.
“No, no,” Cauchi replied.
The then-37-year-old had been on his way to charity Wesley Mission to get food.
He received a warning from police.
The same month, police were called to an apartment complex in the inner-Brisbane suburb of Kangaroo Point.
They had been notified of a man screaming and the sounds of someone being hit.
When Cauchi answered his door, he told officers he had been slamming his fridge.
Just over a year later, he made repeated phone calls to a Toowoomba girls’ high school asking permission to watch events like swimming carnivals, netball and gymnastics.
A concerned staff member notified police.
From about 2022, Cauchi’s online search history showed his interest in disturbing topics, such as serial killers, mass stabbings and weapons.
“Five best assault rifles in the world,” one search read. “14 bands that serial killers loved,” another read.
On an evening in January 2023, Cauchi called police to his parents’ Toowoomba home, accusing father Andrew of stealing his military knives.
One was the same type of knife later used in the shopping centre attack.
By that stage, Cauchi had quit studying to be a teacher and returned to live with his parents after his unit lease ran out.
His mother, Michele, told police her son had been up at 3am making noises and stamping his feet.
Mr Cauchi took the knives and gave them to a friend to look after because he was worried about his son having them in his current mental state.
“He’s been in a rage, and he was pushing us around a little bit,” Mrs Cauchi said.
Cauchi claimed he would be made homeless, left bankrupt and killed if the knives were not returned.
Mrs Cauchi pleaded with officers that her son needed help.
“He’s gone too far now. He doesn’t know he is sick,” she said.
“I don’t know how we’re gonna get into treatment really, unless he does something drastic.”
Speaking with another officer, Cauchi was asked about his mental health.
“Yeah, it’s been, um, terrific, actually … really good,” he said.
Cauchi’s mental condition was never seen by police as being so bad that he needed involuntary treatment, the inquest was told.
But one of the officers who attended the family home was concerned enough to email the police mental health incident co-ordinator about a follow-up the night after the knife-related callout.
That email was seen, but nothing further was done.
Fifteen months later, Cauchi had become homeless and was living in Sydney’s eastern suburbs before he stepped into the Bondi Junction shopping centre and murdered six people with his knife.
https://www.theage.com.au/national/from-treated-to-tragic-the-deterioration-of-a-killer-20250510-p5ly3v.html
buffy said:
Divine Angel said:
30/50, mostly guesses. I’d be surprised if anyone here actually knows Q7 (I guessed wrong).https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-11/hard-quiz-weekly-trivia/105259896
25/50. I knew 4 and 6 and I made a reasonable guess at 5. A couple of guesses came in as correct. Most of the questions were about things I’d never heard of. My stab at 7 was wrong too.
40/50. One of the few times that Ms Kingy & I knew most of them. The two we didn’t know(1&7) were guessed wrong.
Kingy said:
buffy said:
Divine Angel said:
30/50, mostly guesses. I’d be surprised if anyone here actually knows Q7 (I guessed wrong).https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-11/hard-quiz-weekly-trivia/105259896
25/50. I knew 4 and 6 and I made a reasonable guess at 5. A couple of guesses came in as correct. Most of the questions were about things I’d never heard of. My stab at 7 was wrong too.
40/50. One of the few times that Ms Kingy & I knew most of them. The two we didn’t know(1&7) were guessed wrong.
6/10 here.
The Forgotten Fairytales market was a lot of dead things in jars. Mostly bugs, butterflies, and spiders, but one lady taxidermied rats & mice. Macabre, but hilarious. You ain’t lived til you’ve seen a taxidermied mouse in Marilyn Monroe’s pose from the Seven Year Itch.
I got a murderous elephant. I really wanted a ghost girl porcelain doll, but Mr Mutant thinks my regular porcelain dolls are creepy, let alone ghost girl, so I didn’t. Mini Me said I should buy it anyway, but I said he wouldn’t buy a wolf spider in a jar. It’s called being considerate.
Peak Warming Man said:
Kingy said:
buffy said:25/50. I knew 4 and 6 and I made a reasonable guess at 5. A couple of guesses came in as correct. Most of the questions were about things I’d never heard of. My stab at 7 was wrong too.
40/50. One of the few times that Ms Kingy & I knew most of them. The two we didn’t know(1&7) were guessed wrong.
6/10 here.
I got only 2 correct. All my guesses were wrong.
Peak Warming Man said:
Kingy said:
buffy said:25/50. I knew 4 and 6 and I made a reasonable guess at 5. A couple of guesses came in as correct. Most of the questions were about things I’d never heard of. My stab at 7 was wrong too.
40/50. One of the few times that Ms Kingy & I knew most of them. The two we didn’t know(1&7) were guessed wrong.
6/10 here.
10/10, 6 guesses (including Q7).
btm said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Kingy said:40/50. One of the few times that Ms Kingy & I knew most of them. The two we didn’t know(1&7) were guessed wrong.
6/10 here.
10/10, 6 guesses (including Q7).
Show off
captain_spalding said:
roughbarked said:
transition said:
an avian bird little dinosaur feathered thing to keeps ya company, over the dam shortly ago, insisted wanted a picture and be on the internet, some of its thug friends came up behind me with persuasive tweets, yeah threats, mafia talk, said ya gotta do it, or else, I said take it easy, consider it done
I love grey fantails dancing in their waistcoat and vest.
Ummm…
…i notice that you’ve used two ‘English’ terms there.
‘Waistcoat’ and ‘vest’
When The Goodies were about to visit Australia, their agent here messaged Tim Brooke-Taylor to ‘not forget to bring his vest’.
Tim was confused by this , because, to the English, this is a ‘vest’ (as worn by Onslow, in ‘Keeping Up Appearances’):
after some puzzlement, and further messages, it was established that the agent meant Tim’s famous ‘Union Jack’ waistcoat’.
‘Vest’ used to mean ‘waistcoat’ is an Americanism, and one which has established itself in Australian English to a good extent.
eye c
party_pants said:
I had already seen it, popped up on my YouTube feed too. I suspect this is the case for a lot of videos now, the algorithm sends us all the same suggestions. I listen to the first few minutes of it, but it was too long and just audio only so I got bored.
Speak for yourselves, this is what my algorithm suggests
Divine Angel said:
party_pants said:I had already seen it, popped up on my YouTube feed too. I suspect this is the case for a lot of videos now, the algorithm sends us all the same suggestions. I listen to the first few minutes of it, but it was too long and just audio only so I got bored.
Speak for yourselves, this is what my algorithm suggests
You’re an outlier.
I did get the one about the Australian timezones, but I didn’t watch it because I think I already know enough about it.
I’m surprised I don’t get more pond stuff, I subscribe to OzPonds. And watch a lot of videos about pond filters…
party_pants said:
Divine Angel said:
party_pants said:I had already seen it, popped up on my YouTube feed too. I suspect this is the case for a lot of videos now, the algorithm sends us all the same suggestions. I listen to the first few minutes of it, but it was too long and just audio only so I got bored.
Speak for yourselves, this is what my algorithm suggests
You’re an outlier.
I did get the one about the Australian timezones, but I didn’t watch it because I think I already know enough about it.
I don’t have a feed as such. However, I note that I’ve picked up a lot of your feeds in what is on offer whenever I do go to youtube.
party_pants said:
Divine Angel said:
party_pants said:I had already seen it, popped up on my YouTube feed too. I suspect this is the case for a lot of videos now, the algorithm sends us all the same suggestions. I listen to the first few minutes of it, but it was too long and just audio only so I got bored.
Speak for yourselves, this is what my algorithm suggests
You’re an outlier.
I did get the one about the Australian timezones, but I didn’t watch it because I think I already know enough about it.
Here’s what yootube thinks I’d like to watch:
Pretty accurate, which is a bit of a worry.
The Rev Dodgson said:
party_pants said:
Divine Angel said:Speak for yourselves, this is what my algorithm suggests
You’re an outlier.
I did get the one about the Australian timezones, but I didn’t watch it because I think I already know enough about it.
Here’s what yootube thinks I’d like to watch:
Pretty accurate, which is a bit of a worry.
“A new boobtastic game” hey
Divine Angel said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
party_pants said:You’re an outlier.
I did get the one about the Australian timezones, but I didn’t watch it because I think I already know enough about it.
Here’s what yootube thinks I’d like to watch:
Pretty accurate, which is a bit of a worry.
“A new boobtastic game” hey
Didn’t even notice that one :)
Witty Rejoinder said:
The perils of being exceptional, for both oneself and others:…
NationalBondi Junction attack
From treated to tragic: The deterioration of a killer
By Miklos Bolza
May 10, 2025 — 12.35pmTop of his class at university and able to speak three languages, the future looked bright for Joel Cauchi.
But a series of fateful decisions would lead to him being overlooked by authorities and detached from the mental health system before he became one of Australia’s worst mass killers.
The 40-year-old armed himself with a pigging knife when he killed six people and injured 10 others at Sydney’s Westfield Bondi Junction shopping centre while experiencing a psychotic episode in April 2024.
Details about his history and mental health decline were revealed during an inquest into the tragedy, which ended when the knife-wielding Cauchi was shot dead by a senior police officer.
The Toowoomba man had been diagnosed with schizophrenia as a teen after experiencing hallucinations.
He was successfully treated for decades through a combination of anti-psychotic medication and psychiatric treatment in the public and later private systems.
Cauchi was a “high-functioning” schizophrenic who had a university degree – coming top in his class – and could speak German and Mandarin, his mother later told Queensland police.
By June 2019, he had been weaned off the two drugs he was taking after he complained about their side effects.
Eight months later, he moved to Brisbane to study to become an English teacher, but as COVID-19 swept the world, he was cut off from his psychiatric sessions.
From that point, he fell off the radar of mental health professionals.
But numerous interactions with Queensland police between 2021 and 2023 should have signalled something was wrong, the inquest into the mass stabbing heard.
Three times – in October 2020, November 2020 and May 2021 – Cauchi was pulled over by Brisbane highway patrol officers when they witnessed his erratic driving.
This included rapidly braking and accelerating, and swerving into adjacent lanes.
On each occasion, he told officers he was schizophrenic but unmedicated.
In May 2021, he told a senior constable he didn’t realise he was driving dangerously.
“You didn’t realise you were braking and then accelerating and then braking and then accelerating?” the officer asked.
“No, no,” Cauchi replied.
The then-37-year-old had been on his way to charity Wesley Mission to get food.
He received a warning from police.
The same month, police were called to an apartment complex in the inner-Brisbane suburb of Kangaroo Point.
They had been notified of a man screaming and the sounds of someone being hit.
When Cauchi answered his door, he told officers he had been slamming his fridge.
Just over a year later, he made repeated phone calls to a Toowoomba girls’ high school asking permission to watch events like swimming carnivals, netball and gymnastics.
A concerned staff member notified police.
From about 2022, Cauchi’s online search history showed his interest in disturbing topics, such as serial killers, mass stabbings and weapons.
“Five best assault rifles in the world,” one search read. “14 bands that serial killers loved,” another read.
On an evening in January 2023, Cauchi called police to his parents’ Toowoomba home, accusing father Andrew of stealing his military knives.
One was the same type of knife later used in the shopping centre attack.
By that stage, Cauchi had quit studying to be a teacher and returned to live with his parents after his unit lease ran out.
His mother, Michele, told police her son had been up at 3am making noises and stamping his feet.
Mr Cauchi took the knives and gave them to a friend to look after because he was worried about his son having them in his current mental state.
“He’s been in a rage, and he was pushing us around a little bit,” Mrs Cauchi said.
Cauchi claimed he would be made homeless, left bankrupt and killed if the knives were not returned.
Mrs Cauchi pleaded with officers that her son needed help.
“He’s gone too far now. He doesn’t know he is sick,” she said.
“I don’t know how we’re gonna get into treatment really, unless he does something drastic.”
Speaking with another officer, Cauchi was asked about his mental health.
“Yeah, it’s been, um, terrific, actually … really good,” he said.
Cauchi’s mental condition was never seen by police as being so bad that he needed involuntary treatment, the inquest was told.
But one of the officers who attended the family home was concerned enough to email the police mental health incident co-ordinator about a follow-up the night after the knife-related callout.
That email was seen, but nothing further was done.
Fifteen months later, Cauchi had become homeless and was living in Sydney’s eastern suburbs before he stepped into the Bondi Junction shopping centre and murdered six people with his knife.
https://www.theage.com.au/national/from-treated-to-tragic-the-deterioration-of-a-killer-20250510-p5ly3v.html
More like the perils of untreated mental health conditions.
We are back. Been back for a bit actually. Here is where I was walking today. No fungi found. Some signs of Autumn plants starting to wake up, but incredibly dry.
buffy said:
We are back. Been back for a bit actually. Here is where I was walking today. No fungi found. Some signs of Autumn plants starting to wake up, but incredibly dry.
Looks an inviting path anyway.
Essentially modern English, very easy to follow.
A Naturalistic Court Discussion from 1685
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnUJDdZxIQ0
In this video, I present an excerpt of a court transcript from 1685, read in era-appropriate reconstructed accents. I think this is a fantastic example of naturalistic speech from the time, even if the context is relatively formal.
salt and caffeine, what I has shortly in a moment not too long wont be a forever wait, you stay seated, if car looks like he’s going to try to help shoot him with the tranquilizer gun
Robert Maskew Cowper OAM (5 October 1940 – 10 May 2025) was a cricketer who played Test cricket for Australia from 1964 to 1968, and Sheffield Shield cricket for Victoria.
Now Maskew is not a name you hear everyday.
Peak Warming Man said:
Robert Maskew Cowper OAM (5 October 1940 – 10 May 2025) was a cricketer who played Test cricket for Australia from 1964 to 1968, and Sheffield Shield cricket for Victoria.Now Maskew is not a name you hear everyday.
It sounds like a surname turned into a middle name.
Divine Angel said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Robert Maskew Cowper OAM (5 October 1940 – 10 May 2025) was a cricketer who played Test cricket for Australia from 1964 to 1968, and Sheffield Shield cricket for Victoria.Now Maskew is not a name you hear everyday.
It sounds like a surname turned into a middle name.
Could well be.
Bubblecar said:
buffy said:
We are back. Been back for a bit actually. Here is where I was walking today. No fungi found. Some signs of Autumn plants starting to wake up, but incredibly dry.
Looks an inviting path anyway.
nice
Peak Warming Man said:
Robert Maskew Cowper OAM (5 October 1940 – 10 May 2025) was a cricketer who played Test cricket for Australia from 1964 to 1968, and Sheffield Shield cricket for Victoria.Now Maskew is not a name you hear everyday.
Mother’s or Grandmother’s family name?
Going to watch The Piano on ABC tonight. I enjoyed last week’s episode. Then Bergerac. I can’t bring the original one to mind, but I feel sure I probably saw it.
buffy said:
Going to watch The Piano on ABC tonight. I enjoyed last week’s episode. Then Bergerac. I can’t bring the original one to mind, but I feel sure I probably saw it.
Starred John Nettles (also of Midsomer Murders). Nine series 18 October 1981 to 26 December 1991. I don’t remember it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergerac_(TV_series)
The modern series:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergerac_(2025_TV_series)
Michael V said:
buffy said:
Going to watch The Piano on ABC tonight. I enjoyed last week’s episode. Then Bergerac. I can’t bring the original one to mind, but I feel sure I probably saw it.
Starred John Nettles (also of Midsomer Murders). Nine series 18 October 1981 to 26 December 1991. I don’t remember it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergerac_(TV_series)
The modern series:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergerac_(2025_TV_series)
Yes, I even did an image search, but things were not looking familiar. It just seems like something we would have watched.
buffy said:
Michael V said:
buffy said:
Going to watch The Piano on ABC tonight. I enjoyed last week’s episode. Then Bergerac. I can’t bring the original one to mind, but I feel sure I probably saw it.
Starred John Nettles (also of Midsomer Murders). Nine series 18 October 1981 to 26 December 1991. I don’t remember it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergerac_(TV_series)
The modern series:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergerac_(2025_TV_series)
Yes, I even did an image search, but things were not looking familiar. It just seems like something we would have watched.
Ah, says it was a BBC and Seven Network thing. We may not have seen it then.
I bought an el cheapo smart fitness bracelet thingy today. I don’t expect too much from it which is good because in the hour I’ve been wearing it, I’ve not left the couch and it has recorded over 1200 steps. Also measures heart rate, bpm, O2 saturation etc. And it’s a watch, which is handy. I can sync it to receive calls and SMS but I won’t.
So far the worst thing about it is the ridiculous charging cord. It’s about 10cm long and the charging connection is magnetic but unstable so it’s a balancing trick to get the bloody thing to charge.
Anyone else here seen the Total Training Support site on Youtube?
It has a whole lot of explanatory videos. A lot of aeroplane-related stuff, but a lot of other things, too, like three-phase power, electro-magnetic induction, how touchscreens work, stuff like that.
Divine Angel said:
I bought an el cheapo smart fitness bracelet thingy today. I don’t expect too much from it which is good because in the hour I’ve been wearing it, I’ve not left the couch and it has recorded over 1200 steps. Also measures heart rate, bpm, O2 saturation etc. And it’s a watch, which is handy. I can sync it to receive calls and SMS but I won’t.So far the worst thing about it is the ridiculous charging cord. It’s about 10cm long and the charging connection is magnetic but unstable so it’s a balancing trick to get the bloody thing to charge.
There’s a fair chance that it’s just an espionage app. Records voices, wifi, phone signals, location, movement, etc.
I’m not even joking.
Kingy said:
Divine Angel said:
I bought an el cheapo smart fitness bracelet thingy today. I don’t expect too much from it which is good because in the hour I’ve been wearing it, I’ve not left the couch and it has recorded over 1200 steps. Also measures heart rate, bpm, O2 saturation etc. And it’s a watch, which is handy. I can sync it to receive calls and SMS but I won’t.
So far the worst thing about it is the ridiculous charging cord. It’s about 10cm long and the charging connection is magnetic but unstable so it’s a balancing trick to get the bloody thing to charge.
There’s a fair chance that it’s just an espionage app. Records voices, wifi, phone signals, location, movement, etc.
I’m not even joking.
well that elonmusk arsehole can just fuck off
Divine Angel said:
I bought an el cheapo smart fitness bracelet thingy today. I don’t expect too much from it which is good because in the hour I’ve been wearing it, I’ve not left the couch and it has recorded over 1200 steps. Also measures heart rate, bpm, O2 saturation etc. And it’s a watch, which is handy. I can sync it to receive calls and SMS but I won’t.So far the worst thing about it is the ridiculous charging cord. It’s about 10cm long and the charging connection is magnetic but unstable so it’s a balancing trick to get the bloody thing to charge.
Temu?
Kingy said:
Divine Angel said:
I bought an el cheapo smart fitness bracelet thingy today. I don’t expect too much from it which is good because in the hour I’ve been wearing it, I’ve not left the couch and it has recorded over 1200 steps. Also measures heart rate, bpm, O2 saturation etc. And it’s a watch, which is handy. I can sync it to receive calls and SMS but I won’t.So far the worst thing about it is the ridiculous charging cord. It’s about 10cm long and the charging connection is magnetic but unstable so it’s a balancing trick to get the bloody thing to charge.
There’s a fair chance that it’s just an espionage app. Records voices, wifi, phone signals, location, movement, etc.
I’m not even joking.
Thanks Kingy. I’ve turned on the app privacy report on my phone so at the first sign of anything untoward, it’s gone. My BIL is an expert in cybersecurity so I’ll get him to have a look too. He’s so dedicated to cybersecurity he rewrote the code to his robot vac so it couldn’t send data back to China or Russia or wherever.
None of the permissions were ever turned on.
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
I bought an el cheapo smart fitness bracelet thingy today. I don’t expect too much from it which is good because in the hour I’ve been wearing it, I’ve not left the couch and it has recorded over 1200 steps. Also measures heart rate, bpm, O2 saturation etc. And it’s a watch, which is handy. I can sync it to receive calls and SMS but I won’t.So far the worst thing about it is the ridiculous charging cord. It’s about 10cm long and the charging connection is magnetic but unstable so it’s a balancing trick to get the bloody thing to charge.
Temu?
No, Jaycar. We popped in today cos Mr Mutant wanted some more 3D printing filament.
Divine Angel said:
Kingy said:
Divine Angel said:
I bought an el cheapo smart fitness bracelet thingy today. I don’t expect too much from it which is good because in the hour I’ve been wearing it, I’ve not left the couch and it has recorded over 1200 steps. Also measures heart rate, bpm, O2 saturation etc. And it’s a watch, which is handy. I can sync it to receive calls and SMS but I won’t.
So far the worst thing about it is the ridiculous charging cord. It’s about 10cm long and the charging connection is magnetic but unstable so it’s a balancing trick to get the bloody thing to charge.
There’s a fair chance that it’s just an espionage app. Records voices, wifi, phone signals, location, movement, etc.
I’m not even joking.
Thanks Kingy. I’ve turned on the app privacy report on my phone so at the first sign of anything untoward, it’s gone. My BIL is an expert in cybersecurity so I’ll get him to have a look too. He’s so dedicated to cybersecurity he rewrote the code to his robot vac so it couldn’t send data back to China or Russia or wherever.
None of the permissions were ever turned on.
don’t worry send it to the amazon and the pomme place they’re nice
Tau.Neutrino said:
NewsWorld Huge underwater volcano ready to erupt off the US West Coast
Headline is very dramatic. It’s unlikely to be as dramatic as that suggests.
If you want to read more about the previous eruption and Axial Seamount’s position in the world of current spreading centre tectonics:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axial_Seamount
If you want to see a decapitated seamount (complete with coral atoll) in cross-section, pushed up onto land, go visit the Ashford Limestone in northern NSW.
“https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashford_Caves“https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashford_Caves
Michael V said:
Tau.Neutrino said:
NewsWorld Huge underwater volcano ready to erupt off the US West Coast
Headline is very dramatic. It’s unlikely to be as dramatic as that suggests.
If you want to read more about the previous eruption and Axial Seamount’s position in the world of current spreading centre tectonics:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axial_Seamount
If you want to see a decapitated seamount (complete with coral atoll) in cross-section, pushed up onto land, go visit the Ashford Limestone in northern NSW.
Link fixed.
https://youtube.com/shorts/TzFDvTtwK1I?si=PiCX8fc4LevUIZvr
“The perfect cosplay doesn’t exist”
coffee time in’t
transition said:
coffee time in’t
Certainly, or another cuppa of something, at least.
Good idea!
Showers and a top of 24. In fact, showers and tops in mid-twenties all week.
Good morning Holidayers. Presently 6 degrees at the back door and there is a fog out there in the dark. We are forecast a sunny 21 degrees today. We’ve got a <50% possibility of 1mm rain for a couple of days in the forecast this week.
I’ll do outside things this morning. I want to resurrect some bird nesting boxes from the old aviary and pass them on to some friends who want to put them in their garden. I might keep one of them for our garden, but ours is mature so the birds make their own nests mostly.
seems like a very expanded meaning of misleading
what
A baby cries hysterically in a bouncer as a childcare worker slaps her across the face — again and again — for fun. It was filmed at an Affinity Education centre in South Strathfield in Sydney’s inner west in May 2023. A colleague recorded the abuse for entertainment to be posted on Snapchat with a laughing emoji.
the fuck
hey don’t places have stuff like working with children checks
SCIENCE said:
what
A baby cries hysterically in a bouncer as a childcare worker slaps her across the face — again and again — for fun. It was filmed at an Affinity Education centre in South Strathfield in Sydney’s inner west in May 2023. A colleague recorded the abuse for entertainment to be posted on Snapchat with a laughing emoji.
the fuck
hey don’t places have stuff like working with children checks
Faaaark…this makes me so angry and sick.
SCIENCE said:
what
A baby cries hysterically in a bouncer as a childcare worker slaps her across the face — again and again — for fun. It was filmed at an Affinity Education centre in South Strathfield in Sydney’s inner west in May 2023. A colleague recorded the abuse for entertainment to be posted on Snapchat with a laughing emoji.
the fuck
hey don’t places have stuff like working with children checks
Just because they’ve never been caught before…
SCIENCE said:
seems like a very expanded meaning of misleading
I thought it would be plainly obvious to everyone that Bunnings is dominated by exclusive brands. It has been to me ever since I bought my first electrical tool there, well over 20 years ago. That doesn’t detract from the price (often considerably cheaper than the competition) and warranty (the same as the competition).
kii said:
SCIENCE said:what
A baby cries hysterically in a bouncer as a childcare worker slaps her across the face — again and again — for fun. It was filmed at an Affinity Education centre in South Strathfield in Sydney’s inner west in May 2023. A colleague recorded the abuse for entertainment to be posted on Snapchat with a laughing emoji.
the fuck
hey don’t places have stuff like working with children checks
Faaaark…this makes me so angry and sick.
‘ken arses.
Michael V said:
SCIENCE said:seems like a very expanded meaning of misleading
I thought it would be plainly obvious to everyone that Bunnings is dominated by exclusive brands. It has been to me ever since I bought my first electrical tool there, well over 20 years ago. That doesn’t detract from the price (often considerably cheaper than the competition) and warranty (the same as the competition).
The headline suggested that Bunnings was Australia’s most trusted brand. WTF? I know nobody who thinks that.
TourIng Britain. ·
Mark Seymour ·
It is a truth universally acknowledged … at least by those who’ve had the misfortune to rise before dawn with a pickaxe in hand and the scent of damp slate in their nose … that tin miners are a peculiar breed. And none more peculiar than Jago Trevellick of St Agnes, who worked the Chapel Porth tin mine and greeted each new day with a grunt, a suspicious sniff of the air, and an unfounded accusation against his mother-in-law’s cat.
Now, Jago was not what you’d call a man of ambition. He had one pair of trousers (of dubious vintage), two teeth (one his own), and a reputation for both honesty and creative swearing. Every morning, without fail, he’d lurch out of his sagging cot, knock his head on the same roof beam (which he swore moved in the night), and utter his traditional greeting to the world:
“Bleddy hell, not again!”
At five o’clock, when even the seagulls were still tucked under their wings and the sea was sulking at low tide, Jago’s morning would begin in earnest. The small hovel he called home, halfway up a cliff and entirely off-kilter, smelled of old boots and turnip stew. His wife, Morwenna, had been awake for some time, tending to a cauldron of tea so dark and strong it could dissolve nails. She didn’t believe in conversation before sunrise, which suited Jago just fine, since his mouth was usually too busy grumbling or negotiating with his boots.
Boots, you see, were a matter of eternal conflict for Jago. His pair, held together by an alliance of string, hope, and ancient badger fat, had their own ideas about direction. The left one insisted on a southwesterly lean, the right often dithered, and both squeaked like protesting mice with every step.
Once the battle of the boots was won (or at least delayed), Jago would squint at the breakfast his wife had left him: a crust of bread hard enough to be classified as geological, and a lump of cheese that might’ve once mooed. But he wasn’t a fussy man. He’d chew thoughtfully, stare at the fire, and wonder if perhaps, just this once, the mine might be closed for a flood, a collapse, or a particularly violent haunting.
No such luck. The mine, like Morwenna, was always waiting.
Chapel Porth Mine sat like a wart on the Cornish coast, beautiful in its bleakness, its engine house belching out steam like an indignant dragon, its men clanking and muttering as they filed in. The path down was steep, winding, and populated by sheep with no respect for personal space. Jago had long since stopped worrying about slipping. He merely yelled “Make way for dignity!” and hoped for the best.
Once at the adit, he would join his fellow miners … a band of men who had all the charm of a bucket of gravel and twice the grit. There was Old Pascoe, whose beard had its own ecosystem; Tregony Jim, who’d once mistaken a badger for his lunch; and Nance, the bal maid turned capstan operator who could outswear a Bosun on rum ration day.
The morning ritual was always the same. They’d light candles, adjust helmets, spit thoughtfully into the mine’s mouth as if warning it not to get ideas, and descend into the belly of the earth.
Chapel Porth was a proper mine … wet, echoing, and home to a thousand small creaks that all sounded like doom. Jago’s role was to drill and blast, which he approached with the grace of a man writing poetry with dynamite. The trouble was, Jago was clumsy. Not “tripped over a bucket” clumsy … no, he was the sort of clumsy that caused small geological events.
On this particular morning, things were going more or less as normal. Jago had dropped his drill three times, lit a candle with the wrong end of the fuse, and started an argument with a donkey that turned out to be Tregony Jim in a new coat.
But it wasn’t until the incident with the echo that the day took a turn.
“Echo!” Jago called, testing the cavern’s acoustics while waiting for the latest hole to finish smoking.
“—cho,” came the reply.
“Jago’s a handsome devil!” he shouted.
“…ev—il…” the echo muttered, uncertainly.
“Oi!” said Jago. “I’ll not be insulted by a rock wall.”
“Then stop talkin’ to it,” said Pascoe from the shadows. “That wall’s got better manners than you, and it don’t smell like fish guts left in a boot overnight.”
The laughter echoed louder than the rocks.
Later that morning, the real catastrophe occurred. Jago, in a moment of inspiration (or idiocy), decided to try a new method of drilling involving a pickaxe, a spoon, and gravity.
“Watch this, lads!” he shouted.
They didn’t, of course. They’d learned.
Moments later, a rockslide the size of a Methodist choir thundered down from the ceiling and sealed the main tunnel. Jago emerged, coughing dust, looking like a ghost of poor decisions.
“You alright?” asked Nance, peering through the gloom.
“I’m fine,” he said. “But I think I broke Tuesday.”
“What?”
“Never mind.”
Cleanup took the rest of the morning, mostly involving shovels, apologies, and theories about whether Jago was a curse or merely a cosmic test of patience.
By midday, the men paused for their meal break. Jago sat on a rock, chewing a pasty so hot it threatened to fuse his molars. He stared at the sea through a crack in the rock face, the only light in the tunnel, and sighed.
“Y’know,” he said to no one in particular, “this ain’t such a bad life. Bit damp. Bit loud. Bit, er… explosive.”
Pascoe grunted. “You blew up the privy last week.”
“That weren’t my fault. That was the fumes. And Jim’s cabbage pie.”
The men laughed again, the kind of laughter that comes from people too tired to care and too stubborn to quit.
When the day ended, the ascent began … a grim procession of tired limbs and wheezing lungs. Back into the light, into the wind, into the arms of wives who greeted them with scowls and teapots.
Morwenna was waiting at the door.
“You get paid?”
“Aye.”
“Whole coin, or did you spend it on that nonsense about a self-sharpenin’ pick?”
“I was misled.”
“By who?”
“Me own optimism.”
She grunted, let him in, and handed him a mug of the same dark tea.
Jago sat, boots off, feet steaming. He looked out the window at the grey sea, the darker sky, and the chimney of Chapel Porth belching in the distance.
“Y’know,” he said to the cat (which he still didn’t trust), “I might take up something easier. Like wranglin’ sharks. Or juggling knives. Or parliament.”
The cat stared at him with the quiet hatred only cats possess.
And thus ended another morning … and very nearly the structural integrity … at Chapel Porth Mine. Jago Trevellick, miner, survivor, and unwitting hazard to Cornish geology, leaned back in his chair, sighed, and muttered:
“Bleddy hell… not again tomorrow?”
But of course, it would be. Because for all his complaining, all his disasters, and all his eccentricities, Jago loved that mine. Not because it was easy. But because it was his … wet rocks, echoing tunnels, argumentative donkeys and all.
And besides, Morwenna’s tea tasted worse when he wasn’t covered in tin dust. ( I hope you’ve enjoyed this fictional tale ? I write them to encourage curiosity and travel. Today I will take a small group of Americans, to see the mine above Chapel Porth in Cornwall… it will be a good day !)
“Responding to objections, the artist defended the mural as ‘empowering’ and told objectors to ‘chill’,” the group said.
The business wasn’t named on the ABC but in my opine they should be named and shamed.
Michael V said:
kii said:
SCIENCE said:what
A baby cries hysterically in a bouncer as a childcare worker slaps her across the face — again and again — for fun. It was filmed at an Affinity Education centre in South Strathfield in Sydney’s inner west in May 2023. A colleague recorded the abuse for entertainment to be posted on Snapchat with a laughing emoji.
the fuck
hey don’t places have stuff like working with children checks
Faaaark…this makes me so angry and sick.
‘ken arses.
I always objected to childcare. I stopped work when Mrs rb worked, in order to not send the children to childcare.
roughbarked said:
“Responding to objections, the artist defended the mural as ‘empowering’ and told objectors to ‘chill’,” the group said.The business wasn’t named on the ABC but in my opine they should be named and shamed.
nah free speech is good guns are good
roughbarked said:
“Responding to objections, the artist defended the mural as ‘empowering’ and told objectors to ‘chill’,” the group said.The business wasn’t named on the ABC but in my opine they should be named and shamed.
There’s nothing about the mural I’d describe as “empowering”.
Divine Angel said:
roughbarked said:
“Responding to objections, the artist defended the mural as ‘empowering’ and told objectors to ‘chill’,” the group said.The business wasn’t named on the ABC but in my opine they should be named and shamed.
There’s nothing about the mural I’d describe as “empowering”.
Unless you are into sadomasochism?
Which most of us aren’t.
roughbarked said:
Michael V said:
SCIENCE said:seems like a very expanded meaning of misleading
I thought it would be plainly obvious to everyone that Bunnings is dominated by exclusive brands. It has been to me ever since I bought my first electrical tool there, well over 20 years ago. That doesn’t detract from the price (often considerably cheaper than the competition) and warranty (the same as the competition).
The headline suggested that Bunnings was Australia’s most trusted brand. WTF? I know nobody who thinks that.
It’s also somewhat amusing that Bunnings is so highly regarded when it is owned by Westfarmers who own Coles which since covid has become one of the least trusted brands.
Witty Rejoinder said:
roughbarked said:
Michael V said:I thought it would be plainly obvious to everyone that Bunnings is dominated by exclusive brands. It has been to me ever since I bought my first electrical tool there, well over 20 years ago. That doesn’t detract from the price (often considerably cheaper than the competition) and warranty (the same as the competition).
The headline suggested that Bunnings was Australia’s most trusted brand. WTF? I know nobody who thinks that.
It’s also somewhat amusing that Bunnings is so highly regarded when it is owned by Westfarmers who own Coles which since covid has become one of the least trusted brands.
Belay that. They did to 2023 when they sold it.
roughbarked said:
Michael V said:
kii said:Faaaark…this makes me so angry and sick.
‘ken arses.
I always objected to childcare. I stopped work when Mrs rb worked, in order to not send the children to childcare.
Just stfu you stupid old man
My profession for 25 years was early childhood education. I worked in or ran some of the most trusted and creative services for families for many years.
Some children are better off having time away from their families in environments that keep them safe.
I could list the many ways that children thrive in early childhood services, but you don’t deserve my efforts.
kii said:
roughbarked said:
Michael V said:‘ken arses.
I always objected to childcare. I stopped work when Mrs rb worked, in order to not send the children to childcare.
Just stfu you stupid old man
My profession for 25 years was early childhood education. I worked in or ran some of the most trusted and creative services for families for many years.
Some children are better off having time away from their families in environments that keep them safe.
I could list the many ways that children thrive in early childhood services, but you don’t deserve my efforts.
I wasn’t referring to you in any way shape or form. I wasn’t talking about anything other than the childcare we were going to have to use in our specific situation. Which you know nothing about.
roughbarked said:
kii said:
roughbarked said:I always objected to childcare. I stopped work when Mrs rb worked, in order to not send the children to childcare.
Just stfu you stupid old man
My profession for 25 years was early childhood education. I worked in or ran some of the most trusted and creative services for families for many years.
Some children are better off having time away from their families in environments that keep them safe.
I could list the many ways that children thrive in early childhood services, but you don’t deserve my efforts.
I wasn’t referring to you in any way shape or form. I wasn’t talking about anything other than the childcare we were going to have to use in our specific situation. Which you know nothing about.
Well, be specific about what you object to. The services in your area, not childcare in general.
It’s well-known here what I spent my working life doing, but you just love shooting your stupid mouth off and think you’re being clever.
You make me sick.
roughbarked said:
Michael V said:
kii said:Faaaark…this makes me so angry and sick.
‘ken arses.
I always objected to childcare. I stopped work when Mrs rb worked, in order to not send the children to childcare.
LOL
kii said:
roughbarked said:
Michael V said:‘ken arses.
I always objected to childcare. I stopped work when Mrs rb worked, in order to not send the children to childcare.
Just stfu you stupid old man
My profession for 25 years was early childhood education. I worked in or ran some of the most trusted and creative services for families for many years.
Some children are better off having time away from their families in environments that keep them safe.
I could list the many ways that children thrive in early childhood services, but you don’t deserve my efforts.
LOL
roughbarked said:
kii said:
roughbarked said:I always objected to childcare. I stopped work when Mrs rb worked, in order to not send the children to childcare.
Just stfu you stupid old man
My profession for 25 years was early childhood education. I worked in or ran some of the most trusted and creative services for families for many years.
Some children are better off having time away from their families in environments that keep them safe.
I could list the many ways that children thrive in early childhood services, but you don’t deserve my efforts.
I wasn’t referring to you in any way shape or form. I wasn’t talking about anything other than the childcare we were going to have to use in our specific situation. Which you know nothing about.
LOL
kii said:
roughbarked said:
kii said:Just stfu you stupid old man
My profession for 25 years was early childhood education. I worked in or ran some of the most trusted and creative services for families for many years.
Some children are better off having time away from their families in environments that keep them safe.
I could list the many ways that children thrive in early childhood services, but you don’t deserve my efforts.
I wasn’t referring to you in any way shape or form. I wasn’t talking about anything other than the childcare we were going to have to use in our specific situation. Which you know nothing about.
Well, be specific about what you object to. The services in your area, not childcare in general.
It’s well-known here what I spent my working life doing, but you just love shooting your stupid mouth off and think you’re being clever.
You make me sick.
LOL
kii said:
roughbarked said:
kii said:Just stfu you stupid old man
My profession for 25 years was early childhood education. I worked in or ran some of the most trusted and creative services for families for many years.
Some children are better off having time away from their families in environments that keep them safe.
I could list the many ways that children thrive in early childhood services, but you don’t deserve my efforts.
I wasn’t referring to you in any way shape or form. I wasn’t talking about anything other than the childcare we were going to have to use in our specific situation. Which you know nothing about.
Well, be specific about what you object to. The services in your area, not childcare in general.
It’s well-known here what I spent my working life doing, but you just love shooting your stupid mouth off and think you’re being clever.
You make me sick.
If I am speaking to you I will mention your name. I have never deliberately said anything to denigrate you. This is all in your head.
SCIENCE said:
LOL
you’re in a happy mood today.
SCIENCE said:
LOL
Is that all you do? Lolling about?
roughbarked said:
kii said:
roughbarked said:I wasn’t referring to you in any way shape or form. I wasn’t talking about anything other than the childcare we were going to have to use in our specific situation. Which you know nothing about.
Well, be specific about what you object to. The services in your area, not childcare in general.
It’s well-known here what I spent my working life doing, but you just love shooting your stupid mouth off and think you’re being clever.
You make me sick.
If I am speaking to you I will mention your name. I have never deliberately said anything to denigrate you. This is all in your head.
LOL
Morning Pilgrims, can’t get a dry day for mowing, it’s fine now but it has been raining and there are showers marching up the coast.
I won’t mow with wet grass.
Over.
roughbarked said:
Bogsnorkler said:
SCIENCE said:
LOL
you’re in a happy mood today.
Is that all you do? Lolling about?
hey we’re happy most days but yes we were just planning a nice relaxing and peaceful day for ourselves
Bogsnorkler said:
SCIENCE said:LOL
you’re in a happy mood today.
LOL
Peak Warming Man said:
Morning Pilgrims, can’t get a dry day for mowing, it’s fine now but it has been raining and there are showers marching up the coast.
I won’t mow with wet grass.
Over.
It’s the best time to mow grass here. Just after the rain has stopped.
SCIENCE said:
roughbarked said:
Bogsnorkler said:
you’re in a happy mood today.
Is that all you do? Lolling about?
hey we’re happy most days but yes we were just planning a nice relaxing and peaceful day for ourselves
make sure to drink plenty of water.
Peak Warming Man said:
Bogsnorkler said:
SCIENCE said:LOL
you’re in a happy mood today.
LOL
Not me.
Michael V said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Bogsnorkler said:you’re in a happy mood today.
LOL
Not me.
sorry
Bogsnorkler said:
SCIENCE said:roughbarked said:
Is that all you do? Lolling about?
hey we’re happy most days but yes we were just planning a nice relaxing and peaceful day for ourselves
make sure to drink plenty of water.
LOL.
Michael V said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Bogsnorkler said:you’re in a happy mood today.
LOL
Not me.
What’s up mate?
Bogsnorkler said:
SCIENCE said:roughbarked said:
Is that all you do? Lolling about?
hey we’re happy most days but yes we were just planning a nice relaxing and peaceful day for ourselves
make sure to drink plenty of water.
got ourselves some nice almond milk, it’s cheaper than fuel oil so should wash the staple vegetable meat down nicely
SCIENCE said:
Bogsnorkler said:
SCIENCE said:hey we’re happy most days but yes we were just planning a nice relaxing and peaceful day for ourselves
make sure to drink plenty of water.
got ourselves some nice almond milk, it’s cheaper than fuel oil so should wash the staple vegetable meat down nicely
It is the oldest fruiting tree in cultivation.
roughbarked said:
SCIENCE said:
Bogsnorkler said:make sure to drink plenty of water.
got ourselves some nice almond milk, it’s cheaper than fuel oil so should wash the staple vegetable meat down nicely
It is the oldest fruiting tree in cultivation.
Er; Notwithstanding that list does not include native Australian food trees that were cultivated long before written history.
Hello
still having this genius debate we see, how’d that all go in Europe over the thermal aberration break recently
Cymek said:
Hello
have a nice day
Cymek said:
Hello
Greetings.
SCIENCE said:
Michael V said:
Peak Warming Man said:LOL
Not me.
sorry
LOL
roughbarked said:
Michael V said:
Peak Warming Man said:LOL
Not me.
What’s up mate?
I’m just in a mood.
Cymek said:
Hello
It’s a beautiful day.
Michael V said:
roughbarked said:
Michael V said:Not me.
What’s up mate?
I’m just in a mood.
OK. Hope your mood improves as the day progresses.
Michael V said:
roughbarked said:
Michael V said:Not me.
What’s up mate?
I’m just in a mood.
I’m sorry to hear that, MV. I can dig up some amusing memes if you think that might help.
alleged
Divine Angel said:
roughbarked said:
“Responding to objections, the artist defended the mural as ‘empowering’ and told objectors to ‘chill’,” the group said.The business wasn’t named on the ABC but in my opine they should be named and shamed.
There’s nothing about the mural I’d describe as “empowering”.
… and the degree of “lewdness” really isn’t the point.
SCIENCE said:
alleged
PHARQUE
Michael V said:
SCIENCE said:alleged
PHARQUE
Google doesn’t have any real competition?
Really?
made my own breakfast, that guy rb was meant to make the coffee but he’s hopelessly unreliable that way, if he had a coffee shop it would have to be self serve, otherwise be like an above-ground cemetery for caffeine addicts, which would be seriously self-limiting of desire for a coffee consequence of the olfactory aversion, deterrent that way, disincentive, a hellscape and curing people unnecessarily of a love of coffee, sort of bastard thing he might do, but he is secretly a fanatic darwinist, so secretly even he doesn’t know, which is the way of recursive secret secrets, they disappear into the oblivion of the obliviated
and so ends this morning’s typing practice, nothing of consequence, some alphabet, possibly some abuse of the King’s English, but i’m practicing for a job a jester
https://www.facebook.com/benngunnfans/videos/trevor-the-trapped-testicleshilarious/10156482411833236/
A poignant story about Trevs left testicle.
The Rev Dodgson said:
Michael V said:
SCIENCE said:
alleged
PHARQUE
Google doesn’t have any real competition?
Really?
name one
roughbarked said:
kii said:
roughbarked said:I wasn’t referring to you in any way shape or form. I wasn’t talking about anything other than the childcare we were going to have to use in our specific situation. Which you know nothing about.
Well, be specific about what you object to. The services in your area, not childcare in general.
It’s well-known here what I spent my working life doing, but you just love shooting your stupid mouth off and think you’re being clever.
You make me sick.
If I am speaking to you I will mention your name. I have never deliberately said anything to denigrate you. This is all in your head.
There’s a lot to unpack in Kii’s head.
What an adventure! Went to the fruit barn, where avocados are 9c each and mini watermelons are 98c. Decided I needed petrol so after checking the PetrolSpy app, discovered Costco fuel is 30c/L cheaper than everywhere else (in some cases, 40c/L). On my way out there I got RBT’d. Luckily I didn’t have a mimosa for breakfast.
And here’s a thread for buffy
https://www.reddit.com/r/australia/s/kYmu37gPfS
Divine Angel said:
What an adventure! Went to the fruit barn, where avocados are 9c each and mini watermelons are 98c. Decided I needed petrol so after checking the PetrolSpy app, discovered Costco fuel is 30c/L cheaper than everywhere else (in some cases, 40c/L). On my way out there I got RBT’d. Luckily I didn’t have a mimosa for breakfast.
Phew.
Divine Angel said:
And here’s a thread for buffy
https://www.reddit.com/r/australia/s/kYmu37gPfS
Thanks. I can’t name any of those to species. There are a few Mycena (bonnets) in there, but I don’t know their full names. It’s a good range though.
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
What an adventure! Went to the fruit barn, where avocados are 9c each and mini watermelons are 98c. Decided I needed petrol so after checking the PetrolSpy app, discovered Costco fuel is 30c/L cheaper than everywhere else (in some cases, 40c/L). On my way out there I got RBT’d. Luckily I didn’t have a mimosa for breakfast.
Phew.
we thought they undercut the other fuel retailers constantly
Witty Rejoinder said:
roughbarked said:
kii said:Well, be specific about what you object to. The services in your area, not childcare in general.
It’s well-known here what I spent my working life doing, but you just love shooting your stupid mouth off and think you’re being clever.
You make me sick.
If I am speaking to you I will mention your name. I have never deliberately said anything to denigrate you. This is all in your head.
There’s a lot to unpack in Kii’s head.
Go with the old WinZip ?
“Ah, Pisces, the stars are whispering tales of transformation this week. With the Full Moon in Scorpio illuminating your path, expect deep emotional insights to surface. This is a time for introspection, allowing you to shed old patterns and embrace new beginnings. As the Sun dances with Uranus in Taurus, unexpected opportunities may arise, urging you to step out of your comfort zone. Embrace the unknown with open arms, for the universe is aligning to support your growth. Remember, every starry night leads to a brighter dawn.”
Sounds good, although I’m not so sure about this bit “As the Sun dances with Uranus”
Bit of excitement in Mini Me’s class today
Divine Angel said:
Bit of excitement in Mini Me’s class today
damn that musk fella
SCIENCE said:
Divine Angel said:
Bit of excitement in Mini Me’s class today
damn that musk fella
using machines to spread that odour of his
Peak Warming Man said:
“Ah, Pisces, the stars are whispering tales of transformation this week. With the Full Moon in Scorpio illuminating your path, expect deep emotional insights to surface. This is a time for introspection, allowing you to shed old patterns and embrace new beginnings. As the Sun dances with Uranus in Taurus, unexpected opportunities may arise, urging you to step out of your comfort zone. Embrace the unknown with open arms, for the universe is aligning to support your growth. Remember, every starry night leads to a brighter dawn.”Sounds good, although I’m not so sure about this bit “As the Sun dances with Uranus”
I think it means you need to look into perineum sunning.
Bogsnorkler said:
Peak Warming Man said:
“Ah, Pisces, the stars are whispering tales of transformation this week. With the Full Moon in Scorpio illuminating your path, expect deep emotional insights to surface. This is a time for introspection, allowing you to shed old patterns and embrace new beginnings. As the Sun dances with Uranus in Taurus, unexpected opportunities may arise, urging you to step out of your comfort zone. Embrace the unknown with open arms, for the universe is aligning to support your growth. Remember, every starry night leads to a brighter dawn.”Sounds good, although I’m not so sure about this bit “As the Sun dances with Uranus”
I think it means you need to look into perineum sunning.
Divine Angel said:
Bit of excitement in Mini Me’s class today
Good.
SCIENCE said:
Divine Angel said:
Bit of excitement in Mini Me’s class today
damn that musk fella
He’s disappeared off the radar. What’s happened to him?
fsm said:
Bogsnorkler said:
Peak Warming Man said:
“Ah, Pisces, the stars are whispering tales of transformation this week. With the Full Moon in Scorpio illuminating your path, expect deep emotional insights to surface. This is a time for introspection, allowing you to shed old patterns and embrace new beginnings. As the Sun dances with Uranus in Taurus, unexpected opportunities may arise, urging you to step out of your comfort zone. Embrace the unknown with open arms, for the universe is aligning to support your growth. Remember, every starry night leads to a brighter dawn.”Sounds good, although I’m not so sure about this bit “As the Sun dances with Uranus”
I think it means you need to look into perineum sunning.
Ooh-ahh.
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
Bit of excitement in Mini Me’s class today
Good.
What is a laptop trolley?
Note to lonely women: celebrities are not going to contact you for a relationship over social media.
Note to scammers: you went too far, no one has $40 million to spare
UK woman was contacted via Instagram by scammers pretending to be TV vet Dr Chris Brown. When “Dr Brown” asked her to marry him, she said no and asked if it was a scam, so the scammers used AI over a messaging app to convince it was really him. She sent them money from her disability pension until they asked for $40m, when the penny dropped and she called the cops to report a scam.
https://7news.com.au/sunrise/lisa-nock-44-scammed-out-of-22800-after-being-tricked-she-was-in-a-relationship-with-dr-chris-brown—c-18661199
Bubblecar said:
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
Bit of excitement in Mini Me’s class today
Good.
What is a laptop trolley?
It’s a trolley on wheels which has 30 charging cords so a class full of laptops or iPads can be stored and charged when not in use.
Divine Angel said:
Bubblecar said:
Michael V said:Good.
What is a laptop trolley?
It’s a trolley on wheels which has 30 charging cords so a class full of laptops or iPads can be stored and charged when not in use.
https://techxpress.com.au/shop/lapcabby-unicabby-32-horizontal-32-device-mobile-ac-charging-trolley-for-laptops-tablets-and-chromebooks-up-to-14-horizontal/
Divine Angel said:
Note to lonely women: celebrities are not going to contact you for a relationship over social media.Note to scammers: you went too far, no one has $40 million to spare
UK woman was contacted via Instagram by scammers pretending to be TV vet Dr Chris Brown. When “Dr Brown” asked her to marry him, she said no and asked if it was a scam, so the scammers used AI over a messaging app to convince it was really him. She sent them money from her disability pension until they asked for $40m, when the penny dropped and she called the cops to report a scam.
https://7news.com.au/sunrise/lisa-nock-44-scammed-out-of-22800-after-being-tricked-she-was-in-a-relationship-with-dr-chris-brown—c-18661199
Her surname changes a bit in that report. Nock, NockNock and Knock.
Divine Angel said:
Divine Angel said:
Bubblecar said:What is a laptop trolley?
It’s a trolley on wheels which has 30 charging cords so a class full of laptops or iPads can be stored and charged when not in use.
https://techxpress.com.au/shop/lapcabby-unicabby-32-horizontal-32-device-mobile-ac-charging-trolley-for-laptops-tablets-and-chromebooks-up-to-14-horizontal/
Ta. Nothing like that in my prehistoric schooldays.
Bubblecar said:
Divine Angel said:
Divine Angel said:It’s a trolley on wheels which has 30 charging cords so a class full of laptops or iPads can be stored and charged when not in use.
https://techxpress.com.au/shop/lapcabby-unicabby-32-horizontal-32-device-mobile-ac-charging-trolley-for-laptops-tablets-and-chromebooks-up-to-14-horizontal/
Ta. Nothing like that in my prehistoric schooldays.
Nor mine. At least I didn’t have a slate and chalk!
Divine Angel said:
Bubblecar said:
Divine Angel said:https://techxpress.com.au/shop/lapcabby-unicabby-32-horizontal-32-device-mobile-ac-charging-trolley-for-laptops-tablets-and-chromebooks-up-to-14-horizontal/
Ta. Nothing like that in my prehistoric schooldays.
Nor mine. At least I didn’t have a slate and chalk!
I did. That was fun.
I spent a fortnight at Sovereign Hill in Ballarat, a recreation of the 1850s mining era; they have a school where students and teachers dress in era-appropriate clothing and use 1850s equipment. They get real students and real teachers, and they really teach stuff, but it was part of our school’s Australian history classes. It was fun, though.
Divine Angel said:
Bubblecar said:
Divine Angel said:https://techxpress.com.au/shop/lapcabby-unicabby-32-horizontal-32-device-mobile-ac-charging-trolley-for-laptops-tablets-and-chromebooks-up-to-14-horizontal/
Ta. Nothing like that in my prehistoric schooldays.
Nor mine. At least I didn’t have a slate and chalk!
we had etch-a-sketch. almost like an iPad.
btm said:
Divine Angel said:
Bubblecar said:Ta. Nothing like that in my prehistoric schooldays.
Nor mine. At least I didn’t have a slate and chalk!
I did. That was fun.
I spent a fortnight at Sovereign Hill in Ballarat, a recreation of the 1850s mining era; they have a school where students and teachers dress in era-appropriate clothing and use 1850s equipment. They get real students and real teachers, and they really teach stuff, but it was part of our school’s Australian history classes. It was fun, though.
I didn’t find it but I did find this pic of Lady Scruffington
Divine Angel said:
Bubblecar said:
Divine Angel said:https://techxpress.com.au/shop/lapcabby-unicabby-32-horizontal-32-device-mobile-ac-charging-trolley-for-laptops-tablets-and-chromebooks-up-to-14-horizontal/
Ta. Nothing like that in my prehistoric schooldays.
Nor mine. At least I didn’t have a slate and chalk!
I did, and an ink well.
Divine Angel said:
I didn’t find it but I did find this pic of Lady Scruffington
That’s close enough :)
Divine Angel said:
I didn’t find it but I did find this pic of Lady Scruffington
:)
Divine Angel said:
I didn’t find it but I did find this pic of Lady Scruffington
Classic.
Mind you one thing I did get to experience as a 10-year-old that Mini-Me won’t, was to watch people walking on the moon on live TV.
They’ve fallen on hard times.
Peak Warming Man said:
Divine Angel said:
I didn’t find it but I did find this pic of Lady Scruffington
Classic.
Is a gypsy telling fortunes
Cost – 1 bone.
I don’t know how to preface this thread.
https://www.reddit.com/r/cakedecorating/s/GXQr6pG99w
Peak Warming Man said:
They’ve fallen on hard times.
It’s a nice bike but without a chainguard, he needs clips.
Bubblecar said:
Mind you one thing I did get to experience as a 10-year-old that Mini-Me won’t, was to watch people walking on the moon on live TV.
I didn’t even get to witness Giotto reaching Halley’s Comet. The rendezvous was scheduled for 11am, which was recess time and the teacher wouldn’t let us stay and watch.
Those poor school kids all over America watching Challenger lifting off though…
Peak Warming Man said:
They’ve fallen on hard times.
The only king in the village, unlike Daffyd who was the only queen.
Bubblecar said:
Mind you one thing I did get to experience as a 10-year-old that Mini-Me won’t, was to watch people walking on the moon on live TV.
She might get to watch people landing on Mars, not via TV but YouTube or something.
Divine Angel said:
I don’t know how to preface this thread.https://www.reddit.com/r/cakedecorating/s/GXQr6pG99w
B-day. I suspect trolling.
Bubblecar said:
Peak Warming Man said:
They’ve fallen on hard times.
It’s a nice bike but without a chainguard, he needs clips.
And the saddle is too low for him.
Michael V said:
Bubblecar said:
Peak Warming Man said:
They’ve fallen on hard times.
It’s a nice bike but without a chainguard, he needs clips.
And the saddle is too low for him.
That was my first thought too. And I don’t know much about bikes.
Michael V said:
Bubblecar said:
Peak Warming Man said:
They’ve fallen on hard times.
It’s a nice bike but without a chainguard, he needs clips.
And the saddle is too low for him.
there is no saddle.
buffy said:
Michael V said:
Bubblecar said:It’s a nice bike but without a chainguard, he needs clips.
And the saddle is too low for him.
That was my first thought too. And I don’t know much about bikes.
Will he join the Famous Five and have lots of picnics and bust a Russian spy ring.
buffy said:
Michael V said:
Bubblecar said:It’s a nice bike but without a chainguard, he needs clips.
And the saddle is too low for him.
That was my first thought too. And I don’t know much about bikes.
The bike in general is too small for him. Looks like a child’s bike.
Bogsnorkler said:
Michael V said:
Bubblecar said:It’s a nice bike but without a chainguard, he needs clips.
And the saddle is too low for him.
there is no saddle.
Ooh-ahh.
Once DV is released he should be able to post again.
Peak Warming Man said:
Once DV is released he should be able to post again.
What happened? Did he get caught in a dingo trap?
Deev’s list isn’t loading for me again, so I’ll have to post this here.
(Old photos thread)
Frenchman tries out Coca-Cola for the first time, 1950s
Spiny Norman said:
Deev’s list isn’t loading for me again, so I’ll have to post this here.
(Old photos thread)Frenchman tries out Coca-Cola for the first time, 1950s
Mon Du it takes like horse piss
Michael V said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Once DV is released he should be able to post again.
What happened? Did he get caught in a dingo trap?
Dropbear attack. Major surgery to reattach his leg.
45 years damn
Witty Rejoinder said:
roughbarked said:
kii said:Well, be specific about what you object to. The services in your area, not childcare in general.
It’s well-known here what I spent my working life doing, but you just love shooting your stupid mouth off and think you’re being clever.
You make me sick.
If I am speaking to you I will mention your name. I have never deliberately said anything to denigrate you. This is all in your head.
There’s a lot to unpack in Kii’s head.
Is there?
The recent incidents in these childcare centres are very distressing to me. I literally felt sick to my stomach. I react to stressful news that way.
When roughbarked made his sweeping comment about childcare centres I saw red. He often makes stupid and insensitive posts w/o thinking of other people.
His kids are in their 40s (?) I was working in early childhood education 40 years ago. I know first-hand what it was like, maybe not in his small town, but I bet the women working there (it was almost always women employed in them) were doing their best to provide good quality care and education. All while being dismissed for their professional skills and dedication.
He made a sweeping and judgmental comment about the services in his area with “I always objected to childcare. I stopped work when Mrs rb worked, in order to not send the children to childcare.”
That comment taken in the context of the abuse that was reported on equates these criminal incidents with childcare in general. In his very limited and blinkered experience.
Plus, thanks to all the usual idiots who piled on. Yesterday was Mother’s Day for me, I am really depressed about my sons and my current situation.
Anyway…fuck off and stop being such idiots.
Good morning Holidayers. Presently 8 degrees at the back door and there is a very thick fog out there. We are forecast a sunny 22 degrees after the fog clears.
Bakery Breakfast with Hamilton archery friend this morning. Biscuit Bakery after lunch. Friends of Yatmerone wetland reserve meeting this evening.
Showers and a top of 24. Around 4am it was chilly enough to pull on the second blanket, first time this year.
Home alone today, Mr Mutant has a work thing in the city.
kryten said:
Good morning Holidayers. Presently 8 degrees at the back door and there is a very thick fog out there. We are forecast a sunny 22 degrees after the fog clears.Bakery Breakfast with Hamilton archery friend this morning. Biscuit Bakery after lunch. Friends of Yatmerone wetland reserve meeting this evening.
Ah, I see I forgot to check if Mr buffy had logged in here before making my morning report…
This one’s (mostly) for MV. Myanmar earthquake. Watch the right side of the video, not the driveway.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/s/IV3tMBQeSQ
Divine Angel said:
This one’s (mostly) for MV. Myanmar earthquake. Watch the right side of the video, not the driveway.https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/s/IV3tMBQeSQ
That’s sort of elegant the way that tower does that.
buffy said:
Divine Angel said:
This one’s (mostly) for MV. Myanmar earthquake. Watch the right side of the video, not the driveway.https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/s/IV3tMBQeSQ
That’s sort of elegant the way that tower does that.
Didn’t even see the tower! That’s pretty cool too.
kii said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
roughbarked said:If I am speaking to you I will mention your name. I have never deliberately said anything to denigrate you. This is all in your head.
There’s a lot to unpack in Kii’s head.
Is there?
The recent incidents in these childcare centres are very distressing to me. I literally felt sick to my stomach. I react to stressful news that way.
When roughbarked made his sweeping comment about childcare centres I saw red. He often makes stupid and insensitive posts w/o thinking of other people.
His kids are in their 40s (?) I was working in early childhood education 40 years ago. I know first-hand what it was like, maybe not in his small town, but I bet the women working there (it was almost always women employed in them) were doing their best to provide good quality care and education. All while being dismissed for their professional skills and dedication.
He made a sweeping and judgmental comment about the services in his area with “I always objected to childcare. I stopped work when Mrs rb worked, in order to not send the children to childcare.”
That comment taken in the context of the abuse that was reported on equates these criminal incidents with childcare in general. In his very limited and blinkered experience.
Plus, thanks to all the usual idiots who piled on. Yesterday was Mother’s Day for me, I am really depressed about my sons and my current situation.
Anyway…fuck off and stop being such idiots.
Change of plan, I’ve scored some relief work for today
Witty Rejoinder said:
It’s not all about you.
Thanks for the reminder. I’ll mention that to the mental health crisis hotline councilor when I call them next. If DOGE hasn’t cut all the funding for that service.
kii said:
Witty Rejoinder said:It’s not all about you.
Thanks for the reminder. I’ll mention that to the mental health crisis hotline councilor when I call them next. If DOGE hasn’t cut all the funding for that service.
If you find that you need to discuss your forum interactions with mental health professionals you should seriously consider not reading the posts of those forumites you find triggering.
kii said:
Anyway…fuck off and stop being such idiots.
It is perfectly within the rights of any parent to decide to look after their own kids.
Which is what we did.
That’s all I said.
Divine Angel said:
This one’s (mostly) for MV. Myanmar earthquake. Watch the right side of the video, not the driveway.https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/s/IV3tMBQeSQ
Surface fracture: mid-upper left to mid right, 0:13 – 0:15, stepwise. I love the dextral ground movement seen above the gate and fence, just after the gates open. And how a hidden human structure becomes visible on the right side of the gate portal as the other bock moves to the right.
Shows just how powerful that earthquake was, moving that amount of land. Note that that amount of ground movement (3 metres) and more was recorded over hundreds of kilometres along the surface trace of the fault.
Thanks. Amazing.
:)
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
This one’s (mostly) for MV. Myanmar earthquake. Watch the right side of the video, not the driveway.https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/s/IV3tMBQeSQ
Surface fracture: mid-upper left to mid right, 0:13 – 0:15, stepwise. I love the dextral ground movement seen above the gate and fence, just after the gates open. And how a hidden human structure becomes visible on the right side of the gate portal as the other bock moves to the right.
Shows just how powerful that earthquake was, moving that amount of land. Note that that amount of ground movement (3 metres) and more was recorded over hundreds of kilometres along the surface trace of the fault.
Thanks. Amazing.
:)
Would be a real trouser-filler, if you were there.
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) council has ruled that Russia was responsible for the downing of a Malaysian airliner over Ukraine in 2014.
It found that Russia breached the prohibition under international law on the use of weapons against civil aircraft in flight and is responsible for the loss of 298 innocent lives.
Link
roughbarked said:
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) council has ruled that Russia was responsible for the downing of a Malaysian airliner over Ukraine in 2014.It found that Russia breached the prohibition under international law on the use of weapons against civil aircraft in flight and is responsible for the loss of 298 innocent lives.
Link
Well, i’m glad that we’ve got that sorted out.
And i hope that Russia has learnt a lesson from all this.
captain_spalding said:
roughbarked said:
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) council has ruled that Russia was responsible for the downing of a Malaysian airliner over Ukraine in 2014.It found that Russia breached the prohibition under international law on the use of weapons against civil aircraft in flight and is responsible for the loss of 298 innocent lives.
Link
Well, i’m glad that we’ve got that sorted out.
And i hope that Russia has learnt a lesson from all this.
Fat chance while Putin is there.
roughbarked said:
captain_spalding said:
roughbarked said:
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) council has ruled that Russia was responsible for the downing of a Malaysian airliner over Ukraine in 2014.It found that Russia breached the prohibition under international law on the use of weapons against civil aircraft in flight and is responsible for the loss of 298 innocent lives.
Link
Well, i’m glad that we’ve got that sorted out.
And i hope that Russia has learnt a lesson from all this.
Fat chance while Putin is there.
damn we are so surprised
Hello
captain_spalding said:
roughbarked said:
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) council has ruled that Russia was responsible for the downing of a Malaysian airliner over Ukraine in 2014.It found that Russia breached the prohibition under international law on the use of weapons against civil aircraft in flight and is responsible for the loss of 298 innocent lives.
Link
Well, i’m glad that we’ve got that sorted out.
And i hope that Russia has learnt a lesson from all this.
The two Volads are supposed to be having a meeting soon, ostensibly to sort out the war that Putin thinks Ukraine started…
Cymek said:
Hello
Greetings.
Queensland State of Origin selectors have gone for the old firm, not much youth in there.
They’ll need to bring their A game or they could be in for a tough night
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/gunman-on-the-run-after-truck-driver-hospitalised-in-sydney/ar-AA1EDGRX?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=968506005c13480f81608099f2f221d1&ei=41
I think Channel 9 might have put the wrong photo in that story, although Sydney is a bit like Gaza I suppose.
Peak Warming Man said:
Queensland State of Origin selectors have gone for the old firm, not much youth in there.
They’ll need to bring their A game or they could be in for a tough night
There was a ‘friendly’ Rugby Union match at HMAS Cerberus, near Melbourne, between a team of new, young Navy players, and an ‘old-timers’ side of blokes who’d once played, “but that was years ago”.
After the first half, the old-timers were done in. Exhausted. Kaput. Nothing left in the tank.
“They’re just too quick, coach”, said one old-timer, “they run rings around us”.
“Yeah”, said the coach, “but you’ve got what they haven’t got; experience. You can take ‘em in the scrums and the rucks.”
“…you mean, coach…?”
“Work it out for yourselves.”
At full-time, the old-timers’ score had improved considerably, and more than a couple of the young team looked distinctly shell-shocked.
Peak Warming Man said:
I think Channel 9 might have put the wrong photo in that story, although Sydney is a bit like Gaza I suppose.
South western Sydney or middle eastern Sydney or inner western sanctum Sydney or far eastern north shore Sydney¿
captain_spalding said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Queensland State of Origin selectors have gone for the old firm, not much youth in there.
They’ll need to bring their A game or they could be in for a tough night
There was a ‘friendly’ Rugby Union match at HMAS Cerberus, near Melbourne, between a team of new, young Navy players, and an ‘old-timers’ side of blokes who’d once played, “but that was years ago”.
After the first half, the old-timers were done in. Exhausted. Kaput. Nothing left in the tank.
“They’re just too quick, coach”, said one old-timer, “they run rings around us”.
“Yeah”, said the coach, “but you’ve got what they haven’t got; experience. You can take ‘em in the scrums and the rucks.”
“…you mean, coach…?”
“Work it out for yourselves.”
At full-time, the old-timers’ score had improved considerably, and more than a couple of the young team looked distinctly shell-shocked.
Ooh, ooh. Tom May is up as expert witness at the mushroom trial. I need to go and read the live blog. Back soon.
Blimey, he must have been rehabilitated like Bill Clinton.
Peak Warming Man said:
Blimey, he must have been rehabilitated like Bill Clinton.
Bill’s rehabilitation began to take effect when the incumbency of Geo. W. Bush showed that Bill might have been a philanderer (and, blimey, he wasn’t the first Prez on either side to be that), but at least he wasn’t a dumb-arse President.
Then along came Trump, and people began to wish for a President like Bill.
Peak Warming Man said:
Blimey, he must have been rehabilitated like Bill Clinton.
FMD.
wait why did the dehydrator end up at the tip
SCIENCE said:
wait why did the dehydrator end up at the tip
Because it did have death cap resodue in it.
SCIENCE said:
wait why did the dehydrator end up at the tip
EP took it there
I ma somewhat behind on my ability to watch the trial today because work is crazy right now and demand my attention.. but Buffy asked when the mycology expert was in and that’s today
Arts said:
I ma somewhat behind on my ability to watch the trial today because work is crazy right now and demand my attention.. but Buffy asked when the mycology expert was in and that’s today
Buffy was all over it.
Peak Warming Man said:
Arts said:
I ma somewhat behind on my ability to watch the trial today because work is crazy right now and demand my attention.. but Buffy asked when the mycology expert was in and that’s today
Buffy was all over it.
phew
Peak Warming Man said:
Arts said:
I ma somewhat behind on my ability to watch the trial today because work is crazy right now and demand my attention.. but Buffy asked when the mycology expert was in and that’s today
Buffy was all over it.
Taking notes,,,?
Arts said:
I ma somewhat behind on my ability to watch the trial today because work is crazy right now and demand my attention.. but Buffy asked when the mycology expert was in and that’s today
I heard they are also a comedian a fun guy in many respects
Today was a day I wasn’t expecting. It’s so interesting to see how different schools work.
Divine Angel said:
Today was a day I wasn’t expecting. It’s so interesting to see how different schools work.
are the kids gonna be alright, or is the system broken?
diddly-squat said:
Divine Angel said:
Today was a day I wasn’t expecting. It’s so interesting to see how different schools work.
are the kids gonna be alright, or is the system broken?
The school I was at today is a lot different to Mini Me’s school. I made the right decision sending her out of catchment.
Arts said:
I ma somewhat behind on my ability to watch the trial today because work is crazy right now and demand my attention.. but Buffy asked when the mycology expert was in and that’s today
Yes, I’ve just read through the ABC live blog. The expert witness, Tom May, is a real expert witness. One of the most knowledgeable mycologists in Australia. I’ve known about him since I joined Fungimap 20 odd years ago and he has helped me with some of my iNaturalist IDs. He’s back again tomorrow. They had him IDing from photos today. I expect he told them that you need top, underneath and side photos of a mushroom to even start IDing.
Neophyte said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Arts said:
I ma somewhat behind on my ability to watch the trial today because work is crazy right now and demand my attention.. but Buffy asked when the mycology expert was in and that’s today
Buffy was all over it.
Taking notes,,,?
Not really. I know how to ID Amanita phalloides. More to the point, I know not to eat white gilled mushrooms unless IDd by someone who has eaten them before and survived. I was interested to see that the iNaturalist observation in the Gippsland area at the relevent time was one of Tom’s personal observations and IDs. Although I’d searched iNaturalist and was pretty sure I knew that already.
Maybe I should consult a numerologist to see what name brings me success.
Divine Angel said:
Maybe I should consult a numerologist to see what name brings me success.
Roxette if you dress well
Divine Angel said:
Maybe I should consult a numerologist to see what name brings me success.
What’s your star sign?
Peak Warming Man said:
Divine Angel said:
Maybe I should consult a numerologist to see what name brings me success.
What’s your star sign?
Like I tell 6 year olds, I don’t have a birthday.
Rushes in waving a piece of paper.
Peace in our time.
Call me cynical but prayers for world peace have never come true.
Roman aqua ducts.
https://youtu.be/m7AXS5lPjaQ
DA: thanks so much for the Myanmar earthquake rupture and ground-displacement video. It was extraordinary.
Divine Angel said:
Call me cynical but prayers for world peace have never come true.
They have.
The hard part is getting all of parts to be at peace, at the same time.
Michael V said:
DA: thanks so much for the Myanmar earthquake rupture and ground-displacement video. It was extraordinary.
No wuckers. I saw Spiny post it not long after I did 😏
I watched that video several times, always something new to see!
Peak Warming Man said:
Roman aqua ducts.
https://youtu.be/m7AXS5lPjaQ
Roman aqua duck
captain_spalding said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Roman aqua ducts.
https://youtu.be/m7AXS5lPjaQ
Roman aqua duck
FMD
Last year we went to Qld Museum’s Egypt exhibition. Disappointed to see the gift shop was full of junk, including this classy piece.
I was hoping for replica amulets or keychain mummies.
Michael V said:
DA: thanks so much for the Myanmar earthquake rupture and ground-displacement video. It was extraordinary.
I saw it once yesterday, and dismissed it as AI junk because it was so unbelievable.
After watching it a few times, it does look legit.
Arts said:
roughbarked said:
SCIENCE said:
wait why did the dehydrator end up at the tip
Because it did have death cap resodue in it.
EP took it there
yeah we meant whywhyporquoi not howhycomment … like if we were going to murder someone with botulism we’d keep the canning machine on our display shelf as a trophy
Peak Warming Man said:
Rushes in waving a piece of paper.
Peace in our time.
is that an outstretched right arm
SCIENCE said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Rushes in waving a piece of paper.
Peace in our time.
is that an outstretched right arm
Subtle differences between a ‘hi’ sign and a ‘heil’ sign.
captain_spalding said:
SCIENCE said:Peak Warming Man said:
Rushes in waving a piece of paper.
Peace in our time.
is that an outstretched right arm
Subtle differences between a ‘hi’ sign and a ‘heil’ sign.
It’s a no ball, it’s bent at the elbow.
Peak Warming Man said:
captain_spalding said:
SCIENCE said:is that an outstretched right arm
Subtle differences between a ‘hi’ sign and a ‘heil’ sign.
It’s a no ball, it’s bent at the elbow.
Divine Angel said:
Call me cynical but prayers for world peace have never come true.
John Clarke: Well of course not Brian, if you’re praying to the wrong god.
Apparently Amber Heard has given birth to twins, and (equally apparently) their father is Charlie Sheen. She’s decided they should have his name, though; as she noted, the children should Sheen, not Heard.
btm said:
Apparently Amber Heard has given birth to twins, and (equally apparently) their father is Charlie Sheen. She’s decided they should have his name, though; as she noted, the children should Sheen, not Heard.
Bit of a stretch there mate.
btm said:
Apparently Amber Heard has given birth to twins, and (equally apparently) their father is Charlie Sheen. She’s decided they should have his name, though; as she noted, the children should Sheen, not Heard.
blink
I dated a vexillologist once, but there were too many red flags.
Bogsnorkler said:
Peak Warming Man said:
captain_spalding said:Subtle differences between a ‘hi’ sign and a ‘heil’ sign.
It’s a no ball, it’s bent at the elbow.
Aww, Hitler was bent alll over.
btm said:
Apparently Amber Heard has given birth to twins, and (equally apparently) their father is Charlie Sheen. She’s decided they should have his name, though; as she noted, the children should Sheen, not Heard.
(golf clap)
There’s a piece of music I hear a lot in movies and tv shows. Having first heard it in 1987’s La Bamba, I thought Ritchie Valens might’ve recorded it.
Anyhoo, it’s this.
https://youtu.be/YBRCvVpknvg?si=ClOvW_GpVNMmSO—
Looks like sarahs mum has abandoned us, at least for a while.
She might have found somewhere else to chat.
Bubblecar said:
Looks like sarahs mum has abandoned us, at least for a while.She might have found somewhere else to chat.
I hope that she doesn’t forget us altogether.
I’m finding that losing people is getting to be more difficult.
Kingy said:
Michael V said:
DA: thanks so much for the Myanmar earthquake rupture and ground-displacement video. It was extraordinary.
I saw it once yesterday, and dismissed it as AI junk because it was so unbelievable.
After watching it a few times, it does look legit.
Ha!
I didn’t even think of AI.
But everything is exactly as I would expect for a dextral strike-slip fault and surface rupture.
btm said:
Apparently Amber Heard has given birth to twins, and (equally apparently) their father is Charlie Sheen. She’s decided they should have his name, though; as she noted, the children should Sheen, not Heard.
Ha.
Here, have a “be”.
:)
Divine Angel said:
I dated a vexillologist once, but there were too many red flags.
Ha!
Bubblecar said:
Looks like sarahs mum has abandoned us, at least for a while.She might have found somewhere else to chat.
Oh. I’ll miss her posting the letters from the American history professor. And many other things besides.
Michael V said:
Bubblecar said:
Looks like sarahs mum has abandoned us, at least for a while.She might have found somewhere else to chat.
Oh. I’ll miss her posting the letters from the American history professor. And many other things besides.
The last Heather Cox Richardson essay sm posted was the May 9 edition, which appeared in Australia on Saturday 10th.
There have been three editions since – I’ll post them in the Politics thread shortly.
Michael V said:
Bubblecar said:
Looks like sarahs mum has abandoned us, at least for a while.She might have found somewhere else to chat.
Oh. I’ll miss her posting the letters from the American history professor. And many other things besides.
I’m missing her too. I should give her a call later in the week and see how she is.
Bubblecar said:
Michael V said:
Bubblecar said:
Looks like sarahs mum has abandoned us, at least for a while.She might have found somewhere else to chat.
Oh. I’ll miss her posting the letters from the American history professor. And many other things besides.
I’m missing her too. I should give her a call later in the week and see how she is.
Do it in the morning, Parpyone. She’s been MIA for quite a few days now.
captain_spalding said:
Divine Angel said:
Call me cynical but prayers for world peace have never come true.
They have.
The hard part is getting all of parts to be at peace, at the same time.
oh they’ll come true eventually
Woodie said:
Bubblecar said:
Michael V said:Oh. I’ll miss her posting the letters from the American history professor. And many other things besides.
I’m missing her too. I should give her a call later in the week and see how she is.
Do it in the morning, Parpyone. She’s been MIA for quite a few days now.
probably that Kosmos 482 thing got her
More showers, most likely late this afternoon. Top of 24.
Mr Mutant is in the city again today. Regardless of whether the school needs me again or not I need to pop in with some paperwork I couldn’t finish while I was there. Proof of name change etc.
Mini Me has early clarinet band this morning before school.
Good morning Holidayers. Presently 8 degrees at the back door, no fog this morning. We are forecast 18 degrees with a shower or two. We live in hope.
Supermarketing this morning, archery late in the afternoon. Other activities tba.
I’m of the opinion that if you wish to name your child Shithead, you’re not fit to be a parent.
https://7news.com.au/sunrise/the-89-names-parents-cannot-bestow-on-their-babies-in-australia—c-18621334
Live from walkies friend’s house
Divine Angel said:
I’m of the opinion that if you wish to name your child Shithead, you’re not fit to be a parent.https://7news.com.au/sunrise/the-89-names-parents-cannot-bestow-on-their-babies-in-australia—c-18621334
Link didn’t work for me but a search on the title took me there.
Doesn’t actually say that shithead is banned, even though s**thead is.
Presumably there are plenty of other names that are not allowed. Do they only get on the list when someone actually wants to use it?
Anyway, Kingy is lucky he has a y on the other end, otherwise he’d be banned.
It’s more a case of, this name won’t be approved when submitted.
I think it’s Denmark which has a list of like, 10,000 names and you can only name your kid from that list. I’m not sure about spelling variations of those approved names.
But some undesirable names get through. Like that journo from that ABC show who called her kid Methamphetamine and it went through. She had to call them to say she was trying to prove a point and it backfired lol
Divine Angel said:
It’s more a case of, this name won’t be approved when submitted.I think it’s Denmark which has a list of like, 10,000 names and you can only name your kid from that list. I’m not sure about spelling variations of those approved names.
Still seems to be a strange collection of names to ban, whilst leaving out others just as offensive.
Still, it means we will never have a Major Major Major Major in Australia, so I suppose that’s something.
Divine Angel said:
But some undesirable names get through. Like that journo from that ABC show who called her kid Methamphetamine and it went through. She had to call them to say she was trying to prove a point and it backfired lol
I somehow missed that one.
https://9now.nine.com.au/a-current-affair/baby-names-methamphetamine-rules-aussie-mum-strange-name/7e67a90b-0ae0-4e87-905c-dc8ffd661ba3#:~:text=ABC%20journalist%20Kirsten%20Drysdale%20named%20her%20baby%20boy,which%20answers%20questions%20sent%20in%20by%20their%20audience.
watching that ..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxOljBVil2g
Mark ‘Jacko’ Jackson’s Open Mike interview.
transition said:
watching that ..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxOljBVil2g
Mark ‘Jacko’ Jackson’s Open Mike interview.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTL9thBEP9A
Open Mike: David Rhys-Jones
Morning pilgrims, what news?
transition said:
transition said:
watching that ..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxOljBVil2g
Mark ‘Jacko’ Jackson’s Open Mike interview.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTL9thBEP9A
Open Mike: David Rhys-Jones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hboA1lMgL20
Open Mike 2013 Episode 12: Warwick Capper
Peak Warming Man said:
Morning pilgrims, what news?
I have indigestion.
Also, I decided not to watch the first Eurovision semi-final live, even though I haven’t been to bed yet. But I will watch the 2nd semi-final live on Friday morning ‘cos Australia’s entry will be in it.
transition said:
transition said:
transition said:
watching that ..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxOljBVil2g
Mark ‘Jacko’ Jackson’s Open Mike interview.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTL9thBEP9A
Open Mike: David Rhys-Jones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hboA1lMgL20
Open Mike 2013 Episode 12: Warwick Capper
I don’t know these people.
Divine Angel said:
But some undesirable names get through. Like that journo from that ABC show who called her kid Methamphetamine and it went through. She had to call them to say she was trying to prove a point and it backfired lol
They might have thought it was a Greek name.
Bubblecar said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Morning pilgrims, what news?
I have indigestion.
Also, I decided not to watch the first Eurovision semi-final live, even though I haven’t been to bed yet. But I will watch the 2nd semi-final live on Friday morning ‘cos Australia’s entry will be in it.
Haven’t been to bed yet?
You’ll have a huge electricity bill.
Peak Warming Man said:
Bubblecar said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Morning pilgrims, what news?
I have indigestion.
Also, I decided not to watch the first Eurovision semi-final live, even though I haven’t been to bed yet. But I will watch the 2nd semi-final live on Friday morning ‘cos Australia’s entry will be in it.
Haven’t been to bed yet?
You’ll have a huge electricity bill.
Albo keeps putting wads of money in my electricity account.
Go call SM, tell her we miss her.
Divine Angel said:
Go call SM, tell her we miss her.
Please, Mr Car.
Divine Angel said:
Go call SM, tell her we miss her.
Trouble is, she might be in bed in which case I wouldn’t want to disturb her. Her sleeping hours tend to wander like mine, and I don’t know what her current timetable is.
Divine Angel said:
I’m of the opinion that if you wish to name your child Shithead, you’re not fit to be a parent.https://7news.com.au/sunrise/the-89-names-parents-cannot-bestow-on-their-babies-in-australia—c-18621334
I worked at Births, Deaths and Marriages for a while.
A rejection, reinstated by the Registrar General after appeal: “Fawn Autumn Sky Remembrance (surname)” for a girl. Parents showed that they were native American, and claimed it was a traditional name indicating that that was the weather when she was born.
A rejection, upheld: “Doctor Little Jack Horner.” Horner was the family name, so was OK. Doctor was rejected (not permitted personal name) and “Little Jack” was also rejected because of the family name, and the relationship to a nursery rhyme would likely cause problems for the child.
Bubblecar said:
Divine Angel said:
Go call SM, tell her we miss her.
Trouble is, she might be in bed in which case I wouldn’t want to disturb her. Her sleeping hours tend to wander like mine, and I don’t know what her current timetable is.
Oh dear. So you can never call.
:(
How do we overcome this?
Greetings
I think Fawn Autumn Sky Remembrance is a lovely name.
Doctor Little Jack Horner is funny for about two minutes, but then the kid has to go to school, get a job etc.
Cymek said:
Greetings
Yo
Cymek said:
Greetings
Hello.
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
I’m of the opinion that if you wish to name your child Shithead, you’re not fit to be a parent.https://7news.com.au/sunrise/the-89-names-parents-cannot-bestow-on-their-babies-in-australia—c-18621334
I worked at Births, Deaths and Marriages for a while.
A rejection, reinstated by the Registrar General after appeal: “Fawn Autumn Sky Remembrance (surname)” for a girl. Parents showed that they were native American, and claimed it was a traditional name indicating that that was the weather when she was born.
A rejection, upheld: “Doctor Little Jack Horner.” Horner was the family name, so was OK. Doctor was rejected (not permitted personal name) and “Little Jack” was also rejected because of the family name, and the relationship to a nursery rhyme would likely cause problems for the child.
if they just named the kid Jack, no-one would have been wiser
Michael V said:
Bubblecar said:
Divine Angel said:
Go call SM, tell her we miss her.
Trouble is, she might be in bed in which case I wouldn’t want to disturb her. Her sleeping hours tend to wander like mine, and I don’t know what her current timetable is.
Oh dear. So you can never call.
:(
How do we overcome this?
I’ll call her around midday.
Bubblecar said:
Michael V said:
Bubblecar said:Trouble is, she might be in bed in which case I wouldn’t want to disturb her. Her sleeping hours tend to wander like mine, and I don’t know what her current timetable is.
Oh dear. So you can never call.
:(
How do we overcome this?
I’ll call her around midday.
If that doesn’t work, call her around midnight.
captain_spalding said:
Bubblecar said:
Michael V said:Oh dear. So you can never call.
:(
How do we overcome this?
I’ll call her around midday.
If that doesn’t work, call her around midnight.
Might be a safe bet. She’s usually up at that time to do the Wordle but she didn’t do it (or at least didn’t post it) last night.
For some time she was just posting the Wordle and the Heather Cox Richardson without interacting with anyone.
Bubblecar said:
captain_spalding said:
Bubblecar said:I’ll call her around midday.
If that doesn’t work, call her around midnight.
Might be a safe bet. She’s usually up at that time to do the Wordle but she didn’t do it (or at least didn’t post it) last night.
For some time she was just posting the Wordle and the Heather Cox Richardson without interacting with anyone.
Hope all is well.
Divine Angel said:
I think Fawn Autumn Sky Remembrance is a lovely name.Doctor Little Jack Horner is funny for about two minutes, but then the kid has to go to school, get a job etc.
“Fawn Autumn Sky Remembrance” was considered potentially lewd 60 years ago.
“Doctor Little Jack Horner” is a dreadful thing to do. Awful parents.
Bubblecar said:
captain_spalding said:
Bubblecar said:I’ll call her around midday.
If that doesn’t work, call her around midnight.
Might be a safe bet. She’s usually up at that time to do the Wordle but she didn’t do it (or at least didn’t post it) last night.
For some time she was just posting the Wordle and the Heather Cox Richardson without interacting with anyone.
Bubblecar said:
captain_spalding said:
Bubblecar said:I’ll call her around midday.
If that doesn’t work, call her around midnight.
Might be a safe bet. She’s usually up at that time to do the Wordle but she didn’t do it (or at least didn’t post it) last night.
For some time she was just posting the Wordle and the Heather Cox Richardson without interacting with anyone.
If all else fails, I can get in touch with Sarah.
Divine Angel said:
I think Fawn Autumn Sky Remembrance is a lovely name.Doctor Little Jack Horner is funny for about two minutes, but then the kid has to go to school, get a job etc.
Also, we had a family name “Fucks” in the indices. We suspected it may have been an uninformed WWI re-spelling of the German family name “Fuchs”.
Arts said:
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
I’m of the opinion that if you wish to name your child Shithead, you’re not fit to be a parent.https://7news.com.au/sunrise/the-89-names-parents-cannot-bestow-on-their-babies-in-australia—c-18621334
I worked at Births, Deaths and Marriages for a while.
A rejection, reinstated by the Registrar General after appeal: “Fawn Autumn Sky Remembrance (surname)” for a girl. Parents showed that they were native American, and claimed it was a traditional name indicating that that was the weather when she was born.
A rejection, upheld: “Doctor Little Jack Horner.” Horner was the family name, so was OK. Doctor was rejected (not permitted personal name) and “Little Jack” was also rejected because of the family name, and the relationship to a nursery rhyme would likely cause problems for the child.
if they just named the kid Jack, no-one would have been wiser
Yes.
Bubblecar said:
Michael V said:
Bubblecar said:Trouble is, she might be in bed in which case I wouldn’t want to disturb her. Her sleeping hours tend to wander like mine, and I don’t know what her current timetable is.
Oh dear. So you can never call.
:(
How do we overcome this?
I’ll call her around midday.
Thank you.
:)
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
I think Fawn Autumn Sky Remembrance is a lovely name.Doctor Little Jack Horner is funny for about two minutes, but then the kid has to go to school, get a job etc.
Also, we had a family name “Fucks” in the indices. We suspected it may have been an uninformed WWI re-spelling of the German family name “Fuchs”.
Ufuk must cause a few problems as well.
Met a kid yesterday who had the most unusual eyes I’ve ever seen. Thinking to myself that this kid is not from this planet.
Some time later, he starts talking to me about aliens. Yep, definitely not from Earth.
And to top it off, he’s got a name from Star Wars, which I only found out after I thought he was an alien.
Divine Angel said:
Met a kid yesterday who had the most unusual eyes I’ve ever seen. Thinking to myself that this kid is not from this planet.Some time later, he starts talking to me about aliens. Yep, definitely not from Earth.
And to top it off, he’s got a name from Star Wars, which I only found out after I thought he was an alien.
Heh.
:)
What was unusual about the eyes?
Divine Angel said:
Met a kid yesterday who had the most unusual eyes I’ve ever seen. Thinking to myself that this kid is not from this planet.Some time later, he starts talking to me about aliens. Yep, definitely not from Earth.
And to top it off, he’s got a name from Star Wars, which I only found out after I thought he was an alien.
What was so unusual?
Divine Angel said:
Met a kid yesterday who had the most unusual eyes I’ve ever seen. Thinking to myself that this kid is not from this planet.Some time later, he starts talking to me about aliens. Yep, definitely not from Earth.
And to top it off, he’s got a name from Star Wars, which I only found out after I thought he was an alien.
Damien?
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
Met a kid yesterday who had the most unusual eyes I’ve ever seen. Thinking to myself that this kid is not from this planet.Some time later, he starts talking to me about aliens. Yep, definitely not from Earth.
And to top it off, he’s got a name from Star Wars, which I only found out after I thought he was an alien.
Heh.
:)
What was unusual about the eyes?
Bloody Aliens, they are everywhere.
Even taking over at Microsoft.
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
Met a kid yesterday who had the most unusual eyes I’ve ever seen. Thinking to myself that this kid is not from this planet.Some time later, he starts talking to me about aliens. Yep, definitely not from Earth.
And to top it off, he’s got a name from Star Wars, which I only found out after I thought he was an alien.
Heh.
:)
What was unusual about the eyes?
Big, wide, bluest of blue, with thick limbal rings.
The Rev Dodgson said:
one of the seven deadly sins…
Divine Angel said:
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
Met a kid yesterday who had the most unusual eyes I’ve ever seen. Thinking to myself that this kid is not from this planet.Some time later, he starts talking to me about aliens. Yep, definitely not from Earth.
And to top it off, he’s got a name from Star Wars, which I only found out after I thought he was an alien.
Heh.
:)
What was unusual about the eyes?
Big, wide, bluest of blue, with thick limbal rings.
Tamb said:
Divine Angel said:
Michael V said:Heh.
:)
What was unusual about the eyes?
Big, wide, bluest of blue, with thick limbal rings.
All three of them?
LOL
Tamb said:
Divine Angel said:
Michael V said:Heh.
:)
What was unusual about the eyes?
Big, wide, bluest of blue, with thick limbal rings.
All three of them?
Divine Angel said:
Tamb said:
Divine Angel said:Big, wide, bluest of blue, with thick limbal rings.
All three of them?
The third one was barely noticeable under the green eyelid.
Tamb said:
Divine Angel said:
Tamb said:All three of them?
The third one was barely noticeable under the green eyelid.
Blue and green should never be seen without a colour in between.
duh that’s why we have the teals
Witty Rejoinder said:
Divine Angel said:
Met a kid yesterday who had the most unusual eyes I’ve ever seen. Thinking to myself that this kid is not from this planet.Some time later, he starts talking to me about aliens. Yep, definitely not from Earth.
And to top it off, he’s got a name from Star Wars, which I only found out after I thought he was an alien.
What was so unusual?
Being loved by anyone
dv said:
Tamb said:
Divine Angel said:The third one was barely noticeable under the green eyelid.
Blue and green should never be seen without a colour in between.duh that’s why we have the teals
Michael V said:
Arts said:
Michael V said:
I worked at Births, Deaths and Marriages for a while.
A rejection, reinstated by the Registrar General after appeal: “Fawn Autumn Sky Remembrance (surname)” for a girl. Parents showed that they were native American, and claimed it was a traditional name indicating that that was the weather when she was born.
A rejection, upheld: “Doctor Little Jack Horner.” Horner was the family name, so was OK. Doctor was rejected (not permitted personal name) and “Little Jack” was also rejected because of the family name, and the relationship to a nursery rhyme would likely cause problems for the child.
if they just named the kid Jack, no-one would have been wiser
Yes.
fortunately Exa Dark Sideræl X Æ A-12 has nothing to do with any nursery rhymes so these kids should have no problem
dv said:
Tamb said:
Divine Angel said:
The third one was barely noticeable under the green eyelid.
Blue and green should never be seen without a colour in between.duh that’s why we have the teals
beat us to it
Divine Angel said:
Tamb said:
Divine Angel said:Big, wide, bluest of blue, with thick limbal rings.
All three of them?
The third one was barely noticeable under the green eyelid.
Wow!
SCIENCE said:
Michael V said:
Arts said:
if they just named the kid Jack, no-one would have been wiser
Yes.
fortunately Exa Dark Sideræl X Æ A-12 has nothing to do with any nursery rhymes so these kids should have no problem
Those types of names would have been rejected in NSW when I was working for BDM (1974).
Michael V said:
SCIENCE said:Michael V said:
Yes.
fortunately Exa Dark Sideræl X Æ A-12 has nothing to do with any nursery rhymes so these kids should have no problem
Those types of names would have been rejected in NSW when I was working for BDM (1974).
I’ve come across a few names like Harry Cocks and R Sole
Cymek said:
Michael V said:
SCIENCE said:fortunately Exa Dark Sideræl X Æ A-12 has nothing to do with any nursery rhymes so these kids should have no problem
Those types of names would have been rejected in NSW when I was working for BDM (1974).
I’ve come across a few names like Harry Cocks and R Sole
I had a racing dinghy named Rsup, written upsidedown.
Cymek said:
Michael V said:
SCIENCE said:fortunately Exa Dark Sideræl X Æ A-12 has nothing to do with any nursery rhymes so these kids should have no problem
Those types of names would have been rejected in NSW when I was working for BDM (1974).
I’ve come across a few names like Harry Cocks and R Sole
we have a guy at work called Les Goh
diddly-squat said:
Cymek said:
Michael V said:Those types of names would have been rejected in NSW when I was working for BDM (1974).
I’ve come across a few names like Harry Cocks and R Sole
we have a guy at work called Les Goh
Michael V said:
SCIENCE said:Michael V said:
Yes.
fortunately Exa Dark Sideræl X Æ A-12 has nothing to do with any nursery rhymes so these kids should have no problem
Those types of names would have been rejected in NSW when I was working for BDM (1974).
Bondage Discipline and Massage?
Tamb said:
diddly-squat said:
Cymek said:I’ve come across a few names like Harry Cocks and R Sole
we have a guy at work called Les Goh
There was a touring car driver named Rick Shaw.
Max Power always amuses me.
Witty Rejoinder said:
Tamb said:
diddly-squat said:we have a guy at work called Les Goh
There was a touring car driver named Rick Shaw.Max Power always amuses me.
Wait that’s not right. Some other Auscar driver whose name eludes me at the present.
Bogsnorkler said:
Michael V said:
SCIENCE said:fortunately Exa Dark Sideræl X Æ A-12 has nothing to do with any nursery rhymes so these kids should have no problem
Those types of names would have been rejected in NSW when I was working for BDM (1974).
Bondage Discipline and Massage?
My bad. I failed to put BDM in parentheses when I wrote that I worked for Births, Deaths and Marriages.
Witty Rejoinder said:
Tamb said:
diddly-squat said:we have a guy at work called Les Goh
There was a touring car driver named Rick Shaw.Max Power always amuses me.
Bogsnorkler said:
Michael V said:
SCIENCE said:
fortunately Exa Dark Sideræl X Æ A-12 has nothing to do with any nursery rhymes so these kids should have no problem
Those types of names would have been rejected in NSW when I was working for BDM (1974).
Bondage Discipline and Massage?
why do they always leave out the sibilant
Here’s a controversial opinion: Cameron Crowe is a poor man’s John Hughes.
Witty Rejoinder said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
Tamb said:There was a touring car driver named Rick Shaw.
Max Power always amuses me.
Wait that’s not right. Some other Auscar driver whose name eludes me at the present.
Will Power?
He’s an Australian IndyCar driver.
Michael V said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
Witty Rejoinder said:Max Power always amuses me.
Wait that’s not right. Some other Auscar driver whose name eludes me at the present.
Will Power?
He’s an Australian IndyCar driver.
That’s it I think.
I called sarahs mum but there was no answer. I’ll try again this evening (it’s time for me to get some sleep).
Divine Angel said:
Here’s a controversial opinion: Cameron Crowe is a poor man’s John Hughes.
Lots of the John Hughes movies are supposedly inappropriate now with male behaviour
Michael V said:
Bogsnorkler said:
Michael V said:Those types of names would have been rejected in NSW when I was working for BDM (1974).
Bondage Discipline and Massage?
My bad. I failed to put BDM in parentheses when I wrote that I worked for Births, Deaths and Marriages.
hatches, matches and dispatches
Cymek said:
Divine Angel said:
Here’s a controversial opinion: Cameron Crowe is a poor man’s John Hughes.
Lots of the John Hughes movies are supposedly inappropriate now with male behaviour
Tons of romantic movies are gross.
Divine Angel said:
Here’s a controversial opinion: Cameron Crowe is a poor man’s John Hughes.
Never heard of them.
the defence are trying to trip up the expert but he seems to be hanging in there.. they area also showing their ignorance with mushroom ID and trying to make it look like EP was just out picking mushrooms (even though she says she never foraged) and accidentally found some to cook…
a smarter defence would be contacting another mushroom expert privately, to get all the information first and then tailoring their questions with that information.. their game yesterday was an attempt to make TM look stupid, but that didn’t work, because scientists like to use words like ‘potential for’ and ‘high probability’
Bubblecar said:
I called sarahs mum but there was no answer. I’ll try again this evening (it’s time for me to get some sleep).
Thank you for trying.
Arts said:
the defence are trying to trip up the expert but he seems to be hanging in there.. they area also showing their ignorance with mushroom ID and trying to make it look like EP was just out picking mushrooms (even though she says she never foraged) and accidentally found some to cook…a smarter defence would be contacting another mushroom expert privately, to get all the information first and then tailoring their questions with that information.. their game yesterday was an attempt to make TM look stupid, but that didn’t work, because scientists like to use words like ‘potential for’ and ‘high probability’
Yes.
They didn’t manage to trip him up.
Arts said:
the defence are trying to trip up the expert but he seems to be hanging in there.. they area also showing their ignorance with mushroom ID and trying to make it look like EP was just out picking mushrooms (even though she says she never foraged) and accidentally found some to cook…a smarter defence would be contacting another mushroom expert privately, to get all the information first and then tailoring their questions with that information.. their game yesterday was an attempt to make TM look stupid, but that didn’t work, because scientists like to use words like ‘potential for’ and ‘high probability’
I’d hate to be on the stand. I know they’re trying to trip me up, I’d be second guessing myself, they’d twist my words and I’d end up confessing things I’ve never done.
roughbarked said:
Arts said:
the defence are trying to trip up the expert but he seems to be hanging in there.. they area also showing their ignorance with mushroom ID and trying to make it look like EP was just out picking mushrooms (even though she says she never foraged) and accidentally found some to cook…a smarter defence would be contacting another mushroom expert privately, to get all the information first and then tailoring their questions with that information.. their game yesterday was an attempt to make TM look stupid, but that didn’t work, because scientists like to use words like ‘potential for’ and ‘high probability’
Yes.
They didn’t manage to trip him up.
After another debate about mushrooms, following an identical line of questioning, our 45-minute journey into the world of mycology is paused.
Justice Beale calls for a break.
Divine Angel said:
Arts said:
the defence are trying to trip up the expert but he seems to be hanging in there.. they area also showing their ignorance with mushroom ID and trying to make it look like EP was just out picking mushrooms (even though she says she never foraged) and accidentally found some to cook…a smarter defence would be contacting another mushroom expert privately, to get all the information first and then tailoring their questions with that information.. their game yesterday was an attempt to make TM look stupid, but that didn’t work, because scientists like to use words like ‘potential for’ and ‘high probability’
I’d hate to be on the stand. I know they’re trying to trip me up, I’d be second guessing myself, they’d twist my words and I’d end up confessing things I’ve never done.
Ditto.
Anyway, her kids would know if she went mushrooming and they said that they didn’t kknow of her mushrooming and that she’d never taken them mushrooming.
My argument to the accidental picking thing is.. everyone (even a non mushroom expert like myself) knows that some mushrooms are toxic… so if I was at all even with the slightest doubt about something.. I would not eat it.. rather than go – nah I’ll take a chance… Ep was not a novice mushroom gal.. her Facebook friend said she was kind of into them.. so she either picked wild mushrooms and was overconfident in her ID and decided to feed them to her extended family but clearly not to herself – or at least not nearly as much… or she picked them deliberately and had intent.
roughbarked said:
Anyway, her kids would know if she went mushrooming and they said that they didn’t kknow of her mushrooming and that she’d never taken them mushrooming.
I dont think that’s entirely true.. my kids wouldnt know what I am up to half the time..
Peak Warming Man said:
Divine Angel said:
Here’s a controversial opinion: Cameron Crowe is a poor man’s John Hughes.
Never heard of them.
^
Divine Angel said:
Cymek said:
Divine Angel said:
Here’s a controversial opinion: Cameron Crowe is a poor man’s John Hughes.
Lots of the John Hughes movies are supposedly inappropriate now with male behaviour
Tons of romantic movies are gross.
wait are there any that aren’t
Arts said:
My argument to the accidental picking thing is.. everyone (even a non mushroom expert like myself) knows that some mushrooms are toxic… so if I was at all even with the slightest doubt about something.. I would not eat it.. rather than go – nah I’ll take a chance… Ep was not a novice mushroom gal.. her Facebook friend said she was kind of into them.. so she either picked wild mushrooms and was overconfident in her ID and decided to feed them to her extended family but clearly not to herself – or at least not nearly as much… or she picked them deliberately and had intent.
It does seem more like the latter the more I hear.
Arts said:
roughbarked said:
Anyway, her kids would know if she went mushrooming and they said that they didn’t kknow of her mushrooming and that she’d never taken them mushrooming.
I dont think that’s entirely true.. my kids wouldnt know what I am up to half the time..
Quite probably.
Divine Angel said:
Arts said:
the defence are trying to trip up the expert but he seems to be hanging in there.. they area also showing their ignorance with mushroom ID and trying to make it look like EP was just out picking mushrooms (even though she says she never foraged) and accidentally found some to cook…a smarter defence would be contacting another mushroom expert privately, to get all the information first and then tailoring their questions with that information.. their game yesterday was an attempt to make TM look stupid, but that didn’t work, because scientists like to use words like ‘potential for’ and ‘high probability’
I’d hate to be on the stand. I know they’re trying to trip me up, I’d be second guessing myself, they’d twist my words and I’d end up confessing things I’ve never done.
as an expert witness there is nothing to confess to, so you just have to be confident in your expertise and experience. but also as an expert in a field you can say no to appearing.
roughbarked said:
Arts said:
My argument to the accidental picking thing is.. everyone (even a non mushroom expert like myself) knows that some mushrooms are toxic… so if I was at all even with the slightest doubt about something.. I would not eat it.. rather than go – nah I’ll take a chance… Ep was not a novice mushroom gal.. her Facebook friend said she was kind of into them.. so she either picked wild mushrooms and was overconfident in her ID and decided to feed them to her extended family but clearly not to herself – or at least not nearly as much… or she picked them deliberately and had intent.
It does seem more like the latter the more I hear.
nah c’m‘on if you wanted to taste test stuff of course you’d use the family in law to get their opinion first
SCIENCE said:
Divine Angel said:
Cymek said:Lots of the John Hughes movies are supposedly inappropriate now with male behaviour
Tons of romantic movies are gross.
wait are there any that aren’t
This one’s not so bad, Say Anything, written and directed by Cameron Crowe. After reading Ione Skye’s memoir, I realised I knew that scene, I knew the meme, but hadn’t actually seen the movie.
So far I’ve recognised two thirds of the Heathers in minor roles.
Well, I’m trying to watch it…
Arts said:
the defence are trying to trip up the expert but he seems to be hanging in there.. they area also showing their ignorance with mushroom ID and trying to make it look like EP was just out picking mushrooms (even though she says she never foraged) and accidentally found some to cook…a smarter defense would be contacting another mushroom expert privately, to get all the information first and then tailoring their questions with that information.. their game yesterday was an attempt to make TM look stupid, but that didn’t work, because scientists like to use words like ‘potential for’ and ‘high probability’
In the early eighties I was called as a witness in an arson case. The next best thing to an expert, and I found the defense barrister asking me questions he didn’t know the answer to and attacking my credentials without knowing what a paramedics role was. All the time attacking me in a most aggressive manner. I politely told him off and the county court Judge agreed and suggested that the barrister pull his head in
roughbarked said:
Anyway, her kids would know if she went mushrooming and they said that they didn’t kknow of her mushrooming and that she’d never taken them mushrooming.
we used to go mushrooming. mum used to take us. mum had to take her cardi off one time, tie the sleeves and use it as a bag because we got so many.
Divine Angel said:
SCIENCE said:
Divine Angel said:Tons of romantic movies are gross.
wait are there any that aren’t
This one’s not so bad, Say Anything, written and directed by Cameron Crowe. After reading Ione Skye’s memoir, I realised I knew that scene, I knew the meme, but hadn’t actually seen the movie.
So far I’ve recognised two thirds of the Heathers in minor roles.
That is an old movie Heathers
kryten said:
Arts said:
the defence are trying to trip up the expert but he seems to be hanging in there.. they area also showing their ignorance with mushroom ID and trying to make it look like EP was just out picking mushrooms (even though she says she never foraged) and accidentally found some to cook…a smarter defense would be contacting another mushroom expert privately, to get all the information first and then tailoring their questions with that information.. their game yesterday was an attempt to make TM look stupid, but that didn’t work, because scientists like to use words like ‘potential for’ and ‘high probability’
In the early eighties I was called as a witness in an arson case. The next best thing to an expert, and I found the defense barrister asking me questions he didn’t know the answer to and attacking my credentials without knowing what a paramedics role was. All the time attacking me in a most aggressive manner. I politely told him off and the county court Judge agreed and suggested that the barrister pull his head in
Judges should keep questioning reasonable
kryten said:
Arts said:
the defence are trying to trip up the expert but he seems to be hanging in there.. they area also showing their ignorance with mushroom ID and trying to make it look like EP was just out picking mushrooms (even though she says she never foraged) and accidentally found some to cook…a smarter defense would be contacting another mushroom expert privately, to get all the information first and then tailoring their questions with that information.. their game yesterday was an attempt to make TM look stupid, but that didn’t work, because scientists like to use words like ‘potential for’ and ‘high probability’
In the early eighties I was called as a witness in an arson case. The next best thing to an expert, and I found the defense barrister asking me questions he didn’t know the answer to and attacking my credentials without knowing what a paramedics role was. All the time attacking me in a most aggressive manner. I politely told him off and the county court Judge agreed and suggested that the barrister pull his head in
Well said.
Bogsnorkler said:
roughbarked said:
Anyway, her kids would know if she went mushrooming and they said that they didn’t kknow of her mushrooming and that she’d never taken them mushrooming.
we used to go mushrooming. mum used to take us. mum had to take her cardi off one time, tie the sleeves and use it as a bag because we got so many.
Have fond memories of family mushrooming trips. Also, There was a patch of mushies not far from my back door that I could reliably find delectable mushies after rains, often on the walk home from school.
Peak Warming Man said:
Divine Angel said:
Here’s a controversial opinion: Cameron Crowe is a poor man’s John Hughes.
Never heard of them.
The Bingbot tells me that John Hughes is a WA car dealer.
The Rev Dodgson said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Divine Angel said:
Here’s a controversial opinion: Cameron Crowe is a poor man’s John Hughes.
Never heard of them.
The Bingbot tells me that John Hughes is a WA car dealer.
He is, been around for many years
John Hughes did many of those 80’s teen drama type romances.
Arts said:
the defence are trying to trip up the expert but he seems to be hanging in there.. they area also showing their ignorance with mushroom ID and trying to make it look like EP was just out picking mushrooms (even though she says she never foraged) and accidentally found some to cook…a smarter defence would be contacting another mushroom expert privately, to get all the information first and then tailoring their questions with that information.. their game yesterday was an attempt to make TM look stupid, but that didn’t work, because scientists like to use words like ‘potential for’ and ‘high probability’
And he’s had a lot of years of experience at using that language, and even co-wrote a book on safe foraging which I am absolutely sure was very, very carefully edited before publication.
transition said:
transition said:
watching that ..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxOljBVil2g
Mark ‘Jacko’ Jackson’s Open Mike interview.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTL9thBEP9A
Open Mike: David Rhys-Jones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5KegF5R2JU
Open Mike: David Schwarz – April 29, 2013
and home sweet home, coffee landed
buffy said:
Arts said:
the defence are trying to trip up the expert but he seems to be hanging in there.. they area also showing their ignorance with mushroom ID and trying to make it look like EP was just out picking mushrooms (even though she says she never foraged) and accidentally found some to cook…a smarter defence would be contacting another mushroom expert privately, to get all the information first and then tailoring their questions with that information.. their game yesterday was an attempt to make TM look stupid, but that didn’t work, because scientists like to use words like ‘potential for’ and ‘high probability’
And he’s had a lot of years of experience at using that language, and even co-wrote a book on safe foraging which I am absolutely sure was very, very carefully edited before publication.
Yes. He’s clearly very knowledgeable and aware of not making slips.
I should go and read the live blog of the mushroom trial.
Divine Angel said:
Arts said:
the defence are trying to trip up the expert but he seems to be hanging in there.. they area also showing their ignorance with mushroom ID and trying to make it look like EP was just out picking mushrooms (even though she says she never foraged) and accidentally found some to cook…a smarter defence would be contacting another mushroom expert privately, to get all the information first and then tailoring their questions with that information.. their game yesterday was an attempt to make TM look stupid, but that didn’t work, because scientists like to use words like ‘potential for’ and ‘high probability’
I’d hate to be on the stand. I know they’re trying to trip me up, I’d be second guessing myself, they’d twist my words and I’d end up confessing things I’ve never done.
Last year I was engaged by a law firm to act as an expert in a land court hearing. I did a two week intensive “how to be an expert witness” course and it’s absolutely crazy how on the ball the barristers are. They essentially become experts in their own right for these cases in an effort to trip you up.
The case was settled out of court and I never got to have my day, but it was a really cool thing to do.
Arts said:
roughbarked said:
Anyway, her kids would know if she went mushrooming and they said that they didn’t kknow of her mushrooming and that she’d never taken them mushrooming.
I dont think that’s entirely true.. my kids wouldnt know what I am up to half the time..
50% of my kids don’t know what I’m doing 100% of the time
OK, I’ve caught up with the live blog. I’m surprised at some of the iNaturalist observations they used. They were not even to Research Grade. That means only one person has tried to ID the mushroom and it hasn’t been agreed by others. It’s a citizen science site. There are a lot of non experts. And at least a couple of those observations used would have my confirmation of ID on them too, I think. I reckon I remember looking at those Oudemansiella ones.
I’m not really understanding what the defence are trying to do with their questions to Tom. He’s very clear, and always has been, that if there is any doubt…don’t eat it. There are a few mushrooms that are straightforward to ID, but there are many many more that ID is equivocal. And especially without quite a lot of detail.
diddly-squat said:
Divine Angel said:
Arts said:
the defence are trying to trip up the expert but he seems to be hanging in there.. they area also showing their ignorance with mushroom ID and trying to make it look like EP was just out picking mushrooms (even though she says she never foraged) and accidentally found some to cook…a smarter defence would be contacting another mushroom expert privately, to get all the information first and then tailoring their questions with that information.. their game yesterday was an attempt to make TM look stupid, but that didn’t work, because scientists like to use words like ‘potential for’ and ‘high probability’
I’d hate to be on the stand. I know they’re trying to trip me up, I’d be second guessing myself, they’d twist my words and I’d end up confessing things I’ve never done.
Last year I was engaged by a law firm to act as an expert in a land court hearing. I did a two week intensive “how to be an expert witness” course and it’s absolutely crazy how on the ball the barristers are. They essentially become experts in their own right for these cases in an effort to trip you up.
The case was settled out of court and I never got to have my day, but it was a really cool thing to do.
Barristers are, at the heart of it, actors. They present a story, a characterisation, a version of events, to convince an audience that that’s how it happened.
Years ago, Graham Kennedy said that, when preparing for the Vietnam film ‘The Odd Angry Shot’, the soldiers coaching the film cast were impressed at how quickly and how well the cast (including Kennedy, Bryan Brown, John Hargreaves, John Jarratt, and Graeme Blundell) learnt and applied the things that they were being taught.
But that, said Kennedy, is the trade of an actor: to become, in a short time, someone who you never were before, who may do things you’d never do yourself, in settings you’ve never seen before, giving people a hypothetical story.
Barristers are actors, who, in a confined setting and role, present hypotheticals, learning and presenting them just as do actors.
buffy said:
OK, I’ve caught up with the live blog. I’m surprised at some of the iNaturalist observations they used. They were not even to Research Grade. That means only one person has tried to ID the mushroom and it hasn’t been agreed by others. It’s a citizen science site. There are a lot of non experts. And at least a couple of those observations used would have my confirmation of ID on them too, I think. I reckon I remember looking at those Oudemansiella ones.I’m not really understanding what the defence are trying to do with their questions to Tom. He’s very clear, and always has been, that if there is any doubt…don’t eat it. There are a few mushrooms that are straightforward to ID, but there are many many more that ID is equivocal. And especially without quite a lot of detail.
They appear to be trying to establish some uncertainty for some reason. It doesn’t appear to be working for them.
captain_spalding said:
diddly-squat said:
Divine Angel said:I’d hate to be on the stand. I know they’re trying to trip me up, I’d be second guessing myself, they’d twist my words and I’d end up confessing things I’ve never done.
Last year I was engaged by a law firm to act as an expert in a land court hearing. I did a two week intensive “how to be an expert witness” course and it’s absolutely crazy how on the ball the barristers are. They essentially become experts in their own right for these cases in an effort to trip you up.
The case was settled out of court and I never got to have my day, but it was a really cool thing to do.
Barristers are, at the heart of it, actors. They present a story, a characterisation, a version of events, to convince an audience that that’s how it happened.
Years ago, Graham Kennedy said that, when preparing for the Vietnam film ‘The Odd Angry Shot’, the soldiers coaching the film cast were impressed at how quickly and how well the cast (including Kennedy, Bryan Brown, John Hargreaves, John Jarratt, and Graeme Blundell) learnt and applied the things that they were being taught.
But that, said Kennedy, is the trade of an actor: to become, in a short time, someone who you never were before, who may do things you’d never do yourself, in settings you’ve never seen before, giving people a hypothetical story.
Barristers are actors, who, in a confined setting and role, present hypotheticals, learning and presenting them just as do actors.
That makes a lot of sense.
buffy said:
OK, I’ve caught up with the live blog. I’m surprised at some of the iNaturalist observations they used. They were not even to Research Grade. That means only one person has tried to ID the mushroom and it hasn’t been agreed by others. It’s a citizen science site. There are a lot of non experts. And at least a couple of those observations used would have my confirmation of ID on them too, I think. I reckon I remember looking at those Oudemansiella ones.I’m not really understanding what the defence are trying to do with their questions to Tom. He’s very clear, and always has been, that if there is any doubt…don’t eat it. There are a few mushrooms that are straightforward to ID, but there are many many more that ID is equivocal. And especially without quite a lot of detail.
just to let youse all know (in case you didn’t), the ABC does has a daily podcast on this case called Mushroom Case Daily
buffy said:
OK, I’ve caught up with the live blog. I’m surprised at some of the iNaturalist observations they used. They were not even to Research Grade. That means only one person has tried to ID the mushroom and it hasn’t been agreed by others. It’s a citizen science site. There are a lot of non experts. And at least a couple of those observations used would have my confirmation of ID on them too, I think. I reckon I remember looking at those Oudemansiella ones.I’m not really understanding what the defence are trying to do with their questions to Tom. He’s very clear, and always has been, that if there is any doubt…don’t eat it. There are a few mushrooms that are straightforward to ID, but there are many many more that ID is equivocal. And especially without quite a lot of detail.
A common game play is to make the ‘expert’ witness trip up… anything that makes them seem less expert puts doubt in the mind of the jury.. remember they just have to create reasonable doubt, not disprove anything…
roughbarked said:
buffy said:
OK, I’ve caught up with the live blog. I’m surprised at some of the iNaturalist observations they used. They were not even to Research Grade. That means only one person has tried to ID the mushroom and it hasn’t been agreed by others. It’s a citizen science site. There are a lot of non experts. And at least a couple of those observations used would have my confirmation of ID on them too, I think. I reckon I remember looking at those Oudemansiella ones.I’m not really understanding what the defence are trying to do with their questions to Tom. He’s very clear, and always has been, that if there is any doubt…don’t eat it. There are a few mushrooms that are straightforward to ID, but there are many many more that ID is equivocal. And especially without quite a lot of detail.
They appear to be trying to establish some uncertainty for some reason. It doesn’t appear to be working for them.
For some reason?
They only have to establish some uncertainty that the jury will consider reasonable, and they have won.
Arts said:
buffy said:
OK, I’ve caught up with the live blog. I’m surprised at some of the iNaturalist observations they used. They were not even to Research Grade. That means only one person has tried to ID the mushroom and it hasn’t been agreed by others. It’s a citizen science site. There are a lot of non experts. And at least a couple of those observations used would have my confirmation of ID on them too, I think. I reckon I remember looking at those Oudemansiella ones.I’m not really understanding what the defence are trying to do with their questions to Tom. He’s very clear, and always has been, that if there is any doubt…don’t eat it. There are a few mushrooms that are straightforward to ID, but there are many many more that ID is equivocal. And especially without quite a lot of detail.
A common game play is to make the ‘expert’ witness trip up… anything that makes them seem less expert puts doubt in the mind of the jury.. remember they just have to create reasonable doubt, not disprove anything…
This.
roughbarked said:
buffy said:
OK, I’ve caught up with the live blog. I’m surprised at some of the iNaturalist observations they used. They were not even to Research Grade. That means only one person has tried to ID the mushroom and it hasn’t been agreed by others. It’s a citizen science site. There are a lot of non experts. And at least a couple of those observations used would have my confirmation of ID on them too, I think. I reckon I remember looking at those Oudemansiella ones.I’m not really understanding what the defence are trying to do with their questions to Tom. He’s very clear, and always has been, that if there is any doubt…don’t eat it. There are a few mushrooms that are straightforward to ID, but there are many many more that ID is equivocal. And especially without quite a lot of detail.
They appear to be trying to establish some uncertainty for some reason. It doesn’t appear to be working for them.
Well, there is uncertainty. If I picked deathcaps and fed them to someone, I’d look as guilty as hell. Because I’ve got some knowledge behind me. For the general public with little knowledge, it could look like and could easily be, a mistake. In which case they really, really haven’t been listening to the public advice that comes out every year when the deathcaps come up, particularly in Canberra and Melbourne.
Arts said:
buffy said:
OK, I’ve caught up with the live blog. I’m surprised at some of the iNaturalist observations they used. They were not even to Research Grade. That means only one person has tried to ID the mushroom and it hasn’t been agreed by others. It’s a citizen science site. There are a lot of non experts. And at least a couple of those observations used would have my confirmation of ID on them too, I think. I reckon I remember looking at those Oudemansiella ones.I’m not really understanding what the defence are trying to do with their questions to Tom. He’s very clear, and always has been, that if there is any doubt…don’t eat it. There are a few mushrooms that are straightforward to ID, but there are many many more that ID is equivocal. And especially without quite a lot of detail.
A common game play is to make the ‘expert’ witness trip up… anything that makes them seem less expert puts doubt in the mind of the jury.. remember they just have to create reasonable doubt, not disprove anything…
You’d want to pick a different expert then. This guy’s done this stuff before. For 40 odd years.
The Rev Dodgson said:
roughbarked said:
buffy said:
OK, I’ve caught up with the live blog. I’m surprised at some of the iNaturalist observations they used. They were not even to Research Grade. That means only one person has tried to ID the mushroom and it hasn’t been agreed by others. It’s a citizen science site. There are a lot of non experts. And at least a couple of those observations used would have my confirmation of ID on them too, I think. I reckon I remember looking at those Oudemansiella ones.I’m not really understanding what the defence are trying to do with their questions to Tom. He’s very clear, and always has been, that if there is any doubt…don’t eat it. There are a few mushrooms that are straightforward to ID, but there are many many more that ID is equivocal. And especially without quite a lot of detail.
They appear to be trying to establish some uncertainty for some reason. It doesn’t appear to be working for them.
For some reason?
They only have to establish some uncertainty that the jury will consider reasonable, and they have won.
:)
Well they don’t appear to be winning.
It definitely isn’t from bought mushrooms.
It wasn’t in the remnants of the meal tested but it was in the dehydrator.
Suggesting that she had previously picked and dried the death caps.
buffy said:
roughbarked said:
buffy said:
OK, I’ve caught up with the live blog. I’m surprised at some of the iNaturalist observations they used. They were not even to Research Grade. That means only one person has tried to ID the mushroom and it hasn’t been agreed by others. It’s a citizen science site. There are a lot of non experts. And at least a couple of those observations used would have my confirmation of ID on them too, I think. I reckon I remember looking at those Oudemansiella ones.I’m not really understanding what the defence are trying to do with their questions to Tom. He’s very clear, and always has been, that if there is any doubt…don’t eat it. There are a few mushrooms that are straightforward to ID, but there are many many more that ID is equivocal. And especially without quite a lot of detail.
They appear to be trying to establish some uncertainty for some reason. It doesn’t appear to be working for them.
Well, there is uncertainty. If I picked deathcaps and fed them to someone, I’d look as guilty as hell. Because I’ve got some knowledge behind me. For the general public with little knowledge, it could look like and could easily be, a mistake. In which case they really, really haven’t been listening to the public advice that comes out every year when the deathcaps come up, particularly in Canberra and Melbourne.
True.
captain_spalding said:
diddly-squat said:
Divine Angel said:I’d hate to be on the stand. I know they’re trying to trip me up, I’d be second guessing myself, they’d twist my words and I’d end up confessing things I’ve never done.
Last year I was engaged by a law firm to act as an expert in a land court hearing. I did a two week intensive “how to be an expert witness” course and it’s absolutely crazy how on the ball the barristers are. They essentially become experts in their own right for these cases in an effort to trip you up.
The case was settled out of court and I never got to have my day, but it was a really cool thing to do.
Barristers are, at the heart of it, actors. They present a story, a characterisation, a version of events, to convince an audience that that’s how it happened.
Years ago, Graham Kennedy said that, when preparing for the Vietnam film ‘The Odd Angry Shot’, the soldiers coaching the film cast were impressed at how quickly and how well the cast (including Kennedy, Bryan Brown, John Hargreaves, John Jarratt, and Graeme Blundell) learnt and applied the things that they were being taught.
But that, said Kennedy, is the trade of an actor: to become, in a short time, someone who you never were before, who may do things you’d never do yourself, in settings you’ve never seen before, giving people a hypothetical story.
Barristers are actors, who, in a confined setting and role, present hypotheticals, learning and presenting them just as do actors.
While I agree with the general motive, It’s more than that. Barristers are super intelligent people that, over a very short period of time, learn an incredible amount about all kinds of topics so that they can understand the core of the technical argument they are either trying to support or refute. Their understanding is often a lot more than just skin deep.
First they attack your credibility then they attack your technical argument.
roughbarked said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
roughbarked said:They appear to be trying to establish some uncertainty for some reason. It doesn’t appear to be working for them.
For some reason?
They only have to establish some uncertainty that the jury will consider reasonable, and they have won.
:) Well they don’t appear to be winning.
It definitely isn’t from bought mushrooms.
It wasn’t in the remnants of the meal tested but it was in the dehydrator.
Suggesting that she had previously picked and dried the death caps.
Chucking the dryer out is suspicious unless it broke
Cymek said:
roughbarked said:
The Rev Dodgson said:For some reason?
They only have to establish some uncertainty that the jury will consider reasonable, and they have won.
:) Well they don’t appear to be winning.
It definitely isn’t from bought mushrooms.
It wasn’t in the remnants of the meal tested but it was in the dehydrator.
Suggesting that she had previously picked and dried the death caps.
Chucking the dryer out is suspicious unless it broke
It was a big mistake taking it to the local tip. She could have just dumped it in the bush like lots of people do.
roughbarked said:
Cymek said:
roughbarked said::) Well they don’t appear to be winning.
It definitely isn’t from bought mushrooms.
It wasn’t in the remnants of the meal tested but it was in the dehydrator.
Suggesting that she had previously picked and dried the death caps.
Chucking the dryer out is suspicious unless it broke
It was a big mistake taking it to the local tip. She could have just dumped it in the bush like lots of people do.
Took it out and buried it somewhere.
diddly-squat said:
Divine Angel said:
Arts said:
the defence are trying to trip up the expert but he seems to be hanging in there.. they area also showing their ignorance with mushroom ID and trying to make it look like EP was just out picking mushrooms (even though she says she never foraged) and accidentally found some to cook…a smarter defence would be contacting another mushroom expert privately, to get all the information first and then tailoring their questions with that information.. their game yesterday was an attempt to make TM look stupid, but that didn’t work, because scientists like to use words like ‘potential for’ and ‘high probability’
I’d hate to be on the stand. I know they’re trying to trip me up, I’d be second guessing myself, they’d twist my words and I’d end up confessing things I’ve never done.
Last year I was engaged by a law firm to act as an expert in a land court hearing. I did a two week intensive “how to be an expert witness” course and it’s absolutely crazy how on the ball the barristers are. They essentially become experts in their own right for these cases in an effort to trip you up.
The case was settled out of court and I never got to have my day, but it was a really cool thing to do.
Luckily for me I’m not an expert in anything.
buffy said:
roughbarked said:
buffy said:
OK, I’ve caught up with the live blog. I’m surprised at some of the iNaturalist observations they used. They were not even to Research Grade. That means only one person has tried to ID the mushroom and it hasn’t been agreed by others. It’s a citizen science site. There are a lot of non experts. And at least a couple of those observations used would have my confirmation of ID on them too, I think. I reckon I remember looking at those Oudemansiella ones.I’m not really understanding what the defence are trying to do with their questions to Tom. He’s very clear, and always has been, that if there is any doubt…don’t eat it. There are a few mushrooms that are straightforward to ID, but there are many many more that ID is equivocal. And especially without quite a lot of detail.
They appear to be trying to establish some uncertainty for some reason. It doesn’t appear to be working for them.
Well, there is uncertainty. If I picked deathcaps and fed them to someone, I’d look as guilty as hell. Because I’ve got some knowledge behind me. For the general public with little knowledge, it could look like and could easily be, a mistake. In which case they really, really haven’t been listening to the public advice that comes out every year when the deathcaps come up, particularly in Canberra and Melbourne.
If I picked deathcaps and fed them to someone, I’d look guilty as hell because I once wrote a short story about death by mushrooms. It’s online, not hard to find.
That’s even without me having any sort of mushroom knowledge.
diddly-squat said:
Divine Angel said:
Arts said:
the defence are trying to trip up the expert but he seems to be hanging in there.. they area also showing their ignorance with mushroom ID and trying to make it look like EP was just out picking mushrooms (even though she says she never foraged) and accidentally found some to cook…a smarter defence would be contacting another mushroom expert privately, to get all the information first and then tailoring their questions with that information.. their game yesterday was an attempt to make TM look stupid, but that didn’t work, because scientists like to use words like ‘potential for’ and ‘high probability’
I’d hate to be on the stand. I know they’re trying to trip me up, I’d be second guessing myself, they’d twist my words and I’d end up confessing things I’ve never done.
Last year I was engaged by a law firm to act as an expert in a land court hearing. I did a two week intensive “how to be an expert witness” course and it’s absolutely crazy how on the ball the barristers are. They essentially become experts in their own right for these cases in an effort to trip you up.
The case was settled out of court and I never got to have my day, but it was a really cool thing to do.
Mine site kill someone?
Divine Angel said:
diddly-squat said:
Divine Angel said:I’d hate to be on the stand. I know they’re trying to trip me up, I’d be second guessing myself, they’d twist my words and I’d end up confessing things I’ve never done.
Last year I was engaged by a law firm to act as an expert in a land court hearing. I did a two week intensive “how to be an expert witness” course and it’s absolutely crazy how on the ball the barristers are. They essentially become experts in their own right for these cases in an effort to trip you up.
The case was settled out of court and I never got to have my day, but it was a really cool thing to do.
Luckily for me I’m not an expert in anything.
I’m planning on suing Disney…
buffy said:
roughbarked said:
buffy said:
OK, I’ve caught up with the live blog. I’m surprised at some of the iNaturalist observations they used. They were not even to Research Grade. That means only one person has tried to ID the mushroom and it hasn’t been agreed by others. It’s a citizen science site. There are a lot of non experts. And at least a couple of those observations used would have my confirmation of ID on them too, I think. I reckon I remember looking at those Oudemansiella ones.I’m not really understanding what the defence are trying to do with their questions to Tom. He’s very clear, and always has been, that if there is any doubt…don’t eat it. There are a few mushrooms that are straightforward to ID, but there are many many more that ID is equivocal. And especially without quite a lot of detail.
They appear to be trying to establish some uncertainty for some reason. It doesn’t appear to be working for them.
Well, there is uncertainty. If I picked deathcaps and fed them to someone, I’d look as guilty as hell. Because I’ve got some knowledge behind me. For the general public with little knowledge, it could look like and could easily be, a mistake. In which case they really, really haven’t been listening to the public advice that comes out every year when the deathcaps come up, particularly in Canberra and Melbourne.
Ep was particularly interested in mushrooms and according to her online friend – she bought the dehydrator specifically to dry mushrooms… she wasn’t as lay as say I am.. but she also wasn’t an expert.
Maybe this mean we need to not trust our online friends..
Witty Rejoinder said:
Divine Angel said:
diddly-squat said:Last year I was engaged by a law firm to act as an expert in a land court hearing. I did a two week intensive “how to be an expert witness” course and it’s absolutely crazy how on the ball the barristers are. They essentially become experts in their own right for these cases in an effort to trip you up.
The case was settled out of court and I never got to have my day, but it was a really cool thing to do.
Luckily for me I’m not an expert in anything.
I’m planning on suing Disney…
Not if you’ve got a Disney+ account
Divine Angel said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
Divine Angel said:Luckily for me I’m not an expert in anything.
I’m planning on suing Disney…
Not if you’ve got a Disney+ account
Witty Rejoinder said:
Divine Angel said:
diddly-squat said:Last year I was engaged by a law firm to act as an expert in a land court hearing. I did a two week intensive “how to be an expert witness” course and it’s absolutely crazy how on the ball the barristers are. They essentially become experts in their own right for these cases in an effort to trip you up.
The case was settled out of court and I never got to have my day, but it was a really cool thing to do.
Luckily for me I’m not an expert in anything.
I’m planning on suing Disney…
What for, perchance I might learn something?
Arts said:
buffy said:
roughbarked said:They appear to be trying to establish some uncertainty for some reason. It doesn’t appear to be working for them.
Well, there is uncertainty. If I picked deathcaps and fed them to someone, I’d look as guilty as hell. Because I’ve got some knowledge behind me. For the general public with little knowledge, it could look like and could easily be, a mistake. In which case they really, really haven’t been listening to the public advice that comes out every year when the deathcaps come up, particularly in Canberra and Melbourne.
Ep was particularly interested in mushrooms and according to her online friend – she bought the dehydrator specifically to dry mushrooms… she wasn’t as lay as say I am.. but she also wasn’t an expert.
Maybe this mean we need to not trust our online friends..
Yep.
captain_spalding said:
diddly-squat said:
Divine Angel said:
I’d hate to be on the stand. I know they’re trying to trip me up, I’d be second guessing myself, they’d twist my words and I’d end up confessing things I’ve never done.
Last year I was engaged by a law firm to act as an expert in a land court hearing. I did a two week intensive “how to be an expert witness” course and it’s absolutely crazy how on the ball the barristers are. They essentially become experts in their own right for these cases in an effort to trip you up.
The case was settled out of court and I never got to have my day, but it was a really cool thing to do.
Barristers are, at the heart of it, actors. They present a story, a characterisation, a version of events, to convince an audience that that’s how it happened.
Years ago, Graham Kennedy said that, when preparing for the Vietnam film ‘The Odd Angry Shot’, the soldiers coaching the film cast were impressed at how quickly and how well the cast (including Kennedy, Bryan Brown, John Hargreaves, John Jarratt, and Graeme Blundell) learnt and applied the things that they were being taught.
But that, said Kennedy, is the trade of an actor: to become, in a short time, someone who you never were before, who may do things you’d never do yourself, in settings you’ve never seen before, giving people a hypothetical story.
Barristers are actors, who, in a confined setting and role, present hypotheticals, learning and presenting them just as do actors.
so they’re cargo cultists are all of them
roughbarked said:
Arts said:
buffy said:Well, there is uncertainty. If I picked deathcaps and fed them to someone, I’d look as guilty as hell. Because I’ve got some knowledge behind me. For the general public with little knowledge, it could look like and could easily be, a mistake. In which case they really, really haven’t been listening to the public advice that comes out every year when the deathcaps come up, particularly in Canberra and Melbourne.
Ep was particularly interested in mushrooms and according to her online friend – she bought the dehydrator specifically to dry mushrooms… she wasn’t as lay as say I am.. but she also wasn’t an expert.
Maybe this mean we need to not trust our online friends..
Yep.
She told her online friends she was very interested in drying and concealing mushrooms in various foods fed to the kids. or so they said she did. Likely there is online data to that effect.
If death cap residue was indeed found in the disposed of dehydrator, then it is clear she didn’t feed any of that to her kids.
>>A man accused of murdering one of four men who invaded his Safety Bay home wearing balaclavas has had the charge dropped, with prosecutors citing WA’s home invader laws.
Peak Warming Man said:
>>A man accused of murdering one of four men who invaded his Safety Bay home wearing balaclavas has had the charge dropped, with prosecutors citing WA’s home invader laws.
The same laws don’t exist as far as I am aware in NSW.
Peak Warming Man said:
>>A man accused of murdering one of four men who invaded his Safety Bay home wearing balaclavas has had the charge dropped, with prosecutors citing WA’s home invader laws.
let’s go
(1) It is lawful for a person (“the occupant”) who is in peaceable possession of a dwelling to use any force or do anything else that the occupant believes, on reasonable grounds, to be necessary —
(a) to prevent a home invader from wrongfully entering the dwelling or an associated place; (b) to cause a home invader who is wrongfully in the dwelling or on or in an associated place to leave the dwelling or place; (c) to make effectual defence against violence used or threatened in relation to a person by a home invader who is — (i) attempting to wrongfully enter the dwelling or an associated place; or (ii) wrongfully in the dwelling or on or in an associated place; or (d) to prevent a home invader from committing, or make a home invader stop committing, an offence in the dwelling or on or in an associated place.
Witty Rejoinder said:
Divine Angel said:
Witty Rejoinder said:I’m planning on suing Disney…
Not if you’ve got a Disney+ account
I would have expected that to have been challenged and ruled unlawful in court by now. How many people die in Disney Parks per year?
TIL there’s a Wikipedia page
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_incidents_at_Disneyland_Resort
That specific case was dropped in August last year (I missed that news)
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-21/disney-drops-attempt-to-avoid-wrongful-death-lawsuit/104251600
Divine Angel said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
Divine Angel said:
Not if you’ve got a Disney+ account
I would have expected that to have been challenged and ruled unlawful in court by now. How many people die in Disney Parks per year?
TIL there’s a Wikipedia page
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_incidents_at_Disneyland_ResortThat specific case was dropped in August last year (I missed that news)
nah no way
it was “absurd” to believe that the more than 150 million subscribers to Disney+ have waived all rights to sue the company and its affiliates in perpetuity because of language “buried” in the fine print
SCIENCE said:
Divine Angel said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
I would have expected that to have been challenged and ruled unlawful in court by now. How many people die in Disney Parks per year?
TIL there’s a Wikipedia page
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_incidents_at_Disneyland_ResortThat specific case was dropped in August last year (I missed that news)
nah no way
it was “absurd” to believe that the more than 150 million subscribers to Disney+ have waived all rights to sue the company and its affiliates in perpetuity because of language “buried” in the fine print
This seems like it needs Walt defrosted from cyrosleep to sort out.
Peter Sullivan, who spent more than 38 years in custody for the murder of Diane Sindall, is thought to be the victim of the country’s longest miscarriage of justice.
Police have reopened their investigation into Ms Sindall’s death but have found no match for forensic evidence left at the scene. Link
roughbarked said:
Peter Sullivan, who spent more than 38 years in custody for the murder of Diane Sindall, is thought to be the victim of the country’s longest miscarriage of justice.Police have reopened their investigation into Ms Sindall’s death but have found no match for forensic evidence left at the scene. Link
Yes, I was just reading about that.
EP is shown to have put the dehydrator into the e-waste bin.. civic minded and a greenie to boot.
Mini Me has a solo in the upcoming music concert.
Divine Angel said:
Mini Me has a solo in the upcoming music concert.
what is she singing/ playng?
Divine Angel said:
Mini Me has a solo in the upcoming music concert.
Will she slam it down fast?
poikilotherm said:
diddly-squat said:
Divine Angel said:I’d hate to be on the stand. I know they’re trying to trip me up, I’d be second guessing myself, they’d twist my words and I’d end up confessing things I’ve never done.
Last year I was engaged by a law firm to act as an expert in a land court hearing. I did a two week intensive “how to be an expert witness” course and it’s absolutely crazy how on the ball the barristers are. They essentially become experts in their own right for these cases in an effort to trip you up.
The case was settled out of court and I never got to have my day, but it was a really cool thing to do.
Mine site kill someone?
no, it was a dispute about overlapping tenure
Divine Angel said:
Mini Me has a solo in the upcoming music concert.
Clarinet?
Arts said:
Divine Angel said:
Mini Me has a solo in the upcoming music concert.
what is she singing/ playng?
She plays viola, clarinet, and recorder, all of which she’ll be playing at the concert.
Unfortunately the solo is for the recorder. Please send earplugs.
Kingy said:
Divine Angel said:
Mini Me has a solo in the upcoming music concert.
Will she slam it down fast?
LOL
There’s a new Fanta flavour, lemon. Lemon Fanta… isn’t that just Lift?
Divine Angel said:
Mini Me has a solo in the upcoming music concert.
Congratulations to her!
Divine Angel said:
Arts said:
Divine Angel said:
Mini Me has a solo in the upcoming music concert.
what is she singing/ playng?
She plays viola, clarinet, and recorder, all of which she’ll be playing at the concert.
Unfortunately the solo is for the recorder. Please send earplugs.
I also played the clarinet as a child.. then I went to percussion, embracing the drums mainly.. which I’m certain my parents were super pleased about
I think I’ll get a hamburger from the Pelicans nest tonight, and it’s cold.
Peak Warming Man said:
I think I’ll get a hamburger from the Pelicans nest tonight, and it’s cold.
Planning nachos over here.
Ooh my sister is doing jury duty tomorrow. Wonder if it’s something juicy.
Peak Warming Man said:
I think I’ll get a hamburger from the Pelicans nest tonight, and it’s cold.
I’d‘ve thought you’d like at least the meat and bun hot. But, each to their own I suppose.
Divine Angel said:
There’s a new Fanta flavour, lemon. Lemon Fanta… isn’t that just Lift?
Called St Clemens?
Divine Angel said:
Ooh my sister is doing jury duty tomorrow. Wonder if it’s something juicy.
Challenge.
well that’s a bit unfair, it’s as if nobody’s every poisoned a food supply at all
Dr Truong said it would be “impossible” for someone to buy death cap mushrooms from a supermarket, because commercially sold fungi was cultivated and the poisonous varieties only grew in the wild.
ever
or even put needles into strawberries
wait
… wait
… wait …
SCIENCE said:
well that’s a bit unfair, it’s as if nobody’s every poisoned a food supply at all
Dr Truong said it would be “impossible” for someone to buy death cap mushrooms from a supermarket, because commercially sold fungi was cultivated and the poisonous varieties only grew in the wild.
ever
or even put needles into strawberries
wait
… wait
… wait …
Tampered Panadol
SCIENCE said:
well that’s a bit unfair, it’s as if nobody’s every poisoned a food supply at all
Dr Truong said it would be “impossible” for someone to buy death cap mushrooms from a supermarket, because commercially sold fungi was cultivated and the poisonous varieties only grew in the wild.
ever
or even put needles into strawberries
wait
… wait
… wait …
if someone were to taint the supply chain, it makes much more sense (in terms of purpose) to do it on a larger scale than to just confine it to one purchase…
unless that specific family is the target, but then why not just drop off a nice neighbourhood care package to them? that would ensure you hitting the target.
There was a case of a neighbour dispute where one neighbour dropped off some bottles of coke (a cola) to their other neighbour but had added something a little extra to the bottles and caused a fatality …
all I;m saying is that there are better ways to target and better ways to cause mass chaos
Divine Angel said:
SCIENCE said:
well that’s a bit unfair, it’s as if nobody’s every poisoned a food supply at all
Dr Truong said it would be “impossible” for someone to buy death cap mushrooms from a supermarket, because commercially sold fungi was cultivated and the poisonous varieties only grew in the wild.
ever
or even put needles into strawberries
wait
… wait
… wait …
Tampered Panadol
it’s impossible to buy toxic anticholinergic delirium salad from a supermarket too
https://www.foodstandards.gov.au/food-recalls/FoodIncidents/recall-baby-spinach-products
… uh oh shit no it’sn’t
SCIENCE said:
Divine Angel said:
SCIENCE said:
well that’s a bit unfair, it’s as if nobody’s every poisoned a food supply at all
Dr Truong said it would be “impossible” for someone to buy death cap mushrooms from a supermarket, because commercially sold fungi was cultivated and the poisonous varieties only grew in the wild.
ever
or even put needles into strawberries
wait
… wait
… wait …
Tampered Panadol
it’s impossible to buy toxic anticholinergic delirium salad from a supermarket too
https://www.foodstandards.gov.au/food-recalls/FoodIncidents/recall-baby-spinach-products
… uh oh shit no it’sn’t
wasn’t that poor preparation or storage or something?
SCIENCE said:
Divine Angel said:
SCIENCE said:
well that’s a bit unfair, it’s as if nobody’s every poisoned a food supply at all
Dr Truong said it would be “impossible” for someone to buy death cap mushrooms from a supermarket, because commercially sold fungi was cultivated and the poisonous varieties only grew in the wild.
ever
or even put needles into strawberries
wait
… wait
… wait …
Tampered Panadol
it’s impossible to buy toxic anticholinergic delirium salad from a supermarket too
https://www.foodstandards.gov.au/food-recalls/FoodIncidents/recall-baby-spinach-products
… uh oh shit no it’sn’t
Baby spinach, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo. Baby spinach, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo.
Arts said:
SCIENCE said:
Arts said:
Divine Angel said:
SCIENCE said:
well that’s a bit unfair, it’s as if nobody’s every poisoned a food supply at all
Dr Truong said it would be “impossible” for someone to buy death cap mushrooms from a supermarket, because commercially sold fungi was cultivated and the poisonous varieties only grew in the wild.
ever
or even put needles into strawberries
wait
… wait
… wait …
Tampered Panadol
if someone were to taint the supply chain, it makes much more sense (in terms of purpose) to do it on a larger scale than to just confine it to one purchase…
unless that specific family is the target, but then why not just drop off a nice neighbourhood care package to them? that would ensure you hitting the target.
There was a case of a neighbour dispute where one neighbour dropped off some bottles of coke (a cola) to their other neighbour but had added something a little extra to the bottles and caused a fatality …
all I;m saying is that there are better ways to target and better ways to cause mass chaos
it’s impossible to buy toxic anticholinergic delirium salad from a supermarket too
https://www.foodstandards.gov.au/food-recalls/FoodIncidents/recall-baby-spinach-products
… uh oh shit no it’sn’t
wasn’t that poor preparation or storage or something?
note of course that yes we agree (though we thought the weed thing was more they do happen to grow together and accidentally got mixed in, we didn’t follow that investigation either though), and are just being silly but to poke mild ridicule at the reporting
I think people should be more creative in murdering loved ones. Hiding Redbanks in the dunny should have never gone out of style.
From the ABC blog:
1.Dr May continued to give evidence today, telling the court death cap mushrooms don’t have a particular aroma as they age, but that dried death caps smelt “very unpleasant”.
2.Dr Truong was sent a package from Monash Health containing beef Wellington leftovers. She said she analysed the leftovers and did not find any death cap mushrooms in the food.
3.Koonwarra tip operations manager Darren Canty talked the court through CCTV footage and still images that showed a red car pulling into the facility and a woman getting out, opening the boot and carrying an item into a shed. A black Sunbeam dehydrator was found in the e-waste bin in the shed.
4.Intensive care specialist Professor Andrew Bersten told the court he reviewed Erin’s medical records and found no evidence of a cancer diagnosis.
5.Professor Bersten said tests conducted on Erin after the lunch did not show any sudden damage to the liver or presence of pathogens, but said there was evidence of mild dehydration and an acute diarrhoeal illness.
~~~
I find point #2 interesting.
Arts said:
SCIENCE said:well that’s a bit unfair, it’s as if nobody’s every poisoned a food supply at all
Dr Truong said it would be “impossible” for someone to buy death cap mushrooms from a supermarket, because commercially sold fungi was cultivated and the poisonous varieties only grew in the wild.
ever
or even put needles into strawberries
wait
… wait
… wait …
if someone were to taint the supply chain, it makes much more sense (in terms of purpose) to do it on a larger scale than to just confine it to one purchase…
unless that specific family is the target, but then why not just drop off a nice neighbourhood care package to them? that would ensure you hitting the target.
There was a case of a neighbour dispute where one neighbour dropped off some bottles of coke (a cola) to their other neighbour but had added something a little extra to the bottles and caused a fatality …
all I;m saying is that there are better ways to target and better ways to cause mass chaos
I did wonder if you could poison people(s) via the ricin in castor oil plants
SCIENCE said:
Arts said:
SCIENCE said:
it’s impossible to buy toxic anticholinergic delirium salad from a supermarket too
https://www.foodstandards.gov.au/food-recalls/FoodIncidents/recall-baby-spinach-products
… uh oh shit no it’sn’t
wasn’t that poor preparation or storage or something?
note of course that yes we agree (though we thought the weed thing was more they do happen to grow together and accidentally got mixed in, we didn’t follow that investigation either though), and are just being silly but to poke mild ridicule at the reporting
nah, you are correct.. it was about the weed thing growing with the infant spinach…
Divine Angel said:
From the ABC blog:1.Dr May continued to give evidence today, telling the court death cap mushrooms don’t have a particular aroma as they age, but that dried death caps smelt “very unpleasant”.
2.Dr Truong was sent a package from Monash Health containing beef Wellington leftovers. She said she analysed the leftovers and did not find any death cap mushrooms in the food.
3.Koonwarra tip operations manager Darren Canty talked the court through CCTV footage and still images that showed a red car pulling into the facility and a woman getting out, opening the boot and carrying an item into a shed. A black Sunbeam dehydrator was found in the e-waste bin in the shed.
4.Intensive care specialist Professor Andrew Bersten told the court he reviewed Erin’s medical records and found no evidence of a cancer diagnosis.
5.Professor Bersten said tests conducted on Erin after the lunch did not show any sudden damage to the liver or presence of pathogens, but said there was evidence of mild dehydration and an acute diarrhoeal illness.~~~
I find point #2 interesting.
the leftovers is an interesting concept in itself..
my theory is that EP did not do anything to the BW that she was going to eat.. and that is what the leftovers that got tested are… we heard that all other portions got eaten by the guests (although DP ate the part of his wifes that she didnt eat) so there were no leftovers there…
as for the children getting leftovers… if i buy an amount of food and don’t use some of it in the dish I bought it for (so say the extra meat goes into the fridge) and the next day I cook that extra meat – it’s conceivable that I would call that ‘leftovers’ as it is the extra food from the meal I didn’t need in the preparation of that meal…
also the children called it leftovers becuase EP called it leftovers.. so she controlled that narrative, but what the son described was not beef wellington
Speaking of leftovers, I’ll soon have to go plump-up the leftovers from last night with more veges, then change the flavour of the sauce.
Divine Angel said:
From the ABC blog:1.Dr May continued to give evidence today, telling the court death cap mushrooms don’t have a particular aroma as they age, but that dried death caps smelt “very unpleasant”.
2.Dr Truong was sent a package from Monash Health containing beef Wellington leftovers. She said she analysed the leftovers and did not find any death cap mushrooms in the food.
3.Koonwarra tip operations manager Darren Canty talked the court through CCTV footage and still images that showed a red car pulling into the facility and a woman getting out, opening the boot and carrying an item into a shed. A black Sunbeam dehydrator was found in the e-waste bin in the shed.
4.Intensive care specialist Professor Andrew Bersten told the court he reviewed Erin’s medical records and found no evidence of a cancer diagnosis.
5.Professor Bersten said tests conducted on Erin after the lunch did not show any sudden damage to the liver or presence of pathogens, but said there was evidence of mild dehydration and an acute diarrhoeal illness.~~~
I find point #2 interesting.
So they only pretended to die of mushroom poisoning? The plot thickens.
Cymek said:
Arts said:
SCIENCE said:
well that’s a bit unfair, it’s as if nobody’s every poisoned a food supply at all
Dr Truong said it would be “impossible” for someone to buy death cap mushrooms from a supermarket, because commercially sold fungi was cultivated and the poisonous varieties only grew in the wild.
ever
or even put needles into strawberries
wait
… wait
… wait …
if someone were to taint the supply chain, it makes much more sense (in terms of purpose) to do it on a larger scale than to just confine it to one purchase…
unless that specific family is the target, but then why not just drop off a nice neighbourhood care package to them? that would ensure you hitting the target.
There was a case of a neighbour dispute where one neighbour dropped off some bottles of coke (a cola) to their other neighbour but had added something a little extra to the bottles and caused a fatality …
all I;m saying is that there are better ways to target and better ways to cause mass chaos
I did wonder if you could poison people(s) via the ricin in castor oil plants
someone better page BU back here damn
Bubblecar said:
Divine Angel said:
From the ABC blog:1.Dr May continued to give evidence today, telling the court death cap mushrooms don’t have a particular aroma as they age, but that dried death caps smelt “very unpleasant”.
2.Dr Truong was sent a package from Monash Health containing beef Wellington leftovers. She said she analysed the leftovers and did not find any death cap mushrooms in the food.
3.Koonwarra tip operations manager Darren Canty talked the court through CCTV footage and still images that showed a red car pulling into the facility and a woman getting out, opening the boot and carrying an item into a shed. A black Sunbeam dehydrator was found in the e-waste bin in the shed.
4.Intensive care specialist Professor Andrew Bersten told the court he reviewed Erin’s medical records and found no evidence of a cancer diagnosis.
5.Professor Bersten said tests conducted on Erin after the lunch did not show any sudden damage to the liver or presence of pathogens, but said there was evidence of mild dehydration and an acute diarrhoeal illness.~~~
I find point #2 interesting.
So they only pretended to die of mushroom poisoning? The plot thickens.
Cunning.
SCIENCE said:
Cymek said:
Arts said:
if someone were to taint the supply chain, it makes much more sense (in terms of purpose) to do it on a larger scale than to just confine it to one purchase…
unless that specific family is the target, but then why not just drop off a nice neighbourhood care package to them? that would ensure you hitting the target.
There was a case of a neighbour dispute where one neighbour dropped off some bottles of coke (a cola) to their other neighbour but had added something a little extra to the bottles and caused a fatality …
all I;m saying is that there are better ways to target and better ways to cause mass chaos
I did wonder if you could poison people(s) via the ricin in castor oil plants
someone better page BU back here damn
LOLOLOL
Divine Angel said:
From the ABC blog:1.Dr May continued to give evidence today, telling the court death cap mushrooms don’t have a particular aroma as they age, but that dried death caps smelt “very unpleasant”.
2.Dr Truong was sent a package from Monash Health containing beef Wellington leftovers. She said she analysed the leftovers and did not find any death cap mushrooms in the food.
3.Koonwarra tip operations manager Darren Canty talked the court through CCTV footage and still images that showed a red car pulling into the facility and a woman getting out, opening the boot and carrying an item into a shed. A black Sunbeam dehydrator was found in the e-waste bin in the shed.
4.Intensive care specialist Professor Andrew Bersten told the court he reviewed Erin’s medical records and found no evidence of a cancer diagnosis.
5.Professor Bersten said tests conducted on Erin after the lunch did not show any sudden damage to the liver or presence of pathogens, but said there was evidence of mild dehydration and an acute diarrhoeal illness.~~~
I find point #2 interesting.
Me too. You would have to be extremely organized to arrange that. EP told the police where to find the leftovers. Detailed planning if that was part of the plan.
kryten said:
Divine Angel said:
From the ABC blog:1.Dr May continued to give evidence today, telling the court death cap mushrooms don’t have a particular aroma as they age, but that dried death caps smelt “very unpleasant”.
2.Dr Truong was sent a package from Monash Health containing beef Wellington leftovers. She said she analysed the leftovers and did not find any death cap mushrooms in the food.
3.Koonwarra tip operations manager Darren Canty talked the court through CCTV footage and still images that showed a red car pulling into the facility and a woman getting out, opening the boot and carrying an item into a shed. A black Sunbeam dehydrator was found in the e-waste bin in the shed.
4.Intensive care specialist Professor Andrew Bersten told the court he reviewed Erin’s medical records and found no evidence of a cancer diagnosis.
5.Professor Bersten said tests conducted on Erin after the lunch did not show any sudden damage to the liver or presence of pathogens, but said there was evidence of mild dehydration and an acute diarrhoeal illness.~~~
I find point #2 interesting.
Me too. You would have to be extremely organized to arrange that. EP told the police where to find the leftovers. Detailed planning if that was part of the plan.
And that was me. Again I forgot to check the login.
Cymek said:
Arts said:
SCIENCE said:well that’s a bit unfair, it’s as if nobody’s every poisoned a food supply at all
Dr Truong said it would be “impossible” for someone to buy death cap mushrooms from a supermarket, because commercially sold fungi was cultivated and the poisonous varieties only grew in the wild.
ever
or even put needles into strawberries
wait
… wait
… wait …
if someone were to taint the supply chain, it makes much more sense (in terms of purpose) to do it on a larger scale than to just confine it to one purchase…
unless that specific family is the target, but then why not just drop off a nice neighbourhood care package to them? that would ensure you hitting the target.
There was a case of a neighbour dispute where one neighbour dropped off some bottles of coke (a cola) to their other neighbour but had added something a little extra to the bottles and caused a fatality …
all I;m saying is that there are better ways to target and better ways to cause mass chaos
I did wonder if you could poison people(s) via the ricin in castor oil plants
Subways seem popular.
kryten said:
Divine Angel said:
From the ABC blog:1.Dr May continued to give evidence today, telling the court death cap mushrooms don’t have a particular aroma as they age, but that dried death caps smelt “very unpleasant”.
2.Dr Truong was sent a package from Monash Health containing beef Wellington leftovers. She said she analysed the leftovers and did not find any death cap mushrooms in the food.
3.Koonwarra tip operations manager Darren Canty talked the court through CCTV footage and still images that showed a red car pulling into the facility and a woman getting out, opening the boot and carrying an item into a shed. A black Sunbeam dehydrator was found in the e-waste bin in the shed.
4.Intensive care specialist Professor Andrew Bersten told the court he reviewed Erin’s medical records and found no evidence of a cancer diagnosis.
5.Professor Bersten said tests conducted on Erin after the lunch did not show any sudden damage to the liver or presence of pathogens, but said there was evidence of mild dehydration and an acute diarrhoeal illness.~~~
I find point #2 interesting.
Me too. You would have to be extremely organized to arrange that. EP told the police where to find the leftovers. Detailed planning if that was part of the plan.
if she is guilty of this, the plan was that everyone would have died but she would be not dead… there were only leftovers from her plate… she left them in the bin for two days… I do wonder if she thought far enough ahead to think if people would think it suspicious, or just think it a case of bad food poisoning.. my theory is that she ground up the dried death caps and added it to the four meals for the guests… possibly knowing the lethality… she may have used very little… I wonder how much death cap mushroom you need to kill someone?
Arts said:
kryten said:
Divine Angel said:
From the ABC blog:1.Dr May continued to give evidence today, telling the court death cap mushrooms don’t have a particular aroma as they age, but that dried death caps smelt “very unpleasant”.
2.Dr Truong was sent a package from Monash Health containing beef Wellington leftovers. She said she analysed the leftovers and did not find any death cap mushrooms in the food.
3.Koonwarra tip operations manager Darren Canty talked the court through CCTV footage and still images that showed a red car pulling into the facility and a woman getting out, opening the boot and carrying an item into a shed. A black Sunbeam dehydrator was found in the e-waste bin in the shed.
4.Intensive care specialist Professor Andrew Bersten told the court he reviewed Erin’s medical records and found no evidence of a cancer diagnosis.
5.Professor Bersten said tests conducted on Erin after the lunch did not show any sudden damage to the liver or presence of pathogens, but said there was evidence of mild dehydration and an acute diarrhoeal illness.~~~
I find point #2 interesting.
Me too. You would have to be extremely organized to arrange that. EP told the police where to find the leftovers. Detailed planning if that was part of the plan.
if she is guilty of this, the plan was that everyone would have died but she would be not dead… there were only leftovers from her plate… she left them in the bin for two days… I do wonder if she thought far enough ahead to think if people would think it suspicious, or just think it a case of bad food poisoning.. my theory is that she ground up the dried death caps and added it to the four meals for the guests… possibly knowing the lethality… she may have used very little… I wonder how much death cap mushroom you need to kill someone?
I did the goole – watch out… some sources suggest as little as 30g (which could be half a mushroom)
they look so innocent… like butter wouldn’t melt with them on toast…
Arts said:
SCIENCE said:well that’s a bit unfair, it’s as if nobody’s every poisoned a food supply at all
Dr Truong said it would be “impossible” for someone to buy death cap mushrooms from a supermarket, because commercially sold fungi was cultivated and the poisonous varieties only grew in the wild.
ever
or even put needles into strawberries
wait
… wait
… wait …
if someone were to taint the supply chain, it makes much more sense (in terms of purpose) to do it on a larger scale than to just confine it to one purchase…
unless that specific family is the target, but then why not just drop off a nice neighbourhood care package to them? that would ensure you hitting the target.
There was a case of a neighbour dispute where one neighbour dropped off some bottles of coke (a cola) to their other neighbour but had added something a little extra to the bottles and caused a fatality …
all I;m saying is that there are better ways to target and better ways to cause mass chaos
trepal?
Arts said:
Arts said:
kryten said:Me too. You would have to be extremely organized to arrange that. EP told the police where to find the leftovers. Detailed planning if that was part of the plan.
if she is guilty of this, the plan was that everyone would have died but she would be not dead… there were only leftovers from her plate… she left them in the bin for two days… I do wonder if she thought far enough ahead to think if people would think it suspicious, or just think it a case of bad food poisoning.. my theory is that she ground up the dried death caps and added it to the four meals for the guests… possibly knowing the lethality… she may have used very little… I wonder how much death cap mushroom you need to kill someone?
I did the goole – watch out… some sources suggest as little as 30g (which could be half a mushroom)
they look so innocent… like butter wouldn’t melt with them on toast…
It’s certainly not very much. I just checked Tom May’s book on foraging and it’s got a lot of detail but I can’t immediately see a quantity for lethality. Probably depends on growing conditions and stuff. But I do know that some mushrooms have destinctive flavours but it is inadvisable to even nibble something unless you’vve got a very good idea what it is you are nibbling.
buffy said:
Arts said:
Arts said:if she is guilty of this, the plan was that everyone would have died but she would be not dead… there were only leftovers from her plate… she left them in the bin for two days… I do wonder if she thought far enough ahead to think if people would think it suspicious, or just think it a case of bad food poisoning.. my theory is that she ground up the dried death caps and added it to the four meals for the guests… possibly knowing the lethality… she may have used very little… I wonder how much death cap mushroom you need to kill someone?
I did the goole – watch out… some sources suggest as little as 30g (which could be half a mushroom)
they look so innocent… like butter wouldn’t melt with them on toast…
It’s certainly not very much. I just checked Tom May’s book on foraging and it’s got a lot of detail but I can’t immediately see a quantity for lethality. Probably depends on growing conditions and stuff. But I do know that some mushrooms have destinctive flavours but it is inadvisable to even nibble something unless you’vve got a very good idea what it is you are nibbling.
are there any mushroom species where the poison can be absorbed through the skin?
buffy said:
Arts said:
Arts said:if she is guilty of this, the plan was that everyone would have died but she would be not dead… there were only leftovers from her plate… she left them in the bin for two days… I do wonder if she thought far enough ahead to think if people would think it suspicious, or just think it a case of bad food poisoning.. my theory is that she ground up the dried death caps and added it to the four meals for the guests… possibly knowing the lethality… she may have used very little… I wonder how much death cap mushroom you need to kill someone?
I did the goole – watch out… some sources suggest as little as 30g (which could be half a mushroom)
they look so innocent… like butter wouldn’t melt with them on toast…
It’s certainly not very much. I just checked Tom May’s book on foraging and it’s got a lot of detail but I can’t immediately see a quantity for lethality. Probably depends on growing conditions and stuff. But I do know that some mushrooms have destinctive flavours but it is inadvisable to even nibble something unless you’vve got a very good idea what it is you are nibbling.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/biochemistry-genetics-and-molecular-biology/amanita-phalloides#:~:text=Reported%20mortality%20after%20ingestion%20of,from%2025%25%20to%2050%25.&text=The%20lethal%20dose%20of%20amanita,present%20in%20a%20single%20mushroom.
Just called sarahs mum again and there was still no answer.
Posters who are on Facebook (I’m not) might be able to track her down there….
In WA we dont have the Victorian type, we do have Marbled death caps (Amanita marmorata). which also look innocent.
poikilotherm said:
buffy said:
Arts said:I did the goole – watch out… some sources suggest as little as 30g (which could be half a mushroom)
they look so innocent… like butter wouldn’t melt with them on toast…
It’s certainly not very much. I just checked Tom May’s book on foraging and it’s got a lot of detail but I can’t immediately see a quantity for lethality. Probably depends on growing conditions and stuff. But I do know that some mushrooms have destinctive flavours but it is inadvisable to even nibble something unless you’vve got a very good idea what it is you are nibbling.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/biochemistry-genetics-and-molecular-biology/amanita-phalloides#:~:text=Reported%20mortality%20after%20ingestion%20of,from%2025%25%20to%2050%25.&text=The%20lethal%20dose%20of%20amanita,present%20in%20a%20single%20mushroom.
Thanks poik. And a recent paper covers A. phalloides. You want page 17 for more information than you could possibly ever need. Note the red warnings!
https://know.ourplants.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/JABG38P001_Lebel.pdf
poikilotherm said:
buffy said:
Arts said:I did the goole – watch out… some sources suggest as little as 30g (which could be half a mushroom)
they look so innocent… like butter wouldn’t melt with them on toast…
It’s certainly not very much. I just checked Tom May’s book on foraging and it’s got a lot of detail but I can’t immediately see a quantity for lethality. Probably depends on growing conditions and stuff. But I do know that some mushrooms have destinctive flavours but it is inadvisable to even nibble something unless you’vve got a very good idea what it is you are nibbling.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/biochemistry-genetics-and-molecular-biology/amanita-phalloides#:~:text=Reported%20mortality%20after%20ingestion%20of,from%2025%25%20to%2050%25.&text=The%20lethal%20dose%20of%20amanita,present%20in%20a%20single%20mushroom.
hooly dooly.
Arts said:
In WA we dont have the Victorian type, we do have Marbled death caps (Amanita marmorata). which also look innocent.
I think A. marmorata is native. Or presumed to be so. I’d need to check up on it.
Here you go. A. marmorata is also on the East coast, in NZ and some other places around the world. This is the iNaturalist description. And if you click on the map tab you can see where observations of it have been made around the world.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/179263-Amanita-marmorata
Bubblecar said:
Just called sarahs mum again and there was still no answer.Posters who are on Facebook (I’m not) might be able to track her down there….
Maybe i’m over-reacting, but feel a level of disquiet.
Interesting thought – the amatoxin is taken up by OATPs in the body, there are many drugs that inhibit these transport proteins, you could poison yourself as well as your guests, as long as you’d taken a cocktail of OATP inhibiting drugs, you might come out fine but mimic all the symptoms of liver troubles. Or you’d die as well, but there’d be a lot less suspicion if you didn’t…
buffy said:
Here you go. A. marmorata is also on the East coast, in NZ and some other places around the world. This is the iNaturalist description. And if you click on the map tab you can see where observations of it have been made around the world.https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/179263-Amanita-marmorata
each of those pictures look like all different types of mushroom… so basically, the probability of picking one by accident is high
I don’t even know what to say now. One minute we’re dissecting murder by mushroom and the next, we’ve lost another forum friend.
Divine Angel said:
I don’t even know what to say now. One minute we’re dissecting murder by mushroom and the next, we’ve lost another forum friend.
I only just got here, and that thread was top of View By Time. bit of a shock.
I have not been following any of the mushroom trial stuff.
party_pants said:
Divine Angel said:
I don’t even know what to say now. One minute we’re dissecting murder by mushroom and the next, we’ve lost another forum friend.
I only just got here, and that thread was top of View By Time. bit of a shock.
I have not been following any of the mushroom trial stuff.
you monster
Arts said:
party_pants said:
Divine Angel said:
I don’t even know what to say now. One minute we’re dissecting murder by mushroom and the next, we’ve lost another forum friend.
I only just got here, and that thread was top of View By Time. bit of a shock.
I have not been following any of the mushroom trial stuff.
you monster
It’s not the destination, it’s the monsters we meet along the way 😘
If it’d been a few years earlier, I could’ve been in court.
Arts said:
party_pants said:
Divine Angel said:
I don’t even know what to say now. One minute we’re dissecting murder by mushroom and the next, we’ve lost another forum friend.
I only just got here, and that thread was top of View By Time. bit of a shock.
I have not been following any of the mushroom trial stuff.
you monster
I have no enemies so great that I need to glean tips on how to poison them.
I’ve been busier than normal at work. Been running the place for the last week or two. The bosses wife had a major surgery and he was at home looking after her. Then his cousin died in a motorbike crash Friday last week. So he’s been a bit absent.
for every seven year old
party_pants said:
Arts said:
party_pants said:I only just got here, and that thread was top of View By Time. bit of a shock.
I have not been following any of the mushroom trial stuff.
you monster
I have no enemies so great that I need to glean tips on how to poison them.
I’ve been busier than normal at work. Been running the place for the last week or two. The bosses wife had a major surgery and he was at home looking after her. Then his cousin died in a motorbike crash Friday last week. So he’s been a bit absent.
oof, that’s a tough week…
anyone else? we may as well pile the trauma on
Arts said:
party_pants said:
Arts said:you monster
I have no enemies so great that I need to glean tips on how to poison them.
I’ve been busier than normal at work. Been running the place for the last week or two. The bosses wife had a major surgery and he was at home looking after her. Then his cousin died in a motorbike crash Friday last week. So he’s been a bit absent.
oof, that’s a tough week…
anyone else? we may as well pile the trauma on
Nah I’m good this week
Arts said:
party_pants said:
Arts said:you monster
I have no enemies so great that I need to glean tips on how to poison them.
I’ve been busier than normal at work. Been running the place for the last week or two. The bosses wife had a major surgery and he was at home looking after her. Then his cousin died in a motorbike crash Friday last week. So he’s been a bit absent.
oof, that’s a tough week…
anyone else? we may as well pile the trauma on
I’m not wishing it on anyone.
OCDC said:
If it’d been a few years earlier, I could’ve been in court.
As accused, or expert?
:)
wipes tears
It’s that time of year again, we are out burning stuff.
I got up because I couldn’t sleep. Logged onto the forum – no chance of getting to sleep in the near future now. I’m so sad.
A couple of weeks ago it was announced that the Bungendore Woodwork Gallery is to close. I thought, I must tell Geoff D, then I remembered he too is gone.
Feeling sad :-(
Brindabellas said:
I got up because I couldn’t sleep. Logged onto the forum – no chance of getting to sleep in the near future now. I’m so sad.A couple of weeks ago it was announced that the Bungendore Woodwork Gallery is to close. I thought, I must tell Geoff D, then I remembered he too is gone.
Feeling sad :-(
Sympathies. I’m sitting here with red eyes and congested nose. Waves of grief washing over and subsiding for a while until the next one.
Would have been easier to prepare for if we’d been expecting it. I’d recently started doing Wordle again to get closer to sarahs mum as I felt her withdrawing, but I certainly didn’t expect we’d soon lose her forever.
Just waiting for daytime now really so I can have a shower and go and get some whisky or suchlike, which I’m going to need.
Also feeling very grateful that my life was enriched by Ros, but the loss will be painful for a long time.
Slept badly. I’m just so sad.
Some sun today, mostly cloudy, possible shower. Top of 24.
Today I’ll search for an Eeyore, even a cute mini plushie will suffice for the moment.
Good morning Holidayers. Presently 7 degrees at the back door, starting to get light. We are forecast 17 degrees today.
Breakfast with my bushwandering friend. Gardening.
Divine Angel said:
Slept badly. I’m just so sad.Some sun today, mostly cloudy, possible shower. Top of 24.
Today I’ll search for an Eeyore, even a cute mini plushie will suffice for the moment.
I’ve not been to bed (but I didn’t get up until gone 6pm yesterday).
Losing my poor lovely friend sarahs mum has really hit me hard, I’m still pretty much in a daze. It’s going to be tough going.
I’ll be trying to concentrate on remembering and celebrating her. Everything else seems pretty pointless for now.
Bubblecar said:
Divine Angel said:
Slept badly. I’m just so sad.Some sun today, mostly cloudy, possible shower. Top of 24.
Today I’ll search for an Eeyore, even a cute mini plushie will suffice for the moment.
I’ve not been to bed (but I didn’t get up until gone 6pm yesterday).
Losing my poor lovely friend sarahs mum has really hit me hard, I’m still pretty much in a daze. It’s going to be tough going.
I’ll be trying to concentrate on remembering and celebrating her. Everything else seems pretty pointless for now.
Divine Angel said:
Bubblecar said:
Divine Angel said:
Slept badly. I’m just so sad.Some sun today, mostly cloudy, possible shower. Top of 24.
Today I’ll search for an Eeyore, even a cute mini plushie will suffice for the moment.
I’ve not been to bed (but I didn’t get up until gone 6pm yesterday).
Losing my poor lovely friend sarahs mum has really hit me hard, I’m still pretty much in a daze. It’s going to be tough going.
I’ll be trying to concentrate on remembering and celebrating her. Everything else seems pretty pointless for now.
Hey Car, do you need to chat? Im available after school drop off. I know this hit you hardest of all.
Thanks for the offer DA, it’s good to know support is there.
Really for now I just have to do a lot of crying and mourning, and regretting I wasn’t more of the support for sarahs mum that I should have been.
I’ll buy some drinks this morning which will help take the edge off the pain while enabling me to raise a glass to my lost friend.
AussieDJ said:
OCDC said:As treating doktor. But really, being attended by OCDC is no treat.If it’d been a few years earlier, I could’ve been in court.As accused, or expert?
:)
I dreamt last night that we lost two other forumites with 24 hours of Ros, but they weren’t real people.
OCDC said:
AussieDJ said:
OCDC said:As treating doktor. But really, being attended by OCDC is no treat.If it’d been a few years earlier, I could’ve been in court.As accused, or expert?
:)
I dreamt last night that we lost two other forumites with 24 hours of Ros, but they weren’t real people.
well there are plenty of bots here so could be true
Morning pilgrims.
The summer sun is fading as the year grows old,
And darker days are drawing near,
The winter winds will be much colder,
Now you’re not here.
Peak Warming Man said:
Morning pilgrims.
The summer sun is fading as the year grows old,
And darker days are drawing near,
The winter winds will be much colder,
Now you’re not here.
very apt :-(
My sister’s doing jury duty today. While signing in or whatever she was doing, she got red marker all over her blouse so now it looks like she’s murdered someone to get there.
Back. As well as scotch I bought a loaf of sarahs mum’s favourite bread – Cripps wholemeal – and some of her favourite sweets – Natural Confectionary Co Fruit Salad soft jellies.
Bubblecar said:
Back. As well as scotch I bought a loaf of sarahs mum’s favourite bread – Cripps wholemeal – and some of her favourite sweets – Natural Confectionary Co Fruit Salad soft jellies.
They were playing Bye Bye Miss American Pie in the IGA, and the tears were welling behind my sunglasses.
Greetings
Cymek said:
Greetings
Bubblecar said:
Bubblecar said:
Back. As well as scotch I bought a loaf of sarahs mum’s favourite bread – Cripps wholemeal – and some of her favourite sweets – Natural Confectionary Co Fruit Salad soft jellies.
They were playing Bye Bye Miss American Pie in the IGA, and the tears were welling behind my sunglasses.
I heard Forever Young in the car this morning. Ugh.
i’m up, verticalized, dehorizontalized, departed the Land of Sleep-a-Lot, wandered to the eating area after a detour to urea some lawn, since sat at the table, breakfast be served in a moment, kitchen staff happen to be up, seems fortuitous if you can spell it, but everyone has spellcheck these days, long gone are the class distinctions based on the capacity to use alphabet, quite a devolution really, probably the end days such experiments in egalitarianism, bring back book burning I say, or whatever the modern day equivalent, burn the devices!
so ends this morning’s typing practice, I will resume drinking my coffee before entropy gets it, and the entire universe succumbs to heat death
Tamb said:
That’s something like eight of us have gone now.
It’s all my fault. I have a notebook of forumers having a pud in the sky, because somehow I ended up in charge of the annual The Day The Handle Died thread where we honour those fallen. Except I haven’t been on the forum regularly for a couple of years.
On Tuesday I pulled out the notebook because it also has my tax file number written in it, which I needed for employment papers for the relief work I did that day.
I jinxed it 😢
Anyway, there’s eight names in my notebook now:
Geoff D, Sept 2013
Stumpy_Seahorse, Oct 2018
Shell aka Artemis, Jan 2020
Richard C, 2020
Curve, May 2020
sibeen, Feb 2023
beervatar, April 2023
SM, May 2025
Divine Angel said:
Tamb said:
That’s something like eight of us have gone now.
It’s all my fault. I have a notebook of forumers having a pud in the sky, because somehow I ended up in charge of the annual The Day The Handle Died thread where we honour those fallen. Except I haven’t been on the forum regularly for a couple of years.
On Tuesday I pulled out the notebook because it also has my tax file number written in it, which I needed for employment papers for the relief work I did that day.
I jinxed it 😢
Anyway, there’s eight names in my notebook now:
Geoff D, Sept 2013
Stumpy_Seahorse, Oct 2018
Shell aka Artemis, Jan 2020
Richard C, 2020
Curve, May 2020
sibeen, Feb 2023
beervatar, April 2023
SM, May 2025
Richard C – June 2020
Thanks kii, I’ll update my entry
doesn’t like seven years since stumpy died.
Divine Angel said:
My sister’s doing jury duty today. While signing in or whatever she was doing, she got red marker all over her blouse so now it looks like she’s murdered someone to get there.
Heh!
:)
Bogsnorkler said:
doesn’t like seven years since stumpy died.
I still half-expect to see his handle pop up on the Forum.
Bogsnorkler said:
doesn’t like seven years since stumpy died.
I still half-expect to see his handle pop up on the Forum.
Bogsnorkler said:
doesn’t like seven years since stumpy died.
Bogsnorkler said:
doesn’t like seven years since stumpy died.
He died the day before my birthday, so I always raise a slice of cake to him.
Divine Angel said:
Bogsnorkler said:
doesn’t like seven years since stumpy died.
He died the day before my birthday, so I always raise a slice of cake to him.
Awww.
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
Bogsnorkler said:
doesn’t like seven years since stumpy died.
He died the day before my birthday, so I always raise a slice of cake to him.
Awww.
That is a lovely thing to do! Raise a slice of cake for stumpy.
Gosh that 7 years went fast.
Howdy Spockness. Hope you’re well
Was just reading something online and someone asked was a sovereign citizen is. This was one of the replies: 😄
Imagine the Peak of Mt Stupid in the Dunning-Kreuger effect.Now imagine building a tower on it to get even more elevation. And that tower was built really shoddily because these morons don’t believe in building codes or regulations.
That would be where these fuckwit sovcits would be in regards to understanding the law.
Divine Angel said:
Tamb said:
That’s something like eight of us have gone now.
It’s all my fault. I have a notebook of forumers having a pud in the sky, because somehow I ended up in charge of the annual The Day The Handle Died thread where we honour those fallen. Except I haven’t been on the forum regularly for a couple of years.
On Tuesday I pulled out the notebook because it also has my tax file number written in it, which I needed for employment papers for the relief work I did that day.
I jinxed it 😢
Anyway, there’s eight names in my notebook now:
Geoff D, Sept 2013
Stumpy_Seahorse, Oct 2018
Shell aka Artemis, Jan 2020
Richard C, 2020
Curve, May 2020
sibeen, Feb 2023
beervatar, April 2023
SM, May 2025
;(((
Divine Angel said:
Howdy Spockness. Hope you’re well
Hello Divine Angel,
GTSY. I hope you & your little family is going okay.
I am a bit shocked about Sarah’s Mum. I never met her but we spoke on the phone a few times. I saw all her amazing art.
ms spock said:
Divine Angel said:
Howdy Spockness. Hope you’re well
Hello Divine Angel,
GTSY. I hope you & your little family is going okay.
I am a bit shocked about Sarah’s Mum. I never met her but we spoke on the phone a few times. I saw all her amazing art.
Yeah we’re plugging along. Every day is a kaleidoscope of possibilities.
Divine Angel said:
ms spock said:
Divine Angel said:
Howdy Spockness. Hope you’re well
Hello Divine Angel,
GTSY. I hope you & your little family is going okay.
I am a bit shocked about Sarah’s Mum. I never met her but we spoke on the phone a few times. I saw all her amazing art.
Yeah we’re plugging along. Every day is a kaleidoscope of possibilities.
:)
Tamb said:
Bogsnorkler said:
doesn’t like seven years since stumpy died.
Geoff D & I used to have a bit of a natter in Indo to keep up our almost unused language skills.
Hugs Tamb,
Oh wow! I didn’t know that. You must miss GeoffD. What a great way to connect via Indo language skills.
ms spock said:
Michael V said:
btm said:
BuggerThis is devastating news.
I never met Ros IRL, but hoped to. That’ll never happen now. I never met sibeen, either, even when I lived in the next suburb.
I’ve never actually met anyone on here, and I think I’d like to before it’s too late.
Yes, do it.
I concur with my learned colleague.
Hello to you Mr V and best wishes to Mrs V.
Tanks.
:)
Michael V said:
ms spock said:
Michael V said:Yes, do it.
I concur with my learned colleague.
Hello to you Mr V and best wishes to Mrs V.
Tanks.
:)
Hopefully you’ll figure out my typo. I meant “Thanks”.
So here’s a brand new “h” to insert in the correct location.
Michael V said:
ms spock said:
Michael V said:Yes, do it.
I concur with my learned colleague.
Hello to you Mr V and best wishes to Mrs V.
Tanks.
:)
\\\\/////
YVW
Big hugs to you and Mrs V!
I’ll soon go make a low kJ lunch: a can of baked beans with added Chinese spices and Pigface (Carpobrotus glaucescens) leaves. Pigface is a local native that grows on the back-beach just above the high tide mark. We have cultivated it in the garden.
ms spock said:
Michael V said:
ms spock said:I concur with my learned colleague.
Hello to you Mr V and best wishes to Mrs V.
Tanks.
:)
\\\\/////
YVW
Big hugs to you and Mrs V!
Ta!
And back at you two as well!
:)
MV, may I ask a personal question?
Divine Angel said:
MV, may I ask a personal question?
Sure.
Last night you posted that the past 162 days have been terribly difficult. What did you mean by that?
Brindabellas said:
I got up because I couldn’t sleep. Logged onto the forum – no chance of getting to sleep in the near future now. I’m so sad.A couple of weeks ago it was announced that the Bungendore Woodwork Gallery is to close. I thought, I must tell Geoff D, then I remembered he too is gone.
Feeling sad :-(
Big hugs Brindabellas. Long time no chat!
Michael V said:
ms spock said:
Michael V said:Tanks.
:)
\\\\/////
YVW
Big hugs to you and Mrs V!
Ta!
And back at you two as well!
:)
:)
Divine Angel said:
Last night you posted that the past 162 days have been terribly difficult. What did you mean by that?
I had to give up the grog. Damaged my liver, you see. I had tried on numerous occasions before, unsuccessfully.
I was not a socially difficult drunk – not violent, not aggressive, nor driving vehicles. I just used it too much over a very long period and became addicted.
Anyone interested in a mobile phone from 1970?
Popular Science, Feb 1970:
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
Last night you posted that the past 162 days have been terribly difficult. What did you mean by that?
I had to give up the grog. Damaged my liver, you see. I had tried on numerous occasions before, unsuccessfully.
I was not a socially difficult drunk – not violent, not aggressive, nor driving vehicles. I just used it too much over a very long period and became addicted.
Funny, i was just thinking, on Monday night, that i need to rein in my alcohol consumption.
It’s not a problem yet, but i can see that it could easily become one, if i’m not careful.
Goodness knows, i’ve seen the drink carry off better people than me.
we agree that cutting back on hazardous ethanol consumption is a good idea for health reasons
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
Last night you posted that the past 162 days have been terribly difficult. What did you mean by that?
I had to give up the grog. Damaged my liver, you see. I had tried on numerous occasions before, unsuccessfully.
I was not a socially difficult drunk – not violent, not aggressive, nor driving vehicles. I just used it too much over a very long period and became addicted.
Oh gosh. I can see how that would be difficult, especially when life throws a curveball. Good for you, though, I’m proud of you.
captain_spalding said:
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
Last night you posted that the past 162 days have been terribly difficult. What did you mean by that?
I had to give up the grog. Damaged my liver, you see. I had tried on numerous occasions before, unsuccessfully.
I was not a socially difficult drunk – not violent, not aggressive, nor driving vehicles. I just used it too much over a very long period and became addicted.
Funny, i was just thinking, on Monday night, that i need to rein in my alcohol consumption.
It’s not a problem yet, but i can see that it could easily become one, if i’m not careful.
Goodness knows, i’ve seen the drink carry off better people than me.
I’ve been addicted for more than 35 years. It has worried me on and off, and I tried to stop it or rein it in, every now and then but I couldn’t. I never drank at work, and rarely drank until after dark.
Since stopping, I’ve been amazed how often grog is used on TV shows. Glasses of wine here, pub scene with beers there, a shot of whisky to bond etc. Very common. Very, very common.
Food is my coping strategy.
Divine Angel said:
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
Last night you posted that the past 162 days have been terribly difficult. What did you mean by that?
I had to give up the grog. Damaged my liver, you see. I had tried on numerous occasions before, unsuccessfully.
I was not a socially difficult drunk – not violent, not aggressive, nor driving vehicles. I just used it too much over a very long period and became addicted.
Oh gosh. I can see how that would be difficult, especially when life throws a curveball. Good for you, though, I’m proud of you.
I didn’t have any last night. Which is good. And it was difficult, and it was surprising.
I’ve only been properly drunk once in my life; some of you were there to witness it.
Divine Angel said:
Food is my coping strategy.
It’s one of mine too. Just coping with life…
;)
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
Michael V said:I had to give up the grog. Damaged my liver, you see. I had tried on numerous occasions before, unsuccessfully.
I was not a socially difficult drunk – not violent, not aggressive, nor driving vehicles. I just used it too much over a very long period and became addicted.
Oh gosh. I can see how that would be difficult, especially when life throws a curveball. Good for you, though, I’m proud of you.
I didn’t have any last night. Which is good. And it was difficult, and it was surprising.
Go you!
Still happy to chat if you need to. It’s important to have support.
Divine Angel said:
I’ve only been properly drunk once in my life; some of you were there to witness it.
Whistles nonchalantly and looks in the other direction.
:)
Divine Angel said:
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:Oh gosh. I can see how that would be difficult, especially when life throws a curveball. Good for you, though, I’m proud of you.
I didn’t have any last night. Which is good. And it was difficult, and it was surprising.
Go you!
Still happy to chat if you need to. It’s important to have support.
Thanks, appreciate it.
:)
I’m doing OK at the moment.
(Oh, and that number you have is defunct.)
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
Michael V said:I didn’t have any last night. Which is good. And it was difficult, and it was surprising.
Go you!
Still happy to chat if you need to. It’s important to have support.
Thanks, appreciate it.
:)
I’m doing OK at the moment.
(Oh, and that number you have is defunct.)
Will delete 👍🏼
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
Last night you posted that the past 162 days have been terribly difficult. What did you mean by that?
I had to give up the grog. Damaged my liver, you see. I had tried on numerous occasions before, unsuccessfully.
I was not a socially difficult drunk – not violent, not aggressive, nor driving vehicles. I just used it too much over a very long period and became addicted.
I am sorry to read that Mr V. Addiction is a hard thing, and getting to 162 days is a huge achievement. That is really hard going. I struggle in this area as well though I don’t drink.
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
Food is my coping strategy.
It’s one of mine too. Just coping with life…
;)
Nothing wrong with that.
captain_spalding said:
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
Last night you posted that the past 162 days have been terribly difficult. What did you mean by that?
I had to give up the grog. Damaged my liver, you see. I had tried on numerous occasions before, unsuccessfully.
I was not a socially difficult drunk – not violent, not aggressive, nor driving vehicles. I just used it too much over a very long period and became addicted.
Funny, i was just thinking, on Monday night, that i need to rein in my alcohol consumption.
It’s not a problem yet, but i can see that it could easily become one, if i’m not careful.
Goodness knows, i’ve seen the drink carry off better people than me.
Wise thoughts Captain Spalding
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
Michael V said:I had to give up the grog. Damaged my liver, you see. I had tried on numerous occasions before, unsuccessfully.
I was not a socially difficult drunk – not violent, not aggressive, nor driving vehicles. I just used it too much over a very long period and became addicted.
Oh gosh. I can see how that would be difficult, especially when life throws a curveball. Good for you, though, I’m proud of you.
I didn’t have any last night. Which is good. And it was difficult, and it was surprising.
You did really well!
Divine Angel said:
Food is my coping strategy.
+1
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
MV, may I ask a personal question?
Sure.
Have you ever been in a Turkish prison?
Bogsnorkler said:
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
MV, may I ask a personal question?
Sure.
Have you ever been in a Turkish prison?
;)
No. Not that I remember, anyway.
ms spock said:
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:Oh gosh. I can see how that would be difficult, especially when life throws a curveball. Good for you, though, I’m proud of you.
I didn’t have any last night. Which is good. And it was difficult, and it was surprising.
You did really well!
Thanks.
I was appalled the other day when the cashier informed me that my groceries were $271.90
I went to the self checkout for a second opinion – $41.50
Much better.
Bogsnorkler said:
I was appalled the other day when the cashier informed me that my groceries were $271.90
I went to the self checkout for a second opinion – $41.50
Much better.
Oh dear…
Michael V said:
captain_spalding said:
Michael V said:I had to give up the grog. Damaged my liver, you see. I had tried on numerous occasions before, unsuccessfully.
I was not a socially difficult drunk – not violent, not aggressive, nor driving vehicles. I just used it too much over a very long period and became addicted.
Funny, i was just thinking, on Monday night, that i need to rein in my alcohol consumption.
It’s not a problem yet, but i can see that it could easily become one, if i’m not careful.
Goodness knows, i’ve seen the drink carry off better people than me.
I’ve been addicted for more than 35 years. It has worried me on and off, and I tried to stop it or rein it in, every now and then but I couldn’t. I never drank at work, and rarely drank until after dark.
Since stopping, I’ve been amazed how often grog is used on TV shows. Glasses of wine here, pub scene with beers there, a shot of whisky to bond etc. Very common. Very, very common.
I remember having a conversation with an acquaintance several years ago; this person was an alcoholic. They recalled a situation where, after achieving sobriety, they were offered a drink in a public setting. After they politely declined the person that offered said, “surely you can have just one”, to which he replied, “that’s the problem, I can’t have just one”.
Bogsnorkler said:
I was appalled the other day when the cashier informed me that my groceries were $271.90
I went to the self checkout for a second opinion – $41.50
Much better.
LOL
Bogsnorkler said:
I was appalled the other day when the cashier informed me that my groceries were $271.90
I went to the self checkout for a second opinion – $41.50
Much better.
in reality, supermarkets will con you at every turn.
Yesterday, had to get some unsalted peanuts. Not a whole lot, a few hundred grams of them.
At the buy-by-the-scoop self-serve nuts and snack stand, they had packets of unsalted peanuts (no scoop-it-yourself u/s peanuts on sale) at a price which equals $12.50 per kg. Says so right there on the price tag.
Ten steps away, on the shelves where the pretzels and similar ‘bar snacks’ are sold, there’s packets of unsalted peanuts selling at $7.50 per kg.
They’re unsalted peanuts. No difference at all.
I expect that the higher price is some marketing/psychological trick, to make you think that you’re ok with $12.50 per kg, because you’re buying it from the ‘natural, healthy, wholesome’ snacks bar. Makes you feel just a little bit saintly, superior.
captain_spalding said:
Bogsnorkler said:
I was appalled the other day when the cashier informed me that my groceries were $271.90
I went to the self checkout for a second opinion – $41.50
Much better.
in reality, supermarkets will con you at every turn.
Yesterday, had to get some unsalted peanuts. Not a whole lot, a few hundred grams of them.
At the buy-by-the-scoop self-serve nuts and snack stand, they had packets of unsalted peanuts (no scoop-it-yourself u/s peanuts on sale) at a price which equals $12.50 per kg. Says so right there on the price tag.
Ten steps away, on the shelves where the pretzels and similar ‘bar snacks’ are sold, there’s packets of unsalted peanuts selling at $7.50 per kg.
They’re unsalted peanuts. No difference at all.
I expect that the higher price is some marketing/psychological trick, to make you think that you’re ok with $12.50 per kg, because you’re buying it from the ‘natural, healthy, wholesome’ snacks bar. Makes you feel just a little bit saintly, superior.
They could be fresher. Those in the bags might have been packed months ago.
diddly-squat said:
Michael V said:
captain_spalding said:Funny, i was just thinking, on Monday night, that i need to rein in my alcohol consumption.
It’s not a problem yet, but i can see that it could easily become one, if i’m not careful.
Goodness knows, i’ve seen the drink carry off better people than me.
I’ve been addicted for more than 35 years. It has worried me on and off, and I tried to stop it or rein it in, every now and then but I couldn’t. I never drank at work, and rarely drank until after dark.
Since stopping, I’ve been amazed how often grog is used on TV shows. Glasses of wine here, pub scene with beers there, a shot of whisky to bond etc. Very common. Very, very common.
I remember having a conversation with an acquaintance several years ago; this person was an alcoholic. They recalled a situation where, after achieving sobriety, they were offered a drink in a public setting. After they politely declined the person that offered said, “surely you can have just one”, to which he replied, “that’s the problem, I can’t have just one”.
I suspect that that’s likely the case. I’m not prepared to test it yet. I may never be prepared to test it.
But I would like to be able to have some in social situations – eg when we have visitors.
Hey Arts, my sister went for jury duty today but was ultimately rejected. They chose an all-POC jury.
She’d make a terrible juror anyway, she said the defendant “looked guilty”.
Divine Angel said:
Hey Arts, my sister went for jury duty today but was ultimately rejected. They chose an all-POC jury.She’d make a terrible juror anyway, she said the defendant “looked guilty”.
:)
SCIENCE said:
good
https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2025-05-15/auroras-mars-nasa-perseverance/105295470
Divine Angel said:
Hey Arts, my sister went for jury duty today but was ultimately rejected. They chose an all-POC jury.She’d make a terrible juror anyway, she said the defendant “looked guilty”.
interesting choices made… and lol yeah you have to be the most vanilla person to be on a jury… also most of us on this side of the fence would always want to opt for judge only if we were ever convicted of a crime … so that’s saying something about juries.
Arts said:
Divine Angel said:
Hey Arts, my sister went for jury duty today but was ultimately rejected. They chose an all-POC jury.She’d make a terrible juror anyway, she said the defendant “looked guilty”.
interesting choices made… and lol yeah you have to be the most vanilla person to be on a jury… also most of us on this side of the fence would always want to opt for judge only if we were ever convicted of a crime … so that’s saying something about juries.
Monday mornings here in Perth, all waiting outside the District Court.
Bogsnorkler said:
I was appalled the other day when the cashier informed me that my groceries were $271.90
I went to the self checkout for a second opinion – $41.50
Much better.
I noticed last week in Coles the camera’s recording everything and the pute was correctly identifying the type of fruit that I was presenting.
So no mangoes as potatoes!
A juror has been discharged from Erin Patterson’s triple murder trial.
Earlier today, Justice Christopher Beale told the jury he had received information the juror had been discussing the case with family and friends “contrary to my instructions”.
He said he had not made a positive finding that the juror discussed the case with family and friends, but “neither could I discount the possibility that he had”.
He directed the jury not to contact the juror who had been discharged, directly or indirectly.
—-
Boy, is he strict.
Ian said:
A juror has been discharged from Erin Patterson’s triple murder trial.Earlier today, Justice Christopher Beale told the jury he had received information the juror had been discussing the case with family and friends “contrary to my instructions”.
He said he had not made a positive finding that the juror discussed the case with family and friends, but “neither could I discount the possibility that he had”.
He directed the jury not to contact the juror who had been discharged, directly or indirectly.
—-
Boy, is he strict.
nope, just following the law
That’s jury training 101: you can’t tell your friends or family (or social media etc) even what case you’re on, let alone details.
What an idiot.
so form the conversation yesterday it takes, according to the toxicologist about 0.1milligrams per kilo to kill a human .. so for a 70kg human about three tablespoons…
but of course these are tests done on animals because no humans would put themself forward for testing – the selfish bastards.
Arts said:
so form the conversation yesterday it takes, according to the toxicologist about 0.1milligrams per kilo to kill a human .. so for a 70kg human about three tablespoons…but of course these are tests done on animals because no humans would put themself forward for testing – the selfish bastards.
Ethics committees are such wet blankets 😤 never let anyone have any fun
Arts said:
so form the conversation yesterday it takes, according to the toxicologist about 0.1milligrams per kilo to kill a human .. so for a 70kg human about three tablespoons…but of course these are tests done on animals because no humans would put themself forward for testing – the selfish bastards.
You’d think they get a happy man to do it, him being a fun guy
Arts said:
so form the conversation yesterday it takes, according to the toxicologist about 0.1milligrams per kilo to kill a human .. so for a 70kg human about three tablespoons…but of course these are tests done on animals because no humans would put themself forward for testing – the selfish bastards.
that’s why we need capital punishment. kill two birds etc…
Bogsnorkler said:
Arts said:
so form the conversation yesterday it takes, according to the toxicologist about 0.1milligrams per kilo to kill a human .. so for a 70kg human about three tablespoons…but of course these are tests done on animals because no humans would put themself forward for testing – the selfish bastards.
that’s why we need capital punishment. kill two birds etc…
No no no we need humans, not birds! Haven’t you been listening?
Divine Angel said:
Bogsnorkler said:
Arts said:
so form the conversation yesterday it takes, according to the toxicologist about 0.1milligrams per kilo to kill a human .. so for a 70kg human about three tablespoons…but of course these are tests done on animals because no humans would put themself forward for testing – the selfish bastards.
that’s why we need capital punishment. kill two birds etc…
No no no we need humans, not birds! Haven’t you been listening?
What, no birds!?
so the presence of amanitin has been found in the food dehydrator and the a sample of the mushroom paste and some vegetables that were dehydrated in the dehydrator.
Pharmacies accused of misleading customers with overuse of brightly coloured price tickets, leading to people thinking the products are on special when they’re not.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-15/pharmacies-are-pricing-items-on-discount-unfairly-study-finds/105294606
Chemist Warehouse does it a lot.
Divine Angel said:
Pharmacies accused of misleading customers with overuse of brightly coloured price tickets, leading to people thinking the products are on special when they’re not.https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-15/pharmacies-are-pricing-items-on-discount-unfairly-study-finds/105294606
Chemist Warehouse does it a lot.
worse than drug dealers!?
Arts said:
so form the conversation yesterday it takes, according to the toxicologist about 0.1milligrams per kilo to kill a human .. so for a 70kg human about three tablespoons…but of course these are tests done on animals because no humans would put themself forward for testing – the selfish bastards.
0.1 × 70 = 7 milligrams so they must be pretty tiny tablespoons.
The Rev Dodgson said:
Arts said:
so form the conversation yesterday it takes, according to the toxicologist about 0.1milligrams per kilo to kill a human .. so for a 70kg human about three tablespoons…but of course these are tests done on animals because no humans would put themself forward for testing – the selfish bastards.
0.1 × 70 = 7 milligrams so they must be pretty tiny tablespoons.
7 mg of the toxin is contained in about 3 tablespoons of the particular poisonous mushrooms.
Michael V said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
Arts said:
so form the conversation yesterday it takes, according to the toxicologist about 0.1milligrams per kilo to kill a human .. so for a 70kg human about three tablespoons…but of course these are tests done on animals because no humans would put themself forward for testing – the selfish bastards.
0.1 × 70 = 7 milligrams so they must be pretty tiny tablespoons.
7 mg of the toxin is contained in about 3 tablespoons of the particular poisonous mushrooms.
Ah, that would explain it.
Divine Angel said:
Hey Arts, my sister went for jury duty today but was ultimately rejected. They chose an all-POC jury.She’d make a terrible juror anyway, she said the defendant “looked guilty”.
The defendant has rights, he has the right to a trial, then we’ll hang him.
Travel company goes bust, leaving customers devastated.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-15/melbourne-travel-company-traveldream-collapse/105296488
What I’m hearing is, they dodged a bullet by not travelling to the US.
Bloody hell.
“ A woman has been charged following investigations into five bomb hoaxes in the Bayside area today.
It will be alleged that a series of threatening messages were sent to childcare centres and a primary school in Brisbane’s Bayside in the early hours of Thursday morning.
This afternoon, detectives from the Bayside Criminal Investigation Branch charged a 50-year-old Cleveland woman with five counts of making a bomb hoax – falsely inform bomb present.
Police investigations have concluded that the alleged threats were unsubstantiated, and that there was no risk to any children or the community.
Police will further allege the woman was not known to, or connected with the centres or school.
The woman will appear at the Cleveland Magistrate’s Court on June 5.”
hmmmm hard not to think about the fact that this little corner of the internet is only getting smaller – it does worry me that a lot of people here depend on this place for a good proportion of their social interactions.
diddly-squat said:
hmmmm hard not to think about the fact that this little corner of the internet is only getting smaller – it does worry me that a lot of people here depend on this place for a good proportion of their social interactions.
I wonder at times who’s going to be the last left.
diddly-squat said:
hmmmm hard not to think about the fact that this little corner of the internet is only getting smaller – it does worry me that a lot of people here depend on this place for a good proportion of their social interactions.
it’s our lifeboat man. none of us have a life outside this forum.
party_pants said:
diddly-squat said:hmmmm hard not to think about the fact that this little corner of the internet is only getting smaller – it does worry me that a lot of people here depend on this place for a good proportion of their social interactions.
I wonder at times who’s going to be the last left.
Me. still telling jokes and posting memes.
Bogsnorkler said:
party_pants said:
diddly-squat said:hmmmm hard not to think about the fact that this little corner of the internet is only getting smaller – it does worry me that a lot of people here depend on this place for a good proportion of their social interactions.
I wonder at times who’s going to be the last left.
Me. still telling jokes and posting memes.
It won’t be me.
party_pants said:
diddly-squat said:hmmmm hard not to think about the fact that this little corner of the internet is only getting smaller – it does worry me that a lot of people here depend on this place for a good proportion of their social interactions.
I wonder at times who’s going to be the last left.
I wonder who is the actual youngest here
Hard to think there is anyone that is younger than 40
Stumpy once said the forum tends to attract the unhinged. We’re definitely a special breed.
my mum had a heart attack last night… she’s still alive and now living it up in hospital… I suspect she was trying to one up me.. she’s always had this thing where she’s had to win… but not this time… no surgery for her… loser.
Divine Angel said:
Stumpy once said the forum tends to attract the unhinged. We’re definitely a special breed.
Divine Angel said:
Stumpy once said the forum tends to attract the unhinged. We’re definitely a special breed.
It’s clear this place doesn’t attract anyone.. like was just said, this place is a lifeboat for people that simply don’t want to go anywhere else.
Arts said:
my mum had a heart attack last night… she’s still alive and now living it up in hospital… I suspect she was trying to one up me.. she’s always had this thing where she’s had to win… but not this time… no surgery for her… loser.
bloody hell.
hope she makes a full recovery.
Arts said:
my mum had a heart attack last night… she’s still alive and now living it up in hospital… I suspect she was trying to one up me.. she’s always had this thing where she’s had to win… but not this time… no surgery for her… loser.
Omg Arts! That’s not something you need. Well, generally, but especially right now. Glad your mama’s more or less ok for the moment
Arts said:
my mum had a heart attack last night… she’s still alive and now living it up in hospital… I suspect she was trying to one up me.. she’s always had this thing where she’s had to win… but not this time… no surgery for her… loser.
did you make an L with your fingers on your forehead?
Alex’s dad is in the horsepiddle too
diddly-squat said:
party_pants said:
diddly-squat said:hmmmm hard not to think about the fact that this little corner of the internet is only getting smaller – it does worry me that a lot of people here depend on this place for a good proportion of their social interactions.
I wonder at times who’s going to be the last left.
I wonder who is the actual youngest here
Hard to think there is anyone that is younger than 40
Probably DA is the youngest regular?
I’m over 50 now, and one of the younger members, maybe in the lower quartile.
Arts said:
my mum had a heart attack last night… she’s still alive and now living it up in hospital… I suspect she was trying to one up me.. she’s always had this thing where she’s had to win… but not this time… no surgery for her… loser.
party_pants said:
diddly-squat said:
party_pants said:I wonder at times who’s going to be the last left.
I wonder who is the actual youngest here
Hard to think there is anyone that is younger than 40
Probably DA is the youngest regular?
I’m over 50 now, and one of the younger members, maybe in the lower quartile.
I think DA and I are the same age
diddly-squat said:
Divine Angel said:
Stumpy once said the forum tends to attract the unhinged. We’re definitely a special breed.
It’s clear this place doesn’t attract anyone.. like was just said, this place is a lifeboat for people that simply don’t want to go anywhere else.
you mean like FB where I probably interact more with a wide range of people? Or Youtube? and so why are you here? or are you “different”?
Arts said:
my mum had a heart attack last night… she’s still alive and now living it up in hospital… I suspect she was trying to one up me.. she’s always had this thing where she’s had to win… but not this time… no surgery for her… loser.
Damn. Hope she makes a full and rapid recovery.
party_pants said:
diddly-squat said:
party_pants said:I wonder at times who’s going to be the last left.
I wonder who is the actual youngest here
Hard to think there is anyone that is younger than 40
Probably DA is the youngest regular?
I’m over 50 now, and one of the younger members, maybe in the lower quartile.
once upon a time I had a spreadsheet with all the forum ages on it.. I remember turning stumps age red…. but I cant seem to find it now…
Bogsnorkler said:
diddly-squat said:hmmmm hard not to think about the fact that this little corner of the internet is only getting smaller – it does worry me that a lot of people here depend on this place for a good proportion of their social interactions.
it’s our lifeboat man. none of us have a life outside this forum.
Speak for yourself! I’ve got plants and fungi…
diddly-squat said:
party_pants said:
diddly-squat said:I wonder who is the actual youngest here
Hard to think there is anyone that is younger than 40
Probably DA is the youngest regular?
I’m over 50 now, and one of the younger members, maybe in the lower quartile.
I think DA and I are the same age
I thought you were slightly older?
diddly-squat said:
Arts said:
my mum had a heart attack last night… she’s still alive and now living it up in hospital… I suspect she was trying to one up me.. she’s always had this thing where she’s had to win… but not this time… no surgery for her… loser.
that’s exactly what I did when I got to the hospital
Bogsnorkler said:
diddly-squat said:
Divine Angel said:
Stumpy once said the forum tends to attract the unhinged. We’re definitely a special breed.
It’s clear this place doesn’t attract anyone.. like was just said, this place is a lifeboat for people that simply don’t want to go anywhere else.
you mean like FB where I probably interact more with a wide range of people? Or Youtube? and so why are you here? or are you “different”?
I come here because I enjoy (some of the) discourse.
Arts said:
party_pants said:
diddly-squat said:I wonder who is the actual youngest here
Hard to think there is anyone that is younger than 40
Probably DA is the youngest regular?
I’m over 50 now, and one of the younger members, maybe in the lower quartile.
once upon a time I had a spreadsheet with all the forum ages on it.. I remember turning stumps age red…. but I cant seem to find it now…
As I was saying about being a special breed here…
I’m 66 next month. Sarahs mum was a year or two older than me.
Divine Angel said:
diddly-squat said:
party_pants said:Probably DA is the youngest regular?
I’m over 50 now, and one of the younger members, maybe in the lower quartile.
I think DA and I are the same age
I thought you were slightly older?
1976 model here
diddly-squat said:
Divine Angel said:
diddly-squat said:I think DA and I are the same age
I thought you were slightly older?
1976 model here
1978
Divine Angel said:
diddly-squat said:
Divine Angel said:I thought you were slightly older?
1976 model here
1978
old ’55.
Divine Angel said:
diddly-squat said:
Divine Angel said:I thought you were slightly older?
1976 model here
1978
so it’s probably you DA, the youngest forum regular is in her late 40s – this place maybe have another two decades left in it… unless that is, that cb88 will be the death of us all.
Bogsnorkler said:
Divine Angel said:
diddly-squat said:1976 model here
1978
old ’55.
1972 model. bits missing, no longer in showroom condition
party_pants said:
Bogsnorkler said:
Divine Angel said:1978
old ’55.
1972 model. bits missing, no longer in showroom condition
me too. should buff out though.
Arts said:
diddly-squat said:
Arts said:
my mum had a heart attack last night… she’s still alive and now living it up in hospital… I suspect she was trying to one up me.. she’s always had this thing where she’s had to win… but not this time… no surgery for her… loser.
that’s exactly what I did when I got to the hospital
I hope she has a speedy recovery.
I’m dealing with a husband who has had knee surgery. He is not a very good patient, and wont rest – then complains his knee is hurting.
Divine Angel said:
Arts said:
party_pants said:Probably DA is the youngest regular?
I’m over 50 now, and one of the younger members, maybe in the lower quartile.
once upon a time I had a spreadsheet with all the forum ages on it.. I remember turning stumps age red…. but I cant seem to find it now…
As I was saying about being a special breed here…
I found it.. poik wins
Bogsnorkler said:
party_pants said:
Bogsnorkler said:old ’55.
1972 model. bits missing, no longer in showroom condition
me too. should buff out though.
Oh, and DA…I’m almost to the end of The Naturalist from Amsterdam. I am finding the jumpy timeline disconcerting.
Arts said:
Divine Angel said:
Arts said:once upon a time I had a spreadsheet with all the forum ages on it.. I remember turning stumps age red…. but I cant seem to find it now…
As I was saying about being a special breed here…
I found it.. poik wins
the average age is 62.19
Arts said:
Arts said:
Divine Angel said:As I was saying about being a special breed here…
I found it.. poik wins
the average age is 62.19
however there are people on this list that have not visited the forum for many years.. and some that may now visit the forum who’s data wasnt gathered.
buffy said:
Oh, and DA…I’m almost to the end of The Naturalist from Amsterdam. I am finding the jumpy timeline disconcerting.
Same
Divine Angel said:
Bloody hell.“ A woman has been charged following investigations into five bomb hoaxes in the Bayside area today.
It will be alleged that a series of threatening messages were sent to childcare centres and a primary school in Brisbane’s Bayside in the early hours of Thursday morning.
This afternoon, detectives from the Bayside Criminal Investigation Branch charged a 50-year-old Cleveland woman with five counts of making a bomb hoax – falsely inform bomb present.
Police investigations have concluded that the alleged threats were unsubstantiated, and that there was no risk to any children or the community.
Police will further allege the woman was not known to, or connected with the centres or school.
The woman will appear at the Cleveland Magistrate’s Court on June 5.”
Gosh!
I wonder – why?
Arts said:
Arts said:
Divine Angel said:As I was saying about being a special breed here…
I found it.. poik wins
the average age is 62.19
Registrations are turned off, though, so we can’t attract new members.
party_pants said:
Bogsnorkler said:
Divine Angel said:1978
old ’55.
1972 model. bits missing, no longer in showroom condition
1965.
Accident damaged. Born in the wrong place.
Still trying to work out what the fuck is going on.
Arts said:
my mum had a heart attack last night… she’s still alive and now living it up in hospital… I suspect she was trying to one up me.. she’s always had this thing where she’s had to win… but not this time… no surgery for her… loser.
Bloody!
Divine Angel said:
diddly-squat said:
Divine Angel said:I thought you were slightly older?
1976 model here
1978
Both born after Matthew V (who was the original host of this place).
Except he’s not getting any older…
Arts said:
Divine Angel said:
Arts said:once upon a time I had a spreadsheet with all the forum ages on it.. I remember turning stumps age red…. but I cant seem to find it now…
As I was saying about being a special breed here…
I found it.. poik wins
Aha!
Watching Eurovision semi-final 2, ‘cos sarahs mum would want me to try to cheer up :)
Bubblecar said:
Watching Eurovision semi-final 2, ‘cos sarahs mum would want me to try to cheer up :)
We are up first, Parpyone.
Woodie said:
Bubblecar said:
Watching Eurovision semi-final 2, ‘cos sarahs mum would want me to try to cheer up :)
We are up first, Parpyone.
WTF??????? Nil poi.
Bubblecar said:
Watching Eurovision semi-final 2, ‘cos sarahs mum would want me to try to cheer up :)
Hey Bubbles, you have a good support network here and IRL, make sure you use it mate.
Woodie said:
Woodie said:
Bubblecar said:
Watching Eurovision semi-final 2, ‘cos sarahs mum would want me to try to cheer up :)
We are up first, Parpyone.
WTF??????? Nil poi.
Wotcha mean?
Dark Orange said:
Bubblecar said:
Watching Eurovision semi-final 2, ‘cos sarahs mum would want me to try to cheer up :)
Hey Bubbles, you have a good support network here and IRL, make sure you use it mate.
I know DO, I’m grateful.
Bubblecar said:
Woodie said:
Woodie said:We are up first, Parpyone.
WTF??????? Nil poi.
Wotcha mean?
Hadn’t you heard the song before, or were you disappointed with the presentation?
The original video was better produced.
Bubblecar said:
Bubblecar said:
Woodie said:WTF??????? Nil poi.
Wotcha mean?
Hadn’t you heard the song before, or were you disappointed with the presentation?
The original video was better produced.
I’d looked it up once or twice. I still say “nil poi”.
I like this Irish entry.
Woodie said:
Bubblecar said:
Bubblecar said:Wotcha mean?
Hadn’t you heard the song before, or were you disappointed with the presentation?
The original video was better produced.
I’d looked it up once or twice. I still say “nil poi”.
It’s not great and it’s not going to win, but it could have been worse :)
Some nice harmonies from Latvia.
Bubblecar said:
Woodie said:
Bubblecar said:Hadn’t you heard the song before, or were you disappointed with the presentation?
The original video was better produced.
I’d looked it up once or twice. I still say “nil poi”.
It’s not great and it’s not going to win, but it could have been worse :)
I won’t even get past the semi final.
Surely this country can come up with something better than that.
Bubblecar said:
Some nice harmonies from Latvia.
It’s the year of the native language too. The 1st semi final was the same.
Woodie said:
Bubblecar said:
Woodie said:I’d looked it up once or twice. I still say “nil poi”.
It’s not great and it’s not going to win, but it could have been worse :)
I won’t even get past the semi final.
Surely this country can come up with something better than that.
You’d think so, but who knows. The judges and audiences sometimes favour some of the crappier stuff.
Woodie said:
Bubblecar said:
Woodie said:I’d looked it up once or twice. I still say “nil poi”.
It’s not great and it’s not going to win, but it could have been worse :)
I won’t even get past the semi final.
Surely this country can come up with something better than that.
I’d vote for the ads before I’d vote for that.
Dramatic entry from Austria.
Oh look….. a Nana Mouskouri look alike!!!
Well the UK won’t be going anywhere either.
Bubblecar said:
Well the UK won’t be going anywhere either.
Bit ordinermerry.
Woodie said:
Oh look….. a Nana Mouskouri look alike!!!
I assume you’re watching this on the telly. I’m watching on the pooter with SBS On Demand, with a few pauses, so you’re ahead of me :)
Pleasing song from Greece, whatever it was about.
Lithuania started evocatively but then disintegrated.
Love the frock. But they can leave the Cossacks out of it.
Might give that one a cuppla poi.
Bubblecar said:
Woodie said:
Oh look….. a Nana Mouskouri look alike!!!
I assume you’re watching this on the telly. I’m watching on the pooter with SBS On Demand, with a few pauses, so you’re ahead of me :)
All my tele channels went off for a few hours for some reason earlier on. Back on now though, hey what but.
Bit of inspiration from Ms Piaf in that one.
Woodie said:
Bit of inspiration from Ms Piaf in that one.
It’s certainly a Frenchy French one.
Mr Czechia will get through, methinks.
Cuppla more poi than the other ones.
Rain and a possible thunderstorm later this evening, top,of 23.
Mr Mutant had a restless night so I’ll let him have a sleep-in. Mini Me has pet-sitting from this afternoon til Monday morning: the school mums are all going camping this weekend. We never get invited but they do pay us to pet sit. I’d rather play with dogs than camp anyway, especially when it’s going to be rainy all weekend.
Morning pilgrims.
At the redoubt and it’s cold.
Just here for a security check, all good.
A blanket of fog, no wind, should be a nice day.
Over.
Not another costume reveal!!
Pleasant toe-tapper from Luxembourg.
Love the staircase. Not sure if I’d put it in my house, though, hey what but.
Woodie said:
Love the staircase. Not sure if I’d put it in my house, though, hey what but.
That one gets douze poi for staging of the night.
Divine Angel said:
Rain and a possible thunderstorm later this evening, top,of 23.Mr Mutant had a restless night so I’ll let him have a sleep-in. Mini Me has pet-sitting from this afternoon til Monday morning: the school mums are all going camping this weekend. We never get invited but they do pay us to pet sit. I’d rather play with dogs than camp anyway, especially when it’s going to be rainy all weekend.
I hope Mini Me, you and the doggos have fun.
Max of 16 here, chance of showers.
I’m drinking scotch and watching Eurovision and missing sarahs mum. What comes next, who knows.
Good morning everybody.
It seems to be an unevenly grey day outside. There’s been very light rain on and off throughout the night. The smoke alarm woke me hours ago but ceased harassing me after a few minutes. There was neither any smoke nor a fire so I eventually went back to sleep. I awoke as the sky was lightening. There was a strange sharp noise like a bird striking the outside of the house. That woke me fully. Now I am up and will go make coffee and do the washing-up soon.
It’s currently a chilly 15.2° C, at 94% RH, overcast and almost completely calm. The BoM is recommending that I dress for a top of 24° C and that I prepare for more rain.
Mrs V wants a sausage for breakfast. No other agenda set.
fa la la la la la la la la la la la ……nup.
Peak Warming Man said:
Morning pilgrims.
At the redoubt and it’s cold.
Just here for a security check, all good.
A blanket of fog, no wind, should be a nice day.
Over.
Were you expecting a security breach of some sort?
Bubblecar said:
Divine Angel said:
Rain and a possible thunderstorm later this evening, top,of 23.Mr Mutant had a restless night so I’ll let him have a sleep-in. Mini Me has pet-sitting from this afternoon til Monday morning: the school mums are all going camping this weekend. We never get invited but they do pay us to pet sit. I’d rather play with dogs than camp anyway, especially when it’s going to be rainy all weekend.
I hope Mini Me, you and the doggos have fun.
Max of 16 here, chance of showers.
I’m drinking scotch and watching Eurovision and missing sarahs mum. What comes next, who knows.
You could always stream semi final No 1.
Woodie said:
fa la la la la la la la la la la la ……nup.
It’s a bit of a nothing.
Woodie said:
Bubblecar said:
Divine Angel said:
Rain and a possible thunderstorm later this evening, top,of 23.Mr Mutant had a restless night so I’ll let him have a sleep-in. Mini Me has pet-sitting from this afternoon til Monday morning: the school mums are all going camping this weekend. We never get invited but they do pay us to pet sit. I’d rather play with dogs than camp anyway, especially when it’s going to be rainy all weekend.
I hope Mini Me, you and the doggos have fun.
Max of 16 here, chance of showers.
I’m drinking scotch and watching Eurovision and missing sarahs mum. What comes next, who knows.
You could always stream semi final No 1.
Good idea.
Poi?
Peak Warming Man said:
Morning pilgrims.
At the redoubt and it’s cold.
Just here for a security check, all good.
A blanket of fog, no wind, should be a nice day.
Over.
I set fire to stuff last night. Still snug and cozy even though it’s nearly out.
I’m finding these two Eurovision tragics highly entertaining this morning.
The artist now known as Princ.
That one’s a bit of a belt it out number.
Maybe a cuppla poi from me.
Miss Finland’s got a decent set of…… eeeerrr……um ….. lungs.
Bubblecar said:
Woodie said:
Bubblecar said:I hope Mini Me, you and the doggos have fun.
Max of 16 here, chance of showers.
I’m drinking scotch and watching Eurovision and missing sarahs mum. What comes next, who knows.
You could always stream semi final No 1.
Good idea.
Yeah……. do a good and proper Eurovision Binge, hey what but.
Woodie said:
Miss Finland’s got a decent set of…… eeeerrr……um ….. lungs.
So she sings loudly. Good. Or is she just very fit?
I’d better of make C…O…F…F…E…E…
And do the washing up. Back in a little while.
Bubblecar said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Morning pilgrims.
At the redoubt and it’s cold.
Just here for a security check, all good.
A blanket of fog, no wind, should be a nice day.
Over.
Were you expecting a security breach of some sort?
No, it’s pretty secure, haven’t had any security breaches so far, it’s very remote.
I’ve got tank traps and and pillboxs enfilading the entrance.
My huit poi – Greece
My diix poi – Serbia
My douze poi – Israel
Peak Warming Man said:
Bubblecar said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Morning pilgrims.
At the redoubt and it’s cold.
Just here for a security check, all good.
A blanket of fog, no wind, should be a nice day.
Over.
Were you expecting a security breach of some sort?
No, it’s pretty secure, haven’t had any security breaches so far, it’s very remote.
I’ve got tank traps and and pillboxs enfilading the entrance.
Sensible.
Woodie said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Morning pilgrims.
At the redoubt and it’s cold.
Just here for a security check, all good.
A blanket of fog, no wind, should be a nice day.
Over.
I set fire to stuff last night. Still snug and cozy even though it’s nearly out.
Do you catch wild wood or do you buy it.
I buy it now, too much arsing about and I’m old.
Woodie said:
My huit poi – Greece
My diix poi – Serbia
My douze poi – Israel
Fair enough. I’m not voting, because my mood was too changeable throughout the songs.
adjust identifications and orientations and so forth as relevant but seems like about 227% of yous contributors here going be under suspicion for planning another Bondi style thing
There were bookmark pages that included “12 common traits of serial killers” and “21 famous serial killers and their creepy backstories”. There were also searches including “what women look for in men”, “dating advice” and “how to find a woman”.
Peak Warming Man said:
Woodie said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Morning pilgrims.
At the redoubt and it’s cold.
Just here for a security check, all good.
A blanket of fog, no wind, should be a nice day.
Over.
I set fire to stuff last night. Still snug and cozy even though it’s nearly out.
Do you catch wild wood or do you buy it.
I buy it now, too much arsing about and I’m old.
Got some left from last year.
WIll be getting some rounds next week. Then put the log splitter to good use.
Bubblecar said:
Woodie said:
My huit poi – Greece
My diix poi – Serbia
My douze poi – Israel
Fair enough. I’m not voting, because my mood was too changeable throughout the songs.
I’m not voting either. It costs.
Michael V said:
I’d better of make C…O…F…F…E…E…And do the washing up. Back in a little while.
Done. Brewing now.
‘ken ants.
Australia are out.
Bubblecar said:
Australia are out.
Greece go through :)
Woodie said:
My huit poi – Greece
My diix poi – Serbia
My douze poi – Israel
Well, two outa three ain’t bad.
Woodie said:
Woodie said:
My huit poi – Greece
My diix poi – Serbia
My douze poi – Israel
Well, two outa three ain’t bad.
:)
Bubblecar said:
Australia are out.
Said they wouldn’t make it.
Good morning Holidayers. Presently 7 degrees at the back door, overcast. We are forecast 16 degrees with a shower or two.
Going to Warrnambool again today for Mr buffy to see the kidney stones man for a review appointment.
Well…… that’s it. I’m orf.
Take the phone off the hook and get a cuppla hours snoozleberries.
buffy said:
Good morning Holidayers. Presently 7 degrees at the back door, overcast. We are forecast 16 degrees with a shower or two.Going to Warrnambool again today for Mr buffy to see the kidney stones man for a review appointment.
Good luck for kryten
Michael V said:
Michael V said:
I’d better of make C…O…F…F…E…E…And do the washing up. Back in a little while.
Done. Brewing now.
‘ken ants.
Total nuclear holocaust AND laser beams.
Woodie said:
Bubblecar said:
Australia are out.
Said they wouldn’t make it.
I knew they wouldn’t. It was a very unambitious effort.
Woodie said:
Well…… that’s it. I’m orf.Take the phone off the hook and get a cuppla hours snoozleberries.
Nighto.
I’ll have a squint at the first semi-final, which I missed live.
Woodie said:
Michael V said:
Michael V said:
I’d better of make C…O…F…F…E…E…And do the washing up. Back in a little while.
Done. Brewing now.
‘ken ants.
Total nuclear holocaust AND laser beams.
Yeah, I need something like that.
I’ve wash up a few bottle caps for poison.
Pharque me. Who’s ever heard of ants in the fridge? Sometimes I even find them in the freezer.
Michael V said:
Michael V said:
I’d better of make C…O…F…F…E…E…And do the washing up. Back in a little while.
Done. Brewing now.
‘ken ants.
We’ve had ants ever since Alfred. Different ones too: big orange ones in my study, tiny black ones in the bathroom, medium black ones in the pantry, greyish ones in the kitchen…
Bubblecar said:
Australia are out.
All out, how many did they make?
Divine Angel said:
Michael V said:
Michael V said:
I’d better of make C…O…F…F…E…E…And do the washing up. Back in a little while.
Done. Brewing now.
‘ken ants.
We’ve had ants ever since Alfred. Different ones too: big orange ones in my study, tiny black ones in the bathroom, medium black ones in the pantry, greyish ones in the kitchen…
Eating much?
I don’t mind them being around, but eating my food is a step too far.
Peak Warming Man said:
Bubblecar said:
Australia are out.
All out, how many did they make?
He probably won’t tell us until the start of the second innings. Just to tease us and keep us on tenterhooks.
Divine Angel said:
Michael V said:
Michael V said:
I’d better of make C…O…F…F…E…E…And do the washing up. Back in a little while.
Done. Brewing now.
‘ken ants.
We’ve had ants ever since Alfred. Different ones too: big orange ones in my study, tiny black ones in the bathroom, medium black ones in the pantry, greyish ones in the kitchen…
Should Gloworm go on the list of those no longer with us.
Peak Warming Man said:
Divine Angel said:
Michael V said:Done. Brewing now.
‘ken ants.
We’ve had ants ever since Alfred. Different ones too: big orange ones in my study, tiny black ones in the bathroom, medium black ones in the pantry, greyish ones in the kitchen…
Should Gloworm go on the list of those no longer with us.
Probably. It seems I am channelling her. She has to have passed for that to happen, right?
Peak Warming Man said:
Divine Angel said:
Michael V said:Done. Brewing now.
‘ken ants.
We’ve had ants ever since Alfred. Different ones too: big orange ones in my study, tiny black ones in the bathroom, medium black ones in the pantry, greyish ones in the kitchen…
Should Gloworm go on the list of those no longer with us.
She won’t be the only one. There were several other elderly SSSF regulars (some for just a while) who are gone by now.
Bubblecar said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Divine Angel said:We’ve had ants ever since Alfred. Different ones too: big orange ones in my study, tiny black ones in the bathroom, medium black ones in the pantry, greyish ones in the kitchen…
Should Gloworm go on the list of those no longer with us.
She won’t be the only one. There were several other elderly SSSF regulars (some for just a while) who are gone by now.
I guess. I mean, it is all a quarter of a century ago…
Do me a favour, when I die don’t say that I have “passed away” or anything like that.
Just say that I am dead. I died.
I find it an insult to the process of death. Do we use namby pamby words when a person is born?
Oh..wait…some people probably do.
Rightio.
kii said:
Do me a favour, when I die don’t say that I have “passed away” or anything like that.
Just say that I am dead. I died.
I find it an insult to the process of death. Do we use namby pamby words when a person is born?
Oh..wait…some people probably do.
Fair enough, that’s your preference and I understand it.
But I personally think “passed away” is an accurate enough description, not a euphemism.
When we die, we pass away – leave the timeline – from the perspective of the living. It’s like a tree you pass on the road, and it’s no longer with us.
Sarahs mum has passed away, but she’s still there, back on her own timeline, with which we can no longer communicate.
But she’s still with us as the presence we have built into the sarahs mum corner of our minds and our worlds.
Bubblecar said:
kii said:
Do me a favour, when I die don’t say that I have “passed away” or anything like that.
Just say that I am dead. I died.
I find it an insult to the process of death. Do we use namby pamby words when a person is born?
Oh..wait…some people probably do.
Fair enough, that’s your preference and I understand it.
But I personally think “passed away” is an accurate enough description, not a euphemism.
When we die, we pass away – leave the timeline – from the perspective of the living. It’s like a tree you pass on the road, and it’s no longer with us.
Sarahs mum has passed away, but she’s still there, back on her own timeline, with which we can no longer communicate.
But she’s still with us as the presence we have built into the sarahs mum corner of our minds and our worlds.
Just stfu. Leave me alone.
Lolol…I’m not referring to Ros’s death. I’ve just been reminded of my preference.
kii said:
Bubblecar said:
kii said:
Do me a favour, when I die don’t say that I have “passed away” or anything like that.
Just say that I am dead. I died.
I find it an insult to the process of death. Do we use namby pamby words when a person is born?
Oh..wait…some people probably do.
Fair enough, that’s your preference and I understand it.
But I personally think “passed away” is an accurate enough description, not a euphemism.
When we die, we pass away – leave the timeline – from the perspective of the living. It’s like a tree you pass on the road, and it’s no longer with us.
Sarahs mum has passed away, but she’s still there, back on her own timeline, with which we can no longer communicate.
But she’s still with us as the presence we have built into the sarahs mum corner of our minds and our worlds.
Just stfu. Leave me alone.
Lolol…I’m not referring to Ros’s death. I’ve just been reminded of my preference.
I’ll leave you to your own battles, whatever they are.
kii said:
Do me a favour, when I die don’t say that I have “passed away” or anything like that.
Just say that I am dead. I died.
I find it an insult to the process of death. Do we use namby pamby words when a person is born?
Oh..wait…some people probably do.
People in may family always die. No-one passes away, or over or anything else. The memories may live on, but the body dies.
buffy said:
kii said:
Do me a favour, when I die don’t say that I have “passed away” or anything like that.
Just say that I am dead. I died.
I find it an insult to the process of death. Do we use namby pamby words when a person is born?
Oh..wait…some people probably do.
People in may family always die. No-one passes away, or over or anything else. The memories may live on, but the body dies.
Yes, the memories live on, but the body dies when it passes away.
Peak Warming Man said:
Divine Angel said:
Michael V said:Done. Brewing now.
‘ken ants.
We’ve had ants ever since Alfred. Different ones too: big orange ones in my study, tiny black ones in the bathroom, medium black ones in the pantry, greyish ones in the kitchen…
Should Gloworm go on the list of those no longer with us.
Wasn’t one of her nieces on the forums?
Michael V said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Divine Angel said:We’ve had ants ever since Alfred. Different ones too: big orange ones in my study, tiny black ones in the bathroom, medium black ones in the pantry, greyish ones in the kitchen…
Should Gloworm go on the list of those no longer with us.
Probably. It seems I am channelling her. She has to have passed for that to happen, right?
Good morning Mr V ;)
Dia daoich (Greetings) Forumities!
Bubblecar said:
kii said:
Do me a favour, when I die don’t say that I have “passed away” or anything like that.
Just say that I am dead. I died.
I find it an insult to the process of death. Do we use namby pamby words when a person is born?
Oh..wait…some people probably do.
Fair enough, that’s your preference and I understand it.
But I personally think “passed away” is an accurate enough description, not a euphemism.
When we die, we pass away – leave the timeline – from the perspective of the living. It’s like a tree you pass on the road, and it’s no longer with us.
Sarahs mum has passed away, but she’s still there, back on her own timeline, with which we can no longer communicate.
But she’s still with us as the presence we have built into the sarahs mum corner of our minds and our worlds.
And by telling stories about her and talking about her we make her part of our continuing timelines.
ms spock said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Divine Angel said:We’ve had ants ever since Alfred. Different ones too: big orange ones in my study, tiny black ones in the bathroom, medium black ones in the pantry, greyish ones in the kitchen…
Should Gloworm go on the list of those no longer with us.
Wasn’t one of her nieces on the forums?
Yes, that was J.F.
ms spock said:
Bubblecar said:
kii said:
Do me a favour, when I die don’t say that I have “passed away” or anything like that.
Just say that I am dead. I died.
I find it an insult to the process of death. Do we use namby pamby words when a person is born?
Oh..wait…some people probably do.
Fair enough, that’s your preference and I understand it.
But I personally think “passed away” is an accurate enough description, not a euphemism.
When we die, we pass away – leave the timeline – from the perspective of the living. It’s like a tree you pass on the road, and it’s no longer with us.
Sarahs mum has passed away, but she’s still there, back on her own timeline, with which we can no longer communicate.
But she’s still with us as the presence we have built into the sarahs mum corner of our minds and our worlds.
And by telling stories about her and talking about her we make her part of our continuing timelines.
:)
ms spock said:
Dia daoich (Greetings) Forumities!
Good morning spocky.
Bubblecar said:
kii said:
Bubblecar said:Fair enough, that’s your preference and I understand it.
But I personally think “passed away” is an accurate enough description, not a euphemism.
When we die, we pass away – leave the timeline – from the perspective of the living. It’s like a tree you pass on the road, and it’s no longer with us.
Sarahs mum has passed away, but she’s still there, back on her own timeline, with which we can no longer communicate.
But she’s still with us as the presence we have built into the sarahs mum corner of our minds and our worlds.
Just stfu. Leave me alone.
Lolol…I’m not referring to Ros’s death. I’ve just been reminded of my preference.
I’ll leave you to your own battles, whatever they are.
Lololol 😆
No battles here. Just straightforward commonsense about death. Just as buffy explained.
kii said:
Bubblecar said:
kii said:Just stfu. Leave me alone.
Lolol…I’m not referring to Ros’s death. I’ve just been reminded of my preference.
I’ll leave you to your own battles, whatever they are.
Lololol 😆
No battles here. Just straightforward commonsense about death. Just as buffy explained.
Goodo.
at my funeral i want a powerpoint presentation of all my best jokes and memes played. give those mourners a laugh or two.
Bubblecar said:
ms spock said:
Peak Warming Man said:Should Gloworm go on the list of those no longer with us.
Wasn’t one of her nieces on the forums?
Yes, that was J.F.
I am not up with the latest. Is J.F still around?
Bogsnorkler said:
at my funeral i want a powerpoint presentation of all my best jokes and memes played. give those mourners a laugh or two.
But you are going to be the last one of us… you’d better organise that yourself.
Bubblecar said:
ms spock said:
Bubblecar said:Fair enough, that’s your preference and I understand it.
But I personally think “passed away” is an accurate enough description, not a euphemism.
When we die, we pass away – leave the timeline – from the perspective of the living. It’s like a tree you pass on the road, and it’s no longer with us.
Sarahs mum has passed away, but she’s still there, back on her own timeline, with which we can no longer communicate.
But she’s still with us as the presence we have built into the sarahs mum corner of our minds and our worlds.
And by telling stories about her and talking about her we make her part of our continuing timelines.
:)
Ros shared such beautiful music with me Mr Car.
Bubblecar said:
ms spock said:Dia daoich (Greetings) Forumities!
Good morning spocky.
Morning Mr Car!
Arts said:
Bogsnorkler said:
at my funeral i want a powerpoint presentation of all my best jokes and memes played. give those mourners a laugh or two.
But you are going to be the last one of us… you’d better organise that yourself.
Damn, forgot about that.
When. I die I want nothing. No talk no mourning no funeral
Just take any good organs for others and then burn my body, put the ashes into a small goblet and make countries battle over them in some arbitrary game that changes to rules each year so no one knows how to play.
Bogsnorkler said:
at my funeral i want a powerpoint presentation of all my best jokes and memes played. give those mourners a laugh or two.
That is something you can do in advance, so none of the best jokes have been left out. And all the funniest memes are in the right order to give those mourners a laugh or two.
c’m‘on be more Australian, just say carked it
SCIENCE said:
c’m‘on be more Australian, just say carked it
Excellent word. I approve.
Bogsnorkler said:
Arts said:
Bogsnorkler said:
at my funeral i want a powerpoint presentation of all my best jokes and memes played. give those mourners a laugh or two.
But you are going to be the last one of us… you’d better organise that yourself.
Damn, forgot about that.
We’ll read your last post.
At my funeral, I’d be happy for the people to sit through hours of my own badly mixed and poorly recorded music, before the final curtain.
And then they can say “Thank god it’s over” :)
Arts said:
When. I die I want nothing. No talk no mourning no funeralJust take any good organs for others and then burn my body, put the ashes into a small goblet and make countries battle over them in some arbitrary game that changes to rules each year so no one knows how to play.
I like this. Although I don’t want the goblet thing, I want to be scattered over one of my orchid colonies in the bush. They will appreciate the potash and bone dust.
To continue my process of temporary cheering up, I’m off to embark on the first Eurovision semi-final (having watched the second live), on SBS On Demand.
kii said:
SCIENCE said:c’m‘on be more Australian, just say carked it
Excellent word. I approve.
That made me think about how we use that phrase. In my family we tend to say “When I cark it, (whatever, whatever)”. But in talking about someone dying, we say they died and when it’s into the past, then you can say “When so-and-so carked it, (whatever, whatever)”. But it’s only appropriate to use carked it for some people. For some people died remains right forever.
Arts said:
When. I die I want nothing. No talk no mourning no funeralJust take any good organs for others and then burn my body, put the ashes into a small goblet and make countries battle over them in some arbitrary game that changes to rules each year so no one knows how to play.
I had the option of having my ashes interred next to mr kii’s. In the veteran section of a Montana cemetery. I declined. The thought of his bitch sisters praying near my burnt remains every time they visit him is just laughable.
Take anything of use, burn the rest and sprinkle the bits on the waves of the outgoing tide. Don’t talk about me, just go away.
ms spock said:
Michael V said:
Peak Warming Man said:Should Gloworm go on the list of those no longer with us.
Probably. It seems I am channelling her. She has to have passed for that to happen, right?
Good morning Mr V ;)
Good morning to you, too.
Bogsnorkler said:
at my funeral i want a powerpoint presentation of all my best jokes and memes played. give those mourners a laugh or two.
I don’t want that.
It’d be empty.
I don’t really care what people do when i am dead. they can dance about on my grave, singing hallelujah. looxury.
As it happens, I am reading a book by Caitlin Doughty, called From Here to Eternity. It’s about the different customs and rituals surrounding death around the world.
I’ve just finished a chapter about a small village in Indonesia who mummify their loved ones’ bodies… and carry on like nothing’s happened. Deceased grandma sits at the table, sleeps in the bed with the children, gets dressed daily (fancy clothes for special occasions), and the rest of the family chat away to grandma.
Eventually, some years later (I’m talking twelve years later), the family invite the village around, burn the mummy in a “grave-house”, sacrifice some animals, and eat the meat which has been cooked on the flames of the grave-house. They believe the person is only really dead when the sacrificial ox is also dead.
Divine Angel said:
As it happens, I am reading a book by Caitlin Doughty, called From Here to Eternity. It’s about the different customs and rituals surrounding death around the world.I’ve just finished a chapter about a small village in Indonesia who mummify their loved ones’ bodies… and carry on like nothing’s happened. Deceased grandma sits at the table, sleeps in the bed with the children, gets dressed daily (fancy clothes for special occasions), and the rest of the family chat away to grandma.
Eventually, some years later (I’m talking twelve years later), the family invite the village around, burn the mummy in a “grave-house”, sacrifice some animals, and eat the meat which has been cooked on the flames of the grave-house. They believe the person is only really dead when the sacrificial ox is also dead.
Caitlin has a really informative and entertaining Youtube channel:
Divine Angel said:
As it happens, I am reading a book by Caitlin Doughty, called From Here to Eternity. It’s about the different customs and rituals surrounding death around the world.I’ve just finished a chapter about a small village in Indonesia who mummify their loved ones’ bodies… and carry on like nothing’s happened. Deceased grandma sits at the table, sleeps in the bed with the children, gets dressed daily (fancy clothes for special occasions), and the rest of the family chat away to grandma.
Eventually, some years later (I’m talking twelve years later), the family invite the village around, burn the mummy in a “grave-house”, sacrifice some animals, and eat the meat which has been cooked on the flames of the grave-house. They believe the person is only really dead when the sacrificial ox is also dead.
Gosh!
captain_spalding said:
Divine Angel said:
As it happens, I am reading a book by Caitlin Doughty, called From Here to Eternity. It’s about the different customs and rituals surrounding death around the world.I’ve just finished a chapter about a small village in Indonesia who mummify their loved ones’ bodies… and carry on like nothing’s happened. Deceased grandma sits at the table, sleeps in the bed with the children, gets dressed daily (fancy clothes for special occasions), and the rest of the family chat away to grandma.
Eventually, some years later (I’m talking twelve years later), the family invite the village around, burn the mummy in a “grave-house”, sacrifice some animals, and eat the meat which has been cooked on the flames of the grave-house. They believe the person is only really dead when the sacrificial ox is also dead.
Caitlin has a really informative and entertaining Youtube channel:
Yeah, I started watching a couple of videos and found her incredibly annoying to listen to.
Arts said:
When. I die I want nothing. No talk no mourning no funeralJust take any good organs for others and then burn my body, put the ashes into a small goblet and make countries battle over them in some arbitrary game that changes to rules each year so no one knows how to play.
maybe we can die in a catastrophic space shuttle re entry or something that requires no further management of the remains
Bogsnorkler said:
Arts said:
Bogsnorkler said:
at my funeral i want a powerpoint presentation of all my best jokes and memes played. give those mourners a laugh or two.
But you are going to be the last one of us… you’d better organise that yourself.
Damn, forgot about that.
also given they all score aequal 0 does that mean we have to play all of them
SCIENCE said:
Arts said:
When. I die I want nothing. No talk no mourning no funeralJust take any good organs for others and then burn my body, put the ashes into a small goblet and make countries battle over them in some arbitrary game that changes to rules each year so no one knows how to play.
maybe we can die in a catastrophic space shuttle re entry or something that requires no further management of the remains
I once read a book about the recovery of Columbia’s shuttle and human remains.
6/10. Started well, got everything wrong once I had to guess.
Divine Angel said:
captain_spalding said:
Divine Angel said:
As it happens, I am reading a book by Caitlin Doughty, called From Here to Eternity. It’s about the different customs and rituals surrounding death around the world.I’ve just finished a chapter about a small village in Indonesia who mummify their loved ones’ bodies… and carry on like nothing’s happened. Deceased grandma sits at the table, sleeps in the bed with the children, gets dressed daily (fancy clothes for special occasions), and the rest of the family chat away to grandma.
Eventually, some years later (I’m talking twelve years later), the family invite the village around, burn the mummy in a “grave-house”, sacrifice some animals, and eat the meat which has been cooked on the flames of the grave-house. They believe the person is only really dead when the sacrificial ox is also dead.
Caitlin has a really informative and entertaining Youtube channel:
Yeah, I started watching a couple of videos and found her incredibly annoying to listen to.
Oh, i really don’t mind her presentation. She hams it up for entertainment value, but, as a qualified mortician she knows what she’s talking about, and she has strong views on the ‘greed’ in the US funeral industry.
Bogsnorkler said:
I don’t really care what people do when i am dead. they can dance about on my grave, singing hallelujah. looxury.
Which reminds me:
An old scotsman is dying and ask his long time friend to pour a bottle of his favourite whisky on his grave as he is buried.
His friend replies,
Aye, that I will.
Ye’ll nae object if I pass it through the kidneys first?
captain_spalding said:
Divine Angel said:
captain_spalding said:Caitlin has a really informative and entertaining Youtube channel:
Yeah, I started watching a couple of videos and found her incredibly annoying to listen to.
Oh, i really don’t mind her presentation. She hams it up for entertainment value, but, as a qualified mortician she knows what she’s talking about, and she has strong views on the ‘greed’ in the US funeral industry.
This is the second book of hers I’m up to. I read Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? last week. I watched her video on Disney’s portrayal of death, which reminded me of an essay I wrote in uni on that very subject. It was actually about the Production Code and how the cultural view of death has changed over the years forms the way in which Disney films represent it.
At the end of the Indonesian chapter, she ponders why Americans are so pro-embalming when the body is buried/cremated ASAP.
Proposition: you get to choose one song/piece of music to be played at your funderal service.
What’s it going to be?
Monty Python’s ‘Always Look On The Bright Side?’
Skyhooks ‘Why Dontcha All Get Fucked’?
Jimmy Cliff singing ‘I Can See Clearly Now’?
or,…what?
Divine Angel said:
captain_spalding said:
Divine Angel said:Yeah, I started watching a couple of videos and found her incredibly annoying to listen to.
Oh, i really don’t mind her presentation. She hams it up for entertainment value, but, as a qualified mortician she knows what she’s talking about, and she has strong views on the ‘greed’ in the US funeral industry.
This is the second book of hers I’m up to. I read Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? last week. I watched her video on Disney’s portrayal of death, which reminded me of an essay I wrote in uni on that very subject. It was actually about the Production Code and how the cultural view of death has changed over the years forms the way in which Disney films represent it.
At the end of the Indonesian chapter, she ponders why Americans are so pro-embalming when the body is buried/cremated ASAP.
I must get her books. Thanks for informing me of them.
captain_spalding said:
Proposition: you get to choose one song/piece of music to be played at your funderal service.What’s it going to be?
Monty Python’s ‘Always Look On The Bright Side?’
Skyhooks ‘Why Dontcha All Get Fucked’?
Jimmy Cliff singing ‘I Can See Clearly Now’?
or,…what?
‘…funderal service…’
Blimey.
captain_spalding said:
Proposition: you get to choose one song/piece of music to be played at your funderal service.What’s it going to be?
Monty Python’s ‘Always Look On The Bright Side?’
Skyhooks ‘Why Dontcha All Get Fucked’?
Jimmy Cliff singing ‘I Can See Clearly Now’?
or,…what?
Fall Out Boy, thnks fr th mmrs
Divine Angel said:
SCIENCE said:
Arts said:
When. I die I want nothing. No talk no mourning no funeralJust take any good organs for others and then burn my body, put the ashes into a small goblet and make countries battle over them in some arbitrary game that changes to rules each year so no one knows how to play.
maybe we can die in a catastrophic space shuttle re entry or something that requires no further management of the remains
I once read a book about the recovery of Columbia’s shuttle and human remains.
The fucking thing that got us was that it happened like over 20 years ago WTF¿
captain_spalding said:
Proposition: you get to choose one song/piece of music to be played at your funderal service.What’s it going to be?
Monty Python’s ‘Always Look On The Bright Side?’
Skyhooks ‘Why Dontcha All Get Fucked’?
Jimmy Cliff singing ‘I Can See Clearly Now’?
or,…what?
Art Garfunkel “Bright Eyes”.
The Rev Dodgson said:
Bogsnorkler said:
I don’t really care what people do when i am dead. they can dance about on my grave, singing hallelujah. looxury.
Which reminds me:
An old scotsman is dying and ask his long time friend to pour a bottle of his favourite whisky on his grave as he is buried.
His friend replies,
Aye, that I will.Ye’ll nae object if I pass it through the kidneys first?
Donald Trump has a heart attack and dies. He goes to Hell where the Devil is waiting for him. “I don’t know what to do,” says the Devil. “You’re on my list but I have no room for you. But you definitely have to stay here, so I’ll tell you what I’m going to do. I’ve got three people here who weren’t quite as bad as you. I’ll let one of them go, but you have to take their place. I’ll even let YOU decide who leaves.” Trump thought that sounded pretty good so he agreed. The devil opened the first room. In it was Richard Nixon and a large pool of water. He kept diving in and surfacing empty handed over and over and over, such was his fate in Hell. “No!” Trump said. “I don’t think so. I’m not a good swimmer and I don’t think I could do that all day long.” The Devil led him to the next room. In it was Tony Blair with a sledgehammer and a room full of rocks. All he did was swing that hammer, time after time after time. “No! I’ve got this problem with my shoulder. I would be in constant agony if all I could do was break rocks all day!” commented Trump. The Devil opened a third door. In it, Trump saw Bill Clinton lying naked on the floor with his arms staked over his head and his legs staked in spread-eagle pose. Bent over him was Monica Lewinsky, doing what she does best. Trump looked at this in disbelief for a while and finally said, “Yeah, I can handle this.” The Devil smiled and said, “Monica, you’re free to go!”.
Hello
buffy said:
captain_spalding said:
Proposition: you get to choose one song/piece of music to be played at your funderal service.What’s it going to be?
Monty Python’s ‘Always Look On The Bright Side?’
Skyhooks ‘Why Dontcha All Get Fucked’?
Jimmy Cliff singing ‘I Can See Clearly Now’?
or,…what?
Art Garfunkel “Bright Eyes”.
Steve Earle, Transcendental Blues
As I get sprinkled on the waves.
Heading off to Warrnambool soon. Seeyas later.
“ A truck carrying a section of a wind turbine has crashed into a bridge west of Brisbane, causing extensive delays down a major highway.
Motorists are being warned to avoid using the Warrego Highway at North Tivoli after the vehicle and its cargo struck with an overhead bridge about 2.30am on Friday.
The turbine has become wedged underneath the overpass and drawn a huge emergency response.”
buffy said:
captain_spalding said:
Proposition: you get to choose one song/piece of music to be played at your funderal service.What’s it going to be?
Monty Python’s ‘Always Look On The Bright Side?’
Skyhooks ‘Why Dontcha All Get Fucked’?
Jimmy Cliff singing ‘I Can See Clearly Now’?
or,…what?
Art Garfunkel “Bright Eyes”.
The Editors – All Sparks
A black cavalcade winds its way through the back streets
Flowers piled high on a wooden box
With friends and relations sat in rows in the back seats
All looking shaky cos it came as a shock
A black cavalcade winds its way through the back streets
Some poor soul took his final taxi
And there’s only one destination in the final taxi
Up through the town to the garden of rest
Riding in style in a long wooden box
No fare on the meter they’ll be paying by cheque -
This is one fare you won’t see up on the clock
Riding in style in a long wooden box
Some poor soul took his final taxi
And there’s only one destination in the final taxi
Only one destination in the final taxi
Only one destination
Only one destination
Only one destination
Only one destination
There’s only one destination in the final taxi
They lowered him down into a hole in the ground
Threw in the flowers and shoveled earth on the top
Then the cars pulled away from the garden of rest
For a funeral tea with twenty five guests
The cars pulled away for the funeral tea
Cos some poor sod took his final taxi
And there’s only one destination in the final taxi…
We’re living in a Black Mirror episode.
We’re currently on the ad tier of Netflix to save a few dollars. The shows are ok with two ad breaks, but movies are unwatchable with nine ad breaks on average, and often right in the middle of a scene. Prime films have 2-3 ad breaks, but I suspect they have a higher ad break count if the movie is popular and/or a new release.
Tbh we’ll probably ditch Netflix before the end of the year.
Netflix to start interactive, AI generated ads in pause and mid-roll media from 2026.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/05/netflix-will-show-generative-ai-ads-midway-through-streams-in-2026/
diddly-squat said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
Bogsnorkler said:
I don’t really care what people do when i am dead. they can dance about on my grave, singing hallelujah. looxury.
Which reminds me:
An old scotsman is dying and ask his long time friend to pour a bottle of his favourite whisky on his grave as he is buried.
His friend replies,
Aye, that I will.Ye’ll nae object if I pass it through the kidneys first?
Donald Trump has a heart attack and dies. He goes to Hell where the Devil is waiting for him. “I don’t know what to do,” says the Devil. “You’re on my list but I have no room for you. But you definitely have to stay here, so I’ll tell you what I’m going to do. I’ve got three people here who weren’t quite as bad as you. I’ll let one of them go, but you have to take their place. I’ll even let YOU decide who leaves.” Trump thought that sounded pretty good so he agreed. The devil opened the first room. In it was Richard Nixon and a large pool of water. He kept diving in and surfacing empty handed over and over and over, such was his fate in Hell. “No!” Trump said. “I don’t think so. I’m not a good swimmer and I don’t think I could do that all day long.” The Devil led him to the next room. In it was Tony Blair with a sledgehammer and a room full of rocks. All he did was swing that hammer, time after time after time. “No! I’ve got this problem with my shoulder. I would be in constant agony if all I could do was break rocks all day!” commented Trump. The Devil opened a third door. In it, Trump saw Bill Clinton lying naked on the floor with his arms staked over his head and his legs staked in spread-eagle pose. Bent over him was Monica Lewinsky, doing what she does best. Trump looked at this in disbelief for a while and finally said, “Yeah, I can handle this.” The Devil smiled and said, “Monica, you’re free to go!”.
Ha!
:)
Divine Angel said:
We’re living in a Black Mirror episode.We’re currently on the ad tier of Netflix to save a few dollars. The shows are ok with two ad breaks, but movies are unwatchable with nine ad breaks on average, and often right in the middle of a scene. Prime films have 2-3 ad breaks, but I suspect they have a higher ad break count if the movie is popular and/or a new release.
Tbh we’ll probably ditch Netflix before the end of the year.
Netflix to start interactive, AI generated ads in pause and mid-roll media from 2026.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/05/netflix-will-show-generative-ai-ads-midway-through-streams-in-2026/
The Rev Dodgson said:
Divine Angel said:
We’re living in a Black Mirror episode.We’re currently on the ad tier of Netflix to save a few dollars. The shows are ok with two ad breaks, but movies are unwatchable with nine ad breaks on average, and often right in the middle of a scene. Prime films have 2-3 ad breaks, but I suspect they have a higher ad break count if the movie is popular and/or a new release.
Tbh we’ll probably ditch Netflix before the end of the year.
Netflix to start interactive, AI generated ads in pause and mid-roll media from 2026.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/05/netflix-will-show-generative-ai-ads-midway-through-streams-in-2026/
Torrents FTW.
Spiny Norman said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
Divine Angel said:
We’re living in a Black Mirror episode.We’re currently on the ad tier of Netflix to save a few dollars. The shows are ok with two ad breaks, but movies are unwatchable with nine ad breaks on average, and often right in the middle of a scene. Prime films have 2-3 ad breaks, but I suspect they have a higher ad break count if the movie is popular and/or a new release.
Tbh we’ll probably ditch Netflix before the end of the year.
Netflix to start interactive, AI generated ads in pause and mid-roll media from 2026.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/05/netflix-will-show-generative-ai-ads-midway-through-streams-in-2026/
Torrents FTW.
Still popular for the popular shows
Spiny Norman said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
Divine Angel said:
We’re living in a Black Mirror episode.We’re currently on the ad tier of Netflix to save a few dollars. The shows are ok with two ad breaks, but movies are unwatchable with nine ad breaks on average, and often right in the middle of a scene. Prime films have 2-3 ad breaks, but I suspect they have a higher ad break count if the movie is popular and/or a new release.
Tbh we’ll probably ditch Netflix before the end of the year.
Netflix to start interactive, AI generated ads in pause and mid-roll media from 2026.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/05/netflix-will-show-generative-ai-ads-midway-through-streams-in-2026/
Torrents FTW.
Our torrenting has definitely kicked up a notch this year. From missing episodes in a series on streaming to that one movie I want to watch unavailable on any streamer to fkn ads everywhere… torrenting is the answer.
Except that time we torrented Moana 2 and there was a gambling ticker moving across the screen the whole time lol
Divine Angel said:
Spiny Norman said:
The Rev Dodgson said:Torrents FTW.
Our torrenting has definitely kicked up a notch this year. From missing episodes in a series on streaming to that one movie I want to watch unavailable on any streamer to fkn ads everywhere… torrenting is the answer.
Except that time we torrented Moana 2 and there was a gambling ticker moving across the screen the whole time lol
Make sure to not get the early uploads. ;)
SCIENCE said:
Arts said:
When. I die I want nothing. No talk no mourning no funeralJust take any good organs for others and then burn my body, put the ashes into a small goblet and make countries battle over them in some arbitrary game that changes to rules each year so no one knows how to play.
maybe we can die in a catastrophic space shuttle re entry or something that requires no further management of the remains
perfect.. I’ll reach out to Musk and see what he’s got coming up…
Arts said:
SCIENCE said:
Arts said:
When. I die I want nothing. No talk no mourning no funeralJust take any good organs for others and then burn my body, put the ashes into a small goblet and make countries battle over them in some arbitrary game that changes to rules each year so no one knows how to play.
maybe we can die in a catastrophic space shuttle re entry or something that requires no further management of the remains
perfect.. I’ll reach out to Musk and see what he’s got coming up…
He’s busy importing white South Africans as*checks notes* refugees.
LOLOL…
it is a bit season turning outside, some windly erratic, drizzle, and autumn leafs falls off trees
full report later, after coffee
Divine Angel said:
“ A truck carrying a section of a wind turbine has crashed into a bridge west of Brisbane, causing extensive delays down a major highway.Motorists are being warned to avoid using the Warrego Highway at North Tivoli after the vehicle and its cargo struck with an overhead bridge about 2.30am on Friday.
The turbine has become wedged underneath the overpass and drawn a huge emergency response.”
coal would have prevented this
SCIENCE said:
Divine Angel said:
“ A truck carrying a section of a wind turbine has crashed into a bridge west of Brisbane, causing extensive delays down a major highway.Motorists are being warned to avoid using the Warrego Highway at North Tivoli after the vehicle and its cargo struck with an overhead bridge about 2.30am on Friday.
The turbine has become wedged underneath the overpass and drawn a huge emergency response.”
coal would have prevented this
chortle
Brindabellas said:
SCIENCE said:
Divine Angel said:
“ A truck carrying a section of a wind turbine has crashed into a bridge west of Brisbane, causing extensive delays down a major highway.Motorists are being warned to avoid using the Warrego Highway at North Tivoli after the vehicle and its cargo struck with an overhead bridge about 2.30am on Friday.
The turbine has become wedged underneath the overpass and drawn a huge emergency response.”
coal would have prevented this
chortle
because things carrying coal never collide.
SCIENCE said:
Divine Angel said:
“ A truck carrying a section of a wind turbine has crashed into a bridge west of Brisbane, causing extensive delays down a major highway.Motorists are being warned to avoid using the Warrego Highway at North Tivoli after the vehicle and its cargo struck with an overhead bridge about 2.30am on Friday.
The turbine has become wedged underneath the overpass and drawn a huge emergency response.”
coal would have prevented this
Funny thing…
…they were bringing a wind turbine towards Toowoomba, and coal gets sent by the train-load away from Toowoomba.
Son #2 @ age 3
Bogsnorkler said:
I don’t really care what people do when i am dead. they can dance about on my grave, singing hallelujah. looxury.
It’s not as much fun when you give us permission.
Witty Rejoinder said:
Bogsnorkler said:
I don’t really care what people do when i am dead. they can dance about on my grave, singing hallelujah. looxury.
It’s not as much fun when you give us permission.
And some of us are tired of standing in queues.
Neophyte said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
Bogsnorkler said:
I don’t really care what people do when i am dead. they can dance about on my grave, singing hallelujah. looxury.
It’s not as much fun when you give us permission.
And some of us are tired of standing in queues.
what if they give them commission
7/10 on the weekly quiz. A couple were lucky guesses. Only reason I knew the football question is because I live in Dolphins territory and would have heard about it.
Divine Angel said:
7/10 on the weekly quiz. A couple were lucky guesses. Only reason I knew the football question is because I live in Dolphins territory and would have heard about it.
I did good 9/10
Time to pack up and head down the mountain.
kii said:
Son #2 @ age 3
Mess? Me? Nah, not me.
Michael V said:
kii said:
Son #2 @ age 3
Mess? Me? Nah, not me.
I like this outfit he put together…
kii said:
Michael V said:
kii said:
Son #2 @ age 3
Mess? Me? Nah, not me.
I like this outfit he put together…
What a cutie patootie! Has he retained that fashion sense?
Divine Angel said:
kii said:
Michael V said:Mess? Me? Nah, not me.
I like this outfit he put together…
What a cutie patootie! Has he retained that fashion sense?
Fuck no. He’s now a truck mechanic.
buffy said:
Arts said:
When. I die I want nothing. No talk no mourning no funeralJust take any good organs for others and then burn my body, put the ashes into a small goblet and make countries battle over them in some arbitrary game that changes to rules each year so no one knows how to play.
I like this. Although I don’t want the goblet thing, I want to be scattered over one of my orchid colonies in the bush. They will appreciate the potash and bone dust.
Heya buffy…
buffy said:
kii said:
SCIENCE said:c’m‘on be more Australian, just say carked it
Excellent word. I approve.
That made me think about how we use that phrase. In my family we tend to say “When I cark it, (whatever, whatever)”. But in talking about someone dying, we say they died and when it’s into the past, then you can say “When so-and-so carked it, (whatever, whatever)”. But it’s only appropriate to use carked it for some people. For some people died remains right forever.
Carked it is more colloquial for friends and family buffy?
Cymek said:
Hello
Hello Cymek!
We are back. The kidney stones man does not want to see Mr buffy for any more reviews.
Going to watch Dr Who for a bit now.
buffy said:
We are back. The kidney stones man does not want to see Mr buffy for any more reviews.Going to watch Dr Who for a bit now.
Oh, that’s excellent!
:)
buffy said:
We are back. The kidney stones man does not want to see Mr buffy for any more reviews.Going to watch Dr Who for a bit now.
Excellent news!
Arts said:
SCIENCE said:
Arts said:
When. I die I want nothing. No talk no mourning no funeralJust take any good organs for others and then burn my body, put the ashes into a small goblet and make countries battle over them in some arbitrary game that changes to rules each year so no one knows how to play.
maybe we can die in a catastrophic space shuttle re entry or something that requires no further management of the remains
perfect.. I’ll reach out to Musk and see what he’s got coming up…
LOL Arts
Hiya Arts!
It’s wild mushroom season, here’s how to not get poisoned
https://theconversation.com/its-wild-mushroom-season-in-australia-heres-how-to-stay-safe-and-avoid-poisoning-256561
The trail was a bit boring, but some experts just talked about their testing procedures and the use of controls.
The prosecution asked if one person who has injected death caps could survive while another could not.. to which the answer was yes.. well duh! but I suppose the prosecution should be dotting the i’s and crossing the t’s
there was death cap residue found in the dehydrator – I’m interested to see how the defence sum up for that particular piece of evidence.. to me that may be the nail in the coffin (so to speak).
EP was excited to have bought the dehydrator (according to facebook friends)
It was relatively new.
She used it to dry mushrooms to grind up and put in her children’s food without them knowing.
She attempted disposal of it (why would you dispose of a new item that you really enjoyed using?)
There was death cap residue found in testing.
that series alone looks bleak.
Divine Angel said:
It’s wild mushroom season, here’s how to not get poisonedhttps://theconversation.com/its-wild-mushroom-season-in-australia-heres-how-to-stay-safe-and-avoid-poisoning-256561
Step 1. Don’t eat bits of fungus that you find growing in random places.
Step 2. There are no other steps.
Arts said:
The trail was a bit boring, but some experts just talked about their testing procedures and the use of controls.The prosecution asked if one person who has injected death caps could survive while another could not.. to which the answer was yes.. well duh! but I suppose the prosecution should be dotting the i’s and crossing the t’s
there was death cap residue found in the dehydrator – I’m interested to see how the defence sum up for that particular piece of evidence.. to me that may be the nail in the coffin (so to speak).
EP was excited to have bought the dehydrator (according to facebook friends)
It was relatively new.
She used it to dry mushrooms to grind up and put in her children’s food without them knowing.
She attempted disposal of it (why would you dispose of a new item that you really enjoyed using?)
There was death cap residue found in testing.that series alone looks bleak.
Unless it broke, you wouldn’t just throw it out.
They often leave a residue on the trays
So I suppose if it had poison it might be too hard to clean all if off so throw it away instead
Cymek said:
Unless it broke, you wouldn’t just throw it out.
I have thrown out devices that would not be considered to have been ‘broken’.
I’m thinking of ink-jet printers.
They weren’t broken, i just couldn’t stand their bullshit any more.
captain_spalding said:
Cymek said:Unless it broke, you wouldn’t just throw it out.
I have thrown out devices that would not be considered to have been ‘broken’.
I’m thinking of ink-jet printers.
They weren’t broken, i just couldn’t stand their bullshit any more.
Printers are exempt, they are fuckers
captain_spalding said:
Cymek said:Unless it broke, you wouldn’t just throw it out.
I have thrown out devices that would not be considered to have been ‘broken’.
I’m thinking of ink-jet printers.
They weren’t broken, i just couldn’t stand their bullshit any more.
I’m not looking forward to the day when I can’t use appliances without a subscription.
Arts said:
The trail was a bit boring, but some experts just talked about their testing procedures and the use of controls.The prosecution asked if one person who has injected death caps could survive while another could not.. to which the answer was yes.. well duh! but I suppose the prosecution should be dotting the i’s and crossing the t’s
there was death cap residue found in the dehydrator – I’m interested to see how the defence sum up for that particular piece of evidence.. to me that may be the nail in the coffin (so to speak).
EP was excited to have bought the dehydrator (according to facebook friends)
It was relatively new.
She used it to dry mushrooms to grind up and put in her children’s food without them knowing.
She attempted disposal of it (why would you dispose of a new item that you really enjoyed using?)
There was death cap residue found in testing.that series alone looks bleak.
If her defence is, she didn’t know she had procured death caps, that explains the residue. Dumping the dehydrator? That’s a different story. Has she been asked why she dumped it?
More ads saying where cars are assembled…like Chatanooga.
Interesting changes.
kii said:
More ads saying where cars are assembled…like Chatanooga.
Interesting changes.
Here I was thinking Chattanooga only made Choo choos
Divine Angel said:
Arts said:
The trail was a bit boring, but some experts just talked about their testing procedures and the use of controls.The prosecution asked if one person who has injected death caps could survive while another could not.. to which the answer was yes.. well duh! but I suppose the prosecution should be dotting the i’s and crossing the t’s
there was death cap residue found in the dehydrator – I’m interested to see how the defence sum up for that particular piece of evidence.. to me that may be the nail in the coffin (so to speak).
EP was excited to have bought the dehydrator (according to facebook friends)
It was relatively new.
She used it to dry mushrooms to grind up and put in her children’s food without them knowing.
She attempted disposal of it (why would you dispose of a new item that you really enjoyed using?)
There was death cap residue found in testing.that series alone looks bleak.
If her defence is, she didn’t know she had procured death caps, that explains the residue. Dumping the dehydrator? That’s a different story. Has she been asked why she dumped it?
at first she told police that she has never been foraging, then admitted that was a lie. (would an innocent person even lie about that if the procuring of the mushrooms was accidental? – putting aside the defence strategy which is exactly what they are going for)
the only police we have heard form so far is the one who retrieved the ‘left overs’ from her bin. We still have the interviewer to come (if they get called) so that will be interesting. to hear in order…
then there’s the digital evidence to come… which will also be interesting,
we wait and see
captain_spalding said:
Step 1. Don’t eat bits of fungus that you find growing in random places.
Step 2. There are no other steps.
Growing in random places? Sorta like between ya toes, or in ya ears?
Don’t get me wrong, I think she’s guilty. But you know, gotta examine the evidence, beyond reasonable doubt and all that.
kii said:
More ads saying where cars are assembled…like Chatanooga.
Interesting changes.
I though they made choo choos there.
Woodie said:
kii said:
More ads saying where cars are assembled…like Chatanooga.
Interesting changes.
I though they made choo choos there.
Lisa choo choo choose Ralph
Divine Angel said:
Don’t get me wrong, I think she’s guilty. But you know, gotta examine the evidence, beyond reasonable doubt and all that.
I guess we’ll find out if she was asked why she dumped it.. I also suspect that they tested it once it was retrieved to eliminate if it was ‘broken’ or not.. but that may just mean she broke it before she dumped it…
I think a lot of people think she’s guilty because it was reported from the outset like that… she was never shown in a positive way from the get go – trial by media and all that.. so I reserve my opinion of her guilt or innocence…
remembering that people are not found innocent – they are found not guilty… which is an entirely different thing.
Arts said:
Divine Angel said:
Don’t get me wrong, I think she’s guilty. But you know, gotta examine the evidence, beyond reasonable doubt and all that.
I guess we’ll find out if she was asked why she dumped it.. I also suspect that they tested it once it was retrieved to eliminate if it was ‘broken’ or not.. but that may just mean she broke it before she dumped it…
I think a lot of people think she’s guilty because it was reported from the outset like that… she was never shown in a positive way from the get go – trial by media and all that.. so I reserve my opinion of her guilt or innocence…
remembering that people are not found innocent – they are found not guilty… which is an entirely different thing.
Speaking of trial by media, I haven’t read much about her defence, it’s mostly prosecution. So that’s probably colouring my bias too.
Divine Angel said:
Arts said:
The trail was a bit boring, but some experts just talked about their testing procedures and the use of controls.The prosecution asked if one person who has injected death caps could survive while another could not.. to which the answer was yes.. well duh! but I suppose the prosecution should be dotting the i’s and crossing the t’s
there was death cap residue found in the dehydrator – I’m interested to see how the defence sum up for that particular piece of evidence.. to me that may be the nail in the coffin (so to speak).
EP was excited to have bought the dehydrator (according to facebook friends)
It was relatively new.
She used it to dry mushrooms to grind up and put in her children’s food without them knowing.
She attempted disposal of it (why would you dispose of a new item that you really enjoyed using?)
There was death cap residue found in testing.that series alone looks bleak.
If her defence is, she didn’t know she had procured death caps, that explains the residue. Dumping the dehydrator? That’s a different story. Has she been asked why she dumped it?
Do we anticipate EP fronting the stand?
captain_spalding said:
Divine Angel said:
It’s wild mushroom season, here’s how to not get poisonedhttps://theconversation.com/its-wild-mushroom-season-in-australia-heres-how-to-stay-safe-and-avoid-poisoning-256561
Step 1. Don’t eat bits of fungus that you find growing in random places.
Step 2. There are no other steps.
Good summary.
Woodie said:
captain_spalding said:Step 1. Don’t eat bits of fungus that you find growing in random places.
Step 2. There are no other steps.
Growing in random places? Sorta like between ya toes, or in ya ears?
A few years ago I was an impecunious uni student looking for a residence to rent; one place I looked at had mushrooms growing in the shower stall. Another had stalactites and straws growing from the roof above the shower.
Witty Rejoinder said:
Divine Angel said:
Arts said:
The trail was a bit boring, but some experts just talked about their testing procedures and the use of controls.The prosecution asked if one person who has injected death caps could survive while another could not.. to which the answer was yes.. well duh! but I suppose the prosecution should be dotting the i’s and crossing the t’s
there was death cap residue found in the dehydrator – I’m interested to see how the defence sum up for that particular piece of evidence.. to me that may be the nail in the coffin (so to speak).
EP was excited to have bought the dehydrator (according to facebook friends)
It was relatively new.
She used it to dry mushrooms to grind up and put in her children’s food without them knowing.
She attempted disposal of it (why would you dispose of a new item that you really enjoyed using?)
There was death cap residue found in testing.that series alone looks bleak.
If her defence is, she didn’t know she had procured death caps, that explains the residue. Dumping the dehydrator? That’s a different story. Has she been asked why she dumped it?
Do we anticipate EP fronting the stand?
she doesn’t have to , and in general defence lawyers prefer their clients to not take the stand, it means they cannot control the narrative as well… so it’ll be an interesting strategy if they do put her up.
btm said:
Woodie said:
captain_spalding said:Step 1. Don’t eat bits of fungus that you find growing in random places.
Step 2. There are no other steps.
Growing in random places? Sorta like between ya toes, or in ya ears?
A few years ago I was an impecunious uni student looking for a residence to rent; one place I looked at had mushrooms growing in the shower stall. Another had stalactites and straws growing from the roof above the shower.
did ya eat them?
By golly gosh these butter toffee cashews from Costco are a-ma-ZING 🤤
Arts said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
Divine Angel said:If her defence is, she didn’t know she had procured death caps, that explains the residue. Dumping the dehydrator? That’s a different story. Has she been asked why she dumped it?
Do we anticipate EP fronting the stand?
she doesn’t have to , and in general defence lawyers prefer their clients to not take the stand, it means they cannot control the narrative as well… so it’ll be an interesting strategy if they do put her up.
Yeah I thought her giving testimony was unlikely.
Arts said:
btm said:
Woodie said:Growing in random places? Sorta like between ya toes, or in ya ears?
A few years ago I was an impecunious uni student looking for a residence to rent; one place I looked at had mushrooms growing in the shower stall. Another had stalactites and straws growing from the roof above the shower.
did ya eat them?
Not them, no. I have been known to eat mushrooms I found growing on nature strips, though.
Divine Angel said:
By golly gosh these butter toffee cashews from Costco are a-ma-ZING 🤤
Kirkland Brand? They get terrible reviews online.
Arts said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
Divine Angel said:If her defence is, she didn’t know she had procured death caps, that explains the residue. Dumping the dehydrator? That’s a different story. Has she been asked why she dumped it?
Do we anticipate EP fronting the stand?
she doesn’t have to , and in general defence lawyers prefer their clients to not take the stand, it means they cannot control the narrative as well… so it’ll be an interesting strategy if they do put her up.
Imagine how long they would talk if they were LP as opposed to EP
Witty Rejoinder said:
Divine Angel said:
By golly gosh these butter toffee cashews from Costco are a-ma-ZING 🤤
Kirkland Brand? They get terrible reviews online.
Doing alright here
btm said:
Arts said:
btm said:A few years ago I was an impecunious uni student looking for a residence to rent; one place I looked at had mushrooms growing in the shower stall. Another had stalactites and straws growing from the roof above the shower.
did ya eat them?
Not them, no. I have been known to eat mushrooms I found growing on nature strips, though.
wild
Cymek said:
Arts said:
Witty Rejoinder said:Do we anticipate EP fronting the stand?
she doesn’t have to , and in general defence lawyers prefer their clients to not take the stand, it means they cannot control the narrative as well… so it’ll be an interesting strategy if they do put her up.
Imagine how long they would talk if they were LP as opposed to EP
ok, I’ll pay that one
You know what’s not amazing? Costco search function
Arts said:
I think a lot of people think she’s guilty because it was reported from the outset like that… she was never shown in a positive way from the get go – trial by media and all that.. so I reserve my opinion of her guilt or innocence…
sounds like what is was like in the NT when Azaria went missing.
Bogsnorkler said:
Arts said:I think a lot of people think she’s guilty because it was reported from the outset like that… she was never shown in a positive way from the get go – trial by media and all that.. so I reserve my opinion of her guilt or innocence…
sounds like what is was like in the NT when Azaria went missing.
not just the NT all around Australia… LC didn’t stand a chance.
There is a good deal of research about this notion of an ‘ideal victim’ and how we think people should behave in certain circumstances. Lindy Chamberlain suffered from this greatly, because she was rather stoic in her interviews, she did not behave like ‘we’ think a grieving mother should behave. So the public persecuted her. And it is thought, in some circles, that this drove the police bias and in their effort to make a conviction, they didn’t do their jobs properly, we could even say they were down right incompetent …
I think EP has suffered from this also – she is ‘homely’ in appearance, and has lashed out at reporters, and in the one interview she did give to the media, she did not come across at all as ‘warm’. And the general public does not take into account that the media had been stalking her for days, she was grieving (you can still grieve a loss even if you were the cause of that loss) , and she had children to protect… you don’t get lesson on how to handle the media, when something like this happens.. and they are fairly robust and persistent in their approach for a good story.
So while behavioural series linking is a tool in a tool box of investigation, we cannot rely on it solely.. because the simple truth is that NONE of us know how we would react in that moment. Sure we might realise we would be sad, but how many hours/days of strangers with cameras relentlessly parked outside your house would it take before we react? they aren’t quiet about it either.. they talk and chat amongst themselves, they get food, they make comments, they ask questions… you know they are there.
trial by media is even worse these days, because you also get trial by keyboard warriors… where once public opinion could be ignored, it would be difficult to now…
Arts said:
Bogsnorkler said:
Arts said:I think a lot of people think she’s guilty because it was reported from the outset like that… she was never shown in a positive way from the get go – trial by media and all that.. so I reserve my opinion of her guilt or innocence…
sounds like what is was like in the NT when Azaria went missing.
not just the NT all around Australia… LC didn’t stand a chance.
There is a good deal of research about this notion of an ‘ideal victim’ and how we think people should behave in certain circumstances. Lindy Chamberlain suffered from this greatly, because she was rather stoic in her interviews, she did not behave like ‘we’ think a grieving mother should behave. So the public persecuted her. And it is thought, in some circles, that this drove the police bias and in their effort to make a conviction, they didn’t do their jobs properly, we could even say they were down right incompetent …
I think EP has suffered from this also – she is ‘homely’ in appearance, and has lashed out at reporters, and in the one interview she did give to the media, she did not come across at all as ‘warm’. And the general public does not take into account that the media had been stalking her for days, she was grieving (you can still grieve a loss even if you were the cause of that loss) , and she had children to protect… you don’t get lesson on how to handle the media, when something like this happens.. and they are fairly robust and persistent in their approach for a good story.
So while behavioural series linking is a tool in a tool box of investigation, we cannot rely on it solely.. because the simple truth is that NONE of us know how we would react in that moment. Sure we might realise we would be sad, but how many hours/days of strangers with cameras relentlessly parked outside your house would it take before we react? they aren’t quiet about it either.. they talk and chat amongst themselves, they get food, they make comments, they ask questions… you know they are there.
trial by media is even worse these days, because you also get trial by keyboard warriors… where once public opinion could be ignored, it would be difficult to now…
(And the husband had nothing to do with it)
Divine Angel said:
Arts said:
Bogsnorkler said:sounds like what is was like in the NT when Azaria went missing.
not just the NT all around Australia… LC didn’t stand a chance.
There is a good deal of research about this notion of an ‘ideal victim’ and how we think people should behave in certain circumstances. Lindy Chamberlain suffered from this greatly, because she was rather stoic in her interviews, she did not behave like ‘we’ think a grieving mother should behave. So the public persecuted her. And it is thought, in some circles, that this drove the police bias and in their effort to make a conviction, they didn’t do their jobs properly, we could even say they were down right incompetent …
I think EP has suffered from this also – she is ‘homely’ in appearance, and has lashed out at reporters, and in the one interview she did give to the media, she did not come across at all as ‘warm’. And the general public does not take into account that the media had been stalking her for days, she was grieving (you can still grieve a loss even if you were the cause of that loss) , and she had children to protect… you don’t get lesson on how to handle the media, when something like this happens.. and they are fairly robust and persistent in their approach for a good story.
So while behavioural series linking is a tool in a tool box of investigation, we cannot rely on it solely.. because the simple truth is that NONE of us know how we would react in that moment. Sure we might realise we would be sad, but how many hours/days of strangers with cameras relentlessly parked outside your house would it take before we react? they aren’t quiet about it either.. they talk and chat amongst themselves, they get food, they make comments, they ask questions… you know they are there.
trial by media is even worse these days, because you also get trial by keyboard warriors… where once public opinion could be ignored, it would be difficult to now…
I watched a doco about a woman who disappeared. In police interviews, the husband did not behave as expected, I thought for sure he was guilty. Plus it’s most likely to be the husband, statistically. Anyhoo she faked her abduction.
I assume perhaps if you are a personality type that isn’t common you reactions could peg you as guilty acting.
Plus what if you hate the person murdered, didn’t have any part in it, but aren’t sorry.
Arts said:
Bogsnorkler said:
Arts said:I think a lot of people think she’s guilty because it was reported from the outset like that… she was never shown in a positive way from the get go – trial by media and all that.. so I reserve my opinion of her guilt or innocence…
sounds like what is was like in the NT when Azaria went missing.
not just the NT all around Australia… LC didn’t stand a chance.
There is a good deal of research about this notion of an ‘ideal victim’ and how we think people should behave in certain circumstances. Lindy Chamberlain suffered from this greatly, because she was rather stoic in her interviews, she did not behave like ‘we’ think a grieving mother should behave. So the public persecuted her. And it is thought, in some circles, that this drove the police bias and in their effort to make a conviction, they didn’t do their jobs properly, we could even say they were down right incompetent …
I think EP has suffered from this also – she is ‘homely’ in appearance, and has lashed out at reporters, and in the one interview she did give to the media, she did not come across at all as ‘warm’. And the general public does not take into account that the media had been stalking her for days, she was grieving (you can still grieve a loss even if you were the cause of that loss) , and she had children to protect… you don’t get lesson on how to handle the media, when something like this happens.. and they are fairly robust and persistent in their approach for a good story.
So while behavioural series linking is a tool in a tool box of investigation, we cannot rely on it solely.. because the simple truth is that NONE of us know how we would react in that moment. Sure we might realise we would be sad, but how many hours/days of strangers with cameras relentlessly parked outside your house would it take before we react? they aren’t quiet about it either.. they talk and chat amongst themselves, they get food, they make comments, they ask questions… you know they are there.
trial by media is even worse these days, because you also get trial by keyboard warriors… where once public opinion could be ignored, it would be difficult to now…
This is why I think the jokes and memes are disgusting.
It’s pissisting down.
Bogsnorkler said:
Arts said:I think a lot of people think she’s guilty because it was reported from the outset like that… she was never shown in a positive way from the get go – trial by media and all that.. so I reserve my opinion of her guilt or innocence…
sounds like what is was like in the NT when Azaria went missing.
She was tried by media throughout the whole of Australia. No understanding of a person being in shock or in a freeze state. You know like fight, flight freeze or fawn.
Arts said:
Bogsnorkler said:
Arts said:I think a lot of people think she’s guilty because it was reported from the outset like that… she was never shown in a positive way from the get go – trial by media and all that.. so I reserve my opinion of her guilt or innocence…
sounds like what is was like in the NT when Azaria went missing.
not just the NT all around Australia… LC didn’t stand a chance.
trial by media is even worse these days, because you also get trial by keyboard warriors… where once public opinion could be ignored, it would be difficult to now…
My observation was more to do with what people were saying “on the street”, so to speak. Even though I was working at a newspaper at the time. I can’t remember what opinion we printed. We were a weekly. We did send someone down to Alice to sort of get some story.
Arts said:
Bogsnorkler said:
Arts said:I think a lot of people think she’s guilty because it was reported from the outset like that… she was never shown in a positive way from the get go – trial by media and all that.. so I reserve my opinion of her guilt or innocence…
sounds like what is was like in the NT when Azaria went missing.
not just the NT all around Australia… LC didn’t stand a chance.
There is a good deal of research about this notion of an ‘ideal victim’ and how we think people should behave in certain circumstances. Lindy Chamberlain suffered from this greatly, because she was rather stoic in her interviews, she did not behave like ‘we’ think a grieving mother should behave. So the public persecuted her. And it is thought, in some circles, that this drove the police bias and in their effort to make a conviction, they didn’t do their jobs properly, we could even say they were down right incompetent …
I think EP has suffered from this also – she is ‘homely’ in appearance, and has lashed out at reporters, and in the one interview she did give to the media, she did not come across at all as ‘warm’. And the general public does not take into account that the media had been stalking her for days, she was grieving (you can still grieve a loss even if you were the cause of that loss) , and she had children to protect… you don’t get lesson on how to handle the media, when something like this happens.. and they are fairly robust and persistent in their approach for a good story.
So while behavioural series linking is a tool in a tool box of investigation, we cannot rely on it solely.. because the simple truth is that NONE of us know how we would react in that moment. Sure we might realise we would be sad, but how many hours/days of strangers with cameras relentlessly parked outside your house would it take before we react? they aren’t quiet about it either.. they talk and chat amongst themselves, they get food, they make comments, they ask questions… you know they are there.
trial by media is even worse these days, because you also get trial by keyboard warriors… where once public opinion could be ignored, it would be difficult to now…
She might not have only been grieving, she might have been genuinely shocked that her lunch guests died from her cooking. Maybe (big maybe) her portion didn’t have much/any mushroom in it because she personally doesn’t like the taste, but she wanted to impress. By all accounts what she dished up was delicious. Perhaps…she foraged (which I think they have not established yet?) and made a really big mistake. How would you mentally deal with this scenario?
Divine Angel said:
Arts said:
Divine Angel said:
Don’t get me wrong, I think she’s guilty. But you know, gotta examine the evidence, beyond reasonable doubt and all that.
I guess we’ll find out if she was asked why she dumped it.. I also suspect that they tested it once it was retrieved to eliminate if it was ‘broken’ or not.. but that may just mean she broke it before she dumped it…
I think a lot of people think she’s guilty because it was reported from the outset like that… she was never shown in a positive way from the get go – trial by media and all that.. so I reserve my opinion of her guilt or innocence…
remembering that people are not found innocent – they are found not guilty… which is an entirely different thing.
Speaking of trial by media, I haven’t read much about her defence, it’s mostly prosecution. So that’s probably colouring my bias too.
it’s not like the jurors have a media blackout right
So we’re petsitting a dog and a chook at their house. Neighbour decided to pick a fight with me about the dog being left alone.
I think my fave part was when she said the dog never gets taken for a walk and I asked how often she sticks her face against the window taking notes about the owners exercising the dog.
(The dog is a million years old with arthritis, she’s barely making it to the end of the driveway let alone a proper walk.)
kii said:
Arts said:
Bogsnorkler said:sounds like what is was like in the NT when Azaria went missing.
not just the NT all around Australia… LC didn’t stand a chance.
There is a good deal of research about this notion of an ‘ideal victim’ and how we think people should behave in certain circumstances. Lindy Chamberlain suffered from this greatly, because she was rather stoic in her interviews, she did not behave like ‘we’ think a grieving mother should behave. So the public persecuted her. And it is thought, in some circles, that this drove the police bias and in their effort to make a conviction, they didn’t do their jobs properly, we could even say they were down right incompetent …
I think EP has suffered from this also – she is ‘homely’ in appearance, and has lashed out at reporters, and in the one interview she did give to the media, she did not come across at all as ‘warm’. And the general public does not take into account that the media had been stalking her for days, she was grieving (you can still grieve a loss even if you were the cause of that loss) , and she had children to protect… you don’t get lesson on how to handle the media, when something like this happens.. and they are fairly robust and persistent in their approach for a good story.
So while behavioural series linking is a tool in a tool box of investigation, we cannot rely on it solely.. because the simple truth is that NONE of us know how we would react in that moment. Sure we might realise we would be sad, but how many hours/days of strangers with cameras relentlessly parked outside your house would it take before we react? they aren’t quiet about it either.. they talk and chat amongst themselves, they get food, they make comments, they ask questions… you know they are there.
trial by media is even worse these days, because you also get trial by keyboard warriors… where once public opinion could be ignored, it would be difficult to now…
This is why I think the jokes and memes are disgusting.
what if they were joking about how easy it is to make a mistake
Divine Angel said:
You know what’s not amazing? Costco search function
they need to put some ChatGPT into it that’ll fix it right up all good
Divine Angel said:
So we’re petsitting a dog and a chook at their house. Neighbour decided to pick a fight with me about the dog being left alone.I think my fave part was when she said the dog never gets taken for a walk and I asked how often she sticks her face against the window taking notes about the owners exercising the dog.
(The dog is a million years old with arthritis, she’s barely making it to the end of the driveway let alone a proper walk.)
Why do you reckon the neighbour is being aggressive towards you?
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
So we’re petsitting a dog and a chook at their house. Neighbour decided to pick a fight with me about the dog being left alone.I think my fave part was when she said the dog never gets taken for a walk and I asked how often she sticks her face against the window taking notes about the owners exercising the dog.
(The dog is a million years old with arthritis, she’s barely making it to the end of the driveway let alone a proper walk.)
Why do you reckon the neighbour is being aggressive towards you?
Because the owners ignore her. Last time they went away, they left the dog with friends, and the neighbour still complained about the dog being noisy.
Also, if anyone asks, my name is Penelope McMurty 👀
I’ll send her this with a note, “love from the dog”
https://www.glitterbombyourenemies.com.au/product/bag-of-d/?srsltid=AfmBOooTqoI7sEAAc5obRKWyodrX4kykg9U2RgXvrUvGTfqjbaEd6E-D
Divine Angel said:
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
So we’re petsitting a dog and a chook at their house. Neighbour decided to pick a fight with me about the dog being left alone.I think my fave part was when she said the dog never gets taken for a walk and I asked how often she sticks her face against the window taking notes about the owners exercising the dog.
(The dog is a million years old with arthritis, she’s barely making it to the end of the driveway let alone a proper walk.)
Why do you reckon the neighbour is being aggressive towards you?
Because the owners ignore her. Last time they went away, they left the dog with friends, and the neighbour still complained about the dog being noisy.
Also, if anyone asks, my name is Penelope McMurty 👀
OK Miss Penelope.
Divine Angel said:
I’ll send her this with a note, “love from the dog”https://www.glitterbombyourenemies.com.au/product/bag-of-d/?srsltid=AfmBOooTqoI7sEAAc5obRKWyodrX4kykg9U2RgXvrUvGTfqjbaEd6E-D
LOLOLOL
buffy said:
Someone is in deep shit for not scouting this route properly…
nuclear baseload would have prevented this
buffy said:
Someone is in deep shit for not scouting this route properly…
Turbine trucks go that way all the time, they’re supposed to use the high vehicles detour over the bridge, not under it.
buffy said:
Someone is in deep shit for not scouting this route properly…
Looks like that someone will be the driver:
“The Queensland Police Service said its initial investigation revealed the truck failed to follow pilot vehicles and escorting vehicles up an off-ramp.
“The truck has continued westbound on the Warrego Highway and struck the bridge,” a Queensland police spokesperson said.”
The Rev Dodgson said:
buffy said:
Someone is in deep shit for not scouting this route properly…
Looks like that someone will be the driver:
“The Queensland Police Service said its initial investigation revealed the truck failed to follow pilot vehicles and escorting vehicles up an off-ramp.
“The truck has continued westbound on the Warrego Highway and struck the bridge,” a Queensland police spokesperson said.”
the pilot vehicles should have, they might have, radioed the truck driver to stop going that way.
Some beetles are just beautiful. Apparently this is a Fireblight Leaf Beatle. Photographed by someone in Melbourne today.
Home is the hunter, home from the hill.
Peak Warming Man said:
Home is the hunter, home from the hill.
Did you get wet along the way?
Cymek said:
Plus what if you hate the person murdered, didn’t have any part in it, but aren’t sorry.
hell by that standard we’d be guilty of murdering kkk for sure
Woodie said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Home is the hunter, home from the hill.
Did you get wet along the way?
Too right.
It was a hard drive what with the rain and the oncoming car and truck headlight,
Peak Warming Man said:
Home is the hunter, home from the hill.
How ya doing, you cranky old bugger? Finally thrown off the round eternal?
Bogsnorkler said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
SCIENCE said:
buffy said:
SCIENCE said:
Divine Angel said:
“ A truck carrying a section of a wind turbine has crashed into a bridge west of Brisbane, causing extensive delays down a major highway.
Motorists are being warned to avoid using the Warrego Highway at North Tivoli after the vehicle and its cargo struck with an overhead bridge about 2.30am on Friday.
The turbine has become wedged underneath the overpass and drawn a huge emergency response.”
coal would have prevented this
Someone is in deep shit for not scouting this route properly…
nuclear baseload would have prevented this
Turbine trucks go that way all the time, they’re supposed to use the high vehicles detour over the bridge, not under it.
Ouch!
Looks like that someone will be the driver:
“The Queensland Police Service said its initial investigation revealed the truck failed to follow pilot vehicles and escorting vehicles up an off-ramp.
“The truck has continued westbound on the Warrego Highway and struck the bridge,” a Queensland police spokesperson said.”
the pilot vehicles should have, they might have, radioed the truck driver to stop going that way.
aha we knew it had happened before
gas lighted recovery would have prevented it anyway
Hey Mr Woodie, I’ve tipped the Swannies.
They’d better fuckin’ ‘Carn tonight, or I’ll want to know why not
CAR’N SWANNIES!!!! 🦢🦢🦢🦢🦢🦢
Dark Orange said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Home is the hunter, home from the hill.
How ya doing, you cranky old bugger? Finally thrown off the round eternal?
Yeah doing alright, just a slight twing in the curmudgeon.
How a things with you, still brewing?
party_pants said:
Hey Mr Woodie, I’ve tipped the Swannies.They’d better fuckin’ ‘Carn tonight, or I’ll want to know why not
Ditto.
Peak Warming Man said:
Dark Orange said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Home is the hunter, home from the hill.
How ya doing, you cranky old bugger? Finally thrown off the round eternal?
Yeah doing alright, just a slight twing in the curmudgeon.
How a things with you, still brewing?
For the amount I drink, I don’t have the time for brewing but I occasionally do a few litres of pineapple beer though.
But I have sunk an inordinate amount of time into studying gold recovery methods and sluice designs as well as working out the best way to make metallic nanoparticles in the kitchen. Gold is easy, but copper and carbon are a little more difficult.
Dark Orange said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Dark Orange said:How ya doing, you cranky old bugger? Finally thrown off the round eternal?
Yeah doing alright, just a slight twing in the curmudgeon.
How a things with you, still brewing?
For the amount I drink, I don’t have the time for brewing but I occasionally do a few litres of pineapple beer though.
But I have sunk an inordinate amount of time into studying gold recovery methods and sluice designs as well as working out the best way to make metallic nanoparticles in the kitchen. Gold is easy, but copper and carbon are a little more difficult.
Just get yourself a hadron collider in size large
https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/scientists-turn-lead-gold-1st-time-split/story?id=121762241
Divine Angel said:
Dark Orange said:
Peak Warming Man said:Yeah doing alright, just a slight twing in the curmudgeon.
How a things with you, still brewing?
For the amount I drink, I don’t have the time for brewing but I occasionally do a few litres of pineapple beer though.
But I have sunk an inordinate amount of time into studying gold recovery methods and sluice designs as well as working out the best way to make metallic nanoparticles in the kitchen. Gold is easy, but copper and carbon are a little more difficult.Just get yourself a hadron collider in size large
https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/scientists-turn-lead-gold-1st-time-split/story?id=121762241
Sell your gold!
Buy lead!
Arts said:
When. I die I want nothing. No talk no mourning no funeralJust take any good organs for others and then burn my body, put the ashes into a small goblet and make countries battle over them in some arbitrary game that changes to rules each year so no one knows how to play.
Well I want a State Funeral, a chorus of the worlds best opera singers belting out melancholy songs, 10 years Global mourning, a new religion based on my memes, all of the world leader flagellating themselves, and a giant pyramid that puts the Egyptian ones to shame.
Oh and a packet of twisties at the wake.
Kingy said:
Arts said:
When. I die I want nothing. No talk no mourning no funeralJust take any good organs for others and then burn my body, put the ashes into a small goblet and make countries battle over them in some arbitrary game that changes to rules each year so no one knows how to play.
Well I want a State Funeral, a chorus of the worlds best opera singers belting out melancholy songs, 10 years Global mourning, a new religion based on my memes, all of the world leader flagellating themselves, and a giant pyramid that puts the Egyptian ones to shame.
Oh and a packet of twisties at the wake.
Cheese or chicken?
Neophyte said:
Kingy said:
Arts said:
When. I die I want nothing. No talk no mourning no funeralJust take any good organs for others and then burn my body, put the ashes into a small goblet and make countries battle over them in some arbitrary game that changes to rules each year so no one knows how to play.
Well I want a State Funeral, a chorus of the worlds best opera singers belting out melancholy songs, 10 years Global mourning, a new religion based on my memes, all of the world leader flagellating themselves, and a giant pyramid that puts the Egyptian ones to shame.
Oh and a packet of twisties at the wake.
Cheese or chicken?
Chicken of course. What do you take me for? One of those busted arse chicken twistie eating weirdo’s?
Ms Kingy just brought home some light reading.
Kingy said:
Ms Kingy just brought home some light reading.
Should keep her occupied for a few days.
What are they?
The Rev Dodgson said:
Kingy said:
Ms Kingy just brought home some light reading.
Should keep her occupied for a few days.
What are they?
A 1945 dictionary and a 1928 Library of health.
Kingy said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
Kingy said:
Ms Kingy just brought home some light reading.
Should keep her occupied for a few days.
What are they?
A 1945 dictionary and a 1928 Library of health.
imagines medicine before antibiotics damn
Kingy said:
Neophyte said:
Kingy said:Well I want a State Funeral, a chorus of the worlds best opera singers belting out melancholy songs, 10 years Global mourning, a new religion based on my memes, all of the world leader flagellating themselves, and a giant pyramid that puts the Egyptian ones to shame.
Oh and a packet of twisties at the wake.
Cheese or chicken?
Chicken of course. What do you take me for? One of those busted arse chicken twistie eating weirdo’s?
Cheese Chicken
Fucked up the reply :/
SCIENCE said:
Kingy said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
Should keep her occupied for a few days.
What are they?
A 1945 dictionary and a 1928 Library of health.
imagines medicine before antibiotics damn
Wasn’t it all just do come cocaine and with a whiskey chaser?
Arts said:
SCIENCE said:
Kingy said:
A 1945 dictionary and a 1928 Library of health.
imagines medicine before antibiotics damn
Wasn’t it all just do come cocaine and with a whiskey chaser?
vaguely remember reading about injections of hydrochloric acid and arsenic and fun stuff like that
Woodie said:
party_pants said:
Hey Mr Woodie, I’ve tipped the Swannies.They’d better fuckin’ ‘Carn tonight, or I’ll want to know why not
Ditto.
I think they’re ‘carning well and good tonight
YAYAYAYAYAYAY FOR SWANNIES!!!! 🦢🦢🦢🦢🦢🦢
party_pants said:
Woodie said:
party_pants said:
Hey Mr Woodie, I’ve tipped the Swannies.They’d better fuckin’ ‘Carn tonight, or I’ll want to know why not
Ditto.
I think they’re ‘carning well and good tonight
Specially that last quarter.
Twofa outa twofa Ize ziz, Mr Panty Parts. 😁
SCIENCE said:
Arts said:
SCIENCE said:
imagines medicine before antibiotics damn
Wasn’t it all just do come cocaine and with a whiskey chaser?
vaguely remember reading about injections of hydrochloric acid and arsenic and fun stuff like that
Ooooh. :/
Kingy said:
SCIENCE said:Arts said:
Wasn’t it all just do come cocaine and with a whiskey chaser?
vaguely remember reading about injections of hydrochloric acid and arsenic and fun stuff like that
….. and leeches. Don’t forget a good course of leeches.
Woodie said:
party_pants said:
Woodie said:Ditto.
I think they’re ‘carning well and good tonight
Specially that last quarter.
Twofa outa twofa Ize ziz, Mr Panty Parts. 😁
I’m only one-fa. I changed me tip for tonight with 10 minutes to go, then changed it back with 3 minutes to go. Had me nervous for a while.
party_pants said:
Woodie said:
party_pants said:I think they’re ‘carning well and good tonight
Specially that last quarter.
Twofa outa twofa Ize ziz, Mr Panty Parts. 😁
I’m only one-fa. I changed me tip for tonight with 10 minutes to go, then changed it back with 3 minutes to go. Had me nervous for a while.
Just look to that (looks around forum) Kingy bloke (who ever he may be) for divine intervention in ya footy tips, Mr Panty Parts..😁
Woodie said:
party_pants said:
Woodie said:Specially that last quarter.
Twofa outa twofa Ize ziz, Mr Panty Parts. 😁
I’m only one-fa. I changed me tip for tonight with 10 minutes to go, then changed it back with 3 minutes to go. Had me nervous for a while.
Just look to that (looks around forum) Kingy bloke (who ever he may be) for divine intervention in ya footy tips, Mr Panty Parts..😁
Are you saying he is divine in hoe he does his tips, or is he secretly logging into my account and changing my tips?
party_pants said:
Woodie said:
party_pants said:I’m only one-fa. I changed me tip for tonight with 10 minutes to go, then changed it back with 3 minutes to go. Had me nervous for a while.
Just look to that (looks around forum) Kingy bloke (who ever he may be) for divine intervention in ya footy tips, Mr Panty Parts..😁
Are you saying he is divine in hoe he does his tips, or is he secretly logging into my account and changing my tips?
Methinks he must have The Pope on speed dial.
Another book going in my library.
Kingy said:
Another book going in my library.
Lovely.
How was your all day Eurovision binge, Parpyone?
People keep saying “don’t beat yourself up”, but who knows what I would have found if I’d called her on Sunday, just to say “Happy mother’s day”?
We would have been able to have a meaningful chat, and the health problems would have been clearer. If she was obviously impaired, as her few posts at the time suggested, I could have called for an ambulance or other medical attention.
I’d been thinking of calling her for a whole week prior to Sunday, due to her odd detachment from the forum. What stopped me?
It was a combination of my own drifting sleeping hours, lack of knowledge of her current sleeping hours, and my own usual neurotic barriers to easy social communication. Plus a (seemingly reasonable?) expectation that her behaviour would normalise without my intervention.
Whatever, I failed, and we have no way of knowing whether that failure meant the difference between losing or helping to save a very dear friend.
Woodie said:
How was your all day Eurovision binge, Parpyone?
It tapered off towards the end of the first semi, as I was falling asleep :)
But yeah, it all helped cheer me up a bit.
Bubblecar said:
Woodie said:
How was your all day Eurovision binge, Parpyone?
It tapered off towards the end of the first semi, as I was falling asleep :)
But yeah, it all helped cheer me up a bit.
Well, settle in and enjoy le bicyclettes and scenic de le Italiao for a while. 😎
Woodie said:
Bubblecar said:
Woodie said:
How was your all day Eurovision binge, Parpyone?
It tapered off towards the end of the first semi, as I was falling asleep :)
But yeah, it all helped cheer me up a bit.
Well, settle in and enjoy le bicyclettes and scenic de le Italiao for a while. 😎
Thanks for the invitation. I might wander into the living room and turn on the telly, in a little while.
Bubblecar said:
People keep saying “don’t beat yourself up”, but who knows what I would have found if I’d called her on Sunday, just to say “Happy mother’s day”?We would have been able to have a meaningful chat, and the health problems would have been clearer. If she was obviously impaired, as her few posts at the time suggested, I could have called for an ambulance or other medical attention.
I’d been thinking of calling her for a whole week prior to Sunday, due to her odd detachment from the forum. What stopped me?
It was a combination of my own drifting sleeping hours, lack of knowledge of her current sleeping hours, and my own usual neurotic barriers to easy social communication. Plus a (seemingly reasonable?) expectation that her behaviour would normalise without my intervention.
Whatever, I failed, and we have no way of knowing whether that failure meant the difference between losing or helping to save a very dear friend.
See my last music post this evening.
I didn’t have anyone in mind when I posted it, but it seems appropriate.
How ya hangin’ Mr V? In there?
Woodie said:
How ya hangin’ Mr V? In there?
Yeah. Mostly OK. Mustn’t complain.
;)
Channelling Gloworm’s hatred of ants; they are attacking stuff in the fridge, or anything on the bench-tops left for even a few minutes. They are even getting into the freezer.
And you?
Michael V said:
Woodie said:
How ya hangin’ Mr V? In there?
Yeah. Mostly OK. Mustn’t complain.
;)
Channelling Gloworm’s hatred of ants; they are attacking stuff in the fridge, or anything on the bench-tops left for even a few minutes. They are even getting into the freezer.
And you?
Are there .long trails of them, or do they just appear from everywhere?
Maybe set up a barrier of squished dead ones. That’ll learn ‘em.
Woodie said:
Michael V said:
Woodie said:
How ya hangin’ Mr V? In there?
Yeah. Mostly OK. Mustn’t complain.
;)
Channelling Gloworm’s hatred of ants; they are attacking stuff in the fridge, or anything on the bench-tops left for even a few minutes. They are even getting into the freezer.
And you?
I understand if you squish them and leave them in situ, it releases their formic acid which they don ‘t like trampling over where dead ones are.Are there .long trails of them, or do they just appear from everywhere?
Maybe set up a barrier of squished dead ones. That’ll learn ‘em.
Oh dear. Idea wrong.
btm said:
A few years ago I was an impecunious uni student looking for a residence to rent…
Impecunious … I haven’t seen that word for a long time.
It immediately triggered…
When I, good friends, was called to the bar,
I’d an appetite fresh and hearty.
But I was, as many young barristers are,
An impecunious party.
I’d a swallow-tail coat of a beautiful blue —
And a brief which I bought of a booby —
A couple of shirts, and a collar or two,
And a ring that looked like a ruby!
CHORUS. He’d a couple of shirts, and a collar or two,
and a ring that looked like a ruby.
JUDGE. In Westminster Hall I danced a dance,
Like a semi-despondent fury;
For I thought I never should hit on a chance
Of addressing a British Jury—
But I soon got tired of third-class journeys,
And dinners of bread and water;
So I fell in love with a rich attorney’s
Elderly, ugly daughter.
CHORUS. So he fell in love with a rich attorney’s
Elderly, ugly daughter.
JUDGE. The rich attorney, he jumped with joy,
And replied to my fond professions:
“You shall reap the reward of your pluck, my boy,
At the Bailey and Middlesex sessions.
You’ll soon get used to her looks,” said he,
“And a very nice girl you will find her!
She may very well pass for forty-three
In the dusk, with a light behind her!”
CHORUS. She may very well pass for forty-three
In the dusk, with a light behind her!
JUDGE. The rich attorney was good as his word;
The briefs came trooping gaily,
And every day my voice was heard
At the Sessions or Ancient Bailey.
All thieves who could my fees afford
Relied on my orations.
And many a burglar I’ve restored
To his friends and his relations.
CHORUS. And many a burglar he’s restored
To his friends and his relations.
JUDGE. At length I became as rich as the Gurneys —
An incubus then I thought her,
So I threw over that rich attorney’s
Elderly, ugly daughter.
The rich attorney my character high
Tried vainly to disparage—
CHORUS. No!
JUDGE. Yes! (chuckles)
And now, if you please, I’m ready to try
This Breach of Promise of Marriage!
CHORUS. And now if you please, he’s ready to try
This Breach of Promise of Marriage!
JUDGE. For now I’m a Judge!
ALL. And a good Judge, too!
JUDGE. For now I’m a Judge!
ALL. And a good Judge, too!
JUDGE. Though all my law be fudge,
Yet I’ll never, never budge,
But I’ll live and die a Judge!
ALL. And a good Judge, too!
JUDGE (pianissimo). It was managed by a job—
ALL. And a good job, too!
JUDGE. It was managed by a job!
ALL. And a good job too!
JUDGE. It is patent to the mob,
That my being made a nob
Was effected by a job.
ALL. And a good job too!
Bubblecar said:
People keep saying “don’t beat yourself up”, but who knows what I would have found if I’d called her on Sunday, just to say “Happy mother’s day”?We would have been able to have a meaningful chat, and the health problems would have been clearer. If she was obviously impaired, as her few posts at the time suggested, I could have called for an ambulance or other medical attention.
I’d been thinking of calling her for a whole week prior to Sunday, due to her odd detachment from the forum. What stopped me?
It was a combination of my own drifting sleeping hours, lack of knowledge of her current sleeping hours, and my own usual neurotic barriers to easy social communication. Plus a (seemingly reasonable?) expectation that her behaviour would normalise without my intervention.
Whatever, I failed, and we have no way of knowing whether that failure meant the difference between losing or helping to save a very dear friend.
This forum is a bit of a sad house at the moment so I am not much tempted to pop in.
Even though we only met face to face once, I certainly feel that my communications with ros here and via other electronic media led her to know me as well as nearly anyone, and for me to know her quite well. There would only be a handful of people whose life history, troubles and joys I know as well as I know hers.
I think the term IRL rather downplays how real the online interactions are. I tend to be a bit reserved in person, whereas here I can expound on my thoughts at length. I’ve shared millions of words with her, and with others here: more than with anyone other than my immediate family.
I sound melodramatic and narcissistic in so saying but that’s how it feels. There’s a pall over the forum and it’s saddening knowing she won’t be one of the people to read what I say.
Woodie said:
Michael V said:
Woodie said:
How ya hangin’ Mr V? In there?
Yeah. Mostly OK. Mustn’t complain.
;)
Channelling Gloworm’s hatred of ants; they are attacking stuff in the fridge, or anything on the bench-tops left for even a few minutes. They are even getting into the freezer.
And you?
I understand if you squish them and leave them in situ, it releases their formic acid which they don ‘t like trampling over where dead ones are.Are there .long trails of them, or do they just appear from everywhere?
Maybe set up a barrier of squished dead ones. That’ll learn ‘em.
Both trails and from all over.
I’ve tried the squish-em and leave-em trick. They don’t seem to care. Sometimes they cart them off, sometimes not.
Woodie said:
Woodie said:
Michael V said:Yeah. Mostly OK. Mustn’t complain.
;)
Channelling Gloworm’s hatred of ants; they are attacking stuff in the fridge, or anything on the bench-tops left for even a few minutes. They are even getting into the freezer.
And you?
I understand if you squish them and leave them in situ, it releases their formic acid which they don ‘t like trampling over where dead ones are.Are there .long trails of them, or do they just appear from everywhere?
Maybe set up a barrier of squished dead ones. That’ll learn ‘em.
Oh dear. Idea wrong.
I’m going to try baits. I’ve saved a few soft drink bottle lids.
dv said:
Bubblecar said:
People keep saying “don’t beat yourself up”, but who knows what I would have found if I’d called her on Sunday, just to say “Happy mother’s day”?We would have been able to have a meaningful chat, and the health problems would have been clearer. If she was obviously impaired, as her few posts at the time suggested, I could have called for an ambulance or other medical attention.
I’d been thinking of calling her for a whole week prior to Sunday, due to her odd detachment from the forum. What stopped me?
It was a combination of my own drifting sleeping hours, lack of knowledge of her current sleeping hours, and my own usual neurotic barriers to easy social communication. Plus a (seemingly reasonable?) expectation that her behaviour would normalise without my intervention.
Whatever, I failed, and we have no way of knowing whether that failure meant the difference between losing or helping to save a very dear friend.
This forum is a bit of a sad house at the moment so I am not much tempted to pop in.
Even though we only met face to face once, I certainly feel that my communications with ros here and via other electronic media led her to know me as well as nearly anyone, and for me to know her quite well. There would only be a handful of people whose life history, troubles and joys I know as well as I know hers.
I think the term IRL rather downplays how real the online interactions are. I tend to be a bit reserved in person, whereas here I can expound on my thoughts at length. I’ve shared millions of words with her, and with others here: more than with anyone other than my immediate family.
I sound melodramatic and narcissistic in so saying but that’s how it feels. There’s a pall over the forum and it’s saddening knowing she won’t be one of the people to read what I say.
It is a sad house but the sorrow is real and important, as I’m sure you understand. It’s not something I can avoid. I also feel some degree of guilt which is justified – I wasn’t as supportive of Ros as I should have been.
I met Ros in SSSF and our relationship existed online to the proverbial 99.99%. But talking to her in person or on the phone, as I sometimes did, was a very much more effective way of catching up to date with all the important things. It’s just that it seldom happened.
For me the sudden loss of sarahs mum, as well as being a profound loss in itself that needs to be observed, has reminded me that at my age, there’s a lot more of this to come, involving siblings and friends more distant. Each loss hits hard and detracts from the meaning of me maintaining the grind.
I’ve decided that once my mainland sister dies, probably this year some time, I’ll give myself permission to leave. And in the meantime, work on a few songs and other pieces of music, to leave for others to enjoy.
AussieDJ said:
btm said:A few years ago I was an impecunious uni student looking for a residence to rent…
Impecunious … I haven’t seen that word for a long time.
It immediately triggered…
When I, good friends, was called to the bar,
I’d an appetite fresh and hearty.
But I was, as many young barristers are,
An impecunious party.I’d a swallow-tail coat of a beautiful blue —
And a brief which I bought of a booby —
A couple of shirts, and a collar or two,
And a ring that looked like a ruby!CHORUS. He’d a couple of shirts, and a collar or two,
and a ring that looked like a ruby.JUDGE. In Westminster Hall I danced a dance,
Like a semi-despondent fury;
For I thought I never should hit on a chance
Of addressing a British Jury—
But I soon got tired of third-class journeys,
And dinners of bread and water;
So I fell in love with a rich attorney’s
Elderly, ugly daughter.CHORUS. So he fell in love with a rich attorney’s
Elderly, ugly daughter.JUDGE. The rich attorney, he jumped with joy,
And replied to my fond professions:
“You shall reap the reward of your pluck, my boy,
At the Bailey and Middlesex sessions.
You’ll soon get used to her looks,” said he,
“And a very nice girl you will find her!
She may very well pass for forty-three
In the dusk, with a light behind her!”CHORUS. She may very well pass for forty-three
In the dusk, with a light behind her!JUDGE. The rich attorney was good as his word;
The briefs came trooping gaily,
And every day my voice was heard
At the Sessions or Ancient Bailey.
All thieves who could my fees afford
Relied on my orations.
And many a burglar I’ve restored
To his friends and his relations.CHORUS. And many a burglar he’s restored
To his friends and his relations.JUDGE. At length I became as rich as the Gurneys —
An incubus then I thought her,
So I threw over that rich attorney’s
Elderly, ugly daughter.
The rich attorney my character high
Tried vainly to disparage—CHORUS. No!
JUDGE. Yes! (chuckles)
And now, if you please, I’m ready to try
This Breach of Promise of Marriage!CHORUS. And now if you please, he’s ready to try
This Breach of Promise of Marriage!JUDGE. For now I’m a Judge!
ALL. And a good Judge, too!
JUDGE. For now I’m a Judge!
ALL. And a good Judge, too!
JUDGE. Though all my law be fudge,
Yet I’ll never, never budge,
But I’ll live and die a Judge!ALL. And a good Judge, too!
JUDGE (pianissimo). It was managed by a job—
ALL. And a good job, too!
JUDGE. It was managed by a job!
ALL. And a good job too!
JUDGE. It is patent to the mob,
That my being made a nob
Was effected by a job.ALL. And a good job too!
I wrecked my singing voice doing “Trial by Jury”, the only G & S opera. I sang soprano, and forced my voice to tenor; my voice never “broke”. I’ve not been able to sing in tune reliably since.
The Usher (bass-baritone) was done by a fifth-former who went on to become a professional operatic baritone in Italy. Lyndon Terracini. He had such a deep, full voice.
Bubblecar said:
dv said:
Bubblecar said:
People keep saying “don’t beat yourself up”, but who knows what I would have found if I’d called her on Sunday, just to say “Happy mother’s day”?We would have been able to have a meaningful chat, and the health problems would have been clearer. If she was obviously impaired, as her few posts at the time suggested, I could have called for an ambulance or other medical attention.
I’d been thinking of calling her for a whole week prior to Sunday, due to her odd detachment from the forum. What stopped me?
It was a combination of my own drifting sleeping hours, lack of knowledge of her current sleeping hours, and my own usual neurotic barriers to easy social communication. Plus a (seemingly reasonable?) expectation that her behaviour would normalise without my intervention.
Whatever, I failed, and we have no way of knowing whether that failure meant the difference between losing or helping to save a very dear friend.
This forum is a bit of a sad house at the moment so I am not much tempted to pop in.
Even though we only met face to face once, I certainly feel that my communications with ros here and via other electronic media led her to know me as well as nearly anyone, and for me to know her quite well. There would only be a handful of people whose life history, troubles and joys I know as well as I know hers.
I think the term IRL rather downplays how real the online interactions are. I tend to be a bit reserved in person, whereas here I can expound on my thoughts at length. I’ve shared millions of words with her, and with others here: more than with anyone other than my immediate family.
I sound melodramatic and narcissistic in so saying but that’s how it feels. There’s a pall over the forum and it’s saddening knowing she won’t be one of the people to read what I say.
It is a sad house but the sorrow is real and important, as I’m sure you understand. It’s not something I can avoid. I also feel some degree of guilt which is justified – I wasn’t as supportive of Ros as I should have been.
I met Ros in SSSF and our relationship existed online to the proverbial 99.99%. But talking to her in person or on the phone, as I sometimes did, was a very much more effective way of catching up to date with all the important things. It’s just that it seldom happened.
For me the sudden loss of sarahs mum, as well as being a profound loss in itself that needs to be observed, has reminded me that at my age, there’s a lot more of this to come, involving siblings and friends more distant. Each loss hits hard and detracts from the meaning of me maintaining the grind.
I’ve decided that once my mainland sister dies, probably this year some time, I’ll give myself permission to leave. And in the meantime, work on a few songs and other pieces of music, to leave for others to enjoy.
Well that’s pretty sad as well. I suppose I can only hope your sister makes a dramatic recovery.
Michael V said:
Woodie said:
Michael V said:Yeah. Mostly OK. Mustn’t complain.
;)
Channelling Gloworm’s hatred of ants; they are attacking stuff in the fridge, or anything on the bench-tops left for even a few minutes. They are even getting into the freezer.
And you?
I understand if you squish them and leave them in situ, it releases their formic acid which they don ‘t like trampling over where dead ones are.Are there .long trails of them, or do they just appear from everywhere?
Maybe set up a barrier of squished dead ones. That’ll learn ‘em.
Both trails and from all over.
I’ve tried the squish-em and leave-em trick. They don’t seem to care. Sometimes they cart them off, sometimes not.
have you tried surface spray, high toxic high residue , but if the are getting into the freezer might be the go for while.
the other thing is to trace the trails back to the nest and bomb that with ant granules and other poisons.
dv said:
Bubblecar said:
dv said:This forum is a bit of a sad house at the moment so I am not much tempted to pop in.
Even though we only met face to face once, I certainly feel that my communications with ros here and via other electronic media led her to know me as well as nearly anyone, and for me to know her quite well. There would only be a handful of people whose life history, troubles and joys I know as well as I know hers.
I think the term IRL rather downplays how real the online interactions are. I tend to be a bit reserved in person, whereas here I can expound on my thoughts at length. I’ve shared millions of words with her, and with others here: more than with anyone other than my immediate family.
I sound melodramatic and narcissistic in so saying but that’s how it feels. There’s a pall over the forum and it’s saddening knowing she won’t be one of the people to read what I say.
It is a sad house but the sorrow is real and important, as I’m sure you understand. It’s not something I can avoid. I also feel some degree of guilt which is justified – I wasn’t as supportive of Ros as I should have been.
I met Ros in SSSF and our relationship existed online to the proverbial 99.99%. But talking to her in person or on the phone, as I sometimes did, was a very much more effective way of catching up to date with all the important things. It’s just that it seldom happened.
For me the sudden loss of sarahs mum, as well as being a profound loss in itself that needs to be observed, has reminded me that at my age, there’s a lot more of this to come, involving siblings and friends more distant. Each loss hits hard and detracts from the meaning of me maintaining the grind.
I’ve decided that once my mainland sister dies, probably this year some time, I’ll give myself permission to leave. And in the meantime, work on a few songs and other pieces of music, to leave for others to enjoy.
Well that’s pretty sad as well. I suppose I can only hope your sister makes a dramatic recovery.
Please look after yourselves.
dv said:
Bubblecar said:
dv said:This forum is a bit of a sad house at the moment so I am not much tempted to pop in.
Even though we only met face to face once, I certainly feel that my communications with ros here and via other electronic media led her to know me as well as nearly anyone, and for me to know her quite well. There would only be a handful of people whose life history, troubles and joys I know as well as I know hers.
I think the term IRL rather downplays how real the online interactions are. I tend to be a bit reserved in person, whereas here I can expound on my thoughts at length. I’ve shared millions of words with her, and with others here: more than with anyone other than my immediate family.
I sound melodramatic and narcissistic in so saying but that’s how it feels. There’s a pall over the forum and it’s saddening knowing she won’t be one of the people to read what I say.
It is a sad house but the sorrow is real and important, as I’m sure you understand. It’s not something I can avoid. I also feel some degree of guilt which is justified – I wasn’t as supportive of Ros as I should have been.
I met Ros in SSSF and our relationship existed online to the proverbial 99.99%. But talking to her in person or on the phone, as I sometimes did, was a very much more effective way of catching up to date with all the important things. It’s just that it seldom happened.
For me the sudden loss of sarahs mum, as well as being a profound loss in itself that needs to be observed, has reminded me that at my age, there’s a lot more of this to come, involving siblings and friends more distant. Each loss hits hard and detracts from the meaning of me maintaining the grind.
I’ve decided that once my mainland sister dies, probably this year some time, I’ll give myself permission to leave. And in the meantime, work on a few songs and other pieces of music, to leave for others to enjoy.
Well that’s pretty sad as well. I suppose I can only hope your sister makes a dramatic recovery.
That not’s going to happen, unfortunately. She has end stage emphysema, is permanently attached to an oxygen supply and looks like a living corpse.
But anyway, “giving myself permission to leave” doesn’t mean there’s a train to catch :)
It’s really a way of relieving the more chaotic suicidal reactions to awful events. It just means you can go, sensibly and calmly, at a convenient time, even if it means hanging around to tidy up this or that project, clean the toilet, say your goodbyes etc :)
Michael V said:
AussieDJ said:
btm said:A few years ago I was an impecunious uni student looking for a residence to rent…
Impecunious … I haven’t seen that word for a long time.
It immediately triggered…
When I, good friends, was called to the bar,
I’d an appetite fresh and hearty.
But I was, as many young barristers are,
An impecunious party.I’d a swallow-tail coat of a beautiful blue —
And a brief which I bought of a booby —
A couple of shirts, and a collar or two,
And a ring that looked like a ruby!CHORUS. He’d a couple of shirts, and a collar or two,
and a ring that looked like a ruby.JUDGE. In Westminster Hall I danced a dance,
Like a semi-despondent fury;
For I thought I never should hit on a chance
Of addressing a British Jury—
But I soon got tired of third-class journeys,
And dinners of bread and water;
So I fell in love with a rich attorney’s
Elderly, ugly daughter.CHORUS. So he fell in love with a rich attorney’s
Elderly, ugly daughter.JUDGE. The rich attorney, he jumped with joy,
And replied to my fond professions:
“You shall reap the reward of your pluck, my boy,
At the Bailey and Middlesex sessions.
You’ll soon get used to her looks,” said he,
“And a very nice girl you will find her!
She may very well pass for forty-three
In the dusk, with a light behind her!”CHORUS. She may very well pass for forty-three
In the dusk, with a light behind her!JUDGE. The rich attorney was good as his word;
The briefs came trooping gaily,
And every day my voice was heard
At the Sessions or Ancient Bailey.
All thieves who could my fees afford
Relied on my orations.
And many a burglar I’ve restored
To his friends and his relations.CHORUS. And many a burglar he’s restored
To his friends and his relations.JUDGE. At length I became as rich as the Gurneys —
An incubus then I thought her,
So I threw over that rich attorney’s
Elderly, ugly daughter.
The rich attorney my character high
Tried vainly to disparage—CHORUS. No!
JUDGE. Yes! (chuckles)
And now, if you please, I’m ready to try
This Breach of Promise of Marriage!CHORUS. And now if you please, he’s ready to try
This Breach of Promise of Marriage!JUDGE. For now I’m a Judge!
ALL. And a good Judge, too!
JUDGE. For now I’m a Judge!
ALL. And a good Judge, too!
JUDGE. Though all my law be fudge,
Yet I’ll never, never budge,
But I’ll live and die a Judge!ALL. And a good Judge, too!
JUDGE (pianissimo). It was managed by a job—
ALL. And a good job, too!
JUDGE. It was managed by a job!
ALL. And a good job too!
JUDGE. It is patent to the mob,
That my being made a nob
Was effected by a job.ALL. And a good job too!
I wrecked my singing voice doing “Trial by Jury”, the only G & S opera. I sang soprano, and forced my voice to tenor; my voice never “broke”. I’ve not been able to sing in tune reliably since.
The Usher (bass-baritone) was done by a fifth-former who went on to become a professional operatic baritone in Italy. Lyndon Terracini. He had such a deep, full voice.
I know Lyndon and his wife (Liz) from many years ago when I was managing the tickets for the local theatrical mob in Lismore. He was the boss.
I think he’s now boss of Opera Australia
That not’s = That’s not
Bubblecar said:
dv said:
Bubblecar said:
People keep saying “don’t beat yourself up”, but who knows what I would have found if I’d called her on Sunday, just to say “Happy mother’s day”?We would have been able to have a meaningful chat, and the health problems would have been clearer. If she was obviously impaired, as her few posts at the time suggested, I could have called for an ambulance or other medical attention.
I’d been thinking of calling her for a whole week prior to Sunday, due to her odd detachment from the forum. What stopped me?
It was a combination of my own drifting sleeping hours, lack of knowledge of her current sleeping hours, and my own usual neurotic barriers to easy social communication. Plus a (seemingly reasonable?) expectation that her behaviour would normalise without my intervention.
Whatever, I failed, and we have no way of knowing whether that failure meant the difference between losing or helping to save a very dear friend.
This forum is a bit of a sad house at the moment so I am not much tempted to pop in.
Even though we only met face to face once, I certainly feel that my communications with ros here and via other electronic media led her to know me as well as nearly anyone, and for me to know her quite well. There would only be a handful of people whose life history, troubles and joys I know as well as I know hers.
I think the term IRL rather downplays how real the online interactions are. I tend to be a bit reserved in person, whereas here I can expound on my thoughts at length. I’ve shared millions of words with her, and with others here: more than with anyone other than my immediate family.
I sound melodramatic and narcissistic in so saying but that’s how it feels. There’s a pall over the forum and it’s saddening knowing she won’t be one of the people to read what I say.
It is a sad house but the sorrow is real and important, as I’m sure you understand. It’s not something I can avoid. I also feel some degree of guilt which is justified – I wasn’t as supportive of Ros as I should have been.
I met Ros in SSSF and our relationship existed online to the proverbial 99.99%. But talking to her in person or on the phone, as I sometimes did, was a very much more effective way of catching up to date with all the important things. It’s just that it seldom happened.
For me the sudden loss of sarahs mum, as well as being a profound loss in itself that needs to be observed, has reminded me that at my age, there’s a lot more of this to come, involving siblings and friends more distant. Each loss hits hard and detracts from the meaning of me maintaining the grind.
I’ve decided that once my mainland sister dies, probably this year some time, I’ll give myself permission to leave. And in the meantime, work on a few songs and other pieces of music, to leave for others to enjoy.
Yeah. it hurts hard. I am sad too.
I sat here and cried a bit, same with sibeen, Curve and Stumpy.
party_pants said:
Michael V said:
Woodie said:I understand if you squish them and leave them in situ, it releases their formic acid which they don ‘t like trampling over where dead ones are.
Are there .long trails of them, or do they just appear from everywhere?
Maybe set up a barrier of squished dead ones. That’ll learn ‘em.
Both trails and from all over.
I’ve tried the squish-em and leave-em trick. They don’t seem to care. Sometimes they cart them off, sometimes not.
have you tried surface spray, high toxic high residue , but if the are getting into the freezer might be the go for while.
the other thing is to trace the trails back to the nest and bomb that with ant granules and other poisons.
I think there are several nests in the house. One may be in the fridge-freezer insulation. I reckon poisons, much as I hate them, might be the go. Finding the right one might be difficult, so the local termite man explained. Even though they are little black ants, they are not piss-ants, which apparently are fairly simple to deal with.
They’ve been here since we bought the house. Each year they get worse around this time. This has been the worst year so far.
party_pants said:
Yeah. it hurts hard. I am sad too.
I sat here and cried a bit, same with sibeen, Curve and Stumpy.
Off at a tangent, kind of …
Speaking of sibeen, has anything been heard recently about his sprogs?
Has anyone been in touch with them, to see how they’re travelling?
party_pants said:
Bubblecar said:
dv said:This forum is a bit of a sad house at the moment so I am not much tempted to pop in.
Even though we only met face to face once, I certainly feel that my communications with ros here and via other electronic media led her to know me as well as nearly anyone, and for me to know her quite well. There would only be a handful of people whose life history, troubles and joys I know as well as I know hers.
I think the term IRL rather downplays how real the online interactions are. I tend to be a bit reserved in person, whereas here I can expound on my thoughts at length. I’ve shared millions of words with her, and with others here: more than with anyone other than my immediate family.
I sound melodramatic and narcissistic in so saying but that’s how it feels. There’s a pall over the forum and it’s saddening knowing she won’t be one of the people to read what I say.
It is a sad house but the sorrow is real and important, as I’m sure you understand. It’s not something I can avoid. I also feel some degree of guilt which is justified – I wasn’t as supportive of Ros as I should have been.
I met Ros in SSSF and our relationship existed online to the proverbial 99.99%. But talking to her in person or on the phone, as I sometimes did, was a very much more effective way of catching up to date with all the important things. It’s just that it seldom happened.
For me the sudden loss of sarahs mum, as well as being a profound loss in itself that needs to be observed, has reminded me that at my age, there’s a lot more of this to come, involving siblings and friends more distant. Each loss hits hard and detracts from the meaning of me maintaining the grind.
I’ve decided that once my mainland sister dies, probably this year some time, I’ll give myself permission to leave. And in the meantime, work on a few songs and other pieces of music, to leave for others to enjoy.
Yeah. it hurts hard. I am sad too.
I sat here and cried a bit, same with sibeen, Curve and Stumpy.
Yep. Harder for me with sarahs mum because she was a special friend, my best friend really.
Woodie said:
Michael V said:
AussieDJ said:Impecunious … I haven’t seen that word for a long time.
It immediately triggered…
When I, good friends, was called to the bar,
I’d an appetite fresh and hearty.
But I was, as many young barristers are,
An impecunious party.I’d a swallow-tail coat of a beautiful blue —
And a brief which I bought of a booby —
A couple of shirts, and a collar or two,
And a ring that looked like a ruby!CHORUS. He’d a couple of shirts, and a collar or two,
and a ring that looked like a ruby.JUDGE. In Westminster Hall I danced a dance,
Like a semi-despondent fury;
For I thought I never should hit on a chance
Of addressing a British Jury—
But I soon got tired of third-class journeys,
And dinners of bread and water;
So I fell in love with a rich attorney’s
Elderly, ugly daughter.CHORUS. So he fell in love with a rich attorney’s
Elderly, ugly daughter.JUDGE. The rich attorney, he jumped with joy,
And replied to my fond professions:
“You shall reap the reward of your pluck, my boy,
At the Bailey and Middlesex sessions.
You’ll soon get used to her looks,” said he,
“And a very nice girl you will find her!
She may very well pass for forty-three
In the dusk, with a light behind her!”CHORUS. She may very well pass for forty-three
In the dusk, with a light behind her!JUDGE. The rich attorney was good as his word;
The briefs came trooping gaily,
And every day my voice was heard
At the Sessions or Ancient Bailey.
All thieves who could my fees afford
Relied on my orations.
And many a burglar I’ve restored
To his friends and his relations.CHORUS. And many a burglar he’s restored
To his friends and his relations.JUDGE. At length I became as rich as the Gurneys —
An incubus then I thought her,
So I threw over that rich attorney’s
Elderly, ugly daughter.
The rich attorney my character high
Tried vainly to disparage—CHORUS. No!
JUDGE. Yes! (chuckles)
And now, if you please, I’m ready to try
This Breach of Promise of Marriage!CHORUS. And now if you please, he’s ready to try
This Breach of Promise of Marriage!JUDGE. For now I’m a Judge!
ALL. And a good Judge, too!
JUDGE. For now I’m a Judge!
ALL. And a good Judge, too!
JUDGE. Though all my law be fudge,
Yet I’ll never, never budge,
But I’ll live and die a Judge!ALL. And a good Judge, too!
JUDGE (pianissimo). It was managed by a job—
ALL. And a good job, too!
JUDGE. It was managed by a job!
ALL. And a good job too!
JUDGE. It is patent to the mob,
That my being made a nob
Was effected by a job.ALL. And a good job too!
I wrecked my singing voice doing “Trial by Jury”, the only G & S opera. I sang soprano, and forced my voice to tenor; my voice never “broke”. I’ve not been able to sing in tune reliably since.
The Usher (bass-baritone) was done by a fifth-former who went on to become a professional operatic baritone in Italy. Lyndon Terracini. He had such a deep, full voice.
I know Lyndon and his wife (Liz) from many years ago when I was managing the tickets for the local theatrical mob in Lismore. He was the boss.
I think he’s now boss of Opera Australia
Huh!
Small world.
Bubblecar said:
party_pants said:
Bubblecar said:It is a sad house but the sorrow is real and important, as I’m sure you understand. It’s not something I can avoid. I also feel some degree of guilt which is justified – I wasn’t as supportive of Ros as I should have been.
I met Ros in SSSF and our relationship existed online to the proverbial 99.99%. But talking to her in person or on the phone, as I sometimes did, was a very much more effective way of catching up to date with all the important things. It’s just that it seldom happened.
For me the sudden loss of sarahs mum, as well as being a profound loss in itself that needs to be observed, has reminded me that at my age, there’s a lot more of this to come, involving siblings and friends more distant. Each loss hits hard and detracts from the meaning of me maintaining the grind.
I’ve decided that once my mainland sister dies, probably this year some time, I’ll give myself permission to leave. And in the meantime, work on a few songs and other pieces of music, to leave for others to enjoy.
Yeah. it hurts hard. I am sad too.
I sat here and cried a bit, same with sibeen, Curve and Stumpy.
Yep. Harder for me with sarahs mum because she was a special friend, my best friend really.
Losing a very close friend is devastating. I feel for you.
Michael V said:
I wrecked my singing voice doing “Trial by Jury”, the only G & S opera. I sang soprano, and forced my voice to tenor; my voice never “broke”. I’ve not been able to sing in tune reliably since.
The Usher (bass-baritone) was done by a fifth-former who went on to become a professional operatic baritone in Italy. Lyndon Terracini. He had such a deep, full voice.
I was introduced to the music of G & S through “Trial by Jury”, when I was in first form in High School. I appeared as a member of the chorus.
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
I’ll send her this with a note, “love from the dog”https://www.glitterbombyourenemies.com.au/product/bag-of-d/?srsltid=AfmBOooTqoI7sEAAc5obRKWyodrX4kykg9U2RgXvrUvGTfqjbaEd6E-D
LOLOLOL
Indeed!
Michael V said:
Woodie said:
How ya hangin’ Mr V? In there?
Yeah. Mostly OK. Mustn’t complain.
;)
Channelling Gloworm’s hatred of ants; they are attacking stuff in the fridge, or anything on the bench-tops left for even a few minutes. They are even getting into the freezer.
And you?
In the fridge and the freezer?
Wow…very persistent ants…or is it persistant…LOLOL
It’s still pissisting down. Has been since mid afternoon.
Maybe 30 – 40 moolies so far. Haven’t checked the moolie measurer.
Woodie said:
It’s still pissisting down. Has been since mid afternoon.Maybe 30 – 40 moolies so far. Haven’t checked the moolie measurer.
We are in year 7, I think, of a drought. My apricot tree has died. The apple tree across the road has died.
Top of 25 and “showers easing” but we havent had any rain.
Dreamed I was trying to make Monte Carlo biscuits, forgot the jam.
Mr mutant is doing his taxes this arvo (always does them late 🙄). While he’s at the accountant, Mini Me and I know a lovely park nearby with a man-made lake that we like to hang around.
And petsitting. If the neighbour wants to have another rant, I’ll let them, and wish them a good day. Owners are out of reception til Monday. Considering getting dog a marrow bone from the butcher, but since the dog won’t be under constant supervision, and is on a strict diet for health issues, I’m wary.
Morning DA. Hope you enjoy your pet-sitting.
My grief and guilt seem are getting worse rather than better, so I’m wondering if you could write the short speech acknowledging sarahs mum’s enrichment of our lives through the forums over 25 years. You could post it here and I might be up to adding to it, and others might want to add something, then it could be sent to Sarah.
It’s making me feel even more useless but I’m just rather overwhelmed.
Sure, Car. I’ll see what I can come up with. Even if I just get the bones of it, because I could never capture the breadth of your experience. And I wandered in here “late”, I’ve not been here as long as the rest of you.
Also my sister is heading to Melbs today. She’s a finalist in the Web awards and the ceremony is tonight.
The big bosses refused to pay for her trip, saying it’s not “core business”. Apparently doing all the marketing doesn’t count. So she paid for the trip herself.
She doesn’t expect to win. I reminded her about Stephen Bradbury. Also no one expected the American to be voted Pope.
Good morning Holidayers. Presently 7 degrees at the back door – and it is actually RAINING! Well, it’s drizzling. Look slike we might have managed about 1mm since I went to bed. I can hear it running off the roof towards the tanks.
Breakfast at the bakery with my bushwandering friend this morning. But we won’t be walking around the Botanic Gardens this morning. I might do some sewing and knitting this afternoon.
Kingy said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
Kingy said:
Ms Kingy just brought home some light reading.
Should keep her occupied for a few days.
What are they?
A 1945 dictionary and a 1928 Library of health.
Looks like a Websters. We’ve got one of those here. One of the dogs back in the past did a bit of chewing on it. They are far too big to handle easily. Ours is 1966.
buffy said:
Kingy said:
The Rev Dodgson said:Should keep her occupied for a few days.
What are they?
A 1945 dictionary and a 1928 Library of health.
Looks like a Websters. We’ve got one of those here. One of the dogs back in the past did a bit of chewing on it. They are far too big to handle easily. Ours is 1966.
I have my father’s Estonian/English dictionary. It’s about that thick, but bigger. Can’t remember when it was published, Probably nearly 100 years old.
Divine Angel said:
Also my sister is heading to Melbs today. She’s a finalist in the Web awards and the ceremony is tonight.The big bosses refused to pay for her trip, saying it’s not “core business”. Apparently doing all the marketing doesn’t count. So she paid for the trip herself.
She doesn’t expect to win. I reminded her about Stephen Bradbury. Also no one expected the American to be voted Pope.
She’d need to check with her accountant, but that may well be tax deductible as part of earning a living.
kii said:
buffy said:
Kingy said:A 1945 dictionary and a 1928 Library of health.
Looks like a Websters. We’ve got one of those here. One of the dogs back in the past did a bit of chewing on it. They are far too big to handle easily. Ours is 1966.
I have my father’s Estonian/English dictionary. It’s about that thick, but bigger. Can’t remember when it was published, Probably nearly 100 years old.
I’ve got a ginormous Langenscheidt’s German/English dictionary one of our German friends gave me when he went back to Germany years ago.
I probably should feed the dogs. They woke me nearly an hour ago and I sent them outside for pissing and then gave them chewsticks to clean their teeth. Then I got into reading online.
buffy said:
kii said:
buffy said:Looks like a Websters. We’ve got one of those here. One of the dogs back in the past did a bit of chewing on it. They are far too big to handle easily. Ours is 1966.
I have my father’s Estonian/English dictionary. It’s about that thick, but bigger. Can’t remember when it was published, Probably nearly 100 years old.
I’ve got a ginormous Langenscheidt’s German/English dictionary one of our German friends gave me when he went back to Germany years ago.
I have my Dad’s two volume set of Ukrainian/English dictionaries.
buffy said:
Divine Angel said:
Also my sister is heading to Melbs today. She’s a finalist in the Web awards and the ceremony is tonight.The big bosses refused to pay for her trip, saying it’s not “core business”. Apparently doing all the marketing doesn’t count. So she paid for the trip herself.
She doesn’t expect to win. I reminded her about Stephen Bradbury. Also no one expected the American to be voted Pope.
She’d need to check with her accountant, but that may well be tax deductible as part of earning a living.
I’d assume so, but I’m no taxologist.
Divine Angel said:
Sure, Car. I’ll see what I can come up with. Even if I just get the bones of it, because I could never capture the breadth of your experience. And I wandered in here “late”, I’ve not been here as long as the rest of you.
Thanks very much.
I seem to have missed the second part:
“These amanitins were found in beef Wellington leftovers, the dehydrator and in human samples from Don Patterson and Ian Wilkinson, he said.
They were not detected in Erin Patterson, or the bodies of Gail Patterson and Heather Wilkinson.”
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-17/erin-patterson-mushroom-murder-trial-beef-wellington-bichemistry/105303310
Divine Angel said:
I seem to have missed the second part:“These amanitins were found in beef Wellington leftovers, the dehydrator and in human samples from Don Patterson and Ian Wilkinson, he said.
They were not detected in Erin Patterson, or the bodies of Gail Patterson and Heather Wilkinson.”
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-17/erin-patterson-mushroom-murder-trial-beef-wellington-bichemistry/105303310
the toxicologist said that when they take the samples and where they get them from gives different results.. the surviving member had the freshest samples and the amenities were detected. I think they took them from DP quite early or from his urine sample, while GP and HW were a little later.. and EP samples taken the latest still…
Divine Angel said:
I seem to have missed the second part:“These amanitins were found in beef Wellington leftovers, the dehydrator and in human samples from Don Patterson and Ian Wilkinson, he said.
They were not detected in Erin Patterson, or the bodies of Gail Patterson and Heather Wilkinson.”
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-17/erin-patterson-mushroom-murder-trial-beef-wellington-bichemistry/105303310
Certainly seems odd.
Arts said:
Divine Angel said:
I seem to have missed the second part:“These amanitins were found in beef Wellington leftovers, the dehydrator and in human samples from Don Patterson and Ian Wilkinson, he said.
They were not detected in Erin Patterson, or the bodies of Gail Patterson and Heather Wilkinson.”
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-17/erin-patterson-mushroom-murder-trial-beef-wellington-bichemistry/105303310
the toxicologist said that when they take the samples and where they get them from gives different results.. the surviving member had the freshest samples and the amenities were detected. I think they took them from DP quite early or from his urine sample, while GP and HW were a little later.. and EP samples taken the latest still…
so auto correct doesn’t think the word amanitins exists.
Arts said:
Divine Angel said:
I seem to have missed the second part:“These amanitins were found in beef Wellington leftovers, the dehydrator and in human samples from Don Patterson and Ian Wilkinson, he said.
They were not detected in Erin Patterson, or the bodies of Gail Patterson and Heather Wilkinson.”
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-17/erin-patterson-mushroom-murder-trial-beef-wellington-bichemistry/105303310
the toxicologist said that when they take the samples and where they get them from gives different results.. the surviving member had the freshest samples and the amenities were detected. I think they took them from DP quite early or from his urine sample, while GP and HW were a little later.. and EP samples taken the latest still…
I see.
Divine Angel said:
I seem to have missed the second part:
“These amanitins were found in beef Wellington leftovers, the dehydrator and in human samples from Don Patterson and Ian Wilkinson, he said.
They were not detected in Erin Patterson, or the bodies of Gail Patterson and Heather Wilkinson.”
so they’re blaming the person but are they even rightfully blaming the mushrooms we mean
the media paint those man eater phalluses as “death caps” but did they really kill the nondudes
we really should not rely on news reports alone to discuss the intricacies of the case. Things need to be taken in context and with full information
Bubblecar said:
buffy said:
kii said:
I have my father’s Estonian/English dictionary. It’s about that thick, but bigger. Can’t remember when it was published, Probably nearly 100 years old.
I’ve got a ginormous Langenscheidt’s German/English dictionary one of our German friends gave me when he went back to Germany years ago.
I have my Dad’s two volume set of Ukrainian/English dictionaries.
how does one find such ancient texts we ask because as SCIENCE have at least some interest in the development of modern ideas and 100 year old books do illuminate
Arts said:
Arts said:
Divine Angel said:
I seem to have missed the second part:
“These amanitins were found in beef Wellington leftovers, the dehydrator and in human samples from Don Patterson and Ian Wilkinson, he said.
They were not detected in Erin Patterson, or the bodies of Gail Patterson and Heather Wilkinson.”
the toxicologist said that when they take the samples and where they get them from gives different results.. the surviving member had the freshest samples and the amenities were detected. I think they took them from DP quite early or from his urine sample, while GP and HW were a little later.. and EP samples taken the latest still…
so auto correct doesn’t think the word amanitins exists.
right so by what Sapir and Whorf taught us then poisonous mushrooms probably don’t even exist
SCIENCE said:
Divine Angel said:
I seem to have missed the second part:
“These amanitins were found in beef Wellington leftovers, the dehydrator and in human samples from Don Patterson and Ian Wilkinson, he said.
They were not detected in Erin Patterson, or the bodies of Gail Patterson and Heather Wilkinson.”
so they’re blaming the person but are they even rightfully blaming the mushrooms we mean
the media paint those man eater phalluses as “death caps” but did they really kill the nondudes
“Man eater phalluses” was not a phrase I expected to see today
Arts said:
we really should not rely on news reports alone to discuss the intricacies of the case. Things need to be taken in context and with full information
That’s why we have you.
And jurors talking to their friends and family.
SCIENCE said:
Bubblecar said:
buffy said:
I’ve got a ginormous Langenscheidt’s German/English dictionary one of our German friends gave me when he went back to Germany years ago.
I have my Dad’s two volume set of Ukrainian/English dictionaries.
how does one find such ancient texts we ask because as SCIENCE have at least some interest in the development of modern ideas and 100 year old books do illuminate
Well in my case, you get them from your Dad :)
(But my Ukrainian/English dictionaries aren’t very old, published in the 1970s).
And now for something completely different…
https://www.reddit.com/r/aww/s/A1OL3Kxms5
well, I have the zoo to go to.
To be quite honest I am not feeling the zoo joy I used to. it might be my time to hang it up and go for a new challenge… I think 15 years is long enough.
Arts said:
we really should not rely on news reports alone to discuss the intricacies of the case. Things need to be taken in context and with full information
Is it being streamed live?
I guess it is too soon for it to be on Australasian Legal Information Institute
Morning Forumites!
ms spock said:
Arts said:
we really should not rely on news reports alone to discuss the intricacies of the case. Things need to be taken in context and with full information
Is it being streamed live?
I guess it is too soon for it to be on Australasian Legal Information Institute
we don’t live stream in Australia… there is a live stream that transmits to the media room since the courthouse itself is too small to take all of the media reps… so if someone can hack into that, that’s about as much chance as anyone is going to get.
The court transcript wont be available until after the trial, possibly not until after sentencing if a guilty verdict is passed. Sometimes you don’t get the transcripts at all or they are heavily redacted.. and I believe it’s illegal in Australia for the jury to discuss their deliberations, even after the trial…
anyway, I must away…
buffy said:
Some beetles are just beautiful. Apparently this is a Fireblight Leaf Beatle. Photographed by someone in Melbourne today.
That’s a magnificent beetle!
ms spock said:
Morning Forumites!
‘Allo!
How have you been since I saw you last?
SCIENCE said:
Bubblecar said:
buffy said:
I’ve got a ginormous Langenscheidt’s German/English dictionary one of our German friends gave me when he went back to Germany years ago.
I have my Dad’s two volume set of Ukrainian/English dictionaries.
how does one find such ancient texts we ask because as SCIENCE have at least some interest in the development of modern ideas and 100 year old books do illuminate
I inherited my father’s ancient text, along with 6 Eesti/Inglise pocket dictionaries and at least one Swedish/English one. Also various books on architecture, furniture carpentry and stuff.
Arts said:
we really should not rely on news reports alone to discuss the intricacies of the case. Things need to be taken in context and with full information
There we go. Some common sense.
ms spock said:
Morning Forumites!
Good morning ms spock.
Arts said:
ms spock said:
Arts said:
we really should not rely on news reports alone to discuss the intricacies of the case. Things need to be taken in context and with full information
Is it being streamed live?
I guess it is too soon for it to be on Australasian Legal Information Institute
we don’t live stream in Australia… there is a live stream that transmits to the media room since the courthouse itself is too small to take all of the media reps… so if someone can hack into that, that’s about as much chance as anyone is going to get.
The court transcript wont be available until after the trial, possibly not until after sentencing if a guilty verdict is passed. Sometimes you don’t get the transcripts at all or they are heavily redacted.. and I believe it’s illegal in Australia for the jury to discuss their deliberations, even after the trial…
anyway, I must away…
I have watched a couple of court cases via livestream. Though a couple of them were upsetting and I stopped watching them.
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Spiny Norman said:
ms spock said:Morning Forumites!
‘Allo!
How have you been since I saw you last?
I am doing okay.
Bubblecar said:
ms spock said:Morning Forumites!
Good morning ms spock.
Good morning mr car.
Morning pilgrims, weather overcast, track a heavy 7.
Over.
Arts said:
well, I have the zoo to go to.To be quite honest I am not feeling the zoo joy I used to. it might be my time to hang it up and go for a new challenge… I think 15 years is long enough.
I ran the puppy classes for ten years and pulled the pin after one day when I was driving to Warrnambool to take a class and was at the same time thinking…“I’d rather be walking in the bush”. It was a Sign.
kii said:
Michael V said:
Woodie said:
How ya hangin’ Mr V? In there?
Yeah. Mostly OK. Mustn’t complain.
;)
Channelling Gloworm’s hatred of ants; they are attacking stuff in the fridge, or anything on the bench-tops left for even a few minutes. They are even getting into the freezer.
And you?
In the fridge and the freezer?
Wow…very persistent ants…or is it persistant…LOLOL
:)
Still more showers, rain for the Northern Rivers.
..
A period of intense rain and damaging winds will hit parts of eastern NSW early next week, with flooding likely in some parts of the state.
Nice
Divine Angel said:
Also my sister is heading to Melbs today. She’s a finalist in the Web awards and the ceremony is tonight.The big bosses refused to pay for her trip, saying it’s not “core business”. Apparently doing all the marketing doesn’t count. So she paid for the trip herself.
She doesn’t expect to win. I reminded her about Stephen Bradbury. Also no one expected the American to be voted Pope.
What arsehole bosses.
Peak Warming Man said:
Morning pilgrims, weather overcast, track a heavy 7.
Over.
Greetings PWM, it is coldish here.
buffy said:
Arts said:
well, I have the zoo to go to.To be quite honest I am not feeling the zoo joy I used to. it might be my time to hang it up and go for a new challenge… I think 15 years is long enough.
I ran the puppy classes for ten years and pulled the pin after one day when I was driving to Warrnambool to take a class and was at the same time thinking…“I’d rather be walking in the bush”. It was a Sign.
It is good to be in contact with yourself enough to know these things.
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
Also my sister is heading to Melbs today. She’s a finalist in the Web awards and the ceremony is tonight.The big bosses refused to pay for her trip, saying it’s not “core business”. Apparently doing all the marketing doesn’t count. So she paid for the trip herself.
She doesn’t expect to win. I reminded her about Stephen Bradbury. Also no one expected the American to be voted Pope.
What arsehole bosses.
That was my thought too. Your employees get nominated. How the hell wouldn’t you go fantastic, this is great coverage for our firm, of course we will pay?
ms spock said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Morning pilgrims, weather overcast, track a heavy 7.
Over.
Greetings PWM, it is coldish here.
Yeah, I had to put a jumper on this morning.
Divine Angel said:
And now for something completely different…https://www.reddit.com/r/aww/s/A1OL3Kxms5
I wonder how the Sky Remembrance was…
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
Also my sister is heading to Melbs today. She’s a finalist in the Web awards and the ceremony is tonight.The big bosses refused to pay for her trip, saying it’s not “core business”. Apparently doing all the marketing doesn’t count. So she paid for the trip herself.
She doesn’t expect to win. I reminded her about Stephen Bradbury. Also no one expected the American to be voted Pope.
What arsehole bosses.
Management is often like a septic tank.
The biggest one float to the top.
captain_spalding said:
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
Also my sister is heading to Melbs today. She’s a finalist in the Web awards and the ceremony is tonight.The big bosses refused to pay for her trip, saying it’s not “core business”. Apparently doing all the marketing doesn’t count. So she paid for the trip herself.
She doesn’t expect to win. I reminded her about Stephen Bradbury. Also no one expected the American to be voted Pope.
What arsehole bosses.
Management is often like a septic tank.
The biggest one float to the top.
‘…ones…’
ms spock said:
buffy said:
Arts said:
well, I have the zoo to go to.To be quite honest I am not feeling the zoo joy I used to. it might be my time to hang it up and go for a new challenge… I think 15 years is long enough.
I ran the puppy classes for ten years and pulled the pin after one day when I was driving to Warrnambool to take a class and was at the same time thinking…“I’d rather be walking in the bush”. It was a Sign.
It is good to be in contact with yourself enough to know these things.
There was an interesting thread on Reddit earlier, about people who walked away on their wedding day. Some people found out their future spouse cheated, some already knew the relationship was bad and didn’t want the divorce paperwork, some were in love with someone else.
ms spock said:
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
Also my sister is heading to Melbs today. She’s a finalist in the Web awards and the ceremony is tonight.The big bosses refused to pay for her trip, saying it’s not “core business”. Apparently doing all the marketing doesn’t count. So she paid for the trip herself.
She doesn’t expect to win. I reminded her about Stephen Bradbury. Also no one expected the American to be voted Pope.
What arsehole bosses.
That was my thought too. Your employees get nominated. How the hell wouldn’t you go fantastic, this is great coverage for our firm, of course we will pay?
In this case, “the firm” is the state government lol
Divine Angel said:
ms spock said:
Michael V said:What arsehole bosses.
That was my thought too. Your employees get nominated. How the hell wouldn’t you go fantastic, this is great coverage for our firm, of course we will pay?
In this case, “the firm” is the state government lol
I’ve seen Qld Health happily lay out $20,000 so someone (one person) could go to Adelaide to present an award. Total time on stage: less than 5 minutes.
Anyway this is her work, as in, she did this entire website.
https://www.yurika.com.au/
If you see signage on bus stops, she did that too
ms spock said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Morning pilgrims, weather overcast, track a heavy 7.
Over.
Greetings PWM, it is coldish here.
Tis wettish here.
empties 57 moolies out of the moolie measurer
captain_spalding said:
Divine Angel said:
ms spock said:That was my thought too. Your employees get nominated. How the hell wouldn’t you go fantastic, this is great coverage for our firm, of course we will pay?
In this case, “the firm” is the state government lol
I’ve seen Qld Health happily lay out $20,000 so someone (one person) could go to Adelaide to present an award. Total time on stage: less than 5 minutes.
Their argument was, a website isn’t core business. She doesn’t go out repairing the network, so to them she’s not doing “the business”.
ms spock said:
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
Also my sister is heading to Melbs today. She’s a finalist in the Web awards and the ceremony is tonight.The big bosses refused to pay for her trip, saying it’s not “core business”. Apparently doing all the marketing doesn’t count. So she paid for the trip herself.
She doesn’t expect to win. I reminded her about Stephen Bradbury. Also no one expected the American to be voted Pope.
What arsehole bosses.
That was my thought too. Your employees get nominated. How the hell wouldn’t you go fantastic, this is great coverage for our firm, of course we will pay?
Being proud of staff achievements is a good thing. Showing that pride is good management.
Divine Angel said:
captain_spalding said:
Divine Angel said:In this case, “the firm” is the state government lol
I’ve seen Qld Health happily lay out $20,000 so someone (one person) could go to Adelaide to present an award. Total time on stage: less than 5 minutes.
Their argument was, a website isn’t core business. She doesn’t go out repairing the network, so to them she’s not doing “the business”.
So, let’s see if we can get the website to crash, and see if they change their minds at all.
Woodie said:
ms spock said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Morning pilgrims, weather overcast, track a heavy 7.
Over.
Greetings PWM, it is coldish here.
Tis wettish here.
empties 57 moolies out of the moolie measurer
We’ll all be rooned if this rain doesn’t stop.
Peak Warming Man said:
ms spock said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Morning pilgrims, weather overcast, track a heavy 7.
Over.
Greetings PWM, it is coldish here.
Yeah, I had to put a jumper on this morning.
I am looking for a second jumper as I type this.
Peak Warming Man said:
Woodie said:
ms spock said:Greetings PWM, it is coldish here.
Tis wettish here.
empties 57 moolies out of the moolie measurer
We’ll all be rooned if this rain doesn’t stop.
I’ve had that much, that the driveway has sprung a leak half way up the hill.
Woodie said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Woodie said:Tis wettish here.
empties 57 moolies out of the moolie measurer
We’ll all be rooned if this rain doesn’t stop.
I’ve had that much, that the driveway has sprung a leak half way up the hill.
Uh-oh.
the weather it will be
there will be
weather you will see
‘n’ feel likely
temperatures mostly
if it is sunny
or be cloudy’n windy
swayin’ tree
is on ya face breezy
cold maybe
the weather it will be
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
And now for something completely different…https://www.reddit.com/r/aww/s/A1OL3Kxms5
I wonder how the Sky Remembrance was…
Leverets get left on their own for the day.
Divine Angel said:
ms spock said:
buffy said:I ran the puppy classes for ten years and pulled the pin after one day when I was driving to Warrnambool to take a class and was at the same time thinking…“I’d rather be walking in the bush”. It was a Sign.
It is good to be in contact with yourself enough to know these things.
There was an interesting thread on Reddit earlier, about people who walked away on their wedding day. Some people found out their future spouse cheated, some already knew the relationship was bad and didn’t want the divorce paperwork, some were in love with someone else.
That sounds like an interesting thread. I have been reading Gabor Maté and he talks about connecting to yourself and your intuition. The connection to self and the primary caregiver has another stronger connection which is your connection to the land you are present on. I was doing all these trauma courses and doing a lot of the conferences. I know I screen shot that one. It was fascinating. I learnt so much from doing those courses.
Michael V said:
ms spock said:
Michael V said:What arsehole bosses.
That was my thought too. Your employees get nominated. How the hell wouldn’t you go fantastic, this is great coverage for our firm, of course we will pay?
Being proud of staff achievements is a good thing. Showing that pride is good management.
Indeed! You want to keep your good and innovative employees? Make sure they feel appreciated and encouraged.
“Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre is a dry salt bed in the lowest point in Australia, sitting 15 metres below sea level, and covers about 9500 square kilometres.
But record levels of inundation from south-west Queensland and north-east parts of the state are beginning to fill up the salt lake for the fourth time in 160 years.”
Lake Eyre is the lowest point in Australia, I sort of knew that.
Why is it that, i peel one onion, as carefully as i can, clean up all of the bits of onion skin i can see, yet i’m still finding little bits of onion skin on the next day?
Peak Warming Man said:
“Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre is a dry salt bed in the lowest point in Australia, sitting 15 metres below sea level, and covers about 9500 square kilometres.
But record levels of inundation from south-west Queensland and north-east parts of the state are beginning to fill up the salt lake for the fourth time in 160 years.”Lake Eyre is the lowest point in Australia, I sort of knew that.
I thought that the lowest point moved around, with Clive Palmer.
Peak Warming Man said:
Lake Eyre is the lowest point in Australia, I sort of knew that.
Is it??? I though Peter Dutton was.
captain_spalding said:
Why is it that, i peel one onion, as carefully as i can, clean up all of the bits of onion skin i can see, yet i’m still finding little bits of onion skin on the next day?
On the floor, Mr Spalding? I find that all sorts of bits end up on the floor.
Woodie said:
captain_spalding said:
Why is it that, i peel one onion, as carefully as i can, clean up all of the bits of onion skin i can see, yet i’m still finding little bits of onion skin on the next day?
On the floor, Mr Spalding? I find that all sorts of bits end up on the floor.
Yes, mostly on the floor. They get collected withthe vacuuming and sweeping, but it annoys me that they’re even there.
Currently doing a mental health first aid refresher, online.
I am impressed that zoom works so well, but I have better things to do with my Saturday.
Kingy said:
Currently doing a mental health first aid refresher, online.I am impressed that zoom works so well, but I have better things to do with my Saturday.
I’m impressed that there is mental health first aid training. Excellent. Maybe one day it will help you in your various lines of work. I’m sure firefighting is a fertile ground for trauma-related responses. Don’t dismiss it.
A week sun broke through the clouds and I went like WTF is that and then all those memories came flooding back.
Peak Warming Man said:
A week sun broke through the clouds and I went like WTF is that and then all those memories came flooding back.
Don’t jinx it, I’m trying to catch up on the washing
Peak Warming Man said:
A week sun broke through the clouds and I went like WTF is that and then all those memories came flooding back.
Is this a weekly occurrence?
Well that sucks
Divine Angel said:
Well that sucks
Something’s happened. I can’t quite work out what though.
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
Well that sucks
Something’s happened. I can’t quite work out what though.
This is the only evidence I have of a rat problem.
When one door closes another opens.
Other than that it’s a pretty good car.
The cords at the back are for the internet, thankfully those are non-chewed.
The blue canister is a spare CO2 for the sodastream
Divine Angel said:
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
Well that sucks
Something’s happened. I can’t quite work out what though.
Rats. The cord has been nibbled on in a few places, there claw marks on the appliance.This is the only evidence I have of a rat problem.
Luckily Australia doesn’t have bubonic plague.
Divine Angel said:
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
Well that sucks
Something’s happened. I can’t quite work out what though.
Rats. The cord has been nibbled on in a few places, there claw marks on the appliance.This is the only evidence I have of a rat problem.
Bugger.
When we had rats in Armidale (usually each winter), they sounded like they were running around above the ceiling with hobnail boots on. A rat trap, carefully filed to a hair trigger and baited with peanut butter, quickly stopped their parties.
Peak Warming Man said:
When one door closes another opens.
Other than that it’s a pretty good car.
this also applies to mental institutions.
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
Michael V said:Something’s happened. I can’t quite work out what though.
Rats. The cord has been nibbled on in a few places, there claw marks on the appliance.This is the only evidence I have of a rat problem.
Bugger.
When we had rats in Armidale (usually each winter), they sounded like they were running around above the ceiling with hobnail boots on. A rat trap, carefully filed to a hair trigger and baited with peanut butter, quickly stopped their parties.
Don’t worry, I’ll be sending Mr Mutant to Bunnings for rat traps while I go to Kmart for another pie maker 😒
Around the corner there’s a fast food precinct. The other day I noticed large rat traps scattered around the car parks and near the buildings.
Divine Angel said:
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:Rats. The cord has been nibbled on in a few places, there claw marks on the appliance.
This is the only evidence I have of a rat problem.
Bugger.
When we had rats in Armidale (usually each winter), they sounded like they were running around above the ceiling with hobnail boots on. A rat trap, carefully filed to a hair trigger and baited with peanut butter, quickly stopped their parties.
Don’t worry, I’ll be sending Mr Mutant to Bunnings for rat traps while I go to Kmart for another pie maker 😒
https://www.bunnings.com.au/ratsak-max-strength-rat-trap_p0037851
reccommend. Caught 1 rat and 3 mice. use raisins and some jam for bait.
Divine Angel said:
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:Rats. The cord has been nibbled on in a few places, there claw marks on the appliance.
This is the only evidence I have of a rat problem.
Bugger.
When we had rats in Armidale (usually each winter), they sounded like they were running around above the ceiling with hobnail boots on. A rat trap, carefully filed to a hair trigger and baited with peanut butter, quickly stopped their parties.
Don’t worry, I’ll be sending Mr Mutant to Bunnings for rat traps while I go to Kmart for another pie maker 😒
Sorted.
:)
Bogsnorkler said:
Divine Angel said:
Michael V said:Bugger.
When we had rats in Armidale (usually each winter), they sounded like they were running around above the ceiling with hobnail boots on. A rat trap, carefully filed to a hair trigger and baited with peanut butter, quickly stopped their parties.
Don’t worry, I’ll be sending Mr Mutant to Bunnings for rat traps while I go to Kmart for another pie maker 😒
https://www.bunnings.com.au/ratsak-max-strength-rat-trap_p0037851
reccommend. Caught 1 rat and 3 mice. use raisins and some jam for bait.
Mr Mutant prefers poison but I’m like noooooo! There’s a lot of owls around here!
I’m just glad the cat isn’t leaving me presents of dead rats.
I mean, I’ve had a whole box of mandarins sitting out for two weeks. I’d have thought I’d see evidence of half eaten mandies around.
Divine Angel said:
I’m just glad the cat isn’t leaving me presents of dead rats.
LOL
Divine Angel said:
I’m just glad the cat isn’t leaving me presents of dead rats.
our cat in england used to leave the tails on the back step as proof of his kills.
Bogsnorkler said:
Divine Angel said:
I’m just glad the cat isn’t leaving me presents of dead rats.
our cat in england used to leave the tails on the back step as proof of his kills.
Better than the heads.
He leaves dead cockroaches, skinks and geckos in my shoes.
Bogsnorkler said:
Divine Angel said:
I’m just glad the cat isn’t leaving me presents of dead rats.
our cat in england used to leave the tails on the back step as proof of his kills.
Ours used to leave the heads.
Peak Warming Man said:
A week sun broke through the clouds and I went like WTF is that and then all those memories came flooding back.
We had a similar reaction to strange wet stuff falling out of the sky…but it’s stopped now, so probably a figment of my imagination.
Wow 🙁
Watching a program that has just started to look at child sexual abuse in the Navajo Nation. An ad came on. The visual is of a snack bar as a girl learns to skateboard, the voice over is a girl talking about her teacher sexually abusing her. Then it just stopped and went back to the program.
kii said:
Wow 🙁
Watching a program that has just started to look at child sexual abuse in the Navajo Nation. An ad came on. The visual is of a snack bar as a girl learns to skateboard, the voice over is a girl talking about her teacher sexually abusing her. Then it just stopped and went back to the program.
WTAF???
Bogsnorkler said:
https://florabase.dbca.wa.gov.au/nuytsia/article/1086Neomytus.
Excellent. And I like the use of a descriptive name. And I like the suggested vernacular name of Bouncing Brookweed. We have a Samolus here (S. repens) at one of my roadside spots that I watch which is apparently saline, judging by what grows there. Ours is more dainty than Neo’s one.
Michael V said:
kii said:
Wow 🙁
Watching a program that has just started to look at child sexual abuse in the Navajo Nation. An ad came on. The visual is of a snack bar as a girl learns to skateboard, the voice over is a girl talking about her teacher sexually abusing her. Then it just stopped and went back to the program.
WTAF???
Sounds like they played some of the program audio over the top of the ad? then pulled the ad break and went back to the program while they sorted it out.
Well, MV has ants…I’ve just spent three hours cleaning in the kitchen as we have mice. I had to clean behind the woodheater. The benches (remove everything, clean stuff), the little trolly thingie. Then I discovered where they had been taking the pumpkin seeds into the pantry and eating them on the floor in the corner behind the flour bin. And on top of the flour bin. They can’t get in there, it’s a plastic garbage bin with a clip on lid. But I’ve had enough of cleaning for today.
party_pants said:
Michael V said:
kii said:
Wow 🙁
Watching a program that has just started to look at child sexual abuse in the Navajo Nation. An ad came on. The visual is of a snack bar as a girl learns to skateboard, the voice over is a girl talking about her teacher sexually abusing her. Then it just stopped and went back to the program.
WTAF???
Sounds like they played some of the program audio over the top of the ad? then pulled the ad break and went back to the program while they sorted it out.
No. The program is about Navajo police chief and he’s hallucinating. Dialogue is just in male voices and Diné, the Navajo language.
The ad was a young girl.
kii said:
Wow 🙁
Watching a program that has just started to look at child sexual abuse in the Navajo Nation. An ad came on. The visual is of a snack bar as a girl learns to skateboard, the voice over is a girl talking about her teacher sexually abusing her. Then it just stopped and went back to the program.
What the dickens
buffy said:
Well, MV has ants…I’ve just spent three hours cleaning in the kitchen as we have mice. I had to clean behind the woodheater. The benches (remove everything, clean stuff), the little trolly thingie. Then I discovered where they had been taking the pumpkin seeds into the pantry and eating them on the floor in the corner behind the flour bin. And on top of the flour bin. They can’t get in there, it’s a plastic garbage bin with a clip on lid. But I’ve had enough of cleaning for today.
You’re a good wife.
Bubblecar must be doing Day Sleeping again.
Divine Angel said:
Bogsnorkler said:
Divine Angel said:Don’t worry, I’ll be sending Mr Mutant to Bunnings for rat traps while I go to Kmart for another pie maker 😒
https://www.bunnings.com.au/ratsak-max-strength-rat-trap_p0037851
reccommend. Caught 1 rat and 3 mice. use raisins and some jam for bait.
Mr Mutant prefers poison but I’m like noooooo! There’s a lot of owls around here!
can’t you just miss mushrooms into the rat bait
SCIENCE said:
Divine Angel said:
Bogsnorkler said:https://www.bunnings.com.au/ratsak-max-strength-rat-trap_p0037851
reccommend. Caught 1 rat and 3 mice. use raisins and some jam for bait.
Mr Mutant prefers poison but I’m like noooooo! There’s a lot of owls around here!
can’t you just mix mushrooms into the rat bait
fk predictive text ai
kii said:
party_pants said:
Michael V said:WTAF???
Sounds like they played some of the program audio over the top of the ad? then pulled the ad break and went back to the program while they sorted it out.
No. The program is about Navajo police chief and he’s hallucinating. Dialogue is just in male voices and Diné, the Navajo language.
The ad was a young girl.
so what’s the significance of the juxtaposition
kii said:
party_pants said:
Michael V said:WTAF???
Sounds like they played some of the program audio over the top of the ad? then pulled the ad break and went back to the program while they sorted it out.
No. The program is about Navajo police chief and he’s hallucinating. Dialogue is just in male voices and Diné, the Navajo language.
The ad was a young girl.
Odd. They’ve obviously got the wrong audio somehow. I think that’s why they cut short the ad break and went back to the program to figure out what happened. Whether it was a mistake at their end or if the advertising was supplied with that audio. Certainly confusing for the viewer.
party_pants said:
Michael V said:
kii said:
Wow 🙁
Watching a program that has just started to look at child sexual abuse in the Navajo Nation. An ad came on. The visual is of a snack bar as a girl learns to skateboard, the voice over is a girl talking about her teacher sexually abusing her. Then it just stopped and went back to the program.
WTAF???
Sounds like they played some of the program audio over the top of the ad? then pulled the ad break and went back to the program while they sorted it out.
Ah. That makes sense.
x8 = Zenzizenzizenzic
Bogsnorkler said:
x8 = Zenzizenzizenzic
Gesundheit
Bogsnorkler said:
x8 = Zenzizenzizenzic
What about x16?
Michael V said:
party_pants said:
Michael V said:WTAF???
Sounds like they played some of the program audio over the top of the ad? then pulled the ad break and went back to the program while they sorted it out.
Ah. That makes sense.
I’m watching it on AMC+. There were a few earlier glitches where it looked like an ad should be playing, via the timer thingy and the progression bar, but no ad was played.
kii said:
Kingy said:
Currently doing a mental health first aid refresher, online.I am impressed that zoom works so well, but I have better things to do with my Saturday.
I’m impressed that there is mental health first aid training. Excellent. Maybe one day it will help you in your various lines of work. I’m sure firefighting is a fertile ground for trauma-related responses. Don’t dismiss it.
All finished.
I wasn’t dismissing it, it’s a refresher. I’ve done the course twice before, but I need to do it to keep my qualifications current.
I’ve had a few opportunities to use the info, but not as much if I was in Fire&Rescue that do the car accidents and house fires.
I forgot to pay my annual subscription to Scrabble Club. Now they’re sending me threatening letters.
btm said:
I forgot to pay my annual subscription to Scrabble Club. Now they’re sending me threatening letters.
Uh-oh…
Y?
btm said:
I forgot to pay my annual subscription to Scrabble Club. Now they’re sending me threatening letters.
shakes head
btm said:
I forgot to pay my annual subscription to Scrabble Club. Now they’re sending me threatening letters.
Dearie me
The featured article on wiki today is about TRAPPIST-1. It mentions the planets orbit in circular orbits, which surely means nearly circular. There has to be some eccentricity, right?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRAPPIST-1
Divine Angel said:
The featured article on wiki today is about TRAPPIST-1. It mentions the planets orbit in circular orbits, which surely means nearly circular. There has to be some eccentricity, right?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRAPPIST-1
From the Brasser paper in the refs
For planet c we get k2/Q = (8 ± 4) × 10−4 with orbital eccentricity between 0.0013 and 0.0028. For planet e we get a range for k2/Q between 0.007 and 0.0092, and for planet f between 0.0114 and 0.0138. For planets b and d the values from dynamics and interior modelling do not match.
Compare that with Earth’s orbit with 0.0167 eccentricity
Planet e can be called Bond. 0.007 eccentricity is pretty damn near a perfect circle tho
Divine Angel said:
The featured article on wiki today is about TRAPPIST-1. It mentions the planets orbit in circular orbits, which surely means nearly circular. There has to be some eccentricity, right?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRAPPIST-1
an ellipse is just a special kind of circle.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-17/potato-point-emu-population-east-coast-beach/105185358
Good to see, I wonder what they laid baits for.
Part of the Warrego Highway between Brisbane and Ipswich could remain closed for over a year after a truck carrying a wind turbine tower got stuck under an overpass early on Friday.
https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/part-of-major-seq-highway-faces-year-long-closure-after-turbine-crash-20250517-p5m00z.html
Divine Angel said:
Part of the Warrego Highway between Brisbane and Ipswich could remain closed for over a year after a truck carrying a wind turbine tower got stuck under an overpass early on Friday.https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/part-of-major-seq-highway-faces-year-long-closure-after-turbine-crash-20250517-p5m00z.html
I had been wondering, recently, as to just how travel along that route might be f***ed up, as there seemed to be no reason these days to dig up long sections of it.
I congratulate them for their creativity.
The dog has priorities
https://www.reddit.com/r/Unexpected/s/fiVkm2inMK
Divine Angel said:
The dog has prioritieshttps://www.reddit.com/r/Unexpected/s/fiVkm2inMK
never fight on an empty stomach.
Divine Angel said:
Part of the Warrego Highway between Brisbane and Ipswich could remain closed for over a year after a truck carrying a wind turbine tower got stuck under an overpass early on Friday.https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/part-of-major-seq-highway-faces-year-long-closure-after-turbine-crash-20250517-p5m00z.html
Blimey.
Michael V said:
I need training in this arena.
Divine Angel said:
Michael V said:Something’s happened. I can’t quite work out what though.
Rats. The cord has been nibbled on in a few places, there claw marks on the appliance.This is the only evidence I have of a rat problem.
Bugger.
When we had rats in Armidale (usually each winter), they sounded like they were running around above the ceiling with hobnail boots on. A rat trap, carefully filed to a hair trigger and baited with peanut butter, quickly stopped their parties.
ms spock said:
Michael V said:I need training in this arena.
Divine Angel said:Rats. The cord has been nibbled on in a few places, there claw marks on the appliance.
This is the only evidence I have of a rat problem.
Bugger.
When we had rats in Armidale (usually each winter), they sounded like they were running around above the ceiling with hobnail boots on. A rat trap, carefully filed to a hair trigger and baited with peanut butter, quickly stopped their parties.
My cousin and me, at their farm, would shoot rats in the feed shed with his American Crosman slug gun (an honest-to-God ‘weapon’).
One of us would flash on the big Eveready torch, the other take the shot.
Terrific training for shooting fast and accurate.
Bogsnorkler said:
Divine Angel said:
The dog has priorities
never fight on an empty stomach.
don’t they go by odour
Divine Angel said:
The dog has prioritieshttps://www.reddit.com/r/Unexpected/s/fiVkm2inMK
I reckon the dog already knew who they were, before they entered the room.
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
The dog has prioritieshttps://www.reddit.com/r/Unexpected/s/fiVkm2inMK
I reckon the dog already knew who they were, before they entered the room.
Scent, most likely.
You can never over-estimate a dog’s sense of smell, espeically long-nosed dogs.
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
The dog has prioritieshttps://www.reddit.com/r/Unexpected/s/fiVkm2inMK
I reckon the dog already knew who they were, before they entered the room.
really?
Bogsnorkler said:
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
The dog has prioritieshttps://www.reddit.com/r/Unexpected/s/fiVkm2inMK
I reckon the dog already knew who they were, before they entered the room.
really?
Yes. Dogs are like that.
Michael V said:
Bogsnorkler said:
Michael V said:I reckon the dog already knew who they were, before they entered the room.
really?
Yes. Dogs are like that.
Dogs are weird.
Mrs S says that, before i retired, The Wolf would begin to ‘wait’ for me a couple of minutes before i arrived home.
Even on days when i came home early.
He doesn’t draw a salary it’s all found though.
I guess he get’s his beer and smokes money by selling indulgences.
Michael V said:
Bogsnorkler said:
Michael V said:I reckon the dog already knew who they were, before they entered the room.
really?
Yes. Dogs are like that.
seeing as they are all rolling around laughing then I guess the dog probably knew them.
>>and thanks to DA, I now know there is more to the thistle than I first thought.
?
Peak Warming Man said:
>>and thanks to DA, I now know there is more to the thistle than I first thought.?
“I’d say thistles, but nobody listens to me, anyway.”- Eeyore
captain_spalding said:
Michael V said:
Bogsnorkler said:really?
Yes. Dogs are like that.
Dogs are weird.
Mrs S says that, before i retired, The Wolf would begin to ‘wait’ for me a couple of minutes before i arrived home.
Even on days when i came home early.
One dog we had, had a “welcome” bark, and an “I don’t know you” bark. But the welcome bark included the person. “Welcome Rick” was different to “Welcome Mark”.
ruby said:
Peak Warming Man said:
>>and thanks to DA, I now know there is more to the thistle than I first thought.?
“I’d say thistles, but nobody listens to me, anyway.”- Eeyore
Ros handing out thistles on the forum sometimes. DA mentioned Eeyore. Aha.
And I’m sure there are more layers of significance other than the Scottishness and the Eeyoreness.
Bogsnorkler said:
Michael V said:
Bogsnorkler said:really?
Yes. Dogs are like that.
seeing as they are all rolling around laughing then I guess the dog probably knew them.
At the end they are, but not initially.
ruby said:
Peak Warming Man said:
>>and thanks to DA, I now know there is more to the thistle than I first thought.?
“I’d say thistles, but nobody listens to me, anyway.”- Eeyore
Ah, I didn’t know that.
Michael V said:
captain_spalding said:
Michael V said:Yes. Dogs are like that.
Dogs are weird.
Mrs S says that, before i retired, The Wolf would begin to ‘wait’ for me a couple of minutes before i arrived home.
Even on days when i came home early.
One dog we had, had a “welcome” bark, and an “I don’t know you” bark. But the welcome bark included the person. “Welcome Rick” was different to “Welcome Mark”.
Just today, The Wolf was barking, and i knew it meant that someone was at the front door.
I also knew, from the sound of the bark, that it was someone who he knew well.
It was the lady from next door.
Michael V said:
captain_spalding said:
Michael V said:Yes. Dogs are like that.
Dogs are weird.
Mrs S says that, before i retired, The Wolf would begin to ‘wait’ for me a couple of minutes before i arrived home.
Even on days when i came home early.
One dog we had, had a “welcome” bark, and an “I don’t know you” bark. But the welcome bark included the person. “Welcome Rick” was different to “Welcome Mark”.
Ha, that is lovely that you noticed.
My dog greets people on the beach on our morning walks, and now that you mention it, I think there are different yips for different people and their associated dogs. I shall pay attention next time!
ruby said:
ruby said:
Peak Warming Man said:
>>and thanks to DA, I now know there is more to the thistle than I first thought.?
“I’d say thistles, but nobody listens to me, anyway.”- Eeyore
Ros handing out thistles on the forum sometimes. DA mentioned Eeyore. Aha.
And I’m sure there are more layers of significance other than the Scottishness and the Eeyoreness.
Don’t forget the Danes.
ruby said:
ruby said:
Peak Warming Man said:
>>and thanks to DA, I now know there is more to the thistle than I first thought.?
“I’d say thistles, but nobody listens to me, anyway.”- Eeyore
Ros handing out thistles on the forum sometimes. DA mentioned Eeyore. Aha.
And I’m sure there are more layers of significance other than the Scottishness and the Eeyoreness.
I never saw Ros handing out thistles on the forum. Or I never remembered it. No, I’m sure I would’ve. Wouldn’t I?
captain_spalding said:
Michael V said:
captain_spalding said:Dogs are weird.
Mrs S says that, before i retired, The Wolf would begin to ‘wait’ for me a couple of minutes before i arrived home.
Even on days when i came home early.
One dog we had, had a “welcome” bark, and an “I don’t know you” bark. But the welcome bark included the person. “Welcome Rick” was different to “Welcome Mark”.
Just today, The Wolf was barking, and i knew it meant that someone was at the front door.
I also knew, from the sound of the bark, that it was someone who he knew well.
It was the lady from next door.
:)
captain_spalding said:
ruby said:
ruby said:“I’d say thistles, but nobody listens to me, anyway.”- Eeyore
Ros handing out thistles on the forum sometimes. DA mentioned Eeyore. Aha.
And I’m sure there are more layers of significance other than the Scottishness and the Eeyoreness.
Don’t forget the Danes.
???
Do tell.
captain_spalding said:
Michael V said:
captain_spalding said:Dogs are weird.
Mrs S says that, before i retired, The Wolf would begin to ‘wait’ for me a couple of minutes before i arrived home.
Even on days when i came home early.
One dog we had, had a “welcome” bark, and an “I don’t know you” bark. But the welcome bark included the person. “Welcome Rick” was different to “Welcome Mark”.
Just today, The Wolf was barking, and i knew it meant that someone was at the front door.
I also knew, from the sound of the bark, that it was someone who he knew well.
It was the lady from next door.
If you were younger he’d probably teach you new tricks.
Michael V said:
Bogsnorkler said:
Michael V said:Yes. Dogs are like that.
seeing as they are all rolling around laughing then I guess the dog probably knew them.
At the end they are, but not initially.
most dogs won’t take a blind bit of notice when they are gulping food down especially when it senses no danger.
my kelpie didn’t bark at knocks on the door. she’d follow you there. she rarely barked at all. you needed to really stir her up in a playful way to get her to bark.
ruby said:
captain_spalding said:
ruby said:Ros handing out thistles on the forum sometimes. DA mentioned Eeyore. Aha.
And I’m sure there are more layers of significance other than the Scottishness and the Eeyoreness.
Don’t forget the Danes.
???
Do tell.
Peak Warming Man said:
captain_spalding said:
Michael V said:One dog we had, had a “welcome” bark, and an “I don’t know you” bark. But the welcome bark included the person. “Welcome Rick” was different to “Welcome Mark”.
Just today, The Wolf was barking, and i knew it meant that someone was at the front door.
I also knew, from the sound of the bark, that it was someone who he knew well.
It was the lady from next door.
If you were younger he’d probably teach you new tricks.
LOL
captain_spalding said:
ruby said:
captain_spalding said:Don’t forget the Danes.
???
Do tell.
Ha, brilliant, I didn’t know about the vikings and the Danes and the thistles!
And I love this-
the thistle came to be the national emblem, standing proudly next to the Scottish motto: “Nemo me impune lacessit”, meaning “No-one harms me without punishment”
I’m going to get some thistle and Scottish motto t shirts made for me and my brothers.
Bogsnorkler said:
my kelpie didn’t bark at knocks on the door. she’d follow you there. she rarely barked at all. you needed to really stir her up in a playful way to get her to bark.
Our kelpie loved things to be in their correct place. If I parked the car up near the house. He’d bark at it and push on the front, to try and get it to go back down the yard where it should have been (where I usually parked it). And he loved to run. A lot.
You could speak to him in full sentences, and he’d (generally) do what was asked.
ruby said:
Peak Warming Man said:
>>and thanks to DA, I now know there is more to the thistle than I first thought.?
“I’d say thistles, but nobody listens to me, anyway.”- Eeyore
Wasn’t it Kanga who ate thistles? “Hot! Hot! HOT!”
Michael V said:
Bogsnorkler said:
my kelpie didn’t bark at knocks on the door. she’d follow you there. she rarely barked at all. you needed to really stir her up in a playful way to get her to bark.
Our kelpie loved things to be in their correct place. If I parked the car up near the house. He’d bark at it and push on the front, to try and get it to go back down the yard where it should have been (where I usually parked it). And he loved to run. A lot.
You could speak to him in full sentences, and he’d (generally) do what was asked.
Splash was a good dog too.
btm said:
ruby said:
Peak Warming Man said:
>>and thanks to DA, I now know there is more to the thistle than I first thought.?
“I’d say thistles, but nobody listens to me, anyway.”- Eeyore
Wasn’t it Kanga who ate thistles? “Hot! Hot! HOT!”
:)))
Peak Warming Man said:
Michael V said:
Bogsnorkler said:
my kelpie didn’t bark at knocks on the door. she’d follow you there. she rarely barked at all. you needed to really stir her up in a playful way to get her to bark.
Our kelpie loved things to be in their correct place. If I parked the car up near the house. He’d bark at it and push on the front, to try and get it to go back down the yard where it should have been (where I usually parked it). And he loved to run. A lot.
You could speak to him in full sentences, and he’d (generally) do what was asked.
Splash was a good dog too.
Awww.
You remembered his name.
Nice.
:)
tell me Mr Panty Parts. Ya did, or ya didn’t?
It hasn’t finished on tele here yet, but it was all over and done with ages ago.
Woodie said:
tell me Mr Panty Parts. Ya did, or ya didn’t?It hasn’t finished on tele here yet, but it was all over and done with ages ago.
Nah, I didn’t tip my own team, playing away against a higher ranked team.
party_pants said:
Woodie said:
tell me Mr Panty Parts. Ya did, or ya didn’t?It hasn’t finished on tele here yet, but it was all over and done with ages ago.
Nah, I didn’t tip my own team, playing away against a higher ranked team.
It was on delay here (coz it’s Saturday). Probably on delay for you to. Has it been on yet for you?
Woodie said:
party_pants said:
Woodie said:
tell me Mr Panty Parts. Ya did, or ya didn’t?It hasn’t finished on tele here yet, but it was all over and done with ages ago.
Nah, I didn’t tip my own team, playing away against a higher ranked team.
It was on delay here (coz it’s Saturday). Probably on delay for you to. Has it been on yet for you?
It was on live here. We pretty much always get the Eagles and Dockers live.
I have Kayo streaming anyway, should I want to watch it.
“They were still round, still black and still up, so thank goodness they survived.”
Going to be a cold one tonight. I’ll have to keep running the water now and then in various room, to try to keep the pipes from freezing.
Bubblecar said:
Going to be a cold one tonight. I’ll have to keep running the water now and then in various room, to try to keep the pipes from freezing.
Here ya go Parpyone.
Have a nice steaming large bowl of home made creamy leek and potato soup. That’ll warm the cockles.
It’s nom noms, Ize tells ya. 😁
Woodie said:
Bubblecar said:
Going to be a cold one tonight. I’ll have to keep running the water now and then in various room, to try to keep the pipes from freezing.
Here ya go Parpyone.
Have a nice steaming large bowl of home made creamy leek and potato soup. That’ll warm the cockles.
It’s nom noms, Ize tells ya. 😁
There’s plenty to go around. I’m having a double helping.😮
Woodie said:
Bubblecar said:
Going to be a cold one tonight. I’ll have to keep running the water now and then in various room, to try to keep the pipes from freezing.
Here ya go Parpyone.
Have a nice steaming large bowl of home made creamy leek and potato soup. That’ll warm the cockles.
It’s nom noms, Ize tells ya. 😁
Ta :)
I Haven’t been cooking lately but tonight I will put a nice big beef and vegetable casserole in the oven.
Bubblecar said:
Going to be a cold one tonight. I’ll have to keep running the water now and then in various room, to try to keep the pipes from freezing.
That is a bit fresh. You’ll probably need to shovel the snow off your driveway tomorrow.
Kingy said:
Bubblecar said:
Going to be a cold one tonight. I’ll have to keep running the water now and then in various room, to try to keep the pipes from freezing.
That is a bit fresh. You’ll probably need to shovel the snow off your driveway tomorrow.
This is forecast for next week. Buckle up, and stockpile dunny paper or something.
Kingy said:
Kingy said:
Bubblecar said:
Going to be a cold one tonight. I’ll have to keep running the water now and then in various room, to try to keep the pipes from freezing.
That is a bit fresh. You’ll probably need to shovel the snow off your driveway tomorrow.
This is forecast for next week. Buckle up, and stockpile dunny paper or something.
Our warmest minimum for the week ahead will be 1.
Just thinkin’ as one does at this time of night.
Why don’t they put subtitles on TV ads for hearing aids?
My friend The Rocket Scientist posted that the tornado in St Louis Missouri didn’t get him. He lives in the area that was hit.
Woodie said:
Just thinkin’ as one does at this time of night.Why don’t they put subtitles on TV ads for hearing aids?
I use CC all the time now. I can hear perfectly, but some actors mumble. Sometimes I get so caught up in reading the subtitles that I forget to watch the actual images.
I watched the 2019 miniseries Chernobyl at last.
Good acting, good political drama etc.
But the science is terrible.
Consider the following exchange.
Legasov: The uranium will begin to melt the sand around it, creating a kind of lava that will begin to melt down through the shield below.
GORBACHEV: You’ve made… lava.
LEGASOV: I had anticipated this. I believed we had time to reinforce this lower concrete pad before the lava reached the earth and contaminated the groundwater. But as it turns out, I
was worried about the wrong thing. It was my understanding the large water tanks under the reactor were essentially empty.
This is Ulana Khomyuk of the Byelorusian Institute. Thanks to her insight, we are now aware that the
tanks are, in fact, full.
GORBACHEV: Of water. What exactly is the
problem here, Legasov?
KHOMYUK: When the lava enters these tanks, it
will instantly superheat and vaporize approximately 7000 cubic
meters of water, causing a significant thermal explosion.
GORBACHEV: How significant?
KHOMYUK: We estimate between two and four megatons. Everything within a 30 kilometer radius will be completely destroyed, including the other three nuclear reactors at Chernobyl. The entirety of radioactive material in all of the
cores will be ejected at force, and dispersed by a massive shockwave— which will extend approximately
200 kilometers and likely be fatal to the entire population of Kiev as well as a portion of Minsk.
The release of radiation will be severe, and will impact all of
Soviet Ukraine, Latvia, Lithuania and Byelorusia, as well as Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Hungary, and most of East Germany.
GORBACHEV: What do you mean “impact”?
LEGASOV: For much of the area, a nearly permanent disruption of water and food supplies, and a steep increase in the rates of
cancer and birth defects. I don’t know how many will die, but— many. For Byelorusia and Ukraine, “impact” means completely uninhabitable. For a minimum of one hundred years.
GORBACHEV: There are fifty million people in Byelorusia and Ukraine alone.
LEGASOV: Sixty. Yes.
GORBACHEV: How long before this happens?
LEGASOV: Approximately 48 to 72 hours.
—-
Just ridiculous.
Even if the entire core and all the sand and boron were converted to lava and the whole plant were converted to lava, and ALL of the energy of that lava were transferred to the water, it’s an explosion of about 1 kiloton, not 2 to 4 megatons. In reality the contact would be gradual and somewhat limited by the contact area. Still, that’s like dozens of MOABs so I’m sure it would be enough to destroy the plant and maybe Pripyat.
The amount of effective radioactive material dispersed in the actual explosion was about 5% of the total material at the plant. So even if the all of that material went airborne, the worst case scenario described above, it would be an environmental health problem about 20 times the observed event. Presumably the exclusion zone would need to be larger, precautions would need to be taken in Belarus and Ukraine somewhat longer, but it’s not enough material to render the whole area uninhabitable for a hundred years.
dv said:
I watched the 2019 miniseries Chernobyl at last.
Good acting, good political drama etc.
But the science is terrible.Consider the following exchange.
Legasov: The uranium will begin to melt the sand around it, creating a kind of lava that will begin to melt down through the shield below.
GORBACHEV: You’ve made… lava.
LEGASOV: I had anticipated this. I believed we had time to reinforce this lower concrete pad before the lava reached the earth and contaminated the groundwater. But as it turns out, I
was worried about the wrong thing. It was my understanding the large water tanks under the reactor were essentially empty.
This is Ulana Khomyuk of the Byelorusian Institute. Thanks to her insight, we are now aware that the
tanks are, in fact, full.
GORBACHEV: Of water. What exactly is the
problem here, Legasov?
KHOMYUK: When the lava enters these tanks, it
will instantly superheat and vaporize approximately 7000 cubic
meters of water, causing a significant thermal explosion.GORBACHEV: How significant?
KHOMYUK: We estimate between two and four megatons. Everything within a 30 kilometer radius will be completely destroyed, including the other three nuclear reactors at Chernobyl. The entirety of radioactive material in all of the
cores will be ejected at force, and dispersed by a massive shockwave— which will extend approximately
200 kilometers and likely be fatal to the entire population of Kiev as well as a portion of Minsk.
The release of radiation will be severe, and will impact all of
Soviet Ukraine, Latvia, Lithuania and Byelorusia, as well as Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Hungary, and most of East Germany.GORBACHEV: What do you mean “impact”?
LEGASOV: For much of the area, a nearly permanent disruption of water and food supplies, and a steep increase in the rates of
cancer and birth defects. I don’t know how many will die, but— many. For Byelorusia and Ukraine, “impact” means completely uninhabitable. For a minimum of one hundred years.GORBACHEV: There are fifty million people in Byelorusia and Ukraine alone.
LEGASOV: Sixty. Yes.
GORBACHEV: How long before this happens?
LEGASOV: Approximately 48 to 72 hours.
—-
Just ridiculous.
Even if the entire core and all the sand and boron were converted to lava and the whole plant were converted to lava, and ALL of the energy of that lava were transferred to the water, it’s an explosion of about 1 kiloton, not 2 to 4 megatons. In reality the contact would be gradual and somewhat limited by the contact area. Still, that’s like dozens of MOABs so I’m sure it would be enough to destroy the plant and maybe Pripyat.
The amount of effective radioactive material dispersed in the actual explosion was about 5% of the total material at the plant. So even if the all of that material went airborne, the worst case scenario described above, it would be an environmental health problem about 20 times the observed event. Presumably the exclusion zone would need to be larger, precautions would need to be taken in Belarus and Ukraine somewhat longer, but it’s not enough material to render the whole area uninhabitable for a hundred years.
Meh. What’s a few megatons between friends?
I thought it was a good series on the whole.
Ian said:
dv said:
I watched the 2019 miniseries Chernobyl at last.
Good acting, good political drama etc.
But the science is terrible.Consider the following exchange.
Legasov: The uranium will begin to melt the sand around it, creating a kind of lava that will begin to melt down through the shield below.
GORBACHEV: You’ve made… lava.
LEGASOV: I had anticipated this. I believed we had time to reinforce this lower concrete pad before the lava reached the earth and contaminated the groundwater. But as it turns out, I
was worried about the wrong thing. It was my understanding the large water tanks under the reactor were essentially empty.
This is Ulana Khomyuk of the Byelorusian Institute. Thanks to her insight, we are now aware that the
tanks are, in fact, full.
GORBACHEV: Of water. What exactly is the
problem here, Legasov?
KHOMYUK: When the lava enters these tanks, it
will instantly superheat and vaporize approximately 7000 cubic
meters of water, causing a significant thermal explosion.GORBACHEV: How significant?
KHOMYUK: We estimate between two and four megatons. Everything within a 30 kilometer radius will be completely destroyed, including the other three nuclear reactors at Chernobyl. The entirety of radioactive material in all of the
cores will be ejected at force, and dispersed by a massive shockwave— which will extend approximately
200 kilometers and likely be fatal to the entire population of Kiev as well as a portion of Minsk.
The release of radiation will be severe, and will impact all of
Soviet Ukraine, Latvia, Lithuania and Byelorusia, as well as Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Hungary, and most of East Germany.GORBACHEV: What do you mean “impact”?
LEGASOV: For much of the area, a nearly permanent disruption of water and food supplies, and a steep increase in the rates of
cancer and birth defects. I don’t know how many will die, but— many. For Byelorusia and Ukraine, “impact” means completely uninhabitable. For a minimum of one hundred years.GORBACHEV: There are fifty million people in Byelorusia and Ukraine alone.
LEGASOV: Sixty. Yes.
GORBACHEV: How long before this happens?
LEGASOV: Approximately 48 to 72 hours.
—-
Just ridiculous.
Even if the entire core and all the sand and boron were converted to lava and the whole plant were converted to lava, and ALL of the energy of that lava were transferred to the water, it’s an explosion of about 1 kiloton, not 2 to 4 megatons. In reality the contact would be gradual and somewhat limited by the contact area. Still, that’s like dozens of MOABs so I’m sure it would be enough to destroy the plant and maybe Pripyat.
The amount of effective radioactive material dispersed in the actual explosion was about 5% of the total material at the plant. So even if the all of that material went airborne, the worst case scenario described above, it would be an environmental health problem about 20 times the observed event. Presumably the exclusion zone would need to be larger, precautions would need to be taken in Belarus and Ukraine somewhat longer, but it’s not enough material to render the whole area uninhabitable for a hundred years.
Meh. What’s a few megatons between friends?
I thought it was a good series on the whole.
Sure sure, a good watch
Things that peeve me about films etc:
Disposable coffee cups are always empty and it’s obvious because of the “visual weight” of them. They look empty.
Same with the bags that people carry – mostly the shoulder bags that women carry. No visible weight and in some cases the bag is flat and shows the signs of being folded and recently taken out of a box.
Every single person sits on the bed near the pillows, wearing their “day clothes” That is the clothes they have been wearing outside whilst sitting on public spaces – chairs, gutters, bus seats, steps….erky perky.
Also they put their luggage on the bed near the pillows.
Then there are my concerns about where people put their house keys when they walk inside their homes.
Plus – people sit down for breakfast and THEY NEVER FINISH WHAT THEY ARE EATING!!! One or 2 bites, slurps and they leave the rest.
There are more irritating things that I can add to this list. Maybe later.
“Feed on other people’s suffering.”
Excellent description of religious people, and others.
Bubblecar said:
Going to be a cold one tonight. I’ll have to keep running the water now and then in various room, to try to keep the pipes from freezing.
Yeah you can keep that for yourself.
Top of 24, possible showers and storm.
Today’s plans are: all the things we were too lazy to do yesterday, plus petsitting.
Slow start but I got better, 30/50
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-18/hard-quiz-lets-do-it/105294584
Divine Angel said:
Slow start but I got better, 30/50https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-18/hard-quiz-lets-do-it/105294584
Score: 35 / 50
⭐⭐️ Nice job!
But we think you can do even better next time. You’ve scored 28% better than average.
Divine Angel said:
Bubblecar said:
Going to be a cold one tonight. I’ll have to keep running the water now and then in various room, to try to keep the pipes from freezing.
Yeah you can keep that for yourself.
Top of 24, possible showers and storm.
Today’s plans are: all the things we were too lazy to do yesterday, plus petsitting.
I’ll hopefully be relaxing more after a distressing night. Brain chemistry is still in a sort of repetitive panic mode.
But I should be getting a little better each day, with any luck. I’ll also try to stay up later and go to bed at actual night time.
Bubblecar said:
I’ll hopefully be relaxing more after a distressing night. Brain chemistry is still in a sort of repetitive panic mode.
But I should be getting a little better each day, with any luck. I’ll also try to stay up later and go to bed at actual night time.
Last weekend at the Forgotten Fairytales market, Mini Me created a small jar. She filled it with moss, crystals, dried flowers etc. I don’t know how, but I seem to have come home with a metal key ornament from the stall. (Mini Me didn’t use that type of key, she had a different one.) Anyhoo, I know the local discount store sells all the materials needed for such an activity so I’m gonna purchase some and make my own. Obviously it will be Alice inspired, so I’m hoping to find a tiny rabbit to fit in there as well. It will be fake moss, but I have tiny crystals to add.
Good morning Holidayers. Presently nice and chilly – 3 degrees at the back door. There has been some more minor precipitation. Possibly about 1mm. We are forecast a partly cloudy 13.
I think I will go to the wetland reserve and mow the trackside. It will be too cold for snakes at the moment.
Divine Angel said:
Last weekend at the Forgotten Fairytales market, Mini Me created a small jar. She filled it with moss, crystals, dried flowers etc. I don’t know how, but I seem to have come home with a metal key ornament from the stall. (Mini Me didn’t use that type of key, she had a different one.) Anyhoo, I know the local discount store sells all the materials needed for such an activity so I’m gonna purchase some and make my own. Obviously it will be Alice inspired, so I’m hoping to find a tiny rabbit to fit in there as well. It will be fake moss, but I have tiny crystals to add.
That sounds like fun.
Bubblecar said:
Divine Angel said:
Slow start but I got better, 30/50https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-18/hard-quiz-lets-do-it/105294584
Score: 35 / 50
⭐⭐️ Nice job!
But we think you can do even better next time. You’ve scored 28% better than average.
Heading for an exceptional 0/100 after the first 6, but then got careless and ended up with a mediocre 15/50.
Good morning everybody.
Clear, calm, a very chilly 9.5° C and 97% RH right now. BoM forecast a little rain and a top of 25° C.
No agenda. Ants are still being annoying. Especially in the fridge.
DA..I finished The Naturalist last night. Not the best book I’ve ever read. Slow in the beginning, OK in the middle, dragged a bit after that and then finished rather abruptly (my sister in law says I’m a bit too honest in my appraisal of books!) And the messy timelines where I had no idea Philip had died and read half a chapter wondering what was going on. Thanks for the suggestion though, I went and looked at the described artwork and it’s impressive. Possibly could have included something in the novel to show it.
The Rev Dodgson said:
Bubblecar said:
Divine Angel said:
Slow start but I got better, 30/50https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-18/hard-quiz-lets-do-it/105294584
Score: 35 / 50
⭐⭐️ Nice job!
But we think you can do even better next time. You’ve scored 28% better than average.
Heading for an exceptional 0/100 after the first 6, but then got careless and ended up with a mediocre 15/50.
Quite remarkable :)
Many of mine were guesses.
Michael V said:
Good morning everybody.Clear, calm, a very chilly 9.5° C and 97% RH right now. BoM forecast a little rain and a top of 25° C.
No agenda. Ants are still being annoying. Especially in the fridge.
Damn. Don’t think I’ve ever had ants in the fridge.
The Rev Dodgson said:
Bubblecar said:
Divine Angel said:
Slow start but I got better, 30/50https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-18/hard-quiz-lets-do-it/105294584
Score: 35 / 50
⭐⭐️ Nice job!
But we think you can do even better next time. You’ve scored 28% better than average.
Heading for an exceptional 0/100 after the first 6, but then got careless and ended up with a mediocre 15/50.
20/50. Number 6 was the only one I could really claim to know. I should have got the squash court one right…but I didn’t.
buffy said:
Good morning Holidayers. Presently nice and chilly – 3 degrees at the back door. There has been some more minor precipitation. Possibly about 1mm. We are forecast a partly cloudy 13.I think I will go to the wetland reserve and mow the trackside. It will be too cold for snakes at the moment.
I might have a go at mowing some of my grass with the electric mower this week.
The exercise and fresh air would do me good.
The Rev Dodgson said:
Bubblecar said:
Divine Angel said:
Slow start but I got better, 30/50https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-18/hard-quiz-lets-do-it/105294584
Score: 35 / 50
⭐⭐️ Nice job!
But we think you can do even better next time. You’ve scored 28% better than average.
Heading for an exceptional 0/100 after the first 6, but then got careless and ended up with a mediocre 15/50.
Same her! I started off so well, wrong answers every time. Then I fucked up and knew something.
Divine Angel said:
Bubblecar said:I’ll hopefully be relaxing more after a distressing night. Brain chemistry is still in a sort of repetitive panic mode.
But I should be getting a little better each day, with any luck. I’ll also try to stay up later and go to bed at actual night time.
Darkness always exacerbates a distressed mind.
No, not always.
It’s International Museum Day.
Talking about fresh air, I ought to have a shower and go for a walk to get some wine and I don’t know, Twisties or suchlike.
Bubblecar said:
Talking about fresh air, I ought to have a shower and go for a walk to get some wine and I don’t know, Twisties or suchlike.
No rush, the BWS doesn’t open until 10am on Sundays.
Israel currently in the lead in the Eurovision Grand Final.
Bubblecar said:
Israel currently in the lead in the Eurovision Grand Final.
No spoilers!
Morning Pilgrims, a spiffing day in the pearl.
I’ll finally get some mowing done.
Peak Warming Man said:
Morning Pilgrims, a spiffing day in the pearl.
I’ll finally get some mowing done.
Good to hear.
Peak Warming Man said:
Morning Pilgrims, a spiffing day in the pearl.
I’ll finally get some mowing done.
Greetings Forumites!
Bubblecar said:
It’s International Museum Day.
I hope that the museums survive in America.
They are going to close down the Irish Potato Famine Museum in America I heard yesterday.
Divine Angel said:
Last weekend at the Forgotten Fairytales market, Mini Me created a small jar. She filled it with moss, crystals, dried flowers etc. I don’t know how, but I seem to have come home with a metal key ornament from the stall. (Mini Me didn’t use that type of key, she had a different one.) Anyhoo, I know the local discount store sells all the materials needed for such an activity so I’m gonna purchase some and make my own. Obviously it will be Alice inspired, so I’m hoping to find a tiny rabbit to fit in there as well. It will be fake moss, but I have tiny crystals to add.
Any photos available?
Bubblecar said:
Divine Angel said:
Bubblecar said:
Going to be a cold one tonight. I’ll have to keep running the water now and then in various room, to try to keep the pipes from freezing.
Yeah you can keep that for yourself.
Top of 24, possible showers and storm.
Today’s plans are: all the things we were too lazy to do yesterday, plus petsitting.
I’ll hopefully be relaxing more after a distressing night. Brain chemistry is still in a sort of repetitive panic mode.
But I should be getting a little better each day, with any luck. I’ll also try to stay up later and go to bed at actual night time.
Thinking of you Mr Car.
Big hugs!
ms spock said:
Greetings Forumites!
Morning.
:)
ms spock said:
Bubblecar said:
It’s International Museum Day.
I hope that the museums survive in America.
They are going to close down the Irish Potato Famine Museum in America I heard yesterday.
Why?
Michael V said:
ms spock said:Greetings Forumites!
Morning.
:)
ms spock said:
Bubblecar said:
Divine Angel said:Yeah you can keep that for yourself.
Top of 24, possible showers and storm.
Today’s plans are: all the things we were too lazy to do yesterday, plus petsitting.
I’ll hopefully be relaxing more after a distressing night. Brain chemistry is still in a sort of repetitive panic mode.
But I should be getting a little better each day, with any luck. I’ll also try to stay up later and go to bed at actual night time.
Thinking of you Mr Car.
Big hugs!
Thanks ms spock.
Bad things in buffy’s region:
ABC News:
To celebrate International Museum Day, here’s a baby Apatosaurus at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History.
captain_spalding said:
Bad things in buffy’s region:ABC News:
It’s alright, I didn’t eat the mushrooms
captain_spalding said:
Bad things in buffy’s region:ABC News:
Yes, it went up on the VicPol news a couple of days ago. Guess who reads VicPol news in this house…
Bubblecar said:
To celebrate International Museum Day, here’s a baby Apatosaurus at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History.
Ischium of an Apatosaurus showing bite marks from Fred Flinstone a large theropod.
Everyone loves Stegosaurus.
This one is in the Natural History Museum, London.
Found out where the rats are coming in. The wall behind the dishwasher is wrecked. I want to call in pest professionals but Mr Mutant is adamant it’s a DIY fix.
Divine Angel said:
Found out where the rats are coming in. The wall behind the dishwasher is wrecked. I want to call in pest professionals but Mr Mutant is adamant it’s a DIY fix.
That sounds a bit catastrophic. Can you see the damage from the outside?
Bubblecar said:
Divine Angel said:
Found out where the rats are coming in. The wall behind the dishwasher is wrecked. I want to call in pest professionals but Mr Mutant is adamant it’s a DIY fix.
That sounds a bit catastrophic. Can you see the damage from the outside?
Nope. This is directly behind the dishwasher.
Divine Angel said:
Found out where the rats are coming in. The wall behind the dishwasher is wrecked. I want to call in pest professionals but Mr Mutant is adamant it’s a DIY fix.
Humour him for the first day or so then lay down the law.
Divine Angel said:
Found out where the rats are coming in. The wall behind the dishwasher is wrecked. I want to call in pest professionals but Mr Mutant is adamant it’s a DIY fix.
Get professionals.
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Divine Angel said:
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Raised a smile, but I’m pretty sure this isn’t the only surviving forum on the entire electric internet.
The Rev Dodgson said:
Divine Angel said:
Divine Angel said:
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Raised a smile, but I’m pretty sure this isn’t the only surviving forum on the entire electric internet.
I think mudcat is still going and it’s even less sophisticated than we are here.
buffy said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
Divine Angel said:
Raised a smile, but I’m pretty sure this isn’t the only surviving forum on the entire electric internet.
I think mudcat is still going and it’s even less sophisticated than we are here.
I’ve been having trouble accessing mudcat lately. It used to be good, though.
btm said:
buffy said:
The Rev Dodgson said:Raised a smile, but I’m pretty sure this isn’t the only surviving forum on the entire electric internet.
I think mudcat is still going and it’s even less sophisticated than we are here.
I’ve been having trouble accessing mudcat lately. It used to be good, though.
I don’t use it, but my bushwandering friend is an old folkie. She has mentioned it isn’t as good as it used to be but some of the old users are still participating.
buffy said:
btm said:
buffy said:I think mudcat is still going and it’s even less sophisticated than we are here.
I’ve been having trouble accessing mudcat lately. It used to be good, though.
I don’t use it, but my bushwandering friend is an old folkie. She has mentioned it isn’t as good as it used to be but some of the old users are still participating.
Tamb said:
buffy said:
btm said:I’ve been having trouble accessing mudcat lately. It used to be good, though.
I don’t use it, but my bushwandering friend is an old folkie. She has mentioned it isn’t as good as it used to be but some of the old users are still participating.
The old sssf forum struggles on.
Which one?
Divine Angel said:
Found out where the rats are coming in. The wall behind the dishwasher is wrecked. I want to call in pest professionals but Mr Mutant is adamant it’s a DIY fix.
Suggestion: put in some fine metal mesh over the opening, before plastering over it or whatever.
Rats won’t be able tore-open that avenue of entrances.
Divine Angel said:
Divine Angel said:
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Amen brother.
buffy said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
Divine Angel said:
Raised a smile, but I’m pretty sure this isn’t the only surviving forum on the entire electric internet.
I think mudcat is still going and it’s even less sophisticated than we are here.
NHOI
captain_spalding said:
Divine Angel said:
Found out where the rats are coming in. The wall behind the dishwasher is wrecked. I want to call in pest professionals but Mr Mutant is adamant it’s a DIY fix.
Suggestion: put in some fine metal mesh over the opening, before plastering over it or whatever.
Rats won’t be able tore-open that avenue of entrances.
I’ll send him back to Bunnings.
Divine Angel said:
Divine Angel said:
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Should PearlyZephyr be extended an invitation to this Foorum?
I saw some cute Eeyore earrings at the markets this morning. Unfortunately too heavy for my ears. So Mr Mutant is gonna 3D print me an Eeyore, after he prints my White Rabbit for my Alice jar.
buffy said:
Mexican Navy ship crashes into New York’s Brooklyn Bridge carrying more than 200 peopleWhoops…
Maldita sea, acabo de recordar que somos lo que llaman un barco alto…
(Damn, I just remembered we’re what they call a tall ship…)
Michael V said:
ms spock said:Greetings Forumites!
Morning.
:)
:)
buffy said:
Mexican Navy ship crashes into New York’s Brooklyn Bridge carrying more than 200 peopleWhoops…
Oh dear.
Michael V said:
ms spock said:
Bubblecar said:
It’s International Museum Day.
I hope that the museums survive in America.
They are going to close down the Irish Potato Famine Museum in America I heard yesterday.
Why?
Trump wants to close down all histories that don’t promote whiteness, they are removing Black history. Irish and Italians weren’t considered white until the end of the last Century. So Irish is to be removed as well.
Tamb said:
Michael V said:
ms spock said:Greetings Forumites!
Morning.
:)
G’day
:)
Divine Angel said:
Bubblecar said:
Divine Angel said:
Found out where the rats are coming in. The wall behind the dishwasher is wrecked. I want to call in pest professionals but Mr Mutant is adamant it’s a DIY fix.
That sounds a bit catastrophic. Can you see the damage from the outside?
Nope. This is directly behind the dishwasher.
Bugger.
buffy said:
Mexican Navy ship crashes into New York’s Brooklyn Bridge carrying more than 200 peopleWhoops…
Could be a major equipment failure, perhaps steering or engines, leaving the ship unmanageable in confined waters.
Or a stuff-up.
We’ll wait, and see.
Divine Angel said:
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:)
captain_spalding said:
We’ll wait, and see.
that’s not the forum way
captain_spalding said:
Divine Angel said:
Divine Angel said:
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Should PearlyZephyr be extended an invitation to this Foorum?
:)
Probably.
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:
Bubblecar said:That sounds a bit catastrophic. Can you see the damage from the outside?
Nope. This is directly behind the dishwasher.
Bugger.
Yeah that’s just replacing a small-ish section of Gyprock, no big deal really. One problem is making sure that the rats really are stopped though. Just replace that part and they’ll chew their way through again. Something pretty substantial has to be fitted, such as a metal barrier to stop them getting to that area.
party_pants said:
captain_spalding said:We’ll wait, and see.
that’s not the forum way
Oh, sorry, i forgot.
Captain is guilty of gross negligence and derelicton of duty.
To be hung from the yardarm, immediately.
Bubblecar said:
Everyone loves Stegosaurus.This one is in the Natural History Museum, London.
They do!
buffy said:
Mexican Navy ship crashes into New York’s Brooklyn Bridge carrying more than 200 peopleWhoops…
I’ll say.
Divine Angel said:
Found out where the rats are coming in. The wall behind the dishwasher is wrecked. I want to call in pest professionals but Mr Mutant is adamant it’s a DIY fix.
Gosh you were quick with that!
ms spock said:
Michael V said:
ms spock said:I hope that the museums survive in America.
They are going to close down the Irish Potato Famine Museum in America I heard yesterday.
Why?
Trump wants to close down all histories that don’t promote whiteness, they are removing Black history. Irish and Italians weren’t considered white until the end of the last Century. So Irish is to be removed as well.
Seems odd. Irish people are whiter than half Trump’s staff.
buffy said:
Mexican Navy ship crashes into New York’s Brooklyn Bridge carrying more than 200 peopleWhoops…
We’re questions asked beforehand?
It will fit under no worries.
captain_spalding said:
party_pants said:
captain_spalding said:We’ll wait, and see.
that’s not the forum way
Oh, sorry, i forgot.
Captain is guilty of gross negligence and derelicton of duty.
To be hung from the yardarm, immediately.
Let’s not go too far.
Tau.Neutrino said:
buffy said:
Mexican Navy ship crashes into New York’s Brooklyn Bridge carrying more than 200 peopleWhoops…
We’re questions asked beforehand?
It will fit under no worries.
Just had three planes fly over in formation.
A Spitfire IX and two Mustangs, i believe.
captain_spalding said:
Just had three planes fly over in formation.A Spitfire IX and two Mustangs, i believe.
I remember walking past a hanger a few decades ago at the airport near you, and was rather surprised to see a Spitfire sitting in it. Might even be the same one.
captain_spalding said:
Just had three planes fly over in formation.A Spitfire IX and two Mustangs, i believe.
Airshow on nearby?
captain_spalding said:
Just had three planes fly over in formation.A Spitfire IX and two Mustangs, i believe.
A greater military formation than New Zealand’s entire air force.
Spiny Norman said:
captain_spalding said:
Just had three planes fly over in formation.A Spitfire IX and two Mustangs, i believe.
I remember walking past a hanger a few decades ago at the airport near you, and was rather surprised to see a Spitfire sitting in it. Might even be the same one.
You never know what you’ll see at Toowoomba’s aerodrome.
There’s an outfit there, Aerotec, that specialises in restoration work, and which has its own aircraft collection.
Peak Warming Man said:
captain_spalding said:
Just had three planes fly over in formation.A Spitfire IX and two Mustangs, i believe.
Airshow on nearby?
Yeah, some sort of event at the aerodrome, not far up the road.
Divine Angel said:
Divine Angel said:
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I really miss SSSF, Scribblygum and Techtalk!
I complained about a few things. I wish I hadn’t because I feel like if there hadn’t been so much complaining it might still be going.
Michael V said:
ms spock said:
Michael V said:Why?
Trump wants to close down all histories that don’t promote whiteness, they are removing Black history. Irish and Italians weren’t considered white until the end of the last Century. So Irish is to be removed as well.
Seems odd. Irish people are whiter than half Trump’s staff.
I expect that the Famine Museum made signficant mention of how the effects of the potato famine were exacerbated by the evictions of starving and destitute tenants carried out by English landlords.
Trump wouldn’t like any thing that reflects badly on the behaviour of landlords (as he’s a slumlord himself), or which suggests that an aristocracy is maybe not such a good thing.
ms spock said:
Divine Angel said:
Divine Angel said:
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I really miss SSSF, Scribblygum and Techtalk!
I complained about a few things. I wish I hadn’t because I feel like if there hadn’t been so much complaining it might still be going.
Nah, the ABC just couldn’t be arsed to provide platforms like those. Undoubtedly, bean-counters objected to anyone on ABC staff being tasked with running such trivialities, and quite possibly the staff saw it as a minor and time-wasting assignment, too.
They just got tired of it.
Mowing halted due to impending rain…………..well that’s my excuse.
captain_spalding said:
Spiny Norman said:
captain_spalding said:
Just had three planes fly over in formation.A Spitfire IX and two Mustangs, i believe.
I remember walking past a hanger a few decades ago at the airport near you, and was rather surprised to see a Spitfire sitting in it. Might even be the same one.
You never know what you’ll see at Toowoomba’s aerodrome.
There’s an outfit there, Aerotec, that specialises in restoration work, and which has its own aircraft collection.
Ah yes, Guido Zucolli.
I was working at Coolangatta Airport in the 80’s when he came through to put a huge amount of oil into the engine oil tank and a quick splash of fuel into it.
Bloody large single-engined beast all right.
captain_spalding said:
Just had three planes fly over in formation.A Spitfire IX and two Mustangs, i believe.
Nice.
captain_spalding said:
Spiny Norman said:
captain_spalding said:
Just had three planes fly over in formation.A Spitfire IX and two Mustangs, i believe.
I remember walking past a hanger a few decades ago at the airport near you, and was rather surprised to see a Spitfire sitting in it. Might even be the same one.
You never know what you’ll see at Toowoomba’s aerodrome.
There’s an outfit there, Aerotec, that specialises in restoration work, and which has its own aircraft collection.
:)
captain_spalding said:
Michael V said:
ms spock said:Trump wants to close down all histories that don’t promote whiteness, they are removing Black history. Irish and Italians weren’t considered white until the end of the last Century. So Irish is to be removed as well.
Seems odd. Irish people are whiter than half Trump’s staff.
I expect that the Famine Museum made signficant mention of how the effects of the potato famine were exacerbated by the evictions of starving and destitute tenants carried out by English landlords.
Trump wouldn’t like any thing that reflects badly on the behaviour of landlords (as he’s a slumlord himself), or which suggests that an aristocracy is maybe not such a good thing.
That fits.
Spiny Norman said:
Michael V said:
Divine Angel said:Nope. This is directly behind the dishwasher.
Bugger.
Yeah that’s just replacing a small-ish section of Gyprock, no big deal really. One problem is making sure that the rats really are stopped though. Just replace that part and they’ll chew their way through again. Something pretty substantial has to be fitted, such as a metal barrier to stop them getting to that area.
Heavy-duty steel-wool should do the job.
Peak Warming Man said:
Mowing halted due to impending rain…………..well that’s my excuse.
Well, if you kept mowing, it’d be raining from you.
Michael V said:
ms spock said:
Michael V said:Why?
Trump wants to close down all histories that don’t promote whiteness, they are removing Black history. Irish and Italians weren’t considered white until the end of the last Century. So Irish is to be removed as well.
Seems odd. Irish people are whiter than half Trump’s staff.
America is totally odd, that is for sure.
Historically Irish people and Italians weren’t considered white in America until quite recently, relatively speaking.
ms spock said:
Divine Angel said:
Divine Angel said:
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I really miss SSSF, Scribblygum and Techtalk!
I complained about a few things. I wish I hadn’t because I feel like if there hadn’t been so much complaining it might still be going.
From memory you complained about the misogyny and the sexism. Shit like that needed to be called out.
The men…lolol…making fun of Storm and you, trying to silence me for being upset about inappropriate photos of women, the list is long.
Anyway…
Spiny Norman said:
captain_spalding said:
Spiny Norman said:I remember walking past a hanger a few decades ago at the airport near you, and was rather surprised to see a Spitfire sitting in it. Might even be the same one.
You never know what you’ll see at Toowoomba’s aerodrome.
There’s an outfit there, Aerotec, that specialises in restoration work, and which has its own aircraft collection.
Ah yes, Guido Zucolli.
I was working at Coolangatta Airport in the 80’s when he came through to put a huge amount of oil into the engine oil tank and a quick splash of fuel into it.
Bloody large single-engined beast all right.
Friends of mine worked for him up in Darwin. steelcon constructions.
captain_spalding said:
Michael V said:
ms spock said:Trump wants to close down all histories that don’t promote whiteness, they are removing Black history. Irish and Italians weren’t considered white until the end of the last Century. So Irish is to be removed as well.
Seems odd. Irish people are whiter than half Trump’s staff.
I expect that the Famine Museum made signficant mention of how the effects of the potato famine were exacerbated by the evictions of starving and destitute tenants carried out by English landlords.
Trump wouldn’t like any thing that reflects badly on the behaviour of landlords (as he’s a slumlord himself), or which suggests that an aristocracy is maybe not such a good thing.
Captain Spalding, I hadn’t considered from that point of view, but that does make sense. In my Gaeilge/Irish classes there’s a running joke about the Irish being the first ones to kick the English out.
Suggestions that an aristocracy/oligarchy maybe not such a good thing is something I hope spreads across America quickly.
captain_spalding said:
ms spock said:
Divine Angel said:
I really miss SSSF, Scribblygum and Techtalk!
I complained about a few things. I wish I hadn’t because I feel like if there hadn’t been so much complaining it might still be going.
Nah, the ABC just couldn’t be arsed to provide platforms like those. Undoubtedly, bean-counters objected to anyone on ABC staff being tasked with running such trivialities, and quite possibly the staff saw it as a minor and time-wasting assignment, too.
They just got tired of it.
It is such a shame! A real shame for everyone.
It is like when the took stateline for each state and territory off air. It ended so much interactivity.
None of potential new folks can find us now.
AussieDJ said:
Spiny Norman said:
Michael V said:Bugger.
Yeah that’s just replacing a small-ish section of Gyprock, no big deal really. One problem is making sure that the rats really are stopped though. Just replace that part and they’ll chew their way through again. Something pretty substantial has to be fitted, such as a metal barrier to stop them getting to that area.
Heavy-duty steel-wool should do the job.
Yeah, steel wool and expanding foam is a common trick to plug small holes.
This looks like it’s a bit more advanced…
AussieDJ said:
Spiny Norman said:
Michael V said:Bugger.
Yeah that’s just replacing a small-ish section of Gyprock, no big deal really. One problem is making sure that the rats really are stopped though. Just replace that part and they’ll chew their way through again. Something pretty substantial has to be fitted, such as a metal barrier to stop them getting to that area.
Heavy-duty steel-wool should do the job.
I would vote for steel plating or steel mesh that is fixed, otherwise the rats will just come back in. When I was doing zookeeping the rats would come up through the concrete floors unless there was reinforced steel mesh (not the right name) was in the concrete.
buffy said:
Mexican Navy ship crashes into New York’s Brooklyn Bridge carrying more than 200 peopleWhoops…
The forward planning…
^
Any other tall ships?
kii said:
ms spock said:
Divine Angel said:
I really miss SSSF, Scribblygum and Techtalk!
I complained about a few things. I wish I hadn’t because I feel like if there hadn’t been so much complaining it might still be going.
From memory you complained about the misogyny and the sexism. Shit like that needed to be called out.
The men…lolol…making fun of Storm and you, trying to silence me for being upset about inappropriate photos of women, the list is long.
Anyway…
It is true that shit like misogyny and sexism needs to be called out. I can’t remember the inappropropriate photos of women, I hope Storm and I were of some assistance.
Tau.Neutrino said:
buffy said:
Mexican Navy ship crashes into New York’s Brooklyn Bridge carrying more than 200 peopleWhoops…
The forward planning…
^
Any other tall ships?
New York Brooklyn Bridge
127 ft (38.7 m) above mean high water.
The captain could have googled it for that time period.
Tide Times for Brooklyn Bridge, East River, New York The next low Tide will be at 05:14 pm with a predicted level of 0.98 ft and the last high Tide for today will be at 11:45 pm with water at the 4.79 ft mark.
https://www.fishingreminder.com
Tau.Neutrino said:
Tau.Neutrino said:
buffy said:
Mexican Navy ship crashes into New York’s Brooklyn Bridge carrying more than 200 peopleWhoops…
The forward planning…
^
Any other tall ships?
New York Brooklyn Bridge
127 ft (38.7 m) above mean high water.
The captain could have googled it for that time period.
Tide Times for Brooklyn Bridge, East River, New York The next low Tide will be at 05:14 pm with a predicted level of 0.98 ft and the last high Tide for today will be at 11:45 pm with water at the 4.79 ft mark.
https://www.fishingreminder.com
The main mast of the Cuauhtémoc, a Mexican Navy tall ship, is 48.2 meters high. This three-masted barque is 90.5 meters long.
ms spock said:
AussieDJ said:
Spiny Norman said:Yeah that’s just replacing a small-ish section of Gyprock, no big deal really. One problem is making sure that the rats really are stopped though. Just replace that part and they’ll chew their way through again. Something pretty substantial has to be fitted, such as a metal barrier to stop them getting to that area.
Heavy-duty steel-wool should do the job.
I would vote for steel plating or steel mesh that is fixed, otherwise the rats will just come back in. When I was doing zookeeping the rats would come up through the concrete floors unless there was reinforced steel mesh (not the right name) was in the concrete.
We’ve got traps around the place, just gotta make sure cat features doesn’t get to anything.
We have animal-proof flyscreen, do you think that’ll work? We replaced it all because the cat made big holes in our existing fly screens.
Tau.Neutrino said:
Tau.Neutrino said:
Tau.Neutrino said:The forward planning…
^
Any other tall ships?
New York Brooklyn Bridge
127 ft (38.7 m) above mean high water.
The captain could have googled it for that time period.
Tide Times for Brooklyn Bridge, East River, New York The next low Tide will be at 05:14 pm with a predicted level of 0.98 ft and the last high Tide for today will be at 11:45 pm with water at the 4.79 ft mark.
https://www.fishingreminder.comThe main mast of the Cuauhtémoc, a Mexican Navy tall ship, is 48.2 meters high. This three-masted barque is 90.5 meters long.
Forward planning might involve knowing the height of all Bridges for sailing under not into.
Tau.Neutrino said:
Tau.Neutrino said:
Tau.Neutrino said:New York Brooklyn Bridge
127 ft (38.7 m) above mean high water.
The captain could have googled it for that time period.
Tide Times for Brooklyn Bridge, East River, New York The next low Tide will be at 05:14 pm with a predicted level of 0.98 ft and the last high Tide for today will be at 11:45 pm with water at the 4.79 ft mark.
https://www.fishingreminder.comThe main mast of the Cuauhtémoc, a Mexican Navy tall ship, is 48.2 meters high. This three-masted barque is 90.5 meters long.
Forward planning might involve knowing the height of all Bridges for sailing under not into.
They are saying it went off course.
Hmm.
Nup, not buying that one .
Divine Angel said:
ms spock said:
AussieDJ said:Heavy-duty steel-wool should do the job.
I would vote for steel plating or steel mesh that is fixed, otherwise the rats will just come back in. When I was doing zookeeping the rats would come up through the concrete floors unless there was reinforced steel mesh (not the right name) was in the concrete.
We’ve got traps around the place, just gotta make sure cat features doesn’t get to anything.
We have animal-proof flyscreen, do you think that’ll work? We replaced it all because the cat made big holes in our existing fly screens.
Gotta be a metal mesh and I think a rat will even chew through those given enough time. Maybe a few layers of it?
Divine Angel said:
ms spock said:
AussieDJ said:Heavy-duty steel-wool should do the job.
I would vote for steel plating or steel mesh that is fixed, otherwise the rats will just come back in. When I was doing zookeeping the rats would come up through the concrete floors unless there was reinforced steel mesh (not the right name) was in the concrete.
We’ve got traps around the place, just gotta make sure cat features doesn’t get to anything.
We have animal-proof flyscreen, do you think that’ll work? We replaced it all because the cat made big holes in our existing fly screens.
Not for rats, they can eat through concrete floors to get into aviaries. Which is why we used to put a certain type of metal mesh half way through pouring the concrete floors.
Divine Angel said:
ms spock said:
AussieDJ said:Heavy-duty steel-wool should do the job.
I would vote for steel plating or steel mesh that is fixed, otherwise the rats will just come back in. When I was doing zookeeping the rats would come up through the concrete floors unless there was reinforced steel mesh (not the right name) was in the concrete.
We’ve got traps around the place, just gotta make sure cat features doesn’t get to anything.
We have animal-proof flyscreen, do you think that’ll work? We replaced it all because the cat made big holes in our existing fly screens.
https://www.bunnings.com.au/rapidmesh-600-x-900-x-0-6mm-6-5-x-6-5mm-silver-wire-mesh-panel_p0203641
Tau.Neutrino said:
Tau.Neutrino said:
Tau.Neutrino said:The main mast of the Cuauhtémoc, a Mexican Navy tall ship, is 48.2 meters high. This three-masted barque is 90.5 meters long.
Forward planning might involve knowing the height of all Bridges for sailing under not into.
They are saying it went off course.
Hmm.
Nup, not buying that one .
Rings New York Port authority
Will a 48.7 meter tall ship fit under that 38 .2 meter Brooklyn Bridge at x tide mark.
Yeah. No worries.
Spiny Norman said:
Divine Angel said:
ms spock said:I would vote for steel plating or steel mesh that is fixed, otherwise the rats will just come back in. When I was doing zookeeping the rats would come up through the concrete floors unless there was reinforced steel mesh (not the right name) was in the concrete.
We’ve got traps around the place, just gotta make sure cat features doesn’t get to anything.
We have animal-proof flyscreen, do you think that’ll work? We replaced it all because the cat made big holes in our existing fly screens.
Gotta be a metal mesh and I think a rat will even chew through those given enough time. Maybe a few layers of it?
Tau.Neutrino said:
Tau.Neutrino said:
Tau.Neutrino said:Forward planning might involve knowing the height of all Bridges for sailing under not into.
They are saying it went off course.
Hmm.
Nup, not buying that one .
Rings New York Port authority
Will a 48.7 meter tall ship fit under that 38 .2 meter Brooklyn Bridge at x tide mark.
Yeah. No worries.
It went off course and the back wheels fell off.
Tau.Neutrino said:
Tau.Neutrino said:
Tau.Neutrino said:They are saying it went off course.
Hmm.
Nup, not buying that one .
Rings New York Port authority
Will a 48.7 meter tall ship fit under that 38 .2 meter Brooklyn Bridge at x tide mark.
Yeah. No worries.
It went off course and the back wheels fell off.
Bogsnorkler said:
Divine Angel said:
ms spock said:I would vote for steel plating or steel mesh that is fixed, otherwise the rats will just come back in. When I was doing zookeeping the rats would come up through the concrete floors unless there was reinforced steel mesh (not the right name) was in the concrete.
We’ve got traps around the place, just gotta make sure cat features doesn’t get to anything.
We have animal-proof flyscreen, do you think that’ll work? We replaced it all because the cat made big holes in our existing fly screens.
https://www.bunnings.com.au/rapidmesh-600-x-900-x-0-6mm-6-5-x-6-5mm-silver-wire-mesh-panel_p0203641
I was thinking along the lines of this
https://www.amazon.com.au/AWF-PRO-Control-Bacteria-Resistant/dp/B093CMW73M
Tamb said:
Spiny Norman said:
Divine Angel said:We’ve got traps around the place, just gotta make sure cat features doesn’t get to anything.
We have animal-proof flyscreen, do you think that’ll work? We replaced it all because the cat made big holes in our existing fly screens.
Gotta be a metal mesh and I think a rat will even chew through those given enough time. Maybe a few layers of it?
We had rodent invasion problems a few years ago.
Fixed by joining an electric fence driver to the metal flyscreen. It didn’t kill them but it made ‘em yelp & go away.
This is an approach that could work well in my current situation.
Here’s a video of Mr Boaty trying to squeeze under the bridge. It appears to be going in reverse at a fair old power setting, which seems quite odd.
ms spock said:
Tamb said:
Spiny Norman said:Gotta be a metal mesh and I think a rat will even chew through those given enough time. Maybe a few layers of it?
We had rodent invasion problems a few years ago.
Fixed by joining an electric fence driver to the metal flyscreen. It didn’t kill them but it made ‘em yelp & go away.This is an approach that could work well in my current situation.
Spiny Norman said:
Here’s a video of Mr Boaty trying to squeeze under the bridge. It appears to be going in reverse at a fair old power setting, which seems quite odd.
BBC update: 2 fatalities – power failure to blame, apparently.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c991n8p4pdyo
Tamb said:
ms spock said:
Tamb said:We had rodent invasion problems a few years ago.
Fixed by joining an electric fence driver to the metal flyscreen. It didn’t kill them but it made ‘em yelp & go away.This is an approach that could work well in my current situation.
It was a surprise when you forgot it was there & grabbed the door to go outside.
I bet it was LOL!
AI could do your shopping for you
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-18/visa-and-mastercard-artificial-intelligence-agents-explained/105274468
Tau.Neutrino said:
Tau.Neutrino said:
Tau.Neutrino said:Forward planning might involve knowing the height of all Bridges for sailing under not into.
They are saying it went off course.
Hmm.
Nup, not buying that one .
Rings New York Port authority
Will a 48.7 meter tall ship fit under that 38 .2 meter Brooklyn Bridge at x tide mark.
Yeah. No worries.
Look it’s a training ship and now they have been trained.
Tau.Neutrino said:
Tau.Neutrino said:
Tau.Neutrino said:They are saying it went off course.
Hmm.
Nup, not buying that one .
Rings New York Port authority
Will a 48.7 meter tall ship fit under that 38 .2 meter Brooklyn Bridge at x tide mark.
Yeah. No worries.
Look it’s a training ship and now they have been trained.
And now they need a bit more training.
:)
Divine Angel said:
AI could do your shopping for you
so groceries trades will be done like stock exchange trades have been done for 30 years cool
AussieDJ said:
Spiny Norman said:
Here’s a video of Mr Boaty trying to squeeze under the bridge. It appears to be going in reverse at a fair old power setting, which seems quite odd.
BBC update: 2 fatalities – power failure to blame, apparently.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c991n8p4pdyo
so Brooklyn Baltimore same difference
Back out at the farm trying to start my car. I have got the engine to turn over and got the coil to produce a spark. Now to find out why the distributors points aren’t working.
And since roughy asked if the leads were in good condition, yeah nah. They are 96 years old and one of them is bare.
Tau.Neutrino said:
Tau.Neutrino said:
buffy said:
Mexican Navy ship crashes into New York’s Brooklyn Bridge carrying more than 200 peopleWhoops…
The forward planning…
^
Any other tall ships?
New York Brooklyn Bridge
127 ft (38.7 m) above mean high water.
The captain could have googled it for that time period.
Tide Times for Brooklyn Bridge, East River, New York The next low Tide will be at 05:14 pm with a predicted level of 0.98 ft and the last high Tide for today will be at 11:45 pm with water at the 4.79 ft mark.
https://www.fishingreminder.com
That’s a rather small difference between high and low tides, even though the Moon is in the ‘waning gibbous’ phase where it still has a strong influence on tides.
A quick search informs me that the largest tidal variation along the Hudson River is 6 feet (1.8 m), while the smallest is 3 feet (0.9 m).
It appaears that, for a vessel of that size and type, whether it was high or low tide wasn’t going to make a lot of difference in that situation.
ms spock said:
Divine Angel said:
ms spock said:I would vote for steel plating or steel mesh that is fixed, otherwise the rats will just come back in. When I was doing zookeeping the rats would come up through the concrete floors unless there was reinforced steel mesh (not the right name) was in the concrete.
We’ve got traps around the place, just gotta make sure cat features doesn’t get to anything.
We have animal-proof flyscreen, do you think that’ll work? We replaced it all because the cat made big holes in our existing fly screens.
Not for rats, they can eat through concrete floors to get into aviaries. Which is why we used to put a certain type of metal mesh half way through pouring the concrete floors.
Termimesh.
(For termites.)
SCIENCE said:
AussieDJ said:
Spiny Norman said:
Here’s a video of Mr Boaty trying to squeeze under the bridge. It appears to be going in reverse at a fair old power setting, which seems quite odd.
BBC update: 2 fatalities – power failure to blame, apparently.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c991n8p4pdyo
so Brooklyn Baltimore same difference
It was probably green energy, was the sun going down?
Divine Angel said:
Bogsnorkler said:
Divine Angel said:We’ve got traps around the place, just gotta make sure cat features doesn’t get to anything.
We have animal-proof flyscreen, do you think that’ll work? We replaced it all because the cat made big holes in our existing fly screens.
https://www.bunnings.com.au/rapidmesh-600-x-900-x-0-6mm-6-5-x-6-5mm-silver-wire-mesh-panel_p0203641
I was thinking along the lines of this
https://www.amazon.com.au/AWF-PRO-Control-Bacteria-Resistant/dp/B093CMW73M
This should do the trick. Not sure if Bunnings have them though.
American ABC News reports that:
‘The captain, who was maneuvering the ship, lost power and mechanical function, and the current “caused the ship to go right into the pillar of the bridge, hitting the mass of the ship where there was a couple of sailors,” NYPD Chief Wilson Aramboles said during a press briefing.’
The video of the incident shows the ship going astern (backwards) under the bridge.
No captain of a large ship navigates his vessel around a busy, confined harbour backwards.You don’t intentionally take a ‘tall ship’ under a bridge backwards.
As i suggested before, it seems to be a case of major equipment failure.
Kingy said:
Divine Angel said:
Bogsnorkler said:https://www.bunnings.com.au/rapidmesh-600-x-900-x-0-6mm-6-5-x-6-5mm-silver-wire-mesh-panel_p0203641
I was thinking along the lines of this
https://www.amazon.com.au/AWF-PRO-Control-Bacteria-Resistant/dp/B093CMW73M
This should do the trick. Not sure if Bunnings have them though.
I used to know a bloke who could get them for you, wholesale.
Tau.Neutrino said:
Tau.Neutrino said:
Tau.Neutrino said:Rings New York Port authority
Will a 48.7 meter tall ship fit under that 38 .2 meter Brooklyn Bridge at x tide mark.
Yeah. No worries.
Look it’s a training ship and now they have been trained.
And now they need a bit more training.
:)
Will it fit?
Moments Later.
Mexican sailors were seen dangling from a navy training vessel’s main mast moments after the ship smashed into the Brooklyn Bridge.
Looks like it won’t fit captain.
captain_spalding said:
American ABC News reports that:‘The captain, who was maneuvering the ship, lost power and mechanical function, and the current “caused the ship to go right into the pillar of the bridge, hitting the mass of the ship where there was a couple of sailors,” NYPD Chief Wilson Aramboles said during a press briefing.’
The video of the incident shows the ship going astern (backwards) under the bridge.
No captain of a large ship navigates his vessel around a busy, confined harbour backwards.You don’t intentionally take a ‘tall ship’ under a bridge backwards.
As i suggested before, it seems to be a case of major equipment failure.
What would the tidal flow have been like?
Michael V said:
ms spock said:
Divine Angel said:We’ve got traps around the place, just gotta make sure cat features doesn’t get to anything.
We have animal-proof flyscreen, do you think that’ll work? We replaced it all because the cat made big holes in our existing fly screens.
Not for rats, they can eat through concrete floors to get into aviaries. Which is why we used to put a certain type of metal mesh half way through pouring the concrete floors.
Termimesh.
(For termites.)
Thanks Mr V!
Kingy said:
Divine Angel said:
Bogsnorkler said:https://www.bunnings.com.au/rapidmesh-600-x-900-x-0-6mm-6-5-x-6-5mm-silver-wire-mesh-panel_p0203641
I was thinking along the lines of this
https://www.amazon.com.au/AWF-PRO-Control-Bacteria-Resistant/dp/B093CMW73M
This should do the trick. Not sure if Bunnings have them though.
LOL with handy instructions.
The weather forecast is is for extreme rainfall in Eastern NSW this week.
Perhaps the forumites there should start stockpiling dunny paper too.
This is a training ship. This is how you crash into a bridge.
AussieDJ said:
captain_spalding said:
American ABC News reports that:‘The captain, who was maneuvering the ship, lost power and mechanical function, and the current “caused the ship to go right into the pillar of the bridge, hitting the mass of the ship where there was a couple of sailors,” NYPD Chief Wilson Aramboles said during a press briefing.’
The video of the incident shows the ship going astern (backwards) under the bridge.
No captain of a large ship navigates his vessel around a busy, confined harbour backwards.You don’t intentionally take a ‘tall ship’ under a bridge backwards.
As i suggested before, it seems to be a case of major equipment failure.
What would the tidal flow have been like?
The current in the East River (which is not actually a river, at all) can be 4 knots, or 7.5 kmh.
In today’s edition of duh me:
At some point in the distant past I created an account on the Woolies app. Have never used it. Today, I did. We’re conducting an experiment with click and collect groceries to see if we can save money (I am the absolute worst impulse shopper).
Anyhoo, I get to the collection point at the store, give my name. They can’t find my order. Turns out I signed up using a fake name 🤦🏻♀️
Divine Angel said:
In today’s edition of duh me:At some point in the distant past I created an account on the Woolies app. Have never used it. Today, I did. We’re conducting an experiment with click and collect groceries to see if we can save money (I am the absolute worst impulse shopper).
Anyhoo, I get to the collection point at the store, give my name. They can’t find my order. Turns out I signed up using a fake name 🤦🏻♀️
did you get your order?
Arts said:
Divine Angel said:
In today’s edition of duh me:At some point in the distant past I created an account on the Woolies app. Have never used it. Today, I did. We’re conducting an experiment with click and collect groceries to see if we can save money (I am the absolute worst impulse shopper).
Anyhoo, I get to the collection point at the store, give my name. They can’t find my order. Turns out I signed up using a fake name 🤦🏻♀️
did you get your order?
Sure did
Anyway Arts, do you still have a spare handle? Sarah doesn’t have a login here and new registrations are closed.
Tau.Neutrino said:
This is a training ship. This is how you crash into a bridge.
Mexican Navy discovers arithmetic.
Divine Angel said:
In today’s edition of duh me:At some point in the distant past I created an account on the Woolies app. Have never used it. Today, I did. We’re conducting an experiment with click and collect groceries to see if we can save money (I am the absolute worst impulse shopper).
Anyhoo, I get to the collection point at the store, give my name. They can’t find my order. Turns out I signed up using a fake name 🤦🏻♀️
Was it “Divine Angel”?
Divine Angel said:
Anyway Arts, do you still have a spare handle? Sarah doesn’t have a login here and new registrations are closed.
I gave my spare handle to the Shebs child…
Arts said:
Divine Angel said:
Anyway Arts, do you still have a spare handle? Sarah doesn’t have a login here and new registrations are closed.
I gave my spare handle to the Shebs child…
I haven’t got one. This is the only one i have.
Divine Angel said:
In today’s edition of duh me:At some point in the distant past I created an account on the Woolies app. Have never used it. Today, I did. We’re conducting an experiment with click and collect groceries to see if we can save money (I am the absolute worst impulse shopper).
Anyhoo, I get to the collection point at the store, give my name. They can’t find my order. Turns out I signed up using a fake name 🤦🏻♀️
Snigger.
:)
I can’t remember the passwords for my extra handles.
Arts said:
Divine Angel said:
Anyway Arts, do you still have a spare handle? Sarah doesn’t have a login here and new registrations are closed.
I gave my spare handle to the Shebs child…
you can give them to more than one person. just ask them to burn after reading.
captain_spalding said:
Arts said:
Divine Angel said:
Anyway Arts, do you still have a spare handle? Sarah doesn’t have a login here and new registrations are closed.
I gave my spare handle to the Shebs child…
I haven’t got one. This is the only one i have.
Neither do I, and I don’t know the password for this one, the computer logs me in automatically.
If this computer dies I won’t be able to log in.
Chimps sometimes care for others’ wounds, and scientists want to know why
There is still debate, researchers say, over whether the behavior is instinctual or based in more complex thought or even empathy.
May 14, 2025
By Vivian Ho
Primatologist Elodie Freymann arrived in Uganda’s Budongo Forest in 2021 to observe the chimpanzees there and learn more about their ability to self-medicate with healing plants.
But as she flipped through a field book at the site containing the observations of researchers dating back to 1993, she began to notice accounts of the chimps not just ingesting plants to self-medicate, but using them for wound care — and sometimes not always on themselves.
In looking through 30 years of observations — as well as eight months of their own — Freymann and her colleagues found that the chimpanzees of Budongo have, in dozens of instances, administered first aid on themselves and others. According to Freymann, these observations, published Wednesday in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, raise questions over chimpanzees’ capacity for empathy and altruism.
“It’s hard to prove that a nonhuman animal has empathy because you can’t sit down and have a conversation with them,” Freymann said. “Most studies have been done in captivity. But this provides a case study, or several case studies, of chimpanzees in the wild possessing the ability to not just take care of themselves, but to transfer those skills to others.”
Chimpanzees and their behaviors have long dominated the field of zoopharmacognosy, the study of nonhuman self-medication. In addition to Freymann’s previous research looking into chimpanzees ingesting healing plants to self-medicate, researchers who documented chimpanzees using insects to treat themselves and others in Loango National Park in Gabon argued that their behavior was evidence of their capacity for “prosocial behaviors,” or voluntary actions that serve the best interest of another.
The research into the chimpanzees of Budongo found 34 instances of the chimpanzees practicing self-care, whether it be something as simple as licking their wounds or using leaves to wipe after a bowel movement or mating, to something more complex, such as chewing up plants and putting the material on a wound. There have been seven more instances of chimpanzees providing this sort of care on other chimpanzees and not just related kin.
In 2012, a subadult male — a chimpanzee between the age of 10 and 14 — identified as PS sucked the wound on the leg of another subadult male identified as ZG. In 2008, researchers documented an adult male identified as NK removing the nylon snare off an unrelated adult female.
The behavior also raises questions over whether the animals’ caring skills are instinctual or acquired and then passed on through social learning, Freymann said. In 2008, researchers observed an adult female identified as NB, injured in a bout of intragroup aggression, applying a folded and chewed leaf to her wound. Her daughter, a juvenile female identified as NT, observed her mother doing this and then mimicked the behavior, chewing a leaf and then applying it to her mother’s wound.
“I’m not making a case that every certain medicinal behavior is learned, but I think it’s not out of the question that chimpanzees are capable of possessing medicinal culture,” Freymann said.
Given that apes are considered the closest evolutionary cousin to human beings, understanding “cognitive and social foundations of health-care behaviors in humans requires examining their evolutionary precursors in our closest living relatives,” Freymann argued in her research article. The chimpanzee behavior observed in Budongo suggests that “the shared ancestors that we have with chimps and apes would have likely been capable of this kind of caregiving and have the capacity to identify those in need of care and to provide that to others,” Freymann said.
But Alexander Piel, a University College London associate professor of evolutionary anthropology who was not involved in Freymann’s research, noted that the prosocial behavior demonstrated by chimpanzees in Budongo was very rare, which makes him reluctant to tie the findings to human evolution. There’s always an inclination, he said, to connect similarities between humans and apes to evolution, and while it’s always a possibility, “we share other features with them, like our intense sociality, and we share them with non-apes.”
Researchers have observed prosocial health-care behaviors among non-ape species such as elephants and dwarf mongooses, Freymann wrote in her study. “The fact that we see them in non-closely related species suggests that there are some other drivers to this beyond humanness or human-relatedness. … Empathy is a part of the equation, but the data doesn’t support that it’s the ultimate driver of this behavior,” Piel said.
The findings provide a good jumping-off point, Piel said, for exploration into the drivers behind this rare type of prosocial behavior — for example, why chimps are so selective in providing health care to other chimps. Freymann said there will be more studies to come, as well as more long-term monitoring.
“I think we’re going to find medicinal cultures not just in chimps but in other animals as well,” Freymann said. “There’s debate always, but there are some medicinal behaviors that appear to be instinctual, the more basic ones. There are some behaviors that we’ve observed that I think are too complex to be instinctual.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025/05/14/chimpanzees-first-aid-empathy-research-uganda/
Peak Warming Man said:
captain_spalding said:
Arts said:I gave my spare handle to the Shebs child…
I haven’t got one. This is the only one i have.
Neither do I, and I don’t know the password for this one, the computer logs me in automatically.
If this computer dies I won’t be able to log in.
i write my passwords down. plus i use the same one, or variations, for all non-critical log-ins.
Peak Warming Man said:
captain_spalding said:
Arts said:I gave my spare handle to the Shebs child…
I haven’t got one. This is the only one i have.
Neither do I, and I don’t know the password for this one, the computer logs me in automatically.
If this computer dies I won’t be able to log in.
I know my login for here because at irregular intervals it requires me to log in again.
Bogsnorkler said:
Peak Warming Man said:
captain_spalding said:I haven’t got one. This is the only one i have.
Neither do I, and I don’t know the password for this one, the computer logs me in automatically.
If this computer dies I won’t be able to log in.i write my passwords down. plus i use the same one, or variations, for all non-critical log-ins.
If you’re not careful some crazy person will guess your password and start posting in your stead… wait
Tau.Neutrino said:
Tau.Neutrino said:
This is a training ship. This is how you crash into a bridge.Mexican Navy discovers arithmetic.
Mexican Navy discovers need for backup power.
Bogsnorkler said:
Arts said:
Divine Angel said:
Anyway Arts, do you still have a spare handle? Sarah doesn’t have a login here and new registrations are closed.
I gave my spare handle to the Shebs child…
you can give them to more than one person. just ask them to burn after reading.
I think she changed the password.. the she said “do you mind if I change th password so I can come back to the forum form time to time”. and I said sure…
then she ghosted all of us.
but I’m not mad, I have no regrets, she might just need to feel like she can have a bit of her dad’s world even if she doesn’t visit it.
Tau.Neutrino said:
Tau.Neutrino said:
Tau.Neutrino said:
This is a training ship. This is how you crash into a bridge.Mexican Navy discovers arithmetic.
Mexican Navy discovers need for backup power.
I remember another ship that lost power and crashed into a bridge.
Today I have eaten two dimsims, 6 hot jam donuts and a massive quantity of M&Ms. I plan on getting a large HJ Whopper meal to end the day. Thus endeth the lesson to Buffy on the meaning of indulgence.
Arts said:
Bogsnorkler said:
Arts said:I gave my spare handle to the Shebs child…
you can give them to more than one person. just ask them to burn after reading.
I think she changed the password.. the she said “do you mind if I change th password so I can come back to the forum form time to time”. and I said sure…
then she ghosted all of us.
but I’m not mad, I have no regrets, she might just need to feel like she can have a bit of her dad’s world even if she doesn’t visit it.
darn!
Bogsnorkler said:
Peak Warming Man said:
captain_spalding said:I haven’t got one. This is the only one i have.
Neither do I, and I don’t know the password for this one, the computer logs me in automatically.
If this computer dies I won’t be able to log in.i write my passwords down. plus i use the same one, or variations, for all non-critical log-ins.
thanks can yous please show us the evidence of that here for example using an image of it
Darn, ok
Divine Angel said:
Darn, ok
On occasion one can take the meaning of ‘sometimes food’ to the extreme.
Witty Rejoinder said:
Today I have eaten two dimsims, 6 hot jam donuts and a massive quantity of M&Ms. I plan on getting a large HJ Whopper meal to end the day. Thus endeth the lesson to Buffy on the meaning of indulgence.
That would send party pants into a coma
I just remembered something that i felt that i should do .
I sent this message to the local Lifeline management:
‘‘I looked in at your ‘Herries Street Superstore’ on Friday 16 May. There, i saw a small, unbranded Tupperware-type container of, i estimated, about 500ml capacity. It was in ‘good’ condition, but was clearly a used item.
When i turned it over, i saw the price marked on it:
$8.00
WT Actual F?
Honestly, i burst into laughter.
I don’t know who’s marking the prices for items in some of your shops, but i suggest that they may be in need of some kind of help.
Please see here:
https://www.coles.com.au/product/sistema-klip-it-plus-rectangle-container-400ml-1-each-3793906
Even without the ’40% discount’, Coles beats your Herries Street shop into a pulp. And, the item was DONATED to your shop. You didn’t have to pay anything for it.
Forget about your ‘overheads’. If your overheads require prices of $8 for something that should sell for 50 cents (at most), then you’re in over your head.
Please bring Lifeline shops back to Planet Earth.”
Here’s the COles item i referred to:
Op shops are a joke these days. They’re selling used Kmart shirts for $6-$10 when Kmart only sells them for $4.
Witty Rejoinder said:
Today I have eaten two dimsims, 6 hot jam donuts and a massive quantity of M&Ms. I plan on getting a large HJ Whopper meal to end the day. Thus endeth the lesson to Buffy on the meaning of indulgence.
I hate to break it to you, but…M&Ms don’t count as chocolate. You will need to eat some late night chocolate to really call it a day of indulgence.
:)
Divine Angel said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
Today I have eaten two dimsims, 6 hot jam donuts and a massive quantity of M&Ms. I plan on getting a large HJ Whopper meal to end the day. Thus endeth the lesson to Buffy on the meaning of indulgence.
That would send party pants into a coma
I don’t think I could manage 6 jam doughnuts in a day. Two. Maybe three, but they would have to be spread several hours apart.
buffy said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
Today I have eaten two dimsims, 6 hot jam donuts and a massive quantity of M&Ms. I plan on getting a large HJ Whopper meal to end the day. Thus endeth the lesson to Buffy on the meaning of indulgence.
I hate to break it to you, but…M&Ms don’t count as chocolate. You will need to eat some late night chocolate to really call it a day of indulgence.
:)
If dark chocolate is healthier how is it more indulgent than milk chocolate?
Bogsnorkler said:
Peak Warming Man said:
captain_spalding said:I haven’t got one. This is the only one i have.
Neither do I, and I don’t know the password for this one, the computer logs me in automatically.
If this computer dies I won’t be able to log in.i write my passwords down. plus i use the same one, or variations, for all non-critical log-ins.
Is there anyway I can get the computer to tell me the password, it dam well knows it.
Divine Angel said:
Op shops are a joke these days. They’re selling used Kmart shirts for $6-$10 when Kmart only sells them for $4.
Next thing you know they’ll be selling used undies.
Peak Warming Man said:
Bogsnorkler said:
Peak Warming Man said:Neither do I, and I don’t know the password for this one, the computer logs me in automatically.
If this computer dies I won’t be able to log in.i write my passwords down. plus i use the same one, or variations, for all non-critical log-ins.
Is there anyway I can get the computer to tell me the password, it dam well knows it.
not unless you have told the puta to save them, i don’t believe.
buffy said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
Today I have eaten two dimsims, 6 hot jam donuts and a massive quantity of M&Ms. I plan on getting a large HJ Whopper meal to end the day. Thus endeth the lesson to Buffy on the meaning of indulgence.
I hate to break it to you, but…M&Ms don’t count as chocolate. You will need to eat some late night chocolate to really call it a day of indulgence.
:)
Buffy is upping the ante by adding time limits to indulgence… savage
Peak Warming Man said:
Divine Angel said:
Op shops are a joke these days. They’re selling used Kmart shirts for $6-$10 when Kmart only sells them for $4.
Next thing you know they’ll be selling used undies.
As long as that’s what the customer wants, and the items are appropriately priced…
Peak Warming Man said:
Bogsnorkler said:
Peak Warming Man said:Neither do I, and I don’t know the password for this one, the computer logs me in automatically.
If this computer dies I won’t be able to log in.i write my passwords down. plus i use the same one, or variations, for all non-critical log-ins.
Is there anyway I can get the computer to tell me the password, it dam well knows it.
Give me remote access and share your screen and we will be able to help you with that toot sweet…
Peak Warming Man said:
Divine Angel said:
Op shops are a joke these days. They’re selling used Kmart shirts for $6-$10 when Kmart only sells them for $4.
Next thing you know they’ll be selling used undies.
What browser? Should be under saved passwords in settings.
What browser you using, PWM?
Witty Rejoinder said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Divine Angel said:
Op shops are a joke these days. They’re selling used Kmart shirts for $6-$10 when Kmart only sells them for $4.
Next thing you know they’ll be selling used undies.
What browser? Should be under saved passwords in settings.
I am so keeping this post for posterity
I am cooking a roast pork tonight with cracking.. the daughter decided to go out with friends last night and came home at 5.30am. She has requested an ‘orange’ poweraid, and her boyfriend has just arrived with a bag of hungry jacks… I was going to put up some shelves for her today, but I think I might leave that for another time…
so the roast and the veggies will be for the three of us… and the night will likely end with a game of monopoly
Arts said:
buffy said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
Today I have eaten two dimsims, 6 hot jam donuts and a massive quantity of M&Ms. I plan on getting a large HJ Whopper meal to end the day. Thus endeth the lesson to Buffy on the meaning of indulgence.
I hate to break it to you, but…M&Ms don’t count as chocolate. You will need to eat some late night chocolate to really call it a day of indulgence.
:)
Buffy is upping the ante by adding time limits to indulgence… savage
Oi! I wasn’t the one who began the post with “today”…
Anyway, I’m going to watch The Piano and Bergerac on my ABC
buffy said:
Arts said:
buffy said:I hate to break it to you, but…M&Ms don’t count as chocolate. You will need to eat some late night chocolate to really call it a day of indulgence.
:)
Buffy is upping the ante by adding time limits to indulgence… savage
Oi! I wasn’t the one who began the post with “today”…
I indulged today, I had a sausage in a bun with onions from Bunnings to help some guy ride for cancer… I think supporting cancer is weird, but I’m not going to judge him
I only ate half the bun, because I’m not a fan of white bread products.. but I still call it indulgence since it’s not something I would normally eat
Arts said:
buffy said:
Arts said:Buffy is upping the ante by adding time limits to indulgence… savage
Oi! I wasn’t the one who began the post with “today”…
I indulged today, I had a sausage in a bun with onions from Bunnings to help some guy ride for cancer… I think supporting cancer is weird, but I’m not going to judge him
I only ate half the bun, because I’m not a fan of white bread products.. but I still call it indulgence since it’s not something I would normally eat
come to think of it, that probably drove my craving for the veggies for tonight…
Arts said:
buffy said:
Arts said:Buffy is upping the ante by adding time limits to indulgence… savage
Oi! I wasn’t the one who began the post with “today”…
I indulged today, I had a sausage in a bun with onions from Bunnings to help some guy ride for cancer… I think supporting cancer is weird, but I’m not going to judge him
I only ate half the bun, because I’m not a fan of white bread products.. but I still call it indulgence since it’s not something I would normally eat
processed meats, aka sausages, can cause cancer.
Our Bunnings fundraiser was a local private school’s netball team.
I’ve so many fundraising BBQs I could tell the sausages and bread were from Coles.
captain_spalding said:
I just remembered something that i felt that i should do .
I sent this message to the local Lifeline management:
‘‘I looked in at your ‘Herries Street Superstore’ on Friday 16 May. There, i saw a small, unbranded Tupperware-type container of, i estimated, about 500ml capacity. It was in ‘good’ condition, but was clearly a used item.
When i turned it over, i saw the price marked on it:
$8.00
WT Actual F?
Honestly, i burst into laughter.
I don’t know who’s marking the prices for items in some of your shops, but i suggest that they may be in need of some kind of help.
Please see here:
https://www.coles.com.au/product/sistema-klip-it-plus-rectangle-container-400ml-1-each-3793906
Even without the ’40% discount’, Coles beats your Herries Street shop into a pulp. And, the item was DONATED to your shop. You didn’t have to pay anything for it.
Forget about your ‘overheads’. If your overheads require prices of $8 for something that should sell for 50 cents (at most), then you’re in over your head.
Please bring Lifeline shops back to Planet Earth.”
Here’s the COles item i referred to:
well we blame dirty CHINA and their cheap mass production market manipulations
Arts said:
I am cooking a roast pork tonight with cracking.. the daughter decided to go out with friends last night and came home at 5.30am. She has requested an ‘orange’ poweraid, and her boyfriend has just arrived with a bag of hungry jacks… I was going to put up some shelves for her today, but I think I might leave that for another time…so the roast and the veggies will be for the three of us… and the night will likely end with a game of monopoly
so it will never end
Divine Angel said:
Our Bunnings fundraiser was a local private school’s netball team.I’ve so many fundraising BBQs I could tell the sausages and bread were from Coles.
Could you tell the difference between the sausages and the bread?
Arts said:
buffy said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
Today I have eaten two dimsims, 6 hot jam donuts and a massive quantity of M&Ms. I plan on getting a large HJ Whopper meal to end the day. Thus endeth the lesson to Buffy on the meaning of indulgence.
I hate to break it to you, but…M&Ms don’t count as chocolate. You will need to eat some late night chocolate to really call it a day of indulgence.
:)
Buffy is upping the ante by adding time limits to indulgence… savage
Does it change things if I admit I are the donuts over the course of an hour?
Divine Angel said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
Today I have eaten two dimsims, 6 hot jam donuts and a massive quantity of M&Ms. I plan on getting a large HJ Whopper meal to end the day. Thus endeth the lesson to Buffy on the meaning of indulgence.
That would send party pants into a coma
I’d manage by injecting more insulin, but it would just make me (more) fat in the long term.
So far today I had a bowl of cereal, a couple of bikkies, several coffees with frothed milk (that counts), a Bunnings fundraiser sausage sandwich, and an apple. Thinking about supermarket frozen chicken kiev and steamed veggies for dinner. Or spicey jalapeno sausages in a sandwich.
Arts said:
buffy said:
Arts said:Buffy is upping the ante by adding time limits to indulgence… savage
Oi! I wasn’t the one who began the post with “today”…
I indulged today, I had a sausage in a bun with onions from Bunnings to help some guy ride for cancer… I think supporting cancer is weird, but I’m not going to judge him
I only ate half the bun, because I’m not a fan of white bread products.. but I still call it indulgence since it’s not something I would normally eat
Mine was for the local Highland Dancing club. I’m not even Scottish, but the smell of the onions and BBQ was too good to pass by.
party_pants said:
Divine Angel said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
Today I have eaten two dimsims, 6 hot jam donuts and a massive quantity of M&Ms. I plan on getting a large HJ Whopper meal to end the day. Thus endeth the lesson to Buffy on the meaning of indulgence.
That would send party pants into a coma
I’d manage by injecting more insulin, but it would just make me (more) fat in the long term.
So far today I had a bowl of cereal, a couple of bikkies, several coffees with frothed milk (that counts), a Bunnings fundraiser sausage sandwich, and an apple. Thinking about supermarket frozen chicken kiev and steamed veggies for dinner. Or spicey jalapeno sausages in a sandwich.
I just made a curry out of all the leftovers in the fridge, turned out alright.
Divine Angel said:
Witty Rejoinder said:
Peak Warming Man said:Next thing you know they’ll be selling used undies.
What browser? Should be under saved passwords in settings.
I am so keeping this post for posterity
Doh.
Goddamn my footy tips have gone to pot this afternoon.
.. and I bloody changed two of them last night!
DA still around?
party_pants said:
Goddamn my footy tips have gone to pot this afternoon... and I bloody changed two of them last night!
This last minute changing of your picks might lead others to conclude that you don’t know what you’re doing.
Witty Rejoinder said:
party_pants said:
Goddamn my footy tips have gone to pot this afternoon... and I bloody changed two of them last night!
This last minute changing of your picks might lead others to conclude that you don’t know what you’re doing.
my dismal scores are already a dead giveaway.
btm said:
DA still around?
Oui
Witty Rejoinder said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Divine Angel said:
Op shops are a joke these days. They’re selling used Kmart shirts for $6-$10 when Kmart only sells them for $4.
Next thing you know they’ll be selling used undies.
What browser? Should be under saved passwords in settings.
Ok, thanks Witty, I’ll play with it in the morning.
Divine Angel said:
btm said:
DA still around?
Oui
I’ve got an account on here you can give Sarah. Drop me an email at kariwitchet at proton dot me.
SCIENCE said:
Arts said:
I am cooking a roast pork tonight with cracking.. the daughter decided to go out with friends last night and came home at 5.30am. She has requested an ‘orange’ poweraid, and her boyfriend has just arrived with a bag of hungry jacks… I was going to put up some shelves for her today, but I think I might leave that for another time…so the roast and the veggies will be for the three of us… and the night will likely end with a game of monopoly
so it will never end
like the song
Ok, so we might have a special new forumite soon.
I have just got off the phone with Dr Karl himself, and he had no idea that this forum still existed. He thought the end of The Lab was the end of SSSF, not knowing that we had just moved ship. He was having a read of this forum as we spoke.He has just tried to log in but his handle was taken and the password didn’t work. He’s registered a new handle and is waiting for CB88’s approval( I think that’s how it works ).
Kingy said:
Ok, so we might have a special new forumite soon. I have just got off the phone with Dr Karl himself, and he had no idea that this forum still existed. He thought the end of The Lab was the end of SSSF, not knowing that we had just moved ship. He was having a read of this forum as we spoke.He has just tried to log in but his handle was taken and the password didn’t work. He’s registered a new handle and is waiting for CB88’s approval( I think that’s how it works ).
Well, someone certainly moves in elevated circles, don’t they?!
Kingy said:
Ok, so we might have a special new forumite soon. I have just got off the phone with Dr Karl himself, and he had no idea that this forum still existed. He thought the end of The Lab was the end of SSSF, not knowing that we had just moved ship. He was having a read of this forum as we spoke.He has just tried to log in but his handle was taken and the password didn’t work. He’s registered a new handle and is waiting for CB88’s approval( I think that’s how it works ).
Well if we’re getting a fancy guest I should put pants on.
Divine Angel said:
Kingy said:
Ok, so we might have a special new forumite soon. I have just got off the phone with Dr Karl himself, and he had no idea that this forum still existed. He thought the end of The Lab was the end of SSSF, not knowing that we had just moved ship. He was having a read of this forum as we spoke.He has just tried to log in but his handle was taken and the password didn’t work. He’s registered a new handle and is waiting for CB88’s approval( I think that’s how it works ).
Well if we’re getting a fancy guest I should put pants on.
It’s what June Dally-Watkins always recommended.
Kingy said:
Ok, so we might have a special new forumite soon. I have just got off the phone with Dr Karl himself, and he had no idea that this forum still existed. He thought the end of The Lab was the end of SSSF, not knowing that we had just moved ship. He was having a read of this forum as we spoke.He has just tried to log in but his handle was taken and the password didn’t work. He’s registered a new handle and is waiting for CB88’s approval( I think that’s how it works ).
Good grief!
Divine Angel said:
Kingy said:
Ok, so we might have a special new forumite soon. I have just got off the phone with Dr Karl himself, and he had no idea that this forum still existed. He thought the end of The Lab was the end of SSSF, not knowing that we had just moved ship. He was having a read of this forum as we spoke.He has just tried to log in but his handle was taken and the password didn’t work. He’s registered a new handle and is waiting for CB88’s approval( I think that’s how it works ).
Well if we’re getting a fancy guest I should put pants on.
take you time… approval in this place goes at the speed of one step forward two steps back…
Divine Angel said:
Kingy said:
Ok, so we might have a special new forumite soon. I have just got off the phone with Dr Karl himself, and he had no idea that this forum still existed. He thought the end of The Lab was the end of SSSF, not knowing that we had just moved ship. He was having a read of this forum as we spoke.He has just tried to log in but his handle was taken and the password didn’t work. He’s registered a new handle and is waiting for CB88’s approval( I think that’s how it works ).
Well if we’re getting a fancy guest I should put pants on.
Ooo.
hides the chocolate
Kingy said:
Ok, so we might have a special new forumite soon. I have just got off the phone with Dr Karl himself, and he had no idea that this forum still existed. He thought the end of The Lab was the end of SSSF, not knowing that we had just moved ship. He was having a read of this forum as we spoke.He has just tried to log in but his handle was taken and the password didn’t work. He’s registered a new handle and is waiting for CB88’s approval( I think that’s how it works ).
Just out of curiosity…
a) Who rang whom?
b) Does he have a boat?
Tau.Neutrino said:
Tau.Neutrino said:
Tau.Neutrino said:Mexican Navy discovers arithmetic.
Mexican Navy discovers need for backup power.
I remember another ship that lost power and crashed into a bridge.
Um, how can the ship loose power but still have power for all the lights?
Neophyte said:
Kingy said:
Ok, so we might have a special new forumite soon. I have just got off the phone with Dr Karl himself, and he had no idea that this forum still existed. He thought the end of The Lab was the end of SSSF, not knowing that we had just moved ship. He was having a read of this forum as we spoke.He has just tried to log in but his handle was taken and the password didn’t work. He’s registered a new handle and is waiting for CB88’s approval( I think that’s how it works ).
Just out of curiosity…
a) Who rang whom?
b) Does he have a boat?
a) I texted him earlier this past week, he texted back this morning with a request to call him. So I did. :)
b) I forgot to ask.
Kingy said:
Neophyte said:
Kingy said:
Ok, so we might have a special new forumite soon. I have just got off the phone with Dr Karl himself, and he had no idea that this forum still existed. He thought the end of The Lab was the end of SSSF, not knowing that we had just moved ship. He was having a read of this forum as we spoke.He has just tried to log in but his handle was taken and the password didn’t work. He’s registered a new handle and is waiting for CB88’s approval( I think that’s how it works ).
Just out of curiosity…
a) Who rang whom?
b) Does he have a boat?
a) I texted him earlier this past week, he texted back this morning with a request to call him. So I did. :)
b) I forgot to ask.
Well done Kingy.
Kingy said:
Neophyte said:
Kingy said:
Ok, so we might have a special new forumite soon. I have just got off the phone with Dr Karl himself, and he had no idea that this forum still existed. He thought the end of The Lab was the end of SSSF, not knowing that we had just moved ship. He was having a read of this forum as we spoke.He has just tried to log in but his handle was taken and the password didn’t work. He’s registered a new handle and is waiting for CB88’s approval( I think that’s how it works ).
Just out of curiosity…
a) Who rang whom?
b) Does he have a boat?
a) I texted him earlier this past week, he texted back this morning with a request to call him. So I did. :)
b) I forgot to ask.
This is a most unexpected turn of events.
Arts said:
Divine Angel said:
Anyway Arts, do you still have a spare handle? Sarah doesn’t have a login here and new registrations are closed.
I gave my spare handle to the Shebs child…
I asked this earlier, but may have missed the reply.
Has there been anything heard from Sibeen’s sprogs? Do we know how they’re travelling?
buffy said:
Peak Warming Man said:
captain_spalding said:I haven’t got one. This is the only one i have.
Neither do I, and I don’t know the password for this one, the computer logs me in automatically.
If this computer dies I won’t be able to log in.I know my login for here because at irregular intervals it requires me to log in again.
The same happens to (for?) me. I don’t know why the computer logs me out of this site.
AussieDJ said:
buffy said:
Peak Warming Man said:Neither do I, and I don’t know the password for this one, the computer logs me in automatically.
If this computer dies I won’t be able to log in.I know my login for here because at irregular intervals it requires me to log in again.
The same happens to (for?) me. I don’t know why the computer logs me out of this site.
The mysterious ways of cb88.
(It also happens to me.)
AussieDJ said:
buffy said:
Peak Warming Man said:Neither do I, and I don’t know the password for this one, the computer logs me in automatically.
If this computer dies I won’t be able to log in.I know my login for here because at irregular intervals it requires me to log in again.
The same happens to (for?) me. I don’t know why the computer logs me out of this site.
It’s because when you sign in the site sets a cookie on your computer; the cookie’s got a time limit on it, though, and when it expires you’re automatically logged out.
Has roughbarked been in recently?
btm said:
AussieDJ said:
buffy said:I know my login for here because at irregular intervals it requires me to log in again.
The same happens to (for?) me. I don’t know why the computer logs me out of this site.
It’s because when you sign in the site sets a cookie on your computer; the cookie’s got a time limit on it, though, and when it expires you’re automatically logged out.
Ah. Thank you btm.
Arts said:
Divine Angel said:
Anyway Arts, do you still have a spare handle? Sarah doesn’t have a login here and new registrations are closed.
I gave my spare handle to the Shebs child…
If new registrations are closed, Dr Karl won’t be able to register a new handle.
I can give him my Bunny_Fugger but that seems a bit beneath him.
Kingy said:
Arts said:
Divine Angel said:
Anyway Arts, do you still have a spare handle? Sarah doesn’t have a login here and new registrations are closed.
I gave my spare handle to the Shebs child…
If new registrations are closed, Dr Karl won’t be able to register a new handle.
I can give him my Bunny_Fugger but that seems a bit beneath him.
I have Eagle Fangs. Maybe.
Kingy said:
Arts said:
Divine Angel said:
Anyway Arts, do you still have a spare handle? Sarah doesn’t have a login here and new registrations are closed.
I gave my spare handle to the Shebs child…
If new registrations are closed, Dr Karl won’t be able to register a new handle.
I can give him my Bunny_Fugger but that seems a bit beneath him.
—
I am sure our overlord will allow Karl’s admission.
Otherwise we could spam them with requests.
The mansion on Nottoway Plantation has been destroyed by fire. Interesting responses on social media.
“Burn, baby! Burn!”
Kingy said:
Ok, so we might have a special new forumite soon. I have just got off the phone with Dr Karl himself, and he had no idea that this forum still existed. He thought the end of The Lab was the end of SSSF, not knowing that we had just moved ship. He was having a read of this forum as we spoke.He has just tried to log in but his handle was taken and the password didn’t work. He’s registered a new handle and is waiting for CB88’s approval( I think that’s how it works ).
btm said:
AussieDJ said:
buffy said:I know my login for here because at irregular intervals it requires me to log in again.
The same happens to (for?) me. I don’t know why the computer logs me out of this site.
It’s because when you sign in the site sets a cookie on your computer; the cookie’s got a time limit on it, though, and when it expires you’re automatically logged out.
I use “save password” for stuff like this.
captain_spalding said:
Divine Angel said:
Kingy said:
Ok, so we might have a special new forumite soon. I have just got off the phone with Dr Karl himself, and he had no idea that this forum still existed. He thought the end of The Lab was the end of SSSF, not knowing that we had just moved ship. He was having a read of this forum as we spoke.He has just tried to log in but his handle was taken and the password didn’t work. He’s registered a new handle and is waiting for CB88’s approval( I think that’s how it works ).
Well if we’re getting a fancy guest I should put pants on.
It’s what June Dally-Watkins always recommended.
LOL
:)
AussieDJ said:
buffy said:
Peak Warming Man said:Neither do I, and I don’t know the password for this one, the computer logs me in automatically.
If this computer dies I won’t be able to log in.I know my login for here because at irregular intervals it requires me to log in again.
The same happens to (for?) me. I don’t know why the computer logs me out of this site.
It’s part of the underlying program. She site logs you out.
kii said:
The mansion on Nottoway Plantation has been destroyed by fire. Interesting responses on social media.
“Burn, baby! Burn!”
:)
Love it!
Woodie said:
Kingy said:
Ok, so we might have a special new forumite soon. I have just got off the phone with Dr Karl himself, and he had no idea that this forum still existed. He thought the end of The Lab was the end of SSSF, not knowing that we had just moved ship. He was having a read of this forum as we spoke.He has just tried to log in but his handle was taken and the password didn’t work. He’s registered a new handle and is waiting for CB88’s approval( I think that’s how it works ).
oooooo eeeer……… Better get out the Noritake china and my two dozen double damask dinner napkins for the occasion, if we are to have notoriety join us, hey what but!!
You mean dinner nipkins, don’t you?
Unfortunately, most of the replays have lost their high-frequency audio responses and are somewhat muffled.
This might be the best, so far … (complete with surface noise)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVEwBqpF0Ak
Link
AussieDJ said:
Woodie said:
Kingy said:
Ok, so we might have a special new forumite soon. I have just got off the phone with Dr Karl himself, and he had no idea that this forum still existed. He thought the end of The Lab was the end of SSSF, not knowing that we had just moved ship. He was having a read of this forum as we spoke.He has just tried to log in but his handle was taken and the password didn’t work. He’s registered a new handle and is waiting for CB88’s approval( I think that’s how it works ).
oooooo eeeer……… Better get out the Noritake china and my two dozen double damask dinner napkins for the occasion, if we are to have notoriety join us, hey what but!!
You mean dinner nipkins, don’t you?
Unfortunately, most of the replays have lost their high-frequency audio responses and are somewhat muffled.
This might be the best, so far … (complete with surface noise)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVEwBqpF0Ak
Link
That’s the one. 😁
Back in town after being with my daughter and family for a few days. Mrs rb and I managed the trip, both old crocks.
Here’s a bit of that lake a short walk out the back door. Lake Ginninderra, i think they call it.
These photos remind me of Sarah’s mum.
roughbarked said:
Back in town after being with my daughter and family for a few days. Mrs rb and I managed the trip, both old crocks.Here’s a bit of that lake a short walk out the back door. Lake Ginninderra, i think they call it.
These photos remind me of Sarah’s mum.
Next time you are going out of town, let us know. Some people were getting worried and we don’t want Boris to declare your premature demise again.
roughbarked said:
Back in town after being with my daughter and family for a few days. Mrs rb and I managed the trip, both old crocks.Here’s a bit of that lake a short walk out the back door. Lake Ginninderra, i think they call it.
These photos remind me of Sarah’s mum.
It’s a nice spot.
Kingy said:
roughbarked said:
Back in town after being with my daughter and family for a few days. Mrs rb and I managed the trip, both old crocks.Here’s a bit of that lake a short walk out the back door. Lake Ginninderra, i think they call it.
These photos remind me of Sarah’s mum.
Next time you are going out of town, let us know. Some people were getting worried and we don’t want Boris to declare your premature demise again.
Wasn’t away long enough for that this time. I got talked into it last minute because they planned a birthday party. Being the guest of honour, I had to go.
roughbarked said:
Kingy said:
roughbarked said:
Back in town after being with my daughter and family for a few days. Mrs rb and I managed the trip, both old crocks.Here’s a bit of that lake a short walk out the back door. Lake Ginninderra, i think they call it.
These photos remind me of Sarah’s mum.
Next time you are going out of town, let us know. Some people were getting worried and we don’t want Boris to declare your premature demise again.
Wasn’t away long enough for that this time. I got talked into it last minute because they planned a birthday party. Being the guest of honour, I had to go.
Belated Happy Birthday! :)
Bubblecar said:
roughbarked said:
Back in town after being with my daughter and family for a few days. Mrs rb and I managed the trip, both old crocks.Here’s a bit of that lake a short walk out the back door. Lake Ginninderra, i think they call it.
These photos remind me of Sarah’s mum.
It’s a nice spot.
It is. At dawn, all the magic happens.
Bubblecar said:
roughbarked said:
Kingy said:Next time you are going out of town, let us know. Some people were getting worried and we don’t want Boris to declare your premature demise again.
Wasn’t away long enough for that this time. I got talked into it last minute because they planned a birthday party. Being the guest of honour, I had to go.
Belated Happy Birthday! :)
Seconded!
roughbarked said:
Kingy said:
roughbarked said:
Back in town after being with my daughter and family for a few days. Mrs rb and I managed the trip, both old crocks.Here’s a bit of that lake a short walk out the back door. Lake Ginninderra, i think they call it.
These photos remind me of Sarah’s mum.
Next time you are going out of town, let us know. Some people were getting worried and we don’t want Boris to declare your premature demise again.
Wasn’t away long enough for that this time. I got talked into it last minute because they planned a birthday party. Being the guest of honour, I had to go.
Happy 29th.
roughbarked said:
Kingy said:
roughbarked said:
Back in town after being with my daughter and family for a few days. Mrs rb and I managed the trip, both old crocks.Here’s a bit of that lake a short walk out the back door. Lake Ginninderra, i think they call it.
These photos remind me of Sarah’s mum.
Next time you are going out of town, let us know. Some people were getting worried and we don’t want Boris to declare your premature demise again.
Wasn’t away long enough for that this time. I got talked into it last minute because they planned a birthday party. Being the guest of honour, I had to go.
happy birthday etc ..
I’ve just been doing earthworks quotes, and the last one is for a 2 bedroom house with a total floor area of 69m2.
It’s not the smallest I’ve done, but it’s close.
I completed one a few years ago with a housepad size of 2100m2. It was rather extravagant.
Bubblecar said:
roughbarked said:
Kingy said:Next time you are going out of town, let us know. Some people were getting worried and we don’t want Boris to declare your premature demise again.
Wasn’t away long enough for that this time. I got talked into it last minute because they planned a birthday party. Being the guest of honour, I had to go.
Belated Happy Birthday! :)
Ta. :)
AussieDJ said:
Bubblecar said:
roughbarked said:Wasn’t away long enough for that this time. I got talked into it last minute because they planned a birthday party. Being the guest of honour, I had to go.
Belated Happy Birthday! :)
Seconded!
Ta, seconded. ;)
Kingy said:
roughbarked said:
Kingy said:Next time you are going out of town, let us know. Some people were getting worried and we don’t want Boris to declare your premature demise again.
Wasn’t away long enough for that this time. I got talked into it last minute because they planned a birthday party. Being the guest of honour, I had to go.
Happy 29th.
I was 17 the day before and 27 the next. ;)
party_pants said:
roughbarked said:
Kingy said:Next time you are going out of town, let us know. Some people were getting worried and we don’t want Boris to declare your premature demise again.
Wasn’t away long enough for that this time. I got talked into it last minute because they planned a birthday party. Being the guest of honour, I had to go.
happy birthday etc ..
Ta etc.. :)
Kingy said:
I’ve just been doing earthworks quotes, and the last one is for a 2 bedroom house with a total floor area of 69m2.It’s not the smallest I’ve done, but it’s close.
I completed one a few years ago with a housepad size of 2100m2. It was rather extravagant.
My humble abode is classed as a cottage.
Kingy said:
I’ve just been doing earthworks quotes, and the last one is for a 2 bedroom house with a total floor area of 69m2.It’s not the smallest I’ve done, but it’s close.
I completed one a few years ago with a housepad size of 2100m2. It was rather extravagant.
I wonder how that compares with my current 2 bedroom house (rented), which could do with another couple of big rooms.
Kingy said:
I’ve just been doing earthworks quotes, and the last one is for a 2 bedroom house with a total floor area of 69m2.It’s not the smallest I’ve done, but it’s close.
I completed one a few years ago with a housepad size of 2100m2. It was rather extravagant.
That’s around 7m x 10m. Not too bad for a comfy cottage for a single person. Convert one bedroom into a study.
party_pants said:
Kingy said:
I’ve just been doing earthworks quotes, and the last one is for a 2 bedroom house with a total floor area of 69m2.It’s not the smallest I’ve done, but it’s close.
I completed one a few years ago with a housepad size of 2100m2. It was rather extravagant.
That’s around 7m x 10m. Not too bad for a comfy cottage for a single person. Convert one bedroom into a study.
From memory our three bed abode is close to 9×10. No kids here now so there are a couple of rooms that are full of the stuff they left behind.
AussieDJ said:
Bubblecar said:
roughbarked said:Wasn’t away long enough for that this time. I got talked into it last minute because they planned a birthday party. Being the guest of honour, I had to go.
Belated Happy Birthday! :)
Seconded!
‘es older than that, surely!!
Woodie said:
AussieDJ said:
Bubblecar said:Belated Happy Birthday! :)
Seconded!
‘es older than that, surely!!
‘es done his three score and ten fer sure.
Bubblecar said:
Kingy said:
I’ve just been doing earthworks quotes, and the last one is for a 2 bedroom house with a total floor area of 69m2.It’s not the smallest I’ve done, but it’s close.
I completed one a few years ago with a housepad size of 2100m2. It was rather extravagant.
I wonder how that compares with my current 2 bedroom house (rented), which could do with another couple of big rooms.
Yeah. One to put the trains in. 😎
Woodie said:
Bubblecar said:
Kingy said:
I’ve just been doing earthworks quotes, and the last one is for a 2 bedroom house with a total floor area of 69m2.It’s not the smallest I’ve done, but it’s close.
I completed one a few years ago with a housepad size of 2100m2. It was rather extravagant.
I wonder how that compares with my current 2 bedroom house (rented), which could do with another couple of big rooms.
Yeah. One to put the trains in. 😎
Ha. :)
I see things have been happening over buffy’s way.
Woodie said:
Bubblecar said:
Kingy said:
I’ve just been doing earthworks quotes, and the last one is for a 2 bedroom house with a total floor area of 69m2.It’s not the smallest I’ve done, but it’s close.
I completed one a few years ago with a housepad size of 2100m2. It was rather extravagant.
I wonder how that compares with my current 2 bedroom house (rented), which could do with another couple of big rooms.
Yeah. One to put the trains in. 😎
Aye. I need a big train room and a big guest bedroom. And an extra bathroom with an actual bath in it (I only have a shower).
If I had a guest bedroom I could have invited sarahs mum to come up and stay for a weekend now and then.
And indeed my brother or other relatives now and then.
Bubblecar said:
If I had a guest bedroom I could have invited sarahs mum to come up and stay for a weekend now and then.And indeed my brother or other relatives now and then.
(One of the supposed “two bedrooms” in this house is the small room I use as an art studio and tiny train room. Certainly no room for a bed as well as all that).
Bubblecar said:
Woodie said:
Bubblecar said:I wonder how that compares with my current 2 bedroom house (rented), which could do with another couple of big rooms.
Yeah. One to put the trains in. 😎
Aye. I need a big train room and a big guest bedroom. And an extra bathroom with an actual bath in it (I only have a shower).
So how are the toots, Parpyone. Still tooting along? TOOT!!! 🚂🚂🚂
I’m off to the hostible in the morning. All scheduled stuff.
Had both big toes smashed and reset last year. Tis 2nd toe right foot’s turn this time for a session with the sledge hammer and hacksaw. Arthur Itis has caused it to “claw” which mean the end of it just about points straight down, which makes for a painful nail.
Just a day stay this time. No overnight.
Woodie said:
Bubblecar said:
Woodie said:Yeah. One to put the trains in. 😎
Aye. I need a big train room and a big guest bedroom. And an extra bathroom with an actual bath in it (I only have a shower).
So how are the toots, Parpyone. Still tooting along? TOOT!!! 🚂🚂🚂
Yep, around their tiny oval :)
I’ve got a couple of cattle wagons on order which should be delivered soon.
Woodie said:
I’m off to the hostible in the morning. All scheduled stuff.Had both big toes smashed and reset last year. Tis 2nd toe right foot’s turn this time for a session with the sledge hammer and hacksaw. Arthur Itis has caused it to “claw” which mean the end of it just about points straight down, which makes for a painful nail.
Just a day stay this time. No overnight.
Ouch. Good luck with that, but I imagine you’re used to it by now.
Woodie said:
I’m off to the hostible in the morning. All scheduled stuff.Had both big toes smashed and reset last year. Tis 2nd toe right foot’s turn this time for a session with the sledge hammer and hacksaw. Arthur Itis has caused it to “claw” which mean the end of it just about points straight down, which makes for a painful nail.
Just a day stay this time. No overnight.
Oh bloody hell. Hope that all goes well for ya Mr. Woodie.
If not, tell them to just cut it off so you can throw it in the dam :)
party_pants said:
Woodie said:
I’m off to the hostible in the morning. All scheduled stuff.Had both big toes smashed and reset last year. Tis 2nd toe right foot’s turn this time for a session with the sledge hammer and hacksaw. Arthur Itis has caused it to “claw” which mean the end of it just about points straight down, which makes for a painful nail.
Just a day stay this time. No overnight.
Oh bloody hell. Hope that all goes well for ya Mr. Woodie.
If not, tell them to just cut it off so you can throw it in the dam :)
Heh :)
Bubblecar said:
Woodie said:
Bubblecar said:Aye. I need a big train room and a big guest bedroom. And an extra bathroom with an actual bath in it (I only have a shower).
So how are the toots, Parpyone. Still tooting along? TOOT!!! 🚂🚂🚂
Yep, around their tiny oval :)
I’ve got a couple of cattle wagons on order which should be delivered soon.
Kewlies. Are you putting some little cattles and a few piles of their do do inside?
Woodie said:
I’m off to the hostible in the morning. All scheduled stuff.Had both big toes smashed and reset last year. Tis 2nd toe right foot’s turn this time for a session with the sledge hammer and hacksaw. Arthur Itis has caused it to “claw” which mean the end of it just about points straight down, which makes for a painful nail.
Just a day stay this time. No overnight.
Ouch! Surgery is not fun … best wishes for a speedy recovery.
Woodie said:
I’m off to the hostible in the morning. All scheduled stuff.Had both big toes smashed and reset last year. Tis 2nd toe right foot’s turn this time for a session with the sledge hammer and hacksaw. Arthur Itis has caused it to “claw” which mean the end of it just about points straight down, which makes for a painful nail.
Just a day stay this time. No overnight.
Sounds like Mrs rb’s hands. She’s a real soldier. I doubt she’d be up to having her fingers smashed to be put right again. They point sideways in all directions. In school the kids laughed when she pointed a finger at a child, it points off to another. Harsh. She adopted the hand like a bird’s beak.
party_pants said:
Woodie said:
I’m off to the hostible in the morning. All scheduled stuff.Had both big toes smashed and reset last year. Tis 2nd toe right foot’s turn this time for a session with the sledge hammer and hacksaw. Arthur Itis has caused it to “claw” which mean the end of it just about points straight down, which makes for a painful nail.
Just a day stay this time. No overnight.
Oh bloody hell. Hope that all goes well for ya Mr. Woodie.
If not, tell them to just cut it off so you can throw it in the dam :)
I had to laugh, though harsh as it is.
Bubblecar said:
Woodie said:
I’m off to the hostible in the morning. All scheduled stuff.Had both big toes smashed and reset last year. Tis 2nd toe right foot’s turn this time for a session with the sledge hammer and hacksaw. Arthur Itis has caused it to “claw” which mean the end of it just about points straight down, which makes for a painful nail.
Just a day stay this time. No overnight.
Ouch. Good luck with that, but I imagine you’re used to it by now.
Don’t mind being knocked out with total sensory deprivation and backup drugs. Gives ya a bit of a break from the world.
Woodie said:
Bubblecar said:
Woodie said:
I’m off to the hostible in the morning. All scheduled stuff.Had both big toes smashed and reset last year. Tis 2nd toe right foot’s turn this time for a session with the sledge hammer and hacksaw. Arthur Itis has caused it to “claw” which mean the end of it just about points straight down, which makes for a painful nail.
Just a day stay this time. No overnight.
Ouch. Good luck with that, but I imagine you’re used to it by now.
Don’t mind being knocked out with total sensory deprivation and backup drugs. Gives ya a bit of a break from the world.
I recall my mother telling me about how they decided that she was too old to do things otherwise, so they sat her up with the epidural to watch them get the drills and chainsaws out to replace both hips while she watched.
Woodie said:
Bubblecar said:
Woodie said:So how are the toots, Parpyone. Still tooting along? TOOT!!! 🚂🚂🚂
Yep, around their tiny oval :)
I’ve got a couple of cattle wagons on order which should be delivered soon.
Kewlies. Are you putting some little cattles and a few piles of their do do inside?
Not this time. I did that once with one of these nice Steam Era Models VR cattle wagons, using some good whitemetal cattle and a little brown plaster to hold them in place.
But it was very hard to see the cattle in there and the extra weight eventually led to the model falling apart.
party_pants said:
Woodie said:
I’m off to the hostible in the morning. All scheduled stuff.Had both big toes smashed and reset last year. Tis 2nd toe right foot’s turn this time for a session with the sledge hammer and hacksaw. Arthur Itis has caused it to “claw” which mean the end of it just about points straight down, which makes for a painful nail.
Just a day stay this time. No overnight.
Oh bloody hell. Hope that all goes well for ya Mr. Woodie.
If not, tell them to just cut it off so you can throw it in the dam :)
I fear if I left it much longer, that’s probably what they’d have to do.
Surgeon tells me he’ll send me home with a steel pin poking out of the end of the toe, which he’ll take out in a cuppla weeks.
roughbarked said:
Woodie said:
I’m off to the hostible in the morning. All scheduled stuff.Had both big toes smashed and reset last year. Tis 2nd toe right foot’s turn this time for a session with the sledge hammer and hacksaw. Arthur Itis has caused it to “claw” which mean the end of it just about points straight down, which makes for a painful nail.
Just a day stay this time. No overnight.
Sounds like Mrs rb’s hands. She’s a real soldier. I doubt she’d be up to having her fingers smashed to be put right again. They point sideways in all directions. In school the kids laughed when she pointed a finger at a child, it points off to another. Harsh. She adopted the hand like a bird’s beak.
Thing is, Mr Barked/, if they tried to fix it, they’d probably have to fuse the joints.
Woodie said:
party_pants said:
Woodie said:
I’m off to the hostible in the morning. All scheduled stuff.Had both big toes smashed and reset last year. Tis 2nd toe right foot’s turn this time for a session with the sledge hammer and hacksaw. Arthur Itis has caused it to “claw” which mean the end of it just about points straight down, which makes for a painful nail.
Just a day stay this time. No overnight.
Oh bloody hell. Hope that all goes well for ya Mr. Woodie.
If not, tell them to just cut it off so you can throw it in the dam :)
I fear if I left it much longer, that’s probably what they’d have to do.
Surgeon tells me he’ll send me home with a steel pin poking out of the end of the toe, which he’ll take out in a cuppla weeks.
Ouch. Don’t knock it on the table leg.
I get me stitches out tomorrow and find out what the thing growing on my leg is.
roughbarked said:
Woodie said:
Bubblecar said:Ouch. Good luck with that, but I imagine you’re used to it by now.
Don’t mind being knocked out with total sensory deprivation and backup drugs. Gives ya a bit of a break from the world.
I recall my mother telling me about how they decided that she was too old to do things otherwise, so they sat her up with the epidural to watch them get the drills and chainsaws out to replace both hips while she watched.
AAAAAARH!! She could have just closed her eyes and stuck her fingers in her ears. 😮
Bubblecar said:
Woodie said:
Bubblecar said:Yep, around their tiny oval :)
I’ve got a couple of cattle wagons on order which should be delivered soon.
Kewlies. Are you putting some little cattles and a few piles of their do do inside?
Not this time. I did that once with one of these nice Steam Era Models VR cattle wagons, using some good whitemetal cattle and a little brown plaster to hold them in place.
But it was very hard to see the cattle in there and the extra weight eventually led to the model falling apart.
You need to at least put a cuppla piles of real cow do do in there, if you are going for real authenticity and an aroma to match.
Kingy said:
I get me stitches out tomorrow and find out what the thing growing on my leg is.
I think you’ll find it’s a foot.
Woodie said:
Kingy said:I get me stitches out tomorrow and find out what the thing growing on my leg is.
I think you’ll find it’s a foot.
Something’s afoot.
Woodie said:
party_pants said:
Woodie said:
I’m off to the hostible in the morning. All scheduled stuff.Had both big toes smashed and reset last year. Tis 2nd toe right foot’s turn this time for a session with the sledge hammer and hacksaw. Arthur Itis has caused it to “claw” which mean the end of it just about points straight down, which makes for a painful nail.
Just a day stay this time. No overnight.
Oh bloody hell. Hope that all goes well for ya Mr. Woodie.
If not, tell them to just cut it off so you can throw it in the dam :)
I fear if I left it much longer, that’s probably what they’d have to do.
Surgeon tells me he’ll send me home with a steel pin poking out of the end of the toe, which he’ll take out in a cuppla weeks.
Be careful of what you stub that on.
From my Facebook memories…
Blast from the past
You can only imagine that what this climber saw at 8.32 a.m. on May 18th 1980 literally knocked her off her feet. The huge bulge that had been growing on the northern flank of Mount Saint Helens (at a rate of nearly 2m a day) ultimately collapsed into one of the biggest debris avalanches recorded in human history. John V. Christensen took this image of the volcano’s lateral blast from atop another volcano, Mount Adams, about 50km away.
Christensen’s photos capture the beginning of the lateral blast eruption. Pressure had been building for weeks inside of Mt. St. Helens, deforming the north side of the volcano into a bulge. An earthquake and an avalanche on the morning of May 18th ripped open that bulge and released the pressure on one side of the mountain.
At the time of eruption, the bulge (known as a cryptodome) had expanded nearly 140m outwards, hiding a reservoir of magma that had been accumulating for months. In the days leading up to the eruption, earthquakes shook the ground. That fateful morning, a 5.1 magnitude earthquake (which could have knocked the climber off her feet) rattled under the volcano, causing a chain reaction, that ultimately ruptured the bulge.
The mountain exploded; not upwards like most volcanoes, but sideways, sending an enormous cloud of superheated rock, gases, and large pieces of the mountain out sideways, sandblasting everything in their path.
The resulting blast, which let loose an avalanche of debris, erupted with more force than a nuclear bomb. During this initial blast, the upper 400m of the mountain top was blasted off and and the once nearly perfect symmetrical cone was reduced to a horse-shoe crater and a barren wasteland.
The debris flow devastated the surrounding area, but the climber and photographer atop Mount Adams — roughly 53km away — probably only had to deal with the fine ash the volcano was spewing. They were luckier than some.
As the mountain released pressure (and shed its bulge), it continued to spew material into the air for hours. The pyroclastic flow (made of hot gas and rocks) quickly spread, coveringing a fan-shaped area 23 miles across and 19 miles long. This caused the nearby Spirit Lake and North Fork Toutle River to flash steam, triggering a secondary explosion.
By noon, multiple pyroclastic flows had come down the mountain, and when combined with melting ice had caused lahars (surges of water mixed with debris) reaching as far away as 80km from the volcano.
In total the blast knocked down about 230 square miles of forest. The landslide that helped start it all, left the volcano’s main vertical vent exposed the main, creating an eruption column that reached 12 miles into the sky. The resulting mushroom cloud covered the surrounding area in a thick coating of ash, reaching 15 miles into the atmosphere, depositing ash in 11 U.S. states.
Sadly, 57 people (including residents, photographers, and scientists) were killed during the devastating eruption.
Image: Jonathan F. Christensen (National Geographic). The eruption of Mt St Helens on May 18th as seen from Mount Adams.
To check our our previous post on this please click here: http://on.fb.me/SAmR69.
References:
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/msh/
http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/volcanoes/st_helens/
Woodie said:
roughbarked said:
Woodie said:
I’m off to the hostible in the morning. All scheduled stuff.Had both big toes smashed and reset last year. Tis 2nd toe right foot’s turn this time for a session with the sledge hammer and hacksaw. Arthur Itis has caused it to “claw” which mean the end of it just about points straight down, which makes for a painful nail.
Just a day stay this time. No overnight.
Sounds like Mrs rb’s hands. She’s a real soldier. I doubt she’d be up to having her fingers smashed to be put right again. They point sideways in all directions. In school the kids laughed when she pointed a finger at a child, it points off to another. Harsh. She adopted the hand like a bird’s beak.
Thing is, Mr Barked/, if they tried to fix it, they’d probably have to fuse the joints.
They are fused anyway. Psoriatic arthur itis.
Kingy said:
Woodie said:
party_pants said:Oh bloody hell. Hope that all goes well for ya Mr. Woodie.
If not, tell them to just cut it off so you can throw it in the dam :)
I fear if I left it much longer, that’s probably what they’d have to do.
Surgeon tells me he’ll send me home with a steel pin poking out of the end of the toe, which he’ll take out in a cuppla weeks.
Ouch. Don’t knock it on the table leg.
I get me stitches out tomorrow and find out what the thing growing on my leg is.
biopsy?
roughbarked said:
Woodie said:
party_pants said:Oh bloody hell. Hope that all goes well for ya Mr. Woodie.
If not, tell them to just cut it off so you can throw it in the dam :)
I fear if I left it much longer, that’s probably what they’d have to do.
Surgeon tells me he’ll send me home with a steel pin poking out of the end of the toe, which he’ll take out in a cuppla weeks.
Be careful of what you stub that on.
Hopefully, my worst enemy!!
Woodie said:
roughbarked said:
Woodie said:Don’t mind being knocked out with total sensory deprivation and backup drugs. Gives ya a bit of a break from the world.
I recall my mother telling me about how they decided that she was too old to do things otherwise, so they sat her up with the epidural to watch them get the drills and chainsaws out to replace both hips while she watched.
AAAAAARH!! She could have just closed her eyes and stuck her fingers in her ears. 😮
She was fascinated and told me all about how she couldn’t feel the pain but the vibration could be visualised and thus translated.
Woodie said:
Kingy said:I get me stitches out tomorrow and find out what the thing growing on my leg is.
I think you’ll find it’s a foot.
Heh. I’m still giggling. Cracked me up.
roughbarked said:
Woodie said:
Kingy said:
I get me stitches out tomorrow and find out what the thing growing on my leg is.
I think you’ll find it’s a foot.
Heh. I’m still giggling. Cracked me up.
wait maybe it’s the rest of the body
SCIENCE said:
roughbarked said:
Woodie said:
I think you’ll find it’s a foot.
Heh. I’m still giggling. Cracked me up.
wait maybe it’s the rest of the body
There is that directional tangent.
Well, I’m off to put together my proper paragraphs for sarahs mum’s memorial.
But first: a bowl of beef stew.
Bubblecar said:
Well, I’m off to put together my proper paragraphs for sarahs mum’s memorial.But first: a bowl of beef stew.
I’m going to have to catch up on this memorial. Perhaps I said it all when I said “she reached out to everyone, including me”.
Lovely short film…The Quilters.
Beautiful.
Men in a Missouri maximum-security prison design and sew beautiful, personalized quilts for foster children.
Woodie said:
party_pants said:
Woodie said:
I’m off to the hostible in the morning. All scheduled stuff.Had both big toes smashed and reset last year. Tis 2nd toe right foot’s turn this time for a session with the sledge hammer and hacksaw. Arthur Itis has caused it to “claw” which mean the end of it just about points straight down, which makes for a painful nail.
Just a day stay this time. No overnight.
Oh bloody hell. Hope that all goes well for ya Mr. Woodie.
If not, tell them to just cut it off so you can throw it in the dam :)
I fear if I left it much longer, that’s probably what they’d have to do.
Surgeon tells me he’ll send me home with a steel pin poking out of the end of the toe, which he’ll take out in a cuppla weeks.
Oh that sounds horrid, wishing you a speedy recovery
Possible showers and a top of 24.
Mini Me has an early start for viola this morning. Petsitting owners will be back sometime today to deal with their neighbours. I’m sure I have something to do, just can’t offhand think of it right now, having just woken up.
Good luck in the horsepiddle, Woodie.
Good morning Holidayers. Six degrees at the back door and overcast. We are forecast a mostly sunny thirteen degrees.
I haven’t decided which activities will fill my day yet.
buffy said:
Good morning Holidayers. Six degrees at the back door and overcast. We are forecast a mostly sunny thirteen degrees.I haven’t decided which activities will fill my day yet.
Funny thing. I came home form Canberra where I was in a tshirt to here where I woke up and turned a heater on.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-19/mothers-day-meteorite-found-in-wa-salt-lake/105307006
I see Pope Leo is condemning the exploitation of the poor. That won’t make him friends with Gina.
roughbarked said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-19/mothers-day-meteorite-found-in-wa-salt-lake/105307006
looks like a mallee fowl nest.
Sarah’s here!
I got my own actual registration sorted out.
SARAH said:
Sarah’s here!I got my own actual registration sorted out.
Woo hoo!
Bogsnorkler said:
roughbarked said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-19/mothers-day-meteorite-found-in-wa-salt-lake/105307006
looks like a mallee fowl nest.
Knew you’d say that. ;)
SARAH said:
Sarah’s here!I got my own actual registration sorted out.
Cool. So glad you are here. We are all hurting but I’m sure your need is greater.
roughbarked said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-19/mothers-day-meteorite-found-in-wa-salt-lake/105307006
Fantastic.
:)
SARAH said:
Sarah’s here!I got my own actual registration sorted out.
Well done!
SARAH said:
Sarah’s here!I got my own actual registration sorted out.
Hello Sarah!
Great news!
Woodie said:
I’m off to the hostible in the morning. All scheduled stuff.Had both big toes smashed and reset last year. Tis 2nd toe right foot’s turn this time for a session with the sledge hammer and hacksaw. Arthur Itis has caused it to “claw” which mean the end of it just about points straight down, which makes for a painful nail.
Just a day stay this time. No overnight.
Good luck with that, Woodie.
ms spock said:
SARAH said:
Sarah’s here!I got my own actual registration sorted out.
Hello Sarah!
Great news!
Hello again ms spock. :)
Kingy said:
Woodie said:
party_pants said:Oh bloody hell. Hope that all goes well for ya Mr. Woodie.
If not, tell them to just cut it off so you can throw it in the dam :)
I fear if I left it much longer, that’s probably what they’d have to do.
Surgeon tells me he’ll send me home with a steel pin poking out of the end of the toe, which he’ll take out in a cuppla weeks.
Ouch. Don’t knock it on the table leg.
I get me stitches out tomorrow and find out what the thing growing on my leg is.
Uh-oh.
roughbarked said:
ms spock said:
SARAH said:
Sarah’s here!I got my own actual registration sorted out.
Hello Sarah!
Great news!
Hello again ms spock. :)
Hello roughbarked
Mr Cooney said by overstating the coverage available to most Australians, Telstra and its resellers may have retained customers that would have otherwise signed up to rival telcos.https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-19/vodafone-tpg-claims-telstra-coverage-less-than-advertised/105300124
That’s rubbish in my case. I had an Optus account which I’d set up when I was near the coast but could not use my phone in most of the places I wanted to use it, away from the coastal populated areas. I switched to a Telstra account because I knew they had towers in those areas. It isn’t as good as I would like in signal strength but at least I get a signal.
Morning Pilgrims’
Today I’ll do some more mowing.
Over
Peak Warming Man said:
Morning Pilgrims’
Today I’ll do some more mowing.
Over
One man went to mow, went to mow a meadow, one man and his dog, went to mow a meadow…
Woodie said:
I fear if I left it much longer, that’s probably what they’d have to do.
Surgeon tells me he’ll send me home with a steel pin poking out of the end of the toe, which he’ll take out in a cuppla weeks.
He’s more machine now than man.
SARAH said:
Sarah’s here!I got my own actual registration sorted out.
G’day Sarah
Hope you’re doing ok.
welcome allcaps wearers
Peak Warming Man said:
Morning Pilgrims’
Today I’ll do some more mowing.
Over
You lucky lucky bastard.
Showering here again again.
buffy said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Morning Pilgrims’
Today I’ll do some more mowing.
Over
One man went to mow, went to mow a meadow, one man and his dog, went to mow a meadow…
I thought that was a place name when I was a kid – “Moa Meadow”, like “Kangaroo Creek: etc.
buffy said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Morning Pilgrims’
Today I’ll do some more mowing.
Over
One man went to mow, went to mow a meadow, one man and his dog, SPOT!!*, went to mow a meadow…
*fixed
SCIENCE said:
welcome allcaps wearers
It might get confusing.
kii said:
SCIENCE said:
welcome allcaps wearers
It might get confusing.
Only if they call themselves scLence surely¡
Michael V said:
buffy said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Morning Pilgrims’
Today I’ll do some more mowing.
Over
One man went to mow, went to mow a meadow, one man and his dog, went to mow a meadow…
I thought that was a place name when I was a kid – “Moa Meadow”, like “Kangaroo Creek: etc.
Moa Meadow
SCIENCE said:
welcome allcaps wearers
MAGA not welcome. No.
Ian said:
Michael V said:
buffy said:One man went to mow, went to mow a meadow, one man and his dog, went to mow a meadow…
I thought that was a place name when I was a kid – “Moa Meadow”, like “Kangaroo Creek: etc.
Moa Meadow
Yeah, you get the idea.
I may have visualised piles of bones. Or it may have been after I’d been to Victoria and through Moe.
Hello
SARAH said:
Sarah’s here!I got my own actual registration sorted out.
Yay! Welcome lovely Sarah
An ad for Spicks and Specks popped up on my fb, jogging my memory that I dreamed me and Adam Hills were best friends in high school. I went with him to a job interview at the ABC…
…then got woken up by Jellybean wanting to go out.
Cymek said:
Hello
Greetings.
Cymek said:
Hello
Hello!
Old friend of mine in Bris says he applied to be an SES volunteer 6 years ago. Today he got a response thanking him for his patience.
dv said:
Old friend of mine in Bris says he applied to be an SES volunteer 6 years ago. Today he got a response thanking him for his patience.
Dear oh dear.
dv said:
Old friend of mine in Bris says he applied to be an SES volunteer 6 years ago. Today he got a response thanking him for his patience.
I as an SES volunteer before had the kids… we were a ‘cliff rescue’ squad so did ropes work and repelling activities and rescues that were a little more interesting than the average suburban SES team… it was fun and all, but by god, far too many gung ho, impulsive, main character wannabe action hero’s for me to trust any one of them to tie the knots that would keep me alive. fucking insanity, and no respect for safety of self and others…
Arts said:
dv said:
Old friend of mine in Bris says he applied to be an SES volunteer 6 years ago. Today he got a response thanking him for his patience.
I as an SES volunteer before had the kids… we were a ‘cliff rescue’ squad so did ropes work and repelling activities and rescues that were a little more interesting than the average suburban SES team… it was fun and all, but by god, far too many gung ho, impulsive, main character wannabe action hero’s for me to trust any one of them to tie the knots that would keep me alive. fucking insanity, and no respect for safety of self and others…
Ja suffer any dings?
Bubblecar said:
roughbarked said:
Kingy said:Next time you are going out of town, let us know. Some people were getting worried and we don’t want Boris to declare your premature demise again.
Wasn’t away long enough for that this time. I got talked into it last minute because they planned a birthday party. Being the guest of honour, I had to go.
Belated Happy Birthday! :)
Michael V said:
Ian said:
Michael V said:I thought that was a place name when I was a kid – “Moa Meadow”, like “Kangaroo Creek: etc.
Moa Meadow
Yeah, you get the idea.
I may have visualised piles of bones. Or it may have been after I’d been to Victoria and through Moe.
:) Yea.
Divine Angel said:
An ad for Spicks and Specks popped up on my fb, jogging my memory that I dreamed me and Adam Hills were best friends in high school. I went with him to a job interview at the ABC……then got woken up by Jellybean wanting to go out.
Did you tell her that was a rude awakening?
Michael V said:
SARAH said:
Sarah’s here!I got my own actual registration sorted out.
Well done!
That also bodes well for a member of the original Forum who has only just learned of the existence of this one…
ms spock said:
Bubblecar said:
roughbarked said:Wasn’t away long enough for that this time. I got talked into it last minute because they planned a birthday party. Being the guest of honour, I had to go.
Belated Happy Birthday! :)
+1
ta. :)
Ian said:
Michael V said:
buffy said:One man went to mow, went to mow a meadow, one man and his dog, went to mow a meadow…
I thought that was a place name when I was a kid – “Moa Meadow”, like “Kangaroo Creek: etc.
Moa Meadow
Can’t get it to play.
Peak Warming Man said:
Ian said:
Michael V said:I thought that was a place name when I was a kid – “Moa Meadow”, like “Kangaroo Creek: etc.
Moa Meadow
Can’t get it to play.
I keep clicking and clicking. ;)
kii said:
buffy said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Morning Pilgrims’
Today I’ll do some more mowing.
Over
One man went to mow, went to mow a meadow, one man and his dog, SPOT!!*, went to mow a meadow…
*fixed
Well…that’s how we sing it in our family, including Spot!!, but online lyrics didn’t seem to mention Spot. And SPOT!! does indeed have to be shouted!
buffy said:
kii said:
buffy said:One man went to mow, went to mow a meadow, one man and his dog, SPOT!!*, went to mow a meadow…
*fixed
Well…that’s how we sing it in our family, including Spot!!, but online lyrics didn’t seem to mention Spot. And SPOT!! does indeed have to be shouted!
I spent a quarter of a century singing this song with preschoolers.
dv said:
Old friend of mine in Bris says he applied to be an SES volunteer 6 years ago. Today he got a response thanking him for his patience.
!!!
Arts said:
dv said:
Old friend of mine in Bris says he applied to be an SES volunteer 6 years ago. Today he got a response thanking him for his patience.
I as an SES volunteer before had the kids… we were a ‘cliff rescue’ squad so did ropes work and repelling activities and rescues that were a little more interesting than the average suburban SES team… it was fun and all, but by god, far too many gung ho, impulsive, main character wannabe action hero’s for me to trust any one of them to tie the knots that would keep me alive. fucking insanity, and no respect for safety of self and others…
“and repelling activities”
LOL
dv said:
Old friend of mine in Bris says he applied to be an SES volunteer 6 years ago. Today he got a response thanking him for his patience.
maybe they’ve been busy. floods, cyclones etc etc.
Michael V said:
Arts said:
dv said:
Old friend of mine in Bris says he applied to be an SES volunteer 6 years ago. Today he got a response thanking him for his patience.
I as an SES volunteer before had the kids… we were a ‘cliff rescue’ squad so did ropes work and repelling activities and rescues that were a little more interesting than the average suburban SES team… it was fun and all, but by god, far too many gung ho, impulsive, main character wannabe action hero’s for me to trust any one of them to tie the knots that would keep me alive. fucking insanity, and no respect for safety of self and others…
“and repelling activities”
LOL
there are a lot of mistakes in the paragraph, but at least it’s still comprehensible. … .. . . … … .. …
Arts said:
Michael V said:
Arts said:I as an SES volunteer before had the kids… we were a ‘cliff rescue’ squad so did ropes work and repelling activities and rescues that were a little more interesting than the average suburban SES team… it was fun and all, but by god, far too many gung ho, impulsive, main character wannabe action hero’s for me to trust any one of them to tie the knots that would keep me alive. fucking insanity, and no respect for safety of self and others…
“and repelling activities”
LOL
there are a lot of mistakes in the paragraph, but at least it’s still comprehensible. … .. . . … … .. …
well, it would be if my head hadn’t exploded in disbelief.
waves & HUGZ from my comfy chair in le hospitable.
Hoping for some good sensory deprivation and backup drugs.
Pretty piss poor so far on that matter. Just two panadols!!! It’s just not good Enuff, Ize tells ya! It will just not do.
I will be writing to The Minister demanding their resignation and that they recall the Ambassador.
I also demand to see a doctor. A proper doctor. You know, one with a white coat and stethoscope and a proper name badge.
I know my rights, you know.
Oi, nurse….. Yes, you!!!
More drugs and one of them cannula things they stick in your arm!!! PRONTO!!!!
Woodie said:
waves & HUGZ from my comfy chair in le hospitable.Hoping for some good sensory deprivation and backup drugs.
Pretty piss poor so far on that matter. Just two panadols!!! It’s just not good Enuff, Ize tells ya! It will just not do.
I will be writing to The Minister demanding their resignation and that they recall the Ambassador.
I also demand to see a doctor. A proper doctor. You know, one with a white coat and stethoscope and a proper name badge.
I know my rights, you know.
Oi, nurse….. Yes, you!!!
More drugs and one of them cannula things they stick in your arm!!! PRONTO!!!!
STAT!
Ooh, Hosstabull. Good luck.
was very chilly this morning.
Mrs S was supposed to also be in hoss stubble today.
But, she is not.
The surgeon and the clinical physician examined her today, and declared that it’s unsafe to operate on her back right now, as she still has some symptoms of the upper respiratory tract infection that we’ve suffered over the last 10 -12 days.
The surgical guidelines dictate a wait of four weeks, so, we’re back home, and looking at a new date in mid-June.
It’s going to be a strict admit-no-germs policy here for the next month.
captain_spalding said:
Mrs S was supposed to also be in hoss stubble today.But, she is not.
The surgeon and the clinical physician examined her today, and declared that it’s unsafe to operate on her back right now, as she still has some symptoms of the upper respiratory tract infection that we’ve suffered over the last 10 -12 days.
The surgical guidelines dictate a wait of four weeks, so, we’re back home, and looking at a new date in mid-June.
It’s going to be a strict admit-no-germs policy here for the next month.
Bloody!
That’s an absolute shit.
:(
Michael V said:
captain_spalding said:
Mrs S was supposed to also be in hoss stubble today.But, she is not.
The surgeon and the clinical physician examined her today, and declared that it’s unsafe to operate on her back right now, as she still has some symptoms of the upper respiratory tract infection that we’ve suffered over the last 10 -12 days.
The surgical guidelines dictate a wait of four weeks, so, we’re back home, and looking at a new date in mid-June.
It’s going to be a strict admit-no-germs policy here for the next month.
Bloody!
That’s an absolute shit.
:(
She was in tears about it, but recognised that the docs were quite right.
As a former Registered Nurse, she said, herself, that ‘at no place where i’ve ever worked would they do surgery on someone in my situation’.
So, we may not grin, but we will bear it.
I’m going for my siesta now. I probably don’t need one today as I stayed in bed until nearly 8.00am. With a couple of dogs squishing me, one from each side. At least a Boxer and a Pug is a bit less squishy than the Olden Days when we had two Boxers. I’m reading “Girt” again. It is still amusingly written. This might be my third read of it. It’s some years since I read it last.
captain_spalding said:
Michael V said:
captain_spalding said:
Mrs S was supposed to also be in hoss stubble today.But, she is not.
The surgeon and the clinical physician examined her today, and declared that it’s unsafe to operate on her back right now, as she still has some symptoms of the upper respiratory tract infection that we’ve suffered over the last 10 -12 days.
The surgical guidelines dictate a wait of four weeks, so, we’re back home, and looking at a new date in mid-June.
It’s going to be a strict admit-no-germs policy here for the next month.
Bloody!
That’s an absolute shit.
:(
She was in tears about it, but recognised that the docs were quite right.
As a former Registered Nurse, she said, herself, that ‘at no place where i’ve ever worked would they do surgery on someone in my situation’.
So, we may not grin, but we will bear it.
it’s ideal for them to wait, but it’s also a situation that is less than ideal for the individual, so sulking while you are waiting is acceptable.
I had to wait a week for surgery so they could clear my lungs as much as possible, because putting someone under sedation with less than ideal breathing capacity is a level up of possible shit that can go wrong, and quite frankly, there is already a lot of shit that can go wrong… it was a painful and terrifying week to be honest… but I completely understood their decision and am thankful that the odds were even considered let alone considered ever in my favour. .
I have a lot of work on today, so will not be able to follow the EP case until much later this afternoon… I will get the usual precis from my insider, but also not until late this afternoon /evening
no spoilers please.
Arts said:
captain_spalding said:
Michael V said:Bloody!
That’s an absolute shit.
:(
She was in tears about it, but recognised that the docs were quite right.
As a former Registered Nurse, she said, herself, that ‘at no place where i’ve ever worked would they do surgery on someone in my situation’.
So, we may not grin, but we will bear it.
it’s ideal for them to wait, but it’s also a situation that is less than ideal for the individual, so sulking while you are waiting is acceptable.
I had to wait a week for surgery so they could clear my lungs as much as possible, because putting someone under sedation with less than ideal breathing capacity is a level up of possible shit that can go wrong, and quite frankly, there is already a lot of shit that can go wrong… it was a painful and terrifying week to be honest… but I completely understood their decision and am thankful that the odds were even considered let alone considered ever in my favour. .
Did you do a lung function type test or not enough time ?
captain_spalding said:
Mrs S was supposed to also be in hoss stubble today.But, she is not.
The surgeon and the clinical physician examined her today, and declared that it’s unsafe to operate on her back right now, as she still has some symptoms of the upper respiratory tract infection that we’ve suffered over the last 10 -12 days.
The surgical guidelines dictate a wait of four weeks, so, we’re back home, and looking at a new date in mid-June.
It’s going to be a strict admit-no-germs policy here for the next month.
Oh no!
buffy said:
I’m going for my siesta now. I probably don’t need one today as I stayed in bed until nearly 8.00am. With a couple of dogs squishing me, one from each side. At least a Boxer and a Pug is a bit less squishy than the Olden Days when we had two Boxers. I’m reading “Girt” again. It is still amusingly written. This might be my third read of it. It’s some years since I read it last.
I did have a siesta. No animals though. I think the cat is sleeping in the mandarin box, and Jellybean is at the other end of the couch.
Cymek said:
Arts said:
captain_spalding said:She was in tears about it, but recognised that the docs were quite right.
As a former Registered Nurse, she said, herself, that ‘at no place where i’ve ever worked would they do surgery on someone in my situation’.
So, we may not grin, but we will bear it.
it’s ideal for them to wait, but it’s also a situation that is less than ideal for the individual, so sulking while you are waiting is acceptable.
I had to wait a week for surgery so they could clear my lungs as much as possible, because putting someone under sedation with less than ideal breathing capacity is a level up of possible shit that can go wrong, and quite frankly, there is already a lot of shit that can go wrong… it was a painful and terrifying week to be honest… but I completely understood their decision and am thankful that the odds were even considered let alone considered ever in my favour. .
Did you do a lung function type test or not enough time ?
No, it was a stethoscope examination.
We see the clin phys again in two weeks. Maybe a lung test then, maybe not.
Arts said:
it’s ideal for them to wait, but it’s also a situation that is less than ideal for the individual, so sulking while you are waiting is acceptable.
Mrs S actually seems rather less stressed now, as she admitted that she had her own concerns about having surgery at this stage.
captain_spalding said:
Arts said:it’s ideal for them to wait, but it’s also a situation that is less than ideal for the individual, so sulking while you are waiting is acceptable.
Mrs S actually seems rather less stressed now, as she admitted that she had her own concerns about having surgery at this stage.
well, good luck to her and you for the time of surgery…
I see SCIENCE has been at the wacky baccy and got the giggles.
a brief shower is passing.
I thought a can of tuna with chilli would be mild but it;s quite strong, goes well with tomato, cheese and onion chopped up.
And some kikoman sauce.
Over.
LOL
(Talking about the Tesla Cybertruck)
“Out of 1.2 million reservations, only about 40,000 customers actually followed through and bought one.”
Divine Angel said:
LOL(Talking about the Tesla Cybertruck)
“Out of 1.2 million reservations, only about 40,000 customers actually followed through and bought one.”
There is more than one way to skin a cat…
captain_spalding said:
Arts said:it’s ideal for them to wait, but it’s also a situation that is less than ideal for the individual, so sulking while you are waiting is acceptable.
Mrs S actually seems rather less stressed now, as she admitted that she had her own concerns about having surgery at this stage.
That’s good.
