My oh my! It’s May, already!

AussieDJ said:

My oh my! It’s May, already!

It’s May Day, Mayday, Mayday.

Michael V said:

AussieDJ said:

My oh my! It’s May, already!

It’s May Day, Mayday, Mayday.

Of course!

Both sourdough starters are a smidgen more active tonight. Maybe they know that I was thinking about chucking them out and starting again.

Right. I need to go to sleep. I have stuff to do today. Including shopping for food. Or, can I put that off until Saturday? I’d prefer not to, because Woolies has more people in it on Saturdays. I prefer not to wear a mask like Spocky does when I go out. So late morning during the week suits me better. I hope I can get enough sleep to get going by 10 am.

See youse when it is light again.

Crikey! May already?

Showers and a bit o’ wind today, top of 24.

I’ve been asked to work today, but only if I’m ok. I am ok. The staff at the school are extremely supportive. They have to be, given the environment. Anyway, not sure what I’ll be doing but I’m sure it will be another crazy day.

Good morning Holidayers. Presently 10 degrees at the back door, still very dark out there. We are forecast 27 degrees, windy, partly cloudy.

I’ll get a bit more weeding done this morning and I might risk starting the mower. My back is feeling better but not quite back to normal yet.

Greetings Earthlings!

Cold here this morning.

ABC news quiz

6/10 and three of those were random guesses. So I knew three of this week’s questons. The first two, and the McDonald’s one.

Divine Angel said:

Crikey! May already?

Showers and a bit o’ wind today, top of 24.

I’ve been asked to work today, but only if I’m ok. I am ok. The staff at the school are extremely supportive. They have to be, given the environment. Anyway, not sure what I’ll be doing but I’m sure it will be another crazy day.

I hope that you have a safe day DA.

buffy said:

Good morning Holidayers. Presently 10 degrees at the back door, still very dark out there. We are forecast 27 degrees, windy, partly cloudy.

I’ll get a bit more weeding done this morning and I might risk starting the mower. My back is feeling better but not quite back to normal yet.

Glad that your back is on the mend.

ms spock said:

Divine Angel said:

Crikey! May already?

Showers and a bit o’ wind today, top of 24.

I’ve been asked to work today, but only if I’m ok. I am ok. The staff at the school are extremely supportive. They have to be, given the environment. Anyway, not sure what I’ll be doing but I’m sure it will be another crazy day.

I hope that you have a safe day DA.

Thanks Spocky. I’m sure the principal is gonna have a chat with me. I’m the only casual who keeps coming back, they don’t want to lose me lol

buffy said:

ABC news quiz

6/10 and three of those were random guesses. So I knew three of this week’s questons. The first two, and the McDonald’s one.

6/10, about half were guesses.

ms spock said:

buffy said:

Good morning Holidayers. Presently 10 degrees at the back door, still very dark out there. We are forecast 27 degrees, windy, partly cloudy.

I’ll get a bit more weeding done this morning and I might risk starting the mower. My back is feeling better but not quite back to normal yet.

Glad that your back is on the mend.

I just did my stretching routine, which should include 10 pushups – but it drew the line at the pushups. So I skipped them.

Divine Angel said:

ms spock said:

Divine Angel said:

Crikey! May already?

Showers and a bit o’ wind today, top of 24.

I’ve been asked to work today, but only if I’m ok. I am ok. The staff at the school are extremely supportive. They have to be, given the environment. Anyway, not sure what I’ll be doing but I’m sure it will be another crazy day.

I hope that you have a safe day DA.

Thanks Spocky. I’m sure the principal is gonna have a chat with me. I’m the only casual who keeps coming back, they don’t want to lose me lol

They are lucky to have you!

buffy said:

ms spock said:

buffy said:

Good morning Holidayers. Presently 10 degrees at the back door, still very dark out there. We are forecast 27 degrees, windy, partly cloudy.

I’ll get a bit more weeding done this morning and I might risk starting the mower. My back is feeling better but not quite back to normal yet.

Glad that your back is on the mend.

I just did my stretching routine, which should include 10 pushups – but it drew the line at the pushups. So I skipped them.

:)

The recycling truck has been and gone. I’m going to take Mrs rb to voote early. It is an election that I really want to draw a display of genitalia but know that my one vote probably won’t but may help. Problem is, I’m having trouble trying to find enough candidates to put in front of those whom I don’t really want to have to write a number in front of their name.
It is a dilemma because very few seem to be talking about the environment, which is far more important than the money.
Can’t have an irrigation area forever where the rivers are dying.
All the non-buyback water on earth will not stop the effects of climate change.
Many farms would be better turned to affordable housing.
and so on.

roughbarked said:

The recycling truck has been and gone. I’m going to take Mrs rb to voote early. It is an election that I really want to draw a display of genitalia but know that my one vote probably won’t but may help. Problem is, I’m having trouble trying to find enough candidates to put in front of those whom I don’t really want to have to write a number in front of their name.
It is a dilemma because very few seem to be talking about the environment, which is far more important than the money.
Can’t have an irrigation area forever where the rivers are dying.
All the non-buyback water on earth will not stop the effects of climate change.
Many farms would be better turned to affordable housing.
and so on.

The slim pickings is a worry.

ms spock said:

roughbarked said:

The recycling truck has been and gone. I’m going to take Mrs rb to voote early. It is an election that I really want to draw a display of genitalia but know that my one vote probably won’t but may help. Problem is, I’m having trouble trying to find enough candidates to put in front of those whom I don’t really want to have to write a number in front of their name.
It is a dilemma because very few seem to be talking about the environment, which is far more important than the money.
Can’t have an irrigation area forever where the rivers are dying.
All the non-buyback water on earth will not stop the effects of climate change.
Many farms would be better turned to affordable housing.
and so on.

The slim pickings is a worry.

It sure is. At least half of the candidates are all in the same denial boat and the others are largely untested. Brought about no doubt by the fact that the comunity is also in denial, though mostly they are on the banks of the Murrumbidgee

roughbarked said:

ms spock said:

roughbarked said:

The recycling truck has been and gone. I’m going to take Mrs rb to voote early. It is an election that I really want to draw a display of genitalia but know that my one vote probably won’t but may help. Problem is, I’m having trouble trying to find enough candidates to put in front of those whom I don’t really want to have to write a number in front of their name.
It is a dilemma because very few seem to be talking about the environment, which is far more important than the money.
Can’t have an irrigation area forever where the rivers are dying.
All the non-buyback water on earth will not stop the effects of climate change.
Many farms would be better turned to affordable housing.
and so on.

The slim pickings is a worry.

It sure is. At least half of the candidates are all in the same denial boat and the others are largely untested. Brought about no doubt by the fact that the comunity is also in denial, though mostly they are on the banks of the Murrumbidgee

When they all should be more worried about this: The state government’s new Net Zero Commission has called for planning rules to be updated to address extreme heat, warning it is not being taken seriously enough.

The commission’s report found extreme heat has caused more deaths in Australia in an 18-year period than all other natural hazards combined.

roughbarked said:

ms spock said:

roughbarked said:

The recycling truck has been and gone. I’m going to take Mrs rb to voote early. It is an election that I really want to draw a display of genitalia but know that my one vote probably won’t but may help. Problem is, I’m having trouble trying to find enough candidates to put in front of those whom I don’t really want to have to write a number in front of their name.
It is a dilemma because very few seem to be talking about the environment, which is far more important than the money.
Can’t have an irrigation area forever where the rivers are dying.
All the non-buyback water on earth will not stop the effects of climate change.
Many farms would be better turned to affordable housing.
and so on.

The slim pickings is a worry.

It sure is. At least half of the candidates are all in the same denial boat and the others are largely untested. Brought about no doubt by the fact that the comunity is also in denial, though mostly they are on the banks of the Murrumbidgee

:(

roughbarked said:

roughbarked said:

ms spock said:

The slim pickings is a worry.

It sure is. At least half of the candidates are all in the same denial boat and the others are largely untested. Brought about no doubt by the fact that the comunity is also in denial, though mostly they are on the banks of the Murrumbidgee

When they all should be more worried about this: The state government’s new Net Zero Commission has called for planning rules to be updated to address extreme heat, warning it is not being taken seriously enough.

The commission’s report found extreme heat has caused more deaths in Australia in an 18-year period than all other natural hazards combined.

The commission’s report found extreme heat has caused more deaths in Australia in an 18-year period than all other natural hazards combined

I read a great book on this. Very disturbing.

Divine Angel said:

buffy said:

ABC news quiz

6/10 and three of those were random guesses. So I knew three of this week’s questons. The first two, and the McDonald’s one.

6/10, about half were guesses.

4/10 Over.

roughbarked said:

The recycling truck has been and gone. I’m going to take Mrs rb to voote early. It is an election that I really want to draw a display of genitalia but know that my one vote probably won’t but may help. Problem is, I’m having trouble trying to find enough candidates to put in front of those whom I don’t really want to have to write a number in front of their name.
It is a dilemma because very few seem to be talking about the environment, which is far more important than the money.
Can’t have an irrigation area forever where the rivers are dying.
All the non-buyback water on earth will not stop the effects of climate change.
Many farms would be better turned to affordable housing.
and so on.

I don’t get your reluctance to put numbers in front of candidates you don’t like.

Surely putting One Notion last is a pleasure.

Then putting the next to worst second to last is also a pleasure.

… and so on.

The Rev Dodgson said:

roughbarked said:

The recycling truck has been and gone. I’m going to take Mrs rb to voote early. It is an election that I really want to draw a display of genitalia but know that my one vote probably won’t but may help. Problem is, I’m having trouble trying to find enough candidates to put in front of those whom I don’t really want to have to write a number in front of their name.
It is a dilemma because very few seem to be talking about the environment, which is far more important than the money.
Can’t have an irrigation area forever where the rivers are dying.
All the non-buyback water on earth will not stop the effects of climate change.
Many farms would be better turned to affordable housing.
and so on.

I don’t get your reluctance to put numbers in front of candidates you don’t like.

Surely putting One Notion last is a pleasure.

Then putting the next to worst second to last is also a pleasure.

… and so on.

Yes but I’d rather there were other alternatives than what I have to vote for. I’m

We do have a thread for chat in May 2026.

The Rev Dodgson said:

We do have a thread for chat in May 2026.

Awesome.

It’s already created!

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Another Knight of Realm, another one of the chaps.

Peak Warming Man said:

Another Knight of Realm, another one of the chaps.

And wearing a proper coat and tie, with a proper Windsor knot.
Not like………….like that Bolshie bloke who wore that grey moth eaten jumper every day.

It’s another day. My toes are cold. My head is blerghy and my throat is still scratchy.
My new slippers aren’t here yet.
My brain keeps circling around a response to KFC3’s, King Fucking Charles the 3rd, speech in the USA. I’ll round up my thoughts when I have the energy.

kii said:

It’s another day. My toes are cold. My head is blerghy and my throat is still scratchy.
My new slippers aren’t here yet.
My brain keeps circling around a response to KFC3’s, King Fucking Charles the 3rd, speech in the USA. I’ll round up my thoughts when I have the energy.

The better KFC is the chicken

Bugger, that will teach me to comment on the wind and the heat and how dry things still are around here. I made the comment this morning.

>>Issued Today at 2:22 PM.
>>This Advice message is being issued for Killara.

There is a grassfire at Range Rd, Killara (Casterton) that is not yet under control.

————————————————————————————————————————————————————-

That is around 6km from our covenant, and the wind is pushing it our way. We aren’t there and can’t do anything about it anyway, but I really should keep my mouth shut.

buffy said:

Bugger, that will teach me to comment on the wind and the heat and how dry things still are around here. I made the comment this morning.

>>Issued Today at 2:22 PM.
>>This Advice message is being issued for Killara.

There is a grassfire at Range Rd, Killara (Casterton) that is not yet under control.

————————————————————————————————————————————————————-

That is around 6km from our covenant, and the wind is pushing it our way. We aren’t there and can’t do anything about it anyway, but I really should keep my mouth shut.

Hope they control it soon.

kii said:

It’s another day. My toes are cold. My head is blerghy and my throat is still scratchy.
My new slippers aren’t here yet.
My brain keeps circling around a response to KFC3’s, King Fucking Charles the 3rd, speech in the USA. I’ll round up my thoughts when I have the energy.

Let it wash over you. It’s pretty much irrelevent to us.

Today was a choose-my-own-adventure today, and boy, did I choose well! The kid I was supposed to be supporting didn’t come in, so I basically picked my favourite teachers and wandered into their classes. One class were evacuated twice within about half an hour, then just as I walked into another class, the whole school went into lockdown. Different kids for both situations.

Must say though, all the staff who saw me yesterday came up to ask if I was OK. Everyone is really supportive.

buffy said:

Bugger, that will teach me to comment on the wind and the heat and how dry things still are around here. I made the comment this morning.

>>Issued Today at 2:22 PM.
>>This Advice message is being issued for Killara.

There is a grassfire at Range Rd, Killara (Casterton) that is not yet under control.

————————————————————————————————————————————————————-

That is around 6km from our covenant, and the wind is pushing it our way. We aren’t there and can’t do anything about it anyway, but I really should keep my mouth shut.

They recon we might get a super el nino this year.

Peak Warming Man said:

buffy said:

Bugger, that will teach me to comment on the wind and the heat and how dry things still are around here. I made the comment this morning.

>>Issued Today at 2:22 PM.
>>This Advice message is being issued for Killara.

There is a grassfire at Range Rd, Killara (Casterton) that is not yet under control.

————————————————————————————————————————————————————-

That is around 6km from our covenant, and the wind is pushing it our way. We aren’t there and can’t do anything about it anyway, but I really should keep my mouth shut.

They recon we might get a super el nino this year.

I heard about that! My first reaction was, what the hell is a super El Niño? I assume it’s another meaningless weather term.

Divine Angel said:

Peak Warming Man said:

buffy said:

Bugger, that will teach me to comment on the wind and the heat and how dry things still are around here. I made the comment this morning.

>>Issued Today at 2:22 PM.
>>This Advice message is being issued for Killara.

There is a grassfire at Range Rd, Killara (Casterton) that is not yet under control.

————————————————————————————————————————————————————-

That is around 6km from our covenant, and the wind is pushing it our way. We aren’t there and can’t do anything about it anyway, but I really should keep my mouth shut.

They recon we might get a super el nino this year.

I heard about that! My first reaction was, what the hell is a super El Niño? I assume it’s another meaningless weather term.

No, it’s quite significant. The El Niño is warm water in the eastern Pacific Ocean that dumps it heat energy into western north & south America’s. It’ll mean a hotter summer and wilder weather for them.

Divine Angel said:

Peak Warming Man said:

buffy said:

Bugger, that will teach me to comment on the wind and the heat and how dry things still are around here. I made the comment this morning.

>>Issued Today at 2:22 PM.
>>This Advice message is being issued for Killara.

There is a grassfire at Range Rd, Killara (Casterton) that is not yet under control.

————————————————————————————————————————————————————-

That is around 6km from our covenant, and the wind is pushing it our way. We aren’t there and can’t do anything about it anyway, but I really should keep my mouth shut.

They recon we might get a super el nino this year.

I heard about that! My first reaction was, what the hell is a super El Niño? I assume it’s another meaningless weather term.

El Niño is not a meaningless term. It is a known pattern that brings drought to the eastern side of Australia. Generally considered bad. A super Niño is just a particularly severe one, and therefore bader.

party_pants said:

Divine Angel said:

Peak Warming Man said:

They recon we might get a super el nino this year.

I heard about that! My first reaction was, what the hell is a super El Niño? I assume it’s another meaningless weather term.

El Niño is not a meaningless term. It is a known pattern that brings drought to the eastern side of Australia. Generally considered bad. A super Niño is just a particularly severe one, and therefore bader.

Is that the other ‘El’ ?
El Niña ?

buffy said:

Bugger, that will teach me to comment on the wind and the heat and how dry things still are around here. I made the comment this morning.

>>Issued Today at 2:22 PM.
>>This Advice message is being issued for Killara.

There is a grassfire at Range Rd, Killara (Casterton) that is not yet under control.

————————————————————————————————————————————————————-

That is around 6km from our covenant, and the wind is pushing it our way. We aren’t there and can’t do anything about it anyway, but I really should keep my mouth shut.

Coincidence.

Divine Angel said:

Today was a choose-my-own-adventure today, and boy, did I choose well! The kid I was supposed to be supporting didn’t come in, so I basically picked my favourite teachers and wandered into their classes. One class were evacuated twice within about half an hour, then just as I walked into another class, the whole school went into lockdown. Different kids for both situations.

Must say though, all the staff who saw me yesterday came up to ask if I was OK. Everyone is really supportive.

:)

Michael V said:

buffy said:

Bugger, that will teach me to comment on the wind and the heat and how dry things still are around here. I made the comment this morning.

>>Issued Today at 2:22 PM.
>>This Advice message is being issued for Killara.

There is a grassfire at Range Rd, Killara (Casterton) that is not yet under control.

————————————————————————————————————————————————————-

That is around 6km from our covenant, and the wind is pushing it our way. We aren’t there and can’t do anything about it anyway, but I really should keep my mouth shut.

Coincidence.

Nah, witchiness.

:)

Divine Angel said:

Peak Warming Man said:

buffy said:

Bugger, that will teach me to comment on the wind and the heat and how dry things still are around here. I made the comment this morning.

>>Issued Today at 2:22 PM.
>>This Advice message is being issued for Killara.

There is a grassfire at Range Rd, Killara (Casterton) that is not yet under control.

————————————————————————————————————————————————————-

That is around 6km from our covenant, and the wind is pushing it our way. We aren’t there and can’t do anything about it anyway, but I really should keep my mouth shut.

They recon we might get a super el nino this year.

I heard about that! My first reaction was, what the hell is a super El Niño? I assume it’s another meaningless weather term.

Impacting on top of a drought.

Divine Angel said:

Peak Warming Man said:

buffy said:

Bugger, that will teach me to comment on the wind and the heat and how dry things still are around here. I made the comment this morning.

>>Issued Today at 2:22 PM.
>>This Advice message is being issued for Killara.

There is a grassfire at Range Rd, Killara (Casterton) that is not yet under control.

————————————————————————————————————————————————————-

That is around 6km from our covenant, and the wind is pushing it our way. We aren’t there and can’t do anything about it anyway, but I really should keep my mouth shut.

They recon we might get a super el nino this year.

I heard about that! My first reaction was, what the hell is a super El Niño? I assume it’s another meaningless weather term.

Isn’t a giant child, just a regular sized adult?

Spiny Norman said:

party_pants said:

Divine Angel said:

I heard about that! My first reaction was, what the hell is a super El Niño? I assume it’s another meaningless weather term.

El Niño is not a meaningless term. It is a known pattern that brings drought to the eastern side of Australia. Generally considered bad. A super Niño is just a particularly severe one, and therefore bader.

Is that the other ‘El’ ?
El Niña ?

La.

buffy said:

Michael V said:

buffy said:

Bugger, that will teach me to comment on the wind and the heat and how dry things still are around here. I made the comment this morning.

>>Issued Today at 2:22 PM.
>>This Advice message is being issued for Killara.

There is a grassfire at Range Rd, Killara (Casterton) that is not yet under control.

————————————————————————————————————————————————————-

That is around 6km from our covenant, and the wind is pushing it our way. We aren’t there and can’t do anything about it anyway, but I really should keep my mouth shut.

Coincidence.

Nah, witchiness.

:)

And I didn’t just take the Dragon mantle when Mum died. Her other mantle was The Oracle. I’m not as good at The Oracle, I have to drag in my friend Coincidence, as you suggest.

furious said:

Divine Angel said:

Peak Warming Man said:

They recon we might get a super el nino this year.

I heard about that! My first reaction was, what the hell is a super El Niño? I assume it’s another meaningless weather term.

Isn’t a giant child, just a regular sized adult?

So it would be Don Nino.

Divine Angel said:

Peak Warming Man said:

buffy said:

Bugger, that will teach me to comment on the wind and the heat and how dry things still are around here. I made the comment this morning.

>>Issued Today at 2:22 PM.
>>This Advice message is being issued for Killara.

There is a grassfire at Range Rd, Killara (Casterton) that is not yet under control.

————————————————————————————————————————————————————-

That is around 6km from our covenant, and the wind is pushing it our way. We aren’t there and can’t do anything about it anyway, but I really should keep my mouth shut.

They recon we might get a super el nino this year.

I heard about that! My first reaction was, what the hell is a super El Niño? I assume it’s another meaningless weather term.

Meaningless Journalist’s weather term.

Michael V said:

Divine Angel said:

Peak Warming Man said:

They recon we might get a super el nino this year.

I heard about that! My first reaction was, what the hell is a super El Niño? I assume it’s another meaningless weather term.

Meaningless Journalist’s weather term.

Like mini tornado?

Spiny Norman said:

Divine Angel said:

Peak Warming Man said:

They recon we might get a super el nino this year.

I heard about that! My first reaction was, what the hell is a super El Niño? I assume it’s another meaningless weather term.

No, it’s quite significant. The El Niño is warm water in the eastern Pacific Ocean that dumps it heat energy into western north & south America’s. It’ll mean a hotter summer and wilder weather for them.

I know what El Niño is, I was talking about a “super” El Niño.

Spiny Norman said:

Divine Angel said:

Peak Warming Man said:

They recon we might get a super el nino this year.

I heard about that! My first reaction was, what the hell is a super El Niño? I assume it’s another meaningless weather term.

No, it’s quite significant. The El Niño is warm water in the eastern Pacific Ocean that dumps it heat energy into western north & south America’s. It’ll mean a hotter summer and wilder weather for them.

Sure. But what is a super El Niño?

Spiny Norman said:

party_pants said:

Divine Angel said:

I heard about that! My first reaction was, what the hell is a super El Niño? I assume it’s another meaningless weather term.

El Niño is not a meaningless term. It is a known pattern that brings drought to the eastern side of Australia. Generally considered bad. A super Niño is just a particularly severe one, and therefore bader.

Is that the other ‘El’ ?
El Niña ?

La Niña

buffy said:

Michael V said:

buffy said:

Bugger, that will teach me to comment on the wind and the heat and how dry things still are around here. I made the comment this morning.

>>Issued Today at 2:22 PM.
>>This Advice message is being issued for Killara.

There is a grassfire at Range Rd, Killara (Casterton) that is not yet under control.

————————————————————————————————————————————————————-

That is around 6km from our covenant, and the wind is pushing it our way. We aren’t there and can’t do anything about it anyway, but I really should keep my mouth shut.

Coincidence.

Nah, witchiness.

:)

LOL

:)

Spiny Norman said:

party_pants said:

Divine Angel said:

I heard about that! My first reaction was, what the hell is a super El Niño? I assume it’s another meaningless weather term.

El Niño is not a meaningless term. It is a known pattern that brings drought to the eastern side of Australia. Generally considered bad. A super Niño is just a particularly severe one, and therefore bader.

Is that the other ‘El’ ?
El Niña ?

Sorry, La Niña ?

buffy said:

buffy said:

Michael V said:

Coincidence.

Nah, witchiness.

:)

And I didn’t just take the Dragon mantle when Mum died. Her other mantle was The Oracle. I’m not as good at The Oracle, I have to drag in my friend Coincidence, as you suggest.

Ha!

:)

Michael V said:

Spiny Norman said:

party_pants said:

El Niño is not a meaningless term. It is a known pattern that brings drought to the eastern side of Australia. Generally considered bad. A super Niño is just a particularly severe one, and therefore bader.

Is that the other ‘El’ ?
El Niña ?

La Niña

Anyway, if it gets any warmer and drier there’ll be trouble and strife at the inn.

roughbarked said:

Michael V said:

Divine Angel said:

I heard about that! My first reaction was, what the hell is a super El Niño? I assume it’s another meaningless weather term.

Meaningless Journalist’s weather term.

Like mini tornado?

Yep.

Divine Angel said:

Spiny Norman said:

Divine Angel said:

I heard about that! My first reaction was, what the hell is a super El Niño? I assume it’s another meaningless weather term.

No, it’s quite significant. The El Niño is warm water in the eastern Pacific Ocean that dumps it heat energy into western north & south America’s. It’ll mean a hotter summer and wilder weather for them.

I know what El Niño is, I was talking about a “super” El Niño.

Yeah it might be a journo elaboration, but it appears to be otherwise valid. The data they’re getting shows that it’s going to be the strongest ever,

Spiny Norman said:

party_pants said:

Divine Angel said:

I heard about that! My first reaction was, what the hell is a super El Niño? I assume it’s another meaningless weather term.

El Niño is not a meaningless term. It is a known pattern that brings drought to the eastern side of Australia. Generally considered bad. A super Niño is just a particularly severe one, and therefore bader.

Is that the other ‘El’ ?
El Niña ?

El Kabong is a weather system that hits you with a guitar

Spiny Norman said:

Divine Angel said:

Spiny Norman said:

No, it’s quite significant. The El Niño is warm water in the eastern Pacific Ocean that dumps it heat energy into western north & south America’s. It’ll mean a hotter summer and wilder weather for them.

I know what El Niño is, I was talking about a “super” El Niño.

Yeah it might be a journo elaboration, but it appears to be otherwise valid. The data they’re getting shows that it’s going to be the strongest ever,

Spiny Norman said:

Divine Angel said:

Spiny Norman said:

No, it’s quite significant. The El Niño is warm water in the eastern Pacific Ocean that dumps it heat energy into western north & south America’s. It’ll mean a hotter summer and wilder weather for them.

I know what El Niño is, I was talking about a “super” El Niño.

Yeah it might be a journo elaboration, but it appears to be otherwise valid. The data they’re getting shows that it’s going to be the strongest ever,

yeah, that part sucks. I suppose the inevitable wildfires will be God’s punishment for gays/capitalism/Trump regime/insert other bullshit here.

Cymek said:

Spiny Norman said:

party_pants said:

El Niño is not a meaningless term. It is a known pattern that brings drought to the eastern side of Australia. Generally considered bad. A super Niño is just a particularly severe one, and therefore bader.

Is that the other ‘El’ ?
El Niña ?

El Kabong is a weather system that hits you with a guitar

That still cracks me up.
“Señor, why do they call you El Kabong?” :)

Divine Angel said:

Spiny Norman said:

Divine Angel said:

I know what El Niño is, I was talking about a “super” El Niño.

Yeah it might be a journo elaboration, but it appears to be otherwise valid. The data they’re getting shows that it’s going to be the strongest ever,

yeah, that part sucks. I suppose the inevitable wildfires will be God’s punishment for gays/capitalism/Trump regime/insert other bullshit here.

And don’t forget Reality TV. That’s a big one, too.

The state government’s new Net Zero Commission has called for planning rules to be updated to address extreme heat, warning it is not being taken seriously enough.

The commission’s report found extreme heat had caused more deaths in Australia in 18 years than all other natural hazards combined.

Spiny Norman said:

Divine Angel said:

Spiny Norman said:

Yeah it might be a journo elaboration, but it appears to be otherwise valid. The data they’re getting shows that it’s going to be the strongest ever,

yeah, that part sucks. I suppose the inevitable wildfires will be God’s punishment for gays/capitalism/Trump regime/insert other bullshit here.

And don’t forget Reality TV. That’s a big one, too.

Oh crap, it’s Friday, I forgot the new Survivor ep is out. Last week’s was a doozy.

Spiny Norman said:

Divine Angel said:

Spiny Norman said:

Yeah it might be a journo elaboration, but it appears to be otherwise valid. The data they’re getting shows that it’s going to be the strongest ever,

yeah, that part sucks. I suppose the inevitable wildfires will be God’s punishment for gays/capitalism/Trump regime/insert other bullshit here.

And don’t forget Reality TV. That’s a big one, too.

Has God seen MAFS? I’d send a severe weather system too if I had to watch that shit.

Divine Angel said:

Spiny Norman said:

Divine Angel said:

yeah, that part sucks. I suppose the inevitable wildfires will be God’s punishment for gays/capitalism/Trump regime/insert other bullshit here.

And don’t forget Reality TV. That’s a big one, too.

Has God seen MAFS? I’d send a severe weather system too if I had to watch that shit.

God only watches the ABC.

Divine Angel said:

Spiny Norman said:

Divine Angel said:

yeah, that part sucks. I suppose the inevitable wildfires will be God’s punishment for gays/capitalism/Trump regime/insert other bullshit here.

And don’t forget Reality TV. That’s a big one, too.

Oh crap, it’s Friday, I forgot the new Survivor ep is out. Last week’s was a doozy.

Careful, you’ll generate a super cyclone to hit us.

Divine Angel said:

Spiny Norman said:

Divine Angel said:

yeah, that part sucks. I suppose the inevitable wildfires will be God’s punishment for gays/capitalism/Trump regime/insert other bullshit here.

And don’t forget Reality TV. That’s a big one, too.

Oh crap, it’s Friday, I forgot the new Survivor ep is out. Last week’s was a doozy.

My daughter saw the new survivor guy at a club last week. She got a photo and shared it in the family group chat… she was upset that we didn’t respond to the messages… guys, she sent the pics and messages at 3.30am…

roughbarked said:

God only watches the ABC.

I don’t have a TV.

roughbarked said:

Spiny Norman said:

Divine Angel said:

I know what El Niño is, I was talking about a “super” El Niño.

Yeah it might be a journo elaboration, but it appears to be otherwise valid. The data they’re getting shows that it’s going to be the strongest ever,

As a kid, I lived on the other side of the hill to Lake Albert. Used to go swimming there though. Never really like the slimy feel of the muddy bottom.

roughbarked said:

Divine Angel said:

Spiny Norman said:

And don’t forget Reality TV. That’s a big one, too.

Has God seen MAFS? I’d send a severe weather system too if I had to watch that shit.

God only watches the ABC.

Inspector Rex distracts him from the starving children crisis.

ChrispenEvan said:

roughbarked said:

God only watches the ABC.

I don’t have a TV.

I have one but I hardly ever watch it.

Divine Angel said:

Spiny Norman said:

Divine Angel said:

yeah, that part sucks. I suppose the inevitable wildfires will be God’s punishment for gays/capitalism/Trump regime/insert other bullshit here.

And don’t forget Reality TV. That’s a big one, too.

Has God seen MAFS? I’d send a severe weather system too if I had to watch that shit.

I watched a season and found it funny. As in laughable…

Arts said:

Divine Angel said:

Spiny Norman said:

And don’t forget Reality TV. That’s a big one, too.

Oh crap, it’s Friday, I forgot the new Survivor ep is out. Last week’s was a doozy.

My daughter saw the new survivor guy at a club last week. She got a photo and shared it in the family group chat… she was upset that we didn’t respond to the messages… guys, she sent the pics and messages at 3.30am…

Lordy!

Arts said:

Divine Angel said:

Spiny Norman said:

And don’t forget Reality TV. That’s a big one, too.

Oh crap, it’s Friday, I forgot the new Survivor ep is out. Last week’s was a doozy.

My daughter saw the new survivor guy at a club last week. She got a photo and shared it in the family group chat… she was upset that we didn’t respond to the messages… guys, she sent the pics and messages at 3.30am…

I haven’t bothered with the new season of Australian Survivor. I dislike the new host. But I see why he was appointed, to appeal to the US audience who know him from a couple of their own reality shows.

Michael V said:

Divine Angel said:

Spiny Norman said:

And don’t forget Reality TV. That’s a big one, too.

Has God seen MAFS? I’d send a severe weather system too if I had to watch that shit.

I watched a season and found it funny. As in laughable…

The only bits I’ve seen of MAFS is Margaret Pomeranz’s reviews on The Weekly with Charlie Pickering.

Michael V said:

roughbarked said:

Spiny Norman said:

Yeah it might be a journo elaboration, but it appears to be otherwise valid. The data they’re getting shows that it’s going to be the strongest ever,

As a kid, I lived on the other side of the hill to Lake Albert. Used to go swimming there though. Never really like the slimy feel of the muddy bottom.

We swam in the main and other canals. When they used to cut the water off in winter, the main canal had mud that would come up to your crotch. Really difficult to walk in. Need help to get out.

“Prominent surgeon Dr Reza Adib, the partner of former long-serving Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, has been charged with three counts of rape, two counts of deprivation of liberty and one count of sexual assault.”

What’s the difference between rape and sexual assalt?

Peak Warming Man said:

“Prominent surgeon Dr Reza Adib, the partner of former long-serving Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, has been charged with three counts of rape, two counts of deprivation of liberty and one count of sexual assault.”

What’s the difference between rape and sexual assalt?

Sexual assault may not include penetration?

Bubblecar said:

ChrispenEvan said:

roughbarked said:

God only watches the ABC.

I don’t have a TV.

I have one but I hardly ever watch it.

…but I will of course be watching the Eurovision finals in a couple of weeks.

But I may watch them live on the computer rather than the telly.

Peak Warming Man said:

“Prominent surgeon Dr Reza Adib, the partner of former long-serving Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, has been charged with three counts of rape, two counts of deprivation of liberty and one count of sexual assault.”

What’s the difference between rape and sexual assalt?

Rape usually refers to intercourse without consent, whereas sexual assault is any form of sexual touching without consent, eg grabbing someone’s breasts.

Bubblecar said:

Bubblecar said:

ChrispenEvan said:

I don’t have a TV.

I have one but I hardly ever watch it.

…but I will of course be watching the Eurovision finals in a couple of weeks.

But I may watch them live on the computer rather than the telly.

Plug the ‘puter into the telly and get the big screen and the comfy char.

Bubblecar said:

Bubblecar said:

ChrispenEvan said:

I don’t have a TV.

I have one but I hardly ever watch it.

…but I will of course be watching the Eurovision finals in a couple of weeks.

But I may watch them live on the computer rather than the telly.

I only watch the footie and cricket on mine.
And of course Fox News.

roughbarked said:

Bubblecar said:

Bubblecar said:

I have one but I hardly ever watch it.

…but I will of course be watching the Eurovision finals in a couple of weeks.

But I may watch them live on the computer rather than the telly.

Plug the ‘puter into the telly and get the big screen and the comfy char.

It’s live on the telly, too. But the live broadcasts start at 5am so watching it on telly through the speakers in the living room at that hour might disturb the neighbours.

My PC monitor is quite big and this new pooter chair is quite comfortable. We’ll see.

Bubblecar said:

roughbarked said:

Bubblecar said:

…but I will of course be watching the Eurovision finals in a couple of weeks.

But I may watch them live on the computer rather than the telly.

Plug the ‘puter into the telly and get the big screen and the comfy char.

It’s live on the telly, too. But the live broadcasts start at 5am so watching it on telly through the speakers in the living room at that hour might disturb the neighbours.

My PC monitor is quite big and this new pooter chair is quite comfortable. We’ll see.

Has it got arms?

Bubblecar said:

roughbarked said:

Bubblecar said:

…but I will of course be watching the Eurovision finals in a couple of weeks.

But I may watch them live on the computer rather than the telly.

Plug the ‘puter into the telly and get the big screen and the comfy char.

It’s live on the telly, too. But the live broadcasts start at 5am so watching it on telly through the speakers in the living room at that hour might disturb the neighbours.

My PC monitor is quite big and this new pooter chair is quite comfortable. We’ll see.

You can watch it with the sound off, it’s not like it’s going to be Dana and All Kinds of Everything.

Peak Warming Man said:

Bubblecar said:

roughbarked said:

Plug the ‘puter into the telly and get the big screen and the comfy char.

It’s live on the telly, too. But the live broadcasts start at 5am so watching it on telly through the speakers in the living room at that hour might disturb the neighbours.

My PC monitor is quite big and this new pooter chair is quite comfortable. We’ll see.

You can watch it with the sound off, it’s not like it’s going to be Dana and All Kinds of Everything.

or use headphones.

Peak Warming Man said:

“Prominent surgeon Dr Reza Adib, the partner of former long-serving Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, has been charged with three counts of rape, two counts of deprivation of liberty and one count of sexual assault.”

What’s the difference between rape and sexual assalt?

Sexual assault is any sexually explicit touching that may or may not include penetration by penis object or body part

And we are at Kinda in our Doctor Who watch.

A memorably spooky one.
The previous story ended on a cliffhanger with Nyssa passing out. They’ve lands on a random planet to help sort her out. They encounter a landing party assessing the suitability of the planet for colonisation. A supernatural snake entity, the Kinda, traps Tegan for much of the story.

I recognise a few of the cast, including :

Nerys Hughes of Liverbirds fame.

Richard Todd, who was in Dam Busters and indeed got an Oscar nomination for The Hasty Heart. He really did have a long and happy career on stage and screen. Here he plays a rather gung ho colonialist, complete with pith helmet.

Mary Morris also had a good 50 year career in the performing arts, quite a lot of Shakespearian stuff and period pieces but also science fiction.

Jeff Stewart who played Reg Ollis on The Bill for 25000 episodes or something and much else.

Fair to say they didn’t skimp on the cast, which apparently didn’t leave much money for the snakey special effects.

Arts said:

Peak Warming Man said:

“Prominent surgeon Dr Reza Adib, the partner of former long-serving Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, has been charged with three counts of rape, two counts of deprivation of liberty and one count of sexual assault.”

What’s the difference between rape and sexual assalt?

Sexual assault is any sexually explicit touching that may or may not include penetration by penis object or body part

Ta.

Divine Angel said:

Peak Warming Man said:

“Prominent surgeon Dr Reza Adib, the partner of former long-serving Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, has been charged with three counts of rape, two counts of deprivation of liberty and one count of sexual assault.”

What’s the difference between rape and sexual assalt?

Rape usually refers to intercourse without consent, whereas sexual assault is any form of sexual touching without consent, eg grabbing someone’s breasts.

Rape is penetration by penis, object or body part…. Not confined to intercourse.

dv said:

And we are at Kinda in our Doctor Who watch.

A memorably spooky one.
The previous story ended on a cliffhanger with Nyssa passing out. They’ve lands on a random planet to help sort her out. They encounter a landing party assessing the suitability of the planet for colonisation. A supernatural snake entity, the Kinda, traps Tegan for much of the story.

I recognise a few of the cast, including :

Nerys Hughes of Liverbirds fame.

Richard Todd, who was in Dam Busters and indeed got an Oscar nomination for The Hasty Heart. He really did have a long and happy career on stage and screen. Here he plays a rather gung ho colonialist, complete with pith helmet.

Mary Morris also had a good 50 year career in the performing arts, quite a lot of Shakespearian stuff and period pieces but also science fiction.

Jeff Stewart who played Reg Ollis on The Bill for 25000 episodes or something and much else.

Fair to say they didn’t skimp on the cast, which apparently didn’t leave much money for the snakey special effects.

Sounds like that one’s worth a rewatch.

BTW it was Reg Hollis, not Ollis.

dv said:

And we are at Kinda in our Doctor Who watch.

A memorably spooky one.
The previous story ended on a cliffhanger with Nyssa passing out. They’ve lands on a random planet to help sort her out. They encounter a landing party assessing the suitability of the planet for colonisation. A supernatural snake entity, the Kinda, traps Tegan for much of the story.

I recognise a few of the cast, including :

Nerys Hughes of Liverbirds fame.

Richard Todd, who was in Dam Busters and indeed got an Oscar nomination for The Hasty Heart. He really did have a long and happy career on stage and screen. Here he plays a rather gung ho colonialist, complete with pith helmet.

Mary Morris also had a good 50 year career in the performing arts, quite a lot of Shakespearian stuff and period pieces but also science fiction.

Jeff Stewart who played Reg Ollis on The Bill for 25000 episodes or something and much else.

Fair to say they didn’t skimp on the cast, which apparently didn’t leave much money for the snakey special effects.

They revisit the Kinda later on don’t they
Is that the one were men are considered idiots and the doctor is told to be quiet

The retreat was great, the food was excellent, the experiences were good, skin brushing is like a massage with a small broom. It actually isn’t bad.

There was one person who was a bit of a PITA. Luckily I only had to see them at meal times. Other than that a very relaxing week.

Not many photos though the kangaroos were brave and came super close, I kept a safe distance from them because they have super sharp claws and are essentially wild, there were kookaburras, some different types of parrots, a skink or two, I only managed to find two mushrooms. But it wasn’t nearly as rainy as I expected.

Arts said:

The retreat was great, the food was excellent, the experiences were good, skin brushing is like a massage with a small broom. It actually isn’t bad.

There was one person who was a bit of a PITA. Luckily I only had to see them at meal times. Other than that a very relaxing week.

Not many photos though the kangaroos were brave and came super close, I kept a safe distance from them because they have super sharp claws and are essentially wild, there were kookaburras, some different types of parrots, a skink or two, I only managed to find two mushrooms. But it wasn’t nearly as rainy as I expected.

:)

Excellent.

Arts said:

The retreat was great, the food was excellent, the experiences were good, skin brushing is like a massage with a small broom. It actually isn’t bad.

There was one person who was a bit of a PITA. Luckily I only had to see them at meal times. Other than that a very relaxing week.

Not many photos though the kangaroos were brave and came super close, I kept a safe distance from them because they have super sharp claws and are essentially wild, there were kookaburras, some different types of parrots, a skink or two, I only managed to find two mushrooms. But it wasn’t nearly as rainy as I expected.

Sounds a pleasant little holiday.

Bubblecar said:

Arts said:

The retreat was great, the food was excellent, the experiences were good, skin brushing is like a massage with a small broom. It actually isn’t bad.

There was one person who was a bit of a PITA. Luckily I only had to see them at meal times. Other than that a very relaxing week.

Not many photos though the kangaroos were brave and came super close, I kept a safe distance from them because they have super sharp claws and are essentially wild, there were kookaburras, some different types of parrots, a skink or two, I only managed to find two mushrooms. But it wasn’t nearly as rainy as I expected.

Sounds a pleasant little holiday.

Omphaloskepsis.

Bubblecar said:

Arts said:

The retreat was great, the food was excellent, the experiences were good, skin brushing is like a massage with a small broom. It actually isn’t bad.

There was one person who was a bit of a PITA. Luckily I only had to see them at meal times. Other than that a very relaxing week.

Not many photos though the kangaroos were brave and came super close, I kept a safe distance from them because they have super sharp claws and are essentially wild, there were kookaburras, some different types of parrots, a skink or two, I only managed to find two mushrooms. But it wasn’t nearly as rainy as I expected.

Sounds a pleasant little holiday.

Everything they made was plant based… and so, I’m convinced that plant based diets can work and be fulfilling etc etc… but fuck it feels like a lot of work… it’s delicious, don’t get me wrong, you do not have to compromise flavour, but there are added elements that I just wouldn’t do… the extra nuts and seeds and oils etc… And while I don’t actually have a lot of dairy in my diet – I found myself wanting some cheese…. Still. New experiences and all that.

I also did sound therapy, or healing or whatever they call it.. I quite liked that… the noise helped block out the chaos in my brain for a bit…. Would I actively seek it out? Probably not, but it was a nice experience

Arts said:

Bubblecar said:

Arts said:

The retreat was great, the food was excellent, the experiences were good, skin brushing is like a massage with a small broom. It actually isn’t bad.

There was one person who was a bit of a PITA. Luckily I only had to see them at meal times. Other than that a very relaxing week.

Not many photos though the kangaroos were brave and came super close, I kept a safe distance from them because they have super sharp claws and are essentially wild, there were kookaburras, some different types of parrots, a skink or two, I only managed to find two mushrooms. But it wasn’t nearly as rainy as I expected.

Sounds a pleasant little holiday.

Everything they made was plant based… and so, I’m convinced that plant based diets can work and be fulfilling etc etc… but fuck it feels like a lot of work… it’s delicious, don’t get me wrong, you do not have to compromise flavour, but there are added elements that I just wouldn’t do… the extra nuts and seeds and oils etc… And while I don’t actually have a lot of dairy in my diet – I found myself wanting some cheese…. Still. New experiences and all that.

I also did sound therapy, or healing or whatever they call it.. I quite liked that… the noise helped block out the chaos in my brain for a bit…. Would I actively seek it out? Probably not, but it was a nice experience

I’d have enjoyed it there and yes, I do munch a fair bit of cheese. Teeth are getting tired of crunching nuts.

Arts said:

Bubblecar said:

Arts said:

The retreat was great, the food was excellent, the experiences were good, skin brushing is like a massage with a small broom. It actually isn’t bad.

There was one person who was a bit of a PITA. Luckily I only had to see them at meal times. Other than that a very relaxing week.

Not many photos though the kangaroos were brave and came super close, I kept a safe distance from them because they have super sharp claws and are essentially wild, there were kookaburras, some different types of parrots, a skink or two, I only managed to find two mushrooms. But it wasn’t nearly as rainy as I expected.

Sounds a pleasant little holiday.

Everything they made was plant based… and so, I’m convinced that plant based diets can work and be fulfilling etc etc… but fuck it feels like a lot of work… it’s delicious, don’t get me wrong, you do not have to compromise flavour, but there are added elements that I just wouldn’t do… the extra nuts and seeds and oils etc… And while I don’t actually have a lot of dairy in my diet – I found myself wanting some cheese…. Still. New experiences and all that.

I also did sound therapy, or healing or whatever they call it.. I quite liked that… the noise helped block out the chaos in my brain for a bit…. Would I actively seek it out? Probably not, but it was a nice experience

It would be an interesting change. I wouldn’t mind a whole month or two in a decent health resort.

Whenever I go to bed these days I put various white noise on the stereo in there. Does seem to help me relax, although the other night I forgot to turn it on, and was wondering why everything seemed so…peaceful :)

Bubblecar said:

Arts said:

Bubblecar said:

Sounds a pleasant little holiday.

Everything they made was plant based… and so, I’m convinced that plant based diets can work and be fulfilling etc etc… but fuck it feels like a lot of work… it’s delicious, don’t get me wrong, you do not have to compromise flavour, but there are added elements that I just wouldn’t do… the extra nuts and seeds and oils etc… And while I don’t actually have a lot of dairy in my diet – I found myself wanting some cheese…. Still. New experiences and all that.

I also did sound therapy, or healing or whatever they call it.. I quite liked that… the noise helped block out the chaos in my brain for a bit…. Would I actively seek it out? Probably not, but it was a nice experience

It would be an interesting change. I wouldn’t mind a whole month or two in a decent health resort.

Whenever I go to bed these days I put various white noise on the stereo in there. Does seem to help me relax, although the other night I forgot to turn it on, and was wondering why everything seemed so…peaceful :)

:)
I listen to the billion crickets in my head.

Greetings Earthlings

I’d like to inform DV that Pizza Hut have anchovies available as additional toppings.

ms spock said:

Greetings Earthlings

‘Allo!!

A very, very unfortunate scientific naming accident – very short video.

Divine Angel said:

Spiny Norman said:

Divine Angel said:

I heard about that! My first reaction was, what the hell is a super El Niño? I assume it’s another meaningless weather term.

No, it’s quite significant. The El Niño is warm water in the eastern Pacific Ocean that dumps it heat energy into western north & south America’s. It’ll mean a hotter summer and wilder weather for them.

I know what El Niño is, I was talking about a “super” El Niño.

A very strong or severe El Niño. When sea temperatures rise by more than 2C. So it is measurable and quantifiable. Probably most serious meteorologists would use less emotionally loaded words.

Spiny Norman said:

ms spock said:

Greetings Earthlings

‘Allo!!

How far apart are you two right now?

Divine Angel said:

Spiny Norman said:

ms spock said:

Greetings Earthlings

‘Allo!!

How far apart are you two right now?

Not far!

Bubblecar said:

dv said:

And we are at Kinda in our Doctor Who watch.

A memorably spooky one.
The previous story ended on a cliffhanger with Nyssa passing out. They’ve lands on a random planet to help sort her out. They encounter a landing party assessing the suitability of the planet for colonisation. A supernatural snake entity, the Kinda, traps Tegan for much of the story.

I recognise a few of the cast, including :

Nerys Hughes of Liverbirds fame.

Richard Todd, who was in Dam Busters and indeed got an Oscar nomination for The Hasty Heart. He really did have a long and happy career on stage and screen. Here he plays a rather gung ho colonialist, complete with pith helmet.

Mary Morris also had a good 50 year career in the performing arts, quite a lot of Shakespearian stuff and period pieces but also science fiction.

Jeff Stewart who played Reg Ollis on The Bill for 25000 episodes or something and much else.

Fair to say they didn’t skimp on the cast, which apparently didn’t leave much money for the snakey special effects.

Sounds like that one’s worth a rewatch.

BTW it was Reg Hollis, not Ollis.

Stand corrected

dv said:

Bubblecar said:

dv said:

And we are at Kinda in our Doctor Who watch.

A memorably spooky one.
The previous story ended on a cliffhanger with Nyssa passing out. They’ve lands on a random planet to help sort her out. They encounter a landing party assessing the suitability of the planet for colonisation. A supernatural snake entity, the Kinda, traps Tegan for much of the story.

I recognise a few of the cast, including :

Nerys Hughes of Liverbirds fame.

Richard Todd, who was in Dam Busters and indeed got an Oscar nomination for The Hasty Heart. He really did have a long and happy career on stage and screen. Here he plays a rather gung ho colonialist, complete with pith helmet.

Mary Morris also had a good 50 year career in the performing arts, quite a lot of Shakespearian stuff and period pieces but also science fiction.

Jeff Stewart who played Reg Ollis on The Bill for 25000 episodes or something and much else.

Fair to say they didn’t skimp on the cast, which apparently didn’t leave much money for the snakey special effects.

Sounds like that one’s worth a rewatch.

BTW it was Reg Hollis, not Ollis.

Stand corrected

Mary Morris played Number Two in a memorable episode of The Prisoner.

Cymek said:

dv said:

And we are at Kinda in our Doctor Who watch.

A memorably spooky one.
The previous story ended on a cliffhanger with Nyssa passing out. They’ve lands on a random planet to help sort her out. They encounter a landing party assessing the suitability of the planet for colonisation. A supernatural snake entity, the Kinda, traps Tegan for much of the story.

I recognise a few of the cast, including :

Nerys Hughes of Liverbirds fame.

Richard Todd, who was in Dam Busters and indeed got an Oscar nomination for The Hasty Heart. He really did have a long and happy career on stage and screen. Here he plays a rather gung ho colonialist, complete with pith helmet.

Mary Morris also had a good 50 year career in the performing arts, quite a lot of Shakespearian stuff and period pieces but also science fiction.

Jeff Stewart who played Reg Ollis on The Bill for 25000 episodes or something and much else.

Fair to say they didn’t skimp on the cast, which apparently didn’t leave much money for the snakey special effects.

They revisit the Kinda later on don’t they
Is that the one were men are considered idiots and the doctor is told to be quiet

Yes something like that.
They do revisit the snake (actually called the Mara, not the Kinda, my mistake) in Snakedance.

dv said:

Bubblecar said:

dv said:

And we are at Kinda in our Doctor Who watch.

A memorably spooky one.
The previous story ended on a cliffhanger with Nyssa passing out. They’ve lands on a random planet to help sort her out. They encounter a landing party assessing the suitability of the planet for colonisation. A supernatural snake entity, the Kinda, traps Tegan for much of the story.

I recognise a few of the cast, including :

Nerys Hughes of Liverbirds fame.

Richard Todd, who was in Dam Busters and indeed got an Oscar nomination for The Hasty Heart. He really did have a long and happy career on stage and screen. Here he plays a rather gung ho colonialist, complete with pith helmet.

Mary Morris also had a good 50 year career in the performing arts, quite a lot of Shakespearian stuff and period pieces but also science fiction.

Jeff Stewart who played Reg Ollis on The Bill for 25000 episodes or something and much else.

Fair to say they didn’t skimp on the cast, which apparently didn’t leave much money for the snakey special effects.

Sounds like that one’s worth a rewatch.

BTW it was Reg Hollis, not Ollis.

Stand corrected

Richard Todd had a good war.
“On 6 June 1944, he participated in Operation Tonga during the D-Day landings. He was among the first British soldiers to land in Normandy and the first Irishman. His battalion parachuted after glider-borne forces had landed to capture the Pegasus Bridge near Caen. During the operation he met Major John Howard on the bridge and was involved in helping to repulse counter-attacks by the German forces in the area. Five days after D-Day, while still in the bridge defence area, he was promoted to captain. Todd later played Howard in the 1962 film The Longest Day, recreating these events.”

Health authorities warn of deadly mushrooms surging across Australian backyards

Divine Angel said:

Spiny Norman said:

ms spock said:

Greetings Earthlings

‘Allo!!

How far apart are you two right now?

He’s down in the back shed, so a few metres away than usual.

Michael V said:

A very, very unfortunate scientific naming accident – very short video.

Oh dear.

Looking forward to a pizza at the end of a shitty week and they fuck it up.

Michael V said:

A very, very unfortunate scientific naming accident – very short video.

ummmahh

Divine Angel said:

Looking forward to a pizza at the end of a shitty week and they fuck it up.

No anchovies?

Arts said:

Divine Angel said:

Looking forward to a pizza at the end of a shitty week and they fuck it up.

No anchovies?

No pineapple?

ruby said:

Arts said:

Divine Angel said:

Looking forward to a pizza at the end of a shitty week and they fuck it up.

No anchovies?

No pineapple?

No base?

Kingy said:

ruby said:

Arts said:

No anchovies?

No pineapple?

No base?

No cheese?

Divine Angel said:

Looking forward to a pizza at the end of a shitty week and they fuck it up.

how can you fuck up pizza?

It’s a very simple concept

Kingy said:

ruby said:

Arts said:

No anchovies?

No pineapple?

No base?

all your base are belong to us!

no heating, there’s an oil crisis

but yes sorry about your week we may tell yous all about ours another day hope you see improvement into the next

Divine Angel said:

Looking forward to a pizza at the end of a shitty week and they fuck it up.

Wah…… did they forget to cook it or sunfin’?

Woodie said:

Divine Angel said:

Looking forward to a pizza at the end of a shitty week and they fuck it up.

Wah…… did they forget to cook it or sunfin’?

Perhaps it’s not what they forgot, perhaps it was something extra added.
Their own special sauce?

ruby said:

Woodie said:

Divine Angel said:

Looking forward to a pizza at the end of a shitty week and they fuck it up.

Wah…… did they forget to cook it or sunfin’?

Perhaps it’s not what they forgot, perhaps it was something extra added.
Their own special sauce?

They ordered pizza and got tacos

ruby said:

Woodie said:

Divine Angel said:

Looking forward to a pizza at the end of a shitty week and they fuck it up.

Wah…… did they forget to cook it or sunfin’?

Perhaps it’s not what they forgot, perhaps it was something extra added.
Their own special sauce?

P’raps Ms Angel found some special sauce in the manner of a great gob of spittle right in the middle. We can only speculate.

Woodie said:

ruby said:

Woodie said:

Wah…… did they forget to cook it or sunfin’?

Perhaps it’s not what they forgot, perhaps it was something extra added.
Their own special sauce?

P’raps Ms Angel found some special sauce in the manner of a great gob of spittle right in the middle. We can only speculate.

I reckon this will be one of the questions in the great Forum Quiz tomorrow evening.

Divine Angel said:

Looking forward to a pizza at the end of a shitty week and they fuck it up.

:(

Anyway, I’ve been digging a hole for a housepad in Margaret River today and yesterday.

Dug out, loaded onto the truck, and removed 290 tons of excavation. Rang the engineer to come and do an inspection on Monday arvo, so that I can start to cart in 600 tons of sand. While waiting for the engineer, I’ll be starting another house pad in Margs on Monday morning.

C’mon Dockers, what are you waiting for?

Get on with it.

Parp @ Woodie, only two weeks to go until the Eurovision finals.

I’m looking forward to watching them live, guzzling bubbly and scoffing nibbles at 5 o’clock in the morning.

Kingy said:

Anyway, I’ve been digging a hole for a housepad in Margaret River today and yesterday.

Dug out, loaded onto the truck, and removed 290 tons of excavation. Rang the engineer to come and do an inspection on Monday arvo, so that I can start to cart in 600 tons of sand. While waiting for the engineer, I’ll be starting another house pad in Margs on Monday morning.

Goodo. Keep those houses coming, there’s a national shortage.

Sadly, also only two weeks to go until the first anniversary of sarahs mum leaving us.

I remember watching Eurovision with Woodie anyway, while heartbroken, ‘cos she would have want us to try to cheer up.

Bubblecar said:

Sadly, also only two weeks to go until the first anniversary of sarahs mum leaving us.

I remember watching Eurovision with Woodie anyway, while heartbroken, ‘cos she would have want us to try to cheer up.

want = wanted

Kingy said:

C’mon Dockers, what are you waiting for?

Get on with it.

Please use in a sentence.

finger….out……ya….. pull…..!!!!!

Bubblecar said:

Parp @ Woodie, only two weeks to go until the Eurovision finals.

I’m looking forward to watching them live, guzzling bubbly and scoffing nibbles at 5 o’clock in the morning.

They’ve been building the stage for a cuppla weeks now. There’s Choobs of it.

Proper bicyclettes on as well.

Divine Angel said:

Looking forward to a pizza at the end of a shitty week and they fuck it up.

They used Caesar salad dressing instead of pizza sauce?

News quiz 5/10.

Recommend

Rubs and marinades

Delta Airlines introduced a special half-fare rate for wives accompanying their husbands on business trips.

Anticipating some valuable testimonials, the publicity department of the airline sent out letters to all the wives of businessmen who used the special rates, asking how they enjoyed their trip.

The results were mixed. On the positive side, 96% of the surveys were returned — by far the highest in the history of such surveys.

On the negative side, virtually all of the returned surveys contained only one short sentence: “What fucking trip???”

dv said:

Recommend

Rubs and marinades

Sounds good. Where’d you get it?

Kingy said:

Delta Airlines introduced a special half-fare rate for wives accompanying their husbands on business trips.

Anticipating some valuable testimonials, the publicity department of the airline sent out letters to all the wives of businessmen who used the special rates, asking how they enjoyed their trip.

The results were mixed. On the positive side, 96% of the surveys were returned — by far the highest in the history of such surveys.

On the negative side, virtually all of the returned surveys contained only one short sentence: “What fucking trip???”

Father and Uncle jokes —>

Divine Angel said:

Looking forward to a pizza at the end of a shitty week and they fuck it up.

Worse things happen at sea

Bubblecar said:

Kingy said:

Delta Airlines introduced a special half-fare rate for wives accompanying their husbands on business trips.

Anticipating some valuable testimonials, the publicity department of the airline sent out letters to all the wives of businessmen who used the special rates, asking how they enjoyed their trip.

The results were mixed. On the positive side, 96% of the surveys were returned — by far the highest in the history of such surveys.

On the negative side, virtually all of the returned surveys contained only one short sentence: “What fucking trip???”

Father and Uncle jokes —>

“It’s not the best ceiling I’ve ever seen, but it’s up there.👆 “

Divine Angel said:

Looking forward to a pizza at the end of a shitty week and they fuck it up.

Worse things happen at sea

Time to have the shave and shower I was going to have much earlier in the day.

I forgot to put a mixer in the fridge yesterday, so I’m stealing Ms Kingy’s diet coke to dilute the whiskey for FNDC.

Bubblecar said:

dv said:

Recommend

Rubs and marinades

Sounds good. Where’d you get it?

Woolworths

Kingy said:

I forgot to put a mixer in the fridge yesterday, so I’m stealing Ms Kingy’s diet coke to dilute the whiskey for FNDC.

Yeah that should be alright.

dv said:

Bubblecar said:

dv said:

Recommend

Rubs and marinades

Sounds good. Where’d you get it?

Woolworths

Nothing but the best.

ms spock said:

Health authorities warn of deadly mushrooms surging across Australian backyards

I’ve IDd quite a few on iNaturalist in the past month or so. Mostly around the suburbs just North of the Melbourne CBD. I only ID from Victoria, I don’t know what is happening in other states.

fun food season then we guess

How is your supply of anti-faint pills, Mr Kingy and Mr Panty Parts.?

buffy said:

kii said:

It’s another day. My toes are cold. My head is blerghy and my throat is still scratchy.
My new slippers aren’t here yet.
My brain keeps circling around a response to KFC3’s, King Fucking Charles the 3rd, speech in the USA. I’ll round up my thoughts when I have the energy.

Let it wash over you. It’s pretty much irrelevent to us.

Nah, it’s a worthy convoluted thought.

Some of you may remember that during Trump’s first administration, people on social media often joked about having Britain declare the US’s independence as null and void due to how stupid the country was for electing the idiot. There were memes, I am sure of it, and it brought great amusement to many people.

This second administration is 1,000 times worse, and the people STILL supporting Trump are even crazier and stoopider.

So, KFC3 comes over under the guise of the 250 year celebration of the USA’s independence and makes a perfect speech about what their country’s independence actually means. A well-crafted reminder about what the founding fathers wanted for the USA.

Anyway, that’s what my brain has been dealing with as I embrace this lurgy or whatever it is.

Woodie said:

How is your supply of anti-faint pills, Mr Kingy and Mr Panty Parts.?

Never in doubt mate ;p

party_pants said:

Woodie said:

How is your supply of anti-faint pills, Mr Kingy and Mr Panty Parts.?

Never in doubt mate ;p

I nodded off for most of the second half.

We still don’t know how they fucked it up.

And now it looks like we have to wait until the next episode.

Arts said:

We still don’t know how they fucked it up.

And now it looks like we have to wait until the next episode.

Yes, we haven’t heard for DA since. I am beginning to be concerned that it was a Beef Wellington Pizza.

party_pants said:

Arts said:

We still don’t know how they fucked it up.

And now it looks like we have to wait until the next episode.

Yes, we haven’t heard for DA since. I am beginning to be concerned that it was a Beef Wellington Pizza.

from

party_pants said:

Arts said:

We still don’t know how they fucked it up.

And now it looks like we have to wait until the next episode.

Yes, we haven’t heard for DA since. I am beginning to be concerned that it was a Beef Wellington Pizza.

Oh well, no quiz this weekend.

kii said:

buffy said:

kii said:

It’s another day. My toes are cold. My head is blerghy and my throat is still scratchy.
My new slippers aren’t here yet.
My brain keeps circling around a response to KFC3’s, King Fucking Charles the 3rd, speech in the USA. I’ll round up my thoughts when I have the energy.

Let it wash over you. It’s pretty much irrelevent to us.

Nah, it’s a worthy convoluted thought.

Some of you may remember that during Trump’s first administration, people on social media often joked about having Britain declare the US’s independence as null and void due to how stupid the country was for electing the idiot. There were memes, I am sure of it, and it brought great amusement to many people.

This second administration is 1,000 times worse, and the people STILL supporting Trump are even crazier and stoopider.

So, KFC3 comes over under the guise of the 250 year celebration of the USA’s independence and makes a perfect speech about what their country’s independence actually means. A well-crafted reminder about what the founding fathers wanted for the USA.

Anyway, that’s what my brain has been dealing with as I embrace this lurgy or whatever it is.

Simon Schama
Financial Times

That went well. In fact, one might say, without a trace of irony, it could have hardly gone better. But then those who wanted the royal US visit to be called off could hardly have anticipated King Charles triggering bursts of applause from Republicans as well as Democrats as they listened to a speech studded with views diametrically opposed to those of the president and his administration.

Some of this warm reception across the aisle was, I think, sheer pleasure at the recovery of institutional dignity: the collective response of a Congress that was paid the unfamiliar compliment of being taken seriously as a forum where thoughtfulness and the public interest could find an attentive hearing, rather than sinking into a mudhole of rancid partisanship, puerile catcalling and vainglorious self-congratulation. “America’s words carry weight and meaning as they have since independence,” the King emphasised towards the end of his speech, flattering the significance of American history as an embodiment of something other than the exercise of raw power. Cue the standing ovation.

The rhetorical cunning of the speech (you could hear Cicero applauding from the tomb) was to couple positions anathema to Trump with glosses from which it would be impossible for a patriotic American to dissent. Thus, praise of interfaith co-operation was prefaced by a profession of Christian faith as “a firm anchor”; the indispensability of Nato and “unyielding resolve” in the defence of Ukraine by remembering the invocation of Article 5, and the allied response following the catastrophe of 9/11; and a call to address climate change by quoting Theodore Roosevelt (one of Donald Trump’s idols) on the “glorious heritage” of the American landscape. If Woody Guthrie can’t persuade Republicans and the president to see that “this land is your land”, then the environmentally crusading British king was there to remind them. The Speaker of the House applauded, while the vice-president remained unmoved.

Following the speech, a CNN commentator remarked on the King’s directness, the obvious regal comparison being his mother’s address to a joint session of Congress in 1991, mindful as she habitually was of never violating the monarchy’s unwritten law of political restraint.

King Charles preferred to stress a legacy of distinctively British political thought and action: the restraints on absolutism imposed by Magna Carta (the barons would not have been pleased by the arbitrary warrants and seizures of ICE); the Declaration of Right of 1689 that was the foundational document of the British constitutional monarchy, to which the writers of state declarations in the spring of 1776, and the subsequent writers of the July Declaration of Independence, looked for inspiration. In some respects, as the King correctly noted, the American Bill of Rights of 1791 drew on the very wording of the British Bill of Rights of 1689. Camilla, Queen Consort, King Charles III, President Donald Trump, and first lady Melania Trump watch troops in historical uniforms march past at the White House. The King and President Trump, with Queen Camilla and first lady Melania Trump, watch the US Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps march past the White House balcony on Tuesday.

Framing the core principles of liberal democracy as a common inheritance of both the Founding Fathers and the monarchy against which they rebelled, the King was calling for another America to bestir itself. Better to take Abraham Lincoln and the Gettysburg Address as a model than the authoritarianism of Putin and Xi Jinping, much less the busted flush of Viktor Orbán. The cause of constitutionally protected liberal democracy, and that of the fate of planet Earth itself, were not yet lost, unless wilfully surrendered.

Thus, in one of history’s happier paradoxes, a British king came to Washington to speak against absolute monarchy, of the sort on which predecessors bearing the same royal name rested, as they supposed, their own divinely ordained authority; and also to speak, by strong implication, against the great autocrats and kleptocrats of our own age.

Good morning. 19 degrees at the moment, should get up to 27 later. The rain hasn’t arrived yet. Though they do say that some should arrive by tomorrow arvo.

Banksy podcaster Peak added: “It’s really clever. It captures a very precise moment in time, which most statues never manage to do, where the flag’s kind of blinding this puffed up, besuited leader who’s about to step off a precipice and look very silly indeed. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn4pvyw82exo

The National Transport Research Organisation is calling on the federal government to tighten safety standards for imported large utes.

ANCAP Safety data shows there has been a 270 per cent increase in large ute sales since 2019.

Has anybody tried to reverse into the street from centre parking with one of these things parked on the side of you facing the traffic?

Most of Australia’s parking spaces weren’t drawn up considering that we’d ever have these monstrosities parking there.

Greetings Earthlings

Bubblecar said:

Sadly, also only two weeks to go until the first anniversary of sarahs mum leaving us.

I remember watching Eurovision with Woodie anyway, while heartbroken, ‘cos she would have want us to try to cheer up.

:(

ms spock said:

Greetings Earthlings

Good morning ms spock.

Good morning Holidayers. Presently 17 degrees at the back door, overcast and windy. We are forecast 25 degrees, windy, with rain increasing.

Bakery Breakfast with my bushwandering friend. Then I really should make the effort to mow the front yard before the rain gets here.

ms spock said:

Bubblecar said:

Sadly, also only two weeks to go until the first anniversary of sarahs mum leaving us.

I remember watching Eurovision with Woodie anyway, while heartbroken, ‘cos she would have want us to try to cheer up.

:(

:(

buffy said:

ms spock said:

Health authorities warn of deadly mushrooms surging across Australian backyards

I’ve IDd quite a few on iNaturalist in the past month or so. Mostly around the suburbs just North of the Melbourne CBD. I only ID from Victoria, I don’t know what is happening in other states.

(((nods)))

Only 20 days left until I get these CT scanner guided shots of cortisoids into my foraminals. I’m finding the long wait becoming more intolerable.
I’m needed as a driver for mrs rb but I’m increasingly dangerous as turning my head is certainly not up to driving safely.
To top that off I’ll need a driver for the injections and Mrs rb won’t be up to driving yet.
My farmer friend said he would but it looks more like I’ll have to use community transport. Which can sometimes be a car full and as such rather uncomfortable for people in pain.

ms spock said:

buffy said:

ms spock said:

Health authorities warn of deadly mushrooms surging across Australian backyards

I’ve IDd quite a few on iNaturalist in the past month or so. Mostly around the suburbs just North of the Melbourne CBD. I only ID from Victoria, I don’t know what is happening in other states.

(((nods)))

Safe enough here as it isn’t wet enough to have mushrooms.

Kingy said:

Map looks OK to me.

It even includes Tasmania and NZ.

The Rev Dodgson said:

Kingy said:

Map looks OK to me.

It even includes Tasmania and NZ.

Not a terrible map then?

roughbarked said:

Banksy podcaster Peak added: “It’s really clever. It captures a very precise moment in time, which most statues never manage to do, where the flag’s kind of blinding this puffed up, besuited leader who’s about to step off a precipice and look very silly indeed. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn4pvyw82exo

Brilliant

roughbarked said:

ms spock said:

Greetings Earthlings

Good morning ms spock.

Good morning roughbarked.

It’s raining here.

Sorry to read of your pain and transport issues.

I hope that you get pain relief soon.

And that Mrs roughbarked continues to heal.

buffy said:

Good morning Holidayers. Presently 17 degrees at the back door, overcast and windy. We are forecast 25 degrees, windy, with rain increasing.

Bakery Breakfast with my bushwandering friend. Then I really should make the effort to mow the front yard before the rain gets here.

May your pug filled day bring you joy.

Divine Angel said:

Looking forward to a pizza at the end of a shitty week and they fuck it up.

Any updates on DA’s pizza news?

The Rev Dodgson said:

Kingy said:

Map looks OK to me.

It even includes Tasmania and NZ.

Which they did not manage for the Commonwealth Games
.

ms spock said:

roughbarked said:

ms spock said:

Greetings Earthlings

Good morning ms spock.

Good morning roughbarked.

It’s raining here.

Sorry to read of your pain and transport issues.

I hope that you get pain relief soon.

And that Mrs roughbarked continues to heal.

At least we are still managing. If somewhat slowly.

roughbarked said:

ms spock said:

roughbarked said:

Good morning ms spock.

Good morning roughbarked.

It’s raining here.

Sorry to read of your pain and transport issues.

I hope that you get pain relief soon.

And that Mrs roughbarked continues to heal.

At least we are still managing. If somewhat slowly.

Slow and steady wins the race.

ms spock said:

roughbarked said:

ms spock said:

Good morning roughbarked.

It’s raining here.

Sorry to read of your pain and transport issues.

I hope that you get pain relief soon.

And that Mrs roughbarked continues to heal.

At least we are still managing. If somewhat slowly.

Slow and steady wins the race.

The race if there is one is to who dies first. So I’m happy to announce that it is not a race.

The Rev Dodgson said:

Kingy said:

Map looks OK to me.

It even includes Tasmania and NZ.

but the further from the equator you are the further you have to walk

roughbarked said:

ms spock said:

roughbarked said:

At least we are still managing. If somewhat slowly.

Slow and steady wins the race.

The race if there is one is to who dies first. So I’m happy to announce that it is not a race.

Good news

ms spock said:

Divine Angel said:

Looking forward to a pizza at the end of a shitty week and they fuck it up.

Any updates on DA’s pizza news?

I got a credit for my next order, having refused to wait another hour for them to remake and deliver it. I was pretty pissed, let me tell you.

Divine Angel said:

ms spock said:

Divine Angel said:

Looking forward to a pizza at the end of a shitty week and they fuck it up.

Any updates on DA’s pizza news?

I got a credit for my next order, having refused to wait another hour for them to remake and deliver it. I was pretty pissed, let me tell you.

When the Belvedere first opened, I asked for a vegetarian pizza with NO meat. It came with nothing else but salami. I had to try and argue with someone who pretended he couldn’t comprehend English when he said, “Salami not meat”.

Rare indeed to see a BOM weather forecast for here, read: chance of rain 100% Hanging out for a good old inch.

There’s a mural at my school, painted by year 7 kids in the year 2000. (Until fairly recently, year 7 in Qld was still primary school.) I’m not sure “mural” is the right word, it’s their handprints and initials. Those kids would be their 40s by now? Every time I walk past it, I think about those “kids” and where they are now, if their lives turned out the way they wanted (as if anyone’s does).

Anyway, that mural got painted over yesterday by the groundsman. It’s now plain white, and I’m a little sad about it.

Divine Angel said:

There’s a mural at my school, painted by year 7 kids in the year 2000. (Until fairly recently, year 7 in Qld was still primary school.) I’m not sure “mural” is the right word, it’s their handprints and initials. Those kids would be their 40s by now? Every time I walk past it, I think about those “kids” and where they are now, if their lives turned out the way they wanted (as if anyone’s does).

Anyway, that mural got painted over yesterday by the groundsman. It’s now plain white, and I’m a little sad about it.

As too may be those artists whom had left their prints.

roughbarked said:

Divine Angel said:

ms spock said:

Any updates on DA’s pizza news?

I got a credit for my next order, having refused to wait another hour for them to remake and deliver it. I was pretty pissed, let me tell you.

When the Belvedere first opened, I asked for a vegetarian pizza with NO meat. It came with nothing else but salami. I had to try and argue with someone who pretended he couldn’t comprehend English when he said, “Salami not meat”.

Who has a pizza place with no vegetarian pizzas? It’s a perfectly valid option.

The other day a kid had a twiggy stick as part of lunch. He was calling it a “sausage lolly”.

Divine Angel said:

There’s a mural at my school, painted by year 7 kids in the year 2000. (Until fairly recently, year 7 in Qld was still primary school.) I’m not sure “mural” is the right word, it’s their handprints and initials. Those kids would be their 40s by now? Every time I walk past it, I think about those “kids” and where they are now, if their lives turned out the way they wanted (as if anyone’s does).

Anyway, that mural got painted over yesterday by the groundsman. It’s now plain white, and I’m a little sad about it.

What was the muriel about?

Peak Warming Man said:

Divine Angel said:

There’s a mural at my school, painted by year 7 kids in the year 2000. (Until fairly recently, year 7 in Qld was still primary school.) I’m not sure “mural” is the right word, it’s their handprints and initials. Those kids would be their 40s by now? Every time I walk past it, I think about those “kids” and where they are now, if their lives turned out the way they wanted (as if anyone’s does).

Anyway, that mural got painted over yesterday by the groundsman. It’s now plain white, and I’m a little sad about it.

What was the muriel about?

Hand stencils that have now been taken over by white supremacissm.

Divine Angel said:

ms spock said:

Divine Angel said:

Looking forward to a pizza at the end of a shitty week and they fuck it up.

Any updates on DA’s pizza news?

I got a credit for my next order, having refused to wait another hour for them to remake and deliver it. I was pretty pissed, let me tell you.

Great… but what was the problem? What did they fuck up?

Arts said:

Divine Angel said:

ms spock said:

Any updates on DA’s pizza news?

I got a credit for my next order, having refused to wait another hour for them to remake and deliver it. I was pretty pissed, let me tell you.

Great… but what was the problem? What did they fuck up?

ChrispenEvan said:

Arts said:

Divine Angel said:

I got a credit for my next order, having refused to wait another hour for them to remake and deliver it. I was pretty pissed, let me tell you.

Great… but what was the problem? What did they fuck up?

Gonna hafta lick the box.

By and by, about seven or eight o’clock, homeward; and changing my horse again, I rode home, coaches going in great crowds to the further end of the town almost. In my way, in Leadenhall Street, there was morris-dancing which I have not seen a great while. So set my horse up at Game’s, paying 5s. for him. And so home to see Sir J. Minnes
Sir John Mennes (Comptroller of the Navy)
Thumbnail1599-71. Much of his early life was spent at sea, where he rose to command various navy ships. He joined the army in 1643 and then the exiled Court in 1650. After the Restoration he became Comptroller of the Navy.
, who is well again, and after staying talking with him awhile, I took leave and went to hear Mrs. Turner’s daughter, at whose house Sir J. Minnes lies, play on the harpsicon; but, Lord! it was enough to make any man sick to hear her; yet I was forced to commend her highly.

Morris dancing happening ib Pepys diary.

Divine Angel said:

ms spock said:

Divine Angel said:

Looking forward to a pizza at the end of a shitty week and they fuck it up.

Any updates on DA’s pizza news?

I got a credit for my next order, having refused to wait another hour for them to remake and deliver it. I was pretty pissed, let me tell you.

What happened?

Michael V said:

Divine Angel said:

ms spock said:

Any updates on DA’s pizza news?

I got a credit for my next order, having refused to wait another hour for them to remake and deliver it. I was pretty pissed, let me tell you.

What happened?

She’s probably saving it for the quiz.

Peak Warming Man said:

Divine Angel said:

There’s a mural at my school, painted by year 7 kids in the year 2000. (Until fairly recently, year 7 in Qld was still primary school.) I’m not sure “mural” is the right word, it’s their handprints and initials. Those kids would be their 40s by now? Every time I walk past it, I think about those “kids” and where they are now, if their lives turned out the way they wanted (as if anyone’s does).

Anyway, that mural got painted over yesterday by the groundsman. It’s now plain white, and I’m a little sad about it.

What was the muriel about?

A wedding.

Michael V said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Divine Angel said:

There’s a mural at my school, painted by year 7 kids in the year 2000. (Until fairly recently, year 7 in Qld was still primary school.) I’m not sure “mural” is the right word, it’s their handprints and initials. Those kids would be their 40s by now? Every time I walk past it, I think about those “kids” and where they are now, if their lives turned out the way they wanted (as if anyone’s does).

Anyway, that mural got painted over yesterday by the groundsman. It’s now plain white, and I’m a little sad about it.

What was the muriel about?

A wedding.

:)

Divine Angel said:

ms spock said:

Divine Angel said:

Looking forward to a pizza at the end of a shitty week and they fuck it up.

Any updates on DA’s pizza news?

I got a credit for my next order, having refused to wait another hour for them to remake and deliver it. I was pretty pissed, let me tell you.

You had such a crappy week.
Being pissed is quite understandable.

Arts said:

Divine Angel said:

ms spock said:

Any updates on DA’s pizza news?

I got a credit for my next order, having refused to wait another hour for them to remake and deliver it. I was pretty pissed, let me tell you.

Great… but what was the problem? What did they fuck up?

Completely wrong pizza, and I didn’t like the one they sent.

Divine Angel said:

Arts said:

Divine Angel said:

I got a credit for my next order, having refused to wait another hour for them to remake and deliver it. I was pretty pissed, let me tell you.

Great… but what was the problem? What did they fuck up?

Completely wrong pizza, and I didn’t like the one they sent.

Wonder how many times that happens?

roughbarked said:

Divine Angel said:

Arts said:

Great… but what was the problem? What did they fuck up?

Completely wrong pizza, and I didn’t like the one they sent.

Wonder how many times that happens?

As far as can be established, going way back to Roman times when records begun being compiled its only ever happened twice.

Peak Warming Man said:

roughbarked said:

Divine Angel said:

Completely wrong pizza, and I didn’t like the one they sent.

Wonder how many times that happens?

As far as can be established, going way back to Roman times when records begun being compiled its only ever happened twice.

Once when Flavius Maximus ordered a pizza with the lot and they forgot the artichokes and when DA ordered the Ham and Pineapple Delux.

roughbarked said:

Divine Angel said:

Arts said:

Great… but what was the problem? What did they fuck up?

Completely wrong pizza, and I didn’t like the one they sent.

Wonder how many times that happens?

at least twice as somebody else got a wrong pizza.

Scientists finally know how old the Twelve Apostles are – and they’re much younger than anyone thought

Every year, millions of visitors stand at the clifftop lookouts along Victoria’s Great Ocean Road and gaze out at the Twelve Apostles. These towering limestone stacks, rising up to 70 metres above the Southern Ocean, are some of Australia’s most recognisable landmarks.

More…

ChrispenEvan said:

roughbarked said:

Divine Angel said:

Completely wrong pizza, and I didn’t like the one they sent.

Wonder how many times that happens?

at least twice as somebody else got a wrong pizza.

It’s never happened to me.

Tau.Neutrino said:

Scientists finally know how old the Twelve Apostles are – and they’re much younger than anyone thought

Every year, millions of visitors stand at the clifftop lookouts along Victoria’s Great Ocean Road and gaze out at the Twelve Apostles. These towering limestone stacks, rising up to 70 metres above the Southern Ocean, are some of Australia’s most recognisable landmarks.

More…

Interesting.

I’ll wait to see what MV has to say before I comment. :)

Tau.Neutrino said:

ChrispenEvan said:

roughbarked said:

Wonder how many times that happens?

at least twice as somebody else got a wrong pizza.

It’s never happened to me.

The way my luck was this week, I should have seen it coming LOL

Compounding the shit was a book I reserved at the library and was excited to read also turned out to be shit. It was about RSD (rejection sensitive dysphoria). Turns out the guy who wrote it has zero qualifications, is an ADHD influencer, cofounded LADbible, and cites no sources for any of his claims in the book. If it wasn’t a library book, I would have chucked it in the bin.

I recall the XPT coming here in the past. Hoping to see it out this way again.

Divine Angel said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

ChrispenEvan said:

at least twice as somebody else got a wrong pizza.

It’s never happened to me.

The way my luck was this week, I should have seen it coming LOL

Compounding the shit was a book I reserved at the library and was excited to read also turned out to be shit. It was about RSD (rejection sensitive dysphoria). Turns out the guy who wrote it has zero qualifications, is an ADHD influencer, cofounded LADbible, and cites no sources for any of his claims in the book. If it wasn’t a library book, I would have chucked it in the bin.

You could also provide that review to the library?

I wasn’t on the forum much yesterday, did someone post the ABC brain teaser?

roughbarked said:

Divine Angel said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

It’s never happened to me.

The way my luck was this week, I should have seen it coming LOL

Compounding the shit was a book I reserved at the library and was excited to read also turned out to be shit. It was about RSD (rejection sensitive dysphoria). Turns out the guy who wrote it has zero qualifications, is an ADHD influencer, cofounded LADbible, and cites no sources for any of his claims in the book. If it wasn’t a library book, I would have chucked it in the bin.

You could also provide that review to the library?

There’s a 10 week wait for that book at the library, the library doesn’t care.

Divine Angel said:

I wasn’t on the forum much yesterday, did someone post the ABC brain teaser?

Yes back there somewhere.

Divine Angel said:

roughbarked said:

Divine Angel said:

The way my luck was this week, I should have seen it coming LOL

Compounding the shit was a book I reserved at the library and was excited to read also turned out to be shit. It was about RSD (rejection sensitive dysphoria). Turns out the guy who wrote it has zero qualifications, is an ADHD influencer, cofounded LADbible, and cites no sources for any of his claims in the book. If it wasn’t a library book, I would have chucked it in the bin.

You could also provide that review to the library?

There’s a 10 week wait for that book at the library, the library doesn’t care.

Lordy!

roughbarked said:

Divine Angel said:

I wasn’t on the forum much yesterday, did someone post the ABC brain teaser?

Yes back there somewhere.

Well I’m glad someone takes over my job when I’m not here :)

Divine Angel said:

roughbarked said:

Divine Angel said:

I wasn’t on the forum much yesterday, did someone post the ABC brain teaser?

Yes back there somewhere.

Well I’m glad someone takes over my job when I’m not here :)

Ha! I started the thread and regularly posted them until you stole my thunder!!!!!

ChrispenEvan said:

Divine Angel said:

roughbarked said:

Yes back there somewhere.

Well I’m glad someone takes over my job when I’m not here :)

Ha! I started the thread and regularly posted them until you stole my thunder!!!!!

You snooze, you lose ;)

I don’t even know how I ended up with it, but when I miss it, Rev starts complaining that it’s all my fault LOL

I did some mowing. My back may not forgive me. But the rain is thinking about starting and then we are due to have a few mm each day for a few days, so I’m glad it’s done.

Divine Angel said:

ChrispenEvan said:

Divine Angel said:

Well I’m glad someone takes over my job when I’m not here :)

Ha! I started the thread and regularly posted them until you stole my thunder!!!!!

You snooze, you lose ;)

I don’t even know how I ended up with it, but when I miss it, Rev starts complaining that it’s all my fault LOL

rev’s a pom, complaining is in his genes.

ChrispenEvan said:

Divine Angel said:

ChrispenEvan said:

Ha! I started the thread and regularly posted them until you stole my thunder!!!!!

You snooze, you lose ;)

I don’t even know how I ended up with it, but when I miss it, Rev starts complaining that it’s all my fault LOL

rev’s a pom, complaining is in his genes.

Takes one to know one. ;)

There is one of those ‘orrible 50/50 quizzes today.

roughbarked said:

There is one of those ‘orrible 50/50 quizzes today.

Maybe I should implement that style this evening. You know, just to shake things up.

buffy said:

I did some mowing. My back may not forgive me. But the rain is thinking about starting and then we are due to have a few mm each day for a few days, so I’m glad it’s done.

I’m hoping for some rain so I don’t have to.

Peak Warming Man said:

buffy said:

I did some mowing. My back may not forgive me. But the rain is thinking about starting and then we are due to have a few mm each day for a few days, so I’m glad it’s done.

I’m hoping for some rain so I don’t have to.

ChrispenEvan said:

roughbarked said:

Divine Angel said:

Completely wrong pizza, and I didn’t like the one they sent.

Wonder how many times that happens?

at least twice as somebody else got a wrong pizza.

why, is there a conservation law for pizzas

ChrispenEvan said:

Divine Angel said:

roughbarked said:

Yes back there somewhere.

Well I’m glad someone takes over my job when I’m not here :)

Ha! I started the thread and regularly posted them until you stole my thunder!!!!!

Not everybody reads your posts.

Neighbour on the west side, who’s usually only moderately noisy (young kids etc), has decided that today’s the day to play very loud shitty music outside, flooding into every room of my house.

I hope it doesn’t become a regular nuisance.

Bubblecar said:

Neighbour on the west side, who’s usually only moderately noisy (young kids etc), has decided that today’s the day to play very loud shitty music outside, flooding into every room of my house.

I hope it doesn’t become a regular nuisance.

Next thing the kids will be on your lawn.

Bubblecar said:

Neighbour on the west side, who’s usually only moderately noisy (young kids etc), has decided that today’s the day to play very loud shitty music outside, flooding into every room of my house.

I hope it doesn’t become a regular nuisance.

Shame you can’t just order a precision strike.

I’m awake, performed my ablutions, selected my outfit for the day – black harem pants and a black t-shirt featuring Kitten Lady’s dearly departed black cat, Coco, purple bamboo sockies and metallic grey Birkenstocks.

Then I prepared my brekky of toasted sourdough bread that features a hint of rosemary, put cottage cheese on it, with a perfectly ripe avocado on the side (with a light sprinkle of gum leaf smoked salt). My usual tea.

Just a tad miffed with my daughter-in-law. She has some very stoopid ideas about the pandemic, with particular focus on the compulsory vaccination of people working with the public.

Damn.

Peak Warming Man said:

Bubblecar said:

Neighbour on the west side, who’s usually only moderately noisy (young kids etc), has decided that today’s the day to play very loud shitty music outside, flooding into every room of my house.

I hope it doesn’t become a regular nuisance.

Next thing the kids will be on your lawn.

The grumpy old man could just play some of his music louder and open all the windows etc.

Divine Angel said:

roughbarked said:

Divine Angel said:

The way my luck was this week, I should have seen it coming LOL

Compounding the shit was a book I reserved at the library and was excited to read also turned out to be shit. It was about RSD (rejection sensitive dysphoria). Turns out the guy who wrote it has zero qualifications, is an ADHD influencer, cofounded LADbible, and cites no sources for any of his claims in the book. If it wasn’t a library book, I would have chucked it in the bin.

You could also provide that review to the library?

There’s a 10 week wait for that book at the library, the library doesn’t care.

Can you write your thoughts on thin paper and enclose it somewhere in the book when you return it pushing it well in towards the spine? You never know, you could start someone thinking.

roughbarked said:

There is one of those ‘orrible 50/50 quizzes today.

You are not obliged to do the quizzes.

Bubblecar said:

Bubblecar said:

Neighbour on the west side, who’s usually only moderately noisy (young kids etc), has decided that today’s the day to play very loud shitty music outside, flooding into every room of my house.

I hope it doesn’t become a regular nuisance.

Shame you can’t just order a precision strike.

Can’t you just play some classical stuff to cover it (and annoy them?)

buffy said:

Bubblecar said:

Bubblecar said:

Neighbour on the west side, who’s usually only moderately noisy (young kids etc), has decided that today’s the day to play very loud shitty music outside, flooding into every room of my house.

I hope it doesn’t become a regular nuisance.

Shame you can’t just order a precision strike.

Can’t you just play some classical stuff to cover it (and annoy them?)

I see kii has pre-empted me.

Peak Warming Man said:

Bubblecar said:

Neighbour on the west side, who’s usually only moderately noisy (young kids etc), has decided that today’s the day to play very loud shitty music outside, flooding into every room of my house.

I hope it doesn’t become a regular nuisance.

Next thing the kids will be on your lawn.

That’s already happenned here.

buffy said:

Divine Angel said:

roughbarked said:

You could also provide that review to the library?

There’s a 10 week wait for that book at the library, the library doesn’t care.

Can you write your thoughts on thin paper and enclose it somewhere in the book when you return it pushing it well in towards the spine? You never know, you could start someone thinking.

Like that thought.

buffy said:

roughbarked said:

There is one of those ‘orrible 50/50 quizzes today.

You are not obliged to do the quizzes.

Which is why I didn’t attempt it.

buffy said:

Bubblecar said:

Bubblecar said:

Neighbour on the west side, who’s usually only moderately noisy (young kids etc), has decided that today’s the day to play very loud shitty music outside, flooding into every room of my house.

I hope it doesn’t become a regular nuisance.

Shame you can’t just order a precision strike.

Can’t you just play some classical stuff to cover it (and annoy them?)

They wouldn’t hear it over their own. That’s why they are playing it loud.

Divine Angel said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

ChrispenEvan said:

at least twice as somebody else got a wrong pizza.

It’s never happened to me.

The way my luck was this week, I should have seen it coming LOL

Compounding the shit was a book I reserved at the library and was excited to read also turned out to be shit. It was about RSD (rejection sensitive dysphoria). Turns out the guy who wrote it has zero qualifications, is an ADHD influencer, cofounded LADbible, and cites no sources for any of his claims in the book. If it wasn’t a library book, I would have chucked it in the bin.

Alex Partridge? I am pretty sure he has never claimed to be qualified apart from his own experiences. I think he’s a worthwhile voice in the ND world, because he presents information in format that is accessible for many people.

“In Why Does Everybody Hate Me? Alex draws on his own experience of RSD, and shares how it’s coloured every aspect of his life, from his days as founder of the global social media content brands UniLad and LadBible, to his adult relationships, his mental health struggles and his terrible imposter syndrome. He’ll use the insights he’s gained from the world’s top experts on ADHD to share with you some simple steps to regaining your boundaries, your confidence and your self-belief.” – from Booktopia

Maybe you could have researched him prior to reserving the book at the library?

buffy said:

buffy said:

Bubblecar said:

Shame you can’t just order a precision strike.

Can’t you just play some classical stuff to cover it (and annoy them?)

I see kii has pre-empted me.

I always wanted to play opera at full volume when the local tradesmen played loud mariachi band music from their trucks as they worked on roofs.

buffy said:

Bubblecar said:

Bubblecar said:

Neighbour on the west side, who’s usually only moderately noisy (young kids etc), has decided that today’s the day to play very loud shitty music outside, flooding into every room of my house.

I hope it doesn’t become a regular nuisance.

Shame you can’t just order a precision strike.

Can’t you just play some classical stuff to cover it (and annoy them?)

That’s what I’m forced to do but I don’t want to play it loud enough to annoy other innocent neighbours.

Divine Angel said:

I wasn’t on the forum much yesterday, did someone post the ABC brain teaser?

Yes and we had a lengthy discussion about the best way to evade average speed cameras.

Divine Angel said:

Arts said:

Divine Angel said:

I got a credit for my next order, having refused to wait another hour for them to remake and deliver it. I was pretty pissed, let me tell you.

Great… but what was the problem? What did they fuck up?

Completely wrong pizza, and I didn’t like the one they sent.

Thank you. What did you end up having for dinner?

The Rev Dodgson said:

Divine Angel said:

I wasn’t on the forum much yesterday, did someone post the ABC brain teaser?

Yes and we had a lengthy discussion about the best way to evade average speed cameras.

They have been installed in Queensland but not in service but people slow down when they get the sign saying you are approaching one.

Divine Angel said:

ChrispenEvan said:

Divine Angel said:

Well I’m glad someone takes over my job when I’m not here :)

Ha! I started the thread and regularly posted them until you stole my thunder!!!!!

You snooze, you lose ;)

I don’t even know how I ended up with it, but when I miss it, Rev starts complaining that it’s all my fault LOL

As if a reverend gentleman such as myself would even think to ever criticise a Divine Angel.

Divine Angel said:

Arts said:

Divine Angel said:

I got a credit for my next order, having refused to wait another hour for them to remake and deliver it. I was pretty pissed, let me tell you.

Great… but what was the problem? What did they fuck up?

Completely wrong pizza, and I didn’t like the one they sent.

Ah. Ta.

For so long, Reddit and Quora have been the major sources of dumb questions, but Threads is coming up.

LOOK AT THIS PUPPY!!!!

kii said:

LOOK AT THIS PUPPY!!!!

Approved

dv said:

For so long, Reddit and Quora have been the major sources of dumb questions, but Threads is coming up.

The obvious response is: Yes, it is a dairy product.

kii said:

LOOK AT THIS PUPPY!!!!

Beautiful!!

kii said:

LOOK AT THIS PUPPY!!!!

We are having some guest speakers from women’s correctional services on Tuesday, my contact is the head of women’s services at the DOJ, and she has arranged to have some incarcerated women who participate in the guide dog WA training program to come out and bring their dogs! I’m so looking forward to this lecture.

Arts said:

kii said:

LOOK AT THIS PUPPY!!!!

We are having some guest speakers from women’s correctional services on Tuesday, my contact is the head of women’s services at the DOJ, and she has arranged to have some incarcerated women who participate in the guide dog WA training program to come out and bring their dogs! I’m so looking forward to this lecture.

Wonderful. That program is also in the US. At least one local jail had it. Then there’s the Ghislaine Maxwell puppy in prison situation.

The Rev Dodgson said:

Divine Angel said:

I wasn’t on the forum much yesterday, did someone post the ABC brain teaser?

Yes and we had a lengthy discussion about the best way to evade average speed cameras.

Which the Mythnusters couldn’t beat.

The Rev Dodgson said:

Divine Angel said:

ChrispenEvan said:

Ha! I started the thread and regularly posted them until you stole my thunder!!!!!

You snooze, you lose ;)

I don’t even know how I ended up with it, but when I miss it, Rev starts complaining that it’s all my fault LOL

As if a reverend gentleman such as myself would even think to ever criticise a Divine Angel.

Particularly when thee is te risk of arousing the axe wielding mutant.

dv said:

For so long, Reddit and Quora have been the major sources of dumb questions, but Threads is coming up.

Because milking the bees gets the milkmaids stung to death? ;)

roughbarked said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Divine Angel said:

You snooze, you lose ;)

I don’t even know how I ended up with it, but when I miss it, Rev starts complaining that it’s all my fault LOL

As if a reverend gentleman such as myself would even think to ever criticise a Divine Angel.

Particularly when thee is te risk of arousing the axe wielding mutant.

:)

To be honest, I have my doubts that DA ever really wields an axe.

kii said:

LOOK AT THIS PUPPY!!!!

Don’t need 3D specs.

Time to lie down and read and siesta. My back is telling me it’s tired.

The Rev Dodgson said:

Divine Angel said:

I wasn’t on the forum much yesterday, did someone post the ABC brain teaser?

Yes and we had a lengthy discussion about the best way to evade average speed cameras.

Um… don’t speed. That’ll do it

The Rev Dodgson said:

roughbarked said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

As if a reverend gentleman such as myself would even think to ever criticise a Divine Angel.

Particularly when thee is te risk of arousing the axe wielding mutant.

:)

To be honest, I have my doubts that DA ever really wields an axe.

Ther doesn’t seem to be any evidence to that fact.

Arts said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Divine Angel said:

I wasn’t on the forum much yesterday, did someone post the ABC brain teaser?

Yes and we had a lengthy discussion about the best way to evade average speed cameras.

Um… don’t speed. That’ll do it

They’ve been trying to drum that into our heads since Mr Wheelie.

kii said:

LOOK AT THIS PUPPY!!!!

You can now get them off the shelf?

Neophyte said:

kii said:

LOOK AT THIS PUPPY!!!!

You can now get them off the shelf?

three fiddy.

Neophyte said:

kii said:

LOOK AT THIS PUPPY!!!!

You can now get them off the shelf?

Want.

kii said:

LOOK AT THIS PUPPY!!!!

Awwwww.

Arts said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Divine Angel said:

I wasn’t on the forum much yesterday, did someone post the ABC brain teaser?

Yes and we had a lengthy discussion about the best way to evade average speed cameras.

Um… don’t speed. That’ll do it

My sentiments exactly.

Michael V said:

Arts said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Yes and we had a lengthy discussion about the best way to evade average speed cameras.

Um… don’t speed. That’ll do it

My sentiments exactly.

I’ll never understand why people ignore the obvious.

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