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by Hambone
Wed Mar 26, 2025 4:27 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Backyard critters, great and small
Replies: 61
Views: 17195

Re: Backyard critters, great and small

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One of our beautiful little swamp wallabies greeted me at the kitchen door this morning.

She's relatively acclimatised to us being around and usually don't scarper immediately - (we grow things they like to browse on; native violets, wombat berry, cousin It/casuarina etc - that's a ...
by Hambone
Fri Mar 21, 2025 1:15 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Backyard critters, great and small
Replies: 61
Views: 17195

Re: Backyard critters, great and small

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Last Saturday we had a visit from this fine fellow.
Around 7 feet long and quite unphased (apparently) by our presence. She tried all the windows along the back of the house; essentially cased the joint.
Went for a dip in the pool and climbed up onto the roof.
Quite impressive.
by Hambone
Wed Mar 19, 2025 4:17 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Donald Trump
Replies: 989
Views: 114769

Re: Donald Trump


... Trump could die. ...

Now there is a comforting thought. Though t's still going to be a rough landing, especially if Vance continued with his indignant inflated bullshittery.

([ wishful_thinking ]Though his pompous veneer is so wafer thin he might just run screaming from the WH.[ /wishful ...
by Hambone
Wed Mar 19, 2025 12:24 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Donald Trump
Replies: 989
Views: 114769

Re: Donald Trump


I'd bet on the whole fucking way.

It's full speed ahead right now. And look at the orange fuhrer and his cabinet. They show no signs of slowing down.

I have been wondering lately, what attempt might be made to "shut down" the prominent mockers. I mean Colbert, Meyers, Kimmel, Stewart (not to ...
by Hambone
Wed Mar 05, 2025 4:43 pm
Forum: News and Current Affairs
Topic: Cyclone Alfred
Replies: 10
Views: 906

Re: Cyclone Alfred

I'm up at Black Mountain (behind Cooroy - inland from Noosa). I've just about got everything (by which I mean, that which I can carry or drag or get onto the trolley) put away (by which I mean either put in the shed or the garage or laid over in sheltered place in the garden).

[Though some of the ...
by Hambone
Tue Mar 04, 2025 12:27 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Aus Election 2025
Replies: 41
Views: 3410

Re: Aus Election 2025


Also... nuclear?!??? It's pretty far out. It's radical, and the Australian electorate is NOT radical. Normally I am unhappy about this because I espouse left-wing radicalism. But if the boring, unadventurous Australian electorate rejects a radical from the right , I'm cheering it on. Vive l'ennui ...
by Hambone
Mon Mar 03, 2025 4:02 pm
Forum: Science, Logic and Reason
Topic: Birdwatchery
Replies: 15
Views: 5230

Re: Birdwatchery

Had a pair of magnificent wedgies circling over our gully last Thursday and they were low enough and close enough (about less than 50 away) that we could see the colours on the top of their wings and backs.

We have seen them a few times before but usually disappearing on a thermal.

No photo ...
by Hambone
Mon Feb 24, 2025 3:45 pm
Forum: News and Current Affairs
Topic: Fkn Rupert and His Family
Replies: 7
Views: 1263

Re: Fkn Rupert and His Family


Promising story here. Things could go pair-shaped for reptilian rupert and his propaganda factories, especially if the 94 year old graces us with his death before 2030 - which is when the family trust expires.

Let's hope Roop doesn't quite inherit his mum's longevity; 103. Well he didn't inherit ...
by Hambone
Wed Feb 19, 2025 3:49 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Donald Trump
Replies: 989
Views: 114769

Re: Donald Trump

Sadly, I confess, my instant reaction to RFK Jr is to think, an epidemic of measles might be the only way to redress this barking lunacy... and then I realise it probably wouldn't work anyway when you're dealing with PCT nutbags.
It really is a miserable prospect.
by Hambone
Wed Feb 19, 2025 3:39 pm
Forum: News and Current Affairs
Topic: WFH deserves to be paid less?
Replies: 5
Views: 1269

Re: WFH deserves to be paid less?

Water cooler chats1? pfthhh!

If I ever decide to go into the office in Brisbane they have to juggle the seating because there aren't quite enough if a few extra might turn up.
And when you're there meetings are still held using Teams.
My one "office day" is now at a Distributed Work Centre (in ...