on 03-10-2015 12:15 PM
This is a thread with no particular
Topic so no one can be off topic 🙂
So if anyone out there has something
To say about anything you like now
Is your chance
Keep it clean
And be nice
See how long that lasts
Can we keep politics and religion out
Of the conversation
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on 06-04-2020 11:55 PM
I really should get around to fixing that busted pergola roof panel.
I'm reminded, once again of that, at ten thirty at night, as it creaks under the weight of a possum gingerly making their way across it, on the only part of it that is still solid, ha ha...
One way or another I'll get the panel down off the roof, and fixed up.
And speaking of panels, doubtless there'll be a panel of "experts" gathered in the trees around, shouting "helpful", and more often than not contradictory instructions at me...
"No... No...To the Left...The Left!... No, Not That Left! ... The Other Left!", ha ha...
It's not that there's never a dull moment round here, it's just that the amusing moments are much more fun to recount, ha ha...
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on 07-04-2020 01:01 PM
There was a lady at the supermarket, yesterday, who sneezed into her elbow a couple of times, then dissolved into a fit of giggles at the silliness of it all, ha ha...
I can't blame her, this whole situation is all a bit ridiculous.
But this is what we have, and we have to cope as best as we can, and if we can't laugh at it, then what can we do?
Keep smiling, if only behind a mask... ha ha...
And guess who was waiting, patiently, on the bench armrest, as I walked round to the back door, empty handed once again, because breakfast had already been distributed...
You got it in one - the old man bird... He's a character, alright, ha ha...
I don't see there's any harm in him getting a special treat.
Six weeks, maybe eight, from now, one morning as the frosty ground crackles underfoot, he won't be here, patiently waiting for me..
So I might as well make him happy, in what's left of his time.
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on 07-04-2020 06:45 PM
Two weetbix, and milk, in a bowl might make a passable substitute for lunch, but don't take it outside where the feathered fraternity can see it...
"What is it? What is it? Can we have some? Can we have some? And why not??", ha ha...
Okay, let me draw breath before explaining that milk and birds don't mix...
"Chances are you're lactose intolerant..."...
Offended looks, all around...
"We're not Intolerant... We're very broad minded..."... ha ha...
There's no point in arguing with them, some days, so I took my lunch and went back inside... ha ha...
I have found one relatively "safe" food, though - Sardines...
Unless the currawongs are around...
I don''t mind them standing at elbow distance, looking inquisitive, but I have to draw the line when they try to help themselves, ha ha...
"Aren't you meant to be wild birds?"...
"If we don't get a taste of that, we'll be absolutely livid, but you've probably heard that joke before", ha ha...
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on 07-04-2020 07:01 PM
on 07-04-2020 07:03 PM
Well said, Twynnie, ha ha...
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on 07-04-2020 07:07 PM
on 07-04-2020 07:14 PM
I got the panel down off the roof without a huge amount of effort, ha ha...
That may well be the understatement of the week - little bits of broken plastic roof material going everywhere, while I tried valiantly, with a broom, to shove the frame around... The birds must think I'm mad, sometimes... ha ha...
I got it down, and started patching it, then decided that tomorrow is another day, and it won't hurt to leave it...
Second understatement of the day, ha ha...
Of all the days it could choose to rain, while there's a gaping hole in the roof, tomorrow has to be it... ha ha...
Well, I hope the weather man's right about only 70% of a chance of passing showers...
What do they say? Hard work is it's own reward? This wasn't quite the reward I had in mind, ha ha...
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on 07-04-2020 07:22 PM
A sensible outcome would be a good thing, but as I read in the news, some people seem to think they're somehow magically absolved of any hint of social responsibility.
Facetiously -
Waaah! Waah! Why can't I do that? They're doing it! I wanna do it too! Why do I have to follow the rules?! Rules are stupid, I don't like rules! You're not the boss of me! I don't have to wash my hands if I don't want to! Nanny State! Nanny State! Social distancing rules are for losers! You're taking my freedom!
On a more sober and adult note, ever heard of Humility? Putting others ahead of yourself? Here's another one - Consideration...
If you want to be an Individual, go live on a desert island. You're a member of a wider community, and you have responsibility to them, don't forget that.
I'm just sick of it, sick of it all. I don't have the virus, but still I feel sick...
Okay, rant over. Thank you.
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on 07-04-2020 07:40 PM
I think I'll go and stare at the TV for a bit...
Or maybe I'll just listen to some soothing music, instead...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XljmO_KPQaM
Ha ha...
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on 07-04-2020 07:50 PM
Tuesday nights are motoring shows on 7Mate
(Do not disturb)