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  1. Re: This appeared at the bottom of the Bilge today. It scared me

    That made me sneeze, now I have an itchy nose.
    Did anyone get an add with a little scratching thingy, might be an antidote.
  2. Thread: Car Topping

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    Re: Car Topping

    I wonder why the rudder is off?
    too much drag?
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    Re: Cruise of the Ketch Julia

    Thats the nut right there.
  4. Re: Optimising the Installation of an Electrical Windlass

    Maybe a bit of A and C?
    Gal chain tends to climb up, not fall over as it mounds up inside the locker.

    That diverter sheet could knock the tip over, or, once the chain climbs to that height it...
  5. Re: Michelangelo’s 16th century “David” sculpture “pornographic".

    Pornographic...

    send a letter before showing classical artwork....

    Choice to resign.....

    Which bit is the worst bit?
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    Re: Favorite trucker songs?

    Sorry - had to scratch that itch.


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJPM-M_Z65o&t=1s
  7. Thread: Memes and…

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    Re: Memes and…

    Yep - that matches the research. speed of turnaround and little to no handling.
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    Re: Stop saying you researched it.

    I work with archives people, collection managers and subject matter experts to do research on my projects. Lots of PHD's around.
    They have access to other institutions materials, state and national...
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    Re: A trip to the dump.

    Killing feral cats verses the extinction of scores of species...?
    Mate, what's wrong with you?

    Chipping doesn't stop cats from killing.
  10. Thread: Ukraine

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    Re: Ukraine

    Interesting report from Al Jazeera;

    Russia building defenses in Crimea.
    It appears they don't feel confident they can repel a counteroffensive on mainland Ukraine.
    ...
  11. Thread: Memes and…

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    Re: Memes and…

    I hear you mate. I feel the same.
  12. Thread: Ukraine

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    Re: Ukraine

    Great pic.

    Just reading an article about the training regime for Ukrainian soldiers in the US and other NATO countries. Tank systems, mobile artillery systems, patriot missile systems, combined...
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    Re: A trip to the dump.

    Prezactly.
    Any cat that's out and about is correctly considered feral and fair game. The have no place on this island.
  14. Re: Author of Florida's "Don't Say Gay" bill pleads guilty

    ......

    Okay, let me rephrase it. This news makes me feel very happy.
  15. Re: Black and white, red and blue, male and female

    The French Revolution?

    Its a strange thing to contemplate.
    Reading your OP Norm it strikes me that maybe authoritarianism is actually dying and we're hearing the death roars? Well, not really,...
  16. Thread: Memes and…

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    Re: Memes and…

    The fish still, probably, die.

    The stress causes a physiological response that kills the fish.
    I was doing a talk with a scientist recently who had a phd student studying catch and release of big...
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    Re: INteresting conversation about 'woke'

    I say, no it hasn't, but to give you the benefit of the doubt, can you define these new things?
  18. Thread: Twenty Bucks

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    Re: Twenty Bucks

    Me too.
    It's about to leap to Aus$20. I'll cut it off at that point.
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    Re: A trip to the dump.

    I dropped some stuff at the dump recently and there was a you-beaut pair of forge tongs right there on the ground.
    I picked them up and the dump guy told me to drop them.

    Then he picked them up....
  20. Thread: Oz Politics.

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    Re: Oz Politics.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPiGJBHVadA
  21. Thread: Ukraine

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    Re: Ukraine

    The official name of the propaganda office in Russia is; The Internet Research Agency. It's based in the district of Lahkta in St. Petersburgh. The members/employees are known in Russia as the...
  22. Thread: Ukraine

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    Re: Ukraine

    And have blown up at least two maternity hospitals - while they were in use.
  23. Thread: Oz Politics.

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    Re: Oz Politics.

    Prezactly.
    Or he's a complete moron. The idiocy he posts can only be posted by one or the other.
  24. Thread: Oz Politics.

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    Re: Oz Politics.

    Everything except go to war.
  25. Thread: Ukraine

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    Re: Ukraine

    All the hallmarks of a Ukrainian counter offensive in the north-east.

    I wonder is Bahkmut less about grinding down the Russians than giving them a sense that this is as far as Ukraine is going to...
  26. Thread: Ukraine

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    Re: Ukraine

    Denis is a bit more upbeat than he has been for a while.
    Explosions in Crimea, plane loads of equipment. He's like a kid in a sweet shop - what to choose? Where will we counterattack?

    ...
  27. Thread: Ukraine

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    Re: Ukraine

    Case in point;


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35-G2UaAzNk
  28. Re: How did Corned Beef (and cabbage) become an Irish Tradition?

    We didn't have corned beef (or beets) in Ireland, but I dare say if we did I dare say Nicholas's recipe above would have included a cup of barley.

    Barley has a semi mythological status in Ireland....
  29. Re: the culture war invades scholastic wrestling

    Wrestling .... obvious reasons?
  30. Thread: Ukraine

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    Re: Ukraine

    In a functioning democracy probably not. He has semi-dictator like control over propaganda. And he's shameless.
  31. Thread: Ukraine

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    Re: Ukraine

    Finland is in. Turkey and their little lap dog still holding out on Sweden, moving goal posts by making up new criteria for membership.
    Once Erdogan is re-elected it may just pass on without a...
  32. Re: How did Corned Beef (and cabbage) become an Irish Tradition?

    It's pretty cool the way Paddy's day is embraced. Even if it does involve alien dishes.
  33. Re: How did Corned Beef (and cabbage) become an Irish Tradition?

    2 six packs of Guinness.
    But what about tonight?
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    Re: Tragedy of the Commons

    Rationality Commons.... thinking of Rum Pirate thread. He won't come back cause his views are not respected.
  35. Re: And the award for biggest fish kill goes to..........

    What a disaster!
    The way that river suffers is unbelievable.
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    Re: Was Jesus “woke”?

    Woke; respectful awareness
    Political correctness; being polite.

    what does that say about people who are against all this?
  37. Re: slaughtering fish using 'ice slurry' results in poor fish welfare

    Possibly the nicest bar I have ever been in, some part Hokkaido Japan. The bar was a full semicircle, about big enough for maybe six people to sit around, it'd be cozy. The centre of the bar was a...
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    Re: Was Jesus “woke”?

    Nice analogy Tom.
  39. Re: How did Corned Beef (and cabbage) become an Irish Tradition?

    What is a beet anyway? A turnip?
    The only beetroot I ever saw was pickled in a jar. Strictly summer salad fare.
  40. Re: How did Corned Beef (and cabbage) become an Irish Tradition?

    Maybe it was just my family, but i never heard of corned beef or beets being had on Paddy's day.
    If we were to have cabbage it was almost exclusively with bacon, or vegetarian. The broth from...
  41. Thread: Ukraine

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    Re: Ukraine

    No more attending G20 gatherings...
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    Re: Happy St. Patrick's Day!

    Thanks for that Tom, I always wondered about the association between corned beef and Ireland. I think in my entire life I've had corned beef once.

    Colcannon? Looks like coddle to me.
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    Re: America is the worst imperialist hegemon

    That's a slight misrepresentation there Sandman; none of those is a security guarantee. If Iran attacks Israel tomorrow the US is not obliged to intervene. Those agreements are about weapons,...
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    Re: Lá fhéile Pádraig sona dhuit

    Agus la brea le Padraig shona dhuit fresin Joe.

    (you'll excuse the lack of fada's, don't know how to get them on the phone).
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    Re: Conservative pundit can't define 'woke'

    Prezactly - define that MF statement!
  46. Thread: Oz Politics.

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    Re: Oz Politics.

    Ex PM here suggested getting into bed with the UK is a risk because of Brexit. The UK economy may not be strong enough over the long term to deliver and/or sustain their commitment.
  47. Thread: Oz Politics.

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    Re: Oz Politics.

    Yes indeed, well done Labour. And they're making inroads on repairing the bridge with our French Allie's that the Libs burnt.
    I join you; excellent stuff Labour, pity your stuck with the task of...
  48. Thread: Ukraine

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    Re: Ukraine

    Let's work our way down the list shall we?
    Let's start with Russia cause they're the guys that invaded; Russia, trustworthy or not? Ukraine can safely lay down their weapons in good faith and know...
  49. Thread: Ukraine

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    Re: Ukraine

    In Le Monde today;

    https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2023/03/14/russian-jet-causes-us-drone-to-crash-over-black-sea-us-military_6019335_4.html



    ...
  50. Thread: Religion's role

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    Re: Religion's role

    hmmmmm - very highfalutan aspiration stuff ya have there.

    I don't think you're naive Tom, but in my direct living experience, religions are entirely about control and having your identity absorbed...
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