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20 year Australian Navy Veteran
Lefty Folk music Finger picker. Science not opinions Love animals. Ally of š³ļøāā§ļøš³ļøāššŗš¦š¬š¶
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Not a song, an instrumental with the incomparable Peter Green - āAlbatrossā I liked a lot of the later stuff too.
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I havenāt spent as much time as I normally would (which is too much anyway) online. Had an eye operation 2 weeks ago, and reading has been an issue
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Not a worry. My reply was meant to be light hearted.
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I figure Iām one of those āOkay Boomersā
There are a lot worseš
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That fascinated me as a kid. My limited scientific knowledge had me wondering if we could go to another galaxy, and see with a telescope, what really happened all those years ago
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Dad would give me that science lesson occasionally when I cast a shadow over him
āGet out of my light son. The light has travelled for 93 million miles for the last 9 minutes (sic), to get to me,and you stopped it right there.ā
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Absolutely correct. Iāve known that since I was a child. Apologies for the brain fart
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I know, thatās why
I put āa bit underā exact figures didnāt seem required
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For clarification, the earth is actually a bit under 9 light seconds from the sun. In 2026 Voyager 1 will be the first to actually get 1 light day away from the sun.
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Sorry I meant āDayā
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Jenny does ā in public anyway
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This is one group where doxxing seems quite justified. They should be made to feel deeply uncomfortable in their own neighbourhoods
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The stuff of nightmares. I have 5 sisters, all mad Carole King fans ā all played that album to death. Sheās a musical genius and her songs are great, but her voice now hurts my brain.
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I put a solar panel next to my compost pile. Nothing, Nada, Zilch. Iāll never trust science again.š¤£š¤£š¤£š¤£
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Itās own people - yes. Others - No
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Among a subset of the population
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In the wealthy Western Sydney suburbs, they talk about āWestiesā
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We had a bunch at our house for Australia Day, (January) The Newfoundlander went for a swim in our pool. (Are you out there Guy?)
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I lived in Footscray with a couple of uni mates, and one of themās family. Mum was German, Dad was Polish, one other was Scottish/Greek from Adelaide, and I was English/French, via Sydney. There were a load of regional accents just in that house š¤£
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Iāve often noticed that too. Regional Qld is different too.
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Slight aināt the word for it. I served in the U.S. with US and commonwealth service people. Newfie and QuĆ©bĆ©cois, strong French accents (awful Frenchš¤£) one from Baffin Bay, one from British Columbia were all different from my friend from Toronto.
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There are some regional differences, but all seem to fit pretty well within a limited range. One noticeable difference is in local names for things. A great source of Internet ādiscussionā
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In places. A good proportion of it is the Nullarbor desert, and the arid areas of South Australia. I first drove that in the early 70s the South Australia side was unsealed for c500km. It took 100 metres before the wing mirror shook off.
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3 or 4 days is pretty standard if you have a deadline. I knew one bloke drove solo from Sydney to Perth with no stops except for fuel and food. Bloody crazy
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Yeah, but they recommend it on their ābucket listā
I moved to Florida Nov ā80. Rugged up and cold, for dinner with some Canadians. One lady just wearing a Tee shirt. Temp that day in Fla, 50Ā° F, Temp at her home in Baffin Bay, -70Ā°F. Just NO!
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As much as I understand that, the only way I know what the cookers are cooking is on Twitter.
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You can keep your bloody winterā¦I live in Australia for a reason itās 14Ā°C here (nearly 60Ā° F) and Iām bloody freezing.
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Great advice
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We know. I would be 43 hours driving from my place to my daughterās in Perth (I flew)
18 hours to Cairns (still not the furthest North) about the same to friends in Melbourne, 21 to Adelaide.
We spent a year on the road circumnavigating and inland 53,000 km (33,000 miles)
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And sometimes it is, like my wife 2 weeks ago, though it stopped before she went to hospital. On the other hand, I had no chest pain for three heart attacks.
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All Hamas of course, because Israel only targets Hamas, and they are the most moral army in the world with the worldās best intelligence services
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This was a couple of years ago for me. I was visiting my daughter in England. I tested clear 2 days before I was due to fly home. 6 week trip; 3 weeks sick. I lost 15kg. Every cloud has a silver lining
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I hope the recovery keeps going well. Coffee was an important breakthrough for me. Jars of sliced peaches kept me going. I was left with RSV which spread to Carol. Not a nice disease.
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Iād like to say we were kind and thoughtful, but I donāt like to lie.
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Not āEVERYā time, but every time itās good clothes and messy food.
A friend from my youth would always spill food on himself. We gave him heaps. At a friendās wedding he stayed pristine, until a passing waitress tripped and spilt an entire bowl over him.
We gave him heaps again
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Protecting planes that drop supplies to Gaza
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I thought they should be on at least the 100th Virgo by now.
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Just North of the Gulf of Mexico
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And how ABC news supported it every step of the way, and continues to do so
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There is a humanitarian crisis in Israel too. Thereās not one to be found. Their humanity is totally lacking
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I hate those metric dozens. Now I have to eat lunch at 10.00
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Those cookers
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Iād love it if was just USA and Israel. Theyād still call it a āWorld Cupā a bit like the āWorld Seriesā
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Yemenās too far away. Lebanon and Jordan are convenient
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So can we call it āgenocideā now?
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Your movie industry will suffer bigly
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Thatās one factor.
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Welcome ā (T &Cs apply -limited time offer)
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Cliche incoming ā Not all heroes wear capes