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by arthwollipot
Fri Feb 17, 2023 3:21 am
Forum: The Everything Forum
Topic: The Drowning Thread
Replies: 25
Views: 4170

Re: The Drowning Thread

Australian beach drowning statistics rise as lifesavers as plead with public to stay safe Australians are being urged to take care by the water, with the latest drowning figures showing the nation is experiencing a deadlier than usual summer. New South Wales is on track for a record-breaking summer...
by arthwollipot
Fri Feb 17, 2023 2:06 am
Forum: The Everything Forum
Topic: Mad, Bad, and Sad: Global
Replies: 71
Views: 9804

Re: Mad, Bad, and Sad: Global

Socialism suffers from the same problem that capitalism does - it explodes on contact with actual people.
by arthwollipot
Fri Feb 17, 2023 1:51 am
Forum: The Everything Forum
Topic: Miscellaneous Music That Isn't Rock
Replies: 58
Views: 44689

Re: Miscellaneous Music That Isn't Rock

The banjo is unfairly maligned, in my opinion.
by arthwollipot
Fri Feb 17, 2023 1:49 am
Forum: The Everything Forum
Topic: Aussie v NZ
Replies: 57
Views: 12586

Re: Aussie v NZ

You're in Bubbleburg, so is Bandt seen around much on an "end is nigh" soap box in the big roundabouts often? Or does he just rant lunacy for the cameras?? He's not exactly a local, so we only really hear from him when he's in town or when he's on a soapbox. That said I am an unrepentant ...
by arthwollipot
Thu Feb 16, 2023 11:33 pm
Forum: The Everything Forum
Topic: The Religion Thread
Replies: 202
Views: 51811

Re: The Religion Thread

Saw a Q and A via YouTube with Hitch, Pell and some other guests who were mostly idiots. Hitch was a fucking legend. Man, I miss that guy. Me too. Along with Sagan. I'd love to hear what they both think of the shit that's going on today. Hitch was heading down the right wing path when he died. I wo...
by arthwollipot
Thu Feb 16, 2023 11:29 pm
Forum: The Everything Forum
Topic: Mad, Bad, and Sad: Global
Replies: 71
Views: 9804

Re: Mad, Bad, and Sad: Global

Profit over safety: https://www.levernews.com/rail-companies-blocked-safety-rules-before-ohio-derailment/ The inevitable result of late stage capitalism. I hold out hope that eventually someone will notice that the profit motive isn't the sole desirable trait that they once thought it was. Probably...
by arthwollipot
Thu Feb 16, 2023 11:25 pm
Forum: The Everything Forum
Topic: Aussie v NZ
Replies: 57
Views: 12586

Re: Aussie v NZ

Di Wundrin wrote: Thu Feb 16, 2023 10:35 amhark! is that Arty I hear galloping in? :D
Fear not! I have arrived to bring help to the helpless, faith to the faithless, hope to the hopeless, er... gorm to the gormless?
by arthwollipot
Thu Feb 16, 2023 11:22 pm
Forum: The Everything Forum
Topic: Weather
Replies: 358
Views: 85256

Re: Weather

But she did say "it's a different kind of cold".. whatever the hell that means to Canadians. It's the wind. I had a sister lived in Alberta for 40 years. She said that even in -20 the cold wasn't a problem, because it was almost always calm. When it wasn't they stayed inside and their liv...
by arthwollipot
Thu Feb 16, 2023 4:35 am
Forum: The Everything Forum
Topic: Humor (Subject to opinion)
Replies: 123
Views: 37466

Re: Humor (Subject to opinion)

You're welcome.
by arthwollipot
Thu Feb 16, 2023 4:35 am
Forum: The Everything Forum
Topic: Weather
Replies: 358
Views: 85256

Re: Weather

Ummm. It's summer in Oz Art, it's supposed to be hot. Beware what you wish for. La Nina is finally abating and we're going to enter a neutral phase this year. Whether the next year brings the next El Nino, it'll happen sooner or later, then you'll see some heat. Yep. Can't say I'm looking forward t...