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- 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...
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 ...
- 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...
- 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...
- Thu Feb 16, 2023 11:25 pm
- Forum: The Everything Forum
- Topic: Aussie v NZ
- Replies: 57
- Views: 12586
Re: Aussie v NZ
Fear not! I have arrived to bring help to the helpless, faith to the faithless, hope to the hopeless, er... gorm to the gormless?
- 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...
- 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.
- 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...