What Made You Smile - 2022

[MarkGU]

Should have been a nice bit of flow in the river too .

yes there was mate. the area had a fair drop of rain the last few weeks or so.
It had been over the Buccarumbi bridge by about a meter but the day we were there it had gone down well enough to have a decent swim.

[Fizzie]

Should have been a nice bit of flow in the river too .

& a bit cool, too

[MarkGU]

& a bit cool, too

nah mate, water temp was around the 22 deg mark. kids didnt even flinch when they dove in.
I was surprised at how warm it was.

[Fizzie]

22!!!

Just been out in the pool after starting then not doing a job (trimmings are still too green for the shredder ) - it's just a smidgin under 30

[MarkGU]

22!!!

Just been out in the pool after starting then not doing a job (trimmings are still too green for the shredder ) - it's just a smidgin under 30

that part of the river is shallow & with the low 30 deg days up there its warm.

Funny enough, we were up at Yates crossing today an the water there was very warm,even after the river was over the bridge.

[edz]

This is why you dont swim the beaches on Fraser Island         https://www.facebook.com/100015557580644/videos/pcb.3283606948536521/633560361219130

[DandyD]

This is why you dont swim the beaches on Fraser Island     

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[Fizzie]

Just saw this:

The annual Australian Lamb ads are here and once again they do not disappoint.

On Tuesday, one of the campaign’s billboards was spotted not far from Melbourne Park where the Australian Open is being played without Serbian world No. 1 Novak Djokovic.

On the side of a truck, the Meat and Livestock Australia ad reads: “Everyone’s welcome at our BBQ. Not Djoking.

 

[Kangaron]

This one

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[Bird]

Concept or not I want one! so will every drug cartel


This Insane New 256-Foot Superyacht Concept Doubles as a Fully Functional Submarine
The 256-foot boat doubles as a submarine capable of diving to depths of 985 feet for 10 days at a time.

https://robbreport.com/motors/marine/elena-nappis-carapace-superyacht-concept-is-also-a-submarine-2887362

[Troopy_03]

Concept or not I want one! so will every drug cartel


This Insane New 256-Foot Superyacht Concept Doubles as a Fully Functional Submarine
The 256-foot boat doubles as a submarine capable of diving to depths of 985 feet for 10 days at a time.

https://robbreport.com/motors/marine/elena-nappis-carapace-superyacht-concept-is-also-a-submarine-2887362

That ones too flash to lose if they get busted. They use more utilitarian models
https://www.forbes.com/sites/hisutton/2020/08/10/unusually-large-narco-submarine-might-smuggle-8-tons-of-illegal-drugs/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/23/colombias-narco-submarines-a-photo-essay

[Bird]

That ones too flash to lose if they get busted.

Remember Operation Odessa lol! 
or
https://youtu.be/RmautelNq5Q
Wonder if hes yelling to the people inside the sub wondering why they arent stopping....

[Fizzie]

This Insane New 256-Foot Superyacht Concept Doubles as a Fully Functional Submarine
The 256-foot boat doubles as a submarine capable of diving to depths of 985 feet for 10 days at a time.

"Lightweight aluminium hull & superstrucuture" + lot's of big windows does NOT = "depths of 985 feet"!

1000' is approaching (or over!) the depth limits of a lot of military submarines, which are made out of very solid steel, with no windows!

[Bird]

"Lightweight aluminium hull & superstrucuture" + lot's of big windows does NOT = "depths of 985 feet"!

The cocaine cartel doesnt care nor need that depth.

[Troopy_03]

The cocaine cartel doesnt care nor need that depth.

I like the Thai version we saw at Patong Beach, Phuket, back in 1982? Made of concrete, so it's strong, and sinks well..

[edz]

       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9TRFSEMDNA

[edz]

    Memories of   1978 Binge  listening  of the first  cassette tape  I ever bought .. 
Meatloafs    " Bat out of Hell "      through the headphones on my brothers old tape player like this one

[edz]

Memories of a highschool mate that had tourrettes ..  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZESXKF_2uU     ..
 " Schnick  schnick Schnergerly Bop " >>  " Schergerly Bop schnergerly Bop "   Freddo ..   Absolute top bloke, used to brighten your day hearing that echoing down the hall's or arround the quadrangle at at assembly ... 

[Fizzie]

Just reading the news which made reference to Mark McGowan in WA giving a press conference.

I somehow doubt that the freeze frame of the video was entirely accidental ...

Bit more playing & got it to work!

[Troopy_03]

Memories of a highschool mate that had tourrettes ..  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZESXKF_2uU     ..
 " Schnick  schnick Schnergerly Bop " >>  " Schergerly Bop schnergerly Bop "   Freddo ..   Absolute top bloke, used to brighten your day hearing that echoing down the hall's or arround the quadrangle at at assembly ... 

Same here, but not a mate at the time, just a kid in another class when I was in grade 8. He'd walk around going "f*ck f*ck.. talk talk talk f*ck f*ck f*ck.. talk talk...c**t f*ck f*ck" etc. Me being just a young dumb kid, didn't know about Tourette's, so one day when he was walking past I started doing the same thing. He spun around, grabbed me by the knot in my tie (yeah QLD in '68) with one hand, and gave me about 3 quick jabs to the nose, with the other hand... I still remember the sound, and feel of the chips, in the bag which he still had his hand in, scrunching against my nose. Funny as f*ck thinking back on it LOL, and I hope he sees the funny side of it too, if he still remembers.

I did get to know him a bit better over the next couple of years, and I don't think he held a grudge.. Cheers Stainsey, whereever you are..

[Gazza00]

I have not got tourrettes    " YOU ARE JUST A ***T     

[Bird]

     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9TRFSEMDNA

he does a kewl version with Natalie IMBRUGLIA
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2pm2fb

[Bird]

only in America LMAO!!!!!!!!!!

The University of Washington information technology department released an “inclusive language guide” that lists a number of “problematic words” that are “racist,” “sexist,” “ageist,” or “homophobic,” reported Fox News.

According to the guide, words such as “grandfather,” “housekeeping,” “minority,” “ninja,” and “lame” are considered “problematic words.”

The guide considers “grandfather” a “problematic word” because the term was “used as a way to exempt some people from a change because of conditions that existed before the change.”
“Housekeeping,” is another “problematic” word that the guide recommends should be avoided by others working in the information technology industry because it can “feel gendered.”
“Using colours based as racist tropes — labelling [sic] ‘white’ as good, ‘black’ as bad, ‘red’ as attackers, or ‘yellow’ as excluded third parties — is offensive,” the guide states


https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/us-university-advises-staff-to-not-use-a-range-of-common-terms-as-they-are-no-longer-inclusive/news-story/cee4ab395525b7563ae4137edac356e4

[bmwfreak]

So Bird, that means we have about 3 years before the same BS is adopted in Australia

[OldPaj]

So Bird, that means we have about 3 years before the same BS is adopted in Australia

Nope it is here already, spewing out of our unis like Deakin, Monash and Melbourne.

Articles are popping into our news media roughly fortnightly. It is the start of the creep  of getting embedded into "right think" before becoming compulsory.