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by magentaflame
Sat Sep 04, 2021 12:13 am
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: The observation and asides thread
Replies: 1274
Views: 261136

Re: The observation and asides thread

It looks very wet on the news channels. At least it's not fire this time. And if the wind has stopped, that's good too. Lots to clear up though. Seven inches of rain overnight isn't going to just soak away. I like the understated tone of Victorian SES commander Jackson Bell - "it will be days ...
by magentaflame
Fri Sep 03, 2021 11:41 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: First Word Association!
Replies: 5952
Views: 387453

Re: First Word Association!

Almost
by magentaflame
Fri Sep 03, 2021 11:29 pm
Forum: Members' News
Topic: What a crap month
Replies: 28
Views: 1994

Re: What a crap month

LarsMac wrote: Tue Jul 27, 2021 7:40 am I'm sorry for your loss, Mags.
Thank you mate.
We still haven't put him in the ground yet.....freaking lockdowns.
by magentaflame
Fri Aug 20, 2021 10:55 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: The observation and asides thread
Replies: 1274
Views: 261136

Re: The observation and asides thread

So you get both doses of the vaccine and you can still spread it, get sick and die...........I really didn't need to hear that.
by magentaflame
Fri Jul 23, 2021 9:28 am
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: First Word Association!
Replies: 5952
Views: 387453

Re: First Word Association!

akubra
by magentaflame
Fri Jul 23, 2021 8:34 am
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: The observation and asides thread
Replies: 1274
Views: 261136

Re: The observation and asides thread

Some woman called katie hopkins? How to become the most hated woman on Australian soil. Bloody hell! Deport her immediately! She's practiced at it. It's her superpower. If you've ever heard of Piers Morgan or late-onset Christopher Hitchens, they're three of a kind. All three fall into the same fam...
by magentaflame
Fri Jul 23, 2021 8:32 am
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: The observation and asides thread
Replies: 1274
Views: 261136

Re: The observation and asides thread

Sitting at work (nightshift) binging on a British period drama called " Berkeley". "bout Nannys and such.
by magentaflame
Sun Jul 18, 2021 4:54 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: The observation and asides thread
Replies: 1274
Views: 261136

Re: The observation and asides thread

Some woman called katie hopkins? How to become the most hated woman on Australian soil. Bloody hell! Deport her immediately!
by magentaflame
Sat Jul 17, 2021 6:10 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: First Word Association!
Replies: 5952
Views: 387453

Re: First Word Association!

theatre
by magentaflame
Sat Jul 17, 2021 5:24 pm
Forum: Members' News
Topic: What a crap month
Replies: 28
Views: 1994

Re: What a crap month

Thank you Bryn. It still hasn't hit properly yet/ It will probably be another couple of weeks to receive his body/ashes back. It just sucks. All we know is that he died in bed with his phone sitting on his chest. Something to do with his heart but not a heart attack as such. A friend of mine died l...
by magentaflame
Sat Jul 17, 2021 5:01 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: The observation and asides thread
Replies: 1274
Views: 261136

Re: The observation and asides thread

Next time someone complains about the 5th lockdown. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ktKsjpih0g Toughen up princess Grow another leg get your act together 'cause the problems in your head. Suck it up Pull your weight Tell someone who cares Pull your your bloody finger out Because life is never fair ...
by magentaflame
Sat Jul 10, 2021 2:55 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: An earwig thread
Replies: 20
Views: 1557

Re: An earwig thread

Funny. I liked that. :D
by magentaflame
Sat Jul 10, 2021 2:46 pm
Forum: Members' News
Topic: What a crap month
Replies: 28
Views: 1994

Re: What a crap month

Thank you Bryn. It still hasn't hit properly yet/ It will probably be another couple of weeks to receive his body/ashes back. It just sucks. All we know is that he died in bed with his phone sitting on his chest. Something to do with his heart but not a heart attack as such.
by magentaflame
Sat Jul 10, 2021 2:37 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: The observation and asides thread
Replies: 1274
Views: 261136

Re: The observation and asides thread

ASH BARTY!!!! YOU GO GIRL!
"Take us through that last point"........
"I don't remember it"

She's so cute. :D
by magentaflame
Fri Jul 02, 2021 6:02 pm
Forum: Members' News
Topic: What a crap month
Replies: 28
Views: 1994

Re: What a crap month

Hes died in Sydney and they are in lockdown. Its been nearly two weeks since he has passed and we know nothing. No body, no news if the coroner has seen to him.
by magentaflame
Fri Jul 02, 2021 5:57 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: The observation and asides thread
Replies: 1274
Views: 261136

Re: The observation and asides thread

cars wrote: Fri Jul 02, 2021 9:03 am
magentaflame wrote: Fri Jul 02, 2021 7:24 am I just had one of those "teacher /mum" moments. I just said to my taxi driver... " luv ya bye"..............WTF?
Did the taxi driver reciprocate? :lol:
Not even sure if he heard me....its just the fact that i knew id said it. Lol
by magentaflame
Fri Jul 02, 2021 7:24 am
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: The observation and asides thread
Replies: 1274
Views: 261136

Re: The observation and asides thread

I just had one of those "teacher /mum" moments. I just said to my taxi driver... " luv ya bye"..............WTF?
by magentaflame
Thu Jul 01, 2021 2:14 pm
Forum: Members' News
Topic: What a crap month
Replies: 28
Views: 1994

What a crap month

For Guy David Browne



bullying at work
car written off in a flood
now my little brother has died.

I'm stunned at just how shitty life can get.
by magentaflame
Sat Jun 26, 2021 1:13 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: THERE ARE 14,230 PEOPLE . . . . . . .
Replies: 4
Views: 912

Re: THERE ARE 14,230 PEOPLE . . . . . . .

spot wrote: Sun May 16, 2021 12:41 am You're out by a factor of a hundred.
Hundred and one
by magentaflame
Sat Jun 26, 2021 1:10 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: The observation and asides thread
Replies: 1274
Views: 261136

Re: The observation and asides thread

Betty Boop wrote: Sat Jun 26, 2021 11:31 am Seen on facebook...
People wanted for planting in the fields for 6 weeks, start asap. Good rates of pay, own transport needed.

:o :lol: will they double in size??

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: I like that ...that's a goody. Serial killer?
by magentaflame
Sat Jun 26, 2021 1:02 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: Random Thoughts
Replies: 281
Views: 139846

Re: Random Thoughts

spot wrote: Thu Jun 24, 2021 11:57 am And I learned this week that the shell of the pistachio was originally dyed to disguise bruises acquired when picked, but now to conform with user expectation.
Is it that purply colour?
by magentaflame
Sat Jun 26, 2021 1:01 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: Random Thoughts
Replies: 281
Views: 139846

Re: Random Thoughts

I had a good Idea. I changed my password to "incorrect". So whenever I forget what it is, the computer will say: Your password is "incorrect". :lol: That's funny! I had a thought today.... which kind of peanut do they use to make peanut butter? I don't know why that popped into ...
by magentaflame
Thu Jun 17, 2021 12:09 am
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: The observation and asides thread
Replies: 1274
Views: 261136

Re: The observation and asides thread

I'm done for today. You haven't mentioned this yet... Video: Webs blanket southern Australia as spiders swarm to safety from floods Thousands of spiders and their webs have blanketed bushland in Australia's state of Victoria, after heavy rain and flooding hit the region. The spiders moved to higher...
by magentaflame
Mon Jun 14, 2021 11:52 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: The observation and asides thread
Replies: 1274
Views: 261136

Re: The observation and asides thread

I've had a crap few days. Colleague at work is driving me insane ( I had to leave early today because ....well lets just say I know how to hold my temper. (I know how he's doing it, I know what he's doing, I know why he's doing it...but I can't do a damn thing about it. ) And if you were to look at ...
by magentaflame
Sun Jun 13, 2021 7:00 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: The observation and asides thread
Replies: 1274
Views: 261136

Re: The observation and asides thread

I binged watched "The Windsors" yesterday........what he hell did I just put into my brain? I understand satire but that was over the top. :lol: :lol:
by magentaflame
Sat Jun 12, 2021 8:45 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: The observation and asides thread
Replies: 1274
Views: 261136

Re: The observation and asides thread

G7 leaders sit awkwardly as ‘media circus’ pushed out of meeting room World leaders attending the G7 summmit in Cornwall were forced to deal with an awkward moment on Friday, as members of the media were ushered out of the meeting room ahead of talks. Addressing the media, prime minister Boris John...
by magentaflame
Fri Jun 11, 2021 1:59 pm
Forum: Senior Share
Topic: Menopause
Replies: 4
Views: 2487

Re: Menopause

Awwhhh bub! I'm sorry you're going through that. Women have never been listened to.....after all we give to the world. (don't get me started) It does get better. Honestly. Okay ...maybe not everything but everything a male doesn't expect of us certainly gets better. but in saying that .... Sex chang...
by magentaflame
Fri Jun 11, 2021 1:38 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Flying Objects
Replies: 3
Views: 352

Re: Flying Objects

Mate. If a pilot didn't report other things in the sky over your mainland or air space you'd be wanting to know where your taxes were going.
by magentaflame
Fri Jun 11, 2021 1:27 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: First Word Association!
Replies: 5952
Views: 387453

Re: First Word Association!

coin
by magentaflame
Fri Jun 11, 2021 12:25 am
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: The observation and asides thread
Replies: 1274
Views: 261136

Re: The observation and asides thread

I love a sunburnt country, A land of sweeping plains, Of ragged mountain ranges, Of drought and flooding rains. I love her far horizons, I love her jewel-sea, Her beauty and her terror – The wide brown land for me! I don't know the rest of the poem by heart. But most children know this bit from prim...
by magentaflame
Fri Jun 11, 2021 12:19 am
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: First Word Association!
Replies: 5952
Views: 387453

Re: First Word Association!

article
by magentaflame
Fri Jun 11, 2021 12:05 am
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: The observation and asides thread
Replies: 1274
Views: 261136

Re: The observation and asides thread

It looks very wet on the news channels. At least it's not fire this time. And if the wind has stopped, that's good too. Lots to clear up though. Seven inches of rain overnight isn't going to just soak away. I like the understated tone of Victorian SES commander Jackson Bell - "it will be days ...
by magentaflame
Wed Jun 09, 2021 8:35 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: The observation and asides thread
Replies: 1274
Views: 261136

Re: The observation and asides thread

Well that was a hell of a morning in Traralgon. I'm exhausted. And more bad weather to come as well. that sucks.
by magentaflame
Sat Jun 05, 2021 4:15 pm
Forum: Australia
Topic: Being Straylyan
Replies: 96
Views: 9331

Re: Being Straylyan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl6wBodbUKc What a beautiful place it's hard to put ourselves in that position of a convict.... I often wonder. firstly they were wretched in the sense of a very long journey (most of which had never been to sea) Under conditions not worthy of an animal these days .....
by magentaflame
Sat Jun 05, 2021 4:09 pm
Forum: Australia
Topic: Being Straylyan
Replies: 96
Views: 9331

Re: Being Straylyan

by magentaflame
Sat Jun 05, 2021 3:57 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: Covid-19 is spiking . . . .
Replies: 562
Views: 35165

Re: Covid-19 is spiking . . . .

I"m constantly ammused when someone who has no scientific background reads a science paper and takes a couple of understandings out of it and ........VOILA!!!!! here's your answer. 100's of papers before and after play no significance because "that's all boring stuff"...but look here ...
by magentaflame
Sat Jun 05, 2021 3:47 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: The observation and asides thread
Replies: 1274
Views: 261136

Re: The observation and asides thread

spot wrote: Sat Jun 05, 2021 12:19 am
magentaflame wrote: Fri Jun 04, 2021 5:01 pm Panic takes many forms....... even if it's delayed.
I'm not convinced panic can have been involved. A pop-up demonstration like that took a lot of deliberate organizing.
panic can evolve into both structural and organisation
by magentaflame
Sat Jun 05, 2021 3:24 pm
Forum: Australia
Topic: Being Straylyan
Replies: 96
Views: 9331

Re: Being Straylyan

I like this song I heard it the first time this morning on Macca on Sundays. So true about covid lockdowns https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jExRlxUBjaY I think I'm hooked on this bloke ....I respect him for keeping his accent. I have no respect for any Australian singer who want's to sound like a blo...
by magentaflame
Fri Jun 04, 2021 5:01 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: The observation and asides thread
Replies: 1274
Views: 261136

Re: The observation and asides thread

Um, WTF? over LINK: Anti-vaccination protesters storm Westfield shopping centre and clash with police "Hundreds of anti-vaccination protesters stormed Westfield in Shepherds Bush on Saturday evening. Pictures and videos from the shopping centre show a huge group of people clashing with police ...
by magentaflame
Fri Jun 04, 2021 3:35 pm
Forum: Australia
Topic: Being Straylyan
Replies: 96
Views: 9331

Re: Being Straylyan

by magentaflame
Wed Jun 02, 2021 3:44 am
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: Mirrors
Replies: 91
Views: 6176

Re: Mirrors

Hoovering is good....sticky tape is better though. .....I think you guys call it cello tape or something? If you get the 2 inch packing tape it works a treat.
by magentaflame
Wed Jun 02, 2021 3:40 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: WHAT IS WITH THE NEW LIBERAL RACISM?
Replies: 4
Views: 352

Re: WHAT IS WITH THE NEW LIBERAL RACISM?

OH this is one of those ......."one woman in Australia dies every week from partner abuse"....Response...."Men are abused from their partners too you know".


Yadda yadda yadda.
by magentaflame
Wed Jun 02, 2021 3:35 am
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: Covid-19 is spiking . . . .
Replies: 562
Views: 35165

Re: Covid-19 is spiking . . . .

Victoria has been in lockdown since last Thursday. Tomorrow night regional Victoria will have the harshest stuff lifted but Melbourne is copping it again for another week. Fingers crossed we won't see another outbreak....but it's the Indian strain and other Pacific countries are doing it tough too. ...
by magentaflame
Wed Jun 02, 2021 3:30 am
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: Random Thoughts
Replies: 281
Views: 139846

Re: Random Thoughts

I had a good Idea. I changed my password to "incorrect". So whenever I forget what it is, the computer will say: Your password is "incorrect". :lol: That's funny! I had a thought today.... which kind of peanut do they use to make peanut butter? I don't know why that popped into ...
by magentaflame
Sun May 30, 2021 8:56 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: First Word Association!
Replies: 5952
Views: 387453

Re: First Word Association!

Smokes
by magentaflame
Sat May 29, 2021 12:43 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Hi! I'm New!
Replies: 26
Views: 3548

Re: Hi! I'm New!

Bloody heck! It's Jimbo!
by magentaflame
Sat May 29, 2021 12:30 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: The observation and asides thread
Replies: 1274
Views: 261136

Re: The observation and asides thread

Well we're in lockdown again . Indian strain . this could be another wave.
and do you think there is an available vaccine appointment going?.....nope Can't even book at the moment because everyone wants one.
by magentaflame
Fri May 07, 2021 12:24 am
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: The observation and asides thread
Replies: 1274
Views: 261136

Re: The observation and asides thread

Have you ever wanted to go "your forum" and even before you open up any threads ....you think "yeah nah" ...too much at the moment. i"m sure I"ll let it all out at some stage but it's friday night and I"m stuffed and frustrated and ready to rip someones bloody arms...
by magentaflame
Mon Apr 26, 2021 1:07 am
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: CHINA
Replies: 56
Views: 3644

Re: CHINA

https://www.9news.com.au/national/christopher-pyne-warns-on-china-taiwan-conflict/41ae97ec-4182-4bf6-9f82-43303b610f17 Meanwhile, Taiwan has said 25 Chinese military aircraft entered its air defence identification zone (ADIZ) yesterday, the most on any single day so far this year. Taiwan's National ...

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