nomadpete

Each to their own. Most of us prefer our meat not too wriggly. Are we more like crows than we like to admit?

I was wondering how long it would take OME to start pontificating about Avogadro's famous moles

Don't you wash your moles, OME? I am shocked.

If you can get to know your magpies, they won't attack you. Several times, I have seen magpies attack newcomers to their territory (in breeding season), and leave us regulars alone. Don't ask me how to make it happen. But the magpies are smart enough to recognise individual people.

Picky pick. My point is Jerry is roughly on the 52 parrallel, and I am 94 degrees south of that. Nevertheless I don't think of you as being in the 'far north'. And to get back on topic, Crikey it's Wet here!

Well you did say 'Far North'....... All of our forumites are north of me. Jerry is 10,500km north of me.

Scotland?

Obviously a lot more north an i am!

No. I can't see that

Hey we need to hire a drummer... Nah, man. I got this.....

Our illustrious leaders of the nation have chosen to wait, pontificate, & hide from basic ethics and fainess, until the whole issue fades from the public consciousness.

OME.... Just do it. Brush away your embarrassment and go. There is not a man there who hasn't at some time felt the same. Few would be so unkind as to make an issue of it, whatever it was.

Snow down to 200mtrs this morning. Rain, hail and wind for everybody less than 200mtrs. Max temp at my place.... +4 degrees Celsius. Where did spring go?

Yeah, maybe we can turn off the Huon Valley for a while. Our newly upgraded service took six minutes to show this page. Still uncertain whether it will let me upload this reply..... ....... .......

Hooray! Good news! The mobile phone and internet are working again!

Gripe of the day.... On monday, I missed some phone calls - the phone hadn't rung but some silent texts informed me of missed calls. I got onto the telco website and discovered they had a PLANNED outage for 3 days, but a unplanned fault as well. Then all service cut out. Two days later, the Tas Fire Service sent us an advice that there is 'degraded' internet in our area, and not to trust their internet warning system, only trust our pager for callouts. But they sent this out on 'BART', their proprietary internet advice system! What were they thinking?

Oooh you poor buggah!

No need to be a ostrich, just come home Jerry!

I wish I have time to watch a movie. These days I find my eyes drooping by the time the movie starts. Then it's all over, red rover.

My potatos, beans and tomatoes are affordable whilst they are growing in the veggie patch. My neighbour's lamb is affordable, too. Thae Colesworth's food has been getting a bit over the top so we don't buy much of that.

Having mulled over the issue I have this to say.... (Please do not be offended by my bluntness, I am a bit aspie) Although I highly value the site, I also value the work Ian has put in over a very long time. Ian, over and above my likes, what matters most to me is, 'Do you really want to continue the AS site?' If you are not (for any reason) getting satisfaction from your efforts, it's time to stop. From my knowledge of the core forumites, gathered over the years, I am sure we all have come far enough in life to know and accept that any project is only worthy of your effort whilst it is personally rewarding. BTW, the security (and mods) of your platforms would be one of the reasons that we have been able to so openly debate and sometimes reveal very personal things on AS. Thank you.

I'm in both camps. I still have the CD's, and recently went down to the tip shop and bought a couple of spare players for a few bucks, to make sure I can still play them when I want. The sound quality is better than streaming. And my CD's are all copied onto my old mobile phone which I use to play my music through the sound system in the shed (or caravan, or boat). Sometimes, for variety, I play Radio Australia (not actually our own Auntie) which offers digital streaming of radio stations around the planet.

Like OME I don't do Farcebook. I deleted my account long ago. Ian, if you do ddcide to shut it down please give me time to exchange phone numbers with the mob so I can stay in touch. Thanks.

Stop it stop it! You make me jealous. And jealousy is a curse. Will I ever pluck up the courage to cross the strait and hop my way up the coast?