The Random thought thread

[nomadpete]

2 minutes ago, spacesailor said:

yes. ! .

It is & always was , known as a marriage. 

as it was , before the government's made it formal .

did the Greeks & Roman's . have a government wedding .

Religious weddings are different from a formal wedding. 

spacesailor

Religions claim to have different weddings, but in reality, the priest is simply a trusted scribe acting for the Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages.

 

All the rest is fuss and bluster and a party.

[facthunter]

We're an item. Or we are in a relationship. Be pretty intrusive to ask a couple if they are  "married" unless it's for a Passport or something and even then a bit OFF.    Nev

[old man emu]

Do you remember using tables of logarithms in school? I wonder what a high school kid of today would make of them.

[rgmwa]

I remember using 10 figure logs for surveying calculations. That was about 1970. Put me off becoming a surveyor. 

Edited January 9 by rgmwa

[spacesailor]

Did anyone find a use for " logarithms " ?

I use " pi " a lot.

Never a log or a cosine or tangent .

Is that a wasted education. 

Never taught,  plumbing,  decorating or something useful. 

( electricity ) .

spacesailor

[facthunter]

C'mon space You go off on a tangent often and you "know" all the words. A  sure giveaway.  nev

[red750]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14323613/Australian-year-Anthony-Albanese-Grace-Tame.html?ito=social-facebook

[facthunter]

Wasn't THAT the UK Daily Mail?.   I think she's Gutsy.. Murdoch's a disGRACE.  ASK Prince HARRY.. How many lives has Murdoch ruined?    Nev

[Litespeed]

Grace Tame, my vote for Aussie of year again and again.

 

 

[nomadpete]

4 hours ago, Litespeed said:

Grace Tame, my vote for Aussie of year again and again.

 

 

Anyone else noticed that no PM has ever been nominated for Australian of the Year?

[facthunter]

Nor should they. They get elected and paid on the assumption they will do a good job. Nev

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[nomadpete]

42 minutes ago, facthunter said:

Nor should they. They get elected and paid on the assumption they will do a good job. Nev

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Methinks you are a bit liberal with that assumption.

[facthunter]

Sub tile.  Paid people already have their reward.  (Same as people who PRAY publicly according to J Christ) You have to have been GOOD for "Nothing" to qualify. Nev

[pmccarthy]

We celebrated Australia Day with our Tiger Snake. It is about 1.5 metres long, quite fat and lives under our deck. I think it is the one that got our dog a couple of months ago. It comes out at night I suppose, anyway it came out early evening yesterday while my wife was walking past and gave her a bit of a wake up. The Flick inspector wanted to go under the deck last month but I talked him out of it. I'm glad I don't live in North America, I would be terrified of bears.

[nomadpete]

Each summer we get a resident tiger snake. I nicknamed him George.

As long as I know where George likes to hang out, and it isn't on the back doorstep, I don't mind. No point in trying to bump him off - if I did, his territory would soon be taken up by another George.

[facthunter]

Don't have any dogs. then. There's gadgets that make noises that keep them away.. (The snakes, I mean)  They are bluddy dangerous M8.  Nev.

[old man emu]

Have you seen these? Jerry might know them as repellents for the burrowing animal the mole.

[rgmwa]

My brother lives in Victoria and has plenty of tiger snakes on his property. One fell on him one when he opened the roller door to his shed. It must have been perched up there. Not sure who got the bigger fright.

 

[nomadpete]

1 hour ago, old man emu said:

Have you seen these? Jerry might know them as repellents for the burrowing animal the mole.

Those things are the new 'snake oil'.

 

Snakes don't mind them - I have seen pictures of snakes curled up around one of them.

[nomadpete]

Our snakes really don't like us humans. They generally scarper to a safe distance as soon as they hear us coming.

 

But I am very vigilant in summer. Make no mistake, their bite is very serious even if you get to hospitsl quickly.

[spacesailor]

We ' Toonies ' have red-bellied black snakes . On our bush walk .

I like to see them . As well as , the ' water dragons ' . They all appear shy of us .

My daughter when dog walking,  has seen foxes , possums,  frog mouth owls. 

And more different snakes than I .

spacesailor

 

[Jerry_Atrick]

I'm moving to an apartment!

[Marty_d]

We spotted a tiger today too.  Slithered across our driveway and up to the next door property.  First one I've seen this year.

[onetrack]

Any tiger snake near me would be a dead tiger snake very quickly. The W.A. ones are downright nasty bastards, they rear up to strike, the instant they spot you.

I've never forgotten one that chased me on the dairy farm when I was about 8, and my hatred of snakes is lifelong. They can move VERY fast for something without legs.

 

I've seen a snake in the W.A. goldfields doing about 30 kmh, it was staggering to watch, and I watched it keep up that speed, for about 400 metres. I have no idea what kind of snake it was, I was too far away, but it was a thin snake, possibly a Gwardar.

[facthunter]

'E' Type snake I reckon. Those Tigers will come at you and even cross a creek to do so..  IF you get the slasher out on the first warm days you slice up a couple as they get in the grass curled around fence posts sleeping. I've also had them Under the slasher and on doormats. .  Nev