GRIPES

[old man emu]

Summer has come early I picked up the first lot of bindii in my thongs today.

[Marty_d]

You picked up Bindi Irwin in a thong?

 

There's life in the old emu yet! 😁

[nomadpete]

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?

[Jerry_Atrick]

On the telephone to the IT help desk with a problem with my remote access, they were saying they didn't know when they would have it fixed but will email me (at my work email address) when it was fixed

[Marty_d]

[nomadpete]

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.....

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[old man emu]

Bloody YouTube! 

 

When I used to go to YouTube I would get a page with a selection of links covering all sorts of topics. Today I opened YouTube and that was gone. Just the search tab. When I go to YouTube, I never know what will attract my attention. Hopefully I can still get somewhere by going to my subscriptions list.

[willedoo]

1 hour ago, old man emu said:

When I used to go to YouTube I would get a page with a selection of links covering all sorts of topics. Today I opened YouTube and that was gone.

Same here.

[onetrack]

I found the YT links were usually a lot of clickbait crap, anyway - with every second link showing a photo of a near-naked female, which had no relevance to the crap in the rubbishy video, most times.

You could remove 90% of YT videos and you'd never miss them.

 

"Instructional" or "Important Advice" videos which have zero value, and are solely airhead entertainment videos, make up a lot of the rubbish on there.

 

Edited September 12 by onetrack

[old man emu]

1 hour ago, onetrack said:

with every second link showing a photo of a near-naked female

Ever notice that those videos seem to originate in the USA?  The Yanks are obsessed with outrageously large boobs. I always feel sorry for the women in those pictures. Can you imagine the strain on their back muscles and spine that the weight would cause? And in later life, when the years have condemned, they would remember their size 40EE bras while trying to put on a 36 Long.

 

Just have a look at movies from the 30s and 40s. Beautiful, slim, small-breasted women. An exception might be Mae West, but she was a buxom lass all over.

 

As my dad told me, "anything more than a mouthful i a waste".

[old man emu]

4 hours ago, old man emu said:

Bloody YouTube! 

I redact that exclamation. It has returned to its usual self.

 

Now to watch "Big Titted Girls from Idaho" Vol 6.

[Marty_d]

33 minutes ago, old man emu said:

I redact that exclamation. It has returned to its usual self.

 

Now to watch "Big Titted Girls from Idaho" Vol 6.

I was about to say - generally the content Youtube wants to show you is highly related to your prior searches.
So if you want to look up Idaho Milkmaids without having them appear in your Youtube list, do it in Incognito mode.

[willedoo]

I'm not sure if they do it by cookies or IP address. I'd say browser cookies because having a dynamic IP address, I get a new address every session. Regardless of IP address, the cookies stay in the browser unless deleted.

[octave]

In YouTube recommendations list you can click on "This does not interest me" or "Don't recommend this channel"

I use these features regularly and for the most part my recommendations are reasonable.

[onetrack]

I occasionally look at "idiots at work" videos or "close calls" videos - but these videos always have a partly-naked girl in the primary photo in the link, which never shows up in the video ...... no matter how much I look for her!! 😄

[octave]

1 minute ago, onetrack said:

I occasionally look at "idiots at work" videos or "close calls" videos - but these videos always have a partly-naked girl in the primary photo in the link, which never shows up in the video ...... no matter how much I look for her!! 😄

 

Onetrack  I think I know what you really want.  https://www.pornhub.com

[old man emu]

I know it is the World we live in now, but I am heartily sick of turning on the news and all I hear is that Israel is blowing up Arab cities; Russian and Ukraine are doing the same to each other, and some woman has died in a domestic violence incident. A mob of people got drowned in flooding in some country. The Mayor of New York City has been caught with his hand in the till. Trump claims to be the protector of women.

 

The death and destruction news is so depressing that this morning hearing that the Swans were thrashed by 60 points was almost a boost to the spirit, despite the fact that I would have preferred the result to be the other way around.

[red750]

3 minutes ago, old man emu said:

all I hear is that Israel is blowing up Arab cities

Israel has killed the founder and leader of Hezbollah. Now for the reprisals.

[old man emu]

Isn't it against international law for aircraft to enter another country's airspace without approval? Makes it worse when the aircraft involved are fully armed military aircraft.

 

And sure, you can look at the boot on the other foot, but the Israelis possess weapons to take down drones and rockets. Lebanon and the Palestinians don't. And they don't have  similar military aircraft. In the absence of advanced fighter aircraft, the Lebanese air force currently relies on a helicopter force, a squadron of Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano, and three Cessna AC 208s for the reconnaissance and ground attack roles.

[onetrack]

I don't have any problem with Israel taking out many screamingly mad Islamic terrorists. These people live to just murder, their religion tells them constantly to murder anyone who doesn't follow it, and Hezbollah and all the mad Iranians are responsible for a multitude of acts of terrorism, starting with the taking of the American (civilian) hostages in 1979.

 

The way they treated those hostages was animalistic, and that's probably insulting to animals. These people have a constant record of taking innocent hostages for military and political gain, and I for one, would be quite happy to see Lebanon and Iran reduced to rubble. These are the descendants of the Canaanites, they have incessant murder in their DNA. 

 

The part that worries me, is we have already allowed too many of these people into Australia, and they will soon infect many others with their murderous teachings.

 

Edited September 29 by onetrack

[onetrack]

Having said the above, I have little time for the Israelis, either. The current day Israelis shoved their way into the "Holy Land", using terrorism tactics (the bombing of the King David Hotel being the worst episode), on the basis they are the Jews, described as the Chosen People in the Bible.

 

But the Israelis of today have very little in common with the original Tribe of Israel as mentioned constantly in the Bible, they have merely imposed their "mission" of rebuilding Jerusalem onto the multitude of Arab nations who now live in the region.

These people (todays Israelis) are the descendants of the Pharisees, the people that Jesus Christ didn't have a lot of time for, because of their greed for monetary wealth, and their incessant religious rule making - none of which rules are found in Biblical teachings, or the teachings of Jesus Christ.

 

They are a dysfunctional group, gathered from many races, from all corners of the world, simply on the basis that they have some faint Jewish ancestry, and are worshippers of the Talmud.

The ultra-orthodox Jews make claims to a special position in the world, which will not withstand scrutiny when the final Judgement Day arrives.

 

But the part that worries me, and a lot of other people, is how slavishly American Christian Fundamentalists follow the erroneous religious belief that the Jews are the Chosen People and must be protected at all costs. If America stopped supporting Israel slavishly, and with a blank chequebook for armaments, then the Israelis would pose a far lesser problem to world peace, than they do today.

 

Edited September 29 by onetrack

[Jerry_Atrick]

Don't get me started on this again. To say any side is blameless is a like, of course.. But

38 minutes ago, onetrack said:

The current day Israelis shoved their way into the "Holy Land", using terrorism tactics (the bombing of the King David Hotel being the worst episode), on the basis they are the Jews, described as the Chosen People in the Bible.

Not quite as simple as that. Zionism started in the mid 1800s and the Jews were buying up land to build a nation. "Palestine" was not a nation then.. The Kind David Hotel bombing, where, yeah, a few Palestinians were killed, was occupied by Brits nd Jews mainly.. and is about the only act of terrorism per se a right wing Zionsit militia performed.. Now, as we don't tarnish all Russians as the terrorist Vlad is (remember, he didn't declare war), why are we tarring a) all Zionists, and b) all Jews with the brish of a small self-appointed militia?

 

Oh, and there was the Nakhba (or however it was spelled). Yes, I agree, Jews/Zionists don't have a right to start a country because they purchased the land, but the Jews apparently offered the Palestinians the ability to stay as long as they laid down their arms. I don't recall reading the Palestinians doing the same in their settlements. And even in modern day Israel, servicepeople are being courtmarshalled for crimes against Palestinians (ademittedly, nit right now); but I can't seem to find on instance where it has been the other way around. Who in Hamas has ocme out to say that the inentional targetting of civilians, with behading and other reported atrocities. Yes, Israel have been accused of holding prisoners in touch conditions, but not to my knowledge have they been accused of the sick acts Hamas has. Of course, that is just allegations on both sides. I think.

 

10 hours ago, old man emu said:

Isn't it against international law for aircraft to enter another country's airspace without approval? Makes it worse when the aircraft involved are fully armed military aircraft.

 

And sure, you can look at the boot on the other foot, but the Israelis possess weapons to take down drones and rockets. Lebanon and the Palestinians don't. And they don't have  similar military aircraft. In the absence of advanced fighter aircraft, the Lebanese air force currently relies on a helicopter force, a squadron of Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano, and three Cessna AC 208s for the reconnaissance and ground attack roles.

Not in an act of war, and Israel did declare war and waited days if not weeks before entering. And, legally, whose airspace is it, anyway? Gaza is not a country.

 

Yes, Israel have bigger and better guns, but they invested in it to protect their population though both defence and offence. They haven't always been the beneficiary of US aid.. certainly in 48, 58, 67, and in '78 it only came after the US told Israel to back off and it would look after Israel.. which it didn't until it was nearly the end of the line and the PM had to threaten the use of the secret nuclear weapons everyone knew (and knows) they had.

 

What the press doesn't tell you is that Israel is under constant rocket bombardment from Hamas and Hezbollah (on a smaller scale).. Israel has the iron dome and little gets through. Mostly it fires a few back or does nothing, but leaves the lights on and the water flowing into Gaza while this is happening. There is another border to Gaza,... Egypt.. They have made it clear in no uncertain terms that they do not want Palestinian refugees and don't proviide the water or lights.. I would suggest, Israel has been a bit like a cat.. you can piss it off only so far.. occasionally it will snap back, but really hack it iff, and you are going to cop it. How would any other country play this?

 

Bill Maher is a historian by trade, and I think this is an excellent video, where for some reaon, when it comes to Israel (Jews) and biblical lands, logic doesn't seem to prevail. Why not?

 

 

I remember saying a similar thing on these foums when Yenn (RIP) came back with quite a reposte, which got me interested in ths area.. .And when one digs into the facts, there is much more to this than the press provide.

 

This came up in my feed today.. I think this bloke is an ex-US elite services fella - not sure. and I have not fact checked it, but if true, it might go a little way to understand that Israel may not be entirely the bad guy in this fight:

 

 

[Jerry_Atrick]

Oh yeah.. Israel accepted the UN resoltuion for a two state solution - and the day after they declared independence, 5 Arab nations piled in. Israel took some land out of that. You have a war, you may win or lose, bot the war and territory. Another war in 1958, agains started by the Arabs, and they lost a little more of "Palestine". In 1967, Israel captured the Sinai, and after a few years handed it back for peace, still accepting a teo state solution. 1978 sort of put pay to that idea.  But still there were peace accords to get to a two state solution, broken by the Palestinians (which is not even a formally recognised Arab state/race). Now the world is saying the only way is a two state solution. The problem is, Israel now want some fairly serious guarantees before the acquiesce to it.. and if you were in their position, what would you do?

 

Remeber, the chant, "From the river to the sea" means from the Jordan River to the Med.. All of it.

 

But, yes,.. the worls has never been so wealthy, yet we are at the precipise of another major regional, if not global  conflict...

Edited September 29 by Jerry_Atrick

[old man emu]

I wonder if the leadership of the two Arab "H" mobs were not the young firebrands of the 1960s, and have remained in power in their organisations in much the same way as many undemocratic leaders of organisations have. If that is so, these blokes are getting on in years. One wonders if they introduced any sort of succession planning since we all gotta die sometime and if those leaders did, who would take over the running of the organisation, which has a large body of younger persons to carry out the plans of the leaders.

 

Will killing those old blokes cut the head off the Hydra and destroy it, as Hercules did to complete his second labour?

[Jerry_Atrick]

8 minutes ago, old man emu said:

Will killing those old blokes cut the head off the Hydra and destroy it, as Hercules did to complete his second labour?

I doubt very much. .Best case is there is a succession plan; worst case is there isn't and some even more fanatcial figurehead arrives or the groups splinter.. and we end up with another ISIS and/or Al Queda.