On a lighter note......

Hopefully Scotland centre Joe Ansbro is doing ok after this vicious attack from his own teammate celebrating a glorious victory over Australia

Lock for worst thread derail of the year

@voodoo much harder to remotely crack SCART connections on coal burner control panels 😉

@canefan said in Greatest kiwi lives:

Katherine Mansfield

An absolute colossus of her field.

Time to dust these off again...

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Lest We Forget

By the way ... just to confirm ... the OP is a quote of Carl Sagan's description of the "Pale Blue Dot" photo...

I didn't see one of these flying over my house today....

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@Nepia said in Vegemite v Marmite:

don't listen @MN5

Some things just never need to be said. His last effort at commenting saw him unable to mildly swerve around an upright obstacle while driving.

agreed, bring back numbers, i remember during lock down we binged some movies (mission impossible, fast and the furious etc) and having to google which the next one was each time

@mariner4life said in Old people talk about the olden days:

@voodoo said in Old people talk about the olden days:

Reading posts of Ferners Hamilton experiences puts so much else into context

Fuck off Palmy Boy

Someone from Palmy having a go at Hamilton.

Pretty early in the year for a comedian fern award, especially while we wait for @virgil to sort last years but this has my vote !!!

Also considering this:

brendongg TV Remotes & Clocks for elderly NZ | Memory Matters TV Remotes & Clocks for elderly NZ | Memory Matters

Flipper Simple TV Remotes and Day Clocks. Take the frustration out of day to day living for Elderly and those with Dementia NZ.

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@Kiwiwomble I saw the full preview on another channel where they set up the flappy paddles and the engine noise package etc.

Hilarious

@NTA said in Working From Home:

@Nepia said in Working From Home:

CEO (not an idiot) just involuntarily resigned

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You know the drill resign and get a pay out rather than the company firing you (and then facing an unfair dismissal tribunal) or be made redundant (company loses the ability to replace the job role).

Some good stuff coming out and with the changing weather, it will only get better.

As Mike says, the pricing is currently an issue.

Here in Japan, we can get a bit of it but it's not cheap enough to be volume (much of the Prosecco market) and is in the mid-premium price range with a huge range of fantastic substitutes (not just champagne and cheap Franciacorta, we also get some very nice Cremants and the better Proseccos).

I have done it on and off for 20 odd years, Dave Loveridge is my most famous relation, a distant cousin. Provincial battler Chris Eaton is my 2nd cousin. I think Arnold Palmer is the golfer that my Grandfather said we are related too ,I'm still trying to find the link.

Happy New Year all.

This is currently doing the rounds..

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@Victor-Meldrew I didn't think we had it so loud you'd hear it in the next bay!

Merry Xmas all, writing less as drinking more

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