@crucial hauled = twisted, for the purposes of this discussion.

I saw this link on a music forum. Photos from last week's funeral. Brian Johnson looks really emotional.

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I've bought cherries for Xmas from this crowd a couple of years in a row now. 2 years ago they were awesome, best cherries I've ever had. Last year not quite so good, but perhaps it was the shitty Summer we had. I'm going to give it one more crack, they are shipped up overnight to main centres

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I'm also going to give these guys a go next year when it's time to get omega plums and golden tatura peaches. You can't beat orchard fresh!!

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@taniwharugby said in Blokes Advice:

@rembrandt she seems sweet, definitely a keeper!

Her voice could literally strip wallpaper

@virgil said in Lundy (again):

Fair to say murder investigations in the mid to late 90’s - 2000’s were run by muppets.
How much possible key evidence was either missed or not properly tested at the Bain murders too?

You got that - test hands of EITHER of the Bains and there's no mystery.

That said, the Lundy Five Hundy sounded like a bloody good rally 🙂

https://www.royal.uk/duke-cambridge-gives-speech-new-zealand-national-commemoration-battle-passchendaele

Good article on the overblown meth testing situation

Fucking hilarious given our Federal Government has recently "restructed" the CSIRO - particularly in the climate change area.

Where is the money going to come in for this stuff?

I use Premiere Pro and After Effects from the Adobe suite.

Bringing back this old thread after stumbling across this video on youtube.

I hadn't seen it before but jeez trev it sums up what a comic genius Clarke was. Sit back and enjoy.

PS If you are only flicking through make sure you don't skip past his portrayal of Alan Bond at 15.26

@Snowy Ha yeah I'm far from perfect, in real life I do try a lot harder than on here..mostly.

@taniwharugby I now sleep with a pillow sideways so as to avoid trapping my shoulder (sleep on tummy from time to time), which can leave it weakened all day.
Know the shoulders forward look! Need to do bent over lateral raises to try and straighten things?
As for the chicken legs, at our advanced ages the only hope is an easy to use proper leg press machine!

@Crucial Ha no. Only had the one drink and that was free with the ticket. Definitey wanted to drink more but that could have gone real messy real fast.

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Accomodation is limited We stayed at Quest last Decwhich is old post office building so has a bit of character. Rooms are well appointed reasonably sized and comfortable. Fair value for price. Right in heart of city. Its an apartment hotel so no food or drink but everywhere is within 5 mins

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cambodia is cool. few years since i was there so it's probably all changed since then, but cheap as chips ($1 dorm and 35c beer at the time), nice folk and some amazing shit to see.
the temples in and around siem reap are sweet, but take some time as there are loads. temple fatigue will kick in and stretch that goodwill as you assume. as per all SE asia, there are bike/scooter/tuk-tuk options - some of the further options are out of reach without motors. angkor etc get busy, and hot during the middle of the day as pretty exposed.
the boat trip from siem reap to battambang is worth considering, leisurely, pretty, floating villages etc - and lake tonle sap provides pretty much all the protein in the country so it's interesting from that point of view too - but takes extra time. battambang itself is only really a one day place i think - has a training circus which is a bit of fun if it's on when you're there, some bats and some batshit - the bamboo train is a good albeit brief laugh. dunno whether it's usual or not, but we saw a load of monks gathering alms a la luang prabang (but without tourists) there too.
obviously everyone's experiences are different, but phnom penh was just a big asian city to me - the khmer rouge stuff excepted - so personally i'd knock that off quick and move on. killing fields is a must, and the audio guide there is excellent, pretty nasty stuff.
beaches - sihanoukville is a backpacker party town. messy, loud, drugs n booze. nothing wrong with that of course, but if you're after something a bit quieter then maybe catch a boat over to koh rong. it's not as spectacular as some of the thai / malay etc islands, but it's one of the two best phosphorescent plankton places i've seen, which is pretty sweet for a night swim.

Edge of a New Land: A lengthy but interesting read on the journey of refugee resettlement in NZ over the first three months.

“This sport is very important in New Zealand,” said the male teacher, holding up a picture of an oval object. “Rrrrr…?”
“Ball!” a child shouted.
Rrrrrrrrrruu…?” said the teacher.

Silence from the mat.

“Rrrrrrrrrugby!” said the teacher.
“Rugby!” shouted the children, successfully indoctrinated in so-called New Zealand culture.
The teaching style seemed very different from back in Pakistan, said Hibbah, who’d been watching Attia on the mat. It was much less strict. It looked like much more fun.

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We use the Atlassian stuff at my work - we've had JIRA nearly nine years (I built its predecessor) and Confluence is what we use for documenting shit (or it was up until they decided we should have a developer portal as well 🙄 )

However, I find no matter how well the tool sells itself, the principles are the key. Bad practice will always kill good systems.

@jegga @Crucial He never calls, he never writes...

I recall "Brains" from uni (well from social rugby contests at least) Looks like I've got about five mutual friends with him. Good on him (or the Hardmen at least)