Interesting stuff

Blowin started the topic in Friday, 21 Jun 2019 at 08:01 am

Have it cunts

udo Saturday, 29 Jul 2023 at 09:51 am new
Patrick Saturday, 29 Jul 2023 at 11:52 am new

Terrific speaker with an easy to understand perspective on the history of the occupation of Palestine and current life there. The first three minutes alone are eye opening.

"Mohammed El-Kurd is a Palestinian writer and poet. "

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5nANFCJkaU7OYanBpdF2Aj?si=4SA4kJ3ETvOU…

Two episodes ago Lex interviewed Benjamin Netanyahu. I haven't listened to that one yet.

seeds Monday, 31 Jul 2023 at 06:58 am new

This is nuts. I’ve been following this story. They made it.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-30/nt-world-record-darwin-underwate…

blackers Monday, 31 Jul 2023 at 07:17 am new

seeds wrote:

This is nuts. I’ve been following this story. They made it.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-30/nt-world-record-darwin-underwate…

It’s a ripper aye. Heard them interviewed beforehand and promptly forgot about it, so thanks for the reminder. Great lead photo, including the fish!

seeds Monday, 31 Jul 2023 at 07:23 am new

ABC tv news is running a story this morning. Some good footage

etarip Monday, 31 Jul 2023 at 07:32 am new

seeds wrote:

This is nuts. I’ve been following this story. They made it.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-30/nt-world-record-darwin-underwate…

**Nearly 12 hours after the journey began, the Mudcrab emerged, with one enthusiastic spectator telling the team to "drive this thing straight to the pub".**

Classic Darwin

southernraw Monday, 31 Jul 2023 at 04:16 pm new

Fun fact. The great Buddy Franklin who retired today began his long and stellar career in 2005.
In that same year Kelly Slater had already retired with 6 world titles, returned, won another 5 since and has now outlasted him and continues on....
Congrats to the great Bud. One of the all time greats.

goofyfoot Monday, 31 Jul 2023 at 07:25 pm new

That’s a big career these days. Good on him.
Reckon Sydney got their moneys worth with him?

indo-dreaming Monday, 31 Jul 2023 at 08:17 pm new

goofyfoot wrote:

That’s a big career these days. Good on him.

Reckon Sydney got their moneys worth with him?

Hard call for perspective in 2012 Sydney won a premiership

In 2014 Buddy goes to Sydney, they played three finals with him 2014, 2016 and 2022 but lost all of them.

So in a way its kind of a yes in that he helped get them there but then on the flipside he never won them a premiership so also kind of a No.

Great player though.

blackers Monday, 31 Jul 2023 at 08:25 pm new

goofyfoot wrote:

That’s a big career these days. Good on him.

Reckon Sydney got their moneys worth with him?

The man draws a crowd, so yeah I think so. Take Indo's point but they were never truly in the frame post-2012, the perpetual top-up without a rebuild, like Geelong. He kept memberships up in a non-AFL city. Good work and was a pleasure to watch when he was on.

indo-dreaming Monday, 31 Jul 2023 at 08:29 pm new

Yeah fair point that too.

goofyfoot Monday, 31 Jul 2023 at 08:53 pm new

Yep he would of sold a lot of jumpers and got numbers through the gates.
Awesome player when he's in full flight.
Cut a swathe through the women of Melbourne in his day also!
A good friend of mine who will remain nameless played a lot of footy with him at the Hawks and some of the stories he's got about Buddy would make your eyes water.

blackers Monday, 31 Jul 2023 at 09:08 pm new

Haha yes, I believe so.

southernraw Monday, 31 Jul 2023 at 11:20 pm new

Definitely got their moneys worth GF in my opinion.
To make 3 Grannies is ridiculous and he sure was a pivotal part of getting them there.
To win a grandfinal on the day is tough.
He's a proven premiership player from Hawks so can't fault him in their losses (except maybe last years dud effort but he's aged).
Also the international coverage of not just the Swans but AFL when he kicked his 1000th goal is press money can't buy.
I remember seeing him playing at the Gabba in his first year and straight away i was impressed with the amount of presence he had on the ground.
Ha. Can only imagine the stories that could be told.

basesix Tuesday, 1 Aug 2023 at 06:49 am new

Patrick wrote:

Terrific speaker with an easy to understand perspective on the history of the occupation of Palestine and current life there. The first three minutes alone are eye opening.

"Mohammed El-Kurd is a Palestinian writer and poet. "

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5nANFCJkaU7OYanBpdF2Aj?si=4SA4kJ3ETvOU…

Two episodes ago Lex interviewed Benjamin Netanyahu. I haven't listened to that one yet.

committed to the 2 hour listen yesterday Patrick, well worth it, cheers,
Might try the Netanyahu one today

velocityjohnno Saturday, 5 Aug 2023 at 05:52 pm new

That microwaving plastics one, yeah...

velocityjohnno Saturday, 5 Aug 2023 at 05:57 pm new

Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? ...

I'm having a cognitive dissonance moment - almost expected David Duchovny to be on the witness stand. Are they really discussing this one openly in US Congress? Is 50 years of sci-fi pop culture oozing into reality? Or has it been the reality all along?

The Ms doesn't talk about it much but being raised on the edge of the wheatbelt the sky is awesome, and alive at night. They did see lights over the farm tip that came out of nowhere, stayed stationary in the sky, then vanished as quickly as they came. I've driven and worked remote a huge amount and seen nothing. Who knows...

Supafreak Sunday, 6 Aug 2023 at 01:44 pm new

I’ve watched half of the video VJ put up and it’s really really interesting. I kept wondering while watching, why now ? What are they trying to turn our heads from ?

indo-dreaming Sunday, 6 Aug 2023 at 02:09 pm new

I love this UFO shit and use to believe but now I dont think we have ever been visited.

The odds and distance are too great and the likely hood of a visit during human existence unlikely. (human existence being a blink of an eye in earths life)

If other life is out there its most like they are on one grain of sand on at the end of one long beach and we are on another grain of sand way up the other end.

That other shit is real though has to be USA drone tech, just think the USA put a man on the moon over 50 years ago, the tech they have that we dont know about would be crazy.

Will watch when get a chance though.

basesix Sunday, 6 Aug 2023 at 02:19 pm new

100% - well put, Indo. Bit o' fun though, hey?

velocityjohnno Sunday, 6 Aug 2023 at 04:49 pm new

Supafreak wrote:

I’ve watched half of the video VJ put up and it’s really really interesting. I kept wondering while watching, why now ? What are they trying to turn our heads from ?

Well one way to diffuse all the tension in the Pacific and the war in Ukraine might be to find a common enemy and all be friends and then we can do this

I've been humming the theme all weekend and cracking the Ms up...

velocityjohnno Sunday, 6 Aug 2023 at 07:26 pm new

First UFOs and ETs being vouched for in Congressional hearings, now superconductivity at room temperature, what a weekend!

southernraw Sunday, 6 Aug 2023 at 08:55 pm new

Woke up to a little earthquake this morning. My first one!
Thought there was a ghost or something shaking my bed which i wasn't too keen on.
A quick online search and realized no need to call ghostbusters.
5.2 magnitude i think it was.

Bud1 Sunday, 6 Aug 2023 at 11:38 pm new

5.2, that’s enough to get you thinking SR. I get them regularly in my neck of the woods. 7.8 is the biggest I’ve had, one quite long one. I was in the shower and could see the walls going from side to side. We had the house designed to handle them. I had one upstairs though, felt like a truck hit the house, but that one didn’t last long. Funny feeling isn’t it. I wonder what they feel like in the water? If you feel them?

southernraw Monday, 7 Aug 2023 at 02:01 am new

Wow! 7.8 would be intense Bud1!!
Not sure i'd be keen on that, and pretty sure i'd be happy leaving my earthquake days behind me at one. Pretty powerful stuff!
Would be interesting in the water. I'd imagine there'd be some kind of extra movement (tidal waves aside) that would be noticable.
Would be interesting if you were inside a tube as one happened. ;-)

Jelly Flater Monday, 7 Aug 2023 at 12:34 pm new

Interesting

udo Wednesday, 9 Aug 2023 at 11:34 am new

Philadelphia.....

Jelly Flater Wednesday, 9 Aug 2023 at 12:40 pm new

Exceptionalism ? ;)

Certainly not interesting stuff.

- paging mr jjf…

Jelly Flater Wednesday, 9 Aug 2023 at 04:32 pm new

A symbolic and clear contrast from the streets of Philly ;)

seeds Wednesday, 9 Aug 2023 at 05:54 pm new

This is batshit crazy.

Island Bay Wednesday, 9 Aug 2023 at 06:43 pm new

Completely!
And he kept his cheese cutter on.

Jelly Flater Wednesday, 9 Aug 2023 at 09:09 pm new

Geeez… that was one sure way to ruin a fantastic moustache ;)
Surely could’ve attempted something first from a lesser height and maybe into water before goin full frog splat…

- he certainly looked hesitant… maybe the crowd pressure was too alluring.

This one is fictional, but full marks for theatrics ;)

seeds Wednesday, 9 Aug 2023 at 09:20 pm new

In the comments it says he jumped off a building first, as a trial, and broke his leg. I think that’s the footage of him jumping. The tower footage of his death is crazy. Bloke was bonkers!
ps. JF, that was funny.

tubeshooter Wednesday, 9 Aug 2023 at 09:22 pm new

OG BASE jumper. Respect.

Jelly Flater Thursday, 10 Aug 2023 at 08:07 am new
Craig Thursday, 10 Aug 2023 at 08:21 am new

Super heavy, fanned by Hurricane Dora to the south-west.

Craig Thursday, 10 Aug 2023 at 08:40 am new

Jeezus :(

velocityjohnno Saturday, 12 Aug 2023 at 07:01 pm new
seeds Saturday, 12 Aug 2023 at 10:15 pm new

Haha that’s a problem I could deal with. The missus would have the Mortein out for sure. Hahaha that is peculiar.

san Guine Saturday, 12 Aug 2023 at 10:32 pm new
seeds Saturday, 12 Aug 2023 at 10:47 pm new

Reckon the spider venom chemically is like the blue pill.

basesix Saturday, 12 Aug 2023 at 11:06 pm new

"can cause extreme pain, a drop or increase in blood pressure, change in heart rate, nausea, stomach cramps, blurred vision and hours-long erections"? Sounds an horrific blue-pill to me seeds.. any care to re-interpret the lyrics below?

seeds Saturday, 12 Aug 2023 at 11:09 pm new

Haha yes I guess you’re correct. My diet does that to me also. Or there abouts.
Except the mad boners!!!! I need changes

basesix Saturday, 12 Aug 2023 at 11:14 pm new

there comes a time in every man's life, seeds, where he needs to either calm down expectations, or embrace cardio. It's a toughy : )

seeds Saturday, 12 Aug 2023 at 11:20 pm new

I used to love cardio when younger. I know I can back to that!! I hope I can

Jelly Flater Monday, 14 Aug 2023 at 08:52 pm new
goofyfoot Monday, 14 Aug 2023 at 09:35 pm new

Jelly Flater wrote:

Doesn’t look good…

https://apple.news/AZkN8Eu1SSs6QVMgdEp9TuA

Fuck that’s horrible. Hope they’re found

Jelly Flater Tuesday, 15 Aug 2023 at 07:07 am new

At night time & with no gps… worrying stuff.

Jelly Flater Wednesday, 16 Aug 2023 at 09:06 pm new

Beautifully shot, great story.