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Sir Colin Giltrap, who founded the influential Giltrap Group focusing on luxury cars and was knighted for services to motorsport, has died. Giltrap Group confirmed he had passed away peacefully with his family overnight aged 84. While he had stepped away from the business after suffering a fall in ...

Today the laundry is being dried by wind and solar power, that is, pegged out on the line.

(I don't have an electric drier anyway)

You did not forget why you walked into the room.

You walked in on an alien, and he erased your mind so he could escape!

FD2 - many happy returns of the day!

Is olive oil readily available overseas? Olive oil is becoming harder to find on supermarket shelves. Extreme weather in Europe has made olive growing difficult and put the squeeze on global supply. The average price of a litre of oil has risen by more than 30% in two years. A global shortage of oli...

Went to pick a couple of pink roses this afternoon, and the green praying-mantis seated thereon looked at me most reproachful when I invited him to leave.

G. Fauré: Romance sans paroles (Romance without words), Op. 17 no. 3 [2:59]

^ Likewise. I thought the sun would have been out for a couple of hours here by now.

The Face has reappeared at the window of the house opposite.

Ennio Morricone - "Le Vent Le Cri" (Romy Schneider Années 70/80) [9:51]

Fuschia leaves are starting to show, always a good sign that spring is on the way. ... ^ I bet they're a lovely sight when in flower. I used to have a fuchsia here but the Gardener/Lawn Man is not a plantsman, and that was one of the casualties... The Gardening Fairy knows much more :) Morning is o...

I am currently lying in hospital (planned) awaiting 3:30 tomorrow ... Best wishes, G-CPTN, hope all goes well. ... I haven't talked to the daughter yet to find out what the actual cause of death was, but the dementia left no quality of life as I saw with my mother as well. RIP Leigh. PP I'm sorry f...

Dushan wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 16, 2024 1:54 pm

Seriously? Is that the kind of totalitarianism Australia has become? Wow!!


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Guardian: eSafety commissioner orders X and Meta to remove violent videos following Sydney church stabbing

Not at all unusual to remove the most graphic content.

Sydney stabbings live updates: Wakeley church attack declared terrorist event just days after Bondi Junction tragedy; PM, AFP call for calm The stabbing of a bishop and parish priest at the Christ The Good Shepherd Church was a terrorist attack, police say. NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb said sh...

Sydney church stabbing: Multiple people injured during service | 7 News Australia [1:06] A church leader and a number of parishioners have been stabbed during a live-streamed service in western Sydney. Four people, including a church leader, have been stabbed in an attack caught on a sermon live-str...

Good morning on a blue dome day with bright sunshine and 13.7°C, expecting 20°C by early afternoon. Deciduous trees have thoroughly coloured up, and are well into shedding their leaves. I see that Friday 19th is Poppy Day when sellers will be about the streets and poppies may be worn; Anzac Day next...

^ South Canterbury: from Arowhenua Station Road, then from around 10:00 north on the main highway.

The river at around 20:00 is the Opihi River just south of Temuka; then at 25:00 the Temuka River; then the town of Temuka.

Total distance around 6km.

At the moment: blue dome, bright sun, 5.5°C expecting 16°C by the afternoon.

Stars very clear overhead earlier.

Seems to be school hols now, the morning rush-hour considerably quieter for the next fortnight.

Wodrick wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 14, 2024 4:09 pm

Right arm from shoulder to wrist almost. Woke with it on Thursday morning but didn't notice until drying after my shower! Aching today.

Hope that resolves uneventfully, Wodrick. Take care

As heard in The Avengers, Series 3, episode 24, 'Concerto' -

Chopin - Polonaise, Op. 53 (Evgeny Kissin) [6:26]

Good morning, a fresh sunny morning, 6.6°C expecting 16°C. The previous days' rain has washed the sky clear of clouds now and caused sixty millyun a large number of California Poppy seedlings to sprout in my garden. Mars and Jupiter are in conjunction, a couple of degrees apart at present, in the EN...