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Just one more Anzac Day report, rather a touching video at this one from Wanaka:

ODT: Anzac crowds brave the rain and cold in Wanaka

At 10:03 AM on April 23, 2024, Alaska State Troopers in Fairbanks received reports of an aircraft crash around seven miles south of the Fairbanks International Airport on the Tanana River. A preliminary investigation revealed that a Douglas DC-4 crashed into the Tanana River after taking off from F...

About a thousand people attended an Anzac Day dawn service at the Gore Cenotaph. ...

Gore, Southland: pop. 8,240 as of June 2023

ODT report with brief video

Glen Campbell - Galveston (1969)

... Remember the memorial to the men who went to the Great War. Very poignant to think how they came from such an idyllic place to die for their "King and Country" in the trenches of France. Scroll down at this link to learn about Auckland Museum: Manava Toa: the Cook Islands in WWI and Christchurc...

^ thank you, Opsboi.

I see #1 tracked flight just now on Flightradar24 is PDN01, RNZAF Poseidon.
Just north of Christchurch at the moment.
She flew by me but downwind and I never noticed, botheration!

^ The full Moon was setting as I attended the Anzac Day Dawn Service this morning: very moving as always to be part of a large, silent, and utterly respectful crowd awaiting the commencement of the service. Wore my father's medals, carried my grandfather's; held some sprigs of rosemary for loved one...

ExSp33db1rd wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 24, 2024 5:51 am

Karearea - Hardware Hell ?

!!! Sorry, brain drain, was replying to Hydromet.

I knew that All good.

... My day started sunny, but as soon as I switched on the washing machine the sun decided to turn off and hide behind clouds, what am I doing wrong? I just said aloud to myself, Oo, that'll be finished, I'd better go and peg it out. ... No, it was sitting in a sodden heap, the load having become u...

Good morning, 12.6°C on the way to 20°C. Moon will be Full in a little under 3 hours, at 11:49am NZST, 23:49 GMT. Very bright moonlight last night. Gardener-man comes soon, swingin' his little axe, I have a list of instructions. Ambulance went along my street, siren operating, earlier. They usually ...

^ Best wishes to the Wodricks.

Greetings on St George's Day.

Now 15°C and climbing; clear skies.

My first car belonged to one of my airline-captain cousins, who had left it with me to use occasionally unless he happened to be in the country again. It had a personalised number-plate, with the name of one of his children. So many strangers would read it and beam at me, and say archly, "I know wha...

Good morning, sun not quite up yet but will be a blue dome day.

Now around 3°C, expecting 19°C.

The workaday tide of passing traffic begins...

But there was this well-remembered routine back in 2006, concluding with a display of the Death Stare...

Barbara Fusar-Poli & Maurizio Margaglio, Olympic 2006, OD [5:21]

More skating: Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps free programme. Deanna is 40 and most skaters are considered old after 25. She originally skated singles, had a 16-year break from competing, and came back as a pair skater. Stellato-Dudek / Deschamps (CAN) | Pairs Free Skating | Montréal 2024...

^ hope all is well, G-CPTN.

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OFSO wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 21, 2024 8:25 pm

... Heattech Super ...

Looks interesting, unsure if the brand available in NZ.