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probes wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 30, 2024 5:56 am

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What's the object?
‘Great enigma’: Amateur archaeologists unearth mysterious Roman object

A little about them here: Wikipedia: Roman dodecahedron

Interesting objéts.

k3k3 wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 29, 2024 9:52 pm

Karearea wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 29, 2024 8:27 pm

My tyres are nitrogen-filled. There are people to deal with that

I can only afford 78% nitrogen.

My tyres are nitrogen-filled. There are people to deal with that

The Sun, he shines; 8.3°C; blue dome so far as I can see.
Expecting 19°C.

But watch this space tomorrow.

Was supposed to have been sunny ages ago here, cloud/low overcast finally burning off and I think the wind has changed, sun now peeking through.
12.2°C expecting 17°C.

Hope the rain soaks in, OFSO.

Was a perfect blue-dome day here, now twilight with a pale gold sunset. No clouds at all.

jimtherev wrote: ↑

Sat Apr 27, 2024 10:23 pm

... the altos behave like we're a cheap hotel: they come in when they like, and never worry much about the key.

Good morning, clear sky, sun illumining roofs and chimneys of houses across the street, 5.3°C expecting 17°C.

Meme:

One disorienting thing about getting
older that nobody tells you about is
how weird it feels to get a really
passionate, extremely wrong lecture
from a much younger person about
verifiable historical events you can
personally remember pretty well

Are we in North Africa?

From the Royal Meteorological Society, article by Kirsty McCabe, FRMetS -

Dubai floods and cloud seeding

Ngāi Tahu Tourism has apologised for operating the Shotover Jet boat service during the Anzac Day service on the famous Edith Cavell Bridge. Locals complained the performance of Last Post was drowned out by the tourist jet boats on the river below yesterday morning. Business manager for Tumu Pākihi...

Seems like one darn thing after another...

Victoria University has postponed a planned debate on freedom of speech after concerns the event could become a platform for hate speech. ...

Radio NZ: Free speech vs hate speech: Victoria University postpones debate after student backlash

Well lookit, we have had a little frost, can see a rime on the cars parked across the street and a tinge of frost on the lawn.
Has been -0.3°C, above freezing now, expecting 17°C and a very clear sunny day (sun not yet in sight).

I like the mom's soft little cluckings as she feeds her babies.
Hope the little guy facing the wrong way turned around and got his share.

Mexico - James Taylor

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)