The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V

[TheGreenAnger]

Talking of flying trampolines, there is a smorgasbord of satisfying trampoline videos on the web.

[TheGreenAnger]

Sound of sirens as the fire brigade arrives to fight the scrub fire now burning out of control in the field adjacent to the farm up the road.


Six fire engines now on hand. The fire has jumped the river and could threaten the houses on the far side of the field.

[Boac]

Don't say you were not warned

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[Woody]

What’s wrong with you people,it’s International Beer Day



Not sure about the Budweiser , but Wobbly

[CharlieOneSix]

Our gardener and callow youth assistant turned up today with a Stihl saw. There are about half a dozen low lying but projecting stubs of metal posts down the driveway where a metal fence was taken down 12 years ago. For 10 years I coped without damaging my lawnmower and two years ago I took on these gardeners who, even though they were well briefed, somehow managed to damage their mower a few weeks back.

The gung-ho youth set to work with the Stihl saw, sparks flying everywhere. Next thing panic, as he rushes to get the garden hose as he's set fire to scrub grass a few yards away. Fortunately the fire was extinguished but I was amazed how quickly it spread out. I did warn him of the danger.....

[jimtherev]

Our gardener and callow youth assistant turned up today with a Stihl saw. There are about half a dozen low lying but projecting stubs of metal posts down the driveway where a metal fence was taken down 12 years ago. For 10 years I coped without damaging my lawnmower and two years ago I took on these gardeners who, even though they were well briefed, somehow managed to damage their mower a few weeks back.

The gung-ho youth set to work with the Stihl saw, sparks flying everywhere. Next thing panic, as he rushes to get the garden hose as he's set fire to scrub grass a few yards away. Fortunately the fire was extinguished but I was amazed how quickly it spread out. I did warn him of the danger.....

Why not see if the Ex-As will lend you their "Gardener", then sell tickets for the ensuing entertainment.
You would mint it.

[Pontius Navigator]

Climate change :
Telegraph today

Yet scientists revealed yesterday that the northern and central parts of the reef now have the most coral cover since monitoring began 36 years ago. The reason for the reef’s sudden recovery is not known, but it suggests the ecosystem has much greater resilience and ability to recover than previously understood

We really do not understand the planet's resilience. Disastrous oil spills are absorbed by microorganisms, abandoned building collapse and get absorbed by vegetation.

Many people make a good living postulating different scenarios, the more alarmist the greater the financial support.

The 19-year-old climate activist will use her slot to launch The Climate Book, a collection of more than 100 contributions from figures such as economist Kate Raworth, writer and activist Naomi Klein and author Margaret Atwood.

For many it is a career choice.

[talmacapt]

Twas ever so, all about following the money.

Climate change, used to be global warming but bets are now being hedged, has happened since the earth was formed.

Awaiting the knock on the door.

[G~Man]

Sound of sirens as the fire brigade arrives to fight the scrub fire now burning out of control in the field adjacent to the farm up the road.
Six fire engines now on hand. The fire has jumped the river and could threaten the houses on the far side of the field.

Hopefully they know how to fight wildland fires as the technique is completely different to structure fires.

[PHXPhlyer]

Sound of sirens as the fire brigade arrives to fight the scrub fire now burning out of control in the field adjacent to the farm up the road.
Six fire engines now on hand. The fire has jumped the river and could threaten the houses on the far side of the field.

Hopefully they know how to fight wildland fires as the technique is completely different to structure fires.

At the beginning of every fire season we did training under Forest Service to augment them or knock down small fires just getting started.

PP

[PHXPhlyer]

Police Dept. A-Star has been orbiting a point about 2 blocks south of my abode which brings it directly overhead every 30 seconds or so for the last twenty minutes.
Citizen app shows a burglary in progress.

PP

[llondel]

Are the police really so inefficient that they can't finish a burglary in less than 20 minutes?

[PHXPhlyer]

Quite often around here it is a matter of the perps getting out of the house and jumping walls into other back yards.
Most houses in my area have six foot high cinderblock walls surrounding the back and side yards.
When this stuff goes down when I am at home, everything is locked and I am strapped.
Wall jumpers will get a surprise if they come 'round here.

PP

[PHXPhlyer]

Still circling.
Wonder how much longer they can stay on station, fuel wise.
Airport less than 10 minutes away. Don't know where other PD air assets are located.

PP

[G-CPTN]

Currently listening to the BBC shipping weather report and forecast.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0019rsw 03:50 Lerwick

Visibility? "27 miles"

How can that be? What about the curvature of the Earth?

[llondel]

"This forecast brought to you by the Flat Earth Society".

Although if you can see the moon then that's about 250,000 miles visibility.

[TheGreenAnger]

Sound of sirens as the fire brigade arrives to fight the scrub fire now burning out of control in the field adjacent to the farm up the road.
Six fire engines now on hand. The fire has jumped the river and could threaten the houses on the far side of the field.

Hopefully they know how to fight wildland fires as the technique is completely different to structure fires.

The local lot seemed a bit clueless at the outset, but two specialist crews arrived later and eventually the blaze was contained. They were here all day and well into the evening as well. It was amazing how quickly, and how far, the fire spread.

[Ex-Ascot]

Afternoon folks. A bit quiet here on the thread today unlike our lagoon a very noisy booze boat this afternoon. Black bastards.

Been nice weather today. Clear skies, cool start but made mid 30s. Went to the safari camp at lunchtime. We were the only people there.

Booze boat coming past again. Wish we had a torpedo. Ignorant inconsiderate bastards. Full blast jungle bunny noise.

[ricardian]

Historical Photos of Women's Stories:
Katharine, the Wright sister.

The Wright brothers, Wilbur and Orville, are justifiably famous for their invention of and first successful flight of the airplane, but their sister, Katharine (1874-1929), was an equally important part of the team.
Katharine was the one who paid the bills, made speeches on her brothers’ behalf (they were very reticent and poor public speakers), promoted her brothers and marketed their invention, led tours, met with business contacts and public officials world-wide, managed the family’s bicycle shop, negotiated contracts, nursed her brothers when they were injured, and basically ran their entire business so Wilbur and Orville could get on with what they did best - designing and building flying machines. Oh, and in addition to organizing her brothers’ lives, Katharine also taught high school Latin and organized suffrage marches in her home town of Dayton, Ohio.
Kathrine was the youngest of the five surviving children of Milton and Susan Wright. When Susan died of tuberculosis in 1889, Katharine, the only girl, took over the running of the household. She left for a few years to attend Oberlin College, and she was the only one of the five siblings to earn a degree. After graduation she returned to the family home in Dayton, and took up a position teaching Latin in a local high school.
As her siblings Wilbur and Orville became more involved in designing, building, and testing flying machines, Katharine took on the organizational aspects of their business. Although the two oldest brothers married and left the home, Katharine, Wilbur, and Orville showed no interest in finding spouses. They seemed bound to remain together and let no one else come between them. Wilbur and Orville never married, and Katharine only married when she was 52 years old. Wilbur had already died, and Orville refused to attend her wedding. He did not speak to her again until she was on her deathbed three years later.
Katharine was a champion for women’s rights, and started attending suffrage meetings in Dayton in 1912. In 1914, she arranged a suffrage parade in downtown Dayton that had over 1,300 marchers including her brothers and her father. She served as President of the Young Women’s League for two years and was also a member of the Dayton Women’s Club and the League of Women Voters. Her husband Henry “Harry” Haskell, whom she married in 1926, shared her opinions about women’s rights. In a letter Katharine wrote to Harry in November 1924, she said “I get all ‘het up’ over living forever in a ‘man’s world... but I know that already having the vote has done a lot toward making men take us seriously.”
When Wilbur and Orville perfected their flying machine, they discovered that the invention was just the first step. Many people didn’t believe it even existed. Witnesses were ignored and photographs were declared to be fakes. The French government, however, took it seriously, and in 1909, the brothers dismantled a plane, boxed it up, shipped it to France, and then put it back together. They held public demonstrations, and the people of France and throughout Europe went wild for the new invention. Katharine came into her own, arranging meetings and giving speeches in English and French. The brothers worked on the plane, and she became the publicist, and met with dignitaries at parties. The crowds loved her, and so did the newspapers. When the Wrights returned to America, they found they were celebrities.
Katharine continued to take over more and more of the day-to-day operations and the promotional aspects of the business upon their return. Wilbur died of typhoid fever in 1912, and their father Milton died in 1917, leaving Orville increasingly dependent upon Katharine.
Katharine stayed involved in Dayton’s women’s groups and was elected to the Oberlin College’s Board of Trustees. She eventually married in 1926, but died only three years later, of pneumonia, in 1929. Orville lived until 1948, and donated $300,000 (worth several million in today’s money) in honor of his sister, to her Alma Mater, Oberlin.

Denise Hight
Facebook: Historical Photos of Women's Stories

[ribrash]

Afternoon folks. A bit quiet here on the thread today unlike our lagoon a very noisy booze boat this afternoon. Black bastards.

Been nice weather today. Clear skies, cool start but made mid 30s. Went to the safari camp at lunchtime. We were the only people there.

Booze boat coming past again. Wish we had a torpedo. Ignorant inconsiderate bastards. Full blast jungle bunny noise.

Do they have any right to be there ? I presume it is there,s.