rockershovel Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 An uncle of mine had dealings with the late Eric Morecambe. He said that you had to accept that he was a perfectionist and a workaholic, prone to making great demands on his staff - but he was very self-aware, was never deliberately rude or offensive and took no offence at anyone unable or unwilling to meet his standards. 4 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted January 20, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 20, 2022 Reverting to Australia I am assured that Kevin Bl00dy Wilson is much easier to work with. It helps if you buy the drinks 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ikks Posted January 20, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 20, 2022 18 hours ago, Gwiwer said: A friend of ours was, for a time, Barry's dresser. She toured with him which is what brought her, a West Australian woman, to the UK and brought her, SWMBO and myself together. She had left his employment after a performance in, I think, Bath, having had far more than enough of "A grumpy, slimy and impossible old man" who she claimed made constant and unreasonable demands of those around him. He rented a unit in South Yarra for a short while which was owned by the parents of a girlfriend of mine, a fairly unpleasant individual by all accounts, Sue told me. Not sure why some people have to be that way. Mike 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeysarefun Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 (edited) David Bowie lived in Sydney for a few years around his Tin Machine period in a harbourside apartment in Elizabeth Bay. A family friend did the lawns around the place and was blown away that the friendliest and most accommodating resident there was the international rock star, all the other residents apparently were rich nobodies who wouldn't deign to talk to the garden staff but David Bowie was always bringing them drinks and at one point cakes that he'd baked. Also got involved in Aboriginal land rights while here and took a personal interest in the welfare of the young indigenous actors who had appeared in the Let's Dance film clip a few years prior which was filmed in the outback and around Sydney. After he died a radio show I happened to have on in the car had people ringing in with memories of him when he lived here, how he'd invite people round for tea, offer autograph hunters to sit down and have a coffee with him and so on, he told one he really embraced the Australian friendly laid back life style (unlike his rich neighbours I guess). Edited January 20, 2022 by monkeysarefun 8 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted January 26, 2022 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 26, 2022 The road is flooded - just take the detour! https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-01-26/flooded-stuart-highway-blocks-freight-trucks-northern-territory/100782544 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 1 hour ago, kevinlms said: The road is flooded - just take the detour! What's 3,000 km between friends? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 I see that HMAS Adelaide is enroute to Tonga with relief supplies, despite 23 CoViD diagnoses amongst the 600 crew. Hopefully they can deliver their cargo without accompaniment by the virus. 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockershovel Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 2 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeysarefun Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, rockershovel said: Why did the pommy guy need a prop spider? Edited February 5, 2022 by monkeysarefun 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted February 6, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 6, 2022 In other news it seems the real residents of Pin Oak Court might finally be able to catch a break. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-60277939 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ikks Posted February 6, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 6, 2022 (edited) Thank goodness. an absolute pile of rubbish! Edited February 6, 2022 by ikks 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted February 6, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 6, 2022 I've never watched it so can't comment. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRman Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 (edited) The only times I watched were, ironically, when I was staying with my Mum in Leeds! She liked to watch it there. It was rather funny for me, because so many of the locations are local, and instantly recognisable. One episode took place in Forest Hill Chase shopping centre, which is our usual haunt, just 1 km away from home. Pin Oak Court is only a few kilometres away from where I live. The Nunawading Aquatic Centre also featured in an episode that I saw (in Leeds!). No, I won't miss it either. Edited February 6, 2022 by SRman 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted February 10, 2022 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 10, 2022 My wife used to be glued to it. In fact when we first went out together, I'd turn up at her place. If it was on, she wouldn't talk until it was over! Maybe I should have taken the hint! But she hasn't watched it for years, although I think I'd prefer Neighbours, to some of the stuff on Netflix she watches - at least it's Australian rubbish and not Yank fodder. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted February 10, 2022 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 10, 2022 A reminder of what a nasty place Australia can be - weather wise. Also those that will do anything to keep their gambling habit operating. Heart breaking, with the worst possible outcome - the baby would be better dead. https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/prison-term-for-mother-who-left-baby-in-hot-car-outside-pokies-venue-20220210-p59v9m.html 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted February 10, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 10, 2022 53 minutes ago, kevinlms said: A reminder of what a nasty place Australia can be - weather wise. Also those that will do anything to keep their gambling habit operating. Heart breaking, with the worst possible outcome - the baby would be better dead. https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/prison-term-for-mother-who-left-baby-in-hot-car-outside-pokies-venue-20220210-p59v9m.html She should have gotten the full ten years with NO parole option! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
billbedford Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 7 hours ago, J. S. Bach said: She should have gotten the full ten years with NO parole option! Vengeance is mine saith the Lord Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted February 22, 2022 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 22, 2022 A horrible way to go! I've been stung by about a dozen European Wasps and that was no fun. https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/death-of-grandmother-swarmed-by-bees-could-have-been-prevented-coroner-20220222-p59yq7.html 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted February 22, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 22, 2022 12 minutes ago, kevinlms said: A horrible way to go! I've been stung by about a dozen European Wasps and that was no fun. https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/death-of-grandmother-swarmed-by-bees-could-have-been-prevented-coroner-20220222-p59yq7.html Bees and wasps are entirely different species. A bee sting is alkaline whereas a wasp sting is acidic, that is why you should always establish what caused the sting before treatment. The nearest relation to wasps and hornets in the insect world is ants. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted February 22, 2022 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 22, 2022 Smart birds! https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-22/magpies-show-cooperative-behaviour-by-removing-tracking-device/100851458 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted February 22, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 22, 2022 3 hours ago, PhilJ W said: Bees and wasps are entirely different species. A bee sting is alkaline whereas a wasp sting is acidic, that is why you should always establish what caused the sting before treatment. The nearest relation to wasps and hornets in the insect world is ants. Wasp stings are never left behind; bee stings often are. It is actually bee stings which are more acidic; wasp stings are technically neutral but closer to alkaline than bee stings. https://www.buzzaboutbees.net/is-a-bee-sting-acidic-or-alkaline.html The quick-fix to neutralise them is to remember "Bees - Bicarb; Wasps - Winegar" 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classsix T Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 2 hours ago, kevinlms said: Smart birds! https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-22/magpies-show-cooperative-behaviour-by-removing-tracking-device/100851458 Corvidae=cool. Covid? No thanks! C6T. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classsix T Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 1 hour ago, Gwiwer said: Wasp stings are never left behind; bee stings often are. It is actually bee stings which are more acidic; wasp stings are technically neutral but closer to alkaline than bee stings. https://www.buzzaboutbees.net/is-a-bee-sting-acidic-or-alkaline.html The quick-fix to neutralise them is to remember "Bees - Bicarb; Wasps - Winegar" I may have heard somewhere that some German folk will urinate on each other with nary a hint of the need of medical intervention against insect, plant or sea-life toxin..? But what do I know. C6T. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classsix T Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 On 10/02/2022 at 22:44, billbedford said: Vengeance is mine saith the Lord Ah, but the Lord was smiting people left right and centre in the first book like a petulant child. Following an audience-focused review group re-evaluation, the Lord returns as a loved up hippie in the sequel. C6T. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted February 22, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 22, 2022 1 hour ago, Classsix T said: I may have heard somewhere that some German folk will urinate on each other with nary a hint of the need of medical intervention against insect, plant or sea-life toxin..? But what do I know. C6T. I don’t think that has anything to do with insect stings………just what district of Munich you happen to be in 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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