tigerburnie Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 On that subject, I have an appointment with a GP and wish to swap it for an Oasis ticket.............................................................😎 1 14 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 5 hours ago, monkeysarefun said: I'm sorry but can anyone explain why the US election is on a knife edge? I presume that question was rhetorical. Shall we talk about how many Britons believed lies about a not so recent now referendum? Much in common if you ask me. Much more alike than different from my perspective. Just be glad you live in a lucky country. It's not immune either, but fortunately people are happy to distract themselves with a sausage sizzle at Bunnings or a trip to the beach. 5 2 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 3 hours ago, monkeysarefun said: Seriously, I assumed it was some french thing like Bastille Day or whatever! It derives from the Latin for the sabbath / shabát (Sabbatī diēs) 7 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post polybear Posted August 31 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted August 31 6 hours ago, monkeysarefun said: In Pottsville Michigan today, someone who is orange said this . "She destroyed the city of San Francisco it's and I own a big building there it's no I shouldn't talk about this but that's okay I don't give a damn because this is what I'm doing I should say it's the finest city in the world selling get the hell out of there right but I can't do that I don't care you know I lost billions billions of dollars you know somebody said what do you think he lost I said probably two three billion that's okay I don't care they said do you think you'd do it again and that's the least of it nobody they always say that uh I don't know if you know Lincoln was horribly treated uh Jefferson was pretty horribly Andrew Jackson they say was the worst of all that he was treated worse than any other president and I said do that study again because I think there's nobody close to Trump I even got shot and who the hell knows where that came from..." etc etc. I must say the Orange One has a mighty fine grasp of the English(?) language there. Now if only we knew just what the f. he’s on about….. 1 hour ago, PupCam said: I used to really enjoy having bone fires. Unfortunately I haven't been able to have one for over 20 years due to some twit building a bungalow in next-doors back garden. 😟 Has Puppers never heard of Spontaneous Combustion? 1 hour ago, PhilJ W said: Afternoon all from Estuary-Land. News is on, or should I say the Oasis tour show as there was little else in the way of news. Bear managed to get Tickets 😀 1 1 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium The White Rabbit Posted August 31 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 31 7 hours ago, polybear said: Did someone mention Hunny?? 🐻🥳 I have a fiver and a boat you can borrow.... 2 1 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium polybear Posted August 31 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 31 25 minutes ago, Ozexpatriate said: I presume that question was rhetorical. Shall we talk about how many Britons believed lies about a not so recent now referendum? Much in common if you ask me. I’ve absolutely no idea what lies were told as I didn’t read or listen to any of it with any conviction; all I know was I’d had a skinful of being told what to do by the EU. I very much suspect that many others adopted a similar approach. 5 3 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coombe Barton Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 ... Wonder if getting students to write in Geordie for their assessments would get over the misuse of AI? ... https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2024/08/31/postcards-from-home-2024-11/ 12 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 12 minutes ago, polybear said: I’ve absolutely no idea what lies were told I can assure you that many US voters feel exactly the same way. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winslow Boy Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 7 hours ago, polybear said: Did someone mention Hunny?? 🐻🥳 Well Bear will be pleased that the Bee man was delighted with what we had to offer and will be taking up residence. He has just got to inform the bees. We were also delighted to learn that they are very docile, which seems to be unique to our part of Manutopea. Has Bear seen how many calories are in honey? 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 20 minutes ago, Coombe Barton said: Wonder if getting students to write in Geordie for their assessments would get over the misuse of AI? Is there not a Generative AI capability to write in Geordie, Scouser, whatever already? 5 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium polybear Posted August 31 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 31 10 minutes ago, Winslow Boy said: Has Bear seen how many calories are in honey? Bear’s CF’s** just got very, very soggy….😢 (**Not that I’ve had any lately….😭) 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium The White Rabbit Posted August 31 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 31 I too am working on something involving bees. Unfortunately it is tied up with something involving those objects running along parallel strips of metal. I am rather in danger from the awl today as I have had a day off, the first one in a little while and spent much of it muddlin and handling such items. In various scales. Some success has been had at clearing some space and two batches of goodies were despatched to their new owners. In a slight irony, one was of T gauge items and one was G gauge.... This afternoon a visit was had to a local venue involving more of those objects, those which emit H2O in gaseous form. However, I did take an interest and frames of other matters too - including this one of the robin which greeted me on arrival. 16 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 Just heard the RAF Typhoon performing its final display at this year's Bournemouth Air Festival. I couldn't see anything, but it was REALLY loud. Possibly the sound was amplified by the sea, the very low clouds and the dusk air. Could almost feel it ripping through the air. 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BoD Posted August 31 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 31 27 minutes ago, Coombe Barton said: ... Wonder if getting students to write in Geordie for their assessments would get over the misuse of AI? ... https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2024/08/31/postcards-from-home-2024-11/ Don’t forget that you will need a ‘Divvent dunsh us’ sticker for your caravan. 8 2 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 (edited) 4 minutes ago, BoD said: Don’t forget that you will need a ‘Divvent dunsh us’ sticker for your caravan. Courtesy of Google Gemini (aka Bard): There are "old school" search responses with the same answer but the AI Gemini version is now presented first. Edited August 31 by Ozexpatriate 7 1 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BoD Posted August 31 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 31 4 minutes ago, Ozexpatriate said: Courtesy of Google Gemini (aka Bard): It may well be able to tell you the meaning, but can it say it out loud - correctly? 9 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 (edited) 14 minutes ago, BoD said: It may well be able to tell you the meaning, but can it say it out loud - correctly? Gemini does not support audio output, today. You won't be satisfied with Speechify - at least the free version. It doesn't have a Geordie persona. Edited August 31 by Ozexpatriate 9 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 This is sad: CNN: Wells Fargo employee found dead at her desk days after she last clocked into work, authorities say Quote Denise Prudhomme, 60, worked at a Wells Fargo location in Tempe and had scanned into the building at 7 a.m. on [Friday] August 16. There were no further scans from her either into or out of the building, the police department told CNN in a statement. On [Tuesday] August 20, security on site reported finding an employee possibly dead in a cubicle on the building’s third floor, authorities said. Prudhomme was pronounced dead at 4:55 p.m., according to Tempe police. With the current culture of of hybrid / work from home office work, this does not surprise me - though in my experience, most offices still have onsite security that does a walk through every day - usually in the evening. Having one employee report to work at the office on a Friday (solo in a workplace floor/wing) while everyone else is working-from-home is not unusual. That it took until Tuesday (when presumably some hybrid employees showed up at the office) to discover her is not a surprise. 2 2 2 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted August 31 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 31 Evening all from Estuary-Land. Not much cooler this evening, in fact it's a degree warmer. The thingummy at the bottom of the screen says 18C., it was only 17C. this afternoon. There is no sign of the promised rain, thunder and lightning that we were supposed to have today. 4 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coombe Barton Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 1 hour ago, Ozexpatriate said: Is there not a Generative AI capability to write in Geordie, Scouser, whatever already? Discovered that there is - tomorrow's blog 8 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coombe Barton Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 1 hour ago, BoD said: Divvent dunsh us’ I had to ask Google to translate that 5 3 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium BSW01 Posted August 31 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 31 Good evening everyone Like yesterday, I’ve not done a lot today. Movement and sitting down are getting easier now, it’s getting up from the sofa that’s the most difficult task, but even that’s getting easier now. Vickie and Mike called round this morning, Mike had got us a few items of shopping, Vickie just called to see how I was doing, as she and all the family have only just returned from Lanzarote. I’m currently on antibiotics, so as a precaution, I’m abstaining from alcohol until next weekend, so tonight we had a bottle of Zero alcohol rosé, which was very nice. 6 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeysarefun Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 (edited) 3 hours ago, Ozexpatriate said: Just be glad you live in a lucky country. It's not immune either, but fortunately people are happy to distract themselves with a sausage sizzle at Bunnings or a trip to the beach. Could you imagine 10,000 Australians turn up to hear a polly speak? Even if it was at a beach, with a sausage sizzle! Edited August 31 by monkeysarefun 4 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium BSW01 Posted August 31 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 31 Goodnight everyone 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted August 31 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 31 1 hour ago, monkeysarefun said: Could you imagine 10,000 Australians turn up to hear a polly speak? Even if it was at a beach, with a sausage sizzle! Erm two chances.. 1 no chance 2 even less of a chance Unless it involves free drinks as well as the sausage sizzle ( but I understand that isn't allowed in Oz... Baz 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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