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It appears that Joanna the Goanna, my free-ranging , free-loading (LOL) friend has just discovered ...

RavenCT comments on Dec 19, 2020:

How big is she? She looks to be a good size!

Triphid replies on Dec 19, 2020:

Approx. 6 feet from nose to tip of tail and about 8 years old. Very well fed as well I might add.

Oh this is so sad a piece of news.

Jolanta comments on Dec 19, 2020:

I am born a Catholic but I have never ever in my whole entire life seen the Catholic church ever doing anything for poor people, never.

Triphid replies on Dec 19, 2020:

@Canndue They are EXPERTS at that.

Should some research topics be banned or results censored?

Budgie comments on Dec 18, 2020:

I did not have time to listen to all of it, chickens to feed, clothes to wash, house to clean etc. But am thinking of getting his book. In Special Ed when dealing with parents we oft remind ourselves of the phrase, The apple does not fall far from the tree. Many of our parents have the same ...

Triphid replies on Dec 18, 2020:

I may be 100% wrong in assuming that you may be referring to a kind of Eugenics system here. And btw, I detest, loathe, abhor and am sickened by ANYTHING remotely resembling Eugenics. For quite a few years I was a Tutor in a programme called T.T.A.L.L. ( Teach, Talk to a Literacy Learner) at the Public School near where I live. Sadly, many of the other 'Tutors" selected and took on ONLY the Easy or relatively easy cases, i.e. kids with very minor learning problems or difficulties. Me, always being one to shirk a challenge, I took on 5 of the hardest cases of them all. Thought up, designed and even paid for from OWN pocket a Rewards system to encourage my students. Absolutely no Boasting, Bragging nor Blowing my own Trumpet here BUT of the 5 of my Students, 1 is now a Researcher at the C.S.L. ( Commonwealth Serum Labs,), another is now a Geologists working in and with land restoration and re-generation AFTER Mining Companies have done their worst, another is a Science Teacher at an Exclusive High School in Sydney, the fourth is now a Doctor in General Practice and the fifth is a Nursing Manager in a large hospital in Perth, W.A., married to a Community Nurse, caring for twins of their own plus 3 adopted children as well. All FIVE had their School Files marked as "Lost or Failed Causes". Oh, and guess what, 3 of the 5 were of Aboriginal origin a well.

Should some research topics be banned or results censored?

skado comments on Dec 18, 2020:

Too late. Research has already concluded that there is no genetic basis for race. There is more genetic diversity inside Africa than in the rest of the world combined. That ship has sailed. What we call race is due only to evolutionary time spent at different latitudes. If we find a class of ...

Triphid replies on Dec 18, 2020:

@Admin Of course genes/genetics play a big role in how we look, how we turn out since IF they did NOT would we not all look pretty much the same? I also think you might well find that ALL Homo Sapiens carry the same/ similar genes BUT it IS how that genomes combine that actually make those subtle/not so subtle differences. If I remember correctly we ARE basically a combination of 4 main genetic chemicals, those being A.G.C. and T., it is how those arrange themselves that decides how we have become who and what we are. You, for example, share genes both from your mother and your father as well as from their parents and their parents before them and so on back through your familial history just as we all do. Why even a puppy born today, right at this very second, will have genes that trace back to the earliest of its canine ancestors and even further back to even the very earliest forms of life that started this whole thing off in the first place. The problem, as I se it, with all the hoo-haha in regards to the subject of the O.P. is that there are still, unfortunately, those that see/view Genetics/Genetic Research, etc, as being akin to Eugenics OR as Science and Scientists TRYING to "Play at being God." Those unfortunately deluded peoples have not come to nor able to come to the understanding that, a) God never truly existed EXCEPT in the minds of those who created the idea, and, b) sciences and Scientists are NOT trying to play at being God or anything even remotely Divine -like, they ARE trying their darnedest understand, adjust and even rectify, if at possible, the errors made by Evolutionary Processes.

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CuddyCruiser comments on Dec 18, 2020:

Good........His Fudge Tunnel is gonna get some big 10 inch shoved up through it.

Triphid replies on Dec 18, 2020:

@SeaRay215ex Do you speak from experience perchance or merely guessing? Most State/Federal Prisons in the Western World have Segregations for Child Abusers/Child Rapists.

Should some research topics be banned or results censored?

skado comments on Dec 18, 2020:

Too late. Research has already concluded that there is no genetic basis for race. There is more genetic diversity inside Africa than in the rest of the world combined. That ship has sailed. What we call race is due only to evolutionary time spent at different latitudes. If we find a class of ...

Triphid replies on Dec 18, 2020:

@Admin Yes, of course most mammals have and bleed red blood due the haemoglobin present in the blood cells. My QUESTION was, WHAT IS Race. And, btw, so do birds, reptiles and even some species of fish bleed red blood. IF anyone can produce a definitive, irrefutable, tried, tested and PROVEN beyond a shadow of a doubt EVIDENCE that we ARE NOT ALL members of the same species, i.e. Homo Sapiens and as such ALL members of the HUMAN Race, then I'd love to debate their conclusions with them. So, Have at IT.

This is some of the petrified wood that I have discovered on my property.

Triphid comments on Dec 18, 2020:

You could make a few dollars and more if you found a jewelery maker/hobbyist interested in buy them.

Triphid replies on Dec 18, 2020:

@azzow2 No, not blaming them in the least. Just that those Guards were a bloody nuisance getting in our way every time we had to fix hooks and chains, move hydraulic Lifting Jacks, etc, etc. As a Derailment Crew we all knew our specific jobs, when to do what, how to do it, etc, etc, sort of in a very clockwork, efficient synchronized manner.

This is some of the petrified wood that I have discovered on my property.

Triphid comments on Dec 18, 2020:

You could make a few dollars and more if you found a jewelery maker/hobbyist interested in buy them.

Triphid replies on Dec 18, 2020:

@azzow2 Not half M8, not half, his collection before he died took up a whole wall and half of another in a room. He even had 2 jars filled with Industrial grade diamonds that came from, and still do, the local mines. Plus his treasured jar of of small bits of gold also found in the local mines. Back in 80's when I was working on the Railways there were 2 specially 'adapted' Ore Wagons that arrived on the first Tuesday over every month, were loaded on the Wednesday and returned to the Smelting Plant on the Thursday. Each wagon had a hinged false floor, under that, in a space measuring 18" in height and going the width and length of the wagon there were 30 locked and sealed leather bags, each weighing around 2.5 kilograms, 15 were marked with the letters AU and 15 with the letters CD ( Au- Gold, CD-Cadmium). We all found this information out when we called out to derailment at one of the 2 Mining Lease where a section of broken rail had pierced the bottom of one of wagons. It was the first EVER time we had to work on repairing and re-railing an Ore wagon with Armed Guards watching our every move AND being searched after we had finished work. I mean they NEVER went to that much trouble when a Freight Container fell off a flat wagon with a cargo of around $5,000,000 of gold coins inside of it. Btw, that was locked up tighter than Fort Knox anyway but we knew how read the shipping contents slip on trucks as part of our jobs.

Should some research topics be banned or results censored?

skado comments on Dec 18, 2020:

Too late. Research has already concluded that there is no genetic basis for race. There is more genetic diversity inside Africa than in the rest of the world combined. That ship has sailed. What we call race is due only to evolutionary time spent at different latitudes. If we find a class of ...

Triphid replies on Dec 18, 2020:

What IS race? Are WE ALL not of the exact same species, i.e.. Homo Sapiens? Imo, there is NO such thing as 'RACE' just external difference such as skin tone, etc, etc, resultant from the causative effects of the environments in which these things were found to beneficial by evolutionary processes. Cut any one of us and we WILL bleed RED blood, kills any one of us and we still die the same way.

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DenoPenno comments on Dec 18, 2020:

I would tell children about Santa only if they asked about Santa. As for TV and movies right now I am avoiding this nonsense and trying my best not to vomit.

Triphid replies on Dec 18, 2020:

You mean the ANNUAL onslaught of emetic Xmas movies has already started over your way? Thankfully, ours have not yet begun. ( Knock on wood)

Oh this is so sad a piece of news.

anglophone comments on Dec 18, 2020:

Perhaps the local bishop should follow the example of his leader's mother, Mary, virgin Mother of God, and learn to ride a donkey.

Triphid replies on Dec 18, 2020:

Imo, it would be an Odds on Bet that he could be quite the 'expert' on arses, sorry asses ( tongue in cheek here btw), especially those of Altar boys and the like.

Oh this is so sad a piece of news.

Lilac-JadeCanada comments on Dec 18, 2020:

OOOHHHHH, this is just such awful news, & right before xmas too. Such a shame.........boohoo..........BARF!!!

Triphid replies on Dec 18, 2020:

I guess, maybe, that good Old Santa has checked his Naughty and Nice lists and found that the Priests are at the top of the Naughty List....LOL.

This is some of the petrified wood that I have discovered on my property.

Triphid comments on Dec 18, 2020:

You could make a few dollars and more if you found a jewelery maker/hobbyist interested in buy them.

Triphid replies on Dec 18, 2020:

@azzow2 Yep, it is to those who collect it. i remember my Dad coming home from work in the mine once carrying a chunk of what looked like rock to me when I was about 9 years old. He explained to us all that it was piece of a tree that was turned into stone and he found it some 1,300 feet below the ground in a tunnel they were cutting to get an Ore seam. I went with him when he took it a local 'Rock-Hound' and the haggled for an hour over the price, he ended up getting the equivalent of, in todays decimal money, of $300 for it. i wish my 'darling (???) mother had kept his collections rather than just tossing them out when he died, he was a bit of a 'Rock-Hound' and had a big collection of specimens of all kinds of minerals and crystals that he'd found in the mines. My favourite was his jar of Fluorite, plain and white small crystals until they were warmed up, then, in darkness they'd actually shine with a soft pale greenish white glow.

Oh this is so sad a piece of news.

creative51 comments on Dec 18, 2020:

If it is properly maintained, a Merecedes should last a good ten years. The only reason they would need a new one, is they did not maintain properly the one they own. Maybe they should look in to buying a Kia instead. They affordable, and if you run them in to the ground, a new one does not cost a ...

Triphid replies on Dec 18, 2020:

WHAT, you want those poor, deprived Priests to travel around in a common vehicle like a KIA, shame, shame upon you , NOT. LOL,

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CuddyCruiser comments on Dec 18, 2020:

Good........His Fudge Tunnel is gonna get some big 10 inch shoved up through it.

Triphid replies on Dec 18, 2020:

No, that will NOT happen since even the worst of Criminals have an unwritten code that puts Scum-sucking, Bottom-feeding, pond-scum like him at the top of the 'Hit Lists' in prisons. Instead of being housed in the Gen-Pop. of the prison HE WILL get housed in the Segregated Secure Section with other Paedophiles, etc, like himself, secure and separate Exercise Yards and Facilities AWAY from the Gen-Pop and UNLESS someone, somewhere makes covert 'arrangements' for HIM to 'accidentally' slip in the showers and 'accidentally choke on the soap' then he WILL live out his sentence, pretend remorse and get parole.

The Catholic Church took $1.

nicestuff comments on Dec 18, 2020:

An income tax on churches would not "prohibit the free exercise of religion."

Triphid replies on Dec 18, 2020:

No it wouldn't but it would certainly boost the Fiscal Budgets of every country in the Western World no end.

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jlynn37 comments on Dec 18, 2020:

Birds of a feather flock together.

Triphid replies on Dec 18, 2020:

And Wankers of a feather will always wank each other.

Local Police report.

zeuser comments on Dec 17, 2020:

Aww, the poor snake.

Triphid replies on Dec 18, 2020:

Yeah I feel a bit of pity for the snake as well BUT none at all for the Politician.

well, I'm taking a chance here, so forgive me if it may be the wrong chance as well.

Coffeo comments on Dec 17, 2020:

Do you have a rough idea what proportion of our group members live in Australia?

Triphid replies on Dec 18, 2020:

@Coffeo These IS an easy solution, that solution is to ASK them.

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TheGreatShadow comments on Dec 17, 2020:

Why did they switch from meters/KM to feet? Or does that mean meters in other countries (serious question). Back to the joke, maybe in both instances the driver downshifted and hit the gas!

Triphid replies on Dec 18, 2020:

Well, actually a METER is a gauge used to measure things such as Speed, Volume, Decibels, Electrical Current, etc, etc. Whereas a METRE is a measurement of distance, length and dimensions. Can you see the difference is the spelling of the 2 words? Plus, since I was born in the early 50's I often use both the Metric and the Imperial from time to time. plus, out here in Aussie Outback we still measure our snakes in feet and inches BUT ONLY after they are dead of course.

MS Gov.

Beowulfsfriend comments on Dec 17, 2020:

Fasting- his way of NOT closing restaurants.

Triphid replies on Dec 17, 2020:

Imo, I doubt, most sincerely, IF he'd know what 'fasting' was even if it got up and bit him on his arse.

Today’s workout was 3 hours of moving and stacking firewood.

azzow2 comments on Dec 15, 2020:

Now all you need is a go-devil to make the big ones small.

Triphid replies on Dec 17, 2020:

@UUNJ Oooh how well I know how doing that feels.

MS Gov.

anglophone comments on Dec 17, 2020:

How arrogant of him. Humility my fat aunt!

Triphid replies on Dec 17, 2020:

LOL Shouldn't you be a 100% Aussie and say " My Aunt's Fanny." LOL.

Getting "ghosted" on humanist.

NeverSure comments on Dec 17, 2020:

It was probably a bot who figured out you weren't likely to wire them money

Triphid replies on Dec 17, 2020:

Yep, copped more than few of those pests elsewhere but never on this site though.

Today’s workout was 3 hours of moving and stacking firewood.

azzow2 comments on Dec 15, 2020:

Now all you need is a go-devil to make the big ones small.

Triphid replies on Dec 17, 2020:

@UUNJ this is how we, my good friend Alan (pictured) and I get our firewood and where we go to get it. It's about a 50 kilometre trip, we don't hurry about getting the wood, we ONLY harvest from fallen, dead trees and we stop for a lunch and a rest in the shade by the creek after we've loaded up.

Today’s workout was 3 hours of moving and stacking firewood.

azzow2 comments on Dec 15, 2020:

Now all you need is a go-devil to make the big ones small.

Triphid replies on Dec 17, 2020:

@azzow2, @UUNJ So, I guess a 'cord' of wood would probably weigh about an Imperial Ton there- about?

Today’s workout was 3 hours of moving and stacking firewood.

azzow2 comments on Dec 15, 2020:

Now all you need is a go-devil to make the big ones small.

Triphid replies on Dec 17, 2020:

@azzow2 Must have been an ancient forest somewhere around your region then that was buried during a flood or some other disaster. This area of Australia was once on the edge of a massive shallow sea that stretched from north to south through the middle of the continent millions and millions of years ago when the lands were covered in forests, etc. Some Geologists, etc, theorize that the Broken Hill region was once a long dead now submarine volcano with its caldera measuring at about 2.5 -5 miles in diameter before the sea levels dropped and the lands around here dried out. They'd be pretty close to correct, imo, since one of the big problems around here is a kind of 'rising salt damp' that leaves a white crust on the ground surface. That comes from deep underground when heavier than usual rains cause it leech upwards to the surface, it even still tastes of sea water and NOT just ordinary salt. There are even places around here where actual, fossilized marine shells can still be found laying on the surface or in exposed rock layers. just a few miles W.S.W. of town there are 3 distinct outcrops known as the Pinnacles that Geologists theorize are the remnants of the volcanic plug/s.

If I ever started a religious organization, I’d mandate free ice cream at our churches.

Theresa_N comments on Dec 17, 2020:

Communion wafers have no flavor other than the wheat they're made from.

Triphid replies on Dec 17, 2020:

You ain't kidding the 'plonk' tastes like i imagined it would IF it was was strained through a few pairs of Nun's dirty Knickers and diluted with Priest's piss, the wafers tasted like re-cycled cardboard boxes that once held pairs of shoes in them.

Today’s workout was 3 hours of moving and stacking firewood.

azzow2 comments on Dec 15, 2020:

Now all you need is a go-devil to make the big ones small.

Triphid replies on Dec 17, 2020:

@azzow2 Have found a few bits and pieces of petrified wood myself from time to time. The only way I know that they can cut is by using an Industrial Diamond tipped Lapidary Saw that needs the blade to be cooled by water being sprayed on it constantly while it is being used or the blade overheats and explodes. According to a bit of research I've done you can also use either specially made chains on chainsaws or specially made disc blades on what we call "Quick Cut Saws" they also need water sprayed on them to keep the chains/blades cool as well though. The last piece of petrified wood I found was petrified She Oak, I had it cut, it was only about 6" long and about 3" wide, by a Lapidary Dealer here in town. 2 pieces were sent for testing and dating, the rest I gave to my nephew, Henry, as a birthday gift. The dating results stunned me, they dated at roughly 1.3 - 1.5 million years old. She-oak btw, is a species of Casuarina trees.

Today’s workout was 3 hours of moving and stacking firewood.

azzow2 comments on Dec 15, 2020:

Now all you need is a go-devil to make the big ones small.

Triphid replies on Dec 17, 2020:

@azzow2 Oh yeah it's nice but a REAL bitch to cut, trust me. Hey, out of curiosity, WHAT is a "cord" of wood, what weight is a "cord" of wood? We measure ours by tonnage btw. Foe example, the average 6' x 4' square box section Trailer holds an average of half an Imperial (Long) ton of cut and split firewood.

Today’s workout was 3 hours of moving and stacking firewood.

TheDoubter comments on Dec 15, 2020:

i remember stacking wood as a youngster

Triphid replies on Dec 17, 2020:

@TheDoubter My Uncle ,Dave, on my fathers side of the family was a Timber Cutter in and around the Wentworth, Mildura region of N.S.W. and Victoria ever since he returned from W.W.II. He sold firewood by the truck loads, cut timber for fence posts, railings, building timbers, bridge framings and pylons, etc, etc. Whenever I got the chance as a kid and in my early teens I'd go the 3 hour trip by car from where I live down to spend time with him, usually a week or 3, and help him out with his Timber Cutting, etc. i guess that's who I learned most of skills, etc, with cutting firewood from. Between the 2 of us we could easily manage to cut split, load and deliver around 4-5 tons of timber, firewood per day using just axes, cross-cut saws, hammers and wedges.

Today’s workout was 3 hours of moving and stacking firewood.

azzow2 comments on Dec 15, 2020:

Now all you need is a go-devil to make the big ones small.

Triphid replies on Dec 17, 2020:

@azzow2 You ain't kidding there. But it is beyond a doubt the very best firewood you'll ever find, it gives off heat like nothing else except coal and I hate using that stuff anyway.

What does everyone want for Christmas?

Mitch07102 comments on Dec 17, 2020:

A cigar would be nice.

Triphid replies on Dec 17, 2020:

@RoyMillar Oh yeah, a nice 2 litre bottle of 12 year old Black Label Johnny Walker Scotch Whiskey would be nice, my last one ran out about 2 years ago, I had it for 5 years before it ran out.

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Triphid comments on Dec 16, 2020:

Well I say stuff the bastards, give them like for like and destroy/burn their most prized possessions, etc, etc, then see who screams the loudest.

Triphid replies on Dec 17, 2020:

@SeaRay215ex Stupid or not, they'd still have material possessions of some sort or another.

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editor20 comments on Dec 17, 2020:

God can't rig an election?

Triphid replies on Dec 17, 2020:

El Supremo Sky Daddy is about as useful as a 1 legged man in an Arse-kicking Contest OR, a Screen door on a Submarine.

Today’s workout was 3 hours of moving and stacking firewood.

azzow2 comments on Dec 15, 2020:

Now all you need is a go-devil to make the big ones small.

Triphid replies on Dec 17, 2020:

@azzow2 To quote B.T.O's song, "Bbbbaby, you ain't seen nothing yet" until you've tried Red Gum, Mulga, Mallee or Ironbark. And even WORSE than those is the Western Australian Jarrah.

Today’s workout was 3 hours of moving and stacking firewood.

azzow2 comments on Dec 15, 2020:

Now all you need is a go-devil to make the big ones small.

Triphid replies on Dec 17, 2020:

@UUNJ Do you stand the log to be split upright, ( end up) or laying length-ways (flat) on the ground? The reason I asks is because all logs are at their weakest ALONG the length of the grain, i.e. the grain runs as the tree grows, from bottom ( roots system) to top and branches have their grain running from tree trunk to the end of the branch. Those logs you pictured look as though they've been cut with fairly level ends, so on any flat, solid surface they'd stand fairly square. What I also have is an indentation in the ground, just wide enough to take most average sized logs and about 3-4 inches deep, that holds the logs up-right and to keep them balanced and steady IF needed I use my feet, in solid boots of course, as clamps on either sides of the log. Kind of a skill I learned from my years in the Aussie Outback and also from my Native Aussie ancestors and friends, they had no clamps, etc, until Europeans arrived so they used what they had to hand or feet should I say. As my Dad used to tell me, when there's a problem, think about it, think of what you have available, think of what you can do with what you have and the solution will come to you.

well, I'm taking a chance here, so forgive me if it may be the wrong chance as well.

Coffeo comments on Dec 17, 2020:

Do you have a rough idea what proportion of our group members live in Australia?

Triphid replies on Dec 17, 2020:

At a quick count, just under 50% are Aussies, the rest are from o/s.

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BestWithoutGods comments on Dec 15, 2020:

Religion does not contribute to mental health. It contributes to mental illness. :(

Triphid replies on Dec 16, 2020:

Imo as a Psychologist, Religion is the ONLY CONTAGIOUS Mental Illness known to man kind.

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kiramea comments on Dec 15, 2020:

Going to church increased my mental illness. Kind of hard to feel uplifted when the parishioners made you feel less than human because you were poor and had a child out of wedlock.

Triphid replies on Dec 16, 2020:

That I can understand since hypocrisy is RIFE amongst the Christians.

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xenoview comments on Dec 16, 2020:

That is what racist people do when they lose. Take it out on the people of color.

Triphid replies on Dec 16, 2020:

@Canndue Most probably in plain clothes and handing out matches and lighters imo.

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anglophone comments on Dec 16, 2020:

Those idiots need to be put into the slammer and kept there until they wise up.

Triphid replies on Dec 16, 2020:

Imo, that would mean for the terms of their Natural Lives since there IS no cure for Stupidity or rank Idiocy.

Today’s workout was 3 hours of moving and stacking firewood.

azzow2 comments on Dec 15, 2020:

Now all you need is a go-devil to make the big ones small.

Triphid replies on Dec 16, 2020:

@azzow2 Yeah but isn't the firewood you people burn most of the soft-semi-soft wood varieties? Over here, most of ours are of the hard-very hardwood varieties and, NO joke here, I've seen the very best of both Hydraulic and Mechanical Wood Splitters throw in the towel trying to split even Red Gum and hydraulic ones actually BURST their pressure barrels when used to split Mallee or Iron-bark logs. Blimey, I've even tried myself to cut up Mulga logs using a well sharpened axe and after a dozen or so really hard, decent swings seen not even a slight nick in the log. But when splitting any log, ALWAYS look for the direction, etc, in which the grain of the wood runs and split by following the grain as well. By doing it that way I can and often do split a Red Gum log of around 18" - 2' feet in diameter in smaller, easily manageable sized pieces without breaking into a sweat. Plus, as with most things mechanical splitters, they can 'stuff up' least when you need them the most and then you are truly "up shit creek without a paddle."

Today’s workout was 3 hours of moving and stacking firewood.

azzow2 comments on Dec 15, 2020:

Now all you need is a go-devil to make the big ones small.

Triphid replies on Dec 16, 2020:

@UUNJ What type of mallet did you use and how did you swing it? A steel Lump hammer weighs about a pound or less, costs way less than most mechanical splitters and takes a whole lot less storage space. Method I learned the hard way of using either a Sledge hammer or a Lump hammer is to swing it from the shoulder, NOT from the elbow because you get far more striking power from the shoulder than the elbow. Using my 'lazy method ' of splitting I can fill 2 wheelbarrows to the brim in less than an hour and that also includes wheeling them to where I want stack the woods as well.

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Jolanta comments on Dec 16, 2020:

I very much doubt that it would even be possible for them to get the building started if it was in the USA. They would hunt down all the people involved and lynch them. Don't even thing of it if you want to stay alive.

Triphid replies on Dec 16, 2020:

Sadly and given the some-what obvious mentality that seems to abound amongst so many Christians in the Untied States of Absurdity these days I have to agree with you 100%.

Today’s workout was 3 hours of moving and stacking firewood.

azzow2 comments on Dec 15, 2020:

Now all you need is a go-devil to make the big ones small.

Triphid replies on Dec 16, 2020:

@azzow2 No splitter here, no kid to pay to operate either but my way saves the back from aching any worse than it already does. At least these days I have a chainsaw rather than using the old axe or modified cross-cut saw like when I was a kid.

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The-Krzyz comments on Dec 15, 2020:

So, if he had said something akin to our “F-bomb” or “sh*t,” it would be OK because it has no religious connotations ... 🤔

Triphid replies on Dec 16, 2020:

Wish I knew how to send him one our Aussie phrases like, " Fresh Juicy Chips," ( the subtle way of saying in public F**king Jesus Christ).

"'Tis the season of the Folly," so let us do something quite unholy....LOL.

Lilac-JadeCanada comments on Dec 15, 2020:

Love the ''it's a girl''!

Triphid replies on Dec 16, 2020:

Thought you might.

Today’s workout was 3 hours of moving and stacking firewood.

TheDoubter comments on Dec 15, 2020:

i remember stacking wood as a youngster

Triphid replies on Dec 16, 2020:

Me too, though I had to cut, split and stack old Railway ties ( hardwood) and old Mining timbers used underground for framing, etc, in the tunnels. 2 wheelbarrow loads every morning 7 days a week, 3 every afternoon 7 days a week and when my father was around and not hundreds of feet underground in the Mine at least he'd give me a hand as well.

Today’s workout was 3 hours of moving and stacking firewood.

azzow2 comments on Dec 15, 2020:

Now all you need is a go-devil to make the big ones small.

Triphid replies on Dec 16, 2020:

@UUNJ I do my wood splitting the lazy way, instead of swinging a hatchet or an axe, I sit on a solid crate with a Lump hammer in one hand and a bag of steel wedges ( old and sharpened axe-heads mostly) beside me and 2 Wheelbarrows within easy arm reach. The method is simple, Place log to be split standing end up in front of you, Take a wedge/axe-head, give it a few taps with the Lump Hammer until it's firmly stuck in the wood, 3-4 hefty whacks with hammer after that and voila, split log plus any chips and slivers that break off the log are ready made kindling. ALSWAY wear good solid leather gloves to protect your hands.

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anglophone comments on Dec 15, 2020:

Perhaps a soccer ball should be shoved into the rectum of each of the game's controllers in Italy.

Triphid replies on Dec 16, 2020:

@SeaRay215ex A well inflated one of course would be preferable.

Just had a very interesting call from a long-time friend who runs a Grazing Property some 180 ...

Lorajay comments on Dec 15, 2020:

I hope she heals emotionally as well as physically I hope they catch the bastard.

Triphid replies on Dec 15, 2020:

Well by all accounts Ginge will be 'back on deck' tomorrow. Trust me when I say both Ginge and Jo-Jo are TOUGH. Personal anecdote here, The first time I ever met them and worked alongside them, we were digging post-holes using a crow-bar, shovels and picks in a paddock used to keep the rams away from the ewes. The meanest, nastiest of the rams decided to charge at Ginge, we shouted a warning to her but instead she stood firm, held her ground and landed a full on, closed fist punch to the head of the ram, knocking it off its feet and senseless to the ground. She then shrugged her shoulders, picked up the stunned ram and tossed into the back of the utility saying, " I hope you wake up with the biggest headache possible you mean bastard," then picked up a shovel and kept on working. I've often seen the toughest of the tough Jackaroos turn and run like the wind when a ram charges because those buggers can really do some damage when they ram a person.

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DenoPenno comments on Dec 14, 2020:

The scandals are more brazen today. Who could possibly believe these people?

Triphid replies on Dec 15, 2020:

@SeaRay215ex I was always taught that asking is the right and decent thing to do.

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DenoPenno comments on Dec 14, 2020:

The scandals are more brazen today. Who could possibly believe these people?

Triphid replies on Dec 15, 2020:

@SeaRay215ex Mind if I borrow it and use it?

Just had a very interesting call from a long-time friend who runs a Grazing Property some 180 ...

crazycat329 comments on Dec 15, 2020:

So glad she fought him off and injured him badly. It makes me sick that predators think they have a right to take what they want from a woman. I too hope he dies a slow miserable death.

Triphid replies on Dec 15, 2020:

That attack happened yesterday afternoon ( Tuesday here), a snake wire is usually dirt and rust encrusted with bits of the snakes killed left on it until they rot and fall off. So I'd say that it has been used quite recently BEFORE the attack as well, so Scumbag is at least a 100% dead certainty to get some very nasty infections at the very least.

Just had a very interesting call from a long-time friend who runs a Grazing Property some 180 ...

Sgt_Spanky comments on Dec 15, 2020:

This proves what I've always said; never attack a woman armed with 8' of barbed wire. Good on Ginge!

Triphid replies on Dec 15, 2020:

Also never, ever attack our Jillaroos, even though Ginge, ( Fiona stands at about 5'2" in bare feet) and Jo-Jo ( Jodie is about 5'4"in bare feet) they ARE as tough as nails, can pick up a fully grown sheep with ease. I've met them both, know them quite well, worked alongside them, they are a pair of hard workers, great people, have the typical Aussie outback sense of humour, can be 100% 'feminine' off the job but on the job are easily equal to any bloke and often even better imo.

Sitting here enjoying my ciggie and cup of coffee when I hear through the window a little voice ...

ZantiMisfit comments on Dec 14, 2020:

True. But when the moment's right, its best to not let it slip away.

Triphid replies on Dec 14, 2020:

Oh she knows that only too well. Last Autumn she delivered out 12 healthy young goannas from her usual tryst, the year before another 10, so who knows how many will emerge this time around. I don't know what is she has got but she always manages to attract the males to her rather than going to look for them.

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anglophone comments on Dec 14, 2020:

Religion is at war with reason and logic. Logic exists because we have the mental capacity to define and to use logic. Many people use logic because they find it beneficial to their lives. What "crew of scientists" is it that is responsible for our existence? My existence is due to my ...

Triphid replies on Dec 14, 2020:

@anglophone "any love is good love...." BTO, "You ain't seen nothing Yet."

Well, that unexpected phone call just brightened up my day no end.

Holysocks comments on Dec 14, 2020:

If you don't know what you like, you will never know who you will love. (An ancient Chinese saying that I just made up.)

Triphid replies on Dec 14, 2020:

Just like "Man with hands in pockets is feeling nuts."

Well, that unexpected phone call just brightened up my day no end.

KKGator comments on Dec 13, 2020:

That is excellent!

Triphid replies on Dec 14, 2020:

@anglophone Imo, only to be expected from the Catholics.

Well, that unexpected phone call just brightened up my day no end.

xenoview comments on Dec 13, 2020:

Hope the school goes under.

Triphid replies on Dec 14, 2020:

Well according to statistics it student intake and student numbers at Sacred Heart Infants, Primary and Secondary School since 2010-2011 have been steady but not as good as they were in the 60's through to the 90's. In the 60's they usually had approx. an annual intake of 20-30 new students into the Infants Department and an average of 250-300 students in total at the school. Their 2019 intake was a mere 9 new students to the Infants Dept, and the sum total for the whole school had dropped to 247 students overall. So given an average of 2 school aged children per family that have/are withdrawing their children from the school next year are numbering at 17 and increasing that means a probable loss of 34 students from ALL Departments atm and even more if the increase of families withdrawing their children keeps on happening. Plus given that parents ARE required to pay between $1,500 and $2,000 per Semester per child plus ANY and ALL extra fees, expenses as well, I'm kind of thinking that maybe Catholic parents are beginning to feel the financial pinch as well as the School's low Education Ratings, etc, etc.

Little Jenny has been nagging her Daddy to let her take their dog for a walk around the block.

Killtheskyfairy comments on Dec 13, 2020:

If the kid is old enough to walk the dog around the block, she’s old enough to be told about the birds and bees.

Triphid replies on Dec 14, 2020:

@1BrentMichael, @Killtheskyfairy Did either of you actually notice that, a) it IS a joke, and, b) it IS posted on the page entitled "Just for Laughs"

Well, that unexpected phone call just brightened up my day no end.

Normanbites comments on Dec 13, 2020:

So .... statistically speaking, that increases the odds of those left behind to be abused by the clergy??