"All you have to do is look around you and see the beauty of god's creation!" It's like you've ...

PondartIncbendog comments on May 11, 2020:

Don't look around too long if you see one of these. KFC's revenge.

Triphid replies on May 15, 2020:

@PondartIncbendog No, Emus are BIRDS, bloody BIG birds, they actually make a rudimentary 'nest' on the ground, merely a rough circle shape of of piled up loose soil with a few leaves in the middle. They are omnivorous and eat vegetation, small lizards, small rodents ( field mice), insects, frogs and even carrion when times are tough as well, BUT they do NOT weave webs.

Religion isn't the bane of humanity.

Allamanda comments on May 13, 2020:

we could as well argue, and some do, that absent the problem of terrible gut-flora causing mental anguish, we'd all be happy and peaceful like the San and Khoi...

Triphid replies on May 15, 2020:

@girlwithsmiles No probs, I suppose each different country/culturehas their terminologies for when Ewes, etc, deliver their young. Over here we call "tupping" letting the rams ( usually Sheep Graziers over here keep a maximum of 1 Ram, sometimes 2) in with the Ewes, and "Lambing is when the Ewes deliver their lambs. Lamb-marking is when the flock, as with on my friends Property, is Mustered, driven in to the Mustering Yards,the Lambs are separated out from the Ewes ( temporarily) and the male lambs are 'knackerized' ( have their 'family jewels cut off' and then a constrictor ring is placed around the base of tail on ALL lambs to remove the tail and stop 'dags' ( bundles of sheep manure) from sticking to the tails and attracting Blow-flies. Actually, these days almost ALL Graziers over here now use constrictors rings for both lamb-marking jobs rather than the old fashioned sharp knife and a quick nick.

Religion isn't the bane of humanity.

Allamanda comments on May 13, 2020:

we could as well argue, and some do, that absent the problem of terrible gut-flora causing mental anguish, we'd all be happy and peaceful like the San and Khoi...

Triphid replies on May 15, 2020:

@Allamanda Well, in actualfact and as I posted above, Ewes can breed within 2-3 weeks of weaning a lamb IF there is a ram/ram-lamb around them. Usually a ram-lamb is not fully sexually mature until around 6 - 8 months of age BUT there are copious documented evidences of ram-lambs, around 5- 6 motnths of age who have actually impregnated their own mothers. That is the reason why Sheep Graziers here 'lamb mark' around 3 -3 and a half months AFTER the Ewes have dropped their lambs.

Believers advise me that if I require evidence for God, I must first trust in God by accepting his ...

Triphid comments on May 13, 2020:

Hey, I HAVE an actual NAIL from the Ark Noah built. With it, and it alone, I can now prove conclusively that the Ark came to rest where my house now stands because I found it while turning the soil for my gardens. IS that enough Evidence to prove God exists?

Triphid replies on May 15, 2020:

@girlwithsmiles I'll take a photo of the one I have found tomorrow in the daylight and post it here for you if you'd like.

Religion isn't the bane of humanity.

Allamanda comments on May 13, 2020:

we could as well argue, and some do, that absent the problem of terrible gut-flora causing mental anguish, we'd all be happy and peaceful like the San and Khoi...

Triphid replies on May 15, 2020:

@girlwithsmiles Culling is NOT a permanent solution to the bigger problem of the continual breeding, etc, that WILL occur. Here in Australia we have been culling Camel Populations for decades now and we have NOT even made much more than a mere scratch, so to speak. I don't know how the Sheep Farmers operate where you are BUT here the Sheep Graziers only turn the Rams out amongst the Ewes once every year, i.e. in late Summer/Early Autumn, so the Ewes lamb around Mid to Late Winter. So, IF the Rams were left to 'run' with Ewes 365 days per year then once Ewes had weaned one dropping of lambs then, most likely, as with Goats ( a somewhat close relative of Sheep, there would be at least another crop of lambs arriving later in that year and so on and so forth, would that not be so? Oh, and to save you from researching, Sheep(Ewes) have a regular fertility cycle of 17 days and IF not mated will repeat that cycle continuously UNTIL mated.

"All you have to do is look around you and see the beauty of god's creation!" It's like you've ...

PondartIncbendog comments on May 11, 2020:

Don't look around too long if you see one of these. KFC's revenge.

Triphid replies on May 14, 2020:

@girlwithsmiles Yea the 'Bush Chooks' will usualy just miil about UNTIL you approach them or they decide that you are a threat, then they WILL come after you. They are also a very curious bird, the Aborigines used to catch them by hiding behind a bush and kicking up dust, the Emus would come to see what was causing the dust then the hunters would grab one or two and kill it. They are also attracted to spot-lights shone from vehicles at night when people are out hunting for rabbits, etc, they will come right up to car by following the beam of the spot-light. Only the male "Bush Chooks" incubate the eggs and raise the young, once she's laid the eggs the female wanders off, mates with another male, lays eggs again and wanders to do the same thing over and over again. Rules of Thumb out here in the Aussie outback, A) Never approach a nesting male Bush Chook, B) Never go near a male Bush Chook with young around him, C) IF you startle a male Bush Chook either run like the wind ( depending on how far away he was in the beginning) or hide behind a big tree, climb the tree or hide in a gully out of sight because the male Bush Chooks are very vicious, especially when caring for their young.

Believers advise me that if I require evidence for God, I must first trust in God by accepting his ...

Triphid comments on May 13, 2020:

Hey, I HAVE an actual NAIL from the Ark Noah built. With it, and it alone, I can now prove conclusively that the Ark came to rest where my house now stands because I found it while turning the soil for my gardens. IS that enough Evidence to prove God exists?

Triphid replies on May 14, 2020:

@girlwithsmiles Might try selling it my Evangelidiot neighbour instead, I reckon he'd jump at the chance. Btw, IT is an actual copper nail, the same kind that was once used in Australia in the late 19th. and early 20th. Centuries for fastening the slats, etc, on wooden packing crates and the like.

If you have ever seen a tarantula wasp you know they could handle a murder hornet.

Triphid comments on May 14, 2020:

Anything that kills or eats spiders is a friend of mine.

Triphid replies on May 14, 2020:

@motrubl4u Yeah well, according to biologists, etc, we humans have tiny mites that enjoy make 'love' all over our faces and bodies while we sleep, etc. In factv we humans are literally crawling with mites, microbes, germs, parasites, etc, etc, both outside and in from the moment we are born until long after we are dead. Some are very benefitial, some are not so benefitial and some are down-right harmful but they ARE there none-the-less.

What are your thoughts about the "God of Gaps"?

242Foxtrot comments on May 14, 2020:

That's an awful lot of gaps.

Triphid replies on May 14, 2020:

And a whole of lot of No More Gaps needed to fill them as well....LOL.

Ooops, caused quite a stir last Evening with the Evangelidiot next door and using 'Whizz Kid's' ...

LimitedLight comments on May 11, 2020:

I could say I'm skeptical this ever happened. Video of the next use would be welcome.

Triphid replies on May 14, 2020:

@LimitedLight No problems, and thanks for the offer, much appreciated.

Religion isn't the bane of humanity.

Allamanda comments on May 13, 2020:

we could as well argue, and some do, that absent the problem of terrible gut-flora causing mental anguish, we'd all be happy and peaceful like the San and Khoi...

Triphid replies on May 14, 2020:

@Fred_Snerd "Hatred," Fred_Snerd, what hatred? Are you so 'sensitive' about your veganism that it will NOT allow you to even consider the thoughts, etc, of anyone who is a non-Vegan and hence you must throw insults, etc, at them and their mention of simply facts and logistics?

Religion isn't the bane of humanity.

Allamanda comments on May 13, 2020:

we could as well argue, and some do, that absent the problem of terrible gut-flora causing mental anguish, we'd all be happy and peaceful like the San and Khoi...

Triphid replies on May 14, 2020:

@girlwithsmiles Okay, so they cull the sheep, etc, then what do they do with both the carcasses and the remaining breeding stock? Oh, simply bury the carcasses, great idea, have you ever tried burying a few hundred dead animals, it ain't no easy simple job, so imagine trying to bury a few thousand sheep carcasses or even a few HUNDRED thousand, maybe we should introduce the same reaction when the Human Population beyond the 7 Billion total as well, after all, we are just bipedal animals aren't we?

Ooops, caused quite a stir last Evening with the Evangelidiot next door and using 'Whizz Kid's' ...

LimitedLight comments on May 11, 2020:

I could say I'm skeptical this ever happened. Video of the next use would be welcome.

Triphid replies on May 14, 2020:

@LimitedLight Be as skeptical as you like but my computer savy goes as far as turning it on and off, using the keyboard (one finger typist at best), checking my e-mails, doing quick searches and playing Solitaire.

I think that a pair of bald eagles are building a nest across the water from our house.

EyesThatSmile comments on May 11, 2020:

How beautiful! On days I see an eagle I think it is somehow a lucky day...it always makes my day.

Triphid replies on May 13, 2020:

@FrayedBear Actually she was aboutv in her mid- to late Twenties, quite slim and well toned phiscally so her weight had very little do with the circumstances in my opinion.

Religion isn't the bane of humanity.

Allamanda comments on May 13, 2020:

we could as well argue, and some do, that absent the problem of terrible gut-flora causing mental anguish, we'd all be happy and peaceful like the San and Khoi...

Triphid replies on May 13, 2020:

@Fred_Snerd Just out curiousity here Fred_Snerd, since so many Vegans say we should stop eat meat from animals we breed solely for that purpose then what will happen to all those sheep, fore example, that breed every year, have lambs, sometimes even twin, need shearing, crutching, drenching, feeding, watering, etc, etc? 1 Ram can 'service' ( mate with) some 300+ Ewes in 1 single night thus impregnating at least 85% od those Ewes and resulting in an 85% INCREASE in the size and population of EACH flock. So, mathematically, year ! there are 386 sheep roaming free, year 2 there are 381 sheep and lambs roaming free, year 3 there are another 385 sheep PLUS another 85% of those with lambs in tow and so on and so forth EVERY year. Now that is JUST using sheep as an example, so aprrox. within the space of a mere 10 years we would have, considering that Sheep Farmers usually number their flocks in THOUSANDS and not mere Hundreds, we would be literally inundated with Sheep needing to feed, etc, using, not Hundreds of tons of feed btw, BUT thousands, if not Millions, of tons of feed, etc, etc, roaming free and even raiding agricultural plots, etc, everywhere and anywhere. Has ANY Vegan/Animal Rights Activist, etc, ever actually bothered to do that calculation? Yes, we COULD force sterilzation upon these sheep, but would that not be akin animal cruelty as well?

I think that a pair of bald eagles are building a nest across the water from our house.

EyesThatSmile comments on May 11, 2020:

How beautiful! On days I see an eagle I think it is somehow a lucky day...it always makes my day.

Triphid replies on May 13, 2020:

@FrayedBear No M8 that is a 100% True fact, mind you she was quite a bit embarrased (or should one say 'em-bare- arsed') at the time though.

I think that a pair of bald eagles are building a nest across the water from our house.

EyesThatSmile comments on May 11, 2020:

How beautiful! On days I see an eagle I think it is somehow a lucky day...it always makes my day.

Triphid replies on May 13, 2020:

@FrayedBear Nope, warmed up a big tub of Vaseline, poured it around her bum and then got her to put her arms around me and mine around her and just gently wriggled her around until she 'popped' free.

Has anyone come across this report from last year?

Triphid comments on May 12, 2020:

That shit started, I think, just about the time that that Folau religiotard was going through the Court. I reckon they should gather up these Pentecostalidiots and make them destroy their heritage as they forced the Aboriginals to do.

Triphid replies on May 13, 2020:

@FrayedBear Nah, doubly polluting the environment that way.

"All you have to do is look around you and see the beauty of god's creation!" It's like you've ...

Paul4747 comments on May 11, 2020:

How about having a centipede charge across the floor at you around 3 a.m. when you're trying to enjoy a little peace and quiet on the toilet? It's enough to make you wonder if you're having a nightmare.

Triphid replies on May 13, 2020:

@PondartIncbendog They're not like our Aussie Red-back Spiders then. The male Red-Backs are small and harmless BUT the females are another story all together. If the male doesn't get in, do the 'deed' and get out post-haste then he is the Entree on her Post-Coitus Menu.

"All you have to do is look around you and see the beauty of god's creation!" It's like you've ...

AnneWimsey comments on May 11, 2020:

Pelicans are worse!

Triphid replies on May 13, 2020:

@MarkWD What about those 'Blue Pointed Boobies' that congregate around Nudist beaches in winter?

"All you have to do is look around you and see the beauty of god's creation!" It's like you've ...

PondartIncbendog comments on May 11, 2020:

Don't look around too long if you see one of these. KFC's revenge.

Triphid replies on May 13, 2020:

@PondartIncbendog Tried Emu meat ONCE, it's very oily, has a very heavy kind of taste to it and IF you eat too much of it it goes through you like a runaway train. I much prefer Kangaroo meat, no fat, plenty of rich, red meat, protiens, etc, BUT only ever eat the meat from half-grown 'roos because once they reach adulthood the meat gets very tough.

I think that a pair of bald eagles are building a nest across the water from our house.

EyesThatSmile comments on May 11, 2020:

How beautiful! On days I see an eagle I think it is somehow a lucky day...it always makes my day.

Triphid replies on May 13, 2020:

@FrayedBear One of the reasons why I went from being a nurse to the railways ( final job btw) was because it was heart-breaking to see little children suffering and dying due to parental neglect. But even that was over-shadowed by the utter carnage that I saw at collisions, etc, between trains and people/cars and the like. Though I must admit we did have the odd funny one from time to time, like when the Indian Pacific arrived at the Station one morning and I was summoned down to 'help' get a lady free from the toilet where her bum had gotten stuck. She had gotten out of the shower to attend to a 'call of nature and while being wet all over the train had to brake suddenly and her nether region had become firmly wedged in. She asked me IF I could doanything to help her and me thinking, quite quickly, looked to see that she was holding a Steston type hat over her lap so I just said to her, " Sure, I can get you out of this mess BUT I don't think there's much I can do about the cowboy though, I reckon he's definitely a goner." Never saw anyone laugh as much as she did though after she heard that.

"All you have to do is look around you and see the beauty of god's creation!" It's like you've ...

Mofo1953 comments on May 13, 2020:

And what about the blob fish? Gorgeous!

Triphid replies on May 13, 2020:

Ah, so where did you get that baby photo of my first and now EX wife....LOL.

Ooops, caused quite a stir last Evening with the Evangelidiot next door and using 'Whizz Kid's' ...

LimitedLight comments on May 11, 2020:

I could say I'm skeptical this ever happened. Video of the next use would be welcome.

Triphid replies on May 13, 2020:

@LimitedLight Shit M8, I've got enough technology to handle these as it is, I grew up in the era of pen and paper, slide-rules and actual written and printed Text books, even this computer I'm using is still a learning curve for me.

"All you have to do is look around you and see the beauty of god's creation!" It's like you've ...

Deb57 comments on May 12, 2020:

#Viruses If your god is real, what's up with making viruses?

Triphid replies on May 13, 2020:

@kasmian Then I guess Gawd was a bit too busy to protect the Local Head of the LDS Church here when he suddenly ( ?) developed a bad case of Gonorrhoea about 5 motns ago and managed to pass it on to his unsuspecting wife as well. That little 'episode' has been the talk of the town ever since btw.

"All you have to do is look around you and see the beauty of god's creation!" It's like you've ...

Paul4747 comments on May 11, 2020:

How about having a centipede charge across the floor at you around 3 a.m. when you're trying to enjoy a little peace and quiet on the toilet? It's enough to make you wonder if you're having a nightmare.

Triphid replies on May 13, 2020:

@PondartIncbendog Why? Don't you have such 'nasties' in America? I thought your Rattle-snakes, Black Widow Spiders, etc, were supposed to be the nastiest of all nasties in the world? Hey, I could dig out a few pics of what a bite from an Aussie 'Grey Tailed Mulga Spider' ( grey body and abdomen with a broad black stripe running the length of the abdomen/tail) about the size of your little finger nail leaves behind after it has had a wee nibble on your leg, or where ever it has chosen to munch if you want to post them that is.

Pentecostal Christians Are Burning Australia’s Sacred Aboriginal Objects | Michael Stone

WilliamFleming comments on May 11, 2020:

Old news. A few aborigines have burned their old religious symbols. It’s their decision to make.

Triphid replies on May 12, 2020:

@WilliamFleming No, not really, there still are many tribes/clans living as they did long, long before Europeans arrived here. There are also those 'coconut types', unfortunately, who claim to cling to their Indigenous Heritage for the convenience of it and the 'extra' benefits they get from it. So the Australian Aboriginal Culture and Heritage of some 40,000+ years ago is still alive and kicking. And ,you are talking to an Aussie who has Aboriginal blood fromtwo separate clans/tribes within him PLUS both Cherokee and Navajo blood and European blood ( from many Ethnicities as well).

"All you have to do is look around you and see the beauty of god's creation!" It's like you've ...

Paul4747 comments on May 11, 2020:

How about having a centipede charge across the floor at you around 3 a.m. when you're trying to enjoy a little peace and quiet on the toilet? It's enough to make you wonder if you're having a nightmare.

Triphid replies on May 12, 2020:

@PondartIncbendog Just foryou, a couple of pictures of Funnel Web Spiders and one of the kinds of bite damage they can leave behind. They aren't all that big but they sure are mean.

"All you have to do is look around you and see the beauty of god's creation!" It's like you've ...

PondartIncbendog comments on May 11, 2020:

Don't look around too long if you see one of these. KFC's revenge.

Triphid replies on May 12, 2020:

@PondartIncbendog Now that is NOT what an Emu looks like, they don't need such armaments, they are an ARMAMENT all of their own. Just take a good close up look at that middle 'toe' on the Emu and you will see the slashing power it actually has. Out here we call them " Bush Chooks ( Bush Chickens) because they are crazy as Chickens, as flighty as chickens but even nastier than ANY chicken could ever hope to be.

"All you have to do is look around you and see the beauty of god's creation!" It's like you've ...

PondartIncbendog comments on May 11, 2020:

Don't look around too long if you see one of these. KFC's revenge.

Triphid replies on May 12, 2020:

@PondartIncbendog Nope, but they can kill by using the very strong and solid 'nails' on the ends of their 3 toed feet (claws) much like it is assumed the Velocoraptor Dinosaurs did, they strike downwards with one leg, ripping through the abdominal wall and letting the guts spill out on to the ground as you die very slowly. Male kangaroos do a very much similar thing as well and I have seen both Emus and 'Roos kill many a dog that way and even nursed a bloke who was attacked by an Emu and had his abdomen ripped open, luckily he was with other people who had the sense to chase the Emu away, wrap his abdomen in Clingwrap and then do a very fast and rapid run to the hospital in time to save his life. We have a saying here in the Aussie Outback, " NEVER underestimate a 'Roo or an Emu."

The Mysterious Disappearance of SARS & Why We Will Need a Vaccine for COVID-19 [heavy.com]

powder comments on May 12, 2020:

Everyone has high hopes for a vaccine but I just don't see an effective one being developed. Be like flu; only certain strains covered with low effectiveness and out of date within a year. Virus is a hazard, vaccine a control method. There are plenty of other control methods however which we are ...

Triphid replies on May 12, 2020:

@powder Yep science and definitions change as new evidences come to the fore.

"All you have to do is look around you and see the beauty of god's creation!" It's like you've ...

Paul4747 comments on May 11, 2020:

How about having a centipede charge across the floor at you around 3 a.m. when you're trying to enjoy a little peace and quiet on the toilet? It's enough to make you wonder if you're having a nightmare.

Triphid replies on May 12, 2020:

@PondartIncbendog Try a nice BIG Sydney Funnel web Spider standing up, fangs at the ready trying to decide which part of you sink them into first.

"All you have to do is look around you and see the beauty of god's creation!" It's like you've ...

JustAskMe comments on May 11, 2020:

LOL, and flies. ... Have you thought about what evil plans they are making while rubbing their diseased little "hands" together?

Triphid replies on May 12, 2020:

@kasmian And how happy theyto have just walked through a nice, fresh, hot, steaming turd BEFORE coming to rest on you or your meal, devious little horrors, aren't they.

"All you have to do is look around you and see the beauty of god's creation!" It's like you've ...

JustAskMe comments on May 11, 2020:

LOL, and flies. ... Have you thought about what evil plans they are making while rubbing their diseased little "hands" together?

Triphid replies on May 12, 2020:

And while they happily re-gurgitate their last meal all over the one you are about to eat as well? Oooops, sorry might have put someone off their lunch/dinner, etc, with that comment.

"All you have to do is look around you and see the beauty of god's creation!" It's like you've ...

Sofabeast comments on May 11, 2020:

All Things Dull and Ugly (to the tune of All things Bright and Beautiful) Monty Python All things dull and ugly, All creatures short and squat, All things rude and nasty, The Lord God made the lot. Each little snake that poisons, Each little wasp that stings, He made their brutish venom....

Triphid replies on May 12, 2020:

Absolutely prefect. Have you thought of sending it to the Vatican or any other Christian Church, etc. Maybe even finding an Atheist Singer to adapt it and make a c.d. of it, I'd line up to buy a copy for certain. Hey, there's an Aussie Comedian/Singer named Tim Minchin and I reckon that would right up his alley AND he's a Full on Atheist as well. I'd reckon you could find him on the Net somewhere so give him a try.

"All you have to do is look around you and see the beauty of god's creation!" It's like you've ...

PondartIncbendog comments on May 11, 2020:

Don't look around too long if you see one of these. KFC's revenge.

Triphid replies on May 12, 2020:

Ooooh , the Cassowary, a very nasty and vicious bird indeed, the Emu runs a close second to those birds.

"All you have to do is look around you and see the beauty of god's creation!" It's like you've ...

Deb57 comments on May 12, 2020:

#Viruses If your god is real, what's up with making viruses?

Triphid replies on May 12, 2020:

@kasmian If that be so then 'God' truly screwed up with the programing didn't he/she/it?

"All you have to do is look around you and see the beauty of god's creation!" It's like you've ...

Joanne comments on May 12, 2020:

And, the halibut. How messed up looking is that?

Triphid replies on May 12, 2020:

Now that IS a face that even a mother would have a hard time loving....LOL.

"All you have to do is look around you and see the beauty of god's creation!" It's like you've ...

fishline79 comments on May 12, 2020:

How about the Human race. Biggest mistake of all!

Triphid replies on May 12, 2020:

Yeah, I'd say humans are somewhat akin to a virus in that we spread out, infect everywhere, wreak havoc, destroy the environment and then move on and on again.

The Mysterious Disappearance of SARS & Why We Will Need a Vaccine for COVID-19 [heavy.com]

powder comments on May 12, 2020:

Everyone has high hopes for a vaccine but I just don't see an effective one being developed. Be like flu; only certain strains covered with low effectiveness and out of date within a year. Virus is a hazard, vaccine a control method. There are plenty of other control methods however which we are ...

Triphid replies on May 12, 2020:

@powder Well, it has to be an 'organism' since it actually lives even though it CANNOT reproduce itself without using a host organism. There are numerous other organisms that are declared as being 'living organisms' that also require hosts to enable them to reproduce and survive, we carry countless numbers of them both within or bodies and on them as well.

Egypt Defies Archaeologists’ Protests by Relocating Four Ancient Sphinxes Now awaiting unveiling ...

Triphid comments on May 12, 2020:

I suppose that at least there will be a better chance of keeping them safer in the city than out in the deserts considering what those ISIS arse-holes did on their rampages in Iran , etc.

Triphid replies on May 12, 2020:

@t1nick That was so some decades ago BUT the Egyptian Authorities at the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities have since tightened everything up thankfully. They are even now pushing strongly for the return of Antiquities previously plundered by Countries, etc, everywhere around the world and, imho, rightly so.

The Mysterious Disappearance of SARS & Why We Will Need a Vaccine for COVID-19 [heavy.com]

powder comments on May 12, 2020:

Everyone has high hopes for a vaccine but I just don't see an effective one being developed. Be like flu; only certain strains covered with low effectiveness and out of date within a year. Virus is a hazard, vaccine a control method. There are plenty of other control methods however which we are ...

Triphid replies on May 12, 2020:

@Robecology Well DEAD is DEAD, Live is LIVE and the technicians making vaccines ensure that the virus is DEAD hence it cannot infect the patient. Actual 'immunity' to Covid brought about by infection has yet to be proven as there have quite a number of cases of re-infection reprted as well qacross the Globe. Though there are those who are suspected of being a-symptomatic Carriers as well just as there have always 'Carriers' for other diseases throughout history. There also is a difference between Immunity and Resistance when it comes to diseases and many other things that can be named, e.g. the web of a piece of railway line IS resistant to the constant pressures, etc, of the weight and vehicle vibrations traveling over it BUT it is NOT immune to the impact of a high velocity, hig powered bullet fired into from 50 t0 100 yards away, the bullet punches a neat hole straight through the steel web with relative ease and this 'experiment I have personally tried using a .243 calibre rifle. Sadly, human disease resistance is a hereditary thing whereas immunity comes mainly after the initialinfect has benn fought by the Immunity system itself.

Jesus had some good advice for these trying times. Hello, Sotheby's.

JohnnyQB comments on May 12, 2020:

His left hand looks like it has a mind of its own !

Triphid replies on May 12, 2020:

Maybe he giving himself a litlle nipple stimulation? Sarcastic Humour intended btw.

Has anyone come across this report from last year?

Triphid comments on May 12, 2020:

That shit started, I think, just about the time that that Folau religiotard was going through the Court. I reckon they should gather up these Pentecostalidiots and make them destroy their heritage as they forced the Aboriginals to do.

Triphid replies on May 12, 2020:

@FrayedBear Nah, you'd be polluting the seas with Pentecostal garbage doing that.

Pentecostal Christians Are Burning Australia’s Sacred Aboriginal Objects | Michael Stone

WilliamFleming comments on May 11, 2020:

Old news. A few aborigines have burned their old religious symbols. It’s their decision to make.

Triphid replies on May 12, 2020:

You do realize that the Australian Aboriginal Heritage can be dated back to at least 40,000 year ago. That IS some 39,400+ years before the U.S.A. was INVADED by Europeans btw. Their Culture and Heritage IS the oldest Living Culture and Heritage on this planet and SHOULD be conserved, not destroyed by the sick whims of some dreamed up Middle Eastern Religion like the Non-Indigenous Americans have done to the Indigenous Natives of almost ALL of both parts of the American Continents.

Ooops, caused quite a stir last Evening with the Evangelidiot next door and using 'Whizz Kid's' ...

SeaGreenEyez comments on May 12, 2020:

Were these the same people you turned in for not socially distancing while you yourself were not socially distancing? (That's hypothetical.) 🙄

Triphid replies on May 12, 2020:

No, those were Jehovahs Witnesses, this one is even more annoying than they are unfortunately. But after a quick look over the dividing fence between our 2 houses this morning and seeing the HUGE stacks of provisions, etc, hopefully, that will soon be a case of one less pest in the town at last.

I think that a pair of bald eagles are building a nest across the water from our house.

EyesThatSmile comments on May 11, 2020:

How beautiful! On days I see an eagle I think it is somehow a lucky day...it always makes my day.

Triphid replies on May 12, 2020:

@FrayedBear Yeah, SOME of what they show in movies can be quite factual but are nowhere near as gory and sicken as it is in real life. We had an 'episode' once of a bloke, estimated at being around late Teens early 20's ( could ONLY estimate age because of the mess he was made into btw) who decided to 'show off' to his mates and jump over a moving Freight train on a 185cc Yamaha trail-bike. Both him and the bike were literally SPLATTERED across two freight containers and also in between them both, we searched the area of the 'impact site' for over a 500 metre radius and could not find either his head or crash helmet.

GONNA MAKE YOU A START - DAVID ESSEX .

Triphid comments on May 9, 2020:

Come out a bit before Lorrae was born but when she was a Toddler every time she heard this song she'd dance like there was no tomorrow, when it would finish she'd shout, "Play again Daddy, Play again, Please." Thanks for bringing back another beautiful memory for me.

Triphid replies on May 12, 2020:

@Merseyman1 Lorrae had a vertible list of favourite songs, ones like Cocomo, Bette Davis Eyes, Wild Thing, the theme from Dr. Who and the theme from Harry and the Hendersons and dozens more. I often wondered if she was the only kid around who had her own portable cassette player by the age of 4.

I think that a pair of bald eagles are building a nest across the water from our house.

EyesThatSmile comments on May 11, 2020:

How beautiful! On days I see an eagle I think it is somehow a lucky day...it always makes my day.

Triphid replies on May 12, 2020:

@FrayedBear First time I ever knew of an Eagle hit a Loco, but have seen plenty of times the results of Locos and animals like Emus, Sheep, Cattle, Horses, Humans, Cars, Trucks, Buses and even the odd Camel after they've played 'chicken' with 130 tons of Locomotive pulling 2,500+ tonnes of frieght along at speeds of 80+ kilometres an hour. 9 times out 10 the 'animal,' etc, does NOT survive but the Loco always does.

The Mysterious Disappearance of SARS & Why We Will Need a Vaccine for COVID-19 [heavy.com]

powder comments on May 12, 2020:

Everyone has high hopes for a vaccine but I just don't see an effective one being developed. Be like flu; only certain strains covered with low effectiveness and out of date within a year. Virus is a hazard, vaccine a control method. There are plenty of other control methods however which we are ...

Triphid replies on May 12, 2020:

@Robecology Most vaccines contain what is known as an 'Attenuated' form of the infective virus, i.e. the virus is already DEAD but the immune system still recognises it and then sets about producing the correctly coded Immune System cells to correspond with and inhibit the projecting attachments of the virus that allows it to attach to and inject itself into the human cells so it can reproduce. That is, basically how vaccines are made, designed and work.

I think that a pair of bald eagles are building a nest across the water from our house.

EyesThatSmile comments on May 11, 2020:

How beautiful! On days I see an eagle I think it is somehow a lucky day...it always makes my day.

Triphid replies on May 12, 2020:

@FrayedBear No, FrayedBear, it flew into the Driver's Cab of an 80 Class Diesel-Electric Locomotive while the train was still travelling at 80 kilometres an hour. Needless to say, the Crew abandoned the cab and finished the journey by driving from the rear( second) cab. Though it had smashed through windscreen, the Eagle survived to fly another day AFTER we had arrived in Broken Hill and managed to get a Vet to sedate it and take it to the Vet Clinic. Some 'wag' with a sense of humour actualy painted the word "Eagle" on the sides of the 80 Class Loco and after that Loco 8031 was always know, affectionately,as the Eagle.

I think that a pair of bald eagles are building a nest across the water from our house.

EyesThatSmile comments on May 11, 2020:

How beautiful! On days I see an eagle I think it is somehow a lucky day...it always makes my day.

Triphid replies on May 12, 2020:

@EyesThatSmile I thought you mightlike to see these, they are the only times that Lady E has allowed me to actually photograph her, any other time even she a hint of a camera around the place she just flies away and returns a day or two later instead.

Ooops, caused quite a stir last Evening with the Evangelidiot next door and using 'Whizz Kid's' ...

piphirho comments on May 12, 2020:

I have never heard of this device and a Google search is not turning anything up on it. Can you describe more about this device and how it works?

Triphid replies on May 12, 2020:

You'd have to ask 'Whizz Kid' about that, he designed and made it. Heard from him today, when he came to collect it from me after I borrowed it, that he has just received notification his Patent Application has been approved.

I just thought of the next superheroes that could emerge from the quarantine situation.

Cutiebeauty comments on May 10, 2020:

Making light of a pandemic that's killing thousands worldwide? Really?

Triphid replies on May 11, 2020:

@motrubl4u, @273kelvin There IS atime for 'gallows humour' and imo' this is not the time nor the subject for it.

I just thought of the next superheroes that could emerge from the quarantine situation.

Cutiebeauty comments on May 10, 2020:

Making light of a pandemic that's killing thousands worldwide? Really?

Triphid replies on May 11, 2020:

@motrubl4u I'm ashamed of him as well, pity he seems lack a touch of decent human sympathy with a comment like that, should be hanging his head in absolute shame.

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Triphid comments on May 7, 2020:

If the whole of Australian Government actions re- Corona virus weren't so ridiculously mis-matched nation-wide they might be funny. Australia, in my opinion, is ONE country, ONE peoples with ONE need at present and yet they still insist upon being so single-minded States -wise that every State has ...

Triphid replies on May 11, 2020:

@FrayedBear Odd that since we've had supplies up here since the middle of last month with re-stocks due to arrive here on the 15th. of this month as well.

Ooops, caused quite a stir last Evening with the Evangelidiot next door and using 'Whizz Kid's' ...

motrubl4u comments on May 10, 2020:

You're my hero today

Triphid replies on May 11, 2020:

Oooooh NO, I 'm just a 'very naughty boy' to quotefrom the "Life of Brian," LOL

Ooops, caused quite a stir last Evening with the Evangelidiot next door and using 'Whizz Kid's' ...

t1nick comments on May 10, 2020:

You should put this in the Editorial section of your local newspaper. The neighborhood would get a laugh from It. Lol

Triphid replies on May 11, 2020:

Around here word travels faster than the newspaper can print it so I'd guess the neighbours already know anyway.

Ooops, caused quite a stir last Evening with the Evangelidiot next door and using 'Whizz Kid's' ...

bingst comments on May 10, 2020:

LMFAO Where was the speaker? I mean, did you have it connected to a giant amplifier? lol

Triphid replies on May 11, 2020:

From what can gather from it's 'creator, our town's resident Electronics 'Whizz Kid,' of some 60+ years of age btw, it works like a reverse version of those parabolic microphones but instead of concentrating the sound as it comes in , it concentrates the sounds as it leaves the miniature speaker in the middle of the parabolic dish. Add in his 'voice synthesiser' unit and you can select any voice you want from a Dalek through to Darth Vader, Donald Duck and even the 'Voice of God.' My two 'episodes were its first 'away from home' test runs.

Ooops, caused quite a stir last Evening with the Evangelidiot next door and using 'Whizz Kid's' ...

LucyLoohoo comments on May 10, 2020:

Have you considered hiring yourself out...as JEHOVAH? Please? Think of the fun you could have in one of those evangelical churches.....

Triphid replies on May 11, 2020:

Now you are truly tempting me, think of the chaos I could cause at the next Sunday Mass at the Catholic Church.

Ooops, caused quite a stir last Evening with the Evangelidiot next door and using 'Whizz Kid's' ...

Jolanta comments on May 11, 2020:

For that you will burn in hell for eternity.

Triphid replies on May 11, 2020:

LOL, at least it will be nice and warm in winter.

Ooops, caused quite a stir last Evening with the Evangelidiot next door and using 'Whizz Kid's' ...

LimitedLight comments on May 11, 2020:

I could say I'm skeptical this ever happened. Video of the next use would be welcome.

Triphid replies on May 11, 2020:

Like I said I'm not fortunate enough to have/own a video camera and I don't own a mobile phone either.

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Triphid comments on May 7, 2020:

If the whole of Australian Government actions re- Corona virus weren't so ridiculously mis-matched nation-wide they might be funny. Australia, in my opinion, is ONE country, ONE peoples with ONE need at present and yet they still insist upon being so single-minded States -wise that every State has ...

Triphid replies on May 10, 2020:

@FrayedBear And I am most definitely NOT paranoid, however and in my opinion, given some of your rants and raves I do wonder about your mental state from time to time.

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Triphid comments on May 7, 2020:

If the whole of Australian Government actions re- Corona virus weren't so ridiculously mis-matched nation-wide they might be funny. Australia, in my opinion, is ONE country, ONE peoples with ONE need at present and yet they still insist upon being so single-minded States -wise that every State has ...

Triphid replies on May 10, 2020:

@FrayedBear No, not irrational at all, YOU made the assertion/claim, not me. therefore YOU, as the Claimant MUST prove your claim, that IS how it works. So, take a chill pill, dig for the evidence and then put up or shut up, it IS that easy.

So, do YOU want to be Revered, Respected, Honoured and thought highly of?

Bierbasstard comments on May 9, 2020:

But I don't want to be a preacher.

Triphid replies on May 10, 2020:

@Bierbasstard Yep, that and my sense of honour, decency, and truthfullness, etc, etc, are what have stopped me from every becoming one of those Scam Artists.

Brewing beer may be an older craft than we realized in some places | Science News

Triphid comments on May 7, 2020:

Beer was a part of the staple diet in Ancient Egypt since at least the time of the earliest Kings. I've actually had a taste of that beer made using the ancient Egyptian recipes, it is a taste that one needs to get used to, but, none-the-less, it is quite refreshing and nutritious as well.

Triphid replies on May 10, 2020:

@BirdMan1 Yep almost nothing beats a cold beer on a bloody hot day, that's one reason why I make my Aussie Beer flavoured Damper ( a kind of bread baked in hot coals). Then I get the beer and the bread all at the same time.

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Triphid comments on May 7, 2020:

If the whole of Australian Government actions re- Corona virus weren't so ridiculously mis-matched nation-wide they might be funny. Australia, in my opinion, is ONE country, ONE peoples with ONE need at present and yet they still insist upon being so single-minded States -wise that every State has ...

Triphid replies on May 10, 2020:

@FrayedBear Since YOU are the one making the claim in the first place then onus to prove that claim is on you, not I.

Just 'surfing' around the Net and found this one.

GEGR comments on May 9, 2020:

Looks Fishy to me .

Triphid replies on May 9, 2020:

A bit of ribald Aussie humour in conjunction to the subject at hand here ( apologies to those who may find it offensive also) Q. What do you call the dry, crusty bits often found in the crotches of ladies underwear? A. Clitty Litter.

Kentucky Christians Win Fight to Spread COVID-19 via In-Person Church Services | Hemant Mehta | ...

TheMiddleWay comments on May 9, 2020:

"Last night, a federal judge blocked Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear‘s temporary ban on mass gatherings, opening the door for a hell of a lot of in-person church services tomorrow, w" The way I read it, the churches are the LEAST of our problems. With this being blocked, it opens the road to ...

Triphid replies on May 9, 2020:

As an outsider I'd hazard to say that so many Christian Americans in particular are so obsessed with their perceived Religious Rights that they don't give a 'monkey's turd' about anyone else except themselves and hanging out to praise their Invisible, Imaginary Sky Daddy. And the God 'Apologetics' and not mention the Political Leaders are as bad, if not worse, than they are for backing them up imho.

I would like to wish all the Mums, Mums to be, Grandmas and Great Grandmas a very Happy Mothers Day...

ZantiMisfit comments on May 9, 2020:

Happy Mothers Day to all the moms out there! (L)

Triphid replies on May 9, 2020:

Nice sentiment there Hastur, BUT if it was meant for me then I must tell you that Iam 100% male even though my late daughter, Lorrae, always told her Primary School Teachers that Iwas "Her Dad, Her best Friend, Her Big Brother and her Mum as well because her real mother was useless anyway."

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Triphid comments on May 7, 2020:

If the whole of Australian Government actions re- Corona virus weren't so ridiculously mis-matched nation-wide they might be funny. Australia, in my opinion, is ONE country, ONE peoples with ONE need at present and yet they still insist upon being so single-minded States -wise that every State has ...

Triphid replies on May 9, 2020:

@FrayedBear Though I have been retired, so to speak, from nursing for many years, like most nurses I do keep up with everything to do with it. I have subscription to the 'Lancet,' the Registered Nurses Journals and just about EVERY other Medical and Nursing Journals that are published. In my honest opinion here, you seem to be somewhat stuck in the idea that you are being conspired against continually by almost everyone and everything around you, perhaps, just perhaps, you might like to seek out a bit of Psychologic Councelling for this perception you seem to have.

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Triphid comments on May 7, 2020:

If the whole of Australian Government actions re- Corona virus weren't so ridiculously mis-matched nation-wide they might be funny. Australia, in my opinion, is ONE country, ONE peoples with ONE need at present and yet they still insist upon being so single-minded States -wise that every State has ...

Triphid replies on May 9, 2020:

@FrayedBear So, are there also 2 separate strength doses of other vaccines as well, vaccines for Measles, Rubella, Tetanus, Tuberculosis, Typhoid, etc, etc, etc, then? So where, precisely, does this vast Medical Knowledge of yours come then, please tell me?

So, do YOU want to be Revered, Respected, Honoured and thought highly of?

Varn comments on May 9, 2020:

No…

Triphid replies on May 9, 2020:

@Varn But this was not a game it was a test so to speak.

So, do YOU want to be Revered, Respected, Honoured and thought highly of?

Bierbasstard comments on May 9, 2020:

But I don't want to be a preacher.

Triphid replies on May 9, 2020:

Well done, you sussed out what the basis for the questions was.

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Triphid comments on May 7, 2020:

If the whole of Australian Government actions re- Corona virus weren't so ridiculously mis-matched nation-wide they might be funny. Australia, in my opinion, is ONE country, ONE peoples with ONE need at present and yet they still insist upon being so single-minded States -wise that every State has ...

Triphid replies on May 9, 2020:

@FrayedBear IF youare over 65 or have a Centrelink card then the PBS system pays for it anyway, your G.P. should know that as well.

More than 12,000 Catholic churches in the U.S. applied for PPP loans – and 9,000 got them

Triphid comments on May 8, 2020:

WTF, people are going hungry AND the Churches get hand-outs they don't need anyway, where the F**K is the Social Justice?

Triphid replies on May 9, 2020:

@TomMcGiverin Well you can't expect those 'Men of God' to go around in off the peg suits and shoes, travel by PUBLIC Transport AND reside in plain ORDINARY, Common type houses now can you?

Brewing beer may be an older craft than we realized in some places | Science News

Triphid comments on May 7, 2020:

Beer was a part of the staple diet in Ancient Egypt since at least the time of the earliest Kings. I've actually had a taste of that beer made using the ancient Egyptian recipes, it is a taste that one needs to get used to, but, none-the-less, it is quite refreshing and nutritious as well.

Triphid replies on May 9, 2020:

@Haemish1 A very unintentional typo I'm afraid.

So, do YOU want to be Revered, Respected, Honoured and thought highly of?

Cyklone comments on May 9, 2020:

What are you up to Triphid? 😄😄

Triphid replies on May 9, 2020:

Wouldn't you like to know?

So, do YOU want to be Revered, Respected, Honoured and thought highly of?

GarryHannam comments on May 9, 2020:

My answers are yes to all and with regard to Q3, the yes applies to the first half the question. I have spoken one on one and to a group of 1,000 and many other groups in between. So give me your sales pitch! :)

Triphid replies on May 9, 2020:

You, Sir, a 100% certainty for Candidacy in the Job Market of which I shall be revealing soon.

So, do YOU want to be Revered, Respected, Honoured and thought highly of?

AmyTheBruce comments on May 9, 2020:

Though I'm suspicious, I'll answer your questions. Intro question: no, I don't particularly want to be revered. Respect is nice, and I would like to be thought well of now and then - not too often, though - I don't like too much attention. 1. Nope. Stage fright. 2. Yes. 3. I cannot ...

Triphid replies on May 9, 2020:

With a possible 4 out of 6 you do qualify.

So, do YOU want to be Revered, Respected, Honoured and thought highly of?

Varn comments on May 9, 2020:

No…

Triphid replies on May 9, 2020:

Then I'm so sorry but you have failed the Test completely.

So, do YOU want to be Revered, Respected, Honoured and thought highly of?

Cyklone comments on May 9, 2020:

What are you up to Triphid? 😄😄

Triphid replies on May 9, 2020:

@Cyklone No, it is most definitely NOT a Sales Pitch, Scam or Amway in any way shape or form, BUT be patient and ALL will be revealed in the very near future and pretty sure at least a few will see what I am getting at.

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Triphid comments on May 7, 2020:

If the whole of Australian Government actions re- Corona virus weren't so ridiculously mis-matched nation-wide they might be funny. Australia, in my opinion, is ONE country, ONE peoples with ONE need at present and yet they still insist upon being so single-minded States -wise that every State has ...

Triphid replies on May 9, 2020:

@powder Since you seems so stuck on your opinions, etc, and reasoning with you and them seems a waste of time and effort, then I suggest that we agree to disagree and leave it at that.

Brewing beer may be an older craft than we realized in some places | Science News

Triphid comments on May 7, 2020:

Beer was a part of the staple diet in Ancient Egypt since at least the time of the earliest Kings. I've actually had a taste of that beer made using the ancient Egyptian recipes, it is a taste that one needs to get used to, but, none-the-less, it is quite refreshing and nutritious as well.

Triphid replies on May 8, 2020:

@Haemish1 I have not '[digreesed at all and in any way what-so-ever, thank you.

Religious Service Attendance and Deaths Related to Drugs, Alcohol, and Suicide Among US Health Care ...

Triphid comments on May 7, 2020:

Actual Emotional and Psychological support for those on any 'front-line' in a crisis does far more good in the long run than religion/religious support any day. As a practicing Nurse for over 10 years and 12 years on the N.S.W, Railways as a member of the Derailment and Collision, etc, Clean-up ...

Triphid replies on May 8, 2020:

@TheMiddleWay They are most DEFINITELY NOT anecodotes, they are 100% Factual accounts FYI. I would neither be exaggerating or understating that I have, in my life seen far more death and carnage that you could ever hope to even imagine.

Brewing beer may be an older craft than we realized in some places | Science News

Triphid comments on May 7, 2020:

Beer was a part of the staple diet in Ancient Egypt since at least the time of the earliest Kings. I've actually had a taste of that beer made using the ancient Egyptian recipes, it is a taste that one needs to get used to, but, none-the-less, it is quite refreshing and nutritious as well.

Triphid replies on May 8, 2020:

@Haemish1 We Aussies do have a sense of humour,though somewhat vastly different what ever so many 'Seppos' seem to think is humour/humourous, and a very good one I might add but we do NOT suffer fools readily nor do see humour in ridiculous comments either. So please feel free to try again only this time try to ACTUALLY be funny.

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Triphid comments on May 7, 2020:

If the whole of Australian Government actions re- Corona virus weren't so ridiculously mis-matched nation-wide they might be funny. Australia, in my opinion, is ONE country, ONE peoples with ONE need at present and yet they still insist upon being so single-minded States -wise that every State has ...

Triphid replies on May 8, 2020:

@FrayedBear There is NO difference between the Flu Vaccines, it IS the same Vaccine for everyone despite age, etc.

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Triphid comments on May 7, 2020:

If the whole of Australian Government actions re- Corona virus weren't so ridiculously mis-matched nation-wide they might be funny. Australia, in my opinion, is ONE country, ONE peoples with ONE need at present and yet they still insist upon being so single-minded States -wise that every State has ...

Triphid replies on May 8, 2020:

@FrayedBear, @powder I'm NOT trying to put a 'Guilt Trip' on you or anyone else for that matter BUT IAM trying to explain to you that perhaps yielding a wee bit of your rights/beliefs at this time is a good thing. Scenario 1), You shower, get dressed in fresh clothing, sanitise your hands, put on a mask, go out and get into your car or catch Public Transport, go to visit your friend/relative in the Nursing Home, correct? Now how many people, friends or strangers have you crossed paths with during that time? How many are just Carriers of the virus, no symptoms, just carriers? They may well have breathed within range of you, the virus may well have attached itself to your clothing, you may have even breathed it in, you may just pass it on to the person you are visiting as well, all these are NOT beyond the realms of reality btw. Scenario 2), you may not be carring the Covid virus BUT you may, unknowingly, be carrying the Flu virus and that may travel from you to the one whom you are visiting, that person is elderly/disabled/ have a low Immunity response or no Immune systemat all and 'BINGO,' they now have either the Flu virus or even worse on them, they then pass it on the next person, unknowingly, then the next, the next and the next and so it goes on and on. That, Sirs, is, in simple terms, how viruses travel, infect, etc, etc. Caution over personal rights and beliefs take precedence over EVERYTHING else in times like these in my Opinion as a Nurse with many, many years of experience dealing with such things.

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Triphid comments on May 7, 2020:

If the whole of Australian Government actions re- Corona virus weren't so ridiculously mis-matched nation-wide they might be funny. Australia, in my opinion, is ONE country, ONE peoples with ONE need at present and yet they still insist upon being so single-minded States -wise that every State has ...

Triphid replies on May 8, 2020:

@FrayedBear I was about the first in line when the Flu vaccines for this year arrived here at my G.P's Surgery. They actually notify people as soon as the vaccs arrive so they can make an appointment.

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Triphid comments on May 7, 2020:

If the whole of Australian Government actions re- Corona virus weren't so ridiculously mis-matched nation-wide they might be funny. Australia, in my opinion, is ONE country, ONE peoples with ONE need at present and yet they still insist upon being so single-minded States -wise that every State has ...

Triphid replies on May 8, 2020:

@powder Do you place a value more on your OWN choices or upon the life and safety/health of whom ever you want to have visiting rights with?

Religious Service Attendance and Deaths Related to Drugs, Alcohol, and Suicide Among US Health Care ...

Triphid comments on May 7, 2020:

Actual Emotional and Psychological support for those on any 'front-line' in a crisis does far more good in the long run than religion/religious support any day. As a practicing Nurse for over 10 years and 12 years on the N.S.W, Railways as a member of the Derailment and Collision, etc, Clean-up ...

Triphid replies on May 8, 2020:

@TheMiddleWay Would you like me relate all of my experiences as a Nurse on top of those that I had whilst working with the Railways? Perhaps you'd like to hear what it is like to watch as a child dies from Cancer, my OWN Child as well as numerous others we met and got to know? Maybe you might like to hear what it is like to assist the Coroner as he does a P.M. on a body that has been out in a closed car for well over a week in daily temperatures of 30+ degrees Celsius? Or to be caled out with the Ambulance Service to attend the site where a man has sat upon a crate of Gelignite and then detonated it, spreading his bits and pieces around the ENTIRE neighbourhood? After ever occasion al there ever was was a de-brief and a Counsellor who would listen to to us, talk WITH us and offer us words of kindness and encouragement, NOT prayers, Tea and Sympathy thankfully. And without those neither me or any others I worked with would here today.

Brewing beer may be an older craft than we realized in some places | Science News

Triphid comments on May 7, 2020:

Beer was a part of the staple diet in Ancient Egypt since at least the time of the earliest Kings. I've actually had a taste of that beer made using the ancient Egyptian recipes, it is a taste that one needs to get used to, but, none-the-less, it is quite refreshing and nutritious as well.

Triphid replies on May 8, 2020:

@Haemish1 Sir, please forgive IF I sound derisive, dismissive, insulting ,etc, etc, here BUT, were you born so obtuse or has it taken many years of practice for you to reach this level of absolute obtuseness? Let me TRY my hardest and the simplest terms I can manage to explain to you WHY your assertion is 100% wrong and so far up the creek you've reached the point of No Return. 1) BEER, IS a combination of numerous molecules, NOT separate atoms, it contains numerous chemical elements drawn from the grains, etc, used to brew it, 2) BEER is what is known as a MELANGE of chemicals, etc, in a liquid form, i.e. a Chemical Ester, 3) Beer contains molecules of hydrogen and oxygen combined together as water, molecules of Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, etc, etc, combined together to form Hydrocarbon chains, molecules, that form the Alocohol content of the Beer, and last, but by no means least, 4) Albert Einstein did NOT split any atom/s during his whole life time, he merely theorised and proposed that it was possible to " split the Uranium atom and thus cause Nuclear Fision to occur," hence came for the Manhattan Project and the development, sadly, of the A-Bombs which destroyed Nagasaki and Hiroshima in 1945.

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Triphid comments on May 7, 2020:

If the whole of Australian Government actions re- Corona virus weren't so ridiculously mis-matched nation-wide they might be funny. Australia, in my opinion, is ONE country, ONE peoples with ONE need at present and yet they still insist upon being so single-minded States -wise that every State has ...

Triphid replies on May 8, 2020:

@FrayedBear, @powder Hey, I had 2 Uncles serve in WWII one at Tobruk and then in Europe, the other on the Kodado Track and then through the islands as well. I also had a Great-Uncle who was at Gallipoli for the whole time of that bloody, useless, needless debacle and Slaughter so I respect our Diggers as much anyone can. Being vaccinated is NOT, imo, a Fascist action/regulation, it IS for the safety of yourself and everyone else, and the age of the person, etc, should never matter. Up until I was approx. 17, I suffered regular bouts of either severe Bronchitis or Pneumonia from as early as 6 months old, to quote the Family G.P. I "was at Death's Door many times and pulled back by my sheer will to live," and it ain't no pretty sight nor experience that I'd want to go through ever again.

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Triphid comments on May 7, 2020:

If the whole of Australian Government actions re- Corona virus weren't so ridiculously mis-matched nation-wide they might be funny. Australia, in my opinion, is ONE country, ONE peoples with ONE need at present and yet they still insist upon being so single-minded States -wise that every State has ...

Triphid replies on May 8, 2020:

@FrayedBear ANY surgical mask IS a SINGLE use ONLY.

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Triphid comments on May 7, 2020:

If the whole of Australian Government actions re- Corona virus weren't so ridiculously mis-matched nation-wide they might be funny. Australia, in my opinion, is ONE country, ONE peoples with ONE need at present and yet they still insist upon being so single-minded States -wise that every State has ...

Triphid replies on May 8, 2020:

@FrayedBear A surgical mask should never be sprayed any disinfectant since the waerer will be inhaling the fumes directly and unadulterated. I use Glen 20 as a disinfectant spraying medium but nowhere near or on my face, even thaough it is a quite effective disinfectant and germicide, etc.

During the CBS Evening News this evening one commercial was that of an evangelical giving a camp ...

TheMiddleWay comments on May 7, 2020:

It would be the affiliates and why would the networks disallow this? It doesn't break any laws and in certain demographics, could be quite lucrative to air.

Triphid replies on May 8, 2020:

Oh YEAH, gotta keep on selling God and Jesus to the masses, gotta keep those donations a-rolling in, the Preacher has HUGE expenses he has to cover, Jet Fuel doesn't come cheap you know, neither do Armani suits and top of the range cars, shoes, watches, mansions and all the other trappings a Man of God requires.

During the CBS Evening News this evening one commercial was that of an evangelical giving a camp ...

patchoullijulie comments on May 8, 2020:

Well funny you should mention it but yesterday I saw an ad (in Australia) for an evangelical style 'pastor' and it stuck in my mind because I don't recall seeing anything like it before. Is it a planetary take over I wonder? Or maybe I have just blocked them out over the years and have not been ...

Triphid replies on May 8, 2020:

Geez Louise, don't you get the 'Free-to-Air Stations we get over here in NSW? IF not your very lucky because we are now stuck with Channel 54, I think that is its number, a TV Channel dedicated to the likes of Jimmy Swaggart, etc, etc, 24/7. Mind you, my Evangelidiot neighbour is very upset and disappointed that I refuse to have or watch such drivel. Just had a wee thought, I might tell Evangelidiot that they are changing the number of his beloved Channel 54 to Channel 666 and see how he reacts....LOL.

Brazil is letting the coronavirus run wild with little intervention, and the results are strikingly ...

JacarC comments on May 7, 2020:

GOOD FOR THEM.... Sweden is succeeding without this lockdown tyranny. Lockdowns have only made the contagion worse. There is NO WAY to stop this virus. NONE. The lockdowns have only prolonged the spread. The virus WILL KILL all that it will. It will only take longer. Flattening the curve ...

Triphid replies on May 8, 2020:

@joeymf86 My apologies if you thought my comment was meant for you, joeymf86, it WAS meant soley for Jacar. An error, should you care to look, I have since amended.

Brazil is letting the coronavirus run wild with little intervention, and the results are strikingly ...

JacarC comments on May 7, 2020:

GOOD FOR THEM.... Sweden is succeeding without this lockdown tyranny. Lockdowns have only made the contagion worse. There is NO WAY to stop this virus. NONE. The lockdowns have only prolonged the spread. The virus WILL KILL all that it will. It will only take longer. Flattening the curve ...

Triphid replies on May 8, 2020:

@citronella My comment was intende for Jacar, notjoeymf86 btw. And may one wish you a most Happy Mothers Day for this coming Sunday as well, citronella.

Brewing beer may be an older craft than we realized in some places | Science News

Triphid comments on May 7, 2020:

Beer was a part of the staple diet in Ancient Egypt since at least the time of the earliest Kings. I've actually had a taste of that beer made using the ancient Egyptian recipes, it is a taste that one needs to get used to, but, none-the-less, it is quite refreshing and nutritious as well.

Triphid replies on May 8, 2020:

, @Haemish1 WTF, Einstein "split the Beer atom?" You've got to be pulling my leg. The Effervesnce in "Draught" Beers is caused by 2 things, a( the carbon dioxide released during the frementation process, and, 2) the addition of pressuiised Carbon Dioxide gas as it tapped from the keg or bottle/can, etc, NOT by the " Einstein Process of Split the Beer Atom, since splitting an ATOM causes a Chain Reaction to occur as each atom sheds particles and those particles hit other atoms and so on and so forth,. That Sir, in simple terms IS how an Atomic Bomb explodes, i.e. a small charge is detonated to move 1 pice of Nuclear material into close contact with another piece of Nuclear material thus starting the Chain Reaction which the becomes Nuclear Fision.