decides the torment in Schrodinger's brain was self-inflicted

Solving the mystery of frogspawn takes priority

why don't the hibernating swallows at the bottom of lakes eat it

Is it in fact swallow vomit?

is it manna in disguise

help me Rhonda

<wonders whether parents used to feed me swallow vomit>

<we used to call semolina or tapioca frog spawn>

<refreshes pie table>

In fit of PIquE draws chart to allow identification of pies.

Suffers attack of remorse over such a posting

Withdraws to black hole formed b.y massive accumulation of chocolate covered peanuts

<examines the chocolate peanut black hole carefully and declares it safe>

<examines the wasabi peanut black hole deliberately and declares it unsafe>

<leans on pie table and falls through suddenly collapsed floor>

<screams 'maintenance! maintenance!'>

<frowns at ES for making noise>

<is hungry>

<is floored>

It's that time again, forum members!

We have had our first major bushfire of the year and it isn't even summer yet.

I've just heard that 85,000 hectares (roughly 200,000 acres) have gone up in flames. That's a lot of skippys, a larger number of bunnies, and an unknown as yet quantity of baa lambs and their aunties. My daughter lives at Nuriootpa which was in the line of the fire and the town was being evacuated.

We now have a population of Birman and Burmese cats. a Bernese mountain dog, three mixed breed moggies two Norwegian Forest cats and there's no partridge in a pear tree.


That is because the tree died of unknown causes and I think one of the feline population got to the bird.

Also a visiting Samoyed but he is asleep and doesn't count.

<Extreme Sympathy>
(But no tea. Coffee, yeah. Alcohol, yeah! But no tea.)

Well, Happy New Year to all (belatedly).

accepts sympathy.

wonders if it was orchestrated? And, if so, by whom?

Had the tea, coffee and a small amount of alcohol - just medicinal quantities of course - some chocolate and a lot of water.

No airconditioning and 40C plus days with 26C nights.

I wonder how we coped in the 1950/60s before a/c became a normal item in every day life?