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[tegendemuur]

First time with the young one at a local lake, where dogs are allowed. With sorta private and free running spots. Fun swimming lessons with our little ratty poodle.

The area is owned by a large zinc factory and while they got cadmium stored underground in one part, they turned another in a wildlife area (crossing certain fences at your own risk, cause there's boars and bovines there.)

 

[cooder]

Matariki (Maori new years celebrations) at our wee community.
Mid winter here obviously, so big bonfire by the lake side. Neighbour is a photographer and took this drone shot.

 

[Chuck D. Bones]

That is so cool! Where are you in the pic?

 

[cooder]

To the right about 2 o clock position wielding a pretty battered nylon string guitar.
I didn't dare to bring my steel string acoustic down to the lake as it was pretty damp and a mixture of hot and cold

 

[PapaBear]

Is the guy to your right looking up lyrics on his phone?

 

[cooder]

Is the guy to your right looking up lyrics on his phone?

On his I pad. Grant is a bit of a 'crooner' and likes to belt out some of his old favorite tunes...

 

[PapaBear]

On his I pad. Grant is a bit of a 'crooner' and likes to belt out some of his old favorite tunes...

That make more sense as to why his face was glowing!

 

[cooder]

That make more sense as to why his face was glowing!

He might have been a bit drunk by that time, but the glow is definitely down to the Ipad

 

[Aleph Null]

This came up in my feed today.



The gifted kids are designing opamp Big Muffs, apparently.

 

[jessenator]

Crap cell phone camera away!

 

[jimilee]

He might have been a bit drunk by that time, but the glow is definitely down to the Ipad

You ever been so drunk you couldn’t tune your guitar with a tuner? Sorry, off topic but equally as funny.

 

[PapaBear]

You ever been so drunk you couldn’t tune your guitar with a tuner? Sorry, off topic but equally as funny.

I was drunk enough to try tuning my guitar with the wah gate open! I did finally figure it out though, but it took much longer than it should have! The more I tuned the further out it got! And yes, I was using a tuner.

 

[jessenator]

 

[tegendemuur]

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That's a lot of lines. Neat!

Also, the bump grids are for the blind, so what are those comb things for?

Also, also... Just in case: Call 988 to connect with a lifeline specialist for support.

 

[jessenator]

Meeting up with a friend, and because I don't fancy driving my mobile oven (AC broken) in the desert, it's the train.

No idea what the black part is.

I've directly in front is one of the commuter train lines, ones in background are freight/whatever bnsf conglomerate rail does…

 

[Feral Feline]

Installing some in-ground planters in the back yard, which has several ant colonies. Our front yard is one giant ant-hill (as is all our neighbours' yards and ... well, the whole damn city). So the lawn out front is dead. The sod we're pulling up to make way for the planters is being transplanted out front and the sodding-sorry-excuse for clumps-of-grass out front is being turfed. Doing all this between hailing downpours in the blistering heat, working our asses off like a couple of relentless ants...

So, the human-Queen of our abode found the little auntie Queen ant ( see picture above — note, too, the small worker tangled in the grass next to her ) from one of the colonies in the back where the planters are going. I was tempted to feed her to the ants out front, warring colonies and all that. However, I erred on the side of caution that Little Queenie not get the chance to start yet another colony should she survive instigating a competing Alien Ant Invasion; So...

OFF WITH HER HEAD!

Or you better prepare yourselves for Adam and his cohorts...

 

[Feral Feline]

...so what are those comb things for?

...

They fill up the gap between the platform and the train-floor; they're a wee bit flexible in case a train rubs 'm up.

I've seen 'm on a number of commuter rails I've been on.

 

[owlexifry]

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[Chuck D. Bones]