@ukhaiku I'll look into it. I used to use Fluid back in the days when I was on a network where I used the @pme tag.
// @indigo
@neilco My mother's older sister was admitted to hospital on Saturday afternoon with suspected flu (it's winter downunder). It was pneumonia & she died only a few hours later. I'm allowing six hours driving on Saturday for me to attend her funeral.
I know from speaking to a couple of them that my six cousins are sharing share your distress.
// @sumudu @hazardwarning @larand
“I LOVE pies, and in 1940 I joined a monastery because I was told I could lead a very pious lifestyle. What a load of bollocks. I’ve spent almost seven decades with no trousers or socks, praising God and shit and pulling on a bastard rope to ring a fucking bell.
If that wasn’t arseache enough, they wake me up at four in the morning to chant and tend a fucking beehive. As for pies, there hasn’t been a sniff of one since the day I joined. All we eat is fucking porridge.”
Brother Dominic Anselm
Brinkburn Priory
@hazardwarning Reminds me of a gag: "You know those Harry Potter books have to be fictional, I mean, a ginger kid with TWO friends?"
// @matigo @tomas @larand
Amazon delivery expected tomorrow. It's a breakaway magnetic connector for the Thunderbolt 3 power cable. Supplied in two parts, one fits over the existing power cable, the other goes into the T/bolt port with a magnetic flange that marries up with the first bit.
I never had time for the game of Monopoly, but this new Cheaters Edition has me a bit intrigued. https://www.fastcodesign.com/90172834/50-of-monopoly-players-cheat-so-hasbro-redesigned-it-for-them
@phoneboy 20+ years ago, it was realised that Australia was running out of 9-digit phone numbers. The transition to 10-digit numbers was by no means easy or logical. Area codes pre-change were 2-digit for capital cities & 3-digit starting with 0 for regional areas. For example, my area code was 059. Queensland, Victoria, New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory, Tasmania, South Australia/Northern Territory & Western Australia capital cities all had their own 2-digit area codes.
After the change, zone codes replaced capital city codes. WA/SA/NT came under 08; Queensland score 07; NSW/ACT 02 & VIC/TAS is now 03.
Regional area codes lost their 0, having it replaced by the relevant zone code. So my Victorian regional code of 059 became 0359. The rest of the phone numbers were mostly unchanged although the transition had to be staggered to prevent extreme confusion.
// @matigo @larand
Jealous of his best friend Kim,
Donald said ‘Treat me like him!’
And so the US folks took heed,
And together they agreed . .
To stick the egocentric coot,
Inside a tight black boiler suit,
And launch him miles from anyone,
All hail the mighty Dum Jerk-Don!
Donald was a family man,
And so he came up with a plan,
To keep immigrants of any age,
Together in Melania’s cage.