what i hate ( light hearted )

[fuselex]

do you know what i hate

i drink spirits mixed with the mighty fine beverage of cola.
giving me a two hundred dollar bottle of fine whiskey is like feeding a pig strawberries , i will finish that in record time .
and will look for more.
but i have a little tool to measure my intake , a nip measurer , most have this tool
i pour 2 nips of booze then add 200 ml of cola .

but occassionally , early or later in the morning i seem to get confused on the ratio`s

2 nips of cola with 200 ml of spirit ?

I hate that

[fuselex]

do you know what i hate ,

the missus playing with the snooze button.

sets the alarm an hour before she is going to get up , then hits the snooze button every 9 minutes or so.

damn i hate that

[fuselex]

do you know what I hate .

the person that pushes their way through the grocery line because their time is far more valuable .

side note , I personally go out of my to confront them now .

but I hate that

[rico21]

Fuselex, happy to see you safe.[:)]
Big fire in Australia.[:(]

[fuselex]

hey rico , lots of smoke where I am . 100 kms away but it takes your breath away , many oldies are getting admitted to hospital for breathing problems.
even out of the danger zone there are major effects ,the news reports the major cities , as hazardous as they are , in our little town we are recording 4 times the amount of pollution as any major city .
at a guess , if we had 2 or 3 days in a week without suffocating smoke , that is good , rainfall is improving , but January is our best month .
we are getting about a quarter of our annual rainfall now ,

[fuselex]

try not to take away from the light heartiness , but in my little town , cool climate , we averaged up until 2018 , 15 days equalling 30 degrees or above .
a couple of weeks of what we consider hot 2019 brought 70 days of 30 + compounded with a big drop in rainfall

[fuselex]

do you know what I hate ?

people who water their lawns through summer in the middle of the day .

I only need one thunderstorm to catch up with you .

I hate that

[fuselex]

both of us will be mowing at the same time

[Big Ivan]

God Bless David to you and your family!

Australia is going through some tough times now. From what I see here on the news in the States it looks to be pretty goddamn bad over there right now. When I saw the fire map I was shocked. I even saw where a news caster said one fire covers more area than the island of Manhattan in New York City. That is huge!

I pray the Lord Almighty and Mother Nature bring all of Australia much much needed rain and fast.

You and your family are in my prayers David.

Best always!!!!!!
John

[fuselex]

thanks big ivan
save here .
news varies depending on what channel you watch .

but one report a week ago

A record-breaking area of land has been burned in New South Wales this bushfire season, according to the latest figures released by the Rural Fire Service.

A total of 4.9m hectares – an area larger than Denmark – has been destroyed in the state during the nationwide fire crisis.

The total area burned across NSW, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania has now reached 8.4m hectares – an area larger than Scotland

[fuselex]

last I have seen was it was approaching 10 million hectares

[fuselex]

I`ll edited this one and the one below
could be seen as political and this is about a great game not politics
my apologies

[fuselex]

[fuselex]

January is looking pretty good at the moment where I am ,
smoke is nearly a memory ,
we have had 140 mm of rain so far
last year to this day was .2 mm
300mm for the year 2019, which was about 500 mm less than the average , not anything outstanding but we are in a climate where rainfall is expected , over the last 20 years it is changing .
we have now had in 19 days , nearly half of what we received last year .
the drought and fires have not stopped , but things are looking better where I am

[fuselex]

I have never classified myself as an environmentalist as such ,
no objection to mining and lumbering through out my life of 52 years ,
it gives life to communities , finances , jobs and an income to support said families .

but at what cost ?
i imagine no matter where you are from , there is a change happening ,

serious bushfires happen ever summer here , but the temps are rising and the droughts are more common ,

hence videos like this are becoming the norm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LK36n8Ut2bE

and they are not extremist views anymore , they are views of people who have been around for a while

[fuselex]

And I`m 52 , so I know nothing will be done
we will debate , hold conferences , many important people will attend , maybe an international consortium of important people will arrive ? .
so we need to hold this debate for at least 2 weeks ,
and they will walk away patting each others back while slipping a few coins in the others pocket

[fuselex]

[fuselex]

didn't take me long to get out of the light hearted mood , guess the missus kept hitting the snooze button

[rico21]

The other day I meet an old friend who asks me what is happening to me.
I answer him that I am a happy man because my country does everything that I ask him.
Ah well he answers, and what did you ask him?
Nothing.

[fuselex]

do you know what I hate ?

looking through the forums to find rico`s Stalingrad series .

I believe it is

blood and guts
bread factory
to the rescue
the last bid 2
turned away
the red house

I may have missed some , and have them in the wrong order .
but it is a great set of scenarios , that should be played one after the other .

well , maybe I don't really hate that ?

because it is well worth the effort .