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GregT said:
7.45am: Burmilla stud we have. Put a shorthair girl on heat in with him - and he was at work inside 30 seconds.
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GregT said:
Apparently a diet of cat biscuits and raw meat does wonders for some of us oldies.

9.36pm: Snow's stopped and settled.
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😧 Bloody hell Greg! You put Snow, the Burmilla cat, on the nest at 7:45am Sunday and he stopped at 9.36pm!

No wonder he is shitting biscuits and his meat is raw!
 
chrisk said:
😧 Bloody hell Greg! You put Snow, the Burmilla cat, on the nest at 7:45am Sunday and he stopped at 9.36pm!

No wonder he is shitting biscuits and his meat is raw!
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In actual fact, with rest breaks, he went longer than that. His name is Wurzel and he likes this place. We keep showing him girls he's never met before. Our daughter is here for the lockdown with her cats so we showed him an old Golden chinchilla yesterday. He's actually mated at least two of her daughters at his previous owners. She looks like a shapeless heap of bed hair - but he thought she was sexy as hell. She's now thinking about coming on heat. Not happening.
Looking like an early spring here now. Don't like the possibilites for a very hot summer. Very glad we lowered our big hedges. Thinking about finally sorting a pump for our water storage tank - fire use.
 
Had to cancel planned motorcycle trip to southern British Columbia because of forest fires and resulting smoke. Highways getting closed and travel not much fun. Here on Canadian Prairies we had what will be record breaking summer heat, drought impacting the crops, and forest fires just north of us in the Canadian Shield country causing lots of smokey days. In the last week or so we have had some heavy rains, too late for farmers but at least bringing much needed moisture to start to replenish the rivers, lakes and watertable.

Just when here in Canada we seem to have Covid relatively under control and travel restrictions lifted, the normally beautiful summer weather goes to shit.....thank God the snow and cold is only a few months away😕
 
Thunder and heavy rain today and probably tomorrow.
My main household water tank started overflowing into the basement. Bugger. The proper overflow must be blocked. Disconnect the spouting for now, no problem.

Bugger. Now there’s a leak in the roof. Bugger. Where’s that bucket…

Luckily I’m in lockdown so I’ve got time to fix this stuff… WHEN THE BLOODY RAIN STOPS!
 
A lot of the Auckland area is on rainwater tanks. Andy can explain better - but we're still a pretty rural country with some areas not on mains water.
Local to me, when we moved in we were on our own well. After a couple of drought summers, we got hooked up to the local scheme. This had been designed and built by a bunch of farmers about 30 years back and then upgraded by the local Councils several times over the years. It works quite well now but upgrades at user cost are in the future....
The South Island is missing what Andy's getting. Frosty and clear here today.
 
Correct. No reticulated water here.
Dawn shows a bit of damage… I’m ok up on the hill but 80mm per hour has caused a few evacuations down by the river. Lots of slips, fence damage, at least 50 homes inundated.
Not as much damage as Canterbury though Greg! (Or Europe earlier this year, or Ida right now!)
 
Four Corners on ABC tv last night didn't make me feel any better about the world either.
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Watched both episodes; Murdoch and Fox don't come out looking too clean.
Bought the 'Australian' last Tuesday to see what the reaction would be after the first episode. Anti ABC stuff plastered all over the rag and Chris Kenny (that well known doyenne of objective journalism) was frothing at the mouth and it appears that his article was written before the show went to air.
Today the 'Aus' changed targets and got stuck into the ABC about the Luna Park fire programme.
 
Kenny only needs to ask James Murdoch for his opinion of the route his old man and brother have taken. When democracy is sold down the gurgler for a few more centavos and more POWER! Kinda got the impression that Rupert may actually be regretting what Trump and Fox have meant for his family and his reputation. No fukken sympathy from this little black duck. Good riddance mate!

The Luna Park episodes were excellent and raised serious questions - but as aired on Media Watch last night, the call about Nifty Nev was a tall order, not because it's not true, but because it's virtually impossible to prove. When it comes to NSW politics, nothing would surprise me - they have form!
 
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