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Another option is that he's away from home somewhere and doesn't have his computer. He might be like me in that I can't log in or access this site on the mobile phone. It's the laptop or nothing. I can use the phone as a mobile hotspot to access via the laptop, but can't do it solely with the phone.

His last post on the other forum was April 14th.. I think he is normally fairly regular there as well.

I wonder what the technology is like these days for removing tattoos if they decide later they don't want them or some of them. There's a growing trend these days among young women to get small, perceivably (in their eyes) cute tattoos. The ones I'm referring to are not full inked, just fine outlines. Things like their grandmother's initials, a small cowboy boot, little stars and dots on the back of their hands and stuff like that. It's less disfiguring but some girls don't know when to stop so it can get to the point of looking like graffiti. You would think those small, fine outline scribblings would be reversible to an extent. Quite often the process of getting more and more tattoos is linked to the influence of peers and becomes a joint fashion thing. A person in a relationship with someone into tattoos can start going down the same path if their partner and a lot of their friends are getting them. I don't know how factual it is, but some say our Celtic ancestors had a lot of tattoos.

Admin would have an email contact probably. It's concerning. He's a regular on here and is usually only not heard from for a couple of days at most. It was two weeks yesterday since he's been on here, very much out of character. He was flying to Melbourne on the 7th of May I think to pick up a truck, but even if he'd brought that forward, he probably would have contacted before leaving.

I looked them up and they are very affordable. It looks like they screw flat against the wall. https://www.sparkydirect.com.au/p/Clipsal-RCBE220/30S-20AMP-RCBO-1P-N-4.5kA-Resi-MAX

I had the earth leakage unit at the meter box trip once. I was jackhammering a hole for a shed pole with the electric jackhammer and didn't notice it was rubbing the power cord between the jackhammer and the side of the wall. I was soaking wet from sweat and got a small boot similar to a 12v electric fence for a split second before the power tripped.

I didn't know Wally Lewis had it until I read about it recently. I knew he's had epilepsy for quite a few years. In the NRL, the head injury assessment process is getting stricter all the time. Not much gets past the Bunker. They can tell the Ref to send a player off for assessment if he misses the incident. I think the time will come when those soft helmets will be compulsory.

Another thing in NRL that has helped cut down on fights is the way the sport has grown financially. Clubs have the money to invest in good players, so players move around a lot between clubs. The end result is that a lot of opposing team members have previous history as members of the same team. You see it a lot at the end of a match. Players who look like mortal enemies during the game are patting each other on the back and doing the huggy thing at the walk off. A lot of opposing team members are good mates behind the scenes. State of Origin also acts as a blender of players. Once upon a time, you could play up after hours, get drunk in pubs and get into fights and still have an NRL career, but not now. Players are contracted with behaviour standards in their off duty life regulated as well. Break the rules and the club can break the contract and sack the player. Cleaning up the game is a consequence of more money coming into the sport. Big sponsors don't like the old ways. Sponsors = money = power over the clubs to regulate the players they contract. It's also in the club's interest as they are all trying to grow financially.

For anyone who hasn't watched an NRL match for a few years, it's a different game these days. Continual rule changes, the addition of the Bunker as authority and heavy camera coverage has cleaned it up a lot. The Biff is long gone; it's years since I've seen a punch thrown. An on-field blue these days consists of a couple of blokes or three grabbing each others jerseys and swearing, with a bunch of other blokes trying to calm them down. One punch these days could be career ending with long suspensions culminating in the end of a half million dollar player contract. As far as play goes, the occasional debatable thing escapes the Ref and Bunker cameras, but as a whole it's heavily scrutinised and regulated. Tackle rules have got to the point where it's getting increasingly hard for players to effect a legal tackle. The way we were taught to tackle at schools is banned now.

Crikey, this AFL sounds like a rough sport.

I saw something online that I thought was a good idea for anyone with a fluffy cat. A bloke recycles all the hair he combs from his cat and hangs it outside in a basket so birds can take it away to use in nest building. I remember when my old cow was still alive, the ravens used to pinch hair from her tail but the cat hair would be a lot easier.

The Mythical Royal Australian Army made an appearance at the Anzac Day march in Brisbane, via the ABC presenter covering the march. I guess the serving RAN commander sitting beside him thought it best not to pick him up on it on air.

I know who Pecker is, but I was wondering if that banner on the screen grab is legit or someone taking the p*ss.

I wonder whether this screen grab I saw posted somewhere is genuine or shopped.

It wouldn't be necessary if Marty's wish came true. That would get rid of Donald and Vladimir as well.

After submitting the online form request to SBS on demand, I got a reply back from them. They said they don't have any facility on their site for updating email addresses and could set it up manually by corresponding with them by email and supplying details. I politely told them no thanks and opened up a new account. That's the easiest way with sites where past history with the old account is not important.

I logged in to inyourfacebook this morning with the new email address. It's a real pleasure to type an eight letter domain name after years of using the fifteen letter one.

I try to keep it simple. I was born, am currently living and one day I'll die. That's it, end of story. No different from a bird or lizard.

I haven't found many help options on the ones so far but I'll keep an eye out for it.

When it comes to editing an email address associated with an account, what stands out to me is the huge difference between sites. Some are so simple to do, while others make it extremely hard and in some cases impossible, requiring a new account to be registered. I don't know why some low risk sites make the process so difficult. It's not like I'm applying to join the CIA or anything; all I want to do is change a simple email address. You would think that web designers would have the sense to realise that changing an email addresses is a common thing. I've successfully done nine accounts since I started four hours ago. I think I'll just have to chip away at it bit by bit. Lucky I haven't got any hair to tear out, otherwise it would be coming out in handfuls. On the positive side, as I go through the little black book of account login details and passwords, I'm culling heaps I haven't used for years.

An hour later and I've been able to successfully change the email address in on more account making four in total. Some companies and websites make it extremely difficult to edit your email address. For TV streaming, 9Now was easy. They sent a text message code and it went like clockwork. SBS On Demand on the other hand require you to fill out an online form and submit a request, then wait for who knows how long to get a reply. In the account management section, SBS has the email address locked so you can't edit it. I think it will be easier to just register another account. I've got lots more accounts to change over, so I can see how this is going to pan out. Any accounts that don't have a need of previous history, it would be easier and quicker just to register fresh accounts.

My internet service provider for many years has been Internode. Late last year they stopped providing free email service and addresses. They gave customers the option to use another email provider or migrate their existing Internode addresses to The Messaging Company, an Australian email mob. Part of that deal was that it would be free until sometime this year. After that date, migrated customers will have to either find another provider or start paying TMC for the email service. I haven't seen anything about TMC's performance that would make you feel like paying them, so I'm in the process of changing over to the free Google owned one. What a task that is. I've got a big list of accounts I hold which have the Internode address tied to them. Most of them require the email address as part of the login procedure. Some companies don't have an option to edit the email address, so the only option with those is to set up a completely new account. With others, the changeover procedure takes a fair bit of time. You have to log in to your account then play a game of hide and seek to try to find the right settings. Some sites are so un-intuitave that the quickest way is to google how to find the settings. Once you finally track the settings down, you change the email address and wait for them to send a confirmation email to the new address. With Thunderbird, the quickest way to receive that email is to close Thunderbird then reopen it, in which case it will try to download any new emails. Once you get the confirmation email you might have to only click on a link in the email to verify it. With other sites, you have to copy a code, return to the browser page where you were changing address, then paste the code in a box and proceed from there. So far, it's three down and a squillion accounts to go. It's going to be a long week. I won't miss the Internode addresses as they have a subdomain in the address added to an already long name. The length of it makes it a pain when you are continually typing it to log in somewhere. Trying to read out the address to someone over the phone is time wasting unless you spell it out in the phonetic alphabet. Internode was taken over by TPG some time back, and sometime this year they will cease to exist and we will be direct TPG customers.

These American woodcocks are odd birds. They have some good moves when they walk, but it must take them a long time to get anywhere. There's lots of video of them on youtube set to music, like the second clip.

I haven't seen onetrack on the forum for a while, since the Friday before last. Hope he's ok; he's normally on here fairly regularly.

It's good to see the Ukraine aid bill finally pass in the U.S. House of Representatives. It now has to go back to the Senate to pass there then get signed by the President. The Democrats have a majority in the Senate so that should pass ok. No Democrats voted against it in the lower house. The majority of Republicans voted against it, 100 for and 112 against the bill. It's good to see House Speaker Mike Johnson finally allow a vote on the bill after months of obstruction by the Republicans. It's been a complete turnaround for him.