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As we didn't have a topic related to photography, I have started this one to show you something I have found on the internet.

First, I was looking at my Facebook feed, and this interesting photo came up,  and I downloaded it.

I wondered what it would look like in colour, so I searched "colorise photos", (I used American spelling to speed things up), and found this link:  https://www.img2go.com/colorize-image. All I had to do was uplod the B&W image, select output format (.jpg) and press Start. In about a minute, the converted file was ready to download. Here is the result:

Unfortunately some people are gullible and fall for these scams despite repeated warnings that banks, gov't departments etc. will never send such texts or emails. I guess when they are older, they panic. Obviously there enough gullible people to make it worthwhile for the scammers. Even a young sportsman was scammed out of $17,000 I think it was. The stories in the texts are so believable. This one purported to be from the NAB. Don't trust the ones you don't know, and trust the ones you do know even less. Double check everything, and don't use phone numbers, links etc in texts or emails even if they look genuine. Unfortunately it's getting harder to go to a bank branch to check it out, they are closing so many.

5 hours ago, Jerry_Atrick said:

Jerry Springer has popped his clogs...

Pancreatic cancer, aged 79.

I received a call from an unknown number. I usually don't answer these calls, but as I had just pulled the phone out of my bag, I swiped it but they had hung up. I hit redial, but the message said "This number is not connected". Obvious scam.

Heard about a new scam. When shopping, make sure you get a receipt and check it before leaving the checkout. Particularly if paying by card. It appears that some checkout operators put a cash out on the bill without saying anything, don't give you the change, and pocket the money. If you pay by credit card, the cash advance draws interest as well. Part of the reason I use self checkouts, and don't use credit cards.

For the uninitiated, PEBKAC is a derogatory acronym for Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair, in otherwords, operator error. Another error type is Id-10-T.

It certainly looks like a couple in the sepia tone photos could be humans in costume, but the others definitely don't look human. Thr artifacts bottom left are Mayan, lower right Egyptian. You see trail camera photos and videos of the silver-grey spindly looking creatures, some extremely small, like a kitten. Others in dash cam footage on roads and highways, usually at night. Some move spider-like, as if unable to stand on two legs.

O.M.E. Did you not read the previous post?

17 minutes ago, Bruce Tuncks said:

UFO people are impossible....  humans already have their heads almost too big for the birth canal.

Bruce, you have to think outside the square. Kangaroos are about the size of a peanut when they are born. Alien babies could be much smaller than human babies. 

I see Biden has released a video confirming his intention to run again in 2024.

Many people, including many of my esteemed colleages on this forum, ridicule claims of UFO's and aliens. I wonder then, why there are carvings from the Aztecs to the Egyptians, and even aboriginal rock paintings, dating thousands of years, depicting images of creatures ( and craft) so similar to what we now regard as an "alien". While some may be considered persons in costume, others defy that explanation. Surely these must add some credence to the claims of alien visitation over the centuries.

And yet they are complaining about the increase in people claiming Jobseeker.

At least the chat bots are easier to understand than many of the Asian customer service operators on some company's Help? lines - Indian, Philipino, etc. Usually have to ask them 3 or 4 times to repeat.

Harry Belafonte (The Banana Boat Song - "Day-O") has died at the age of 96.

One of Donald's most ardent supporters, Tucker Carlson, has parted ways with Fox TV. Final program last Friday.

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