david @dwanless.bsky.social · 20hWas just at skin clinic having stitches out on a carcinoma removal and made an appointment for another matter, in two days.Driving home got a txt to remind me of apt.They didn't even give me time to forget it. 000
david @dwanless.bsky.social · 20hWas just thinking, nothing works properly now.No matter what you are doing or who you are dealing with, there always seems to be a fly in the ointment.It wasn't like this before.I was already a Luddite. 030
david @dwanless.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Oddly, when both Mum and Dad died they were the best to deal with, by far.As if they feel guilty for all the shit they gave you when you were alive. 010
david @dwanless.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Went to get an ID for property transfer at post office last week.Woman holding my passport and drivers licence, looking at pics, then at me.Couldn't ID me because I didn't have "client authorisation form". 010
david @dwanless.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Quentin Crisp wrote of his friends in the 30s being accused of taking too much care over their appearance. 010
david @dwanless.bsky.social · 04/10/2026What happened to these people that made them aspire to be nasty and have pride in their ignorance? 010
david @dwanless.bsky.social · 04/10/2026If you're going to quote this prick it should say "fruitcake says" the same as quotes for trump and netenyahu should say "chronic liar says". www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...theguardian.comHegseth calls US-built nuclear submarines the ‘apex predator’ of the seas. But are they right for Australia?Some experts argue Virginia-class submarines government is buying second hand are good for fighting American wars, but not for defending Australia 000
david @dwanless.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Had a coffee with a neighbour of 25 yrs.I mentioned poor state of roads and he started about how bad vic gov was.Crime, roads and other chimera.Said he would vote 1 nation rather than labor.Was high up public servant all his life.That's what the Herald sun does to you. 084
david @dwanless.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Used to give blood after work.3/4 hr drive in peak hour then climb 2 sets of stairs."Your blood pressure is a little high". 010
david @dwanless.bsky.social · 02/10/2026In the face of such lofty ideals I know this is the wrong time to do this but I've always been a small boy.From the other place. 110
david @dwanless.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I've been watching the ABC 7pm news bulletin all my life.The crud that is presented now, Tamara's hiatus and now Alan going that's it.Bugger! www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...abc.net.auFinance presenter Alan Kohler retiring after three decades at ABCAlan Kohler, one of the most influential journalists Australia has ever produced, will retire at the end of the year. 000
david @dwanless.bsky.social · 30/09/2026His gentle reading suggestions during lockdown were sublime.Shall be missed a great deal. 011
david @dwanless.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Remarkable.If a leader of one or other major party suddenly had to be replaced there's not a lot to choose from, virtually nil, and the Greens are spoilt for choice. 010
david @dwanless.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Labour, like Labor in Aus and Dems in US wouldn't listen to us.Told us we were wrong.Now it's too late, they tell us they're going to tinker around the edges.pffft 020
david @dwanless.bsky.social · 29/09/2026You have a mission in life www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYZT...youtube.comA Mission In LifeYouTube video by Stan Ridgway - Topic 000
david @dwanless.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Turns out it was wrong for media to whip up hysteria.Who'd have thought? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comFive UK nationals arrested near RAF Fairford released on bailPolice say alleged offences could have been committed ‘knowingly or unknowingly’ on behalf of a foreign state 000
david @dwanless.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Some good ones slipped through, Robert Reich for example. 010
david @dwanless.bsky.social · 28/09/2026In my experience US engineering and manufacturing are extraordinarily lethal.Must admit I have no weapons systems experience, only farm equipment and motor vehicles. 010
david @dwanless.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Unaustralian to call him an "asshole".It's arsehole.Actually a blanket term for all of them.Does anyone know the collective noun for anus? www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...theguardian.comOne Nation boss called David Farley an ‘asshole’ in lead-up to Farrer byelection, text messages revealExclusive: Documents seen by Guardian Australia show that Kelvin Morton has also clashed with party HQ staff and Brisbane volunteers 231
david @dwanless.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Don't forget red bins every week, 110kmh on the Geelong freeway and armed PSOs in hospitals.Drove past the Northeast link site yesterday.Press seem to forget what we've been given. 001
david @dwanless.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Tories in Aus had a good crack at it, like in UK and like in UK, left it badly damaged, which has been ignored by supposedly progressive party now in power. 000
david @dwanless.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The Hun.Then the ninefication of the Age, followed by the ABC going tabloid. 020
david @dwanless.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Making our UN delegates endure the war criminal's lies, then Albanese laments the breakdown of global rules.Clown. 020
david @dwanless.bsky.social · 25/09/2026He had a radio, a gun and some Japanese beer... www.youtube.com/watch?v=ip9p...youtube.comDown the Coast HighwayYouTube video by Stan Ridgway - Topic 000
david @dwanless.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Grey thrush calls different in East Otways to West Otways. 000
david @dwanless.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Victoria has a "car club" registration.Was in about 2 minutes before it was gamed by the public.A great many shitboxes driving around with car club reg. 100
david @dwanless.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I can't either but I remember when I was young a lot of old blokes would whistle, very well.Miss that. 221
