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I thought it was conservatives who favoured legalisation of pot.

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I usually do one or 2 radio interviews a year, luckily no listener questions. And around here listening to folks getting interviewed on ABC local it's often a case of "yep, know that one, know that one, know that one".

A public register would be good, surely MP's wouldn't object to such a thing, would they?

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Paul M @quolltracks.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Exempt from the WWCC? WTF? That should be mandatory, if not it should be the first question asked of a candidate.

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Need to go back to the really good ol days of dedicated fax lines (or "Faxstream" as it was known) and when internet was 2400bps (yes, that's "bits per second") & "adult content" were 5 second gifs available only in blue & black or green & black.

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The Federal government has already restricted who can gain access to numerous sites (yes, it can still be gotten around) and those sites have largely fallen into line so it can be done, but then state sanctioned murder seems to be acceptable "adult content".

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I'm thinking of the contaminants, combustion byproducts & the serious amount of scrubbing to remove them from going out the smokestacks (and then the disposal of what's been scrubbed out).

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Not such a silly idea, firehoses have "Storz" couplings on the ends so any end will attach to any end (of the same size).

Storz coupling off a firehose an "androgenous" fitting which will connect to any other Storz coupling of the same size.

Throwing it out there, if you have "resilience" in the opening line of a survey or event I'm probably going to ignore everything after that.

Paul M @quolltracks.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Done properly I reckon it'd be a good thing, that design, not so much.

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Paul M @quolltracks.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

A very creative insult, brown on the outside...

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Paul M @quolltracks.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

As someone whose been in the enviro sector for over 30 years & in this area for 23 of them I like to think I have a little more insight than can be communicated in a 30 minute phone call. That barely scratches the surface.

Paul M @quolltracks.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Researchers: I get contacted a few times a year to fill in some on line survey or be interviewed on the phone & often the Q's are based on incomplete assumptions (like a veg community can be recreated on top of an old coal mine) or don't allow complex answers. And apart from that I rarely hear back

Paul M @quolltracks.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

There's a MotoE championship being run alongside the MotoGP (motorbike) championship and there's also electric motorcross racing. It is coming but will take some time to adjust for the fans.

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Plain wire and run some vines over it (Hardenbergia, Clematis, Pandorea)

Hedges need maintenance. (Dad planted one, he passed away a few years ago now I have the job of turning his planting into a proper hedge. I also used to do the hedges at a horse stud I worked at, I was the only one who could hold the hedge trimmer overhead & cut square)

I mean, to be fair, who hasn't been radicalised living in Melbourne? (**runs and hides**)

Umm, no, got over that stage of my life many years ago & having been a vollie firefighter for 40ish years & an ecologist for 30 I've developed a fatalistic attitude, a very bent sense of humour & a bit of denial. And I celebrate the small wins.

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Now, now let's not get to hasty, I'm sure Penny will be expressing concern sometime in the nearish future.

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So, that pilot that was going to crash his plane the other week. Apparently he was radicalised in Melbourne. Understandable.

Paul M @quolltracks.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Share performance anxiety will do that.

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Honestly, that could be any teacher.

It's a very slow process, a colleague & I have been dancing around the whole thing for quite some time, because well, working together does complicate things as does the age thing (I'm 61, she's 43). It's fun, & good luck with yours.

Y'know, if a few blokes stealing diesel in Pommyland gets the Seppos to piss off their bombers would doing a drive off from an Alice Springs servo get them the close Pine Gap?

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Yeah, that'd be right end of the world turns up just as I seem to have gained a significant other in my life.

And failures are generally down to the 4W's Weeds Water Wascally Wodents! (& being Australian it's also Wombats & Wallabies)

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I've gone away from mass plantings, these days it's the 4P's. Plan Prepare Plant what will grow Plant what you can maintain In a poor season it's less plants, more prep & maintenance (not the best message when you're trying to sell plants as well).

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Hey, if you don't like our values we'll be happy to change them.

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Black is the new black for lots of state government agencies, Fire & Rescue as well as the Rural Fire Service are rocking the black (which is bloody stupid on a hot day, I'm sticking with the yellows).

Paul M @quolltracks.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Well done, I know Tony & Wendy, they've been at this for a long time, reckon there might be a little celebration tonight.

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Paul M @quolltracks.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Then there was the dwarf psychic wanted for murder. Yes, it was a small medium at large.

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Was better when the bikes were there. 2 wheels good, 4 wheels shopping trolley!

Yes, you need something challenging.

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We are not all in the same bloat, but we are all in the same ocean, some in ocean liners, some in canoes, some on rafts. I'm on a pirate ship with plenty of room for more.

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Rowing in opposite directions?

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Happier dealing with Nazis than "the Green peril".

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