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Stephen Walter @stephenwalter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

That kind of book is the best kind.

Stephen Walter @stephenwalter.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Others in the socials have taken to calling them “WankPanzers“. I’m willing to bet that the number of people who have these and who actually have a valid use for them are less than 10%.

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Stephen Walter @stephenwalter.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Now there’s an image that’s going to be very hard to dispel.

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Stephen Walter @stephenwalter.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I’ll add my voice in here. Mr Riminton, along with an honourable mention for Sandra Sully, are the only two commercial TV journalists I had any time for.

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Stephen Walter @stephenwalter.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

At first she thought it was still the West Wing episode and it took her a few moments to realise that that they had switched over to the breaking news. She came and woke us up, and not much sleep was had that night.

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Stephen Walter @stephenwalter.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

My wife and I had gone to bed, leaving our daughter staying up late watching a West Wing episode. She popped out of the room to make a cup of tea during an ad break and came back to the broadcast.

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Stephen Walter @stephenwalter.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

In a similar vein, you should always wash your hands after going to the toilet. If you are prepping food that involves chopping chilies, you should also wash them before you go to the toilet. Don’t ask me how I know this.😬

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Stephen Walter @stephenwalter.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

My BIL & SIL keep chooks and give some whenever I visit. Once I gt an egg so large I enquired whether the chook had survived the delivery.

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Stephen Walter @stephenwalter.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Welcome back. We’ve missed you and your wisdom. I sincerely hope that things are turning around for you.

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Stephen Walter @stephenwalter.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Psychopath. You probably also tuck your singlet into your underpants as well.

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Stephen Walter @stephenwalter.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Great piece Kaz. Like Sam Neil before her, her death brought me to tears. Also like Sam, I haven’t heard, nor expect to hear, a bad word said about her.

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Stephen Walter @stephenwalter.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

More than once I have tried to open the back door with my car key fob.

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Stephen Walter @stephenwalter.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I blushingly confess to not having gotten around to subscribing to the Guardian, but the chances of me now doing so are arid.

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Stephen Walter @stephenwalter.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I was a 19yo student at the time and our psychology lecturer suggested it was a good film to watch as an example of operant conditioning. In those days people under 21 had to be accompanied by a parent to watch an R rated film. My dad‘s comment on our way out was “what a load of bloody rubbish“.

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Stephen Walter @stephenwalter.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

You have my utmost sympathy. That’s quite an early diagnosis. I, at 72, have recently been diagnosed with osteoporosis and/or -arthritis (bone densitometry scans can’t tell the difference apparently, but the treatment(s) are the same. Hope your GP can prescribe relief.

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Stephen Walter @stephenwalter.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

… remembering that in a car factory somewhere in Bavaria, there are some poor sods who’s only job is putting the turn indicators into a BMW.

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Stephen Walter @stephenwalter.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Pretty high, I would think. It is said if you’re ever feeling low and feel that you contributing nothing to the greater good of humanity, you can always make yourself feel better by …

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Stephen Walter @stephenwalter.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Two problems here: 1) you generally pay up to twice as much for the shredded version of the same variety of cheese bought unshredded. 2) if melting the cheese, preshredded cheese is counter-productive because it contains emulsifier to stop it clumping, which also stops it melting properly.

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Stephen Walter @stephenwalter.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

A few years ago, my son gifted us a drum grater made by Avanti. The ants pants. Fingers and other bodily parts are safe. Comes with three drums (fine, coarse and slice) and suctions onto your benchtop. Haven’t used a box grater since.

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Stephen Walter @stephenwalter.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I foresee many jars of raspberry jam in your future.

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Stephen Walter @stephenwalter.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Used to be that I’d see a Rosella or two on a daily basis at my bird feeder in the inner Adelaide Hills. Now it’s more like once a month due to the eastwards migration of the lauded (not by me) rainbow lorikeet, which aggressive little bird has driven the Rosella deeper into the Adelaide Hills.

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Stephen Walter @stephenwalter.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Well done you for bringing up a new empath into the world.

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Stephen Walter @stephenwalter.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I’m going for Belgium. If they win this thing, I’ll even forgive them for brussels sprouts.

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Stephen Walter @stephenwalter.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

As well you should be. What a little trooper.

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Stephen Walter @stephenwalter.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

An alternative solution is Drake‘s supermarkets (QLD & SA). They supply the Soda King brand of cylinders which are compatible with Sodastream cylinders and what’s more they will accept Sodastream cylinders as a swap. I’ll keep Burpi in mind though.

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Stephen Walter @stephenwalter.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Beautiful picture. Bonus points for being able to use “ephemeral“ in a sentence.

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Stephen Walter @stephenwalter.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

So a World Cup match between a country and a liquer? What will they think of next.

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Stephen Walter @stephenwalter.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Morning Rob, as ever you may be relied on for my first chuckle of the day. Have a good one.

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Stephen Walter @stephenwalter.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Same here. 30% stronger than standard teabags and 20% stronger than the entry-level Yorkshire teabag. Grows hairs on your chest.

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Stephen Walter @stephenwalter.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

One of my favourite politicians, Natasha Stott Despoja got a gong in the King’s birthday honours list. Well deserved, not only for her political life but also for what she has done since. She got the top award: the Companion of the Order of Australia (AC). That’s it, that’s the post.

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Stephen Walter @stephenwalter.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

PSA: her recipe for carbonara is genuinely Italian in that it does not use cream.

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Stephen Walter @stephenwalter.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Chorizo is a great addition to many dishes. I used it instead of pancetta or guanciale in Nagi’s recipe for pasta carbonara. Worked a treat. Just slice it into 2-3mm discs and shallow fry to just short of charred.

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Stephen Walter @stephenwalter.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

My local supermarket (Drakes, South Australia & QLD only) stocks Alaskan wild caught salmon, branded as Harris Farms. Beware though because Harris Farms also have Tasmanian farmed varieties. Read the wrapper carefully.

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Stephen Walter @stephenwalter.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Used to like his product, particularly The Weekly, but he is now officially dead to me.

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Stephen Walter @stephenwalter.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Standard medical advice is “don’t put anything smaller than your elbow in your ears”.

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Stephen Walter @stephenwalter.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Go for it. If those yet to wake up are inconvenienced, it might train them to do you the courtesy of advising their plans the day prior.

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Stephen Walter @stephenwalter.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Me too. I just got through re-watching “The Queen‘s gambit in three days. Currently I am binging “Vera” and I’m halfway through series 6 (of 13 I think)

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Stephen Walter @stephenwalter.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

I find that the “prep time“ of any recipe assumes that you have a sous chef at your disposal to gather all the ingredients, measure them out and chop vegetables and meats to the appropriate size for the recipe. I typically add 30 minutes to any prep time advertised since I don’t have a sous chef.

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Stephen Walter @stephenwalter.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Either there’s something in the colouring that tells you it’s a male or you have got incredible eyesight.

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Stephen Walter @stephenwalter.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

We just need someone to convince them to make the air locks out of carbon fibre.

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Stephen Walter @stephenwalter.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Good luck. I myself broke a decades long dental drought a few months ago and it wasn’t as bad as I feared. Fingers crossed on your behalf.

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Stephen Walter @stephenwalter.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

I agree 100%. I was in a share house with a professional chef, and he told me that if you go to a McDonald’s or the like at about 10 pm or later, most of the people in the queue ahead of you are professional chefs who just want protein and don’t can’t be bothered making fancy stuff for themselves.

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