Interesting stuff


Craig- you are missing the point . I am not antivax . Have always had them . I am anti tyranny .
Mandating vaxes was previously not threatened and is now law . Some people are sick of governments overstepping their authority is so many ways and this might be the straw that breaks the camels back .
Many of my friends that are vaxed agree . I am going to get vaxed . Not because I want to but because I have to . That makes me angry and I will still be against mandatory vaccination .
You people don't seem to understand it is a "Freedom of Choice " issue . We have so much less say in what we can do today than 10 years ago . My business and yours will see regulators/governments telling us what we have to do to comply more and more .
It is getting close to the stage ( luckily I am near the end of my working life ) where I will say they can go and get f...ed . Its is not worth it and is not fun anymore . In 10 years you will agree with me if it continues .


Just a passing comment Hutchy, not aimed at anyone in particular. Needed to get off my chest.


Before you all say Covid is different I will say not it is NOT .
If we were told that next years flu strain was going to be more than three times deadly and more contagious they would mandate vaccines .


"I am going to get vaxed"
wait. what? you r not vaxxed yet? you live in melbourne. over 60 and not vaxxed.
hurry the fuck up. we r doing this for you


Sorry Craig but I find that hard to believe you were not directing the comment at me . Not worried about it in the slightest .
You were just doing what happens regularly on this site . Pilling in on a dissenter . I am happy to be the centre of ridicule if I believe I am right . Always have believed in going against the crowd ( in the work I do it has proved to be a sound strategy ) .


Is this thread ending soon as well ?


hahah. i was just stirring supa.. I'll back down



Hutchy would you like me to organise a few violinists for you :):)


@bonza , no worries mate , I’ve actually just posted a avi video on the vax or not page , it’s a protest from health workers in Melbourne who aren’t opposing vaccination , but are against mandatory vaccination . In queensland 10% of police force are refusing vaccination, government has said they can handle the extra workload , they stand to lose 1200 police and are hurrying up the graduation process . To keep this thread free I will post future stuff on the vax or not page .


Wife and son just returned from Wollongong Hospital six hours later than expected. Second visit in three days, both times told he was booked in only to find he wasn't on the list and he'd have to wait. In total that's fourteen hours of being passed from one ward to another, with today my wife being told to have a COVID test, wait two hours for a result only to find out the boy needs it and wait another length of time. Established comm systems just aren't working.
All the while staff have to scatter waiting patients outside using hastily-applied (and little-understood) protocols when COVID patients are being shifted about - which happened enough to be unnerving.
Main reason for the bedlam is W/gong now taking more of Sydney's overflow patients and the hospital unable to cope.
The kid's booked in for surgery at 8am tomorrow and we're hoping the unit has its shit together as he's already freaking.
Not sure if this is a sign of the medical situation post re-opening but it doesn't bode well.


Cheers. He's consoled by getting pizza tonight.


Ha, the best consolation!


Clearly old mate spartacus' mental health is seriously compromised...


speaking of mental health, ...and compromised... not in the same sentence...
what a minefield...
https://www.theage.com.au/national/why-people-are-up-in-arms-about-the-l...


The useful thing about the nebulous “silent majority” is that you can ascribe to them any opinion you like. They are very handy.


the silent majority must be content and comfortable with a new world fast approaching who ever they are.


So the dumb arse 'to vax or not to vax, that is the question?!' thread has been chucked down the dungeon/cellar!
Hah!
Anyways, here's one for the good ol' SN boys.
https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/09/conspiracy-theories-qanon-covid-left-...
"I'm Spasticus!"


Fascinating setup, there's a bit on!


sort of.
still 60%+ of GenZ kids who believe the law is more important than freedom.


hahahahah.
my boy will remember it differently.
been non stop surfing/skateboarding for him.
I think country kids have had it different to city kids, especially Melbourne groms.


Gen Vaxxed


We live across the road from a big park where games of chasing / tip / whatever-you-call-it have been renamed 'COVID'. The kid that's in has COVID and has to catch the others etc.
Not too much in the way of dread there.
Aside from playing COVID and the odd spot of homeschooling, my kids have been up the bush or at the beach every day. The eldest got a taste of COVID fall out during his recent hospital visits but unless kids visit a hospital or have a parent that gets sick it's largely abstract.


Good stuff Stu, love the COVID game. You can't beat kids for creativity. Capable kids can get through the work of an average school day in a couple of hours. Schools waste huge amounts of time, though of course my lessons were models of educational efficiency.


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BULLSHIT blowin,
Household water prices have absolutely nothing to do with scarcity, and while Aither says population growth plays a role in their predicted price increases, It's certainly not the only factor. "Mass immigration" is not "almost entirely to blame" for the projected price rises.
If you're going to put up graphs, at least read the reports they come from. It will stop you making an absolute fool of yourself.


Haha, playing COVID Stu, had a laugh at that. It's great how imaginative kids are.


Stu - no wonder you are not a strong advocate against lock downs . You and your kids are having a ball .
Most of us are not so fortunate , especially the kids .


When did I say that?
Are you misrepresenting me again?


Krypto Slater.. Ha


I don't think I am misrepresenting you Stu ?"Stu - no wonder you are not a strong advocate against lock downs . You and your kids are having a ball ."
The definition of advocate " a person who publicly supports or recommends a particular cause or policy ".
You said "When did I say that? " EXACTLEY !!! If you were a STRONG advocate for getting rid of lockdowns you would have said it MANY times .
Enjoy your day at the beach while we feel like we are being kept prisoners .


Not easy chewing on all these words you stuff in my mouth, Hutchy.


I don't think I have put anything in your mouth or have misrepresented you Stu . Definitely not my intension .
I will give it a break . You do a fantastic job with your business and come across as a very decent human being and a great father .
I wish you nothing but the best ! Maybe I need to consider if I am jealous that you are surfing and I am not .


Hutch. Do you mind shutting the farking door on your way out please.


This is great....up the playback speed to 1.25


What an insane story!
Two planes crashed into each other and old mate landed both of them!
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-01/the-day-a-pilot-landed-two-planes...


Lava reaching the sea in the #LaPalmaeruption yesterday. Combo of @capellaspace radar image & @planet optical image. Rapid revisit + #OpenData for scientists helps leveraging the capability of small-sat constellations for volcanic hazard monitoring. @CopernicusEMS @USGSVolcanoes pic.twitter.com/FSxJkwM3Mn
— Raphael Grandin (@RaphaelGrandin) September 30, 2021


Very interesting...but slightly disturbing.
https://moondisaster.org


Some Gold here..


Craig wrote:https://twitter.com/RaphaelGrandin/status/1443487501218353153
That’s an amazing image Craig. Could be some potential there when things settle down.


Matt Taibbi wrote “The Great American Bubble Machine”, I think it first appeared in ‘Rolling Stone’.
Boy did that make a splash. One of the great articles I’ve ever read.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/the-great-american-b...
Have it cunts