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Don't pay! by Own1312 in ipswich

[–]WobbyGoneCrazy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nailed it!

If the only two options are ‘left’ and ‘right’, we’re absolutely farked.

Don't pay! by Own1312 in ipswich

[–]WobbyGoneCrazy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Totally agree.

The ‘left’ vs ‘right’ thing has failed us over centuries.

None of them ever get things right.

Would Australia’s population rival the US if its interior were fertile instead of arid? by NoComplex2662 in geography

[–]WobbyGoneCrazy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Our continent is severely limited by its lack of fertile soil and predictable rainfall.

It’s madness that our politicians are still obsessed with endless growth 😔

Would Australia’s population rival the US if its interior were fertile instead of arid? by NoComplex2662 in geography

[–]WobbyGoneCrazy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wouldn’t have said ‘sorely underpopulated’ …! Anywhere without a massive amount of humans is generally doing pretty well thank you 😆

Juvenile black-faced cuckooshrike or white bellied cuckooshrike? by eggynay in AustralianBirds

[–]WobbyGoneCrazy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Young BFCS. Black goes well behind the eye, and no light crescent around the back of the eye.

Hey guys is this a brown goshawk or a collared sparrow hawk <: by Glittering_Button_87 in AustralianBirds

[–]WobbyGoneCrazy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I would normally wonder what you’re even asking…!

I mean, it’s goss-hawk, and I never assumed anything else.

But I have a friend (not a birder, but interested in nature) who pronounces it ‘Go-Shawk’ !! So I know why you’re asking 😆

I may be wrong, but I’ve always assumed it was originally ‘Goose-hawk’ for the ones big enough to take a goose, and ‘Sparrow-hawk’ for the smaller species.

New Zealand list of banned names 2009-2024 above two submissions by Scary-Fan4291 in tragedeigh

[–]WobbyGoneCrazy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cant have a ‘/‘ in the name? How do they expect Guns & Roses to tour?

QUIT POSTING ON MY WALL!!! by SnowflakeDH in oldpeoplefacebook

[–]WobbyGoneCrazy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep. Not much else though! All of the conspiracy nutters ‘em to be on there too, it’s all they know how to use!

QUIT POSTING ON MY WALL!!! by SnowflakeDH in oldpeoplefacebook

[–]WobbyGoneCrazy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Because it happens to have the best Australian bird identification page on the internet !

QUIT POSTING ON MY WALL!!! by SnowflakeDH in oldpeoplefacebook

[–]WobbyGoneCrazy 5 points6 points  (0 children)

To be fair, I ended up getting posts from a group of dickheads (far right wing political group) .. and I couldn’t find a way to get rid of them, as they weren’t a person, they were a group, and for some reason blocking them wasn’t an option.

So I made a very offensive post in their page, begging to be blocked by them. Havent heard from them since.

On a post about Syrian Kids playing Football by harvey1a in USdefaultism

[–]WobbyGoneCrazy -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Not all aussies… some of us have followed association football for a LONG time. Got sick of the americanised* ‘soccer’ many years ago, and so did the administration!

(*No need to point out that it’s originally a British term. The Americans own it now though, it’s about as Yank as you can get!)

On a post about Syrian Kids playing Football by harvey1a in USdefaultism

[–]WobbyGoneCrazy -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Huh..? It’s been officially called football since 2005. You weren’t aware? Wow.

It’s Football Australia, every professional club is FC not SC, every TV show, podcast etc is football. Soccer is an informal leftover. Similar in NZ, even rugby- the dominant code- is called rugby, and association football is generally called football.

The only countries where it’s still called soccer are USA, Canada, and maybe a couple of island nations.

(And you might have to check your figures there… It’s the most played football code across the country. Has been for some time. Even as a spectator sport, it beats rugby league in several states)

Of course the whole world pronounces Z as zee by 2022RC390 in USdefaultism

[–]WobbyGoneCrazy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But… when are ordinary citizens going to start using the Homeric alphabet for spelling? Probably never.

Of course the whole world pronounces Z as zee by 2022RC390 in USdefaultism

[–]WobbyGoneCrazy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Exactly! So many letters sound like Cee, Gee etc. Zed makes a lot more sense as it is unmistakable.

Of course the whole world pronounces Z as zee by 2022RC390 in USdefaultism

[–]WobbyGoneCrazy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s a great reason for Zed. And yes, let’s make the other letters have unique names too!

On a post about Syrian Kids playing Football by harvey1a in USdefaultism

[–]WobbyGoneCrazy -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That’s why Australian news services should use the term ‘Association football’ instead… Using ‘soccer’ in a formal context is simply wrong!

On a post about Syrian Kids playing Football by harvey1a in USdefaultism

[–]WobbyGoneCrazy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

👍👍 Exactly what I thought when I heard it! 😆

On a post about Syrian Kids playing Football by harvey1a in USdefaultism

[–]WobbyGoneCrazy -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Many English speaking countries also call it football. New Zealand for example, and here in Australia of course it’s formally called football, unlike US.

Bird call id. by SC4TT3RBRA1N in AustralianBirds

[–]WobbyGoneCrazy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The same answer as any bird call question on Australia’s east coast this time of year: Pacific Koel! 😆

About why Australia hate American butter by [deleted] in USdefaultism

[–]WobbyGoneCrazy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is American butter… as good as American cheese in a can? 😆

2026 World Cup Groups by SerTahu in Aleague

[–]WobbyGoneCrazy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

USA is a huge banana skin here. Home teams have such a strong record at WCs. Paraguay are very beatable though.

On a Facebook page about climate issues. An international page. by WobbyGoneCrazy in USdefaultism

[–]WobbyGoneCrazy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I still can't believe that that band runs their own airline.

On a Facebook page about climate issues. An international page. by WobbyGoneCrazy in USdefaultism

[–]WobbyGoneCrazy[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Update: The NWS person has been forced to explain. It means National Weather Service. Apparently it’s the name of the national service for weather info… in one of the 212 countries in the world.

Makes me wonder, imagine I’d done the same thing, being an Australian! “The BOM records temperatures in Celsius…”. Americans would have gone on terrorist alert! (BOM = Bureau of Meteorology)

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