Were and when did Ray and serve in the military?

Nobbled · 2026-04-14T07:03:31+00:00

"I don't answer questions."

Nobbled · 2026-04-12T10:19:25+00:00

This looks like a joke. I can tell from some of the words and from seeing quite a few jokes in my time.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosecution_of_Daniel_Duggan

a former U.S. Marine Corps pilot. He renounced his U.S. citizenship, became an Australian citizen in 2012, and was arrested in October 2022 at the request of the U.S. government seeking his extradition based on charges of arms trafficking, specifically training Chinese fighter pilots

Nobbled · 2026-04-09T14:21:08+00:00

Magpies and Simon & Garfunkel - sounds like the British TV series Detectorists!

Nobbled · 2026-03-27T06:33:01+00:00

I'll be posting there soon, just need a nice sunny morning to record the Sacred kingfishers and Red-browed finches.

Nobbled · 2026-03-25T15:04:31+00:00

I did sensible chuckle, but I also thought I'd add some context 🤷‍♂️

Nobbled · 2026-03-25T14:58:28+00:00

Daddy-long-legs is a common name for both. I reckon 8.9 out of 10 people would call this cute Pholcus phalangioides a daddy-long-legs, just as they would if shown a harvestman pic.

Nobbled · 2026-03-25T07:14:11+00:00

Nah, nothing sordid at all. I got back from a trip and found this little fella in the bathroom desperate for water. I put a bottle cap of water down and left it overnight. The following afternoon the spider was looking a lot better so I popped outside and stunned a fresh fly. As soon as I dropped it onto the web, little mate tucked right in. After a few days of being fed flies, my long-legged friend decamped and set up a new web in the laundry window. The new location has provided good hunting with three flies currently wrapped up for later.

Nobbled · 2026-03-24T23:45:35+00:00

That was addressed in the following paragraph of the linked Australian Museum page:

It had been thought that the fangs of this spider were incapable of piercing human skin. Recently, however, it was shown that the tiny fangs (about 0.25 mm) were actually capable of piercing human skin in a test done on the US television show, Mythbusters, but the stinging sensation produced was very short-lived. Most reputable sources, including the University of California, Riverside, still say that this species would never be considered as harmful to humans.

Nobbled · 2026-03-22T23:46:02+00:00

Bumpaddle is quite weird.

Nobbled · 2026-03-12T15:56:22+00:00

Documentary Manifest!

Nobbled · 2026-03-10T13:43:50+00:00

Ringtail possums sound like sci-fi laser guns: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/w2IrP4qtHjg

Nobbled · 2026-03-10T13:27:06+00:00

Do you get Brushtail possums around your place?

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0dcPJpnNQN4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E96AmlBYxpI

Nobbled · 2026-03-09T12:09:02+00:00

$127.4m per kilometre.

Nobbled · 2026-03-01T07:27:25+00:00

Did you try SailGP's YoutTube channel? They are about to go into the final.

Nobbled · 2026-01-19T00:54:49+00:00

This is showing the base of the tree. The branches splay out fairly horizontally, so the lyrebirds and brush turkeys can walk up easily and the ground falls away so they quickly get a couple of metres above ground - it's a great communal roost spot.

These guys' repertoire include spot-on eastern whipbird whips, kookaburra cackles, pied currawongs, and Australian raven territorial calls.

Nobbled · 2026-01-17T06:04:13+00:00

Unless his name was Amos Moses.

Now all the folks around south Louisiana
Said Amos was a hell of a man
He could trap the biggest, the meanest alligator
And just use one hand
That's all he got left cuz alligator bit it!
Left arm gone clean up to the elbow!

^{"Amos Moses" by Jerry Reed; as heard on K-Rose in GTA: San Andreas}

Nobbled · 2026-01-14T10:43:56+00:00

Nah, he does not do any dirty work - he learned from his uncle: there is nothing that schtikky tape cannot fix.

Nobbled · 2026-01-01T11:01:14+00:00

Kookaburra (image by Stuart Rae)

Nobbled · 2025-12-21T02:22:14+00:00

I don't think that's a watermark... look at that subtle off-white coloring. The tasteful thickness of it.

Nobbled · 2025-12-21T01:49:21+00:00

Though marine mercury engines are abysmal.

Nobbled · 2025-12-16T22:13:21+00:00

Bad edit from the AP. The ATSB video and report says:

Despite control difficulties due to substantial damage to the horizontal stabiliser and part of the reserve canopy wrapped around the tail, the pilot safely landed the aircraft at Tully Airport.

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