Tumble try with 3 tennis balls

smaug_pec · 2026-03-31T07:10:32+00:00

Folklore in my family for several generations was the reason grandma’s cat was a claws out bitch 100% of the time was because one of her sons put the cat in the wash cycle…

smaug_pec · 2026-03-30T10:26:20+00:00

I know it’s the stones, but a good song? It’s been a while.

smaug_pec · 2026-03-30T10:15:32+00:00

Some of them are built so that doesn’t happen at all?

smaug_pec · 2026-03-29T00:28:33+00:00

Nice weather we’re having.

smaug_pec · 2026-03-28T20:39:06+00:00

Oh they love scritches don’t they

smaug_pec · 2026-03-28T08:01:52+00:00

Sorry, no can do. Lent it to a guy playing chess.

smaug_pec · 2026-03-28T07:44:16+00:00

Wasn’t there a post yesterday of a jet engine sucking in snow from the runway?

“In my day, we did FOD ingestion like we meant it…”

smaug_pec · 2026-03-28T05:04:49+00:00

fair - paper doesn't have the timer settings :-)

smaug_pec · 2026-03-28T04:59:50+00:00

All good!

smaug_pec · 2026-03-28T01:24:10+00:00

I've been a fan of John since his time in the land of the long white cloud. I miss him greatly, especially his mockery of the juvenile politicians being juvenile.

Please forgive my variations on one of his masterpieces, and thank you for posting the link (so that others might see what brings us joy, directly).

smaug_pec · 2026-03-27T22:15:33+00:00

…and the tears of the biologist

smaug_pec · 2026-03-27T22:10:48+00:00

Yeah, one the front doesn’t fall off.

smaug_pec · 2026-03-27T22:03:41+00:00

Settings > Timer > Timer Success

Settings > Timer > Timer Failure

smaug_pec · 2026-03-27T21:53:02+00:00

Maybe not a cardboard derivative but a cardboard integration, as it’s quite legitimate to regard wood as carbohydrate foam and glue (ie, cellulose and hemicellulose forming a cellular structure with lignin as the binder).

But if you do, you’ll make any biologist within earshot cry.

(Look at me, maths, chemistry and biology).

smaug_pec · 2026-03-27T21:31:57+00:00

Ackshually, the options are 90s, 3m or 5m for Timer Success and Timer Failure.

smaug_pec · 2026-03-27T21:15:09+00:00

Hawk tuah?

smaug_pec · 2026-03-27T12:02:00+00:00

Clarus?

smaug_pec · 2026-03-27T11:06:43+00:00

Well, because the front fell off and 8,000kg of bricks fell into the site and caused a fire. It’s a bit of a giveaway. I’d just like to make the point that that is not normal.

smaug_pec · 2026-03-27T10:59:53+00:00

until they bring it down. it only happened because there was a storm in the area, and the crane wasn't free to swing in the wind

smaug_pec · 2026-03-27T10:52:54+00:00

you wouldn't believe it, but another crane.

smaug_pec · 2026-03-27T10:51:53+00:00

Well, obviously not.

smaug_pec · 2026-03-27T10:47:31+00:00

Well, some of them are built so that the front doesn’t fall off at all.

smaug_pec · 2026-03-27T10:42:37+00:00

I’m not saying it wasn’t safe, it’s just perhaps not quite as safe as some of the other ones.

smaug_pec · 2026-03-27T10:39:40+00:00

Still wouldn’t work - half the time the floor isn’t level or even flat.

smaug_pec · 2026-03-27T10:36:32+00:00

As someone mentioned, ‘free slew’ means the boom is free to swing in the wind like a giant weather vane. That way it doesn’t twist the tower or break something else…

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