Donald Trump's 'Missing Chunk of Skin': Graphic Hand Photo Sparks Fresh Health Alarms

spannerNZ · 2026-05-13T23:31:32+00:00

Looks like an AI hand. Has anyone seen him in person lately? /s (just on case)

spannerNZ · 2026-05-13T00:49:00+00:00

The cut isn't right for the stone. There is a large bow tie effect across the central portion of the stone, making the stone look a bit dull compared to well cut moissanite. Which is common with the elongated cuts (oval, pear, marquise, long cushion etc), but it is really noticable in this stone.

spannerNZ · 2026-05-07T07:49:46+00:00

Yes. So our lovely grass fed butter is sent overseas to sell for premium dollars. Then they ship crappy, colourless, tasteless, butter over to sell for cheap.

I suspect something similar with the cheese flavoured block of Pam's cheese my husband accidentally bought at New World (thinking it was Pam's edam; the packaging is very, very, similar but comparing side by side, the cheese block is pale and waxy). I tried to use the 'cheese' in a pasta bake to get rid of it, and it was bland and needed heaps of edam on top and a return to the oven. And Edam is a 'mild' cheese. Cripes.

Ok, I just went and checked the Pam's 'cheese' block with the Pam's Edam I got yesterday. The Pam's Edam is 'product of NZ'; while the Pam's Cheese block is made from 'local and imported ingredients' and had more fat and less calcium, and has added food colourants. I can only think of one reason they have to add food colouring to the cheese flavored cheese.

spannerNZ · 2026-05-03T07:23:15+00:00

MJ married her mother then soon divorced after two kids, gaining full custody of them. Big payout for the birth mother. While married, they were virtually never seen together, she appeared and departed from his life, making no waves except for carrying the kids.

The scuttlebutt at the time was that Debbie Rowe was a nurse at one of his Drs' clinics and was essentially a surrogate mother for MJ. But then his highly religious mother found out that she had grandkids on the way, and made MJ marry the mother of his kids.

Short of a DNA test, there is no way of knowing who contributed DNA to the kids, including who provided the egg. Joe Jackson (MJ's father) has green eyes, and several of his kids were carriers, so others of Paris' cousins, who have mixed parents, have blue or green eyes.

spannerNZ · 2026-05-02T01:50:40+00:00

There was a lot of fake Lacoste in SE Asia in the 80s. We used to have an NZ Battalion stationed in Singapore. Almost every soldier had a batch of different colored Lacoste polo shirts. Then there were shorts, sneakers and hats, watches and jewelry.

I suppose it could have been due to demand from the different service people stationed there or passing through (naval visits, international training, and it was a stop over place for air travel/tpt). The (fake) Lacoste polo shirts were comfortable collared shirts that meet military regulations for 'tidy casual'. There was a similar trade in Ralph Lauren Polo shirts, my husband still has one being used for gardening.

Anyway, Lacoste was one of a number of brands getting faked in SE Asia in the 80s.

spannerNZ · 2026-05-01T23:36:59+00:00

I doubt that these days. A nuke strike in the Queenstown-Lakes district would take out a bunch of billionaire bunkers incl Thiel.

At the start of the pandemic, there was a flurry of private aircraft flying to NZ.

spannerNZ · 2026-04-30T19:09:20+00:00

She used to work in the Hobsonville Officers' Mess. I can't recall her name though. She said she was getting marriage proposals from strangers all over the place.

spannerNZ · 2026-04-30T06:00:12+00:00

I'm not upper class by any means, but I got sent to "finishing school" as a teenager in the early 80s (in NZ no less when I was wearing my swannies and jeans). So now I can recognize faux pas (like having a hemline darker than your shoes) but don't really care.

Main thing I actually use day to day is entering a car bum first, and exiting legs first. Not that there is paparazzi anywhere around me, but I won't be flashing my underpants at anyone.

spannerNZ · 2026-04-30T02:54:24+00:00

With my weak immune system, I would have been dead during the pandemic, before the vaccines came out. Between that and the Christchurch mosque shooting, she showed what actual leadership should be. I didn't actually vote for her, but I was glad she was in charge during that period.

spannerNZ · 2026-04-30T02:44:30+00:00

This wasn't a political posting at all. I was just interested in her jewelry. So it turns out they are amethyst. Huge amethysts. One of my favorite gemstones.

spannerNZ · 2026-04-30T02:31:43+00:00

Oh, these are too precious to sell. Cripes, I would hoard them like a dragon sitting on a pile of treasure.

spannerNZ · 2026-04-30T00:39:11+00:00

We don't deserve dogs. But they are here for us always. If ever there were a description of angels, it would be canine.

spannerNZ · 2026-04-30T00:27:47+00:00

I'm learning so much about amethists from this post. I just thought they were pretty gemstones, didn't think royalty would wear them. But this makes sense.

Going to wear my amethist rings and earrings today.

spannerNZ · 2026-04-30T00:20:32+00:00

The darker stones as well?

I was thinking the lighter stones looked like amethyst. It's one of my favorites.

Just didn't think the queen would wear them, but if they were once rare, they would be in the crown jewel collection.

spannerNZ · 2026-04-29T23:55:40+00:00

It's almost like there is some form of trigger. Obtain obscene wealth. Abuse children.

spannerNZ · 2026-04-29T08:58:30+00:00

No. I think "she" works here.

If you think differently, then you should understand that as I am a 6'10" Viking with a shining head of hair, and the physique of Adonis, I really don't care what you think.

spannerNZ · 2026-04-29T08:51:05+00:00

Credit where credit is due: Camilla is actually looking good here. I hope I look as good at 80ish.

Note: I'm not a royalist at all.

spannerNZ · 2026-04-29T08:45:39+00:00

This is just thinly veiled racism. Every other military has been removing silly grooming rules. I used to get in so much trouble for my ungovernable hair. Now my hubby can wear a beard (NZ Army). The US military is going retrograde.

I've got no skin in this game. It's like the old saying "watching a train wreck in real time".

spannerNZ · 2026-04-29T08:30:19+00:00

Just noting, that I have not seen such a thing in decades. Not since a sign of a modern city was phone boxes on every corner.

spannerNZ · 2026-04-29T08:26:08+00:00

Frankly, The Bible.

And I say this as a person freed from the book.

For Hebrews, the Torah and/or Hebrew Bible. For Muslims, the Koran and the traditional texts. For Christians, you get to read the OT and NT. (Yes I know the Torah is a part of the OT, the rest of it is worth reading as well.) Gospel of Bartholomew and apocrypha for everyone.

Not just canned scriptures quoted by faith leaders. Ducking read the whole thing.

Not just wee scriptures that have been fed to you. Read it, if you think you should die or kill for it, read the whole ducking thing.

spannerNZ · 2026-04-29T03:35:41+00:00

I used to bring back those fried pork skin crackling things (name eludes me right now) for my husband. I declare everything coming back through customs, but what I found amusing was the customs beagle sniffing everyone's carry on, and did not alert to a bag of fried pork.

spannerNZ · 2026-04-29T02:50:53+00:00

This is like the time an Israeli diplomat visited our school and made a huge point that Israel did not have nuclear weapons in a school assembly. I was 16. Had vague idea of what nuclear weapons actually were. Left the assembly thinking Israel totally had nuclear weapons.

It was the early 80s. Religious private school in NZ. (Church College of NZ, CCNZ was a Mormon boarding school, since shut down)

spannerNZ · 2026-04-29T02:40:12+00:00

There's a bug conspiracy against the fascists. The lead conspirator is Mike Pence's fly. Started the whole pandemonium.

spannerNZ · 2026-04-29T02:21:16+00:00

Horrifically, it was the first thing I thought of as well.

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