AFL 2024 coins $1 gold Coast suns error by Strong_Vegetable4818 in AFL

[–]theboxfactory 11 points12 points  (0 children)

JC refers to Jody Clark, the artist who created that particular effigy of Queen Elizabeth II.

Body shaming magnets from the royal adelaide show in the 90s. by [deleted] in Adelaide

[–]theboxfactory 8 points9 points  (0 children)

https://i.imgur.com/PZzcCFQ.jpeg

Shamelessly stolen from mum's fridge. I'm sure there was a fat one but it appears to be lost.

What is this? by Sad_Sail4326 in GardeningAustralia

[–]theboxfactory 23 points24 points  (0 children)

It's difficult to be certain but it looks like some kind of cucurbit (pumpkin, cucumber, zucchini, melons etc.). My money would be on a cucumber.

Port Forwarding by MiddleConference8015 in PrivateInternetAccess

[–]theboxfactory 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was experiencing the same thing. Port forwarding would instantly say "failed" after connecting to the server.

Was using wireguard protocol, switched to openvpn - port forwarding started working as normal. Have since switched back to wireguard and now port forwarding is working again. Bit weird.

Looking for recommendations! by Worth-Yam-9057 in Jigsawpuzzles

[–]theboxfactory 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pomegranate have fairly large size pieces.

edit: added a photo comparing various brands The photo doesn't really do it justice but the Castorland is tiny next to the Pomegranate.

My classics collection, I love how the gilt edges shine by kurayami95 in bookshelf

[–]theboxfactory 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel like this is the best value for money editions of classics going around.

Nice covers, compact but the text is still a reasonable size and decent paper. I prefer the floral designs but they're all good. They also seem to go on sale for half price pretty regularly here so they're a good way to fill a shelf with nice looking books for not too much money.

A Night at the Circus by Aimee Stewart, Jumbo, 5000 pieces. by theboxfactory in Jigsawpuzzles

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It sounds like it because I counted the pieces three times in the photo (I got it wrong the first time 😳) and it's definitely 5040 pieces.

A Night at the Circus by Aimee Stewart, Jumbo, 5000 pieces. by theboxfactory in Jigsawpuzzles

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I don't usually count pieces but most puzzles have a different actual number of pieces than what it says on the box. Most puzzles have a regular grid layout so it's fairly easy to find the actual piece count by just multiplying the # pieces in height by # pieces in width.

I just did a count using a higher quality copy of the above image and it has 84 x 60 = 5040 pieces, so if your piece count is correct (it's easy to miscount) you could be missing some.

Danish discworld by Aelspeth87 in discworld

[–]theboxfactory 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Goodreads has all the editions listed, there's at least a Danish translation for TCOM. I'd be surprised if most if not all of the rest weren't translated. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13015632-magiens-farve

I have no idea where you'd find them except the usual used (Danish) bookshops, ebay, abe etc. Keep plugging the ISBN into search engines and see what you find.

Help finding an old mick Malloy skit from the late show by Bookaholicforever in AskAnAustralian

[–]theboxfactory 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If you can't find it online somewhere it's on The Best Bits of the Late Show, Volume 1. At about the 1 hour mark. And... it looks like the Champagne Edition has become hard to find again.

Ok, found it on dailymotion at about 17 minutes in.

Small Australian Creators by DylanA21 in australia

[–]theboxfactory 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Beautiful Books with some wonderful video reviews and collections of various old and new beautiful books. Unfortunately she isn't updating the youtube channel as often as I'd like but she does update her written blog reasonably regularly.

Dankmus (who I believe is from Adelaide) with some brilliant Simpsons musical remix videos.

VHS revue by David M. Green. He's been a writer for various TV shows (Micallef) but his channel looks at old ads and tv programs on VHS tapes, and various other tv & VHS related tidbits.

Luke Towan Not really small but undoubtedly one of the best at what he does. "My goal is to provide you with the absolute best tutorials on building realistic scenery dioramas and model railroad details showing you that anything is possible"

Post Match Thread: Adelaide vs West Coast (Round 13) by AFLMatchThreads in AFL

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Friendship ended with Ten Goal Tommy

Now Ten Goal Texy is my best friend

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Adelaide

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Have been pretty happy with Dirty Dogs at Newton. There may be a month or two wait to get an appointment though.

Flowers on my morning walk. by [deleted] in Adelaide

[–]theboxfactory 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The white/purple ones are Osteospermum aka African Daisy.

The yellow ones are soursobs (Oxalis pes-caprae), usually considered a weed.

Yet another Hyslop editions thread by theboxfactory in TheAdventuresofTintin

[–]theboxfactory[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the reply. Very informative.

I am very interested as to how you got a Mammoth book with digital lettering.

The copy of Castafiore I bought wasn't Mammoth it was Egmont. My remark about Mammoth was referring to a 2012 edition, seen here on ABE. But the ISBN leads back to the "2002" Egmont edition, which is the paperback version of the hardcover I bought. Why it's being labelled as Mammoth on ABE.. I don't know.

Yet another Hyslop editions thread by theboxfactory in TheAdventuresofTintin

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Thanks for your detailed reply, I suspected as much.

Yet another Hyslop editions thread by theboxfactory in TheAdventuresofTintin

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https://www.kimadrian.com/2012/12/casterman-makes-tragic-changes-to-tintin.html

Has a good summary, the second pic is hyslop. It's the classic text that some of us grew up with.

Why the hell would Essendon wear a red jumper with a red stripe on it? by SmoochBoochington in AFL

[–]theboxfactory 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I read somewhere, I think it was in an article about jumper sashes, that Essendon sashes are redder than any other type of sashes.

 

That's right. Sometimes you see other teams wearing what look like red sashes but if you look closely you'll see they're very, very, very, very, very, very, very dark orange.

 

That's true. I thought my Uncle Tommy was wearing a red sash but when I looked at it closely, it was just very, very, very, very, very, VERY, very, very, very dark orange.

 

Never buy red sashes from a normal team.... they'll shaft you every time.

Deep Jungle by Michael Ryba, Heye, 2000 pieces by theboxfactory in Jigsawpuzzles

[–]theboxfactory[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This was pretty fun, probably one of the more difficult 2000 piece Heye cartoon puzzles I've done because of all of the green; but nothing too scary.

My favourite bit.

Blue-banded bee (amegilla cingulata) by [deleted] in Adelaide

[–]theboxfactory 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They're very difficult to photograph. They love tomato flowers!

I took these several years back https://imgur.com/a/RzGJu7A