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sexy artdroids calendar?

Be careful what you wish for...

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Aye, a sad loss indeed. I will remember John most fondly in particular for his superlative work on Nikolai Dante. Farewell Mr Burns, thank you for so many great artistic memories and may you rest in peace.

Lead singer of The Pogues, Shane MacGowan. 

https://www.thejournal.ie/shane-macgowan-4362337-Nov2023/

Someone should draw a pic of Jayzus in a loin cloth and holding Brain-Biter, with the tag-line of "10,000 posts! He did not think them too many."

Horrible scenes in Dublin last night. There were fireworks being set off on the street where I live. I just hope that those poor kids and their teacher will recover from their injuries and the trauma that they have been through. And hats off to those brave people, who intervened to stop the beast who carried out the stabbings from hurting anyone else. One of those heroes was a Brazilian immigrant. An irony that will of course be lost on the far-right wank-stains, who used that awful attack as an excuse for their hate-mongering so-called 'protest'.

https://www.facebook.com/DublinLiveOnline/videos/1057645765582575

[Hell's Angels on Wheels]

Hell's Angels on Wheels

Even though it had some real Hell's Angels in it including then President, who was also a consultation means it seems to want to be authentic...


Have to admit that I had a momentary head-wobble at this, imagining JFK as a Hell's Angel biker. 

[Predestination (2014)]

Predestination (2014)

A time-travel movie, with Ethan Hawke as an agent who travels through time to prevent crimes before they happen.  A very inventive, intelligent and unusual movie with many twists along the way. And Sarah Snook is also excellent as one of the main characters. I really enjoyed this film and would definitely watch it again. Highly recommended!

This event - organized by Cork County Library and Arts Service - might be of interest to those Squaxx living in, or near Cork, Ireland. Particularly those with sprogs.

https://www.independent.ie/regionals/cork/lifestyle/first-ever-comic-book-festival-to-take-place-across-county-cork-libraries/a2012494620.html

I don't know which made me laugh more - the 'interview' itself, or the fact that some individuals actually assumed that what they were seeing was genuine. I mean, come on. Vegan hand grenades?! 

https://www.facebook.com/kevin.kavanagh.37/posts/pfbid02RMmNRVuKPMnyD1EoAu8Wn7ZZJe7UTsiXuGUbkd5L5vByHNxci4hK2uku1vTTpeQml

How cool would it be if one of us Squaxx was to have their name put on a spaceship to Mars?

I've put my name forward in any event. For anyone else here who is interested, the link to the site is below.

https://ilovetheuniverse.com/send-your-name-to-mars?utm_source=sendfox&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=send-your-name-to-mars-be-part-of-history

Wait...is Johnny Logan not considered cool?

A mate of mine once did some time in prison. He told me that, whenever Johnny Logan's song "What's Another Year?" was played on the radio, the overwhelming sound around the prison was the clatter of radios being flung against the cell walls by irate prisoners.

So, definitely NOT cool among that particular cohort of listeners, lol.

I've had Aer Lingus lose my bags before, and my house keys were in it. I had to scale the porch and climb through an upstairs window.  I was sharing a house at the time and was praying my housemate wasn't home to see me wriggling through the small gap in his bedroom window.

Thanks, Jayzus. With regard to wriggling through the gap in your housemate's bedroom window - ooh, err Missuss! lol - if he had woke up, then you you could always explain it away, by saying that you were carrying out a routine house security check. 

the bastard detector

I know you didn't ask for help, but I'm wondering if there's any way of figuring out (serial number, brand name etc.) what type of alarm it is, and then googling how to open it up and get the batteries replaced? If it's battery-powered, then why would you need to switch off the mains? That seems not to make much sense. Of course, I'm no expert - perhaps it's got both power options and only uses battery as back-up.

Also, soft foam ear plugs aren't very expensive for a big pack.

Thanks for the suggestions, Funt. It says on the alarm itself: "Warning - Disconnect from Mains AC before Removal. See Instruction Manual."

Problem is, I don't have an instruction manual. Now that I've had a chance to look at the alarm in delight - and cross-referencing from what I've googled - I've learnt that I'll need to use a screw-driver to dismantle the alarm. But I still haven't the foggiest as to where the Mains AC is, so I'll still have to wait until the council offices reopen on Monday. Sigh.

Hope you manage to get your luggage problem sorted in the meanwhile. About which, I was at a Morrissey gig one-time and he - in a, for whatever reason(s) still clearly disgruntled reference to Aer Lingus - stated: "I will never fly Aer Fungus again!"

(Thanks also to Hawkie and Sharkie as well for your suggestions. Bog roll in the ears just wasn't cutting the mustard this time 'round. Mind get some ear-plugs later on.)

As if I don't have enough noise disturbance to be dealing with in this kip of a flat - what with the junkies screaming and roaring outside the front of the building for admittance, then kicking the bejaysus out of the door in an attempt to get in themselves when their cries go unheard (as in untill 2.30am this morning) - the bloody smoke detector in the flat has started chirping!

Naturally enough, it waited untill late last night to announce the fact that the batteries were in need of changing. Apparently I have to switch off the leckie to the flat at the mains before opening up the alarm cover to remove the batteries. (Presumably to avoid electrocuting myself. And with my luck that is exactly what would happen!) I have no idea where the mains switch is located for this flat in the block and of course, because it is the weekend, there are no council staff available to provide assistance for me.

For that matter, I haven't a scooby-doo how to even open the bastard detector so as to shut it up. I did give it a go - twisting it hither, thither and yon - but that only seemed to anger it even more, with the result that it  gave out even more urgent sounding beeps. So it looks like I'll have to endure the chirping fecker for the next couple of days and nights, at least until the council are contactable again on Monday.

Honest to Christ, but I haven't had a moments good luck since I moved into this feckin' dive. Looks like I'll have to try the old bog-roll-down-the-ears-to-cut-out-the-noise trick again. That being said, the last time I did so, I accidentally deafened myself when some of said bog roll got jammed down deep in my eardrum.

Sycamore Gap: Boy, 16, arrested after Hadrian's Wall tree felled

It's things like this that point to humanity's predictable doom. We are a pathetic species.

Calvin & Hobbes' reaction upon arriving at the scene of that tree felling.

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=266931256312544&set=gm.3611475559120619&idorvanity=1951125591822299