Ian Thompson

I suppose it’s market size (cos the US does), but for men it’s simpler with the key measurements being only chest and waist, but few clothes come in same diameter with different lengths. Half mast trousers and 3/4 sleeves are yuk, the alternative, keg fit.

But we have known how to address this problem since at least the mid 19th century and arguably since the Romans

The death of Heather Preen: how an eight-year-old lost her life amid the UK sewage crisis In 1999, Heather Preen contracted E coli on the beach. Two weeks later she died. Now, as a new Channel 4 show dramatises the scandal, her mother, Julie Maughan, explains why she is still looking for someone to take responsibility

The death of Heather Preen: how an eight-year-old lost her life amid the UK sewage crisis

Patch inside, embroider a giraffe on the outside. Repairs as a feature improvement.

Some things were slow, baby weights till a new generation grannies, heights new generation of footballers (or new skis). Pints are still used, metric pint of 600ml, middys metric too and no one cares. Nuts, bolts and screws still going but Whitworth still exists big pipes & steam engines lasts.

The Neanderthal Garden: Landscape Engineering and the End of the "Pristine Wilderness" Myth By Seth Chagi World of Paleoanthropology

Nice feature on our recent work on neandertals (led by @nikulinaav.bsky.social) and their effects on their environment👣 deephistory.substack.com/p/the-neande... #neandertal #neanderthal #archaeology #anthropology #wilderness

Dubbo’s ‘new’ theatre has a proscenium arch. Apparently the lack of one was what used to separate it from the cultured people of Orange. Still has proper country department store though.

Where the 4WD started?

Yep. Costa hirsutis.The Greek garden gnome. It is a very clean beard, just unruly.

Millie Rose rules with videos of real gardening sound effects, mulching, rustling leaves rattling seeds. ABC could do with more young presenters.

Well deserved.

But it’s not New Years? Or are they celebrating the start of Celtic spring in February.

On the road too? We only get one or two street sweepings a year and the contractors seem to time it when there are no leaves. Leaves on stormwater cause water quality problems.

Just tell them it’s yard gym. Shovelling exercises back, legs, arms and core. In autumn they can rake leaves as a warm up.

Standards and testing matters, whatever is being added to soil.

Emerging contaminants in soils: What we’re learning about organic waste applications By Kelly O’Shea, Dr John Nightingale and Professor Laura Carter

Organic fertilisers have long been a cornerstone of sustainable agriculture, helping recycle nutrients & improve soil health. But, these chemicals, which weren’t traditionally monitored, are now raising environmental concerns. 👇

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#Soil #Farming #SustainableAgriculture

Mine survived being hacked right back in winter took about a third off 1.5m. Should prune in spring I suspect. They are tough. Mine is on a trellis above a dividing fence so easy to get too and does no damage.

Probably a more than few end points, not too rampant with cold winters and zero water. Could have grown wisteria! Lovely flowers and scent but spread … Pulls structures down. A cool temperate Bougainvillaea.

Dwarf apples, pests and stone fruits do stay small and usually fruit well. Pity birds like the ripe half of fruit. Espaliered fruit trees, like some commercial growers train, look pretty good and easier to protect.

The frog bouncing back into the ACT for the first time in nearly 50 years | Region Canberra Lying awake at night in Mawson to the sounds of motorcycles revving in the distance? Um, they're not actually motorcycles.…

Here’s a good news story. This is the head of a catchment so if the survive, good chance they will spread, maybe even to the Lower Molonglo and even Murrumbidgee

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He is going to learn to build his next bike from very strong thin steel that requires silver brazing? Could make a flute while he is at it.

Canberra domestic violence victims charged, jailed, have children removed before deaths: review. Haven’t seen much on this outside the Canberra Times. It’s ACT local but the AFP do the policing.

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And while we use Arabic numerals, I thought most of our alphabet came from Lebanon (Phoenicia). And since before and after that time at least half the human population wandered through the Middle East and some back again who knows what we are - but many of us share a common word for a female sheep

They are still thick on the NSW South coast in bush and gardens. Very cheeky

Maybe, but it’s not the same song. Early Beatles songs recorded in mono with limited instruments I think capture an age when the UK was moving from post war austerity and lost power to something else. Other 60s songs too. Would anyone write ‘She’s leaving home now’?

Half your luck

Read Of Mice and Men then. So short it worked in a good sub 1.30 hour movie.

What Steinbeck doesn’t say is the USDA had been telling Oklahoma farmers for ages that their practices were going to stuff the prairie soil and how they could do better. A moral fable for our time.

Ladies on a Mission

At least he puts a comb through unlike the unruly Gang Gangs