Even transpower has been alerted.
Might see some wicked aurora on the kaimais tonight!
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/4Uqrb4B...tid=xfxF2i

Hi there

Im still on my very oldish computer that Wainui magiced up for me and over the years used lots of different ones and currently use kapersky ?  and its driving me crazy.

I dont have spare $$ but open to new ideas. I do use Firefox and mostly just use the pc for work and watching movies or listening to music. so you tube, netflix, disney etc.

Venezuela may be the first country to lose all its glaciers; their govt wanted to cover it with a  'thermal blanket'.

We don't seem to be leraning fast enough...



https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx8qv1nvdppo

Quote:Venezuela may be the first nation in modern history to lose all its glaciers after climate scientists downgraded its last one to an ice field.
The International Cryosphere Climate Initiative (ICCI), a scientific advocacy organisation, said on X that the South American nation's only remaining glacier - the Humboldt, or La Corona, in the Andes - had become "too small to be classed as a glacier".
Venezuela has lost at least six other glaciers in the last century.
With global average temperatures rising due to climate change, ice loss is increasing, helping to raise sea levels around the world.
"There has not been much ice cover on the last Venezuelan glacier since the 2000s", Dr Caroline Clason, a glaciologist at Durham University, told Newsround. "Now it's not being added to, so it has been reclassified as an ice field."
In March, researchers at the University of Los Andes in Colombia told AFP the glacier had shrunk from 450 hectares to just two.
Dr Kirkham and Dr Jackson said: "The latest projections show that between 20 and 80% of glaciers globally will be lost by 2100 (with significant regional variation), depending on the emissions pathway followed."
They said that even though "a portion of this loss is already locked in", rapidly lowering CO2 emissions could save other glacial deposits, "which will have enormous benefits for livelihoods, and energy, water and food security".

There are lots of comments on FB about this morning's electricity crisis, along the lines of "I Will Not Comply", "I'm turning on every heater in the house" and "I'm not going to be told what to do in my own territory".   Is this part of the sovereign citizen movement?  Or just the usual selfish morons?

I get a buyer winge about postage of a small item.
Will fit in a bubble bag, I quoted $10, i was taking bubblewrap into consideration.
Buyer comes back and says i think it should cost only $5.
I dont think you can even send items that low these days.
I directed them to NZ posts page and said it will fit in a small size bubble bag $8 tracked or $10 courier.
Will give them less protection than if i wrapped several times and put in an unprotected bag, but thats on them if they dont want it.

Been a bit of stuff in the news about this ship lately.
What blows my mind more is that the Germans were laying undersea mines in our waters so close to home!
Could make the Rena look insignificant to this going by what they are saying.
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zeala...-gulf.html

Well done Ian Mune!


https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment...C2NWHBUGQ/

Quote:Asked how it feels to be made a knight companion of the NZ Order of Merit in the 2024 New Year Honours list, Ian Mune bursts into a booming laugh.
ÔÇ£If itÔÇÖs used on formal occasions, thatÔÇÖll be fine - I just donÔÇÖt want my kids calling me Sir Dad,ÔÇØ he jokes.
At 82, the acting great has countless accolades to his name, from an OBE to multiple awards and Television Legend status, but he doesnÔÇÖt want to get ÔÇ£too carried away with the formalitiesÔÇØ.
ÔÇ£For theatre, IÔÇÖd say what I enjoyed most was doing the big Shakespeare parts -┬áKing Lear┬áand the others. And for movies,┬áCame a Hot Friday,┬áSleeping Dogs, and I did a lot of work on┬áGoodbye Pork Pie┬áon the script, but I wasnÔÇÖt there for the shoot."

In which David Seymour does his best to appear as the saviour of school lunches, despite having previously expressed his distaste for them...
Suddenly they're just fine - but there will be changes. Eventually no hot lunches, but  sandwiches instead.

Hmm, reeks of the old 'Chuck the peasants a crust" attitude.


https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/...er-5s.html

The woman suspected is to plead not guilty.


https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/austral...X5J7M6NUY/

Quote:She is accused of killing her former in-laws, Don and Gail Patterson, both 70, and GailÔÇÖs sister Heather Wilkinson, 66.
All three died in hospital days after consuming an allegedly deadly mushroom meal at PattersonÔÇÖs Leongatha home, in South Gippsland, on July 29, 2023.
She is also accused of the attempted murder of her ex-husband Simon at the lunch and on three occasions dating back to 2021, and the attempted murder of WilkinsonÔÇÖs husband Ian, 68.
Patterson pleaded not guilty to all eight of her charges on Tuesday, including three counts of murder and five counts of attempted murder.

Most of us remember him from Boys from the blackstuff, (Yosser Hughes) Lord of the rings etc. etc.


https://www.theguardian.com/culture/arti...es-aged-79