We discovered a good crop of mushrooms growing on an old poplar shelter belt on our Taranaki property yesterday and we need a positive ID on them before we commit to a sauteed mushroom feed. We suspect they are Tawaka/Cyclocybe parasitica based on their appearance and location. Any mycologists or experienced foragers out there?

The story:
While boxing day sales were on, I upgraded my 5yo J7 Galaxy for a new S21. Actually I didn't use it till my gorilla grip cover arrived. Old butter fingers would surely drop it and crack the screen.
Also had to chase up a USB-C cable because the double ended USB-C cable supplied didn't plug in nowhere at my place. While I was at it, I got a wireless charger as well. All minor details really..

So while I waited for these things to arrive I decided to ready the S21. Samsung have an app to transfer all the settings, programs etc. Seemed to work good. Lucky phone came with 50% charge. The program offered to transfer all the photos to the new phone. Seemed like a good idea but this might have been my undoing. All was well until I switched Onedrive on in the S21. Almost instantly Onedrive announced it was full (to my limit of 5gig). I deleted some pics on Onedrive but it responded by complaining of being full. More slashing and burning of pics and eventually third time lucky, Onedrive calmed down.

OK, so I think I shouldn't have transferred all the photos phone to phone. Onedrive merely saw all these photos to back up but wasn't sophisticated enough to understand they were already backed up.

So where did I go wrong? As importantly, what is the ideal method to switch phones and get all the settings etc without the chaos.

Thanks for any responses...

I'm certain everybody has heard of the world flood mentioned in The Bible. It is said that it rained for 40 days and 40 nights.

Whether you believe The Bible account or not it seems that in ancient times there was indeed a year long flood. It is written in the histories of Egypt, China, Iraq and India to name but a few that have similar flood stories. 

The flood was an event so profound it is remembered in folklore and texts in cultures around the world. 

Noah spent decades building the ark. He told everyone about the flood but only his family believed him.

But I wonder if by "the world" they really mean the known world and that the flood did not cover the entire globe?

And will it happen again? Well you might think that it was a mini version that affected Auckland recently, but according to the version in The Bible mankind was assured that it would not happen again. Here's hoping.

They've had so  many now; two really strong ones & lots of aftershocks. More than 7,800 dead so far.

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/64533954



"More than 7,800 people have died... across both countries after two huge earthquakes on Monday, amid warnings from the World Health Organization that the toll may rise dramatically as rescuers find more victims. More than 23 million people could be affected by the disaster

Emergency workers... worked through another freezing-cold night, in a desperate race against the clock to save people trapped beneath rubble after thousands of buildings collapsed

Relatives of victims... armed with pickaxes and crowbars joined frantic rescue efforts in one of the worst-hit Turkish cities, as anguished families said rescue services took too long to respond in some areas."

Just received an email from NZ Post informing that the parcel rewards scheme is finishing in May. No more discounts on postage.

Router choice?
Currently I have a Huawei HG 659 router with Voyager,  currently Voyager supply Huawei DG8245V either to rent $10 per month or to buy for $150.
So does it matter which router you use or would there be an improvement with another make with out breaking the bank?

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/...ision.html




https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/p...L3AFJJTKA/




He appears to have put his foot in it, with his 'little experiment' comment - but claims that 'it wasn't meant to be belittling.' With any sort of luck, he'll continue in that vein & manage to lose them even more votes.

You'd expect a leader of an opposition party to know better than to make such a disparaging comment & then trying to backtrack & pretend that it 'wasn't belittling'...he surely cannot hope to claim that it was complimentary.
 Even a politician couldn't get away with that, so keep up the good work, Christopher Luxon!  

Given that this is the second to be spotted over the US, what did the Chinese think would happen? 



https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64524105

The fashion world is known to be rife with fakers and gossipmongers, eager to knife any tall poppy in the back for the laughs. In an industry where huge chunks of the cachet for wearing the best rise out of the price tags it might be understandable for petty jealousies to bring out the bitchiness, but then, how often is an emperor actually shown to be flogging off a relabeled Shein to the rich and famous, who honestly, should know better... 

100 per cent polyester with sparklies anyone?


https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/style...gns-emerge

Just sold a car part, they asked if they could offer me $500 which i accepted, now they say they found the same part at a wreckers for hallf the price and asking if I would match it?
Should I just walk away from the trade? Ive told them that this part has been refirbushed with a new motor and that I doubt the used part at the wreckers has had this done, I also explained the costs involved.
Why bother bidding?