When I was a kid I used to love fireworks as I'm sure many kids today do as well BUT I don't love them going off from about 7.pm (when its not even dark) until all hours of the morning for the past few nights, whats the friggin point? NOVEMBER 5th is when to let them off and be responsible about it. I'm just about drifting off to sleep when (bang bang bang and whizzz) of bloody fireworks make sure I'm wide awake.
Am I being a grump? 
And for those of you that say yes I am, I know I am so there 

Cassius Turvey & some friends were beaten badly & he later died. it seems to have been a racially motivated attack. Even worse for his Mother, his Father had died recently.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-63467134

What a complete & utter bastard Putin is. The sooner one of his cronies puts an end to his leadership, the better.



https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63517680

Because he's suggested that our warming seas could be included in carbon accounting to offset rising emissions.


https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politic...et-comment

"The plans have angered some rural representative bodies, and Luxon suggested New ZealandÔÇÖs vast oceans could be used to offset carbon by ÔÇ£using the ocean as a massive carbon sink ... if we change the way we count itÔÇØ to Tararua residents on Wednesday.

But NationalÔÇÖs climate spokesperson, Scott Simpson, said his leader meant all options should be on the table to remove carbon from the environment, including creating kelp farms in the ocean."



I'm wondering about that 'if we change the way we count it' comment - is changing the way things are counted a tiny bit radical? Might not other things also be very different if we change the way we count them; university exams perhaps? Driving test? Sports?
Elections?

This really is pathetic; their house, their colour choice. Its a beautiful shade of red, & in a world which needs more colour to escape the dreary grey & boring beige I think they've done really well.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/homed...flash-stre

Quote:a Russian Kiwi has raised tens of thousands of dollars for Russian soldiers who are illegally invading Ukraine.

Auckland woman Antonina Ovchinnikova runs a Russian language channel on Telegram ÔÇô an encrypted messaging service ÔÇô where she posts Russian nationalist propaganda and updates on the invasion of Ukraine.

Ovchinnikova, who has lived in New Zealand for 10 years, has now raised 1.5 million Russian rubles (about NZ$43,000) and bought gun sights, machine gun mufflers and even drones for the soldiers.

In an interview, the woman justified raising money for the units because she believes the Russian military is invading Ukraine for ÔÇ£denazificationÔÇØ and that Russia owns Ukraine historically and therefore is entitled to occupy its land.

Ovchinnikova said it did not worry her if the gear she raised money for went to units that were killing civilians, because she believes they are Nazis, and she couldnÔÇÖt control what the units were doing in Ukraine.

Her beliefs are standard Kremlin propaganda espoused by Vladimir Putin himself as a justification for the invasion and have no basis in fact.

Ovchinnikova asks her followers for rubles and for the money to be sent to Russian bank accounts, including some held by Sberbank, a bank which is the subject of sanctions by New Zealand.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/3007252...in-ukraine

Finally, the govt has been able to suspend dialogue with Iran once it was certain those two 'influencers' were out of Iran.


https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/477...o-violence

Teen allegedly at centre of week-long Christchurch crime spree faces 81 charges

A 14-year-old who faces 81 charges for allegedly cutting off his bracelet and embarking on a week-long crime spree has been scolded by a Youth Court judge. (Oh WoW how frightening)
His charges include assaulting with intent to injure, unlawfully takes motor vehicle, aggravated robbery and theft, police have confirmed.

Judge McMeekenÔÇÖs message for the youth on Monday morning was clear: ÔÇ£YouÔÇÖre harming people.ÔÇØ
ÔÇ£Why are you here again?... What did you think was going to happen when you cut off your bracelet?ÔÇØ, Judge McMeeken asked the boy.

She told him that if he continued to make bad decisions, heÔÇÖd be locked up for long time.
ÔÇ£YouÔÇÖre a good man. You have potential...you need to make something off yourself.ÔÇØ

GOOD MAN!! EFFING ARSE!

Windows tries to do updates but fails. It says "Updates are available. WeÔÇÖll download them when you are not using a metered connection, or you can download 781.79 MB using your current data connection (charges might apply). You might still need to connect to unmetered WiFi for some updates."

I don't know why it expects a desktop computer on a metered connection to move to where it might get unmetered wifi. My question is whether the incomplete update is a risk (I also have Norton paid version running). The updates that are stalling are:

2022-08 Security Update for Windows 10 Version 21H1 for x64-based Systems (KB5012170)
Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool x64 - v5.106 (KB890830)
2022-10 Cumulative Update for .NET Framework 3.5, 4.8 and 4.8.1 for Windows 10 Version 21H1 for x64 (KB5018544)
2022-10 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 21H1 for x64-based Systems (KB5018410)
NVIDIA - Display - 30.0.15.1215

It also tells me that my computer doesn't meet the minimum needed for Win 11. Which is a bit weird because although it's a few years old it's better spec than many currently on the market. I'm thinking about upgrading but haven't yet decided which way to go.

In the meantime, do I really need to force the nearly 800mb update and use up all my data? Our usage is mainly the same few websites, including YouTube, and uploading photos.

Thanks