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What about using rodenticides that use Warfarin, Coumatetralyl, Diphacinone etc? We have similar problems with native owls and raptors eating poisoned rats and mice but there is a new generation of off the shelf effective rodenticides that don't harm birds. And we KNOW rodent problems!

I'd assume that if the blue swelling bit gets beyond that then its getting bigger! A bit like the White Tailed Spider here, who's bite can cause "necrotising arachnidism", which unfortunately does not mean "SpiderMan style powers"!

Perhaps I'm missing something but whats wrong with just digging a hole and burying them ? Unless there is some arcane law from 1456 or whatever that prevents the disposal of the Crowns Foxes without first summoning the Royal Fox Removerer or something?

Here it was Rain Sun Rain Sun Rain Sun Rain Sun Rain Sun Rain Sun.. Climate change seems to have pushed Melbourne weather further north.

There must be some strange evolutionary reason for that, though living underground and going for prey in tunnels you'd think that striking sideways would be pretty impractical. I spotted a smallish Eastern Brown snake near my bird aviary a while back. I tried to keep an eye on it while waiting for the Snake Catcher to turn up but It went down a crevice between the aviary and the pavers.... About 2 minutes later in the garden bed beside the aviary all these mice started popping up out of all these holes in the mulch that I had always assumed were just spider holes, I had no idea they were actually part of some kind of vast rodent Tora Bora style tunnel system that the snake had slithered into.

..and Brown snakes?!

Some had a sad fall from grace though. For instance Gerard Kennedy began his career as Frank Banner, upright police detective working in Melbourne's crime hotspot of Yarra Central, on Division 4. Tragically however the lure of the darkside was obviously too great because 30 or so years later he had morphed into notorious Melbourne underworld figure and member of "The Carlton Crew" Graham "The Munster" kinnisburgh in the first series of "Underbelly".

Come on! Who here has never uttered the words "F*#*! I've just f*#%$&en crashed into a river, dude! F*#*! F*#*! F*#*! F@**!

Yes - follow your dreams! Failing that, half a tank of petrol....

Whatever happened to Crawford Productions? (ok I could google it...!) Who else grew up in the 70's, a time when there was a Crawford police drama on each of the 3 commercial channels? Channel 7 had Homicide on maybe a Monday night, then channel 9 had Division 4, later in the week and channel 10 showed Matlock Police on Thursdays. All churned out from the Crawford studios and all filmed in Victoria. Everyone I hung out with in Primary school watched them at the risk of being an outcast if you didn't and at little lunch we'd often re-enact certain scenes from what we saw the night before, usually involving someone getting shot if it was the more gritty Homicide or Division 4, Matlock Police was set in a country town so there was usually less violence but better car chases. I recall many mad car chases, routinely writing off cars that are now worth 5 or 6 figures.. Anyway this reflection came about because out of nowhere youtube added this clip to my home screen. Its from Matlock Police and because I had recently viewed a Cosmic Psychos clip of "f*ckwit City" the heavenly algorithm kicked in and sent me this, I assume because the song is used as the soundtrack. Its sobering to see how capable our 1960's Holdens and Fords were in an off-road environment! As I watched this I recalled a letter on the letters page of the Sydney Morning Herald a couple of years ago where some lady was justifying her purchase of a Volvo SUV - "We need it because we enjoy visiting Boutique Wineries, and many of then have gravel driveways.." Is it us that have gone soft since 1974, or just our cars?!

If you are asking that due to you weighing up whether to go on it, just be aware you need to have a liking for sheilas with novelty eyebrows and lips like a Blue Groper.

Every SUV and 4WD ute worth its salt here has a roobar, massive lights and a snorkel. Outside the city I acknowledge that the bar and lights make a bit of sense but I have no idea the thinking behind paying out $1000+ to add a snorkel on your shiny urban assault vehicle.

Tell me about it! Theres a woman at work who is addicted to it and makes us put it on the telly when its replayed during the day. Luckily its at 12pm so it gives me an excuse to get outside and get some sun.

Actually the snow was all I needed to realise that @polybear had faked the picture of an Australian "ute". I'd agree with you about the Ford grill, I'd say the AI checked out Aussie ute/pickups and chose the Ford Ranger, though thanks to the Government primary industry and mining tax rebate on them which everyone else can take advantage of there's oh so many soulless 4 door ute/pickup/SUV/s here now, all diesel and all looking identical that I can't be bothered trying to figure out what it is any further.

An awesome show. Heres a scene that includes notorious arachnaphobe @polybear , assuming @polybear runs a strip club in Kings Cross in Sydney. (The bald bloke is Mr Inbetween, a hitman employed by @polybear, if @polybear ran a strip club...etc etc..)

Up until the early 90's when the government got their ar5e into gear many trucks here were ex WW2 Blitz style tenders and old Bedfords!

Hmmm, perhaps you are thinking of the Air Ambulance? Part of the ambulance service, which will appear beside your crashed car in the outer suburbs and take you to hospital. That is NOT free, and is part of the regular ambulance service which requires you to take out ambulance cover in order to mitigate the cost. The RFDS though is an entirely different thing and if you are an Australian resident, you don't get charged for their service. From the RFDS FAQ page current to right now: The RFDS provides free health care services to all Australian residents, including: 24-hour emergency help to accident victims and patients with life-threatening illnesses in remote areas doctor and nurse consultations with people in remote locations by phone or radio transfer from small rural hospitals to large city facilities regular health clinics in remote areas delivered by dentists, mental health workers, doctors, community health nurses and other specialists medical help to outback travellers medical chests containing pharmaceutical and medical supplies for remote locations. To add something else into the mix, the Angel Flight network is a similar organisation that flies those from remote areas to city or regional centres in order to undergo cancer treatment, see specialists etc. This is similar to the RFDS in that it is a FREE service that relies on donations. https://www.angelflight.org.au/

I hope the cops didn't base their case on you picking that out of a lineup of ute suspects because it has 4 doors and looks Japanesey or maybe Volkswagonesy ( apologies if I'm being racist by judging utes on racial stereotypes). I have to ask though, how do you use your phone with those nails!?

He can't prove it. Despite his running along very quickly he didn't have a DASH cam, lol.

Oy! The ute needed a run, ok!?! Not AI in any way at all at all.

Ironic and LOLworthy maybe so but isn't it at least a little bit concerning that one or two certain "First world" " free and democratic" countries with non-compulsory voting are suddenly facing all these "issues" regarding the possibility of "voter fraud" which requires all these new "laws" that entail the showing of a limited range of compulsory "ID", and so on, the "regrettable" result being the turning away of otherwise valid voters. Not at all a hidden agenda in order to make it harder for people to vote. Not at all, at all. And after all that yous dont even get a f*#$@ sausage sandwich out of it. Wake up! FFS.

For an outsiders view of pommy shows, I'd rate "The IT crowd", "The Comic Strip presents", "The Office", the first couple of series of "Red Dwarf", "Father Ted" and "Black Books". Shows like "Dads Army" , "Last Of The Summer Wine", "Porridge" etc were shown endlessly here but I'd say they were too "English" in depicting something that didn't translate, however I did like "The Royale Family" and that one with Alf Garnett in it, since those characters were in evidence here in Australian form, and the writing was brilliant. On the other hand, we also got subjected to complete sh!t like "Mind Your Language", "Love Thy Neighbour", "Some Mothers Do Ave em" and "Are You Being Served?"

The episode of the Oz cartoon show Bluey, called "Dad Baby" where Dad Heeler pretends to give birth as part of a game with his kids was today finally made available to US audiences via the official Bluey youtube channel, after 4 years of Disney + refusing to show it. Theories why it was "banned" by Disney range from the fact that it depicts childbirth, albeit in a novelty manner including a midwife who is the bloke from next door who just wants to go and watch the cricket. Other more loopy theories involve the ridiculous idea that because the Dad is pretending to give birth it is grooming children into accepting trans stuff. Or something. Allowing for my patriotic bias, Bluey is by far the best Australian show that's been on the telly for yonks. Close second would be Mr Inbetween, then Deadloch - an Australian take on the endless billions of English and Scandinavian police dramas. Though being Australian there is a willy in the first 5 minutes - something that Father Brown never had to deal with.

Meanwhile down here in the 100% fun and no woke bullsh!t Hemisphere - heres the trailer for a 2023 Australian cinema release, it has the legit Australian Government logo of Approval at the end there and everything to prove its a 100% genuine Australian cultural item. And Mad Max 5 comes out later this month!

I guess you haven't tried these then that I spotted in the local Woolies when looking for chocolate Paddle Pops. . Nor have I! https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/productdetails/821035/potong-coconut-milk-durian-pops Edge of the seat stuff in the 3rd quarter, the crowd is going nuts! Gary The Parrot goes off whenever the cheers go up, he loves raucous. As do all parrots, which is why if you want to discipline one you can't raise your voice because they love that and redo the bad thing in order to get you to shout at them again. Hopefully he's not supporting Collingwood but.