Debbie is trying a range of exercises in order to get some strength back after lying low for a year or so. Getting back after drugs seems to take as much mental effort as dealing with the original problem. The morning was calm and sunny so we got the bikes out for a lap of the town. The bay front was awash with boats getting out for some fishing. Elsewhere there were many dog walkers and bike riders to dodge around and as usual jams of Sunday drivers.
It has taken a while but I have filled in the missing book title, having jumped clear over this one previously. The four elderly sleuths are at it again and I have now joined the dots having read book one, book three and now book two. Bogdan has become somewhat of an enforcer for the the Thursday Murder Club and in this story they needed one. Somewhere along the way one of these octagenarians is going to get hurt. Netflix have taken up the filming rights again with the same cast playing to this sequel and the film coming out in 2027. However the film strayed well off the storyline last time which put Bogdan in gaol but he is out and active all thru this book.
Well I can't ride a mule but I can ride a bike especially if you only need one of the shops up the road like the chemist where the packages are always small. I took the long way round though, via the jetties and boat ramps. The whole area there and the beaches are looking good. There was a photographer setting up for that iconic shot with the YouYangs at the end of the pole line. I saw that shot as a microsoft background photo once. They got the caption wrong saying it was in the US of A. There does not seem to be too much fuss about fuel here. We are paying $2.00 a litre but there are no queues or shortages as yet.
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| tripod check, long lens check, bikini model ? |
I did an update on this previously and the research and reporting goes on as it has done for over 30 yar, keeping both grandparents busy for that time. This is a fantastic accumulation of family data laid out in trees, words and photos. The files are well organised and when you go to unload everything there is a READ ME FIRST file that you cannot miss in the Roberts directory. There is also an addition in the latest usb that includes all the poems and words that Great Grandma has put down in those years. I note that the first date in the tree section goes back to 1729 so at that rate the history will be back to the 1600s by the time my father turns 100 himself.
In the background here is Mt Roland. I first spied this one on my Honeymoon trip and it took another 30 yar before we went back there to the top of it. Nearby are the caves and also the little known Gog range. This is a good area to get back to nature.
I have known about Steele's Rock for a while but not exactly where it is or how to approach it. We finally got there yesterday and it's got some surprises. Maybe it should be called Seal Rock as there were seals sunning themselves, as well as a few more in the water. I did not get in as the tide was low but with a few other rock platforms nearby, the potential is good for a snorkel. There is also a boat ramp and a small jetty so it could get busy at high tide, which is the down side. Even in the shallowness tinnies were being backed into the water despite touching the bottom. There was also the passing parade of boats getting in and out of PortArlington.
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| need more water |
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| Vitamin D on the pier |
It was a Summery beachey long weekend. There were many crowds tooing and froing and with all the paraphenalia. We avoided our beach during all of this so I went across with the trusty bag this morning to see what was left behind. The answer was not much. This would have to be the cleanest post long weekend beach I have ever seen. Hooray. I did find one can thrown in a bush, one butt, one rope piece and a couple of small plastics. I was also testing out my big toe that I stubbed last week. We will try a different beach this arvo but the sand seems to want to stick to the wound. Derr.
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| it has improved now |
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| you can't hide cans from me |
Look up fungible and it means tradeable or replaceable and some how from that, nonfungible means unique. So nonfungible tokens are digital files representing real world items that can be bought and sold. Years ago NFT's were a fad taken up by certain generations of 20 somethings who seemed to have time and money to burn. The thousands of dollars spent on NFTs have dropped away to worthless. I guess those 20 somethings are now 40 somethings and have moved on. Some countries joined the rush with Digital versions of some of their stamps. Australia Post has come late to the party with a DigiStamp. I have bought one just to try it for $15. You get your postage stamp but you also get a code to scan, which gives me my online unique digital picture. I will just stick to real stamps from now on.
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| digital snake oil |
