😞 praying

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/nsw-sydney-church-stabbing-police-and-paramedics/103729960

ABC is reporting that he was very outspoken about anti lockdown, anti vaccination, anti Covid measures. It makes more sense that his supporters were willing to attack police and seek vigilante style justice. (Not saying all of his followers are like that but if there were enough in the crowd it makes sense) Paramedics were trapped in the building unable to leave for several hours. I’m tired of every kind of extremism right now!!

I’m not familiar either just seen a few random comments about different stuff he’s said that may not even be correct! They don’t line up consistently. Maybe he’s just a really outspoken person 🙂 Im just trying to understand where the whole mob mentality thing came from last night. The only other time we’ve had that kind of riot with police recently that I remember was during Covid

Police are calling it a possible terrorist attack A lot of people were very keyed up over the previous stabbing believing it was terrorism related and blaming immigration etc. when it turned out that was a no they were kind of deflated - I wonder if that’s why so much anger/riot today?

The whole thing seems pretty weird. It seems like this preacher was somewhat controversial/political? The mob behaviour is worrying and police officers cars have been injured/trashed. I can’t really make sense of the information coming out about it.

So I did do a bit of reading and it does look like that for merino wool it is still a very common practice. I’m surprised because no one in our area does it. However they are mostly smaller scale farms, perhaps it’s more common on the larger stations where the risk of a sheep not being found for several days is higher. (And death of fly strike is horrible… tail docking is like vaccination to my mind - short term pain for long term prevention). It looks like 85pc of farms do use some kind of pain relief. CSIRO are working on a vaccination option and farmers are opting for sheep bred to minimise the issues as much as possible. (Even farmers who don’t care about their animals well being will adopt stuff like this just due to cost savings etc).

I don’t know who edits but I literally know no one who does this

Yes. But I don’t think she posts here anymore 😞 I did think of her…

Also just a heads up for anyone still on X or with kids who use it it’s probably best avoided for now 😞

Feeling horrified about this… stabbing in a shopping centre at Bondi Junction, five people dead. I don’t think any of our current Australian boardies are in Sydney… but feeling for all those involved.

I don’t know if it’s exactly horror but maybe Flannery O’Connor?

I love it. Cool in summer, warm in winter. Moths are a problem. My family had a sheep station. Tail docking yes, muelsing no. I understand why though - if you’ve ever seen a sheep with fly strike 😞 Don’t believe all the images PETA etc put out - there’s a lot of fake and dodgy stuff. I’d be a lot more concerned over chickens and lot fed animals. Environmentally probably better than plastic clothes and less water consumption than cotton, there are some downsides to hard hooved animals in Australia.

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Oh no! Wishing you all the best for recovery. I hear you on the dog… our boy can be handled by immediate family, my sister and two of her kids. He hates the rest of the world.

Hmm? Weird maybe it’s trying to escape the eye rolling 🙄😂😂 I met a Cambodian lady and she was telling me about eating pumpkin and sweet potato leaves. They blanch them, roll them up then dip them in a chilli, lemongrass and garlic sauce. My leaves are a bit mildewy for eating I think. They also eat the small undeveloped pumpkins in stuff as well.

Last year we had two pumpkin vines and got over 20 pumpkins. This year we have four pumpkin vines and I think I have seen four pumpkins on them.

Last day of work for me before the two week holiday! So badly needing that. DS is out for the day so I did school with him last night. Done get ready for the day, pack DS lunch, dropped DD to the bus, fed the house birds To Do check chooks and morning jobs (dishwasher washing etc) Work (4 students) Pick DD up from the bus Check DS17 physics assignment before he submits Take DS17 for driving practice and to buy tennis shoes Prep dinner Tutor notes/planning prep reply to tennis coach re times for next term

Gah! Wish you lived nearby they are dropping off the tree here

I’m afraid this thread might not be good for my grocery budget 🤣I’m now craving all sorts of things I shouldn’t be

Ouch… We were getting mini supermarket trays for $6 or so with 4 in a tray. That was all pre December no cheap mangos since then sadly, but I guess that’s because they’re not in season now. And I got lucky a couple of times - there’s an Italian fruit and veg shop near where DS has his maths exam and they got a big lot in really cheap a couple of times - couldn’t believe it seeing them sold at $3-4 kg. They were pretty ripe but we froze them up for smoothies! This reminded me of something else that’s been a splurge here this year… watermelon. Usually I see it as a pretty cheap fruit for the kids but this year it’s rarely been under $3kg. (Which by the time you take off the rind etc is actually quite expensive).

Yeah I wouldn’t … they were $3.50 at our IGA but we all had Easter bunnies a couple of weeks ago so are chocolated out. Seems like our food prices are slightly lower here in SA for the moment for some reason.

As a non-American, I have to ask what on earth is government cheese? It makes me think of war rations or something

Weirdly chocolate has been quite cheap here, and I pay less than that for coffee. Is it rural prices that are the issue or is VIC just more expensive, I wonder? I imagine chocolate will go back up now Easter is over.

How often would you buy things you consider a splurge item? Some of these things we have pretty often (avocados and mangoes) though only when they’re seasonal. Mangos were only $7kg here this year and apples were $6 so hardly felt like a splurge at all.