[-] Auk@kbin.social 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

The oldest extant building is circa 1832, so ~192 years old - not much compared to some places but doing well for an Australian building.

[-] Auk@kbin.social 9 points 8 months ago

Baked beans on toast is my usual go to when I want something quick and minimal effort.

[-] Auk@kbin.social 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

For something like the pictured gun you're probably not getting much more in the way of accurate range than just holding a knife, and a knife would be a lot more reliable.

I would also assume that if you can get hold of ammunition to load an improvised gun it's not that much more of a stretch to acquire an actual gun to put said ammo into.

[-] Auk@kbin.social 6 points 10 months ago

There's not really much need for swearing in most comments/posts I come across on lemmy/kbin, so I'm not surprised it's uncommon.

I don't see a problem with bringing out the occasional swear word for particular emphasis or humour, but when someone can't write regular posts/comments without cursing it's pretty likely they're just a kid trying to be edgy on the internet.

[-] Auk@kbin.social 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

If speed limits are indeed set at the true safe maximum for all vehicles and all conditions then how can you travel safely at said speed limits in your car, which I would wager cannot corner as well or stop as quickly as a top end sports car?

[-] Auk@kbin.social 10 points 10 months ago

I'd consider it a normal phrase and I'm Australian, so it's not just a British thing.

[-] Auk@kbin.social 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I like this one from Discworld:

“Hang on,” said Casanunda, “I think I've worked it out. One question, right?”

“Yes,” said Ponder, relieved.

“And he can ask either guard?”

“Yes.”

“Oh, right. Well, in that case he goes up to the smallest guard and says, Tell me which is the door to freedom if you don't want to see the colour of your kidneys and incidentally I'm walking through it behind you, so if you're trying for the Mr. Clever Award just remember who's going through it first.'”

“No, no, no!”

“Sounds logical to me,” said Ridcully “Very good thinking.”

“But you haven't got a weapon!”

“Yes I have. I wrested it from the guard while he was considering the question,” said Casanunda.

“Clever,” said Ridcully. “Now that, Mr. Stibbons, is logical thought".

[-] Auk@kbin.social 6 points 10 months ago

I have my firstname@lastname.email for my primary after deciding to try and reduce my reliance on gmail, that can get good reactions.

I bought ymous.[tld] deliberately to have anon@ymous.tld as a functioning joke email for when places request one, though amusingly the reason I didn't say which tld is that it's not one which allows whois masking so it's really not anonymous at all...

[-] Auk@kbin.social 9 points 11 months ago

If you take the bag right out of the box it tends to be difficult to put back into the box, having seemingly become larger like the rabbit in the OP picture.

[-] Auk@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

There's a Bagdad in Tasmania too, went past it when I was down there a while back (as well as Jericho and the Nile River).

[-] Auk@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago

I don't have many paid apps, but one I do like is Peakfinder. It's not something I use all the time but it does become rather handy when you've climbed up a hill to a viewpoint and now want to figure out which other hills you're looking at.

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