Hello all. Hope you are all well. Have been busy fending off the bad people to keep a roof over the good peoples heads. Did I hear someone say "Minimum pricing on alcohol?" Tell me more!! You know that this conversation will bring out the dormant socialist, nihilist, fascist, libertarian o...

People are stupid? Can verify. People are sick/evil? Ditto. I'm pretty sure this showed up on a crime show within the last year, but I don't remember which one. Wikipedia has quite an article on it. They also say, "In the United States, one site, also called the "Blue Whale Challenge"...

If I think too much about the future, it worries me. Tech is changing our world at a rate ......... I have grave reservations about the world that future generations will inherit. It is like we advance in 6 months, what may have taken 10 years before. And commerce is king, not art or science so our...

That sealstone - which I am still bugeyed about - wouldn't have put food in the mouth. Would have put food in the mouth of the artist and his family... ;) --A Yes, there would have been a feed or two for the artist I would hope. Art, Science versus business, trade, becomes beauty and progress versu...

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I am sure there is a delete button here somewhere.... So I can delete this post

Shantaram, by GD Roberts. I am in the home stretch... very difficult to put down.

Liam Neeson played the role of Schindler very well in my opinion. I thought the flashes of colour were cleverly placed in the black and white for dramatic effect. They served as signs of beauty, hope and responsibility if my memory serves. As Peter said earlier, "Art, Science and the Humanities...

I reckon that the black and white tempers the horror and cruelty a little bit. Of interest to me at the moment is news of a 3500 yr old sealstone. magazine.uc.edu/editors_picks/recent_features/unearthingamasterpiece.html A 3.5cm stone with intricate drawing. The technology used 3500 years ago to cre...

Thanks Av, Noted. Cheers Cord. I won $28 back on a $2 ticket!! The others tickets, not so good. Peter, couldn't have said it better about the drive and time spent. Thinking back on it now, Schindlers List was in black and white... Do you think it made it worse, in terms of the horror, or more bearab...

I agree that there are cut scenes in all of the games, I didn't think one was worse than the other for this. Beating all of the Man'o'wars in Black Flag got the blood pumping. I enjoy when the chance comes along to drive my son to school. In between me being critical of the way everyone else drives ...

Hello all, It would be amazing if I could say I have been out in the shed playing AC the whole time, however I am able to report I played a LOT if it in the last week or more. For mine it is a toss up between AC3 and AC Black Flag as the best. I really enjoyed the sea battles/challenges in Black Fla...

Definitely probably a leading question on my part.
I find Donald Trump to be like reality tv. With the advent of the release of almost all of the JFK files, it is like a media spin bowler throwing down googlies.

On AC I am just getting the hang of the control and diving from great heights. Need to be careful, I was going to start on the weekend but took over the games tv in the shed and lost 3 hours playing that damn thing. We have the first one, ACII, and AC black flag. I would say I could disappear up my ...

That Assassins Creed game is a keeper.

The internet bullying scenario is frightening. Particularly for kids. Then again, I watch the behaviour of people on news feedback columns - www.news.com.au - and it blows me away how people readily pigeonhole others. Some of the articles related to Trump threatening NK recently saw people calling f...

Ha! I will attempt the gamer this weekend. I am told once I play it I will be disappointed in the film?

Hey Peter, and Av, With the likes of Theresa May and Peter Cameron dwelling to the left a long time (and please note I am a moderate so not criticising things left or right) may be a point which means a change - albeit not a good one even - becomes necessary? Also, that reference you make to a 6 wee...

Around our way the chat has been about the thrills, pitfalls, joys and dangers of travelling. Our eldest son - 21 yrs - leaves this week for a Euro/UK trip for the next 10 weeks. (Definitely maybe this is the root of a little anxiety on my part.... even if I reckon I am passing at being a cool and f...

I have been away from the forum for a while... away from home travelling with the job. (Domestic in Australia). Add this to the fact that I maybe overdosed on Dan Carlin Hardcore History podcasts, and things are looking a little different today. Notes to self: 1. Sometimes it is not easy to deal wit...

The number balance between the "haves" and the "have nots" sees the latter growing rapidly. I find that a chicken processing plant is a good metaphor for a skilled labour debate. There are machines for nearly everything to support a humane death and dismemberment of the bird, how...