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"... round up some 2,500 urban monkeys and place them in massive enclosures." - what could go wrong? "He said efforts will also be focused on allowing a limited number of monkeys to stay at liberty in the city." - i.e. the ones they can't catch.

I'm the same, missing the good times, and the good folks -

Chap down the road at my place has a Mailbox supported on a large shell/projectile of some sort. Another place in Vientiane has a pair, vertically either side of his driveway like gate posts, but painted very realistically as King Penguins, beaks pointed skywards... Très amusant.

And for those who haven't seen the US bombing of Laos

It's worth noting that the appeals court lowering of the civil trial bond from ~.5 billion to 175 million, does not change the judgement in this case. Unless and until the appeal is successful, the original judgement of ~454 million + interest etc, stands. Also the appeals court has not stayed, the two court appointed monitors, who oversee Trump and his businesses.

In victory for Trump, appeals court lowers civil fraud bond to $175 million Judge says Trump’s hush money case will go to trial April 15 Man changes name to "Literally Anybody Else" and announces US presidential run... LINK

See - bike racks are good for something, slowing Ferraris

Cambodian prime minister bans musical vehicle horns to deter dancing Police told to rip out tune-playing horns and replace them with standard ones after young people seen dancing to passing lorries Associated Press in Phnom Penh Tue 19 Mar 2024 17.45 GMT. LINK The Cambodian prime minister, Hun Manet, has ordered a ban on musical vehicle horns after videos posted on social media showed people dancing on roads and roadsides as passing lorries blasted rhythmic little tunes. Hun Manet, who last year took over from his father, Hun Sen – who led Cambodia for 38 years, called on the ministry of public works and transportation and police across the country to immediately take action against any vehicle whose normal horn has been replaced by a tune-playing one by ripping it out and restoring the standard honking type. He said the measure has already been implemented by provincial authorities, but he wanted to announce it publicly to make sure it was enforced nationwide. He commented on his Facebook page on Monday that recent social media posts had shown “inappropriate activity committed by some people, especially youth and children, dancing on the roadside to the musical sounds from trucks’ horns”. Hun Manet said such dancing affected public order and posed a traffic hazard that was a threat to life and limb, not least of all to the dancers themselves. One video shows three young people dancing in the middle of a road while a large trailer truck coming their way lays down a beat. _____ Hun Manet, has got his eye on the important problems of the day I see...

Also as heard on NZ radio - Parents are local multi millionaire Business persons and the "boys" are in Thailand on a "Wellness" trip. At least one of the boys reckons he's a MMA (mixed martial arts) fighter. I'm reading this last as two boys, still living at home, sent overseas to get some life experience. Mission accomplished, they'll be wanting to get home to their hipster lifestyle, pronto.

Complete morons - we'll be revoking their NZ citizenship and/or sending them to some sort of rocky outcrop in the middle of the Southern Ocean. If they don't get themselves deceased in the mean time.

"..and small bushes for hiding from danger" An Elephant hiding behind a small bush:

I don't know if any one has seen the world wide panic, in the last few days, over the possibility that a photo of some of the British Royals, might have been edited. Here, from my sources, is a real photo of said royals:

I'm currently resurrecting a 15 yr old Mac Pro with OpenCore Legacy Patcher - 8 processors, 16 virtual cores and oodles of terabytes of storage. It's my version of restoring an E-type Jag Massive Power and performance even when compared to the latest models.

The cliff hanger at the end of each episode could go something like this: As the team reached the edge of the cliff, over which the massive water flow plummeted, they looked down and realised, that there was land at the bottom and it kept on going, they'd reached the Victoria Falls... etc

Fran Lebowitz - said - 'You do not know anyone as stupid as Donald Trump' Link excerpt: Lebowitz thinks the biggest danger of Trump is that he is a moron. “Everyone says he is crazy – which maybe he is – but the scarier thing about him is that he is stupid. You do not know anyone as stupid as Donald Trump. You just don’t.”

It's not just Brits.

that ahem, poster, was previously warned and is now MIA.

A Flagrancy of Ladyboys imho

Are you also selling the Jumpsuit?

And yet, if Biden does hang on and "even win", we could be treated, to the spectacle of Mr ordinary convict D. Trump, declaring war on NATO, from a prison exercise yard

and additional details: Judge Arthur Engoron has ordered former president Donald Trump and the Trump Organization to pay over $364 million in penalties. New York Attorney General Letitia James said that with pre-judgment interest, the judgment totals over $450 million, an amount “which will continue to increase every single day” until the judgment is paid. This is in addition to the $83.3 million he has been ordered to pay E. Jean Carroll in her defamation case. So how will Trump afford to pay the staggering fees? and: ... investigation into Trump’s tax returns which kickstarted NY AG Letitia James’ Trump Org. case. ... Trump’s N.Y. civil fraud trial ruling, including the case being redirected to the IRS for audit, and potentially to federal authorities... ... In addition to the $83.3 million he owes to E. Jean Carroll, the IRS audit of the Trump Org. could result in a penalty in excess of $100 million, which is “growing every day” with interest... ...“It’s a real issue… These are huge. And they’re not things you can put off for another day.”