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by JohnClay
Sat Mar 09, 2024 4:45 am
Forum: World
Topic: Butterfly nets are better than fly swatters
Replies: 3
Views: 130

Re: Butterfly nets are better than fly swatters

I had an ant issue once, where they entered through a crack on the balcony, crossed the dinette, kitchen, and living room, and made a trail down the public hallway towards a neighbor who was on the Board of Directors. I put ant poison in the hole, caulked it up, and placed ant traps along the route...
by JohnClay
Thu Mar 07, 2024 3:57 am
Forum: World
Topic: Butterfly nets are better than fly swatters
Replies: 3
Views: 130

Re: Butterfly nets are better than fly swatters

I'm a fan of this (A$2.80) flyspray.JPG It's for "flies, mosquitoes, spiders, ants, cockroaches, fleas and silverfish". Lately there would sometimes be about 100 ants just swarming around in the kitchen (e.g. honey or near a bin). Sprayed some of this - they're all dead. It can kill things even if t...
by JohnClay
Wed Feb 28, 2024 9:17 am
Forum: World
Topic: Little Raves
Replies: 103
Views: 108266

Re: Little Raves

About "you know". When I started university I eventually was seeing a campus psychologist for depression. I said "you know" at some point and he said "no I don't know". Around that time he also said he wanted to put a rocket under me. A book called "Talk Language" also discouraged the use of "you kn...
by JohnClay
Fri Feb 23, 2024 10:34 pm
Forum: Meta
Topic: Apologies for downtime
Replies: 6
Views: 274

Re: Apologies for downtime

Utisz wrote:
Fri Feb 23, 2024 5:46 am
JohnClay wrote:
Fri Feb 23, 2024 12:15 am
Hi good to hear from you again
Good to see you John! How has life been treating you?
I'm still a happily married mouth-breather. I'm making quite a lot of progress on my blood-filled Bible game.
by JohnClay
Fri Feb 23, 2024 12:15 am
Forum: Meta
Topic: Apologies for downtime
Replies: 6
Views: 274

Re: Apologies for downtime

Hi good to hear from you again
by JohnClay
Fri Oct 27, 2023 7:30 am
Forum: World
Topic: Child labor vs effective education - which is worse?
Replies: 6
Views: 6045

Re: Child labor vs effective education - which is worse?

OK. But I was thinking more along the 'child labor versus' point. Child labor would be a worse option for a child who could be effectively educated. But yes, if you interpret as a child for whom education is almost certain to fail, I see what you are getting at. I thought kids that aren't good at s...
by JohnClay
Wed Oct 25, 2023 8:44 am
Forum: World
Topic: Child labor vs effective education - which is worse?
Replies: 6
Views: 6045

Re: Child labor vs effective education - which is worse?

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Neil-Postman#ref1198654 In The Disappearance of Childhood (1982), Postman claimed that childhood is essentially a social artifact. Its origin was closely linked to the printing press and the growth of literacy, which made possible the segregation of groups into c...
by JohnClay
Mon Jul 10, 2023 9:23 am
Forum: World
Topic: Little Rants
Replies: 371
Views: 240905

Re: Little Rants

Chatting to my "friend" on Facebook Messenger: Me: a couple of nights ago it looked like you stayed up to 4am B: That's when I woke up Me: but then at 2pm it said you hadn't checked messenger yet B: U can hide that info Me: you can stop it saying things like "active now"? B - [stopped showing "activ...
by JohnClay
Sun Jun 18, 2023 10:52 am
Forum: World
Topic: What are you watching?
Replies: 982
Views: 413331

Re: What are you watching?



It was interesting and had a happy ending. It mentioned Steel Magnolias and then I watched that movie.
by JohnClay
Sun May 14, 2023 10:07 am
Forum: World
Topic: What are you watching?
Replies: 982
Views: 413331

Re: What are you watching?

I just finished watching the first episode of the Mandalorian. It has 20+ episodes so I thought they'd stretch it out a lot - but they packed so much stuff into the episode. I think they went onto at least three planets and there were lots of characters. Then the episode finished with the guy meetin...