Wait... What am I doing in church? Did someone die?

Budgie comments on Nov 2, 2020:

My first thought was "What on earth am I doing in a church has someone died?"

Have you ever listened to a Trump speech and thought to yourself....

Budgie comments on Nov 2, 2020:

Pretty much all of the time

Wild critters!!

Budgie comments on Nov 2, 2020:

Might need to let this guy know it is out and about again. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byDiILrNbM4

I finally managed to download ALL the photos on my camera.

Budgie comments on Nov 2, 2020:

It says the content could not be found.

Halloween 🎃 Full Moon 🌚 fun I really need to download the photos off my camera but playing ...

Budgie comments on Nov 2, 2020:

I like number two where the moon has it's own large halo around it.

The Bangles - Hazy Shade of Winter (Video Version) - YouTube

Budgie comments on Nov 2, 2020:

The link does not work in Oz I think I know the version which I liked.

For Your Love. - Yardbirds. 1965. [youtu.be]

Budgie comments on Nov 2, 2020:

An oldie but a goodie.

Dog, I love this.

Budgie comments on Nov 2, 2020:

A consumate performer and versitile musician. I love his collaborations with younger singers.

For all you lonesome lovers out there.

Budgie comments on Nov 2, 2020:

Great song she is a great singer

Disturbed - hold on to memories [youtu.be]

Budgie comments on Oct 31, 2020:

First heard them when everyone was sharing their cover of Sounds of Silence (which they absolutely nailed) he has a great voice. This song had me in tears so many memories. The late great Sir Pterry also said either that no man truly dies until all of the ripples he has made die or until people stop speaking his name. Or both I get my quotes mixed up.

My Favorite Rock song of all times and it has a Feakin' Flute ?!?!?! [youtu.be]

Budgie comments on Oct 31, 2020:

Got to love songs with flutes in them.

Death Valley in California is one of the most inhospitable places on Earth.

Budgie comments on Oct 31, 2020:

It is a stunning photo but I feel for the animals who were forced to work in those conditions,

The Navajo have inhabited a very inhospitable environment for a long time.

Budgie comments on Oct 31, 2020:

Some stunning landscape they are dwarfed by it.

10 minute break while working the polls yesterday - I found the coolest tree & pretty flowers 😊 ...

Budgie comments on Oct 31, 2020:

Great photos. What is the tree/flower

Landscapes — 1: Port Phillip Bay from Arthur's Seat, Victoria, Australia, 2015.

Budgie comments on Oct 31, 2020:

Stunning shots.

The wild ponies of Grayson Highlands State Park.

Budgie comments on Oct 31, 2020:

Great shots of the ponies. Pity that parents are not responsible as generally the animal is the one that suffers when the parents demand it be killed because they did not take care of what their child was doing.

Just a cat post

Budgie comments on Oct 31, 2020:

I game too much I think I just wondered what side quest he had for me.

_The last minute of the day are usually the most beautiful ones_ _seaside, New Territory, Hong ...

Budgie comments on Oct 31, 2020:

Great sunset.

I would make lemonade but🤔.

Budgie comments on Oct 30, 2020:

Some days this is so true!

A Catholic school in Michigan is asking a federal judge to stop enforcement of mask mandates.

Budgie comments on Oct 30, 2020:

So if someone wants to wear a mask are they going to forbid them from doing so. This is institutional abuse but then that is the catholic cult's standard operating procedure.

I really like this site but I'm a bit confused about how it works.

Budgie comments on Oct 30, 2020:

Don't worry about the points, join groups that interest you, make posts, reply to people's posts/comments, enjoy yourself.

I've always thought that the key to the existence of gods, was for humans to have an ultimate ...

Budgie comments on Oct 30, 2020:

This is their way of dealing with the grief. It is a lie but they clutch it because they can not deal with the reality. I bumped into a friend who had just lost her mother (aged 98) she had cancer and was in considerable pain my friend is deeply catholic but all we talked about was how she was now out of pain and no longer suffering. I offered my sympathies for her loss and gave her a hug. (these days hugs are pretty important and that given we are told to socially distance) her mother died a few days before her 99th birthday. It is a different circumstances to losing a healthy young male to a disease but I know she will be praying for her mother and there will be a big church funeral. They will comfort themselves with the belief she is now in heaven with god. Personally if there is a god it is a right royal bastard taking useful people and leaving behind the deadweights and nasty incompetent ones. A friend and I were talking last night and I said if I god exist then when I face him I would give him the finger tell him I have already been to hell and he can piss off.

Obviously forgot to say "Beam me up Scotty".

Budgie comments on Oct 30, 2020:

For some reason I think this is in Wales and my brain is trying to connect it with Torchwood the TV show. I can not find anything to link it and a search of teleport manhole covers brought a wide array of images.

For Halloween: Here is Kennedy William Gordy, aka Rockwell, with his 1984 spooky hit Somebody's ...

Budgie comments on Oct 30, 2020:

I knew the chorus of this song, I think from my Nightclub days.

Helloween - the middle of a heartbeat [youtu.be]

Budgie comments on Oct 30, 2020:

Never heard them before but quite like this one.

Historically hysterical .....

Budgie comments on Oct 30, 2020:

A bit of a sharp comment if you ask me. Groaned

Don'tcha just hate it when a doctor says "This will only hurt a little"?

Budgie comments on Oct 30, 2020:

Had to have dental work the Dentist said just one more prick as he put the local in and I burst into fits of laughter took a while before he could continue.

Another math related meme... or is it?

Budgie comments on Oct 30, 2020:

I got it did not take me long but I did teach primary school and early childhood

Memories of Catholic upbringing: we went to a small parochial school, adjacent to the rectory, ...

Budgie comments on Oct 30, 2020:

Their vows mean nothing look at the luxury the pope lives in, the way they travel they could end third world poverty in the countries where they hold sway but they don't because they want the money they are vile.

Supertramp. - Take The Long Way Home. [youtu.be]

Budgie comments on Oct 29, 2020:

On of my favourite bands

Tim Curry [youtu.be]

Budgie comments on Oct 29, 2020:

I went to find one with Tim in it just to watch him perform. I had never heard this before and had no idea he also had a singing career. thanks

Well, attended the Local Court on Tuesday for the Hearing of the Case re- Belinda v.

Budgie comments on Oct 29, 2020:

Hopefully this powerful defense of her rights will help this young girl to step up and be proud of who she is and what she can achieve. The law sometimes works.

Reality bites! 😂

Budgie comments on Oct 28, 2020:

Yeah they really are only for those people who actually don't need a bra in the first place. That is if they will even stay on.

Don't Use Our Song Donald, The Village People [youtube.com]

Budgie comments on Oct 28, 2020:

I can't watch that video and when I went looking for it found one that stated the writer of the song is okay with him using it.

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Budgie comments on Oct 28, 2020:

That was awesome, I love that song and when it is covered beautifully even more so. Made the hair on the back of my neck stand up.

Always a favorite! The Traveling Wilburys -- End of the Line My apologies for not including ...

Budgie comments on Oct 27, 2020:

Some real legends in that group. Great music from some great musicians.

A few cool optical illusions: [facebook.com]

Budgie comments on Oct 27, 2020:

How our eyes work and the way the brain processes the information from our eyes is incredibly intriguing.

For your enjoyment: Kody by Matchbox 20 [youtu.be]

Budgie comments on Oct 26, 2020:

Like this band and their songs.

It’s afternoon treat time...and today I’m posting Roxy Music - More Than This. [youtu.be]

Budgie comments on Oct 26, 2020:

Some bands/singers had a golden touch.

Brenda Lee.

Budgie comments on Oct 26, 2020:

I love the movie and went out bought the book and read that. She has a great voice.

It just don't get no better than this... Arlo Guthrie at Woodstock [youtu.be]

Budgie comments on Oct 26, 2020:

Sometimes I wish I could have experienced this time.

[youtu.be] As it's my birthday today I thought I would post a suitable song.

Budgie comments on Oct 26, 2020:

Congratulations on surviving another journey around the sun.

Today would be Sonny Terry's birthday.

Budgie comments on Oct 26, 2020:

Never heard this version. It is great.

Pretenders. - Brass In Pocket. [youtu.be]

Budgie comments on Oct 26, 2020:

Great band great song

Gerry & The Pacemakers. - How Do You Do It? live in 1963. [youtu.be]

Budgie comments on Oct 26, 2020:

I always thought this was called How do you do what you do to me. At least if it appears on my quiz night I will know the correct title. Always liked this band.

My cousin's son in law committed suicide.

Budgie comments on Oct 26, 2020:

Hugs, great big body encompassing hugs. So much emotion can be put into a hug and it can be very grounding for the person who is suffering. As others have said tell them you are sorry for their loss, look for ways to offer to do things for them, babysitting, preparing food, cleaning, driving them places, feeding/walking pets. Many times people are not even sure of what they need make suggestions to them of what you can do to help. Let them know you are there and ready to listen. It is a horrible time for your family.

I had in interesting session with my therapist.

Budgie comments on Oct 26, 2020:

I agree with everyone else who says you should charge her not pay her. This thought that you have to believe in something to cope with life is disturbing to me. What if my belief hurts others? Also atheist get told we cherry pick the bible for the worst quotes but it is okay for someone who believes in it to cherry pick only the bits they want to believe? Good luck but I would try to find a different therapist.

Here's a simple way to make a great and memorable Halloween cookie! Just use a toothpick to create ...

Budgie comments on Oct 25, 2020:

I so want to do this now. I once made cupcakes with little spiders on them made from blueberries with googly eyes and black icing legs. Just for emphasis I also got small marshmellows, turned them inside out and dipped them in hundreds and thousands before turning them right way to become egg sacks. They were a great hit. These look so much more realistic.

Non Brits may not get this.

Budgie comments on Oct 25, 2020:

I'm an Aussie and I know those two sickos.

Cardinal Raymond Burke: God Says Gays Have No Right To ‘Form Families’ | Michael Stone

Budgie comments on Oct 25, 2020:

But but but are they not supposed to obey the speaker of god's word on Earth? (ie the pope) to criticize the pope is to criticize god's chosen.

What is the strangest thing ever said to you after hearing you’re an atheist?

Budgie comments on Oct 25, 2020:

But you have to believe in something. What do you believe in? As my mother had died that year followed by a friends baby being stillborn and another friend having a miscarriage, I pointed out that if I did believe in a god then he is a bastard and I will have nothing to do with him. Which would they prefer?

A recent visit for a haircut at my favorite local Snipit place had me discovering that it is under ...

Budgie comments on Oct 25, 2020:

I would be worried that she is connected to up to 400 people on a Sunday anyone of whom could be covid 19 positive and then she is in close contact with the people in her salon. That is a big nope for me.

The perfect way to handle the religious ones

Budgie comments on Oct 25, 2020:

Some awesome comebacks there

I laughed so hard that I wished I had been there as a witness

Budgie comments on Oct 24, 2020:

I would love to know what a balloon animals asking a question sounds like. But it could have been worse if you have ever read a review of Haribo sugar free gummy bears a guy ate some as he got dinner ready for his date. Needless to say by the time he emerged from the loo she was gone.

What the Duck McDonald's!!! [ca.news.yahoo.com]

Budgie comments on Oct 24, 2020:

I don't eat it and never have but blurgh! that is revolting.

Sounds like me 100%...

Budgie comments on Oct 24, 2020:

Inside me there is a skinny person trying to get out.

If you were raised religious as a child, what is your worst religious memory?

Budgie comments on Oct 23, 2020:

The cults are responsible for so much abuse and carry on abuse. This poor woman was scarred as a child and now knows no other way. I hope her children are having a better time of it and hope that she can get some help. It would have been horrible for you not being able to stop it.

Reggae! Jimmy Cliff The harder they come... [youtu.be]

Budgie comments on Oct 22, 2020:

I like the cruisy beat and rhythm of reggae.

Creative! Well done, sir.

Budgie comments on Oct 22, 2020:

Love it

Took me a minute.

Budgie comments on Oct 20, 2020:

I had to think about it as well, but it has been a long day and I don't often work with excel. (or incels either they would be scared of me I think)

Here’s What Makes Each Introverted Myers-Briggs Personality Type Angry

Budgie comments on Oct 19, 2020:

I don't know which of those is me as part of each of them applied to me. I just kept nodding and going yep that would do it.

A bit gruesome, but from the current New York Review of Books of a review of a book about the ...

Budgie comments on Oct 19, 2020:

I had heard of the practise if not the precise word to describe it.

Dax - Dear god [youtu.be]

Budgie comments on Oct 19, 2020:

Not big fan of rap but this is powerful and since my answer to his question is that there is no god and religion is a manmade construct I just hope it encourages others to question.

Hello everyone.

Budgie comments on Oct 19, 2020:

Such a great song and he is so young in it. Makes me feel old realising this song must be decades old now.

Gotta point, I guess.

Budgie comments on Oct 19, 2020:

I always tell them their feet are on the wrong shoes.

Kids draw what they know.

Budgie comments on Oct 19, 2020:

As a teacher these ones really annoy me. Either it is making teachers look stupid or there really is an early childhood teacher who was too stupid to ask the child what the drawing was about which is essentially young child drawing 101 always freaking ask the kid what they have drawn in which case they need to stop teaching now and go do a job that does not require thinking overly much.

A joke that sounds real!...

Budgie comments on Oct 19, 2020:

There was a joke that there was a new pensioner retirement plan it consisted of a gun and two bullets. They take the gun and shot a politician (the two bullets are in case the first missed). Then they would be arrested and sent to jail where they would get three meals a day, all of their laundry done for them, 24/7 monitoring and bed checks, free dental and healthcare. Better than a retirement home and they get rid of a politician so wins all round.

Norfolk Botanical Garden October 17, 2020- a windy day with temperatures in the 60s

Budgie comments on Oct 17, 2020:

I like the way you have caught the sun on the flowers. The last photo with patches of shadow is also really good.

Little Jane is sitting beside her father when she asks, " Daddy, I have red hair and you call me ...

Budgie comments on Oct 17, 2020:

Mining town, sitting around with a bunch of them and a few women, one who is from the new in town prawn trawler (think rough as guts) she has been scoring with the local miners going from one to another (hell for all I know and care more then one at once) they were not complaining. She proudly announces to the group, "My nickname is Bald Eagle do you know why?" To which a male friend of mine (who I know had not been with her) said, "Because you have a 6 ft wing span." She looked blank, I fell off my chair laughing and could not stop for ages (one look at my friend and I started up again) the other guys all smirked she shut up.

Zero Waste Grocery [youtu.be]

Budgie comments on Oct 17, 2020:

Buying fruit bags from your hardward store that are used to protect fruit growing on trees and use them in shops instead of the plastic bags. https://www.bunnings.com.au/diamond-econetting-25-x-43cm-white-netting-sleeve-3-pack_p3041121 very light weight and reuseable I have had mine for over a year. can hold a decent weight.

The President's Of The United States Of America - Peaches [youtu.be]

Budgie comments on Oct 17, 2020:

While I like this song the moment I hear the title Peaches I think of The Stranglers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2w0rbp6J9Y

UFO - Unidentifiable Forest Object. Nobody knows what the hell it is. [coasttocoastam.com]

Budgie comments on Oct 17, 2020:

Is it possible it is some form of ball and chain clearing set up?

1st snowfall of the season. Strange how snow outside changes the dynamics of being inside.

Budgie comments on Oct 17, 2020:

We are having our first storms of the season. Not as pretty as the snow but things will start turning green and start growing.

New developments in Masonry......walls don't have to be flat anymore.....

Budgie comments on Oct 17, 2020:

Glad it is a wall not something I have to walk on. Maybe from a distance it is less nausea inducing, but close up it hurts my brain and makes me feel ill. Great photo but the visual is disturbing.

Hello and good morning this Saturday.

Budgie comments on Oct 17, 2020:

Nice will have to look into buying it.

Faith No More - I Started a Joke (Bee Gees cover) [youtu.be]

Budgie comments on Oct 16, 2020:

Did anyone else notice that Martin Freeman was in the clip he is the nicer of the two men. Is that a member of Faith No More singing or someone lip syncing. Either way the person singing has done well.

Fun with filters. Pics 1 & 4 are the originals

Budgie comments on Oct 16, 2020:

Have fun with them, the photos all look great, love the old feel to number two and the framing of number three, the glow and the sun in numbers 5 and 6.

Happy Saturday Everybody! I've been in a slump, but I'm feeling a bit better, so I'll be cleaning ...

Budgie comments on Oct 16, 2020:

Who has a favourite chore, I hate them all equally. I do them because I have to but get absolutely no gratification from it. If I had the money to pay someone to do them I would.

I am not fishing there

Budgie comments on Oct 16, 2020:

Adelaide River Northern Territory. I have met Brutus. I am pretty sure he was the one following the boat when we went on the trip with some friends. He was stalking at the back of the boat where we were sitting. I could feel the hair on the back of my neck prickling. The boat does trips up the river and dangles some pork chops to attract the big boys to jump up (it is called the Jumping Crocodile tour). There is only a certain section of the river they are allowed to do this in and the crocs know it. When you cross the marker on the shore the crocs head out to the boat, when you cross back over they swim away. The river is absolutely full of crocs and under no circumstances should you enter the water. There is a bridge over it and it was damaged during some floods so had to be repaired. One man had the job of sitting in a dinghy under the bridge idling in case someone fell in. Weeks go by and all he has is a suntan. Then one day someone fell into the water. Shocked the boat guy so much he gunned the motor and flooded it. While he is frantically trying to get it started the bloke is floating in the water, ( apparently trying to send out the mental image that he was a log) when the guy got him out of the water the air turned a unique shade of blue as this guy let rip with all of the fear and anger he had been controlling while floating in the water.

Thank god there is no hell!

Budgie comments on Oct 16, 2020:

Awesome work fellas.

As a Cajun, I can verify the truth of this statement

Budgie comments on Oct 16, 2020:

My Italian friend when someone tried to tell him this was spaghetti. He calls it glue in a can. Not specifically this brand but any canned spaghetti. He says it is so easy to make he can not believe people eat it from a can. We did when camping I never told him.

Right Said Fred - I'm to sexy [youtu.be]

Budgie comments on Oct 16, 2020:

Great fun song, terrific eye candy, I remember when this came out. Everyone was singing it.

Today along with my preprandial drink I’m listening to a great 1977 cover of the 1964 Zombies’ ...

Budgie comments on Oct 16, 2020:

Love all versions of this song. Santana is brilliant.

There are songs that i would listen to: Summer Love (Sherbet) Dreamer (Supertramp) Every Little ...

Budgie comments on Oct 16, 2020:

I don't know that I can support your choice of Sherbet but the others are all awesome.

BUBBLE PUPPY - Hot Smoke & Sassafras [youtu.be]

Budgie comments on Oct 16, 2020:

I had never heard of them before. I bet they were real out there in their day. Wild long hair hippies. Very interesting.

Techno music.

Budgie comments on Oct 15, 2020:

I like the beat and rhythm to it.

Makes sense to me.

Budgie comments on Oct 15, 2020:

I saw meme after meme of this guy and thought he was some actor in a strange film I had not seen yet. THEN... bored and surfing through netflix I came across something I thought I would watch for a laugh as it seemed totaly crazy and this guy popped up. OMG he is serious!!!!!!!!!!!!! I laughed so hard.

Carrot in a box....both rounds [youtu.be]

Budgie comments on Oct 14, 2020:

OMG Shaun is good at this, it would be so hard to decide what to do.

Time of day here, 4pm, which calls for a little treat as a pick me up.

Budgie comments on Oct 14, 2020:

The Pretenders are great thanks for the second clip which plays in Oz.

Robbie Nevil [youtu.be] [youtu.be]

Budgie comments on Oct 14, 2020:

The name tugged at some strings in the brain but I can not recall why. Then I listened to the second song a couple of beats in I remembered from what song I had heard the name.

Pearl Jam - Last kiss [youtu.be]

Budgie comments on Oct 14, 2020:

Very sad song.

Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart (Video) - YouTube

Budgie comments on Oct 14, 2020:

This song takes me back. Great voice.

Tonight at bedtime I’m posting a beautiful song by Chris Rea...And You My Love. [youtu.be]

Budgie comments on Oct 14, 2020:

He has a great voice. Liked his music from waaaay back.

Good morning .

Budgie comments on Oct 13, 2020:

They have done a great job of it. Love his voice, deep and gravely.

Time for a teatime treat again....and today I’ve chosen Midge Ure and..... If I Was. [youtu.be]

Budgie comments on Oct 13, 2020:

He has a great voice I remember this song well.

Skid Row - I remember you [youtu.be]

Budgie comments on Oct 13, 2020:

Not heard them before and after listening to Lighthouse Family there are memories ricocheting around my brain now.

It’s last post time again folks.

Budgie comments on Oct 13, 2020:

This is such a great song.

Hi everyone and good morning at the start of another week.

Budgie comments on Oct 13, 2020:

I can not begin to describe how this song resonates for me. It sings to my soul, I tear up and can not help but sing as loudly as I can. Two very special people to me (now dead) always come to mind.

Joe Dolce - shaddap you face [youtu.be]

Budgie comments on Oct 13, 2020:

Been a while since I have heard this one.

Freddie McGregor - Just Don't Want to Be Lonely [youtu.be]

Budgie comments on Oct 13, 2020:

Thanks for sharing this great voice.