Mundane News

[Illaveago]

Do the birds know they are not being counted today ?

We have 10 Blackbirds and a Great Tit in the garden today .

 

[DCLane]

Lots of snow here - SWMBO was stuck en route to her hospital job.

On the downside my weekly shopping delivery's been cancelled and I've a hungry teenager

 

[fossyant]

Missed out on snow. Colleague to the North has some, colleague just 5 miles south in Disley has some. Flipping rain here.

 

[LeetleGreyCells]

My kids are outside doing 'science experiments for school' in the snow as I type. Apparently, this involves balling the snow and launching it to test force and mass. Plus they are experimenting with elevation and assure me maths is heavily involved too

 

[fossyant]

My kids are outside doing 'science experiments for school' in the snow as I type. Apparently, this involves balling the snow and launching it to test force and mass. Plus they are experimenting with elevation and assure me maths is heavily involved too

I like their thinking. Also properties of friction on a sled and how it's affected by different 'materials'.

 

[classic33]

We have nearly 2" of snow, where the F did that come from, apart from the sky!

Around six inches here, and still falling.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

My kids are outside doing 'science experiments for school' in the snow as I type. Apparently, this involves balling the snow and launching it to test force and mass. Plus they are experimenting with elevation and assure me maths is heavily involved too

They're talking a load of ballistics.

 

[fossyant]

MrsF has had to go into her office to collect a new laptop. She's been there 3 weeks and as it's a 'hand me down' it's been playing up this last week going into take off mode. All we could do is make sure it wasn't full of dust. Switching on this morning, the fan is on full tilt from the off and the screen is flickering with various lines moving up and down. I suspect an overheating issue. Her new laptop is available so she's going in to collect.

There isn't anyone in other than security.

 

[fossyant]

Around six inches here, and still falling.
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Wow, so jealous ! Rain again in the wettest part of the world.

 

[classic33]

Wow, so jealous ! Rain again in the wettest part of the world.

Started around three this morning.

 

[Illaveago]

I'm being bitten by a kitten here !

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

That's disappointing. Everything in the mods approval queue this morning was from spammers.

 

[LeetleGreyCells]

That's disappointing. Everything in the mods approval queue this morning was from spammers.

Does the site get much spam? Are we talking less than a couple of minutes to check or a significant amount of time to go through it all?

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

Does the site get much spam? Are we talking less than a couple of minutes to check or a significant amount of time to go through it all?

There is a steady stream but thankfully the automated defences that are in place stop the vast majority. The ones from this morning just took a few minutes.

What's annoying is that some of them have got desperate to put their spam somewhere and are sending it through the Contact Us form which only the moderators can see.

 

[LeetleGreyCells]

There is a steady stream but thankfully the automated defences that are in place stop the vast majority. The ones from this morning just took a few minutes.

What's annoying is that some of them have got desperate to put their spam somewhere and are sending it through the Contact Us form which only the moderators can see.

I would imagine the Contact page is the first place most bots are programmed to look for.