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That's awesome... funny how smell + memory (especially from when we were young) can stir up those visceral reactions from deep within! Reminds me of how I feel at airports whenever I can smell strong jet fuel, because back in '94 I went to the Avalon Airshow and it blew my mind

Solid Rock I'll see your awesome Australiana, and raise you two of my favourites:

I figure these are as random as random gets... fun with DALL.E! For those of you wondering what DALL.E is, it's a very large neural network which generates random images from text descriptions. "A cat wearing fancy tie-dye pants in watercolor style": "A cactus with spikes made of toothpicks and crayons": "A mushroom which looks like a monster, knitted out of wool": If anyone wants me to run some more, let me know some good text descriptions

Who'z up for some Acid Crunk

Vinca major (Periwinkle). The bane of my (gardening) existence.

lol, good point... most remind me of this dude: I reckon co/multi-morbidities must be common these days, especially with an ageing population living less healthy lifestyles... obesity and whatnot. I was thinking about these quotes because my family has experinced all three! One of us had COVID, another COVID + gastro + a cold, and another COVID and late stage lung cancer

Imagine you have the following symptoms: vomiting, fever, chills, headache, cough, sinus and chest congestion, diarrhea, fatigue, sore throat, and jaundice. So, basically, death warmed-up. You see three doctors for advice. Doctor 1: I think you have COVID. This is an example of Occam's Razor: "simpler explanations are, other things being equal, generally better than more complex ones." Doctor 2: You might any or all of COVID, the flu, a cold, Gastro, mono, and/or hep. This is an example of Hickam's dictum: "A man can have as many diseases as he damn well pleases." Doctor 3: Sounds like late-stage cancer. This is an example of Crabtree's Bludgeon: "No set of mutually inconsistent observations can exist for which some human intellect cannot conceive a coherent explanation, however complicated." Who do you think was right?

Something a bit different...

Oh my... this one brought back lots of nice forgotten memories for me

My old town...