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One of the superb things about going through old Micro.Blog posts with Mars Edit to fix missing alt text is the reminders of posts past. Ahhh, baby quail… Another superb thing is how easy Mars Edit makes working with Micro.Blog posts. // @danielpunkass
mbnov 17-Nov-19: superb
As I get older I become more selective about pretty much everything. I don’t want to spend time, money, energy on things that aren’t really what I want. And for some purchases I’m more aware than ever that I may have them for the rest of my life.
mbnov 16-Nov-19: selective
In the wee hours we had gusts of wind over 60 Kph, pouring rain loud on the tin roof, thunder, lightning. The dogs were extremely anxious and kept me awake for a couple of hours. In the end I brought them up on the bed where they stayed. Today I’m really sleepy though. 🐶 🥱😴
The Waikawa River flows out to sea at our beach. Not far east two streams converge. At the confluence, crystal clear Waikawa stream from the hills behind North Manakau is joined by murky Waiauti water from the hills behind South Manakau.
mbnov 15-Nov-19: murky
These are astonishing figures for our tiny country. Space sector contributes $1.7 billion to NZ economy 🚀:
Space …Total employment … 12,000 jobs.
total estimated revenue of the space economy was $1.75 billion in 2018-19, representing 0.27% of global space economy revenues.
We orbited the star for a while topping up with warm energy, then I headed out into cold space. A memory of the touch of her hand on mine made me wish it had been possible to stay but I just wasn’t able to. I put the pounamu on its cord around my *neck*…
mbnov Week 2.
There are a handful of Barbary Doves around here. You can tell them by the distinctive ring of black feathers on their neck. They were brought to New Zealand 150 years ago.
mbnov 14-Nov-19: neck
NZ Euthanasia bill passes final vote, goes to referendum
Parliament has passed a bill legalising voluntary euthanasia in a historic vote.
It will now go to a public referendum alongside next year’s general election for a final test.
About time!
After buying a years-overdue water filter replacement for under the kitchen sink, I was able to replace it myself. Luckily I double-checked instructions after putting it in: check direction of flow. Usability trap: flow direction is inverse to text direction. 😫
mbnov 13-Nov-19: able
Full moon rising 12-Nov-19.
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