Having a bad day at work? Probably not as bad as this guy from Japan who lost his entire city's government data on every resident, including all bank accounts and housing information, when his bag with a usb containing the information went missing.
my bad, i meant to add the following to this last ^ post (i know it can be irritating when someone just puts out a link, with little or no explanation).
Billy Bragg is a bi-sexual socialist folk singer. He emerged from the Punk scene in the 80s, and has been a humanitarian activist against fascism, racism, sexism, and homophobia ever since.
Valentine's Day Is Over is about a woman who is no longer going to put up with abuse from men. This song, even tho it is from decades ago, seems more than relevant now (for some reason?)
You'll catch a cold and you'll be on your own
And you will see that what's wrong with me
Is wrong with everyone that you want to play your little games on
You've gone to the dogs again and I'm not placing bets on you
Coming home tonight, anything but blind
If you take me for granted then you must expect to find surprise, surprise
Valentine's Day is over
Don't come 'round reminding me again how brittle bone is
God didn't make you an angel, the Devil made you a man
That brutality and the economy are related, now I understand
When will you realize that as above so below there is no love?
Valentine's Day is over
We used to want the same things but that's all in the past
And lately it seems that as it all gets tougher
Your idea of justice just becomes rougher and rougher
Valentine's Day is over
Thank you for the things you taught me when you hit me hard
That love between two people must be based on understanding
Until that's true you'll find your things
All stacked out on the landing, surprise, surprise
Valentine's Day is over, it's over, it's over
Turns out housing markets are crazy, even in nature! Everyone's got roommates!
@laura-f Cute post, I love the animal stories and how they accept those not of their kind unconditionally. I love all animals. Best story I’ve read today.
Hi
As there is so much drama going on in the world at the moment thought I might try and come up with some happier things for you to read as a break from it.
Apparently only in Australia do we do a specific dance to Tina Turners Nutbush City Limits. We do it at weddings, dances, etc and we have just broken the World record for number of dancers doing it. This record we have broken each year for the last few years but as we are the only country that seems to do it not sure if it really counts. The Royal Flying Doctor Service don’t mind as they are the recipients of money raised each year. It’s done at The Big Red Bash at Birdsville a town in the Simpson desert with a population of 150 people normally. Big Red is the sand dune outside town.
Or do you guys also do the dance?
https://7news.com.au/news/qld/aussie-outback-musical-festival-breaks-nutbush-world-record-c-7438367
https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSRJQ6x9m/?k=1
https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSRJjPcep/?k=1
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutbush_(dance)
Regards to all
@lenor speaking of animals sharing their lairs with other species, there is a memorable National Geographic-type clip of David Attenborough telling us about beavers. His crew put a camera down inside the beaver lodge throughout the year and saw that in the depths of freezing winter a muskrat family had moved in with the beavers who tolerated their freeloading “tenants”. Will see if I can find it.
I recognize that dance, but it's slightly different here in the US. I learned it in grade school as The Alley Cat - it had its own specific song. Here is a grade school instruction video for it with the music I know.
How you all ended up doing this dance to Tina Turner is beyond me but that's great!!
In Florida we have gopher tortoises that share their burrows with many species. They particularly have a full house during hurricanes when all kinds of animals rush into their burrows. Because of that, they are considered a keystone species and are protected. They are all over the place near us, sometimes even amble through our yard. My husband has picked them up and moved them off the highway. They have tall legs and are huge! They are gentle beings and eat grass.