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Back from Daughter Delivery Duty and dinner is done and dusted, time to reply!

@sundancer How very metal. 10 years ago was only 2009 though, so not exactly fashion of the time 😀 Very cool, though.
I’m kind of with you on the time travel thing: right now, I’d not go anywhere. Got my daughter, life is mostly good.

@robert impressive work on the tanks mate. Happy Birthday fella! Nice cake 😀
I’m really keen to see how you translate that inspiration pic of the tank camo into miniature form!

@limburger only one album per artist?!? Nah, get them all! Filter down to what it best from each album (and I don’t just mean the singles) and curate your own “best of”. That’s what makes it onto my daily digital listen.
Cool UFO! What is it?

@unclejimmy great work on the terrain. For use in Infinity, or all-round gaming terrain? Ah Force-on-Force. Cool.
I’d not heard of Astroneer. Then again I don’t keep up that much with games other than what my daughter wants to play. (The exceptions are The Witcher and Cyberpunk 2077)
It looks like a space age Minecraft?

Happy Birthday to you too!
That Ratnick is a beast. I can’t wait to see how your Muls turn out.

@ceppie Thanks for the Traveller info you gave me last week. I’ve passed it on to Steve to look at. Should be interesting!

@unclejimmy shot by this point? I’d bleed and still participate! Also I’ve a bloody cold that kicked in last night, but I’ll be over it in time to go back to work on Tuesday.
I have heard of Bow Wow Wow, but not heard them. Maybe I’ve heard one song? *shrug*
I will oblige with close ups soon. Also have a look at my project if you want https://www.beastsofwar.com/project/1392517/
The gribly is a Nurgle thing. I think it’s quite cute actually! I was never a Nurgle fan, these are the first units I’ve ever painted for that guy.
What surprises me is that I’m really enjoying these minis and the results!

The cover of the Christian rock album made me think it would be something Nine Inch Nails like… ehh, nope.
Safety conscious rockers Not very rock’n’roll of them at all.

A time travel tour may not be a legitimate answer to the question, haha! But right now, the honest truth is that I wouldn’t leave the here and now for very much. Before my daughter was born I would’ve said the distant future. See if mankind survived, or even better: Evolved! Travel the stars, get beyond our solar system? That’s what I would’ve wanted to know. But if I can’t come back then I’m not going. Not right now anyway.
I read Eon by Greg Bear many years ago. That’s the sort of thing. Travel into the future, or between dimensions, but there’s no coming back.
Of course, if there is a time travel tour: you’ve got it exactly, that’s the kind of stuff! But maybe some less well known stuff too. What really happened when Cook landed in Sydney? Spend a week with ancient Greek philosophers too.

The water in the fishing photo is quite warm… its actually the outfall from a coal-fired power plant. The day we were there I saw a guy throw a line in and pull a fish out not 10 seconds later, no joke. Current health advice is not to eat more than 3 fish per week from the lake beyond. There’s always people down there throwing a line in. Except for a couple of months of the year during dark hours when the area is protected as a fish nursery. Also get sea turtles swimming in.
The smell of the sea is always refreshing.

Those possums are definitely Not allowed in. We love to have them around, but they’ve got a bite. If possum lycanthropy was a thing, I’d be getting a bushy tail every full moon. They’re omnivores, but prefer fruit and veg. They destroy virtually any plant my parents put on the deck. Old Mamma possum would come to the door to get banana. She had no fear of humans, and would let you pat her (carefully) while she was eating. The younger possums are skittish and wont stay when they get their food.
Oh yes of course we get the spiders! All kinds. You’d think most Aussies would be over it, but so many have the fear as well. My parents always let them be, unless they were a dangerous kind. “They eat the flies and Mozzies” So I learned to live with them. I’ve not eaten them, though one probably could. I’m not sure if the indigenous people did, I’ll have to go find out…

@woldenspoons which one of those furry creatures is you? 😛

Off to do some painting now, see ya in a bit!