Carl Payne
@ponti50.bsky.social
Retired but not tired
Resting in Fremantle
Lefty since waking at age 20
Resting in Fremantle
Lefty since waking at age 20
I thought buying a Day 3 ticket was sensible. I was wrong……..
November 23, 2025 at 12:40 AM
I thought buying a Day 3 ticket was sensible. I was wrong……..
AdzeBall strikes……..!!
November 22, 2025 at 10:21 AM
AdzeBall strikes……..!!
History teaches us how the rich & powerful started their journey - hundreds of generations ago - as the bullies, the psychopaths, the narcissists, the murderers.
It has always been the 1% who have controlled, orchestrated, strategised, created mayhem & misery.
Their marketing has been pure genius!
It has always been the 1% who have controlled, orchestrated, strategised, created mayhem & misery.
Their marketing has been pure genius!
November 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
History teaches us how the rich & powerful started their journey - hundreds of generations ago - as the bullies, the psychopaths, the narcissists, the murderers.
It has always been the 1% who have controlled, orchestrated, strategised, created mayhem & misery.
Their marketing has been pure genius!
It has always been the 1% who have controlled, orchestrated, strategised, created mayhem & misery.
Their marketing has been pure genius!
They’ll be targeted by constipated thieves……
November 18, 2025 at 8:52 AM
They’ll be targeted by constipated thieves……
Under that innocuous little mushroom is a cathedral………
November 18, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Under that innocuous little mushroom is a cathedral………
Years ago, some BBQ buddies car chat made me feel completely undereducated.
Makes, models, range, badges et al…….
Then I realised THEY thought the famous Paris museum was clad in windows with small swivelling blades of glass……
Differently educated.
Makes, models, range, badges et al…….
Then I realised THEY thought the famous Paris museum was clad in windows with small swivelling blades of glass……
Differently educated.
November 17, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Years ago, some BBQ buddies car chat made me feel completely undereducated.
Makes, models, range, badges et al…….
Then I realised THEY thought the famous Paris museum was clad in windows with small swivelling blades of glass……
Differently educated.
Makes, models, range, badges et al…….
Then I realised THEY thought the famous Paris museum was clad in windows with small swivelling blades of glass……
Differently educated.
Clearly we need to spend millions on increased bee management salaries.
Works for us doesn’t it?!!
Oh, wait…………
Works for us doesn’t it?!!
Oh, wait…………
November 17, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Clearly we need to spend millions on increased bee management salaries.
Works for us doesn’t it?!!
Oh, wait…………
Works for us doesn’t it?!!
Oh, wait…………
Underscores everything I’ve always believed about the Tony Abbott man-child.
So incapable in so many ways………
So incapable in so many ways………
November 17, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Underscores everything I’ve always believed about the Tony Abbott man-child.
So incapable in so many ways………
So incapable in so many ways………
Few real controls on donations to political parties; and ditto limits on post-parliament employment of former pollies means the system is designed to fail.
November 15, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Few real controls on donations to political parties; and ditto limits on post-parliament employment of former pollies means the system is designed to fail.
An intriguing principle is the classic adage Less is More
Oz Libs (OL) have a mirror image outcome, that of More is Less
This non-Newtonian outcome is the result of decades of ignorant inbreeding
OL + OL = 0.9 OL
3 OL = 0.7 OL
4 OL = 0.5 OL
5 OL = 0.3 OL
6 OL = 0.1 OL
7 or >7 = Zero
QED
Oz Libs (OL) have a mirror image outcome, that of More is Less
This non-Newtonian outcome is the result of decades of ignorant inbreeding
OL + OL = 0.9 OL
3 OL = 0.7 OL
4 OL = 0.5 OL
5 OL = 0.3 OL
6 OL = 0.1 OL
7 or >7 = Zero
QED
November 12, 2025 at 7:08 AM
An intriguing principle is the classic adage Less is More
Oz Libs (OL) have a mirror image outcome, that of More is Less
This non-Newtonian outcome is the result of decades of ignorant inbreeding
OL + OL = 0.9 OL
3 OL = 0.7 OL
4 OL = 0.5 OL
5 OL = 0.3 OL
6 OL = 0.1 OL
7 or >7 = Zero
QED
Oz Libs (OL) have a mirror image outcome, that of More is Less
This non-Newtonian outcome is the result of decades of ignorant inbreeding
OL + OL = 0.9 OL
3 OL = 0.7 OL
4 OL = 0.5 OL
5 OL = 0.3 OL
6 OL = 0.1 OL
7 or >7 = Zero
QED
And a huge factor in the creation of Whitlam Inertia, a debilitating condition infecting and affecting the ALP to this day.
It remains the central reason we witness our PM unable to lead with progressive Labor principles and policies.
Truly lamentable……
It remains the central reason we witness our PM unable to lead with progressive Labor principles and policies.
Truly lamentable……
November 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
And a huge factor in the creation of Whitlam Inertia, a debilitating condition infecting and affecting the ALP to this day.
It remains the central reason we witness our PM unable to lead with progressive Labor principles and policies.
Truly lamentable……
It remains the central reason we witness our PM unable to lead with progressive Labor principles and policies.
Truly lamentable……
Remember that feeling, somewhere between total exhilaration & sheer terror, when on its maiden voyage, the home-made hill-trolley got halfway down the slope & you suddenly realised you had no idea what was coming next?!!
Modern politics…….
Modern politics…….
November 10, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Remember that feeling, somewhere between total exhilaration & sheer terror, when on its maiden voyage, the home-made hill-trolley got halfway down the slope & you suddenly realised you had no idea what was coming next?!!
Modern politics…….
Modern politics…….
We cheated, went to our local Vietnamese cafe again.
Lazy buggers R Us
Lazy buggers R Us
November 9, 2025 at 11:10 AM
We cheated, went to our local Vietnamese cafe again.
Lazy buggers R Us
Lazy buggers R Us
9 and 10 current.
Future finalists 11, 12, 13, 14 plus new teams from Darwin, Dublin and Bunbury.
Not yet "official".........😎
Future finalists 11, 12, 13, 14 plus new teams from Darwin, Dublin and Bunbury.
Not yet "official".........😎
November 9, 2025 at 11:08 AM
9 and 10 current.
Future finalists 11, 12, 13, 14 plus new teams from Darwin, Dublin and Bunbury.
Not yet "official".........😎
Future finalists 11, 12, 13, 14 plus new teams from Darwin, Dublin and Bunbury.
Not yet "official".........😎