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Meals On Wheels franchise has now branched out in South Africa.

 

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Eerie glow in sky confuses Australian town and outs cannabis farm

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Locals in the town of Mildura were confused by a pink glow in the sky


When a pink glow lit up the evening sky above an Australian town on Wednesday, local woman Tammy Szumowski wondered if the apocalypse had arrived.

"I was just being a cool, calm mum, telling the kids: 'There's nothing to worry about,'" she told the BBC.

"But in my head I'm like, what the hell is that?"

It turned out to be light emanating from a cannabis farm just outside the town of Mildura, in northern Victoria.

But like other stunned locals, Ms Szumowski's mind initially went elsewhere - was it an alien invasion? An asteroid?

"Mum's on the phone and Dad's in the background going: 'I better hurry up and eat my tea because the world's ending.'"

"And Mum's like: 'What's the point of eating your tea if the world's ending?'"

Another local, Nikea Champion, first thought it was a really bright red Moon - before realising the light was originating from the ground.

"All these end of the world scenarios were going through my head," she told the BBC.

"I was having a big Stranger Things moment - I'm like, Vecna? Is that you?" she said, referencing a villain from the TV series.

Both women - to their amusement - were wildly off base.

Secret farm exposed
Medicinal cannabis was legalised in Australia in 2016, but recreational use of the drug is banned.

Since then, some 260,000 prescriptions have been approved by Australian regulators for a variety of illnesses.

The most common reason for the prescriptions was chronic pain, followed by anxiety and sleep disorders, according to data from the Australian Department of Health.

The number of prescriptions approved has doubled since 2019, with the majority of applications coming from the state of Queensland. But charges for possession remain high, with 71,151 people prosecuted for marijuana related crimes in 2018-19.

Few growing facilities exist and their locations are top secret for security reasons - but the cat's out of the bag for this farm.

Reddish-tinged lights are used to help the crop grow. Usually, blackout blinds come down at dusk.

On Wednesday they didn't work, a spokesman for manufacturer Cann Group revealed.

And because it was a cloudy night, the lights created a "sunset on steroids" that could be spotted almost an hour from the facility.

"I cracked up laughing... it could have been something so much cooler, but was just medical marijuana grow lights basically," Ms Champion said.

Ms Szumowski said they had also "had a good laugh".

Despite the initial panic, she was struck by the beauty of the light show: "I reckon it was great - they should do it more often."

 

World renowned golf commentator David Feherty joins LIV Golf broadcast team.

Expect to follow with signings, Mark Leishman & Bubba Watson.
Cam Smith is now expected to join for 100 million this Tuesday as well.
Adam Scott was offered 100 million earlier this year but declined.
The offer now stands around 75 million.

 

Father who hasn't stopped farting since he ate ham roll sues for £200k


https://mol.im/a/11041055

 

****, I must be sitting on millions.

 

Some of you city boys could snap this up!

Scottish island of Pladda on sale for price of a city flat
By Jack Ewing
BBC Scotland news

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A tiny Scottish island in the Firth of Clyde has gone on sale for £350,000.

The isle of Pladda, off the coast of Arran, includes a five-bedroom house, a helipad and lighthouse dating back to the 1790s.

It has an asking price that could buy a three-bedroom flat in Glasgow or Edinburgh. It is well below the average price of a London property at £536,000.

The 28 acre island has been empty for several years and needs renovation before it can be lived on again.

Pladda was sold by the Arran Estate 30 years ago to fashion designers Derek and Sally Morten - its current owners.

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The buyer will get a five-bedroom house, walled garden and a stone jetty.

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Ailsa Craig looms on the horizon over Pladda


Listed with Knight Frank, the property is 31 miles from Glasgow, and can be reached via boat from Ardrossan on the mainland.

More than 100 species of birds have been recorded on the island.

The island's lighthouse has been automated from Edinburgh since 1990.

Views stretch across the Kintyre and Ayrshire coasts, to Ailsa Craig and even Northern Ireland on a clear day

The sale comes at a time when house prices recently reached a record high. The average UK house price reached £294,845 in June.

Scotland has an average price of £201,549, Wales is £219,281 and Northern Ireland is £187,833 according to mortgage lender Halifax.

 

DEvine brown cost him more

 

Yeah, she took him for a sucker.

 

But he got his plumbing cleaned out

 

Nothing said on this board so I’m going to call it: Giggsy is a ****.

 

How's that news? We've known that for years, sheep shagging fake manc ****

 

Its justice to see the coin has flipped the other way.
What a horrible person.

 

I said it on another thread, though not nearly so eloquently

 

I see Jerry Sadowitz has had his show cancelled by The Pleasance at The Edinburgh Festival because some complained they were 'offended'. The reality is you'd be disappointed if you weren't offended at one of his shows. The venue states "The Pleasance is a venue that champions freedom of speech and we do not censor comedians' material". Apparently temporary university student staff at the venue led the complaints. They should have sacked the staff.

It should also be remembered he was calling out Jimmy Savile as a paedophile back in the 80s...

 

If you book, or accept booking of, specific types you know what you will get - no good complaining after. As for staff complaining .. their job is to ensure operations run smoothly - if they are going to object to offensive material they should request, or take, leave to avoid it - then consider their career choice.

 

Just been shopping on Amazon for an electronic mosquito trap and found that many on sale had loads of stars, but when I looked at the reviews specifically, almost none of them related to to the product in question. Seemed to be trays, ice cubs, glasses etc. One said the reviewer wore it proudly on Remembrance Sunday. WTF!

Looked to see if I could send an email pointing this out to Amazon UK. Nope. No useable email.

 

What's your plans once you've caught them? Free them back into the wild? Add them to your collection of other bugs? Use them in some weird, bloodsucking fetish movie?

 

A rumour has started that he will possibly insert them under cover of darkness into the swampy, fetid nightmare that is John Terry’s underkrackers , or should this be on the transfer rumours thread !!!
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