STILL SOMEWHAT AT SEA...BUT DETERMINED!

 I'm still muddling along in the no man's land between Wordpress and Blogger and trying to dodge sniper fire. Not the happiest analogy, but there it is. 

In trawling through archives, I came across this and thought it worth a re-run...

. How do you put a giraffe into a refrigerator? 

Stop and think about it and decide on your answer before you scroll down. 

The correct answer is: Open the refrigerator, put in the giraffe, and close the door. This question tests whether you tend to do simple things in an overly complicated way. 

2 How do you put an elephant into a refrigerator?  

Did you say, Open the refrigerator, put in the elephant, and close the refrigerator?

Wrong Answer.

Correct Answer: Open the refrigerator, take out the giraffe, put in the elephant and close the door. This tests your ability to think through the repercussions of your previous actions. 

3. The Lion King is hosting an animal conference. 

All the animals attend …. Except one. Which animal does not attend? 

Correct Answer : The Elephant. The elephant is in the refrigerator. You just put him in there.? This tests your memory. Okay, even if you did not answer the first three questions correctly, you still have one more chance to show your true abilities. 

4. There is a river you must cross but it is used by crocodiles, and You do not have a boat. How do you manage it? 

Correct Answer:? You jump into the river and swim across. Have you not been listening? All the crocodiles are attending the Animal Meeting. This tests whether you learn quickly from your mistakes.

According to Anderson Consulting Worldwide, around 90% of the Professionals they tested got all questions wrong, but many preschoolers got several correct answers. Anderson Consulting says this conclusively disproves the theory that most professionals have the brains of a four-year-old.

I hope you all did better than the 4 year olds!

Now...let's see if I can post a picture that wont disappear when I hit the publish button. Well, it's a Thunbergia. Unless, of course, the gremlins re-invert it to a grey square!

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SOME SPRING COLOUR IN THE TROPICS

 

Just went out to water and discovered masses of Quisqualis buds. 

...on Lisa's side of the fence (gets more sunshine, facing North) But it's going bonkers and will soon be slugging it out with the umbrella tree (Schleffera actinophylla)

 I've been watering some very thirsty plants; it's easy to forget how searing the wind can be! I'll go out again with the camera when the sun is more obliging...

A pretty little un-named orchid

Petrea volubilis. Also keen to escape to my neighbour!

Passion fruit! YAY! At this stage I don't know whether they are bog-standard purples or the (less tasty!) yellows.

And, just like that, the clock has whizzed around to  almost Happy Hour. 

..I'll close with this...https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=NVBz13CWwvM...

IT'S BEEN A WHILE...

 ...since I used this site. I fiddled about with various ideas and plans and (as regulars know) I stayed with Wordpress.

But now, like Scarlet and, apparently, quite a few others, I have decided that Wordpress is not interested in maintaining free sites.

And a newsfeed I follow has its lead story today on the Muddle the Web has become  https://theconversation.com/the-internet-is-worse-than-it-used-to-be-how-did-we-get-here-and-can-we-go-back-236513

Idle Thoughts has always been a free site, but now they want me pay. And I notice that other hosting platforms are also looking to hit our hip pockets.

A few years ago I probably could have accepted that, but these days I find that, with more essential costs rising, my daily "living allowance" must take priority. We don't see pensions zipping up the ladder on a daily basis, do we?

Okay! That's enough moaning!

There are quite a few flowers on the passion fruit vine. 😊 And that good ol' colourful Tecomanthe hillii is hitting its stride after a couple of good showers. Yay!

The Man went to the Big Box Hardware place for some nails. On the way out he saw a sad, drooping, almost dead Phalaenopsis orchid. A little bit of TLC and ...voila!

A Vanda I've had for years." V.Pat's Delight."

Tecomanthe hillii. Been having a bit of a sulk, but suddenly-Whoosh!

I'll stop for now and promise I'll try to keep this updated. I'll also pop over to Idle Thoughts and let you all know where to find me!