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Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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The most dangerous risk of all - The risk of spending your life not doing what you want on the bet you can buy yourself the freedom to do it later. Fear will fade, but regret will remain with you forever. Live while you're alive. Viva la vida.
My money is on:
1) She has a PhD from the Open University in mycology.
2) She wrote & published a novel under a pen name with exactly this plot
3) Pets never making it past their 4th birthday!
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Benjamin FitzWilliam de Moels 🇦🇺 retweeted
A soldier guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier issued a verbal reprimand to a group of advisers and staffers with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth following a Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. As the group broke from taking photos, a loud laugh could be heard, and the soldier guarding the tomb shouted: “All visitors will maintain an atmosphere of silence and respect at all times.”
I'd love to say this photo was created using AI and wasn't in fact real. Boracay, #Philippines 12 years ago.
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Remains one of the best views I've enjoyed in my life. During Annapurna circuit trek in #Nepal, 2018 our guide suggested getting off the valley floor & up. Was a bit of an effort but we were so rewarded for it.
Remains one of the best views I've enjoyed in my life. During Annapurna circuit trek in #Nepal, 2018 our guide suggested getting off the valley floor & up. Was a bit of an effort but we were so rewarded for it.
I think he could have been standing on the last bit of the RMS Titanic, just before she disappeared below the icy surface, his & the ships future obvious to all those watching from the lifeboats, & we'd still hear "There's still a bright future for RMS Titanic."
LIVE: The Lowy Institute’s Executive Director @mfullilove and @CNASdc CEO @RHFontaine discuss the US midterm results and the future of American foreign policy.
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Great long weekend. InterMekong Hash in town yesterday, nice 10km run, then a return today for a bike ride with dad and son around silk island.
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Time is the most precious, valuable commodity we have. It's a finite resource, ever dwindling. We never know when our reserves might run out. So choose how you spend it & with whom wisely.
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So, my 6y/o son, very nearly killing my 72y/o dad of fright in the dead of night, is one of my most viewed & liked tweets! #auspol
My 6/yo nearly killed 72 y/o dad early today.
In a pitch black room my dad was woken at 1am by feeling of a presence, warm air on his face. He'd fallen asleep wearing head torch he uses for reading. He flicked it on & rolled over to find himself face-to-face with his wide-eyed...
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Benjamin FitzWilliam de Moels 🇦🇺 retweeted
My 6/yo nearly killed 72 y/o dad early today.
In a pitch black room my dad was woken at 1am by feeling of a presence, warm air on his face. He'd fallen asleep wearing head torch he uses for reading. He flicked it on & rolled over to find himself face-to-face with his wide-eyed...
Fortunately, I managed to scupper his plans to rince and repeat the trick again this morning, in which he wanted to wear my Halloween mask from last week, and my dad was one step ahead of him by locking his bedroom door!
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Got Dad's Garmin data. Went to bed at 9pm, his heartbeat averaged just below 100, you can see where Louis Booed him at 168.
...grandson, who yelled BOOOOOO! After climbing into bed he announced he needed the toilet. Walked to middle of pitch black room, picked up his Capybara night light, switched it on & walked off, not to return. Dad said the apparent levitating Capy was cherry on the surreal cake!
My 6/yo nearly killed 72 y/o dad early today.
In a pitch black room my dad was woken at 1am by feeling of a presence, warm air on his face. He'd fallen asleep wearing head torch he uses for reading. He flicked it on & rolled over to find himself face-to-face with his wide-eyed...
