leokimvideoA Black Tom Cat and Tabby Tom Cat have been constant visitors to our home. They like the FREE cat food that's up for grabs. One night when it was raining Tabby Tom Cat was able to sneak up on Black Tom Cat. Then the BIG Cat Fight started.
These two Tom Cats are both stray cats, they were always hanging around Little Cat (a stray cat who had a litter of Kittens at out home). I know Tabby Tom was with Little Cat but our neighbour saw Black Tom was also with Little cat. Has us rethinking who is the real Father of the Kittens.
Social conflicts among Cats depend solely on the behavior of the cats. Some research has shown that cats rarely pick fights, but when they do, it's usually for protecting food and/or litters, and defending territory.
The Kittens names are Rodney, Bao, Bubble & Teddy. Sadly Little Cat died 6 months after having this litter of Kittens and Teddy died at 11 months old.
The cameras I used are the old ARLO 2 system which has free cloud data held for 7 days without subscription or membership. I'm not sure if such a deal exists with the newer ARLO products.
Big Tom Cat Fight Caught On 2 Cameras At 3 AMleokimvideo2023-11-18 | A Black Tom Cat and Tabby Tom Cat have been constant visitors to our home. They like the FREE cat food that's up for grabs. One night when it was raining Tabby Tom Cat was able to sneak up on Black Tom Cat. Then the BIG Cat Fight started.
These two Tom Cats are both stray cats, they were always hanging around Little Cat (a stray cat who had a litter of Kittens at out home). I know Tabby Tom was with Little Cat but our neighbour saw Black Tom was also with Little cat. Has us rethinking who is the real Father of the Kittens.
Social conflicts among Cats depend solely on the behavior of the cats. Some research has shown that cats rarely pick fights, but when they do, it's usually for protecting food and/or litters, and defending territory.
The Kittens names are Rodney, Bao, Bubble & Teddy. Sadly Little Cat died 6 months after having this litter of Kittens and Teddy died at 11 months old.
The cameras I used are the old ARLO 2 system which has free cloud data held for 7 days without subscription or membership. I'm not sure if such a deal exists with the newer ARLO products.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitten en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_behaviorSydney Funnel Web Spider - Aggressive Extremely Deadly & Beautifulleokimvideo2024-06-07 | Our Cat Bubble made a interesting discovery in our outdoor Kitchen. A male Sydney Funnel Web Spider (Atrax robustus). This Funnel Web spider was trapped in the sink. It was mid May and it had been raining for 2 weeks. Sydney Funnel Webs are the most dangerous spiders in the world, they are aggressive and defend their ground by flaring up and preparing to bite via two huge fangs dripping in venom. A bite from a Sydney Funnel Web can kill a small child very quickly or a adult in as little as an hour. Since the early 1980's there has been an antivenom developed as a antidote to this spiders most deadly bite. In this video I capture the spider, compare it to the male Funnel Web I found last year and then deliver the spider to the Australian Reptile Park so it can be used in their venom milking program.
Guinness World Records has ranked the Sydney funnel-web spider as the world's most venomous spider, defining the term "most venomous" as "having the venom most toxic to humans"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_funnel-web_spider https://www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/2021/12/tracking-the-sydney-funnel-web-spider- https://www.reptilepark.com.au/animals-at-the-australian-reptile-park/venom-program/spider-venom-program/Brush Turkey Spider Holes B-Roll Autumn Revisit Giant Moth & Beetle Grubleokimvideo2024-05-17 | B-Roll of the Male Brush Turkey egg incubation mound I look at every morning over Summer. There's video here of the Female Turkeys and Turkey chicks in various stages of development. Lots of bits of video that were left out of the Brush / Bush Turkey study. There's extended footage of the big hairy scary Funnel web spiders that are infested in the Brush Turkey reserve.
The last third of the video is a mid March Autumn / Fall revisit of the reserve. I find some classic diggings by Bandicoots and can see Ken's Turkey Mound is now much smaller as the leaf litter decays. In the Turkey mound I find some curious items. And hopefully even when the male Brush Turkey is not there it's interesting to look at.
The Australian Brush Turkey, Australian Brush-Turkey, or gweela (Alectura lathami), also frequently called the Scrub Turkey or Bush Turkey, is a common, widespread species of mound-building bird from the family Megapodiidae found in eastern Australia from Far North Queensland to Eurobodalla on the South Coast of New South Wales. The Australian Brush Turkey has also been introduced to Kangaroo Island in South Australia. It is the largest extant representative of the family Megapodiidae, and is one of three species to inhabit Australia.
Despite its name and their superficial similarities, the bird is not closely related to American Turkeys, nor to the Australian Bustard, which is also known as the Bush Turkey. Its closest relatives are the Wattled Brush Turkey, Waigeo Brush Turkey, and Malleefowl
I have noticed the Thomas All Engines Go metal engine stocks have been removed from Supermarket toy cells. This is worrying because Thomas toys use to be a staple toy in this zone for decades. I do look at a box of Disney Cars to explain a little adult toy hunting tip. So often the good stuff is not on the pegs.
Maybe the biggest shock was seeing Thomas AEG stock on clearance in a major retailer.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_%26_Friends:_All_Engines_Go en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_%26_Friends en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cars_(franchise) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retail en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FranchisingBrush Turkey Ken & Who Killed All The Giant Scary Spiders 😳leokimvideo2024-04-16 | There's a Male Brush Turkey egg incubation mound I look at every morning. I was keen to see a Bush Turkey chick emerge from the mound over Summer. I did find a number of Brush Turkey chicks darting about the bush reserve. It's this reserve where I found hundreds of Funnel Web dwelling spiders. Totally amazing to see this spider infestation. But in late Summer I find that something has dug up and destroyed the Spider holes. The amount of disturbed earth looks like WW3 had happened. It's a reminder that in nature there is always someone out to get you. Anyway nice to see so many Golden Orb Spiders appear in late Summer.
The Australian Brush Turkey, Australian Brush-Turkey, or gweela (Alectura lathami), also frequently called the Scrub Turkey or Bush Turkey, is a common, widespread species of mound-building bird from the family Megapodiidae found in eastern Australia from Far North Queensland to Eurobodalla on the South Coast of New South Wales. The Australian Brush Turkey has also been introduced to Kangaroo Island in South Australia. It is the largest extant representative of the family Megapodiidae, and is one of three species to inhabit Australia.
Despite its name and their superficial similarities, the bird is not closely related to American Turkeys, nor to the Australian Bustard, which is also known as the Bush Turkey. Its closest relatives are the Wattled Brush Turkey, Waigeo Brush Turkey, and Malleefowl
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_brushturkey en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_funnel-web_spider https://australian.museum/learn/animals/spiders/trapdoor-spiders-group/ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nephila en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BandicootWoolworths Hornsby Cheating Customers Despicable Behaviour BUSTED 😡😡😡leokimvideo2024-04-12 | At Woolworths it's shareholder first, Customer second. A full peg of Gillette Mach3 Razor Blades with a price ticket of $21 yet scans for $28. Checkout staff wouldn't accept the photo I took of the stock at $21, suggested it was stock moved from another peg. I argued at the checkout for 5 minutes. During this time Woolworths staff remove all the product that was on the wrong peg. The front service manager then tells me it's Woolworths policy that the higher price has to be paid and if a price ticket is set in the wrong area it means nothing. To see that staff had removed the stock just added to the service managers multiple lies. I was given a total stone wall of verbal that I was in the wrong and the Gillette Mach3 Razor blades are only for sale at $28.
I informed both the checkout staff and the front service manager I had photos of the Gillette Mach3 Razor Blades full on the peg with a $21 price tag and yes they both saw the photo. I also said my story will be going online and it's not going to be pretty for Woolworths.
The core reason for this video is to explain the timeline of events where a simple stock placement mistake that would have only cost the store a few dollars ends up being a very despicable act to hide the mistake and then enforce that I (the customer) is in the wrong. If I was wrong why was the sock on the pegs removed and hidden so swiftly in a sneaky and deplorable way. As a customer I was devastated by the way I was treated in store and I pray the staff involved in this style of behaviour are retrained or shown the door. Everything that happened to me totally flied in the face of the simple policy that is set up to protect consumers from misleading ticketing in retail.
Under Woolworths' price-scan policy, if an item scans at a higher price than the ticketed price in store, customers can receive that item free.
So why was I treated like dirt at Woolworths Hornsby and told by only option was to pay the FULL PRICE ??
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woolworths_Group_(Australia) https://www.woolworths.com.au/ https://www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au/Redback Spider Egg Sac Opens Early Uncontained Situation Solved With Flamethrower ⚠️leokimvideo2024-04-07 | The Redback Spider B2 who has been living in a Spider Lure since January has laid up 3 more egg sacs. I inspect the Spider Lure to find a egg sac has opened up and hundreds of Redback Spiderlings are around the Spider lure. This egg sac opening lined directly up with the 4 week rule of development. This video was shot a few days after the Southern Hemisphere March Equinox. It to me signals the end of the peak Spider season for Redback Spiders as they now start to set up for the upcoming Winter.
I use a Flamethrower to control the uncontained Spider infestation as these spiderlings would be setting up to catch the wind to establish new homes. A Black Ant colony is very close to the spider lure, I set next to it an incredible free meal of Redback Spider egg sacs and B2 Redback Spider. I put a time lapse camera on this ant colony to understand how Ants operate when given a huge free meal. But to my surprise the time lapse video captures two very different garden critters who feast on the free meal.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redback_spider en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_garden_ant en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EquinoxAmazing Trash & Treasure Hunting Custom Lightning McQueen Dyson Mega Haul & Legal Problemsleokimvideo2024-03-31 | Kerbside cleanup MEGA study of valuable Trash & Treasure that's up for grabs. This is the Australian Summer 2023 cleanup and what I find this time around is amazing. Of course there is lots of Made In China rubbish and some of it isn't very old. Just incredible to find a $1000 near new Carpet Cleaner and $700 new DeWalt line trimmer. If I see items that are not made in China I focus on them. By seeing the quality of items made in Japan, made in Australia or wherever we start to understand how good older consumer goods are. In this way the rubbish piles talk to us and are hopefully indicating to us the perils of consistently buying cheap Made In China rubbish which becomes fast landfill. I find a record number of Dyson vacuum cleaners, and none of these are spring chickens. One of them was destroyed by vacuuming up plaster dust. The Summer time cleanup coincides with Christmas decorations around homes. I do look over one of the best light display houses in the suburb right on dusk even if my iPhone struggled.
In this video I remember a fantastic Australian YouTuber. Edward "Ed" Jones (1986 - May 29, 2019, aged 32, known more commonly as Aussie50 was an Australian YouTuber who uploaded content about technology, gaming and engineering mainly in his shed from late-2008 to mid-2019. I learned lots of things Aussie50's videos, Ed was a very intelligent person who explained electronics and engineering in plain English. He had a passion for scrap stuff and hacking just about everything he touched.
This is a long video, I don't expect anyone to watch it in one hit. There's a lot of amazing finds along the way and this time around I revisit rubbish piles as they evolve. It's amazing what gets picked up as valuable trash.
I did have a serious run in with a local who said I had no permission to video the rubbish that's put out for council collection. This local was aggressive and threatening. It had me delay this upload while I looked into the rights of video recording rubbish in a public space. Remember this rubbish is put out on the curbside outside of a property boundary. I'm also careful not to identify which house the rubbish comes from. In fact I never speak about streets to identify exactly where I am. Anyway this run in with the local nutcase did have me pull up the video.
I also show you a crazy pedestrian who wanted to be run over, anda string of USE MY HORN events caught on dashcam.
Sadly there are so many people out there who think the world revolves around them and rules are only for others.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dashcam en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Road_Rules en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_hornMassive Redback Spider B2 Mole Cricket Lunch Spider Egg Sac Pony Ants Dinner DUSTEDleokimvideo2024-03-09 | My Redback Spider lures are doing as they were designed. Now it's time to harvest the Redback Spider egg sacs. I distract B2 Redback Spider with an amazing lunch of a large Mole Cricket (Devil Bug). I have 4 Redback Spider eggs to remove and repurpose in an environmentally friendly way. B2 Redback has proved to me how in very short time she can have a large clutch of potentially 1000 Redback spiderlings. I look over other spider lures and deal with the deadly Redback Spiders that are living the high life. It's been a very humid, wet and stormy Summer in Sydney for 2023 / 2024 Summer. The garden has grown as if were living in the tropics. I look over the Citrus tree to see what the Stink Bugs are doing. I use my $3 spray mix of White Vinegar, Detergent and Water to eradicate the nasty Stink Bugs
I also tinker with Adobe Premiere AI enhance speech feature against some really messy raw audio. Maybe I'll stick with using the simple old tried and tested audio effects to clean up bad audio.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hoover_Company en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyson_(company) https://www.productreview.com.au/listings/hoover-quickstick-handstick https://www.godfreys.com.au/media/catalog/product/file/Magicstick_Manual_3230.pdf https://www.godfreys.com.au/media/catalog/product/file/GOD_00312_Hoover_Quick_Stick_Manual_FA_V3.pdf en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium-ion_batteryThomas & Hot Wheels Stock Study Counting Percy Post Christmas Retail Fail Sagaleokimvideo2024-02-24 | After Christmas I go to my favourite retailer to count AEG Thomas & Friends Percy stock. My pre Christmas prediction didn't work out. The good news is all the Hot Wheels stock that was missing before Christmas arrived after Christmas. I look back just two years to remember much happier times, a time just prior to Thomas All Engines Go stock arrived. At my local large shopping Mall I now only have two retailers who carry Thomas & Friends stock and in reality these two major anchor stores are actually the same. It really feels like a race to the bottom and this style of retailing has a negative effect on the whole shopping Mall. When the only choice is Percy it says much about all the things that are going wrong. Anyway I always said Bluey was going to be huge, I called that many years ago and I feel no one ever believed me.
ANKO is Kmart Australia's house brand: an evolution of the “&Co” branding it had previously used for individual departments such as “Kids&Co”, “Home&Co” and “Clothing&Co”. Introduced in 2019 to celebrate Kmart's 50th anniversary, Anko also means “A New Kind Of”, representing the company's changed philosophy since 2008. A 2024 article by The Australian reported that 85 per cent of products in Kmart stores are Anko brand. Anko has the largest market share in the home and toys, menswear, womenswear and children’s wear categories in Australia.
Target began stocking Anko products in 2024. Anko is also an international brand: Kmart has made arrangements to sell its products in other department stores in countries such as Thailand, Indonesia and Canada
In my video study of this new Berowra Cycleway I show how a left hand turn into Berowra streets from the Pacific Highway is setting up a dangerous trend with drivers doing very late turns left from the middle lane. I call these dangerous late left turns 'duck dive turns'
These sudden late turns are having a knock on effect to other vehicles behind the vehicle turning left. The Berowra Cycleway has created many negative experiences for users of the Pacific Highway at Berowra and potentially setting up a more dangerous situation for Cyclists who are traversing left turn intersections on the Cycleway.
I show in the video the glaring inconsistencies of Bike lanes along the Pacific Highway from Asquith heading north to Berowra. New sections of curbside that have no considerations for Cyclists at all. Yet at Berowra a total road lane is handed over for Cyclists to use. The los of this lane has impacted local residents, local businesses and large semi trucks trying to stop on the highway to grab refreshments at the 7 Eleven at Berowra.
Just as I was finishing this video I was contacted by local residents about another problem where cars in the afternoon peak times are getting cut off from turning left into Berowra Waters Road because many motorists were entering the new Cycleway across the unbroken lines. So it's more evidence that the new problems on the Pacific Highway at Berowra are stacking up.
Anyway my video will be sent to Matt Kean, Hornsby MP and he can pass it onto Transport For NSW. The world is watching Matt.
https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/roadsafety/road-users/drivers/sharing-road#:~:text=You%20must%20give%20bicycle%20riders,is%20more%20than%2060km%2Fh.One Cicada Cats Eye Collection B2 Redback Spider Feeding & Roundup EDUCATIONAL VIDEOleokimvideo2024-02-03 | I find one Bush Cicada in its final hour of life. Interesting to look at considering where I live we have had a very small Cicada season where I live. I let a Ant colony enjoy the Cicada feast and look at the unusual Blue road Cats Eyes that are used to identify Fire Hydrants in Bushfire prone areas. I collect road Cats Eyes as a curiosity while walking. But the main course of the video is looking at my growing Redback Spider numbers who are attracted to the custom built spider lures I have in the garden. The most mature Female Redback is named B2. She has laid up one spider egg sac on the 31st January. B2 gets a feisty feed from me and I show you how Redback Spiders use a combination of web and spider bites to capture a meal. It's always fun to watch. I find more Redback spiders as I look around the spider lures. Bubble & Fluffy Cat are also featured.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redback_spider en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicada en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat%27s_eye_(road)Redback Spider & Wasp Nest Roundup Summer Pest Control In Australia EDUCATIONAL VIDEOleokimvideo2024-01-15 | The deadly Redback Spiders are back, but they are now airborne and presenting in areas I've never seen before. They seem to now find comfort living against the metal roof well away from their normal garden homes. I also find an established Paper Wasp nest. These wasps can be very difficult to deal with and they have a very nasty sting. Paper Wasps unlike Bees can keep stinging you to protect their nest. To nail the Wasp and Wasp Nest I use a product I love called Blitzem Wasp Killer And Nest Destroyer. I also find Redback Spiders in the spider lures I have set up in the garden. The Sydney Summer for 2023 / 2024 has been very Humid & Wet. It is the 4th wet Summer in a row and maybe this is why the Redback Spiders are searching out higher ground. The pest control spray I use against the Redback Spider is a very cheap pest spray from ALDI. It seems to be very effective. Finding the Redback Spider setting up where I prepare the Cats food was not nice to find. I hope this new trend of dropping down from the roof is going to stop.
I also look at the Citrus Trees a week after using a very cheap homemade Stink Bug control method to see if all the stink bugs are gone.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redback_spider en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_wasp en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PentatomidaeStink Bug ADULT Infestation $3 Homemade Solution Knockdown Test Vs FLAMETHROWERleokimvideo2024-01-06 | Adult Stink Bugs are highly destructive pests that destroy Citrus crops. This video investigates if a mixture of 2 Cups Hot Water, 1 Cup of White Vinegar and 1/2 Cup of Dishwashing Detergent is a cheap and effective way to kill Adult Stink Bugs. In my experiments I find out that standard White Vinegar 4% acid content works as well as Double Strength White Vinegar 8% acid content. I was skeptical about the effectiveness of this very inexpensive insect spray until I saw how quickly it was able to disable Nymph Stink Bugs in very short time. People online were saying this simple spray has little effect of Adult Stink Bugs.
The Stink Bugs you see in this video are Musgraveia Sulciventris which is a large stink bug found in Australia, sometimes known as the Bronze Orange Bug. It is considered a pest, particularly to plants in the Citrus group. Bronze Orange Bugs suck the sap from trees, which causes the flowers and fruit to fall. The common name of Stinkbug refers to a malodorous liquid that the insect sprays when threatened. It is composed of alkanes, cimicine and aldehydes from glands in the thorax. These compounds primarily serve as protection against fellow arthropods, to which they are lethal. However, the defensive chemicals of M. Sulciventris are known for being among the most debilitating to vertebrates, which is likely a defense specifically aimed against birds. They can cause damage to human skin and even cause temporary blindness if sprayed into the eyes. The Bronze Orange Bug can spray the liquid at a target up to 0.6 m (2 ft) away.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentatomidae en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musgraveia_sulciventris en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinegar en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DetergentOzito 1500W Award Winning Electric Lawn Mower Best Free Junk Treasure Ever Foundleokimvideo2023-12-31 | On the Trash & Treasure Curbside Cleanout I find a Ozito 1500W EcoMow Lawn Mower. This is a very cheap Lawn Mower that Bunnings sell in Australia. This Electric Lawn Mower is mains powered, so you need to have a power cable always running to it to cut the lawn. It's this power cable that seems to divide the users as many people don't like dragging a power lead around behind a Lawn Mower. There are some very positive things said about this Ozito Lawn Mower in Product Reviews and it scores some very high ratings. It comes with a 3 Year Warranty yet I find these amazing Ozito Lawn Mowers thrown out before their 3 Year Warranty has expired. Anyway I bring this Ozito 1500W Lawn Mower home and set it up against some very long grass. I was treated to the glory of Ozito 1500W grass cutting power and 96dB noise levels. The Ozito ELM 1563 is a Product Review Award Winning Electric Lawn Mower for 2023.
Anyway at least I saved this Ozito Lawn Mower from becoming more Chinese gifted landfill.
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https://www.productreview.com.au/listings/ozito-elm-1536 https://www.productreview.com.au/listings/ozito-1500w-electric-lawn-mower-elm-1545 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunnings en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawn_mowerThomas & Troll Friends City Toy Hunt 2023 New TWR & TOMY Takara GoGo Adult Japanese Trains 😳leokimvideo2023-12-23 | Just before Christmas 2023 I go to two major retailers in Sydney to Toy Hunt and inspect the Thomas & Friends stock. The Myer City store has a whole top level devoted to Toys and Hobbies. In the past Thomas And Friends had a large Thomas The Tank display area. But as I find out in 2023 Thomas has been kicked to the back of the toy department into no mans land. Thomas & Friends now has Trolls as a neighbouring brand. This was well away from the most popular toy brand which is Bluey.
I did find some of the new / old Thomas Wooden Railway and purchased two Diesels at a discounted 15% off price reduction. Next I go to a famous Toy / Collectable / Hobby store called Hobbyco and it's in the Queen Victoria Building. Historically Hobbyco has been a go to place to find unusual Thomas & Friends characters, Hornby & Bachmann Thomas train sets and anything that's normally difficult to find anywhere else. I was pleased to see after a few very difficult years the Thomas Toys have returned and what was on offer was good. The AEG Metal Engine (Push Along) Thomas toys are difficult to find anywhere, but there was lots of AEG Motorized twin packs and a lot of the new / old Thomas Wooden Railway. In fact this is the first time I have seen amount of this TWR toys. As always Hobbyco was fantastic to look around, the model railway display looked amazing and the trains are is now managed by a fantastic staffer.
In doing the research for this video I stumbled upon the TOMY Takara website. They hold the Asian license for the Thomas & Friends toys. Looking at TOMY's version of Thomas All Engines Go that they call Go Go Thomas revealed to me how their styling of the characters hasn't upset the size balance of their Plarail trains or track system. Looking deeper I see all the TOMY glory of how Motorized Thomas trains should be. It's all incredibly beautiful and in a way not that unchanged from the much earlier Thomas toys. This is so different Vs a company like Mattel who seem to alter the Thomas toys at any time they can.
I then find on the TOMY Takara website a new higher detailed Plarail Train system called TOMY Plarail Real Class. This is a product like aimed at adults who are looking for realistic trains that can run like a toy train system. It's a very curious bend on doing model railways. A new more realistic track system has been developed that still connects to the classic TOMY Blue Plarail track system. I think it looks amazing but I can't afford it.
But why are these Thomas All Engines Go characters done in a very sub standard way? Considering the My Busy Books in the past have presented some amazing small models for $10 how come the book thats now double the price is so incredibly disappointing. The running joke I see in the comments is the knockoff Thomas toys are better detailed Vs the licensed toys. It certainly seems that way.
Thomas All Engines Go My Busy Books (online description read) Thomas is an eager little steam engine on the Island of Sodor. He loves new adventures and friends. Thomas and the others work hard to be Really Useful Engines! Nia likes to try new things. Bruno is a smart Brake Car with lanterns. Ride the rails with exciting engines and railway cars! All Engines Go Busy Book includes full-page illustrations, an engaging story, figurines, and a playmat. All Engines Go My Busy Book features colorful illustrations, a storybook, 10 figurines, and a playmat to spark your child’s creativity.
I also look at the Hot Wheels diecast cars & Thomas & Friends area at my local retailer at 7 days prior to Christmas. It's amazing what's NOT there but thats situation normal. I did find in the premium toy and hobby shops in the city some Thomas Wooden Railway stock. Only taken 2 years for it to be freely available in store.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_%26_Friends en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_%26_Friends:_All_Engines_Go en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Wheels en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kmart_Australia phidal.com/products/thomas-all-engines-go-my-busy-bookThomas & Friends AEG My Busy Book Train Wreck & Christmas Thomas Hot Wheels & Disney 100 Silver Coinleokimvideo2023-12-15 | I found a NEW Thomas & Friends My Busy Books and it's based on All Engines Go (Thomas AEG). I compare this new book / models to the classic Thomas And Friends My Busy Books. Apart from a massive price difference there is a disturbing lack of detail with the AEG My Busy Book. When doing a hard up comparison between Thomas, James, Percy & Nia the differences are ASTONISHING. All the models from the Thomas AEG My Busy Book are incredibly disappointing. I have always spoken very highly about My Busy Books but sadly this Thomas & Friends AEG version is absolute trash. And to put the icing on the cake the way this book was sold in store was more akin to a trap sale. So yeah all this makes me very angry.
I also look at the Thomas & Friends and Hot Wheels stock at my local KMart twice, first at 14 days to Christmas and then 10 days. It's amazing to see what sells and what's not for sale. The Thomas & Friends area is now only 1/3 of a shelf cell in a aisle. There was once a time when Thomas & Friends toys occupied one side of a whole aisle.
I purchased a 1/2 Ounce Silver Disney 100 Collector Coin. This Silver coin comes in a display box and once it's out of packaging is quite small. One side has Queen Elizabeth 2 and the other a Disney 100 motif. Honestly the side with the Queens head is far more impressive Vs the Disney stuff. Do these unusual Silver Collector Coins have any real investment value?
I did look at a lot of info about the Vintage Pana Cycle fan but it was difficult to pinpoint a exact era for the fan. To me it's shouting in style as something from the 70's. I did see similar Pana Cycle fans with timers said to be early 80's but info on the one I found is difficult to find.
As a total distraction I do get into removing the yellowing plastic that happens of old plastic electrical goods and toys. Anyway I just hope the electric fan collectors and fanboys who love fans appreciate a dedicated video looking into the deep bunny hole of domestic fans. These fans are very common to see thrown out as curbside rubbish and all too often it's the cheap n nasty made in China fans that are thrown out within a few years of purchase.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_(machine) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_(brand) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kmart_Australia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photo-oxidation_of_polymers en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RetrobrightNot Very Merry Thomas Christmas Hot Wheels Advent Calendar Time Warp RETAIL STUDYleokimvideo2023-11-26 | Just one month out from Christmas 2023 I go in search of Thomas & Friends stock in store. In previous years this has often proved to be challenging but 2023 takes it to a all time new high. I am looking for the 2023 Thomas and Friends Advent Calendar and a new TWR Diesel. It's basically Mission Impossible. In my search I found every other Advent Calendar which sends me into a time warp looking back at the 2015 Hot Wheels Advent Calendar. I also show some other curious Thomas All Engines Go itens I found during the year.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_the_Tank_Engine en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_%26_Friends_merchandise en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Wheels en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advent_calendarBIG CAT FIGHT LOUD & SCARY #cats #fight #catshorts #3amleokimvideo2023-11-18 | Two Tom Cats fight it out over food, territory, and the love of Little Cat This #shorts edit is for the TicToc generation with tiny attention spans. Longer video is on my channel. youtube.com/watch?v=1tG1kJQlRw8Funnel Web Style Spider Infestation Found 200 Deadly Spider Nests EDUCATIONAL VIDEOleokimvideo2023-11-11 | I accidently found a major Australian Spider infestation very close to my home. This may explain why we had a rogue Male Funnel Web spider at our place in late Summer. This Funnel Web infestation is unusual for a number of reasons and this is exposed in this video. I grew up in a part of Sydney where these spiders were common, but i have never seen a massive infestation like the one in Berowra next to the Tennis Courts.
I used a Bore Camera to look down 90 Funnel Web nests to establish what I found. Funnel Web Spider holes do look very similar to Cicada holes, especially when you see a large number of them on the ground. Funnel Web spiders disguise their homes well and amongst loose leaf litter. Funnel Web Spiders live underground in a well kept web lined spider lair. The design of their nest is very impressive and would require a major amount of earth work to complete.
Funnel Web Spiders are very dangerous and deadly spiders. If you live in Australia your taught a large black ground loving Spider could be a Funnel Web. It's important to always treat these spiders as being dangerous. Funnel Web Spiders are milked of their Venom to create a Antivenom to save people after getting a Funnel Web bite. The Male Funnel Web Spiders are the most dangerous and sought after for their Venom.
The reserve where I found this Spider infestation is owned by Hornsby Council. The area needs to be cleaned up as it's made more dangerous by all the fallen tree litter piled up next to the Spider infestation. A very simple way to make it uncomfortable for these spiders is to keep it clean and free of the bugs and critters they feed on. The urban myth that Bush Turkeys clear out Spiders is a myth. I prove that in this video.
Maybe I will investigate this Spider infestation further, it would be nit to see a complete spider to fully understand who's living down the Funnel Web holes.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morelia_spilota_spilota https://australian.museum/learn/animals/reptiles/diamond-python/ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReptileStink Bug NYMPH Infestation $3 Homemade Killer Solution That Works FASTleokimvideo2023-10-28 | Stink Bugs are a major pest on Citrus trees. A mixture of 2 Cups Hot Water, 1 Cup of White Vinegar and 1/2 Cup of Dishwashing Detergent is a cheap and effective way to kill Nymph Stink Bugs from your Citrus trees. In my experiments I find out that standard White Vinegar 4% acid content works as well as Double Strength White Vinegar 8% acid content. I was skeptical about the effectiveness of this very inexpensive insect spray until I saw how quickly it was able to disable Nymph Stink Bugs in very short time.
The ideas online of using Vacuum Cleaners, Hair Spray and just Water will not solve the underlying infection problem. Sure a Flame Thrower will work but then I will lose all the developing fruit on the tree.
The Nymph Stink Bugs you see in this video are Musgraveia Sulciventris which is a large stink bug found in Australia, sometimes known as the Bronze Orange Bug. It is considered a pest, particularly to plants in the citrus group. Bronze Orange Bugs suck the sap from trees, which causes the flowers and fruit to fall. The common name of Stinkbug refers to a malodorous liquid that the insect sprays when threatened. It is composed of alkanes, cimicine and aldehydes from glands in the thorax. These compounds primarily serve as protection against fellow arthropods, to which they are lethal. However, the defensive chemicals of M. Sulciventris are known for being among the most debilitating to vertebrates, which is likely a defense specifically aimed against birds. They can cause damage to human skin and even cause temporary blindness if sprayed into the eyes. The Bronze Orange Bug can spray the liquid at a target up to 0.6 m (2 ft) away.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentatomidae en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musgraveia_sulciventris https://www.gardensonline.com.au/gardenshed/articles/show_64.aspx en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinegar en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DetergentALDI Gardenline 1600W Electric Lawn Mower Cheap $99 China Landfill Buyer Beware 🤮leokimvideo2023-10-21 | I find a new looking ALDI Gardenline Electric Lawn Mower being thrown out as rubbish. I investigate this lawn mower looking at wear and tear and ponder why is it thrown out only a few years after being made. On inspection this lawn mower has very little signs of being used BUT I can see it's been up against wet grass. In fact this lawn mower in it's short life was always up against wet grass because of the 'wet years' that followed 2019 in Sydney.
This ALDI lawn mower is marked as a November 2019 build, 1600W 240V electric motor and in Australia comes with a 1 Year Warranty. It was sold in ALDI Australia for $99, at that price possibly the cheapest electric lawn mower available on in the market. Wow what a bargain!
I look at the Product Review website and this model of mower is listed. It doesn't rank very well. There seems to be a design flaw in the drive system to the blades. Yet there is always one person who spins a positive story around buying cheap stuff from China. Sadly this cheap lawn mower is $99 landfill.
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https://www.productreview.com.au/listings/aldi-gardenline-1600w-electric-mower-nov-2019 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawn_mower en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldi en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landfill en.wiktionary.org/wiki/buy_cheap,_buy_twiceRedback Spider Roundup RIP Teddy & Wingless Wasp Spring Equinox EDUCATIONAL VIDEOleokimvideo2023-09-30 | On the Australian Spring Equinox in 2023 I do a Redback Spider roundup looking at all the spider lures in the garden for Redback Spiders. This time sadly Teddy is not around. He passed away in late March aged only 11 months old. Teddy is buried next to his Mum Little Cat. It was a really sad time after Teddy was gone, I didn't make a video for 6 months so this video is very much a catch up of multiple things.
We had a prowler at our home caught on camera. Dealing with the Police in relation to this was very interesting indeed. I did set up 2 new spider lures and had a lot of Dyson vacuum cleaners found in the Winter curbside cleanup. I also found a interesting Box Fan that's made in Japan, possibly classic late 70's era. But one of the most amazing finds was a Ozito 1500W EcoMow. This mains powered lawn mower is surprisingly powerful and can cut through the longest grass without hesitation.
I go into the review area to talk collectable toys, Barbie film Hot Wheels, Disney Pixar Cars Lightning McQueen, especially the Disney 100 collection. I show some curious Thomas The Tanks AEG style and also some Dark Side toys that I just purchased. I also explain how there is one last segment to the KMart 'stock reduction' videos and how after a long time the problems were being resolved.
We have had a fairly bad rat problem that developed over Winter. It had me having to use a second generation rat bait that claimed to kill in 3 to 5 days. This bait needs to be in bait stations and from what I could see on the Arlo security cameras this bait is very effective in pulling down a very established population of rodents.
I look carefully at the Citrus trees in the backyard and explain how treating them rough can be a very good way to bring out their best. And of course the flamethrower comes out to tidy up any Wasps and suspicious spider webs I find.
Bubble (Little Cats Kitten) does help along the way and in this video she is 1.5 years old.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redback_spider en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitten en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandicoot en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musgraveia_sulciventris en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_waspMy Dyson NEVER DID THIS! Vax Compact Power Carpet Washer / Hoover PowerDash Pet After 8 Months 🤮leokimvideo2023-03-29 | A look into the mysterious realm of Carpet Vacuum Shampoo machines where prices vary a lot, and sales jargon supports a high price. After a lucky find at Bunnings Hardware I found a Vax Compact Power Carpet Washer for $173 AUD. I had already investigated the price of a Hoover PowerDash Pet on Amazon and it varied between $87 - $100 USD with a huge $113 USD shipping fee. So I looked on Amazon Australia and the price was a whopping $550 AUD. This started to expose to me the mysterious price drift in the Carpet Shampoo Vacuum marketplace. I only became aware of the Hoover PowerDash Pet via a simple review on NewBeanMeister22 channel.
I thought my carpets were very clean, the Dyson V8 stick vacuum does a really good job. But once I put the Vax Compact Power Carpet Washer over our 3 carpets I was astonished how much filth it was able to remove from the carpets. The water collection tank had black gunk with pet & carpet lint. This machine is a compact style model which holds 1lt of fluid. I had to do 3 resets of the machine to clean our carpets. It's a very easy machine to clean out and reset. The amount of cleaning fluid required is minimal. I have owned Vax Compact Power Carpet Washer for 8 months and each time I clean the carpets I notice the amount of gunk lifted from the carpet is less.
In the strangest way I did find a Bissell Redi Clean PowerBrush Pet thrown out as rubbish. This Carpet Shampooer looked to be in very good condition and isn't very old. I took it home and find that it stills works. I will investigate this at some point in the future.
Carpet Vacuum Shampoo machines are something you wouldn't use weekly. This smaller style of Vacuum is suited for high traffic areas and isolated stains. But doing a bigger job can be done if your prepared to keep refilling the water tank and emptying out the dirty water. There is a small filter that's easy to clean out and removing hair and carpet fibre from the roller is not difficult. And maybe the secret to keeping these styles of machines working is to keep on top of the dirt and hair that can get trapped around the roller.
I'm very happy with my Vax Compact Power Carpet Washer more so because I paid $173 for it and not the $550 that was being asked on Amazon for the Hoover Powerdash Pet which is an identical Carpet Shampooer.
Links to NewBeanMeister22 videos I grabbed stills from
This episode reveals just how few spiders remain in Spider Tank 3, I look at the biggest spiders (that are still very small) through the Borescope camera. There is a dominate Male Redback spider that is possibly 3 months old considering it's maturity (Males only live for 6 to 7 months). It's this Male spider that in this episode shows off all the necessary skills to survive in a glass box full of spiders. To draw focus on the last remaining spiders I add a Cricket feast to understand exactly who is left in Spider Tank 3. This episode marks the 3 month point of the Spider Tank. It covers January 15 to January 25.
This spider study will be done in parts and not weeks. Much of the video footage will be shot via timelapse and I use a AUPRO90 Bore Camera to see the small stuff up close. Hopefully we learn lots of stuff along the way or else I get into HUGE trouble.
The AUPRO-90 Standalone Borescope is sold as a kit to inspect gun barrels. An old friend suggested to see how the spiders look via this device. This device can be found via eBay https://www.ebay.com.au/str/ozzistraightshooter
Video posted as educational, documentary, and scientific and forms part of my Insect / spider study series of videos. Leokimvideo is the home of the 'Big Spider Loves Daddy' videos on YouTube! You must have written permission from me to use any part of this video, that's the rules.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redback_spider en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latrodectus en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_house_spider en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borescope en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time-lapse_photographyThomas Wooden Railway Thomas The Tank FINALLY FOUND 🤯leokimvideo2023-03-17 | OMG I finally found the NEW SPANKY Thomas Wooden Railway Thomas The Tank and NEW TWR Playsets. TOYMATE had the stock in store and I have been searching for this 2021 Thomas toy for 2 years now. This new Thomas TWR now uses classic wooden railway track connectors. All the dumb ideas that were present in Thomas Wood both painted and unpainted have been stamped out. The new Thomas Wooden Railway is a premium high quality toy / collectable. It oozes quality, class and collectability, it does not disappoint BUT it comes at a high price. Now I can finally see how beautiful this new TWR Thomas is it has me wondering why did Mattel dump the classic TWR and develop Thomas Wood. What was the main driving force to make this change. I have looked over Thomas & Friends toys for many years and constant change is very much part of the fabric of this toy. But the stripping down, downsizing and misfit track connectors of Thomas Wood showed everyone that even the greatest minds in the toy industry make huge mistakes. But was it really a mistake? Or just part of the game of change for change sake.
I also show a scene that was not in my video about the trashed Hot Wheels stock that was on the pegs being sold for full price. This damaged / soiled stock was scanning at $2. Some people suggested this stock would scan at a reduced price. Sadly no, it was full price at the scanners.
This time around I point out what I feel are the weaknesses in store design and some really simple things that could be done to add tamper proofing to all ANCO stock lines. I'm starting to understand the times that the stock in store is being manipulated. I certainly understand the places in store as it's been the same spots over and over for almost a year now. When I find stolen or manipulated stock I take it to the back of store so staff can set it up as 'mark down' specials. But even doing this does not stop the nasty thieves from picking off more stock. The weakness of the 'wire spider' system can be seen in this video.
I do look at the Pokemon stock on day one and again on day five. It's amazing what I see. I show how Pokemon stock is displayed in a neighbouring Kmart. The ANKO brand is a in house Kmart brand that means 'A New Kind Of' which was set up from 2008. Kmart is a fantastic place to shop, amazing prices always but it makes me really sad to see how just a few people cheat the system. There is new AI technology creeping into retail that can assist in shoplifting problems and understand customers identity but privacy advocates are strongly against this technology.
In 2013, Kmart began a roll-out of new store layouts. Garden plant sections were removed, and back of store areas were cut back. There was an expansion of floorspace to stock and an increase in the height of displays. The stores were given a more 'Department Store' feel with front of shop checkouts replaced with an area for non-self serve customers to pay at in the centre of the store. This new layout is I believe a huge factor in the problem I see going on.
I pull up a complicated video from 2014 that is very curious in how it was treated by the YouTube algorithm. Not that I knew it at the time but this was the beginning of a major change on my YouTube channel. In fact this video is very typical of how videos are quietly hidden away never to be found. I show the analytics of this video to explain the wonderful way YouTube rewards producers. 2014 is also curios for a number of other reasons and in the years following there were many drama's that had a huge negative effect on YouTube producers.
I also have a little chat about the previous video to this one on my channel, it's amazing how no one can unravel the Thomas & Friends mystery between the Trackmaster 2 and Trackmaster 3 AEG Cargo Raceway Playsets.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Wheels en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_the_Tank_Engine en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die-cast_toy en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Kart en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsagate en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_by_GoogleThomas Cargo Raceway Set TM2 Vs TM-AEG Mystery & Toy Hunting Thomas Wooden Railway 😡 FRUSTRATING 😡leokimvideo2023-03-08 | I go on a toy hunting search in Sydney looking for the new style Thomas Wooden Railway toys in two of the major toy & hobby stores. Both these stores use to have an amazing range of Thomas & Friends stock, trains, playsets whatever. But it seems we now live in very different times. At one store I noticed a new Thomas All Engines Go motorised playset that looks awesome. It's the Thomas & Kana Cargo Race, big playset with a big price of $200. These is no way I would pay that for this playset. When I got home I had a look at a Thomas Trackmaster 2 playset I purchased 18 months earlier and it looks like the exact same set but it's half the price. It is called Thomas and Percy Cargo Race. When I started to investigate how one set has over 90 pieces yet the other only has 75 pieces yet the two playsets look identical it blew up my mind. One thing that is being exposed is the huge price jump in the Thomas toys in Australian retailers. A playset like this in my mind is only worth $100 and not a cent more. I'm pretty sure in the USA these playsets are sold for $60 USD to $80 USD.
Anyway while I was in the beautiful empty toy department I did stumble upon an incredible Hot Wheels Mario Kart playset. It's called the Mario Kart Rainbow Road. It's BIG, it's COLOURFUL and it's shouting out AWESOME. This set had no batteries installed but I could see it was quite tricky, a very clever random element is set up on part of the track that ensures the winner will be as chaotic as the real Mario Kart game. There was a Mario & Luigi Kart there and I had a 'secret play'. From that I worked out this is a absolute buy. It's just so sad I can't do detailed toy reviews as I use to do on YouTube, the busted AI here has destroyed my channel. If a video has any elements that is seen as entertaining kids I get smacked down, the video will die and it's impossible it earn back the cost of the toy via the video. In fact it's impossible to do that on anything now.
I do wonder why is a major toy company having so much trouble supplying the premium new Thomas Wooden Railway toys. You can't make a cent when you can't supply the product. Or is the choke point the retail buyers who are being very selective in what's seen in store.
While I was roaming around Hobbyco in Sydney I did notice some really cool model railways stuff. Of course I take a closer look.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_the_Tank_Engine en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_%26_Friends:_All_Engines_Go en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wooden_toy_train en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Kart https://www.hobbyco.com.au/ https://www.costco.com.au/ https://www.myer.com.au/Tom Cats Fight Extreme Yowling At 3AM Big Mess Cat Food Everywhere 🙀leokimvideo2023-03-05 | Two Tom Cats have been fighting over Little Cat. The Tabby Tom Cat is father to Little Cats four Kittens. This is the first of two Cat Fights I caught on Arlo security camera. Maybe what's most interesting here is the amount of Yowling or Caterwauling (Tom Cat Talking) before the Cat Fight. It was a huge mess, cat food everywhere, cat fur all over the place. It made Little Cat & Fluffy Cat very confused to see such a mess.
A yowl is a long, drawn-out meow that indicates worry, discomfort, territorial concerns, or mating issues. If your cat is continuously yowling, there may be a medical problem that warrants a visit to your vet. If your kitty has not been spayed or neutered, yowling may indicate the search for a mate.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meow aspca.org/pet-care/cat-care/common-cat-behavior-issues/meowing-and-yowling en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitten en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feral_catRedback Spider Roundup Funnel Web Spider Found February 2023 Horror Show EDUCATIONAL VIDEOleokimvideo2023-03-01 | On the last day of Summer I do a Redback Spider roundup looking at all the spider lures in the garden. It's incredible what I find! This is the third wet Summer we have had in a row and something is messing around with the spiders. I also find a Sydney Funnel Web Spider. This is the most deadly spider in the world and it's the first Funnel Web I have found at my home. It's a Male Funnel Web and maybe with all the humidity and bad weather it's wandered into the suburb looking for a mate. I can't find any Funnel Web nests at my home so I travel 15km to a park in Sydney where I played as a teenager. I remember this park was a honey pot for Funnel Web Spider and 45 years on the Funnel Webs are still there. It lets me show you the Funnel Web nests, their size and how they are disguised with leaved woven into the entrance of the Funnel Webs lair. Using my iPhone I get some pictures that show a Funnel Web in it's nest. The park I remember as a kid looks so different now, so many new established trees and the old trees look really old now. We have a new backyard friend now ripping up the lawns and garden and it's called a Bandicoot. These weird Australian nocturnal animals seem to eat anything. And what's amazing is they will dig up and eat Funnel Web Spiders. I can't help but think there is a connection between the Funnel Web Spider and Bandicoot who may have given the Funnel Web Spider a very hard time. I do find a Redback Spider and deal with some Stink Bugs. It's incredible what a little bit of flamethrower does when tidying up pests in the backyard.
Teddy & Bubble (Little Cats Kittens) help along the way, at this stage they are 10.5 months old.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_funnel-web_spider en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redback_spider en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandicoot en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musgraveia_sulciventrisStink Bugs 1000 FPS Flamethrower 🔥 Sony RX100 Amazing Potato Cam 🔥leokimvideo2023-02-25 | I'm still getting Stink Bugs on the Citrus trees and I know the ultimate control method is a quick lick of fire from my flamethrower. This time around I drag out a Sony RX100-4 (2015 era) and set it to 1000fps slow motion. There are two priority modes when shooting high frame rate, one is Shoot Time Priority (3 sec burst) the other is Quality Priority (1.5 second burst). Considering the work I was doing has a duration of over 1.5 seconds I had to use Shoot Time Priority. Sure we get 1000 fps slow motion but as raw video is looks like it's shot by a potato camera at 1080p. In Adobe Premiere Creative Cloud I use Lumetri Colour (Auto correct) and Unsharp Mask custom settings to make a Potato look like a Lemon. I was going to invest in a AI video tools to re render the whole video but as it stands the price and redner times of these tools are outlandish. Anyway seeing the effect of the flamethrower on the ganden pest Stink Bugs is almost surreal. This event in real time happens in a few seconds but when seen in slow motion a totally new perspective is revealed. Especially the way the stink Bugs spray their defensive stink spray. I had recently done a very complicated video of related to the effect of detergent Vs fire on the Stink Bugs eggs that are laid under the citrus tree leaves. I learned lots by studying the effect of the eggs and seeing which eggs hatched Nymph Stink Bugs. My little study confirmed to be why my unconventional method is the best for controlling a Stink Bug infestation that can render a Citrus tree fruitless.
Stink Bugs 18 Day Egg Study Flamethrower Vs Detergent What's The Best Pest Control
Musgraveia Sulciventris is a large Stink Bug found in Australia, sometimes known as the bronze orange bug. It is considered a pest, particularly to plants in the citrus group. Bronze orange bugs suck the sap from trees, which causes the flowers and fruit to fall.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musgraveia_sulciventris brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_stinkbugs/BronzeOrangeBugs.htm en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentatomoidea en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_marmorated_stink_bug en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insect en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Cyber-shot_DSC-RX100_seriesOzito ELM 240v Electric Lawn Mower Study Good Award Winning Cheap Rubbish ✅leokimvideo2023-02-19 | I find thrown out two Ozito 240v mains powered electric lawnmowers. One is a Ozito ELM 1536 1500w 2019, the other is a Ozito ELM EcoMow 1400w 2017 era. Both mowers are had failures, both showed varied amount of use when looking at the cutting blade damage. The owner of the Ozito ELM 1536 1500w 2019 lawn mower explained how it failed. Considering the mower was being thrown out in 2022 it's not very old and showed very little wear and tear. It's failure point is something that's unusual. I was very curious what the Product Review website said about these cheap electric lawnmowers and this let me understand how today's consumers love to buy something made in China that cheap, has a 3 year warranty and if it fails you just buy another cheap lawnmower. The idea of a quality built item that could last 10 years is not part of the equation. Buying spare parts is also a joke. Yes some models have a replacement cutting blade but it's a 'special order' and expensive Vs the total cost of a lawnmower. I also look at the latest Ozito ELM lawn mower on offer in Bunnings and I almost sold one to myself considering how cheap these lawn mowers are Vs the expensive Lithium battery lawn mowers and petrol lawn mowers.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawn_mower https://www.productreview.com.au/listings/ozito-elm-1536 https://www.productreview.com.au/listings/ozito-elm-1400 https://www.productreview.com.au/c/electric-lawn-mowers https://www.bunnings.com.au/ozito-1500w-360mm-corded-lawn-mower_p0287733Naughty Kittens BIG Storm ⛈️ Percy 6 In 1 Set $29 To $39 ⚠️ GOLD THOMAS FOUND SMASHED 😡leokimvideo2023-02-16 | A BIG Summer lightning storm had Teddy & Bubble Kittens going crazy. Caught in the act capturing Lizards. I have found the new version of the classic Thomas & Friends playset 6 in 1 Builder set with Percy. The new set is now Thomas AEG styled and radically different in multiple ways. Gone from 60 PLUS pieces to now 42. The price has jumped up from $29 to $39 at Kmart Australia. (There were some sneaky price rises on the old style set during 2022). I will be investigating what's gone on here, lots of change BUT WHY. I also find my very valuable & collectable 2014 70th Anniversary GOLD Take N Play Thomas completely smashed to 1000 pieces. This is a little Thomas toy that's pulling huge prices on eBay and other online sites. Maybe now mine is totally trashed it's going to be worth a lot more money. I should list it on eBay and see how it sells. It's definitely a rare, unique and highly collectable Thomas now. It could pull multiple thousands of dollars.
Also still no Redback spiders at all in the garden or spider lures.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_%26_Friends en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_%26_Friends:_All_Engines_Go en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toy_train en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitten en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skink en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LightningMac Studio Dust Sucked Up In 3 Months & Simple Fix 🥳 Keyboard & Mouse Fail Designs 🤯leokimvideo2023-02-11 | I purchased an Apple Mac Studio in 2022, it took 3 months to be delivered and I have used it for 3 months. I knews from my previous iMac that dust ingestion can build up over time. The Mac Studio with it's BIG M1 ULTRA chips and super computer ability needs incredible cooling. Much of the Mac Studio height is hiding two huge cooling fans and heatsink that exhaust to the rear. The air intake is under the computer which to me seems really weird. When my Mac Studio arrived one of the first things I did was make a simple custom dust filter to snuggle under the computer around the air intake. What has been a big surprise is how much dust my Mac Studio has collected in my custom filter. In fact it's a tad scary. In the video I look at filter material options and make another simple filter. Of course do this at your own risk as it is changing the airflow design of the Mac Studio. But my biggest concern is what happens if all this dust is allowed to collect and coat the inside of the Mac Studio and clog the cooling fans. I could see that going on with my 8 year old iMac at the 6 year point. Apple make amazing gear most of the time, but there are some designs that are not so amazing. I look at the Keyboard & Mouse that come with my Mac Studio. Yeah amazing in all the wrong ways.
The Mac Studio was announced on March 8, 2022, alongside the Apple Studio Display, and released on March 18. At the time of launch, customers reported shipping delays for the Mac Studio as late as May 2022. The delay has been attributed to the global chip shortage.
Rear ports : The Mac Studio is designed as a higher-grade machine than the Mac Mini but lower than the Mac Pro, and is positioned similarly to the now-discontinued iMac Pro. There are two models which are driven by ARM-based SoC: the M1 Max or the M1 Ultra, which combines two M1 Max chips in one package. The Mac Studio has an identical width and depth to the Mac Mini, both about 8 inches (200 mm), but is around 3.7 inches (94 mm) tall. It has four Thunderbolt 4 (USB 4) ports, two USB 3.0 Type-A ports, HDMI (up to 4K @ 60 Hz), 10Gb Ethernet with Lights Out Management[9] and a headphone jack. The front panel has two USB-C ports (Thunderbolt 4 in M1 Ultra models) and an SD card slot (that supports SDXC cards and UHS-II bus), making it the first desktop Mac since the 2012 Mac Pro to have I/O on the front. It is cooled by a pair of double-sided blowers and a mesh of holes on the bottom and back of the case, which helps reduce the noise of fans spinning. Nevertheless, there have been extensive early reports of excessive fan noise. Mac Studio models with the M1 Ultra are 2 pounds (910 g) heavier than those with the M1 Max as they are equipped with a larger copper heat sink. Apple says the Mac Studio performs 50 percent faster than a Mac Pro with a 16-core Intel Xeon processor.
The Mac Studio supports up to four 6K monitors connected via Thunderbolt, and a fifth monitor via HDMI. It was introduced alongside the Apple Studio Display, a 27-inch 5K monitor with an integrated 12 megapixel camera, six-speaker sound system with spatial audio and Dolby Atmos support and a height adjustable stand.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Studio en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_(computer) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMac en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacBook_ProStink Bugs 18 Day Egg Study Flamethrower Vs Detergent Whats The Best Pest Controlleokimvideo2023-02-06 | Stink Bugs are a huge garden pest. They can destroy your citrus trees ability to fruit. This video is a study of the effect of fire Vs detergent on the Stink Bugs matrix of eggs they lay underneath leaves. Stink Bugs have an ability to replicate themselves hundreds of time in their 6 month lifespan, so it only takes a few mating pairs to create an explosion of Stink Bug numbers. Stink Bugs defend themselves by spraying out a toxic liquid that has a very strong odor. This liquid can injure skin, eyes and is lethal to other insects. It also stops birds from being able to pick off a Stick Bugs as an easy meal.
I have know for a few years that one of the best ways to take out a large infestation of Stink Bugs is to use fire. It's environmentally friendly as there are no chemicals used. The Stink Bugs are killed instantly and drop to the ground. The fire does have an effect on the tree but it bounces back quickly. By the best season you will have flowers and fruit. But if the Stick Bugs are not controlled and their eggs not destroyed the destructive Stick Bug cycle just repeats every year.
A safe method of controlling the Stink Bugs is to use a Weed Dragon. They are LP gas powered weed control wants that can deliver a burst of very hot burning gas on demand. Because they are normally on a wand you can reach the higher parts of the trees. It's so satisfying to control Stink Bugs in this manner.
To understand where these Stick Bugs (Musgraveia Sulciventris) lay in the insect world is quite complicated. The Pentatomoidea are a superfamily of insects in the Heteroptera suborder of the Hemiptera order. As Hemiptera, they share a common arrangement of sucking mouthparts. The roughly 7000 species under Pentatomoidea are divided into 21 families. Among these are the stink bugs and shield bugs, jewel bugs, giant shield bugs, and burrower bugs.
Musgraveia Sulciventris is a large Stink Bug found in Australia, sometimes known as the bronze orange bug. It is considered a pest, particularly to plants in the citrus group. Bronze orange bugs suck the sap from trees, which causes the flowers and fruit to fall.
I will do a deep dive into the DC05 DYSON vacuum because it goes right back to the late 90's in design. This vacuum influenced so many clones in it's design features.
In 1979, James Dyson introduced a portable unit with cyclonic separation, adapting this design from industrial saw mills. He launched his cyclone cleaner first in Japan in the 1980s at a cost of about US$1800 and in 1993 released the Dyson DC01 upright in the UK for £200. Critics expected that people would not buy a vacuum cleaner at twice the price of a conventional unit, but the Dyson design later became the most popular cleaner in the UK.
Dyson Limited, commonly known just as Dyson, is a Singaporean based multinational technology company founded by James Dyson. First established in 1991 at Malmesbury, England, it designs and manufactures household appliances such as vacuum cleaners, air purifiers, hand dryers, bladeless fans, heaters, hair dryers, and lights. As of February 2018, Dyson had more than 12,000 employees worldwide.
In 2019, Dyson announced the company's permanent move to Singapore – its headquarters are located at the St James Power Station, across the island of Sentosa. Ever since, the company has conducted its base of operations out of Singapore, with its headquarters being the hub for Dyson's research and engineering teams, as well as commercial, advanced manufacturing and supply chain operations. In 2022, Dyson announced that it would be investing a further S$1.5 billion in the country.
This video is just a fraction of what's brought into the house, most times its the small garden skinks. And from this activity it's given me an insight into the huge numbers of lizards and skinks around out house. Fluffy was never like this. She watches this going on every day.
What's really strange about this Summer is the lack of Spiders & Wasps that are normally all around the house. No Redbacks, no Garden Orbs, no Mud Dauber Wasps, no St Andrews Cross spiders and not many Black house Spiders. We have had two very wet years and maybe this is affecting the ability of spiders to get through the Winters. Or maybe it's because the critters who eat spiders have control of the garden. I'm sure an expert will explain.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitten en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skink en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizard en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicada en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FrogKmart Shoplifting Nightmare After Christmas Thomas AEG Stock Study 😳 NOT Sold Out 🙀leokimvideo2023-01-21 | Retail study of my local Kmart looking at a chronic shoplifting problem. It's the same items, in the same areas over and over. In fact from what I find a pretty good profile of who is doing this becomes clear. Pokemon Cards, Collectable Toys, Phone accessories & Cosmetics are always on the free shopping list. For some reason this Kmart is attracting the wrong styles of people, this problem has flared up during 2022 and continues into 2023. I look at the Hot Wheels area and find that the wire spider security devices can be defeated without being taken off. Thankfully the Hot Wheels 20 Packs have the wire spiders back on but there are still signs of problems here. I did bump into a Hot Wheels collector and we spoke about the little 1966 Styled Batman car. He informed me it's can be sound as a Super Treasure Hunt. This had me looking online at the stupid high prices on eBay for this Super Treasure Hunt Hot Wheels. Anyway all I know is that little Batman car in it's standard format is a total peg sitter.
At my local stores I was watching the Thomas & Friends stock in the lead up to Christmas. Of course it was the first Christmas where the new redesigned All Engines Go format of Thomas toys were available. They seemed to be very sluggish selling and what I find after Christmas sums up what is possibly a softening of interest in the Thomas brand in All Engines Go format. Normally after Christmas the Thomas toys get sold out. From what I can see Bluey is the most popular if you gauge popularity by whats sold out.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_marmorated_stink_bug en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PentatomoideaSecret Agent Thomas AEG 3 Pack Gold Thomas The Tank Tricky ADULT Toy Hunting 😤leokimvideo2022-12-23 | In the crunch time before Christmas I somehow find the amazing Thomas and Friends Motorized Secret Agent Thomas 3 Pack. I call this Trackmaster 3, it seems to have all sorts of different names. In further toy hunting I come across a Gold Thomas in a Thomas All Engines Go 5 Pack. I was unable to find the Hot Wheels Monster Truck Thomas that's pulling very high prices on eBay. I am also unable to find the new Thomas Wooden Railway in any store. In my toy hunting I do purchase a old Thomas Wood destination playset as it was the last set.
This adult toy collecting review looks carefully over the Trackmaster 3 AEG Secret Agent Thomas, because the packaging has no details as to why Thomas is a Secret Agent I had to watch part of the Thomas AEG episode related to the toy. What is delivered is only part of the 'dress up' thats seen in the episode. The Thomas hasa cool transparent body with what looks like oversized printed circuits in the transparent plastic. These are obvious missed opportunities going on here. There are two red / blue flatcars. One has a large yellow duck, the other has a large cover that can be put over the large duck is if desired. It's a very eye catching Thomas 3 Pack, it could be a great toy investment because it is so unusual. The Thomas toys on the eBay reselling marketplace can get very silly at times.
I do find a retailer who has the Thomas Wooden Railway toys at what I feel is the right price for Australia BUT this retailer is in another state. Many of the toys are for sale as 'in store' only. Looking online I see the Special Edition Gold Thomas 2013 is pulling even higher prices, a stupid high of nearly $200. for what was a $10 toy in store. I do find a Thomas AEG Gold Thomas and I compare it to the 70th Anniversary Gold Thomas. As for why there is a Gold AEG Thomas is a mystery to me. My search for the Hot Wheels Thomas The Tank Monster Truck is ongoing.
Sadly I find something or someone has smashed my classic TOMY Gordon on the review bench. It's now broken into many pieces.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_%26_Friends en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_%26_Friends:_All_Engines_Go en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toy_train en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Wheels en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ShopliftingKmart Shoplifting Nightmare Before Christmas I Give Up Saving Hot Wheels 20 Packs 😡leokimvideo2022-12-23 | All during 2022 I watched my local Kmart having issues with stock stolen from store. The Hot Wheels 20 Packs were being broken into as soon as they hit the shelves. I was able to get a 'wire spider' security device on the stock late in 2022 but sadly the new stock has no protection. I have focused on the shoplifting problems in a number of videos and I can see a repeated pattern of activity going on. It really feels like the same individual manipulating stock in the same areas over and over. This Kmart did deploy lots of 'wire spiders' on all sorts of stock but often thats a reactive measure once a particular item is being stolen. The thieves just move onto the next easy to grab item. Sadly this seems to be the 'new norm' and how my local Kmart works now. Sad to see this style of activity now being normalised.
Kmart Mega Shoplifting Study Foodie Mini Brands LOL Surprise Toys Hot Wheels Pokemon Free For All youtube.com/watch?v=ldW3FNp4FD8
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Wheels en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kmart_Australia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoplifting en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supply_chainWhy You ONLY Ever Buy A DYSON Stick Vacuum Cleaner💰leokimvideo2022-12-18 | I find a Kogan T7 Stick Vacuum that's not very old thrown out on a rubbish pile. I was curious why this amazing looking vacuum cleaner was trashed even though it's still working. This Kogan Stick Vac looked very much like a Dyson. The accessories, shape, clear dust bin and bright colours are all hallmarks of Dyson designs. But once I investigate how this very cheap Kogan T7 Stick Vacuum is designed and how it manages very fine dust I started to understand why this vacuum cleaner is being thrown out. It just enforced in my mind why you only ever buy a Dyson vacuum cleaner.
Via my old Dyson V8 Stick Vacuum I demonstrate how it captures and manages very fine dust that seems to be the undoing of any vacuum cleaner that's not a Dyson.
Looking at the later Kogan Stick Vacuum (verson11) they do look very impressive Vs the price. Maybe the filter choke point and suction issues have been resolved. But personally I would buy a Dyson V11 once it hits a discounted price.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyson_(company) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kogan.com https://www.productreview.com.au/listings/kogan-t7-cordless-22v-stick-vacuum-cleaner https://www.productreview.com.au/listings/dyson-v8Another Ozito Battery Powered Lawn Mower Canary In The Coal Mine Warning ⚠️leokimvideo2022-12-13 | I find ANOTHER fairly new Ozito 18v Battery Electric Lawn Mower thrown out on the rubbish pile. it's the same Ozito model as the other 18v Electric Mower I found a few weeks ago. This lawn Mower seems to have done more work vs the previous one BUT it's still within warranty and thrown out.
This Ozito has a 5 year mower warranty but the battery only has a 3 year warranty. And going by the product reviews of this 18 volt Lawn Mower a 4.0Ah battery doesn't do very much grass cutting at all. I learned from a product review by Karen in Queensland she's out mowing her lawns three times a week in Summer to just manage her Couch lawns. Wow Karen really loves mowing with her 'little' Ozito 18v Lawn Mower.
The 18v Ozito will struggle to cut grass that's long or wet. It's only good at cutting a small amount of grass when mowing and really only suitable for very small lawns.
One big problem is the way the Electric Lawn Mower manufacturers explain the ability of a Mower. The numbers are always stretched and the cutting is done on dry short grass. As soon as a Electric Lawn Mower has to labor on longer grass or wet grass the amount of energy required is massive. This extra work expires the batteries very fast. Consumers shopping for a Electric Lawn Mower are often unable to understand how they need to totally change the way they manage their lawns, and will need to get use to being out mowing at least every week or multiple times a week. Basically you become a slave to the mower. If your going to buy a more powerful Electric Lawn Mower your going to be buying a 80 Volt system that will have very expensive batteries and a fairly big overall purchase price. The query when purchasing should be this? How long will the batteries last, how much are they to replace in a few years time. This is the joy of going green, you might be saving the planet but nothing is going to save your wallet.
Cheap consumer goods that are thrown out in very short time is destroying the planet.
PXC 18V BRUSHLESS LAWN MOWER KIT The Ozito PXCLMK-1418 Brushless Lawn Mower is powerful, lightweight and portable making it easy to manoeuvre, it is ideal for maintaining lawn areas up to 200m² with the 4.0Ah battery included. The brushless motor technology eliminates friction and wear for a more efficient operation which means a cooler motor and longer runtime. Featuring a three-position cutting height adjustment that allows a simple, individual adjustment of the cutting height while the 25-litre plastic grass catcher collects lawn clippings to give your lawn a neat and tidy finish. A safety switch to help avoid accidental start-up and the integrated carry handle provides easy transportation. Lightweight & Portable –Easy to manoeuvre and ideal for maintaining lawn areas up to 200m squared Brushless Motor –Eliminates friction and wear for a more efficient operation which means cooler motors and longer run time 25 Litre Grass Catcher –Catches grass clippings for a clean finish 1 x Compact fast charger included 1 x 18V 4.0Ah battery included