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Did they get their 20c/hour extra for being super grunts? That's all I got for my trade skills, and I can't quite remember if it was even that much. My pay disappeared in a flash with no chance of saving anything. The pay was far less than I got from my job in civilian life. Us Nashos should have formed a union to fight for better pay and conditions. I remember a barracks we stayed in, at Broadmeadows Vic, it no glass in the windows. Mosquitoes swarmed in, even getting under our sheets. They were so thick, I got up one night and lit four mosquito coils to fill the donga with smoke. We breathed that for the rest of the night. The Public never knew it, but new barracks were built only for Basic training camps. Parents visiting to see Marching Out parades at basic training camps couldn't miss seeing those brand new buildings and fooled into thinking that their conscripted sons were getting a good deal - like hell - all other camps were dilapidated WW2 wooden or corrugated iron shacks. A pig farmer wouldn't keep his pigs in them.

IF it's not needed Capitalise it and build what is. That saves a lot of Costs and better allocates resources. It's JUST good Business Practice It's NOT just a Brainfart and should have been done years ago. WE don't want to go more in debt. Nev

Could it BE that Australia is MORE suited to solar, wind And STORAGE? I suggest it IS. ANY standby thing is expensive. It also has to be quick in action.. Coal fired Plants are out if Life and unreliable and No one wants to fund new ones. Nev

When driving along the road and the double white lines where the nearest line is broken, rule 128 of the Highway Code says you may cross the lines to overtake when it is safe to do so and you can complete the manoeuvre before reaching a solid white line on your side. If the road has double white lines where the nearest line is solid, rule 129 of the Highway Code says you must not cross or straddle these lines unless it is safe and you need to enter a property on the side of the road or a side road. When the broken white line is closest to you, you may turn over it to enter a property or service station. You may not turn over an unbroken line. It is permissible to cross an unbroken line to bypass a hazard such as a fallen tree or accident, PROVIDED it is safe to do so. You MAY NOT cross an unbroken line to overtake slower traffic.

Wholly thread resurrection. Used to be Known as a "Thread Dredge".Nev

Doesn't Matter. It was a rotten deal and it killed one person. I spent time in France a bit after that and told them to Let Their BOMBE ATOMIQUE off in their own backyard IF it's so SAFE. Nev

Let's not forget the French bombed the Rainbow Warrior. But that's the past...

If you have to ask.....Yes

Looks suitable for mad Max chariot

The reason we are getting free electricity is because of grid mismanagement. Nothing is free. Are intermittents cheaper. As I have said before nobody anywhere in the world has attempted what Australia is trying to do. Germany has lost a lot of industry and they are interconnected to other country's that have reliable generation weather that be nuclear, gas or massive amounts of traditional hydro. Australia only has 8% traditional hydro. CSIRO won't release the data used for their modeling. Pretty sure the titanic would have had modeling. Parasitic intermittent generation are very cheap when they are running, but make other forms very expensive when they aren't by cutting back on available generation for the dispatchable generation. If you underutilise plant you make it very expensive. The ABC get it wrong and mislead more then they should for a national broadcaster. It is expected by the others as they are owned by people with agendas.

ME 2. Nev

It was well known amongst "ordinary" Australian soldiers, that the SAS were called "super-grunts", and they considered all other ordinary soldiers, as far below them in skills. Just the psychological effects of SAS training were severe, and huge numbers of SAS applicants fell out of the SAS courses, because they failed to make the grade. Their training is brutal.

Be assured, that helmet will protect you extensively on a rat bike - from spears and lances, of course. 😄

That was interesting. At the end of the video they make the point that as effective as they Australian’s methods were in the field, they resulted in high levels of PTSD and long term difficulties adjusting to civilian life after the war.

They might not fit inside the copper boiler/sidecar body. There's a MK.2E Martin Baker (or part thereof) in the shed that might be narrow enough though. Sans headbox, but the main seat is there.

You can't overtake if the unbroken line is on your side of the road too.

Poms were very good at it and DO have the Name. I blame the weather and the fogs in London in the OLD days. A lot of them worked in factories for bugger all. AND........... there was of course, the BLITZ. Nev

The PIG has only ONE wing. No overtaking is double unbroken lines. Nev

Trumps "AMERICA" is dysfunctional and can be trusted by NO ONE. That's where we are at. Nev

I'll bet he's got just the right war surplus Russian ejector seat for it, too ...... ready to go!

Make TRUMP "OWN" "Pulling the Plug " On the deal. Then you have the better bargaining position in the future. and world wide exposure of a poor show. Breast Beating is for SHOWMEN ( idiots) like Scomo who Offsided France and China. Never forget what the USA did to New Zealand when they wouldn't allow US Nuclear subs to Berth there, because they were anti Nuclear policy no matter who you were.. Just Bullies. Nev

True, we'll never see that money again. Whether we actually get the hoped for subs or not. Further, I question the wisdom of continuing the massive money drain, purely in the hopes of getting some outdated weaponry sometime in the distant future. What new war toys might our military wish to buy in 2040 (or later, when you allow for expected late delivery) for all those taxpayer dollars? Probably not those old-before-new subs. And what manufacturing capability & quality can we expect from the New America? Their industrial abilities are not what they used to be.

He's going to wear his rat bike helmet - fitted with a German spike, of course.

His administration carried out human rights abuses, including mass killings, and collapsed the economy. Copied from the Wikipedia entry for Idi Amin. I could not help but think that it applies to Trump.